TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP. 2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.3

TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP.
2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT, is made effective as of ___,2005 (the “Grant Date”), between TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) and ___(the “Participant”).

R E C I T A L S:

     WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan (as defined below), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) has determined that the Participant be granted the Restricted Stock Units provided for herein pursuant to the Plan and the terms set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:

     1.      Definitions. Whenever the following terms are used in this Agreement, they shall have the meanings set forth below. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Plan.

     (a)      “Cause” means “Cause” as defined in a Closing Date Employment Agreement.

     (b)      “Closing Date” means February 28, 2003.

     (c)      “Closing Date Employment Agreement” means a written employment agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Participant which is or was entered into as of or after the Closing Date (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof).

     (d)      “Disability” means, “disability” as defined in the Closing Date Employment Agreement or, if not defined therein or if there shall be no such agreement, “disability” of the Participant shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Company’s long-term disability plan or policy, as in effect from time to time.

     (e)      “Good Reason” means “Good Reason” as defined in a Closing Date Employment Agreement.

     (f)      “Plan” means the TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

     (g)      “Restricted Stock Unit” means the unfunded, unsecured right of the Participant to receive a share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”).

     2.      Grant of Restricted Stock Units; Dividends. The Company hereby grants to the Participant, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, ___(___) Restricted Stock Units. The Participant shall not possess any voting rights in Shares in respect of the Restricted Stock Units until such Restricted Stock Units have been distributed to the Participant in the form of Shares. In addition, if dividends are declared and paid by the Company during the period in which the Restricted Stock Units are outstanding (the “Dividends”), then on each date on which Shares are delivered to the Participant in respect of the Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Sections 3(a), 3(b) and 3(d), Participant shall also be paid an amount in cash (in the case of a cash dividend declared and paid by the Company) or distributed a number of Shares (in the case of a stock dividend declared and paid by the Company), in each case equal to the aggregate dividends that would have been paid to the Participant if the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which the Shares are being delivered had in fact been Shares during the period in which the dividends were paid.

     (a)      In General. Subject to Sections 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d), commencing on the first anniversary of the Grant Date and continuing on each of the second and third anniversary of the Grant Date, the Company shall issue or cause there to be transferred to the Participant a number of Shares equal to one third of the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units granted to the Participant under this Agreement.

     (b)      Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Change of Control, the Company shall issue or cause there to be transferred, to the extent not previously issued, transferred, cancelled or forfeited in accordance with this Section 3, to the Participant a number of Shares equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units granted to the Participant under this Agreement.

     (c)      Cancellation of Restricted Stock Units. Upon the issuance or transfer of Shares in accordance with this Section 3, a number of Restricted Stock Units equal to the number of Shares issued or transferred to the Participant shall be cancelled.

     (d)      Termination of Employment. If the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or one of the Company’s subsidiaries for any reason, the Restricted Stock Units, and any corresponding Dividends, shall be immediately and automatically canceled by the Company without any payment or other consideration and without notice or any other action by the Company; provided, however, that if (i) the Participant’s employment is terminated due to death or Disability , the Company shall issue, or cause there to be transferred, Shares, and the corresponding Dividends, that are scheduled to be transferred on the next anniversary of the Grant Date following such termination pursuant to Section 3(a) as if the Participant remained employed through such date, but shall not issue, or cause there to be transferred, Shares on any Grant Date thereafter or (ii) the Participant is party to a Closing Date Employment Agreement and Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company or one of the Company’s

subsidiaries without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, the Company shall continue to issue, or cause there to be transferred, Shares, and the corresponding Dividends, according to the schedule set forth in Section 3(a).

     (e)      Registration or Qualification. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, absent an available exemption to registration or qualification, a Share to which a Restricted Stock Unit relates may not be delivered prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of the Restricted Stock Units or the Shares to which they relate under applicable state and federal securities or other laws, or under any ruling or regulation of any governmental body or national securities exchange that the Committee shall in its sole reasonable discretion determine to be necessary or advisable.

     (f)      Certificates. As soon as practicable following the delivery date of the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall cause such Shares to be evidenced by certificates in the Participant’s name. However, the Company shall not be liable to the Participant for damages relating to any delays in so causing such Shares to be evidenced by certificates in the Participant’s name, any loss by the Participant of the certificates, or any mistakes or errors in the issuance of the certificates or in the certificates themselves.

     4.      Legend on Certificates. The certificates representing the Shares issued or transferred to the Participant in respect of the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem reasonably advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares are listed, any applicable federal or state laws or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

     5.      Transferability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Restricted Stock Unit may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

     6.      Withholding. The Company or its Affiliate shall have the right to withhold from any payment due or transfer made with respect to the Restricted Stock Unit, any applicable withholding taxes in respect of the Restricted Stock Unit or the Shares to which they relate or any payment or transfer with respect to the Restricted Stock Unit or under the Plan and to take such action as may be necessary in the option of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

     7.      Securities Laws. Upon the acquisition of any Shares delivered in respect of the Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Sections 3(a), 3(b) and 3(d), the Participant will make or enter into such written representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Agreement.

     8.      Notices. Any notice under this Agreement shall be addressed to the Company in care of its General Counsel at the principal executive office of the Company and to the Participant at the address appearing in the personnel records of the Company for the Participant or to either party at such other address as either party hereto may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed effective upon receipt thereof by the addressee.

     9.      Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws.

     10.      Restricted Stock Units Subject to the Plan. By entering into this Agreement the Participant agrees and acknowledges that the Participant has received and read a copy of the Plan. The Restricted Stock Units and any Shares delivered in respect thereto are subject to the Plan. The terms and provisions of the Plan as it may be amended from time to time are hereby incorporated by reference. In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan will govern and prevail

     11.      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any counterpart or other signature hereupon delivered by facsimile shall be deemed for all purposes as constituting good and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto as of the date first above written.