Exhibit 10.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED ACTIVISION
BLIZZARD, INC.
2008 INCENTIVE
PLAN
NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE SHARE
AWARD
You have been awarded Performance Shares of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the “Company”), as
follows:
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Your name: Thomas
Tippl
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Total number of Performance Shares
awarded: 80,000
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Date of Grant: May 11,
2009
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Grant ID:
08001709
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Your Award of Performance Shares is
governed by the terms and conditions set forth in:
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this Notice of Performance Share
Award;
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the Performance Share Award Terms
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Award
Terms”); and
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the Company’s Amended and
Restated 2008 Incentive Plan, the receipt of a copy of which you
hereby acknowledge.
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Your Award of Performance Shares has
been made in connection with your employment agreement with the
Company or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates as a material
inducement to your entering into or renewing employment with such
entity pursuant to such agreement, and is also governed by any
applicable terms and conditions set forth in such
agreement.
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Schedule for Lapse of
Restrictions :
Except as otherwise provided under the Award Terms, the
Restrictions on the Performance Shares awarded to you will lapse in
their entirety on February 15, 2010 if the non-GAAP earnings
per share of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2009,
as reported as such in the press release issued by the Company for
that period, is greater than or equal to $0.68, provided you remain
continuously employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries or
affiliates through such date.
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Please sign and return to the
Company this Notice of Performance Share Award, which bears an
original signature on behalf of the Company. You are urged to
do so promptly.
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If you wish to make an election to
include the value of the Performance Shares in your taxable income
for the current calendar year, you must complete and sign the
Section 83(b) Election Form attached hereto as
Exhibit B and both (1) file a copy of it with the
Internal Revenue Service Center at which you file your federal
income tax return and (2) return a copy of it to the Company,
in each case no later than the 30 th day after the Date of Grant
.
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Please return all items to be
returned to the Company to :
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
3100 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Attn: Stock Plan Administration
You should retain (1) the enclosed
duplicate copy of this Notice of Performance Share Award for your
records and (2) if applicable, two copies of your completed
Section 83(b) Election Form, (a) one copy of which
should be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center at which
you file your federal income tax return no later than 30
th day after the Date of Grant as described
above and (b) one copy of which should be submitted with your
federal income tax return for the current calendar year.
Any capitalized term used but not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Award Terms.
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ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.
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/s/ Ann E. Weiser
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Ann E. Weiser
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Chief Human Resources Officer
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Date:
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May 15, 2009
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
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/s/ Thomas Tippl
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Thomas Tippl
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Date:
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May 15, 2009
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EXHIBIT A
AMENDED AND RESTATED ACTIVISION
BLIZZARD, INC.
2008 INCENTIVE
PLAN
RESTRICTED SHARE AWARD
TERMS
1.
Definitions .
(a)
For purposes of these Award Terms, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below:
“Additional
Shares” means any
additional Common Shares issued in respect of Performance Shares in
connection with any adjustment pursuant to Section 10
hereof.
“Award”
means the award described on the
Grant Notice.
“Common
Shares” means the
shares of common stock, par value $0.000001 per share, of the
Company or any security into which such Common Shares may be
changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred
to in Section 10 hereof.
“Company”
means Activision Blizzard, Inc.
and any successor thereto.
“Company
Group” means the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or other affiliates.
“Company-Sponsored Equity
Account” means an
account that is created with the Equity Account Administrator in
connection with the administration of the Company’s equity
plans and programs, including the Plan.
“Date of
Grant” means the
Date of Grant of the Award set forth on the Grant
Notice.
“Employment
Agreement” means
the employment agreement between the Holder and the Company Group,
dated as of September 9, 2005, as amended from time to
time.
“Employment
Violation” means
any material breach by Grantee of his or her employment agreement
with the Company or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates for so
long as the terms of such employment agreement shall apply to
Grantee (with any breach of the post-termination obligations
contained therein deemed to be material for purposes of these Award
Terms).
“Equity Account
Administrator” means the brokerage firm utilized by the Company
from time to time to create and administer accounts for
participants in the Company’s equity plans and programs,
including the Plan.
“Grantee”
means the recipient of the Award
named on the Grant Notice.
“Grant
Notice” means the
Notice of Performance Share Award to which these Award Terms are
attached as Exhibit A .
“Look-back
Period” means, with
respect to any Employment Violation by Grantee, the period
beginning on the date which is 12 months prior to the date of such
Employment Violation by Grantee and ending on the date of
computation of the Recapture Amount with respect to such Employment
Violation.
“Performance
Shares” means
Common Shares subject to the Award (including any Additional
Shares) as to which the Restrictions have not lapsed and which have
not been forfeited to the Company in accordance with the Grant
Notice and these Award Terms.
“Plan”
means the Amended and Restated
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan, as amended from
time to time.
“Recapture
Amount” means, with
respect to any Employment Violation by Grantee, the gross gain
realized or unrealized by Grantee upon all lapses of the
Restrictions during the Look-back Period with respect to such
Employment Violation, which gain shall be calculated as the sum
of:
(i)
if Grantee has received any Vested Shares during such Look-back
Period and sold such Vested Shares, an amount equal to the product
of (A) the sales price per Vested Share times (B) the
number of such Vested Shares sold at such sales price;
plus
(ii)
if Grantee has received any Vested Shares during such Look-back
Period and not sold such Vested Shares, an amount equal to the
product of (A) the greatest of the following: (1) the
Market Value per Share of Common Shares on the date the
Restrictions lapsed with respect to such Vested Shares,
(2) the arithmetic average of the per share closing sales
prices of Common Shares as reported on NASDAQ for the 30 trading
day period ending on the trading day immediately preceding the date
of the Company’s written notice of its exercise of its rights
under Section 14 hereof, or (3) the arithmetic average of
the per share closing sales prices of Common Shares as reported on
NASDAQ for the 30 trading day period ending on the trading day
immediately preceding the date of computation, times (B) the
number of such Vested Shares which were not sold.
“Restricted Book
Entry” means a book
entry on the Company’s stock register maintained by its
transfer agent and registrar, which book entry shall bear a
notation regarding the Restrictions as set forth in
Section 15(a) hereof and, if appropriate, a notation
regarding securities law restrictions as set forth in
Section 15(b) hereof.
“Restrictions”
means the restrictions set forth in
Section 2 hereof.
“Section 409A”
means Section 409A of the Code
and the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Section 83(b) Election”
means an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code, or any successor provision
thereto, to include the value of the Performance Shares in taxable
income for the calendar year in which the Award is
granted.
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“Term
Sheet” means the
Corporate Governance Term Sheet approved by the Delaware Court of
Chancery in connection with the settlement of In re
Activision, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation , C.D.
Cal. Case No. CV06-4771 MRP (JTLx); In re Activision
Shareholder Derivative Litigation , L.A.S.C. Case
No. SC090343.
“Vested
Shares” means
Common Shares subject to the Award (including any Additional
Shares) as to which the Restrictions have lapsed in accordance with
Section 3 or 4 hereof.
“Withholding
Taxes” means any
taxes, including, but not limited to, social security and Medicare
taxes and federal, state and local income taxes, required to be
withheld under any applicable law.
(b)
Any capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan.
2.
Restrictions . None of the Common Shares subject to
the Award (including any Additional Shares), or any right or
privilege pertaining thereto, may be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered in any
way not expressly permitted by these Award Terms, or subjected to
execution, attachment or similar process, unless and until such
restrictions thereon lapse pursuant to Section 3 or 4
hereof. Any attempt to sell, assign, transfer, pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise dispose of or encumber any such Common
Shares, or any right or privilege pertaining thereto, in any way
not expressly permitted by these Award Terms before such
restrictions thereon lapse pursuant to Section 3 or 4 hereof
shall be null and void and of no force and effect.
3.
Lapse of Restrictions . Except as otherwise set forth
in these Award Terms, the Restrictions shall lapse in accordance
with the “Schedule for Lapse of Restrictions” set forth
on the Grant Notice.
4.
Termination of Employment . In the event that
Grantee’s employment is terminated for any reason prior to
February 15, 2010, as of the date of such termination of
employment the Restrictions shall cease to lapse and all
Performance Shares shall immediately be forfeited to the Company
without payment of consideration by the Company.
5.
Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the right to
require Grantee to satisfy any Withholding Taxes resulting from the
lapse of the Restrictions, from any
Section 83(b) Election or otherwise in connection with
the Award at the time such Withholding Taxes become due. The
Company shall determine the method or methods Grantee may use to
satisfy any Withholding Taxes contemplated by this Section 5,
which may include any of the following: (a) by delivery
to the Company of a bank check or certified check or wire transfer
of immediately available funds; (b) through the delivery of
irrevocable written instructions, in a form acceptable to the
Company, that the Company withhold Vested Shares otherwise then
deliverable having a value equal to the aggregate amount of the
Withholding Taxes (valued in the same manner used in computing the
amount of such Withholding Taxes); or (c) by any combination
of (a) and (b) above. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, (i) the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates shall have the right to withhold from
Grantee’s compensation any
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Withholding Taxes contemplated by this
Section 5 and (ii) the Company shall have no obligation
to deliver any Vested Shares unless and until a