Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for awards under 2006 Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Plan, amended and restated effective June 5, 2012 (effective for awards granted on and subsequent to June 25, 2019)

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EX-10.3 4 exb103-06302019.htm EXHIBIT 10.3 Exhibit


Exhibit 10.3
FORM OF
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
[for grants made on or after June 25, 2019]

THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of _________, 20__, (“Grant Date”) is between Mastercard Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), and you (the “Director”). Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the 2006 Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Plan amended and restated as of June 26, 2018 (“Plan”) and, where applicable, in the 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan as amended and restated as of June 5, 2012 (“Omnibus Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Company has established the Plan, the terms of which Plan, and, to the extent applicable, the Omnibus Plan (but not the standard terms and conditions of Section 8.4 thereof) are made a part hereof;
WHEREAS, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) has approved, and the Board of Directors of the Company has ratified, this grant under the terms of the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1.    Award.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Director the number of shares of the Company’s $0.0001 par value Class A Common Stock (the “Common Shares”) reflected in the Director’s grant statement, the terms and conditions of which are incorporated as a part of this Agreement. The Common Shares will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth below (the “Restricted Stock”). Common Shares will be issued in the name of the Director, deposited in an account for the benefit of the Director, and subjected to appropriate transfer restrictions implemented to reflect the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Restricted Stock as described herein.
2.    Vesting.
The interest of the Director in the Restricted Stock is fully vested on grant, but is subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to Section 3 below.
3.    Transfer Restrictions.
The Restricted Stock granted hereunder may not be sold, assigned, margined, transferred, encumbered, conveyed, gifted, hypothecated, pledged, or otherwise disposed of and may not be subject to lien, garnishment, attachment or other legal process before the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date. In the event the Director has a Termination from Service before the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date, the transfer restrictions shall lapse and be removed from the Common Shares within 60 days of the Director’s Termination from Service.


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4.    Stockholder Rights.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Director will have, with respect to the Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company holding the class of Common Shares that is the subject of the Restricted Stock, including, if applicable, the right to vote the shares and the right to receive any cash dividends.
5.    Changes in Stock.
In the event of any change with respect to outstanding Common Shares contemplated by Section 4.2 of the Plan, the Restricted Stock may be adjusted in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan.

6.    Compliance with Law.
No Common Shares will be delivered to the Director under this Agreement unless counsel for the Company is satisfied that such delivery will be in compliance with all applicable laws, including, without limitation, any rule, regulation or procedure of the U.S. national securities exchange upon which the Common Shares are traded or any listing agreement with any such securities exchange, or any other requirement of law or of any administrative or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company. The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on the Restricted Stock, any Common Shares, and the Director's participation in the Plan, to the extent the Company determines, in its sole discretion that such other requirements are necessary or advisable to comply with applicable laws. Such requirements may include (but are not limited to) requiring the Director to sign any agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
7.    Taxes.
The Director shall be liable for any and all U.S. and foreign income and social taxes, including any required withholding taxes, arising out of this Award. To the extent withholding is required under applicable law, the Company is authorized to deduct from the total number of Common Shares subject to the Award the total value equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such withholding obligation at the minimum applicable withholding rate or, to the extent permitted by applicable accounting principles, at up to the maximum applicable withholding rate. Alternatively, the Company may obtain withholdings in any other method permitted by the Committee. In accordance with U.S. federal income tax withholding requirements, the Company shall withhold on amounts payable to Directors who are considered U.S. nonresident aliens under Code Section 7701(b).
8.    Discretionary Nature of Restricted Stock Award.
The Director acknowledges and agrees that the grant of Restricted Stock is a discretionary Alternative Award under Section 6.3 of the Plan. The grant of Restricted Stock under the Plan is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Restricted Stock or other Alternative Award under the Plan in the future.

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9.    Data Privacy.

The Company and its affiliates may collect, use, process, transfer or disclose the Director’s personal data for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Director’s participation in the Plan, in accordance with the Company’s Employee Privacy Notice which the Director has previously received.  (Please contact the Company’s stock administrator to receive another copy of this notice.)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Director resides outside the United States, the privacy provisions of the addendum to this Agreement (the “Addendum”) shall apply to the Director in place of this Section 9. The Addendum constitutes part of this Agreement.
10.    Miscellaneous.
(a)    The parties agree to execute such further instruments and to take such action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.
(b)    Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon delivery to the Director at the address then on file with the Company or upon delivery to the Company at 2000 Purchase Street, Purchase, New York 10577, Attn: Executive Vice President, Total Rewards.
(c)    This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

By /s/ ____________________________________
        [Name]
        [Title]





























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ADDENDUM

If the Director resides outside the United States, in place of Section 9 of the Agreement, the Award shall be subject to the Data Privacy terms set forth below, as applicable based on the Director’s country of residence:

EUROPEAN UNION, EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND SWITZERLAND

Data Privacy Terms. The following data privacy terms, in addition to the Mastercard Employee Privacy Notice - EEA (please contact the Company’s stock administrator to request a copy of this notice), govern the grant of the Award under the Agreement to Directors who reside in the European Union and European Economic Area (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the United Kingdom for purposes of these data privacy terms) and in Switzerland:

Data Collection and Usage. Pursuant to applicable data protection laws, the Director is hereby notified that, in the context of the grant of the Award under the Agreement, the Company collects, processes, uses and transfers certain personal information about the Director for the exclusive legitimate purpose of facilitating the Director’s participation in the Plan, allocating Common Shares, implementing, administering and managing the Director's Award and generally administering the Director's remuneration and any related benefits (“Purposes”). The Company may process specifically the following personal information: the Director’s name, home address and telephone number, email address, date of birth, social insurance number, passport or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Restricted Stock or any other cash or equity award granted, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Director’s favor (“Data”). The Company’s collection, processing, use and transfer of the Director's Data is necessary for the Company’s legitimate business interests of implementing, administering and managing the Director's Award and generally administering Director remuneration and any related benefits and the fulfilment of Company’s contractual obligations with the Director. The Director’s refusal to provide Data would make it impossible for the Company to perform its contractual obligations and may affect the Director's ability to receive Awards. As such, by participating in the Plan, Director acknowledges the collection, use, processing and transfer of his/her Data as described herein.

Service Providers. The Company transfers the Director's Data to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (including its affiliated companies), based, in relevant part, in the United States, which assists the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Award. In the future, the Company may select a different service provider and share Data with that service provider, which will serve in a similar manner. The Company’s service provider will open an account for the Director to receive and administer the Award. The processing of the Director's Data will take place through both electronic and non-electronic means. The Director's Data will only be accessible by those individuals requiring access to it for purposes of implementation, administration and operation of the Award and other aspects of the Director's relationship with the Company.

International Data Transfers. The Company and its service providers are based, in relevant part, in the United States, which means that it will be necessary for Data to be transferred to, and processed in, the United States. By accepting the Award, the Director understands that the providers will receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Director's Data for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing his/her participation in the Plan. Personal Data is transferred by the Company in compliance with our Binding Corporate Rules (available upon request from the Company’s stock administrator) and other data transfer mechanisms. When transferring the Director's Data to its service providers, the Company provides appropriate safeguards through contractual protections for the transfer of personal

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information to third parties, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or their equivalent under applicable law, or relies on third parties' certification to the EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks where applicable.

Data Subject Rights. To the extent provided by law, the Director has the right to request: access to Data, rectification of Data, erasure of Data, restriction of processing of Data, and portability of Data. The Director may also have the right to object, on grounds related to a particular situation, to the processing of Data, without cost, and to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority. The Director's provision of Data is a contractual requirement. The Director understands, however, that the only consequence of refusing to provide Data is that the Company may not be able to grant Restricted Stock or other awards to the Director, or administer or maintain such awards. The Director can exercise these rights or request more information on the consequences of the refusal to provide Data in various ways, as specified in the Mastercard Employee Privacy Notice - EEA.

Data Retention. The Company will use Data only as long as necessary for the Purposes, or as required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including tax and securities laws. When the Company no longer needs the Data, the Company will remove it from its systems. If the Company keeps Data longer, it would be to satisfy legal or regulatory obligations and the Company’s legal basis for retaining such Data would be compliance with the relevant laws or regulations.

NON-EUROPEAN UNION / EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA / SWITZERLAND

Data Privacy Terms. The following data privacy terms govern the grant of the Award under the Agreement to Directors who reside outside the European Union / European Economic Area and Switzerland:

The Director hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the Director’s personal data as described in this Agreement and any other documents related to the Award by and among, as applicable, the Company and its affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Director’s Award.

The Director understands that the Company may hold certain personal data about the Director, specifically: the Director’s name, home address and telephone number, email address, date of birth, social insurance number, passport or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all Restricted Stock or any other cash or equity award granted, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Director’s favor (“Data”), for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Director’s Award.

The Director understands that Data may be transferred to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC or other third parties which may assist the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Award. The Director understands that the recipients of Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipients’ country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than the Director’s country. The Director understands that the Director may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of Data by contacting the Company. The Director authorizes the Company, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Award to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Director’s Award.


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The Director understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage the Director’s Award. The Director understands that the Director may, at any time, view Data, request information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting the Company in writing. Further, the Director understands that the Director is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If the Director does not consent, or if the Director later seeks to revoke the Director’s consent, the Director’s service with the Company will not be affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing the Director’s consent is that the Company would not be able to grant the Restricted Stock or other awards to the Director or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, the Director understands that refusing or withdrawing the Director’s consent may affect the Director’s ability to receive Restricted Stock or other awards. For more information on the consequences of the Director’s refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, the Director understands that the Director may contact ___________.


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