risks relating to the filing of our Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports, including the occurrence of known contingencies or unforeseen events that could delay our plan for completion of our outstanding financial statements, management distraction, and significant expense
EX-10.26 2 c98509exv10w26.htm EXHIBIT 10.26 Exhibit 10.26
Exhibit 10.26
___________ __, 20__
[Name of Recipient]
[Address]
[Address]
Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units
Dear [Name]:
Congratulations! You have been granted a Restricted Stock Unit award (the Award) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the attached Verint Systems Inc. (the Company) Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the Agreement). The details of your Award are specified below and in the attached Agreement.
Granted To: | [Name] | |
ID#: | [ID Number] | |
Grant Date: | [Date] | |
Units Granted: | [Number] | |
Price Per Unit: | U.S.$0.00 | |
Vesting Schedule: | Except as provided below, the Restricted Stock Units granted hereby shall vest on each of the following dates (each, a Vesting Date): | |
(a) 1/3 on April 4, 2011; | ||
(b) 1/3 on April 4, 2012; and | ||
(c) 1/3 on April 4, 2013. | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting schedule, if the following event (the Vesting Event) has not occurred on the applicable Vesting Date, the Restricted Stock Units scheduled to vest on that date will not vest until such event has occurred: the Company has sufficient available capacity under one or more of its existing equity plans or a new shareholder-approved equity incentive plan for all equity awards approved on the date of this award, on May 20, 2009, on March 4, 2009, and on May 28, 2008, in each case, which remain outstanding at such time, to vest in compliance with the Nasdaq restriction which provides that only legacy Witness employees and new Company hires since May 25, 2007 may receive awards under the Witness Systems, Inc. Amended & Restated Stock Incentive Plan assumed by the Company in connection with the merger with Witness. |
Cash Cancel Option: | Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting provisions, in the event your Award does not vest on a Vesting Date because the Vesting Event has not occurred at such time, the Company shall have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, on such Vesting Date or at any time thereafter (until the occurrence of the Vesting Event), to cancel the portion of your Award that would have vested on such Vesting Date and to cause the Verint entity which employs you to pay you in cash (in accordance with its normal payroll practices) the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Agreement) of one share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit being cancelled. | |
Restrictions on Re-Sale: | Regardless of the vesting of your Award, in no event shall you be allowed to re-sell the shares underlying this grant of Restricted Stock Units until the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the shares desired to be sold. | |
Termination Date: | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Notice of Grant or of the related Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, if Restricted Stock Units have not vested by the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, such Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited by Grantee as of such date. |
Verint Systems Inc. | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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By my signature below, I hereby acknowledge my receipt of this Award granted on the date shown above, which has been issued to me under the terms and conditions of the Agreement. I further acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Agreement and a summary information sheet. I agree that the Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and the Agreement (including any equity plan referred to therein).
If I am a resident of Canada, I also acknowledge having requested that this Notice and all documents referred to herein be drafted in the English language. Je reconnais également avoir exigé que ce document ainsi que tout document auquel ce document fait référence, soient rédigés en langue anglaise.
Signature: | Date: | |||||||||
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VERINT SYSTEMS INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Agreement) governs the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award (the Award) specified in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units (the Notice of Grant) delivered herewith entitling the person to whom the Notice of Grant is addressed (Grantee) to receive from Verint Systems Inc. (the Company) the number of restricted stock units indicated in the Notice of Grant (the Restricted Stock Units).
1 | RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS; VESTING | |
1.1 | Grant of Restricted Stock Units. | |
(a) | The Award of the Restricted Stock Units is made subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Notice of Grant. If and when the Restricted Stock Units vest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notice of Grant without forfeiture, and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the Restricted Stock Units, one share of Common Stock of the Company shall be issuable to Grantee for each Restricted Stock Unit that vests on such date (the Shares), which Shares, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Notice of Grant, will be free of any Company-imposed transfer restrictions. Any fractional Restricted Stock Unit remaining after the Award is fully vested shall be discarded and shall not be converted into a fractional Share. | |
1.2 | Restrictions. | |
(a) | Except as provided herein, Grantee shall not have any right in, to or with respect to, any of the Shares (including any voting rights or rights with respect to dividends paid on the Companys Common Stock) issuable under the Award unless and until the Award is settled by the issuance of such Shares to Grantee, whereupon the Grantee shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Shares. | |
(b) | The Restricted Stock Units may not be transferred in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Any attempt to dispose of Restricted Stock Units or any interest in the same in a manner contrary to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement shall be void and of no effect. | |
(c) | In no event shall Grantee be allowed to re-sell the Shares underlying this grant of Restricted Stock Units until the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the shares desired to be sold. |
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1.3 | Vesting. | |
(a) | Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the applicable percentage (per the Notice of Grant) of Restricted Stock Units awarded hereunder (the Vested Percentage) shall be deemed vested and no longer subject to forfeiture under this Agreement on the latest of: |
(i) | the applicable vesting date (Vesting Date) in accordance with the schedule set forth in the Notice of Grant, and | ||
(ii) | the date the Company has sufficient available capacity under one or more of its existing equity plans or a new shareholder-approved equity incentive plan for all equity awards approved on the date of this award, on May 20, 2009, on March 4, 2009, and on May 28, 2008, in each case, which remain outstanding at such time, to vest in compliance with the Nasdaq restriction which provides that only legacy Witness employees and new Company hires since May 25, 2007 may receive awards under the Witness Systems, Inc. Amended & Restated Stock Incentive Plan assumed by the Company in connection with the merger with Witness (the Vesting Event). |
Vesting shall cease upon the date Grantees Continuous Service terminates for any reason, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) or a committee thereof designated to administer the Award (the Committee) in its sole discretion.
(b) | Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting provisions, in the event the Award does not vest on a Vesting Date because the Vesting Event has not occurred at such time, the Company shall have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, on such Vesting Date or at any time thereafter (until the occurrence of the Vesting Event), to cancel the portion of the Award that would have vested on such Vesting Date and to pay Grantee in cash the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit being cancelled. All cash payments to the Grantee hereunder will be made by the Verint entity which employs the Grantee in accordance with its normal payroll practices either on or promptly following the date of the Company action which gives rise to such payment; provided, however, that the Company shall have the authority to delay any such payments to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (relating to payments made to specified employees); in such event, any payment to which the Grantee would otherwise be entitled during the six (6) month period following the date the Grantee ceases to be employed by or otherwise in the service of the Company will be issued on the first business day following the expiration of such six (6) month period. |
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(c) | Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (other than a Hostile Change in Control), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to accelerate the vesting of all unvested Restricted Stock Units. In the event of a Hostile Change in Control, such accelerated vesting shall occur automatically upon the occurrence of such Hostile Change in Control. At any time before a Change in Control, the Committee may, without the consent of the Grantee (i) require the entity effecting the Change in Control or a parent or subsidiary of such entity to assume this Award or substitute an equivalent cash award therefor or (ii) terminate and cancel all outstanding Restricted Stock Units upon the Change in Control. In connection with any such termination and cancellation of outstanding Restricted Stock Units upon a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its discretion, cause the payment to the Grantee for each unvested Restricted Stock Unit equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the Change in Control calculated as provided in the definition of Fair Market Value on Appendix A hereto, but based solely on the value of the Common Stock on the date of determination and not based on a 30 day average trading price. For the purposes of this Section, Restricted Stock Units under this Award shall be considered assumed if, following the closing of the Change in Control transaction, each Restricted Stock Unit confers the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the consideration (if such consideration was cash) or the fair market value of the consideration (if such consideration was stock, other securities, or property) received in such transaction by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock). | |
1.4 | Forfeiture. |
(a) | If Grantees Continuous Service terminates for any reason, all Restricted Stock Units which are then unvested shall, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, be cancelled and the Company shall thereupon have no further obligation thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to a separate written agreement between the parties, Grantee acknowledges and agrees that he or she has no expectation that any Restricted Stock Units will vest on the termination of his or her Continuous Service for any reason and that he or she will not be entitled to make a claim for any loss occasioned by such forfeiture as part of any claim for breach of his or her employment or service contract or otherwise. | |
(b) | A Grantees Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) transfers within the Company, its Subsidiaries, or Affiliates, or any successor thereto, or (ii) any change in status from employee, director, or consultant (to any other such status) so long as the provision of services to the Company, a Subsidiary, or Affiliate is not interrupted or terminated. |
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(c) | A Grantees Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of any approved leave of absence. An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other leave that is required by statute or promised by contract, by Company policy, or by other authorization of the Company. Any other leave of absence will be considered unauthorized and Grantees Continuous Service will be considered terminated for purposes of this Agreement at the start of such unauthorized leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless Grantees right to return from an authorized leave is guaranteed by statute or by contract, if an approved leave of absence exceeds six (6) months, Grantees Continuous Service shall be considered terminated for purposes of this Agreement on the date such authorized leave exceeds six (6) months in duration; provided, however, that the Committee shall have discretion to waive the effect of the foregoing forfeiture provision or lengthen the six month period before a forfeiture occurs to the extent necessary to comply with applicable tax, labor, or other law or based on the particular facts and circumstances of the leave in question. | |
(d) | Notwithstanding any other provision of the Notice of Grant or of this Agreement, if Restricted Stock Units have not vested by the tenth anniversary of the grant date, such Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited by Grantee as of such date. In the event of any such forfeiture, all such forfeited Restricted Stock Units shall be cancelled. |
1.5 | Delivery. |
(a) | Subject to Section 1.6 and any other applicable conditions hereunder, as soon as administratively practicable following the vesting of Restricted Stock Units in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (but in no event later than the date the short-term deferral period under Section 409A of the Code expires with respect to such vested Shares), the Company shall issue the applicable Shares and, at its option, (i) deliver or cause to be delivered to Grantee a certificate or certificates for the applicable Shares or (ii) transfer or arrange to have transferred the Shares to a brokerage account of Grantee designated by the Company. |
(b) | Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance of Shares upon the vesting of a Restricted Stock Unit shall be delayed in the event the Company reasonably anticipates that the issuance of Shares would constitute a violation of federal securities laws, other applicable law, or Nasdaq rules. If the issuance of the Shares is delayed by the provisions of this paragraph, such issuance shall occur at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates issuing the Shares will not cause such a violation. For purposes of this paragraph, the issuance of Shares that would cause inclusion in gross income or the application of any penalty provision or other provision of the Code or other tax code applicable to Grantee is not considered a violation of applicable law. | |
1.6 | Tax; Withholding. |
(a) | The Company shall determine the amount of any withholding or other tax required by law to be withheld or paid by the Company or its Subsidiary with respect to any income recognized by Grantee with respect to the Restricted Stock Units or the issuance of Shares pursuant to the terms of the Restricted Stock Units. |
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(b) | Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, Affiliate or agent makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax or withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares subject to the Award. The Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability. |
(c) | Grantee shall be required to meet any applicable tax withholding obligation, whether United States federal, state, local or non-U.S., including any employment tax obligations or social security obligations (the Tax Withholding Obligation), prior to any event in connection with the Award (e.g., vesting, delivery...etc.) that the Company determines may result in any Tax Withholding Obligation, and the Company reserves the right to determine the method or methods by which such Tax Withholding Obligations will be satisfied, together with any associated timing or other details required to effectuate such method or methods. The Company or its Subsidiary or Affiliate shall withhold from any cash payable to the Grantee in connection with this Award an amount sufficient to satisfy the minimum applicable tax withholding obligation, whether United States federal, state, local or non-U.S., including any employment tax obligations or social security obligations. | |
(d) | Notwithstanding Section 1.6(c): |
(i) | If in the tax jurisdiction in which Grantee resides a Tax Withholding Obligation arises upon vesting of the Award (regardless of when the Shares underlying the Award are delivered to Grantee), then on each date the Award actually vests, if (1) the Company does not have in place an effective registration statement under the Securities Act under which Grantee may sell Shares or (2) Grantee is subject to a Company-imposed trading blackout, unless Grantee has made other arrangements satisfactory to the Company, the Company will withhold from the Shares to be delivered to Grantee such number of Shares as are sufficient in value (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) to cover the minimum amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation. |
(ii) | If in the tax jurisdiction in which Grantee resides a Tax Withholding Obligation arises upon delivery of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units (regardless of when vesting occurs), then following each date the Award actually vests, the Company will defer the delivery of the Shares otherwise deliverable to Grantee until the earliest of (1) the date Grantees employment with the Company (or a Subsidiary or Affiliate) is terminated (by either party), (2) the date that the short-term deferral period under Section 409A of the Code expires with respect to such vested Shares, or (3) the date on which the Company has in place an effective registration statement under the Securities Act under which Grantee may sell Shares and on which Grantee is not subject to a Company-imposed trading blackout (the earliest of such dates, the Delivery Date). If on the Delivery Date (1) the Company does not have in place an effective registration statement under the Securities Act under which Grantee may sell Shares or (2) Grantee is subject to a Company-imposed trading blackout, unless Grantee has made other arrangements satisfactory to the Company, the Company will withhold from the Shares to be delivered to Grantee such number of Shares as are sufficient in value (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) to cover the minimum amount of the Tax Withholding Obligation. |
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(e) | Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by Grantee in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or agents takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Accordingly, Grantee agrees to pay to the Company or its relevant Subsidiary or Affiliate as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding (if permitted under applicable law), any amount of required tax withholding that is not satisfied by any such action of the Company or its Subsidiary or Affiliate. |
(f) | The Committee shall be authorized, in its sole discretion, to establish such rules and procedures relating to the use of shares of Common Stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations as it deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate and promote the conformity of Grantees transactions under this Agreement with Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if such rule is applicable to transactions by Grantee. |
2 | CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined in the body of this Agreement are defined in Appendix A hereto.
3 | REPRESENTATIONS OF GRANTEE |
Grantee hereby represents to the Company that Grantee has read and fully understands the provisions of this Agreement, and Grantee acknowledges that Grantee is relying solely on his or her own advisors with respect to the tax consequences of this Award. Grantee acknowledges that this Agreement has not been reviewed or approved by any regulatory authority in his or her country of residence or otherwise.
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4 | NOTICES |
All notices or communications under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed as follows:
To the Company:
Verint Systems Inc.
330 South Service Road
Melville, NY ###-###-####
U.S.A.
+ ###-###-#### (phone)
+ ###-###-#### (fax)
Attn: Chief Legal Officer
330 South Service Road
Melville, NY ###-###-####
U.S.A.
+ ###-###-#### (phone)
+ ###-###-#### (fax)
Attn: Chief Legal Officer
To Grantee:
as set forth in the Companys payroll records
Any such notice or communication shall be (a) delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt) or sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested) or (b) sent certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as above (or to such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time), and the actual date of receipt shall determine the time at which notice was given. Grantee will promptly notify the Company in writing upon any change in Grantees address.
5 | ASSIGNMENT; BINDING AGREEMENT |
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs and representatives of Grantee and the assigns and successors of the Company, but neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation by Grantee.
6 | ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT |
This Agreement and the Notice of Grant represent the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, except that the Committee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to make the Award and this Agreement subject to the terms of an equity incentive plan of the Company so long as the terms of such equity incentive plan do not contradict any of the provisions of the Agreement or the Notice of Grant in any material respect. This Agreement or the Notice of Grant may be amended by the Committee without the consent of Grantee except in the case of an amendment adverse to Grantee, in which case Grantees consent shall be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Committee shall have the power to adopt regulations for carrying out this Agreement and to make changes in such regulations, as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable. In addition, any interpretation by the Committee of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the administration thereof, and all action taken by the Committee, shall be final and binding.
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7 | GOVERNING LAW |
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of New York, without giving effect to any principle of law that would result in the application of the law of any other jurisdiction. Each party to this Agreement hereby consents and submits himself, herself or itself to the jurisdiction of the courts of the state of New York for the purposes of any legal action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of the Company to commence proceedings against the Grantee in any other competent jurisdiction, or concurrently in more than one jurisdiction, or to serve process, pleadings and other papers upon the Grantee in any manner authorized by the laws of any such jurisdiction. The Grantee irrevocably waives:
(a) any objection which it may have now or in the future to the laying of the venue of any action, suit or proceeding in any court referred to in this Section; and
(b) any claim that any such action, suit or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
8 | SEVERABILITY |
Whenever possible, each provision in this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, then (a) such provision shall be deemed amended to accomplish the objectives of the provision as originally written to the fullest extent permitted by law and (b) all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
9 | ONE-TIME GRANT; NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED SERVICE OR PARTICIPATION; EFFECT ON OTHER PLANS |
The award evidenced by this Agreement is a voluntary, discretionary bonus being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards. Neither this Agreement nor the Notice of Grant shall confer upon Grantee any right with respect to continued service with the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate to terminate Grantees Continuous Service at any time. Payments received by Grantee pursuant to this Agreement and the Notice of Grant shall not be considered salary or other compensation for purposes of any severance pay or similar allowance and shall not be included in the determination of benefits under any pension, group insurance, or other benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiaries or Affiliate in which Grantee may be enrolled or for which Grantee may become eligible, except as otherwise required by law, as may be provided under the terms of such plans, or as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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10 | NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION |
No rule of strict construction shall be implied against the Company, the Committee or any other person in the interpretation of any of the terms of this Agreement, the Notice of Grant or any rule or procedure established by the Committee.
11 | USE OF THE WORD GRANTEE |
Wherever the word Grantee is used in any provision of this Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the person or persons to whom the Restricted Stock Units may be transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution, the word Grantee shall be deemed to include such person or persons.
12 | FURTHER ASSURANCES |
Grantee agrees, upon demand of the Company or the Committee, to do all acts and execute, deliver and perform all additional documents, instruments and agreements which may be reasonably required by the Company or the Committee, as the case may be, to implement the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
13 | AMENDMENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 409A ET AL |
Grantee acknowledges that the Company, in the exercise of its sole discretion and without the consent of Grantee, may amend or modify this Agreement in any manner and delay the payment of any amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement to the minimum extent necessary to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as amplified by any Internal Revenue Service or U.S. Treasury Department regulations or guidance, or any other applicable equivalent tax law, rule, or regulation, as the Company deems appropriate or advisable.
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14 | ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION |
In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, spin-off, split-off, split-up, stock dividend, issuance of stock rights, combination of shares, merger, consolidation or any other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Companys Common Stock, or any distribution to stockholders other than a regular cash dividend, the Board shall make appropriate adjustment in the number and kind of shares to which the Restricted Stock Units relate and any other adjustments to the Award as it determines appropriate. No fractional Restricted Stock Units shall be awarded pursuant to such an adjustment.
15 | CONSENT TO TRANSFER PERSONAL DATA |
The Company and its Subsidiaries hold certain personal information about Grantee, that may include Grantees name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other employee identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock held in the Company, or details of any entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, purchased, vested, or unvested, for the purpose of implementing, managing, and administering the Award or the Agreement (Data). The Grantee hereby agrees that the Company and/or its Subsidiaries may transfer Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration, and management of Grantees participation in the Award or the Agreement, and the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries may each further transfer Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration, and management of the Award or the Agreement. These recipients may be located throughout the world, including outside the Grantees country of residence (or outside of the European Union, for Grantees located within the European Union). Such countries may not provide for a similar level of data protection as provided for by local law (such as, for example, European privacy directive 95/46/EC and local implementations thereof). Grantee hereby authorizes those recipients even if they are located in a country outside of Grantees country of residence (or outside of the European Union, for Grantees located within the European Union) to receive, possess, use, retain, and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purpose of implementing, administering, and managing Grantees participation in the Award or the Agreement, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required for the administration of the Award or the Agreement and/or the subsequent holding of shares of stock on Grantees behalf by a broker or other third party with whom Grantee or the Company may elect to deposit any shares of stock acquired pursuant to the Award or the Agreement. Grantee is not obliged to consent to such collection, use, processing and transfer of personal data and may, at any time, review Data, require any necessary amendments to it, or withdraw the consent contained in this section by contacting the Company in writing. However, withdrawing or withholding consent may affect Grantees ability to participate in the Award or the Agreement. More information on the Data and/or the consequences of withholding or withdrawing consent can be obtained from the Companys legal department.
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16 | CERTAIN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS |
For residents of the UK only:
Grantee agrees, as a condition to its acceptance of the Award, to satisfy any requirement of the Company or any Subsidiary that, prior to vesting of all or any part of the Award, Grantee enter into a joint election under section 431(1) of the UK Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, the effect of which is that the Shares issued on vesting will be treated as if they were not restricted securities.
Tax Withholding Obligations under this Agreement shall include, without limitation:
(i) | United Kingdom (UK) income tax; and | ||
(ii) | UK primary class 1 (employees) national insurance contributions. |
For residents of Canada only:
I acknowledge having requested that this Agreement and all documents referred to herein be drafted in the English language. Je reconnais également avoir exigé que ce document ainsi que tout document auquel ce document fait référence, soient rédigés en langue anglaise.
For residents of Hong Kong only:
The Data Protection Principles specified in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong will apply to any Data upon its transfer to any place outside of Hong Kong).
END OF AGREEMENT
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Appendix A
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Affiliate means any entity other than the Subsidiaries in which the Company has a substantial direct or indirect equity interest, as determined by the Board.
Change in Control means (i) the Board (or, if approval of the Board is not required as a matter of law, the stockholders of the Company) shall approve (a) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger, or (b) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, the assets of the Company or (c) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (ii) any person (as such term is defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), corporation or other entity other than the Company shall make a tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) for cash, securities or any other consideration, provided that (a) at least a portion of such securities sought pursuant to the offer in question is acquired and (b) after consummation of such offer, the person, corporation or other entity in question is the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of such Rule 13d-3 in the case of rights to acquire Common Stock); (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the entire Board ceased for any reason to constitute a majority thereof unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Companys stockholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period; or (iv) the occurrence of any other event the Committee determines shall constitute a Change in Control hereunder.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities resulting from the application of Section 14 of the Agreement.
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Continuous Service means that the provision of services to the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate in any capacity of employee, director or consultant is not interrupted or terminated. In jurisdictions requiring notice in advance of an effective termination as an employee, director or consultant, Continuous Service shall be deemed terminated upon the actual cessation of providing services to the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate notwithstanding any required notice period that must be fulfilled before a termination as an employee, director or consultant can be effective under applicable labor laws. Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or any successor, in any capacity of employee, director or consultant, or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate in any capacity of employee, director or consultant. An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other authorized personal leave.
Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
(a) If the Common Stock is listed on one or more established stock exchanges or national market systems, including without limitation The Nasdaq Global Market, its Fair Market Value shall be the average of the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on the principal exchange or system on which the Common Stock is listed (as determined by the Committee) over the 30 trading day period ending on the date of determination (or, if no closing sales price or closing bid was reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing sales price or closing bid was reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;
(b) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted on an automated quotation system (including the OTC Bulletin Board or Pink Sheets) or by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the average of the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such system or by such securities dealer over the 30 trading day period ending on the date of determination, or if no closing sales price was reported on that date, the closing sale price on the immediately preceding trading date; or
(c) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock of the type described in (a) and (b), above, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined by the Committee in good faith.
Hostile Change in Control means any Change in Control that is not approved or recommended by the Board.
Subsidiary means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company (or any subsequent parent of the Company) if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
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