RESTRICTED SHARE AWARD NOTICE

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EX-10.4 4 a2186941zex-10_4.htm EXHIBIT 10.4

Exhibit 10.4

 

 

RESTRICTED SHARE AWARD NOTICE

 

Restricted Share Award Notice under the UAL Corporation 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, dated as of «Grant_Month» «Grant_Day», «Grant_Year», between UAL Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), and «First» «Last».

 

This Restricted Share Award Notice (this “Award Notice”) sets forth the terms and conditions of an award of «Restricted_Shares» shares (the “Award”) of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value, that are subject to certain restrictions on transfer and risks of forfeiture and other terms and conditions specified herein (“Restricted Shares”) and that are granted to you under the UAL Corporation 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).

 

SECTION 1.  The Plan.  This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Notice.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award Notice, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

SECTION 2.  Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Award Notice that are not defined in this Award Notice have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan.  As used in this Award Notice, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

Cause” shall have the meaning set forth in the UAL Corporation Executive Severance Plan, or any successor plan thereto, as in effect from time to time.

 

Vesting Date” means the date on which your rights with respect to all or a portion of the Restricted Shares subject to this Award Notice may become fully vested, and the restrictions set forth in this Award Notice may lapse, as provided in Section 3(a) of this Award Notice.

 

SECTION 3.  Vesting and Delivery.  (a)  Vesting.  On each Vesting Date set forth below, your rights with respect to the number of Restricted Shares that corresponds to such Vesting Date, as specified in the chart below, shall become vested, and the restrictions set forth in this Award Notice shall lapse, provided that you must be employed by the Company or an Affiliate on the relevant Vesting Date, except as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, provided further that, in the event of your Termination of Employment by reason of death or Disability, all outstanding Restricted Shares shall immediately become fully vested.

 



 

Vesting Date

 

Percentage That Vests

 

Number of Restricted
Shares That Vest

 

Aggregate Number of
Restricted Shares
Vested

«Vesting_Date_1»

 

 

 

 

 

 

«Vesting_Date_2»

 

 

 

 

 

 

«Vesting_Date_3»

 

 

 

 

 

 

«Vesting_Date_4»

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)  Delivery of Shares.  On and following the date of this Award Notice, Restricted Shares may be evidenced in such manner as the Company may determine.  If certificates representing Restricted Shares are registered in your name, such certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Shares, until such time, if any, as your rights with respect to such Restricted Shares become vested.  Upon the vesting of your rights with respect to such Restricted Shares, the Company or other custodian, as applicable, shall deliver such certificates to you or your legal representative.

 

SECTION 4.  Forfeiture of Restricted Shares.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as otherwise provided in Section 3(a) of this Award Notice, Section 8 of the Plan regarding Change of Control or Section 9(a) of the Plan regarding Termination of Employment as a result of death or Disability, if your rights with respect to any Restricted Shares awarded to you pursuant to this Award Notice have not become vested prior to the date of your Termination of Employment, your rights with respect to such Restricted Shares shall immediately terminate upon your Termination of Employment, and you will be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto.

 

SECTION 5.   Non-Transferability of Restricted Shares.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion and notwithstanding clause (ii) of Section 10(a) of the Plan, prior to the date that they become vested, Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered by you 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, provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

 

SECTION 6.  Withholding, Consents and Legends.  (a)  Withholding.  The delivery of Share certificates pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Award Notice is conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Plan.  You may satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by having the Company withhold from the number of Restricted Shares with respect to

 



 

which the restrictions set forth in this Award Notice have lapsed a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability.  In the absence of any instruction from you or the Company, the default method of satisfying withholding liability will be that the Company will withhold from the number of Share certificates otherwise deliverable to you pursuant to Section 3(b) a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability; provided that the Company shall be authorized to take such actions as the Company may deem necessary (including, without limitation, in accordance with applicable law, withholding amounts from any compensation or other amounts owing from the Company to you) to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

 

(b)  Consents.  Your rights in respect of the Restricted Shares are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including, without limitation, your consenting to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).

 

(c)  Legends.  The Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Notice any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws).  The Company may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.

 

SECTION 7.  Successors and Assigns of the Company.  The terms and conditions of this Award Notice shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 8.  Committee Discretion.  The Committee shall have full and plenary discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award Notice, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

SECTION 9.  Amendment of this Award Notice.  The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Notice prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that, except as set forth in Section 10(e) of the Plan, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or termination that would materially and adversely impair your rights under this Award Notice shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award Notice and the Restricted Shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan).

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Award Notice as of the date first written above.

 

 

UAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

by

 

 

 

 

 

  Name:  Glenn F. Tilton

 

 

  Title:    Chairman, President & CEO