-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, F0OXdzKpPAS6lvryYcgjyPpH3KFsnh3ug2QLgQrhIU45TRuca8YsP09BLhaemVIo n+P79yAMjK7k+1V3GhWEEg== 0001193125-08-180360.txt : 20080819 0001193125-08-180360.hdr.sgml : 20080819 20080818215925 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-180360 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080818 ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080819 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080818 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STANDARD PACIFIC CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000878560 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 330475989 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10959 FILM NUMBER: 081026315 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15326 ALTON PARKWAY CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92618 BUSINESS PHONE: 9497891600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15326 ALTON PARKWAY CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92618 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): August 18, 2008

 

 

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-10959   33-0475989

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

15326 Alton Parkway

Irvine, California

  92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 789-1600

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 

ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Upon receipt of stockholder approval at the special meeting of stockholders of Standard Pacific Corp. (the “Company”), held on August 18, 2008 (the “Special Meeting”), the 381,250 shares of senior convertible preferred stock of the Company (“Senior Preferred Stock”) held by MP CA Homes LLC (the “Investor”), an affiliate of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, automatically converted into 381,250 shares of the Company’s Series B junior participating convertible preferred stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”), which is convertible into 125 million shares of the Company’s common stock. The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at the holder’s option into shares of the Company’s common stock subject to the holder and its affiliates post-conversion not beneficially owning total voting power of the Company’s voting stock in excess of 49%, and mandatorily converts into common stock upon the sale, transfer or other disposition of Series B Preferred Stock by the Investor or its affiliates. The Series B Preferred Stock issued upon conversion of the Senior Preferred Stock is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) thereof. No commission or remuneration was paid or given, directly or indirectly, for soliciting this transaction.

 

ITEM 3.03 MATERIAL MODIFICATION TO RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS

At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders, among other matters, approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which (i) increased the total number of shares of capital stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 210,000,000 shares to 610,000,000 shares by increasing the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 shares to 600,000,000 shares, (ii) declassified the Board of Directors of the Company, (iii) removed provisions providing for a supermajority vote in connection with certain actions, (iv) renounced, pursuant to Section 122(17) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, any interest or expectancy of the Company in business opportunities presented to directors and stockholders affiliated with the Investor, and (v) removed the prohibition on the ability of the Company’s stockholders to act by written consent for so long as the Investor and its affiliates hold at least 40% of the Company’s voting securities. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 18, 2008.

In connection with the filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company re-filed the certificates of designations relating to the Company’s Series A junior participating cumulative preferred stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the Series B Preferred Stock with the Delaware Secretary of State on August 18, 2008. Other than the date of filing with the Delaware Secretary of State, such certificates of designations are identical to the certificates of designations of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock previously filed by the Company.

Copies of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the certificate of designations relating to the Series A Preferred Stock and the certificate of designations relating to the Series B Preferred Stock are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Standard Pacific Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2008 Plan”). The purpose of the 2008 Plan is to enable the Company and its subsidiaries to attract, retain and motivate their directors, officers, employees and service providers, and to further align the interests of such persons with those of the stockholders of the Company by providing for or increasing the proprietary interest of such persons in the Company. Any person who is a current or prospective officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries, and any director of the Company or other service provider retained to provide consulting, advisory or other services to the Company or its subsidiaries, is eligible to be considered for the grant of awards under the 2008 Plan. The maximum number of shares of common stock of the Company that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2008 Plan is 21,940,000 (subject to adjustments to prevent dilution), plus any shares subject to outstanding awards under prior plans as of June 30, 2008 that on or after such date cease for any reason to be subject to such awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and nonforfeitable shares).

The 2008 Plan is administered by a committee of the Board of Directors consisting of two or more directors, each of whom is a non-employee director. The 2008 Plan authorizes the administrator to grant awards to eligible participants in the form of incentive and nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units, any of which may be performance-based, and for incentive bonuses, which may be paid in cash or stock or a combination thereof.

 

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Unless the administrator provides for a shorter period, the maximum term of an option granted under the 2008 Plan, including any Incentive Stock Options, will be 7 years from the date of its grant, except that Incentive Stock Options granted to an individual who, at the time the option is granted to such individual, owns more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company will have a term no greater than 5 years from the date of grant. Options granted under the 2008 Plan will vest according to a schedule determined by the administrator. The aggregate number of shares subject to awards granted under the 2008 Plan during any calendar year to any one participant shall not exceed 3,000,000.

An incentive bonus award is an award which confers upon the participant the opportunity to earn a future payment tied to the level of achievement with respect to one or more performance criteria established for a specified performance period of not less than one year or, for incentive bonus awards settled solely in cash, not less than one calendar quarter. The maximum amount payable pursuant to an incentive bonus award granted under the 2008 Plan for any fiscal year to any participant that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance based compensation” under Section 162(m) cannot exceed $10,000,000.

Restricted stock is an award or issuance of shares of common stock of the Company the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions (including continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as the administrator deems appropriate. Restricted stock units are awards denominated in units of shares of common stock of the Company under which the issuance of shares is subject to such conditions (including continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as the administrator deems appropriate. An award with a vesting schedule that is not at least partially based on performance criteria cannot vest in less than thirty-six months, and an award with a vesting schedule that is at least partially performance-based cannot vest in less than twelve months from the date of grant, except for incentive stock awarded to non-employee directors and in the case of the death or disability of a participant or a change of control of the Company.

A stock appreciation right is an award pursuant to which a participant may be entitled to receive the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the common stock of the Company on the date of exercise exceeds a measurement value. The measurement value of a stock appreciation right must equal or exceed the fair market value of a share of common stock of the Company on the date of the grant. The grant, retention, vesting and/or transferability of the stock appreciation right is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions and terms as the administrator of the 2008 Plan deems appropriate. The stock appreciation right may be paid in cash or shares of common stock of the Company or a combination of the two, in the discretion of the administrator.

A copy of the 2008 Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On August 18, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the approval by the Company’s stockholders of each of the three proposals on the agenda at the Special Meeting. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

3.1   

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

3.2    Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of Standard Pacific Corp.
3.3    Certificate of Designations of Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of Standard Pacific Corp.
10.1    Standard Pacific Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
99.1    Press release of the Company, issued on August 18, 2008, announcing the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the proposals at the Special Meeting

 

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SIGNATURES

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

Date: August 18, 2008

 

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.
By:  

/s/    Jeffrey V. Peterson

 

Jeffrey V. Peterson

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

and President


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

  

DESCRIPTION

  3.1

  

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

  3.2

   Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of Standard Pacific Corp.

  3.3

   Certificate of Designations of Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock of Standard Pacific Corp.

10.1

   Standard Pacific Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan

99.1

   Press release of the Company, issued on August 18, 2008, announcing the approval by the Company’s stockholders of the proposals at the Special Meeting
EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.

(Pursuant to Section 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

 

 

Standard Pacific Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

FIRST: The date of filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware was August 14, 1991.

SECOND: This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and it amends and restates the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.

THIRD: The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Corporation is Standard Pacific Corp.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, and all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 203(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as in effect on the date hereof:

(A) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities, partnership interests or by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the directors and officers of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall not, solely as a result of holding such office, be deemed Affiliates of the Investor. With respect to the Investor, the term “Affiliate” shall also include its general partner or investment manager or similar Person, and any other entity with the same general partner or investment manager or similar Persons.

 

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(B) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(C) “Investor” shall mean MP CA Homes LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

(D) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental or regulatory body or other legal entity.

(E) “Voting Stock” shall mean stock of the Corporation of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Corporation, and each reference herein to a percentage or portion of shares of Voting Stock shall refer to such percentage or portion of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of such shares.

ARTICLE III

REGISTERED OFFICE

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, City of Dover 19904, County of Kent and the name of its registered agent at that address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

ARTICLE IV

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

ARTICLE V

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK

SECTION 1 Number of Authorized Shares. The Corporation shall be authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock”; the total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is six hundred ten million (610,000,000) shares, consisting of six hundred million (600,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value of $.01 per share, and ten million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share.

SECTION 2 Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Shares of Common Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law. The Board is hereby authorized to fix or alter the designations, powers and preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, dividend rights (and whether dividends are cumulative), conversion rights, if

 

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any, voting rights (including the number of votes, if any, per share, as well as the number of members, if any, of the Board or the percentage of members, if any, of the Board each series of Common Stock may be entitled to elect), rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions, if any), redemption price and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of Common Stock, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of such series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall have no power to alter the rights of any shares of Common Stock then outstanding. Unless and until the Corporation shall file with the Delaware Secretary of State a certificate of designations creating a series of Common Stock, all shares of Common Stock shall be of one class without series and shall be denominated “Common Stock.” Upon the first filing with the Delaware Secretary of State of a certificate of designations creating a series of Common Stock, which series shall be denominated “Class B Common Stock,” each share of Common Stock outstanding or held in the treasury immediately prior to such filing shall be denominated “Class A Common Stock,” and each certificate representing then outstanding shares of Common Stock shall thereafter be deemed to represent shares of Class A Common Stock.

SECTION 3 Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Shares of Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law. The Board is hereby authorized to fix or alter the designations, powers and preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, dividend rights (and whether dividends are cumulative), conversion rights, if any, voting rights (including the number of votes, if any, per share, as well as the number of members, if any, of the Board or the percentage of members, if any, of the Board each class or series of Preferred Stock may be entitled to elect), rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions, if any), redemption price and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of such series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall have no power to alter the rights of any shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding.

SECTION 4 Distributions Upon Liquidation. In the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of each series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of the net assets of the Corporation, an amount for each share of such series of Preferred Stock equal to the amount fixed and determined by the Board in the resolution or resolutions creating such series and providing for the issuance of such shares, and no more, before any of the assets of the Corporation shall be distributed or paid over to the holders of Common Stock and any Preferred Stock with rights to participate with the Common Stock in such event. If, upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the assets of the Corporation distributable as aforesaid among the holders of Preferred Stock of all series shall be insufficient to permit full payment to them of said preferential amounts, then such assets shall be distributed ratably among such holders of Preferred Stock in proportion to the respective total amounts which they shall be entitled to

 

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receive as provided in this Section 4. After payment in full of said preferential amounts to the holders of Preferred Stock of all series, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation shall be divided among and paid to the holders of shares of each series of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock without series, and any Preferred Stock with rights to participate with the Common Stock in such event, each in accordance with the resolution or resolutions of the Board creating such series and providing for the issuance of such shares.

ARTICLE VI

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at such time, on such date and at such place (within or without the State of Delaware) as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Subject to any requirement of applicable law, the books of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

ARTICLE VII

CALL OF SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors or by a committee of the Board of Directors which has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose power and authority, as provided in a resolution by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, includes the power to call such meetings, but such special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other Person or Persons or in any other manner.

ARTICLE VIII

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

The number of directors that shall constitute the whole Board shall be as specified in the Bylaws of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period in which the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting as a class, shall be entitled to elect a specified number of directors by reason of dividend arrearages or other contingencies giving them the right to do so, then and during such time as such right continues, (A) the then otherwise authorized number of directors shall be increased by such specified number of directors and the holders of shares of such series of Preferred Stock, voting as a class, shall be entitled to elect such specified number of directors in accordance with the procedure set forth in the resolution or resolutions of the Board creating such series and providing for the issuance of such shares and (B) each such additional director shall serve until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until his or her right to hold such office terminates pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the Board creating such series of Preferred Stock and providing for the issuance of shares of such series, whichever occurs earlier. Whenever the holders of shares of such series of Preferred Stock are divested of such right to

 

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elect directors pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the Board creating such series and providing for the issuance of such shares, the terms of office of all directors elected by the holders of such series of Preferred Stock pursuant to such rights, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation or removal of directors so elected by the holders of such series, shall forthwith terminate and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced accordingly.

ARTICLE IX

STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

Subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to act by written consent as set forth in the applicable certificate of designations, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by a written consent or consents by stockholders in lieu of such a meeting; provided, however, that so long as the Investor, together with its Affiliates, owns shares representing at least 40% of the voting power of the Voting Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders of the Corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be effected without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding capital stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

ARTICLE X

LINES OF BUSINESS

SECTION 1 Duties. In recognition and anticipation (i) that directors, officers and/or employees of members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates may serve as directors and/or officers of the Corporation, (ii) that the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates may engage and are expected to continue to engage in the same, similar or related lines of business and/or other business activities as those in which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, may engage, and that the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates may compete with the Corporation and its subsidiaries in one or more of such business lines and/or business activities, (iii) that the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates may have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunity as the Corporation and its subsidiaries, (iv) that the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates may engage in material business transactions with the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and (v) that, as a consequence of the foregoing, it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the respective rights and duties of the Corporation and of the Investor and the members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates, and the duties of any directors or officers of the Corporation who are also directors, officers or employees of the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates, be determined and delineated in respect of any transactions between, or opportunities that may be suitable for both, the Corporation and its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates, on the other hand, and in recognition of the benefits to be derived by

 

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the Corporation through its contractual, corporate and business relations with the Investor and members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates (including possible service of directors, officers or employees of the Investor or members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates as directors, officers or employees of the Corporation or its subsidiaries), the provisions of this Article X shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, regulate and define the conduct of certain of the businesses and affairs of the Corporation in relation to the Investor and members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates and the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve the Investor and the members or partners of the Investor and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers and employees, and the power, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith. Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any interest therein, shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article X.

SECTION 2 Similar Activities or Lines of Business. Except as otherwise set forth herein or agreed in writing between the Corporation and the Investor or its Affiliates, the Investor and its Affiliates shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty to refrain from (x) engaging in the same, similar or related lines of business and/or other business activities as the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or (y) doing business with any client, customer or vendor of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, and neither any member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates nor any officer, director or employee thereof (except as provided in Section 3 of this Article X) shall to the fullest extent permitted by law be deemed to have breached his, her or its fiduciary duties, if any, to the Corporation by reason of engaging in any such line of business or activity. In the event that the Investor or a member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and the Investor or a member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates, provided that knowledge of the potential transaction or matter came to the attention of such Persons other than as a result of his, her or its position with the Corporation or that of their Affiliates with the Corporation, none of the Investor or any such member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall (i) be determined to have failed to comply with its duty (fiduciary or otherwise) to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such corporate opportunity, (ii) have a duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) be determined to have acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or its stockholders or to have acted in a manner inconsistent with or opposed to any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its stockholders by reason of the fact that the Investor or such member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another Person or does not communicate or offer information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation.

SECTION 3 Shared Officers and Directors. Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Corporation and the Investor or its Affiliates in the event that a director or officer of the Corporation who is also a director, officer or employee of the Investor or a member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates (a “Shared Officer”) acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and the Investor or a member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates, provided that

 

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knowledge of the potential transaction or matter came to the attention of such Persons other than as a result of his, her or its position with the Corporation or that of their Affiliates with the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no such Shared Officer shall (i) be determined to have failed to comply with his or her duty (fiduciary or otherwise) to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such corporate opportunity, (ii) have a duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) be determined to have acted in bad faith or in a manner inconsistent with the best interests of the Corporation or its stockholders or to have acted in a manner inconsistent with or opposed to any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its stockholders by reason of the fact that the Investor or any member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another Person; or does not communicate or offer information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation; provided, with respect to each of (i), (ii), and (iii) above, that such director or officer acts in a manner consistent with the following:

(A) any corporate opportunity offered to any person who is a Shared Officer by virtue of an officer position with the Corporation or an officer and director position with the Corporation shall belong to the Corporation (in which case such Shared Officer must present the opportunity in the first instance to the Corporation);

(B) any corporate opportunity offered to any person who is a Shared Officer by virtue of having a director position with the Corporation shall belong to the Corporation if such opportunity was expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation (in which case such Shared Officer must present the opportunity in the first instance to the Corporation);

(C) any corporate opportunity offered to any person who is a Shared Officer shall belong to the Investor or the applicable member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates if such opportunity was expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Investor or such member or partner (in which case such Shared Officer must present the opportunity in the first instance to the Investor or such member or partner); and

(D) any corporate opportunity otherwise offered to any person who is a Shared Officer shall belong to the Investor or the applicable member or partner of the Investor and its Affiliates.

The Corporation renounces its interest and expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any corporate opportunity not expressly allocated to it under this Article X.

SECTION 4 Expiration. This Article shall expire on the date that the Investor, together with its Affiliates, ceases to own shares representing at least 10% of the voting power of the Voting Stock.

 

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ARTICLE XI

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1 Board. The Board of Directors shall consist of only one class. Except as set forth in Article VIII, (A) each director shall serve until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified unless he shall resign, become disqualified or shall otherwise be removed, and (B) in the event of any change in the authorized number of directors, each director then continuing to serve as such shall nevertheless continue as a director until the expiration of his current term or his prior death, resignation or removal.

Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may, unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, only be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director; provided, however, that if the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may only be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.

SECTION 2 Stockholder Nominees. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board shall be made only in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

SECTION 3 Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director, or the entire Board, may be removed from office with or without cause at any time, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Voting Stock then outstanding.

ARTICLE XII

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “Delaware Law”), a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The Corporation shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, any person (or the estate of any person) who is or was a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Corporation may indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, any person (or the estate of any person) who is or was a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or

 

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otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such director, officer, employee or agent against any liability which may be asserted against such person. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, the indemnification provided herein shall include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and, in the manner provided by the Delaware Law, any such expenses may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification provided herein shall not be deemed to limit the right of the Corporation to indemnify any other person for any such expenses to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification from the Corporation may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

No repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing by virtue of the foregoing paragraph at the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENT OF CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

SECTION 1 Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation; and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved herein.

SECTION 2 Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Clay A. Halvorsen, its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, as of this 18th day of August, 2008.

 

/s/ Clay A. Halvorsen
Name:   Clay A. Halvorsen
Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EX-3.2 3 dex32.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock

Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING CUMULATIVE

PREFERRED STOCK

(Par Value $.01 Per Share)

OF

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.

 

 

Pursuant to Section 151 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

Standard Pacific Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), certifies that pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended, the Board of Directors, on July 26, 2006, adopted the following resolution creating a series of its Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share:

RESOLVED, that (1) pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors hereby designates 1,000,000 shares of the preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation as “Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock” (the “Preferred Shares”), and the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights of the Preferred Shares and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, be, and they hereby are, as set forth below (the “Certificate of Designations”) and (2) in connection therewith, the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed on behalf of the Corporation and in its name to execute and file the Certificate of Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State:

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series so designated shall be 1,000,000 (the “Series A

 

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Preferred Stock”). Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A Preferred Stock.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

(a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of shares of common stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the tenth day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (i) $.25 per share ($1.00 per annum) or (ii) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such event the amount to which the holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock was entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(b) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 2 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $.25 per share ($1.00 per annum) on the Series A Preferred

 

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Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

(c) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which event dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall cumulate but shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(a) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Charter”), in any other certificate of designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

(c) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be

 

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required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

Section 4. Certain Restrictions.

(a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not authorized or declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly:

(i) authorize, declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions with respect to, any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

(ii) authorize, declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions with respect to, any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or

(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(b) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration, directly or indirectly, any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and

 

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restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Charter, in any other certificate of designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise required by law.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to: (i) the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received the greater of (A) $1.00 per share ($0.01 per one one-hundredth of a share), plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, or (B) an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share of Common Stock to holders thereof; or (ii) the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such event the aggregate amount to which each holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock was entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (i) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger or Other. In the event the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property or otherwise changed, then in any such event each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation shall at anytime declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such event the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

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Section 8. No Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

Section 9. Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all series or classes of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock whether issued before or after the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock.

Section 10. Amendment. The Charter shall not be amended in any manner that would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock, as set forth herein, so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designation to be signed by Clay A. Halvorsen, its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary as of this 18th day of August, 2008.

/s/ Clay A. Halvorsen
Name:   Clay A. Halvorsen
Title:  

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EX-3.3 4 dex33.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK Certificate of Designations of Series B Preferred Stock

Exhibit 3.3

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

SERIES B JUNIOR PARTICIPATING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.

 

 

Pursuant to Section 151 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

Standard Pacific Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), certifies that pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended, the Board of Directors, on June 26, 2008, adopted the following resolution creating a series of its Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share:

RESOLVED, that (1) pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors hereby designates 5,000,000 shares of the preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation as “Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), and the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights of the Series B Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, be, and they hereby are, as set forth below (the “Certificate of Designations”), and (2) in connection therewith, the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed on behalf of the Corporation and in its name to execute and to file the Certificate of Designations with the Delaware Secretary of State:

Section 1. Designation and Amount. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as “Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock”. The number of shares constituting such series so designated shall be 5,000,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Ranking. The Series B Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation, rank, pari passu to the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and junior to the Senior Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation and all other preferred stock of the Corporation, other than a class or series of preferred stock established after the Effective Date by the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with or junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation.

Section 3. Definitions. Unless the context or use indicates another meaning or intent, the following terms shall have the following meanings, whether used in the singular or the plural:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities, partnership interests or by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the directors and officers of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall not, solely as a result of holding such office, be deemed Affiliates of the Investor. With respect to the Investor, the term “Affiliate” shall also include its general partner or investment manager or similar Person, and any other

 

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entity with the same general partner or investment manager or similar Persons. For the avoidance of doubt, no Person shall be deemed the Affiliate of any other Person merely by virtue of holding an ownership interest of 10% or more in such Person, or pursuant to any other presumption regarding “affiliate” status.

(b) “Aggregate Share Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(f).

(c) “Applicable Conversion Price” means the Conversion Price in effect at any given time.

(d) “Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(e) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks in New York City, New York are generally required or authorized by law to be closed.

(f) “Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of the Corporation, including any Common Stock or any series of preferred stock of the Corporation, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

(g) “Certificate of Designations” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(h) “Certificate of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(i) “Closing Price” of the Common Stock on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date. If the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, all references herein to the “Closing Price” and “last reported sale price” of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange shall be such closing sale price and last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the New York Stock Exchange (http://www.nyse.com) and as reported by Bloomberg Professional Service; provided that in the event that there is a discrepancy between the closing sale price or last reported sale price as reflected on the website of the New York Stock Exchange and as reported by Bloomberg Professional Service, the closing sale price and last reported sale price on the website of the New York Stock Exchange shall govern. If the date of determination is not a Trading Day, then such determination shall be made as of the last Trading Day prior to such date.

(j) “Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

(k) “Conversion Price” means for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, $3.05 per share; provided, that such price shall be subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

(l) “Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

(m) “Current Market Price” means, on any date, the average of the daily Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days preceding the earlier of the day before the date in question and the day before the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 10.

 

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(n) “Effective Date” means the date on which shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are first issued.

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(p) “Ex-Date” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock or other securities trade without the right to receive the issuance or distribution giving rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 10.

(q) “Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a).

(r) “Fundamental Change” means the occurrence of the consummation of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation or similar transaction or any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more of the Corporation’s subsidiaries or the Investor or any of its Affiliates, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, voting shares of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, voting shares representing a majority of the continuing or surviving Person immediately after the transaction.

(s) “Holder” shall mean, as of any date, the Person in whose name the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are registered as of such date, which may be treated by the Corporation as the absolute owner of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling the related conversions and for all other purposes.

(t) “Investor” means MP CA Homes LLC and its permitted successors.

(u) “Investor Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

(v) “Mandatory Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

(w) “Mandatory Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

(x) “Mandatory Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

(y) “Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.

(z) “Optional Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

(aa) “Optional Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(2).

(bb) “Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company or trust.

(cc) “Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

(dd) “Reorganization Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a).

(ee) “Series A Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

(ff) “Series B Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

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(gg) “Stockholder Approvals” means all approvals of the stockholders of the Corporation necessary to (i) approve the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock for purposes of Section 312.03 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, and (B) amend the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least such number as shall be sufficient to permit the full conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock.

(hh) “Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock:

(1) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of business; and

(2) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.

(ii) “Voting Stock” means securities of any class of Capital Stock of the Corporation entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Dividends and Distributions.

(a) From and after the Effective Date, Holders shall be entitled to receive, out of the funds legally available therefor, non-cumulative cash dividends in the amount determined as set forth in Section 4(b) and no more.

(b) If the Board of Directors declares and pays a dividend in the form of cash or other assets (other than shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants to subscribe for Common Stock) in respect of any shares of common stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), then the Board of Directors shall declare and pay to the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock a dividend in an amount per share of Series B Preferred Stock equal to the product of (i) the per share dividend declared and paid in respect of each share of Common Stock and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series B Preferred Stock is then convertible.

(c) Dividends payable pursuant to Section 4(b) shall be payable on the same date that dividends are payable to holders of shares of Common Stock, and no dividends shall be payable to holders of shares of Common Stock unless the full dividends contemplated by Section 4(b) are paid at the same time in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock.

(d) Each dividend will be payable to Holders of record as they appear in the records of the Corporation at the close of business on the record date (each, a “Record Date”), which, with respect to dividends payable pursuant to Section 4(b), shall be the same day as the record date for the payment of the corresponding dividends to the holders of shares of Common Stock.

(e) Dividends payable pursuant to Section 4(b) are non-cumulative. If the Board of Directors does not declare a dividend pursuant to Section 4(b) in respect of any dividend period, the Holders will have no right to receive any dividend for such dividend period, and the Corporation will have no obligation to pay a dividend for such dividend period, whether or not dividends are declared and paid for any future dividend period with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock or any other class or series of the Corporation’s preferred stock or Common Stock.

Section 5. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a) In the event the Corporation voluntarily or involuntarily liquidates, dissolves or winds up, the Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock at the time shall be entitled to receive liquidating distributions of the remaining assets of the Corporation as if each share of Series B Preferred Stock had been converted, immediately prior to such liquidating distributions, into shares of Common Stock.

 

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(b) In the event the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock and any other securities ranking pari passu with the Common Stock, Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock and any other securities ranking pari passu with the Common Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.

(c) The Corporation’s consolidation or merger with or into any other entity, the consolidation or merger of any other entity with or into the Corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property or business will not constitute its liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Section 6. Maturity. The Series B Preferred Stock shall be perpetual unless converted in accordance with this Certificate of Designations.

Section 7. Redemptions. The Series B Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable either at the Corporation’s option or at the option of Holders at any time.

Section 8. Conversion

(a) Optional Conversion. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 8(a), each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible at any time, at the option of the Holder thereof (each an “Optional Conversion”), into shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 8(c); provided that any Holder may only convert such number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock such that such Holder (including a “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that includes such Holder), does not become a beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause, any such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of greater than forty-nine percent (49%) of the total voting power of the Voting Stock after giving effect to such conversion. This clause shall be interpreted consistent with the terms of Section 12(a).

(b) Mandatory Conversion. Effective as of the consummation (each, a “Mandatory Conversion Date”) of any sale, transfer or other disposition of shares of Series B Preferred Stock by the Investor or its Affiliates to any Person (other than the Investor or an Affiliate of the Investor) (each an “Investor Transfer”), such transferred shares of Series B Preferred Stock (“Mandatory Conversion Shares”) shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock as set forth in Section 8(c) (each, a “Mandatory Conversion”).

(c) Number of Shares Upon Conversion. The number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible shall be determined by dividing $1,000 by the Applicable Conversion Price (subject to the conversion procedures of Section 9 hereof) plus cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 13 hereof.

Section 9. Conversion Procedures.

(a) Each Holder seeking an Optional Conversion shall provide the Corporation with notice of such conversion and each Holder seeking a Mandatory Conversion shall prior to or promptly upon the consummation of an Investor Transfer provide the Corporation with notice of such conversion (each, a “Notice of Conversion”). In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Notice of Conversion with respect to such Holder shall state, as appropriate:

(1) Whether such conversion is an Optional Conversion or a Mandatory Conversion;

 

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(2) The date on which the optional conversion is to take place (the “Optional Conversion Date”) or the Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable;

(3) The transferee with respect to Mandatory Conversion Shares;

(4) The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of each share of Series B Preferred Stock held of record by such Holder and subject to an Optional Conversion or Mandatory Conversion; and

(5) The place or places where certificates of Series B Preferred Stock held of record by such Holder are to be surrendered for issuance of certificates representing shares of Common Stock.

(b) In the event that some, but not all, of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such Holder, are to be converted pursuant to an Optional Conversion or a Mandatory Conversion, such Holder shall be entitled to select the shares to be surrendered pursuant to this Section 9 such that, after such surrender, such Holder no longer holds shares of Series B Preferred Stock as to which the Optional Conversion or Mandatory Conversion shall have occurred. In the event that such Holder fails to surrender the required number of shares pursuant to this Section 9 within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Notice of Conversion, the Corporation shall, by written notice to such Holder, indicate which shares have been converted pursuant to Section 8. Effective immediately prior to the close of business on the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock, dividends shall no longer be declared on any such converted share of Series B Preferred Stock and such share of Series B Preferred Stock shall only represent such number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof and shall cease to be outstanding, in each case, subject to the right of the Holder to receive any declared and unpaid dividends on such share to the extent provided in Section 4 and any other payments to which such Holders is otherwise entitled pursuant to Section 8, Section 11 and Section 13 hereof, as applicable.

(c) No allowance or adjustment, except pursuant to Section 10, shall be made in respect of dividends payable to holders of the Common Stock of record as of any date prior to the close of business on the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock. Prior to the close of business on the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, or other securities issuable upon conversion of such share of Series B Preferred Stock, shall not be deemed outstanding for any purpose, and the Holder thereof shall have no rights with respect to the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion and rights to receive any dividends or distributions on the Common Stock or other securities issuable upon conversion) by virtue of holding such share of Series B Preferred Stock.

(d) Shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted in accordance with this Certificate of Designations, or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation, will resume the status of authorized and unissued preferred stock, undesignated as to series and available for future issuance. The Corporation may from time-to-time take such appropriate action as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(e) The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock and/or securities as of the close of business on the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, with respect thereto. In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock and/or cash, securities or other property (including payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares) to be issued or paid upon conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock should be registered or paid or the manner in which such shares should be delivered, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Corporation or pursuant to applicable law.

 

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(f) On the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock as to which the Optional Conversion or Mandatory Conversion shall have occurred, certificates representing shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered to the Holder thereof or such Holder’s designee upon presentation and surrender of the certificate evidencing such Series B Preferred Stock to the Corporation and, if required, the furnishing of appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the payment of all transfer and similar taxes.

Section 10. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.

(a) The Conversion Price shall be subject to the following adjustments:

(1) Stock Dividends and Distributions. If the Corporation pays dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution will be multiplied by the following fraction:

 

OS0

OS1

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution.

OS1 = the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution plus the total number of shares of Common Stock constituting such dividend or distribution.

For the purposes of this clause (1), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares acquired by the Corporation. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (1) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such dividend or distribution, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(2) Subdivisions, Splits and Combination of the Common Stock. If the Corporation subdivides, splits or combines the shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination will be multiplied by the following fraction:

 

OS0

OS1

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination.

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the close of business on the effective date of such share subdivision, split or combination.

For the purposes of this clause (2), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares acquired by the Corporation. If any subdivision, split or combination described in this clause (2) is announced but the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not subdivided, split or combined, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to subdivide, split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, to such Conversion Price that would be in effect if such subdivision, split or combination had not been announced.

(3) Issuance of Stock Purchase Rights. If the Corporation issues to all Holders of the shares of Common Stock (and does not make the equivalent issuance to the Holders of Series B Preferred Stock) rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar plans) entitling them, for a period of up to sixty (60) days from the date of

 

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issuance of such rights or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than the Current Market Price on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, then the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution will be multiplied by the following fraction:

 

OS0+ Y

OS0 + X

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Date for such distribution.

X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights or warrants.

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by the Current Market Price.

For the purposes of this clause (3), the number of shares of Common Stock at the time outstanding shall not include shares acquired by the Corporation. The Corporation shall not issue any such rights or warrants in respect of shares of the Common Stock acquired by the Corporation. In the event that such rights or warrants described in this clause (3) are not so issued, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. In determining the aggregate offering price payable for such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors).

(4) Self Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries successfully completes a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock (and does not make the equivalent offer to the Holders of Series B Preferred Stock) where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, then the Conversion Price in effect at the close of business on such immediately succeeding Trading Day will be multiplied by the following fraction:

 

OS0 x SP0

AC + (SP0 x OS1)

SP0 = the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the expiration of the tender or exchange offer.

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the expiration of the tender or exchange offer, including any shares validly tendered and not withdrawn.

OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the expiration of the tender or exchange offer and after taking into account the shares purchased pursuant thereto.

AC = the aggregate cash and fair market value of the other consideration payable in the tender or exchange offer, as determined by the Board of Directors.

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prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be such Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made.

(5) Rights Plans. To the extent that the Corporation has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on the Optional Conversion Date or the Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, upon conversion of any shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, Holders will receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless, prior to the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock, in which case the Conversion Price will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had made a distribution to all holders of the Common Stock as described in clause (3) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

(b) All adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10 of a cent. No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required if such adjustment would be less than $0.01; provided, that any adjustments which by reason of this subparagraph are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided further that on the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, adjustments to the Conversion Price will be made with respect to any such adjustment carried forward and which has not been taken into account before such date.

(c) No adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made if Holders may participate in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment, as a result of holding the Series B Preferred Stock (including without limitation pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), without having to convert the Series B Preferred Stock, as if they held the full number of shares of Common Stock into which a share of the Series B Preferred Stock may then be converted.

(d) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Applicable Conversion Price shall not be adjusted:

(1) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Corporation’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any plan;

(2) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or rights or warrants to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries;

(3) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date shares of the Series B Preferred Stock were first issued and not substantially amended thereafter;

(4) for a change in the par value or no par value of Common Stock;

(5) for accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock; or

(6) in connection with the rights offering of the Corporation to the Corporation’s stockholders as contemplated by that certain Investment Agreement, between the Corporation and the Investor, dated May 26, 2008, as amended through the date hereof.

(e) Whenever the Conversion Price is to be adjusted in accordance with Section 10(a), the Corporation shall: (i) compute the Conversion Price in accordance with Section 10(a), taking into account the threshold set forth in Section 10(b); (ii) as soon as practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to Section 10(a) taking into account the threshold set forth in Section 10(b) (or if the Corporation is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware), provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event; and (iii) as soon as practicable following the determination of the revised Conversion Price in accordance with Section 10(a), provide, or cause

 

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to be provided, a written notice to the Holders setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustment to the Conversion Price was determined and setting forth the revised Conversion Price.

Section 11. Reorganization Events.

(a) In the event of:

(1) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person, or other similar transaction, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person;

(2) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another Person;

(3) any reclassification of the Common Stock into securities including securities other than the Common Stock;

(any such event specified in this Section 11(a), a “Reorganization Event”); each share of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall remain outstanding but shall become convertible into the kind of securities, cash and other property receivable in such Reorganization Event by the holder (excluding the counterparty to the Reorganization Event or an Affiliate of such counterparty) of that number of shares of Common Stock into which the share of Series B Preferred Stock would then be convertible (such securities, cash and other property, the “Exchange Property”).

(b) In the event that holders of the shares of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in the Reorganization Event, the consideration that the Holders are entitled to receive shall be deemed to be the types and amounts of consideration received by the majority of the holders of the shares of Common Stock that affirmatively make an election. The amount of Exchange Property receivable upon conversion of any Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 8 shall be determined based upon the Conversion Price in effect on the date of consummation of the Reorganization Event.

(c) The above provisions of this Section 11 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 10 shall apply to any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (or any successor) received by the holders of the Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

(d) The Corporation (or any successor) shall, within twenty (20) days of the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 11.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11 or otherwise in this Certificate of Designations, the Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Fundamental Change unless such agreement (i) entitles Holders to receive, on an as-converted basis, the securities, cash and other property receivable in such transaction by a holder of shares of Common Stock that was not the counterparty to such transaction or an affiliate of such other party as described in Section 11(a), (ii) provides that each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be converted into the number of shares of Common Stock as provided in Section 8(c), or (iii) provides that (1) the Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, is converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, that is an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and (2) such Series B Preferred Stock remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, as are not

 

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materially less favorable to the Holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series B Preferred Stock, taken as a whole. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prohibit the Corporation from entering into or consummating a transaction constituting a Fundamental Change provided that the Series B Preferred Stock is treated as set forth in the preceding sentence.

Section 12. Voting Rights.

(a) The Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock vote together with the Holders of Common Stock on all matters upon which the Holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to such number of votes as the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at the time of the record date for any such vote, provided, that the votes attributable to such shares with respect to any Holder shall be automatically reduced pro rata amongst Holders included in any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) with such Holder, and in making any such pro rata determination, taking into account any other Capital Stock beneficially owned by such Holders and any other holders of Capital Stock of the Corporation included in such person or group, so that no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), except that for purposes of this clause, such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the total voting power of the Voting Stock. The voting rights set forth in this Section 12(a) shall be interpreted consistent with the definition of “Change of Control” set forth in the indentures governing the Corporation’s public notes, outstanding on the date hereof, such that a “Change of Control” shall not occur as a result of the voting rights of any Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock (and, for this purpose, taking into account any other Holders and any other holders of Capital Stock of the Corporation included in the same “person” or “group” as such Holder and any other Capital Stock beneficially owned by such Holder, including any other holders included in the same “person” or “group”). For the avoidance of doubt, such determination of total voting power of the Voting Stock shall include all Capital Stock beneficially owned, and not just the Series B Preferred Stock.

(b) So long as any shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, the vote or consent of the Holders of a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating any of the following actions, whether or not such approval is required by Delaware law:

(1) any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations, or the Corporation’s bylaws (whether by merger, consolidation, business combination or otherwise) that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely; or

(2) the consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Common Stock or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity, except that Holders will have no separate right to vote under this provision or under Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or otherwise under Delaware law if (x) the Corporation shall have complied with Section 11(e), (y) the transaction shall be a Reorganization Event in which each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be convertible into the Exchange Property, or (z) (1) the Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, is converted into or exchanged for preference securities or common stock of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, that is an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and (2) such Series B Preferred Stock remaining outstanding or such preference securities or common stock, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the Holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Series B Preferred Stock, taken as a whole;

 

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provided, however, that any increase in the amount of the authorized preferred stock or any securities convertible into preferred stock or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any series of preferred stock, or any securities convertible into preferred stock ranking junior to, equally with and/or senior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and/or the distribution of assets upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, will not, in and of itself, be deemed to adversely affect the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B Preferred Stock and, notwithstanding Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other provision of Delaware law, Holders will have no right to separately vote solely by reason of such an increase, creation or issuance.

If an amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation described above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of preferred stock with like voting rights (including the Series B Preferred Stock for this purpose), then only the series affected and entitled to vote shall vote as a class in lieu of all such series of preferred stock.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders shall not have any voting rights if, at or prior to the effective time of the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required, all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have been converted into shares of Common Stock.

Section 13. Fractional Shares.

(a) No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued as a result of any conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock.

(b) In lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of any conversion pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Corporation shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price of the Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable.

(c) If more than one share of the Series B Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock so surrendered.

Section 14. Reservation of Common Stock.

(a) Following the receipt of the Stockholder Approvals for conversion of outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock (including outstanding Senior Preferred Stock convertible into shares of Series B Preferred Stock), the Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock or shares acquired by the Corporation, solely for issuance upon the conversion of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock as provided in this Certificate of Designations, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all such shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, assuming that the Applicable Conversion Price equaled the Conversion Price on the Effective Date. For purposes of this Section 14(a), the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock acquired by the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such acquired shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

 

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(c) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

(d) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority, and if notwithstanding such efforts the shares of Common Stock cannot be delivered in compliance with such laws and regulations, then the Corporation shall not be required to so deliver until it can deliver in compliance with such laws and regulations.

(e) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the first conversion of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Corporation covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.

(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Designations to the contrary, in no event shall each share of the Series B Preferred Stock be convertible into more than 327.86885 shares of Common Stock (subject to any adjustments to the Conversion Price provided in Section 10) (the “Aggregate Share Cap”). For the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstances will the Corporation be required to deliver cash in lieu of any shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable hereunder in excess of the Aggregate Share Cap.

Section 15. Replacement Certificates.

(a) The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate representing Series B Preferred Stock at the Holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates representing Series B Preferred Stock that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the Holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Corporation.

(b) The Corporation shall not be required to issue any certificates representing the Series B Preferred Stock on or after the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, as applicable, other than with respect to shares of Series B Preferred Stock that were not converted. In place of the delivery of a replacement certificate following the Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date, the Corporation, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described in clause (a) above, shall deliver the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock formerly evidenced by the certificate.

Section 16. Miscellaneous.

(a) All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three (3) Business Days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail (unless first-class mail shall be specifically permitted for such notice under the terms of this Certificate of Designations) with postage prepaid, addressed: (i) if to the Corporation, to: Standard Pacific Corp., 15326 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92618, or (ii) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder as listed in the stock record books of the Corporation, or (iii) to such other address as the Corporation or any such Holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

 

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(b) The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any Person other than a payment to the registered Holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

SECOND: This Certificate of Designations does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of any issued shares.

THIRD: The date of adoption of this Certificate of Designations was June 26, 2008.

FOURTH: This Certificate of Designations was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

FIFTH: No stockholder action was required.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed by Clay A. Halversen, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary as of this 18th day of August, 2008.

 

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.

        /s/    CLAY A. HALVERSEN        

By:   Clay A. Halversen
Title:  

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

 

Signature Page to Series B Preferred Certificate of Designations

 

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EX-10.1 5 dex101.htm STANDARD PACIFIC CORP. 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN Standard Pacific Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.1

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP.

2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(as amended August 18, 2008)

1. Purpose

The purpose of the Standard Pacific Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to enable Standard Pacific Corp., a Delaware corporation and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) to attract, retain and motivate is non-employee directors, officers, employees and service providers, and to further align the interests of such persons with those of Company stockholders by providing for or increasing the proprietary interest of such persons in the Company. The Plan provides for the grant of Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, any of which may be performance-based, and for Incentive Bonuses, which may be paid in cash or stock or a combination thereof, as determined by the Administrator.

2. Definitions

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Plan in accordance with Section 18.

(b) “Award” means an Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Incentive Bonus granted to a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, any of which the Administrator may structure to qualify in whole or in part as a Performance Award.

(c) “Award Agreement” means a written agreement or other instrument as may be approved from time to time by the Administrator implementing the grant of each Award. An Agreement may be in the form of an agreement to be executed by both the Participant and the Company (or an authorized representative of the Company) or certificates, notices or similar instruments as approved by the Administrator.

(d) “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

(e) “Change in Control” shall mean:

(i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) or group of persons acting in concert (other than the Company or any subsidiary thereof or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or any underwriter in connection with a firm commitment public offering of the Company’s capital stock) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act except that a person shall also be deemed the beneficial owner of all securities which such person may have a right to acquire, whether or not such right is presently exercisable), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote in the election of directors (“voting stock”);

(ii) during any period subsequent to the effective date of this Plan, a majority of the members of the Board shall not for any reason be the individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board or those persons who are nominated as new directors by a majority of the current directors or their successors who have been so nominated;

(iii) there shall be consummated any merger, consolidation (including a series of mergers or consolidations), or any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company (meaning assets representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the net tangible assets of the Company or generating fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company’s operating cash flow, in each case measured over the Company’s last four full fiscal quarters), or any other similar business combination or transaction, but excluding any business combination or transaction which would result in the voting stock of the Company immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting

 

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stock of the surviving entity) more than seventy percent (70%) of the combined voting power of the voting stock of the Company (or such surviving entity) outstanding immediately after giving effect to such business combination or transaction;

(iv) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(v) the occurrence of any other event that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof; or

(vi) any other event specified by the Administrator, regardless of whether at the time an Award is granted or thereafter.

(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issues thereunder.

(g) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the closing price per share at which the Shares are sold in the regular way on the New York Stock Exchange or, if no Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange on the date in question, then for the next preceding date for which Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Shares are at any time no longer traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the closing price per share at which the Shares are sold on such other exchange, listing, quotation or similar service, or, if no such closing price is available, such other method, consistent with Section 409A of the Code, as the Administrator may determine.

(h) “Incentive Bonus” means a bonus opportunity awarded under Section 9 pursuant to which a Participant may become entitled to receive an amount based on satisfaction of such performance criteria as are specified in the Award Agreement.

(i) “Incentive Stock Option” means a stock option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

(j) “Nonemployee Director” means each person who is, or is elected to be, a member of the Board and who is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

(k) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means a stock option that is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

(l) “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option and/or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

(m) “Participant” means any individual described in Section 3 to whom Awards have been granted from time to time by the Administrator and any authorized transferee of such individual.

(n) “Performance Award” means an Award, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting or settlement of which is subject to satisfaction of one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria established pursuant to Section 13.

(o) “Prior Plans” means the Company’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, 2001 Non-Executive Officer Stock Incentive Plan and 2005 Stock Incentive Plan.

(p) “Qualifying Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(b).

(q) “Restricted Stock” means Shares granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

(r) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 pursuant to which Shares or cash in lieu thereof may be issued in the future.

(s) “Share” means a share of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12.

(t) “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan that entitles the Participant to receive, in cash or Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Administrator, value

 

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equal to or otherwise based on the excess of (i) the market price of a specified number of Shares at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, as established by the Administrator on the date of grant.

(u) “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company where each of the corporations in the unbroken chain other than the last corporation owns stock possessing at least 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain, and if specifically determined by the Administrator in the context other than with respect to Incentive Stock Options, may include an entity in which the Company has a significant ownership interest or that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company.

(v) “Termination of Employment” means ceasing to serve as a full-time employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries or, with respect to a Nonemployee Director or other service provider, ceasing to serve as such for the Company, except that with respect to all or any Awards held by a Participant (i) the Administrator may determine, subject to Section 6(d), that an approved leave of absence or approved employment on a less than full-time basis is not considered a Termination of Employment, (ii) the Administrator may determine that a transition of employment to service with a partnership, joint venture or corporation not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party is not considered a Termination of Employment, (iii) service as a member of the Board or other service provider shall constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as an employee and (iv) service as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary shall constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as a member of the Board or other service provider. The Administrator shall determine whether any corporate transaction, such as a sale or spin-off of a division or subsidiary that employs a Participant, shall be deemed to result in a Termination of Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for purposes of any affected Participant’s Options, and the Administrator’s decision shall be final and binding.

(w) “Total and Permanent Disablement” has the meaning specified by the Administrator in the terms of an Award Agreement or, in the absence of any such term or in the case of an Option intending to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. The determination of the Administrator as to an individual’s Total and Permanent Disablement shall be conclusive on all parties.

3. Eligibility

Any person who is a current or prospective officer or employee (within the meaning of Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual) of the Company or of any Subsidiary shall be eligible for selection by the Administrator for the grant of Awards hereunder. In addition, Nonemployee Directors and any other service providers who have been retained to provide consulting, advisory or other services to the Company or to any Subsidiary shall be eligible for the grant of Awards hereunder as determined by the Administrator. Options intending to qualify as Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary within the meaning of the Code, as selected by the Administrator. For purposes of this Plan, the Chairman of the Board’s status as an employee shall be determined by the Administrator.

4. Effective Date and Termination of Plan

This Plan was adopted by the Board as of March 20, 2008, and it will become effective (the “Effective Date”) when it is approved by the Company’s stockholders. All Awards granted under this Plan are subject to, and may not be exercised before, the approval of this Plan by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares present, or represented by proxy, and entitled to vote, at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders or by written consent in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware; provided that if such

 

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approval by the stockholders of the Company does not occur within one year of the date that this Plan was adopted by the Board, all Awards previously granted under this Plan shall be void. The Plan shall remain available for the grant of Awards until the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan may be terminated at such earlier time as the Board may determine. Termination of the Plan will not affect the rights and obligations of the Participants and the Company arising under Awards theretofore granted and then in effect.

5. Shares Subject to the Plan and to Awards

(a) Aggregate Limits. The aggregate number of Shares issuable pursuant to all Awards shall not exceed 21,940,000, plus any Shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plans as of June 30, 2008 that on or after such date cease for any reason to be subject to such awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and nonforfeitable shares); provided that any Shares granted as Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit on a one-for-one basis and any Shares granted as Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against this limit as one and one-half (1.5) Shares for every one (1) Share subject to such Award. The aggregate number of Shares available for grant under this Plan and the number of Shares subject to outstanding Awards shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12. The Shares issued pursuant to Awards granted under this Plan may be shares that are authorized and unissued or shares that were reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased in the open market.

(b) Issuance of Shares. For purposes of Section 5(a), the aggregate number of Shares issued under this Plan at any time shall equal only the number of Shares actually issued upon exercise or settlement of an Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may not again be made available for issuance under the Plan if such Shares are: (i) Shares that were subject to a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right and were not issued upon the net settlement or net exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Option, (iii) Shares delivered to or withheld by the Company to pay the withholding taxes related an Award, or (iv) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise. Shares subject to Awards that have been canceled, expired, forfeited or otherwise not issued under an Award and Shares subject to Awards settled in cash shall not count as Shares issued under this Plan. Any Shares that again become available for grant pursuant to Section 5(a) or this Section 5(b) shall be added back as one (1) Share if such shares were subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan or options or stock appreciation rights granted under a Prior Plan, and as one and one-half (1.5) Shares if such shares were subject to Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan or subject to awards other than options or stock appreciation rights granted under a Prior Plan.

(c) Tax Code Limits. The aggregate number of Shares subject to Awards granted under this Plan during any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed 3,000,000, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 12 only to the extent that such calculation or adjustment will not affect the status of any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code but which number shall not count any tandem SARs (as defined in Section 7). The aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan shall not exceed 28,000,000, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 12 only to the extent that such calculation or adjustment will not affect the status of any option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code. The maximum cash amount payable pursuant to that portion of an Incentive Bonus granted in any calendar year to any Participant under this Plan that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall not exceed $10,000,000.

(d) Director Awards. The aggregate number of Shares subject to Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan during any calendar year to any one Nonemployee Director shall not exceed 250,000, and the aggregate number of Shares issued or issuable under all Awards granted under this Plan other than Options or

 

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Stock Appreciation Rights during any calendar year to any one Nonemployee Director shall not exceed 250,000; provided, however, that in the calendar year in which a Nonemployee Director first joins the Board of Directors or is first designated as Chairman of the Board of Directors or Lead Director, the maximum number of shares subject to Awards granted to the Participant may be up to two hundred percent (200%) of the number of shares set forth in the foregoing limits and the foregoing limits shall not count any tandem SARs (as defined in Section 7).

6. Options

(a) Option Awards. Options may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. No Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to Option hereunder until said Shares have been issued. Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Options granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each Option must contain and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

(b) Price. The Administrator will establish the exercise price per Share under each Option, which, in no event will be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price per Share with respect to an Option that is granted in connection with a merger or other acquisition as a substitute or replacement award for options held by optionees of the acquired entity may be less than 100% of the market price of the Shares on the date such Option is granted if such exercise price is based on a formula set forth in the terms of the options held by such optionees or in the terms of the agreement providing for such merger or other acquisition. The exercise price of any Option may be paid in Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Administrator, including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Shares issuable under an Option, the delivery of previously owned Shares and withholding of Shares otherwise deliverable upon exercise.

(c) No Repricing without Stockholder Approval. Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s capitalization (as described in Section 12) the exercise price of an Option may not be reduced without stockholder approval (including canceling previously awarded Options in exchange for other Awards or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Award).

(d) Provisions Applicable to Options. The date on which Options become exercisable shall be determined at the sole discretion of the Administrator and set forth in an Award Agreement. Unless provided otherwise in the applicable Award Agreement, to the extent that the Administrator determines that an approved leave of absence or employment on a less than full-time basis is not a Termination of Employment, the vesting period and/or exercisability of an Option shall be adjusted by the Administrator during or to reflect the effects of any period during which the Participant is on an approved leave of absence or is employed on a less than full-time basis.

(e) Term of Options and Termination of Employment: The Administrator shall establish the term of each Option, which in no case shall exceed a period of seven (7) years from the date of grant. Unless an Option earlier expires upon the expiration date established pursuant to the foregoing sentence, upon the termination of the Participant’s employment, his or her rights to exercise an Option then held shall be only as follows, unless the Administrator specifies otherwise:

(1) Death. Upon the death of a Participant while in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or while serving as a member of the Board, all of the Participant’s Options then held shall be exercisable by his or her estate, heir or beneficiary at any time during the one (1) year period commencing on the date of death. Any and all of the deceased Participant’s Options that are not exercised during the one (1) year commencing on the date of death shall terminate as of the end of such one (1) year period.

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time during the one (1) year period commencing on the date of termination, but only to the extent of the number of Shares as to which such Option was exercisable as of the date of such termination. Any and all of the deceased Participant’s Options that are not exercised during the one (1) year period commencing on the date of termination shall terminate as of the end of such one (1) year period. A Participant’s estate shall mean his or her legal representative or other person who so acquires the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of the Participant.

(2) Total and Permanent Disablement. Upon Termination of Employment as a result of the Total and Permanent Disablement of any Participant, all of the Participant’s Options then held shall be exercisable during the one (1) year period commencing on the date of termination. Any and all Options that are not exercised during the one (1) year period commencing on the date of termination shall terminate as of the end of such one (1) year period.

(3) Other Reasons. Upon the date of a termination of a Participant’s employment for any reason other than those stated above in Sections 6(e)(1) and (e)(2) or as described in Section 15, (A) to the extent that any Option is not exercisable as of such termination date, such portion of the Option shall remain unexercisable and shall terminate as of such date, and (B) to the extent that any Option is exercisable as of such termination date, such portion of the Option shall expire on the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days following such date and (ii) the expiration date of such Option.

(f) Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the case of the grant of an Option intending to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option: (i) if the Participant owns stock possessing more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (a “10% Shareholder”), the exercise price of such Option must be at least 110 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant and the Option must expire within a period of not more than five (5) years from the date of grant, and (ii) Termination of Employment will occur when the person to whom an Award was granted ceases to be an employee (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6 to the contrary, options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall not be eligible for treatment under the Code as Incentive Stock Options (and will be deemed to be Nonqualified Stock Options) to the extent that either (a) the aggregate Fair Market Value of Shares (determined as of the time of grant) with respect to which such Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted, or (b) such Options otherwise remain exercisable but are not exercised within three (3) months of Termination of Employment (or such other period of time provided in Section 422 of the Code).

7. Stock Appreciation Rights

Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants from time to time either in tandem with or as a component of other Awards granted under the Plan (“tandem SARs”) or not in conjunction with other Awards (“freestanding SARs”) and may, but need not, relate to a specific Option granted under Section 6. The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect to each grant or each recipient. Any Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Award may be granted at the same time such Award is granted or at any time thereafter before exercise or expiration of such Award. All freestanding SARs shall be granted subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to Options as set forth in Section 6 and all tandem SARs shall have the same exercise price, vesting, exercisability, forfeiture and termination provisions as the Award to which they relate. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 and the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrator may impose such other conditions or restrictions on any Stock Appreciation Right as it shall deem appropriate. Stock Appreciation Rights may be settled in Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s capitalization (as described in Section 12) the exercise price of Stock Appreciation Rights may not be reduced without stockholder approval (including canceling previously awarded Stock Appreciation Rights and regranting them with a lower exercise price).

 

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8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

(a) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan to Participants as determined by the Administrator. Restricted Stock is an award or issuance of Shares the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions (including continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Restricted Stock Units are Awards denominated in units of Shares under which the issuance of Shares is subject to such conditions (including continued employment or performance conditions) and terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, each Restricted Stock Unit will be equal to one Share and will entitle a Participant to either the issuance of Shares or payment of an amount of cash determined with reference to the value of Shares. To the extent determined by the Administrator, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be satisfied or settled in Shares, cash or a combination thereof. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units must contain and be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

(b) Contents of Agreement. Each Award Agreement shall contain provisions regarding (i) the number of Shares or Restricted Stock Units subject to such Award or a formula for determining such number, (ii) the purchase price of the Shares, if any, and the means of payment, (iii) the performance criteria, if any, and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the number of Shares or Restricted Stock Units granted, issued, retainable and/or vested, (iv) such terms and conditions on the grant, issuance, vesting and/or forfeiture of the Shares or Restricted Stock Units as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator, (v) the term of the performance period, if any, as to which performance will be measured for determining the number of such Shares or Restricted Stock Units, and (vi) restrictions on the transferability of the Shares or Restricted Stock Units. Shares issued under a Restricted Stock Award may be issued in the name of the Participant and held by the Participant or held by the Company, in each case as the Administrator may provide.

(c) Vesting and Performance Criteria. The grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will occur when and in such installments as the Administrator determines or under criteria the Administrator establishes, which may include Qualifying Performance Criteria. Other than with respect to Awards to Nonemployee Directors, the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of Shares under any such Award that is based on performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria will be subject to a performance period of not less than twelve months, and the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of Shares under any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award that is based solely upon continued employment and/or the passage of time may not vest or be settled in full prior to the thirty-sixth month following its date of grant, but may be subject to pro-rata vesting over such period, except that the Administrator may provide for the satisfaction and/or lapse of all conditions under any such Award in the event of the Participant’s death or disability or in connection with a Change in Control, and the Administrator may provide that any such restriction or limitation will not apply in the case of a Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award that is issued in payment or settlement of compensation that has been earned by the Participant. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the performance criteria for any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code will be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Administrator and specified when the Award is granted.

(d) Discretionary Adjustments and Limits. Subject to the limits imposed under Section 162(m) of the Code for Awards that are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation,” notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of Shares granted, issued, retainable and/or vested under an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units on account of either financial performance or personal performance evaluations may, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement, be reduced, but not increased, by the Administrator on the basis of such further considerations as the Administrator shall determine.

 

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(e) Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those shares during the period of restriction. Participants shall have no voting rights with respect to Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units unless and until such Shares are reflected as issued and outstanding shares on the Company’s stock ledger.

(f) Dividends and Distributions. Participants in whose name Restricted Stock is granted shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to those Shares, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator. The Administrator will determine whether any such dividends or distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock and subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were distributed or whether such dividends or distributions will be paid in cash. Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to dividends or dividend equivalents only to the extent provided by the Administrator.

9. Incentive Bonuses

(a) General. Each Incentive Bonus Award will confer upon the Participant the opportunity to earn a future payment tied to the level of achievement with respect to one or more performance criteria established for a performance period of not less than one year or, for Incentive Bonus Awards settled solely in cash, no less than one calendar quarter.

(b) Incentive Bonus Document. The terms of any Incentive Bonus will be set forth in an Award Agreement. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Incentive Bonus shall contain provisions regarding (i) the target and maximum amount payable to the Participant as an Incentive Bonus, (ii) the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the amount of such payment, (iii) the term of the performance period as to which performance shall be measured for determining the amount of any payment, (iv) the timing of any payment earned by virtue of performance, (v) restrictions on the alienation or transfer of the Incentive Bonus prior to actual payment, (vi) forfeiture provisions and (vii) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with this Plan as may be determined from time to time by the Administrator.

(c) Performance Criteria. The Administrator shall establish the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the target and maximum amount payable under an Incentive Bonus, which criteria may be based on financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. The Administrator may specify the percentage of the target Incentive Bonus that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the performance criteria for any portion of an Incentive Bonus that is intended by the Administrator to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria (as defined in Section 13(b)) selected by the Administrator and specified at the time the Incentive Bonus is granted. The Administrator shall certify the extent to which any Qualifying Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment of any Incentive Bonus that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(d) Timing and Form of Payment. The Administrator shall determine the timing of payment of any Incentive Bonus. Payment of the amount due under an Incentive Bonus may be made in cash or in Shares, as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator may provide for or, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may specify, may permit a Participant to elect for the payment of any Incentive Bonus to be deferred to a specified date or event.

(e) Discretionary Adjustments. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the amount paid under an Incentive Bonus on account of either financial performance or personal performance evaluations may, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement, be reduced, but not increased, by the Administrator on the basis of such further considerations as the Administrator shall determine.

 

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10. Deferral of Gains

The Administrator may, in an Award Agreement or otherwise, provide for the deferred delivery of Shares upon settlement, vesting or other events with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, or in payment or satisfaction of an Incentive Bonus. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will any deferral of the delivery of Shares or any other payment with respect to any Award be allowed if the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that the deferral would result in the imposition of the additional tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. No award shall provide for deferral of compensation that does not comply with Section 409A of the Code, unless the Board, at the time of grant, specifically provides that the Award is not intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Board.

11. Conditions and Restrictions Upon Securities Subject to Awards

The Administrator may provide that the Shares issued upon exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or otherwise subject to or issued under an Award shall be subject to such further agreements, restrictions, conditions or limitations as the Administrator in its discretion may specify prior to the exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right or the grant, vesting or settlement of such Award, including without limitation, conditions on vesting or transferability, forfeiture or repurchase provisions and method of payment for the Shares issued upon exercise, vesting or settlement of such Award (including the actual or constructive surrender of Shares already owned by the Participant) or payment of taxes arising in connection with an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, such restrictions may address the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Shares issued under an Award, including without limitation (i) restrictions under an insider trading policy or pursuant to applicable law, (ii) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and holders of other Company equity compensation arrangements, (iii) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers and (iv) provisions requiring Shares to be sold on the open market or to the Company in order to satisfy tax withholding or other obligations.

12. Adjustment of and Changes in the Stock

In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property), stock split or a combination or consolidation of the outstanding Shares into a lesser number of shares, is declared with respect to the Shares, the authorization limits under Sections 5(a) and 5(c) shall be increased or decreased proportionately, and the Shares then subject to each Award shall be increased or decreased proportionately without any change in the aggregate purchase price therefore. In the event the Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or class of shares of stock or securities of the Company or of another corporation, whether through recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or any other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an equitable adjustment would be required in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the authorization limits under Sections 5(a) and 5(c) shall be adjusted proportionately, and an equitable adjustment shall be made to each Share subject to an Award such that no dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits occurs. Each such Share then subject to each Award shall be adjusted to the number and class of shares into which each outstanding Share shall be so exchanged such that no dilution or enlargement of the benefits occurs, all without change in the aggregate purchase price for the Shares then subject to each Award. Action by the Administrator pursuant to this Section 12 may include adjustment to any or all of: (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or other property) that thereafter

 

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may be made the subject of Awards or be delivered under the Plan; (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) the purchase price or exercise price of a Share under any outstanding Award or the measure to be used to determine the amount of the benefit payable on an Award; and (iv) any other adjustments the Administrator determines to be equitable.

No right to purchase fractional shares shall result from any adjustment in Awards pursuant to this Section 12. In case of any such adjustment, the Shares subject to the Award shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share. The Company shall notify Participants holding Awards subject to any adjustments pursuant to this Section 12 of such adjustment, but (whether or not notice is given) such adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

13. Qualifying Performance-Based Compensation

(a) General. The Administrator may establish performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria that shall determine the number of Shares to be granted, retained, vested, issued or issuable under or in settlement of or the amount payable pursuant to an Award, which criteria may be based on Qualifying Performance Criteria or other standards of financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations. In addition, the Administrator may specify that an Award or a portion of an Award is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, provided that the performance criteria for such Award or portion of an Award that is intended by the Administrator to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Administrator and specified at the time the Award is granted. The Administrator shall certify the extent to which any Qualifying Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment, settlement or vesting of any Award that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of Shares issued under or the amount paid under an award may, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement, be reduced, but not increased, by the Administrator on the basis of such further considerations as the Administrator in its sole discretion shall determine.

(b) Qualifying Performance Criteria. For purposes of this Plan, the term “Qualifying Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria, or derivations of such performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, Subsidiary or one of more joint ventures, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Administrator: (1) revenue (including homebuilding and/or financial services revenue), (2) cash balance or cash flow (including cash flow, before or after dividends, and cash from operations), (3) returns (including return on equity, capital, inventory, assets; operating revenue; stockholder return), (4) profit or earnings (including net income; operating income; pretax income; income from joint ventures and/or discontinued operations; earnings; earnings per share and earnings before any one or more of interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairments and write-offs), (5) debt levels and leverage and liquidity (including borrowing capacity; liquidity criteria; interest coverage ratio; debt to capital; debt to equity or other leverage criteria) (6) operating measures consisting of gross, operating or pretax margin; SG&A ratio; overhead or other cost reduction; orders; backlog; deliveries; inventory turnover, increase or reduction; completed and unsold inventory; homes under construction; speculative homes under construction; cancellation or order rates; revenue or deliveries per employee, homes under construction to backlog ratio; lot supply or land position, (7) company fundamentals consisting of stock price; market capitalization; shareholders’ equity or book value per share; economic value added, (8) contractual compliance (including maintaining compliance, obtaining waivers of non-compliance, or obtaining amendments of contractual covenants), or (9) other measures consisting of market share; customer service; customer or employee satisfaction; brand acceptance and recognition; product development, release or innovation; and asset acquisitions or sales (including division acquisitions or sales). To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of

 

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the Code, the Administrator (A) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to eliminate the effects of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items and all items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or related to the disposal of a segment of a business or related to a change in accounting principle all as determined in accordance with standards established by opinion No. 30 of the Accounting Principles Board (APA Opinion No. 30), Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 111, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” or Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections,” or other applicable or successor accounting provisions, as well as the cumulative effect of accounting changes, in each case as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or identified in the Company’s financial statements or notes to the financial statements, and (B) may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs or impairments, (ii) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs and (v) accruals of any amounts for payment under this Plan or any other compensation arrangement maintained by the Company.

14. Transferability

Each Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and each Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only by the Participant during his or her lifetime. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by the Administrator, the person to whom an Award is initially granted (the “Grantee”) may transfer an Award to any “family member” of the Grantee (as such term is defined in Section 1(a)(5) of the General Instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Form S-8”)), to trusts solely for the benefit of such family members and to partnerships in which such family members and/or trusts are the only partners; provided that, (i) as a condition thereof, the transferor and the transferee must execute a written agreement containing such terms as specified by the Administrator, and (ii) the transfer is pursuant to a gift or a domestic relations order to the extent permitted under the General Instructions to Form S-8. Except to the extent specified otherwise in the agreement the Administrator provides for the Grantee and transferee to execute, all vesting, exercisability and forfeiture provisions that are conditioned on the Grantee’s continued employment or service shall continue to be determined with reference to the Grantee’s employment or service (and not to the status of the transferee) after any transfer of an Award pursuant to this Section 14, and the responsibility to pay any taxes in connection with an Award shall remain with the Grantee notwithstanding any transfer other than by will or intestate succession.

15. Impact of Change in Control

The Administrator may provide, either at the time an Award is granted or thereafter, that a Change in Control shall have such effect as specified by the Administrator, or no effect, as the Administrator in its discretion may provide. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrator may but need not provide, either at the time an Award is granted or thereafter, that if a Change in Control occurs, then effective as of a date selected by the Administrator, the Administrator (which for purposes of the Changes in Control described in (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Change in Control contained in Section 2 shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board as constituted prior to the occurrence of such Change in Control) acting in its discretion without the consent or approval of any Participant, may effect one or more of the following alternatives or combination of alternatives with respect to all outstanding Awards (which alternatives may be conditional on the occurrence of such of the Changes in Control specified above and which may vary among individual Participants):

(i) in the case of a Change in Control specified in clause (iii) of the definition of Change in Control, accelerate the time at which Options or Stock Appreciation Rights then outstanding may vest or be exercised in full for a limited period of time on or before a specified date (which will permit the Participant to participate with the common stock received upon exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right in

 

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the event of a Change in Control specified in clause (iii) of the definition of Change in Control) fixed by the Administrator, after which specified date all unexercised Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and all rights of Participants thereunder shall terminate,

(ii) accelerate the time at which Options or Stock Appreciation Rights then outstanding may be exercised so that such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised in full for their then remaining term (or such shorter period as determined by the Administrator),

(iii) accelerate the vesting of Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Units, or

(iv) require the mandatory surrender to the Company of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or unvested Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units held by such Participant (irrespective of whether such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights are then exercisable under the provisions of this Plan) as of a date, before or not later than 60 days after such Change in Control, specified by the Administrator, and in such event the Administrator shall thereupon cancel such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and unvested Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units and the Company shall pay to each Participant an amount of cash equal to the excess of the fair market value of the aggregate Shares subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right over the aggregate Option or Stock Appreciation Right exercise price of such Shares or the fair market value of the aggregate unvested Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable; provided, however, the Administrator shall not select an alternative (unless consented to by the Participant) that would result in the Participant’s owing any money by virtue of operation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. If all such alternatives have such a result, the Administrator shall take such action, which is hereby authorized, to put such Participant in as close to the same position as such Participant would have been in had the selected alternative been made but without resulting in any payment by such Participant pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the consent of the Participant, the Administrator may in lieu of the foregoing make such provision with respect of any Change in Control as it deems appropriate.

16. Compliance with Laws and Regulations

This Plan, the grant, issuance, vesting, exercise and settlement of Awards thereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell, issue or deliver Shares under such Awards, shall be subject to all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, stock exchange rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. The Company shall not be required to register in a Participant’s name or deliver any Shares prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under any foreign, federal, state or local law or any ruling or regulation of any government body which the Administrator shall determine to be necessary or advisable. To the extent the Company is unable to or the Administrator deems it infeasible to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be relieved of any liability with respect to the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. No Option shall be exercisable and no Shares shall be issued and/or transferable under any other Award unless a registration statement with respect to the Shares underlying such Option is effective and current or the Company has determined that such registration is unnecessary.

In the event an Award is granted to or held by a Participant who is employed or providing services outside the United States, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, modify the provisions of the Plan or of such Award as they pertain to such individual to comply with applicable foreign law or to recognize differences in local law, currency or tax policy. The Administrator may also impose conditions on the grant, issuance, exercise, vesting, settlement or retention of Awards in order to comply with such foreign law and/or to minimize the Company’s obligations with respect to tax equalization for Participants employed outside their home country.

 

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17. Withholding

To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, a Participant shall be required to satisfy, in a manner satisfactory to the Company, any withholding tax obligations that arise by reason of an Option exercise, disposition of Shares issued under an Incentive Stock Option, the vesting of or settlement of an Award, an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or otherwise with respect to an Award. To the extent a Participant makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code, within ten days of filing such election with the Internal Revenue Service, the Participant must notify the Company in writing of such election. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to issue Shares, make any payment or to recognize the transfer or disposition of Shares until all such obligations are satisfied. The Administrator may provide for or permit these obligations to be satisfied through the mandatory or elective sale of Shares and/or by having the Company withhold a portion of the Shares that otherwise would be issued to him or her upon exercise of the Option or the vesting or settlement of an Award, or by tendering Shares previously acquired. To the extent a Participant makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code, within ten days of filing such election with the Internal Revenue Service, the Participant must notify the Company in writing of such election.

18. Administration of the Plan

(a) Administrator of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator who shall be the Compensation Committee of the Board or, in the absence of a Compensation Committee, the Board itself. Any power of the Administrator may also be exercised by the Board, except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Award or transaction to become subject to (or lose an exemption under) the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or cause an Award designated as a Performance Award not to qualify for treatment as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Administrator, the Board action shall control. The Compensation Committee may by resolution authorize one or more officers of the Company to perform any or all things that the Administrator is authorized and empowered to do or perform under the Plan, and for all purposes under this Plan, such officer or officers shall be treated as the Administrator; provided, however, that the resolution so authorizing such officer or officers shall specify the total number of Awards (if any) such officer or officers may award pursuant to such delegated authority, and any such Award shall be subject to the form of Option agreement theretofore approved by the Compensation Committee. No such officer shall designate himself or herself as a recipient of any Awards granted under authority delegated to such officer. The Compensation Committee hereby designates the Secretary of the Company and the head of the Company’s human resource function to assist the Administrator in the administration of the Plan and execute agreements evidencing Awards made under this Plan or other documents entered into under this Plan on behalf of the Administrator or the Company. In addition, the Compensation Committee may delegate any or all aspects of the day-to-day administration of the Plan to one or more officers or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, and/or to one or more agents.

(b) Powers of Administrator. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Administrator shall be authorized and empowered to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of this Plan, including, without limitation: (i) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan and to define terms not otherwise defined herein; (ii) to determine which persons are Participants, to which of such Participants, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards; (iii) to grant Awards to Participants and determine the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of Shares subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price of such Shares and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable or vested or are forfeited or expire, which terms may but need not be conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment, the satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence of certain events (including a Change in Control), or other factors; (iv) to establish and verify the extent of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting and/or ability to retain any Award; (v) to prescribe and amend the terms of the agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this Plan (which need not be identical) and the terms of or form of any document or notice required to be delivered to the Company by Participants under this Plan; (vi) to

 

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determine the extent to which adjustments are required pursuant to Section 12; (vii) to interpret and construe this Plan, any rules and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions to any such provisions in if the Administrator, in good faith, determines that it is necessary to do so in light of extraordinary circumstances and for the benefit of the Company; (viii) to approve corrections in the documentation or administration of any Award; and (ix) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. The Administrator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, without amendment to the Plan, waive or amend the operation of Plan provisions respecting exercise after termination of employment or service to the Company or an Affiliate and, except as otherwise provided herein, adjust any of the terms of any Award. The Administrator may also (A) accelerate the date on which any Award granted under the Plan becomes exercisable or (B) accelerate the vesting date or waive or adjust any condition imposed hereunder with respect to the vesting or exercisability of an Award, provided that the Administrator, in good faith, determines that such acceleration, waiver or other adjustment is necessary or desirable in light of extraordinary circumstances. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, no Award outstanding under the Plan may be repriced, regranted through cancellation, including cancellation in exchange for other Awards or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Award, or otherwise amended to reduce the exercise price applicable thereto (other than with respect to adjustments made in connection with a transaction or other change in the Company’s capitalization as described in Section 12) without the approval of the Company’s stockholders.

(c) Determinations by the Administrator. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Administrator regarding the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan and the terms and conditions of or operation of any Award granted hereunder, shall be final and binding on all Participants, beneficiaries, heirs, assigns or other persons holding or claiming rights under the Plan or any Award. The Administrator shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, in its sole and absolute discretion, to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select.

(d) Subsidiary Awards. In the case of a grant of an Award to any Participant employed by a Subsidiary, such grant may, if the Administrator so directs, be implemented by the Company issuing any subject Shares to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Administrator may determine, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such Award may be issued by and in the name of the Subsidiary and shall be deemed granted on such date as the Administrator shall determine.

19. Amendment of the Plan or Awards

The Board may amend, alter or discontinue this Plan and the Administrator may amend, or alter any agreement or other document evidencing an Award made under this Plan but, except as provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 12, no such amendment shall, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company:

(a) increase the maximum number of Shares for which Awards may be granted under this Plan;

(b) reduce the price at which Options may be granted below the price provided for in Section 6(a);

(c) reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options;

(d) extend the term of this Plan;

(e) change the class of persons eligible to be Participants;

(f) otherwise amend the Plan in any manner requiring stockholder approval by law or under the New York Stock Exchange listing requirements; or

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No amendment or alteration to the Plan or an Award or Award Agreement shall be made which would impair the rights of the holder of an Award, without such holder’s consent, provided that no such consent shall be required if the Administrator determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change in Control that such amendment or alteration either is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of or avoid adverse financial accounting consequences under any accounting standard.

20. No Liability of Company

The Company and any Subsidiary or affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence shall not be liable to a Participant or any other person as to: (i) the non-issuance or sale of Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder; and (ii) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Award granted hereunder.

21. Non-Exclusivity of Plan

Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or the Administrator to adopt such other incentive arrangements as either may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of restricted stock or stock options otherwise than under this Plan or an arrangement not intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m), and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

22. Governing Law

This Plan and any agreements or other documents hereunder shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the Delaware and applicable federal law. Any reference in this Plan or in the agreement or other document evidencing any Awards to a provision of law or to a rule or regulation shall be deemed to include any successor law, rule or regulation of similar effect or applicability.

23. Arbitration of Disputes

In the event a Participant or other holder of an Award or person claiming a right under an Award or the Plan believes that a decision by the Administrator with respect to such person or Award was arbitrary or capricious, the person may request arbitration with respect to such decision. The review by the arbitrator shall be limited to determining whether the Participant or other Award holder has proven that the Administrator’s decision was arbitrary or capricious. This arbitration shall be the sole and exclusive review permitted of the Administrator’s decision. Participants, Award holders and persons claiming rights under an Award or the Plan explicitly waive any right to judicial review.

Notice of demand for arbitration shall be made in writing to the Administrator within thirty (30) days after the applicable decision by the Administrator. The arbitrator shall be selected by those members of the Board who are neither members of the Compensation Committee of the Board nor employees of the Company or any Subsidiary. If there are no such members of the Board, the arbitrator shall be selected by the Board. The arbitrator shall be an individual who is an attorney licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction in which the Company’s headquarters are then located. Such arbitrator shall be neutral within the meaning of the Commercial Rules of Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association; provided, however, that the arbitration shall not be administered by the American Arbitration Association. Any challenge to the neutrality of the arbitrator shall be resolved by the arbitrator whose decision shall be final and conclusive. The arbitration shall be administered and conducted by the arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Rules of Dispute Resolution of the

 

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American Arbitration Association. Each side shall bear its own fees and expenses, including its own attorney’s fees, and each side shall bear one half of the arbitrator’s fees and expenses. The decision of the arbitrator on the issue(s) presented for arbitration shall be final and conclusive and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

24. No Right to Employment, Reelection or Continued Service

Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates to terminate any Participant’s employment, service on the Board or service for the Company at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law, nor shall this Plan or an Award itself confer upon any Participant any right to continue his or her employment or service for any specified period of time. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company, any Subsidiary and/or its affiliates. Subject to Sections 4 and 19, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Board without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates.

25. Unfunded Plan

The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan. Participants are and shall at all times be general creditors of the Company with respect to their Awards. If the Administrator or the Company chooses to set aside funds in a trust or otherwise for the payment of Awards under the Plan, such funds shall at all times be subject to the claims of the creditors of the Company in the event of its bankruptcy or insolvency.

 

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EX-99.1 6 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

LOGO

News Release

STANDARD PACIFIC CORP. ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, August 18, 2008 – Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE:SPF) today announced that, at the Company’s special meeting of stockholders held earlier today, stockholders overwhelmingly voted in favor of each of the three proposals on the meeting agenda.

Approval of the first proposal resulted in the conversion of $381 million in Company Senior Preferred Stock previously issued to an affiliate of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC into an equivalent amount of the Company’s Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, a warrant held by MatlinPatterson, originally exercisable for shares of Senior Preferred Stock, became exercisable for the Company’s Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock is economically equivalent to the Company’s common stock, but contains a voting limitation. Under this proposal, the stockholders also approved the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock upon conversion of the Company’s Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock. Over 95% of the shares cast on proposal 1 were cast in favor.

Approval of the second proposal resulted in the adoption of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which, among other things, increased the total number of shares of capital stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 210,000,000 shares to 610,000,000 shares, declassified the Company’s Board of Directors, and removed certain supermajority voting requirements. Over 95% of the shares cast on proposal 2 were cast in favor.

Approval of the third proposal resulted in the adoption of an amendment to the Standard Pacific Corp. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan which increased the number of shares available for issuance under the plan by 19,023,543 shares. Over 93% of the shares cast on proposal 3 were cast in favor.

Standard Pacific Corp., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, has built homes for more than 100,000 families during its 42-year history. The Company constructs homes within a wide range of price and size targeting a broad range of homebuyers. Standard Pacific operates in many of the largest housing markets in the country with operations in major metropolitan areas in California, Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas, Texas, Colorado and Nevada. The Company provides mortgage financing and title services to its homebuyers through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, Standard Pacific Mortgage, Inc., SPH Home Mortgage and SPH Title. For more information about the Company and its new home developments, please visit our website at: http://www.standardpacifichomes.com.

Contact:

Andrew H. Parnes, Executive Vice President-Finance & CFO (949) 789-1616, aparnes@stanpac.com or Lloyd H. McKibbin, Senior Vice President & Treasurer (949) 789-1603, lmckibbin@stanpac.com.

 

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