DEFERRED SHARE AWARD
AGREEMENT
This Deferred Share Award Agreement (the
“Agreement”) is effective as of July 20, 2009, by and
between AMR Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Corporation”), and [FIRST NAME LAST NAME], employee
number [EMPLOYEE NUMBER] (the
“Employee”), an officer or key employee of one of the
Corporation’s Subsidiaries.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the AMR Corporation 2009
Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the “LTIP”), the
Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) has
determined that the Employee is an officer or key employee and has
further determined to make an award of deferred stock from and
pursuant to the LTIP (the “Award”) to the Employee as
an inducement for the Employee to remain an employee of one of the
Corporation’s Subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Corporation and the Employee
hereby agree as follows:
1.
Grant of Award.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Employee is hereby granted the Award effective as of
July 20, 2009 (the “Grant Date”), in respect to
[NUMBER] shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (the
“Shares”). Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Shares covered by the Award will
vest, if at all, in accordance with Section 2 hereof, on July 20,
2012 (such date hereby established as the “Vesting
Date” of the Award).
2.
Distribution of Award.
Distribution with respect to the Award will
occur, if at all, in accordance with the following terms and
conditions:
(a) If
the Employee is on the payroll of a Subsidiary that is
wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation as of the
Vesting Date, the Shares covered by the Award will be paid by the
Corporation to the Employee on or about the Vesting
Date.
(b) In
the event the Employee’s employment with a Subsidiary of the
Corporation is terminated prior to the Vesting Date due to the
Employee’s death, Disability, Retirement or termination not
for Cause (each an “Early Termination”), the Shares
covered by the Award will vest on a pro-rata basis and will be paid
to the Employee (or, in the event of the Employee’s death,
the Employee’s designated beneficiary for the purposes of the
Award, or in the absence of an effective beneficiary designation,
the Employee’s estate). The pro-rata basis will be
a percentage where: (i) the denominator of which is 36, and (ii)
the numerator of which is the number of months from the Grant Date
through the month of Early Termination, inclusive. The
Shares comprising the pro-rata Award will be paid by the
Corporation to the Employee (or, in the event of the
Employee’s death, the Employee’s designated beneficiary
for the purposes of the Award, or in the absence of an effective
beneficiary designation, the Employee’s estate) on or about
the Vesting Date, subject to Section 2(e) of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
will a payment be provided to the Employee unless and until the
Employee’s Retirement or termination not for Cause
constitutes a “separation from service” for purposes of
Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h) or successor guidance
thereto.
(c) In
the event of a Change in Control of the Corporation prior to the
payment of the Shares subject to the Award, such payment will be
made within 60 days of the date of the Change in
Control. In such event, the Vesting Date will be the
date of the Change in Control.
(d) Notwithstanding
the terms of Sections 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c), the Award will be
forfeited in its entirety if prior to the Vesting Date:
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the
Employee’s employment with a Subsidiary of the Corporation is
terminated for Cause, or if the Employee terminates such employment
prior to his or her Retirement;
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the Employee
becomes an employee of a Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; or
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the Employee
takes a leave of absence without reinstatement rights, unless
otherwise agreed in writing between the Corporation (or a
Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof) and the Employee.
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(e) Notwithstanding
the third sentence of Section 2(b) above, if the Employee is a
“specified employee” pursuant to Treasury Regulation
1.409A-1(i) or successor guidance thereto, any payment on account
of his or her Retirement or termination not for Cause
shall
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