As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2018
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NVR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia | 54-1394360 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500,
Reston, Virginia 20190
703-956-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
NVR, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Paul C. Saville
President and Chief Executive Officer
NVR, Inc.
11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500
Reston, Virginia 20190
(703) 956-4000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
Alan L. Dye
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to be registered |
Amount to be |
Proposed maximum offering price per unit (2) |
Proposed offering price (2) |
Amount of registration fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
275,000 shares | $3,096.11 | $851,430,250.00 | $106,003.07 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that may become issuable under the plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the registrants outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 per share (Common Stock). |
(2) | Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of $3,096.11 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the registrants Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on April 26, 2018. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, 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
NVR, Inc. (the Company) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents:
(a) The Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017;
(b) The Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018;
(c) The Companys Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed January 25, 2018 and April 19, 2018; and
(d) The description of the Common Stock, which is contained in the Companys current report on Form 8-A filed December 27, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (other than any documents, or portions of documents, not deemed to be filed).
Item 4. Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered under this Registration Statement is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the VSCA), a corporation may indemnify a director who is made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director if (i) he acted in good faith, (ii) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, he believed his conduct was in the best interests of the corporation, (iii) in all other cases, he believed his conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (iv) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A directors conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose he believed to be in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of clause (iii) above. Under the VSCA, we may not indemnify our directors (i) in a proceeding brought by or in the right of the corporation, in which the director was determined liable to the corporation, or (ii) any other proceedings charging improper personal benefit in which the director was determined liable on that basis. Indemnification permitted under the VSCA in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction is not determinative that a director acted in a way that prohibits indemnification. Under the VSCA, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation must indemnify a director or officer who entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is a current or former director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in the proceeding.
The Companys articles of incorporation require it to indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the VSCA a present or former director or officer of (a) the Company, (b) any constituent corporation or other business entity absorbed by the Company in a merger or consolidation, or (c) at the request of the Company or such other entity, any other corporation or business entity, who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal by reason of the fact that such individual is a present or former director or officer of the Company, against any obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan) or other liability and reasonable expenses (including counsel fees) incurred with respect to such a proceeding (except for liabilities incurred because of willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law).
The Companys articles of incorporation also require it to make advances and reimbursements for expenses reasonably incurred by a director or officer in a proceeding as described above upon receipt of an undertaking from such director or officer to repay the same if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to indemnification. Such undertaking must be an unlimited, unsecured general obligation of the director or officer and must be accepted without reference to his ability to make repayment. In accordance with the VSCA, the director or officer must also provide a written statement of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct under the VSCA.
The Company maintains an officer and director liability insurance policy insuring its officers and directors against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by them in their capacities as such, and insuring the Company under certain circumstances, in the event that indemnification payments are made to such officers and directors.
The Company also has entered into employment agreements with Paul C. Saville, Daniel D. Malzahn, Robert W. Henley, Eugene J. Bredow, and Jeffrey D. Martchek in which the Company has agreed to indemnify these officers to the fullest extent permitted under Virginia law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
* | Filed herewith. |
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 in the city of Reston, Commonwealth of Virginia on May 3, 2018.
NVR, Inc. (Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ Paul C. Saville | |
Paul C. Saville President and Chief Executive Officer |
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Paul C. Saville and Daniel D. Malzahn his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, 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 of 1933, this registration statement has been signed as of May 3, 2018 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature |
Title | |
/s/ Dwight C. Schar |
Chairman | |
Dwight C. Schar |
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/s/ C. E. Andrews |
Director | |
C. E. Andrews |
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/s/ Timothy M. Donahue |
Director | |
Timothy M. Donahue |
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/s/ Thomas D. Eckert |
Director | |
Thomas D. Eckert |
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/s/ Alfred E. Festa |
Director | |
Alfred E. Festa |
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/s/ Ed Grier |
Director | |
Ed Grier |
/s/ Manuel H. Johnson |
Director | |
Manuel H. Johnson |
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/s/ Mel Martinez |
Director | |
Mel Martinez |
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/s/ William A. Moran |
Director | |
William A. Moran |
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/s/ David A. Preiser |
Director | |
David A. Preiser |
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/s/ W. Grady Rosier |
Director | |
W. Grady Rosier |
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/s/ Susan Williamson Ross |
Director | |
Susan Williamson Ross |
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/s/ Paul C. Saville |
Principal Executive Officer | |
Paul C. Saville |
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/s/ Daniel D. Malzahn |
Principal Financial Officer | |
Daniel D. Malzahn |
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/s/ Matthew B. Kelpy |
Principal Accounting Officer | |
Matthew B. Kelpy |
Exhibit 5.1
Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com |
May 3, 2018
Board of Directors
NVR, Inc.
11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500,
Reston, Virginia 20190
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel to NVR, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the Company), in connection with its registration statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), relating to the proposed offering of up to 275,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the Shares), all of which Shares are issuable pursuant to the NVR, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.
For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.
This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations. As used herein, the term Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as amended includes the statutory provisions contained therein, all applicable provisions of the Virginia Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting these laws.
Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that following (i) effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (ii) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and (iii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified in the applicable resolutions of the Board of Directors and in the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement. We assume no obligation to advise of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an expert within the meaning of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
Exhibit 10.1
NVR, INC.
2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||||
1. | PURPOSE | 1 | ||||||
2. | DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||||
3. | ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN | 5 | ||||||
3.1. | Board | 5 | ||||||
3.2. | Committee | 5 | ||||||
3.3. | Terms of Awards | 5 | ||||||
3.4. | Forfeiture; Recoupment | 6 | ||||||
3.5. | No Repricing | 7 | ||||||
3.6. | No Liability | 7 | ||||||
3.7. | Share Issuance/Book-Entry | 7 | ||||||
4. | STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN | 7 | ||||||
4.1. | Number of Shares Available for Awards | 7 | ||||||
4.2. | Share Usage | 8 | ||||||
5. | EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS | 8 | ||||||
5.1. | Effective Date | 8 | ||||||
5.2. | Term | 8 | ||||||
5.3. | Amendment and Termination of the Plan | 8 | ||||||
6. | AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS | 8 | ||||||
6.1. | Service Providers and Other Persons | 8 | ||||||
6.2. | Limitation on Shares Subject to Stock Options and Stock Units | 8 | ||||||
6.3 | Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards | 9 | ||||||
7. | AWARD AGREEMENT | 9 | ||||||
8. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS | 9 | ||||||
8.1. | Option Price | 9 | ||||||
8.2. | Vesting | 9 | ||||||
8.3. | Term | 10 | ||||||
8.4. | Termination of Service | 10 | ||||||
8.5. | Limitations on Exercise of Option | 10 | ||||||
8.6. | Method of Exercise | 10 | ||||||
8.7. | Rights of Holders of Options | 10 | ||||||
8.8. | Delivery of Stock Certificates | 10 | ||||||
8.9. | Transferability of Options | 11 | ||||||
9. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK UNITS | 11 | ||||||
9.1. | Grant of Stock Units | 11 | ||||||
9.2. | Restrictions | 11 | ||||||
9.3. | Rights of Holders of Stock Units | 11 | ||||||
9.3.1. Voting and Dividend Rights | 11 | |||||||
9.3.2. Creditors Rights | 11 | |||||||
9.4. | Termination of Service | 12 | ||||||
9.5. | Purchase of Shares of Stock Subject to Stock Units | 12 | ||||||
9.6. | Delivery of Shares of Stock | 12 |
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10. | FORM OF PAYMENT FOR OPTIONS AND STOCK UNITS | 12 | ||||||
10.1. | General Rule | 12 | ||||||
10.2. | Surrender of Stock | 12 | ||||||
10.3. | Cashless Exercise | 13 | ||||||
10.4. | Other Forms of Payment | 13 | ||||||
11. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS | 13 | ||||||
11.1. | Dividend Equivalent Rights | 13 | ||||||
11.2. | Termination of Service | 14 | ||||||
12. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS | 14 | ||||||
12.1. | Grant of Performance Awards | 14 | ||||||
12.2. | Value of Performance Awards | 14 | ||||||
12.3. | Earning of Performance Awards | 14 | ||||||
12.4. | Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Awards | 14 | ||||||
12.5. | Performance Conditions | 15 | ||||||
12.5.1. Evaluation of Performance | 15 | |||||||
13. | PARACHUTE LIMITATIONS | 15 | ||||||
14. | REQUIREMENTS OF LAW | 16 | ||||||
14.1. | General | 16 | ||||||
14.2. | Rule 16b-3 | 17 | ||||||
15. | EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION | 17 | ||||||
15.1. | Changes in Stock | 17 | ||||||
15.2. | Reorganization in Which the Company Is the Surviving Entity Which Does Not Constitute a Corporate Transaction | 18 | ||||||
15.3. | Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not Assumed | 18 | ||||||
15.4. | Corporation Transaction in which Awards are Assumed | 19 | ||||||
15.5. | Adjustments | 19 | ||||||
15.6. | No Limitations on Company | 19 | ||||||
16. | GENERAL PROVISIONS | 19 | ||||||
16.1. | Disclaimer of Rights | 19 | ||||||
16.2. | Nonexclusivity of the Plan | 20 | ||||||
16.3. | Withholding Taxes | 20 | ||||||
16.4. | Captions | 21 | ||||||
16.5. | Other Provisions | 21 | ||||||
16.6. | Number and Gender | 21 | ||||||
16.7. | Severability | 21 | ||||||
16.8. | Governing Law | 21 | ||||||
16.9. | Code Section 409A | 21 |
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NVR, INC.
2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
NVR, Inc., a Virginia corporation, sets forth herein the terms of its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, as follows:
1. | PURPOSE |
The Plan is intended to enhance the Companys and its Affiliates (as defined herein) ability to attract and retain highly qualified officers, directors, and key employees and to motivate such persons to serve the Company and its Affiliates and to expend maximum effort to improve the business results and earnings of the Company, by providing to such persons an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the Company. To this end, the Plan provides for the grant of stock options and stock units. Any of these awards may, but need not, be made as performance incentives to reward attainment of long-term performance goals in accordance with the terms hereof. Stock options granted under the Plan will be non-qualified stock options, as provided herein.
2. | DEFINITIONS |
For purposes of interpreting the Plan and related documents (including Award Agreements), the following definitions shall apply:
2.1 Affiliate means, with respect to the Company, any company or other trade or business that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any Subsidiary. For purposes of granting stock options, an entity may not be considered an Affiliate unless the Company holds a controlling interest in such entity, where the term controlling interest has the same meaning as provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i), provided that the language at least 50 percent is used instead of at least 80 percent and, provided further, that where granting of stock options is based upon a legitimate business criteria, the language at least 20 percent is used instead of at least 80 percent each place it appears in Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i).
2.2 Applicable Laws means the legal requirements relating to the Plan and the Awards under applicable provisions of the corporate, securities, tax and other laws, rules, regulations and government orders, and the rules of any applicable stock exchange or national market system, of any jurisdiction applicable to Awards granted to residents therein.
2.3 Award means a grant of an Option or Stock Unit under the Plan.
2.4 Award Agreement means the agreement between the Company and a Grantee that evidences and sets out the terms and conditions of an Award.
2.5 Benefit Arrangement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13 hereof.
2.6 Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.7 Cause shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable agreement between the Grantee and the Company or an Affiliate, and in the absence of such agreement, means, as determined by the Board and unless otherwise provided in an applicable agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, (i) conviction of a felony, violation of any federal or state securities law, or other crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) gross misconduct in connection with the performance of such Grantees duties (which shall include a breach of such Grantees fiduciary duty of loyalty); or (iii) a material breach of any covenants by the Grantee contained in any agreement between Grantee and the Company or its Affiliates. Any determination by the Board regarding whether an event constituting Cause shall have occurred shall be final, binding and conclusive.
2.8 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
2.9 Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board which shall consist of two or more Outside Directors of the Company who (a) meet such other requirements as may be established from time to time by the Securities and Exchange Commission for plans intended to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3 (or its successor) under the Exchange Act and who (b) comply with the independence requirements of the stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.
2.10 Company means NVR, Inc., a Virginia corporation.
2.11 Corporate Transaction means (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company with one or more other entities in which the Company is not the surviving entity, (ii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity, or (iii) any transaction or series of transactions (including, without limitation, a merger or reorganization in which the Company is the surviving entity) which results in any person or entity (other than persons who are stockholders or affiliates immediately prior to the transaction) owning 50% or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company.
2.12 Disability means the Grantee is unable to perform each of the essential duties of such Grantees position by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which is potentially permanent in character or which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
2.13 Dividend Equivalent Right means a right, granted to a Grantee pursuant to Section 11, to receive cash, Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to dividends or other periodic payments paid or made with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock.
2.14 Effective Date means May 2, 2018, the date on which the Plan is approved by the Companys stockholders.
2.15 Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
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2.16 Fair Market Value means the value of a share of Stock, determined as follows: if on the Grant Date the shares of Stock are listed on an established national or regional stock exchange, or are publicly traded on an established securities market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of the Stock on such exchange or in such market (if there is more than one such exchange or market the Committee shall determine the appropriate exchange or market) on the last trading day immediately preceding the date of grant. If there is no such reported closing price on the applicable date as specified in the immediately preceding sentence, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing price of the Stock on the next preceding day on which any sale of Stock shall have been reported on such exchange or market. If on the Grant Date the Stock is not listed on such an exchange or traded on such a market, Fair Market Value shall be the value of the Stock as determined by the Committee by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A.
2.17 Grant Date means, as determined by the Committee, the latest to occur of (i) the date as of which the Company completes the corporate action constituting the Award, (ii) the date on which the recipient of an Award first becomes eligible to receive an Award under Section 6 hereof, or (iii) such other date as may be specified by the Committee.
2.18 Grantee means a person who receives or holds an Award under the Plan.
2.19 Non-Qualified Stock Option means an Option that is not an incentive stock option within the meaning of Code Section 422.
2.20 Option means an option to purchase one or more shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan.
2.21 Option Price means the exercise price for each share of Stock subject to an Option.
2.22 Other Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13 hereof.
2.23 Outside Director means a member of the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Company.
2.24 Performance Award means an Award made subject to the attainment of Performance Measures over a Performance Period of up to ten (10) years.
2.25 Performance Measures means objective performance criteria on which performance goals under Performance Awards are based, such as: (a) net earnings or net income; (b) operating earnings or income; (c) pretax earnings; (d) earnings per share; (e) share price, including growth and capitalization measures and total stockholder return; (f) earnings before interest and taxes; (g) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization; (h) sales or revenue growth or targets; (i) gross or operating margins; (j) return measures, including return on assets, capital, investment, equity, sales or revenue; (k) cash flow, including operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity and cash flow return on investment; (l) productivity ratios; (m) expense targets; (n) costs, reductions in cost, and cost control measures; (o) market or market segment share or penetration; (p) financial ratios as provided in credit agreements or indentures of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (q) debt rating targets; (r) working capital targets; (s) completion of acquisitions or divestitures of businesses, assets, or companies; (t) employee retention and recruiting metrics, including turnover; and (u) any combination of any of the foregoing business criteria.
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2.26 Performance Period means the period of time during which the Performance Measures under Performance Awards must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to any such Performance Awards.
2.27 Plan means this NVR, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
2.28 Purchase Price means the purchase price, if any, for each share of Stock subject to an Award of Stock Units.
2.29 Reporting Person means a person who is required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
2.30 Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
2.31 Service means service as a Service Provider to the Company or any Affiliate. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantees change in position or duties shall not result in interrupted or terminated Service, so long as such Grantee continues to be a Service Provider to the Company or any Affiliate. Subject to the preceding sentence, whether a termination of Service shall have occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be determined by the Committee, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
2.32 Service Provider means an employee, officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate, currently providing services to the Company or any Affiliate.
2.33 Stock means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
2.34 Stock Unit means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one share of Stock awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 9 that may be settled, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement, in shares of Stock, cash or a combination thereof.
2.35 Subsidiary means any subsidiary corporation of the Company within the meaning of Code Section 424(f).
2.36 Substitute Award means an Award granted upon assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted under a compensatory plan by a business entity acquired or to be acquired by the Company or an Affiliate or with which the Company or an Affiliate has combined or will combine.
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3. | ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
3.1. Board.
The Board shall have such powers and authorities related to the administration of the Plan as are consistent with the Companys certificate of incorporation and by-laws and Applicable Laws. The Board shall have full power and authority to take all actions and to make all determinations required or provided for under the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement, and shall have full power and authority to take all such other actions and make all such other determinations not inconsistent with the specific terms and provisions of the Plan that the Board deems to be necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement. All such actions and determinations shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board present at a meeting or by unanimous consent of the Board executed in writing in accordance with the Companys certificate of incorporation and by-laws and Applicable Laws. The interpretation and construction by the Board of any provision of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.
3.2. Committee.
The Board hereby delegates to the Committee such powers and authorities related to the administration and implementation of the Plan, as set forth in Section 3.1 above and other applicable provisions, as the Board shall determine, consistent with the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company and Applicable Laws. The Board or Committee may also appoint one or more separate committees of the Board, each composed of one or more directors of the Company who need not be Outside Directors, or a committee composed of one or more officers of the Company who are not directors, who may administer the Plan with respect to employees or other Service Providers who are not executive officers (as defined under Rule 3b-7 of the Exchange Act) or directors of the Company, may grant Awards under the Plan to such employees or other Service Providers, and may determine all terms of such Awards, subject to the requirements of Rule 16b-3 and the rules of the applicable national or regional stock exchange.
In the event that the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement entered into hereunder provides for any action to be taken by or determination to be made by the Board, such action may be taken or such determination may be made by the Committee. Unless otherwise expressly determined by the Board, any such action or determination by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may delegate its authority under the Plan to a member of the Board.
3.3. Terms of Awards.
Subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee or the committee designated pursuant to Section 3.2, shall have full and final authority to:
(i) | designate Grantees; |
(ii) | determine the number of shares of Stock to be subject to an Award; |
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(iii) | establish the terms and conditions of each Award (including, but not limited to, the nature and duration of any restriction or condition (or provision for lapse thereof)) relating to the vesting, exercise, transfer, or forfeiture of an Award or the shares of Stock subject thereto; |
(iv) | prescribe the form of each Award Agreement evidencing an Award; and |
(v) | subject to the limitation on repricing in Section 3.5, amend, modify or supplement the terms of any outstanding Award, provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, modification or supplement of the terms of any outstanding Award shall, without the consent of the Grantee thereof, impair such Grantees rights under such Award. |
3.4. Forfeiture; Recoupment.
(a) The Committee may reserve the right in an Award Agreement to cause a forfeiture of the gain realized by a Grantee with respect to an Award thereunder on account of actions taken by, or failed to be taken by, such Grantee in violation or breach of, or in conflict with, any (i) non-competition agreement, (ii) agreement prohibiting solicitation of employees or clients of the Company or an Affiliate, (iii) confidentiality obligation with respect to the Company or an Affiliate, as and to the extent specified in such Award Agreement. If the Grantee of an outstanding Award is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate and such Grantees Service is terminated for Cause, the Committee may annul such Grantees outstanding Award as of the date of the Grantees termination of Service for Cause.
(b) Any Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to mandatory repayment by the Grantee of such Award to the Company to the extent that such Grantee is or in the future becomes subject to (i) any Company or Affiliate clawback or recoupment policy or (ii) any Applicable Laws, in each case that require the repayment by such Grantee to the Company or Affiliate of compensation paid to such Grantee by the Company or an Affiliate in the event that such Grantee fails to comply with, or violates, the terms or requirements of such policy.
(c) If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance by the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the federal securities laws, any Grantee of an Award under such Award Agreement who knowingly engaged in such misconduct, was grossly negligent in engaging in such misconduct, knowingly failed to prevent such misconduct or was grossly negligent in failing to prevent such misconduct, shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of such Award earned or accrued during the period of twelve (12) months following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever first occurred) of the financial document that contained information affected by such material noncompliance.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any provision of any Award Agreement, if the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement, then Grantees shall forfeit any cash or Stock received in connection with an Award (or an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date of delivery thereof to the Grantee if the Grantee no longer holds the shares of Stock) if pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement for such Award, the amount of the Award earned or the vesting in the Award was expressly based on the achievement of pre-established performance goals set forth in the Award Agreement (including earnings, gains, or other performance goals) that are later determined, as a result of the accounting restatement, not to have been achieved.
3.5. No Repricing.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, except in connection with a Corporate Transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Stock, securities or other property), stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, change in control, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the Company may not (a) amend the terms of outstanding Options to reduce the Option Price of such outstanding Options; (b) cancel or assume outstanding Options in exchange for or substitution of Options with an Option Price that is less than the Option Price of the original Options; or (c) cancel or assume outstanding Options with an Option Price above the current Fair Market Value in exchange for cash, Awards, or other securities, in each case, unless such action (i) is subject to and approved by the Companys stockholders, or (ii) is an appropriate adjustment pursuant to Section 15.
3.6. No Liability.
No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement.
3.7. Share Issuance/Book-Entry.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the issuance of the Stock under the Plan may be evidenced in such a manner as the Committee, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of one or more Stock certificates.
4. STOCK | SUBJECT TO THE PLAN |
4.1. Number of Shares Available for Awards.
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 hereof, the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be two hundred seventy-five thousand (275,000), of which forty thousand (40,000) shares of Stock may be made subject to the grant of Stock Units. Stock issued or to be issued under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued shares; or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, issued shares that have been reacquired by the Company.
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4.2. Share Usage.
Shares covered by an Award shall be counted as used as of the Grant Date. Any shares of Stock that are subject to Options or Stock Units shall be counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 as one (1) share for every one (1) share subject to an Award. If any shares covered by an Award granted under the Plan are not purchased or are forfeited or expire, or if an Award otherwise terminates without delivery of any Stock subject thereto or is settled in cash in lieu of shares of Stock, then the number of shares of Stock counted against the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture, termination or expiration, again be available for making Awards under the Plan in the same amount as such shares were counted against the limit set forth in Section 4.1. The number of shares of Stock available for Awards under the Plan shall not be increased by the number of shares of Stock (i) tendered or withheld or subject to an Award surrendered in connection with the purchase of shares of Stock upon exercise of an Option as provided in Section 10.2, (ii) deducted or delivered from payment of an Award of an Option or Stock Units in connection with the Companys tax withholding obligations as provided in Section 16.3, or (iii) purchased by the Company with proceeds from Option exercises.
5. | EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS |
5.1. Effective Date.
The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date.
5.2. Term.
The Plan shall terminate automatically ten (10) years after the Effective Date and may be terminated on any earlier date as provided in Section 5.3.
5.3. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
The Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan as to any shares of Stock as to which Awards have not been made. An amendment shall be contingent on approval of the Companys stockholders to the extent required by Applicable Laws or required by applicable stock exchange listing requirements. No amendment will be made to the no-repricing provisions of Section 3.5 or the option pricing provisions of Section 8.1 without the approval of the Companys stockholders. No amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the Grantee, impair rights or obligations under any Award theretofore awarded under the Plan.
6. | AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS |
6.1. Service Providers and Other Persons.
Subject to this Section 6, Awards may be made under the Plan to any Service Provider as the Committee shall determine and designate from time to time.
6.2. Limitation on Shares Subject to Stock Options and Stock Units.
During any time when the Company has a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, (i) the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to Options or Stock Units that may be awarded under the Plan to any person eligible for an Award under Section 6 hereof other than an Outside Director is seventy-five thousand shares (75,000) per calendar year, and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to Options or Stock Units that may be awarded under the Plan to any Outside Director is thirty thousand shares of Stock (30,000) per calendar year. The preceding limit in this Section 6.2 is subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15.
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6.3 Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards.
Subject to Section 3.5, Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution or exchange for, (a) any other Award, (b) any award granted under another plan of the Company, any Affiliate, or any business entity to be acquired by the Company or any Affiliate, or (c) any other right of a Grantee to receive payment from the Company or any Affiliate. Such additional, tandem and substitute or exchange Awards may be granted at any time. Subject to Section 3.5, if an Award is granted in substitution or exchange for another Award, or for an award granted under another plan of the Company, any Affiliate, or any business entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate, the Committee shall require the surrender of such other Award or award under such other plan in consideration for the grant of such substitute or exchange Award. In addition, Awards may be granted in lieu of cash compensation, including in lieu of cash payments under other plans of the Company or any Affiliate. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, but subject to Section 3.5, the Option Price of an Option that is a Substitute Award may be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the original Grant Date; provided that, the Option Price or grant price is determined in accordance with the principles of Code Section 409A.
7. | AWARD AGREEMENT |
Each Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, in such form or forms as the Committee shall from time to time determine. Award Agreements granted from time to time or at the same time need not contain similar provisions but shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan. Each Award Agreement evidencing an Award of Options shall specify that such Options are intended to be Non-qualified Stock Options.
8. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS |
8.1. Option Price.
The Option Price of each Option shall be fixed as the Fair Market Value on the date of grant and stated in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option.
8.2. Vesting.
Subject to Sections 8.3 and 15.3 hereof, each Option granted under the Plan shall become exercisable at such times and under such conditions as shall be determined by the Committee and stated in the Award Agreement; provided that no Option shall be granted to Grantees who are entitled to overtime under Applicable Laws that will vest or be exercisable within a six (6)-month period starting on the Grant Date. For purposes of this Section 8.2, fractional numbers of shares of Stock subject to an Option shall be rounded down to the next nearest whole number.
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8.3. Term.
Each Option granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights to purchase shares of Stock thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the Committee and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such Option.
8.4. Termination of Service.
Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Grantee shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Grantees Service. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of Service.
8.5. Limitations on Exercise of Option.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in no event may any Option be exercised, in whole or in part, prior to the date the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company as provided herein or after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 15 hereof which results in termination of the Option.
8.6. Method of Exercise.
Subject to the terms of Section 10 and Section 15.3, an Option that is exercisable may be exercised by the Grantees delivery to the Company of notice of exercise on any business day, at the Companys principal office, on the form specified by the Company and in accordance with any additional procedures specified by the Committee. Such notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised and shall be accompanied by payment in full of the Option Price of the shares of Stock for which the Option is being exercised plus the amount (if any) of federal and/or other taxes which the Company may, in its judgment, be required to withhold with respect to an Award.
8.7. Rights of Holders of Options.
Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, an individual holding or entity exercising an Option shall have none of the rights of a stockholder (for example, the right to receive cash or dividend payments or distributions attributable to the subject shares of Stock or to direct the voting of the subject shares of Stock) until the shares of Stock covered thereby are fully paid and issued to him. Except as provided in Section 15 hereof, no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance.
8.8. Delivery of Stock Certificates.
Promptly after the exercise of an Option by a Grantee and the payment in full of the Option Price, such Grantee shall be entitled to the issuance of a stock certificate or certificates evidencing his or her ownership of the shares of Stock subject to the Option.
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8.9. Transferability of Options.
During the lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantees guardian or legal representative) may exercise an Option. No Option shall be assignable or transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
9. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK UNITS |
9.1. Grant of Stock Units.
Awards of Stock Units may be made for consideration or for no consideration (other than the par value of the shares of Stock, which shall be deemed paid by past or future Services by the Grantee to the Company or an Affiliate).
9.2. Restrictions.
Subject to Section 15.3, at the time a grant of Stock Units is made, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (a) establish a period of time (a restricted period) applicable to such Stock Units and (b) prescribe restrictions in addition to or other than the expiration of the restricted period, including the satisfaction of corporate or individual performance goals, which may be applicable to all or any portion of such Stock Units as provided in Section 12. Awards of Stock Units may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the restricted period or prior to the satisfaction of any other restrictions prescribed by the Committee with respect to such Awards.
9.3. Rights of Holders of Stock Units.
9.3.1. Voting and Dividend Rights.
Holders of Stock Units shall have no rights as stockholders of the Company (for example, the right to receive cash or dividend payments or distributions attributable to the shares of Stock subject to such Stock Units, to direct the voting of the shares of Stock subject to such Stock Units, or to receive notice of any meeting of the Companys stockholders). The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement evidencing a grant of Stock Units that the holder of such Stock Units shall be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalent Rights.
9.3.2. Creditors Rights.
A holder of Stock Units shall have no rights other than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company. Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement.
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9.4. Termination of Service.
Unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award Agreement or in writing after such Award Agreement is issued, but prior to termination of Grantees Service, upon the termination of such Grantees Service, any Stock Units held by such Grantee that have not vested, or with respect to which all applicable restrictions and conditions have not lapsed, shall immediately be deemed forfeited. Upon forfeiture of such Stock Units, the Grantee thereof shall have no further rights with respect thereto, including any right to receive Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to such Stock Units.
9.5. Purchase of Shares of Stock Subject to Stock Units.
The Grantee shall be required, to the extent required by Applicable Laws, to purchase the shares of Stock subject to vested Stock Units from the Company at a Purchase Price equal to the greater of (a) the aggregate par value of the shares of Stock represented by such Stock Units or (b) the Purchase Price, if any, specified in the Award Agreement relating to such Stock Units. The Purchase Price shall be payable in a form provided in Section 10 or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in consideration for past or future Services rendered to the Company or an Affiliate.
9.6. Delivery of Shares of Stock.
Upon the expiration or termination of any restricted period and the satisfaction of any other conditions prescribed by the Committee, the restrictions applicable to Stock Units settled in shares of Stock shall lapse, and, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, a book-entry or direct registration or a stock certificate evidencing ownership of such shares of Stock shall, consistent with Section 3.7, be issued, free of all such restrictions, to the Grantee thereof or such Grantees beneficiary or estate, as the case may be. Neither the Grantee, nor the Grantees beneficiary or estate, shall have any further rights with regard to a Stock Unit once the shares of Stock represented by the Stock Unit have been delivered in accordance with this Section 9.6.
10. | FORM OF PAYMENT FOR OPTIONS AND STOCK UNITS |
10.1. General Rule.
Payment of the Option Price for the shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for vested Stock Units shall be made in cash or in cash equivalents acceptable to the Company.
10.2. Surrender of Stock.
To the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for vested Stock Units may be made all or in part through the tender or attestation to the Company of shares of Stock, which shall be valued, for purposes of determining the extent to which the Option Price or Purchase Price has been paid thereby, at their Fair Market Value on the date of such tender or attestation.
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10.3. Cashless Exercise.
With respect to an Option only, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option may be made all or in part by delivery (on a form acceptable to the Committee) of an irrevocable direction to a licensed securities broker acceptable to the Company to sell shares of Stock and to deliver all or part of the sales proceeds to the Company in payment of the Option Price and any withholding taxes described in Section 16.3, or, with the consent of the Company, by issuing the number of shares equal in value to the difference between the Option Price and the Fair Market Value of the shares subject to the portion of the Option being exercised.
10.4. Other Forms of Payment.
To the extent the Award Agreement so provides and/or unless otherwise specified in an Award Agreement, payment of the Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for vested Stock Units may be made in any other form that is consistent with Applicable Laws, regulations and rules, including, without limitation, Service.
11. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS |
11.1. Dividend Equivalent Rights.
A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the recipient thereof to receive credits based on cash distributions that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other Award to which such Dividend Equivalent Right relates) if such shares of Stock had been issued to and held by the recipient of such Dividend Equivalent Right as of the record date (with or without being subject to forfeiture or a repayment obligation). A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any Grantee, provided that no Dividend Equivalent Rights may be granted in connection with, or related to, an Award of Options. Subject to this Section 11, the terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Agreement therefor. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently (with or without being subject to forfeiture or a repayment obligation) or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Stock or Awards, which may thereafter accrue additional Dividend Equivalent Rights. Any such reinvestment in additional shares of Stock shall be at the Fair Market Value thereof on the date of such reinvestment. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or shares of Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or in multiple installments, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may (a) provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled upon exercise, settlement, or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award or (b) contain terms and conditions which are different from the terms and conditions of such other Award.
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11.2. Termination of Service.
Unless the Committee otherwise provides in an Award Agreement or in writing after such Award Agreement is issued, a Grantees rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall automatically terminate upon the Grantees termination of Service for any reason.
12. | TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS |
12.1. Grant of Performance Awards.
Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Awards to a Grantee in such amounts and upon such terms as the Committee shall determine.
12.2. Value of Performance Awards.
Each Performance Award shall have an initial cash value or an actual or target number of shares of Stock that is established by the Committee at the time of grant. The Committee shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are achieved, shall determine the value and/or the number shares of Stock subject to Performance Awards that will be paid out to the Grantee thereof.
12.3. Earning of Performance Awards.
Subject to the terms of the Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the Grantee of Performance Awards shall be entitled to receive a payout of the value and/or the number shares of Stock subject to Performance Awards earned by the Grantee over such Performance Period.
12.4. Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Awards.
Payment of earned Performance Awards shall be made, as determined by the Committee, in the form, at the time, and in the manner described in the applicable Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, (a) may pay earned Performance Awards in the form of cash, shares of Stock, other Awards, other property or a combination thereof and (b) shall pay the value of the earned Performance Awards at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Committee has determined that the performance goal or goals have been achieved; provided that, unless specifically provided in the Award Agreement for such Awards, any such payment in respect of Stock Units shall occur no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the calendar year in which such Performance Period ends. Any shares of Stock paid out under such Awards may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The determination of the Committee with respect to the form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement for the Awards.
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12.5. Performance Conditions.
The right of a Grantee to exercise or receive a grant or settlement of any Performance Award and the timing thereof, may be subject to the achievement of such Performance Measures as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions. Performance under any of the Performance Measures (i) may be used to measure the performance of (A) the Company, its Subsidiaries and other Affiliates as a whole, (B) the Company, any Subsidiary, and/or any other Affiliate or any combination thereof, or (C) any one or more business units or operating segments of the Company, any Subsidiary, and/or any other Affiliate, in each case as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate and (ii) may be compared to the performance of one or more other companies, or one or more published or special indices designated or approved by the Committee for such comparison, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. In addition, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may select Performance Measure specified in Section 2.25(e) for comparison to performance under one or more stock market indices designated or approved by the Committee. The Committee also shall have the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Performance Award based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Section 12. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein is intended to prevent the Committee from granting Awards subject to subjective performance conditions (including individual performance conditions); provided, that such Awards shall not be considered Performance Awards under the Plan.
12.5.1. Evaluation of Performance.
The Committee may provide in any Performance Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occur during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs; (b) litigation or claims, judgments or settlements; (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; (d) any reorganization or restructuring events or programs; (e) extraordinary, non-core, non-operating, or non-recurring items and items that are either of an unusual nature or of a type that indicates infrequency of occurrence as a separate component of income from continuing operations; (f) acquisitions or divestitures; (g) impact of shares of Stock purchased through share repurchase programs; (h) tax valuation allowance reversals; (i) impairment expense; and (j) environmental expense.
13. | PARACHUTE LIMITATIONS |
If any Grantee is a disqualified individual, as defined in Code Section 280G(c), then, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by such Grantee with the Company or an Affiliate, except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly addresses Code Section 280G or Code Section 4999 (an Other Agreement), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Grantee (including groups or classes of Grantees or beneficiaries of which the Grantee is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Grantee (a Benefit Arrangement), any right of the Grantee to any exercise, vesting, payment or benefit under the Plan shall be reduced or eliminated:
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(a) to the extent that such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Grantee under the Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit to the Grantee under the Plan to be considered a parachute payment within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2) as then in effect (a Parachute Payment); and
(b) if, as a result of receiving such Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Grantee from the Company under the Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the Grantee without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment.
Except as required by Code Section 409A or to the extent that Code Section 409A permits discretion, the Committee shall have the right, in the Committees sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments, or benefits under the Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having such rights, payments, or benefits be considered a Parachute Payment; provided, however, to the extent any payment or benefit constitutes deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, in order to comply with Code Section 409A, the Company shall instead accomplish such reduction by first reducing or eliminating any cash payments (with the payments to be made furthest in the future being reduced first), then by reducing or eliminating any accelerated vesting of Options, then by reducing or eliminating any accelerated vesting of Stock Units, then by reducing or eliminating any other remaining Parachute Payments.
14. | REQUIREMENTS OF LAW |
14.1. General.
The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of Stock under any Award if the sale or issuance of such shares of Stock would constitute a violation by the Grantee, any other individual or entity exercising an Option, or the Company or an Affiliate of any provision of any law or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation any federal or state securities laws or regulations. If at any time the Company shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of any shares of Stock subject to an Award upon any securities exchange or under any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares of Stock hereunder, no shares of Stock may be issued or sold to the Grantee or any other individual or entity exercising an Option pursuant to such Award unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company, and any delay caused thereby shall in no way affect the date of termination of the Award. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in connection with the Securities Act, upon the exercise of any Option or the delivery of any shares of Stock underlying an Award, unless a registration statement under such Act is in effect with respect to the shares of Stock covered by such Award, the Company shall not be required to sell or issue such shares of Stock unless the Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it that the Grantee or any other individual or entity exercising an Option may acquire such shares of Stock pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding, and conclusive. The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any securities covered hereby pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of an Option or the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority. As to any jurisdiction that expressly imposes the requirement that an Option shall not be exercisable until the shares of Stock covered by such Option are registered or are exempt from registration, the exercise of such Option under circumstances in which the laws of such jurisdiction apply shall be deemed conditioned upon the effectiveness of such registration or the availability of such an exemption.
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14.2. Rule 16b-3.
During any time when the Company has a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, it is the intent of the Company that Awards pursuant to the Plan and the exercise of Options granted hereunder that would otherwise be subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act will qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. To the extent that any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee does not comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3, it shall be deemed inoperative with respect to such Awards to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee, and shall not affect the validity of the Plan. In the event that Rule 16b-3 is revised or replaced, the Committee may exercise its discretion to modify this Plan in any respect necessary to satisfy the requirements of, or to take advantage of any features of, the revised exemption or its replacement.
15. | EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION |
15.1. Changes in Stock.
If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of stock or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, combination of stock, exchange of stock, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in such shares of Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Effective Date, the number and kinds of shares of Stock for which grants of Options and Stock Units may be made under the Plan (including the limits set forth in Section 6.2) shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly by the Company. In addition, the number and kind of shares for which Awards are outstanding shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly so that the proportionate interest of the Grantee immediately following such event shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before such event. Any such adjustment in outstanding Options shall not change the aggregate Option Price payable with respect to shares that are subject to the unexercised portion of an outstanding Option, but shall include a corresponding proportionate adjustment in the Option Price per share. The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any distribution to the Companys stockholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (including an extraordinary dividend but excluding a non-extraordinary dividend of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Company shall, in such manner as the Company deems appropriate, adjust (i) the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards and/or (ii) the exercise price of outstanding Options to reflect such distribution.
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15.2. Reorganization in Which the Company Is the Surviving Entity Which Does Not Constitute a Corporate Transaction.
Subject to Section 15.3 hereof, if the Company shall be the surviving entity in any reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Company with one or more other entities which does not constitute a Corporate Transaction, any Option or Stock Unit theretofore granted pursuant to the Plan shall pertain to and apply to the securities to which a holder of the number of shares of Stock subject to such Option or Stock Unit would have been entitled immediately following such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, with a corresponding proportionate adjustment of the Option Price per share so that the aggregate Option Price thereafter shall be the same as the aggregate Option Price of the shares of Stock remaining subject to the Option immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation. Subject to any contrary language in an Award Agreement evidencing an Award, any restrictions applicable to such Award shall apply as well to any replacement shares received by the Grantee as a result of the reorganization, merger or consolidation.
15.3. Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not Assumed.
Upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction in which outstanding Options and Stock Units are not being assumed or continued, fifteen days prior to the scheduled consummation of such Corporate Transaction, all Options outstanding hereunder shall become immediately exercisable and shall remain exercisable for a period of fifteen days and all Stock Units shall become fully vested as of immediately prior to the consummation of such Corporate Transaction.
With respect to the period during which Options can be exercised, (i) any exercise of an Option during such fifteen-day period shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the event and shall be effective only immediately before the consummation of the event, and (ii) upon consummation of any Corporate Transaction, the Plan and all outstanding but unexercised Options shall terminate. The Committee shall send notice of an event that will result in such a termination to all individuals who hold Options not later than the time at which the Company gives notice thereof to its stockholders.
In addition, the Committee may elect, in its sole discretion, to cancel any outstanding Awards of Options and Stock Units and pay or deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered, to the holder thereof an amount in cash or securities having a value (as determined by the Committee acting in good faith), equal to the product of the number of shares of Stock subject to such Options or Stock Units (the Award Stock) multiplied by the the formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Stock pursuant to such transaction, less, in the case of Options, the Option Price applicable to such Award Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of Options, where the formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of Stock pursuant to such transaction less the Option Price, is less than or equal to zero, such Options may be canceled for no consideration in such Corporate Transaction.
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15.4. Corporation Transaction in which Awards are Assumed.
The Plan, Options and Stock Units theretofore granted shall continue in the manner and under the terms so provided in the event of any Corporate Transaction to the extent that provision is made in writing in connection with such Corporate Transaction for the assumption or continuation of the Options and Stock Units theretofore granted, or for the substitution for such Options and Stock Units for new common stock options and stock units relating to the stock of a successor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number of shares (disregarding any consideration that is not common stock) and option exercise prices in order to provide equivalent value to the Awards. In the event a Grantees Award is assumed, continued or substituted upon the consummation of any Corporate Transaction and his employment is terminated without Cause within one year following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction, the Grantees Award will be fully vested and may be exercised in full, to the extent applicable, beginning on the date of such termination and for the one-year period immediately following such termination.
15.5. Adjustments.
Adjustments under this Section 15 related to shares of Stock or securities of the Company shall be made by the Committee, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares or other securities shall be issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share. This Section 15.5 does not limit the Companys ability to provide for alternative treatment of Awards outstanding under the Plan in the event of change of control events that are not Corporate Transactions.
15.6. No Limitations on Company.
The making of Awards pursuant to the Plan shall not affect or limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, or liquidate, or to sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
16. GENERAL PROVISIONS
16.1. Disclaimer of Rights.
No provision in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement shall be construed to confer upon any individual or entity the right to remain in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate, or to interfere in any way with any contractual or other right or authority of the Company or any Affiliate either to increase or decrease the compensation or other payments to any individual or entity at any time, or to terminate any employment or other relationship between any individual or entity and the Company or any Affiliate. In addition, notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, no Award granted under the Plan shall be affected by any change of duties or position of the Grantee, so long as such Grantee continues to be provide Service. The obligation of the Company to pay any benefits pursuant to this Plan shall be interpreted as a contractual obligation to pay only those amounts described herein, in the manner and under the conditions prescribed herein. The Plan and Awards shall in no way be interpreted to require the Company to transfer any amounts to a third party trustee or otherwise hold any amounts in trust or escrow for payment to any Grantee or beneficiary under the terms of the Plan.
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16.2. Nonexclusivity of the Plan.
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations upon the right and authority of the Committee to adopt such other incentive compensation arrangements (which arrangements may be applicable either generally to a class or classes of individuals or specifically to a particular individual or particular individuals) as the Committee in its discretion determines desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or stock units otherwise than under the Plan.
16.3. Withholding Taxes.
(a) The Company or an Affiliate, as the case may be, shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to a Grantee any federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by Applicable Laws to be withheld with respect to the vesting of or other lapse of restrictions applicable to an Award or upon the issuance of any shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Option, the vesting of a Stock Unit or pursuant to any other Award. At the time of such vesting, lapse, issuance or exercise, as applicable, the Grantee shall pay in cash to the Company or an Affiliate, as the case may be, any amount that the Company or such Affiliate may reasonably determine to be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligation; provided, however, that if there is a same day sale of shares of Stock subject to an Award, the Grantee shall pay such withholding obligation on the day on which the same-day sale is completed. Subject to the prior approval of the Company or an Affiliate, which may be withheld by the Company or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its sole discretion, the Grantee may elect to satisfy such withholding obligation, in whole or in part, (a) by causing the Company or such Affiliate to withhold shares of Stock otherwise issuable to the Grantee or (b) by delivering to the Company or such Affiliate shares of Stock already owned by the Grantee. The shares of Stock so withheld or delivered shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such withholding obligation. The Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock used to satisfy such withholding obligation shall be determined by the Company or such Affiliate as of the date on which the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. A Grantee who has made an election pursuant to this Section 16.3 may satisfy such Grantees withholding obligation only with shares of Stock that are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting, or other similar requirements.
(b) The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be withheld from any Award to satisfy any federal, state, or local tax withholding requirements upon the exercise, vesting, or lapse of restrictions applicable to any Award or payment of shares of Stock pursuant to such Award, as applicable, may not exceed such number of shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory amount required by the Company or the applicable Affiliate to be withheld and paid to any such federal, state, or local taxing authority with respect to such exercise, vesting, lapse of restrictions, or payment of shares of Stock; provided, however, for so long as Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 or a similar rule remains in effect, the Board or the Committee has full discretion to choose, or to allow a Grantee to elect, to withhold a number of shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding obligation (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum required statutory withholding amount(s) in such Grantees relevant tax jurisdiction).
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 2.16 or this Section 16.3, for purposes of determining taxable income and the amount of the related tax withholding obligation pursuant to this Section 16.3, the Fair Market Value will be determined by the Committee in good faith using any reasonable method as it deems appropriate, to be applied consistently with respect to Grantees.
16.4. Captions.
The use of captions in this Plan or any Award Agreement is for the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of the Plan or such Award Agreement.
16.5. Other Provisions.
Each Award granted under the Plan may contain such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
16.6. Number and Gender.
With respect to words used in this Plan, the singular form shall include the plural form, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, etc., as the context requires.
16.7. Severability.
If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.
16.8. Governing Law.
The validity and construction of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the Awards granted hereunder to the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
16.9. Code Section 409A.
The Company intends to comply with Code Section 409A, or an exemption to Code Section 409A, with regard to Awards hereunder that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A. To the extent that the Company determines that a Grantee would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Code Section 409A as a result of any provision of any Award granted under this Plan, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Committee.
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To record adoption of the Plan by the Board as of February 14, 2018, and approval of the Plan by the stockholders on May 2, 2018, the Company has caused its authorized officer to execute the Plan.
NVR, INC. | /s/ Paul C. Saville | |
By: | Paul C. Saville | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
NVR, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our reports dated February 14, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of NVR, Inc. as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, incorporated herein by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8.
Our report refers to a change in method of accounting for the excess tax benefit from stock option exercises.
/s/ KPMG LLP
May 3, 2018