As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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2005 CONTINGENT STOCK PLAN OF SEALED AIR CORPORATION
(Full title of the Plan)
H. KATHERINE WHITE, ESQ.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Sealed Air Corporation
Park 80 East
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(201) 791-7600
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Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share |
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*Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) based on the average of the high and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system for New York Stock Exchange traded securities on July 25, 2005.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Sealed Air Corporation (File No. 1-12139) (the Corporation) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sealed Air Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2004;
(b) All other reports filed by Sealed Air Corporation pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above:
(i) Current Report on Form 8-K of Sealed Air Corporation, Date of Report January 31, 2005;
(ii) Current Report on Form 8-K of Sealed Air Corporation, Date of Report February 16, 2005;
(iii) Current Report on Form 8-K of Sealed Air Corporation, Date of Report April 27, 2005;
(iv) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Sealed Air Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2005;
(v) Current Report on Form 8-K of Sealed Air Corporation, Date of Report May 20, 2005; and
(c) the description of the Corporations common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the Common Stock), contained in the Corporations Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed as part of the Corporations Registration Statement on Form S-4, declared effective on February 13, 1998.
All documents filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of each such document.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
H. Katherine White, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant, has passed upon on the validity of the shares of Common Stock offered under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation for the Registrant. As of the date of this Registration Statement, Ms. White was employed by the Registrant and was the beneficial owner of approximately 49,581 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the General Corporation Law) provides that: (1) under certain circumstances a corporation may indemnify a director or officer made party to, or threatened to be made party to, any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) because such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or because such person is or was so serving another enterprise at the request of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to criminal cases, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful; (2) under certain circumstances a corporation may indemnify a director or officer made party to, or threatened to be made party to, any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation for judgment in favor of the corporation because such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or because such person is or was so serving another enterprise at the request of the corporation, against expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and (3) a present or former director or officer shall be indemnified by the corporation against expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with and to the extent that such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in the preceding clauses, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein.
Under Article ELEVENTH of the Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Article 8 of the Registrants Amended and Restated By-Laws, indemnification of directors and officers is provided for to the fullest extent permitted under the General Corporation Law. Article TWELFTH of the Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of directors for
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monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as directors, except for liability (1) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The General Corporation Law, the Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Registrants Amended and Restated By-Laws permit the purchase by the Registrant of insurance for indemnification of directors and officers. The Registrant currently maintains directors and officers liability insurance.
The foregoing summary of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law, Articles ELEVENTH and TWELFTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant and Article 8 of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant provisions of Section 145, the relevant provisions of the Registrants Unofficial Composite Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-108544, and the relevant provisions of the Registrants Amended and Restated By-Laws, which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, File No. 1-12139.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Unofficial Composite Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as currently in effect. (Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporations Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-108544, is incorporated herein by reference.) |
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2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation. (Annex D of the Corporations Proxy Statement for the annual meeting held on May 20, 2005, File No. 1-12139, is incorporated herein by reference.) |
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Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation. |
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Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation. |
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Form of Cash Award Agreement under 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation. |
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Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered. |
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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Consent of Counsel. (Contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement, and incorporated herein by reference.) |
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Item 9. Undertakings.
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 the registration statement (notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement); and (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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by
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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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for 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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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 Township of Saddle Brook, State of New Jersey, on July 26, 2005.
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Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints H. Katherine White, Jeffrey S. Warren and Sean E. Dempsey, and each of them singly, such persons true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such persons name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Exhibit 4.4
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of between SEALED AIR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), and (the Employee).
The Employee is now in the employ of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries and has been selected by the Organization and Compensation Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors of the Corporation as an employee who is in a position to make a significant contribution to the growth and success of the Corporation. Pursuant to the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation, the Corporation desires to provide an incentive to the Employee that will permit him or her to share directly in the growth of the Corporation and to further identify his or her interests with those of the stockholders of the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation and the Employee mutually agree as follows:
Section 1. Grant of Restricted Stock
Subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, the Corporation hereby grants to the Employee all rights, title and interest in the record and beneficial ownership of * * shares (the Restricted Stock) of the $0.10 par value Common Stock of the Corporation (Common Stock). The Restricted Stock is granted under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation (as amended and in effect from time to time, the Plan) and is subject to the provisions of the Plan, which is made a part of this Agreement, as well as to the provisions of this Agreement. All capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Plan unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section 2. Period of Restriction and Forfeiture of Restricted Stock
The Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock granted under this Agreement begins on the date of this Agreement and ends on the third anniversary of that date, except that the Period of Restriction shall end earlier upon the date of a Change in Control. During the Period of Restriction, the Restricted Stock granted under this Agreement shall be forfeited to the Corporation on the Date of Termination of the Employee with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries other than as a result of the Employees death or Disability. No later than 90 days following the Date of Termination, the Committee may determine not to seek forfeiture of all or part of the shares of Restricted Stock and to permit the shares of Restricted Stock to be paid immediately (in whole or in part) or to continue to vest during the remainder of the original Period of Restriction subject to satisfaction of conditions specified by the Committee. Until the end of the Period of Restriction or the earlier occurrence of the Employees death or Disability, neither the shares of Restricted Stock nor any interest in such shares shall be sold, transferred, pledged or encumbered.
Section 3. Effect of Forfeiture
With respect to all shares of Restricted Stock that are forfeited, the Employee shall have no further rights as a stockholder from and after the date of forfeiture. The Employee agrees that forfeited shares of Restricted Stock shall be deemed canceled and returned to the treasury of the Corporation and that the Employee will have no further incidents of ownership, including no right to receive dividends or other distributions with respect to forfeited shares.
Section 4. Custody of Restricted Stock
Certificates representing the shares of Restricted Stock granted under this Agreement shall be held by the Corporation until the end of the Period of Restriction or the earlier occurrence of the Employees death or Disability. At the end of the Period of Restriction or at
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the earlier occurrence of the Employees death or Disability, provided that the Restricted Stock has not been forfeited previously, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to the Employee (or to the Employees estate, in the event of the Employees death) either a certificate or certificates or a statement in book entry form representing the shares of Restricted Stock granted under this Agreement and free of the restrictive legend and stop-transfer instructions described in Section 5.
Section 5. Legend on Stock Certificates
Every certificate of Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement shall, so long as the restrictions described in Section 2 remain in effect, bear a legend in substantially the following form:
This certificate and the shares represented hereby are held subject to the terms of the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation which Plan provides that the shares issued pursuant thereto are subject to forfeiture to Sealed Air Corporation during a Period of Restriction and that neither such shares nor any interest therein may be sold, transferred, pledged or encumbered until the end of the Period of Restriction. If forfeiture occurs, the holder of the shares represented by this certificate will have no further rights with respect to such shares and this certificate will be deemed void. A copy of the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan is available for inspection at the executive offices of Sealed Air Corporation.
and shall have in effect a stop-transfer order with respect thereto.
Section 6. Ownership Rights
Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement and subject to Sections 9 and 10, during the Period of Restriction the Employee is entitled to all voting and ownership rights
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applicable to the Restricted Stock, including the right to receive any cash dividends that may be paid on the Restricted Stock.
Section 7. Securities and Other Regulations
The Corporation shall not be required to deliver any shares of Common Stock, to remove restrictive legends or stop-transfer orders following the end of the Period of Restriction or to take any other action until the requirements of any federal, state or foreign securities law, rules or regulations or other applicable laws or rules (including the rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Corporation to be applicable are satisfied.
Section 8. Registration of Shares
The Corporation shall be under no obligation to register any shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued under this Agreement under the Securities Act of 1933.
Section 9. No Rights in Common Stock
The Employee shall not have any interest in or be entitled to any voting rights or dividends or other rights or privileges of stockholders of the Corporation with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement until such shares of Common Stock are actually issued to the Employee and then only from the date the Employee becomes the record owner thereof.
Section 10. Adjustments
In the event of changes in corporate capitalization, such as a stock dividend, split-up, combination of shares, or reclassification, or a corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Corporation, any reorganization, or any partial or complete liquidation of the Corporation after
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the date of this Agreement: (a) appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee as to the number and class of shares that may be issued under the Plan and in the number and class of and/or price of shares subject to outstanding grants made under the Plan, including the Restricted Stock covered by this Agreement, as may be determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights, and (b) the restrictions described in Section 2 and the requirement of a legend on stock certificates as described in Section 5 shall apply to any securities issued in connection with any such change in respect of the Restricted Stock issued under this Agreement.
Section 11. Action by Corporation
Neither the existence of this Agreement nor the issuance of Restricted Stock under this Agreement shall impair the right of the Corporation or its stockholders to make or effect any of the adjustments, recapitalizations or other changes in the Common Stock referred to in Section 10, any change in the Corporations business, any issuance of debt obligations or stock by the Corporation or any grant of options with respect to stock of the Corporation.
Section 12. Corporations Right to Terminate Employment
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Employee a right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of the Employee at any time, whether with or without cause.
Section 13. Not a Contract of Employment; No Acquired Rights
Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract of employment between the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and the Employee. The grant of the right to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Plan does not create any obligation on the part of the
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Corporation or the Employees employer to make additional grants in the future and shall not constitute an acquired labor right for purposes of any foreign law. The Employee recognizes the absolute right of his or her employer and of the Corporation to amend or cancel the Plan at any time subject to the terms of the Plan without thereby incurring any liability to the Employee.
Section 14. Effect on Compensation
The grant of Restricted Stock under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a part of the Employees salary or compensation for purposes of determining the Employees payments or benefits under any benefit plan, severance program or severance pay law of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any country. Neither the Plan nor the grant of Restricted Stock under this Agreement shall afford the Employee any additional right to severance payments or other termination awards or compensation under any foreign law as a result of the termination of the Employees employment for any reason whatsoever.
Section 15. Payment of Withholding Tax
If, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes or any other charges may now or later be required by law to be withheld by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries from the compensation of the Employee with respect to the Restricted Stock granted under this Agreement, the Employee agrees to pay to the Corporation or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, promptly after written demand from the Corporation or such Subsidiary an amount equal to such withholding tax or charge. The Corporation may cause all or any portion of any tax withholding obligation or other charges to be satisfied by the Corporation withholding from the shares of Restricted Stock a number of shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) with an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date that such withholding obligation arises equal to the aggregate amount of such taxes and other charges. Regardless of any other
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provision of the Plan, the Corporation may refuse to issue or to deliver to the Employee certificates or a book entry statement representing shares covered by this Agreement until the Employee complies with any withholding obligation.
Section 16. No Guarantee of Tax Consequences
Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary makes any commitment or guarantee that any tax treatment will apply or be available under any federal, state, local or foreign tax law or regulation with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by this Agreement.
Section 17. Foreign Indemnity
The Employee agrees to indemnify the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries for the Employees portion of any social insurance obligations or taxes arising under any foreign law with respect to the grant of Restricted Stock under this Agreement, the end of the Period of Restriction, or the sale or other disposition of the Restricted Stock.
Section 18. Injunctive Relief
In addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Corporation as a result of the breach of the Employees obligations hereunder, the Corporation shall be entitled to enforcement of such obligations by an injunction or a decree of specific performance from a court with appropriate jurisdiction and, in the event that the Corporation is successful in any suit or proceeding brought or instituted by the Corporation to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or on account of any damages sustained by the Corporation by reason of the violation by the Employee of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement to be performed by the Employee, the Employee agrees to pay to the Corporation all costs and expenses including attorneys fees reasonably incurred by the Corporation.
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Section 19. Interpretation
The Employee agrees that all questions of interpretation and administration of this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive upon him or her. If the Committee is not acting, its functions may be performed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and each reference in this Agreement to the Committee shall, in that event, be deemed to refer to the Board of Directors.
Section 20. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be fully severable, but shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never been included.
Section 21. Notices
Any notice that either party hereto may be required or permitted to give to the other shall be in writing and, except as otherwise required herein, may be delivered personally or by mail to the Corporation at Park 80 East, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663, attention of the Secretary of the Corporation, or to the Employee at the address set forth below or at such other address as either party may designate by notice to the other.
Section 22. Successors
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors of the Employee, including without limitation, his or her estate and the executors,
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administrators or trustees thereof, his or her heirs and legatees and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of his or her creditors.
Section 23. Applicable Law
The Plan and this Agreement shall be construed, administered, regulated and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the United States to the extent applicable, and to the extent such laws are not applicable, by the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Restricted Stock Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 4.5
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of between SEALED AIR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), and (the Employee).
The Employee is now in the employ of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries and has been selected by the Organization and Compensation Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors of the Corporation as an employee who is in a position to make a significant contribution to the growth and success of the Corporation. Pursuant to the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation, the Corporation desires to provide an incentive to the Employee which will permit him or her to share directly in the growth of the Corporation and to further identify his or her interests with those of the stockholders of the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation and the Employee mutually agree as follows:
Section 1. Grant of Restricted Stock Units
Subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, the Corporation hereby grants to the Employee a grant of * * Restricted Stock Units. The Restricted Stock Units are granted under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation (as amended and in effect from time to time, the Plan), and the grant is subject to the provisions of the Plan, which is made a part of this Agreement, as well as to the provisions of this Agreement. All capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Plan unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section 2. Period of Restriction and Forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units
The Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement begins on the date of this Agreement and ends on the third anniversary of that date, except that the Period of Restriction shall end earlier upon the date of a Change in Control. During the Period of Restriction, the Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement shall be forfeited on the Date of Termination of the Employee with the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries other than as a result of the Employees death or Disability. No later than 90 days following the Date of Termination, the Committee may determine not to seek forfeiture of all or part of the Restricted Stock Units and to permit the Restricted Stock Units to vest immediately (in whole or in part) or to continue to vest during the remainder of the original Period of Restriction subject to satisfaction of conditions specified by the Committee. Until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction or the earlier occurrence of the Employees death or Disability, neither the Restricted Stock Units nor any interest in this Agreement or the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units shall be sold, transferred, pledged or encumbered.
Section 3. Effect of Forfeiture
The Employee shall have no further rights with respect to Restricted Stock Units that are forfeited from and after the date of forfeiture.
Section 4. Issuance of Shares of Common Stock Upon Vesting
At the end of the Period of Restriction or at the earlier occurrence of the Employees death or Disability, provided that the Restricted Stock Units have not been forfeited previously, the Corporation shall issue and deliver to the Employee (or to the Employees estate, in the event of the Employees death) either a certificate or certificates or a statement in book entry form representing one share of the Corporations Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (Common Stock), for each Restricted Stock Unit.
Section 5. Ownership Rights
During the Period of Restriction, the Employee shall not be entitled to voting rights with respect to the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement, nor to the right to receive cash dividends unless the Committee should provide in its sole discretion that such Restricted Stock Units shall receive dividend equivalents payable in cash if a record date for payment of cash dividends payable on outstanding shares of Common Stock occurs prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock with respect to the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement.
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Section 6. Securities and Other Regulations
The Corporation shall not be required to deliver any shares of Common Stock upon vesting of any Restricted Stock Units or to take any other action until the requirements of any federal, state or foreign securities law, rules or regulations or other applicable laws or rules (including the rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Corporation to be applicable are satisfied.
Section 7. Registration of Shares
The Corporation shall be under no obligation to register any shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued with respect to the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement under the Securities Act of 1933.
Section 8. No Rights in Common Stock
Following vesting, the Employee shall not have any interest in or be entitled to any voting rights or dividends or other rights or privileges of stockholders of the Corporation with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be issued with respect to the Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement until such shares of Common Stock are actually issued to the Employee and then only from the date the Employee becomes the record owner thereof.
Section 9. Adjustments
In the event of changes in corporate capitalization, such as a stock dividend, split-up, combination of shares, or reclassification, or a corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Corporation, any reorganization, or any partial or complete liquidation of the Corporation after the date of this Agreement and before shares of Common Stock are issued with respect to the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee as to the number and class of shares that may be issued under the Plan and in the number and class of and/or price of shares subject to outstanding grants made under the Plan, including the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement, as may be determined to be
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appropriate and equitable by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights.
Section 10. Action by Corporation
Neither the existence of this Agreement nor the grant of Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement shall impair the right of the Corporation or its stockholders to make or effect any of the adjustments, recapitalizations or other changes in the Common Stock referred to in Section 9, any change in the Corporations business, any issuance of debt obligations or stock by the Corporation or any grant of options with respect to stock of the Corporation.
Section 11. Corporations Right to Terminate Employment
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Employee a right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of the Employee at any time, whether with or without cause.
Section 12. Not a Contract of Employment; No Acquired Rights
Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract of employment between the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and the Employee. The grant of Restricted Stock Units and the right to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Plan upon vesting does not create any obligation on the part of the Corporation or the Employees employer to make additional grants in the future and shall not constitute an acquired labor right for purposes of any foreign law. The Employee recognizes the absolute right of his or her employer and of the Corporation to amend or cancel the Plan at any time subject to the terms of the Plan without thereby incurring any liability to the Employee.
Section 13. Effect on Compensation
The grant of Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a part of the Employees salary or compensation for purposes of determining the Employees
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payments or benefits under any benefit plan, severance program or severance pay law of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any country. Neither the Plan nor the grant of Restricted Stock Units under the Agreement shall afford the Employee any additional right to severance payments or other termination awards or compensation under any foreign law as a result of the termination of the Employees employment for any reason whatsoever.
Section 14. Payment of Withholding Tax
If, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes or any other charges may now or later be required by law to be withheld by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries from the compensation of the Employee with respect to the Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement or the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, the Employee agrees to pay to the Corporation or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, promptly after written demand from the Corporation or such Subsidiary an amount equal to such withholding tax or charge. The Corporation may cause all or any portion of any tax withholding obligation or other charges to be satisfied by the Corporation withholding from the shares of Common Stock to be issued a number of shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) with an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date that such withholding obligation arises equal to the aggregate amount of such taxes and other charges. Regardless of any other provision of the Plan, the Corporation may refuse to issue or to deliver to the Employee certificates or a book entry statement representing shares of Common Stock covered by this Agreement until the Employee complies with any withholding obligation.
Section 15. No Guarantee of Tax Consequences
Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary makes any commitment or guarantee that any tax treatment will apply or be available under any federal, state, local or foreign tax law or regulation with respect to the Restricted Stock Units covered by this Agreement.
Section 16. Foreign Indemnity
The Employee agrees to indemnify the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries for the Employees portion of any social insurance obligations or taxes arising under any foreign law
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with respect to the grant of Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement, the end of the Period of Restriction, the issuance of Common Stock with respect to the Restricted Stock Units, or the sale or other disposition of such Common Stock.
Section 17. Injunctive Relief
In addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Corporation as a result of the breach of the Employees obligations hereunder, the Corporation shall be entitled to enforcement of such obligations by an injunction or a decree of specific performance from a court with appropriate jurisdiction and, in the event that the Corporation is successful in any suit or proceeding brought or instituted by the Corporation to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or on account of any damages sustained by the Corporation by reason of the violation by the Employee of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement to be performed by the Employee, the Employee agrees to pay to the Corporation all costs and expenses including attorneys fees reasonably incurred by the Corporation.
Section 18. Interpretation
The Employee agrees that all questions of interpretation and administration of this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive upon him or her. If the Committee is not acting, its functions may be performed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and each reference in this Agreement to the Committee shall, in that event, be deemed to refer to the Board of Directors.
Section 19. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be fully severable, but shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never been included.
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Section 20. Notices
Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted to give to the other shall be in writing and, except as otherwise required herein, may be delivered personally or by mail to the Corporation at Park 80 East, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663, attention of the Secretary of the Corporation, or to the Employee at the address set forth below or at such other address as either party may designate by notice to the other.
Section 21. Successors
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors of the Employee, including, without limitation, his or her estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, his or her heirs and legatees and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of his or her creditors.
Section 22. Applicable Law
The Plan and this Agreement shall be construed, administered, regulated and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the United States to the extent applicable, and to the extent such laws are not applicable, by the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 4.6
CASH AWARD AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of between SEALED AIR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), and (the Employee).
The Employee is now in the employ of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries and has been selected by the Organization and Compensation Committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors of the Corporation as an employee who is in a position to make a significant contribution to the growth and success of the Corporation. Pursuant to the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation, the Corporation desires to provide an incentive to the Employee which will permit him or her to share directly in the growth of the Corporation and to further identify his or her interests with those of the stockholders of the Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation and the Employee mutually agree as follows:
Section 1. Grant of Cash Award
Subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, the Corporation hereby grants to the Employee a Cash Award measured by the Fair Market Value of * * shares of the Corporations Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, (Common Stock) on the date that the Period of Restriction ends or upon the Employees earlier death or Disability. Provided that the Cash Award has not been forfeited previously, the Cash Award will be payable in cash within a reasonable period after such date to the Employee or, in the event of the Employees death, to the Employees estate. The Cash Award is granted under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation (as amended and in effect from time to time, the Plan), and the grant is subject to the provisions of the Plan, which is made a part of this Agreement, as well as to the provisions of this Agreement. All capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Plan unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.
Section 2. Period of Restriction and Forfeiture of Cash Award
The Period of Restriction applicable to the Cash Award granted under this Agreement
begins on the date of this Agreement and ends on the third anniversary of that date, except that the Period of Restriction shall end earlier upon the date of a Change in Control. During the Period of Restriction, the Cash Award granted under this Agreement shall be forfeited on the Date of Termination of the Employee with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries other than as a result of the Employees death or Disability. No later than 90 days following the Date of Termination, the Committee may determine not to seek forfeiture of all or part of the Cash Award and to permit the Cash Award to vest immediately (in whole or in part) or to continue to vest during the remainder of the original Period of Restriction subject to satisfaction of conditions specified by the Committee. Until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction or the earlier occurrence of the Employees death or Disability, neither the Cash Award nor any interest in this Agreement shall be sold, transferred, pledged or encumbered.
Section 3. Effect of Forfeiture
The Employee shall have no further rights with respect to a Cash Award that is forfeited from and after the date of forfeiture.
Section 4. Adjustments
In the event of changes in corporate capitalization, such as a stock dividend, split-up, combination of shares, or reclassification, or a corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Corporation, any reorganization, or any partial or complete liquidation of the Corporation after the date of this Agreement and before vesting, appropriate adjustments shall be made by the Committee in the number, price and class of shares to be used as the measurement of the cash to be paid upon vesting of the Cash Award covered by this Agreement as may be determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights.
Section 5. Action by Corporation
Neither the existence of this Agreement nor the grant of a Cash Award under this Agreement shall impair the right of the Corporation or its stockholders to make or effect any of
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the adjustments, recapitalizations or other changes in the Common Stock referred to in Section 4, any change in the Corporations business, any issuance of debt obligations or stock by the Corporation or any grant of options with respect to stock of the Corporation.
Section 6. Corporations Right to Terminate Employment
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Employee a right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the employment of the Employee at any time, whether with or without cause.
Section 7. Not a Contract of Employment; No Acquired Rights
Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract of employment between the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and the Employee. The Cash Award and the right to be paid cash upon vesting does not create any obligation on the part of the Corporation or the Employees employer to make additional awards in the future and shall not constitute an acquired labor right for purposes of any foreign law. The Employee recognizes the absolute right of his or her employer and of the Corporation to amend or cancel the Plan at any time subject to the terms of the Plan without thereby incurring any liability to the Employee.
Section 8. Effect on Compensation
The grant of a Cash Award under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a part of the Employees salary or compensation for purposes of determining the Employees payments or benefits under any benefit plan, severance program or severance pay law of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any country. Neither the Plan nor the Cash Award shall afford the Employee any additional right to severance payments or other termination awards or compensation under any foreign law as a result of the termination of the Employees employment for any reason whatsoever.
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Section 9 Payment of Withholding Tax
If, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes or any other charges may now or later be required by law to be withheld by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries from the compensation of the Employee with respect to the Cash Award or the cash to be paid to the Employee upon vesting, the Employee agrees to pay to the Corporation or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, promptly after written demand from the Corporation or such Subsidiary an amount equal to such withholding tax or charge.
Section 10. No Guarantee of Tax Consequences
Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary makes any commitment or guarantee that any tax treatment will apply or be available under any federal, state, local or foreign tax law or regulation with respect to the Cash Award covered by this Agreement.
Section 11. Foreign Indemnity
The Employee agrees to indemnify the Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries for the Employees portion of any social insurance obligations or taxes arising under any foreign law with respect to the Cash Award.
Section 12. Injunctive Relief
In addition to any other rights or remedies available to the Corporation as a result of the breach of the Employees obligations hereunder, the Corporation shall be entitled to enforcement of such obligations by an injunction or a decree of specific performance from a court with appropriate jurisdiction and, in the event that the Corporation is successful in any suit or proceeding brought or instituted by the Corporation to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or on account of any damages sustained by the Corporation by reason of the violation by the Employee of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement to be performed by the Employee, the Employee agrees to pay to the Corporation all costs and expenses including attorneys fees reasonably incurred by the Corporation.
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Section 13. Interpretation
The Employee agrees that all questions of interpretation and administration of this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive upon him or her. If the Committee is not acting, its functions may be performed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and each reference in this Agreement to the Committee shall, in that event, be deemed to refer to the Board of Directors.
Section 14. Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be fully severable, but shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never been included.
Section 15. Notices
Any notice which either party hereto may be required or permitted to give to the other shall be in writing and, except as otherwise required herein, may be delivered personally or by mail to the Corporation at Park 80 East, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663, attention of the Secretary of the Corporation, or to the Employee at the address set forth below or at such other address as either party may designate by notice to the other.
Section 16. Successors
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of all successors of the Employee, including, without limitation, his or her estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, his or her heirs and legatees and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of his or her creditors.
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Section 17. Applicable Law
The Plan and this Agreement shall be construed, administered, regulated and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the United States to the extent applicable, and to the extent such laws are not applicable, by the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Cash Award Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 5
Sealed Air Corporation
Park 80 East
Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663-5291
(201) 791-7600/Telefax (201) 703-4113
July 26, 2005
Sealed Air Corporation
Park 80 East
Saddle Brook, N.J. 07663
Greetings:
I am the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Sealed Air Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), and as such have represented the Corporation in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of the Corporation providing for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,600,000 shares of the Corporations Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (the Common Stock). Of the total of 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock being registered, 2,500,000 shares (the Shares) represent authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that are available for awards to be made under the 2005 Contingent Stock Plan of Sealed Air Corporation (the Plan). I have been advised that the authorization of the Shares for issuance under the Plan was approved by the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) on February 16, 2005, subject to the approval by the stockholders of the Corporation (the Stockholders) at the 2005 annual meeting (the Annual Meeting), which approval was obtained on May 20, 2005.
As counsel for the Corporation, in addition to participating in the preparation of the Registration Statement, I have reviewed the Plan, the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors on February 16, 2005 approving and adopting the Plan and authorizing the reservation for issuance of the Shares under the Plan and the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., and a resolution adopted by the Stockholders at the Annual Meeting approving the Plan. I have also reviewed such corporate records, documents, instruments and certificates and have made such other inquiries as I have deemed necessary in order to enable me to render this opinion.
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As to factual matters, I have relied on originals or copies authenticated to my satisfaction of the documents referred to above and such other documents as I have considered necessary to form a basis for rendering this opinion.
Based on the foregoing, I am of opinion that:
1. The Corporation is duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The Shares, when sold pursuant to the Registration Statement, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Corporation.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 5 to the Registrati on Statement and to the reference to me in Item 5 of the Registration Statement.
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Sealed Air Corporation:
We consent to the use of our reports dated March 21, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Sealed Air Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders equity, cash flows and comprehensive income (loss) for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, and the related financial statement schedule, managements assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, incorporated herein by reference.
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