As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2023
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Foot Locker, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York |
13-3513936 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
330 West 34th Street
New York, New York 10001
(212) 720-3700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023)
2023 Foot Locker Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Sheilagh M. Clarke, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Foot Locker, Inc.
330 West 34th Street
New York, New York 10001
(212) 720-3700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
David J. Goldschmidt, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001
(212) 735-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
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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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Foot Locker, Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) to register (i) an additional 10,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable under the Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023) (the “Stock Incentive Plan”), and (ii) the issuance and sale of up to 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to the 2023 Foot Locker Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2023 ESPP”). On April 7, 2023, the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a definitive proxy statement that included proposals to, among other things, (i) approve the amendment and restatement of the Stock Incentive Plan, including the increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan to a total of 13,950,694 shares, or a net increase of 10,300,000 shares (the “Incentive Plan Proposal”), and (ii) approve the 2023 ESPP (the “ESPP Proposal,” and together with the Incentive Plan Proposal, the “Proposals”). Each of the Proposals was approved by the Company’s shareholders on May 17, 2023.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Stock Incentive Plan or the 2023 ESPP, as applicable, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under 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, taken together, 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 SEC pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:
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The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2023, March 10, 2023, March 24, 2023, and April 25, 2023. |
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All documents, reports, or definitive proxy or information statements subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and, 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated 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 a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. 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.
This Registration Statement does not, however, incorporate by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed “filed” with the SEC, including any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K unless, and except to the extent, specified in such Current Reports.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article IX of the By-laws of the Registrant requires the Registrant to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any person who (a) is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action or proceeding because that person or his or her testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or served, or is serving, at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and expenses incurred as a result of such action or proceeding, or appeal therein, and (b) has met the standards set forth in Section 721 of the New York Business Corporation Law (the “NYBCL”). Section 721 of the NYBCL provides that no indemnification is to be provided to any person who is a director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that (a) his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (b) he or she personally gained, in fact, a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled.
Article IX of the By-laws also provides that the Registrant shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to any person indemnified thereunder the funds necessary for payment of expenses incurred in connection with any action or proceeding subject to such indemnification, upon receipt by the Registrant of a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amounts(s) if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that he or she did not meet the standards set forth in Section 721 of the NYBCL.
Article IX of the By-laws also expressly authorizes the Registrant to enter into agreements providing for indemnification or the advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. As more fully explained below, the Registrant has entered into (or intends to enter into) agreements with each of the Registrant’s directors and officers to provide for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Article TENTH of the Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation requires the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers, and permits the Registrant to indemnify others, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The extent and limitations of indemnification under Article TENTH of the Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation are substantially identical to the indemnification provisions set forth in Article IX of the Registrant’s By-laws.
Article ELEVENTH of the Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or to any of its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such director establishes that his or her acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that such director gained, in fact, a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled or that such director’s acts violated Section 719 of the NYBCL.
As previously noted, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers (and intends in the future to enter into similar indemnification agreements with other persons who become directors or officers of the Registrant) which require the Registrant to, among other things, indemnify each director or officer for any and all judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness or participating in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, and to advance to each such director or officer his or her costs and expenses of any such suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation if such director or officer undertakes to pay back such advances to the extent required by law. Prior to a “Change in Control” (as defined in each indemnification agreement) of the Registrant, a director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under such agreement in any action or proceeding voluntarily commenced by such indemnitee against the Registrant or any director or officer of the Registrant, unless the institution of such action or proceedings is joined in or consented to by the Registrant.
Sections 721 through 726 of the NYBCL provide for indemnification of directors and officers. If a director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in a legal proceeding, such person is entitled to indemnification to the extent he or she was successful. Further, indemnification is permitted in both third-party and derivative suits if such person acted in good faith and for a purpose he or she reasonably believed was in the best interest of Registrant, and if, in the case of a criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Indemnification under this provision applies to judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, in the case of derivative actions. In a derivative action, however, a director or officer may not be indemnified for amounts paid to settle such a suit or for any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the Registrant absent a court determination that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. Notwithstanding the failure of the Registrant to provide indemnification and despite any contrary resolution of the board of directors, indemnification shall be awarded by the proper court pursuant to Section 724 of the NYBCL to the extent authorized under the NYBCL. Under New York law (and as provided in Article IX of the Registrant’s By-laws and in the indemnification agreements previously described), expenses may be advanced upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amounts in the event the recipient is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification. The advance is conditioned only upon receipt of the undertaking and not upon a finding that the officer or director has met the applicable indemnity standards.
In addition, the Registrant has directors and officers liability insurance policies.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, 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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† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
* Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this 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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act 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; and |
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Item 9 do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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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. |
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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. |
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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 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), that is incorporated by reference in this 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. |
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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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 New York, New York, on May 17, 2023.
FOOT LOCKER, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Mary N. Dillon |
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Name: |
Mary N. Dillon |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of Foot Locker, Inc. whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Sheilagh M. Clarke and John A. Maurer, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable to be done or performed in connection with any or all of the above described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Mary N. Dillon |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Mary N. Dillon |
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/s/ Robert Higginbotham |
Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer |
May 17, 2023 |
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Robert Higginbotham |
(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ Giovanna Cipriano |
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
May 17, 2023 |
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Giovanna Cipriano |
(Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Virginia C. Drosos |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Virginia C. Drosos |
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/s/ Alan D. Feldman |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Alan D. Feldman |
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/s/ Guillermo G. Marmol |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Guillermo G. Marmol |
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/s/ Darlene Nicosia |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Darlene Nicosia |
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/s/ Steven Oakland |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Steven Oakland |
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/s/ Ulice Payne, Jr. |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Ulice Payne, Jr. |
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/s/ Kimberly K. Underhill |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Kimberly K. Underhill |
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/s/ Tristan Walker |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Tristan Walker |
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/s/ Dona D. Young |
Director |
May 17, 2023 |
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Dona D. Young |
Exhibit 5.1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llp
ONE MANHATTAN WEST
NEW YORK, NY 10001 |
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TEL: (212) 735-3000 FAX: (212) 735-2000 www.skadden.com |
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May 17, 2023 |
TOKYO TORONTO |
Foot Locker, Inc.
330 West 34th Street
New York, New York 10001
Re: |
Foot Locker, Inc. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special United States counsel to Foot Locker, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company (together with the exhibits thereto, the “Registration Statement”) to be filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the registration of (i) up to 10,300,000 shares (the “Incentive Plan Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023) (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) and (ii) up to 3,000,000 shares (the “ESPP Shares” and, together with the Incentive Plan Shares, the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, issuable pursuant to the 2023 Foot Locker Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2023 ESPP” and, together with the Stock Incentive Plan, the “Plans”).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”).
In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have examined and relied on the following:
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the Registration Statement in the form filed with the Commission on the date hereof; |
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an executed copy of a certificate of Sheilagh M. Clarke, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, dated the date hereof (the “Secretary’s Certificate”); |
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the Stock Incentive Plan, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; |
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the 2023 ESPP, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; |
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the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), certified by the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York as of May 17, 2023, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; |
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the By-Laws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect (the “By-Laws”), certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; |
Foot Locker, Inc.
May 17, 2023
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resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on March 22, 2023, approving each of the Stock Incentive Plan and the 2023 ESPP and certain related matters, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; and |
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a report tabulating the results of the vote at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company (the “Annual Meeting”), reflecting the approval of each of the Stock Incentive Plan and the 2023 ESPP (the “Report of Results”), certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate. |
We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties.
In rendering the opinion stated herein, we have also assumed that (i) an appropriate account statement evidencing the Shares credited to a recipient’s account maintained with the Company’s transfer agent has been or will be issued by the Company’s transfer agent, (ii) the issuance of the Shares will be properly recorded in the books and records of the Company, (iii) the 2023 ESPP will automatically become effective in accordance with its terms on June 1, 2023 and no ESPP Shares will be issued prior to the 2023 ESPP becoming effective, (iv) each award agreement pursuant to which rights to acquire Common Stock or other awards are granted pursuant to the Plans will be consistent with the Plans and will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (v) the results of the vote at the Annual Meeting set forth in the Report of Results will not differ from the certified report of the inspector of elections and (vi) the issuance of the Shares does not violate or conflict with any agreement or instrument binding on the Company (except that we do not make this assumption with respect to the Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws). As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate.
We do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any jurisdiction other than the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the “NYBCL”).
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company under the NYBCL and, in the case of the ESPP Shares once the 2023 ESPP becomes effective, and when the Shares are issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plans and any applicable award agreement for consideration paid or delivered in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable law.
Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
DJG
Exhibit 10.1
FOOT LOCKER 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023)
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Purpose. |
The purpose of the Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023) (this “Plan”) is to align the interests of officers, other employees, and nonemployee directors of Foot Locker, Inc. and its successors by operation of law and all subsidiaries now held or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Company”) with those of the shareholders of Foot Locker, Inc., a New York corporation, or any successor corporation by operation of law (“Foot Locker”); to reinforce corporate, organizational and business development goals; to promote the achievement of year to year and long range financial and other business objectives; to reward the performance of individual officers and other employees in fulfilling their personal responsibilities for long range achievements, and to appropriately remunerate nonemployee directors.
The Plan, in the form set forth herein, is effective as of March 22, 2023 (“Effective Date”), subject to the requisite approval of shareholders at Foot Locker’s 2023 annual shareholders’ meeting, and is an amendment and restatement of the Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Initial Plan”), which was originally effective as of May 30, 2007, amended and restated as of May 19, 2010 and March 21, 2014, and further amended as of March 23, 2017.
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Definitions. |
The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Account” means the total of the Interest Account and the Deferred Stock Unit Account to which a Nonemployee Director’s deferred Annual Retainer shall be credited. A separate Account shall be established with respect to the deferred Annual Retainer for each Plan Year.
(b) “Annual Retainer” shall mean the annual retainer payable for services on the Board as a Nonemployee Director, in any capacity, including the annual retainer payable to a Nonemployee Director for service as a committee chair. Annual Retainer shall not include expense reimbursements, meeting attendance fees, amounts realized upon the exercise of Options, or any other amount paid to a Nonemployee Director.
(c) “Appreciation Award” shall mean any Award under the Plan of any Option, SAR or Other Stock-Based Award, provided that such Other Stock-Based Award is based on the appreciation in value of a share of Stock in excess of an amount equal to at least the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date such Other Stock-Based Award is granted.
(d) “Award” shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, SAR, Stock Unit or Other Stock-Based Award granted pursuant to the Plan.
(e) “Award Agreement” shall mean any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document, including through electronic medium, between Foot Locker and a Participant evidencing an Award.
(f) “Beneficiary” shall mean the individual designated by the Participant, on a form acceptable to the Committee, to receive benefits payable under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death. If no Beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of a Participant’s death, or if no designated Beneficiary survives the Participant, or if such designation conflicts with law, the payment of the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the Participant’s death shall be made to the Participant’s estate, or with respect to an applicable Award, the person given authority to exercise such Award by the Participant’s will or by operation of law. Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a new Beneficiary designation, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary designation filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Beneficiary designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death.
(g) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Foot Locker.
(h) “Cause” shall mean, with respect to a Termination of a Participant other than a Nonemployee Director, (i) in the case where there is no employment agreement between the Company and the Participant, or where there is an employment agreement, but such agreement does not define cause (or words of like import), termination due to (A) a Participant’s dishonesty, fraud, willful misconduct, misappropriation with regard to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any of their assets or businesses, (B) material insubordination or refusal to perform for any reason other than illness or incapacity or materially unsatisfactory performance of the Participant’s duties for the Company, or (C) any violation of the Company’s Code of Conduct or other material policies, or (ii) in the case where there is an employment agreement between the Company and the Participant, termination that is or would be deemed to be for cause (or words of like import) as defined under such employment agreement. With respect to a Termination of a Nonemployee Director, “cause” shall mean an act or failure to act that constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable New York law.
(i) “Change in Control” shall mean the earliest to occur of the following:
(1) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Foot Locker with, or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Foot Locker to, any Person other than (a) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of Foot Locker outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving or parent entity) fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the voting securities of Foot Locker or such surviving or parent entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (b) a merger or capitalization effected to implement a recapitalization of Foot Locker (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly (as determined under Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), of securities representing more than the amounts set forth in (2) below;
(2) the acquisition of direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as determined under Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), in the aggregate, of securities of Foot Locker representing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total combined voting power of Foot Locker’s then issued and outstanding voting securities by any Person (other than Foot Locker or any of its subsidiaries, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of Foot Locker, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Foot Locker in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Stock) acting in concert; or
(3) during any period of not more than twelve (12) months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by Foot Locker’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe in an applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement approved by the Committee, an alternative definition of “Change in Control” that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, provides that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur unless such event constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.
(j) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(k) “Committee” shall mean the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board, or a subcommittee thereof, appointed from time to time by the Board, which committee or subcommittee shall be intended to consist of two (2) or more non-employee directors, each of whom shall be a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3, and an “independent director” as defined under Section 303A.02 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual or such other applicable stock exchange rule. If for any reason the appointed Committee does not meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3, such noncompliance shall not affect the validity of the awards, grants, interpretations or other actions of the Committee. With respect to the application of the Plan to Nonemployee Directors, the Committee shall defer to the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and to the extent that no Committee exists which has the authority to administer the Plan, the functions of the Committee shall be exercised by the Board and all references herein to the Committee shall be deemed to be references to the Board.
(l) “Deferral Agreement” shall mean an irrevocable agreement entered into between a Nonemployee Director and the Company to authorize the Company to reduce the amount of the Nonemployee Director’s Annual Retainer and credit the amount of such reduction to the Plan consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. A Deferral Agreement shall contain such provisions, consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be established from time to time by the Company or the Board, including without limitation:
(1) the dollar amount of the cash component and the stock component of the Annual Retainer to be deferred or the amount to be deferred in whole percentages;
(2) the amount of Deferred Annual Retainer to be credited to the Interest Account and to the Deferred Stock Unit Account;
(3) the form of payment in which the Nonemployee Director’s distribution from his Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be distributed pursuant to Section 11(f); and
(4) any provisions which may be advisable to comply with applicable laws, regulations, rulings, or guidelines of any government authority.
A Deferral Agreement, once made, shall be irrevocable in all respects. A Deferral Agreement may, to the extent permitted by the Board and by applicable law, be made by paper or electronic means.
(m) “Deferral Period” shall mean, with regard to the Nonemployee Director’s Deferred Annual Retainer for each Plan Year in which a Deferral Agreement is in effect, the period commencing upon the effective date of a deferral election and ending on date of the Participant’s Termination.
(n) “Deferred Annual Retainer” shall mean the amount of Annual Retainer deferred by a Nonemployee Director pursuant to Section 11.
(o) “Deferred Stock Unit” shall mean a Stock Unit granted pursuant to Section 11 and that is deferred pursuant to Section 11.
(p) “Deferred Stock Unit Account” shall mean an account established and maintained by the Company for each Nonemployee Director who receives Stock Units under the Plan.
(q) “Disability” shall mean a disability which would qualify as such under Foot Locker’s Long Term Disability Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, Disability shall mean that a Participant is disabled within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C)(i) or (ii) of the Code.
(r) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(s) “Fair Market Value” of a share of Stock shall mean, as of any date, the closing price of a share of such Stock as reported for such date on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if Stock was not traded on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, the “Fair Market Value” of a share of Stock as of such date shall be the closing price of a share of such Stock as reported on the prior day on which the Stock was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
(t) “Good Reason” shall mean, with respect to the Termination of a Participant other than a Nonemployee Director, a termination due to “good reason” (or words of like import), as specifically provided in an employment agreement between the Company and the Participant.
(u) “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and that is designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(v) “Interest Account” shall mean a hypothetical investment account bearing interest at the rate of one hundred and twenty percent (120%) of the applicable federal long-term rate, compounded annually, and set as of the first day of each Plan Year.
(w) “Key Employee” shall mean a Participant who is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, and as determined in accordance with the rules and procedures specified by the Committee in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
(x) “Nonemployee Director” shall mean a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
(y) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” shall mean an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.
(z) “Option” shall mean the right, granted pursuant to the Plan, of a holder to purchase shares of Stock under Sections 6 and 7 hereof at a price and upon the terms to be specified by the Committee.
(aa) “Other Stock-Based Award” shall mean an award, granted pursuant to the Plan, that is valued in whole or in part by reference to, or is payable in or otherwise based on Stock.
(bb) “Participant” shall mean an officer or other employee of the Company who is, pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan, selected to participate herein, or a Nonemployee Director.
(cc) “Plan” shall mean the Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023).
(dd) “Plan Year” shall mean, for purposes of Section 11 hereof, the calendar year.
(ee) “Restricted Stock” shall mean any shares of Stock issued to a Participant, without payment to the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law, pursuant to Section 8(b).
(ff) “Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean the right, granted pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Plan, to receive a number of shares of Stock subject to certain restrictions, which may include performance-based restrictions, that lapse at the end of a specified period or periods.
(gg) “Restricted Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
(hh) “Retirement” shall mean: (A) the Termination of a Participant other than a Nonemployee Director, if at the time of such Termination, (i) the Participant has at least five (5) years of continuous service with the Company (measured from the Participant’s most recent first day of employment with the Company), and (ii) the Participant has attained age fifty-five (55); or (B) the Termination of a Nonemployee Director pursuant to Foot Locker’s retirement policy for directors or, with the consent of the Board, after the Director attains age 65.
(ii) “Rule 16b-3” shall mean Rule 16b-3 under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act as then in effect or any successor provisions.
(jj) “SAR” shall mean a tandem or freestanding stock appreciation right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(a)(7) or 6(b), as the case may be, to be paid an amount measured by the appreciation in the Fair Market Value of Stock from the date of grant to the date of exercise of the right.
(kk) “Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Foot Locker.
(ll) “Stock Payment Date” shall mean July 1 (or if such date is not a business day, the next succeeding business day) in any calendar year.
(mm) “Stock Unit” shall mean the equivalent of one share of Stock granted to a Nonemployee Director pursuant to Section 11.
(nn) “Ten Percent Shareholder” shall mean a Participant who, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is to be granted to such Participant, owns (within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a parent corporation or subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Code Sections 424(e) or 424(f), respectively.
(oo) “Termination” shall mean: (1) a termination of service for reasons other than a military or personal leave of absence granted by the Company or a transfer of a Participant from or among the Company and a parent corporation or subsidiary corporation, as defined under Code Sections 424(e) or 424(f), respectively, or (2) when a subsidiary, which is employing a Participant, ceases to be a subsidiary corporation, as defined under Section 424(f) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award or amount subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, a Termination will not occur until the Participant has a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, unless otherwise specified in an employment agreement or other agreement, a Termination will not occur until the Participant is no longer an officer, employee and Nonemployee Director.
(pp) “Transfer” or “Transferred” or “Transferable” shall mean anticipate, alienate, attach, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, charge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer.
(qq) “Valuation” shall mean valuation of a Deferred Stock Unit based on changes in the Fair Market Value of the Stock, as determined by the Board or the Committee pursuant to the Plan.
(rr) “Valuation Date” shall mean the day of any Plan Year on which a Nonemployee Director’s Deferral Period ends.
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Administration. |
(a) The Committee. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Committee. The Committee shall have the authority in its sole discretion, subject to and not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, to administer the Plan and to exercise all the powers and authorities either specifically granted to it under the Plan or necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, the authority to grant Awards; to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which Awards shall be granted; to determine the type and number of Awards to be granted and the number of shares of Stock to which an Award may relate; to determine the terms, conditions, restrictions and performance criteria, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, relating to any Award (including, but not limited to, the share price, any restriction or limitation, any vesting schedule or acceleration thereof, or any forfeiture or waiver thereof, based on such factors, if any, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion); to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances grants of Awards are to operate on a tandem basis and/or in conjunction with or apart from other awards made by the Company outside the Plan; to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, cancelled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered (provided that in no event shall the foregoing be construed to permit the repricing of an Option or SAR (whether by amendment, cancellation and regrant or otherwise) to a lower exercise price); to make adjustments in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles; to construe and interpret the Plan and any Award; to determine whether to require, as a condition of the granting of any Award, a Participant to not sell or otherwise dispose of Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option or Award for a period of time as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, following the date of the acquisition of such Option or Award; to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; to determine the terms and provisions of Award Agreements; and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
Subject to Section 12(f) hereof, the Committee shall have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan and perform all acts, including the delegation of its administrative responsibilities, as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreements relating thereto); and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan. To the extent permitted by applicable law or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the shares of Stock are listed, quoted or traded, the Board or Committee may from time to time delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board the authority to grant or amend Awards or to take other administrative actions pursuant to this Section 3; provided, however, that in no event shall such individuals be delegated the authority to grant Awards to, or amend Awards held by, the following individuals: (a) individuals who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (b) officers of the Company (or Non-Employee Directors) to whom authority to grant or amend Awards has been delegated hereunder; provided further, that any delegation of administrative authority shall only be permitted to the extent it is permissible under applicable securities laws or the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the shares of Stock are listed, quoted or traded. Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Board of Directors or Committee specifies at the time of such delegation, and the Board of Directors or Committee, as the case may be, may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegatee.
The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any agreement relating thereto in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to carry the Plan into effect but only to the extent any such action would be permitted under the applicable provisions of Rule 16b-3. The Committee may adopt special guidelines for persons who are residing in, or subject to taxes of, countries other than the United States to comply with applicable tax and securities laws.
The Committee may appoint a chairperson and a secretary and may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it shall deem advisable, and shall keep minutes of its meetings. All determinations of the Committee shall be made by a majority of its members either present in person or participating by conference telephone at a meeting or by written consent. The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more agents such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the Committee or any person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee or such person may have under the Plan. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, the Participant (or any person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Participant) and any shareholder.
The Company, the Board or the Committee may consult with legal counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or other counsel, with respect to its obligations or duties hereunder, or with respect to any action or proceeding or any question of law, and shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith pursuant to the advice of such counsel.
(b) Designation of Consultants/Liability. The Committee may designate employees of the Company and professional advisors to assist the Committee in the administration of the Plan and may grant authority to employees to execute agreements or other documents on behalf of the Committee.
The Committee may employ such legal counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion received from any such counsel or consultant and any computation received from any such consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the Committee or Board in the engagement of any such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid by the Company. The Committee, its members and any person designated pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no current or former officer of the Company or current or former member of the Committee or of the Board shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted hereunder. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company and to the extent not covered by insurance, each current or former officer and each current or former member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against any cost or expense (including reasonable fees of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company), and advanced amounts necessary to pay the foregoing at the earliest time and to the fullest extent permitted, arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan, except to the extent arising out of such officer’s, member’s or former member’s own fraud or bad faith. Such indemnification shall be in addition to any rights of indemnification the current and former officers and current and former members of the Committee and of the Board may have under applicable law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything else herein, this indemnification will not apply to the actions or determinations made by an individual with regard to Awards granted to him or her under the Plan.
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Eligibility. |
Awards may be granted to officers, other employees, and Nonemployee Directors of the Company in the sole discretion of the Committee. In determining the persons to whom Awards shall be granted and the type of Award, the Committee shall take into account such factors as the Committee shall deem relevant in connection with accomplishing the purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incentive Stock Options may not be granted to Nonemployee Directors.
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Stock Subject to the Plan; Limitation on Grants. |
(a) The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan or with respect to which Awards may be granted following the Effective Date shall be 13,950,694 shares, including the number of shares of Stock that remain available for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Date (3,650,694 shares of Stock), subject to adjustment as provided herein. Such shares may, in whole or in part, be authorized but unissued shares or shares that shall have been or may be reacquired by the Company in the open market, in private transactions or otherwise. Any Awards that are full value awards shall be counted against this limit as two and one-half (2.5) shares for every one share granted; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to payments made to Nonemployee Directors in connection with their Annual Retainer in Stock in accordance with Section 10 or Deferred Stock Units pursuant to Section 11 (collectively, “Director Awards”), in which case each share subject to Director Awards shall be counted against this limit as one share for every one share granted. If any shares subject to an Award are forfeited, cancelled, exchanged or surrendered, or if an Award otherwise terminates or expires without a distribution of shares to the Participant, the shares of Stock with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation, exchange, surrender, termination or expiration, again be available for Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Awards (other than Director Awards) that are full value awards are forfeited, cancelled, exchanged or surrendered, or if such an Award otherwise terminates or expires without a distribution of shares to the Participant, two and one-half (2.5) shares of Stock with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation, exchange, surrender, termination or expiration, again be available for Awards under the Plan. The number of shares of Stock available for the purpose of Awards under the Plan shall be reduced by: (i) the total number of Options or SARs exercised, regardless of whether any of the shares of Stock underlying such Awards are not actually issued to the Participant as the result of a net settlement; and (ii) any shares of Stock used to pay any purchase price, exercise price or tax withholding obligation with respect to any Award, and none of such shares shall be available for the issuance of subsequent Awards under the Plan. In addition, the Company may not use the cash proceeds it receives from Option exercises to repurchase shares of Stock on the open market for reuse under the Plan. Awards that may be settled solely in cash shall not be deemed to use any shares of Stock which may be issued under the Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if authorized but previously unissued shares of Stock are issued under the Plan, such shares shall not be issued for a consideration which is less than as permitted by applicable law.
(b) With respect to Incentive Stock Options, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares (subject to any adjustment as provided herein) during the term of the Plan following the Effective Date.
(c) In connection with service as a Non-Employee Director of the Company, no Participant who is a Non-Employee director shall be granted Awards during any calendar year that, when aggregated with such Non-Employee director’s cash fees with respect to such calendar year, exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) in total value (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for the Company’s financial reporting purposes).
(d) The existence of the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders of Foot Locker to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in Foot Locker’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company or any part thereof, any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting Stock, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any part thereof, any sale or transfer of all or part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding.
(e) In the event of any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Stock or other property), recapitalization, Stock split, reverse Stock split, reorganization, merger, subdivision, consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, reclassification of any capital stock, issuance of warrants or options to purchase Stock or securities convertible into Stock, or other similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Stock such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants under the Plan, the Committee shall in good faith make such equitable changes or adjustments as it deems necessary or appropriate to any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of Stock, cash or other property which may thereafter be issued in connection with Awards, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Stock, cash or other property issued or issuable in respect of outstanding Awards, and (iii) the exercise price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award; provided that, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, such adjustment shall be made in accordance with Section 424 of the Code; and provided, further, that, with respect to Non-Qualified Stock Options, such adjustment shall be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1.
(f) Fractional shares of Stock resulting from any adjustment in Options and other Awards pursuant to Section 5(e) shall be aggregated until, and eliminated at, the time of exercise by rounding down for fractions less than one half (1/2) and rounding up for fractions equal to or greater than one half (1/2). No cash settlements shall be made with respect to fractional shares of Stock eliminated by rounding. Notice of any adjustment shall be given by the Committee to each Participant whose Award has been adjusted and such adjustment (whether or not such notice is given) shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
(g) If a company acquired by the Company or any subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of the pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio used in such acquisition or combination to determine the relative value of the acquired company’s stock or to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the acquired company) shall be assumed by the Plan, may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the shares of Stock authorized for grant under the Plan. Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employees or non-employee directors of the Company prior to such acquisition or combination.
(h) Any Award granted after the Effective Date shall be subject to a minimum vesting period of not less than one year from the date such award is granted; provided, however, that the foregoing minimum vesting period shall not apply in connection with (a) a Change in Control, (b) a Participant’s Termination, (c) Awards granted in substitution or exchange for an Award, so long as such substitute or exchange does not reduce the vesting period of the Award being replaced, (d) Awards granted to Nonemployee Directors of the Company at any annual shareholder meeting, provided that such Awards will vest on the date of the next annual shareholder meeting, and provided further that the interval in between such annual general meetings shall not be less than 50 weeks, or (e) Awards which in the aggregate cover a number of shares of Stock not to exceed five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Date, as described in Section 5(a) hereof.
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Stock Option and SAR Program for Participants other than Nonemployee Directors. |
No Option or freestanding SAR shall be granted to a Nonemployee Director pursuant to this Section 6. Each Option or freestanding SAR granted pursuant to this Section 6 shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall from time to time approve, which Award Agreement shall comply with and be subject to the following terms and conditions, as applicable:
(a) Stock Options.
(1) Number of Shares. Each Award Agreement shall state the number of shares of Stock to which the Option relates.
(2) Type of Option. Each Award Agreement shall specifically state that the Option constitutes an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option (whether because of its provisions or the time or manner of exercise or otherwise), such Option or portion thereof which does not qualify, shall constitute a separate Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(3) Option Price. Except as set forth in Section 6(a)(8)(ii) herein relating to Incentive Stock Options granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, each Award Agreement shall state the Option price, which shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock covered by the Option on the date of grant. The Option price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 hereof. The date on which the Committee adopts a resolution expressly granting an option shall be considered the date on which such Option is granted.
(4) Method and time of Payment. The Option price shall be payable upon exercise, as follows: (i) in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of Foot Locker, (ii) a cashless exercise through a broker (in accordance with a methodology determined by the Committee and consistent with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any other applicable law), (iii) in shares of Stock by means of a Stock Swap (as described below), or (iv) in a combination of cash and Stock. Options may contain provisions permitting the use of shares of Stock to exercise and settle an Option (“Stock Swaps”). With respect to Stock Swaps, shares of Stock that are used to exercise and settle an Option shall (i) be free and clear of any liens and encumbrances, (ii) be valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, and (iii) be on such other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Committee.
(5) Term and Exercisability of Options. Each Award Agreement shall provide that each Option shall become exercisable in substantially equal annual installments over a three-year period, beginning with the first anniversary of the date of grant of the Option, unless the Committee prescribes an exercise schedule of shorter or longer duration. Except as set forth in Section 6(a)(8)(ii) herein, the exercise period shall be ten (10) years from the date of the grant of the Option or such shorter period as is determined by the Committee. The exercise period shall be subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 6(a)(6) hereof. An Option may be exercised, as to any or all full shares of Stock as to which the Option has become exercisable, by written notice delivered in person or by mail to the Secretary of Foot Locker, specifying the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the date of exercise will be deemed to be the date upon which the Secretary of Foot Locker receives such notification.
(6) Termination. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant (or, if no rights of the Participant are reduced, thereafter), upon a Participant’s Termination, Options granted to such Participant prior to such Termination shall remain exercisable following the effective date of such Termination as follows:
(i) Cause. If a Participant’s Termination is for Cause, all Options granted to such Participant shall be cancelled as of the effective date of such Termination.
(ii) Retirement, Termination for Good Reason or Disability. Upon a Participant’s Retirement, Termination for Good Reason or Disability, all Options granted to such Participant that are “deemed exercisable” (as defined in the following sentence) on the effective date of such Participant’s Retirement, Termination for Good Reason or Disability shall remain exercisable for a period of three (3) years following such effective date (or for such longer period as may be prescribed by the Committee, but in no event beyond the expiration date of such Option). Those Options that are “deemed exercisable” on and after the effective date of a Participant’s Retirement, Termination for Good Reason or Disability, as provided above, shall consist of all unexercised Options (or portions thereof) that are immediately exercisable on such date plus those Options (or portions thereof) that would have become exercisable had such Participant not retired or had his employment not terminated until after the next succeeding anniversary of the date of grant of each such Option.
(iii) Other Terminations of Employment. If a Participant’s Termination by the Company is for any reason other than those described in subsections (i) or (ii) above, his “deemed exercisable” Options, which, for purposes of this subsection, shall mean all Options (or portions thereof) granted to such Participant that are immediately exercisable on the effective date of such Termination shall remain exercisable as follows: (A) if such Participant has ten (10) or more years of service with the Company, such period of service to be determined as of such effective date of termination, for a period of one year from the effective date of such Termination (or for such longer period as may be prescribed by the Committee, but in no event beyond the expiration date of such Option), or (B) if a Participant has less than ten (10) years of service with the Company, for a period of three (3) months from the effective date of such Termination (or for such longer period as may be prescribed by the Committee, but in no event beyond the expiration date of such Option).
(iv) Death.
(A) If a Participant dies during the applicable Option exercise period following the effective date of his Retirement, Disability or other Termination, as described in subsections (ii) or (iii) above, his Beneficiary shall have a period expiring on the date one year from the date of his death (or for such longer period as may be prescribed by the Committee, but in no event beyond the expiration date of such Option) within which to exercise his “deemed exercisable” Options, as described in such applicable subsection.
(B) If a Participant dies while employed by the Company, his Beneficiary shall have a period expiring on the date one year from the date of his death (or for such longer period as may be prescribed by the Committee, but in no event beyond the expiration date of such Option) within which to exercise his “deemed exercisable” Options, which shall consist of all unexercised Options (or portions thereof) that are immediately exercisable on such date of death plus those Options (or portions thereof) that would have become exercisable had such Participant not died until after the next succeeding anniversary of the date of grant of each such Option.
(7) Incentive Stock Options. Options granted as Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following special terms and conditions, in addition to the general terms and conditions specified in this Section 6.
(i) Value of Shares. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted) of the shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and all other Plans of the Company become exercisable for the first time by each Participant during any calendar year shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). To the extent that such aggregate Fair Market Value exceeds such one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) limitation, such Options shall be treated as Options which are not Incentive Stock Options and shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options.
(ii) Ten Percent Shareholder. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, (x) the Option Price shall not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock on the date of grant of such Incentive Stock Option, and (y) the exercise period shall not exceed five (5) years from the date of grant of such Incentive Stock Option.
(iii) Exercise Following Termination. If an Eligible Employee does not remain employed by the Company, any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Code Sections 424(e) and 424(f), respectively) at all times from the time the Option is granted until three (3) months prior to the date of exercise (or such other period as required by applicable law), such Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(iv) Should either (i), (ii) or (iii) above not be necessary in order for the Options to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, or should any additional provisions be required, the Committee may amend the Plan accordingly, without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the shareholders of Foot Locker.
(b) Stock Appreciation Rights.
The Committee shall have authority to grant an SAR. SARs shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) Number of Shares. Each Award Agreement relating to SARs shall state the number of shares of Stock to which the SARs relate.
(2) Exercise Price. Each Award Agreement shall state the exercise price, which shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock (to which the freestanding SARs relate) on the date of grant. The exercise price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 hereof.
(3) Term and Exercisability of SARs. Each Award Agreement shall provide the exercise schedule for the SAR as determined by the Committee. The exercise period shall be ten (10) years from the date of the grant of the freestanding SAR or such shorter period as is determined by the Committee. The exercise period shall be subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraph (b)(7) hereof. An SAR may be exercised, as to any or all full shares of Stock as to which the SAR has become exercisable, by written notice delivered in person or by mail to the Secretary of Foot Locker, specifying the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the SAR is being exercised. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the date of exercise will be deemed to be the date upon which the Secretary of Foot Locker receives such notification.
(4) Payment. An SAR shall entitle the holder thereof, upon exercise of the SAR or any portion thereof, to receive payment of an amount computed pursuant to paragraph (5) below.
(5) Amount Payable. Upon the exercise of an SAR, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount determined by multiplying (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise of such SAR over the exercise price of such SAR, by (ii) the number of shares of Stock as to which such SAR is being exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may limit in any manner the amount payable with respect to any SAR by including such a limit at the time it is granted.
(6) Form of Payment. Payment of the amount determined under paragraph (5) above may be made solely in whole shares of Stock in a number determined based upon their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the freestanding SAR or, alternatively, at the sole discretion of the Committee, solely in cash, or in a combination of cash and shares of Stock as the Committee deems advisable.
(7) Termination. The terms and conditions set forth in Section 6(a)(6) hereof, relating to exercisability of Options in the event of Termination with the Company, shall apply equally with respect to the exercisability of any SARs following Termination.
(c) No Rights to Dividends or Dividend Equivalents. Except as set forth in Section 5 hereof (relating to certain adjustments), a Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder (including the right to vote shares), and no dividends will be paid with respect to any Option or SAR, in each case prior to the date such Option or SAR is exercised and settled.
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Stock Option Grants to Nonemployee Directors. |
(a) Number of Shares.
(1) Options shall be granted to Nonemployee Directors at such times, in such amounts and subject to such terms as may be determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
(2) In no event shall any Nonemployee Director receive more than one Option grant under the Plan in any fiscal year.
(b) Type of Option. Each Award Agreement granted to a Nonemployee Director under this Section 7 shall state that the Option constitutes a Non-Qualified Stock Option not intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Code and shall have the following terms and conditions:
(1) Option Price. Each Award Agreement shall state the Option price, which shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock covered by the Option on the date of grant.
(2) Method and Time of Payment. The Option price shall be paid in full, at the time of exercise, as follows: (i) in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of Foot Locker, (ii) a cashless exercise through a broker (in accordance with a methodology determined by the Committee and consistent with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and any other applicable law), (iii) in shares of Stock by means of a Stock Swap, or (iv) in a combination of cash and Stock.
(3) Term and Exercisability of Options. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Award Agreement, Options granted to Nonemployee Directors shall fully vest one year following the date of grant, provided that the holder of such Option is a Nonemployee Director on such date. Options shall be exercisable until the earlier of ten years from the date of grant or the expiration of the one-year period following the date of Termination as provided in Section 7(b)(4).
(4) Termination. If a Nonemployee Director’s Termination is for Cause, all Options granted to such Nonemployee Director shall be cancelled as of the effective date of such Termination. Upon Termination other than for Cause, all outstanding Options held by such Nonemployee Director, to the extent then exercisable, shall be exercisable in whole or in part for a period of one year from the date of Termination. If a Nonemployee Director’s Termination is by reason of death, all Options, to the extent exercisable, shall remain exercisable by the Nonemployee Director’s Beneficiary for a period of one year following the Nonemployee Director’s date of death. In no event, however, shall any Option be exercisable beyond ten years from its date of grant.
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Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. |
Awards granted pursuant to this Section 8 shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve and the terms and conditions of such Awards shall be set forth therein. Shares of Restricted Stock and grants of Restricted Stock Units may be issued either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan.
(a) General. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be issued under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the eligible persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be made; the number of shares of Stock to be subject to the Award; the price, if any, to be paid by the Participant for the acquisition of Restricted Stock; the period of time prior to which Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units become vested and the underlying Stock becomes free of restrictions on Transfer (the “Restricted Period”); and all other conditions applicable to the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. If the restrictions, Performance Goals and/or conditions established by the Committee are not attained, a Participant shall forfeit the Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, in accordance with the terms of the grant. The provisions of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units need not be the same with respect to each Participant. The Committee may condition the grant or vesting of Restricted Stock upon the attainment of specified performance goals (including without limitation, the Performance Goals set forth in Exhibit A hereto) or such other factors as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.
(b) Restricted Stock. The prospective Participant selected to receive Restricted Stock shall not have any rights with respect to such Award, unless and until such Participant has delivered a fully executed copy of the Award Agreement to the Company and has otherwise complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award. Further, such Award shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) Purchase Price. Subject to the last sentence of Section 5(a), the purchase price for shares of Restricted Stock may be less than their par value and may be zero, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(2) Legend. Upon an Award of Restricted Stock, no share certificates shall be issued. Each share of Restricted Stock shall be subject to an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form:
“The anticipation, alienation, attachment, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge of the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the Foot Locker (the “Company”) 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023) and an Agreement entered into between the registered owner and the Company dated _______________. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file at the principal office of the Company.”
The Company may determine in its sole discretion, to evidence such shares of Restricted Stock by uncertificated book entry. If and when the Restricted Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock subject to such Restricted Period, the shares shall be issued in uncertificated form. All legends shall be removed at the time of issuance to the Participant, except as otherwise required by applicable law or other limitations imposed by the Committee.
(3) Restrictions. During the Restricted Period, shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, Transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, as set forth in the Award Agreement and such Award Agreement shall set forth a vesting schedule and any events which would accelerate vesting of the shares of Restricted Stock, subject to Section 5(h). Any attempt to dispose of any such shares of Stock in contravention of such restrictions shall be null and void and without effect.
(4) Forfeiture. Subject to such exceptions as may be determined by the Committee, if the Participant’s continuous employment with the Company shall terminate for any reason prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period of an Award, or to the extent any performance goals for the Restricted Period are not met, any shares of Stock remaining subject to restrictions shall thereupon be forfeited by the Participant and Transferred to, and reacquired by, Foot Locker at no cost to Foot Locker.
(5) Ownership. Except to the extent otherwise set forth in the Award Agreement, during the Restricted Period the Participant shall possess all incidents of ownership of such shares, subject to Section 8(c)(5), including the right to receive dividends (subject to the requirements below) with respect to such shares and to vote such shares and, subject to and conditioned upon the full vesting of shares of Restricted Stock, the right to tender such shares. Dividends declared on the Stock, shall be credited as of dividend payment dates with respect to dividends with record dates that occur during the Restricted Period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Such dividends shall be converted to additional Stock by such formula and at such time and subject to such restrictions and limitations as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Any dividend or dividend equivalent awarded hereunder shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions and risks of forfeiture as the underlying Awards and shall only become payable if (and to the extent) the underlying Awards vest.
(c) Restricted Stock Units.
(1) Form of Payment. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, at the expiration of the Restricted Period, shares of Stock in uncertificated form (or cash, solely to the extent specified in an Award Agreement), shall promptly be issued to the Participant, unless otherwise deferred in accordance with procedures established by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and such issuance or payment shall in any event be made no later than the 15th day of the third month of the fiscal year following the fiscal year of vesting or within such other period as is required to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code.
(2) Restrictions. Subject to Section 5(h) hereof, the Award Agreement may provide for the lapse of restrictions in installments and may accelerate or waive such restrictions in whole or in part based on such factors and such circumstances as set forth in the Award Agreement.
(3) Forfeiture. Subject to such exceptions as may be determined by the Committee, if the Participant’s continuous employment with the Company shall terminate for any reason prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period of an Award, or to the extent any goals for the Restricted Period are not met, any Restricted Stock Units remaining subject to restrictions shall thereupon be forfeited by the Participant.
(4) No Rights of a Shareholder. The Participant shall generally not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to shares of Stock subject to Restricted Stock Units during the Restricted Period; provided, however, that, subject to Section 409A of the Code, an amount equal to any dividends declared during the Restricted Period with respect to the number of shares of Stock covered by Restricted Stock Units may, to the extent set forth in an Award Agreement, be provided to the Participant at the time (and to the extent) that shares of Stock in respect of the related Restricted Stock Units are delivered to the Participant. Such dividends or dividend equivalents shall be converted to additional Restricted Stock Units by such formula and at such time and subject to such restrictions and limitations as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, any dividend or dividend equivalent awarded hereunder shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions and risks of forfeiture as the underlying Awards and shall only become payable if (and to the extent) the underlying Awards vest.
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Other Stock-Based Awards. |
(a) Other Awards. Other Awards of Stock and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are payable in or otherwise based on, Stock (“Other Stock-Based Awards”), including, without limitation, Awards valued by reference to performance of a subsidiary, may be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with Options, SARs, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, the number of shares of Stock to be awarded pursuant to such Awards, and all other conditions of the Awards. The Committee may also provide for the grant of Stock under such Awards upon the completion of a specified performance goal or period.
The Committee may condition the grant or vesting of Other Stock-Based Awards upon the attainment of specified Performance Goals set forth on Exhibit A as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.
(b) Terms and Conditions. Other Stock-Based Awards made pursuant to this Section 9 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. Dividends or dividend equivalents may be granted by the Committee based on dividends declared on the Stock, to be credited as of dividend payment dates with respect to dividends with record dates that occur during the period between the date an Other Stock-Based Award is granted to a Participant and the date such Award vests or is distributed, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Such dividends or dividend equivalents shall be converted to cash or additional Stock by such formula and at such time and subject to such restrictions and limitations as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Any dividend or dividend equivalent awarded hereunder shall be subject to the same restrictions, conditions and risks of forfeiture as the underlying Awards and shall only become payable if (and to the extent) the underlying Awards vest. In the event that such dividend or dividend equivalent constitutes a nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement under Section 409A of the Code, it is intended that such dividend or dividend equivalent arrangement complies with Section 409A of the Code.
(2) Vesting. Any Award under this Section 9 and any Stock covered by any such Other Stock-Based Award shall vest or be forfeited to the extent so provided in the Award Agreement, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, subject to Section 5(h).
(3) Price. Stock issued on a bonus basis under this Section 9 may be issued for no cash consideration; Stock purchased pursuant to a purchase right awarded under this Section shall be priced as determined by the Committee, provided that any Other Stock-Based Award for which the value thereof is based solely on the appreciation of the Stock shall be priced at the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant.
(4) Term of Certain Awards. The term of any Other Stock-Based Award that is based solely on the appreciation of Stock shall be fixed by the Committee, provided that no such Other Stock-Based Award shall be exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date of grant.
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Payment of Nonemployee Director’s Annual Retainer in Stock. |
(a) Mandatory Portion. For each calendar year commencing with the calendar year beginning January 1, 2007, each Nonemployee Director who is a director of the Company on or before the date of an annual meeting of shareholders in any calendar year shall receive a whole number of shares of Stock equal in value to 50 percent of the Nonemployee Director’s Annual Retainer payable for services as a director during such calendar year in lieu of payment of such percentage of such director’s Annual Retainer in cash. Such shares shall be issued to each such Nonemployee Director on the Stock Payment Date, unless deferred in accordance with the provisions of Section 11. Each such share of Stock shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the last business day preceding the Stock Payment Date. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the value of fractional shares shall be paid to the Nonemployee Director in cash.
(b) Elective Portion. For each calendar year commencing with the calendar year beginning January 1, 2007, each person who will be a Nonemployee Director on January 1 of such year may elect to receive, in addition to the mandatory stock portion of the Director’s Annual Retainer provided under (a) above, a whole number of shares of Stock equal in value (based on the Fair Market Value on the last business day preceding the Stock Payment Date) of up to the remaining 50 percent of the Director’s Annual Retainer in lieu of payment of such percentage in cash so that, if such election is exercised in full, 100 percent of the Director’s Annual Retainer would be paid in shares of Stock. Such election may be made in incremental amounts of five percent of the total Annual Retainer. Such shares shall be delivered to each Nonemployee Director on the Stock Payment Date. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the value of fractional shares shall be paid to the Nonemployee Director in cash. Any such election shall be irrevocable and shall be made in writing no later than December 31 of the year preceding such year. Any such elections made by Nonemployee Directors under any prior plan of the Company for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2007 shall remain in effect under the Plan.
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Deferral of Nonemployee Director’s Annual Retainer. |
(a) Deferral Election. During the term of the Plan, a Nonemployee Director may elect to defer all or any specified portion of the cash component of the Director’s Annual Retainer, including, without limitation, all cash fees, cash committee fees, committee chair fees and chairman/lead director fees, in the form of Deferred Stock Units or to have such amounts placed in an Interest Account. During the term of the Plan, a Nonemployee Director may also elect to defer all or part of the stock component (which may include all Award types hereunder other than Incentive Stock Options) of the Director’s Annual Retainer in the form of Deferred Stock Units. A Nonemployee Director’s election to defer the Director’s Annual Retainer hereunder pursuant to a Deferral Agreement is irrevocable and is valid only for the Plan Year following the election. If no new Deferral Agreement is timely executed and delivered with respect to any subsequent Plan Year, the Annual Retainer earned in such Plan Year shall not be deferred under the Plan. Once a Nonemployee Director designates the allocation of the Director’s Deferred Annual Retainer, the Nonemployee Director may not change the allocation. Any election made by a Nonemployee Director during 2006 to defer all or any portion of the Director’s 2007 Annual Retainer made under the Foot Locker 2002 Directors Stock Plan shall be transferred to the Plan and shall be governed by the terms of such deferral agreement.
(b) Timing and Manner of Deferral. Any election to defer all or a portion of the Annual Retainer, as provided in this Section 11, shall be made by the Nonemployee Director in writing on a Deferral Agreement and provided to the Secretary of the Company on or before the December 31 preceding the Plan Year in which the Annual Retainer is earned, and shall apply on a pro rata basis with respect to the entire amount of the Annual Retainer earned for such Plan Year, whenever payable. Any such election made by December 31 shall become effective on the following January 1.
(c) Book Entry of Deferred Fees. The amount of the Annual Retainer that is deferred shall be credited as a book entry to an Account in the name of the Nonemployee Director not later than the date such amount would otherwise be payable to the Nonemployee Director.
(d) Vesting.
(1) Interest Account. A Nonemployee Director’s Interest Account shall be fully vested at all times. Each Interest Account shall be the record of the cash amounts of the Annual Retainer deferred by the Nonemployee Director, together with interest thereon, is maintained solely for accounting purposes, and shall not require a segregation of any Company assets.
(2) Deferred Stock Units. A Nonemployee Director’s Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be fully vested at all times.
(e) Deferred Stock Units.
(1) Number. The number of Deferred Stock Units to be granted in connection with an election pursuant to Section 11(a) shall equal the portion of the Annual Retainer being deferred into Stock Units divided by the Fair Market Value on the scheduled payment date of the amount deferred or, in the case of the stock portion of the Annual Retainer, the Stock Payment Date.
(2) Deferred Stock Unit Account. A Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be established and maintained by the Company for each Nonemployee Director who elects to defer the Director’s Annual Retainer in the form of Deferred Stock Units under the Plan. As the value of each Deferred Stock Unit changes pursuant to Section 11(e), the Nonemployee Director’s Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be adjusted accordingly. Each Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be the record of the Deferred Stock Units acquired by the Nonemployee Director on each applicable acquisition date, is maintained solely for accounting purposes, and shall not require a segregation of any Company assets.
(3) Value. Each Deferred Stock Unit shall have an initial value that is equal to the Fair Market Value determined in accordance with Section 11(e)(1). Subsequent to such date of acquisition, the value of each Deferred Stock Unit shall change in direct relationship to changes in the value of a share of Stock as determined pursuant to a Valuation.
(4) Dividend Equivalents. In the event the Company pays dividends on the Stock, dividend equivalents shall be earned on Deferred Stock Units acquired under the Plan. Such dividend equivalents shall be converted into an equivalent amount of Deferred Stock Units based upon the Valuation of a Deferred Stock Unit on the date the dividend equivalents are converted into Deferred Stock Units. The converted Deferred Stock Units will be fully vested upon conversion.
(5) Amount of Payout. Subject to Section 11(f)(2), the payout of the amount in the Nonemployee Director’s Deferred Stock Unit Account shall be made in a lump sum in Stock. The number of shares of Stock to be so distributed to the Nonemployee Director shall equal the number of Stock Units then in the Director’s Deferred Stock Unit Account.
(f) Distribution.
(1) Upon the first business day of the month coincident with or next following the end of the Deferral Period (or as soon as administratively feasible thereafter), the Nonemployee Director shall receive a cash lump sum distribution equal to any balance of the Deferred Annual Retainer allocated to the Director’s Interest Account, as calculated on the Valuation Date, plus a distribution in shares of Stock equal to the value of the balance of the Deferred Annual Retainer allocated to the Director’s Deferred Stock Unit Account, based on the Fair Market Value on the Valuation Date.
(2) In the event the Nonemployee Director elected in his Deferral Agreement to receive the distribution from the Director’s Deferred Stock Unit Account in the form of three annual installments, the first such installment will be paid on the first business day of the month coincident with or next following the end of the Deferral Period (or as soon as administratively feasible thereafter) and the remaining two payments will be paid on the first and second anniversaries of the first installment payment date, respectively. The amount of each installment payment, including the number of shares to be distributed with respect to the Deferred Stock Unit Account, shall be frozen as of the date of distribution of the first installment payment, so that the Nonemployee Director’s balance in the Director’s Account shall not be subject to increase or decrease.
(g) Death. If a Nonemployee Director dies prior to receiving the total amount of the Director’s Account, the unpaid portion of the Director’s Account shall be paid to the Nonemployee Director’s Beneficiary upon the first business day of the month coincident with or next following the Nonemployee Director’s death (or as soon as administratively feasible thereafter). If the Committee is in doubt as to the right of any person to receive any amount, the Committee may retain such amount, without liability for any interest thereon, until the rights thereto are determined, or the Committee may pay such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction, and such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Plan, the Committee and the Company therefor.
(h) No Transfer of Deferred Annual Retainer. A Nonemployee Director shall have no right to transfer all or any portion of the Director’s Deferred Annual Retainer between the Interest Account and the Deferred Stock Unit Account.
(i) Employee Directors. If a Nonemployee Director becomes an employee of the Company, he or she may not make any future deferrals under the Plan and the Nonemployee Director’s Deferral Agreement shall terminate. Amounts already deferred under the Plan shall continue to be deferred until such employee incurs a “separation of service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such employee is a Key Employee, payment of amounts deferred hereunder shall be delayed in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code until the day immediately following the six month anniversary of such employee’s “separation from service.”
(j) Cessation of Future Deferrals. The Board may direct at any time that Nonemployee Directors shall no longer be permitted to make future deferrals of Annual Retainer Fees under the Plan.
(k) Rights of Nonemployee Directors; No Funding Obligation. Nothing contained in the Plan and no action taken pursuant to the Plan shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, among the Company and any Nonemployee Director or the Director’s Beneficiary, or any other persons. Funds allocated to a Deferred Stock Unit Account or an Interest Account established by the Company in connection with the Plan shall continue to be a part of the general funds of the Company, and no individual or entity other than the Company shall have any interest in such funds until paid to a Nonemployee Director or the Director’s Beneficiary. If and to the extent that any Nonemployee Director or the Director’s executor, administrator, or other personal representative or Beneficiary, as the case may be, acquires a right to receive any payment from the Company pursuant to the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. The Company may, in its sole discretion, establish a “rabbi trust” to pay amounts payable hereunder. If the Company decides to establish any accrued reserve on its books against the future expense of benefits payable hereunder, or if the Company establishes a rabbi trust under the Plan, such reserve or trust shall not under any circumstances be deemed to be an asset of the Plan.
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General Provisions. |
(a) Plan Provisions Control. A Participant shall not be entitled to, and the Company shall not be obligated to pay to such Participant, the whole or any part of the amounts deferred under the Plan, except as provided in the Plan.
(b) Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Plan and the granting and exercising of Awards, and the other obligations of the Company under the Plan and any Award Agreement or other agreement shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The Company, in its discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock under any Award as the Company may consider appropriate, and may require any Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Stock in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
(c) Nontransferability. No Award shall be Transferred by the Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All Options and SARs shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant. No Award shall, except as otherwise specifically provided by law or herein, be Transferred in any manner, and any attempt to Transfer any such Award shall be void, and no such Award shall in any manner be used for the payment of, subject to, or otherwise encumbered by or hypothecated for the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of any person who shall be entitled to such Award, nor shall it be subject to attachment or legal process for or against such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine at the time of grant or thereafter, that an Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option) that is otherwise not Transferable pursuant to this Section 12(c) is Transferable to a “family member” (as such term is defined in Form S-8 of the Securities Act of 1933) in whole or part and in such circumstances, and under such conditions, as specified by the Committee.
(d) No Right to Continued Employment. Nothing in the Plan or in any Award granted or any Award Agreement or other agreement entered into pursuant hereto shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue in the employ of the Company or to be entitled to any remuneration or benefits not set forth in the Plan or such Award Agreement or other agreement or to interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate such Participant’s employment.
(e) Withholding Taxes. Where a Participant or other person is entitled to receive shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise of an Option or is otherwise entitled to receive shares of Stock or cash pursuant to an Award hereunder, the Company shall have the right to require the Participant or such other person to pay to the Company the amount of any taxes which the Company may be required to withhold before delivery to such Participant or other person of cash or a certificate or certificates representing such shares, or otherwise upon the grant, vesting, exercise or disposition of shares pursuant to an Option or Award.
Unless otherwise prohibited by the Committee or by applicable law, a Participant may satisfy any such withholding tax obligation by any of the following methods, or by a combination of such methods: (a) tendering a cash payment; (b) authorizing the Company to withhold from the shares of Stock or cash otherwise payable to such Participant (1) one or more of such shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, less than or equal to the amount of the total withholding tax obligation as calculated by the Company or (2) cash in an amount less than or equal to the amount of the total withholding tax obligation; or (c) delivering to the Company previously acquired shares of Stock (none of which shares may be subject to any claim, lien, security interest, community property right or other right of spouses or present or former family members, pledge, option, voting agreement or other restriction or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever) having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, less than or equal to the amount of the total withholding tax obligation. A Participant’s election to pay the Participant’s withholding tax obligation (in whole or in part) by the method described in (b)(1) above is irrevocable once it is made. Notwithstanding the forgoing, (i) each Participant shall be subject to the withholding provisions set forth in the Award Agreement governing the Award and (ii) for any Participant who is subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of the date that income taxes are recognized with respect to an Award, all withholding taxes shall be satisfied by the Company withholding a number of shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, equal to the minimum statutory withholding amount that applies to the Participant, rounded up to the nearest whole share (“Net Settlement”). The Net Settlement mechanism described in this Section 12(e) was approved by the Committee prior to the date of grant.
(f) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Board or the Committee may at any time and from time to time alter, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided that, no amendment which requires shareholder approval under applicable New York law or in order for the Plan to continue to comply with Rule 16b-3, or applicable stock exchange requirements shall be effective unless the same shall be approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall affect adversely any of the rights of any Participant, without such Participant’s consent, under any Award theretofore granted under the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless such action is approved by the shareholders of the Company, (i) the terms of outstanding Options and SARs shall not be amended to reduce the exercise price thereof and (ii) outstanding Options and SARs shall not be replaced or canceled (where prior to the replacement, reduction or cancellation the exercise price equals or exceeds the fair market value of the shares of Stock underlying such Awards) in exchange for cash, other Awards or Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or SARs, in each case, other than adjustments or substitutions in accordance with Section 5.
The power to grant Options under the Plan will automatically terminate ten years after the earlier of the Effective Date (which is the date of adoption of the Plan, as amended and restated, by the Board) and the approval of the Plan by the shareholders, but Awards granted prior to such date may, and the Committee’s authority to administer the terms of such Awards shall, extend beyond that date.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board or the Committee may amend the Plan or any Award granted hereunder at any time without a Participant’s consent to comply with Section 409A of the Code or any other applicable law.
(g) Section 409A of the Code. Although the Company does not guarantee the particular tax treatment of an Award granted under the Plan, Awards made under the Plan are intended to comply with, or be exempt from, the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Plan and any Award agreement hereunder shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. In no event whatsoever shall the Company or any of its affiliates be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on a Participant by Section 409A of the Code or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event that a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code as of the date of such Participant’s separation from service (as determined pursuant to Section 409A of the Code and any procedure set by the Company), any Awards subject to Section 409A of the Code payable to such Participant as a result of separation from service shall be paid on the first business day following the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the Participant’s separation from service, or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death.
(h) Change in Control. Except as provided in the applicable Award Agreement, in the event that (a) a Change in Control occurs and (b) either (x) an outstanding Award is not assumed or substituted in connection therewith or (y) an outstanding Award is assumed or substituted in connection therewith and a Participant other than a Nonemployee Director incurs a Termination by the Company, its successor or an affiliate thereof without Cause, or by the Participant for Good Reason, in either case on or after the effective date of the Change in Control but prior to twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control, then:
(1) any unvested or unexercisable portion of any Award carrying a right to exercise shall become fully vested and exercisable; and
(2) the restrictions, deferral limitations, payment conditions and forfeiture conditions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan shall lapse and such Awards shall be deemed fully vested and any performance conditions imposed with respect to such Awards shall be deemed to be achieved at the greater of target or actual performance levels.
For purposes of this Section 12(h), an outstanding Award shall be considered to be assumed or substituted for if, following the Change in Control, the Award remains subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to the Award immediately prior to the Change in Control (other than performance conditions, which may be appropriately adjusted or waived) except that, if the Award related to shares of Stock, the Award instead confers the right to receive common stock of the acquiring entity (or such other security or entity as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, pursuant to Section 5 hereof).
Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide for the purchase of any Awards (whether or not then vested) by the Company (or the cancellation and extinguishment thereof with payment pursuant to the terms of a merger agreement entered into by the Company) for an amount of cash equal to the Change in Control Price for each share of Stock underlying an Award, or in the case of an Option, SAR or Other Stock-Based Award that is an appreciation Award, an amount of cash equal to the excess of the Change in Control Price (as defined below) of the shares of Stock covered by such Awards, over the aggregate exercise price of such Awards, or provide for cancellation of an Option, SAR or Other Stock-Based Award that is an appreciation Award without payment if the Change in Control Price is less than the exercise price or base price of such Awards. “Change in Control Price” shall mean the highest price per share of Stock paid in any transaction related to a Change in Control of the Company.
(i) Participant Rights. No Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment for Participants. Except as provided specifically herein, a Participant or a transferee of an Award shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by any Award until the date of the issuance of the shares of Stock to the Participant.
(j) Unfunded Status of Awards. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.
(k) No Fractional Shares. Except with respect to fractional shares resulting from any adjustment in Awards pursuant to Section 5, no fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award.
(l) Legend. The Committee may require each person purchasing shares pursuant to an Option or other Award under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that the Participant is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof. In addition to any legend required by the Plan, the shares of Stock in uncertificated form may be subject to any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on Transfer.
All issuances for shares of Stock (which may be in uncertificated form) under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed or any national securities association system upon whose system the Stock is then quoted, any applicable Federal or state securities law, and any applicable corporate law.
(m) Other Plans. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, subject to shareholder approval if such approval is required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
(n) Listing and Other Conditions.
(1) As long as the Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or system sponsored by a national securities association, the issue of any shares of Stock pursuant to an Option or other Award shall be conditioned upon such shares being listed on such exchange or system. The Company shall have no obligation to issue such shares unless and until such shares are so listed, and the right to exercise any Option or other Award with respect to such shares shall be suspended until such listing has been effected.
(2) If at any time counsel to the Company shall be of the opinion that any sale or delivery of shares of Stock pursuant to an Option or other Award is or may in the circumstances be unlawful, result in the violation of any regulations of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange, or result in the imposition of excise taxes under the statutes, rules or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction, the Company shall have no obligation to make such sale or delivery, or to make any application or to effect or to maintain any qualification or registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise with respect to shares of Stock or Awards, and the right to exercise any Option or other Award shall be suspended until, in the opinion of said counsel, such sale or delivery shall be lawful, will not result in the violation of any regulations of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange, or will not result in the imposition of excise taxes.
(3) Upon termination of any period of suspension under this Section, any Award affected by such suspension which shall not then have expired or terminated shall be reinstated as to all shares available before such suspension and as to shares which would otherwise have become available during the period of such suspension, but no such suspension shall extend the term of any Option.
(o) Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
(p) Effective Date. The Initial Plan was originally adopted by the Board in its resolution adopting the Initial Plan on March 31, 2007 and was thereafter approved by the shareholders of the Company on May 30, 2007. The Plan was thereafter amended and restated effectively as of May 19, 2010 and May 21, 2014. The Plan was thereafter amended as of March 22, 2017. The Board subsequently approved this amendment and restatement of the Plan in the form set forth herein (the “Amended and Restated Plan”) as of March 22, 2023, subject to the requisite approval of the shareholders of the Company at Foot Locker’s 2023 annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on May 17, 2023. If the Amended and Restated Plan is not so approved by the shareholders, all provisions of the Plan in effect prior to the Effective Date shall remain effective.
(q) Death. The Committee may in its sole discretion require the transferee of a Participant to supply it with written notice of the Participant’s death or Disability and to supply it with a copy of the will (in the case of the Participant’s death) or such other evidence as the Committee deems necessary to establish the validity of the Transfer of an Option. The Committee may also require that the agreement of the transferee to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(r) Interpretation. The Plan is designed and intended to comply with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and all provisions hereof shall be construed in a manner to so comply.
(s) Severability of Provisions. If any provision of the Plan shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included.
(t) Headings and Captions. The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of the Plan, and shall not be employed in the construction of the Plan.
EXHIBIT A
PERFORMANCE GOALS
1. |
“Performance Goals” under the Plan may be based on criteria selected by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, one or more of the following criteria with respect to Foot Locker (or a subsidiary, division, or other operational unit of Foot Locker): |
(a) |
earnings, including one or more of operating income, net operating income, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, adjusted EBITDA, economic earnings, or extraordinary or special items or book value per share (which may exclude nonrecurring items); |
(b) |
pre-tax income or after-tax income; |
(c) |
revenue, revenue growth or rate of revenue growth; |
(d) |
earnings per share (basic or diluted); |
(e) |
operating expenses; |
(f) |
cumulative earnings per share growth; |
(g) |
operating margin or profit margin; |
(h) |
return on capital, return on investment, return on assets (gross or net), or return on equity; |
(i) |
returns on sales or revenues; |
(j) |
stock price appreciation; |
(k) |
stock price or total shareholder return; |
(l) |
cost targets, reductions and savings, productivity and efficiencies; |
(m) |
cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment (discounted or otherwise), net cash provided by operations, or cash flow in excess of cost of capital; |
(n) |
the achievement of a certain level of, reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of, bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations, if any, which may be calculated net of such cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee; |
(o) |
implementation or completion of critical projects or processes; |
(p) |
strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration, geographic business expansion, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, human resources management, supervision of litigation and information technology goals, and goals relating to acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and similar transactions, and budget comparisons; |
(q) |
personal professional objectives, including any of the foregoing performance goals, the implementation of policies and plans, the negotiation of transactions, the development of long term business goals, formation of joint ventures, research or development collaborations, and the completion of other corporate transactions; |
(r) |
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) related measurements; |
(s) |
promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and related measurements; and |
(t) |
any combination of, or a specified increase in, any of the foregoing. |
2. |
Where applicable, the Performance Goals 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 any affiliate thereof, or a division or strategic business unit of the Company or any affiliate thereof, or may be applied to the performance of Foot Locker relative to a market index, a group of other companies or a combination thereof, all as determined by the Committee. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment shall be made (or no vesting shall occur), levels of performance at which specified payments shall be made (or specified vesting shall occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment shall be made (or at which full vesting shall occur). The Committee shall have the authority to make equitable adjustments to the Performance Goals as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. |
3. |
Performance goals may also be based upon individual Participant performance goals, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. |
4. |
In addition, such Performance Goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of Company (or subsidiary, division, other operational unit or administrative department of the Company) performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other corporations. The Committee may: |
(a) |
designate additional business criteria on which the performance goals may be based; or |
(b) |
adjust, modify, or amend the aforementioned business criteria. |
Exhibit 10.2
2023 FOOT LOCKER EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Effective June 1, 2023
1. |
Purpose. |
This Foot Locker Employee Stock Purchase Plan (this “Plan”), as amended from time to time, is designed to provide to Eligible Employees (as defined below) of Foot Locker, Inc. (the “Company”), a New York corporation, and its successors and assigns by merger, consolidation, purchase, or otherwise, and its Participating Subsidiaries (as defined below) the opportunity to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (“Shares”) at a favorable price by means of payroll deductions. This Plan is intended to encourage the ownership of Shares by Eligible Employees who become Participants (as defined below) in the Plan, thereby enhancing interest in the continued success of the Company and its subsidiaries and encouraging the employees to remain in the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries.
Under the Plan, the Company is offering 3,000,000 Shares, in the aggregate, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 18 hereof, for purchase by Eligible Employees. These Shares may be authorized and unissued Shares, or issued Shares held in, or hereafter acquired for, the treasury of the Company.
It is intended that the Plan shall qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, and all provisions hereof shall be construed in a manner to so comply.
2. |
Definitions. |
The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) “Committee” shall mean the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board, or a subcommittee thereof.
(c) “Compensation” shall mean the fixed salary or base hourly wage paid by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary, as applicable, to an Eligible Employee as reported by the Company (or by a Participating Subsidiary) to the United States government (or other applicable government) for income tax purposes, including any contributions made under an employee benefit plan pursuant to Sections 125, 401(k), and 132(f) of the Code (or their respective successor Code Sections), but excluding items such as commissions, bonuses, fees, overtime pay, severance pay, expenses, stock option or other equity incentive income, or other special emolument or any credit or benefit under any employee plan maintained by the Company.
(d) “Eligible Employee” shall mean an employee who meets the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 3 of the Plan. An individual classified by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary at the time services are provided as either an independent contractor, or an individual who is not classified as an employee due to an employer’s treatment of any services provided by him as being provided by another entity which is providing such individual’s services to the employer, shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan during the period the individual is so initially classified, even if such individual is later retroactively reclassified as an employee during all or any part of such period pursuant to applicable law or otherwise.
(e) “Enrollment Form” shall mean a payroll deduction authorization in the form and pursuant to the written instructions, or any electronic election method, prescribed from time to time by the Committee.
(f) “Exercise Date” shall mean the last trading day of each Offering Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(g) “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of a particular date, the closing sale price of a Share as reported on such date, or if there is no trading on such date, on the prior date on which there was a sale of Shares reported on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national exchange on which the Shares are admitted for trading.
(h) “Full-time Employee” shall mean, for purposes of the Plan, any common-law employee whose customary employment with the Company or any Participating Subsidiary is not less than 20 hours per week for not less than five months during any calendar year.
(i) “Offering Date” shall mean the first trading day of each Offering Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
(j) “Offering Period” shall mean the Plan Half-Year beginning on an Offering Date and ending on the next succeeding Exercise Date, or such other period as determined by the Committee. As used herein, the term “Offering Period” shall refer to all Offering Periods under the Plan as the context requires.
(k) “Option Price” shall mean the price at which Shares will be purchased under the Plan, which shall be 85% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Offering Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is less.
(l) “Participant” shall mean an Eligible Employee who participates in the Plan.
(m) “Participating Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company substantially all of whose operations are conducted within the United States, except to the extent specifically excluded by the Committee, and any other subsidiary of the Company that is specifically designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan.
(n) “Plan Half-Year” shall mean each six (6) month period during the term of the Plan, commencing on June 1, 2023.
3. |
Eligibility. |
(a) Each Full-time Employee of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary who has continuously been a Full-time Employee of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary of the Company for at least three months shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as of the Offering Date following the completion of three months of employment with the Company or a Participating Subsidiary.
(b) Employment by another firm prior to the time it is acquired by, or merges with, the Company or any Participating Subsidiary shall not be considered in determining any person’s Compensation or length of employment by the Company or any Participating Subsidiary, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
4. |
Participation. |
(a) An Eligible Employee may elect to participate in the Plan by properly completing and submitting an Enrollment Form (in the manner described in Section 4(b)) at least 15 business days before the Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Committee) and in accordance with enrollment procedures established by the Committee. Participation in the Plan is entirely voluntary.
(b) The Enrollment Form shall (i) state a whole percentage to be deducted from an Eligible Employee’s Compensation per pay period during an Offering Period, (ii) state a flat dollar amount or whole percentage to be deducted from any annual bonus amount earned and included in any pay period during the Offering Period and (iii) authorize the purchase of Shares in each Offering Period in accordance with the terms of the Plan. An employee who does not enroll in an offering in accordance with these procedures shall be deemed to have waived participation in such offering.
(c) The deduction rate selected in the Enrollment Form shall remain in effect for subsequent offerings unless the Participant (i) submits a new Enrollment Form authorizing a new level of payroll deductions in accordance with Section 6, (ii) withdraws from the Plan in accordance with Section 7, or (iii) terminates employment or otherwise becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan.
(d) The Committee may specify that Enrollment Forms to be submitted to the Company pursuant to this Section 4 or Section 6 are to be submitted electronically or via email or any other means of electronic delivery specified by the Committee.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, participation in the Plan shall neither be permitted nor denied contrary to the requirements of the Code.
5. |
Payroll Deductions. |
Each Eligible Employee may, by submitting an Enrollment Form as described in Section 4(b), authorize payroll deductions, in whole percentages, at a minimum of 1% up to a maximum of 10% of such employee’s Compensation as in effect at the start of such Offering Period, and with respect to a flat dollar amount or whole percentage as applied to any annual bonus earned and included during a payroll period during the Offering Period. Payroll deductions shall commence on the first payroll date following the Offering Date and end on the last payroll date on or before the last day of the Offering Period. Payroll deductions shall be made in accordance with the Eligible Employee’s election; however, due to rounding or other administrative reasons, the actual percentage contributed may be less than the elected percentage. The Company shall maintain notional book accounts showing the amount of payroll deductions made by each Participant for each Offering Period, but the Company will not hold payroll deductions in a trust or in any segregated account, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or required by applicable law. No interest shall accrue or be paid on payroll deductions, except as may be required by applicable law. If payroll deductions for purposes of the Plan are prohibited or otherwise problematic under applicable law (as determined by the Committee in its discretion), the Committee may require Participants to contribute to the Plan by such other means as determined by the Committee. Any reference to “payroll deductions” in this Section 5 (or in any other section of the Plan) shall similarly cover contributions by other means made pursuant to this Section 5.
6. |
Changes in Payroll Deductions. |
Except as may be determined by the Committee in advance of an Offering Period, a Participant may not increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction during any Offering Period, but may increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction with respect to the next Offering Period (subject to the limitations of Section 5) by filing a new Enrollment Form at least 15 business days before the next Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Committee for the Offering Period). The Committee may, in advance of any Offering Period, establish rules permitting a Participant to increase, decrease or terminate his or her payroll deduction during an Offering Period.
7. |
Withdrawal from the Plan. |
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, a Participant may, at any time, elect to terminate his or her participation in the Plan and withdraw all amounts standing to his or her credit under the Plan. Such termination and withdrawal shall be affected by submitting a withdrawal notice in the form and pursuant to the written instructions prescribed, from time to time, by the Committee. A withdrawal notice shall take effect as soon as it is processed by the Company. No partial withdrawals of amounts credited to a Participant under the Plan shall be made. A Participant who terminates his or her participation in the Plan may reenter the Plan (subject to any restrictions imposed by Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”)) and again become a Participant by submitting a new Enrollment Form (provided he or she is an Eligible Employee at the time of the submission), but may reenter the Plan only for the succeeding Plan Half-Year.
8. |
Grant of Option. |
On each Offering Date, the Company shall grant to each Participant in the Plan an option (the “Option”) to purchase, on the Exercise Date and at the Option Price, the lesser of (a) a number of Shares determined by dividing such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on such Exercise Date by the Option Price, (b) 2,500 Shares or (c) such other lesser maximum number of Shares as shall have been established by the Committee in advance of the Offering Period (in each case subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 18); provided, however, that such Option shall be subject to the limitations set forth below. Each Participant’s Option shall be exercisable only to the extent of such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on the Exercise Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant may be granted an Option hereunder if such Participant, immediately after the Option was granted, would be treated as owning stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” defined under Section 424 of the Code. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of a Participant, and all shares which the Participant has a contractual right to purchase shall be treated as shares owned by the Participant. In addition, no Participant may be granted an Option which permits the Participant’s rights to purchase Shares under the Plan, and any other employee stock purchase plan (described in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company and its “parent corporations” or “subsidiary corporations,” to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of the Fair Market Value of such Shares (determined on the Offering Date(s)) for each calendar year in which the Option is outstanding at any time. The purpose of the limitation in the preceding sentence is to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and shall be applied taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.
9. |
Purchase of Shares. |
(a) Each Eligible Employee who continues to be a Participant in the Plan on the Exercise Date shall be deemed to have exercised his or her Option on such date and shall acquire from the Company such number of whole Shares reserved for the purpose of the Plan as the Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions on such date shall purchase at the Option Price, subject to any other limitations contained in the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in advance of an Offering Period, any amount remaining in a Participant’s account after the purchase of Shares on an Exercise Date of an Offering Period solely by reason of the inability to purchase a fractional Share shall be carried forward to the next Offering Period; any other balance remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an Offering Period shall be refunded to the Participant promptly.
(b) The Committee reserves the right to designate a registered broker-dealer to open and maintain a separate account for each Participant, in which the Shares purchased by such Participant pursuant to the Plan will be held. The Committee reserves the right to make and/or change such designation of a broker-dealer at any time without prior notice to Participants. Should the Committee elect to designate a broker-dealer, the Committee shall recognize each Participant’s ownership of Shares through uncertificated book entry or another similar method. In such case, such uncertificated Shares shall be credited to a book entry account maintained by the designated broker-dealer on behalf of the Participant. The Committee may adopt such policies and procedures for the Plan as it determines is appropriate, including policies and procedures regarding the transfer of Shares from a Participant’s account maintained by the broker-dealer before those Shares have been held for the requisite period necessary to avoid a disqualifying disposition of such Shares under the U.S. federal tax laws.
(c) Shares to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan shall be registered solely in the name of the Participant.
10. |
Shareholder Rights. |
None of the rights and privileges of a shareholder of the Company shall exist with respect to any person who is an Eligible Employee or a Participant under the Plan until that person purchases one or more Shares under the Plan and the Shares have been issued.
11. |
Retirement, Death, or Other Termination of Employment. |
If a Participant retires, dies, terminates his or her employment for any other reason, fails to continue to be a Full-time Employee, or the Participating Subsidiary which employs the Participant ceases to be a Participating Subsidiary, no payroll or other deduction shall be taken from any pay or other amount due and owing to the Participant from and after the effective date of the event, and (i) any Option previously granted to the Participant and the Participant’s rights under the Plan shall cease and (ii) the balance in the Participant’s Plan account shall be paid to the Participant (or, if the Participant dies, to his or her estate) as soon as practicable following the date of death or effective date of such other event.
12. |
Rights and Options Not Transferable or Assignable. |
Rights and Options granted under the Plan are not transferable or assignable by an Eligible Employee or Participant (other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution), and these rights may be availed of, and Options may be exercised only by, an Eligible Employee or Participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
13. |
Application of Funds. |
All funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used for the Company’s general corporate purposes, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.
14. |
Amendment, Modification, Suspension, or Discontinuance of the Plan. |
The Board or the Committee may, from time to time, amend, modify, suspend, or discontinue the Plan at any time; provided, however, that no such amendment or modification shall (a) increase the number of Shares to be offered under the Plan (other than as provided in Section 18), or (b) decrease the Option Price per Share, without the approval by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shareholder approval of an amendment or modification is required to comply with Section 423 of the Code or to comply with any applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, such amendment or modification shall not be effective unless approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company.
15. |
Commencement of the Plan. |
The Plan shall commence on June 1, 2023, which date shall be the first Offering Date under the Plan, subject, however, to the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company at its annual meeting in 2023. If the Plan is not so approved, the Plan shall not become effective.
16. |
Termination of Plan. |
(a) The Board or the Committee may terminate the Plan at any time. Notice of termination shall be given to Participants, but any failure to give notice shall not impair the effectiveness of the termination.
(b) No Options shall be granted under the Plan, and the Plan will automatically terminate, immediately after (a) May 31, 2033, or (b) the date that all of the Shares offered under the Plan have been purchased by Participants in the Plan, whichever date is earlier. If, at any time, Shares remain available for purchase under the Plan but not in sufficient number to satisfy all Participants’ Options on an Offering Date, the Committee may determine an equitable basis of apportioning available Shares among the Participants in compliance with Section 423(b)(5) of the Code.
(c) Upon termination of the Plan, the amount standing to the credit of each Participant in his or her Plan account shall be paid to the Participant as soon as practicable following the termination.
17. |
The Committee. |
(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be intended to consist of not less than three members who are “non-employee directors,” as that term is defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the l934 Act. The Board may, from time to time, remove members from, or add members to, the Committee. Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if and to the extent that no committee exists which has the authority to administer the Plan, the functions of the Committee shall be exercised by the Board. If for any reason the appointed Committee does not meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3(b)(3), such noncompliance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) shall not affect the validity of the awards, grants, interpretations, or other actions of the Committee.
(b) The Committee is vested with full authority to make, administer, and interpret such equitable rules and regulations regarding the Plan as it may deem advisable. The Committee may adopt special guidelines and provisions regarding persons who reside in, or are subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction outside of the United States to comply with applicable tax and securities laws. The Committee’s determination as to the interpretation and operation of the Plan, or any Option granted under it, shall be final, conclusive, and binding, unless otherwise determined by the Board. No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith by such member with respect to the Plan or any Option granted under it.
(c) The Committee may act by a majority vote at a meeting of the Committee or by a document signed by all of the members of the Committee.
(d) The Committee may employ such legal counsel, consultants, brokers, and agents as it may deem desirable for the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion received from any such counsel or consultant and any computation received from any such consultant, broker, or agent. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, designate a broker-dealer to maintain Participant accounts under the Plan, designate an agent to administer the Plan, purchase and sell Shares in accordance with the Plan, keep records, send statements of account to employees and to perform other duties relating to the Plan, as the Committee may request from time to time. If an agent is so designated, the agent may also serve as custodian for purposes of the Plan and, unless otherwise requested by the Participant, Shares purchased under the Plan shall be held by and in the name of, or in the name of a nominee of, the custodian for the benefit of each Participant, who shall thereafter be a beneficial shareholder of the Company. The Committee may adopt, amend or repeal any guidelines or requirements necessary for the custody and delivery of the Shares, including, without limitation, guidelines regarding the imposition of reasonable fees in certain circumstances.
(e) The Committee, its members and any person designated pursuant to Section 17(d) shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no current or former officer of the Company or current or former member of the Committee or of the Board shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Award granted hereunder. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company and to the extent not covered by insurance, each current or former officer and each current or former member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against any cost or expense (including reasonable fees of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company), and advanced amounts necessary to pay the foregoing at the earliest time and to the fullest extent permitted, arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan, except to the extent arising out of such officer’s, member’s or former member’s own fraud or bad faith. Such indemnification shall be in addition to any rights of indemnification the current and former officers and current and former members of the Committee and of the Board may have under applicable law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything else herein, this indemnification will not apply to the actions or determinations made by an individual regarding Awards granted to him or her under this Plan.
18. |
Adjustments in Cases of Changes Affecting the Company’s Common Stock. |
In the event that (i) there is any change in the capital structure or business of the Company by reason of any stock dividend or distribution, stock split or reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, combination or exchange of Shares, distribution with respect to its outstanding Shares, reclassification of its capital stock, or any similar change affecting the Company’s capital structure, and (ii) the Committee determines an adjustment is appropriate under the Plan, then the aggregate number of Shares which thereafter may be issued under this Plan, the Option Price thereof, and such other provision of the Plan, shall be appropriately adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as the Committee may deem equitable to prevent substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for, Participants under the Plan or as otherwise necessary to reflect the change, and any such adjustment determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company and all Participants and employees and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
19. |
Company’s Payment of Expenses Related to the Plan. |
The Company shall bear all of the costs associated with the establishment and administration of the Plan.
20. |
Government Regulations. |
The Company’s obligations to sell and deliver Shares under the Plan are subject to the approval of any governmental or other authority required in connection with the authorization, issuance, or sale of such Shares. The Plan is a tax-conditioned plan under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act and to the extent required, the Plan is intended to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the 1934 Act, and the Committee shall interpret and administer the provisions of the Plan in a manner consistent therewith. Any provisions inconsistent with Rule 16b-3 shall be inoperative and shall not affect the validity of the Plan.
21. |
Governing Law. |
The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
22. |
Withholding of Taxes. |
(a) If a Participant makes a disposition, within the meaning of Section 424(c) of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Share issued to such Participant hereunder, and such disposition occurs within the two-year period commencing on the day of the Offering Date or within the one-year period commencing on the day of the Exercise Date, such Participant shall, within ten (10) days of such disposition, notify the Company thereof and, thereafter, immediately deliver to the Company any amount of federal, state or local income taxes and other amounts which the Company informs the Participant the Company is required to withhold.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company or the Participating Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall have the right to make such provisions as it deems necessary to satisfy any obligations to withhold federal, state, or local income taxes or other taxes incurred by reason of the issuance of Shares pursuant to the Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company or the Participating Subsidiary may require a Participant to remit an amount equal to the required withholding amount.
23. |
No Employment Rights. |
The establishment and operation of this Plan shall not confer any legal rights upon any Participant or other person for a continuation of employment, nor shall it interfere with the rights of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary to discharge any employee and to treat him or her without regard to the effect which that treatment might have upon him or her as a Participant or potential Participant under the Plan.
24. |
Severability of Provisions. |
If any provision of the Plan shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been included.
25. |
Electronic Elections, Exercises, and Transactions. |
Any election, exercise, or other transaction hereunder that is required to be made in writing may, to the extent determined by the Committee, be made, delivered, and accepted electronically.
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use of our audit reports dated March 27, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Foot Locker, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) including the consolidated balance sheets as of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 28, 2023 and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
May 17, 2023
EXHIBIT 107
FORM S-8
(Form Type)
FOOT LOCKER, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table I: Newly Issued Securities
Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2) |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2) |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Registration Fee |
Equity |
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share
|
Rules 457(c) and 457(h) |
10,300,000(3) |
$38.76 |
$399,228,000 |
$110.20 per $1,000,000 |
$43,994.92 |
Equity |
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share |
Rules 457(c) and 457(h) |
3,000,000(4) |
$38.76 |
$116,280,000 |
$110.20 per $1,000,000 |
$12,814.06 |
|
Total Offering Amounts |
|
|
$515,508,000 |
|
$56,808.98 |
|
|
Total Fee Offsets |
|
|
|
|
|
$0.00 |
|
Net Fee Due |
|
|
|
|
|
$56,808.98 |
(1) |
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) of Foot Locker, Inc. (the “Company”) that becomes issuable under the Foot Locker 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 22, 2023) (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) and the 2023 Foot Locker Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2023 ESPP”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
(2) |
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 11, 2023. |
(3) |
Represents shares of Common Stock of the Company available for future issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan. |
(4) |
Represents shares of Common Stock of the Company available for future issuance under the 2023 ESPP. |