SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO BJ SERVICES COMPANY 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN

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EX-10.3 4 dex103.htm SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO BJ SERVICES 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN Seventh Amendment to BJ Services 2000 Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.3

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO

BJ SERVICES COMPANY 2000 INCENTIVE PLAN

WHEREAS, BJ Services Company (the “Company”) has heretofore adopted the BJ Services Company 2000 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”); and

WHEREAS, at all times since January 1, 2005, the Company has operated and administered the Plan in good faith compliance with the requirements of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to comply with section 409A of the Code;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan shall be amended as follows, effective as of December 5, 2008:

1. Paragraph 6(d) of Article II of the Plan shall be deleted.

2. Clause (C)(2) of Paragraph 5(g)(i) of Article IV of the Plan shall be deleted, and the following shall be substituted therefor:

“(2) such New Option (to the extent it was converted from a Prior Option that was vested and exercisable on December 31, 2004 and that has not been “materially modified,” within the meaning of section 409A of the Code, following October 3, 2004) may be surrendered to the Acquiring Entity during the 90-day period following the occurrence of the Change of Control in return for a payment in cash or shares of New Stock or a combination of cash and shares of New Stock as determined by the Acquiring Entity, equal in value to the excess of (I) the higher of (a) the per share value of the consideration received by stockholders of the Company upon the occurrence of the Change of Control (valued for such purpose as of the date of the Change of Control) or (b) the highest per share price for Common Stock of the Company during the period commencing with the public announcement of the proposed Change of Control transaction and ending upon the occurrence of the Change of Control over (II) the per share exercise price of the Common Stock of the Company under the Prior Option, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company subject to the Prior Option.”

3. The following proviso shall be added to the end of Paragraph 3 of Article V of the Plan:

“; provided, however, that no such action by the Committee may be taken that causes the Performance Stock or Performance Unit to fail to comply with section 409A of the Code.”

4. Paragraph 4 of Article V of the Plan shall be deleted, and the following shall be substituted therefor:

“4. Acceleration upon a Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided in any document or instrument evidencing Performance Stock or Performance Units granted under Article V, and notwithstanding any provision in Article V, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control each share of Performance Stock and each Performance Unit previously granted under Article V which is not then immediately vested in full shall be immediately vested in full, all performance goals shall be deemed to have been met to the fullest extent under the terms of such grant, and the Performance Periods shall immediately end.”

5. The following sentence shall be added to the end of Paragraph 2 of Article VII of the Plan:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any cash payment made pursuant to this Paragraph 2 of Article VII of the Plan be paid later than the end of the Employee Grantee’s taxable year next following the Employee Grantee’s taxable year in which the Employee Grantee remits the related taxes.”

6. The following proviso shall be added to the end of Paragraph 4 of Article VII of the Plan:

“; provided, however, that no such action by the Committee may be taken that causes the Performance Cash Award to fail to comply with section 409A of the Code.”

7. Paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Plan shall be deleted, and the following shall be substituted therefor:

“5. Acceleration upon a Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided in any document or instrument evidencing Performance Cash Awards granted under Article VII, and notwithstanding any provision in Article VII, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Performance Cash Award previously granted under Article VII which is not then immediately vested in full shall be immediately vested and payable in cash in full, all performance goals shall be deemed to have been met to the fullest extent under the terms of such grant, and the Performance Periods shall immediately end.”

8. The following sentence shall be added to the end of Article XI of the Plan:

“In no event shall any Gross-up Amount paid pursuant to this Article XI of the Plan be paid later than the end of the participant’s taxable year next following the participant’s taxable year in which the participant remits the related taxes.”

9. Clause (iii)(B) of Paragraph (a) of Article XII of the Plan shall be deleted, and the following shall be substituted therefor:

“(B) such New Option (to the extent it was converted from a Prior Option that was vested and exercisable on December 31, 2004 and that has not been ‘materially modified,’ within the meaning of section 409A of the Code, following

October 3, 2004) may be surrendered to the Acquiring Entity during the 90-day period following the occurrence of the Change of Control in return for payment in cash or shares of New Stock or a combination of cash and shares of New Stock as determined by the Acquiring Entity, equal in value to the excess of (I) the higher of (1) the per share value of the consideration received by shareholders of the Company upon the occurrence of the Change of Control (valued for such purposes as of the date of the Change of Control) or (2) the highest per share price for Common Stock of the Company during the period commencing with the public announcement of the proposed Change of Control transaction and ending upon the occurrence of the Change of Control over (II) the per share exercise price of the Common Stock of the Company under the Prior Option, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company subject to the Prior Option.”

10. As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.