UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):

November 28, 2006

 


The Walt Disney Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

1-11605   95-4545390
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

500 South Buena Vista Street

Burbank, California

  91521
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(818) 560-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 



Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 28, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved amendments: (1) to The Walt Disney Company/Pixar 2004 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (the “Pixar Plan”) to remove the provision for an annual automatic increase in shares covered by the Pixar Plan; (2) to the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan of the Registrant and related Rules (the “1995 Plan”) and the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan of the Registrant (the “2005 Plan”) to require that equitable adjustments be made to all outstanding options, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards issued under the plan in the event of any stock split or distribution to shareholders, corporate reorganization or other changes relating to the Registrant’s equity that impact the value of such awards; (3) to the 1995 Plan and the 2005 Plan to provide that the vesting of all awards issued under the 1995 Plan and the 2005 Plan accelerate upon death of the recipient unless otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee of the Registrant; (4) to the 1995 Plan and the 2005 Plan to authorize the Compensation Committee of the Registrant to make such changes to the plans as are necessary to ensure that awards under the plans meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (5) to the 2005 Plan to provide that, for the purpose of determining the number of shares remaining available under the 2005 Plan for future awards, the number of shares referred to in a stock appreciation right award agreement shall be used to reduce the number of shares available rather than the number of any shares issued upon vesting of the rights; and (6) to amend the 1995 Plan and the 2005 Plan to conform references to other changes in the plans or related documents, clarify provisions regarding Compensation Committee discretion with respect to vesting of Awards, reflect the availability of electronic delivery of shares and improve the clarity of plan language. The Pixar Plan, the 1995 Plan and the 2005 Plan as amended and restated are set forth as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this report and are incorporated herein by reference.

On November 28, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Registrant amended the Board of Directors Retirement Policy of the Registrant to provide that the retirement age of Directors who had previously held the office of chief executive officer of the Registrant is 72. The Board of Directors Retirement Policy of the Registrant as amended and restated is set forth as Exhibit 10.4 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

On November 28, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Registrant: (1) approved an increase in the salary of Alan N. Braverman, Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, to $1,000,000, retroactive to October 1, 2006; and (2) approved an increase in the salary of Kevin A. Mayer, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Technology, to $600,000, retroactive to October 1, 2006.

 

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On November 28, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Registrant amended the Registrant’s Bylaws to: (1) permit the list of stockholders required to be made available prior to an annual meeting to be made available at the principle place of business of the Registrant; (2) permit Board action by written consent to include electronic consent; and (3) permit required notices to be given by electronic transmission as well as in writing. The Bylaws of the Registrant as amended are set forth as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibits

 

Exhibit 3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended November 28, 2006
Exhibit 10.1    Amended and Restated The Walt Disney Company/Pixar 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
Exhibit 10.2    Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan
Exhibit 10.3    Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
Exhibit 10.4    Amended and Restated Board of Directors Retirement Policy

 

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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.

 

The Walt Disney Company
By:   /s/ Roger J. Patterson
  Roger J. Patterson
  Vice President, Counsel
  Registered In-House Counsel

Dated: December 1, 2006

 

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Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware.

Section 2. Principal Place of Business . The principal place of business of the Corporation is hereby fixed and located at 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91521.

Section 3. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings . Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors (and in the case of a special meeting, by the Board of Directors or the person calling the special meeting as authorized by Section 3 of this Article II) and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2. Annual Meetings . The Annual Meetings of Stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time and place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as is properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these Bylaws.

Section 3. Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President. Special meetings of stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each


stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, and only such business as is stated in such notice shall be acted upon thereat.

Section 4. Quorum . Except as may be otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a minority of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 5. Voting . Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, (i) at all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors, a plurality of votes cast shall be sufficient to elect, and (ii) any other question brought before any meeting of stockholders shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereon. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder represented at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in his discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Section 6. Organization .

(a) All meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and, if he is not present, by such officer or director as is designated by the Board of Directors. The Secretary of the Corporation or, if he is not present, any Assistant Secretary or other person designated by the presiding officer shall act as secretary of the meeting.

(b) The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present;

 

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(iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 7. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote . The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of the Corporation who is present.

Section 8. Stock Ledger . The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 7 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 9. Inspectors of Election . Before any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Board of Directors may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.

The inspectors shall:

(a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each,

(b) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots,

(c) count all votes and ballots,

(d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination made by the inspectors, and

(e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots.

 

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The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall act in accordance with applicable law.

Section 10. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 10 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 10.

(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 10, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business other than the nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than seventy days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (and such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the

 

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name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Cor-poration’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 10 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 10 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 10 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 10. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stock-holder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph(a)(2) of this Section 10 shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence

 

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a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) General .

(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (a)(2)(c)(iv) of this Section 10) and (b) if any proposed nomination or business was not so made or proposed in compliance with this Section 10 to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.

(2) For purposes of this Section 10, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 10. Nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number and Election of Directors . Subject to the rights, if any, of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect directors of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than nine nor more than 21 members with the exact number of directors to be determined from time to time solely by resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at Annual Meetings of stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold office as provided by Article FIFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

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Section 2 . Resignation of Directors . Any director may resign at any time effective upon giving written notice to the Corporation, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation.

Section 3. Vacancies . Any vacancy on the Board of Directors, howsoever resulting may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term as specified in Article FIFTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 4. Duties and Powers . The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 5. Chairman of the Board . The Board of Directors shall annually elect one of its members to be Chairman of the Board and shall fill any vacancy in the position of Chairman of the Board at such time and in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of stockholders. The Chairman shall perform such other duties and services as shall be assigned to or required of the Chairman by the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Meetings . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or by a majority of the Board of Directors. Notice thereof, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, shall be given to each director either by mail not less than four days before the date of the meeting, or personally or by telephone, telegram, telex or similar means of communication on 12 hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.

Section 7. Quorum; Action of Board of Directors . Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 8. Action by Written Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are

 

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maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

Section 9. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone . Members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 10 . Committees . The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The Board of Directors shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which proceedings of any such committee shall be conducted. In the absence of any such prescription, such committee shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which its proceedings shall be conducted. Unless the Board of Directors or such committee shall otherwise provide, regular and special meetings and other actions of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of this Article III applicable to meetings and actions of the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.

Section 11. Fees and Compensation . Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed or determined by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. General . The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may also choose one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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Section 2. Election . The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time solely by the Board of Directors, which determination may be by resolution of the Board of Directors or in any bylaw provision duly adopted or approved by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled only by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and the control of the Board of Directors, have general and active management, direction and supervision over the business of the Corporation and over its officers. He shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall report directly to the Board of Directors and shall have the right to delegate any of his powers to any other officer or employee.

Section 4. President . The President shall report and be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned or delegated to him by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer or are incident to the office of President.

Section 5. Executive Vice Presidents . The Executive Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or are incident to the office of Executive Vice President.

Section 6. Senior Vice Presidents . The Senior Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or are incident to the office of Senior Vice President.

Section 7. Vice Presidents . The Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or are incident to the office of Vice President.

Section 8. Secretary . The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a book of minutes of all meetings of stockholders, the Board of Directors and its committees, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at Board of Directors and committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a copy of the Bylaws of the Corporation at the principal executive office or business office of the Corporation.

 

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The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, if one be appointed, a stock register, or a duplicate stock register, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each and, for holders of certificated shares, the number and date of certificates issued for the same and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any committees thereof required by these Bylaws or by law to be given, shall keep the seal of the Corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 9. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation, and shall send or cause to be sent to the stockholders of the Corporation such financial statements and reports as are by law or these Bylaws required to be sent to them.

The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 10. Other Officers . Such other officers or assistant officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.

Section 11. Execution of Contracts and Other Documents . Each officer of the Corporation may execute, affix the corporate seal and/or deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, notes, bonds, contracts, agreements, powers of attorney, guarantees, settlements, releases, evidences of indebtedness, conveyances, or any other document or instrument which is authorized by the Board of Directors or is required to be executed in the ordinary course of business, except in cases where the execution, affixation of the corporate seal and/or delivery thereof shall be expressly and exclusively delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE V

STOCK

Section 1. Certificated or Uncertificated Shares .

(a) Shares of any or all of the Corporation’s classes or series of stock may be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock (in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe) or may be issued in uncertificated form. The issuance of shares in uncertificated form shall not affect shares already represented by a certificate until the certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Except as expressly provided by law, there shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of stockholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

(b) Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law or a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Section 2. Signatures .

(a) Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation.

(b) Where a certificate is countersigned by (i) a transfer agent or (ii) a registrar, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 3. Lost Certificates . The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

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Section 4. Transfers . Transfers of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock record of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his attorney thereunto authorized by the power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof, and (1) in the case of certificated shares, only on surrender of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power, or (2) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of such uncertificated shares, or from a duly authorized attorney or from an individual presenting proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer the stock. The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue and transfer of certificates representing shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

Section 5. Record Date .

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 5(a) of Article V of these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors or as otherwise established under this Section 5(b). Any person seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent without a meeting shall, by written notice addressed to the Secretary and delivered to the Corporation, request that a record date be fixed for such purpose. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for such purpose which shall be no more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board and shall not precede the date such resolution is adopted. If the Board of Directors fails within 10 days after the Corporation receives such notice to fix a record date for such purpose, the record date shall be the day on which the first written consent is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in Section 5(c) below unless prior action by the Board of Directors is required under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in which event the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) Every written consent purporting to take or authorizing the taking of corporate action and/or related revocations (each such written consent and related revocation is referred to in this Section 5(c) of Article V of the Bylaws as a “Consent”) shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the Consent, and no Consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within

 

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60 days of the earliest dated Consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 5(c), Consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are so delivered to the Corporation.

A Consent shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

In the event of the delivery to the Corporation of a Consent, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide for the safe-keeping of such Consent and shall promptly conduct such ministerial review of the sufficiency of the Consents and of the validity of the action to be taken by stockholder consent as he deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, whether the holders of a number of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent; provided, however, that if the corporate action to which the Consent relates is the removal or replacement of one or more members of the Board of Directors, the Secretary of the Corporation shall promptly designate two persons, who shall not be members of the Board of Directors, to serve as inspectors with respect to such Consent and such inspectors shall discharge the functions of the Secretary of the Corporation under this Section 5(c). If after such investigation the Secretary or the inspectors (as the case may be) shall determine that the Consent is valid and that the action therein specified has been validly authorized, that fact shall forthwith be certified on the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders, and the Consent shall be filed in such records, at which time the Consent shall become effective as stockholder action. In conducting the investigation required by this Section 5(c), the Secretary or the inspectors (as the case may be) may, at the expense of the Corporation, retain special legal counsel and any other necessary or appropriate professional advisors, and such other personnel as they may deem necessary or appropriate to assist them, and shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the opinion of such counsel or advisors.

Section 6. Beneficial Owners . The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

Section 7. Certain Security Repurchases . The Corporation shall not acquire any of its voting equity securities at a price exceeding the greater of the then-current market price of such securities or the average market price of such securities for the preceding thirty trading days from any person or group who or that is the beneficial owner of more than 2% of the Corporation’s voting securities, unless the acquisition of such securities is (a) effected pursuant to the same offer and on terms extended to all holders of securities of such class and to all holders of any other class from or into which

 

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such securities may be converted, or (b) approved by a vote of a majority of the shares cast, excluding those owned by the beneficial owner whose shares are being acquired by the Corporation. This provision shall not restrict the Corporation from acquiring shares in other circumstances, including: (i) reacquiring shares in the open market or in block trades pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors, in each case in accordance with the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-18 or any successor rule, or (ii) reacquiring shares pursuant to the terms of a stock option plan that has been approved by a vote of a majority of the shares of common stock.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 1. Notices . Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram, telex, cable or facsimile or (to the extent permitted by law) other electronic transmission followed, if required by law, by deposit in the United States mail, with postage prepaid.

Section 2. Waivers of Notice . Whenever any notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Disbursements . All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 2. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation . Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any other officer or officers authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Corporation and take all such

 

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action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. General . The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent authorized or permitted by law (as now or hereafter in effect) any person made, or threatened to be made, a defendant or witness to any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil or criminal or otherwise) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or by reason of the fact that such director or officer, at the request of the Corporation, is or was serving any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, in any capacity. Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which employees other than directors and officers may be entitled by law. No amendment or repeal of this Section 1 shall apply to or have any effect on any right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

Section 2. Further Assurance . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute:

(a) the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of law; and the Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter into contracts providing indemnification to the full extent authorized or permitted by law and including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the foregoing to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided therein, or elsewhere.

 

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ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. General . These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by either the holders of 66-2/3% of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE X

EMERGENCY PROVISIONS

Section 1. General . The provisions of this Article X shall be operative only during a national emergency declared by the President of the United States or the person performing the President’s functions, or in the event of a nuclear, atomic or other attack on the United States or a disaster making it impossible or impracticable for the Corporation to conduct its business without recourse to the provisions of this Article X. Said provisions in such event shall override all other Bylaws of the Corporation in conflict with any provisions of this Article X, and shall remain operative so long as it remains impossible or impracticable to continue the business of the Corporation otherwise, but thereafter shall be inoperative; provided that all actions taken in good faith pursuant to such provisions shall thereafter remain in full force and effect unless and until revoked by action taken pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws other than those contained in this Article X.

Section 2. Unavailable Directors . All directors of the Corporation who are not available to perform their duties as directors by reason of physical or mental incapacity or for any other reason or who are unwilling to perform their duties or whose whereabouts are unknown shall automatically cease to be directors, with like effect as if such persons had resigned as directors, so long as such unavailability continues.

Section 3. Authorized Number of Directors . The authorized number of directors shall be the number of directors remaining after eliminating those who have ceased to be directors pursuant to Section 2 of this Article X, or the minimum number required by law, whichever number is greater.

Section 4. Quorum . The number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum shall be one-third of the authorized number of directors as specified in Section 3 of this Article X, or such other minimum number as, pursuant to the law or lawful decree then in force, it is possible for the Bylaws of a Corporation to specify.

Section 5. Creation of Emergency Committee . In the event the number of directors remaining after eliminating those who have ceased to be directors pursuant to Section 2 of this Article X is less than the minimum number of authorized directors required by law, then until the appointment of additional directors to make up such required minimum, all the powers and authorities which the Board of Directors could by law delegate including all powers and authorities which the Board of Directors could delegate to a committee, shall be automatically vested in an emergency committee, and the emergency committee shall thereafter manage the affairs of the Corporation pursuant

 

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to such powers and authorities and shall have all other powers and authorities as may by law or lawful decree be conferred on any person or body of persons during a period of emergency.

Section 6. Constitution of Emergency Committee . The emergency committee shall consist of all the directors remaining after eliminating those who have ceased to be directors pursuant to Section 2 of this Article X, provided that such remaining directors are not less than three in number. In the event such remaining directors are less than three in number, the emergency committee shall consist of three persons, who shall be the remaining director or directors and either one or two officers or employees of the Corporation, as the remaining director or directors may in writing designate. If there is no remaining director, the emergency committee shall consist of the three most senior officers of the Corporation who are available to serve, and if and to the extent that officers are not available, the most senior employees of the Corporation. Seniority shall be determined in accordance with any designation of seniority in the minutes of the proceedings of the Board, and in the absence of such designation, shall be determined by rate of remuneration. In the event that there are no remaining directors and no officers or employees of the Corporation available, the emergency committee shall consist of three persons designated in writing by the stockholder owning the largest number of shares of record as of the date of the last record date.

Section 7. Powers of Emergency Committee . The emergency committee, once appointed, shall govern its own procedures and shall have power to increase the number of members thereof beyond the original number, and in the event of a vacancy or vacancies therein, arising at any time, the remaining member or members of the emergency committee shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies. In the event at any time after its appointment all members of the emergency committee shall die or resign or become unavailable to act for any reason whatsoever, a new emergency committee shall be appointed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Article X.

Section 8. Directors Becoming Available . Any person who has ceased to be a director pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of this Article X and who thereafter becomes available to serve as a director shall automatically become a member of the emergency committee.

Section 9. Election of Board of Directors . The emergency committee shall, as soon after its appointment as is practicable, take all requisite action to secure the election of a board of directors, and upon such election all the powers and authorities of the emergency committee shall cease.

Section 10. Termination of Emergency Committee . In the event, after the appointment of an emergency committee, a sufficient number of persons who ceased to be directors pursuant to Section 2 of this Article X become available to serve as directors, so that if they had not ceased to be directors as aforesaid, there would be enough directors to constitute the minimum number of directors required by law, then all such persons shall automatically be deemed to be reappointed as directors and the powers and authorities of the emergency committee shall be at an end.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY/PIXAR

2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective November 28, 2006)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

   1

1.1

   Background and Effective Date    1

1.2

   Purpose of the Plan    1

SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS

   1

2.1

   “1934 Act”    1

2.2

   “Affiliate”    1

2.3

   “Award”    2

2.4

   “Award Agreement”    2

2.5

   “Board” or “Board of Directors”    2

2.6

   “Code”    2

2.7

   “Committee”    2

2.8

   “Company”    2

2.9

   “Consultant”    2

2.10

   “Director”    2

2.11

   “Disability”    2

2.12

   “Earnings Per Share”    2

2.13

   “Employee”    2

2.14

   “Exchange Program”    2

2.15

   “Exercise Price”    2

2.16

   “Fair Market Value”    2

2.17

   “Fiscal Year”    3

2.18

   “Grant Date”    3

2.19

   “Incentive Stock Option”    3

2.20

   “Nonemployee Director”    3

2.21

   “Nonqualified Stock Option”    3

2.22

   “Option”    3

2.23

   “Participant”    3

2.24

   “Performance Goals”    3

2.25

   “Performance Period”    3

2.26

   “Performance Share”    3

2.27

   “Performance Unit”    3

2.28

   “Period of Restriction”    4

2.29

   “Plan”    4

2.30

   “Profit After Tax”    4

2.31

   “Restricted Stock”    4

2.32

   “Retirement”    4

2.33

   “Return on Equity”    4

2.34

   “Revenue”    4

2.35

   “Rule 16b-3”    4

2.36

   “Section 16 Person”    4

2.37

   “Shares”    4

2.38

   “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR”    4


TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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2.39

   “Subsidiary”    4

2.40

   “Termination of Service”    5

2.41

   “Total Shareholder Return”    5

SECTION 3 ADMINISTRATION

   5

3.1

   The Committee    5

3.2

   Authority of the Committee    5

3.3

   Delegation by the Committee    5

3.4

   Decisions Binding    6

SECTION 4 SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

   6

4.1

   Number of Shares    6

4.2

   Lapsed Awards    6

4.3

   Adjustments in Awards and Authorized Shares    6

SECTION 5 STOCK OPTIONS

   6

5.1

   Grant of Options    6

5.2

   Award Agreement    7

5.3

   Exercise Price    7

5.4

   Expiration of Options    7

5.5

   Exercisability of Options    8

5.6

   Payment    8

5.7

   Restrictions on Share Transferability    8

5.8

   Certain Additional Provisions for Incentive Stock Options    8

SECTION 6 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

   9

6.1

   Grant of SARs    9

6.2

   SAR Agreement    9

6.3

   Expiration of SARs    9

6.4

   Payment of SAR Amount    9

SECTION 7 RESTRICTED STOCK

   10

7.1

   Grant of Restricted Stock    10

7.2

   Restricted Stock Agreement    10

7.3

   Transferability    10

7.4

   Other Restrictions    10

7.5

   Removal of Restrictions    11

7.6

   Voting Rights    11

7.7

   Dividends and Other Distributions    11

7.8

   Return of Restricted Stock to Company    11

SECTION 8 PERFORMANCE UNITS

   11

8.1

   Grant of Performance Units    11

8.2

   Value of Performance Units    11


TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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8.3

   Performance Objectives and Other Terms    11

8.4

   Earning of Performance Units    12

8.5

   Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units    12

8.6

   Cancellation of Performance Units    12

SECTION 9 PERFORMANCE SHARES

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9.1

   Grant of Performance Shares    12

9.2

   Value of Performance Shares    13

9.3

   Performance Share Agreement    13

9.4

   Performance Objectives and Other Terms    13

9.5

   Earning of Performance Shares    13

9.6

   Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Shares    13

9.7

   Cancellation of Performance Shares    14

SECTION 10 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

   14

SECTION 11 MISCELLANEOUS

   14

11.1

   Deferrals    14

11.2

   No Effect on Employment or Service    14

11.3

   Participation    14

11.4

   Indemnification    14

11.5

   Successors    15

11.6

   Beneficiary Designations    15

11.7

   Limited Transferability of Awards    15

11.8

   No Rights as Shareholder    15

SECTION 12 AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, AND DURATION

   15

12.1

   Amendment, Suspension, or Termination    15

12.2

   Duration of the Plan    15

SECTION 13 TAX WITHHOLDING

   16

13.1

   Withholding Requirements    16

13.2

   Withholding Arrangements    16

SECTION 14 LEGAL CONSTRUCTION

   16

14.1

   Gender and Number    16

14.2

   Severability    16

14.3

   Requirements of Law    16

14.4

   Securities Law Compliance    16

14.5

   Governing Law    16

14.6

   Captions    17


The WALT DISNEY COMPANY/ PIXAR

2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

1.1 Background and Effective Date . The Plan, formerly known as the Pixar 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted by the Board of Directors of Pixar, a California corporation (“Pixar”), and approved by its shareholders, became effective on August 20, 2004. In connection with the merger (the “Merger”) of Lux Acquisition Corp., a California corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, with and into Pixar, the Plan was assumed by The Walt Disney Corporation, effective upon the consummation of the Merger. The Plan has been amended and restated to reflect the exchange ratio in the Merger and certain other Merger-related changes.

1.2 Purpose of the Plan . The Plan is intended to attract, motivate, and retain (a) employees of Pixar and its Subsidiaries, (b) consultants who provide significant services to Pixar and its Subsidiaries, and (c) directors of Pixar who are employees of neither Pixar nor any of its Subsidiaries. The Plan also is designed to encourage stock ownership by Participants, thereby aligning their interests with those of the Company’s shareholders and to permit the payment of compensation that qualifies as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.

SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

2.1 “ 1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the 1934 Act or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

2.2 “ Affiliate ” means any corporation or any other entity (including, but not limited to, partnerships and joint ventures) controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company.

2.3 “ Award ” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Performance Units, or Performance Shares.

 

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2.4 “ Award Agreement ” means the written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan.

2.5 “ Board ” or “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.6 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

2.7 “ Committee ” means the committee appointed by the Board (pursuant to Section 3.1) to administer the Plan.

2.8 “ Company ” means The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.

2.9 “ Consultant ” means any consultant, independent contractor, or other person who provides significant services to Pixar or its Subsidiaries, but who is neither an Employee nor a Director.

2.10 “ Director ” means any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of Pixar.

2.11 “ Disability ” means a permanent disability in accordance with a policy or policies established by the Committee (in its discretion) from time to time.

2.12 “ Earnings Per Share ” means as to any Performance Period, the Company’s Profit After Tax, divided by a weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive common equivalent shares deemed outstanding, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

2.13 “ Employee ” means any employee of Pixar or its Subsidiaries, whether such employee is so employed at the time the Plan is adopted or becomes so employed subsequent to the adoption of the Plan.

2.14 “ Exchange Program ” means a program established by the Committee under which outstanding Awards are amended to provide for a lower Exercise Price or surrendered or cancelled in exchange for (a) Awards with a lower Exercise Price, (b) a different type of Award, (c) cash, or (d) a combination of (a), (b) and/or (c).

2.15 “ Exercise Price ” means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to the exercise of an Option.

2.16 “ Fair Market Value ” of a share of Common Stock as of a given date means the average of the highest and lowest of the New York Stock Exchange composite tape market prices at which the shares of Common Stock shall have been sold regular way on the date as of which fair

 

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market value is to be determined or, if there shall be no such sale on such date, the next preceding day on which such a sale shall have occurred. If Common Stock is not listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, the Committee shall determine in good faith the Fair Market Value in whatever manner it considers appropriate.

2.17 “ Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the Company.

2.18 “ Grant Date ” means, with respect to an Award, the date that the Award was granted. The Grant Date of an Award shall not be earlier than the date the Award is approved by the Committee.

2.19 “ Incentive Stock Option ” means an Option to purchase Shares that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

2.20 “ Nonemployee Director ” means a Director who is not an Employee.

2.21 “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means an option to purchase Shares that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

2.22 “ Option ” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.

2.23 “ Participant ” means an Employee, Consultant, or Nonemployee Director who has an outstanding Award.

2.24 “ Performance Goals ” means the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award. As determined by the Committee, the Performance Goals applicable to an Award may provide for a targeted level or levels of achievement using one or more of the following measures: (a) Earnings Per Share, (b) Profit After Tax, (c) Return on Equity, (d) Revenue, and (e) Total Shareholder Return. The Performance Goals may differ from Participant to Participant and from Award to Award. Any criteria used may be measured, as applicable, (i) in absolute terms, (ii) in relative terms (including, but not limited to, passage of time and/or against another company or companies), (iii) on a per-share basis, (iv) against the performance of the Company as a whole or of a particular audio/visual product or software product of the Company or any other Company product related to such products, and/or (v) on a pre-tax or after-tax basis. Prior to the determination date, the Committee shall determine whether any element(s) or item(s) shall be included in or excluded from the calculation of any Performance Goal with respect to any Participants.

Performance Period ” means any Fiscal Year or such longer period as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

2.25 “ Performance Share ” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9.

2.26 “ Performance Unit ” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.

 

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2.27 “ Period of Restriction ” means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. As provided in Section 7, such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as determined by the Committee, in its discretion.

2.28 “ Plan ” means The Walt Disney Company/Pixar 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth in this instrument and as hereafter amended from time to time.

2.29 “ Profit After Tax ” means as to any Performance Period, the Company’s income after taxes, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

2.30 “ Restricted Stock ” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7.

2.31 “ Retirement ” means, in the case of an Employee or a Nonemployee Director, a Termination of Service occurring in accordance with a policy or policies established by the Committee (in its discretion) from time to time. With respect to a Consultant, no Termination of Service shall be deemed to be on account of “Retirement.”

2.32 “ Return on Equity ” means as to any Performance Period, the percentage equal to the Company’s Profit After Tax divided by average shareholder’s equity, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

2.33 “ Revenue ” means as to any Performance Period, the Company’s net revenues generated from third parties, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

2.34 “ Rule 16b-3 ” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act, and any future regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such regulation.

2.35 “ Section 16 Person ” means a person who, with respect to the Shares, is subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

2.36 “ Shares ” means the shares of common stock of the Company.

2.37 “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or “ SAR ” means an Award, granted alone or in connection with a related Option, that pursuant to Section 6 is designated as an SAR.

2.38 “ Subsidiary ” means any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company or Pixar, as applicable, as the corporation at the top of the chain, but only if each of the corporations below the Company (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) then owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

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2.39 “ Termination of Service ” means (a) in the case of an Employee, a cessation of the employee-employer relationship between the Employee and the Company or an Affiliate for any reason, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, Disability, Retirement, or the disaffiliation of an Affiliate, but excluding any such termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment by the Company or an Affiliate; (b) in the case of a Consultant, a cessation of the service relationship between the Consultant and the Company or an Affiliate for any reason, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, Disability, or the disaffiliation of an Affiliate, but excluding any such termination where there is a simultaneous re-engagement of the consultant by the Company or an Affiliate; and (c) in the case of a Nonemployee Director, a cessation of the Director’s service on the Board for any reason, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, death, Disability, Retirement or non-reelection to the Board.

2.40 “ Total Shareholder Return ” means as to any Performance Period, the total return (change in share price plus reinvestment of any dividends) of a Share.

SECTION 3

ADMINISTRATION

3.1 The Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee (and/or the Board, as determined by the Board). The Committee shall consist of not less than two (2) Directors who shall be appointed from time to time by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors. Unless determined otherwise by the Board, the Committee shall be comprised solely of Directors who are (a) “outside directors” under Section 162(m) of the Code, and (b) “non-employee directors” under Rule 16b-3.

3.2 Authority of the Committee . It shall be the duty of the Committee to administer the Plan in accordance with the Plan’s provisions. The Committee shall have all powers and discretion necessary or appropriate to administer the Plan and to control its operation, including, but not limited to, the power to (a) determine which Employees, Consultants and Directors shall be granted Awards, (b) prescribe the terms and conditions of the Awards, (c) interpret the Plan and the Awards, (d) adopt such procedures and subplans as are necessary or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by Employees, Consultants and Directors who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States, (e) implement an Exchange Program, (f) adopt rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith, and (g) interpret, amend or revoke any such rules.

3.3 Delegation by the Committee . The Committee, in its sole discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may provide, may delegate all or any part of its authority and powers under the Plan to one or more Directors or officers of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Awards that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may not delegate its authority and powers with respect to such Awards if such delegation would cause the Awards to fail to so qualify (unless determined otherwise by the Board).

 

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3.4 Decisions Binding . All determinations and decisions made by the Committee, the Board, and any delegate of the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.

SECTION 4

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 Number of Shares . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3, the total number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan as of the closing of the Merger shall equal the sum of (a) 23,859,591, and (b) any Shares (not to exceed 48,300,000) that otherwise would have been returned to the 1995 Stock Plan and 1995 Director Option Plan as of August 20, 2004, on account of the expiration, cancellation or forfeiture of awards granted thereunder. No more than 36,800,000 of the Shares available under the Plan may be issued pursuant to Awards that are Incentive Stock Options. Shares granted under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued Shares or treasury Shares.

4.2 Lapsed Awards . If an Award is settled in cash, or is cancelled, terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason, any Shares subject to such Award again shall be available to be the subject of an Award, except as determined by the Committee.

4.3 Adjustments in Awards and Authorized Shares . In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by the Committee (in its sole discretion) to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Shares that may be issued under the Plan, the number and class of Shares that may be added annually to the Shares reserved under the Plan, the number, class, and price of Shares subject to outstanding Awards, and the numerical limits of Sections 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1 and 10.1. Notwithstanding the preceding, the number of Shares subject to any Award always shall be a whole number.

SECTION 5

STOCK OPTIONS

5.1 Grant of Options . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants at any time and from time to time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares subject to each Option, provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Participant shall be granted Options (and/or other Awards) covering more than a total of 13,800,000 Shares. Subject to Section 12.2, the Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, or a combination thereof.

 

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5.2 Award Agreement . Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Exercise Price, the expiration date of the Option, the number of Shares covered by the Option, any conditions to exercise the Option, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine. The Award Agreement shall also specify whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.

5.3 Exercise Price . Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.3, the Exercise Price for each Option shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

5.3.1 Nonqualified Stock Options . The Exercise Price of each Nonqualified Stock option shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion but shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.

5.3.2 Incentive Stock Options . In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Exercise Price shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date; provided, however, that if on the Grant Date, the Employee (together with persons whose stock ownership is attributed to the Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Exercise Price shall be not less than one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.

5.3.3 Substitute Options . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.3.2, in the event that the Company or an Affiliate consummates a transaction described in Section 424(a) of the Code (e.g., the acquisition of property or stock from an unrelated corporation), persons who become Employees, Nonemployee Directors or Consultants on account of such transaction may be granted Options in substitution for options granted by their former employer. If such substitute Options are granted, the Committee, in its sole discretion and consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code, may determine that such substitute Options shall have an exercise price less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Grant Date.

5.4 Expiration of Options .

5.4.1 Expiration Dates . Each Option shall terminate no later than the first to occur of the following events:

(a) The date for termination of the Option set forth in the written Award Agreement; or

(b) The expiration of ten (10) years from the Grant Date.

5.4.2 Death of Participant . Notwithstanding Section 5.4.1, if a Participant dies prior to the expiration of his or her Options, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide that his or her Options shall be exercisable for up to three (3) years after the date of death.

5.4.3 Committee Discretion . Subject to the ten and thirteen-year limits of Sections 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, the Committee, in its sole discretion, (a) shall provide in each Award Agreement when each Option expires and becomes unexercisable, and (b) may, after an Option is

 

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granted, extend the maximum term of the Option (subject to Section 5.8.4 regarding Incentive Stock Options).

5.5 Exercisability of Options . Options granted under the Plan shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. After an Option is granted, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the exercisability of the Option.

5.6 Payment . Options shall be exercised by the Participant giving notice and following such procedures as the Company (or its designee) may specify from time to time. Exercise of an Option also requires that the Participant make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for full payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares. All exercise notices shall be given in the form and manner specified by the Company from time to time. The Exercise Price shall be payable to the Company in full in cash or its equivalent. The Committee, in its sole discretion, also may permit exercise (a) by tendering previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total Exercise Price, or (b) by any other means which the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines to both provide legal consideration for the Shares, and to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. Any Shares tendered in payment of the Exercise Price of an Option must have been owned by the Participant (or any beneficiary) for at least six (6) months prior to the date of exercise, unless determined otherwise by Committee (in its sole discretion). As soon as practicable after receipt of a notification of exercise satisfactory to the Company and full payment for the Shares purchased, the Company shall deliver to the Participant (or the Participant’s designated broker), Share certificates (which may be in book entry form) representing such Shares.

5.7 Restrictions on Share Transferability . The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option as it may deem advisable, including, but not limited to, restrictions related to applicable federal securities laws, the requirements of any national securities exchange or system upon which Shares are then listed or traded, or any blue sky or state securities laws.

5.8 Certain Additional Provisions for Incentive Stock Options .

5.8.1 Exercisability . The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined on the Grant Date(s)) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Employee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not exceed $100,000.

5.8.2 Termination of Service . No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised more than three (3) months after the Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason other than Disability or death, unless (a) the Participant dies during such three-month period, and/or (b) the Award Agreement or the Committee permits later exercise (in which case the Option instead may be deemed to be a Nonqualified Stock Option). No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised more than one (1) year after the Participant’s Termination of Service on account of Disability, unless (a) the Participant dies during such one-year period, and/or (b) the Award Agreement or the Committee

 

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permit later exercise (in which case the option instead may be deemed to be a Nonqualified Stock Option).

5.8.3 Employees Only . Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to persons who are Employees on the Grant Date.

5.8.4 Expiration . No Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after the expiration of ten (10) years from the Grant Date; provided, however, that if the Option is granted to an Employee who, together with persons whose stock ownership is attributed to the Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Option may not be exercised after the expiration of five (5) years from the Grant Date.

SECTION 6

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

6.1 Grant of SARs . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, SARs may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

6.1.1 Number of Shares . The Committee shall have complete discretion to determine the number of SARs granted to any Participant, provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Participant shall be granted SARs (and/or other Awards) covering more than a total of 13,800,000 Shares.

6.1.2 Exercise Price and Other Terms . The Committee, subject to the provisions of the Plan, shall have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of SARs granted under the Plan. The Exercise Price of each SAR shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.

6.2 SAR Agreement . Each SAR grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the exercise price, the term of the SAR, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

6.3 Expiration of SARs . An SAR granted under the Plan shall expire upon the date determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rules of Section 5.4 also shall apply to SARs.

6.4 Payment of SAR Amount . Upon exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:

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(b) The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon SAR exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof.

SECTION 7

RESTRICTED STOCK

7.1 Grant of Restricted Stock . Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock to Employees, Directors and Consultants as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the number of Shares to be granted to each Participant, provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Participant shall receive more than a total of 13,800,000 Shares of Restricted Stock (and/or other Awards).

7.2 Restricted Stock Agreement . Each Award of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period of Restriction, the number of Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, Shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company as escrow agent until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed.

7.3 Transferability . Except as provided in this Section 7, Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.

7.4 Other Restrictions . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate, in accordance with this Section 7.4.

7.4.1 General Restrictions . The Committee may set restrictions based upon continued employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates, the achievement of specific performance objectives (Company-wide, departmental, or individual), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Committee in its discretion.

7.4.2 Section 162(m) Performance Restrictions . For purposes of qualifying grants of Restricted Stock as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee, in its discretion, may set restrictions based upon the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee on or before the latest date permissible to enable the Restricted Stock to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. In granting Restricted Stock which is intended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure qualification of the Restricted Stock under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).

7.4.3 Legend on Certificates . The Committee, in its discretion, may legend the certificates representing Restricted Stock to give appropriate notice of such restrictions.

 

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7.5 Removal of Restrictions . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan shall be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction. The Committee, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions shall lapse or be removed. After the restrictions have lapsed, the Participant shall be entitled to have any legend or legends under Section 7.4.3 removed from his or her Share certificate and the Shares shall be freely transferable by the Participant. The Committee (in its discretion) may establish procedures regarding the release of Shares from escrow and the removal of legends, as necessary or appropriate to minimize administrative burdens on the Company

7.6 Voting Rights . During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Committee determines otherwise.

7.7 Dividends and Other Distributions . During the Period of Restriction, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement. Any such dividends or distribution shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement.

7.8 Return of Restricted Stock to Company . On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock for which restrictions have not lapsed shall revert to the Company and again shall become available for grant under the Plan.

SECTION 8

PERFORMANCE UNITS

8.1 Grant of Performance Units . Performance Units may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Units granted to each Participant provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Participant shall receive Performance Units having an initial value greater than $3,000,000.

8.2 Value of Performance Units . Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Committee on or before the Grant Date.

8.3 Performance Objectives and Other Terms . The Committee, in its discretion, shall set performance objectives or other vesting criteria which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Units that will be paid out to the Participants. Each Award of Performance Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

 

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8.3.1 General Performance Objectives or Vesting Criteria . The Committee may set performance objectives or vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, departmental, or individual goals, applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Committee in its discretion (for example, but not by way of limitation, continuous service as an Employee, Director or Consultant).

8.3.2 Section 162(m) Performance Objectives . For purposes of qualifying grants of Performance Units as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that the performance objectives applicable to Performance Units shall be based on the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee on or before the latest date permissible to enable the Performance Units to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. In granting Performance Units that are intended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure qualification of the Performance Units under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).

8.4 Earning of Performance Units . After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units shall be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives have been achieved. After the grant of a Performance Unit, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives for such Performance Unit.

8.5 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units . Payment of earned Performance Units shall be made as soon as practicable after the expiration of the applicable Performance Period. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units in the form of cash, in Shares (which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the earned Performance Units at the close of the applicable Performance Period) or in a combination thereof.

8.6 Cancellation of Performance Units . On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned or unvested Performance Units shall be forfeited to the Company, and again shall be available for grant under the Plan.

SECTION 9

PERFORMANCE SHARES

9.1 Grant of Performance Shares . Performance Shares may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Shares granted to each Participant, provided that during any Fiscal Year, no Participant shall be granted more than a total of 13,800,000 Performance Shares (and/or other Awards).

 

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9.2 Value of Performance Shares . Each Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date.

9.3 Performance Share Agreement . Each Award of Performance Shares shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify any vesting conditions, the number of Performance Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

9.4 Performance Objectives and Other Terms . The Committee, in its discretion, shall set performance objectives or other vesting criteria which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Shares that will be paid out to the Participants. Each Award of Performance Shares shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

9.4.1 General Performance Objectives or Vesting Criteria . The Committee may set performance objectives or vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, departmental, or individual goals, applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Committee in its discretion (for example, but not by way of limitation, continuous service as an Employee, Director or Consultant).

9.4.2 Section 162(m) Performance Objectives . For purposes of qualifying grants of Performance Shares as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that the performance objectives applicable to Performance Shares shall be based on the achievement of Performance Goals. The Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee on or before the latest date permissible to enable the Performance Shares to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. In granting Performance Shares that are intended to qualify under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall follow any procedures determined by it from time to time to be necessary or appropriate to ensure qualification of the Performance Shares under Section 162(m) of the Code (e.g., in determining the Performance Goals).

9.5 Earning of Performance Shares . After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Shares shall be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Performance Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives have been achieved. After the grant of a Performance Share, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives for such Performance Share.

9.6 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Shares . Payment of vested Performance Shares shall be made as soon as practicable after vesting (subject to any deferral permitted under Section 11.1). The Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay Performance Shares in the form of cash, in Shares or in a combination thereof.

 

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9.7 Cancellation of Performance Shares . On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unvested Performance Shares shall be forfeited to the Company, and except as otherwise determined by the Committee, again shall be available for grant under the Plan.

SECTION 10

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SECTION 11

MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Deferrals . The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be due to such Participant under an Award. Any such deferral elections shall be subject to such rules and procedures as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

11.2 No Effect on Employment or Service . Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate any Participant’s employment or service at any time, with or without cause. For purposes of the Plan, transfer of employment of a Participant between the Company and any one of its Subsidiaries (or between its Subsidiaries) shall not be deemed a Termination of Service. Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries is on an at-will basis only.

11.3 Participation . No Employee, Director or Consultant shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

11.4 Indemnification . 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 (a) 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 a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan or any Award Agreement, and (b) 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 claim, 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 of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or under any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

 

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11.5 Successors . All obligations of the Company under the Plan, with respect to Awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.

11.6 Beneficiary Designations . If permitted by the Committee, a Participant under the Plan may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom any vested but unpaid Award shall be paid in the event of the Participant’s death. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the Participant and shall be effective only if given in a form and manner acceptable to the Committee. In the absence of any such designation, any vested benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate and, subject to the terms of the Plan and of the applicable Award Agreement, any unexercised vested Award may be exercised by the administrator or executor of the Participant’s estate.

11.7 Limited Transferability of Awards . No Award granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution, or to the limited extent provided in Section 11.6. All rights with respect to an Award granted to a Participant shall be available during his or her lifetime only to the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may, if the Committee (in its discretion) so permits, transfer an Award to an individual or entity other than the Company. Any such transfer shall be made in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may specify from time to time.

11.8 No Rights as Shareholder . Except to the limited extent provided in Sections 7.6, no Participant (nor any beneficiary) shall have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares issuable pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), unless and until certificates representing such Shares shall have been issued, recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to the Participant (or beneficiary).

SECTION 12

AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, AND DURATION

12.1 Amendment, Suspension, or Termination . The Board, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. The amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall not, without the consent of the Participant, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Award theretofore granted to such Participant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Company reserves the right, but not the obligation, to revise the Plan and any Awards as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Participant, to comply with Section 409A of the Code or to otherwise avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition under Section 409A of the Code. No Award may be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan.

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thereafter. However, without further shareholder approval, no Incentive Stock Option may be granted under the Plan following the Merger.

SECTION 13

TAX WITHHOLDING

13.1 Withholding Requirements . Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), the Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof).

13.2 Withholding Arrangements . The Committee, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit a Participant to satisfy such tax withholding obligation, in whole or in part by (a) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares, or (b) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld.

SECTION 14

LEGAL CONSTRUCTION

14.1 Gender and Number . Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

14.2 Severability . In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

14.3 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

14.4 Securities Law Compliance . With respect to Section 16 Persons, transactions under this Plan are intended to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3. To the extent any provision of the Plan, Award Agreement or action by the Committee fails to so comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable or appropriate by the Committee.

14.5 Governing Law . The Plan and all Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (with the exception of its conflict of laws provisions).

 

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14.6 Captions . Captions are provided herein for convenience only, and shall not serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED

1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. PURPOSES

The purposes of the Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) are to provide long-term incentives and rewards to employees of The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) and its Affiliates (as defined below), to assist Disney in attracting and retaining employees with experience and/or ability on a basis competitive with industry practices and to associate the interests of such employees with those of Disney’s stockholders. The Plan permits Disney to make awards in shares of The Walt Disney Company Common Stock (the “Common Stock”).

 

2. EFFECTIVE DATE

The Plan, as amended and restated as provided herein, is effective as of November 28, 2006.

 

3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Disney (the “Board”) or by such other committee or committees of the Board as may be designated by the Board (the Compensation Committee or any other such committee being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Committee”). The Compensation Committee shall be so constituted and empowered as to permit awards granted under the Plan to comply with the “non-employee director” requirements under Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and with the “outside director” requirement of Section 162(m) of the Code. Members of any committee acting as the Committee hereunder shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Committee shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, such powers to include exclusive authority (within the limitations described herein) to select the employees to be granted awards under the Plan, to determine the series and/or class of stock in respect of which any awards will be granted, to determine the type, size and terms of awards to be made to each employee selected, to determine the time when awards will be granted, when they will vest, when they may be exercised and when they will be paid, to amend awards previously granted and to establish objectives and conditions, if any, for earning awards and whether awards will be paid after the end of the award period. The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its business as the Committee deems necessary or advisable and to interpret same. The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding


on all parties concerned, including Disney, its Affiliates, stockholders, any participants in the Plan and any other employee of Disney or any of its Affiliates.

All employees of Disney and all employees of Disney’s Affiliates shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall from time to time designate from among those eligible to participate those employees who are to receive awards under and thereby become participants in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, “Affiliate” shall mean any entity, as may from time to time be designated by the Committee, that is a subsidiary corporation of Disney (within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code), and each other entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with Disney. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meaning correlative to the foregoing.

 

4. AWARDS

(a) TYPES. Awards under the Plan shall be made with reference to shares of Common Stock and may include, but need not be limited to, stock options (including nonqualified stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Committee determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan. The Committee may provide for the issuance of shares of Common Stock as a stock award for no consideration other than services rendered or, to the extent permitted by applicable state law, to be rendered. In the event of an award under which shares of Common Stock are or may in the future be issued for any other type of consideration, the amount of such consideration shall be equal or greater than the amount (such as the par value of such shares) required to be received by Disney in order to assure compliance with applicable state law. The Committee may make any other type of award which it shall determine is consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan.

(b) PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee may, but need not, establish performance goals to be achieved within such performance periods as may be selected by it in its sole discretion, using such measures of the performance of Disney and/or any one or more of its Affiliates as it may select, for purposes of the granting, vesting, payment or other entitlement to awards under the Plan.

(c) RULES AND POLICIES. The Committee may adopt from time to time written rules and policies implementing the Plan. Such rules and policies may include, but need not be limited to, the type, size and term of awards to be made to participants and the conditions for the exercise or payment of such awards. Rules relating to stock options and free-standing and tandem stock appreciation rights (as distinguished from all other awards, including, without limitation, warrants), attached hereto as Appendix A, have been approved by the Committee. The rules set forth in Appendix A may be amended by the Committee in accordance with the provisions and subject to the

 

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limitations set forth in Section 10 of the Plan. The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the extent to which rules and policies that it may adopt in the future shall be subject to the approval of the Disney stockholders and/or limitations on the Committee’s authority to amend such rules or policies.

(d) MAXIMUM AWARDS. A participant may be granted multiple awards under the Plan. The maximum numbers of shares of Common Stock subject to awards of stock options, warrants and stock appreciation rights under the Plan that may be granted during any period of five consecutive calendar years to any one individual shall be limited to 30,000,000 shares, determined both individually with respect to each such type of award and in the aggregate with respect to all such types of awards. With respect to awards of stock, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other forms of award conveying a similar economic benefit (but excluding stock options, warrants and stock appreciation rights): (i) the maximum numbers of shares of Common Stock that may be awarded during any period of five consecutive calendar years to any one individual shall be 6,000,000 shares, and (ii) the maximum numbers of shares of Common Stock that may be granted under such awards to all participants under the Plan shall be 30,967,650 shares, determined both individually with respect to each such type of award and in the aggregate with respect to all such types of awards.

(e) Subject to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions contained in Section 8 of the Plan, without the prior approval of Disney’s shareholders, evidenced by a majority of votes cast, neither the Committee nor the Board shall cause the cancellation, substitution or amendment of a stock option or stock appreciation right that would have the effect of reducing the exercise price or base price of such an award previously granted under the Plan, or otherwise approve any modification to such an award that would be treated as a ‘repricing’ under the then applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements adopted by the New York Stock Exchange.

 

5. SHARES OF STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

The shares of Common Stock that may be delivered or purchased or used for reference purposes under the Plan shall not exceed an aggregate of 300,283,369 shares. Shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held in the Disney’s treasury. Any shares subject to an award which for any reason expires or is terminated unexercised or unpaid as to such shares shall again be available for issuance under the Plan.

 

6. PAYMENT OF AWARDS

The Committee shall determine the extent to which awards shall be payable in cash, shares of Common Stock or any combination thereof or in any other form. The Committee may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof or any other form, shall be deferred. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms, conditions and/or limitations as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.

 

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7. VESTING

The Committee may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof or any other form, or the right of a participant to exercise an award under the Plan, shall be vested at such times and upon such terms as may be selected by it in its sole discretion.

 

8. DILUTION AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT

In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock by reason of any split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change or any other change affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall, in the manner and to the extent it considers equitable to participants and consistent with the terms of the Plan, make adjustments in the number, kind or character of shares that may be subject to existing or future awards under the Plan (including by substitution of shares of another corporation including, without limitation, any successor of Disney), adjustments in the exercise, purchase or base price of an outstanding award and adjustments in the maximum numbers of shares referred to in Section 4 or Section 5 of the Plan. All such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

 

9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. A participant under the Plan shall have no rights as a holder of Common Stock with respect to awards hereunder, unless and until certificates for shares of such stock are issued to the participant, or the shares are issued to the participant by electronic account entry or such other means approved by the Committee, together with any legends or restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee for compliance with the terms of the Plan and applicable law.

(b) ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER. No award under this Plan shall be transferable by the participant or shall be subject in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge (other than by or to Disney), except (i) by will or the laws of descent and distribution (with all references herein to the rights or duties of holders or participants to be deemed to include the beneficiaries or legal representatives of the holder or participant unless the context otherwise expressly requires); or (ii) subject to the prior approval of the Committee, for transfers to “family members” (as defined below), charitable institutions or such other persons or entities approved by the Committee (subject to such limitations as the Committee in its discretion may impose, if necessary, to comply with applicable securities laws), in each case subject to the condition that the Committee be satisfied that such transfer is being made by the participant for estate planning, tax planning or donative purposes and no consideration (other than nominal consideration or interests in a family partnership, family corporation or other family-related entity) is received by the participant therefor. Except as provided above, during the lifetime of a participant, awards hereunder are exercisable only by, and payable only to, the participant.

 

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For purposes hereof, a “family member” shall mean any 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.

(c) AGREEMENTS. All awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by agreements in such form and containing such terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Committee shall adopt.

(d) COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REGULATIONS. During the term of the Plan and the term of any awards granted under the Plan, Disney will at all times reserve and keep available such number of shares as may be issuable under the Plan, and will seek to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, any requisite authority required in the opinion of counsel for Disney in order to grant shares of Common Stock, or options to purchase such stock or other awards hereunder, and transfer, issue or sell such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of any options or other awards. If in the opinion of counsel for Disney the transfer, issue or sale of any shares of its stock under the Plan shall not be lawful for any reason, including the inability of Disney to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction authority deemed by such counsel to be necessary to such transfer, issuance or sale, Disney shall not be obligated to transfer, issue or sell any such shares. In any event, Disney shall not be obligated to transfer, issue or sell any shares to any participant unless a registration statement which complies with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is in effect at the time with respect to such shares or other appropriate action has been taken under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, or Disney receives evidence satisfactory to the Committee that the transfer, issuance or sale of such shares, in the absence of an effective registration statement or other appropriate action, would not constitute a violation of the terms and provisions of the Securities Act. Disney’s obligation to issue shares upon the exercise of any award granted under the Plan shall in any case be subject to Disney being satisfied that the shares purchased are being purchased for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof, if at the time of such exercise a resale of such shares would otherwise violate the Securities Act in the absence of an effective registration statement relating to such shares.

(e) WITHHOLDING TAXES. Disney shall have the right to deduct from all awards hereunder paid in cash any federal, state, local or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such awards and, with respect to awards paid in Common Stock, to require the payment (through withholding from the participant’s salary or otherwise) of any such taxes. The obligation of Disney to make delivery of awards in cash or Common Stock shall be subject to currency or other restrictions imposed by any government.

 

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(f) NO RIGHTS TO AWARD. No employee or other person shall have any right to be granted an award under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any participant any right to be retained in the employ of Disney or any of its Affiliates, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of Disney or any of its Affiliates, which are hereby reserved, to discharge the employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without good cause.

(g) COSTS AND EXPENSES. The costs and expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by Disney and not charged to any award or to any participant receiving an award.

(h) FUNDING OF PLAN. The Plan shall be unfunded. Disney shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any award under the Plan.

 

10. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

(a) AMENDMENTS. The Committee may at any time terminate or from time to time amend the Plan in whole or in part, but no such action shall adversely affect any rights or obligations with respect to any awards theretofore made under the Plan.

Unless the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock present, or represented, and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall have first approved thereof, no amendment of the Plan shall be effective which would (i) increase the maximum numbers of shares referred to in Section 5 of the Plan or the maximum awards that may be granted pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Plan to any one individual or (ii) extend the maximum period during which awards may be granted under the Plan.

With the consent of the participant, if adversely affected, the Committee may amend outstanding agreements evidencing awards under the Plan in a manner not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

(b) TERMINATION. Unless the Plan shall theretofore have been terminated as above provided, the Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after March 6, 2011.

 

11. CHANGE IN CONTROL

(a) ACCELERATED VESTING. Except to the extent an award agreement provides for a different result (in which case the award agreement will govern and this Section 11 of the Plan shall not be applicable), and except as may be limited by the provisions of Section 11(c) hereof, notwithstanding anything elsewhere in the Plan or any rules adopted by the Committee pursuant to the Plan to the contrary, if a Triggering Event shall occur within the 12-month period beginning with a Change in Control of Disney, then, effective immediately prior to such Triggering Event, (i) each outstanding stock option, warrant and stock appreciation right, to the extent that it shall not otherwise have become vested and exercisable, shall automatically become immediately and fully vested

 

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and exercisable, (ii) each outstanding award of restricted stock shall become immediately and fully vested and all transfer restrictions under the terms of the award shall lapse and (iii) each outstanding award of phantom stock, performance shares or similar award shall become immediately and fully vested, all performance or other conditions related to the payment of or rights under the award shall lapse, and the award shall be immediately paid in the form specified in the award agreement.

(b) DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Section 11, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

(1) CHANGE IN CONTROL. For purposes hereof, a “Change in Control” of Disney shall mean:

(i) the occurrence of (A) an acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a percentage of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of Disney entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Disney Voting Securities”) but excluding (1) any acquisition directly from Disney (other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege of a security that was not acquired directly from Disney), (2) any acquisition by Disney or an Affiliate, and (3) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by Disney or any Affiliate) (an “Acquisition”) that is thirty percent (30%) or more of the Disney Voting Securities; and (B) the termination of employment, within six (6) months following the Acquisition, of the individual who is the Chief Executive Officer of Disney immediately prior to the Acquisition, for any reason other than death, permanent and total disability, Cause, or voluntary resignation (but excluding any termination for “good reason” under any employment agreement and any resignation that was requested by the Board or any such Person (or its employees or representatives) that completes an Acquisition);

(ii) at any time during a period of two (2) consecutive years or less, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board (and any new directors whose election by the Board or nomination for election by Disney’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was so approved) cease for any reason (except for death, disability or voluntary retirement) to constitute a majority thereof;

(iii) an Acquisition that is fifty percent (50%) or more of the Disney Voting Securities;

(iv) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar corporate transaction, whether or not Disney is the surviving company in such transaction, other than a merger, consolidation, or reorganization that would result in the Persons who are beneficial owners of the Disney Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to beneficially own, directly or

 

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indirectly, in substantially the same proportions, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Disney Voting Securities (or the voting securities of the surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization;

(v) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Disney;

(vi) the approval by the stockholders of Disney of a complete liquidation or dissolution of Disney; or

(vii) the occurrence of any transaction or event, or series of transactions or events, designated by the Board in a duly adopted resolution as representing a change in the effective control of the business and affairs of Disney, effective as of the date specified in any such resolution.

(2) TRIGGERING EVENT. For purposes hereof, the term “Triggering Event” shall mean (i) the termination of employment of a participant by Disney or an Affiliate (or any successor thereof) other than on account of death, permanent and total disability or Cause, (ii) the occurrence of a Constructive Termination or (iii) any failure by Disney (or a successor entity) to assume, replace, convert or otherwise continue any award in connection with the Change in Control (or another corporate transaction or other change effecting the Common Stock) on the same terms and conditions as applied immediately prior to such transaction, except for equitable adjustments to reflect the changes in the Common Stock pursuant to Section 8 hereof.

(3) CAUSE. For purposes hereof, the term “Cause” shall mean a determination by the Committee that a participant (i) has been convicted of, or entered a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE to a crime that constitutes a felony under federal or state law, (ii) has engaged in willful gross misconduct in the performance of his or her duties to Disney or an Affiliate or (iii) has committed a material breach of any written agreement with Disney or any Affiliate with respect to confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation or similar restrictive covenant. Subject to the first sentence of Section 11(a) hereof, in the event that a participant is a party to an employment agreement with Disney or any Affiliate that defines a termination on account of “Cause” (or a term having similar meaning), such definition shall apply as the definition of a termination on account of “Cause” for purposes hereof, but only to the extent that such definition provides the participant with greater rights. A termination on account of Cause shall be communicated by written notice to the participant, and shall be deemed to occur on the date such notice is delivered to the participant.

(4) CONSTRUCTIVE TERMINATION. For purposes hereof, the term “Constructive Termination” shall mean a termination of employment by a participant within sixty (60) days following the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the participant’s written consent (i) any reduction in position, title (for Vice Presidents or above), overall responsibilities, level of authority, level of reporting (for Vice Presidents or above), base compensation, annual incentive

 

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compensation opportunity, aggregate employee benefits, or a request that the participant’s location of employment be relocated by more than fifty (50) miles. Subject to the first sentence of Section 11(a) hereof, in the event that a participant is a party to an employment agreement with Disney or any Affiliate (or a successor entity) that defines a termination on account of “Constructive Termination”, “Good Reason”, “Breach of Agreement” (or a term having a similar meaning), such definition shall apply as the definition of “Constructive Termination” for purposes hereof in lieu of the foregoing, but only to the extent that such definition provides the participant with greater rights. A Constructive Termination shall be communicated by written notice to the Committee, and shall be deemed to occur on the date such notice is delivered to the Committee, unless the circumstances giving rise to the Constructive Termination are cured within five (5) days of such notice.

(c) EXCISE TAX LIMIT. In the event that the vesting of the awards together with all other payments and the value of any benefit received or to be received by the participant would result in all or a portion of such payment being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, then the participant’s payment shall be either (A) the full payment or (B) such lesser amount that would result in no portion of the payment being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable Federal, state, and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax, results in the receipt by the participant, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the payment may be taxable under Section 4999 of the Code. All determinations required to be made under this Section 11 shall be made by PricewaterhouseCoopers or any other nationally recognized accounting firm which is Disney’s outside auditor immediately prior to the event triggering the payments that are subject to the Excise Tax (the “Accounting Firm”). Disney shall cause the Accounting Firm to provide detailed supporting calculations of its determinations to Disney and participant. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by Disney. The Accounting Firm’s determinations must be made with substantial authority (within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code). With respect to awards outstanding on June 26, 2000, for the purposes of all calculations under Section 280G of the Code and the application of this Section 11, all determinations as to present value shall be made using 120 percent of the applicable Federal rate (determined under Section 1274(d) of the Code) compounded semiannually, as in effect on June 26, 2000.

 

12. TREATMENT OF AWARDS UPON DEATH

In the event of the death of a participant while employed by Disney or any of its Affiliates, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in an award agreement, an outstanding award may be exercised by or shall become payable to the participant’s beneficiary designated by the participant in the manner prescribed by the Committee or, in the absence of an authorized beneficiary designation, by the a legatee or legatees of such award under the participant’s last will, or by such participant’s executors, personal representatives or distributees of such award in accordance with the participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution (a “Beneficiary”). In the case of stock options, except as otherwise provided in a stock option agreement, any outstanding stock options

 

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of a participant who dies while in employed by Disney or any of its Affiliates may be exercised by such Beneficiary in respect of all or any part of the total number of shares subject to such stock options at the time of such participant’s death (whether or not, at the time of death, the deceased participant would have been entitled to exercise such stock options to the extent of all or any of the shares covered thereby). However, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in a stock option agreement, in the event of the death of the participant after the date of termination of employment with Disney or any of its Affiliates while a stock option remains outstanding, then such deceased participant’s stock options shall expire in accordance with their terms at the same time they would have expired if such participant had not died, and may be exercised prior to their expiration by a Beneficiary in respect to the same number of shares, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such participant were then living. In the case of awards other than stock options, except as otherwise provided in an award agreement, any outstanding awards of a participant who dies while employed by Disney or any of its Affiliates shall become fully vested and, in the case of stock appreciation rights, exercisable as provided above with respect to stock options, and in the case of all other types of awards payable to the Beneficiary promptly following the participant’s death.

 

13. SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE

To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Plan and all awards hereunder comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and the Plan and all award agreements shall be interpreted and applied by the Committee in a manner consistent with this intent in order to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code. In the event that any provision of the Plan or an award agreement is determined by the Committee to not comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall have the authority to take such actions and to make such changes to the Plan or an award agreement as the Committee deems necessary to comply with such requirements, provided that no such action shall adversely affect any outstanding award without the consent of the affected participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything elsewhere in the Plan or an award agreement to the contrary, if a participant is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code at the time of termination of service with respect to an award, then solely to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, the commencement of any payments or benefits under the award shall be deferred until the date that is six months following the participant’s termination of service (or such other period as required to comply with Section 409A).

 

14. GOVERNING LAW

The validity and construction of the Plan and any agreements entered into thereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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APPENDIX A

TO

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED

1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

RULES RELATING TO STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

Pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Plan, the Committee herein sets forth rules under which stock options and stock appreciation rights with respect to Common Stock may be granted to eligible participants of Disney or its Affiliates under the Plan. All such grants are subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

 

1. AWARD OF OPTIONS

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time, in its sole discretion, award to participants in the Plan stock options to purchase shares of Common Stock. In connection therewith, the Committee shall have full and final authority, inter alia , in its discretion, subject to the provisions of the Plan, (a) to determine the participants to whom options are to be awarded, (b) in the case of each option awarded, to determine whether the same shall be an incentive stock option pursuant to Section 422 of the Code (an “incentive stock option”), or an option which does not qualify under such Section 422 (a “non-qualified option”), (c) to determine the number of shares subject to each option, (d) to determine the time or times at which options will be awarded and will expire, (e) to determine the option price of the shares subject to each option, which price shall not be less than the minimum specified in Section 2 hereof, (f) to determine the time or times when each option vests and when it becomes exercisable and to determine the duration of the exercise period and limits on exercise and vesting, (g) to prescribe the form or forms of the instruments evidencing any options awarded under the Plan (the “Stock Option Agreement”), (h) to prescribe the manner in which, and the form of consideration for which, the option price should be paid and (i) to make any and all adjustments and/or conversions contemplated by the Plan.

 

2. OPTION PRICE

The option price shall be determined by the Committee at the time any option is awarded and shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date on which the option is granted. Subject to any limitations that may be imposed by the Committee to comply with any applicable rule, regulation or guideline or to accomplish any other objective, the option price shall be paid in cash (whether or not such cash is loaned by Disney to the participant for such purpose) or by the surrender, at the fair market value on the date on which the option is exercised, of shares of Common Stock, or by any combination of cash and such shares.

 

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The purchase price for shares being purchased upon exercise of non-qualified options may also be paid in any other manner approved by the Committee, including, without limitation, by delivery to Disney of (a) a cash amount which shall not be less than the par value of the Common Stock multiplied by the number of shares being purchased and (b) a binding, joint and several obligation of the participant and a financial institution or broker approved by the Committee, to pay the balance of the purchase price upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Committee. For purposes of this Appendix A, the “fair market value” of a share of Common Stock shall be the average of the highest and lowest of the New York Stock Exchange composite tape market prices at which the shares of Common Stock shall have been sold regular way on the date as of which fair market value is to be determined or, if there shall be no such sale on such date, the next preceding day on which such a sale shall have occurred.

 

3. DURATION AND PERIOD FOR EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

Subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 4 hereof, an option granted under the Plan shall expire ten years after the date the option is granted, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The Committee shall specify at the time each option is granted, and shall state in the Stock Option Agreement, the time or times at which, and in what proportions, that option becomes vested and may be exercised prior to its expiration or earlier termination, provided that, except as provided in Section 4 hereof, the participant is employed by Disney or an Affiliate on each such vesting date or on a date no more than three months prior to such vesting date. The Committee shall also determine at the time each option is granted, and shall state in the Stock Option Agreement, whether that option is to be treated as an incentive stock option.

 

4. CONDITIONS TO EXERCISE OPTIONS

Except as provided in this Section 4, Sections 3, 5 or 10 hereof or as otherwise may be provided by the Committee, no option may be exercised at any time unless the participant is then employed by Disney or one of its Affiliates.

The option of any participant whose employment with Disney or one of its Affiliates is terminated for any reason shall terminate on the earlier of (a) the date that the option expires in accordance with its terms (including any terms required under Section 422 of the Code if the option is an incentive stock option) or (b) termination of employment or the expiration of such period after termination of employment as the Committee shall specify in the Stock Option Agreement, provided that such period shall not be less than: (i) twelve months if employment ceased due to permanent and total disability, (ii) eighteen months if employment ceased at a time when the optionee is eligible to elect immediate commencement of retirement benefits under a pension plan to which Disney or any of its Affiliates had made contributions, (iii) eighteen months if the participant died while employed by Disney or any of its Affiliates, or (iv) three months if employment ceased for any other reason, except termination for cause (as described below). During such period as described above, except as otherwise specified in the Stock Option Agreement or in the event employment was terminated by the death of the

 

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participant, the option may be exercised by such participant in respect of the same number of shares, in the same manner, and to the same extent as if he had continued as an employee during the first three months of such period; but no additional rights shall vest after such three months. The Committee shall have authority to determine in each case whether an authorized leave of absence shall be deemed a termination of employment for purposes hereof, as well as the effect of a leave of absence on the vesting and exercisability of an option.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein to the contrary, in the event of termination of employment or discharge of a participant “for cause”, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion (the basis for which may, but need not be, specified in the Stock Option Agreement), then, subject to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement, any option or options held by such participant under the Plan, not theretofore exercised, shall terminate immediately upon such termination or discharge and may not be exercised thereafter. The Committee may authorize any officer or officers of Disney or its Affiliates to have standing authority to suspend the exercise of options by any participant with respect to whom grounds for a “for cause” termination may exist, as determined in the sole discretion of such officer or officers. Any such duly authorized officer may suspend the ability of any such participant to exercise an option pending the final determination of the Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

The Committee may accelerate vesting and exercisability or waive exercisability or vesting conditions of an option, and may extend the period of exercise of an option following termination of employment (subject to its maximum term), in any circumstances as it deems appropriate.

For purposes hereof, the Committee shall have the sole power to make all determinations regarding the termination of any participant’s employment, including, but not limited to, the effective time thereof for the purposes of this Plan, the cause(s) therefor and the consequences thereof. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, if an entity ceases to be an Affiliate of Disney or otherwise ceases to be qualified under the Plan or if all or substantially all of the assets of an Affiliate of Disney are conveyed (other than by encumbrance), such cessation or action, as the case may be, shall be deemed for purposes hereof to be a termination of the employment of each employee of that entity.

 

5. METHOD OF EXERCISING OPTIONS

Any option granted under the Plan may be exercised by the participant, by the participant’s Beneficiary in accordance with Section 12 of the Plan or such other persons as may be approved by the Committee by delivering to Disney at its main office (attention of its Secretary or such other individual or department as may be provided by Disney from time to time) written notice of the number of shares with respect to which the option is being exercised accompanied by full payment to Disney of the purchase price of the shares being purchased (in accordance with Section 2 hereof) and satisfaction of all applicable tax withholdings (in accordance with Section 9(e) of the Plan).

 

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6. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS

(a) AWARD OF ISOS. Incentive stock options may be granted only to those persons who are employees of Disney or any subsidiary corporation or parent corporation of Disney, within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an incentive stock option shall not be granted to any such person if immediately after such grant he is the owner or would be deemed in accordance with Section 424 of the Code to be the owner of more than 10% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of Disney or any of its subsidiary or parent corporations.

(b) ANNUAL LIMITS. No incentive stock option shall be granted to a participant if as a result of which the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date of grant) of the stock with respect to which incentive stock options are exercisable for the first time in any calendar year under the Plan, and any other stock option plans of Disney or any subsidiary or any parent corporation, would exceed $100,000, determined in accordance with Section 422 of the Code. This limitation shall be applied by taking options into account in the order in which granted.

(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS; NONTRANSFERABILITY. Any incentive stock option granted under the Plan shall contain such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as are deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee. Such terms, together with the terms of this Plan, shall be intended and interpreted to cause such incentive stock option to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. Such terms shall include a term of exercise of the option which is not greater than ten years from the date of grant, and additional limitations on the period of exercise of the option following termination of employment. An incentive stock option shall by its terms be nontransferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the lifetime of a participant, only by such participant.

(d) DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITIONS. If shares of Common Stock acquired by exercise of an incentive stock option are disposed of within two years following the date of grant or one year following the transfer of such shares to the participant upon exercise, the participant shall be required, within 30 days after such disposition, to notify Disney in writing of the date and terms of such disposition and provide such other information regarding the disposition as the Committee may reasonably require.

 

7. GRANT AND EXERCISE OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS (“SARS”)

(a) AWARD OF SARS. The Committee may grant SARs to such optionees as the Committee may select from time to time, either on a free-standing basis (without regard to the grant of a stock option) or on a tandem basis (related to the grant of an underlying stock option). SARs granted on a free-standing basis may be awarded by the Committee for a number of shares, at a base price, upon terms for vesting and exercise and upon such other terms and conditions as are consistent with such comparable terms

 

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applicable to the grant of stock options under the Plan (including this Appendix A), except to the extent specifically provided herein with respect to SARs. SARs granted on a tandem basis in connection with any stock option granted under the Plan (either at the time such option is granted or thereafter at any time prior to the exercise, termination or expiration of such option) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the related stock option and shall be exercisable only to the extent such option is exercisable. Upon exercise of a tandem SAR and surrender of a related stock option, the number of shares to be charged against the number of shares referred to in Section 5 of the Plan shall be the number of shares subject to the surrendered stock options, and the number of shares shall be reduced accordingly. Upon exercise of a freestanding SAR, the number of shares to be charged against the number of shares referred to in Section 5 of the Plan shall be the number of shares subject to the freestanding SARs so exercised, and the number of shares shall be reduced accordingly.

(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT UPON EXERCISE OF SARS. An SAR shall entitle the recipient thereof to receive, subject to the provisions of the Plan and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Committee, a payment having an aggregate value equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the fair market value on the exercise date of one share over (B) the base price per share, times the number of shares called for by the SAR, or portion thereof, which is exercised. In the case of exercise of a tandem SAR, such payment shall be made in exchange for the surrender of the unexercised related stock option (or any portion or portions thereof which the recipient from time to time determines to surrender for this purpose).

(c) FORM OF PAYMENT UPON EXERCISE OF SARS. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether the payment upon exercise of an SAR shall be made in the form of all cash, all shares, or any combination thereof. The Committee may impose such restrictions upon the forms of payment upon exercise of an SAR as it may deem necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act. If upon settlement of the exercise of an SAR a participant is to receive a portion of such payment in shares of Common Stock, the number of shares shall be determined by dividing such portion by the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the exercise date. No fractional shares will be issued and the Committee shall determine whether cash shall be given in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated.

 

8. TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS AND SARS

The Committee may provide, in the Stock Option or SAR Agreement, or any amendment thereto, evidencing the award, the extent to which a stock option or SAR granted under the Plan shall be transferable by the participant during his lifetime or upon his death. The terms and conditions of any such transferability shall be established by the Committee in accordance with the requirements of Section 9(b) of the Plan. Incentive stock options shall not be transferable except as provided in Section 6 hereof. A beneficiary designation authorized pursuant to any other provision hereof shall not be deemed to be an assignment, transfer or encumbrance for purposes hereof.

 

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9. STOCK OPTION AND SAR AGREEMENTS

Each option or SAR awarded under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement or SAR Agreement (which need not be identical to other Stock Option or SAR Agreements) executed on behalf of Disney by a member of the Committee or by an officer designated by the Committee and by the participant which shall set forth the terms and conditions of the option and SAR, if any (including, in the case of incentive stock options, such terms as shall be requisite in the judgment of the Committee pursuant to Section 422 of the Code), either expressly or by reference to the Plan and which may contain other provisions provided they are neither inconsistent with nor prohibited by the Plan. The Committee may make modifications to a Stock Option or SAR Agreement as are not inconsistent with or prohibited by the Plan. However, no modification of any Stock Option or SAR Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in a written instrument executed on behalf of Disney by a member of the Committee or by an officer designated by the Committee and, if adverse to the optionee, by the optionee. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, no statement, undertaking or representation purporting to confer or affect any rights under the Plan, whether oral or written, made by any director, officer or employee of Disney or any Affiliate shall modify the terms of any Stock Option or SAR Agreement or constitute a grant of additional options or rights under the Plan.

 

10. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO STOCK OPTIONS ORIGINALLY GRANTED FOR GO.COM COMMON STOCK

Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 4 of this Appendix A, this Section 10 applies to options that were granted for the purchase of the Disney Internet Group Common Stock under the Plan and subsequently converted to options for the purchase of the Common Stock pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan (the “Former GO.com Options”).

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement, the Former GO.com Option of any participant whose employment with Disney or one of its Affiliates is terminated for any reason shall terminate on the date which is 60 days following the participant’s termination of employment, other than in cases of termination on account of death or permanent and total disability (as provided below), and shall remain exercisable following such termination of employment only as to those shares that were exercisable on the date of participant’s termination of employment. The Committee shall have authority in its discretion to determine in each case whether an authorized leave of absence shall be deemed a termination of employment for purposes hereof, as well as the effect of a leave of absence on the vesting and exercisability of a Former GO.com Option.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision herein to the contrary, in the event of termination of employment or discharge of a participant “for cause”, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion (the basis for which may, but need not be, specified in the Stock Option Agreement), then, subject to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement, any Former GO.com Option held by such participant under the Plan, not theretofore exercised, shall terminate immediately upon such termination or discharge

 

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and may not be exercised thereafter. The Committee may authorize any officer or officers of Disney or its Affiliates to have standing authority to suspend the exercise of Former GO.com Options by any participant with respect to whom grounds for a “for cause” termination may exist, as determined in the sole discretion of such officer or officers. Any such duly authorized officer may suspend the ability of any such participant to exercise a Former GO.com Option pending the final determination of the Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement, in the event employment is terminated by the participant’s death, any shares subject to a Former GO.com Option that would otherwise have become exercisable within the twelve-month period following the date of death shall immediately vest and become fully exercisable upon the date of death (and no additional shares shall vest), and all such shares and all previously vested but unexercised shares shall be exercisable until the expiration of such twelve-month period. However, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement, in the event of the death of the participant after the date of termination of employment with Disney or any of its Affiliates and while any Former GO.com Options remain outstanding, no further vesting shall occur and such deceased participant’s vested Former GO.com Options shall expire on the date that is 60 days following the participant’s death. All vested Former GO.com Options of any participant who dies prior to the expiration of such option may be exercised by the participant’s beneficiary as designated by the participant on such forms and in accordance with such procedures as are required or authorized by the Committee (a “Designated Beneficiary”) or, in the absence of an authorized designation, a legatee or legatees of the Former GO.com Options under the participant’s last will, or by such participant’s executors, personal representatives or distributees.

Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the Stock Option Agreement, in the event employment is terminated by the participant’s permanent and total disability, any shares subject to a Former GO.com Option that would otherwise have become exercisable within the first three months following the date of permanent and total disability shall continue to vest in accordance with their terms (and no additional shares shall vest), and all such shares and previously vested shares shall be exercisable until the date that is twelve months following the date of permanent and total disability. The Committee shall have the authority, in its discretion, to determine whether a participant’s employment has been terminated on account of permanent and total disability.

The Committee may accelerate vesting and exercisability or waive exercisability or vesting conditions of a Former GO.com Option, and may extend the period of exercise of a Former GO.com Option following termination of employment (subject to its maximum term), in any circumstances as it deems appropriate.

For purposes hereof, the Committee shall have the sole power to make all determinations regarding the termination of any participant’s employment, including, but not limited to, the effective time thereof for the purposes of this Plan, the cause(s) therefor and the consequences thereof. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, if an entity ceases to be an Affiliate of Disney or otherwise ceases to be qualified under the

 

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Plan or if all or substantially all of the assets of an Affiliate of Disney are conveyed (other than by encumbrance), such cessation or action, as the case may be, shall be deemed for purposes hereof to be a termination of the employment of each employee of that entity.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purpose . The purpose of The Walt Disney Company Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan is to further align the interests of employees and directors with those of the shareholders by providing incentive compensation opportunities tied to the performance of the Common Stock and by promoting increased ownership of the Common Stock by such individuals. The Plan is also intended to advance the interests of the Company and its shareholders by attracting, retaining and motivating key personnel upon whose judgment, initiative and effort the successful conduct of the Company’s business is largely dependent.

2. Definitions . Wherever the following capitalized terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meanings specified below:

Affiliate ” means (i) any entity that would be treated as an “affiliate” of the Company for purposes of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and (ii) any joint venture or other entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest representing at least one-third (1/3) of the aggregate voting power of the equity interests of such entity or one-third (1/3) of the aggregate fair market value of the equity interests of such entity, as determined by the Committee.

Award ” means an award of a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Stock Unit Award or Stock Award granted under the Plan.

Award Agreement ” means a written or electronic agreement entered into between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award granted to a Participant.

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Common Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.

Company ” means The Walt Disney Company, a Delaware corporation.

Date of Grant ” means the date on which an Award under the Plan is granted by the Committee, or such later date as the Committee may specify to be the effective date of an Award.

Disability ” means a Participant being considered “disabled” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement.


Eligible Person ” means any person who is an employee of the Company or any Affiliate or any person to whom an offer of employment with the Company or any Affiliate is extended, as determined by the Committee, or any person who is a Non-Employee Director.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fair Market Value ” of a share of Common Stock as of a given date shall be the average of the highest and lowest of the New York Stock Exchange composite tape market prices at which the shares of Common Stock shall have been sold regular way on the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined or, if there shall be no such sale on such date, the next preceding day on which such a sale shall have occurred. If the Common Stock is not listed on the New York Stock Exchange on the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, the Committee shall determine in good faith the Fair Market Value in whatever manner it considers appropriate.

Incentive Stock Option ” means a Stock Option granted under Section 6 hereof that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

Non-Employee Director ” means any member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company.

Nonqualified Stock Option ” means a Stock Option granted under Section 6 hereof that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

Participant ” means any Eligible Person who holds an outstanding Award under the Plan.

Plan ” means The Walt Disney Company Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan as set forth herein, effective as provided in Section 14.1 hereof and as may be amended from time to time.

Restricted Stock Award ” means a grant of shares of Common Stock to an Eligible Person under Section 8 hereof that are issued subject to such vesting and transfer restrictions as the Committee shall determine, and such other conditions, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

Service ” means a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Affiliate or a Participant’s service as a Non-Employee Director with the Company, as applicable.

Stock Award ” means a grant of shares of Common Stock to an Eligible Person under Section 10 hereof that are issued free of transfer restrictions and forfeiture conditions.

Stock Appreciation Right ” means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 7 hereof entitling such Eligible Person to receive a payment, representing the difference between the base price per share of the right and the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock, at such time, and subject to such conditions, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

 

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Stock Option ” means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6 hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock at such time and price, and subject to such conditions, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

Stock Unit Award ” means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 9 hereof representing notional unit interests equal in value to a share of Common Stock to be paid or distributed at such times, and subject to such conditions, as set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

3. Administration .

3.1 Committee Members . The Plan shall be administered by a Committee comprised of no fewer than two members of the Board. It is intended that each Committee member shall satisfy the requirements for (i) an “independent director” for purposes of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and the Compensation Committee Charter, (ii) an “independent director” under rules adopted by the New York Stock Exchange, (iii) a “nonemployee director” for purposes of such Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and (iv) an “outside director” under Section 162(m) of the Code. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith by the Committee with respect to the Plan or any Award thereunder.

3.2 Committee Authority . The Committee shall have such powers and authority as may be necessary or appropriate for the Committee to carry out its functions as described in the Plan. Subject to the express limitations of the Plan, the Committee shall have authority in its discretion to determine the Eligible Persons to whom, and the time or times at which, Awards may be granted, the number of shares, units or other rights subject to each Award, the exercise, base or purchase price of an Award (if any), the time or times at which an Award will become vested, exercisable or payable, the performance goals and other conditions of an Award, the duration of the Award, and all other terms of the Award. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority to amend the terms of an Award in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan, provided that no such action shall adversely affect the rights of a Participant with respect to an outstanding Award without the Participant’s consent. The Committee shall also have discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and Award Agreements issued under the Plan, to make factual determinations under the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for Plan administration, including, without limitation, to correct any defect, to supply any omission or to reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award Agreement hereunder. The Committee may prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by the Committee selectively among Participants and Eligible Persons, whether or not such persons are similarly situated. The Committee shall, in its discretion, consider such factors as it deems relevant in making its interpretations, determinations and actions under the Plan including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or employee of the Company or such attorneys, consultants, accountants or other advisors as it may select. All interpretations, determinations and actions by the Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all parties.

 

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3.3 Delegation of Authority . The Committee shall have the right, from time to time, to delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority of the Committee to grant and determine the terms and conditions of Awards granted under the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or any successor provision) and such other limitations as the Committee shall determine. In no event shall any such delegation of authority be permitted with respect to Awards granted to any member of the Board or to any Eligible Person who is subject to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act is a covered employee under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall also be permitted to delegate, to any appropriate officer or employee of the Company, responsibility for performing certain ministerial functions under the Plan. In the event that the Committee’s authority is delegated to officers or employees in accordance with the foregoing, all provisions of the Plan relating to the Committee shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the foregoing by treating any such reference as a reference to such officer or employee for such purpose. Any action undertaken in accordance with the Committee’s delegation of authority hereunder shall have the same force and effect as if such action was undertaken directly by the Committee and shall be deemed for all purposes of the Plan to have been taken by the Committee.

3.4 Grants to Non-Employee Directors . Any Awards or formula for granting Awards under the Plan made to Non-Employee Directors shall be approved by the Board. With respect to awards to such directors, all rights, powers and authorities vested in the Committee under the Plan shall instead be exercised by the Board, and all provisions of the Plan relating to the Committee shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the foregoing by treating any such reference as a reference to the Board for such purpose.

4. Shares Subject to the Plan .

4.1 Maximum Share Limitations . Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued and sold under all Awards granted under the Plan shall be 27 million shares. From such aggregate Plan limit, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under all Awards of Restricted Stock, Stock Units and Stock Awards under the Plan shall be limited to 10 million shares. Shares of Common Stock issued and sold under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held in the Company’s treasury. To the extent that any Award involving the issuance of shares of Common Stock is forfeited, cancelled, returned to the Company for failure to satisfy vesting requirements or other conditions of the Award, or otherwise terminates without an issuance of shares of Common Stock being made thereunder, the shares of Common Stock covered thereby will no longer be counted against the foregoing maximum share limitations and may again be made subject to Awards under the Plan pursuant to such limitations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon exercise of a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right, the number of shares subject to the Award that are then being exercised shall be counted against the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan as provided above, on the basis of one share for every share subject thereto, regardless of the actual number of shares used to settle the Stock Appreciation Right upon exercise. Any Awards or portions thereof that are settled in cash and not in shares of Common Stock shall not be counted against the foregoing maximum share limitations.

 

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4.2 Individual Participant Limitations . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights in the aggregate granted to any one Participant during any five consecutive calendar year period shall be 4.5 million shares. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Awards of Restricted Stock, Stock Units and Stock Awards in the aggregate granted to any one Participant during any five consecutive calendar year period shall be 2.5 million shares. The foregoing limitations shall each be applied on an aggregate basis taking into account Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan as well as awards of the same type granted to a Participant under any other equity-based compensation plan of the Company or any Affiliate.

4.3 Adjustments . If there shall occur any change with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock by reason of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, extraordinary dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other distribution with respect to the shares of Common Stock, or any merger, reorganization, consolidation, combination, spin-off, or other similar corporate change, or any other change affecting the Common Stock, the Committee shall, in the manner and to the extent it considers equitable to the Participants and consistent with the terms of the Plan, cause an adjustment to be made in (i) the maximum number and kind of shares provided in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 hereof, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock, units, or other rights subject to then outstanding Awards, (iii) the exercise or base price for each share or unit or other right subject to then outstanding Awards, and (iv) any other terms of an Award that are affected by the event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, any such adjustments shall, to the extent practicable, be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code.

5. Participation and Awards .

5.1 Designation of Participants . All Eligible Persons are eligible to be designated by the Committee to receive Awards and become Participants under the Plan. The Committee has the authority, in its discretion, to determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Persons who are to be granted Awards, the types of Awards to be granted and the number of shares of Common Stock or units subject to Awards granted under the Plan. In selecting Eligible Persons to be Participants and in determining the type and amount of Awards to be granted under the Plan, the Committee shall consider any and all factors that it deems relevant or appropriate.

5.2 Determination of Awards . The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of all Awards granted to Participants in accordance with its authority under Section 3.2 hereof. An Award may consist of one type of right or benefit hereunder or of two or more such rights or benefits granted in tandem or in the alternative. In the case of any fractional share or unit resulting from the grant, vesting, payment or crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents under an Award, the Committee shall have the discretionary authority to (i) disregard such fractional share or unit, (ii) round such fractional share or unit to the nearest lower or higher whole share or unit, or (iii) convert such fractional share or unit into a right to receive a cash payment. To the extent deemed necessary by the Committee, an Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement as described in Section 13.1 hereof.

 

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6. Stock Options .

6.1 Grant of Stock Options . A Stock Option may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.8 hereof and Section 422 of the Code, each Stock Option shall be designated, in the discretion of the Committee, as an Incentive Stock Option or as a Nonqualified Stock Option.

6.2 Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of a Stock Option shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Date of Grant, provided that the Committee may in its discretion specify for any Stock Option an exercise price per share that is higher than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

6.3 Vesting of Stock Options . The Committee shall in its discretion prescribe the time or times at which, or the conditions upon which, a Stock Option or portion thereof shall become vested and/or exercisable, and may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of any Stock Option at any time. The requirements for vesting and exercisability of a Stock Option may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or an Affiliate for a specified time period (or periods), on the attainment of a specified performance goal (or goals) or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion.

6.4 Term of Stock Options . The Committee shall in its discretion prescribe in an Award Agreement the period during which a vested Stock Option may be exercised, provided that the maximum term of a Stock Option shall be ten years from the Date of Grant. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6, Section 13.2 or as otherwise may be provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, no Stock Option may be exercised at any time during the term thereof unless the Participant is then in the Service of the Company or one of its Affiliates.

6.5 Termination of Service . Subject to Section 6.8 hereof with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the Stock Option of any Participant whose Service with the Company or one of its Affiliates is terminated for any reason shall terminate on the earlier of (A) the date that the Stock Option expires in accordance with its terms or (B) unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, and except for termination for cause (as described in Section 12.2 hereof), the expiration of the applicable time period following termination of Service, in accordance with the following: (1) twelve months if Service ceased due to Disability, (2) eighteen months if Service ceased at a time when the Participant is eligible to elect immediate commencement of retirement benefits at a specified retirement age under a pension plan to which the Company or any of its Affiliates had made contributions, (3) eighteen months if the Participant died while in the Service of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (4) three months if Service ceased for any other reason. During the foregoing applicable period, except as otherwise specified in the Award Agreement or in the event Service was terminated by the death of the Participant, the Stock Option may be exercised by such Participant in respect of the same number of shares of Common Stock, in the same manner, and to the same extent as if he or she had remained in the continued Service of the Company or any Affiliate during the first three months of such period; provided that no additional rights shall vest after such three months. The Committee shall have authority to determine in each case whether an authorized leave of absence shall be deemed a termination of Service for purposes hereof, as well as the effect of a leave of absence on the vesting and exercisability of a Stock Option. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, if an

 

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entity ceases to be an Affiliate or otherwise ceases to be qualified under the Plan or if all or substantially all of the assets of an Affiliate are conveyed (other than by encumbrance), such cessation or action, as the case may be, shall be deemed for purposes hereof to be a termination of the Service.

6.6 Stock Option Exercise; Tax Withholding . Subject to such terms and conditions as shall be specified in an Award Agreement, a Stock Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the term thereof by notice in the form required by the Company, together with payment of the aggregate exercise price therefor and applicable withholding tax. Payment of the exercise price shall be made in the manner set forth in the Award Agreement, unless otherwise provided by the Committee: (i) in cash or by cash equivalent acceptable to the Committee, (ii) by payment in shares of Common Stock that have been held by the Participant for at least six months (or such period as the Committee may deem appropriate, for accounting purposes or otherwise) valued at the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date of exercise, (iii) through an open-market, broker-assisted sales transaction pursuant to which the Company is promptly delivered the amount of proceeds necessary to satisfy the exercise price, (iv) by a combination of the methods described above or (v) by such other method as may be approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. In addition to and at the time of payment of the exercise price, the Participant shall pay to the Company the full amount of any and all applicable income tax, employment tax and other amounts required to be withheld in connection with such exercise, payable under such of the methods described above for the payment of the exercise price as may be approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement.

6.7 Limited Transferability of Nonqualified Stock Options . All Stock Options shall be nontransferable except (i) upon the Participant’s death, in accordance with Section 13.2 hereof or (ii) in the case of Nonqualified Stock Options only, for the transfer of all or part of the Stock Option to a Participant’s “family member” (as defined for purposes of the Form S-8 registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933), as may be approved by the Committee in its discretion at the time of proposed transfer. The transfer of a Nonqualified Stock Option may be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may in its discretion impose from time to time. Subsequent transfers of a Nonqualified Stock Option shall be prohibited other than in accordance with Section 13.2 hereof.

6.8 Additional Rules for Incentive Stock Options .

(a) Eligibility . An Incentive Stock Option may only be granted to an Eligible Person who is considered an employee for purposes of Treasury Regulation §1.421-7(h) with respect to the Company or any Affiliate that qualifies as a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Company for purposes of Section 424(f) of the Code.

(b) Annual Limits . No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to a Participant as a result of which the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Date of Grant) of the stock with respect to which incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code are exercisable for the first time in any calendar year under the Plan and any other stock option plans of the Company or any subsidiary or parent corporation, would exceed $100,000, determined in accordance with Section 422(d) of the Code. This

 

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limitation shall be applied by taking stock options into account in the order in which granted.

(c) Termination of Employment . An Award of an Incentive Stock Option may provide that such Stock Option may be exercised not later than 3 months following termination of employment of the Participant with the Company and all Subsidiaries, or not later than one year following a permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, as and to the extent determined by the Committee to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

(d) Other Terms and Conditions; Nontransferability . Any Incentive Stock Option granted hereunder shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as are deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee, which terms, together with the terms of the Plan, shall be intended and interpreted to cause such Incentive Stock Option to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. An Award Agreement for an Incentive Stock Option may provide that such Stock Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option to the extent that certain requirements applicable to “incentive stock options” under the Code shall not be satisfied. An Incentive Stock Option shall by its terms be nontransferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of a Participant only by such Participant.

(e) Disqualifying Dispositions . If shares of Common Stock acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option are disposed of within two years following the Date of Grant or one year following the transfer of such shares to the Participant upon exercise, the Participant shall, promptly following such disposition, notify the Company in writing of the date and terms of such disposition and provide such other information regarding the disposition as the Company may reasonably require.

6.9 Repricing Prohibited . Subject to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions contained in Section 4.3 hereof, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, evidenced by a majority of votes cast, neither the Committee nor the Board shall cause the cancellation, substitution or amendment of a Stock Option that would have the effect of reducing the exercise price of such a Stock Option previously granted under the Plan, or otherwise approve any modification to such a Stock Option that would be treated as a “repricing” under the then applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements adopted by the New York Stock Exchange.

7. Stock Appreciation Rights .

7.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted on a basis that allows for the exercise of the right by the Participant or that provides for the automatic payment of the right upon a specified date or event.

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Award Agreement the time or times at which, or the conditions upon which, a Stock Appreciation Right or portion thereof shall become vested and/or exercisable, and may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of any Stock Appreciation Right at any time. The requirements for vesting and exercisability of a Stock Appreciation Right may be based on the continued Service of a Participant with the Company or an Affiliate for a specified time period (or periods). on the attainment of a specified performance goal (or goals) or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion. A Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable or payable at such time or times as determined by the Committee, provided that the maximum term of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be ten years from the Date of Grant. The base price of a Stock Appreciation Right granted without any related Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the base price per share of any such freestanding Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Date of Grant.

7.3 Tandem Stock Option/Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted in tandem with a Stock Option, either at the time of grant or at any time thereafter during the term of the Stock Option. A tandem Stock Option/Stock Appreciation Right will entitle the holder to elect, as to all or any portion of the number of shares subject to the Award, to exercise either the Stock Option or the Stock Appreciation Right, resulting in the reduction of the corresponding number of shares subject to the right so exercised as well as the tandem right not so exercised. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with a Stock Option hereunder shall have a base price per share equal to the per share exercise price of the Stock Option, will be vested and exercisable at the same time or times that a related Stock Option is vested and exercisable, and will expire no later than the time at which the related Stock Option expires.

7.4 Payment of Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right will entitle the holder, upon exercise or other payment of the Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable, to receive an amount determined by multiplying: (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise or payment of the Stock Appreciation Right over the base price of such Stock Appreciation Right, by (ii) the number of shares as to which such Stock Appreciation Right is exercised or paid. Subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, payment of the amount determined under the foregoing may be made, as approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, in shares of Common Stock valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise or payment, in cash, or in a combination of shares of Common Stock and cash, subject to applicable tax withholding requirements.

7.5 Repricing Prohibited . Subject to the anti-dilution adjustment provisions contained in Section 4.3 hereof, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, evidenced by a majority of votes cast, neither the Committee nor the Board shall cause the cancellation, substitution or amendment of a Stock Appreciation Right that would have the effect of reducing the base price of such a Stock Appreciation Right previously granted under the Plan, or otherwise approve any modification to such a Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a “repricing” under the then applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements adopted by the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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8. Restricted Stock Awards .

8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Awards . A Restricted Stock Award may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. The Committee may require the payment by the Participant of a specified purchase price in connection with any Restricted Stock Award.

8.2 Vesting Requirements . The restrictions imposed on shares granted under a Restricted Stock Award shall lapse in accordance with the vesting requirements specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement, provided that the Committee may accelerate the vesting of a Restricted Stock Award at any time. The requirements for vesting of a Restricted Stock Award may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or an Affiliate for a specified time period (or periods), on the attainment of a specified performance goal (or goals) or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion. If the vesting requirements of a Restricted Stock Award shall not be satisfied, the Award shall be forfeited and the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award shall be returned to the Company.

8.3 Restrictions . Shares granted under any Restricted Stock Award may not be transferred, assigned or subject to any encumbrance, pledge, or charge until all applicable restrictions are removed or have expired, unless otherwise allowed by the Committee. Failure to satisfy any applicable restrictions shall result in the subject shares of the Restricted Stock Award being forfeited and returned to the Company. The Committee may require in an Award Agreement that certificates representing the shares granted under a Restricted Stock Award bear a legend making appropriate reference to the restrictions imposed, and that certificates representing the shares granted or sold under a Restricted Stock Award will remain in the physical custody of an escrow holder until all restrictions are removed or have expired.

8.4 Rights as Shareholder . Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 8 and the applicable Award Agreement, the Participant shall have all rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares granted to the Participant under a Restricted Stock Award, including the right to vote the shares and receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement for the payment of dividends and distributions to the Participant at such times as paid to shareholders generally or at the times of vesting or other payment of the Restricted Stock Award.

8.5 Section 83(b) Election . If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall file, within 30 days following the Date of Grant, a copy of such election with the Company and with the Internal Revenue Service, in accordance with the regulations under Section 83 of the Code. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that the Restricted Stock Award is conditioned upon the Participant’s making or refraining from making an election with respect to the Award under Section 83(b) of the Code.

9. Stock Unit Awards .

9.1 Grant of Stock Unit Awards . A Stock Unit Award may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. The value of each stock unit under a Stock Unit Award is equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the applicable date or time period of

 

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determination, as specified by the Committee. A Stock Unit Award shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall determine. A Stock Unit Award may be granted together with a dividend equivalent right with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award, which may be accumulated and may be deemed reinvested in additional stock units, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.

9.2 Vesting of Stock Unit Awards . On the Date of Grant, the Committee shall in its discretion determine any vesting requirements with respect to a Stock Unit Award, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement, provided that the Committee may accelerate the vesting of a Stock Unit Award at any time. The requirements for vesting of a Stock Unit Award may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or an Affiliate for a specified time period (or periods), on the attainment of a specified performance goal (or goals) or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion. A Stock Unit Award may also be granted on a fully vested basis, with a deferred payment date.

9.3 Payment of Stock Unit Awards . A Stock Unit Award shall become payable to a Participant at the time or times determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, which may be upon or following the vesting of the Award. Payment of a Stock Unit Award may be made, at the discretion of the Committee, in cash or in shares of Common Stock, or in a combination thereof, subject to applicable tax withholding requirements. Any cash payment of a Stock Unit Award shall be made based upon the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, determined on such date or over such time period as determined by the Committee.

9.4 No Rights as Shareholde r. The Participant shall not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to the shares subject to a Stock Unit Award until such time as shares of Common Stock are delivered to the Participant pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement.

10. Stock Awards .

10.1 Grant of Stock Awards . A Stock Award may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. A Stock Award may be granted for past services, in lieu of bonus or other cash compensation, as directors’ compensation or for any other valid purpose as determined by the Committee. A Stock Award granted to an Eligible Person represents shares of Common Stock that are issued without restrictions on transfer and other incidents of ownership and free of forfeiture conditions, except as otherwise provided in the Plan and the Award Agreement. The Committee may, in connection with any Stock Award, require the payment of a specified purchase price.

10.2 Rights as Shareholder . Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 10 and the applicable Award Agreement, upon the issuance of the Common Stock under a Stock Award the Participant shall have all rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock, including the right to vote the shares and receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

11. Change in Control .

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Plan shall not be applicable), and except as may be limited by the provisions of Section 11.3 hereof, notwithstanding anything elsewhere in the Plan or any rules adopted by the Committee pursuant to the Plan to the contrary, if a Triggering Event shall occur within the 12-month period beginning with a Change in Control of the Company, then, effective immediately prior to such Triggering Event, (i) each outstanding Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Right, to the extent that it shall not otherwise have become vested and exercisable, shall automatically become fully and immediately vested and exercisable, without regard to any otherwise applicable vesting requirement, (ii) each Restricted Stock Award shall become fully and immediately vested and all forfeiture and transfer restrictions thereon shall lapse, and (iii) each outstanding Stock Unit Award shall become immediately and fully vested and payable.

11.2 Definitions .

(a) Cause . For purposes of this Section 11, the term “Cause” shall mean a determination by the Committee that a Participant (i) has been convicted of, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to, a crime that constitutes a felony under Federal or state law, (ii) has engaged in willful gross misconduct in the performance of the Participant’s duties to the Company or an Affiliate or (iii) has committed a material breach of any written agreement with the Company or any Affiliate with respect to confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation or similar restrictive covenant. Subject to the first sentence of Section 11.1 hereof, in the event that a Participant is a party to an employment agreement with the Company or any Affiliate that defines a termination on account of “Cause” (or a term having similar meaning), such definition shall apply as the definition of a termination on account of “Cause” for purposes hereof, but only to the extent that such definition provides the Participant with greater rights. A termination on account of Cause shall be communicated by written notice to the Participant, and shall be deemed to occur on the date such notice is delivered to the Participant.

(b) Change in Control . For purposes of this Section 11, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred upon:

(i) the occurrence of (A) an acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of a percentage of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Company Voting Securities”), but excluding (1) any acquisition directly from the Company (other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege of a security that was not acquired directly from the Company), (2) any acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate and (3) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate) (an “Acquisition”) that is thirty percent (30%) or more of the Company Voting Securities; and (B) the termination of employment, within six (6) months following the Acquisition, of the individual who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company immediately prior to the Acquisition, for any reason other than death, Disability, Cause, or voluntary resignation (but excluding any termination

 

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that constitutes a Constructive Termination or any resignation that was requested by the Board or any such Person (or its employees or representatives) that completes an Acquisition);

(ii) at any time during a period of two (2) consecutive years or less, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board (and any new directors whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was so approved) cease for any reason (except for death, Disability or voluntary retirement) to constitute a majority thereof:

(iii) an Acquisition that is fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company Voting Securities;

(iv) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar corporate transaction, whether or not the Company is the surviving company in such transaction, other than a merger, consolidation, or reorganization that would result in the Persons who are beneficial owners of the Company Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in substantially the same proportions, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company Voting Securities (or the voting securities of the surviving entity) outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or reorganization;

(v) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

(vi) the approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(vii) the occurrence of any transaction or event, or series of transactions or events, designated by the Board in a duly adopted resolution as representing a change in the effective control of the business and affairs of the Company, effective as of the date specified in any such resolution.

(c) Constructive Termination . For purposes of this Section 11, a “Constructive Termination” shall mean a termination of employment by a Participant within sixty (60) days following the occurrence of any one or more of the following events without the Participant’s written consent (i) any reduction in position, title (for Vice Presidents or above), overall responsibilities, level of authority, level of reporting (for Vice Presidents or above), base compensation, annual incentive compensation opportunity, aggregate employee benefits or (ii) a request that the Participant’s location of employment be relocated by more than fifty (50) miles. Subject to the first sentence of Section 11.1 hereof, in the event that a Participant is a party to an employment agreement with the Company or any Affiliate (or a successor entity) that defines a termination on

 

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account of “Constructive Termination,” “Good Reason” or “Breach of Agreement” (or a term having a similar meaning), such definition shall apply as the definition of “Constructive Termination” for purposes hereof in lieu of the foregoing, but only to the extent that such definition provides the Participant with greater rights. A Constructive Termination shall be communicated by written notice to the Committee, and shall be deemed to occur on the date such notice is delivered to the Committee, unless the circumstances giving rise to the Constructive Termination are cured within five (5) days of such notice.

(d) Triggering Event . For purposes of this Section 11, a “Triggering Event” shall mean (i) the termination of Service of a Participant by the Company or an Affiliate (or any successor thereof) other than on account of death, Disability or Cause, (ii) the occurrence of a Constructive Termination or (iii) any failure by the Company (or a successor entity) to assume, replace, convert or otherwise continue any Award in connection with the Change in Control (or another corporate transaction or other change effecting the Common Stock) on the same terms and conditions as applied immediately prior to such transaction, except for equitable adjustments to reflect changes in the Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.

11.3 Excise Tax Limit . In the event that the vesting of Awards together with all other payments and the value of any benefit received or to be received by a Participant would result in all or a portion of such payment being subject to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, then the Participant’s payment shall be either (i) the full payment or (ii) such lesser amount that would result in no portion of the payment being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable Federal, state, and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax, results in the receipt by the Participant, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the payment may be taxable under Section 4999 of the Code. All determinations required to be made under this Section 11 shall be made by PricewaterhouseCoopers or any other nationally recognized accounting firm which is the Company’s outside auditor immediately prior to the event triggering the payments that are subject to the Excise Tax (the “Accounting Firm”). The Company shall cause the Accounting Firm to provide detailed supporting calculations of its determinations to the Company and the Participant. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. The Accounting Firm’s determinations must be made with substantial authority (within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code). For the purposes of all calculations under Section 280G of the Code and the application of this Section 11.3, all determinations as to present value shall be made using 120 percent of the applicable Federal rate (determined under Section 1274(d) of the Code) compounded semiannually , as in effect on December 30, 2004.

12. Forfeiture Events .

12.1 General . The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement at the time of the Award that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of Service for cause,

 

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violation of material Company policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company.

12.2 Termination for Cause . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement, if a Participant’s employment with the Company or any Affiliate shall be terminated for cause, the Company may, in its sole discretion, immediately terminate such Participant’s right to any further payments, vesting or exercisability with respect to any Award in its entirety. In the event a Participant is party to an employment (or similar) agreement with the Company or any Affiliate that defines the term “cause,” such definition shall apply for purposes of the Plan. The Company shall have the power to determine whether the Participant has been terminated for cause and the date upon which such termination for cause occurs. Any such determination shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Participant. In addition, if the Company shall reasonably determine that a Participant has committed or may have committed any act which could constitute the basis for a termination of such Participant’s employment for cause, the Company may suspend the Participant’s rights to exercise any option, receive any payment or vest in any right with respect to any Award pending a determination by the Company of whether an act has been committed which could constitute the basis for a termination for “cause” as provided in this Section 12.2.

13. General Provisions .

13.1 Award Agreement . To the extent deemed necessary by the Committee, an Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in a written or electronic form approved by the Committee setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock or units subject to the Award, the exercise price, base price, or purchase price of the Award, the time or times at which an Award will become vested, exercisable or payable and the term of the Award. The Award Agreement may also set forth the effect on an Award of termination of Service under certain circumstances. The Award Agreement shall be subject to and incorporate, by reference or otherwise, all of the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan, and may also set forth other terms and conditions applicable to the Award as determined by the Committee consistent with the limitations of the Plan. Award Agreements evidencing Incentive Stock Options shall contain such terms and conditions as may be necessary to meet the applicable provisions of Section 422 of the Code. The grant of an Award under the Plan shall not confer any rights upon the Participant holding such Award other than such terms, and subject to such conditions, as are specified in the Plan as being applicable to such type of Award (or to all Awards) or as are expressly set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee need not require the execution of an Award Agreement by a Participant, in which case, acceptance of the Award by the Participant shall constitute agreement by the Participant to the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations set forth in the Plan and the Award Agreement as well as the administrative guidelines of the Company in effect from time to time.

13.2 Treatment of Awards upon Death . In the event of the death of a Participant while employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, an outstanding Award may be exercised by or shall become payable to the Participant’s beneficiary as designated by the Participant in the manner prescribed by the Committee or, in the absence of an authorized beneficiary designation, by the a legatee or

 

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legatees of such Award under the participant’s last will, or by such Participant’s executors, personal representatives or distributees of such Award in accordance with the Participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution (a “Beneficiary”). In the case of Stock Options, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, any outstanding Stock Options of a Participant who dies while in Service may be exercised by such Beneficiary in respect of all or any part of the total number of shares subject to such options at the time of such Participant’s death (whether or not, at the time of death, the deceased Participant would have been entitled to exercise such options to the extent of all or any of the shares covered thereby). However, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, in the event of the death of the Participant after the date of termination of Service while an Option remains outstanding, then such deceased Participant’s Options shall expire in accordance with their terms at the same time they would have expired if such Participant had not died, and may be exercised prior to their expiration by a Beneficiary in respect to the same number of shares, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such Participant were then living. In the case of Awards other than Stock Options, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, any outstanding Awards of a Participant who dies while in Service shall become fully vested and, in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights, exercisable as provided above with respect to stock options, and in the case of all other types of Awards, payable to the Beneficiary promptly following the Participant’s death.

13.3 No Assignment or Transfer; Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Sections 6.7 and 13.2 hereof, Awards under the Plan shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall not be subject in any manner to assignment, alienation, pledge, encumbrance or charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may provide in the terms of an Award Agreement or in any other manner prescribed by the Committee that the Participant shall have the right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries who shall be entitled to any rights, payments or other benefits specified under an Award following the Participant’s death. During the lifetime of a Participant, an Award shall be exercised only by such Participant or such Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

13.4 Deferrals of Payment . The Committee may in its discretion permit a Participant to defer the receipt of payment of cash or delivery of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be due to the Participant by virtue of the exercise of a right or the satisfaction of vesting or other conditions with respect to an Award. If any such deferral is to be permitted by the Committee, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures relating to such deferral in a manner intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including, without limitation, the time when an election to defer may be made, the time period of the deferral and the events that would result in payment of the deferred amount, the interest or other earnings attributable to the deferral and the method of funding, if any, attributable to the deferred amount.

13.5 Employment or Service . Nothing in the Plan, in the grant of any Award or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Eligible Person or any Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate the employment or other service relationship of an Eligible employee or a Participant for any reason at any time.

 

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13.6 Rights as Shareholder . A Participant shall have no rights as a holder of shares of Common Stock with respect to any unissued securities covered by an Award until the date the Participant becomes the holder of record of such securities. Except as provided in Section 4.3 hereof, no adjustment or other provision shall be made for dividends or other shareholder rights, except to the extent that the Award Agreement provides for dividend payments or dividend equivalent rights. The Committee may determine in its discretion the manner of delivery of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan, which may be by delivery of stock certificates, electronic account entry into new or existing accounts or any other means as the Committee, in its discretion, deems appropriate. The Committee may require that the stock certificates be held in escrow by the Company for any shares of Common Stock or cause the shares to be legended in order to comply with the securities laws or other applicable restrictions, or should the shares of Common Stock be represented by book or electronic account entry rather than a certificate, the Committee may take such steps to restrict transfer of the shares of Common Stock as the Committee considers necessary or advisable.

13.7 Securities Laws . No shares of Common Stock will be issued or transferred pursuant to an Award unless and until all then applicable requirements imposed by Federal and state securities and other laws, rules and regulations and by any regulatory agencies having jurisdiction, and by any exchanges upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed, have been fully met. As a condition precedent to the issuance of shares pursuant to the grant or exercise of an Award, the Company may require the Participant to take any reasonable action to meet such requirements. The Committee may impose such conditions on any shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under the requirements of any exchange upon which such shares of the same class are then listed, and under any blue sky or other securities laws applicable to such shares. The Committee may also require the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of issuance or transfer that the shares of Common Stock are being acquired only for investment purposes and without any current intention to sell or distribute such shares.

13.8 Tax Withholding . The Participant shall be responsible for payment of any taxes or similar charges required by law to be paid or withheld from an Award or an amount paid in satisfaction of an Award. Any required withholdings shall be paid by the Participant on or prior to the payment or other event that results in taxable income in respect of an Award. The Award Agreement may specify the manner in which the withholding obligation shall be satisfied with respect to the particular type of Award.

13.9 Unfunded Plan . The adoption of the Plan and any reservation of shares of Common Stock or cash amounts by the Company to discharge its obligations hereunder shall not be deemed to create a trust or other funded arrangement. Except upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to an Award, any rights of a Participant under the Plan shall be those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company, and neither a Participant nor the Participant’s permitted transferees or estate shall have any other interest in any assets of the Company by virtue of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to implement or set aside funds in a grantor trust, subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors or otherwise, to discharge its obligations under the Plan.

 

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13.10 Other Compensation and Benefit Plans . The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other share incentive or other compensation plans in effect for the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall the Plan preclude the Company from establishing any other forms of share incentive or other compensation or benefit program for employees of the Company or any Affiliate. The amount of any compensation deemed to be received by a Participant pursuant to an Award shall not constitute includable compensation for purposes of determining the amount of benefits to which a Participant is entitled under any other compensation or benefit plan or program of the Company or an Affiliate, including, without limitation, under any pension or severance benefits plan, except to the extent specifically provided by the terms of any such plan.

13.11 Plan Binding on Transferees . The Plan shall be binding upon the Company, its transferees and assigns, and the Participant, the Participant’s executor, administrator and permitted transferees and beneficiaries.

13.12 Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.

13.13 Foreign Jurisdictions . The Committee may adopt, amend and terminate such arrangements and grant such Awards, not inconsistent with the intent of the Plan, as it may deem necessary or desirable to comply with any tax, securities, regulatory or other laws of other jurisdictions with respect to Awards that may be subject to such laws. The terms and conditions of such Awards may vary from the terms and conditions that would otherwise be required by the Plan solely to the extent the Committee deems necessary for such purpose. Moreover, the Board may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of the Plan, not inconsistent with the intent of the Plan, as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose.

13.14 Substitute Awards in Corporate Transactions . Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Committee to grant Awards under the Plan in connection with the acquisition, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction, of the business or assets of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may grant Awards under the Plan to an employee or director of another corporation who becomes an Eligible Person by reason of any such corporate transaction in substitution for awards previously granted by such corporation or entity to such person. The terms and conditions of the substitute Awards may vary from the terms and conditions that would otherwise be required by the Plan solely to the extent the Committee deems necessary for such purpose.

13.15 Coordination with 2002 Executive Performance Plan . For purposes of Restricted Stock Awards, Stock Unit Awards and Stock Awards granted under the Plan that are intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, such Awards shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Company’s 2002 Executive Performance Plan (or any successor plan) to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

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13.16 Section 409A Compliance . To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Plan and all Awards hereunder comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and the Plan and all Award Agreements shall be interpreted and applied by the Committee in a manner consistent with this intent in order to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code. In the event that any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement is determined by the Committee to not comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall have the authority to take such actions and to make such changes to the Plan or an Award Agreement as the Committee deems necessary to comply with such requirements, provided that no such action shall adversely affect any outstanding Award without the consent of the affected Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything elsewhere in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code at the time of termination of Service with respect to an Award, then solely to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, the commencement of any payments or benefits under the Award shall be deferred until the date that is six months following the Participant’s termination of Service (or such other period as required to comply with Section 409A).

13.17 Governing Law . The Plan and all rights hereunder shall be subject to and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to the principles of conflicts of laws, and to applicable Federal securities laws.

14. Effective Date; Amendment and Termination .

14.1 Effective Date . The Plan as amended and restated shall become effective immediately following its adoption by the Board. The term of the Plan shall be seven (7) years from the date of the original adoption of the Plan (prior to this amendment and restatement) by the Board, subject to Section 14.3 hereof.

14.2 Amendment . The Board may at any time and from time to time and in any respect, amend or modify the Plan. The Board may seek the approval of any amendment or modification by the Company’s shareholders to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its discretion for purposes of compliance with Section 162(m) or Section 422 of the Code, the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange or securities market or for any other purpose. No amendment or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award theretofore granted without the consent of the Participant or the permitted transferee of the Award.

14.3 Termination . The Plan shall terminate on December 30, 2011, which is the seventh anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board. The Board may, in its discretion and at any earlier date, terminate the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no termination of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award theretofore granted without the consent of the Participant or the permitted transferee of the Award.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

Board of Directors

Retirement Policy

of The Walt Disney Company

 

History : The Board of Directors adopted a retirement policy on May 28, 1974 as recommended to it by the Executive Committee; it was revised in November 1983 by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee; was further revised on June 23, 1997 by the Compensation Committee; and was further revised on November 28, 2006 by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Governance and Nominating Committee.

Policy:

 

  1. That no Director may stand for reelection following the calendar year in which that Director turned 72 years of age.

 

  2. That each of those Directors who retire in accordance with the policy set forth in paragraph 1 above be elected a Director Emeritus.

 

  3. That Directors Emeritus who retire after June 23, 1997, no longer be privileged to attend Board meetings or to serve on Board Committees but shall continue to be invited to social events such as movie openings, theme park anniversaries, etc., to which all then current Directors are invited.

 

  4. That all accruals of future retirement benefits for Directors retiring after June 23, 1997 (including Directors Emeritus), be terminated, effective from December 31, 1994, and for all periods thereafter (the “Accrual Termination Date”).

 

  5. That upon retirement (regardless of whether or not Director Emeritus status has been reached) each Director who has served five or more years as of the Accrual Termination Date shall receive annual retirement benefits for the same number of years that such Director has actively served on the Board, calculated as follows:

 

  (a) for retired Directors with ten years or more of active Board service accrued through the Accrual Termination Date, the same yearly retainer as paid to active non-management Directors;

 

  (b) for retired Directors with five through nine years of active Board service accrued through the Accrual Termination Date, fifty percent (50%) of an active non-management Director’s yearly retainer plus an additional ten percent (10%) thereof for each year of active Board service in excess of five years.


  6. That management Directors are not eligible for retirement benefits for any years that they serve The Walt Disney Company or any of its affiliates in dual roles (management and director).

 

  7. That any Director Emeritus who has retired prior to June 23, 1997, shall be unaffected by any changes in the Board of Directors Retirement Policy effected on June 23, 1997, and shall continue to be covered by the Policy as previously in effect.