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Exhibit 10.33
eBAY
INC.
2003 DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN
NEW 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”).
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.
Except as provided in this Paragraph 3 and in Paragraph 6, you shall
become vested in 25% of this grant of DSUs on the first anniversary of the Date
of Grant specified at the end of this Award Agreement and in 2.0833% of this
grant of DSUs each month thereafter. Except as provided in Paragraph 6, if
your service terminates for any reason prior to full vesting, including due to
failure to be nominated or re-elected as a member of the Board, your rights in
respect of all of your unvested DSUs shall terminate, and no Shares (or cash)
shall be delivered in respect of such unvested DSUs.
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 vested DSUs and any dividend equivalent rights corresponding to
those vested 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 vest and 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.
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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), the
condition set forth in Paragraph 3 shall be waived with respect to your
then outstanding unvested DSUs (as a result of which any such then unvested
outstanding DSUs shall vest). 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.
(b) In the
event of your death, the condition set forth in Paragraph 3 shall be
waived with respect to your then outstanding unvested DSUs (as a result of
which any such then unvested outstanding DSUs shall vest). 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
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