UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 1, 2010 (May 27, 2010)

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

001-33139

 

20-3530539

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification

incorporation)

 

 

 

Number)

 

225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656-0713
(Address of principal executive
offices, including zip code)

 

(201) 307-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17-CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.02                Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers

 

2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

On May 27, 2010, the stockholders of the Registrant approved the amendment and restatement of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) at the Registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders. The amendment and restatement of the 2008 Plan (i) increases the number of shares of common stock available for grant under the 2008 Plan to 32,700,000 shares of common stock (an increase of 15,000,000 shares), (ii) expands the performance goal criteria for performance awards to include total net cash flow and customer satisfaction, (iii) clarifies that certain awards may be payable in shares of common stock, cash or a combination of both, (iv) permits the granting of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards with a vesting period of less than three years for an aggregate number of shares of common stock not to exceed 5% of the total number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2008 Plan, (v) incorporates prior non-material amendments approved by the Registrant’s Board of Directors, (vi) reflects certain amendments to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (vii) makes certain other administrative changes.

 

A more detailed description of the terms of the 2008 Plan can be found in the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, in the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Proposal 2:  The Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan,” which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2010, and is incorporated by reference herein.  The foregoing summary and the summary incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the 2008 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and incorporated by reference herein.

 

The forms of the Performance Stock Unit Agreement, Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, Employee Stock Option Agreement and Director Stock Option Agreement used to grant awards pursuant to the 2008 Plan are attached to this report as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively.

 

Senior Executive Bonus Plan

 

Also on May 27, 2010, the stockholders of the Registrant approved the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan (the “Bonus Plan”).  The Bonus Plan is intended to govern the award and payment of annual cash bonuses to certain of the Registrant’s and its subsidiary’s officers. It is intended that payments under the Bonus Plan will qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

A more detailed description of the terms of the Bonus Plan can be found in the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, in the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Proposal 3:  The Approval of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan,” which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2010, and is incorporated by reference herein.  The foregoing summary and the summary incorporated by reference from the Proxy Statement should be read in conjunction with the full text of the Bonus Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this report and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Revised Change in Control Severance Agreement

 

The Board of Directors of the Registrant recently adopted a revised form of Change in Control Severance Agreement.   Since March 3, 2010 the Registrant has used and will use on a going-forward basis the revised form of Change in Control Severance Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this report, when entering into Change in Control Severance Agreements with its executive officers.

 

Item 5.07      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On May 27, 2010, the Registrant held the annual meeting of its stockholders. The final results of voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the meeting are set forth below.

 

(i)  The following directors were elected at the meeting and the voting for each director was as follows:

 

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Nominee

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Barry H. Beracha

 

364,974,225

 

24,799,096

 

10,287,490

 

Brian A. Bernasek

 

323,765,910

 

66,007,411

 

10,287,490

 

Robert F. End

 

323,759,680

 

66,013,641

 

10,287,490

 

George W. Tamke

 

328,240,860

 

61,532,461

 

10,287,490

 

 

(ii) The amendment and restatement of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan was approved by the following vote:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

312,761,974

 

76,945,489

 

65,858

 

10,287,490

 

 

(iii)  The Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan was approved by the following vote:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan

 

352,675,452

 

36,897,997

 

199,872

 

10,287,490

 

 

(iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was approved as the Registrant’s independent auditors for the year 2010 by the following vote:

 

 

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

399,422,267

 

623,728

 

14,816

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated

 

 

 

10.2

 

Form of Performance Stock Unit Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.4

 

Form of Employee Stock Option Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.5

 

Form of Director Stock Option Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.6

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan

 

 

 

10.7

 

Form of Change in Control Severance Agreement between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and executive officers (form used for agreements entered into after March 3, 2010)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date:  May 28, 2010

By:

/s/ J. Jeffrey Zimmeman

 

Name:

J. Jeffrey Zimmerman

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description

10.1

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated

 

 

 

10.2

 

Form of Performance Stock Unit Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.3

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.4

 

Form of Employee Stock Option Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.5

 

Form of Director Stock Option Agreement under the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.6

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan

 

 

 

10.7

 

Form of Change in Control Severance Agreement between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and executive officers (form used for agreements entered into after March 3, 2010)

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.
2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

(as amended and restated effective as of March 4, 2010)

 

ARTICLE I

PURPOSES

 

The purposes of the Plan are to foster and promote the long-term financial success of the Company and the Subsidiaries and materially increase shareholder value by ( a ) motivating superior performance by Participants, ( b ) providing Participants with an ownership interest in the Company, and ( c ) enabling the Company and the Subsidiaries to attract and retain the services of outstanding Employees upon whose judgment, interest and special effort the successful conduct of its operations is largely dependent.

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

2.1                                  Certain Definitions .  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Adjustment Event ” means any dividend payable in capital stock, stock split, share combination, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares or other similar event affecting the Common Stock.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any other person controlled by, controlling or under common control with such person.

 

Alternative Award ” has the meaning given in Section 9.2.

 

Award ” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Performance Stock, Performance Stock Unit, Performance Unit, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Share Award or Deferred Stock Unit granted pursuant to the Plan, including an Award combining two or more types in a single grant.

 

Award Agreement ” means any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document evidencing any Award granted by the Committee pursuant to the Plan.  The terms of any plan or guideline adopted by the Committee and applicable to an Award shall be deemed incorporated in and part of the related Award Agreement.  The Committee may provide for the

 

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use of electronic, internet or other non-paper Award Agreements, and the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper means for the Participant’s acceptance of, or actions under, an Award Agreement unless otherwise expressly specified herein.  In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the terms of the Plan and an Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

Business ” has the meaning given in Section 5.5.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Carlyle Investors ” means, collectively, ( i ) Carlyle Partners IV, L.P., ( ii ) CEP II Participations S.àr.l., ( iii ) CP IV Co-investment, L.P., and ( iv ) CEP II U.S. Investments, L.P.

 

Cause ” means, except as otherwise defined in an Award Agreement, with respect to any Participant (as determined by the Committee) ( i ) willful and continued failure to perform substantially the Participant’s material duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s incapacity as a result of physical or mental illness) after a written demand for substantial performance specifying the manner in which the Participant has not performed such duties is delivered to the Participant by the person or entity that supervises or manages the Participant, ( ii ) engaging in willful and serious misconduct that is injurious to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, ( iii ) one or more acts of fraud or personal dishonesty resulting in or intended to result in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, ( iv ) substantial abusive use of alcohol, drugs or similar substances that, in the sole judgment of the Company, impairs the Participant’s job performance, ( v ) material violation of any Company policy that results in harm to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or ( vi ) indictment for or conviction of (or plea of guilty or nolo contendere ) to a felony or of any crime (whether or not a felony) involving moral turpitude.  A “Termination for Cause,” shall include a determination by the Committee following a Participant’s termination of employment for any other reason that, prior to such termination of employment, circumstances constituting Cause existed with respect to such Participant.

 

CDR Investors ” means, collectively, ( i ) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., ( ii ) CDR CCMG Co-Investor L.P., and ( iii ) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P.

 

Change in Control ” means the first occurrence of any of the following events after the effective date of the Plan:

 

(a)                                   the acquisition by any person, entity or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company, the Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or any of the Investors, of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;

 

(b)                                  within any 24-month period, the Incumbent Directors shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of directors of any successor to the Company; provided

 

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that any director elected to the Board, or nominated for election, by a majority of the Incumbent Directors then still in office shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this clause (b);

 

(c)                                   the merger or consolidation of the Company as a result of which persons who were owners of the voting securities of the Company, immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, or any or all of the Investors, do not, immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged or consolidated company.

 

(d)                                  the approval by the Company’s shareholders of the liquidation or dissolution of the Company other than a liquidation of the Company into any Subsidiary or a liquidation a result of which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such liquidation, or any or all of the Investors, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity that holds substantially all of the assets of the Company following such event; and

 

(e)                                   the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer or other disposition, Affiliates of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to occur if the Company files for bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

 

Change in Control Price ” means the price per share on a fully diluted basis offered in conjunction with any transaction resulting in a Change in Control, as determined in good faith by the Committee as constituted before the Change in Control, if any part of the offered price is payable other than in cash.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or, if applicable, the delegate of the Compensation Committee of the Board as permitted or required herein.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and any other securities into which the Common Stock is changed or for which the Common Stock is exchanged.

 

Company ” means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

 

Covered Period ” has the meaning given in Section 5.5.

 

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Deferred Annual Amount ” has the meaning given in Section 8.1.

 

Deferred Stock Unit ” means a Participant’s contractual right to receive a stated number of shares of Common Stock or, if provided by the Committee on or after the grant date, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such stated number of shares of Common Stock, under the Plan at the end of a specified period of time.

 

Disability ” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, a physical or mental disability or infirmity that prevents or is reasonably expected to prevent the performance of a Participant’s employment-related duties for a period of six months or longer and, within 30 days after the Company notifies the Participant in writing that it intends to terminate his employment, the Participant shall not have returned to the performance of his employment-related duties on a full-time basis; provided , that ( i ) for purposes of Section 5.3(a) in respect of ISOs, the term “Disability” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Permanent and Total Disability” by section 22(e)(3) of the Code ( i.e ., physical or mental disability or infirmity lasting not less than 12 months), and ( ii ) with respect to any Award that constitutes deferred compensation subject to section 409A of the Code, “Disability” shall have the meaning set forth in section 409A(a)(2)(c) of the Code.  The Committee’s reasoned and good faith judgment of Disability shall be final, binding and conclusive, and shall be based on such competent medical evidence as shall be presented to it by such Participant and/or by any physician or group of physicians or other competent medical expert employed by the Participant or the Company to advise the Committee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing (but except in the case of ISOs and awards subject to section 409A of the Code), with respect to any Participant who is a party to an employment agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary, “Disability” shall have the meaning, if any, specified in such Participant’s employment agreement.

 

Dividend Equivalents ” means an amount equal to any dividends and distributions paid by the Company with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award.

 

Employee ” means any non-employee director, officer or employee of, or any natural person who is a consultant to, the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder.

 

Executive Officer ” means each person who is an officer of the Company or any Subsidiary and who is subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

Fair Market Value ” means, unless otherwise defined in an Award Agreement, as of any date, the closing price of one share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or on such other recognized market or quotation system on which the trading prices of Common Stock are traded or quoted at the relevant time) on the date as of which such Fair Market Value is

 

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determined.  If there are no Common Stock transactions reported on the New York Stock Exchange (or on such other exchange or system as described above) on such date, Fair Market Value shall mean the closing price for a share of Common Stock on the immediately preceding day on which Common Stock transactions were so reported.

 

Incumbent Director ” means, with respect to any period of time specified under the Plan for purposes of determining a Change in Control, the persons who were members of the Board at the beginning of such period; provided , that a director elected, or nominated for election, to the Board in connection with a proxy contest shall not be considered an Incumbent Director.

 

Initial Investors ” means, collectively, the Carlyle Investors, the CDR Investors and the Merrill Lynch Investors.

 

Investors ” means, collectively, ( i ) the Initial Investors, ( ii ) TC Group L.L.C. (which operates under the trade name The Carlyle Group), ( iii ) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., ( iv ) Merrill Lynch Global Partners, Inc., ( v ) any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, including any investment fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by any of the foregoing, and ( vi ) any successor in interest to any of the foregoing.

 

ISOs ” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Merrill Lynch Investors ” means, collectively, ( i ) ML Global Private Equity Fund, L.P., ( ii ) Merrill Lynch Ventures L.P. 2001, ( iii ) CMC-Hertz Partners, L.P., and ( iv ) ML Hertz Co-Investor, L.P.

 

New Employer ” means a Participant’s employer, or the parent or a subsidiary of such employer, immediately following a Change in Control.

 

NSOs ” has the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

 

Option ” means the right granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan to purchase a stated number of shares of Common Stock at a stated price for a specified period of time.

 

Option/SAR Financial Gain ” has the meaning given in Section 5.5.

 

Participant ” means any Employee or prospective Employee designated by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.

 

Performance Period ” means the period, as determined by the Committee, during which the performance of the Company, any Subsidiary, any business unit and any individual is measured to determine whether and the extent to which the applicable performance measures have been achieved, provided   that each such period shall be no greater than five years in length.

 

Performance Stock ” means a grant of a stated number of shares of Common Stock to a Participant under the Plan that is forfeitable by the Participant until the attainment of specified

 

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performance goals, or until otherwise determined by the Committee or in accordance with the Plan, subject to the continuous employment of the Participant through the completion of the applicable Performance Period (or such portion of the applicable Performance Period as otherwise provided in Article VI).

 

Performance Stock Unit ” means a Participant’s contractual right to receive a stated number of shares of Common Stock or, if provided by the Committee on or after the grant date, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such stated number of shares of Common Stock, under the Plan at a specified time that is forfeitable by the Participant until the attainment of specified performance goals, or until otherwise determined by the Committee or in accordance with the Plan, subject to the continuous employment of the Participant through the completion of the applicable Performance Period (or such portion of the applicable Performance Period as otherwise provided in Article VI).

 

Performance Unit ” means a Participant’s contractual right to receive a cash-denominated award, payable in cash or shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, under the Plan at a specified time that is forfeitable by the Participant until the attainment of specified performance goals, or until otherwise determined by the Committee or in accordance with the Plan, subject to the continuous employment of the Participant through the applicable Performance Period (or such portion of the applicable Performance Period as otherwise provided in Article VI).

 

Performance-Based Financial Gain ” has the meaning given in Section 6.7.

 

Permitted Transferee ” has the meaning given in Section 11.1.

 

Plan ” means this Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as the same may be interpreted by the Committee and/or be amended from time to time.

 

Prior Plan s” means the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan and the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Director Stock Incentive Plan.

 

Replacement Award ” means an Award made to employees of companies or businesses acquired by the Company to replace incentive awards and opportunities held by such employees prior to such acquisition.

 

Restricted Stock ” means a grant of a stated number of shares of Common Stock to a Participant under the Plan that is forfeitable by the Participant until the completion of a specified period of future service, or until otherwise determined by the Committee or in accordance with the Plan.

 

Restricted Stock Unit ” means a Participant’s contractual right to receive a stated number of shares of Common Stock or, if provided by the Committee on or after the grant date, cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or any combination of shares of

 

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Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such stated number of shares of Common Stock, under the Plan at the end of a specified period of time that is forfeitable by the Participant until the completion of a specified period of future service, or until otherwise determined by the Committee or in accordance with the Plan.

 

Restriction-Based Financial Gain ” has the same meaning given in Section 7.6.

 

Restriction Period ” means ( i ) with respect to any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Unit or Performance Unit, the period beginning on the grant date of such Award and ending on the certification by the Committee that the performance objectives or objectives for the applicable Performance Period have been attained (in whole or in part) in accordance with Section 6.2(d), ( ii ) with respect to any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, the Restriction Period specified in the Award Agreement evidencing such Award, and ( iii ) with respect to any freestanding Deferred Stock Unit as to which the Committee has specified a Restriction Period in accordance with Section 8.4, the Restriction Period so specified.

 

Retained Award ” has the meaning given in Section 6.6(a).

 

Retained Retirement Award ” has the meaning given in Section 6.6(b).

 

Retirement ” means, except as otherwise defined in an Award Agreement, a Participant’s retirement from active employment with the Company and any Subsidiary at or after such Participant attains age 65, or after such Participant attains age 55 and has provided, at minimum, 10 years of service to the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

Share Award ” means an Award of unrestricted shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 7.8 of the Plan.

 

Stock Appreciation Right ” means, with respect to shares of Common Stock, the right to receive a payment from the Company in cash and/or shares of Common Stock equal to the product of ( i ) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the exercise date over a specified base price fixed by the Committee on the grant date, multiplied by ( ii )   a stated number of shares of Common Stock.

 

Subsidiary ” means any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, stock representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, and any other business organization, regardless of form, in which the Company possesses, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total combined equity interests in such organization.

 

Vesting Date ” means ( i ) with respect to any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Unit, Performance Unit, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, the expiration date of the applicable Restriction Period, and ( ii ) with respect to any Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the date such Award first becomes exercisable in accordance with the Plan and the Award Agreement evidencing such Award.

 

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Wrongful Conduct ” has the meaning given in Section 5.5.

 

Wrongful Conduct Period ” has the meaning given in Section 5.5.

 

2.2                                  Gender and Number .  Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.

 

ARTICLE III

POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE

 

3.1                                  Eligibility and Participation .  Participants in the Plan shall be those Employees designated by the Committee (or its delegate) to participate in the Plan.

 

3.2                                  Power to Grant and Establish Terms of Awards .  The Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms of the Plan, to determine the Employees to whom Awards shall be granted, the type or types of Awards to be granted and the terms and conditions of any and all Awards including, but not limited to, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award, the time or times at which Awards shall be granted, and the terms and conditions of applicable Award Agreements.  The Committee may establish different terms and conditions for different types of Awards, for different Participants receiving the same type of Award, and for the same Participant for each type of Award such Participant may receive, whether or not granted at the same or different times.

 

3.3                                  Administration .  The Committee shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan.  Any Awards granted by the Committee may be subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.  The Committee shall have authority to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to provide for conditions deemed necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Company, to interpret the Plan and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration and interpretation of the Plan and to carry out its provisions and purposes.  Any determination, interpretation or other action made or taken (including any failure to make any determination or interpretation, or take any other action) by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, shall, to the greatest extent permitted by law, be within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons and shall be given deference in any proceeding with respect thereto.  The Committee may appoint accountants, actuaries, counsel, advisors and other persons that it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of the Plan.  The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by the Committee selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or decision made in good faith relating to the Plan or any Award hereunder.

 

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3.4                                  Delegation by the Committee .  The Committee may delegate, subject to such terms or conditions or guidelines as it shall determine, to any officer or group of officers, or director or group of directors of the Company (including to a subcommittee of members of the Compensation Committee of the Board) or its affiliates any portion of its authority and powers under the Plan with respect to Participants who are not Executive Officers; provided , that any delegation to one or more officers of the Company shall be subject to section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or successor provision).  Only the Committee may select, grant, administer, or exercise any other discretionary authority under the Plan in respect of Awards granted to such Participants who are Executive Officers.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, ( i ) with respect to any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of the regulations promulgated under section 162(m) of the Code, and ( ii ) with respect to any award intended to qualify for the exemption contained in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Committee shall consist solely of two or more “non-employee directors” within the meaning of such Rule, or, in the alternative, of the entire Board.

 

3.5                                  Participants Based Outside the United States .  In order to conform with provisions of local laws and regulations in foreign countries in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate, the Committee may ( i ) modify the terms and conditions of Awards granted to Participants employed outside the United States, ( ii ) establish subplans with modified exercise procedures and such other modifications as may be necessary or advisable under the circumstances presented by local laws and regulations, and ( iii ) take any action which it deems advisable to obtain, comply with or otherwise reflect any necessary governmental regulatory procedures, exemptions or approvals with respect to the Plan or any subplan established hereunder; provided, however, that the Committee may not make any sub-plan that (a) increases the limitations contained in Section 4.3, (b) increases the number of shares available under the Plan, as set forth in Section 4.1; or (c) causes the Plan to cease to satisfy any conditions under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act or causes the grant of any performance Award to fail to qualify for an income tax deduction pursuant to section 162(m) of the Code.  Subject to the foregoing, the Committee may amend, modify, administer or terminate such sub-plans, and prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to such sub-plans.

 

ARTICLE IV

STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

 

4.1                                  Number .  Subject to the provisions of this Article IV, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan shall not exceed 17,700,000 shares of Common Stock (all of which may be the subject of ISOs granted under the Plan); provided, however, that if the Company’s shareholders so approve at the 2010 shareholder meeting, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan shall not exceed 32,700,000 shares of Common Stock (all of which may be the subject of ISOs granted under the Plan).  The shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the Plan may consist, in

 

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whole or in part, of Common Stock held in treasury or authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, not reserved for any other purpose.

 

4.2                                  Canceled, Terminated, or Forfeited Awards, etc .  Shares subject to any Award granted under the Plan (other than Replacement Awards) that for any reason are canceled, terminated, forfeited, settled in cash or otherwise settled without the issuance of Common Stock after the effective date of the Plan shall be available for grant under the Plan.  Replacement Awards that for any reason are canceled, terminated, forfeited, settled in cash or otherwise settled without the issuance of Common Stock after the effective date of the Plan shall not be available for grant under the Plan.  Without limiting the generality of Section 4.1 hereof, ( i ) shares of Common Stock tendered by a Participant or withheld by the Company to pay the exercise price of any Options, or to satisfy any tax withholding obligations pursuant to Section 11.4, shall be available for grant under the Plan, ( ii ) upon settlement of Stock Appreciation Rights, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (x) the number of shares subject to the Stock Appreciation Rights minus (y) that number of shares delivered to the Participant shall again be available for grant under the Plan, and (iii)  shares of Common Stock issued in connection with Awards that are assumed, converted or substituted pursuant to an Adjustment Event or Change in Control ( i.e ., Alternative Awards), or issued in connection with Replacement Awards, shall not be counted against the maximum limitation specified in Section 4.1.  For purposes of this Article IV, if a Stock Appreciation Right is granted in tandem with an Option so that only one may be exercised with the other being surrendered on such exercise in accordance with Section 5.2(b), the number of shares subject to the tandem Option and Stock Appreciation Right award shall only be taken into account once (and not as to both Awards).

 

4.3                                  Individual Award Limitations .  Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2 and 4.4, the following individual Award limits shall apply:

 

(a)                                   During any 36-month period, no Participant shall receive Options or Stock Appreciation Rights covering more than 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock;

 

(b)                                  During any 36-month period, no Participant shall receive any awards of Performance Stock or Performance Stock Units covering more than 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock; and

 

(c)                                   During any calendar year, the maximum dollar amount of cash which may be earned in connection with the grant of Performance Units may not exceed $7,500,000.

 

4.4                                  Adjustment in Capitalization .  In the event of any Adjustment Event affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make an equitable and proportionate anti-dilution adjustment to offset any resultant change in the pre-share price of the Common Stock and preserve the intrinsic value of Options and any other Awards granted under the Plan.  Such mandatory adjustment may include a change in any or all of ( a ) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock which thereafter may be awarded or optioned and sold under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjusting any limits on the number and types of Awards that may be made

 

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under the Plan), ( b ) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards, and ( c ) the grant, exercise or conversion price with respect to any Award.  In addition, the Committee may make provisions for a cash payment to a Participant or a person who has an outstanding Award.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Award shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.  Any such adjustment shall be consistent with sections 424, 409A and 162(m) of the Code to the extent the Awards subject to adjustment are subject to such sections of the Code.

 

4.5                                  Prohibition Against Repricing .  Except to the extent ( i ) approved in advance by a majority of the shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or ( ii ) as a result of any Adjustment Event, the Committee shall not have the power or authority to reduce, whether through amendment or otherwise, the exercise price of any outstanding Option or base price of any outstanding Stock Appreciation Right or to grant any new Award, or make any cash payment, in substitution for or upon the cancellation of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights previously granted.

 

ARTICLE V

STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

5.1                                  Options .

 

(a)                                   Grant .  Options may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee.  Options pursuant to this Plan may be of two types: ( i ) “incentive stock options” within the meaning of section 422 of the Code (“ ISOs ”) and ( ii ) non-statutory stock options (“ NSOs ”), which are not ISOs.  The grant date of an Option under the Plan will be the date on which the Option is awarded by the Committee or such other future date as the Committee shall determine.  Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the type of Option granted, the exercise price, the duration of the Option, the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Option pertains, and such other conditions as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.  No Option shall be an ISO unless so designated by the Committee at the time of grant or in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option, and which otherwise meets the requirements of section 422 of the Code.

 

(b)                                  Exercise Price .  Each Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall have an exercise price per share of Common Stock determined by the Committee; provided , that except in the case of Replacement Awards, such per share exercise price may not be less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Option grant date.

 

(c)                                   Exercisability .  Each Option awarded to a Participant under the Plan shall become exercisable based on the performance of a minimum period of service or the occurrence of any event or events, including a Change in Control, as the Committee shall determine, either at or after the grant date.  No Option shall be exercisable on or after the tenth anniversary of its grant

 

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date.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement or as determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, after becoming exercisable each installment of an Option shall remain exercisable until expiration, termination or cancellation of the Option and, until such time, may be exercised from time to time in whole or in part, up to the total number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which it is then exercisable.

 

(d)                                  Payment .  The Committee shall establish procedures governing the exercise of Options, which procedures shall generally require that written notice of exercise thereof be given and that the exercise price thereof and any applicable withholding tax obligations be paid in full at the time of exercise ( i ) in cash or cash equivalents, including by personal check, (ii)  through delivery of shares of Common Stock (either in full or in part, and including actual delivery or delivery by attestation), including, but not limited to, the election by the Participant to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock that are subject to the portion of the Options being exercised having a Fair Market Value equal to such portion, or ( iii ) in accordance with such other procedures or in such other forms as the Committee shall from time to time determine, which may include a broker-assisted cashless exercise arrangement.

 

5.2                                  Stock Appreciation Rights .

 

(a)                                   Grant .  Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee.  Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with Options which, unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, shall have substantially similar terms and conditions to such Options to the extent applicable, or may granted on a freestanding basis, not related to any Option.  The grant date of any Stock Appreciation Right under the Plan will be the date on which the Stock Appreciation Right is awarded by the Committee or such other future date as the Committee shall determine.  No Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable on or after the tenth anniversary of its grant date.  Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced in writing, whether as part of the Award Agreement governing the terms of the Options, if any, to which such Stock Appreciation Right relates or pursuant to a separate Award Agreement with respect to freestanding Stock Appreciation Rights, in each case, containing such conditions as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.

 

(b)                                  Exercise .  Stock Appreciation Rights awarded to a Participant under the Plan shall become exercisable based on the performance of a minimum period of service or the occurrence of any event or events, including a Change in Control, as the Committee shall determine, either at or after the grant date.  Stock Appreciation Rights that are granted in tandem with an Option may only be exercised upon the surrender of the right to exercise such Option for an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock, and may be exercised only with respect to the shares of Common Stock for which the related Option is then exercisable.

 

(c)                                   Settlement .  Subject to Section 11.4, upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive payment in the form, determined by the Committee, of

 

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cash or shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to such cash amount, or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such cash amount, determined by multiplying:

 

(i)                                      any increase in the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the price fixed by the Committee on the grant date of such Stock Appreciation Right, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the grant date of such Stock Appreciation Right (except if awarded in tandem with an Option but after the grant date of such Option, then not less than the exercise price of such Option), by

 

(ii)                                   the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the grant date the Committee may establish a maximum amount per share which will be payable upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right.  To the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time, a Participant may be permitted to defer the receipt of cash and/or shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right.

 

5.3                                  Termination of Employment .

 

(a)                                   Death or Disability .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment terminates by reason of such Participant’s death or Disability, any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to such Participant, whether or not exercisable on or prior to the date of such termination, shall, subject to Section 9.1, be exercisable by the Participant (or the Participant’s designated beneficiary, as applicable) at any time prior to the first anniversary of the Participant’s termination of employment or the expiration of the term of the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, whichever period is shorter, and thereafter any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that have not been exercised shall be forfeited and canceled.

 

(b)                                  Retirement .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date or as provided in the next following paragraph, if a Participant’s employment terminates as a result of his or her Retirement, then (x) the Participant may exercise any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are exercisable on the date of such Retirement until the earlier of ( i ) the 90th day following the date of such Retirement or, if later, the 90th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (ii)  the expiration of the term of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (y) any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are not exercisable upon the Participant’s Retirement shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such Retirement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee in its discretion requests, and the Participant agrees to, a release of claims and to be bound by restrictive covenants in such form and having

 

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such terms as the Committee shall determine, which may include non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and non-disparagement covenants, then, during the three-year period following the Participant’s Retirement, subject to Section 9.1, ( i ) the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to such Participant that are not exercisable on the date of his or her Retirement shall continue to become exercisable in accordance with their respective terms during such three-year period as if such Participant’s employment had not terminated, and ( ii ) the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are exercisable on the date of the Participant’s Retirement plus those Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that become exercisable pursuant to the immediately preceding clause may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s beneficiary or legal representative) until the earlier of (A) ( i ) the third anniversary of the Participant’s Retirement or ( ii ) if the Participant dies prior to the third anniversary of the Participant’s Retirement, the twelve-month anniversary following the date of the Participant’s death, and ( B ) the expiration of the term of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.  Upon the expiration of such period, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights not previously exercised by the Participant shall be forfeited and canceled.  If the Participant violates any such restrictive covenants during such three-year period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to such Participant, whether or not then exercisable, shall be immediately forfeited and canceled as of the date of such violation.

 

(c)                                   For Cause .  If a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated for Cause, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to such Participant which are then outstanding (whether or not exercisable on or prior to the date of such termination) shall be immediately forfeited and canceled.

 

(d)                                  Without Cause .  If a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated by the Company without Cause, then (x) the Participant may exercise any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are exercisable on the date of such termination until the earlier of ( i ) the 90th day following the date of such termination or, if later, the 90th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (ii)  the expiration of the term of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (y) any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are not exercisable upon the Participant’s termination shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination.

 

(e)                                   Any Other Reason .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason other than the ones described in Section 5.3(a), (b), (c), or (d) the Participant may exercise any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are exercisable on the date of such termination until the earlier of ( i ) the 30th day following the date of such termination or, if later, the 30th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (ii)  the expiration of the term of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.  Any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are not exercisable upon termination of a Participant’s employment shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination.

 

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5.4                                  Committee Discretion .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article V, the Committee may, at or after the date of grant, accelerate or waive any conditions to the exercisability of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan, and may permit all or any portion of any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right to be exercised following a Participant’s termination of employment for any reason on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board shall determine for a period up to and including, but not beyond, the expiration of the term of such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

5.5                                  Forfeiture .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, if, during the period commencing with a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, and continuing until the first anniversary of the later of ( i ) the Participant’s employment termination and ( ii ) the expiration of any post-termination exercise period (the “ Covered Period ”) the Participant, except with the prior written consent of the Committee,

 

(a)                                   directly or indirectly, owns any interest in, operates, joins, controls or participates as a partner, director, principal, officer, or agent of, enters into the employment of, acts as a consultant to, or performs any services for any entity which has operations that compete with any business of the Company and the Subsidiaries in which the Participant was employed (in any capacity) in any jurisdiction in which such business is engaged, or in which any of the Company and the Subsidiaries have documented plans to become engaged of which the Participant has knowledge at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment (the “ Business ”), except where ( x ) the Participant’s interest or association with such entity is unrelated to the Business, ( y ) such entity’s gross revenue from the Business is less than 10% of such entity’s total gross revenue, and ( z ) the Participant’s interest is directly or indirectly less than two percent (2%) of the Business;

 

(b)                                  directly or indirectly, solicits for employment, employs or otherwise interferes with the relationship of the Company or any of its Affiliates with any natural person throughout the world who is or was employed by or otherwise engaged to perform services for the Company or any of its Affiliates at any time during the Participant’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary (in the case of any such activity during such time) or during the twelve-month period preceding such solicitation, employment or interference (in the case of any such activity after the termination of the Participant’s employment); or

 

(c)                                   directly or indirectly, discloses or misuses any confidential information of the Company or any of its Affiliate (such activities in subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof to be collectively and individually referred to as “ Wrongful Conduct ”),

 

then any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to the Participant hereunder, to the extent they remain unexercised, shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Participant first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct and, in such case or in the case of the Participant’s termination for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash any Option/SAR Financial Gain the Participant realized from exercising all or a portion of the

 

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Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder within the twelve-month period ending on the date of the Participant’s violation (or such other period as determined by the Committee) (such period, the “ Wrongful Conduct Period ”).  For purposes of this Section 5.5, “ Option/SAR Financial Gain ” shall equal, on each date of exercise during the Wrongful Conduct Period, ( I ) with respect to Options, the excess of ( A ) the greater of (i)  the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise and ( ii ) the Fair Market Value on the date of sale of the Option shares, over ( B ) the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award (without reduction for any shares of Common Stock surrendered or attested to), and ( II ) with respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, the excess of ( A ) the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, over ( B ) the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Appreciation Right.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, each Award Agreement evidencing the grant of Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights shall provide for the Participant’s consent to and authorization of the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to such Participant any amounts the Participant owes to the Company under this Section 5.5.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Participant for the Participant’s breach of this Section 5.5.  The Participant’s obligations under this Section 5.5 shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Participant has under this Plan, any Award Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

5.6                                  Financial Restatements .  An Award Agreement may provide that, in the event that a Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, the Committee may require any or all of the following:

 

(a)                                   that the Participant forfeit some or all of the Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by such Participant at the time of such restatement,

 

(b)                                  that the Participant forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the shares of Common Stock or cash held by the Participant at the time of such restatement in respect of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, as applicable, that have been exercised during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), reduced (in the case of Options) by a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price paid by the Participant, and

 

(c)                                   that the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Participant realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock subject to any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that had been exercised by the Participant within the period commencing twelve months prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), reduced (in the case of Options) by an amount of cash equal to the aggregate exercise price paid by the Participant.

 

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ARTICLE VI

PERFORMANCE STOCK, PERFORMANCE STOCK UNITS
AND PERFORMANCE UNITS

 

6.1                                  Grant .  Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee.  The grant date of any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units or Performance Units under the Plan will be the date on which such Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units or Performance Units are awarded by the Committee or on such other future date as the Committee shall determine.  Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Performance Stock, the number of Performance Stock Units, or the dollar amount of any Performance Units, as the case may be, to which such Award pertains, the Restriction Period, the Performance Period, and such other conditions as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.  No shares of Common Stock will be issued at the time an Award of Performance Stock Units or Performance Units is made, and the Company shall not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such Award.

 

6.2                                  Vesting .

 

(a)                                   In General .  Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be subject to a Restriction Period, which shall lapse upon the attainment of specified performance objectives or the occurrence of any event or events, including a Change in Control, as the Committee shall determine, either at or after the grant date.  The Committee shall establish the performance objectives upon which the Restriction Period shall lapse, which, in the case of any such Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code, shall be established no later than the 90 th  day after the applicable Performance Period begins (or such other date as may be required or permitted under section 162(m) of the Code).

 

(b)                                  Performance Objectives .  The performance objectives for any grant of Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units, Performance Units or any other Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code will be based upon the relative or comparative achievement of one or more of the following criteria, as determined by the Committee: net sales; revenue; revenue growth or product revenue growth; operating income (before or after taxes); pre- or after-tax income (before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus); net earnings; earnings per share; net income (before or after taxes); return on equity; total shareholder return; return on assets or net assets; appreciation in and/or maintenance of share price; market share; gross profits; earnings (including adjusted pre-tax earnings, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); economic value-added models or equivalent metrics; comparisons with various stock market indices; reductions in costs; total net cash flow; cash flow

 

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or cash flow per share (before or after dividends); return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital); cash flow return on investment; improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels; operating margins, gross margins or cash margin; year-end cash; debt reductions; shareholder equity; market share; regulatory achievements; and implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to customer satisfaction, research, development, products or projects and recruiting and maintaining personnel.  The performance objectives for any grant of Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units or Performance Units not intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code will be based on the foregoing or such other criteria as may be determined by the Committee.

 

(c)                                   Special Rules Relating to Performance Objectives .  Performance objectives may be established on a Company-wide basis or with respect to one or more Company business units or divisions, or Subsidiaries; and either in absolute terms, relative to the performance of one or more similarly situated companies, or relative to the performance of an index covering a peer group of companies.  When establishing performance objectives for the applicable Performance Period, the Committee may exclude any or all “extraordinary items” as determined under U.S. generally acceptable accounting principles including, without limitation, the charges or costs associated with restructurings of the Company, discontinued operations, other unusual or non-recurring items, and the cumulative effects of accounting changes, and as identified in the Company’s financial statements, notes to the Company’s financial statements or management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations contained in the Company’s most recent report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act; provided , that the Committee shall have no discretion with respect to any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code if the exercise of such discretion or the ability to exercise such discretion would cause such Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(d)                                  Certification of Attainment of Performance Objectives .  The Restriction Period with respect to any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units, Performance Units or any other Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code shall lapse upon the written certification by the Committee that the performance objective or objectives for the applicable Performance Period have been attained.  The Committee may provide at the time of grant that if the performance objective or objectives are attained in part, the Restriction Period with respect to a specified portion (which may be zero) of the any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units or Performance Units will lapse and any remaining portion shall be cancelled; provided , that the Committee shall have no discretion to take such action with respect to any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code if the exercise of such action or the ability to exercise such action would cause such Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code.

 

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(e)                                   Newly Eligible Participants .  Notwithstanding anything in this Article VI to the contrary, the Committee shall be entitled to make such rules, determinations and adjustments as it deems appropriate with respect to any Participant who becomes eligible to receive an Award of Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units or Performance Units after the commencement of a Performance Period.

 

6.3                                  Additional Provisions Relating to Performance Stock .

 

(a)                                   Restrictions on Transferability .  Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.6(a), no Performance Stock may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the lapse of the Restriction Period.  Thereafter, Performance Stock may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Award Agreement and any other agreement to which the Performance Stock is subject.  The Committee shall require that any stock certificates evidencing any Performance Stock be held in the custody of the Secretary of the Company until the applicable Restriction Period lapses, and that, as a condition of any grant of Performance Stock, the Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the shares of Common Stock covered by such Award.  Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Performance Stock or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan, including this Section 6.3, shall be void and of no effect.

 

(b)                                  Legend .  Each certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock subject to an Award of Performance Stock shall be registered in the name of the Participant holding such Performance Stock and shall bear the following (or similar) legend:

 

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) CONTAINED IN THE HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC. 2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND THE RELATED AWARD AGREEMENT AND NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY IT ARE ASSIGNABLE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH PLAN, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.”

 

(c)                                   Rights as a Stockholder .  The Committee shall determine whether and to what extent dividends and distributions will be credited to the account of a Participant receiving an Award of Performance Stock.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, ( i ) any cash dividends or distributions credited to the Participant’s account shall be deemed to have been invested in additional Performance Stock on the payment date established for the related dividend or distribution in an amount per share of Performance Stock equal to the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing ( A ) the value of such dividend or distribution on the record date by ( B ) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on such date, and any such additional Performance Stock shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable in respect of the Performance Stock with respect to which such

 

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dividends or distributions were payable, and, ( ii ) if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock or other securities, such shares and other securities shall be subject to the same Restriction Period and other restrictions as apply to the Performance Stock with respect to which they were paid.  A Participant holding outstanding Performance Stock shall be entitled to exercise full voting rights and other rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such Award during the period in which such shares remain subject to the Restriction Period.

 

6.4                                  Additional Provisions Relating to Performance Stock Units .

 

(a)                                   Restrictions on Transferability .  Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.6(a) or with the consent of the Committee, Performance Stock Units may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.  Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Performance Stock Units or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto other than as provided in the Plan shall be void and of no effect.

 

(b)                                  Rights as a Stockholder .  The Committee shall determine whether and to what extent Dividend Equivalents will be credited to the account of a Participant receiving an Award of Performance Stock Units.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, ( i ) any cash dividends or distributions credited to the Participant’s account shall be deemed to have been invested in additional Performance Stock Units on the payment date established for the related dividend or distribution in an amount per Performance Stock Unit equal to the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing ( A ) the value of such dividend or distribution on the record date by (B)  the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on such date, and any such additional Performance Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable in respect of the Performance Stock Units with respect to which such dividends or distributions were payable, and ( ii ) if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock or other securities, such shares of Common Stock and other securities shall be subject to the same Restriction Period and Performance Period and other restrictions as apply to the Performance Stock Units with respect to which they were paid.  Unless and until the Company issues a certificate or certificates to a Participant for shares of Common Stock in respect of his or her Award of Performance Stock Units, or otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, a Participant holding outstanding Performance Stock Units shall not be entitled to exercise any voting rights and any other rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such Award.

 

(c)                                   Settlement of Performance Stock Units.   Unless the Committee determines otherwise at or after the grant date, as soon as reasonably practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period with respect to any Performance Stock Units then held by a Participant, the Company shall issue to the Participant the shares of Common Stock underlying such Performance Stock Units (plus additional shares of Common Stock for each Performance Stock Units credited in respect of dividends or distributions) or, if the Committee so determines in its sole discretion, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common

 

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Stock or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such shares of Common Stock.  To the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time, a Participant may be permitted to defer the receipt of the shares of Common Stock or cash otherwise deliverable upon settlement of Performance Stock Units.  Upon issuance of shares of Common Stock underlying Performance Stock Units following lapse of the Restriction Period, such shares may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Award Agreement and any other agreement to which such shares are subject.

 

6.5                                  Additional Provisions Relating to Performance Units .

 

(a)                                   Restrictions on Transferability.   Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.6(a), no Performance Units may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.  Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Performance Units or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto shall be void and of no effect.

 

(b)                                  Settlement of Performance Units.   Unless the Committee determines otherwise at or after the grant date, as soon as reasonably practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period with respect to any Performance Units then held by a Participant, the Company shall deliver to the Participant a cash payment equal to the value of such Award or, if the Committee has so determined, a number of shares of Common Stock, which shares shall have a Fair Market Value equal to the value of such Award, or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of such Award.  To the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time, a Participant may be permitted to defer the receipt of cash or the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon settlement of Performance Units.  Upon issuance of shares of Common Stock underlying Performance Units following lapse of the Restriction Period, such shares may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Award Agreement and any other agreement to which such shares are subject.

 

6.6                                  Termination of Employment .

 

(a)                                   Death or Disability.   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment terminates by reason of such Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant or, as the case may be, the Participant’s estate, shall retain a portion of his or her Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units equal to the number of shares or units underlying each Award multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the commencement of the applicable Performance Period through the date of termination, and the denominator of which is the number of days in such Performance Period (each a “ Retained Award ”), and the remainder of each Award shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination.  The Restriction Period on a Retained

 

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Award shall lapse upon completion of the applicable Performance Period to the extent that applicable performance objectives are attained.  Settlement of a Retained Award shall be made at the time and in the manner provided in Sections 6.4(c) and 6.5(b) except that no additional deferrals shall be permitted.

 

(b)                                  Retirement.   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment terminates as a result of his or her Retirement, any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units for which the Performance Period has not then lapsed shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination of employment; provided , that the Committee may authorize that, if the Participant agrees to a release of claims and to be bound by restrictive covenants in such form and having such terms as the Committee shall determine, which may include non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and non-disparagement covenants, then the Participant shall retain a portion of his or her Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units equal to the number of shares or units underlying each Award multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the commencement of the applicable Performance Period through the date of his or her Retirement, and the denominator of which is the number of days in such Performance Period (each a “ Retained Retirement Award ”), and the remainder of each Award shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such Retirement; provided, further, that the Committee shall have no discretion to take such preceding action with respect to any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code if the exercise of such action or the ability to exercise such action would cause such Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under section 162(m) of the Code.  Subject to the Participant’s compliance with such covenants, and, to the extent that applicable performance objectives are attained, the Restriction Period on the Retained Retirement Awards shall lapse upon completion of the applicable Performance Period for such Retained Retirement Award.  If the Participant violates any restrictive covenants during the remaining Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, all Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units for which the Performance Period has not then lapsed shall be immediately forfeited and canceled as of the date of such violation or termination.

 

(c)                                   Any Other Reason.   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason other than one described in Sections 6.6(a) and (b), any then-outstanding Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units granted to such Participant shall be immediately forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination of employment.

 

6.7                                  Forfeiture.   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, if, during the Covered Period, the Participant, except with the prior written consent of the Committee, engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units granted to the Participant hereunder, for which the Restriction Period has not then lapsed shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Participant first

 

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engaged in such Wrongful Conduct and, in such case or in the case of the Participant’s termination for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash any Performance-Based Financial Gain the Participant realized from the vesting of all or a portion of the Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units granted hereunder and having a Vesting Date within the Wrongful Conduct Period.  For purposes of this Section 6.7, “ Performance-Based Financial Gain ” shall equal, in the case of each Vesting Date during the Wrongful Conduct Period, ( I ) the greater of ( A ) the Fair Market Value of a share of the underlying Common Stock on the Vesting Date of such Award and ( B ) the per share Fair Market Value on the date of any sale of such underlying Common Stock, multiplied by ( II ) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award (without reduction for any shares of Common Stock surrendered or attested to).  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, each Award Agreement evidencing the grant of Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units shall provide for the Participant’s consent to and authorization of the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to such Participant any amounts the Participant owes to the Company under this Section 6.7.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Participant for the Participant’s breach of this Section 6.7.  The Participant’s obligations under this Section 6.7 shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Participant has under this Plan, any Award Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

6.8                                  Financial Restatements.   An Award Agreement may provide that, in the event that a Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, then the Committee may require any or all of the following:

 

(a)                                   that the Participant forfeit some or all of the Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units held by such Participant at the time of such restatement,

 

(b)                                  that the Participant forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the cash or shares of Common Stock held by the Participant at the time of such restatement that had been received in settlement of Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units, as applicable, during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), and

 

(c)                                   that the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Participant realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock that had been received in settlement of any Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units within the period commencing twelve months prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee).

 

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ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS; SHARE AWARDS

 

7.1                                  Grant.   Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee.  The grant date of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units under the Plan will be the date on which such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are awarded by the Committee or on such other future date as the Committee shall determine.  Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Restricted Stock and the Restricted Stock Units pertain (and, if applicable, whether such Award may be payable in cash), the Restriction Period, and such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.  No shares of Common Stock will be issued at the time an Award of Restricted Stock Units is made and the Company shall not be required to set aside a fund for the payment of any such Award.

 

7.2                                  Vesting.   Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be subject to a Restriction Period, which shall lapse upon the performance of a minimum period of service, or the occurrence of any event or events, including a Change in Control, as the Committee shall determine, either at or after the grant date.  The Restriction Period on any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall not fully lapse prior to a Participant’s completion of three years of service to the Company or any Subsidiary from the date of the Award grant; provided , that the Committee may provide for a Restriction Period to lapse in pro rata or graded installments over such three-year period; provided further , that the Committee may grant Awards for Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units for an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not to exceed 5% of the total number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan that have a Restriction Period which lapses in full prior to a Participant’s completion of three years of service to the Company or any Subsidiary from the date of the Award grant; and provided further, that the minimum Restriction Period for any such Award granted to a newly eligible individual or a Replacement Award shall instead be one year, and the minimum Restriction Period for any such Award to a non-employee director of the Company or its Subsidiaries shall be as determined by the Committee.

 

7.3                                  Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock .

 

(a)                                   Restrictions on Transferability.   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, no Restricted Stock may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the lapse of the Restriction Period.  Thereafter, Restricted Stock may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with all applicable securities laws, the Award Agreement, and any other agreement to which the Restricted Stock is subject.  The Committee shall require that any stock certificates evidencing any Restricted Stock be held in the custody of the Secretary of the Company until the applicable Restriction Period lapses, and that, as a condition of any grant of Restricted Stock, the Participant

 

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shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the share covered by such Award.  Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Restricted Stock or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan, including this Section 7.3, shall be void and of no effect.

 

(b)           Legend.   Each certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock subject to an Award of Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the Participant holding such Restricted Stock and shall bear the legend (or similar legend) as specified in Section 6.3(b).

 

(c)           Rights as a Stockholder.   Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, a Participant holding outstanding Restricted Stock shall be entitled to ( i ) receive all dividends and distributions paid in respect of shares of Common Stock underlying such Award; provided , that, if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock or other securities, such shares and other securities shall be subject to the same Restriction Period and other restrictions as apply to the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, and ( ii ) exercise full voting rights and other rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such Award during the period in which such shares remain subject to the Restriction Period.

 

7.4           Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock Units .

 

(a)           Restrictions on Transferability.   No Restricted Stock Units may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.  Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Restricted Stock Units or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan, including this Section 7.4, shall be void and of no effect.

 

(b)           Rights as a Stockholder.   The Committee shall determine whether and to what extent Dividend Equivalents will be credited to the account of, or will be paid currently to, a Participant receiving an Award of Restricted Stock Units.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, ( i ) any cash dividends or distributions credited to the Participant’s account shall be deemed to have been invested in additional Restricted Stock Units on the payment date established for the related dividend or distribution in an amount equal to the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing ( A ) the value of such dividend or distribution on the record date by ( B ) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on such date, and any such additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable in respect of the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which such dividends or distributions were payable, and ( ii ) if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock or other securities, such shares and other securities shall be subject to the same Restriction Period and other restrictions as apply to the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which they were paid.  Unless and until the Company issues a certificate or certificates to a Participant for shares of Common Stock in respect of his or her Award of Restricted Stock

 

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Units, or otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, a Participant holding outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall not be entitled to exercise any voting rights and any other rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such Award.

 

(c)           Settlement of Restricted Stock Units.   Unless the Committee determines otherwise at or after the grant date, as soon as reasonably practicable after the lapse of the Restriction Period with respect to any Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue the shares of Common Stock underlying such Restricted Stock Units (plus additional shares of Common Stock for Restricted Stock Unit credited in respect of dividends or distributions) or, if the Committee so determines in its sole discretion, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such shares of Common Stock.  To the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time, a Participant may be permitted to defer the receipt of the shares of Common Stock or cash otherwise deliverable upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units.  Upon issuance of shares of Common Stock following lapse of the Restriction Period, such shares may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with all applicable securities law, the Award Agreement and any other agreement to which such shares are subject.

 

7.5           Termination of Employment.

 

(a)           Death or Disability .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment terminates by reason of such Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant or, as the case may be, the Participant’s estate, shall retain a portion of his or her Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units equal to the number of shares or units underlying each Award multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the commencement of the applicable Restriction Period through the date of termination, and the denominator of which is the number of days in such Restriction Period (each a “ Retained Restricted Award ”), and the remainder of each Award shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination.  The Restriction Period on a Retained Restricted Award shall lapse upon the Participant’s termination of employment.  Settlement of a Retained Restricted Award shall be made at the time and in the manner provided in Sections 7.3 and 7.4 except that no additional deferrals shall be permitted.

 

(b)           Any Other Reason .  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, if a Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason during the Restriction Period other than as described in Section 7.5(a), any Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to such Participant for which the Restriction Period has not then expired shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of such termination.

 

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Period the Participant, except with the prior written consent of the Committee, engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to the Participant hereunder, for which the Restriction Period has not lapsed, shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Participant first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct and, in such case and in the case of the Participant’s termination for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash ( i ) any Restriction-Based Financial Gain the Participant realized from all or a portion of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder having a Vesting Date within the Wrongful Conduct Period, and ( ii ) any Share-Based Financial Gain the Participant realized from all or a portion of the Share Awards granted hereunder having a grant date within the Wrongful Conduct Period.  For purposes of this Section 7.6, “ Restriction-Based Financial Gain ” shall equal, on each Vesting Date during the Wrongful Conduct Period, ( I ) the greater of ( A ) the Fair Market Value of a share of the underlying Common Stock on the Vesting Date and ( B ) the per share Fair Market Value on the date of sale of such underlying Common Stock, multiplied by ( II ) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award (without reduction for any shares of Common Stock surrendered or attested to).  For purposes of this Section 7.6, “ Share-Based Financial Gain ” shall equal, in the case of each grant date during the Wrongful Conduct Period, ( I ) the greater of ( A ) the Fair Market Value of a share of the underlying Common Stock on the grant date of such Award and ( B ) the per share Fair Market Value on the date of any sale of such underlying Common Stock, multiplied by ( II ) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Award (without reduction for any shares of Common Stock surrendered or attested to).  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at or after the grant date, each Award Agreement evidencing the grant of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units shall provide for the Participant’s consent to and authorization of the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to such Participant any amounts the Participant owes to the Company under this Section 7.6.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Participant for the Participant’s breach of this Section 7.6.  The Participant’s obligations under this Section 7.6 shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Participant has under this Plan, any Award Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

7.7           Financial Restatements.   An Award Agreement may provide that, in the event that a Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, then the Committee may require any or all of the following:

 

(a)           that the Participant forfeit some or all of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units held by such Participant at the time of such restatement,

 

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(b)           that the Participant forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the cash or shares of Common Stock held by the Participant at the time of such restatement that had been received as Share Awards and/or in settlement of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), and

 

(c)           that the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Participant realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock that had been received as Share Awards and/or in settlement of any Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units within the period commencing twelve months prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee).

 

7.8           Share Awards .  Share Awards may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee on such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine in its discretion.  Share Awards may be made as additional compensation for services rendered by a Participant to the Company or any Subsidiary or may be in lieu of cash or other compensation to which the Participant may be entitled from the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

ARTICLE VIII

DEFERRED STOCK UNITS

 

8.1           In General.   Freestanding Deferred Stock Units may be granted to Participants at such time or times as shall be determined by the Committee without regard to any election by the Participant to defer receipt of any compensation or bonus amount payable to him.  The grant date of any freestanding Deferred Stock Units under the Plan will be the date on which such freestanding Deferred Stock Units are awarded by the Committee or on such other future date as the Committee shall determine.  In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), on fixed dates established by the Committee and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, the Committee may permit a Participant to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of his annual compensation and/or incentive bonus (“ Deferred Annual Amount ”) payable by the Company or a Subsidiary and receive in lieu thereof an Award of elective Deferred Stock Units equal to the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing ( i ) the amount of the Deferred Annual Amount by ( ii ) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date of payment of such compensation and/or annual bonus.  Deferred Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Deferred Stock Units pertains, and such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, including customary representations, warranties and covenants with respect to securities law matters.  Upon the grant of Deferred Stock Units pursuant to the Plan, the Company shall establish a notional account for the Participant and will record in such account the number of shares of Deferred Stock Units awarded to the Participant.  No shares of Common Stock will be issued to the Participant at the time an award of Deferred Stock Units is granted.

 

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8.2           Rights as a Stockholder.   The Committee shall determine whether and to what extent Dividend Equivalents will be credited to the account of, or will be paid currently to, a Participant receiving an Award of Deferred Stock Units.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee at or after the grant date, ( i ) any cash dividends or distributions credited to the Participant’s account shall be deemed to have been invested in additional Deferred Stock Units on the payment date established for the related dividend or distribution in an amount equal to the greatest whole number which may be obtained by dividing ( A ) the value of such dividend or distribution on the record date by ( B ) the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on such date, and such additional Deferred Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable in respect of the Deferred Stock Units with respect to which such dividends or distributions were payable, and ( ii ) if any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock or other securities, such shares and other securities shall be subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions as apply to the Deferred Stock Units with respect to which they were paid.  A Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder in respect of Deferred Stock Units awarded pursuant to the Plan (including, but not limited to, the right to vote on any matter submitted to the Company’s stockholders) until such time as the shares of Common Stock attributable to such Deferred Stock Units have been issued to such Participant or his beneficiary.

 

8.3           Restrictions on Transferability.   No Deferred Stock Units may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.  Any attempt by a Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Deferred Stock Units or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan shall be void and of no effect.

 

8.4           Settlement.   Unless the Committee determines otherwise at or after the grant date, the Company shall issue the shares of Common Stock underlying any of a Participant’s freestanding Deferred Stock Units (and related Dividend Equivalents) for which the Restriction Period shall have lapsed on or prior to the date of such Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and any Subsidiary, other than a termination for Cause, as soon as administratively practicable, but not later than 90 days, following the date of such termination of employment (or on such earlier date as the Committee shall permit or such later date as may be elected by the Participant in accordance with section 409A of the Code and the rules and procedures of the Board or as may be required by applicable law).  Unless the Committee determines otherwise at or after the grant date, in the event of the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company and the Subsidiaries for Cause, the Participant shall immediately forfeit all rights with respect to any shares of freestanding Deferred Stock Units (and related Dividend Equivalents) credited to his account, whether or not the Restriction Period shall have then lapsed.  Subject to Article IX and Article XI, and the last sentence of Section 8.1, unless the Committee determines otherwise at or after the grant date, the Company shall issue the shares of Common Stock underlying any of a Participant’s elective Deferred Stock Units (and related Dividend Equivalents) credited to such Participant’s account under the Plan as soon as administratively practicable, but not later than 90 days, following the date of such Participant’s termination of employment (or such later date as may be elected by the Participant in accordance

 

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with the rules and procedures of the Committee or as may be required by applicable law).  The Committee may provide in the Award Agreement applicable to any Award of Deferred Stock Units that, in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in settlement of any Deferred Stock Units, the Committee may direct the Company to pay to the Participant the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock corresponding to such Deferred Stock Units in cash, or in any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such shares of Common Stock.

 

8.5           Further Deferral Elections.   To the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish from time to time, a Participant may elect to further defer receipt of shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of Deferred Stock Units (or an installment of an Award) for a specified period or until a specified event.

 

ARTICLE IX

CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

9.1           Accelerated Vesting and Payment .

 

(a)           In General.   Unless the Committee otherwise determines in the manner set forth in Section 9.2, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, ( i ) all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall become immediately exercisable, ( ii ) the Restriction Period on all Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and freestanding Deferred Stock Units shall lapse immediately prior to such Change in Control and ( iii ) shares of Common Stock underlying Awards of Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Units shall be issued to each Participant then holding such Award immediately prior to such Change in Control; provided , that, at the discretion of the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control), each such Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Unit and/or Deferred Stock Unit may be canceled in exchange for an amount equal to the product of ( A )( I ) in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, the excess, if any, of the product of the Change in Control Price over the exercise price for such Award, and ( II ) in the case of other such Awards, the Change in Control Price multiplied by ( B ) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Award; provided, further, that where the Change in Control does not constitute a “change in control event” as defined under section 409A of the Code, the shares to be issued, or the amount to be paid, for each Award that constitutes deferred compensation subject to section 409A of the Code shall be paid at the time or schedule applicable to such Awards (assuming for these payment purposes (but not the lapsing of the Restriction Period) that no such Change in Control had occurred).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, instead terminate any outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights if either ( x ) the Company provides holders of such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights with reasonable advance notice to exercise their outstanding and unexercised Options and Stock Appreciation Rights or ( y ) the Committee reasonably determines that the Change in Control Price is equal to or less than the exercise price for such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

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(b)           Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units.   Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units, Performance Units and elective Deferred Stock Units that are outstanding in the event of a Change in Control shall be treated as provided in the individual Award Agreement governing such Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units, Performance Units or elective Deferred Stock Units.

 

(c)           Timing of Payments.   Payment of any amounts calculated in accordance with Section 9.1(a) shall be made in cash or, if determined by the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control), in shares of the common stock of the New Employer having an aggregate fair market value equal to such amount and shall be payable in full, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 30 days, following the Change in Control (subject to the payment timing restrictions contained in the second proviso of the first sentence of Section 9.1(a)).  For purposes hereof, the fair market value of one share of common stock of the New Employer shall be determined by the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction constituting the Change in Control), in good faith.

 

9.2           Alternative Awards.   Notwithstanding Section 9.1, no cancellation, termination, acceleration of exercisability or vesting, lapse of any Restriction Period or settlement or other payment shall occur with respect to any outstanding Award (other than an award of Performance Stock, Performance Stock Units, Performance Units or elective Deferred Stock Units except as provided therein), if the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction constituting the Change in Control) reasonably determines, in good faith, prior to the Change in Control that such outstanding Awards shall be honored or assumed, or new rights substituted therefor (such honored, assumed or substituted Award being hereinafter referred to as an “ Alternative Award ”) by the New Employer, provided, that any Alternative Award must:

 

(i)            be based on shares of Common Stock that are traded on an established U.S. securities market or another public market determined by the Committee prior to the Change in Control;

 

(ii)           provide the Participant (or each Participant in a class of Participants) with rights and entitlements substantially equivalent to or better than the rights, terms and conditions applicable under such Award, including, but not limited to, an identical or better exercise or vesting schedule and identical or better timing and methods of payment (including liquidity rights with respect to shares of Common Stock received in settlement of such Award);

 

(iii)          have substantially equivalent economic value to such Award (determined at the time of the Change in Control);

 

(iv)          have terms and conditions which provide that in the event that the Participant suffers an involuntary termination without Cause within two years following the Change in Control, any conditions on the Participant’s rights under, or any restrictions on transfer or exercisability applicable to, each such Award held by such Participant shall be waived or shall lapse, as the case may be; and

 

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(v)           not result in adverse tax consequences to the Participant under section 409A of the Code.

 

ARTICLE X

EFFECTIVE DATE, AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

The Plan was adopted by the Board on February 28, 2008, and approved by the Company’s shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May 15, 2008.  The amendment and restatement of the Plan provided herein is subject to shareholder approval at the 2010 shareholder meeting.  The Plan shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated pursuant to this Article X, until the tenth anniversary of the date on which it is adopted by the Board (or if applicable, the I0 year anniversary of the date of the latest shareholder approval of the Plan, including without limitation any shareholder approval of any amendment to the Plan to increase the share award capacity hereunder).  The Board or the Committee may at any time terminate or suspend the Plan, and from time to time may amend or modify the Plan; provided , that without the approval by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum representing a majority of the shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is present in person or by proxy, no amendment or modification to the Plan may ( i ) materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Plan, ( ii ) except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 4.4, materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan or the individual Award limitations specified in Section 4.3, ( iii ) modify the restrictions provided in Section 4.5 or ( iv ) materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan.  No amendment, modification, or termination of the Plan shall in any manner adversely affect any Award theretofore granted under the Plan, without the consent of the Participant.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or Committee may take such actions as it deems appropriate to ensure that the Plan and any Awards may comply with any tax, securities or other applicable law.  Nothing herein shall restrict the Committee’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority as provided in the Plan.  Subject to other applicable provisions of the Plan, all Awards made under the Plan prior to such termination of the Plan shall remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the Plan and the terms of such Awards.  Except as otherwise determined by the Board, termination of the Plan shall not affect the Committee’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.  On the effective date of the Plan, the Prior Plans shall terminate, and no further grants shall be made thereunder.  Following a Change in Control, no action shall be taken under the Plan that will cause any Award that has previously been determined to be (or is determined to be) subject to section 409A of the Code to fail to comply in any respect with section 409A of the Code without the written consent of the Participant.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

11.1         Nontransferability of Awards.   No Award shall be assignable or transferable except by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, that the Committee or the Board may, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, permit (on such terms and conditions as it shall establish) in its sole discretion a Participant to transfer an Award for no consideration to ( i ) the Participant’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests, or to organizations qualifying as charitable organizations within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or ( ii ) any other person or entity (each of (i) and ( ii ), upon such permitted transfer, a “ Permitted Transferee ”).  Except to the extent required by law, no Award shall be subject to any lien, obligation or liability of the Participant.  All rights with respect to Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by such Participant or, if applicable, his or her Permitted Transferee(s).  The rights of a Permitted Transferee shall be limited to the rights conveyed to such Permitted Transferee, who shall be subject to and bound by the terms of the agreement or agreements between the Participant and the Company.

 

11.2         Beneficiary Designation.   Each Participant under the Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid or by whom any right under the Plan is to be exercised in case of his or her death.  Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Committee during his or her lifetime.  In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to or exercised by the Participant’s surviving spouse, if any, or otherwise to or by his or her estate.

 

11.3         No Guarantee of Employment or Participation.   Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment at any time, nor to confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary (regardless of whether such termination results in (1) the failure of any Award to vest; (2) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (3) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).  No Employee shall have a right to be selected as a Participant, or, having been so selected, to receive any future Awards.

 

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11.4         Tax Withholding.   The Company shall have the right and power to deduct from all amounts paid to a Participant in cash or shares (whether under this Plan or otherwise) or to require a Participant to remit to the Company promptly upon notification of the amount due, an amount (which may include shares of Common Stock) to satisfy the minimum federal, state or local or foreign taxes or other obligations required by law to be withheld with respect thereto with respect to any Award under this Plan.  In the case of any Award satisfied in the form of shares of Common Stock, no shares of Common Stock shall be issued unless and until arrangements satisfactory to the Committee shall have been made to satisfy the statutory minimum withholding tax obligations applicable with respect to such Award.  The Company may defer payments of cash or issuance or delivery of Common Stock until such requirements are satisfied.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to retain, or the Committee may, subject to such terms and conditions as it may establish from time to time, permit Participants to elect to tender, shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of an Award) to satisfy, in whole or in part, the amount required to be withheld (provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the minimum amount required to satisfy the statutory withholding tax obligations).

 

11.5         Compliance with Legal and Exchange Requirements.   The Plan, the granting and exercising of Awards thereunder, and any obligations of the Company under the Plan, shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required, and to any rules or regulations of any exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.  The Company, in its discretion, may postpone the granting, exercising and settlement of Awards, the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock under any Award or any other action permitted under the Plan to permit the Company, with reasonable diligence, to complete such stock exchange listing or registration or qualification of such Shares or other required action under any federal or state law, rule or regulation and may require any Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.  The Company shall not be obligated by virtue of any provision of the Plan to recognize the exercise or settlement of any Award or to otherwise sell or issue shares of Common Stock in violation of any such laws, rules or regulations, and any postponement of the exercise or settlement of any Award under this provision shall not extend the term of such Awards.  Neither the Company nor its directors or officers shall have any obligation or liability to a Participant with respect to any Award (or shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder) that shall lapse because of such postponement.

 

11.6         Indemnification.   To the maximum extent provided by law and by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and/or By-Laws, each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be made a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in

 

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settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf.  The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive and shall be independent of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise.

 

11.7         No Limitation on Compensation.   Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its employees, in cash or property, in a manner which is not expressly authorized under the Plan.

 

11.8         Deferrals.   The Committee may postpone the exercising of Awards, the issuance or delivery of Common Stock under any Award or any action permitted under the Plan to prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from being denied a Federal income tax deduction with respect to any Award other than an ISO or to the extent required or permitted by applicable law.

 

11.9         409A Compliance.   The Plan is intended to be administered in a manner consistent with the requirements, where applicable, of section 409A of the Code.  Where reasonably possible and practicable, the Plan shall be administered in a manner to avoid the imposition on Participants of immediate tax recognition and additional taxes pursuant to such section 409A.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Committee shall have any liability to any person in the event such section 409A applies to any such Award in a manner that results in adverse tax consequences for the Participant or any of his beneficiaries or transferees.

 

Solely for purposes of determining the time and form of payments due under any Award that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under section 409A of the Code and that is not otherwise exempt from section 409A of the Code, a Participant shall not be deemed to have incurred a termination of employment unless and until he shall incur a “separation from service” within the meaning of section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, if as of Participant’s separation from service, the Participant is a “specified employee” as determined by the Company, then to the extent any amount payable under any Award that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under section 409A of the Code and that is not otherwise exempt from section 409A of the Code, for which payment is triggered by Participant’s separation from service (other than on account of death), and that under the terms of the Award would be payable prior to the six-month anniversary of the Participant’s separation from service, such payment shall be delayed until the earlier to occur of (a) the six-month anniversary of such separation from service or (b) the date of the Participant’s death.

 

11.10       Governing Law.   The Plan shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws which would require application of the law of another jurisdiction, except to the extent that the corporate law of the State of Delaware specifically and mandatorily applies.

 

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11.11       Severability; Blue Pencil.   In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Plan shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.  If, in the opinion of any court of competent jurisdiction such covenants are not reasonable in any respect, such court shall have the right, power and authority to excise or modify such provision or provisions of these covenants as to the court shall appear not reasonable and to enforce the remainder of these covenants as so amended.

 

11.12       No Impact On Benefits.   Except as may otherwise be specifically stated under any employee benefit plan, policy or program, no amount payable in respect of any Award shall be treated as compensation for purposes of calculating a Participant’s right under any such plan, policy or program.  No amount payable in respect of any Award pursuant to an Award shall be deemed part of a Participant’s regular, recurring compensation for purposes of any termination, indemnity or severance pay laws.

 

11.13       No Constraint on Corporate Action.   Nothing in this Plan shall be construed ( i ) to limit, impair or otherwise affect the Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets or ( ii ) to limit the right or power of the Company, or any Subsidiary to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

 

11.14       Headings and Captions.   The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of this Plan, and shall not be employed in the construction of this Plan.

 

11.15       No Trust or Fund Created .  Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a grantee or any other person.  To the extent that any grantee or other person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

11.16       Fractional Shares .  No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares, or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

11.17       Code Section 83(b) Elections .  The Company, its Affiliates and the Committee have no responsibility for any Participant’s election, attempt to elect or failure to elect to include the value of a Restricted Stock Award or other Award subject to section 83 of the Code in the participant’s gross income for the year of payment pursuant to section 83(b) of the Code. Any participant who makes an election pursuant to section 83(b) of the Code will promptly provide the Committee with a copy of the election form.

 

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11.18       No Obligation to Exercise Awards; No Right to Notice of Expiration Date .  The grant of an Award of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right will impose no obligation upon the Participant to exercise the Award. The Company, its Affiliates and the Committee have no obligation to inform a Participant of the date on which any Award lapses except in the Award Agreement.

 

11.19       Right to Offset.   Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, and to the extent permitted by applicable law (including section 409A of the Code), the Company may offset any amounts to be paid to a Participant (or, in the event of the Participant’s death, to his beneficiary or estate) under the Plan against any amounts that such Participant may owe to the Company or its Affiliates.

 

11.20       Compensation Recovery Policy .  Without limiting any other provision of the Plan, any Award granted hereunder on or after January 1, 2010 shall be subject to the Compensation Recovery Policy under the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct (as amended from time to time, and including any successor or replacement policy or standard).

 

11.21       Furnishing Information .  A Participant will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary when eligibility or entitlement to any compensation or benefit based on Disability is at issue.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

 

This PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”), dated as of the Grant Date set forth on the signature page hereof, is entered into by and between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the individual whose name is set forth on the participant section of the signature page hereof (the “ Participant ”).

 

1.  Grant of Performance Stock Units .  The Company hereby evidences and confirms its grant to the Participant, effective as of the Grant Date, of the number of performance stock units (the “ Performance Stock Units ”) set forth on the signature page hereof and which shall be subject to the adjustments as provided in this Agreement.  This Agreement is subordinate to, and the terms and conditions of the Performance Stock Units granted hereunder are subject to, the terms and conditions of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), which are incorporated by reference herein.  If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.  Any capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

 

2.  Vesting of Performance Stock Units .

 

(a)  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, the Restriction Period applicable to the Performance Stock Units shall lapse, if at all, as follows:

 

(i)  As to 25% of the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement, as of the Certification Date (as defined in Section 3(a)), subject to ( x ) the continued employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof through the first anniversary of the Grant Date, ( y ) the achievement of the performance criteria (the “ Criteria ”) established by the Committee pursuant to the Plan for the Performance Stock Units for the Performance Period and set forth on the signature page hereof and ( z ) the Committee’s certification of the achievement of the Criteria and Target Percentage Adjustment in accordance with Section 3(a);

 

(ii)  As to 25% of the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement, as of the second anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to ( x ) the Restriction Period having lapsed as to 25% of the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement as provided in clause (i) and ( y ) the continued employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof through the second anniversary of the Grant Date; and

 

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(iii)  As to 50% of the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement, as of the third anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to ( x ) the Restriction Period having lapsed as to 25% of the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement as provided in clause (i) and ( y ) the continued employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof through the third anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

Performance Stock Units that cease to be subject to a Restriction Period in accordance with this Section 2(a) shall be settled as provided in Section 3.

 

(b)  If the Committee certifies on the Certification Date that the Criteria have not been achieved and the Target Adjustment Percentage is 0%, all Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement shall immediately be forfeited and canceled.

 

(c)  Termination of Employment .

 

(i)  Death or Disability .

 

A)   If the Participant’s employment is terminated due to death or Disability prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, the Participant or, as the case may be, the Participant’s estate, shall retain a portion of his or her Performance Stock Units equal to 25% of the aggregate number of Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that have elapsed from the Grant Date to the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365 (a “Retained Award”); provided that, if, as of the Certification Date, the Committee determines that the Criteria have not been achieved and the Target Adjustment Percentage is 0%, then the result of the foregoing calculation shall be reduced to zero.  The remainder of the Performance Stock Units shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date of the Participant’s termination.  The Restriction Period on the Retained Award shall lapse, if at all, as of the Certification Date if the Criteria are achieved and, if so, the Retained Award shall be settled as provided in Section 3.

 

B)    If the Participant’s employment is terminated due to death or Disability after the first anniversary of the Grant Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Grant Date, the Restriction Period shall lapse as to 25% of the aggregate Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that have elapsed from the first anniversary of the Grant Date to the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365; provided that, if, as of the

 

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Certification Date, the Committee determines that the Criteria have not been achieved and the Target Adjustment Percentage is 0%, then the result of the foregoing calculation shall be reduced to zero.  The Restriction Period shall lapse, if at all, pursuant to this Section 2(c)(i)(B), on the date of termination of employment, if such termination occurs after the first anniversary of the Grant Date and after the Certification Date.  However, in the event that such termination of employment occurs after the first anniversary of the Grant Date but prior to the Certification Date, the determination of whether the Restriction Period shall lapse shall be made as of the Certification Date and not as of the date of termination and the Restriction Period shall lapse, if at all, on the Certification Date.  Any Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement with respect to which the Restriction Period does not lapse in accordance with this Section 2(c)(i)(B) shall be immediately forfeited and canceled.  Settlement of the Performance Stock Units with respect to which the Restriction Period lapses shall be made as provided in Section 3.

 

C)    If the Participant’s employment is terminated due to death or Disability after the second anniversary of the Grant Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Grant Date, the Restriction Period shall lapse as to 50% of the aggregate Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days that have elapsed from the second anniversary of the Grant Date to the date of termination and the denominator of which is 365; provided that, if, as of the Certification Date, the Committee determines that the Criteria have not been achieved and the Target Adjustment Percentage is 0%, then the result of the foregoing calculation shall be reduced to zero.  The Restriction Period shall lapse pursuant to this Section 2(c)(i)(C) on the date of termination of employment.  Any Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement with respect to which the Restriction Period does not lapse in accordance with this Section 2(c)(i)(C) shall be immediately forfeited and canceled.  Settlement of the Performance Stock Units with respect to which the Restriction Period lapses shall be made as provided in Section 3.

 

(ii)  Any Other Reason .  If the Participant’s employment terminates (whether by the Participant or by the Company or a Subsidiary) for any reason other than death or Disability, any outstanding Performance Stock Units shall

 

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immediately be forfeited and canceled effective as of the date of the Participant’s termination.

 

(d)  Change in Control .

 

(i)  In the event of a Change in Control, the Restriction Period applicable to any outstanding Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement shall lapse immediately prior to such Change in Control and shall be settled as set forth in Section 3.  In the event of a Change in Control prior to the Certification Date, the Target Adjustment Percentage shall be 100%.

 

(ii)  Notwithstanding section 2(d)(i), no cancellation, termination, lapse of Restriction Period or settlement or other payment shall occur with respect to the Performance Stock Units if the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) reasonably determines, in good faith, prior to the Change in Control that the Performance Stock Units shall be honored or assumed or new rights substituted therefor by an Alternative Award, in accordance with the terms of Section 9.2 of the Plan.

 

3.  Certification and Settlement of Performance Stock Units .

 

(a)  Certification .  Not later than 30 days after the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall certify, in writing, whether or not, and to what extent, the Criteria have been achieved and the Target Adjustment Percentage.  The date on which the Committee makes such certification is referred to herein as the “ Certification Date ”.

 

(b)  Settlement .  Subject to Section 9(g), not later than 30 days after the lapse of the Restriction Period with respect to any Performance Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant one share of Common Stock underlying each Performance Stock Unit as to which the Restriction Period has lapsed or, if the Committee so determines in its sole discretion, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such shares of Common Stock.  Upon issuance, such shares of Common Stock may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with all applicable law, this Agreement and any other agreement to which such shares are subject.  The Participant’s settlement rights pursuant to this Agreement shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

4.  Forfeiture .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, if, during the Covered Period, the Participant engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any Performance Stock Units for which the Restriction Period has not then lapsed shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Participant first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct.  If the Participant engages in Wrongful Conduct or if

 

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the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash any Performance-Based Financial Gain the Participant realized from the lapse of the Restriction Period applicable to all or a portion of the Performance Stock Units having a Vesting Date within the Wrongful Conduct Period.  By entering into this Agreement, the Participant hereby consents to and authorizes the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to the Participant any amounts the Participant owes to the Company under this Section 4 to the extent permitted by law.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Participant for the Participant’s breach of this Section 4.  The Participant’s obligations under this Section 4 shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Participant has under the Plan, this Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

5.  Effect of Financial Restatements .  In the event that the Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, then the Committee may require any or all of the following:

 

(a)  that the Participant forfeit some or all of the Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement held by the Participant at the time of such restatement,

 

(b)  that the Participant forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the cash or the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant at the time of such restatement that had been received in settlement of Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), and

 

(c)  that the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Participant realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock that had been received in settlement of any Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement within the period commencing twelve months prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee).

 

6.  Issuance of Shares .

 

(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Participant may not sell the shares of Common Stock acquired upon vesting of the Performance Stock Units unless such shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or, if such shares are not then so registered, such sale would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.  The sale of such shares must also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Common Stock and

 

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Participant may not sell the shares of Common Stock if the Company determines that such sale would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.

 

(b)  The shares of Common Stock issued in settlement of the Performance Stock Units shall be registered in the Participant’s name, or, if applicable, in the names of the Participant’s heirs or estate.  In the Company’s discretion, such shares may be issued either in certificated form or in uncertificated, book entry form.  The certificate or book entry account shall bear such restrictive legends or restrictions as the Company, in its sole discretion, shall require.  If delivered in certificate form, the Company may deliver a share certificate to the Participant, or deliver shares electronically or in certificate form to the Participant’s designated broker on the Participant’s behalf.  If the Participant is deceased (or if Disabled and if necessary) at the time that a delivery of share certificates is to be made, the certificates will be delivered to the Participant’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable).

 

(c)  The grant of the Performance Stock Units and issuance of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Performance Stock Units will be subject to and in compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities.  No shares of Common Stock may be issued hereunder if the issuance of such shares would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock may then be listed.  The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any shares subject to the Performance Stock Units shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.  As a condition to the settlement of the Performance Stock Units, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.

 

(d)  The Company will not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Performance Stock Units.

 

(e)  The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of any shares of Common Stock provided for under this Agreement for so long as the Company determines to be necessary or advisable to satisfy the following: (1) the completion or amendment of any registration of such shares or satisfaction of any exemption from registration under any securities law, rule, or regulation; (2) compliance with any requests for representations; and receipt of proof satisfactory to the Company that a person seeking such shares on the Participant’s behalf upon the Participant’s Disability (if necessary), or upon the Participant’s estate’s behalf after the death of the Participant, is appropriately authorized.

 

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7.  Participant’s Rights with Respect to the Performance Stock Units .

 

(a)  Restrictions on Transferability .  The Performance Stock Units granted hereby may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated other than with the consent of the Company or by will or by the laws of descent and distribution to the estate of the Participant upon the Participant’s death; provided that any such permitted transferee shall acknowledge and agree in writing, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan as if such beneficiary or the estate were the Participant. Any attempt by the Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Performance Stock Units or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, including this Section 7(a), shall be void and of no effect.  The Company will not be required to recognize on its books any action taken in contravention of these restrictions.

 

(b)  No Rights as Stockholder .  The Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock corresponding to the Performance Stock Units granted hereby unless and until shares of Common Stock are issued to the Participant in respect thereof.

 

8.  Adjustment in Capitalization .  In the event of any Adjustment Event affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make an equitable and proportionate anti-dilution adjustment to offset any resultant change in the pre-share price of the Common Stock and preserve the intrinsic value of any Awards granted under the Plan.  Such mandatory adjustment may include a change in any or all of the number and kind of shares of Common Stock or other equity interests underlying the Performance Stock Units.  In addition, the Committee may make provisions for a cash payment to a Participant or a person who has an outstanding Award in such event.  The number of shares of Common Stock or other equity interests underlying the Performance Stock Units shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.  Any such adjustment shall be consistent with section 162(m) of the Code to the extent the Performance Stock Units are subject to such section of the Code and shall not result in adverse tax consequences to the Participant under section 409A of the Code.

 

9.  Miscellaneous .

 

(a)  Binding Effect; Benefits .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

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(b)  Assignability .  Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Participant without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

(c)  No Right to Continued Employment .  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time, or confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (regardless of whether such termination results in (1) the failure of any Award to vest; (2) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (3) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer on the Participant the right to receive any future Awards under the Plan.

 

(d)  Notices .  All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of such delivery, to the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other address as the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, shall specify by notice to the other:

 

If to the Company, to it at:

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

c/o The Hertz Corporation

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, New Jersey  07656

Attention: General Counsel

Fax: (201) 594-3122

 

If to the Participant, to the Participant at his or her most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company or Subsidiary employing the Participant.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or on the third business day after the mailing thereof.

 

(e)  Amendment .  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be modified in a manner that would have a materially adverse effect on the Performance Stock Units as determined in the discretion of the Committee, except as provided in the Plan, or in any other written document signed by the Participant and the Company.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented orally.

 

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(f)  Interpretation .  The Committee shall have full power and discretion to construe and interpret the Plan (and any rules and regulations issued thereunder) and this Award.  Any determination or interpretation by the Committee under or pursuant to the Plan or this Award shall be final and binding and conclusive on all persons affected hereby.

 

(g)  Tax Withholding .  The Company shall have the right and power to deduct from all amounts paid to the Participant in cash or shares (whether under the Plan or otherwise) or to require the Participant to remit to the Company promptly upon notification of the amount due, an amount (which may include shares of Common Stock) to satisfy the minimum federal, state or local or foreign taxes or other obligations required by law to be withheld with respect thereto with respect to the Performance Stock Units.  No shares of Common Stock shall be issued unless and until arrangements satisfactory to the Committee shall have been made to satisfy the statutory minimum withholding tax obligations applicable with respect to such Performance Stock Units.  The Company may defer payments of cash or issuance or delivery of Common Stock until such requirements are satisfied.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Participant may elect to tender shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Performance Stock Units) to satisfy, in whole or in part, the amount required to be withheld (provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the minimum amount required to satisfy the statutory withholding tax obligations).

 

(h)  Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

(i)  Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item of Compensation .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Performance Stock Units evidenced hereby, the Participant acknowledges: ( a ) that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time; ( b ) that the Award does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards; ( c ) that participation in the Plan is voluntary; ( d ) that the value of the Performance Stock Units is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments; and ( e ) that the future value of the Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.

 

(j)  Employee Data Privacy .  The Participant authorizes any Affiliate of the Company that employs the Participant or that otherwise has or lawfully obtains personal data relating to the Participant to divulge or transfer such personal data to the Company or to a third party, in each case in any jurisdiction, if and to the extent appropriate in connection with this Agreement or the administration of the Plan.

 

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(k)  Consent to Electronic Delivery .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Performance Stock Units evidenced hereby, the Participant hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Participant pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, this Agreement and the Performance Stock Units via Company web site or other electronic delivery.

 

(l)  Compensation Recovery Policy .  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, the Performance Stock Units granted hereunder shall be subject to the Compensation Recovery Policy under the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct (as amended from time to time, and including any successor or replacement policy or standard) to the extent applicable.

 

(m)  Company Rights .  The existence of the Performance Stock Units does not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, including that of its Affiliates, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stocks with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(n)  Severability .  If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any statute or public policy, then only the portions of this Agreement which violate such statute or public policy shall be stricken, and all portions of this Agreement which do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect.   Further, it is the parties’ intent that any court order striking any portion of this Agreement should modify the terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties’ under this Agreement.

 

(o)  Further Assurances .  The Participant agrees to use his or her reasonable and diligent best efforts to proceed promptly with the transactions contemplated herein, to fulfill the conditions precedent for the Participant’s benefit or to cause the same to be fulfilled and to execute such further documents and other papers and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(p)  Headings and Captions .  The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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(q)  Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have executed this Agreement as of the        day of                                                        (the “Grant Date”).

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

«Name»

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Target Number of Performance
Stock Units granted hereby:

 

 

(subject to adjustment as provided herein)

Performance Period:

 

 

 

Performance Criteria:

 

 

The number of Performance Stock Units subject to this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the following:

 

 

Description

Percentage of the Target Number of Performance Stock Units

Threshold

 

 

 

 

 

Target

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum

 

 

 

For performance below the level described in the threshold, the percentage shall be 0%, and all Performance Stock Units under this Agreement shall be forfeited and canceled. For performance above the level described in the maximum, the percentage remains the same as provided above under the maximum. Linear interpolation will be used to determine the applicable percentage for all intermediary points. The percentage determined in accordance with the preceding is referred to herein as the “Target Percentage Adjustment”. The Performance Stock Units remain subject to all other provisions (including, without limitation, any applicable vesting and settlement provisions) of this Agreement and the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

 

This RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”), dated as of the Grant Date set forth on the signature page hereof, is entered into by and between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the individual whose name is set forth on on the participant section of the signature page hereof (the “ Participant ”).

 

1.  Grant of Restricted Stock Units .  The Company hereby evidences and confirms its grant to the Participant, effective as of the Grant Date, of the number of restricted stock units (the “ Restricted Stock Units ”) set forth on the signature page hereof.  This Agreement is subordinate to, and the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder are subject to, the terms and conditions of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), which are incorporated by reference herein.  If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.  Any capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

 

2.  Vesting of Restricted Stock Units .

 

(a)  Vesting .  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, the Restriction Period applicable to the Restricted Stock Units shall lapse, if at all, on the dates (each a “ Vesting Date ”) and in the percentages set forth on the signature page hereof, subject to the continued employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof through each such Vesting Date.

 

(b)  Termination of Employment .

 

(i)  Death or Disability .  If the Participant’s employment is terminated due to death or Disability, the Restriction Period shall lapse immediately upon such termination with respect to a portion of the Restricted Stock Units equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units that would have vested on the next following Vesting Date (assuming the Participant’s employment had continued through such Vesting Date) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed since ( x ) the Grant Date, if the termination occurs prior to the first Vesting Date, or ( y ) the most recent prior Vesting Date, if the termination occurs after the first Vesting Date, and the denominator of which is 365.  Such Restricted Stock Units shall be settled as provided in Section 3.  Any Restricted Stock Units still subject to restriction after giving effect to the preceding sentence shall immediately be forfeited and canceled effective as of the date of the Participant’s termination.

 

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(ii)  Any Other Reason .  If the Participant’s employment terminates (whether by the Participant or the Company or a Subsidiary) for any reason other than death or Disability, any outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall immediately be forfeited and canceled effective as of the date of the Participant’s termination.

 

(c)  Change in Control .

 

(i)  In the event of a Change in Control, the Restriction Period applicable to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall lapse immediately prior to such Change in Control and shall settled as set forth in Section 3.

 

(ii)  Notwithstanding section 2(c)(i), no cancellation, termination, lapse of Restriction Period or settlement or other payment shall occur with respect to the Restricted Stock Units if the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) reasonably determines, in good faith, prior to the Change in Control that the Restricted Stock Units shall be honored or assumed or new rights substituted therefor by an Alternative Award, in accordance with the terms of Section 9.2 of the Plan.

 

(d)  Committee Discretion .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting with respect to any Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement, at such times and upon such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine.

 

3.  Settlement of Restricted Stock Units .  Subject to Section 9(g), not later than 30 days after the lapse of the Restriction Period with respect to any Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant one share of Common Stock underlying each Restricted Stock Unit as to which the Restriction Period has lapsed, or, if the Committee so determines in its sole discretion, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock or any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such shares of Common Stock.  Upon issuance, such shares of Common Stock may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated in compliance with applicable law, this Agreement and any other agreement to which such shares are subject.  The Participant’s settlement rights pursuant to this Agreement shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

4.  Forfeiture .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, if, during the Covered Period, the Participant engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any Restricted Stock Units for which the Restriction Period has not then lapsed shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Participant first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct.  If the Participant engages in Wrongful Conduct or if the Participant’s employment is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the

 

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Company in cash any Restriction-Based Financial Gain the Participant realized from the lapse of the Restriction Period applicable to all or a portion of the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which the Restriction Period lapsed within the Wrongful Conduct Period.  By entering into this Agreement, the Participant hereby consents to and authorizes the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to the Participant any amounts the Participant owes to the Company under this Section 4 to the extent permitted by law.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Participant for the Participant’s breach of this Section 4.  The Participant’s obligations under this Section 4 shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Participant has under the Plan, this Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

5.  Effect of Financial Restatements .  In the event that the Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, then the Committee may require any or all of the following:

 

(a)  that the Participant forfeit some or all of the Restricted Stock Units subject to this Agreement held by the Participant at the time of such restatement,

 

(b)  that the Participant forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the cash or shares of Common Stock held by the Participant at the time of such restatement that had been received in settlement of Restricted Stock Units subject to this Agreement during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), and

 

(c)  that the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Participant realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock that had been received in settlement of any Restricted Stock Units subject to this Agreement within the period commencing twelve months prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee).

 

6.  Issuance of Shares .

 

(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Participant may not sell the shares of Common Stock acquired upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units unless such shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or, if such shares are not then so registered, such sale would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.  The sale of such shares must

 

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also comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Common Stock and Participant may not sell the shares of Common Stock if the Company determines that such sale would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.

 

(b)  The shares of Common Stock issued in settlement of the Restricted Stock Units shall be registered in the Participant’s name, or, if applicable, in the names of the Participant’s heirs or estate.  In the Company’s discretion, such shares may be issued either in certificated form or in uncertificated, book entry form.  The certificate or book entry account shall bear such restrictive legends or restrictions as the Company, in its sole discretion, shall require.  If delivered in certificate form, the Company may deliver a share certificate to the Participant, or deliver shares electronically or in certificate form to the Participant’s designated broker on the Participant’s behalf.  If the Participant is deceased (or if Disabled and if necessary) at the time that a delivery of share certificates is to be made, the certificates will be delivered to the Participant’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable).

 

(c)  The grant of the Restricted Stock Units and issuance of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Units will be subject to and in compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state or foreign law with respect to such securities.  No shares of Common Stock may be issued hereunder if the issuance of such shares would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Stock may then be listed.  The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.  As a condition to the settlement of the Restricted Stock Units, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.

 

(d)  The Company will not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Units.

 

(e)  The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of any shares of Common Stock provided for under this Agreement for so long as the Company determines to be necessary or advisable to satisfy the following: (1) the completion or amendment of any registration of such shares or satisfaction of any exemption from registration under any securities law, rule, or regulation; (2) compliance with any requests for representations; and receipt of proof satisfactory to the Company that a person seeking such shares on the Participant’s behalf upon the Participant’s Disability (if

 

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necessary), or upon the Participant’s estate’s behalf after the death of the Participant, is appropriately authorized.

 

7.  Participant’s Rights with Respect to the Restricted Stock Units .

 

(a)  Restrictions on Transferability .  The Restricted Stock Units granted hereby may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated other than with the consent of the Company or by will or by the laws of descent and distribution to the estate of the Participant upon the Participant’s death; provided that any such permitted transferee shall acknowledge and agree in writing, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan as if such beneficiary or the estate were the Participant.  Any attempt by the Participant, directly or indirectly, to offer, transfer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any Restricted Stock Units or any interest therein or any rights relating thereto without complying with the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, including this Section 7(a), shall be void and of no effect.  The Company will not be required to recognize on its books any action taken in contravention of these restrictions.

 

(b)  No Rights as Stockholder .  The Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock corresponding to the Restricted Stock Units granted hereby unless and until shares of Common Stock are issued to the Participant in respect thereof.

 

8.  Adjustment in Capitalization .  In the event of any Adjustment Event affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make an equitable and proportionate anti-dilution adjustment to offset any resultant change in the pre-share price of the Common Stock and preserve the intrinsic value of any Awards granted under the Plan.  Such mandatory adjustment may include a change in any or all of the number and kind of shares of Common Stock or other equity interests underlying the Restricted Stock Units.  In addition, the Committee may make provisions for a cash payment to a Participant or a person who has an outstanding Award in such event.  The number of shares of Common Stock or other equity interests underlying the Restricted Stock Units shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.  Any such adjustment shall be consistent with section 162(m) of the Code to the extent the Restricted Stock Units are subject to such section of the Code and shall not result in adverse tax consequences to the Participant under section 409A of the Code.

 

9.  Miscellaneous .

 

(a)  Binding Effect; Benefits .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or

 

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assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

(b)  Assignability .  Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Participant without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

(c)  No Right to Continued Employment .  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time, or confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (regardless of whether such termination results in (1) the failure of any Award to vest; (2) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (3) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer on the Participant the right to receive any future Awards under the Plan.

 

(d)  Notices .  All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of such delivery, to the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other address as the Company or the Participant, as the case may be, shall specify by notice to the other:

 

If to the Company, to it at:

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

c/o The Hertz Corporation

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, New Jersey  07656

Attention: General Counsel

Fax: (201) 594-3122

 

If to the Participant, to the Participant at his or her most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company or Subsidiary employing the Participant.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or on the third business day after the mailing thereof.

 

(e)  Amendment .  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be modified

 

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in a manner that would have a materially adverse effect on the Restricted Stock Units as determined in the discretion of the Committee, except as provided in the Plan, or in any other written document signed by the Participant and the Company.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented orally.

 

(f)  Interpretation .  The Committee shall have full power and discretion to construe and interpret the Plan (and any rules and regulations issued thereunder) and this Award.  Any determination or interpretation by the Committee under or pursuant to the Plan or this Award shall be final and binding and conclusive on all persons affected hereby.

 

(g)  Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the right and power to deduct from all amounts paid to the Participant in cash or shares (whether under the Plan or otherwise) or to require the Participant to remit to the Company promptly upon notification of the amount due, an amount (which may include shares of Common Stock) to satisfy the minimum federal, state or local or foreign taxes or other obligations required by law to be withheld with respect thereto with respect to the Restricted Stock Units.  No shares of Common Stock shall be issued unless and until arrangements satisfactory to the Committee shall have been made to satisfy the statutory minimum withholding tax obligations applicable with respect to such Restricted Stock Units.  The Company may defer payments of cash or issuance or delivery of Common Stock until such requirements are satisfied.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Participant may elect to tender shares of Common Stock (including shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Restricted Stock Units) to satisfy, in whole or in part, the amount required to be withheld (provided that such amount shall not be in excess of the minimum amount required to satisfy the statutory withholding tax obligations).

 

(h)  Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

(i)  Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item of Compensation .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Restricted Stock Units evidenced hereby, the Participant acknowledges: ( a ) that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time; ( b ) that the Award does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards; ( c ) that participation in the Plan is voluntary; ( d ) that the value of the Restricted Stock Units is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments; and ( e ) that the future value of the Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.

 

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(j)  Employee Data Privacy .  The Participant authorizes any Affiliate of the Company that employs the Participant or that otherwise has or lawfully obtains personal data relating to the Participant to divulge or transfer such personal data to the Company or to a third party, in each case in any jurisdiction, if and to the extent appropriate in connection with this Agreement or the administration of the Plan.

 

(k)  Consent to Electronic Delivery .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Restricted Stock Units evidenced hereby, the Participant hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Participant pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, this Agreement and the Restricted Stock Units via Company web site or other electronic delivery.

 

(l)  Compensation Recovery Policy .  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder shall be subject to the Compensation Recovery Policy under the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct (as amended from time to time, and including any successor or replacement policy or standard) to the extent applicable.

 

(m)  Company Rights .  The existence of the Restricted Stock Units does not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, including that of its Affiliates, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stocks with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(n)  Severability .  If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any statute or public policy, then only the portions of this Agreement which violate such statute or public policy shall be stricken, and all portions of this Agreement which do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect.   Further, it is the parties’ intent that any court order striking any portion of this Agreement should modify the terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties’ under this Agreement.

 

(o)  Further Assurances .  The Participant agrees to use his or her reasonable and diligent best efforts to proceed promptly with the transactions contemplated herein, to fulfill the conditions precedent for the Participant’s benefit or to cause the same to be fulfilled and to execute such further documents and other papers and perform such further

 

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acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(p)  Headings and Captions .  The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(q)  Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have executed this Agreement as of the        day of                                                        (the “Grant Date”).

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPANT

 

 

 

«Name»

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units granted hereby:

 

 

 

Vesting Date

 

Percentage Vesting
on such Vesting Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

Employee Stock Option Agreement

 

This Employee Stock Option Agreement, dated as of                                 , between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Employee, is being entered into pursuant to the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  The meaning of capitalized terms used in this Agreement may be found in Section 7.

 

WHEREAS, on           ,                          approved an award of Options to the Employee.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

Section 1.              Grant of Options

 

(a)               Confirmation of Grant .  The Company hereby evidences and confirms, effective as of the date hereof, its grant to the Employee of Options to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock specified on the signature page hereof.  The Options are not intended to be incentive stock options under the Code.  This Agreement is entered into pursuant to, and the terms of the Options are subject to, the terms of the Plan.  If there is any inconsistency between this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

(b)               Option Price .  Each share covered by an Option shall have the Option Price specified on the signature page hereof.  The Option Price per share of Common Stock is equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date.

 

Section 2.              Vesting and Exercisability

 

(a)               Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2(b), 3, or 6(a) of this Agreement, the Options shall become vested in four equal annual installments on each of the first through fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date, subject to the continuous employment of the Employee with the Company until the applicable vesting date.

 

(b)               Discretionary Acceleration .  The Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of all or a portion of the Options, at any time and from time to time.

 

(c)               Exercise .  Once vested in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Options may be exercised at any time and from time to time prior to the date the Options terminate pursuant to Section 3.  The

 

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Options may only be exercised with respect to whole shares of Common Stock and must be exercised in accordance with Section 4.

 

Section 3.              Termination of Options

 

(a)               Normal Termination Date .  Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 6, the Options shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (the “ Normal Termination Date ”), if not exercised prior to such date.

 

(b)               Termination of Employment .

 

(i)            Special Termination If the Employee’s employment with the Company terminates due to Special Termination, all un vested Options held by the Employee shall vest and all the Employee’s Options shall remain outstanding until the first to occur of:  ( a the first anniversary of the Employee’s  termination of employment, ( b ) the Normal Termination Date or ( c ) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Section 6(a), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately terminate.

 

(ii)           Retirement.   If the Employee’s employment with the Company terminates due to the Employee’s Retirement, then ( a ) the unvested Options held by the Employee on the date of his or her Retirement shall be immediately forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of the Employee’s Retirement; and ( b ) vested Options held by the Employee on the date of his or her Retirement shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the first to occur of: ( x ) the 90th day following the Employee’s Retirement, or, if later, the 90th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such Options, ( y ) the Normal Termination Date or ( z ) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Section 6(a), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately terminate.

 

(iii)          Termination for Cause .  If an Employee’s employment terminates for Cause, all Options, whether vested or unvested, shall be immediately forfeited and canceled, effective as of the date of the Employee’s termination.

 

(iv)          Termination for Any Other Reason .  If the Employee’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than Special Termination in accordance with Section 3(b)(i), Cause in accordance with Section 3(b)(iii) or Retirement in accordance with Section 3(b)(ii), any unvested

 

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Options held by the Employee shall immediately be forfeited and canceled as of the date of termination.  If the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company other than for Cause, vested Options shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the first to occur of: ( a ) the 90th day following the Employee’s termination, or, if later, the 90th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such Options, ( b ) the Normal Termination Date or ( c ) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Section 6(a), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately terminate.  If the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Employee other than by reason of a Special Termination or Retirement, all vested Options shall remain exercisable until the first to occur of ( a ) the 30th day following the effective date of the Employee’s termination of employment, or, if later, the 30th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such Options, ( b ) the Normal Termination Date or ( c ) the cancellation or termination of the Options pursuant to Section 6(a), after which any unexercised Options shall immediately be forfeited and canceled.

 

Section 4.              Manner of Exercise; Forfeiture

 

(a)               General .  Subject to such reasonable administrative regulations as the Committee may adopt from time to time, the exercise of vested Options by the Employee shall be pursuant to procedures established by the Company from time to time and shall include the Employee specifying the proposed date on which the Employee desires to exercise a vested Option (the “ Exercise Date ”), the number of whole shares with respect to which the Options are being exercised (the “ Exercise Shares ”) and the aggregate Option Price for such Exercise Shares (the “ Exercise Price ”), or such other or different requirements as may be specified by the Company. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, ( i ) on or before the Exercise Date the Employee shall deliver to the Company full payment for the Exercise Shares in United States dollars in cash, or cash equivalents satisfactory to the Company, in an amount equal to the Exercise Price plus (if applicable) any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees, or, pursuant to a broker-assisted exercise program established by the Company, the Employee may exercise vested Options by an exercise and sell procedure (cashless exercise) in which the  Exercise Price (together with any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees) is deducted from the proceeds of the exercise of an Option and ( ii ) the Company shall register the issuance of the Exercise Shares on its records (or direct such issuance to be registered by the Company’s transfer agent).  The Company may require the Employee to furnish or execute such other documents as the Company shall reasonably deem

 

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necessary ( i ) to evidence such exercise or ( ii ) to comply with or satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws or any other law.

 

(b)               Restrictions on Exercise .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Options may not be exercised in whole or in part, ( i ) ( A ) unless all requisite approvals and consents of any governmental authority of any kind shall have been secured, ( B ) unless the purchase of the Exercise Shares shall be exempt from registration under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, and applicable non-U.S. securities laws, or the Exercise Shares shall have been registered under such laws, and ( C ) unless all applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding requirements shall have been satisfied or ( ii ) if such exercise would result in a violation of the terms or provisions of or a default or an event of default under, any of the financing or credit agreements of the Company or any Subsidiary.  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or approvals referred to in clause (i) (A) of the preceding sentence, but shall otherwise have no obligations to take any steps to prevent or remove any impediment to exercise described in such sentence.

 

(c)               Issuance of Shares .  The shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Options shall be registered in the Employee’s name, or, if applicable, in the names of the Employee’s heirs or estate.  In the Company’s discretion, such shares may be issued either in certificated form or in uncertificated, book entry form.  The certificate or book entry account shall bear such restrictive legends or restrictions as the Company, in its sole discretion, shall require.  If delivered in certificate form, the Company may deliver a share certificate to the Employee, or deliver shares electronically or in certificate form to the Employee’s designated broker on the Employee’s behalf.  If the Employee is deceased (or if Disabled and if necessary) at the time that a delivery of share certificates is to be made, the certificates will be delivered to the Employee’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable).

 

(d)               Other .  The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of any shares of Common Stock provided for under this Agreement for so long as the Company determines to be necessary or advisable to satisfy the following: (1) the completion or amendment of any registration of such shares or satisfaction of any exemption from registration under any securities law, rule, or regulation; (2) compliance with any requests for representations; and receipt of proof satisfactory to the Company that a person seeking such shares on the Employee’s behalf upon the Employee’s Disability (if necessary), or upon the Employee’s estate’s behalf after the death of the Employee, is appropriately authorized.

 

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(e)               Wrongful Conduct .  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, if, during the Covered Period, the Employee engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any unexercised Options, whether vested or unvested, shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Employee first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct.  If the Employee engages in Wrongful Conduct or if the Employee’s employment is terminated for Cause, the Employee shall pay to the Company in cash any Option/SAR Financial Gain the Employee realized from exercising all or a portion of the Options within the Wrongful Conduct Period.  By entering into this Agreement, the Employee hereby consents to and authorizes the Company and the Subsidiaries to deduct from any amounts payable by such entities to the Employee any amounts the Employee owes to the Company under this Section 4(e) to the extent permitted by law.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against the Employee for the Employee’s breach of this Section 4(e).  The Employee’s obligations under this Section 4(e) shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Employee has under the Plan, this Agreement, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

(f)                Financial Restatements . In the event that the Employee commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, then the Committee may require any or all of the following:

 

(i)            that the Employee forfeit some or all of the Options subject to this Agreement held by the Employee at the time of such restatement;

 

(ii)           that the Employee forfeit (or pay to the Company) some or all of the shares of Common Stock or cash held by the Employee at the time of such restatement in respect of the Options that have been exercised during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee), reduced by a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price paid by the Employee; and

 

(iii)          that the Employee pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the proceeds that the Employee realized from the sale of shares of Common Stock subject to any Options that had been exercised by the Employee within the period commencing twelve months prior to the financial restatement

 

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(or such other period as determined by the Committee), reduced by an amount of cash equal to the aggregate exercise price paid by the Employee.

 

Section 5.              Adjustment Event .  In the event of any Adjustment Event affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make an equitable and proportionate anti-dilution adjustment to offset any resultant change in the pre-share price of the Common Stock and preserve the intrinsic value of Options and any other Awards granted under the Plan. Such mandatory adjustment may include a change in any or all of ( a ) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock which thereafter may be awarded or optioned and sold under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjusting any limits on the number and types of Awards that may be made under the Plan), (b) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards, and ( c ) the grant, exercise or conversion price with respect to any Award. In addition, the Committee may make provisions for a cash payment to the Employee or a person who has an outstanding Award. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Award shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. Any such adjustment shall be consistent with sections 424, 409A and 162(m) of the Code to the extent the Awards subject to adjustment are subject to such sections of the Code.

 

Section 6.              Change in Control

 

(a)               In General .  In the event of a Change in Control, any unvested Options shall vest and become exercisable, provided that the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) may determine that all then-outstanding Options (whether vested or unvested) shall be canceled in exchange for a payment having a value equal to the excess, if any, of ( i ) the product of the Change in Control Price multiplied by the aggregate number of shares covered by all such Options immediately prior to the Change in Control over ( ii ) the aggregate Option Price for all such shares, to be paid as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the Change in Control.

 

(b)               Termination .  Notwithstanding Section 6(a), in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its discretion, terminate any outstanding Options if either ( i ) the Company provides holders of such Options with reasonable advance notice to exercise their outstanding and unexercised Options, or ( ii ) the Committee reasonably determines that the Change in Control Price is equal to or less than the exercise price for such Options.

 

(c)               Alternative Awards .  Notwithstanding Section 6(a), no cancellation, termination, acceleration of exercisability or vesting, or settlement or other payment shall occur with respect to the Options if the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) reasonably determines, in good faith, prior to the Change in Control that the Options shall be honored or assumed or new rights substituted therefor by

 

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an Alternative Award, in accordance with the terms of Section 9.2 of the Plan.

 

Section 7.              Certain Definitions .  As used in this Agreement, capitalized terms that are not defined herein have the respective meaning given in the Plan, and the following additional terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Agreement ” means this Employee Stock Option Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Company ” means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., provided that for purposes of determining the status of Employee’s employment with the “Company,” such term shall include the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Employee ” means the grantee of the Options, whose name is set forth on the signature page of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of Section 4 and Section 8, following such person’s death or following such person’s Disability, “Employee” shall be deemed to include the person’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable) .

 

Exercise Date ” has the meaning given in Section 4(a).

 

Exercise Price ” has the meaning given in Section 4(a).

 

Exercise Shares ” has the meaning given in Section 4(a).

 

Grant Date ” means the date hereof, which is the date on which the Options are granted to the Employee.

 

Normal Termination Date ” has the meaning given in Section 3(a).

 

Option Price ” means, with respect to each share of Common Stock covered by an Option, the purchase price specified in Section 1(b) for which the Employee may purchase such share of Common Stock upon exercise of an Option.

 

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder that are in effect at the time, and any reference to a particular section thereof shall include a reference to the corresponding section, if any, of such successor statute, and the rules and regulations.

 

Special Termination ” means a termination of the Employee’s employment as a result of his or her death or Disability.

 

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Section 8.              Miscellaneous .

 

(a)               Withholding .  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries may require the Employee to remit to the Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy any applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding or other similar charges or fees that may arise in connection with the grant, vesting, exercise or purchase of the Options.

 

(b)               Authorization to Share Personal Data .  The Employee authorizes any Affiliate of the Company that employs the Employee or that otherwise has or lawfully obtains personal data relating to the Employee to divulge or transfer such personal data to the Company or to a third party, in each case in any jurisdiction, if and to the extent appropriate in connection with this Agreement or the administration of the Plan.

 

(c)               No Rights as Stockholder; No Voting Rights .  The Employee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by the Options until the exercise of the Options and delivery of the Common Stock.  No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the delivery of the Common Stock.

 

(d)               No Right to Continued Employment . Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer on the Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate such employment at any time (regardless of whether such termination results in (1) the failure of any Award to vest; (2) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (3) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer on the Employee the right to receive any future Awards under the Plan.

 

(e)               Non-Transferability of Options .  The Options may be exercised only by the Employee (or, if the Employee is Disabled and if necessary, the Employee’s legally authorized guardian or personal representative) during Employee’s lifetime.  The Options are not assignable or transferable, in whole or in part, and they may not, directly or indirectly, be offered, transferred, sold, pledged, assigned, alienated, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered (including, but not limited to, by gift, operation of law or otherwise) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution to the estate of the Employee upon the Employee’s death or with the Company’s consent.  The Company will not be required to recognize on its books any action taken in contravention of these restrictions.

 

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(f)                Notices .  All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of such delivery, to the Company or the Employee, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other address as the Company or the Employee, as the case may be, shall specify by notice to the other:

 

(i)            if to the Company, to it at:

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
c/o The Hertz Corporation

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, New Jersey  07656

Attention : General Counsel

 

Fax: (201) 594-3122

 

(ii)           if to the Employee, to the Employee at his or her most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company or Subsidiary employing the Employee.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or on the third business day after the mailing thereof.

 

(g)               Binding Effect; Benefits .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

(h)               Waiver; Amendment .

 

(i)            Waiver .  Any party hereto or beneficiary hereof may by written notice to the other parties ( A ) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other actions of the other parties under this Agreement, ( B ) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of the other parties contained in this Agreement and ( C ) waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the other parties under this Agreement.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party or beneficiary, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party or beneficiary taking such action of compliance

 

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with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein.  The waiver by any party hereto or beneficiary hereof of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by a party or beneficiary to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s or beneficiary’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s or beneficiary’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.
 
(ii)           Amendment .  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be modified in a manner that would have a materially adverse effect on the Options as determined in the discretion of the Committee, except as provided in the Plan, or in any other written document signed by the Employee and the Company.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented orally.
 

(i)                Assignability .  Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Employee without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

(j)                Interpretation .  The Committee shall have full power and discretion to construe and interpret the Plan (and any rules and regulations issued thereunder) and this Award.  Any determination or interpretation by the Committee under or pursuant to the Plan or this Award shall be final and binding and conclusive on all persons affected hereby.

 

(k)               Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item of Compensation .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Employee acknowledges: ( a ) that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time; ( b ) that the Award does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards; ( c ) that participation in the Plan is voluntary; ( d ) that the value of the Options is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments; and ( e ) that the future value of the Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.

 

(l)                Consent to Electronic Delivery .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Employee hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Employee pursuant to

 

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applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, this Agreement and the Options via Company web site or other electronic delivery.

 

(m)              Compensation Recovery Policy .  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, the Options granted hereunder shall be subject to the Compensation Recovery Policy under the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct (as amended from time to time, and including any successor or replacement policy or standard) to the extent applicable.

 

(n)               Company Rights .  The existence of the Options does not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, including that of its Affiliates, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stocks with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(o)               Severability .  If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any statute or public policy, then only the portions of this Agreement which violate such statute or public policy shall be stricken, and all portions of this Agreement which do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect.   Further, it is the parties’ intent that any court order striking any portion of this Agreement should modify the terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties’ under this Agreement.

 

(p)               Further Assurances .  The Employee agrees to use his or her reasonable and diligent best efforts to proceed promptly with the transactions contemplated herein, to fulfill the conditions precedent for the Employee’s benefit or to cause the same to be fulfilled and to execute such further documents and other papers and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(q)               Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

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(r)                Section and Other Headings, etc .  The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(s)               Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE EMPLOYEE:

 

 

 

 

«Name»

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Total Number of shares
of Common Stock
for the Purchase of
Which Options have
been Granted

 

Option Price

 

«Options» Shares

 

$

 

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

Director Stock Option Agreement

 

This Director Stock Option Agreement, dated as of                                    , between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the Director, is being entered into pursuant to the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).  The meaning of capitalized terms used in this Agreement may be found in Section 6.

 

The Company and the Director hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                             Grant of Options

 

(a)                                   Confirmation of Grant .  The Company hereby evidences and confirms, effective as of the date hereof, its grant to the Director of Options to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock specified on the signature page hereof.  The Options are not intended to be incentive stock options under the Code.  This Agreement is entered into pursuant to, and the terms of the Options are subject to, the terms of the Plan.  If there is any inconsistency between this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

 

(b)                                  Option Price .  Each share covered by an Option shall have the Option Price specified on the signature page hereof.  The Option Price per share of Common Stock is equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date.

 

Section 2.                                             Vesting and Exercisability

 

(a)                                   Vesting .  The Options shall be fully vested as of the Grant Date.

 

(b)                                  Exercise .  The Options may be exercised at any time and from time to time prior to the date the Options terminate pursuant to Section 3.  The Options may only be exercised with respect to whole shares of Common Stock and must be exercised in accordance with Section 4.

 

Section 3.                                             Termination of Options .  Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 5, the Options shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Normal Termination Date”), if not exercised prior to such date.

 

Section 4.                                             Manner of Exercise

 

(a)                                   General .  Subject to such reasonable administrative regulations as the Committee may adopt from time to time, the Director may exercise the Options by giving at least 10 business days prior written notice to the Secretary of the Company specifying the proposed date on which the Director desires to exercise a vested Option (the “ Exercise Date “), the number of whole shares with respect to which the Options are being exercised (the “ Exercise Shares “) and the aggregate Option Price for such Exercise Shares (the “ Exercise Price “). Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, ( i ) on or before the Exercise Date the

 

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Director shall deliver to the Company full payment for the Exercise Shares in United States dollars in cash, or cash equivalents satisfactory to the Company, in an amount equal to the Exercise Price plus (if applicable) any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees and ( ii ) the Company shall register the issuance of the Exercise Shares on its records (or direct such issuance to be registered by the Company’s transfer agent). In lieu of delivering cash, the Director may tender shares of Common Stock that have been owned by the Director for any minimum period necessary to avoid any adverse accounting treatment, having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date equal to the Exercise Price or may deliver a combination of cash and such shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the difference between the Exercise Price and the amount of such cash as payment of the Exercise Price, subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Committee to provide for the compliance of such payment procedure with applicable law, including Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. If applicable, the Director may pay the exercise price and any applicable withholdings through any other procedures adopted by the Committee, including (if applicable) broker-assisted cashless exercise procedures.  The Company may require the Director to furnish or execute such other documents as the Company shall reasonably deem necessary ( i ) to evidence such exercise or ( ii ) to comply with or satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws or any other law.

 

(b)                                  Restrictions on Exercise .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Options may not be exercised in whole or in part, ( i ) ( A ) unless all requisite approvals and consents of any governmental authority of any kind shall have been secured, ( B ) unless the purchase of the Exercise Shares shall be exempt from registration under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, and applicable non-U.S. securities laws, or the Exercise Shares shall have been registered under such laws, and ( C ) unless all applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding requirements shall have been satisfied or ( ii ) if such exercise would result in a violation of the terms or provisions of or a default or an event of default under, any of the financing or credit agreements of the Company or any Subsidiary.  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or approvals referred to in clause (i) (A) of the preceding sentence, but shall otherwise have no obligations to take any steps to prevent or remove any impediment to exercise described in such sentence.

 

(c)                                   Issuance of Shares .  The shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Options shall be registered in the Director’s name, or, if applicable, in the names of the Director’s heirs or estate.  In the Company’s discretion, such shares may be issued either in certificated form or in uncertificated, book entry form.  The certificate or book entry account shall bear such restrictive legends or restrictions as the Company, in its sole discretion, shall require.  If delivered in certificate form, the Company may deliver a share certificate to the Director, or deliver shares electronically or in certificate form to the Director’s designated

 

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broker on the Director’s behalf.  If the Director is deceased (or if Disabled and if necessary) at the time that a delivery of share certificates is to be made, the certificates will be delivered to the Director’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable).

 

(d)                                  Other .  The Company may postpone the issuance and delivery of any shares of Common Stock provided for under this Agreement for so long as the Company determines to be necessary or advisable to satisfy the following: (1) the completion or amendment of any registration of such shares or satisfaction of any exemption from registration under any securities law, rule, or regulation; (2) compliance with any requests for representations; and receipt of proof satisfactory to the Company that a person seeking such shares on the Director’s behalf upon the Director’s Disability (if necessary), or upon the Director’s estate’s behalf after the death of the Director, is appropriately authorized.

 

Section 5.                                             Change in Control

 

(a)                                   In General .  In the event of a Change in Control, the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) may determine that all then-outstanding Options shall be canceled in exchange for a payment having a value equal to the excess, if any, of ( i ) the product of the Change in Control Price multiplied by the aggregate number of shares covered by all such Options immediately prior to the Change in Control over ( ii ) the aggregate Option Price for all such shares, to be paid as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the Change in Control.

 

(b)                                  Cancellation .  Notwithstanding Section 5(a), the Committee may, in its discretion, terminate any outstanding Options if ( i ) the Company provides holders of such Options with reasonable advance notice to exercise their outstanding and unexercised Options or ( ii ) the Committee reasonably determines that the Change in Control Price is equal or less than the Option Price for such Options.

 

(c)                                   Alternative Awards .  Notwithstanding Section 5(a), no cancellation, termination, acceleration of exercisability or vesting, or settlement or other payment shall occur with respect to the Options if the Committee (as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control) reasonably determines, in good faith, prior to the Change in Control that the Options shall be honored or assumed or new rights substituted therefor by an Alternative Award, in accordance with the terms of Section 9.2 of the Plan.

 

Section 6.                                             Certain Definitions .  As used in this Agreement, capitalized terms that are not defined herein have the respective meaning given in the Plan, and the following additional terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Agreement ” means this Director Stock Option Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Company ” means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., provided that for purposes of determining the status of Director’s position on the Board of the “Company,” such term shall include the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Director ” means the grantee of the Options, whose name is set forth on the signature page of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of Section 4 and Section 7, following such person’s death or following such person’s Disability, “Director” shall be deemed to include the person’s estate, executor, administrator, legally authorized guardian or personal representative (as applicable) .

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder that are in effect at the time, and any reference to a particular section thereof shall include a reference to the corresponding section, if any, of such successor statute, and the rules and regulations.

 

Exercise Date ” has the meaning given in Section 4(a).

 

Exercise Price ” has the meaning given in Section 4(a).

 

Exercise Shares ” has the meaning given in Section 4(a).

 

Grant Date ” means the date hereof, which is the date on which the Options are granted to the Director.

 

Normal Termination Date ” has the meaning given in Section 3.

 

Option ” means the right granted to the Director hereunder to purchase one share of Common Stock for a purchase price equal to the Option Price subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan.

 

Option Price ” means, with respect to each share of Common Stock covered by an Option, the purchase price specified in Section 1(b) for which the Director may purchase such share of Common Stock upon exercise of an Option.

 

Securities Act ” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder that are in effect at the time, and any reference to a particular section thereof shall include a reference to the corresponding section, if any, of such successor statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Section 7.                                             Capital Adjustments .  Subject to the terms of the Plan, in the event of any Adjustment Event affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall make an equitable and proportionate anti-dilution adjustment to offset any resultant change in the pre-share price of the Common Stock and preserve the intrinsic value of Options and any other Awards granted under the Plan.  Such mandatory adjustment may include a change in any or all of ( a ) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock which thereafter may be awarded or optioned and sold under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjusting any limits on the number and types of Awards that may be made under the Plan), ( b ) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards, and ( c ) the grant, exercise or conversion price with respect to any Award. 

 

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In addition, the Committee may make provisions for a cash payment to the Director or a person who has an outstanding Award.  The number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Award shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.  Any such adjustment shall be consistent with sections 424, 409A and 162(m) of the Code to the extent the Awards subject to adjustment are subject to such sections of the Code.

 

Section 8.                                             Miscellaneous .

 

(a)                                   Withholding .  The Company or one of its Subsidiaries may require the Director to remit to the Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy any applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding or other similar charges or fees that may arise in connection with the grant, vesting, exercise or purchase of the Options.

 

(b)                                  Authorization to Share Personal Data .  The Director authorizes any Affiliate of the Company to which the Director serves on the Board or that otherwise has or lawfully obtains personal data relating to the Director to divulge or transfer such personal data to the Company or to a third party, in each case in any jurisdiction, if and to the extent appropriate in connection with this Agreement or the administration of the Plan.

 

(c)                                   No Rights as Stockholder; No Voting Rights .  The Director shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by the Options until the exercise of the Options and delivery of the shares.  No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the delivery of the shares.

 

(d)                                  No Right to Continued Services on the Board .  Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer on the Director any right to continue providing services as a Director of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Director’s services on the Board of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time (regardless of whether such termination results in (1) the failure of any Award to vest; (2) the forfeiture of any unvested or vested portion of any Award; and/or (3) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer on the Director the right to receive any future Awards under the Plan.

 

(e)                                   Non-Transferability of Options .  The Options may be exercised only by the Director (or, if the Director is Disabled and if necessary, the Director’s legally authorized guardian or personal representative) during Director’s lifetime.  The Options are not assignable or transferable, in whole or in part, and they may not, directly or indirectly, be offered, transferred, sold, pledged, assigned, alienated, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered (including, but not limited to, by gift, operation of law or otherwise) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution to the estate of the Director upon the Director’s

 

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death or with the Company’s consent. The Company will not be required to recognize on its books any action taken in contravention of these restrictions.

 

(f)                                     Notices .  All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given if delivered personally or sent by certified or express mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by any recognized international equivalent of such delivery, to the Company or the Director, as the case may be, at the following addresses or to such other address as the Company or the Director, as the case may be, shall specify by notice to the other:

 

(i)                                      if to the Company, to it at:

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

c/o The Hertz Corporation

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656

Attention :  General Counsel

 

Fax: (201) 594-3122

 

(ii)                                   if to the Director, to the Director at his or her most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery if delivered personally or on the third business day after the mailing thereof.

 

(g)                                  Binding Effect; Benefits .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.  Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.

 

(h)                                  Waiver; Amendment .

 

(i)                                      Waiver .  Any party hereto or beneficiary hereof may by written notice to the other parties ( A ) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other actions of the other parties under this Agreement, ( B ) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of the other parties contained in this Agreement and ( C ) waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the other parties under this Agreement.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party or beneficiary, shall be deemed to constitute

 

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a waiver by the party or beneficiary taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein.  The waiver by any party hereto or beneficiary hereof of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by a party or beneficiary to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s or beneficiary’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s or beneficiary’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

 

(ii)                                   Amendment .  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion; provided, however, that this Agreement may not be modified in a manner that would have a materially adverse effect on the Options as determined in the discretion of the Committee, except as provided in the Plan, or in any other written document signed by the Director and the Company.  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented orally.

 

(i)                                      Assignability .  Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Director without the prior written consent of the other party.

 

(j)                                      Interpretation .  The Committee shall have full power and discretion to construe and interpret the Plan (and any rules and regulations issued thereunder) and this Award.  Any determination or interpretation by the Committee under or pursuant to the Plan or this Award shall be final and binding and conclusive on all persons affected hereby.

 

(k)                                   Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Director acknowledges: ( a ) that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Company at any time; ( b ) that the Award does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards; ( c ) that participation in the Plan is voluntary; and ( d ) that the future value of the Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.

 

(l)                                      Consent to Electronic Delivery .  By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Director hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Director pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, this Agreement and the Options via Company web site or other electronic delivery.

 

(m)                                Compensation Recovery Policy .  Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, the Options granted hereunder shall be subject to the

 

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Compensation Recovery Policy under the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct (as amended from time to time, and including any successor or replacement policy or standard) to the extent applicable.

 

(n)                                  Company Rights .  The existence of the Options does not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, including that of its Affiliates, or any merger or consolidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stocks with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Affiliate, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(o)                                  Severability .  If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any statute or public policy, then only the portions of this Agreement which violate such statute or public policy shall be stricken, and all portions of this Agreement which do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect.   Further, it is the parties’ intent that any court order striking any portion of this Agreement should modify the terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties’ under this Agreement.

 

(p)                                  Further Assurances .  The Director agrees to use his or her reasonable and diligent best efforts to proceed promptly with the transactions contemplated herein, to fulfill the conditions precedent for the Director’s benefit or to cause the same to be fulfilled and to execute such further documents and other papers and perform such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

(q)                                  Applicable Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

(r)                                     Section and Other Headings, etc.   The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(s)                                   Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Director have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECTOR:

 

 

 

«Name»

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address of the Director:

 

 

 

«Address»

 

Total Number of shares of Common
Stock for the Purchase of Which
Options have been Granted

 

Option Price

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

$

 

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SENIOR EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

 

(Effective as of January 1, 2010)

 

Section 1.                Purpose .  The purposes of the Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. Senior Executive Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) are (i) to compensate certain members of senior management of the Company on an individual basis for significant contributions to the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) to stimulate the efforts of such members by giving them a direct financial interest in the performance of the Company.

 

Section 2.                Definitions .  The following terms utilized in this Plan shall have the following meanings:

 

“Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

“Cause” shall mean with respect to any Participant (as determined by the Committee): ( i ) willful and continued failure to perform substantially the Participant’s material duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s incapacity as a result of physical or mental illness) after a written demand for substantial performance specifying the manner in which the Participant has not performed such duties is delivered to the Participant by the person or entity that supervises or manages the Participant, ( ii ) engaging in willful and serious misconduct that is injurious to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, ( iii ) one or more acts of fraud or personal dishonesty resulting in or intended to result in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, ( iv ) substantial abusive use of alcohol, drugs or similar substances that, in the sole judgment of the Company, impairs the Participant’s job performance, ( v ) material violation of any Company policy that results in harm to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or ( vi ) indictment for or conviction of (or plea of guilty or nolo contendere ) to a felony or of any crime (whether or not a felony) involving moral turpitude.  A “termination for Cause” shall include a determination by the Committee following a Participant’s termination of employment for any other reason that, prior to such termination of employment, circumstances constituting Cause existed with respect to such Participant.

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder, all as amended from time to time.

 

“Committee” shall mean the committee of the Board designed by the Board to administer the Plan, provided that such committee shall consist solely of two or more “outside directors” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m).

 

“Company” shall mean Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

 

“EBITDA” shall mean, for a Performance Period, consolidated net income before net interest expense, consolidated income taxes and consolidated depreciation and amortization; provided, however, that EBITDA shall exclude any or all “extraordinary items” as determined

 



 

under U.S. generally acceptable accounting principles including, without limitation, the charges or costs associated with restructurings of the Company, discontinued operations, other unusual or non-recurring items, and the cumulative effects of accounting changes, and as identified in the Company’s financial statements, notes to the Company’s financial statements or management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations contained in the Company’s most recent report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder.

 

“Executive Officer” means each person who is an officer of the Company or any subsidiary and who is subject to the reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

“Participant” shall mean, for a Performance Period, (i) all Executive Officers, and (ii) officers of the Company or its subsidiaries who are (or who, in the determination of the Committee, may reasonably be expected to be) “covered employees” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) for such Performance Period and who are designated to participate in the Plan by the Committee on or before the first March 30 of such Performance Period (or such later date, if any, as permitted under Code Section 162(m)).

 

“Performance Period” shall mean the fiscal year of the Company; provided, however, that the Committee may designate that the Performance Period for an Incentive Award be more than one fiscal year (with any such designation by the Committee to be made within the time period permitted under Code Section 162(m)).

 

“Wrongful Conduct” shall mean any action whereby a Participant:

 

(a) directly or indirectly, owns any interest in, operates, joins, controls or participates as a partner, director, principal, officer, or agent of, enters into the employment of, acts as a consultant to, or performs any services for any entity which has operations that compete with any business of the Company and its subsidiaries in which the Participant was employed (in any capacity) in any jurisdiction in which such business is engaged, or in which any of the Company and its subsidiaries have documented plans to become engaged of which the Participant has knowledge at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment (the “Business”), except where ( x ) the Participant’s interest or association with such entity is unrelated to the Business, ( y ) such entity’s gross revenue from the Business is less than 10% of such entity’s total gross revenue, and ( z ) the Participant’s interest is directly or indirectly less than two percent (2%) of the Business;

 

(b) directly or indirectly, solicits for employment, employs or otherwise interferes with the relationship of the Company or any of its affiliates with any natural person throughout the world who is or was employed by or otherwise engaged to perform services for the Company or any of its affiliates at any

 

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time during the Participant’s employment with the Company or any subsidiary (in the case of any such activity during such time) or during the twelve-month period preceding such solicitation, employment or interference (in the case of any such activity after the termination of the Participant’s employment); or

 

(c) directly or indirectly, discloses or misuses any confidential information of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

Section 3.                Term .  Subject to Section 10, the Plan shall be applicable for the 2010 fiscal year and all future fiscal years of the Company unless amended or terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 7.

 

Section 4.                Incentive Award .

 

4.1            For each Performance Period of the Company, each Participant may be entitled to receive an award payable in cash (“Incentive Award”) in an amount determined by the Committee as provided in this Plan.  With respect to each Performance Period, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall be entitled to be paid an Incentive Award equal to 1% of the Company’s EBITDA for such Performance Period of the Company.  With respect to each Performance Period of the Company, each other Participant shall be entitled to be paid an Incentive Award equal to 0.5% of EBITDA for such Performance Period.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Participant must be employed with the Company on the last day of the Performance Period in order to receive an Incentive Award with respect to such Performance Period.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, the Committee in its sole discretion may reduce any Incentive Award to any Participant to any amount, including zero, prior to the written certification of the Committee of the amount of such Incentive Award.

 

As a condition to the right of a Participant to receive an Incentive Award, the Committee shall first certify in writing the Company’s EBITDA and that the Incentive Award has been determined in accordance with the provisions of this Plan.

 

Incentive Awards for any Performance Period shall be determined as soon as practicable after such Performance Period and shall be paid no later than the 15th day of the third month following such Performance Period.

 

4.2            Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (whether before or after the commencement of an applicable Performance Period), if a Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason prior to the end of a Performance Period, the Participant shall cease being eligible for an Incentive Award in respect to such Performance Period; provided, further, that the Committee shall have no discretion to take such preceding action if the exercise of such action or the ability to exercise such action would cause such Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under Code Section 162(m).

 

4.3            Incentive Awards shall be payable in cash.

 

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4.4            The Company shall have the right and power to deduct from all amounts paid to a Participant (whether under this Plan or otherwise) or to require a Participant to remit to the Company promptly upon notification of the amount due, an amount to satisfy the minimum federal, state or local or foreign taxes or other obligations required by law to be withheld with respect thereto with respect to any Incentive Award under this Plan.

 

4.5            Participation in this Plan does not exclude Participants from participation in any other benefit or compensation plans or arrangements of the Company, including other bonus or incentive plans.  Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its employees, in cash or property, in a manner which is not expressly authorized under the Plan.

 

4.6            Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, if, during the period commencing with a Participant’s employment with the Company or any subsidiary, and continuing until the first anniversary of the Participant’s employment termination, the Participant, except with the prior written consent of the Committee, engages in Wrongful Conduct, then any Incentive Award granted to the Participant hereunder, to the extent they remain unpaid, shall automatically terminate and be canceled upon the date on which the Participant first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct and, in such case or in the case of the Participant’s termination for Cause, the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash the amounts paid under any Incentive Award hereunder within the twelve-month period ending on the date of the Participant’s violation (or such other period as determined by the Committee).

 

4.7            In the event that a Participant commits misconduct, fraud or gross negligence (whether or not such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence is deemed or could be deemed to be an event constituting Cause) and as a result of, or in connection with, such misconduct, fraud or gross negligence the Company restates any of its financial statements, the Committee may require any or all of the following: (i) any Incentive Award granted to the Participant hereunder, to the extent they remain unpaid at the time of the restatement, be terminated and be canceled, and (ii) the Participant pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the amounts paid under any Incentive Award hereunder during the twelve-month period prior to the financial restatement (or such other period as determined by the Committee).

 

4.8            Without limiting the preceding, any Incentive Award hereunder shall be subject to the Compensation Recovery Policy under the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct (as amended from time to time, and including any successor or replacement policy or standard).  The Participant’s obligations under Sections 4.6 and 4.7 shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations the Participant has under this Plan, any Company policy, standard or code (including, without limitation, the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct), or any other agreement with the Company or any subsidiary.

 

Section 5.                Administration and Interpretation .  The Committee shall have authority to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to provide for conditions deemed necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Company, to interpret the Plan and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration and interpretation of the Plan and to carry out its provisions and purposes.  Any determination, interpretation or

 

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other action made or taken (including any failure to make any determination or interpretation, or take any other action) by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, shall, to the greatest extent permitted by law, be within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons and shall be given deference in any proceeding with respect thereto.  The Committee may appoint accountants, actuaries, counsel, advisors and other persons that it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the administration of the Plan.  The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by the Committee selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Incentive Awards under the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or decision made in good faith relating to the Plan or any Incentive Award hereunder.

 

To the maximum extent provided by law and by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and/or By-Laws, each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee or of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be made a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf.  The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive and shall be independent of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise.

 

Section 6.                Administrative Expenses .  Any expense incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company out of its general funds.

 

Section 7.                Amendment or Termination .  The Committee of the Company may from time to time amend the Plan in any respect or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, provided that such action will not cause an Incentive Award to become subject to the deduction limitations contained in Code Section 162(m).

 

Section 8.                No Assignment .  The rights hereunder, including without limitation rights to receive an Incentive Award, shall not be pledged, assigned, transferred, encumbered or hypothecated by an employee of the Company, and during the lifetime of any Participant any payment of an Incentive Award shall be payable only to such Participant.

 

Section 9.                The Company .  For purposes of this Plan, the “Company” shall include the successors and assigns of the Company, and this Plan shall be binding on any corporation or other person with which the Company is merged or consolidated.

 

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Section 10.              Stockholder Approval .  The effective date of the Plan is January 1, 2010.  The Plan shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for approval at the 2010 stockholder meeting and the effectiveness of the Plan is subject to stockholder approval.

 

Section 11.              No Right to Employment .  The designation of an officer as a Participant or grant of an Incentive Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary.  Nothing in the Plan or any Incentive Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment at any time (regardless of whether such termination results in (1) the failure of any Incentive Award to vest; (2) the forfeiture of any Incentive Award; and/or (3) any other adverse effect on the individual’s interests under the Plan).

 

Section 12.              No Impact on Benefits .  Except as may otherwise be specifically stated under any employee benefit plan, policy or program, no amount payable in respect of any Incentive Award shall be treated as compensation for purposes of calculating a Participant’s right under any such plan, policy or program.  No amount payable in respect of any Incentive Award shall be deemed part of a Participant’s regular, recurring compensation for purposes of any termination, indemnity or severance pay laws.

 

Section 13.              Right to Offset .  Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, and to the extent permitted by applicable law (including Code Section 409A), the Company may offset any amounts to be paid to a Participant (or, in the event of the Participant’s death, to his beneficiary or estate) under the Plan against any amounts that such Participant may owe to the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary (including, without limitation, amounts owed pursuant to Sections 4.6 and 4.7).

 

Section 14.              Furnishing Information .  A Participant will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.

 

Section 15.              Governing Law .  The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable federal law, without reference to principles of conflict of laws which would require application of the law of another jurisdiction.

 

Section 16.              Severability .  In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Plan shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

 

Section 17.              Headings; Gender; Number .  The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of this Plan, and shall not be employed in the construction of this Plan.  Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.

 

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Section 18.              No Trust .  Neither the Plan nor any Incentive Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Participant.  To the extent any Participant acquires a right to receive payments from the Company in respect to any Incentive Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

 

Section 19.              Code Section 162(m) and Code Section 409A .  It is the intention that Incentive Awards qualify as “performance-based” compensation under Code Section 162(m), and all payments made under the Plan be excluded from the deduction limitations contained in Code Section 162(m).  The Plan shall be construed at all times in favor of its meeting the “performance-based” compensation exception contained in Code Section 162(m).  Accordingly, the Committee shall have no discretion under this Plan (including, without limitation, with respect to adjustments to EBITDA) if the exercise of such discretion or the ability to exercise such discretion would cause such Incentive Award to fail to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under Code Section 162(m).  Therefore, if any Plan provision is found not to be in compliance with the “performance-based” compensation exception contained in Code Section 162(m), that provision shall be deemed amended so that the Plan does so comply to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee.

 

To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee would subject any Participant to liability for interest or additional taxes under Code Section 409A, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee.  It is intended that the Plan will be exempt from Code Section 409A, and the Plan shall be interpreted and construed on a basis consistent with such intent.  The Plan may be amended in any respect deemed necessary (including retroactively) by the Committee in order to preserve exemption from Code Section 409A.  The preceding shall not be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for Plan payments.  A Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on such person in connection with any distributions to such person under the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Code Section 409A), and the Company (or any affiliate or subsidiary) shall have no obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold a Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

 

FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CERTAIN NEW KEY EMPLOYEES

 

This Severance Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made as of                          , 20     by and between Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor to the business and/or assets of the Company that assumes this Agreement (the “ Company ”), and                                 (“ Executive ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) has approved this severance agreement to provide Executive with certain benefits upon certain terminations of employment;

 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.              Term of Agreement .  This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect through December 31, 20    ; provided , that the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year beyond 20     (and successive one year periods thereafter), unless, not later than September 30, 20     (for the additional year ending on December 31, 20    ) or September 30 of each year thereafter (for each subsequent extension), the Company shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement for an additional year, in which event this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the end of its then remaining term; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any such notice by the Company not to extend, if a Change in Control (as defined in Section 2 below) shall have occurred during the original or any extended term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four months beyond such Change in Control.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall terminate if Executive ceases to be an employee of the Company and its subsidiaries for any reason prior to a Change in Control which, for these purposes, shall include cessation of such employment as a result of the sale or other disposition of the division, subsidiary or other business unit by which Executive is employed.

 

2.              Change in Control .  No benefits shall be payable hereunder unless there shall have been a Change in Control of the Company.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Control” shall mean the first to occur of any of the following after the date of this Agreement:

 

(A)           the acquisition by any person, entity or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than

 



 

any such acquisition by the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of the Investors (as defined below), of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities;
 
(B)                                 within any 24-month period, the Incumbent Directors (as defined below) shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board or the board of directors of any successor to the Company, provided that any director elected to the Board, or nominated for election, by a majority of the Incumbent Directors then still in office shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this clause (B); or
 
(C)                                 the merger or consolidation of the Company as a result of which persons who were owners of the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, or any of the Investors, do not, immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged or consolidated company;
 
(D)                                the approval by the Company’s shareholders of the liquidation or dissolution of the Company other than a liquidation of the Company into any subsidiary of the Company or a liquidation a result of which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such liquidation, or any or all of the Investors, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity that holds substantially all of the assets of the Company following such event; and
 
(E)                                  the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer or other disposition, affiliates of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur if the Company files for bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

 

For purposes of the foregoing definition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Incumbent Director” means the persons who were members of the Board as of the date of this Agreement; provided , that a director elected, or nominated for election, to the Board in connection with a proxy contest after the date of this Agreement shall not be considered an Incumbent Director.

 

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“Investors” means collectively ( i ) the Initial Investors, ( ii ) TC Group L.L.C. (which operates under the trade name The Carlyle Group), ( iii ) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., ( iv ) Merrill Lynch Global Partners, Inc., ( v ) any affiliate of any of the foregoing, including any investment fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by any of the foregoing, ( vi ) any successor in interest to any of the foregoing.

 

“Initial Investors” means, collectively, the Carlyle Investors, the CDR Investors and the Merrill Lynch Investors.

 

“Carlyle Investors” means, collectively, ( i ) Carlyle Partners IV, L.P., ( ii ) CEP II Participations S.àr.l., ( iii ) CP IV Co-investment, L.P., and ( iv ) CEP II U.S. Investments, L.P.

 

“CDR Investors” means, collectively, ( i ) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., ( ii ) CDR CCMG Co-Investor L.P., and ( iii ) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P.

 

“Merrill Lynch Investors” means, collectively, ( i ) ML Global Private Equity Fund, L.P., ( ii ) Merrill Lynch Ventures L.P. 2001, ( iii ) CMC-Hertz Partners, L.P., and ( iv ) ML Hertz Co-Investor, L.P.

 

3.              Termination Following Change In Control .  If a Change in Control shall have occurred, Executive shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4(iv) upon the subsequent termination of Executive’s employment with the Company and its subsidiaries during the two year period following such Change in Control (the “ Protected Period ”) unless such termination is ( A ) a result of Executive’s death, Retirement or Disability (except as provided in Section 3(i) below), ( B ) by Executive without Good Reason (as defined in Section 3(iii) below), or ( C ) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Cause (as defined in Section 3(ii) below).  In addition, Executive shall be entitled to the compensation provided for in Section 4(iv) hereof (and without regard to Section 4(vii) hereof) payable only upon the occurrence of an event constituting a Section 409A Change in Control (as if his termination had occurred after the Section 409A Change in Control) if, after an agreement has been signed which, if consummated, would result in a Section 409A Change in Control, ( x ) Executive is terminated without Cause by the Company and its subsidiaries prior to the Section 409A Change in Control, and ( y ) such termination was at the instigation or request of the party to the agreement evidencing the transaction that will result in the Section 409A Change in Control or otherwise occurs in connection with the anticipated Section 409A Change in Control.  “ Section 409A Change in Control ” means any event described in Section 2 of this Agreement if such event also is a “change in control event” within the meaning of the regulations under Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code determined in accordance with the uniform methodology and procedures adopted by the Company.

 

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(i)             Disability; Retirement .  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Disability ” shall mean permanent and total disability as such term is defined under Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), without regard to whether Executive is subject to the Code.  Any question as to the existence of Executive’s Disability upon which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined by a qualified independent physician selected by Executive (or, if Executive is unable to make such selection, such selection shall be made by any adult member of Executive’s immediate family or Executive’s legal representative), and approved by the Company, said approval not to be unreasonably withheld.  The determination of such physician made in writing to the Company and to Executive shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Retirement ” and corollary terms shall mean Executive’s voluntary termination of employment with the Company under any of the Company’s retirement plans that occurs prior to delivery of a Notice of Termination pursuant to Section 3(iv) below; provided , that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Retirement that occurs after any other termination of employment shall adversely affect, interfere with or otherwise impair in any way Executive’s right to receive the payments and benefits to which he is entitled on account of a termination without Cause or with Good Reason.  Accordingly, and for the avoidance of doubt, if Executive provides a Notice of Termination for Good Reason, and otherwise satisfies the conditions for Good Reason pursuant to this Agreement, and also Retires, such Retirement shall not adversely affect, interfere with or otherwise impair in any way his right to receive payments and benefits hereunder.  Conversely, if Executive terminates his employment on account of Retirement and at such time is not ( x ) terminating his employment for Good Reason pursuant to this Agreement or ( y ) being terminated by the Company without Cause pursuant to this Agreement, he shall not be entitled to the payments and benefits provided in this Agreement.

 

(ii)            Cause .  For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean ( i ) willful and continued failure to perform substantially the Executive’s material duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) after a written demand for substantial performance specifying the manner in which the Executive has not performed such duties is delivered by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company to the Executive, ( ii ) engaging in willful and serious misconduct that is injurious to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, ( iii ) one or more acts of fraud or personal dishonesty resulting in or intended to result in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, ( iv ) substantial abusive use of alcohol, drugs or similar substances that, in the sole judgment of the Company, impairs the Executive’s job performance, ( v ) material violation of any material Company policy that results in material harm to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or ( vi ) indictment for or conviction of a felony or of any crime

 

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(whether or not a felony) involving moral turpitude.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the Incumbent Directors of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for Executive, together with Executive’s counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, Executive was guilty of conduct set forth above in this Section 3(ii) and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

 

(iii)           Good Reason .  Executive shall be entitled to terminate employment with Good Reason.  For the purpose of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean the occurrence, without Executive’s express written consent, of any of the following circumstances during the Protected Period unless, in the case of Sections 3(iii)(A), (E), or (F), such circumstances are fully corrected prior to the date specified as the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 3(v)) in the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(iv)) given in respect thereof:

 

(A)                               the assignment to Executive of any duties or responsibilities not comparable to Executive’s position (as it existed immediately prior to the Change in Control) and that results in a substantial diminution or material adverse change in such duties or responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control other than a change in title or reporting relationships;
 
(B)                                 a reduction by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in Executive’s annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time;
 
(C)                                 the relocation of Executive’s place of business to a location more than fifty miles from Executive’s principal place of employment immediately preceding the Change in Control that materially increases Executive’s commute compared to Executive’s commute as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control;
 
(D)                                a reduction by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in Executive’s annual bonus opportunity as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time;
 
(E)                                  the failure by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to continue Executive’s participation in any long-term incentive compensation plan on a level comparable to other senior executives;

 

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(F)                                  except as required by law, a reduction by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of 5% or more in the aggregate benefits provided by Executive (excluding changes to such benefits that occur in the ordinary course, are of general application, and increase co-payments, deductibles or premiums which must be paid by Executive) as those enjoyed by Executive under the employee benefit and welfare plans of the Company and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the pension, life insurance, medical, dental, health and accident, retiree medical, disability, deferred compensation and savings plans, in which Executive was participating at the time of the Change in Control;
 
(G)                                 the failure of the Company to obtain an agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 6 hereof; or
 
(H)                                any purported termination of Executive’s employment by the Company or its subsidiaries which is not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 3(iv) below (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section 3(ii) above); for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective.
 

Executive’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstances constituting Good Reason hereunder.  Executive must provide the Notice of Termination not later than 180 days following the date he or she had actual knowledge of the event constituting Good Reason.

 

(iv)           Notice of Termination .  Any purported termination of Executive’s employment by the Company and its subsidiaries or by Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 7 hereof.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Notice of Termination ” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail (other than with respect to a Good Reason termination pursuant to Section 3(iii)(H)) the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated.

 

(v)            Date of Termination .  “ Date of Termination ” shall mean ( A ) if Executive’s employment is terminated for Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that Executive shall not have returned to the full-time performance of Executive’s duties during such 30 day period), and ( B ) if Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(ii) or (iii) above or for any reason (other than Disability), the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 3(ii) above

 

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shall not be less than 30 days, and in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 3(iii) above shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days, respectively, from the date such Notice of Termination is given); provided , that , if within 30 days after any Notice of Termination is given the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the grounds for termination, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding arbitration award or by a final judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or the time for appeal therefrom having expired and no appeal having been perfected); provided , further , that the Date of Termination shall be extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.  Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Company and its subsidiaries will continue to pay Executive’s full compensation in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited to, base salary and bonus) and continue Executive as a participant in all incentive compensation, benefit and insurance plans in which Executive was participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Section 3(v).  Amounts paid under this Section 3(v) are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this Agreement.  In the event that the Company is terminating Executive the Company may, if it so chooses, pay Executive the base salary which he would have received in lieu of waiting for the expiration of any notice period otherwise required hereby and bar Executive from any of the Company’s premises, offices or properties, subject to any rights set forth herein for Executive to contest such termination.

 

4.              Compensation upon Termination or During Disability .  Upon termination of Executive’s employment or during a period of Disability, in either case, during the Protected Period, Executive shall be entitled to the following benefits:

 

(i)             During any period that Executive fails to perform Executive’s full-time duties with the Company and its subsidiaries as a result of the Disability, Executive shall continue to receive an amount equal to Executive’s base salary at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such period, and Bonus (as defined in Section 4(iv)(B)), through the Date of Termination for Disability; provided , that if any such period of Disability ends during the Protected Period, Executive shall have the right to resume active employment with the Company immediately following the end of such period of Disability, unless, prior to the end of such period of Disability, the Company has terminated Executive’s employment.  Thereafter, Executive’s benefits shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit programs of the Company and its subsidiaries then in effect.

 

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(ii)            If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason (excluding death, Disability or Retirement) the Company (or one of its subsidiaries, if applicable) shall pay through the Date of Termination Executive’s full base salary at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given and shall pay any amounts otherwise payable to Executive on or immediately prior to the Date of Termination pursuant to any other compensation plans, programs or employment agreements then in effect, and the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive under this Agreement.

 

(iii)           If Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of Executive’s death or Retirement, Executive’s benefits shall be determined in accordance with the retirement and other benefit programs of the Company and its subsidiaries then in effect, except as otherwise provided in Section 3(i).

 

(iv)           If Executive’s employment by the Company and its subsidiaries is terminated (other than for death or Disability) by ( a ) the Company and its subsidiaries other than for Cause or ( b ) Executive with Good Reason, then, subject to Executive executing, delivering and not revoking the Release of Claims attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A (the “ Release ”) within 30 days following the Separation from Service Date (as defined in Section 4(vii)), Executive shall be entitled to the benefits provided below:

 

(A)                               The Company (or one of its subsidiaries, if applicable) shall pay any unpaid portion of Executive’s full base salary, at the rate in effect at the time of the Change in Control (the “ Base Salary ”), and a pro-rated annual bonus at target level, in each case, calculated through the Date of Termination, no later than the thirtieth day following the Date of Termination, plus all other amounts to which Executive is entitled under any compensation plan of the Company applicable to Executive, at the time such payments are due.
 
(B)                                 The Company shall pay Executive, not later than 10 days following the date on which the Release has become effective and irrevocable, as severance pay to Executive, a severance payment equal to        times the sum of ( i ) Executive’s Base Salary, and ( ii ) Bonus.  For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Bonus ” shall mean the average annual cash bonus paid (or awarded, if different) in respect of each of the three prior bonus years (exclusive of any special or prorated bonuses).  If Executive has less than three years of bonus history, “ Bonus ” shall mean the target bonus of the year of termination.
 
(C)                                 The Company shall credit the Executive with an additional      years of age and an additional      “Years of Service” for all purposes

 

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under The Hertz Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“ SERP II ”) (the length of such additional years of service, the “ Severance Period ”) with the benefit under the SERP II to be provided at the time or times set forth under the terms of SERP II without regard to Section 4(vii), and the averaging period over which “Final Average Earnings” (as defined in SERP II) is determined shall include the Severance Period (and, for this purpose, the payment made pursuant to Section 4(iv)(B) shall be deemed to be compensation earned ratably over the Severance Period); provided that, if Executive does not at the Date of Termination have at least five “Vesting Years of Service” under the “Retirement Plan” (as these terms are used or defined in SERP II), the following additional provisions shall apply to Executive: ( 1 ) Executive shall, notwithstanding the second paragraph of Section 3.2 of SERP II, be fully vested in his benefit under SERP II (as increased pursuant to this Section 4(ii)); ( 2 ) if Executive’s actual years of service plus the years of service credited pursuant to this Section 4(iv)(C) equal less than five, then, notwithstanding Section 1.10 of SERP II, the averaging period over which Final Average Earnings shall be determined shall be the period of such actual and credited service; ( 3 ) Executive’s benefit under SERP II and this Agreement shall be reduced applying the reduction factors set forth in the SERP II to reflect the timing of payment of such benefit; and ( 4 ) such benefit shall be paid at the same time as the payment set forth in Section 4(iv)(B) is paid.
 
(D)                                From the Date of Termination, until the earlier of ( i ) the last day of the Severance Period or ( ii ) the date upon which Executive becomes eligible to participate in plans of another employer (such period, the “ Benefit Continuation Period ”), the Company will continue Executive’s participation and coverage in all the Company’s life, medical, dental plans and other welfare benefit plans (but excluding the Company’s disability plans) (“ Insurance Benefits ”); provided that if any other Company plan, arrangement or agreement provides for continuation of Insurance Benefits, then Executive shall receive such coverage under such other plan, arrangement or agreement, and if the period of such coverage is shorter than the Benefit Continuation Period, then Executive shall receive pursuant to this Section 4(iv)(D), such coverage for the remainder of the Benefit Continuation Period.
 
(E)                                  The Company shall provide to Executive outplacement services or executive recruiting services provided by a professional outplacement provider or executive recruiter at a cost to the Company of not more than 10% of Executive’s Base Salary (not to exceed $25,000) to be provided within the period ending no later than the end of the year following the year in which the Date of Termination occurs.

 

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(v)            To the extent outstanding following a Change in Control, Executive’s stock options and other equity awards shall be governed by the terms of the equity incentive plans and award agreements under which such stock options and other equity awards were awarded.

 

(vi)           The Company shall also pay to Executive, no less frequently than monthly, all legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred by Executive in connection with this Agreement (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing the nature of any such termination for purposes of this Agreement or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement); provided , that if a determination is made by the arbitrator selected under Section 12 hereof that Executive has failed to prevail on at least one material claim, the Company shall not be liable to pay such legal fees or expenses otherwise provided for thereunder and the Company shall be entitled to recover from Executive any such amounts so paid (either directly or, except as would violate the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, by setoff against any amounts then owed Executive by the Company).  Notwithstanding the penultimate sentence of Section 8, no reimbursement pursuant to this Section 4(vi) shall be paid later than the last day of the 10th calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable statute of limitations for breach of contract claims expires or, if later, the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which there is a settlement or other final and nonappealable resolution of the related contest or dispute.

 

(vii)          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, if, as of the Separation from Service Date, Executive is a Specified Employee, then, except to the extent that this Agreement does not provide for a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the following shall apply:

 

1)                                       No payments shall be made and no benefits shall be provided to Executive, in each case, during the period beginning on the Separation from Service Date and ending on the six-month anniversary of such date or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death.

 

2)                                       On the first business day of the first month following the month in which occurs the six-month anniversary of the Separation from Service Date or, if earlier, Executive’s death, the Company shall make a one-time, lump-sum cash payment to the Executive in an amount equal to the sum of ( x ) the amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement during the period described in Section 4(vii)1) above and ( y ) the amount of interest on the foregoing at the applicable federal rate for instruments of less than one year.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, “ Separation from Service Date ” shall mean the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(i)(A) of the Code and determined in accordance with the default rules under regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Code.  “ Specified Employee ” shall mean a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(1) of the Code, as determined in accordance with the uniform methodology and procedures adopted by the Company and then in effect.

 

5.              Adjustment in Payments

 

(i)             In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by Executive pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the “ Contract Payments ”) or in connection with Executive’s termination of employment or contingent upon a Change in Control of the Company pursuant to any plan or arrangement or other agreement with the Company (or any affiliate) (“ Other Payments ” and, together with the Contract Payments, the “ Payments ”) would be subject to the excise tax (the “ Excise Tax ”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, as determined as provided below, and provided , that if Executive’s Payment is, when calculated on a net-after-tax basis (taking into account the Excise Tax as well as other applicable federal, state and local income taxes), less than 100% of the net-after tax amount (taking into account applicable federal, state and local income taxes) of the Payment which could be paid to Executive under Section 280G of the Code without causing the imposition of the Excise Tax, then the Payment shall be limited to the largest amount payable without resulting in the imposition of any Excise Tax (such amount, the “ Capped Amount ”).

 

(ii)            For purposes of determining the Capped Amount, whether any of the Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amounts of such Excise Tax, ( 1 ) the total amount of the Payments shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, except to the extent that, in the opinion of independent tax counsel selected by the Company’s independent auditors and reasonably acceptable to Executive (“ Tax Counsel ”), a Payment (in whole or in part) does not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, or such “excess parachute payments” (in whole or in part) are not subject to the Excise Tax, ( 2 ) the amount of the Payments that shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of ( A ) the total amount of the Payments or ( B ) the amount of “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying clause (1) hereof), and ( 3 ) the value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by Tax Counsel in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code.  For purposes of determining the amounts compared in the proviso of Section 5(i) above, Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income tax at the highest marginal rates of federal income taxation applicable to individuals in the calendar year in

 

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which the Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest effective rates of taxation applicable to individuals as are in effect in the state and locality of Executive’s residence in the calendar year in which the Payment is to be made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that can be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes, taking into account any limitations applicable to individuals subject to federal income tax at the highest marginal rates.

 

(iii)           If the Tax Counsel determines that any Excise Tax is payable by Executive and that the criteria for reducing the Payments to the Capped Amount (as described in Section 5(i) above) is met, then the Company shall reduce the Payments by the amount which, based on the Tax Counsel’s determination and calculations, would provide Executive with the Capped Amount, and pay to Executive such reduced Payments; provided that the Company shall first reduce the severance payment under Section 4(iv)(B) and shall next reduce the benefits described in Section 4(iv)(C).  If the Tax Counsel determines that no Excise Tax is payable by Executive, it shall, at the same time as it makes such determination, furnish Executive with an opinion that he has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on his/her federal, state, local income or other tax return.

 

6.              Successors; Binding Agreement .

 

(i)     The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company is required to perform it.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as Executive would be entitled hereunder if Executive had terminated Executive’s employment with Good Reason following a Change in Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.

 

(ii)    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If Executive should die while any amount would still be payable to Executive hereunder if Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to Executive’s estate.

 

7.              Notice .  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return

 

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receipt requested, postage prepaid (or its international equivalent)

 

if to the Company to:

 

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656

Attention: Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer

With a separate duplicate copy of such notice to be provided to the General Counsel of the Company

 

if to the Executive, to the to the Executive at his or her most recent address as shown on the books and records of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company employing the Executive.

 

8.             Miscellaneous .  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by Executive and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any conditions or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.  This Agreement is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code with respect to amounts subject thereto and shall be interpreted and construed and shall be performed by the parties consistent with such intent, and the Company shall have no right to accelerate any payment or the provision of any benefits under this Agreement or to make or provide any such payment or benefits if such payment or provision of such benefits would, as a result, be subject to tax under Section 409A of the Code.  All references to sections of the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections and the applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.  Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state, local or other applicable law.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no reimbursement payable to Executive pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or pursuant to any plan or arrangement of the Company covered by this Agreement shall be paid later than the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the related expense was incurred, and no such reimbursement during any calendar year shall affect the amounts eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year, except, in each case, to the extent that the right to reimbursement does not provide for a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.  The obligations of the Company under Sections 4 and 5 shall survive the expiration of the term of this Agreement.

 

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9.             Other Arrangements .  The severance benefits under this Agreement are not additive or cumulative to severance or termination benefits that Executive might also be entitled to receive under the terms of a written employment agreement, a severance agreement or any other arrangement with the Company.  As a condition of the Company entering into this Agreement, Executive expressly agrees that this Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, and sets forth the entire severance benefit to which he or she is entitled while this Agreement remains in effect.  The provisions of this Agreement may provide for payments to Executive under certain compensation or bonus plans under circumstances where such plans would not provide for payment thereof.  It is the specific intention of the Company that the provisions of this Agreement shall supersede any provisions to the contrary in such plans, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and such plans shall be deemed to have been amended to correspond with this Agreement without further action by the Company or the Board.

 

10.           Validity .  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

11.           Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

12.           Arbitration; Indemnification .

 

(i)    In the event of any dispute under the provisions of this Agreement, other than a dispute in which the primary relief sought is an equitable remedy such as an injunction, the parties shall have the dispute, controversy or claim settled by arbitration in Park Ridge, New Jersey (or such other location as may be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Executive) in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator selected by agreement of the parties (or, in the absence of such agreement, appointed by the American Arbitration Association).  Any award entered by the arbitrator shall be final, binding and nonappealable and judgment may be entered thereon by either party in accordance with applicable law in any court of competent jurisdiction.  This arbitration provision shall be specifically enforceable.  The arbitrator shall have no authority to modify any provision of this Agreement or to award a remedy for a dispute involving this Agreement other than a benefit specifically provided under or by virtue of this Agreement.  Fees of the American Arbitration Association and the arbitrator and any expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration (including the Company’s and Executive’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) shall be paid in accordance with Section 4(vi).

 

(ii)   Following any termination of employment of Executive (other than a termination by the Company for Cause), the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless

 

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Executive to the fullest extent permitted under the Company’s by-laws (as in effect prior to the Change in Control) and applicable law for any claims, costs and expenses arising out of or in connection with Executive’s employment with the Company (without regard to when such claim is asserted or issue is raised, so long as it relates to conduct or events that occurred while Executive was employed with the Company) and shall, for a period of not less than six years following a Change in Control, maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of Executive which provides him with coverage, if any, no less favorable than that in effect prior to the Change in Control; provided , that if the Company maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for other current or former officers or directors of the Company following such six-year period, Executive shall also be provided with such insurance coverage.

 

13.           Confidentiality, Covenant Not to Compete and Not to Solicit .

 

(i)    Nondisclosure of Confidential Information .  At no time during the term of Executive’s employment or the 24 month period following the Executive’s Date of Termination, shall Executive, without the prior written consent of the Company, use, divulge, disclose or make accessible to any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity any Confidential Information pertaining to the business of the Company or any of its affiliates, except ( i ) while employed by the Company, in the business of and for the benefit of the Company, or ( ii ) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency having supervisory authority over the business of the Company, or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order Executive to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information.  For purposes of this Section 13, “ Confidential Information ” shall mean any trade secret or other non-public information concerning the financial data, strategic business plans, product development (or other proprietary product data), customer lists, marketing plans and other non-public, proprietary and confidential information of the Company or its affiliates, that, in any case, is not otherwise available to the public (other than by Executive’s breach of the terms hereof) or known to persons in the industry generally.

 

(ii)   Non Competition .  During the term of Executive’s employment and during the 12 month period immediately following the date of any termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall not directly or indirectly become associated, as an owner, partner, shareholder (other than as a holder of not in excess of 5% of the outstanding voting shares of any publicly traded company), director, officer, manager, employee, agent, consultant or otherwise, with any partnership, corporation or other entity that competes with the car or equipment rental business, and for the customer base, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.  This Section 13(ii) shall not be deemed to restrict Executive’s association with any enterprise that conducts unrelated business or that has material operations outside of the geographic area that encompasses the Company’s customer base (or where the Company had plans at the Date of Termination

 

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to enter) for so long as the Executive’s role whether direct or indirect (e.g., supervisory), is solely with respect to such unrelated business or other geographic area (as the case may be).

 

(iii)  Non Solicitation .  During the term of Executive’s employment and during the 12 month period immediately following the date of any termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall not directly or indirectly employ or seek to employ, or solicit or contact or cause others to solicit or contact with a view to engage or employ, any person who is or was a managerial level employee of the Company at the time of the Executive’s Date of Termination or at any time during the twelve-month period preceding such date.  This Section 13(iii) shall not be deemed to be violated solely by ( a ) placing an advertisement or other general solicitation or ( b ) serving as a reference.

 

(iv)  Reasonableness .  If any provision of this Section 13 shall ever be deemed to exceed the time, scope or geographic limitations permitted by applicable laws, then such provisions shall be reformed to the maximum time, scope or geographic limitations, as the case may be, permitted by applicable laws.  Because Executive’s services are unique and because Executive has had access to Confidential Information, the parties hereto agree that money damages will be an inadequate remedy for any breach of this Agreement.  In the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, the Company or its successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, stop making any additional payments hereunder to Executive and apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without the posting of a bond or other security).

 

14.           Amendment and Waiver .  The Company may amend this Agreement at any time and from time to time; provided that any amendment that is adverse to the Executive shall be effective only with respect to a Change in Control that occurs one year or more following the date of such amendment.  The provisions of this Agreement may be waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and the Executive, and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

15.           Entire Agreement .  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to Executive’s severance pay in the event of a termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, superseding all negotiations, prior discussions and preliminary agreements, written or oral, concerning said severance pay; provided , that any payments or benefits provided in respect of severance, or indemnification for loss of employment, pursuant to any severance, employment or similar agreement between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and

 

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Executive, or as required by applicable law outside the United States, shall reduce any payments or benefits provided pursuant to this Agreement, except that the payments or benefits provided pursuant to this Agreement shall not be reduced below zero.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement:  ( i ) Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided by this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor (except as provided for in Section 4(iv)(D) above) shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided by this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by Executive as the result of employment by another employer or by retirement benefits received after the Date of Termination or otherwise, and ( ii ) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the obligations of the Company to make payments to Executive and to make the arrangements provided for herein are absolute and unconditional and may not be reduced by any circumstances, including without limitation any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Company may have against Executive or any third party at any time.

 

16.           Further Action .  The Company shall take any further action necessary or desirable to implement the provisions of this Agreement or perform its obligations hereunder.

 

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Executive

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

 

and

 

GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS(1)

 

This Separation Agreement and General Release of All Claims (the “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of [ · ] by and among [ · ] (the “ Executive ”), Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and The Hertz Corporation (hereinafter “ Hertz ” or the “ Companies ”), duly acting under authority of their officers and directors.

 

WHEREAS , Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and the Executive have entered into a Change in Control Severance Agreement, dated as of [ · ] (the “ Severance Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , Executive’s employment with Hertz will end effective as of [ · ];

 

WHEREAS , in connection with Executive’s separation from employment, Executive is entitled to certain payments and other benefits under the Severance Agreement, so long as Executive executes and does not revoke this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS , the parties desire to fully and finally resolve any disputes, claims or controversies that have arisen or may arise with respect to Executive’s employment with and subsequent separation from the Companies.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements stated herein and in the Severance Agreement, which Executive and the

 


(1) To be revised if necessary or appropriate under any applicable law to effect a complete and total release of claims by the Executive as of the effective date of the Agreement.

 



 

Companies agree constitute good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties stipulate and do mutually agree as follows:

 

1.             In exchange for receiving the payments and benefits described in Sections 4 and 5 of the Severance Agreement, Executive does for himself and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, hereby release, acquit, and forever discharge and hold harmless the Companies and the divisions, subsidiaries and affiliated companies of each of the Companies, the officers, directors, shareholders, employees, benefit and retirement plans (as well as trustees and administrators thereof), agents and heirs of each of the foregoing, and the predecessors, assigns and successors, past and present of each of the foregoing, and any persons, firms or corporations in privity with any of them (collectively, the “ Company Released Parties ”), of and from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, demands, attorneys’ fees, compensation, expenses, promises, covenants, and damages of whatever kind or nature, in law or in equity, which Executive has, had or could have asserted, known or unknown, at common law or under any statute, rule, regulation, order or law, whether federal, state or local, or on any grounds whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date of Executive’s execution of this Agreement, including, without limitation, ( 1 ) any and all claims for any additional severance pay, vacation pay, bonus or other compensation; ( 2 ) any and all claims of discrimination or harassment based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disability, handicap, age or other unlawful discrimination; any claims arising under Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act; the

 

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Federal Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination; or under any other state, federal, local law or regulation or under the common law; and ( 3 ) any and all claims with respect to any event, matter, damage or injury arising out of his employment relationship with any Company Released Party, and/or the separation of such employment relationship, and/or with respect to any other event or matter.

 

The only exceptions to this Separation Agreement and General Release of All Claims are with respect to retirement benefits which may have accrued and vested as of the date of Executive’s employment termination, COBRA rights, enforcement of Executive’s rights under this Agreement and the Severance Agreement, and any claims under applicable workers’ compensation laws.

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit Executive from filing any future charge or complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “ EEOC ”) or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by the EEOC, nor shall any provision of this Agreement adversely affect Executive’s right to engage in such conduct. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive waives the right to obtain any relief from the EEOC or recover any monies or compensation as a result of filing a charge or complaint. In addition to agreeing herein not to bring suit against any Company Released Party, Executive agrees not to seek damages from any Company Released Party by filing a claim or charge with any state or governmental agency.

 

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2.             Executive shall return to the Companies all Company property and Confidential Information (as defined in the Severance Agreement) of any Company Released Party in Executive’s possession or control, including without limitation, business reports and records, client reports and records, customer information, personally identifiable information relating to others, business strategies, contracts and proposals, files, a listing of customers or clients, lists of potential customers or clients, technical data, testing or research data, research and development projects, business plans, financial plans, internal memoranda concerning any of the above, and all credit cards, cardkey passes, door and file keys, computer access codes, software, and other physical or personal property which Executive received, had access to or had in his possession, prepared or helped prepare in connection with Executive’s employment with any Company Released Party, and Executive shall not make or retain any copies, duplicates, reproductions, or excerpts thereof.  Executive acknowledges that in the course of employment with any one or more Company Released Party, Executive has acquired Confidential Information and that such Confidential Information has been disclosed to Executive in confidence and for his use only during and with respect to his employment with one or more of the Company Released Parties.

 

3.             Executive acknowledges and agrees that he has agreed to be bound by the confidentiality provision in the Severance Agreement for 24 months following Executive’s separation of employment and the non-competition and non-solicitation

 

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covenants in the Severance Agreement for 12 months following Executive’s separation of employment.

 

4.             Executive declares and represents that he has not filed or otherwise pursued any charges, complaints, lawsuits or claims of any nature against any Company Released Party arising out of or relating to events occurring prior to the date of this Agreement, with any federal, state or local governmental agency or court with respect to any matter covered by this Agreement. In addition to agreeing herein not to bring suit against any Company Released Party, Executive agrees not to seek damages from any Company Released Party by filing a claim or charge with any state or governmental agency.

 

5.             Executive further declares and represents that no promise, inducement, or agreement not herein expressed has been made to him, that this Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and that the terms of this Agreement are contractual and not a mere recital.

 

6.             Executive understands and agrees that this Agreement shall not be considered an admission of liability or wrongdoing by any party hereto, and each of the parties denies any liability and agrees that nothing in this Agreement can or shall be used by or against either party with respect to claims, defenses or issues in any litigation or proceeding except to enforce rights under the Agreement itself or under the Severance Agreement.

 

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7.             Executive understands and agrees that should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be determined by any court to be illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining parts, terms or provisions shall not be affected thereby, and said invalid part, term, or provision shall be deemed not a part of this Agreement.

 

8.             Executive acknowledges that he understands that he has the right to consult with an attorney of his choice at his expense to review this Agreement and has been encouraged by the Companies to do so.

 

9.             Executive further acknowledges that he has been provided twenty-one days to consider and accept this Agreement from the date it was first given to him, although Executive may accept it at any time within those twenty-one days.

 

10.           Executive further understands that he has seven days after signing the Agreement to revoke it by delivering to the Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer, The Hertz Corporation, 225 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656, written notification of such revocation within the seven day period. If Executive does not revoke the Agreement, the Agreement will become effective and irrevocable by him on the eighth day after he signs it.

 

11.           Executive acknowledges that this Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matters hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements between the parties as to such matters, be they oral or in writing, and may not be changed, modified, or rescinded except in writing signed by all

 

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parties hereto, and any attempt at oral modification of this Agreement shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

12.           Executive acknowledges that he has carefully read this Agreement and understands all of its terms, including the full and final release of claims set forth above and enters into it voluntarily.

 

WITH EXECUTIVE’S SIGNATURE HEREUNDER, EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EXECUTIVE HAS CAREFULLY READ THIS AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDS ALL OF ITS TERMS INCLUDING THE FULL AND FINAL RELEASE OF CLAIMS SET FORTH ABOVE.  EXECUTIVE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EXECUTIVE HAS VOLUNTARILY ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT; THAT EXECUTIVE HAS NOT RELIED UPON ANY REPRESENTATION OR STATEMENT, WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN, NOT SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT; THAT EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS AGREEMENT REVIEWED BY HIS ATTORNEY; AND THAT EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPANIES TO DO SO.

 

EXECUTIVE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN AFFORDED 21 DAYS TO CONSIDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EXECUTIVE HAS 7 DAYS AFTER SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT TO REVOKE IT BY DELIVERING TO THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE’S REVOCATION.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date set forth above.

 

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Date:

EXECUTIVE

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

By:

 

Date:

 

Date:

 

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