EX-99.4 5 ea020746501ex99-4_montana.htm FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT UNDER MONTANA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2024 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

Exhibit 99.4

 

MONTANA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

2024 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

 

RESTRICTED STOCK Unit Grant Notice

 

Montana Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to the participant listed below (“Participant”) the Restricted Stock Units (the “RSUs”) described in this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice (this “Grant Notice”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Montana Technologies Corporation 2024 Incentive Award Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A and the addendum attached thereto (the Addendum” and, together with the Grant Notice and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the “Agreement”), both of which are incorporated into this Grant Notice by reference. Each RSU is hereby granted in tandem with a corresponding Dividend Equivalent, as further described in the Agreement. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Grant Notice or the Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan.

 

Participant:  
   
Grant Date:  
   
Number of RSUs:  
   
Vesting Commencement Date:  
   
Vesting Schedule: [To be specified]
   
Definitions: [To be specified]

 

By accepting (whether in writing, electronically or otherwise) the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents, Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan and the Agreement. In addition, Participant acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the forfeiture provisions related to the Restrictive Covenants (as defined on Exhibit A) set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Agreement. Participant has reviewed the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Agreement.

 

MONTANA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   PARTICIPANT
     
By:    
Name:        [Participant Name]
Title:    

 

[Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

 

Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the addendum attached thereto (the Addendum” and, together with the Grant Notice and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the “Agreement”) shall have the meanings specified in the Grant Notice or, if not defined in the Grant Notice, in the Plan.

 

Article I.
general

 

1.1 Award of RSUs. The Company has granted the RSUs to Participant effective as of the grant date set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Grant Date”). Each RSU represents the right to receive one Share or an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share (as applicable), as set forth in this Agreement. Participant will have no right to the distribution of any Shares or cash, as applicable, until the time (if ever) the RSUs have vested.

 

1.2 Dividend Equivalents. With respect to each RSU granted hereunder, the Company has granted a tandem Dividend Equivalent, which Dividend Equivalent shall remain outstanding from the Grant Date until the earlier of the payment or forfeiture of the RSU to which it corresponds. Each Dividend Equivalent shall entitle Participant to receive the equivalent value of any ordinary cash dividend declared by the Company on a single Share while such Dividend Equivalent is outstanding. The Company will establish a separate Dividend Equivalent bookkeeping account for each Dividend Equivalent (a “Dividend Equivalent Account”) and will credit the Dividend Equivalent Account (without interest) on the applicable dividend payment date with the amount of any such cash paid. Any Dividend Equivalents granted in connection with the RSUs issued hereunder and any amounts that may become distributable in respect thereof shall be treated separately from such RSUs and the rights arising in connection therewith for purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including for purposes of the designation of the time and form of payments required by Section 409A of the Code).

 

1.3 Incorporation of Terms of Plan. The RSUs and Dividend Equivalents are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan will control, unless it is expressly specified in this Agreement or the Grant Notice that the specific provision of the Plan will not apply. For clarity, the foregoing sentence shall not limit the applicability of any additive language contained in this Agreement which provides supplemental or additional terms not inconsistent with the Plan. If the Addendum applies to Participant, in the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement or the Plan and the provisions in the Addendum, the terms and conditions in the Addendum shall control.

 

1.4 Unsecured Promise. The RSUs and Dividend Equivalents will at all times prior to settlement represent an unsecured Company obligation payable only from the Company’s general assets.

 

Article II.
VESTING; forfeiture AND SETTLEMENT

 

2.1 Vesting; Forfeiture.

 

(a) General. The RSUs will vest according to the vesting schedule in the Grant Notice except that any fraction of an RSU that would otherwise be vested will be accumulated and will vest only when a whole RSU has accumulated. Dividend Equivalents (including any Dividend Equivalent Account balance) will vest upon the vesting of the RSUs to which the Dividend Equivalent (including the Dividend Equivalent Account) relates.

 

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(b) Forfeiture.

 

(i) Except as otherwise set forth in the Grant Notice, the Plan or this Agreement, and unless the Administrator otherwise determines, in the event of Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason, all unvested RSUs (together with their tandem Dividend Equivalents (and any corresponding Dividend Equivalent Account balance)) will immediately and automatically be cancelled and forfeited (after taking into consideration any accelerated vesting which may occur in connection with such Termination of Service, if any).

 

(ii) In consideration of the grant of the RSUs hereunder, and further as a material inducement for the Company to enter into this Agreement with Participant and to grant Participant the RSUs, Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that, at the Company’s request, Participant shall enter into one or more agreements (in a form to be provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries setting forth restrictive covenants in favor of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the restrictive covenants set forth in any such agreement(s), collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”). In the event that Participant breaches any Restrictive Covenant, then to the greatest extent permitted by Applicable Law and except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, any unvested RSUs or vested RSUs which have not yet been settled (together with their tandem Dividend Equivalents and any corresponding Dividend Equivalent Account balance) will automatically be forfeited and cancelled as of such breach without payment.

 

2.2 Settlement.

 

(a) RSUs and Dividend Equivalents (including any Dividend Equivalent Account balance) that vest will be paid in Shares or cash (as determined by the Company), in each case, as soon as administratively practicable after the vesting of the applicable RSU, but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable RSU vests.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may delay any payment under this Agreement that the Company reasonably determines would violate Applicable Law or an applicable provision of the Plan until the earliest date the Company reasonably determines the making of the payment will not cause such a violation (in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii)); provided the Company reasonably believes the delay will not result in the imposition of excise taxes under Section 409A.

 

(c) If a vested RSU is paid in cash pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the amount of cash paid with respect to the RSU will equal the Fair Market Value of a Share on the last trading day to occur immediately preceding the payment date.  If a Dividend Equivalent that vests is paid in Shares pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the number of Shares issued will equal the quotient, rounded down to the nearest whole Share, of the corresponding Dividend Equivalent Account balance divided by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the last trading day to occur immediately preceding the payment date (and any fractional Share that would otherwise be paid shall be eliminated).

 

Article III.
TAXATION AND TAX WITHHOLDING

 

3.1 Representation. Participant represents to the Company that Participant has reviewed with Participant’s own tax advisors the tax consequences of the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents and the transactions contemplated by the Grant Notice and this Agreement. Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents.

 

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3.2 Tax Withholding.

 

(a) Subject to Section 3.2(b), payment of the applicable withholding tax obligations with respect to the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents may be by any of the following, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”):

 

(i) Cash, wire transfer of immediately available funds or check;

 

(ii) By delivery of Shares, including Shares delivered by attestation, then-owned by Participant valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of delivery;

 

(iii) By the Company withholding Shares otherwise issuable in respect of the RSUs in satisfaction of any applicable withholding tax obligations, valued at their Fair Market Value on the applicable date; or

 

(iv) By any combination of (i) - (iii) above.

 

(b) Unless the Compensation Committee otherwise determines: (i) with respect to any RSUs and/or Dividend Equivalents settled in cash, the Company shall withhold or cause to be withheld, from the amounts payable to Participant under this Agreement, and/or from Participant’s wages or other cash compensation paid by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, all applicable foreign, federal, state and/or local taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to applicable law or regulation; and (ii) with respect to any RSUs and/or Dividend Equivalents settled in Shares, payment of the applicable withholding tax obligations shall be by delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the withholding tax obligations or by delivery (including electronically or telephonically to the extent permitted by the Company) to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a broker acceptable to the Company that Participant has placed a market sell order with such broker with respect to Shares then-issuable upon settlement of the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents, and that the broker has been directed to deliver promptly to the Company funds sufficient to satisfy the applicable tax withholding obligations; provided, that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company at such time as may be required by the Compensation Committee.

 

(c) The number of Shares which may be so withheld or surrendered pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(ii) above shall be limited to the number of Shares which have a fair market value on the date of withholding no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum individual statutory withholding rates in Participant’s applicable jurisdictions for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such taxable income, in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Plan.

 

(d) Participant acknowledges that Participant is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents, regardless of any action the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or affiliate makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant, vesting or payment of the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents or the subsequent sale of Shares. The Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents to reduce or eliminate Participant’s tax liability.

 

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Article IV.
other provisions

 

4.1 Adjustments. Participant acknowledges that the RSUs, the Dividend Equivalents, and the Shares subject to the RSUs are subject to adjustment, modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and the Plan.

 

4.2 Clawback. The RSUs, the Dividend Equivalents and the Shares issuable pursuant to the RSUs shall be subject to the Company’s Policy for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation, as well as any other clawback or recoupment policy in effect on the Grant Date or that may be adopted or maintained by the Company following the Grant Date.

 

4.3 Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company must be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Company’s Chief Legal Officer at the Company’s principal office or the Chief Legal Officer’s then-current email address. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to Participant must be in writing and addressed to Participant (or, if Participant is then deceased, to the Designated Beneficiary) at Participant’s last known mailing address or email address in the Company’s personnel files. By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party may designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice will be deemed duly given when actually received, when sent by email, when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited with postage prepaid in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, when delivered by a nationally recognized express shipping company or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission confirmation.

 

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

 

4.5 Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all Applicable Laws and, to the extent Applicable Laws permit, will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to Applicable Laws.

 

4.6 Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to a single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement or the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

4.7 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents will be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent Applicable Laws permit, this Agreement will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

 

4.8 Entire Agreement. The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including any exhibit hereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

4.9 Severability. If any portion of the Grant Notice or this Agreement or any action taken under the Grant Notice or this Agreement, in any case is held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining parts of the Grant Notice and/or this Agreement (as applicable), and the Grant Notice and/or this Agreement (as applicable) will be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provisions had been excluded, and the illegal or invalid action will be null and void.

 

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4.10 Limitation on Participant’s Rights. Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to amounts payable and may not be construed as creating a trust. Neither the Plan nor any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets. Participant will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Shares as a general unsecured creditor with respect to the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents, as and when settled pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

4.11 Not a Contract of Employment or Service. Nothing in the Plan, the Grant Notice or this Agreement (including the Addendum) confers upon Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or its Subsidiary or affiliate or interferes with or restricts in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries and affiliates, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary or affiliate and Participant.

 

4.12 Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by way of any electronic signature, subject to Applicable Law, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one instrument.

 

4.13 Governing Law. The Grant Notice and this Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, disregarding any state’s choice-of-law principles requiring the application of a jurisdiction’s laws other than the State of Delaware.

 

4.14 Addendum. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Agreement, if Participant performs services for the Company outside of the United States, the RSUs and Dividend Equivalents shall be subject to any additional terms and conditions set forth in the Addendum to this Agreement for Participant’s country of residence. Moreover, if Participant relocates to one of the countries included in the Addendum, the additional terms and conditions for such country will apply to Participant, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms and conditions is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons. The Addendum constitutes part of this Agreement.

 

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