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Form of Amended and Restated Deferred
Stock Unit Award Agreement (Canadian) of John
Lederer and Wayne Sales
(Compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code)
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Exhibit 10(j)
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
DEFERRED STOCK UNIT AWARD
AGREEMENT
(with related Dividend Equivalent
Rights)
(Canadian
Directors)
Tim Hortons Inc.
Date
, 2007
THIS AGREEMENT was originally made
effective as of the day of
, 20 (the “ Effective
Date ”) between Tim Hortons Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), and
(the “ Grantee ”) (collectively, the
“Parties”) and is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety effective as of December 31, 2008.
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the
Tim Hortons Inc. Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Unit Plan
(the “ Plan ”) in order to provide an additional
incentive to non-employee directors of the Company; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4
of the Plan, the Company may grant, from time-to-time, to the
Grantee Elective DSUs, Formula DSUs, Voluntary Formula DSUs and
Discretionary DSUs (all as defined in the Plan and collectively
referred to herein as “DSUs” or, individually, a
“DSU”) with related Dividend Equivalent
Rights;
WHEREAS, each grant of DSUs shall be
evidenced by this Agreement, which (together with the Plan),
describes all the terms and conditions of the respective DSU
grant;
WHEREAS, the Grantee serves as a
director of the Company and is not otherwise employed by the
Company or its Subsidiaries in any capacity and is therefore
eligible to participate in the Plan;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms of the
Plan and this Agreement, the DSUs awarded to the Grantee under this
Agreement will vest and be paid to the Grantee after the Grantee
ceases to serve as a director of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company has determined
that the Grantee is subject to the tax laws of the United States;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11
of the Agreement, the Parties desire to amend and restate this
Agreement to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as
follows:
1.1 The Company hereby grants to the
Grantee awards (the “ Awards ”) of the number of
Formula DSUs, Voluntary Formula DSUs, Elective DSUs and
Discretionary DSUs as set out on Schedule A hereto with an equal
number of related Dividend Equivalent Rights on the date(s) of
grant (each, a “ Grant Date ”) set forth on
Schedule A. Grants of DSUs are subject to certain administrative
determinations to be made by the Human Resource and Compensation
Committee of the Company (the “Committee”) from
time-to-time, which are described on Schedule A and which, unless
otherwise specified on Schedule A, shall apply in respect of all
existing and future Awards; provided that no such administrative
determination will impair the rights of the Grantee without the
consent of the Grantee, except as may be permitted pursuant to
Section 11 of this Agreement. Each DSU shall have the value of
one share of Company’s common stock, par value U.S. $0.001
per share and any other securities into which such share is changed
or for which such share is exchanged (“ Share
”). Distributions and payments for DSUs and Dividend
Equivalent Rights shall be made in accordance with the terms of
Section 5 and 6 hereof, respectively. The DSUs and related
Dividend Equivalent Rights granted pursuant to the Awards were
subject to the execution and return of this Agreement by the
Grantee. On a quarterly basis, the Company will deliver to the
Grantee an updated Schedule A setting out the total number of DSUs
that have been granted to the Grantee under the Plan and pursuant
to this Agreement from the Effective Date to the date of such
Schedule. Grantee shall be deemed to have (i) accepted and
agreed to the terms and conditions of the Awards and other
information described on the Schedule and (ii) confirmed their
agreement and acknowledgment that the terms of this Agreement
continue to apply in full force and effect to all such future
Awards, unless Grantee notifies the Company within 15 business days
after receipt of the respective quarterly Schedule A.
1.2 Each Dividend Equivalent Right
represents the right to receive an amount in respect of all of the
cash dividends or other distributions that are or would be payable
with respect to the number of DSUs held by the Grantee if the DSUs
were Shares. The cash value attributable to Dividend Equivalent
Rights shall be deferred and converted into additional DSUs based
on the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date such dividend is
paid. “ Fair Market Value ” or “
FMV ” on any date shall be equal to the mean of the
high and low prices at which Shares are traded on the Toronto Stock
Exchange on such date or the mean of the high and low prices at
which the Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, as
designated by the Committee on or prior to such date and set out on
Schedule A hereto. Any additional DSUs granted pursuant to this
Section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions
applicable to the DSU to which the Dividend Equivalent Right
relates, including, without limitation, the restrictions on
transfer, forfeiture, vesting and payment provisions contained in
Sections 2 through 5, inclusive, of this Agreement. In the event
that a DSU is forfeited pursuant to Section 5 hereof, the
related Dividend Equivalent Right shall also be
forfeited.
1.3 This Agreement shall be
construed in accordance and consistent with, and subject to, the
provisions of the Plan (the provisions of which are hereby
incorporated by reference) and, except as otherwise expressly set
forth herein, the capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the same definitions as set forth in the Plan.
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Restrictions
on Transfer.
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The DSUs and Dividend Equivalent
Rights granted pursuant to this Agreement may not be sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of and may not be pledged or
otherwise hypothecated.
All DSUs and accompanying Dividend
Equivalents Rights granted hereunder shall vest upon the
Grantee’s separation from service. For purposes of this
Agreement, “separation from service” shall mean a
“separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(h).
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Effect of
Change of Shares Subject to the Plan.
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In the event of a Change in
Capitalization (as defined in the Tim Hortons Inc. 2006 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “ 2006 Stock Plan ”)), the
Committee shall conclusively determine the appropriate adjustments,
if any, to the Grantee’s outstanding DSUs. If adjustments are
to be made, they shall be made in the same manner as adjustments
are made to awards that are outstanding under the 2006 Stock Plan.
Adjusted DSUs shall remain subject to the same conditions that were
applicable to the DSUs prior to the adjustments, provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustment to a DSU shall be on
the basis that the amounts payable under such DSU shall continue to
depend on the FMV of the Shares of the Company, or a corporation
related thereto, at a time within the p