As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2024
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Green Brick Partners, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 20-5952523 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| incorporation or organization) | | |
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5501 Headquarters Drive, Suite 300W Plano, Texas 75024 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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James R. Brickman
Chief Executive Officer
5501 Headquarters Drive, Suite 300W
Plano, Texas 75024
(Name and address of agent for service)
(469) 573-6755
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Kara L. MacCullough, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
401 East Las Olas Boulevard Suite 2000
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 765-0500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer ☒ | Accelerated filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐ |
| Emerging growth company ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 11, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved the Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers 2,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to all persons who participate in the Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). These documents are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission by Green Brick Partners, Inc.(“Green Brick” or the “Company”) are incorporated by reference herein, other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or related exhibits under Item 9.01, of Form 8-K:
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| Commission Filing (File No. 001-33530) | | Period Covered or Date of Filing |
| Annual Report on Form 10-K (including the portions of the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April 29, 2024 that are incorporated by reference therein) | | Year ended December 31, 2023 |
| Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q | | Quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024 |
| Current Reports on Form 8-K | | February 5, 2024, February 15, 2024, May 1, 2024 (Item 8.01 only) and June 12, 2024 |
| Description of Green Brick’s common stock, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description | | Contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 21, 2021 |
| All subsequent documents filed by Green Brick under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold | | After the date of this Registration Statement |
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that such statement is modified or superseded by any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The charter of Green Brick authorizes the corporation to indemnify to the maximum extent permitted under Delaware law, its present or former directors, officers, employees or agents or any individual who, while a director, officer, employee or agent of Green Brick serves at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise, nonprofit entity or employee benefit plan. The Charter also provides for the limitation of liability set forth in Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), which permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Company has obtained officers’ and directors’ liability insurance which insures against liabilities that officers and directors of the Company may, in such capacities, incur. Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides that a corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under that section.
The Company’s employment agreements with its executive officers includes a provision indemnifying such officers to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with their service as an officer of the Company. Such indemnification is in addition to and not in lieu of other indemnification rights.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling Green Brick pursuant to the foregoing provisions, Green Brick has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
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| 10.4A | | |
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| 23.2 | | Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
| 24.1 | | Power of Attorney of certain directors and officers of Green Brick (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). |
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Plano, State of Texas on July 31, 2024.
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GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. |
| /s/ James R. Brickman |
| By: James R. Brickman |
| Its: Chief Executive Officer |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James R. Brickman and Richard A. Costello as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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| /s/ James R. Brickman | Chief Executive Officer and Director | July 31, 2024 |
| James R. Brickman | (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ David Einhorn | Chairman of the Board of Directors | July 31, 2024 |
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| /s/ Elizabeth K. Blake | Director | July 31, 2024 |
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| /s/ Harry Brandler | Director | July 31, 2024 |
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| /s/ Richard A. Costello | Chief Financial Officer | July 31, 2024 |
| Richard A. Costello | (Principal Financial Officer) |
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| /s/ Lila Manassa Murphy | Director | July 31, 2024 |
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| /s/ Kathleen Olsen | Director | July 31, 2024 |
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| /s/ Richard Press | Director | July 31, 2024 |
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Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
Form S-8
(Form Type)
Green Brick Partners Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
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| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation Rule | Amount Registered(2) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(1) | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1) | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | Other(1) | 2,750,000 | $72.54 | $199,485,000 | 0.00014760 | $29,443.99 |
| Total Offering Amounts | | $199,485,000 | | $29,443.99 |
| Total Fees Previously Paid | | | | N/A |
| Total Fee Offsets | | | | N/A |
| Net Fee Due | | | | $29,443.99 |
(1)Calculated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, this price is calculated based on the average of the high and low of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Green Brick Partners, Inc. (“Common Stock”) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2024.
(2)This registration statement covers a total of 2,750,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock which may be offered and issued under the reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
July 31, 2024
Green Brick Partners, Inc.
5501 Headquarters Drive, Suite 300 W
Plano, Texas 75024
Re: Green Brick Partners, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Green Brick Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Green Brick”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such Registration Statement relates to the registration by Green Brick of 2,750,000 shares (the “Shares”) of Green Brick’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, issuable pursuant to the Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”).
This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have examined and relied on originals or copies of the following documents: (1) the Registration Statement; (2) the 2024 Plan; (3) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Green Brick, effective as of October 22, 2014 and as amended through the date hereof; (4) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Green Brick, effective as of January 27, 2022; (5) certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Green Brick relating to the 2024 Plan, the registration of the Shares and related matters; and (6) such other documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below.
As to matters of fact material to this opinion letter, we have relied upon representations of officers or directors of Green Brick and documents furnished to us by Green Brick without independent verification of their accuracy. We have also assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered by Green Brick in accordance with the 2024 Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The opinions expressed herein are specifically limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as such laws presently exist. We assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in law that may hereafter occur.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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| Yours very truly, |
| /s/ Greenberg Traurig, P.A. |
Green Brick Partners, Inc.
2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan
1.Establishment, Effective Date and Term
GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby establishes the “Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan” (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”). The effective date of the Plan shall be the date the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company (the “Effective Date”). Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 25 hereof, the Plan shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.
2.Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its shareholders by: (i) attracting and retaining officers, employees and directors of, and consultants to, the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; (ii) motivating such individuals by means of performance-related incentives to achieve long-range performance goals; (iii) enabling such individuals to participate in the long-term growth and financial success of the Company; (iv) encouraging ownership of stock in the Company by such individuals; and (v) linking their compensation to the long-term interests of the Company and its shareholders.
3.Definitions
Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Affiliate” means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or any entity in which the Company has a significant ownership interest as determined by the Committee provided that the entity is one with respect to which the Common Stock will qualify as “service recipient stock” under Code Section 409A.
“Applicable Laws” shall mean the requirements relating to the administration of equity plans under U.S. federal and state laws, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Company has listed or submitted for quotation the Common Stock to the extent provided under the terms of the Company’s agreement with such exchange or quotation system and, with respect to Awards subject to the laws of any foreign jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan, the laws of such jurisdiction.
“Appreciation Date” shall mean the date designated by a holder of Stock Appreciation Rights for measurement of the appreciation in the value of rights awarded to him or her, which date shall be the date notice of such designation is received by the Committee, or its designee.
“Award” shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Bonus, Performance Award, Other Stock-Based Award or other award granted under the Plan, whether singly, in combination or in tandem, to a Participant by the Committee pursuant to such terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations, if any, as the Committee may establish or which are required by applicable legal requirements.
“Award Agreement” shall mean an agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual Award, which may be in written or electronic format, in such form and with such terms as may be specified by the Committee. Each Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. An Award Agreement may be in the form of either (i) an agreement to be either executed by both the Participant and the Company or offered and accepted electronically as the Committee shall determine or (ii) certificates, notices or similar instruments as approved by the Committee.
“Beneficial Ownership” (including correlative terms) shall have the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and any successor to such Rule.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, (ii) engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement, (iii) engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company or its Subsidiaries’ business or reputation, (iv) the Participant’s material violation of the Company’s Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, Insider Trading Policy, International Anti-Corruption Compliance Policy or other policy the Company has adopted governing the ethical behavior of Company employees or directors; provided, however, that if the Participant and the Company have entered into an employment agreement which defines “cause” for purposes of such agreement, “cause” shall be defined in accordance with such agreement. The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether a termination of employment or service is for Cause.
“Change in Control” shall, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon the first of the below events to occur following the Effective Date:
(i) Any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) (other than (x) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate thereof or (y) Greenlight Capital, Inc. and/or its Affiliates) acquires “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; provided, however, that if the Company engages in a merger or consolidation in which the Company or the surviving entity in such merger or consolidation becomes a subsidiary of another entity, then references to the Company’s then outstanding securities shall be deemed to refer to the outstanding securities of such parent entity;
(ii) At any time when the Common Stock is publicly traded, a majority of the members of the Board shall not be continuing Directors;
(iii) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity (or if the surviving entity is or shall become a subsidiary of another entity, then such parent entity)) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company (or such surviving entity or parent entity, as the case may be) outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than (A) a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company following the completion of such transaction in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale or (B) a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the entity to which such assets are sold or disposed or, if such entity is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof.
To the extent an Award provides for “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and a Change in Control is intended to constitute a payment event under such Award, then Change in Control shall mean a “change in control event” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) and any interpretative guidance promulgated under Section 409A of the Code. In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in any circumstance in which the
definition of “Change in Control” under this Plan would otherwise be operative and with respect to which the additional tax under Section 409A of the Code would apply or be imposed, but where such tax would not apply or be imposed if the meaning of the term “Change in Control” met the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code, then the term “Change in Control” herein shall mean, but only for the transaction, event or circumstance so affected and the item of income with respect to which the additional tax under Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be imposed, a transaction, event or circumstance that is both (x) described in the preceding provisions of this definition, and (y) a “change in control event” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5).
“Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee or any other committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan. However, with respect to grants made to Independent Directors, the Committee shall mean the Board. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights of the Committee under this Plan, except with respect to matters which under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any regulations or rules issued thereunder are required to be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
“Compensation Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, which shall consist of two or more Independent Directors, each of whom shall be a “non-employee director” as defined by Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.
“Disability” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, “permanent and total disability” within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
“Eligible Individual” shall mean any individual who is either: (i) an officer (whether or not a director) or employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (ii) a director of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) an individual consultant or advisor who renders or has rendered bona fide services to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and who is selected to participate in this Plan by the Committee; provided, however, that an individual who is otherwise an Eligible Individual under clause (iii) above may participate in this Plan only if such participation would not adversely affect either the Company’s eligibility to use Form S-8 to register under the Securities Act, the offering and sale of shares issuable under this Plan by the Company or the Company’s compliance with any other Applicable Laws.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, unless otherwise determined or provided by the Committee in the circumstances, (i) the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock as furnished by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or other principal stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed for the trading date preceding such date or (ii) if no sales of Common Stock were reported by NYSE or other such exchange on that date, the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock as furnished by NYSE or other such exchange for the next preceding day on which sales of shares of Common Stock were reported by NYSE. If the Common Stock is no longer listed or is no longer actively traded on NYSE or listed on a principal stock exchange as of the applicable date, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the value as reasonably determined by the Committee for purposes of the award in the circumstances.
“Grant Date” shall mean the date upon which an Award is granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan or such later date as specified in advance by the Committee.
“Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option which is an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and which is identified as an Incentive Stock Option in the applicable Award Agreement.
“Independent Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is a “non-employee director,” as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.
“Insider Trading Policy” shall mean the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, as may be amended from time to time.
“Issue Date” shall mean the date established by the Committee on which certificates representing shares of Common Stock shall be issued by the Company.
“Non-Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Non-qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option that is not intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
“Option” shall mean any stock option granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.
“Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean an Award granted pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan.
“Participant” shall mean any Eligible Individual with an outstanding Award.
“Performance Award” shall mean any Award granted under Section 12 of the Plan. For purposes of the share counting provisions of Section 4.1 hereof, a Performance Award that is not settled in cash shall be treated as (i) an Option Award if the amounts payable thereunder will be determined by reference to the appreciation of a Share, and (ii) a Restricted Stock Award or a Restricted Stock Unit Award, as the case may be, if the amounts payable thereunder will be determined by reference to the full value of a Share.
“Performance Period” shall mean a period of time within which performance criteria is measured for the purpose of determining whether an Award subject to performance restrictions has been earned.
“Person” shall mean any person, corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity or any group (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a parent or Subsidiary of the Company.
“Prior Plan Award” shall mean a grant of a restricted stock unit, an option or other stock-based award granted under the Prior Plan and is outstanding as of the Effective Date.
“Prior Plan” shall mean the Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which expires by its terms on October 27, 2024.
“Reorganization” shall be deemed to occur if an entity is a party to a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other business combination with one or more entities in which said entity is not the surviving entity, if such entity disposes of substantially all of its assets, or if such entity is a party to a spin-off, split-off, split-up or similar transaction; provided, however, that the transaction shall not be a Reorganization if the Company or any Subsidiary is the surviving entity.
“Restricted Stock” shall mean the shares underlying a Restricted Stock Award granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.
“Restricted Stock Award” shall mean Awards granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.
“Restricted Stock Unit” or “RSU” shall mean Awards granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.
“Restriction Period” shall mean the period during which applicable restrictions apply to a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Units.
“Section 424 Employee” shall mean an employee of the Company or any “subsidiary corporation” or “parent corporation” as defined in and in accordance with Code Section 424. Such term shall also include employees of a corporation issuing or assuming a stock option in a transaction to which Code Section 424(a) applies.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Share” shall mean a share of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 16.1 of the Plan.
“Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” shall mean an Award granted pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan.
“Stock Bonus” shall mean an Award granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.
“Stock Ownership Guidelines” shall mean the stock ownership guidelines adopted by the Board from time to time.
“Subsidiary” shall mean any Person (other than the Company) of which a majority of its voting power or its equity securities or equity interest is owned directly or indirectly by the Company.
“Termination of Employment” shall mean the termination of the employment and all other service of the Participant with the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, in each case with or without Cause, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, Disability or retirement; but excluding, unless it is the express policy of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, as the case may be, or the Compensation Committee otherwise provides, (a) sick leave, (b) military leave, or (c) any other leave of absence authorized by the Company, or the Compensation Committee; provided that unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or law, such leave is for a period of not more than three (3) months. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company has an absolute and unrestricted right to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without Cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in writing.
“Vesting Date” shall mean the date established by the Committee on which an award, such as a share of a Restricted Stock Award, may vest.
4.Common Stock Subject to the Plan
4.1 Aggregate Limits. Subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Plan, the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan is equal to (a) 2,750,000 Shares plus (b) any Shares remaining available for future awards under the Prior Plan on the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders (of which there were 863,554 shares of Common Stock remaining available for future awards under the 2014 Plan as of March 31, 2024) plus (c) any Shares with respect to awards that were granted under the Prior Plan that are forfeited or canceled pursuant to Section 4.2 (collectively, the “Share Limit”). The Shares subject to the Plan may be either Shares reacquired by the Company, including Shares purchased in the open market, or authorized but unissued Shares.
4.2 Issuance of Shares. For purposes of Section 4.1, the Share Limit at any time shall equal only the number of Shares actually issued upon exercise or settlement of an Award. If any Shares subject to an Award granted under the Plan or a Prior Plan Award are forfeited or such Award or Prior Plan Award is settled in cash or otherwise expires or terminates without the delivery of such Shares, the Shares subject to such Award or Prior Plan Award, as applicable, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cash settlement, expiration or termination, shall again be available for grant under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shares subject to an Award under the Plan or a Prior Plan Award may not again be made available for grant under the Plan if such Shares are (i) Shares tendered to or withheld by the Company to
pay the exercise price of an Option or SAR, (ii) Shares tendered to or withheld by the Company to pay the withholding taxes related to an Award or (iii) Shares repurchased by the Company on the open market with the proceeds of an Award or Prior Plan Award paid to the Company by or on behalf of the Participant. With respect to SARs, if the payment upon exercise of a SAR is in the form of Shares, the Shares subject to the SAR shall be counted against the available Shares as one Share for every Share subject to the SAR, regardless of the number of Shares used to settle the SAR upon exercise.
4.3 Participant and Code Section 422 Limits. Subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Plan, the aggregate number of Shares that may be subject to Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan is 2,000,000 Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the limitations set forth in this Section 4.3 shall be subject to adjustment under Section 16 of the Plan only to the extent that such adjustment will not affect the status of the qualification of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan.
4.4 Reservation of Shares; No Fractional Shares; Minimum Issue. The Company shall at all times reserve a number of Shares sufficient to cover the Company’s obligations and contingent obligations to deliver shares with respect to awards then outstanding under this Plan (exclusive of any dividend equivalent obligations to the extent the Company has the right to settle such rights in cash). No fractional shares shall be delivered under this Plan. The Committee may pay cash in lieu of any fractional shares in settlements of awards under this Plan.
5.Administration
5.1 Authority of Committee. The Plan shall be administered, construed and interpreted by the Committee, which shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board; provided, however, with respect to Awards to Independent Directors, all references in the Plan to the Committee shall be deemed to be references to the Board. Subject to the terms of the Plan and Applicable Laws, and in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority in its discretion to:
(i) designate Participants, determine eligibility for participation in the Plan and decide all questions concerning eligibility for, and the amount of, Awards under the Plan;
(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant;
(iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights or other matters are to be calculated in connection with Awards;
(iv) determine the timing, terms, and conditions of any Award;
(v) accelerate the time at which all or any part of an Award may be settled or exercised;
(vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances, Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited or suspended;
(vii) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Committee;
(viii) grant Awards as an alternative to, or as the form of payment for, grants or rights earned or payable under, other bonus or compensation plans, arrangements or policies of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate;
(ix) make all determinations under the Plan concerning the termination of any Participant’s employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, including
whether such termination occurs by reason of Cause, Disability, death, or in connection with a Change in Control and whether a leave constitutes a termination of employment;
(x) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or Award Agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan;
(xi) except to the extent prohibited by Section 25.4, amend or modify the terms of any Award at or after grant with the consent of the holder of the Award;
(xii) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; and
(xiii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan, subject to the exclusive authority of the Board under this Section 5 to amend or terminate the Plan.
5.2 Delegation of Authority.
(i) Delegation With Respect to Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee’s charter and Applicable Laws, and other than with respect to Awards made to individuals covered by Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and Awards issued to any person delegated authority by the Committee pursuant to this Section 5.2(i), the Committee may delegate all or part of its authority and duties with respect to Awards under the Plan to such other person or persons (including, without limitation, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Committee specifies at the time of such delegation of authority and may be rescinded at any time by the Committee.
(ii) Delegation of Ministerial Functions. The Committee may delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to third parties.
5.3 Committee Discretion Binding. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate, any Participant and any holder or beneficiary of any Award. A Participant or other holder of an Award may contest a decision or action by the Committee with respect to such Person or Award only on the grounds that such decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful, and any review of such decision or action shall be limited to determining whether the Committee’s decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful.
5.4 Reliance on Experts. In making any determination or in taking or not taking any action under this Plan, the Board or a committee, as the case may be, may obtain and may rely upon the advice of experts, including employees and professional advisors to the Company. No director, officer or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable for any such action or determination taken or made or omitted in good faith.
5.5 No Liability. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan, any Award granted or any Award Agreement entered into hereunder, and the Company shall fully indemnify all members of the Committee with respect to any such action or determination.
6.Eligibility
The Committee may grant Awards under this Plan only to those individuals that the Committee determines to be Eligible Individuals. An Eligible Individual who has been granted an Award, if otherwise eligible, may be granted additional awards if the Committee shall so determine.
7.Options
7.1 Types of Options. Each Option granted under the Plan may be designated by the Committee, in its sole discretion, either as (i) an Incentive Stock Option or (ii) as a Non-qualified Stock Option. Options designated as Incentive Stock Options that fail to continue to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code shall be redesignated as Non-qualified Stock Options automatically on the date of such failure to continue to meet such requirements without further action by the Committee. In the absence of any designation, Options granted under the Plan will be deemed to be Incentive Stock Options to the extent that such Options meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
7.2 Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, prior to the date of termination of the Plan, grant to such Eligible Individuals as the Committee may determine, Options to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock on such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. The date on which the Committee approves the grant of an Option (or such later date as is specified by the Committee) shall be considered the Grant Date. All Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine. Award Agreements may contain different provisions, provided, however, that all such Award Agreements shall comply with all terms of the Plan.
7.3 Limitation on Incentive Stock Options
(i) Section 424 Employees. Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to Section 424 Employees. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Award Agreement (including all vesting provisions and option periods), any and all Incentive Stock Options which an employee fails to exercise within ninety (90) days after the date said employee ceases to be a Section 424 Employee shall automatically be classified as Non-qualified Stock Options to the extent that said Options have not otherwise been terminated.
(ii) Ten Percent Shareholder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, no individual may receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan if such individual, at the time the award is granted, owns (after application of the rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code) more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, unless (a) the exercise price for each share of Common Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant and (b) such Incentive Stock Option is not exercisable after the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of grant.
(iii) Limitation on Grants. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined with respect to each Incentive Stock Option at the time such Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an individual during any calendar year (under this Plan or any other plan of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000. If an Incentive Stock Option is granted pursuant to which the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares with respect to which it first becomes exercisable in any calendar year by an individual exceeds such $100,000 limitation, the portion of such Option which is in excess of the $100,000 limitation, and any Options issued subsequently in the same calendar year, shall be treated as a Non-qualified Stock Option pursuant to Section 422(d)(1) of the Code. In the event that an individual is eligible to participate in any other stock option plan of the Company which is also intended to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, such
$100,000 limitation shall apply to the aggregate number of shares for which Incentive Stock Options may be granted under this Plan and all such other plans.
(iv) Other Terms. Award Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall contain such other terms and conditions as may be necessary to qualify, to the extent determined desirable by the Committee, with the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code.
7.4 Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee, subject to the following:
(i) The per Share exercise price of an Option shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the Grant Date.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the Committee’s discretion, Options may be granted in substitution and/or conversion of options or stock appreciation rights of an acquired entity, with a per Share exercise price of less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of such substitution and/or conversion if such exercise price is based on a formula set forth in the terms of such options/stock appreciation rights or in the terms of the agreement providing for such acquisition.
7.5 Option Period. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.3 and 14.2, each Option granted pursuant to Section 7 under the Plan shall terminate and all rights to purchase shares thereunder shall cease on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date such Option is granted, or on such date prior thereto as may be fixed by the Committee and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may in its discretion, at any time prior to the expiration or termination of any Option, extend the term of any such Option for such additional period as the Committee in its discretion may determine; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate option period with respect to any Option, including the initial term of such Option and any extensions thereof, exceed ten (10) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than as would otherwise result in the violation of Section 409A of the Code, an Award Agreement may provide that the term of the Options, other than Options that are intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, shall be extended automatically if the Options would expire at a time when trading in Shares is prohibited by law or the Company’s Insider Trading Policy to the 30th day after the expiration of the prohibition; provided that no extension will be made if the per Share exercise price of such Option at the date the term would otherwise expire is above the Fair Market Value of such Share.
7.6 Vesting. Each Award Agreement will specify the vesting schedule applicable to the Option granted thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may in its discretion provide that any vesting requirement or other such limitation on the exercise of an Option may be rescinded, modified or waived by the Committee, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time after the date of grant of such Option, so as to accelerate the time at which the Option may be exercised.
7.7 Exercise of Option
(i) Procedure for Exercise.
1. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Committee and set forth in the respective Award Agreement. Unless the Committee provides otherwise: (1) no Option may be exercised during any leave of absence other than an approved personal or medical leave with an employment guarantee upon return; and (2) an Option shall continue to vest during any authorized leave of absence and such Option may be exercised to the extent vested and exercisable upon the Participant’s return to active employment status.
2. An Option shall be deemed exercised when the Company, or its agent appointed pursuant to 5.2(ii), receives (1) written, electronic or verbal, to the extent
expressly permitted by the third party or Company, notice of exercise (in accordance with the Award Agreement) from the person entitled to exercise the Option; (2) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the related Option is exercised; and (3) with respect to a Non-qualified Stock Option, payment of all applicable withholding taxes.
3. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of the Participant or, if requested by the Participant, in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse.
4. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares as soon as administratively practicable after the Option is exercised.
(ii) Rights as Shareholders. Unless provided otherwise by the Committee or pursuant to this Plan, until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect to the Shares subject to an Option, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option.
(iii) Failure to Exercise. An Award Agreement may specify that, if on the last day of the Option period, the Fair Market Value of the stock exceeds the exercise price, the Participant has not exercised the Option, and the Option has not lapsed, such Option shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.
7.8 Form of Consideration. Unless provided otherwise in the Award Agreement, the following shall be deemed to be acceptable forms of consideration for exercising an Option:
(i) cash;
(ii) check or wire transfer (denominated in U.S. Dollars);
(iii) subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, other Shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised;
(iv) subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement, withholding of Shares deliverable upon exercise, which have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Option shall be exercised;
(v) consideration received by the Company under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program, or “cashless” exercise/sale procedure;
(vi) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws; or
(vii) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment.
8.Restricted Stock Award
8.1 Grant of a Restricted Stock Award. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant a Restricted Stock Award. Each grant of a Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve.
8.2 Issue Date and Vesting Date. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Committee shall establish an Issue Date(s) and a Vesting Date(s) with respect to such Restricted Stock Award. The Committee may divide a Restricted Stock Award into classes and assign a different Issue Date and/or Vesting Date for each class. Upon an Issue Date with respect to a share of a Restricted Stock Award, a share of a Restricted Stock shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8.4. Provided that all conditions to the vesting of a share of a Restricted Stock Award imposed pursuant to Section 8.3 are satisfied, upon the occurrence of the Vesting Date with respect to a share of Restricted Stock, such share of Restricted Stock shall vest.
8.3 Vesting. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Committee may impose such restrictions or conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, to the vesting of such Restricted Stock as it, in its absolute discretion, deems appropriate. By way of example and not by way of limitation, the Committee may require, as a condition to the vesting of any class or classes of shares underlying a Restricted Stock Award, that the Participant or the Company achieve certain performance criteria, the Common Stock attain certain stock price or prices, or such other criteria to be specified by the Committee at the time of the grant of such Shares in the applicable Award Agreement.
8.4 Issuance of Certificates.
(i) Reasonably promptly after the Issue Date with respect to a Restricted Stock Award, the Company shall cause to be issued and delivered, either physically or electronically shares of Common Stock, registered in the name of the Participant to whom such shares were granted; provided, that the Company shall not cause a physical stock certificate to be issued unless it has received a stock power duly endorsed in blank with respect to such shares. Each stock certificate representing unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall bear the following legend:
“THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY IS SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE AND RESTRICTIONS AGAINST TRANSFER) CONTAINED IN THE GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. 2024 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND AN AWARD AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER OF SUCH SHARES AND GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. A COPY OF THE PLAN AND AGREEMENT IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. SUCH LEGEND SHALL NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING SUCH SHARES UNTIL SUCH SHARES VEST PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF.”
(ii) To the extent that the shares of Restricted Stock are delivered electronically, the Company may make such provisions as it deems necessary to ensure that each share of Restricted Stock is subject to the same terms and conditions as shares that are represented by a physical stock certificate. Each certificate issued pursuant to Section 8.4(i) hereof, together with the stock powers relating to the shares of Restricted Stock evidenced by such certificate, shall be deposited by the Company with a custodian designated by the Company. The Company shall cause such custodian to issue to the Participant a receipt evidencing the certificates held by it which are registered in the name of the Participant.
8.5 Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an award of a Restricted Stock Award, the Committee may require or permit a Participant to elect that any cash dividends paid on a share of a Restricted Stock Award be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock or applied to the purchase of additional awards under this Plan. Stock distributed in connection with a stock split or stock dividend, and other property distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock Award with respect to which such stock or other property has been distributed.
8.6 Consequences Upon Vesting. Upon the vesting of a share of a Restricted Stock Award pursuant to the terms hereof, the vesting restrictions shall cease to apply to such share. Reasonably promptly after a share of a Restricted Stock Award vests pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall cause to be issued and delivered to the Participant to whom such shares were granted, either (i) a certificate evidencing such shares of Common Stock or (ii) an electronic issuance evidencing such shares of Common Stock, together with any other property of the Participant held by the custodian pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof; provided, however, that to the extent that the Participant is then subject to Stock
Ownership Guidelines and that such shares are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to such Stock Ownership Guidelines then such shares (i) shall be issued with a legend indicating that “THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY IS SUBJECT TO TRANSFERABILITY RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES” or (ii) if delivered electronically, the Company may make such provisions as it deems necessary to ensure that each share of Common Stock is subject to the same terms and conditions as shares that are represented by a physical stock certificate.
9.Restricted Stock Units
9.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may grant awards of Restricted Stock Units or RSUs. An award of RSUs may be subject to the attainment of specified performance goals or targets, forfeitability provisions and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine, subject to the provisions of this Plan. At the time an award of RSUs is made, the Committee shall establish a period of time during which the RSUs shall vest. Each grant of a RSU shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve.
9.2 Dividend Equivalent Accounts. If (and only if) required by the applicable Award Agreement, prior to the expiration of the applicable vesting period of an RSU, the Company shall pay dividend equivalent rights with respect to RSUs, in which case, the Company shall establish an account for the Participant and reflect in that account any securities, cash or other property comprising any dividend or property distribution with respect to the Common Stock underlying each RSU. Each amount or other property credited to any such account shall be subject to the same vesting conditions as the RSU to which it relates. The Participant shall be paid the amounts or other property credited to such account upon vesting of the RSU.
9.3 Rights as a Shareholder. Subject to the restrictions imposed under the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, each Participant receiving RSUs shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to such RSUs until such time as Common Stock is issued to the Participant. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, Common Stock issuable under an RSU shall be treated as issued on the first date that the holder of the RSU is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture as determined for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, and the holder shall be the owner of such Common Stock on such date.
9.4 Consequences Upon Vesting. Reasonably promptly after the vesting of an RSU, the Company shall cause to be issued and delivered to the Participant to whom such shares were granted, either (i) a certificate evidencing such shares of Common Stock or (ii) an electronic issuance evidencing such shares of Common Stock, together with any other property of the Participant held by the custodian pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof; provided, however, that to the extent that the Participant is then subject to Stock Ownership Guidelines and that such shares are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to such Stock Ownership Guidelines then such shares (a) shall be issued with a legend indicating that “THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY IS SUBJECT TO TRANSFERABILITY RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THE GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES” or (b) if delivered electronically, the Company may make such provisions as it deems necessary to ensure that each share of Common Stock is subject to the same terms and conditions as shares that are represented by a physical stock certificate.
10.Stock Appreciation Rights
10.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms of the Plan, any Option granted under the Plan may include a SAR, either at the time of grant or by amendment except that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, such SAR shall be granted only at the time of grant of the related Option. The Committee may also award to Participants SARs independent of any Option, and the per Share exercise price of any such SAR shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the Grant Date.
A SAR shall be subject to such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall impose. Each grant of a SAR shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve.
10.2 Vesting. A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable, be transferable and shall lapse according to the same vesting schedule, transferability and lapse rules that are established by the Committee for the Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall become exercisable, be transferable and shall lapse in accordance with a vesting schedule, transferability and lapse rules established by the Committee.
10.3 Failure to Exercise. An Award Agreement may specify that, if on the last day of the Option period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an Option, the SAR period established by the Committee), the Fair Market Value of the stock exceeds the exercise price, the Participant has not exercised the Option or SAR, and neither the Option nor the SAR has lapsed, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.
10.4 Payment. The amount of additional compensation which may be received pursuant to the award of one SAR is the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Appreciation Date over the exercise price, in the case of a SAR granted in connection with an Option, or the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Common Stock on the date the SAR is granted, in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option. The Company shall pay such excess in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Fractional shares shall be settled in cash.
10.5 Designation of Appreciation Date. A Participant may designate an Appreciation Date at such time or times as may be determined by the Committee at the time of grant by filing an irrevocable written notice with the Committee or its designee, specifying the number of SARs to which the Appreciation Date relates, and the date on which such SARs were awarded. Such time or times determined by the Committee may take into account any applicable “window periods” required by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
10.6 Expiration. Except as otherwise provided in the case of SARs granted in connection with Options or SARs granted independent of an Option, the SARs shall expire on a date designated by the Committee which, in either event, shall not be later than ten (10) years after the date on which the SAR was awarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than as would otherwise result in the violation of Section 409A of the Code, an Award Agreement may specify that the term of Awards of SARs shall be extended automatically if the SARs would expire at a time when trading in Shares is prohibited by law or the Company’s Insider Trading Policy to the 30th day after the expiration of the prohibition; provided that no extension will be made if the per Share exercise price of such SAR at the date the term would otherwise expire is above the Fair Market Value of such Share.
11.Stock Bonuses
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant Stock Bonuses in such amounts as it shall determine from time to time. A Stock Bonus shall be paid at such time and subject to such conditions as the Committee shall determine at the time of the grant of such Stock Bonus. Shares of Common Stock granted as a Stock Bonus shall be issued in certificated form or electronically and delivered to such Participant as soon as practicable after the date on which such Stock Bonus is required to be paid.
12.Performance Awards
12.1 Grant of Performance Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may grant Performance Awards to any officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries. The provisions of Performance Awards need not be the same with respect to all Participants. A Performance Award may consist of a right that is (i) denominated in cash or Shares (including but not limited to Restricted Stock or
Restricted Stock Units), (ii) valued, as determined by the Committee, in accordance with the achievement of one or more performance criteria as the Committee shall establish, and (iii) payable at such time and in such form as the Committee shall determine. Each grant of a Performance Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve. To the extent a Performance Award consists of a Restricted Stock Unit, a Restricted Stock Award or other Award payable in Shares that is conditioned on the achievement of performance goals during a Performance Period, then the applicable provisions of this Plan shall also apply to such Award.
12.2 Terms and Conditions. Each Performance Award shall contain provisions regarding (a) the target and maximum amount payable to the Participant, (b) the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria which shall determine the amount of such payment, (c) the period as to which performance shall be measured for establishing the amount of any payment, (d) the timing of any payment earned by virtue of performance, (e) restrictions on the alienation or transfer of the Performance Award prior to actual payment, (f) forfeiture provisions, and (g) such further terms and conditions, in each case not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be determined from time to time by the Committee. In the event the Committee provides for dividends or dividend equivalents to be payable with respect to any Performance Awards denominated in Shares, actual payment of such dividends or dividend equivalents shall be conditioned upon the performance goals underlying the Performance Award being met.
12.3 Performance Criteria. The Committee shall establish the performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria which shall determine the amount payable under a Performance Award, which criteria may be based on Company financial or operational performance and/or personal performance evaluations. Performance criteria may be expressed in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criteria or the attainment of a percentage increase or decrease in the particular criteria, and may be applied to one or more of the Company or Affiliate thereof, or a division or strategic business unit of the Company, or may be applied to the performance of the Company relative to a market index, a group of other companies or a combination thereof, all as determined by the Committee.
12.4 Timing and Form of Payment. The Committee shall determine the timing of payment of any Performance Award. The Committee may provide for or, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify, may permit a Participant to elect (in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code) for the payment of any Performance Award to be deferred to a specified date or event.
12.5 Extraordinary Events. At, or at any time after, the time an Award is granted, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide for the manner in which performance will be measured against the performance criteria (or may adjust the performance criteria ) to reflect the impact of specific corporate transactions, accounting or tax law changes, asset write-downs, significant litigation or claim adjustment, foreign exchange gains and losses, disposal of a segment of a business, discontinued operations, refinancing or repurchase of bank loans or debt securities, unbudgeted capital expenditures and other unusual or infrequently occurring events.
13.Other Stock-Based Awards
Awards of shares of Common Stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock and other awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock, may also be made, from time to time, to Eligible Individuals as may be selected by the Committee. Such awards may be made alone or in addition to or in connection with any Option, Restricted Stock Unit or any other award granted hereunder. The Committee may determine the terms and conditions of any such award. Each award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the award, any consideration therefor, any vesting or performance requirements and such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine.
14.Effect of Termination of Service on Awards
14.1 Termination of Employment. The Committee shall establish the effect of a Termination of Employment on the rights and benefits under each award under this Plan and in so doing may make distinctions based upon, inter alia, the cause of termination and type of award. If the Participant is not an
employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and provides other services to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, the Committee shall be the sole judge for purposes of this Plan (unless a contract or the Award Agreement otherwise provides) of whether the Participant continues to render services to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and the date, if any, upon which such services shall be deemed to have terminated.
14.2 Termination of Employment Without Cause. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, upon the Termination of Employment of a Participant with the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, other than by reason of Cause, death or Disability, any Option or SAR granted to such Participant which has vested as of the date upon which the termination occurs shall be exercisable for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days after such termination. Upon such termination, (i) the Participant’s unvested Options or SARs shall expire and the Participant shall have no further right to exercises such Options or SARs and (ii) any Restricted Stock or RSU that is subject to restrictions at the time of termination shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 14.2, the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation, in any Award Agreement, or in any individual case, in its sole discretion, that following the Termination of Employment of a Participant with the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, other than a termination resulting from Cause, a Participant may (a) exercise an Option, in whole or in part, at any time subsequent to such termination of employment or service and prior to termination of the Option pursuant to Section 7.6 above, either subject to or without regard to any vesting or other limitation on exercise imposed pursuant to the applicable Award Agreement and (b) any restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to the vesting of a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit shall be waived in whole or in part in the event of such termination.
14.3 Termination of Employment for Cause. Upon Termination of Employment of a Participant with the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, for Cause, (i) any Option or SAR granted to the Participant shall expire immediately and the Participant shall have no further right to exercise such Option or SAR, as the case may be and (ii) any Restricted Stock or RSU that is subject to restrictions at the time of termination shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company. The Committee shall determine whether Cause exists for purposes of this Plan.
14.4 Termination of Employment by Disability or Death. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, if a Participant’s employment or service with the Company, the Subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, terminates by reason of Disability or death, all outstanding Options and SARs held by the Participant at the time of death or Disability (the “Date of Termination by Death or Disability”) shall immediately vest and, (i) in the case of termination by Disability, the Participant, or (ii) in the case of termination by death, the Participant’s estate, the devisee named in the Participant’s valid last will and testament or the Participant’s heir at law who inherits the Option (whichever is applicable), has the right, at any time prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the Date of Termination by Death or Disability to exercise, in whole or in part, any portion of the Options or SARs held by the Participant on the Date of Termination by Death or Disability. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, if a Participant’s employment or service with the Company, the Subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, terminates by reason of Disability or death, any time-based restrictions applicable to any outstanding RSU or Restricted Stock shall be deemed waived.
14.5 Events Not Deemed Terminations of Service. Unless the express policy of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, as the case may be, or the Committee, otherwise provides, the employment relationship shall not be considered terminated in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any other leave of absence authorized by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or the Committee; provided that such leave is for a period not exceeding the period permitted by applicable law. In the case of any employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on an approved leave of absence, continued vesting of the award while on leave from the employ of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries may be suspended until the employee returns to service, unless the Committee otherwise provides or Applicable Laws otherwise require. In no event shall an award be exercised after the expiration of the term set forth in the Award Agreement.
14.6 Effect of Change of Entity Status. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or by the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, on a case-by case basis, for purposes of this Plan and any Award, if an entity ceases to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, a termination of employment or service shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to each Eligible Individual in respect of such Subsidiary or Affiliate who does not continue as an Eligible Individual in respect of another entity within the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate that continues as such after giving effect to the transaction or other event giving rise to the change in status.
15.Awards to Non-Employee Directors
15.1 Annual Grants to Non-Employee Directors. The Committee may make an annual grant of Non-qualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock and/or RSUs to all Non-Employee Directors, in an amount to be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and subject to the applicable limitations of the Plan.
15.2 Additional Awards to Non-Employee Directors. In addition to any other grants made to Non-Employee Directors under this Section 15.1, the Committee may from time to time grant Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Bonuses and Other Stock-Based Awards to any Non-Employee Director, in its sole discretion, and subject to the applicable limitations of the Plan.
15.3 Exercise Price. The price per share of the shares subject to each Option or SAR granted to a Non-Employee Director shall equal 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted.
15.4 Vesting. Except as set forth in the Award Agreement, subject to the provisions of this Section 15, (i) any Options, SARs, Restricted Stock or RSUs granted to a Non-Employee Director pursuant to Section 15.1 or Section 15.2 shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the terms set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, any Option or SAR granted to a Non-Employee Director may in the sole discretion of the Committee vest and become immediately exercisable and any Restricted Stock or RSU which were granted pursuant to time-based restrictions may have such restrictions waived upon the retirement of the Non-Employee Director in accordance with the Company’s retirement policy applicable to directors.
15.5 Vesting of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. Reasonably promptly after the vesting of a Restricted Stock Award or a RSU, the Company shall cause to be issued and delivered, either physically or electronically, to the Independent Director to whom such shares were granted, either (i) a certificate evidencing such shares of Common Stock or (ii) an electronic issuance evidencing such shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that to the extent that the Non-Employee Director is then subject to Stock Ownership Guidelines and that such shares are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to such Stock Ownership Guidelines then such shares (a) shall be issued with a legend indicating that “THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY IS SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE AND RESTRICTIONS AGAINST TRANSFER) CONTAINED IN THE GREEN BRICK PARTNERS, INC. STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES” or (b)if delivered electronically, the Company may make such provisions as it deems necessary to ensure that each share of Common Stock is subject to the same terms and conditions as shares that are represented by a physical stock certificate.
15.6 Term. Unless a shorter term is otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the term of any Non-qualified Stock Option, SAR, or RSU granted to an Independent Director shall be ten (10) years from the date the Option, SAR, or RSU is granted.
15.7 Effect of Termination of Service. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, upon a termination of the Non-Employee Director’s services with the Company for any reason, any unvested Option or SAR shall immediately expire and any Restricted Stock or RSU that is subject to restrictions at the time of termination shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, vested portions of any Options granted to an Non-Employee Director are exercisable until the first to occur of the following events:
(i) the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date of the Non-Employee Director’s death or a termination of the Independent Director’s services with the Company by reason of a Disability;
(ii) the expiration of three (3) months from the date the Non-Employee Director’s services with the Company are terminated for any reason other than death or Disability; or
(iii) the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option was granted.
16.Recapitalization, Change in Control And Other Corporate Events
16.1 Recapitalization. If the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased or decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company by reason of any recapitalization, or reclassification, stock split, reverse split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, stock dividend, other distribution payable in capital stock of the Company or extraordinary cash dividend, or other increase or decrease in such shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Effective Date, a corresponding appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made by the Committee (i) in the aggregate number and kind of shares of Common Stock available under the Plan, (ii) in the number and kind of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or vesting of an outstanding Award or upon termination of the Restriction Period applicable to a Restricted Stock Unit granted under the Plan, (iii) in the exercise price per share of outstanding Options or SARs granted under the Plan and (iv) to the terms and conditions of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation, any applicable performance targets or criteria with respect thereto).
16.2 Reorganization. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Reorganization of the Company, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, provide on a case-by-case basis that some or all outstanding Awards shall become immediately exercisable, vested or entitled to payment. In the event of a Reorganization of the Company the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, provide on a case-by-case basis that Options or SARs shall terminate upon the Reorganization, provided however, that any holder of Options or SARs shall have the right, immediately prior to the occurrence of such Reorganization and during such reasonable period as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine and designate, to exercise any vested Option or SAR in whole or in part. In the event that the Committee does not terminate an Option or SAR upon a Reorganization of the Company then each outstanding Option or SAR shall upon exercise thereafter entitle the holder thereof to such number of shares of Common Stock or other securities or property to which a holder of shares of Common Stock would have been entitled to upon such Reorganization.
16.3 Change in Control. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement:
(i) Acceleration of Vesting of Awards. With respect to any Award, in connection with a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its discretion, either by the terms of the Award Agreement applicable to any Award or by resolution adopted prior to the occurrence of the Change in Control, (a) provide for the assumption or substitution of, or adjustment to, each outstanding Award, (b) accelerate the vesting of Awards and terminate any restrictions on Awards, and/or (c) provide for the cancellation of Awards for a cash payment per share/unit in an amount based on Fair Market Value of the Award with reference to the Change in Control, which amount may be zero (0) if applicable.
(ii) Performance Awards. In the event of a Change in Control, all incomplete Performance Periods in effect on the date the Change in Control occurs shall end on the date immediately prior to the date of such Change in Control, and the Committee shall determine the extent to which the applicable performance criteria with respect to each such Performance Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information or market returns then available as it deems relevant and the extent to which the Performance Award may be subject to ongoing service-based vesting requirements.
16.4 Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company. The Company agrees that it will make appropriate provisions for the preservation of Participant’s rights under the Plan in any agreement or plan which it may enter into or adopt to effect any such merger, consolidation, reorganization or transfer of assets.
16.5 Adjustments. Adjustments under this Section 16 related to stock or securities of the Company shall be made by the Committee whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding, and conclusive. No fractional shares of Common Stock or units of other securities shall be issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share or unit.
16.6 No Limitations. The grant of an Award pursuant to the Plan shall not affect or limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve or liquidate, or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
17.Assignment or Transfer
Except as otherwise provided under the Plan, no Award under the Plan or any rights or interests therein shall be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide that an Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option) is transferable without the payment of any consideration to a Participant’s family member, whether directly or by means of a trust or otherwise, subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose. For this purpose, “family member” has the meaning given to such term in the General Instructions to the Form S-8 registration statement under the Securities Act. All Awards under the Plan shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant or a person who is a permitted transferee pursuant to this Section 17.
18.Ownership and Transfer Restrictions
The Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such restrictions on the ownership and transferability of Shares received pursuant to any Award at it deems appropriate, including any restrictions as may be imposed pursuant to the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines or Insider Trading Policy. Any such restriction shall be set forth in the respective Award Agreement and may be referred to on the certificates evidencing such shares. The holder shall give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option within (i) two (2) years from the date of granting (including the date the Option is modified, extended or renewed for purposes of Section 424(h) of the Code) such Option to such holder or (ii) one (1) year after the transfer of such shares to such holder.
19.Limitations on Re-Pricing and Exchange of Options and SARs
The approval by a majority of the votes present and entitled to vote at a duly held meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which a quorum representing a majority of all outstanding voting stock is, either in person or by proxy, present and voting on the matter, or by written consent in accordance with applicable state law and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company shall be required prior to the Committee effecting any of the following, except for adjustments pursuant to Section 16 hereof: (i) re-pricing of any Option or SAR granted under the Plan by canceling and regranting Options or SARs or by lowering the exercise price, (ii) conducting a cash buyout of any underwater Options or SARs, (iii) replacing an underwater Option or SAR with another Award, or (iv) taking any other action that would be treated as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles. For purposes of this Section 19, Options and SARs will be deemed to be “underwater” at any time when the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock is less than the exercise price of the Option or SAR.
20.Disclaimer of Rights
No provision in the Plan, any Award granted or any Award Agreement entered into pursuant to the Plan shall be construed to confer upon any individual the right to remain in the employ of the Company or to interfere in any way with the right and authority of the Company either to increase or decrease the compensation of any individual, including any Participant, at any time, or to terminate any employment or other relationship between any individual and the Company. A holder of an Award shall not be deemed for any purpose to be a shareholder of the Company with respect to such Award except to the extent that such Award shall have been exercised with respect thereto and, in addition, a stock certificate shall have been issued theretofore and delivered to the holder, or except as expressly provided by the Committee in writing. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued, except as expressly provided in Section 16 hereof.
21.Nonexclusivity of the Plan
The adoption of the Plan shall not be construed as creating any limitations upon the right and authority of the Committee to adopt such other incentive compensation arrangements (which arrangements may be applicable either generally to a class or classes of individuals or specifically to a particular individual or individuals) as the Committee in its discretion determines desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or stock appreciation rights other than under the Plan.
22.Securities Matters
22.1 Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be issued or delivered any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that the issuance and delivery of such shares is in compliance with all Applicable Laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Common Stock are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition of the issuance and delivery of certificates evidencing Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such shares make such covenants, agreements and representations, and that such certificates bear such legends, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable. To the extent that there is not an effective registration statement available for the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the vesting of a RSU or the exercise of an Option, the Company may, in its sole discretion, either (i) deliver shares that are subject to additional transferability restrictions pursuant to the Securities Act and may make such provisions as it deems necessary to ensure compliance by the Participant with such restrictions or (ii) defer the effectiveness of any exercise of an Option granted hereunder in order to allow the issuance of Common Stock pursuant thereto to be made pursuant to registration or an exemption from the registration or other methods for compliance available under federal or state securities laws. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Option has been deferred, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.
22.2 Section 16 Compliance. With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or its successors under the Exchange Act. To the extent any provision of the Plan, the grant of an Award, or action by the Committee fails to so comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws and deemed advisable by the Committee.
23.Withholding Obligation
The Committee may make such provisions and take such steps as it may deem necessary or appropriate for the withholding of any taxes that the Company is required by any Applicable Law or regulation of any governmental authority, whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign, to withhold
in connection with the exercise of any Option or SAR, the vesting of any Restricted Stock or RSU or the grant of Common Stock pursuant to an Award. The Award Agreement may provide, subject to any limitations set forth therein, that the following forms of consideration may be used by the Participant for payment of any withholding due: cash or check, other Shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the amount of withholding due; withholding of Shares deliverable upon exercise or vesting, which have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the amount of withholding due; consideration received by the Company under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program, or “cashless” exercise/sale procedure, acceptable to the Committee; such other consideration and method of payment for the withholding due to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws; or any combination of the foregoing methods of payment. The amount of withholding tax paid with respect to an Award by the withholding of Shares otherwise deliverable pursuant to the Award or by delivering Shares already owned shall not exceed the maximum statutory withholding required with respect to that Award (or such other limit as the Committee shall impose, including without limitation, any limit imposed to avoid or limit any financial accounting expense relating to the Award).
24.Plan Construction
24.1 Rule 16b-3. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Plan, and any Award granted or awarded to any individual who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall 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 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, the Plan and Awards granted or awarded hereunder shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to any Participant for Section 16 consequences of awards or events under awards if an award or event does not so qualify.
24.2 Code Section 409A Compliance. The Board intends that, except as may be otherwise determined by the Committee, any awards under the Plan are either exempt from or satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related regulations and Treasury pronouncements (“Section 409A”) to avoid the imposition of any taxes, including additional income or penalty taxes, thereunder. If the Committee determines that an award, Award Agreement, acceleration, adjustment to the terms of an award, payment, distribution, deferral election, transaction or any other action or arrangement contemplated by the provisions of the Plan would, if undertaken, cause a Participant’s award to violate Section 409A, unless the Committee expressly determines otherwise, such award, Award Agreement, payment, acceleration, adjustment, distribution, deferral election, transaction or other action or arrangement shall not be undertaken and the related provisions of the Plan and/or Award Agreement will be deemed modified or, if necessary, rescinded in order to comply with the requirements of Section 409A to the extent determined by the Committee without the consent of or notice to the Participant.
24.3 No Guarantee of Favorable Tax Treatment. Although the Company intends that awards under the Plan will be exempt from, or will comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Company does not warrant that any award under the Plan will qualify for favorable tax treatment under Section 409A of the Code or any other provision of federal, state, local or foreign law. The Company shall not be liable to any Participant for any tax, interest or penalties the Participant might owe as a result of the grant, holding, vesting, exercise or payment of any award under the Plan.
25.Amendment And Termination of the Plan
25.1 Board Authorization. The Board may, at any time, terminate or, from time to time, amend, modify or suspend this Plan, in whole or in part. No awards may be granted during any period that the Board suspends this Plan.
25.2 Shareholder Approval. To the extent then required by Applicable Laws or any applicable listing agency or required under Sections 422 or 424 of the Code to preserve the intended tax consequences of this Plan, or deemed necessary or advisable by the Board, any amendment to this Plan shall be subject to shareholder approval.
25.3 Amendments to Awards. Without limiting any other express authority of the Committee under (but subject to) the express limits of this Plan, the Committee by agreement or resolution may waive conditions of, or limitations on, Awards to Participants that the Committee in the prior exercise of its discretion has imposed, without the consent of a Participant, and, subject to the requirements of Sections 5 and 25.4, may make other changes to the terms and conditions of Awards. Any amendment or other action that would constitute a repricing, exchange or repurchase of an underwater Option or SAR as contemplated by Section 19 of the Plan is subject to the limitations set forth therein.
25.4 Limitations on Amendments to Plan and Awards. No amendment, suspension or termination of this Plan or change of or affecting any outstanding award shall, without written consent of the Participant, affect in any manner materially adverse to the Participant any rights or benefits of the Participant or obligations of the Company under any Award granted under this Plan prior to the effective date of such change.
25.5 Suspension or Termination of Award. In addition to the remedies of the Company elsewhere provided for herein, failure by a Participant to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the Plan or the Award Agreement executed by such Participant evidencing an award, unless such failure is remedied by such Participant within ten (10) days after having been notified of such failure by the Committee, shall be grounds for the cancellation and forfeiture of such award, in whole or in part, as the Committee may determine.
26.Notices
Any communication or notice required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be in writing, and mailed by registered or certified mail or delivered by hand, if to the Company, to its principal place of business, attention: Compensation Committee, and if to the Participant, to the address of the Participant as appearing on the records of the Company.
27.Stock-Based Awards in Substitution for Stock Options or Awards Granted by Other Company
Awards may be granted to Eligible Individuals in substitution for or in connection with an assumption of Options, SARs, a Restricted Stock Award or other stock-based awards granted by other entities to persons who are or who will become Eligible Individuals in respect of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, in connection with a distribution, merger or other reorganization by or with the granting entity or an affiliated entity, or the acquisition by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, of all or a substantial part of the stock or assets of the employing entity. The awards so granted need not comply with other specific terms of this Plan, provided the awards reflect only adjustments giving effect to the assumption or substitution consistent with the conversion applicable to the Common Stock in the transaction and any change in the issuer of the security. Any shares that are delivered and any awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company, as a result of the assumption by the Company of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an acquired company (or previously granted by a predecessor employer (or direct or indirect parent thereof) in the case of persons that become employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with a business or asset
acquisition or similar transaction) shall not be counted against the Share Limit or other limits on the number of shares available for issuance under this Plan. Any adjustment, substitution or assumption made pursuant to this Section 27 shall be made in a manner that, in the good faith determination of the Committee, will not likely result in the imposition of additional taxes or interest under Section 409A of the Code.
28.Treatment of Dividends and Dividend Equivalents on Unvested Awards
In no event shall dividends or dividend equivalents be paid with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, with respect to any Award that provides for or includes a right to dividends or dividend equivalents, if dividends are declared during the period that an equity Award is outstanding, such dividends (or dividend equivalents) shall be accumulated but remain subject to (i) the relevant performance criteria in the case of a Performance Award and (ii) satisfaction of all other vesting requirement(s), in each case to the same extent as the applicable Award and shall only be paid at the time or times such vesting requirement(s) are satisfied.
29.Clawback of Certain Benefits
All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancelation, forfeiture, or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) the Company’s Executive Officer Clawback Policy or any other clawback, forfeiture, or other similar policy as in effect at the time such Award was granted or (ii) as required by applicable law or the listing rules of the NYSE or other principal stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. In addition, the Company may provide in an Award Agreement that if the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award due to a determination by the Committee that a financial, operational or other metric upon which such Award was based was inaccurate, the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount or Shares to the Company.
30.Governing Law; Severability
30.1 Violations of Law. The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of Common Stock under any Award if the sale or issuance of such shares would constitute a violation by the individual holding the Award, the Participant or the Company of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation any federal or state securities laws or regulations. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding, and conclusive. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercisability or vesting of an Option, the exercise of an Option or the issuance of shares pursuant to the exercise of an Option or expiration of a Restriction Period to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority.
30.2 Governing Law. This Plan shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws thereof.
30.3 Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Green Brick Partners, Inc. of our reports dated February 29, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Green Brick Partners, Inc., appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Green Brick Partners, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2023.
RSM US LLP
Dallas, Texas
July 31, 2024
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Jul. 31, 2024
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| Security Type |
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| Security Class Title |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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| Amount Registered | shares |
2,750,000
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| Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Unit |
72.54
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| Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
$ 199,485,000
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| Fee Rate | Rate |
0.01476%
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| Amount of Registration Fee |
$ 29,443.99
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| Offering Note |
Calculated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, this price is calculated based on the average of the high and low of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Green Brick Partners, Inc. (“Common Stock”) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2024. (2)This registration statement covers a total of 2,750,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Green Brick Partners, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock which may be offered and issued under the reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
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