EX-99.2 3 a08-10699_1ex99d2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING CORPORATION

 

2006 INCENTIVE PLAN

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT AGREEMENT

 

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation formerly known as Stone Arcade Acquisition Corporation, (the “Company”), hereby grants to                                    (“you” or the “Grantee”), an employee of the Company, an award (the “Award”) of Restricted Stock Units (the “Units”) representing the right to receive the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $.0001 par value (“Shares”), on the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

This Award is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement, in the attached Exhibit A to this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement, and in the attached Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation 2006 Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time before or after the date of this Award (the “Plan”), all of which are an integral part of and are hereby incorporated into this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement.  You may obtain a copy of any amendments to the Plan from the Company upon request.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Plan.

 

Date of Grant

 

                                         

Number of Restricted Stock Units Granted

 

                                         

 

Restricted Stock Units will become vested in installments as follows:

 

Date Vesting

 

Percentage

 

No. of Units
Becoming
Vesting

 

Cumulative No.
of Units
Vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before                                               

 

0

%

0

 

0

On or after                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

and before                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

On or after                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

and before                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

On or after                                        

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING

 

 

CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Its:

 

 

 

For the Committee

 

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED

 

 

TO BY:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT A

to

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT AGREEMENT

 

1.             Form of Award.  This is an award (“Award”) of Restricted Stock Units, which will become vested under the schedule stated in the Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement.  Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units will be delivered to you upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units.

 

2.             Effect of Termination of Employment.  Immediately upon your termination of status as an employee of the Company for any reason other than your death or Disability, the Restricted Stock Units granted to you that have not vested prior to such time will no longer vest and you shall forfeit all rights (and the Company shall have no further obligation) with respect to such Restricted Stock Units.  In the event of your death or Disability, the Restricted Stock Units shall immediately vest in full.

 

3.             Rights as Shareholder.  Except as provided below you will have no rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect to Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units unless and until Shares are delivered to you in respect of such Restricted Stock Units upon vesting.  Notwithstanding the above, if dividends are paid on Shares represented by the Restricted Stock Units awarded to you that have not yet either vested or been forfeited:

 

(i)            If such dividends are cash dividends, the Company will cumulate amounts equivalent to the amount of dividends and pay to you such amount when the restrictions lapse; and

 

(ii)           If such dividends are Share dividends, the Company will credit you with a number of additional Restricted Stock Units equal to the number of Shares of per-Share dividends that would have been paid to you if your Restricted Stock Units had been Shares, with such additional Restricted Stock Units being subject to the same restrictions and for the same period as the Restricted Stock Units to which such dividend credits relate.

 

4.             Taxes.  The Company is not required to deliver Shares pursuant to this Award unless you first pay to the Company the minimum amount that the Company is required to withhold for federal, state, local or foreign income, FICA or other taxes relating to vesting a delivery of such Shares.  The Company will notify you of such minimum amount at or prior to the time the Restricted Stock Units vest.  You may satisfy this obligation by any one or a combination of the following means:

 

(i)            delivering cash, negotiable personal check or electronic funds transfer in an amount that is equal to the amount to be withheld;

 

(ii)           delivering of Mature Shares having a Fair Market Value on the effective date of such exercise equal to the aggregate Option Price for the number of Shares being purchased.  “Mature Shares” means Shares that are fully paid, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances and properly endorsed for transfer that either (A) you have owned for at least six months (or such longer period as the Committee determines is required by applicable accounting standards to avoid a charge to the Company’s earnings) or (B) you purchased on the open market; or

 


 

(iii)          requesting the Company to withhold from those Shares that would otherwise be delivered pursuant to this Award a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the effective date of vesting of such Shares that is equal to the amount to be withheld.

 

5.             Award Not Transferable.  This Award is not transferable by you except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and may not be assigned, negotiated, or pledged by you in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise), and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.

 

6.             Amendments.  The Committee may by written instrument amend this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement prospectively or retroactively in any manner; but no such amendment may adversely affect your rights without your written consent unless such amendment is required or permitted to comply with securities, tax or other laws.  By accepting this Award you thereby give your consent to any amendment of this Agreement reasonably determined by the Committee to be required or permitted by the preceding sentence.  The Committee retains with respect to this Award all of the rights, powers and authorities described in the Plan, whether or not set forth in this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement, unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement.

 

7.             Notices.  Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary.  Any notice to be given to you shall be addressed to you at the address listed in the Company’s records.  By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party may designate a different address for notices.  Any notice shall have been deemed given when actually delivered.

 

8.             Severability.  If any part of this Agreement is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not serve to invalidate any part of this Agreement not declared to be unlawful or invalid.  Any part so declared unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which gives effect to the terms of such part to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

 

9.             Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware other than its laws respecting choice of law.

 

10.           Headings.  Headings are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

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