IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors

EX-10.3 3 a2208952zex-10_3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED

Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors

 

Restatement Date

 

As of January 1, 2012

 

 

 

Eligibility

 

All non-employee Directors

 

 

 

Annual Board Retainer

 

$70,000 per year; paid in advance in quarterly installments

 

 

 

Annual Committee Retainers

 

In addition to the Annual Board Retainer, a $10,000 per year retainer for members of the Audit Committee, Strategic Review Special Committee or CEO Search Committee, a $7,500 per year retainer for members of the Compensation Committee, Strategic Planning and Capital Allocation or Nominating and Governance Committees; in each case paid in advance in quarterly installments.

 

 

 

Annual Chair Retainers

 

In addition to the Annual Board Retainer and any Annual Committee Retainers, a $15,000 per year retainer for acting as Chair of the Audit Committee; a $10,000 per year retainer for acting as Chair of the Compensation Committee, an $8,000 per year retainer for acting as the Chair of the Strategic Planning and Capital Allocation, CEO Search or Nominating and Governance Committees; and a $25,000 per year retainer for acting as the Lead Independent Director; in each case paid in advance in quarterly installments

 

 

 

Pro Rata Portion of Retainers

 

A non-employee Director shall be entitled to retain the portion of the Annual, Committee and Chair Retainers (as applicable) paid with respect to the quarter in which he or she ceases to be a non-employee Director or serve on a Committee or as a Chair or Lead Independent Director, but shall not be entitled to any further portion of the Retainer(s)

 

 

 

Meeting Expenses

 

Reimbursement for all normal travel expenses to attend meetings; reimbursements due shall be paid promptly after the end of each quarter, subject to timely receipt of each director’s expense documentation

 

 

 

Group Insurance Benefits

 

Iron Mountain’s group medical and dental benefits (single or family) are available to non-employee Directors, but they must pay the current employee contribution rate in effect for such coverage; group life, AD&D, STD and LTD coverage are not available to non-employee Directors

 

 

 

Amount of Stock Grant

 

A stock grant in the form of restricted stock units will be made of that number of whole shares of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock determined by dividing $125,000 by the stock’s “fair market value” (as determined under the Iron Mountain Incorporated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan) on the date of grant

 

 

 

Timing of Stock Grants

 

To be made annually to all non-employee Directors as of the first Board meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders;

 



 

 

 

newly elected non-employee Directors receive a pro-rated grant on the date of their election or appointment to the Board

 

 

 

Vesting of Stock Grants

 

100% on the one year anniversary of grant (or, if earlier, the annual meeting of stockholders that is closest to the one year anniversary)

 

 

 

Purchase Price of Stock Grants

 

$0.01

 

 

 

Restrictions on Transfer of Common Stock

 

None once vested; prior to vesting transfer is subject to restrictions set forth in the Iron Mountain Incorporated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

SEC Considerations

 

Grants will generally be made under the Iron Mountain Incorporated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, the shares of each of which are registered on Form S-8; insider trading restrictions and short-swing profit rules of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 apply

 

 

 

Taxation of Stock Grants

 

Non-employee Directors pay ordinary income tax (and SECA tax) at time of vesting, which (except as described below) will also coincide with the delivery of shares, on the fair market value of the shares on date of vesting; Iron Mountain receives a corresponding tax deduction at that time

 

 

 

Election to Defer Retainers

 

Non-employee Directors may elect to defer some or all of their Retainer fees paid in cash under the Iron Mountain Incorporated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan; deferrals will be invested in phantom shares equal in value to Iron Mountain common stock; deferral elections must be made by December 31 of the year prior to the year in which the fees are earned (or within 30 days of becoming eligible for the Plan); amounts will be subject to ordinary income tax when distributed (at a time elected by the non-employee Director)

 

 

 

Election to Defer Stock Grants

 

Non-employee Directors may elect to defer some or all of their stock grant under the Iron Mountain Incorporated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan; at vesting, the Director’s account will be credited with a number of phantom shares equal to the number of shares that would otherwise have been delivered; deferral elections must be made by December 31 of the year prior to the year in which the grant is made (or within 30 days of becoming eligible for the Plan); amounts will be subject to ordinary income tax when distributed (at a time elected by the non-employee Director)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adopted: December 1, 2011

 

 

 

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