As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2010.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 20-1480589 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
71 South Wacker Drive, 12th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 750-1234
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED HYATT CORPORATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
AND
HYATT INTERNATIONAL HOTELS RETIREMENT PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Mark S. Hoplamazian
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
71 South Wacker Drive, 12th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312) 750-1234
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael A. Pucker, Esq.
Cathy A. Birkeland, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 876-7700
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | x (do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered (1) |
Amount to be Registered (2) |
Proposed
Maximum
Per Share (3) |
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee |
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Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share |
1,500,000 shares | $33.33 | $49,995,000.00 | $3,564.64 | ||||
(1) | In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Amended and Restated Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) and the Hyatt International Hotels Retirement Plan (the Retirement Plan). |
(2) | This Registration Statement registers (i) 1,200,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Class A Common Stock), of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the Company) for issuance pursuant to the Plan and (ii) 300,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company for issuance pursuant to the Retirement Plan. |
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the Companys Class A Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan or the Retirement Plan by reason of any substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination or exchange of shares of Class A Common Stock, dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure.
(3) | Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low market prices for the Class A Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) on March 3, 2010 ($33.33). |
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PART I
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan and the Retirement Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
Item 1. | Plan Information |
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2. | Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information |
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART II
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference |
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by the Company are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a) | The Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010. |
(b) | The description of the Companys Class A Common Stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-34521), filed with the SEC under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), on November 2, 2009, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Company or with respect to the Plan or the Retirement Plan pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from their dates of filing; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Under no circumstances will any information filed under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 4. | Description of Securities |
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
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Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel |
Family members of a partner of Latham & Watkins LLP are beneficiaries of trusts that directly and indirectly own shares of the Companys common stock.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
Hyatt Hotels Corporation is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding, provided the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporations best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A similar standard of care is applicable in the case of actions by or in the right of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person will have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court shall deem proper. The Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding to which such person was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was the Companys director, officer or employee, or is or was serving at the Companys request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. In addition, members of the Companys board of directors and compensation committee are also indemnified for actions under the Plan and the Retirement Plan.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for violations of the directors fiduciary duty of care, except (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. The Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation generally provides that the Company will eliminate or limit the personal liability of its directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Company currently has directors and officers liability insurance policy to insure its directors and officers against liability for actions or omissions occurring in their capacity as a director or officer, subject to certain exclusions and limitations.
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Reference is made to the form of underwriting agreement filed as an exhibit to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed August 5, 2009 (File No. 333-161068), as amended, for provisions providing that the underwriters are obligated, under certain circumstances, to indemnify the Companys directors, officers and controlling persons against certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Exhibits |
Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit |
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4.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161068) filed with the SEC on November 2, 2009) | |
4.2 | Certificate of Retirement of 38,000,000 Shares of Class B Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34521) filed with the SEC on December 17, 2009) | |
4.3 | Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161068) filed with the SEC on October 1, 2009) | |
4.4 | Hyatt International Hotels Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.55 to Amendment No. 5 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161068) filed with the SEC on November 2, 2009) | |
4.5 | Amended and Restated Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, effective May 3, 2010 | |
5.1 | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP | |
23.1 | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
23.2 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto) |
Item 9. | Undertakings |
(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
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(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply to information contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Companys annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
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claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, on March 10, 2010.
HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian | |
Mark S. Hoplamazian President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Mark S. Hoplamazian and Harmit J. Singh, and each acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities with Hyatt Hotels Corporation and on the dates indicated.
Signatures |
Titles |
Date |
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/s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian |
President and Chief Executive Officer | March 10, 2010 | ||
Mark S. Hoplamazian | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Harmit J. Singh |
Chief Financial Officer | March 10, 2010 | ||
Harmit J. Singh | (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | |||
/s/ Thomas J. Pritzker |
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 10, 2010 | ||
Thomas J. Pritzker | ||||
/s/ Bernard W. Aronson |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Bernard W. Aronson | ||||
/s/ Richard A. Friedman |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Richard A. Friedman | ||||
/s/ Susan D. Kronick |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Susan D. Kronick | ||||
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Mackey J. McDonald | ||||
/s/ John D. Nichols |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
John D. Nichols | ||||
/s/ Gregory B. Penner |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Gregory B. Penner |
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/s/ Penny Pritzker |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Penny Pritzker | ||||
/s/ Michael A. Rocca |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Michael A. Rocca | ||||
/s/ Byron D. Trott |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Byron D. Trott | ||||
/s/ Richard C. Tuttle |
Director | March 10, 2010 | ||
Richard C. Tuttle |
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit |
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4.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161068) filed with the SEC on November 2, 2009 | |
4.2 | Certificate of Retirement of 38,000,000 Shares of Class B Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-34521) filed with the SEC on December 17, 2009) | |
4.3 | Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161068) filed with the SEC on October 1, 2009) | |
4.4 | Hyatt International Hotels Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.55 to Amendment No. 5 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-161068) filed with the SEC on November 2, 2009) | |
4.5 | Amended and Restated Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, effective May 3, 2010 | |
5.1 | Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP | |
23.1 | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
23.2 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto) |
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Exhibit 4.5
AMENDED AND RESTATED
HYATT CORPORATION
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Effective May 3, 2010)
Table of Contents
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
2 | |||||
1.1 | In General | 2 | ||||
1.2 | Account | 2 | ||||
1.3 | Affiliated Employer | 2 | ||||
1.4 | Beneficiary | 2 | ||||
1.5 | Board | 2 | ||||
1.6 | Claimant | 2 | ||||
1.7 | Code | 2 | ||||
1.8 | Committee | 2 | ||||
1.9 | Company | 2 | ||||
1.10 | Compensation | 2 | ||||
1.11 | Deferred Amount | 2 | ||||
1.12 | Deferral Election | 2 | ||||
1.13 | Disability | 2 | ||||
1.14 | Discretionary Employer Credit | 3 | ||||
1.15 | Distribution Election | 3 | ||||
1.16 | Distribution Event | 3 | ||||
1.17 | Effective Date | 3 | ||||
1.18 | Employee | 3 | ||||
1.19 | Employer | 3 | ||||
1.20 | Employer Credit | 3 | ||||
1.21 | Employer Matching Credit | 3 | ||||
1.22 | ERISA | 3 | ||||
1.23 | Grandfathered Benefits | 3 | ||||
1.24 | Installment Payout Period | 3 | ||||
1.25 | Investment Fund | 3 | ||||
1.26 | Leave of Absence | 3 | ||||
1.27 | Matching Rate | 4 | ||||
1.28 | Non-Grandfathered Benefits | 4 | ||||
1.29 | Participant | 4 | ||||
1.30 | Payday | 4 | ||||
1.31 | Payment Date | 4 | ||||
1.32 | Plan | 4 | ||||
1.33 | Plan Administrator | 4 | ||||
1.34 | Plan Year | 4 | ||||
1.35 | Rules of the Plan | 4 | ||||
1.36 | Separation from Service | 4 | ||||
1.37 | Specified Employee | 5 | ||||
1.38 | Unforeseeable Emergency | 5 | ||||
1.39 | Year of Service | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 PARTICIPATION |
5 | |||||
2.1 | Eligibility | 5 | ||||
2.2 | Inactive Participants | 5 | ||||
2.3 | Rehires | 5 |
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ARTICLE 3 PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS |
6 | |||||
3.1 | Deferral Elections | 6 | ||||
3.2 | Distribution Elections | 6 | ||||
3.3 | Initial Elections | 7 | ||||
3.4 | Prior Plan Elections | 7 | ||||
3.5 | Transferred Benefits | 7 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 EMPLOYER CREDITS |
7 | |||||
4.1 | Employer Matching Credits | 7 | ||||
4.2 | Amount of Matching Credit | 8 | ||||
4.3 | Discretionary Employer Credits | 8 | ||||
4.4 | Employment Transfers | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 ACCOUNTS |
9 | |||||
5.1 | Participant Accounts | 9 | ||||
5.2 | Account | 9 | ||||
5.3 | Account Adjustment | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 VESTING |
9 | |||||
6.1 | Vesting | 9 | ||||
6.2 | Transferred Amounts and Prior Plan Account Balances | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 INVESTMENT FUNDS |
10 | |||||
7.1 | Investment Funds | 10 | ||||
7.2 | Participant Investment Election | 10 | ||||
7.3 | Investments | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE 8 DISTRIBUTION EVENTS |
11 | |||||
8.1 | Distribution Events | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 PAYMENTS |
11 | |||||
9.1 | Payments | 11 | ||||
9.2 | Installments | 11 | ||||
9.3 | Unforeseeable Emergency | 12 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 ADMINISTRATION |
12 | |||||
10.1 | Plan Administrator | 12 | ||||
10.2 | Bookkeeping | 13 | ||||
10.3 | Plan Administrators Discretion | 13 | ||||
10.4 | Liability | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION |
13 | |||||
11.1 | Amendment | 13 | ||||
11.2 | Section 409A | 13 | ||||
11.3 | Termination | 14 |
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ARTICLE 12 CLAIMS PROCEDURES |
14 | |||||
12.1 | Claims Procedures | 14 | ||||
12.2 | Claims | 15 | ||||
12.3 | Appeal | 15 | ||||
12.4 | Decision | 15 | ||||
ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS |
16 | |||||
13.1 | Notices | 16 | ||||
13.2 | Source of Benefits | 16 | ||||
13.3 | FICA and Other Taxes | 16 | ||||
13.4 | Plan Not Contract of Employment | 17 | ||||
13.5 | Applicable Law | 17 | ||||
13.6 | Non-Alienation | 17 | ||||
13.7 | Adoption by Employers | 17 | ||||
13.8 | Gender and Number | 17 | ||||
Appendix A |
19 | |||||
Appendix B |
20 | |||||
Appendix C |
21 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
HYATT CORPORATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Effective May 3, 2010)
Hyatt Corporation, a Delaware corporation or its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates (the Company), established: (1) the Hyatt Corporation Matched Savings Plan (MSP), effective September 1, 1993; (2) the Hyatt Corporation Key Management Deferred Savings Plan (DSP), effective February 1, 1989, and amended and restated January 1, 1995; (3) the Hyatt Corporation Restricted Deferred Incentive Compensation Plan, effective February 1, 1991, as amended (RDICP); (4) the Hyatt Corporation Restricted Deferred Incentive Compensation Plan II, effective February 1, 1997, as amended (RDICP II); (5) the Global Hyatt Corporation Deferred Incentive Plan, effective January 1, 2006, as amended (GHDIP); (6) the Hyatt International Hotels Restricted Deferred Incentive Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 1984, as amended (International RDICP); and (7) the Hyatt International Corporation Restricted Deferred Incentive Compensation Plan II, effective January 1, 2004, as amended (International RDICP II); (collectively, the Prior Plans) for the benefit of Eligible Employees. The MSP and DSP were amended, restated and merged to form the Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), effective December 14, 2007. All or a portion of the RDICP, RDICP II, GHDIP, International RDICP and International RDICP II are hereby amended, restated and merged into the Plan, effective May 3, 2010.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the Prior Plans in effect on October 3, 2004 apply with respect to those Prior Plan benefits that were earned and vested within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §§1.409A-6(a) as of December 31, 2004, as well as the interest earned thereon (Grandfathered Benefits). The terms applicable to the Grandfathered Benefits have not been materially modified within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §§1.409A-6(a)(1) and (4) on or after October 3, 2004.
As were the Prior Plans, this Plan is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that permits certain eligible Employees of the Employers to elect to defer Compensation otherwise payable to them. The Plan is unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees, within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. The Plan is not intended to qualify under Code Section 401(a), or be subject to Parts 2, 3 or 4 of Title I of ERISA.
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 In General . Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan with the first letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
1.2 Account . Account of a Participant means his individual account, if any, established in accordance with Article 5.
1.3 Associated Employer . Associated Employer means each trade or business under common control, including but not limited to proprietorships and partnerships or a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) with the Company, and each entity listed on Appendix A.
1.4 Beneficiary . Beneficiary means the person or persons designated by a Participant, in the manner established by the Plan Administrator and in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, to receive payments under the Plan in the event of his death. No Beneficiary designation or change of Beneficiary shall become effective until received and acknowledged by the Plan Administrator. In the event a Participant does not properly designate a Beneficiary, his Plan benefits shall be paid in the following order of priority: (a) to his surviving spouse, if any, (b) to his surviving children in equal shares, or (c) to the legal representative of his estate.
1.5 Board . Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.6 Claimant . Claimant means a Participant or Beneficiary who believes he is being denied a benefit under the Plan to which he is entitled.
1.7 Code . Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.8 Committee . Committee means the Hyatt Hotels Corporation Benefits Committee.
1.9 Company . Company means Hyatt Corporation.
1.10 Compensation . Compensation means the base or regular cash salary payable to a Participant by his Employer, including incentives or bonuses and any such amounts which are not includible in the Participants gross income under Code Sections 125 or 401(k).
1.11 Deferred Amount . Deferred Amount means Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer pursuant to a Deferral Election and that, in the absence of such Deferral Election, would be payable to the Participant on a Payday.
1.12 Deferral Election . Deferral Election means the Participants election, made in accordance with Article 3, that specifies the Deferred Amount for the Participants Account.
1.13 Disability . Disability means that the Participant is either (a) deemed to be disabled in accordance with the Employers long-term disability insurance program, provided
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that the definition of disability applied under such disability insurance program complies with the requirements of Code Section 409A, or (b) if the Participant is not covered by an Employers long-term disability insurance program, then the Participant is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.
1.14 Discretionary Employer Credit . Discretionary Employer Credit means the amount that may be credited to a Participants Account under Section 4.3.
1.15 Distribution Election . Distribution Election means the Participants election, made in accordance with Article 3 that specifies the form of distribution for the Participants Account.
1.16 Distribution Event . Distribution Event has the meaning attributed to such term in Article 8.
1.17 Effective Date . The Effective Date is December 14, 2007, unless otherwise provided.
1.18 Employee . Employee means any person who renders services to an Employer in the status of an employee, as that term is defined in Code Section 3121(d).
1.19 Employer . Employer means the Company and each other entity, which has adopted the Plan with the Companys consent and is listed in Appendix B.
1.20 Employer Credit . Employer Credit means the Employer Matching Credit and the Discretionary Employer Credit.
1.21 Employer Matching Credit . Employer Matching Credit means the amount that may be credited to a Participants Account under Section 4.1.
1.22 ERISA . ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.23 Grandfathered Benefits . Grandfathered Benefits has the meaning attributed to such term in the Preamble.
1.24 Installment Payout Period . Installment Payout Period means a period of two (2), three (3), four (4) or five (5) years, commencing on the Payment Date. For distribution elections made under the DSP in effect prior to the Effective Date or distribution elections under other Prior Plans made prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payout Period means a period as specified in Appendix C.
1.25 Investment Fund . Investment Fund means one of the investment funds designated by the Plan Administrator at the time of reference.
1.26 Leave of Absence . Leave of Absence means a period during which the Participant is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence (such as temporary employment by the government) if:
(a) the period of such leave does not exceed six months; or
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(b) if the period is longer than six months, the Participants right to reemployment with the Employer is protected either by statute or by contract.
(c) If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participants right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or by contract, then the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such six-month period.
1.27 Matching Rate . Matching Rate means the amount of the Employer Matching Credit to be allocated to a Participants Account in connection with his Deferred Amount for that Plan Year.
1.28 Non-Grandfathered Benefits . Non-Grandfathered Benefits means the portion of benefits in a Participants Account not attributable to Grandfathered Benefits.
1.29 Participant . Participant means an Employee designated by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, to be eligible for participation in the Plan and who elects to participate in this Plan.
1.30 Payday . Payday means the established day for the payment of Compensation to Participant.
1.31 Payment Date . Payment Date means the date on which payment is made to a Participant under the Plan, which shall be the later of (i) within ninety (90) days following the date of the Participants first Distribution Event, (ii) the six month anniversary of the Participants first Distribution Event, if the Participant is a Specified Employee; or (iii) as noted in Appendix C for certain Prior Plan account balances, as applicable. If the Participant has elected installment distributions, the Payment Date refers to the date on which the first installment is to be distributed.
1.32 Plan . Plan means the Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.
1.33 Plan Administrator . Plan Administrator means the Committee. If no Committee is in existence, then Plan Administrator means the Company.
1.34 Plan Year . Plan Year means the calendar year.
1.35 Prior Plan Accounts . Prior Plan Accounts means the account established by the Plan Administrator under this Plan to which all amounts transferred from a Prior Plan shall be credited.
1.36 Rules of the Plan . Rules of the Plan means the administrative rules established from time to time by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion.
1.37 Separation from Service . Separation from Service means the termination of the Participants services to the Company and all Employers and affiliates as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h), whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by
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reason of death or Disability. The Plan Administrator shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion and in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h), to determine conclusively whether and when an Employee has had a Separation from Service.
1.37 Specified Employee . Specified Employee means an employee meeting the definition of Specified Employee as defined by Code §409A.
1.39 Unforeseeable Emergency . Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Plan Administrator, means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (a) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participants spouse, the Participants Beneficiary, or the Participants dependent (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(3)(i)), (b) loss of the Participants property due to casualty, (c) the need to pay for the funeral expenses of the Participants spouse, Beneficiary, or dependent (as defined above), (d) the need to pay for medical expenses, including nonrefundable deductibles, and (e) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.409A-3(i)(3).
1.40 Year of Service . Year of Service with respect to a Participant as of any date means the number of his continuous full years of employment with an Employer or an Affiliate.
ARTICLE 2
PARTICIPATION
2.1 Eligibility . The Plan Administrator will select those Employees eligible to participate in the Plan from the class of Employees who:
(a) are members of a select group of management or highly compensated within the meaning of section 401(a)(1) of ERISA; and
(b) have completed 90 continuous days of employment with an Employer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each participant in the Prior Plans shall automatically be a Participant in this Plan and shall continue as a Participant in the Plan until such individual receives a distribution of their entire Prior Plan Accounts as well as their Account under this Plan, if any.
2.2 Inactive Participants . When a Participant ceases to provide services to any Employer as an Employee, he shall no longer be entitled to defer further amounts or be eligible for Employer Matching Credits or Discretionary Employer Credits. When a Participant ceases to be eligible to participate in the Plan, then in the next following Plan Year he shall not be entitled to defer amounts or be eligible for Employer Matching Credits or Discretionary Employer Credits. However, in either case, his Account will continue to be adjusted for investment experience in accordance with Article 6, and he shall remain a Participant with respect to his Account until it is fully distributed.
2.3 Rehires . An Employee who was a Participant in the Plan, incurred a Separation from Service and is later rehired by an Employer may not re-commence participation in the Plan until the second anniversary of his or her initial Separation from Service.
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ARTICLE 3
PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS
3.1 Deferral Elections
(a) In general. Each active Participant may make a Deferral Election pursuant to which he elects to defer an amount of his Compensation that otherwise would be payable to him for services to be rendered beginning in the next calendar year. Such election shall be irrevocable as of the day immediately preceding the next calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant may elect to defer Compensation in an amount that would prevent the Participant or the Employer from satisfying its employment tax contribution or withholding requirements under any applicable state or Federal law, and the Participants employee benefit plan contribution requirements.
(b) Modifications. Once made, the Deferral Election will continue until modified or revoked. The Participant may revoke or modify his Deferral Election only with respect to Compensation to be deferred beginning in a subsequent Plan Year. Such modified Deferral Election shall be irrevocable on the day immediately before such subsequent Plan Year.
(c) Deferral Crediting . Each Participants Account shall be credited with the amount deferred by the Participant as soon as practicable after the date on which such Compensation would have been paid to the Participant but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the last day of the month in which the amount is deducted from the Participants paycheck.
3.2 Distribution Elections
(a) In general. Each Participant shall file a Distribution Election prior to the first day of the Plan Year in which deferrals are made on his behalf under the Plan (or under the transition rules of Code Section 409A, prior to January 1, 2009). Such election shall be irrevocable as of the day immediately preceding the next calendar year.
(b) Modifications . The Participant may once modify his Distribution Election with respect to the form of payment of his Account, by filing a modified Distribution Election in accordance with the Rules of the Plan and the following criteria:
(i) | The election must be made at least 12 months prior to the Participants original Distribution Event date; |
(ii) | The election of the new form of payment shall have no effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made; and |
(iii) | The initial payment date under the modified Distribution Election must be no sooner than five (5) years after the original Distribution Event date (unless the modified election is with respect to benefits payable upon death or Disability, in accordance with Sections 8.1(a) or (b)). |
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A Participants modified Distribution Election shall not be considered to be made until the date on which the election becomes irrevocable. Such an election shall become irrevocable no later than the date that is 12 months prior to the Participants original Distribution Event date.
3.3 Initial Elections . Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 3.1 and 3.2, if after a Plan Year has commenced, an Employee first becomes a Participant (and does not participate in and has not for 24 months participated in any other nonqualified deferred compensation account balance plan that must be aggregated with the Plan pursuant to Code Section 409A), then the provisions of this Section 3.3 shall apply. For such Participant to make a Deferral Election with respect to Compensation earned in the same calendar year that the Employee becomes a Participant, the Participants initial Deferral Election and Distribution Election must be filed on a date that is not later than 30 days following the date the Participant first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. The Deferral Election and Distribution Election will become irrevocable on the date that is 30 days following the date of initial eligibility. Such elections shall only be effective with respect to a Participants Compensation earned after the election becomes irrevocable. If a Participant fails to make a Deferral Election within 30 days of initial eligibility to participate, then such Participant may make a Deferral Election only with respect to Compensation earned in subsequent calendar years, in accordance with Sections 3.1 and 3.2.
3.4 Prior Plan Elections . Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, Participant deferral elections and distribution elections made prior to the Effective Date under the Prior Plans with respect to non-Grandfathered Benefits shall remain in effect as Deferral Elections and Distribution Elections for purposes of this Plan until modified or revoked in accordance with Sections 3.1(b) and 3.2(b). Participant elections with respect to Grandfathered Benefits shall be governed by the terms of the applicable Prior Plan terms as in effect on October 3, 2004.
3.5 Transferred Benefits . From time to time the Plan Administrator may accept transfers of benefits and amounts into this Plan from other non-qualified deferred compensation plans maintained by an Employer or an Affiliate with respect to a Participant. All amounts transferred shall be designated as Transferred Amounts and shall be credited to a Prior Plan Account established for such Participant under the Plan. Each individual with Transferred Amounts pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be a Participant in this Plan. A Participants election as to the time and form of payment for such Transferred Amounts shall be governed by the deferral election in effect under the transferor plan; provided, however, that with respect to Transferred Amounts transferred in 2007 or 2008, such Participant shall elect prior to December 31, 2008 (i) the form of payment of his Account in accordance with Sections 3.2 and 3.3, and (ii) the investment of his Account in accordance with Section 7.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be eligible to elect in accordance with this Section 3.5, to have any Transferred Amount transferred in 2007 or 2008 paid in the same year of such transfer.
ARTICLE 4
EMPLOYER CREDITS
4.1 Employer Matching Credits . Subject to such limitations as the Plan Administrator may impose, for each Plan Year, the Company shall establish one or more Matching Rates for Participants. Matching Rates may be established at different levels for different Participants for any Plan Year, and may be established on an individual basis, for employment positions, or for categories or classes of Participants.
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At such time as the Plan Administrator shall provide, the Plan Administrator shall credit an Employer Matching Credit to the Account of each Participant who has completed one Year of Service with the Employers or the Affiliates and who
(a) was employed by an Employer on the last working day of that Plan Year,
(b) had a Separation from Service after attaining age 55 and completing at least 10 Years of Service,
(c) became Disabled, or
(d) died while in the employ of an Employer during such Plan Year.
4.2 Amount of Matching Credit . Each such Participants Employer Matching Credit shall equal to the product of (a) the portion of the Participants Deferred Amount which his Employer, in its sole discretion, designates as eligible for an Employer Matching Credit, and (b) the Matching Rate applicable to that Participant. Any Employer Matching Credit to be credited to any Participants Account shall be credited as of the date determined by the Committee.
4.3 Discretionary Employer Credits . Each Employer may, from time to time and in its sole and absolute discretion, award a Discretionary Employer Credit to any Participant, in any amount that such Employer determines. Any Discretionary Employer Credit to be credited to any Participants Account under this Section shall be credited as of the date determined by the Committee. Discretionary Employer Credits may be awarded at different rates for different Participants for any Plan Year, and may be established on an individual basis, for employment positions, or for categories or classes of Participants.
4.4 Employment Transfers . If during a Plan Year a Participant transfers from one employment position, category or class to another, and such transfer results in a change in the Matching Rate and Discretionary Employer Credit rate applicable to the Participant, then upon any benefit crediting pursuant to this Section 4, such Participant shall be credited in accordance with the Employer Credit rates applicable to him as follows:
(a) If the Participants transfer occurs prior to July 1, at the Employer Credit rate applicable to the new position, category or class;
(b) If the Participants transfer occurs on or after July 1, at the Employer Credit rate applicable to the Participant in which they were employed on the first day of the Plan Year.
The Participants Deferral Election shall remain in effect for all amounts credited to the Participants Account regardless of the applicable Employer Credit rate.
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ARTICLE 5
ACCOUNTS
5.1 Participant Accounts . The Plan Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, an Account in the name of each Participant, which may include Transferred Amounts for each Participant who was a participant in a Prior Plan in the form of a Prior Plan Account. A Participants Account may be further divided into additional subaccounts, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator. The existence of an Account or bookkeeping entries for a Participant or Beneficiary does not create, suggest or imply that a Participant or Beneficiary has a beneficial interest in any asset of any Employer.
5.2 Account . Each Participants Account shall reflect the sum of the following amounts:
(a) his Deferred Amount;
(b) his share of Employer Matching Credits;
(c) his share of Discretionary Employer Credits; and
(d) his Transferred Amounts from the Prior Plans or any other plan under Section 3.5, if any, excluding the MSP or DSP, unless it is an Employer Matching Credit.
Each Account shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 5.3. The Plan Administrator may establish additional Account categories or sub-accounts as it deems necessary or advisable.
5.3 Account Adjustment . Each Participants Account shall be credited or debited with:
(a) the amount of Compensation deferred pursuant to a Deferral Election, and amounts attributable to Employer Credits;
(b) the amount of interest, earnings, gains or losses of the Investment Fund that would have accrued to the amounts allocated to such Investment Fund had such amounts been invested in such Investment Funds during the relevant period;
(c) any hypothetical expenses, determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator, charged to the Participants Account for such period; and
(d) any withdrawal or distribution.
ARTICLE 6
VESTING
6.1 Vesting . Except as provided in Section 6.2, Participants shall be fully vested in all amounts held in their individual Accounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Participants termination for cause (as defined in the DSP), forfeiture of Grandfathered Benefits earned and vested under the DSP shall be determined under the terms of the DSP in effect as of October 3, 2004.
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6.2 Transferred Amounts and Prior Plan Account Balances . At the time of transfer, the Plan Administrator may subject Prior Plan Account balances to such vesting schedule or provisions as the Plan Administrator may determine in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to those noted in Appendix C; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator may not subject to any Prior Plan Accounts that were previously vested to a new vesting schedule without the consent of the Participant.
ARTICLE 7
INVESTMENT FUNDS
7.1 Investment Funds . The Plan Administrator shall designate one or more Investment Funds to be available under the Plan. Each Participant shall be entitled to direct the investment of amounts credited to his Account in the Investment Funds in accordance with the Rules of the Plan. The Plan Administrator has designated that an Investment Fund will consist of interests in Hyatt Hotels Corporation Class A Common Stock (Hyatt Stock), subject to eligibility requirements, pricing and other limitations set forth in the Rules of the Plan. The Plan Administrator will determine if such election in Hyatt Stock may be revoked or modified as determined by the Rules of the Plan and the Companys insider trading policy as in effect from time to time.
7.2 Participant Investment Election . A Participant may, in accordance with the Rules of the Plan, elect to have the amounts credited to his Account allocated to any one or more of the Investment Funds in such proportions as are permitted by the Plan Administrator or to change any prior investment election. Any Participant investment election shall remain in effect until revoked or modified by the Participant.
(a) If amounts credited to an Account are allocated to more than one Investment Fund, changes in proportions due to investment results shall not require any automatic reallocation between Investment Funds.
(b) If a Participant fails or declines to make an investment election under this Article, then the amounts credited to the Participants Account shall be deemed invested in one or more of the Investment Funds, as directed by the Plan Administrator as the default Investment Fund(s).
(c) Until distributed, a Participants Account shall be deemed to remain invested in the Participants elected or designated Investment Funds.
7.3 Investments . Notwithstanding the election by Participants of certain Investment Funds and the adjustment of their Accounts based on those elections, the Plan does not require, and no trust or other instrument maintained in connection with the Plan shall require, that any assets or amounts which are set aside in trust or otherwise for the purpose of paying Plan benefits shall actually be invested in the investment alternatives selected by Participants. Participants may instead be credited with earnings equivalents attributable to Investment Fund performance, equal to the hypothetical earnings and losses, and less hypothetical expenses.
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ARTICLE 8
DISTRIBUTION EVENTS
8.1 Distribution Events . The amounts credited to Participants Account shall become payable on his Payment Date following the earliest of the following events:
(a) the Participants Death;
(b) the Participants Disability;
(c) the Participants Separation from Service;
(d) the date as of which the Company terminates the Plan in accordance with Section 11.3; (collectively, the Distribution Events); or
(e) the date provided in Appendix C for any Prior Plan Accounts.
Upon the occurrence of the earliest of the foregoing events, payments to the Participant or the Beneficiary shall commence on his Payment Date in accordance with Article 9.
ARTICLE 9
PAYMENTS
9.1 Payments . Except as provided in Section 9.3 of the Plan, upon the Participants Payment Date, any amounts payable under the Plan that are not attributable to Grandfathered Benefits shall be paid in a lump sum or in substantially equal annual installments over the Installment Payment Period, in accordance with the Participants Distribution Election. Installment payments shall be treated as a single payment for purposes of Code Section 409A.
In any situation in which the Plan Administrator is unable to determine the method of payment because of incomplete, unclear or uncertain Participant instructions or if no Distribution Election is on file, then any amounts in the Participants Account not attributable to Grandfathered Benefits will be paid in a lump sum upon the Participants Payment Date.
Payment of Grandfathered Benefits will be determined under the terms of the Prior Plans as in effect on October 3, 2004.
If a Participants Account contains Hyatt Stock, then the number of shares of Hyatt Stock in the Participants Account as of the Payment Date will be determined and the shares of Hyatt Corporation Class A common stock will be distributed to the Participant by depositing it into the Participants individual brokerage account at the current administrator of the Plan, subject to the Plans withholding of the number of shares of Hyatt Stock to meet tax obligations as noted in Section 13.3.
9.2 Installments .
(a) The amount of any installment payment to be paid is to be determined by dividing
(i) | the balance of his Account, less any amount attributable to Grandfathered Benefits, as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, by |
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(ii) | the remaining number of installments to be paid. |
(b) If the Participant dies, either before or after installment payments commence, the balance credited to the Account, less any amount attributable to Grandfathered Benefits, shall be paid to the Beneficiary in a lump sum on the Payment Date.
9.3 Unforeseeable Emergency .
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.1 or any election of the Participant to the contrary, in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant may elect to receive a distribution of all or a part of his Account, less any amount attributable to Grandfathered Benefits, pursuant to the terms of this Section.
(b) In the event that the Participant is eligible for a distribution under this Section 9.3 and for distributions under the Prior Plans with respect to Grandfathered Benefits, then distributions shall first be made from the Participants Accounts not including Grandfathered Benefits under this Plan and then from Grandfathered Benefits in accordance with the Prior Plans.
(c) The Participant shall file a request for a distribution on account of Unforeseeable Emergency in accordance with the Rules of the Plan. The request shall indicate the nature of the Unforeseeable Emergency, the amount of financial hardship incurred by the Participant as well as whether or not the hardship may be relieved through insurance, cessation of Compensation deferrals, or through the disposition of other assets. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether or not the Participant satisfies the requirements for a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency.
(d) If the Plan Administrator determines that a Participant qualifies for a distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency, then the amount to be distributed to the Participant shall not exceed an amount necessary to satisfy the hardship resulting from the Unforeseeable Emergency, plus an amount necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of such distribution, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator after taking into account the extent to which the Participant could satisfy the hardship through reimbursement or compensation by insurance, cessation of Compensation deferrals, or by liquidation of the Participants assets and as otherwise required by Code Section 409A.
(e) If a Participant receives a distribution under this Section, his Deferral Election shall automatically terminate as soon as administratively practicable. Such Participant, if eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Article 2, may make a Deferral Election for a subsequent Plan Year in accordance with Article 3.
ARTICLE 10
ADMINISTRATION
10.1 Plan Administrator . The Board may appoint an individual or committee to act as the Plan Administrator. In the event no Plan Administrator is appointed, the Company shall act as Plan Administrator. Any committee appointed by the Board as Plan Administrator shall
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consist of three or more persons who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. In the event a committee is appointed as Plan Administrator, at all meetings of such committee, a majority of the members of such committee shall constitute a quorum and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be the act of the committee and the committee may authorize any one or more of its members to execute any document or otherwise act on behalf of the Plan Administrator.
10.2 Bookkeeping . The books, records and accounts to be maintained for the purposes of the Plan shall be maintained by the Company at its expense and subject to the supervision and control of the Plan Administrator. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be paid by the Employers and the Participants, as determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion from time to time.
10.3 Plan Administrators Discretion . The Plan Administrator shall have the power to take all action necessary or appropriate in connection with the general administration of the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may interpret the Plan, determine any facts or resolve any questions relevant to the Plans administration, and in connection therewith, remedy and correct any ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions of the Plan, and appoint and authorize one or more agents and/or independent contractors to perform any of the required functions and responsibilities of the Plan Administrator. Any such actions taken or determinations made by the Plan Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on all persons. The Plan Administrator may require the Participant to furnish such information and submit such documents, records, elections and notices, on forms to be provided by the Plan Administrator, as it shall require in order to administer the Plan. Benefits shall be paid only if the Plan Administrator has determined that the Participant is entitled to them.
10.4 Liability . Neither the Company, the Board, the Employers, an individual or member of a committee duly appointed as Plan Administrator, nor any officer or Employee shall be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the formation or administration of this Plan unless attributable to its or his own fraud or willful misconduct.
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
11.1 Amendment . The Plan may be amended in whole or in part from time to time by the Board, provided that the Committee, acting by majority, may make minor or administrative amendments to the Plan or adopt, amend Rules of the Plan. No amendment shall reduce the amount then credited to or otherwise adversely affect a Participants Account without the consent of the Participant or his Beneficiaries who would be affected by such action.
11.2 Section 409A . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or the Distribution Election, if the Participant is deemed at the time of his Separation from Service to be a Specified Employee, to the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the benefits to which Participant is entitled under this Plan is required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such portion of Participants benefits shall not be paid prior to the earlier of (a) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of the Participants Separation from Service or (b) the date of the Participants death. Upon the
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expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) deferral period, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 11.2 shall be paid in a lump sum to the Participant, and any remaining payments due under the Plan shall be paid as otherwise provided herein and in the applicable Distribution Election.
To the extent applicable, this Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with Code Section 409A and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder. If the Company determines that any compensation or benefits payable under this Plan do not comply with Code Section 409A and related Department of Treasury guidance, the Company shall amend this Plan or take such other actions as the Company deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.
11.3 Termination .
(a) While the Plan is intended as a permanent program, the Board shall have the right at any time to declare the Plan terminated completely as to any or all Employers, or as to any division, facility or other operational unit thereof. Discharge or layoff of Employees of an Employer or any unit thereof without such a declaration shall not result in a termination of the Plan.
(b) If the Company terminates the Plan, then all other nonqualified deferred compensation account balance plans that must be aggregated under Code Section 409A with the Plan shall be terminated as well, and all amounts credited to each Participants Account shall be distributed in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
(c) Any Employer may cease its participation in the Plan at any time, provided that the Employer has made adequate provisions for any amount payable by it under the terms of the Plan in effect on the date it ceases its participation. If an Employer resolves to cease being a participating employer in the Plan, then each Participants Account shall be paid in accordance with Article 9. However, if the Employer terminates the Plan and either (a) does not maintain other nonqualified deferred compensation plans that must be aggregated with the Plan under Code Section 409A or (b) all other nonqualified deferred compensation plans that must be aggregated with the Plan under Code Section 409A are terminated as well, then all amounts credited to each Participants Account shall be distributed in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
ARTICLE 12
CLAIMS PROCEDURES
12.1 Claims Procedures . Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as Claimant) may file a written request for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within sixty (60) days after such notice was received by the Claimant. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.
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Benefits will be paid only if the Plan Administrator determines that the Claimant is entitled to them. A Participant has 90 days following the denial of a claim for benefits in which to file a lawsuit with respect to the denial. However, no action at law or in equity shall be brought for any benefits under the Plan until the appeal rights herein provided have been exhausted and the Plan benefits requested in such appeal have been denied in whole or in part.
12.2 Claims . The Plan Administrator shall reply to the Claimant within 90 days of receipt of the claim. The Plan Administrator may extend the reply period for an additional 90 days for reasonable cause, and if the reply period is extended, will notify the Claimant of the length of and the reason for the extension.
If the claim is accepted, then the Plan Administrator shall notify the Claimant that the Plan Administrators requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full. If the claim is denied in whole or in part, then the Plan Administrator shall adopt a written opinion, using language calculated to be understood by the Claimant, setting forth:
(a) The specific reason or reasons for such denial;
(b) The specific reference to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which such denial is based;
(c) A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect his claim and an explanation why such material or such information is necessary;
(d) Appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Claimant wishes to submit the claim for review; and
(e) The time limits for requesting a review under the Plans claim procedures
12.3 Appeal . Within 60 days after the receipt by the Claimant of the written opinion described above, the Claimant (or the Claimants duly authorized representative) may request in writing that the Plan Administrator review the Plan Administrators determination. Such request must be addressed to the Plan Administrator. The Claimant or his duly authorized representative may, but need not, review the pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing for consideration by the Plan Administrator. If the Claimant does not request a review of the Plan Administrators determination by the Plan Administrator of the Company within such 60 day period, he shall be barred and estopped from challenging the Plan Administrators determination.
12.4 Decision . Within 60 days after the Plan Administrators receipt of a request for review, the Plan Administrator will review the original determination and any additional pertinent materials. After considering all materials presented by the Claimant, the Plan Administrator will render a written opinion, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, setting forth the specific reasons for the decision and containing specific references to the pertinent provisions of this Plan on which the decision is based. If special circumstances require that 60-day time period be extended, the Plan Administrator will so notify the Claimant and will render the decision as soon as possible, but no later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review.
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ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Notices . Any notice or document required to be given to or filed with the Plan Administrator shall be considered to be given or filed if mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Plan Administrator, at the Companys principal executive offices.
13.2 Source of Benefits .
(a) The Company maintains a grantor trust (the Trust) in connection with the Plan and will make contributions to the Trust in accordance with the terms of the trust agreement (the Trust Agreement).
(b) Any payment of benefits by the Trust shall be in satisfaction of the corresponding obligations of the Employers under the Plan. Notwithstanding the establishment of the Trust, and any contributions made by the Employers to the Trust, the Employers shall remain obligated to make all payments of benefits attributable to their respective Employees under the Plan, except to the extent such payments are made by the Trust in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
(c) The obligations of the Employers under the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured, and nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed as providing for assets to be held in trust or escrow or any other form of segregation of the assets of the Employers for the benefit of any Participant or any other person or persons to whom benefits are to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The interest of any Participant or any other person hereunder shall be limited to the right to receive the benefits as set forth in the Plan. To the extent that a Participant or any other person acquires a right to receive benefits under the Plan, such rights shall be no greater than the rights of an unsecured general creditor of the Employers.
13.3 FICA and Other Taxes .
(a) For each Plan Year in which a Participants Account is credited with Compensation deferrals, the Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participants Compensation that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participants share of FICA and other employment taxes on such deferred Compensation. If necessary, the Plan Administrator may reduce the Participants Deferral Election in order to comply with this Section 13.3.
(b) When a Participants Account is credited with Employer Credits or a benefit transferred pursuant to Section 3.5, the Employer shall withhold from the Participants Compensation that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participants share of FICA and other employment taxes on such amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, instead accept a cash payment from the Participant or reduce the Participants Account in an amount necessary to satisfy the Participants share of FICA and other employment taxes.
(c) The Employer, or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all Federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer, or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer and the trustee of the Trust.
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(d) Any reduction or acceleration of payment under the Plan pursuant to this Section 13.3 shall be administered in accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vi).
13.4 Plan Not Contract of Employment . Neither the action of the Company in establishing or maintaining the Plan, nor any action taken by the Employers, the Board, the Plan Administrator or any individual or member of the Committee, nor any provision of the Plan shall give a Participant any right to be retained as an Employee. The Plan does not constitute a contract of employment, and nothing in the Plan will give any Employee or Participant the right to be retained in the employ of any Employer, or any right or claim to any benefit under the Plan, except to the extent specifically provided under the terms of the Plan.
13.5 Applicable Law . The laws of the State of Illinois shall govern in resolving any questions arising under the Plan.
13.6 Non-Alienation . Benefits payable to any person under the Plan may not be voluntarily or involuntarily assigned, alienated, pledged or subject to attachment, anticipation, garnishment, levy, execution or other legal or equitable process except to the extent required by a domestic relations order that is issued under a state domestic relations law (including a community property law) that is not preempted by ERISA or except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, such domestic relations order may permit distribution of the entire vested portion of the Participants Account which is payable to the Participants spouse or former spouse, in a lump sum payment as soon as practicable after the Plan Administrator receives an acceptable order, without regard to whether the Participant would himself be entitled under the terms of the Plan to withdraw or receive a distribution of such amount at that time.
13.7 Adoption by Employers . The Plan may, with the written consent of the Company, be adopted by any other corporation, partnership, joint venture or other employer, whether or not a member of a controlled group with the Company.
13.8 Gender and Number . Where the context admits, words in any gender shall include any other gender, words in the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.
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HYATT CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Mark S. Hoplamazian |
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Its: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Appendix A
The following are Associated Employers of the Company if a Participant was employed by such entity prior to his or her employment with an Employer, with no intervening employment with a non-Associated Employer:
Classic Residence by Hyatt
FMG, Inc.
Grand Victoria Casino & Resorts, L.P.
H Group Holding, Inc.
HCC Corporation
Hyatt Gaming Management, Inc.
Red Sail Waikoloa, L.P.
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Appendix B
Each of the following entities is an Employer as described in Section 1.19 of the Plan:
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Burvan Hotel Associates
HyCanada, Inc.
Cerromar Development Partners, L.P.
Grand Toronto Venture, L.P.
HTS Loan Servicing, Inc.
HTS San Antonio, L.P.
Hyatt Foreign Employment Services, Inc.
Hyatt Corporation
Hyatt Hotels Corporation of Kansas
Hyatt International Corporation
Hyatt International Technical Services, Inc.
Hyatt Louisiana, LLC, as agent of DTRS New Orleans, LLC, d/b/a Hyatt Regency New Orleans
Hyatt Sales, Inc.
Hyatt Vacation Management Corporation
Hyatt Vacation Marketing Corporation
Hyatt Vacation Ownership Inc.
Marion Reservations Center, L.L.C.
RCG Properties, LLC
Rosemont Project Mgmt, LLC
Select Hotels Group, LLC
Hyatt International Sales Limited
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Appendix C
Installment Payout Periods, Payment Dates and Vesting
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Appendix C shall govern the Installment Payout Period, Payment Dates and Vesting of all Transferred Amounts credited to a Participants Prior Plan Accounts. Provisions of this Appendix C shall govern the Prior Plan Accounts in the event that there are any inconsistencies between the main Plan document and this Appendix C.
DSP
Installment Payout Period
For Distribution Elections made under the DSP prior to the Effective Date (December 14, 2007), the Installment Payout Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. Modifications are subject to the provisions of subsection 3.2(b).
Payment Date
See subsection 1.31
Vesting
See subsection 6.1
RDICP
Installment Payout Period
Non-Grandfathered Accounts . For Distribution Elections made by the Participant under the RDICP prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payment Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. Modifications are subject to the provisions of subsection 3.2(b).
Grandfathered Accounts . For Distribution Elections made by the Participant under the RDICP prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payment Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. The Participant may modify such election, however, such election shall not become effective until the first day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the election is filed with the Administrator.
Payment Date
The Payment Date shall be the later of: (i) within ninety (90) days following the date of the Participants first Distribution Event, (ii) the six month anniversary of the Participants first Distribution Event, if the Participant is a Specified Employee; or (iii) attainment of age 55 with at least 10 years of service with an Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, if a Participants employment is terminated for cause as determined by the applicable Employer in its sole discretion, all amounts otherwise payable to or on account of the Participant under the Plan shall be immediately forfeited.
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Vesting
All Participants are fully vested.
RDICP II
Installment Payout Period
Non-Grandfathered Accounts . For Distribution Elections made by the Participant under the RDICP prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payment Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. Modifications are subject to the provisions of subsection 3.2(b).
Grandfathered Accounts . For Distribution Elections made by the Participant under the RDICP prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payment Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. The Participant may modify such election, however, such election shall not become effective until the first day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the election is filed with the Administrator.
Payment Date
The Payment Date shall be the later of: (i) within ninety (90) days following the date of the Participants first Distribution Event, or (ii) the six month anniversary of the Participants first Distribution Event, if the Participant is a Specified Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, if a Participants employment is terminated for cause as determined by the applicable Employer in its sole discretion, all amounts otherwise payable to or on account of the Participant under the Plan shall be immediately forfeited.
Vesting
Age |
% of Account to be Paid |
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Less than 55 | 0% of Account | |
55 | 50% of Account | |
56 | 60% of Account | |
57 | 70% of Account | |
58 | 80% of Account | |
59 | 90 % of Account | |
60 | 100% of Account | |
Any Age if terminated by the Company without cause or due to Death or Disability | 100% of Account |
GHDIP
Installment Payment Period
Not Applicable
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Payment Date
See subsection 1.31
Vesting
Awards made in 2008 or prior:
A Participant will become 100% vested in his Account on May 3, of the year in which the Participant will complete five (5) Years of Service in the GHDIP or this Plan from the date of merger. Participant will be 100% vested in his Account if he either dies or has a Disability prior to his termination of employment with the Company. However, a Participant will be 0% vested in his Account and shall forfeit his entire Account balance, regardless of his number of Years of Service, on the date that he terminates employment with the Company if his employment is terminated for cause, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, or he engages in conduct which violates any terms or conditions of his employment, including terms and conditions relating to competition and disclosure of confidential information after termination of employment.
Awards made in 2009:
Participant will become twenty-five percent (25%) vested in each years Award on each of the first four (4) anniversaries from the date of the Award, which is deemed to be April 1 st of the calendar year in which the Award is credited to the Account of the Participant. For example, an Award credited to a Participants Account in the year 2009 (based on 2008 performance), will be 25% vested on April 1, 2010, 50% vested on April 1, 2011, 75% vested on April 1, 2012, and 100% vested on April 1, 2013.
International RDICP
Installment Payout Period
Non-Grandfathered Accounts . For Distribution Elections made by the Participant under the RDICP prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payment Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. Modifications are subject to the provisions of subsection 3.2(b).
Grandfathered Accounts . For Distribution Elections made by the Participant under the RDICP prior to May 3, 2010, the Installment Payment Period means a period of up to fifteen (15) years. The Participant may modify such election, however, such election shall not become effective until the first day of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the election is filed with the Administrator.
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Payment Date
The Payment Date shall be the later of: (i) within ninety (90) days following the date of the Participants first Distribution Event, (ii) the six month anniversary of the Participants first Distribution Event, if the Participant is a Specified Employee; or (iii) attainment of age 55 with at least 10 years of service with an Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, if a Participants employment is terminated for cause as determined by the applicable Employer in its sole discretion, all amounts otherwise payable to or on account of the Participant under the Plan shall be immediately forfeited.
Vesting
All Participants are fully vested.
International RDICP II
Installment Payout Period
For elections in force prior to December 31, 2005, Installment Payment Period means a number of annual installments as elected by the Participant, provided the installments are completed by the age of 60 for the Participant. In the event of Death, installments will be converted to a lump sum payment to the beneficiary or the estate of the Participant if there is no beneficiary.
Payment Date
The Payment Date shall be the later of: (i) within ninety (90) days following the date of the Participants first Distribution Event, or (ii) the six month anniversary of the
Participants first Distribution Event, if the Participant is a Specified Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, if a Participants employment is terminated for cause as determined by the applicable Employer in its sole
Vesting
Age |
Years of Service |
% of Account to Be Paid |
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Less than 55, if termination is due to resignation of Employee | Not Applicable | 0% of Account | ||
55 or greater | Less than 5 | 0% of Account | ||
55 | 5 or more | 50% of Account | ||
56 | 6 or more | 60% of Account | ||
57 | 7 or more | 70% of Account | ||
58 | 8 or more | 80% of Account | ||
59 | 9 or more | 90 % of Account | ||
60 | 10 or More | 100% of Account | ||
Any Age if terminated by the Company without cause or due to Death or Disability | Not Applicable | 100% of Account |
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Exhibit 5.1
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the proposed issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), including (i) up to 1,200,000 Shares issuable pursuant to the Amended and Restated Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) and (ii) up to 300,000 Shares issuable pursuant to the Hyatt International Hotels Retirement Plan (the Retirement Plan). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on March 10, 2010 (the Registration Statement). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the recipient, and have been issued by the Company
in the manner contemplated by and in accordance with the terms of the Plan or the Retirement Plan, as applicable, and subject to the Company completing all actions and proceedings required on its part to be taken prior to the issuance of the Shares, the issuance and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |
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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 25, 2010 relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of a new accounting standard), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2009.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP |
Chicago, Illinois |
March 9, 2010 |