AMENDED AND RESTATED DEFERRED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10(k)

Form of Amended and Restated Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement (U.S. Version)

(Compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

DEFERRED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

(with related Dividend Equivalent Rights)

(U.S. Directors)

Tim Hortons Inc.

[Date]

THIS AGREEMENT, made effective as of the      day of                      , 20      (the “ Effective Date ”), is between Tim Hortons Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and                              (the “ Grantee ”) (collectively, the “ Parties ”).

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Tim Hortons Inc. Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Unit Plan, as amended from time to time (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; and

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.

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 Sections 5 and 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 shall be 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 administrative determinations described on the Schedule and (ii) confirmed their agreement and acknowledgment that the terms of this Agreement continue to comply 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.

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).

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,

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notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments 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 period beginning one year before the Grantee’s separation from service and ending at the time of receipt of payment.