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Exhibit 10.32
eBAY
INC.
2003 DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN
ELECTING DIRECTOR AWARD AGREEMENT
This award
agreement (this “Award Agreement”) sets forth the
terms and conditions of an award (this “Award”) of
deferred stock units (“DSUs”) granted to you under
the eBay Inc. 2003 Deferred Stock Unit Plan (the “Plan”)
and pursuant to your election to defer your Annual Retainer.
1. The
Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, the terms of which are
incorporated in this Award Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Award
Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement have the meanings as
used or defined in the Plan.
2. Award.
The number of DSUs subject to this Award is set forth at the end of this Award
Agreement. Each DSU constitutes an unfunded and unsecured promise of eBay to
deliver (or cause to be delivered) to you, subject to the terms of this Award
Agreement, one share of Common Stock (the “Share” or
the “Shares” as the context requires) (or, in the
sole discretion of the Committee, cash, securities or other property equal to
the Fair Market Value thereof) as soon as practicable but in no case more than
10 days following the Delivery Date as provided herein. You shall also be
entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of any declared
dividends on the Shares which the record date therefor occurred after the date
of grant and prior to delivery (the “dividend equivalent rights”).
Until such delivery, you have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor,
and no rights as a stockholder, of eBay. THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS,
CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ARBITRATION AND CHOICE OF FORUM PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN
PARAGRAPH 15.
3. Vesting.
You shall be vested in 100% of this grant of DSUs on the Date of Grant
specified at the end of this Award Agreement.
4. DSU
Account.
A bookkeeping
account will be established for you which shall be credited with all DSUs and
any dividend equivalent rights that have been granted to you.
5. Delivery
of Shares/DSU Payments.
(a) Except
as provided in this Paragraph 5 and in Paragraphs 6, 8 and 9, the Shares
underlying the DSUs and any dividend equivalent rights corresponding to the
DSUs shall be delivered as soon as practicable but in no case more than
10 days following the Delivery Date specified at the end of this Award
Agreement. The Company may, at its option, deliver cash, securities or other
property in lieu of all or any portion of the Shares otherwise deliverable.
Such payment shall be equal in value to the product of the number of Shares to
be delivered on the Delivery Date and the Fair Market Value of one Share of
Common Stock on the Delivery Date.
You shall be deemed the beneficial owner of
the Shares at the close of business on the Delivery Date and shall be entitled
to any dividend or distribution that has not already been made with respect to
such Shares if the record date for such dividend or distribution is after the
close of business on the Delivery Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Delivery Date occurs at a time when you are considered by the Company to be one
of its “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code and/or if you are considered to be one of the Company’s
“specified employees” within the meaning of
Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations and
guidance issued from time to time thereunder (including, without limitation,
any regulations and guidance setting forth the time period with respect to
which the determination whether you are a “specified employee” must
be made), then, unless the Committee determines otherwise, delivery of the
Shares (or cash) automatically shall be deferred until six months after you
have ceased to be an employee of the Company. Such deferral shall not affect
the number of shares or the amount of cash to be delivered.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, all DSUs and any dividend equivalent rights shall become payable
immediately upon a Change in Control. “Change in Control”
means (a) a dissolution or liquidation of eBay, (b) a merger or
consolidation in which eBay is not the surviving corporation (other than a
merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of
eBay in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no
substantial change in the stockholders of eBay or their relative stock holdings
and the Awards granted under this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by
the successor corporation, which assumption, conversion or replacement will be
binding on all grantees), (c) merger in which eBay is the surviving
corporation but after which the stockholders of eBay (other than any
stockholder which merges (or which owns or controls another corporation which
merges) with eBay in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity
interests in eBay, (d) the sale of substantially all of the assets of
eBay, or (e) the acquisition, sale or transfer of more than 50% of the outstanding
shares of eBay by tender offer or similar transaction; provided, however,
that in no event will a “Change of Control” be deemed to have
occurred for purposes of this Award Agreement if such event would not
constitute a change in the ownership or effective control of eBay, or in the
ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of eBay for purposes of
Section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations and guidance
issued from time to time thereunder.
(c) “Delivery
Date” means the date of your termination of service with the
Board.
6. Disability
and Death.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Award Agreement, if your service with the Company
is terminated by reason of disability (as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(C)
of the Code and as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee), Shares
(or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, cash, securities or other
property in lieu of all or any part thereof) corresponding to your outstanding
DSUs and any dividend equivalent rights shall be delivered to you as soon as
practicable.
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(b) In the
event of your death, Shares (or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, cash,
securities or other property in lieu of all or any part thereof) corresponding
to your outstanding DSUs and any dividend equivalent rights shall be delivered
to the representative of your estate as soon as practicable after the date of
death and after such documentation as may be requested by the Committee is
provided to the Committee.
7. Non-transferability.
Except as otherwise may be provided by the Committee, the limitations set forth
in Section 3.4 of the Plan shall apply. Any assignment in violation of the
provisions of this Paragraph 7 shall be null and void.
8. Withholding,
Consents and Legends.
(a) The
delivery of Shares is conditioned on your satisfaction of any applicable
withholding taxes (in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan).
(b) Your
rights in respect of your DSUs are conditioned on the receipt to the full
satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents (as defined in
Section 3.3 of the Plan) that the Committee may determine to be necessary
or advisable (including, without limitation, your consenting to deductions from
your wages, or another arrangement satisfactory to the Committee, to reimburse
the Company for advances made on your behalf to satisfy any withholding and
other tax obligations in connection with this Award).
(c) eBay
may affix to certificates representing Shares issued pursuant to this Award
Agreement any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable
(including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under a
separate agreement with eBay). eBay may advise the transfer agent to place a
stop transfer order against any legended Shares.
9. Right
of Offset. The Company shall have the right to offset against the
obligation to deliver Shares under this Award Agreement any outstanding amounts
(including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account
balances, loans, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to other director
programs) you then owe to the Company and any amounts the Committee otherwise
deems appropriate.
10. No
Rights to Continued Service. Nothing in this Award Agreement or the Plan
shall be construed as giving you any right to continued service with the
Company or affect any right that the Company may have to terminate your service
with the Company or alter the terms and conditions of your employment.
11. Successors
and Assigns of eBay. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall
be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, eBay and its successor
entities (as defined in Section 3.5 of the Plan).
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12. Committee
Discretion. The Committee shall have full discretion with respect to any
actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award
Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.
13. Amendment.
The Committee reserves the right at any time to amend the terms and conditions
set forth in this Award Agreement, and the Board may amend the Plan in any
respect; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing and
Sections 1.3.1(i), 1.3.1(ii) and 3.1 of the Plan, no such amendment shall
materially adversely affect your rights and obligations under this Award
Agreement without your consent, except that the Committee reserves the right to
accelerate the delivery of the Shares and in its discretion provide that such
Shares may not be transferable until the Delivery Date on which such Shares
otherwise would have been delivered (and that in respect of such Shares you
will remain obligated to return the Shares and any dividend equivalents to the
Company in the circumstances under which the Shares would not have been
delivered pursuant to Paragraph 4 or Paragraph 5). Any amendment of
this Award Agreement shall be in writing signed by an authorized member of the
Committee or a person or persons designated by the Committee.
14. Adjustment.
The provisions of Section 1.6.2 of the Plan shall apply in the event the
Committee desires to make such equitable adjustments, designed to protect
dilution or enlargement of rights, as it may deem appropriate, in the number
and kind of Shares covered by the DSUs subject to this Award Agreement.
15. Arbitration;
Choice of Forum.
(a) Any dispute, controversy or claim






