Class 2 Performance LTIP Unit Award Agreement
Exhibit 10.23
UDR, INC.
1999 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
NOTICE OF CLASS 2 PERFORMANCE LTIP UNIT AWARD
Grantee’s Name and Address:
In consideration of the agreement by the Grantee named above (the “Grantee”) to provide services to or for the benefit of United Dominion Realty, L.P. (the “Partnership”), the Partnership hereby grants to the Grantee an award (the “Award”) of the Class 2 Performance LTIP Units listed below (the “LTIP Units”), subject to the terms and conditions of this Notice of Class 2 Performance LTIP Unit Award (the “Notice”), the UDR, Inc. (the “Company”) 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended through the date hereof, the “Existing Plan”), to the extent approved and effective, the amendment and restatement of the Existing Plan, to be effective upon UDR, Inc., shareholder approval (the “Restated Plan” and, together with the Existing Plan, the “Plan”), the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of United Dominion Realty, L.P., as amended from time to time (the “Partnership Agreement”), and the Class 2 Performance LTIP Unit Agreement (including Appendix A thereto) attached hereto (the “Agreement”). Unless otherwise provided herein, the capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Plan, the Partnership Agreement and/or the Agreement, as applicable.
Award Number | |
Total Class 2 Performance LTIP Units: | [Units] |
Date of Award: | [Date] |
Date of Issue Price: | [Date] |
Vesting Schedule:
Subject to the Grantee’s continuing employment, except as set forth below, and subject to the other limitations set forth in this Notice, the Agreement, the Partnership Agreement, and the Plan, the LTIP Units will vest only to the extent the established metrics set forth in the Agreement are met for the applicable performance periods set forth in the Agreement. If the Grantee would become vested in a fraction of an LTIP Unit, such LTIP Unit shall not vest until the Grantee becomes vested in the entire LTIP Unit.
The portions of the Award based upon the Relative Peer TSR Metric, the Relative REIT TSR Metric and the FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Metric will vest on the date the Committee determines performance (the “Determination Date”) in January or February 20__. The portions of the Award based upon the FFO as Adjusted Metric will be measured and vest 50% on the Determination Date in January or February 20__ and 50% (the “Earned but Unvested FFO as Adjusted Metric Portion”) on the one-year anniversary thereof. Employment through the applicable vesting date generally is required except as otherwise provided below.
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Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, vesting shall cease upon the date the Grantee’s employment is terminated for any reason other than a termination (i) due to the Grantee’s death or Disability or (ii) if the Restated Plan is approved by shareholders, (x) by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary (or any successors thereof) without Cause (as defined in Section 4 of the Agreement) or (y) by the Grantee for Good Reason (as defined in Section 4 of the Agreement), in either case, on or within 12 months following the date of a Change of Control (such termination described in (i) or (ii), a “Qualifying Termination”), and no Unvested Units shall thereafter become vested. If a Qualifying Termination occurs prior to the applicable Determination Date (or, with respect to any Earned but Unvested FFO as Adjusted Metric Portion, prior to the vesting thereof), any Earned but Unvested FFO as Adjusted Metric Portion that is then outstanding will vest in full and all other outstanding Unvested Units will vest at target levels on the date of the Qualifying Termination. In the event the Grantee’s employment is terminated for any reason other than a Qualifying Termination, and the LTIP Units do not otherwise vest, then all Unvested Units held by the Grantee immediately upon such termination of the Grantee’s employment shall automatically and without any further action thereupon be cancelled and forfeited without payment of any consideration therefor, and the Grantee shall have no further right, title or interest in or to the Unvested Units. Section 14.9 (Acceleration Upon Retirement) of the Plan shall not apply to the LTIP Units.
If (and only if) the Restated Plan is not approved by shareholders, pursuant to Section 14.10 of the Existing Plan, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control any Earned but Unvested FFO as Adjusted Metric Portion that is then outstanding will vest in full and all other outstanding Unvested Units will vest at target levels. If the Restated Plan is approved by shareholders, the Unvested Units will not vest solely due to a Change of Control pursuant to Section 14.10 of the Existing Plan, but the LTIP Units will be eligible to vest pursuant to Section 14.10 of the Restated Plan due to a Qualifying Termination, as described in the preceding paragraph.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Partnership and the Grantee have executed this Notice and agree that the Award is to be governed by the terms and conditions of this Notice, the Plan, the Partnership Agreement and the Agreement.
UDR, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation
By:
Title:
Date: [Date]
United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: UDR, Inc., a Maryland corporation
By:
Title:
Date: [Date]
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THE GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE LTIP UNITS SHALL VEST, IF AT ALL, ONLY DURING THE PERIOD OF THE GRANTEE’S EMPLOYMENT OR AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HEREIN (NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED OR BEING GRANTED THIS AWARD). THE GRANTEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NOTHING IN THIS NOTICE, THE AGREEMENT, THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT NOR IN THE PLAN SHALL CONFER UPON THE GRANTEE ANY RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUATION OF THE GRANTEE’S EMPLOYMENT, NOR SHALL IT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH THE GRANTEE’S RIGHT OR THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE GRANTEE’S EMPLOYMENT AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE, AND WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE. THE GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT UNLESS THE GRANTEE HAS A WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY TO THE CONTRARY, THE GRANTEE’S STATUS IS AT WILL.
Grantee:
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[Name]
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CLASS 2 PERFORMANCE LTIP UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
under the
UDR, INC.
1999 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
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(i) | “FFO as Adjusted” means the Company’s 20__ Funds From Operations as Adjusted as reported in Attachment 2, Funds From Operations (unaudited) of the Earnings Press Release Supplement, excluding the impact of acquisition-related costs and adjusted for other non-recurring items, including, but not limited to, prepayment costs/benefits associated with early debt retirement, gains on sales of marketable securities and taxable REIT subsidiary property, severance costs, joint venture promotes, disposition fee income, NOI on the sale of non-depreciated real estate owned, casualty related recoveries/charges and legal costs. |
(ii) | “FFO as Adjusted Metric” means the following metric, pursuant to which a percentage of __% of the target award will be earned based on the Company’s FFO as Adjusted as follows: |
1-Year FFO as Adjusted | Percentage of % Earned* |
Below $___ | 0% |
$___ (“threshold”) | 50% |
$___ (“target”) | 100% |
$___ (“maximum”) | 200% |
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*If achievement is greater than the threshold and falls between any two points on the chart above, the percentage of 30% of the target award earned will be determined by linear interpolation.
(iii) | “FFO as Adjusted Metric Base Units” means the number of Base Units designated as FFO as Adjusted Metric Base Units on Appendix A attached hereto. |
(iv) | “FFO as Adjusted Metric Performance Period” means January 1, 20__ to December 31, 20__. |
(v) | “FFO as Adjusted Metric Performance Vesting Percentage” means the percentage determined using the calculation as set forth on Exhibit 3 attached hereto, which is a function of the Company FFO as Adjusted during the FFO as Adjusted Metric Performance Period. |
(vi) | “FFO as Adjusted Metric Vested Base Units” means the product of (A) the total number of FFO as Adjusted Metric Base Units, and (B) the applicable FFO as Adjusted Metric Performance Vesting Percentage. |
(i) | “FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric” means the following metric, pursuant to which a percentage of ___% of the target award may be earned based on the relative spread of the Company’s cumulative 3-year FFO as Adjusted growth rate to the weighted average cumulative 3-year FFO as Adjusted Equivalent for the Apartment Peers (as calculated by management using the methodology set forth on Exhibit 2, excluding non-recurring items) for the Performance Period as follows: |
Relative 3-Year FFO as Adjusted Growth Rate | Percentage of % Earned* |
Below ___ bps to Weighted Average FFO as Adjusted | 0% |
___ bps to Weighted Average FFO as Adjusted (“threshold”) | 50% |
Weighted Average FFO as Adjusted (“target”) | 100% |
___bps to Weighted Average FFO as Adjusted (“maximum”) | 200% |
*If achievement is greater than the threshold and falls between any two points on the chart above, the percentage of ___% of the target award earned will be determined by linear interpolation.
Cumulative 3-Year FFO as Adjusted growth rate is the percentage increase in FFO (determined as set forth in Exhibit 2 attached hereto and incorporated herein), excluding the impact of acquisition-related costs and other non-recurring items, including, but not limited to, prepayment costs/benefits associated with early debt retirement, gains on sales of marketable securities and taxable REIT subsidiary property,
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severance costs, joint venture promotes, disposition fee income, NOI on the sale of non-depreciated real estate owned, casualty related recoveries/charges and legal costs.
(ii) | “FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Base Units” means the number of Base Units designated as FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Base Units on Appendix A attached hereto. |
(iii) | “FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Performance Period” means January 1, 20__ to December 31, 20__. |
(iv) | “FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Performance Vesting Percentage” means the percentage determined as set forth in the table in Section 2(d)(i) above. |
(v) | “FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Vested Base Units” means the product of (A) the total number of FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Base Units, and (B) the applicable FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Performance Vesting Percentage. |
(i) | “Relative Peer TSR Metric” means the following metric, pursuant to which a percentage of ___% of the target award may be earned based on the relative spread of the Company’s TSR against the weighted average TSR of each of the large cap apartment REITs, consisting of _________collectively the “Apartment Peers”, for the Relative Peer TSR Metric Performance Period as follows: |
Relative Cumulative 3-Year TSR Spread to Apartment Peers | Percentage of % Earned* |
Below ___bps to Weighted Average TSR | 0% |
___ bps to Weighted Average TSR (“threshold”) | 50% |
Weighted Average TSR (“target”) | 100% |
___ bps to Weighted Average TSR (“maximum”) | 200% |
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*For results between threshold and target, or between target and maximum, the percentage of 35% of the target award earned shall be based on interpolation.
(ii) | “Relative Peer TSR Metric Base Units” means the number of Base Units designated as Relative Peer TSR Metric Base Units on Appendix A attached hereto. |
(iii) | “Relative Peer TSR Metric Performance Period” means January 1, 20__ to December, 31 20__. |
(iv) | “Relative Peer TSR Metric Performance Vesting Percentage” means the percentage determined as set forth in the table in Section 4(f)(i) above. |
(v) | “Relative Peer TSR Metric Vested Base Units” means the product of (A) the total number of Relative Peer TSR Metric Base Units, and (B) the applicable Relative Peer TSR Metric Performance Vesting Percentage. |
(i) | “Relative REIT TSR Metric” means the following metric, pursuant to which a percentage of ___% of the target award may be earned based on the relative spread of the Company’s TSR against the NAREIT Equity REITs Total Return Index (FNRETR) for the Relative REIT TSR Metric Performance Period as follows: |
Relative Cumulative 3-Year TSR Spread vs. REITs | Percentage of % Earned* |
Below ___ bps to Weighted Average TSR | 0% |
___ bps to Weighted Average TSR (“threshold”) | 50% |
Weighted Average TSR (“target”) | 100% |
___ bps to Weighted Average TSR (“maximum”) | 200% |
*For results between threshold and target, or between target and maximum, the percentage of ___% of the target award earned shall be based on interpolation.
(ii) | “Relative REIT TSR Metric Base Units” means the number of Base Units designated as Relative REIT TSR Metric Base Units on Appendix A attached hereto. |
(iii) | “Relative REIT TSR Metric Performance Period” means January 1, 20__ to December 31, 20__. |
(iv) | “Relative REIT TSR Metric Performance Vesting Percentage” means the percentage determined as set forth in the table in Section 4(g)(i) above. |
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(v) | “Relative REIT TSR Metric Vested Base Units” means the product of (i) the total number of Relative REIT TSR Metric Base Units, and (ii) the applicable Relative REIT TSR Metric Performance Vesting Percentage. |
TSR Calculations
For purposes of the 20__ LTI Program, the Company’s TSR shall be calculated by using the twenty (20)-day trailing average share price (“TSR”) expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent (0.10%) at the beginning and end of the performance period, as calculated by management using the methodology set forth in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated herein for the measurement of TSR. The Committee shall make equitable adjustments to the Company’s TSR and the Grantee’s target numbers of RSUs and/or Units to take into account any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring corporate events affecting the Company as described in Article 15 of the Plan, such as spin-offs, stock splits, reverse splits, special dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and similar events.
The relative TSR vs. apartment peers shall be calculated by management by taking a weighted average as of the first day of the performance period (using beginning of year equity market capitalization as the weighting) of the three-year apartment peer total shareholder returns and thereafter calculating the difference between the Company’s absolute total shareholder return and the relative comparison, expressed in basis points. Weighted average shall be calculated by management using the methodology set forth on Exhibit 1.
The TSR of each of the member companies comprising the Apartment Peers will be calculated by management using a methodology analogous in all material respects to that used for the calculation of the Company’s TSR, to provide a fair comparison of TSRs. The Committee shall make equitable adjustments to the Company’s TSR and the Grantee’s target numbers of RSUs and/or Units to take into account any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring corporate events affecting the Apartment Peers as described in Article 15 of the Plan, such as spin-offs, stock splits, reverse splits, special dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and similar events.
To the extent a member of the Apartment Peers ceases to be a separate publicly traded company during the entire performance period, it will be excluded from the calculations of all TSR rankings. To the extent during the performance period a member of the Apartment Peers is the subject of an acquisition proposal or publicly reported speculation regarding acquisition, a going private transaction or other event and such event has an impact (positive or negative) on the member’s TSR, such member will similarly be excluded from the calculations of all TSR rankings. Also, any member of the Apartment Peers that files for bankruptcy during the performance period shall have a minus 100% value assigned to its TSR for purposes of ranking such company within the index.
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THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE LTIP UNITS REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE AND RESTRICTIONS AGAINST TRANSFER) CONTAINED IN A NOTICE OF CLASS 2 PERFORMANCE LTIP UNIT AWARD AND CLASS 2 PERFORMANCE LTIP UNIT AGREEMENT DATED [DATE] BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE LTIP UNITS REPRESENTED HEREBY, UDR, INC. AND UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P. RELEASE FROM SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH AGREEMENTS, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF UDR, INC.
At the Company’s or the Partnership’s request, the Grantee hereby agrees to promptly execute, deliver and return to the Partnership any and all documents or certificates that the Company or the Partnership deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the cancellation and forfeiture of the Unvested Units, or to effectuate the transfer or surrender of such Unvested Units to the Partnership. In addition, if requested, the Grantee shall deposit with the Company or the Partnership, a stock/unit power, or powers, executed in blank and sufficient to re-convey the Unvested Units to the Company or the Partnership upon termination of the Grantee’s service during the Restricted Period, in accordance with the provisions of the Notice and this Agreement.
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(b)Relation to the Partnership. The Grantee is presently an executive officer of the Company, which is the sole general partner of the Partnership, or is otherwise providing services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, and in such capacity has become personally familiar with the business of the Partnership.
(c)Access to Information. The Grantee has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the Partnership with respect to the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and with respect to the business, affairs, financial conditions, and results of operations of the Partnership.
(d)Registration. The Grantee understands that the LTIP Units have not been registered under the 1933 Act, and the LTIP Units cannot be transferred by the Grantee unless such transfer is registered under the 1933 Act or an exemption from such registration is available. The Partnership has made no agreements, covenants or undertakings whatsoever to register the transfer of the LTIP Units under the 1933 Act. The Partnership has made no representations, warranties, or covenants whatsoever as to whether any exemption from the 1933 Act, including, without limitation, any exemption for limited sales in routine brokers’ transactions pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act, will be available. If an exemption under Rule 144 is available at all, it will not be available until at least six (6) months after the issuance of the LTIP Units and then not unless the terms and conditions of Rule 144 have been satisfied.
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(e)Public Trading. None of the Partnership’s securities are presently publicly traded, and the Partnership has made no representations, covenants or agreements as to whether there will be a public market for any of its securities.
(f)Tax Advice. The Partnership has made no warranties or representations to the Grantee with respect to the income tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to the decision of whether to make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code), and the Grantee is in no manner relying on the Partnership or its representatives for an assessment of such tax consequences. The Grantee hereby recognizes that the Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations under Sections 83, 704, and 707 of the Code that may affect the proper treatment of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes. In the event that those proposed regulations or similar regulations become final or temporary regulations, the Grantee hereby agrees to cooperate with the Partnership in amending this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement, and to take such other action as may be required, to conform to such regulations. Further, Congress recently enacted, and proposed Treasury Regulations were recently issued under, Section 1061 of the Code, which materially alters the taxation of “profits interests” issued in connection with the provision of services. The Grantee is advised to consult with his or her own tax advisor with respect to such tax consequences and his or her ownership of the LTIP Units.
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END OF AGREEMENT
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APPENDIX A
Definitions
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Class 2 Performance LTIP Unit Agreement to which this Appendix is attached.
“Base Units” means _______ Class 2 Performance LTIP Units.1
“FFO as Adjusted Metric Base Units” means _______ Base Units.2
“FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Base Units” means _______ Base Units.3
“Relative PEER TSR Metric Base Units” means _______Base Units.4
“Relative REIT TSR Metric Base Units” means _______ Base Units.5
“TSR Calculation” shall be calculated as set forth on Exhibit 1 or Exhibit 2, attached hereto, as applicable.
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1 Total number of Base Units will represent total base units (Relative Peer TSR Metric Base Units + Relative REIT TSR Metric Base Units + FFO as Adjusted Metric Base Units + FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Base Units) at target performance, and will exclude the estimated number of units attributable to dividend value.
2 FFO as Adjusted Metric Base Units will represent __% of the total Base Units.
3 FFO as Adjusted Relative Growth Rate Metric Base Units will represent __% of the total Base Units.
4 Relative PEER TSR Metric Base Units will represent __% of the total Base Units.
5 Relative REIT TSR Metric Base Units will represent __% of the total Base Units.
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APPENDIX B
FORM OF SECTION 83(b) ELECTION
[Attached]
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ELECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(b) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE
The undersigned hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to include in the undersigned’s gross income for the taxable year in which the property was transferred the excess (if any) of the fair market value of the property described below, over the amount the undersigned paid for such property, if any, and supplies herewith the following information in accordance with the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 83(b):
1.The name, taxpayer identification number and address of the undersigned, and the taxable year for which this election is being made, are:
TAXPAYER’S NAME:
TAXPAYER’S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
ADDRESS:
TAXABLE YEAR:
The name, taxpayer identification number and address of the undersigned’s spouse are (complete if applicable):
SPOUSE’S NAME:
SPOUSE’S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
ADDRESS:
2.The property which is the subject of this election is <LTIPS_GRANTED> Class 2 Performance LTIP Units (the “Units”) of United Dominion Realty, L.P. (the “Company”), representing an interest in the future profits, losses and distributions of the Company.
3.The date on which the above property was transferred to the undersigned was <Date>.
4.The above property is subject to the following restrictions: The Units are subject to forfeiture to the extent unvested upon a termination of service with the Company under certain circumstances and/or to the extent that certain performance conditions are not satisfied. These restrictions lapse upon the satisfaction of certain conditions as set forth in an agreement between the taxpayer and the Company. In addition, the Units are subject to certain transfer restrictions pursuant to such agreement and the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of United Dominion Realty, L.P., as amended (or amended and restated) from time to time, should the taxpayer wish to transfer the Units.
5.The fair market value of the above property at the time of transfer (determined without regard to any restriction other than a nonlapse restriction as defined in § 1.83-3(h) of the Income Tax Regulations) was $0.
6.The amount paid for the above property by the undersigned was $0.
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7.The amount to include in gross income is $0.
The undersigned taxpayer will file this election with the Internal Revenue Service office with which taxpayer files his or her annual income tax return not later than 30 days after the date of transfer of the property. A copy of this election will be furnished to the person for whom the services were performed. The undersigned is the person performing the services in connection with which the property was transferred.
Dated: _________________ | ____________________________________ <GRANTEE NAME> |
Dated: _________________ | ____________________________________ <SPOUSE NAME> |
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APPENDIX C
PARTNERSHIP CALL RIGHT NOTICE
United Dominion Realty, L.P. (the “Partnership”) hereby irrevocably elects, in accordance with the terms of Section 7 of that certain Class 2 Performance Unit Award Agreement dated as of [Date] by and between the Partnership and [Grantee] (the “Award Agreement”), to exercise the Partnership Call Right with respect to certain Expired Performance LTIP Units that were issued under such agreement (the “Expired Class 2 Performance LTIP Units”). The Call Date applicable to such exercise and the subject Expired Class 2 Performance LTIP Units are set forth below. In accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement, you will be paid the fair market value of such Class 2 Performance LTIP Units as of the Call Date, as determined in the sole discretion of the General Partner of the Partnership, which price the General Partner subsequently will provide on the Call Date if not stated below. Such amount may be paid in cash or in stock of UDR, Inc., a Maryland corporation, or in any combination thereof, as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
Name of Expired Class 2 Performance LTIP Unit Holder:
Name as Registered with Partnership
Number of Expired Class 2 Performance LTIP Units to be Purchased:
Date of Award of Expired Class 2 Performance LTIP Units to be Purchased:
Call Date:
Aggregate Purchase Price:
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