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GLOBAL HYATT CORPORATION Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement

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Title: GLOBAL HYATT CORPORATION Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement
Date: 8/5/2009

GLOBAL HYATT CORPORATION Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement, Parties: hyatt hotels corp
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Exhibit 10.13

GLOBAL HYATT CORPORATION

Stock Appreciation Rights Award Agreement

Participant: [                    ]

The following sets forth the terms of your Global Hyatt Corporation Stock Appreciation Rights (“ SAR ”) Award.

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS AWARD:

 

SARs Granted:

 

[            ]

Base Value Per Share:

 

[            ]

VESTING SCHEDULE:

 

Grant Date:

 

[            ]

Expiration Date:

 

[            ], subject to earlier termination

Vesting Schedule:

 

Subject to acceleration in certain circumstances, the SARs vest and become exercisable on the following vesting dates:

 

 

Initial 25% of the SARs on April 1, [            ]

 

 

Additional 25% of the SARs on April 1, [            ]

 

 

Additional 25% of the SARs on April 1, [            ]

 

 

Additional 25% of the SARs on April 1, [            ]

The Stock Appreciation Rights Award that is described and made pursuant to this Stock Appreciation Award Agreement (as amended from time to time, this “ Award Agreement ”) is issued under the Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “ Plan ”). By your signature on this Award Agreement:

 

 

 

you consent to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement and the Plan;

 

 

 

without any further action on your part, you agree to be deemed a party to, a signatory of and bound by the Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Corporation Incentive Award Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2008 (as amended from time to time, the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”), and any shares of Common Stock of Global Hyatt Corporation issued upon exercise of SARs shall be subject to the rights and restrictions contained therein; and

 

 

 

you acknowledge that you have received, read and understood the Plan, this Award Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement, and are familiar with the terms and provisions of each.


The following terms and conditions apply to the Stock Appreciation Rights granted pursuant to this Award Agreement.

 

Company; Defined Terms :

Except as the context may otherwise require, references to the “Company” shall be deemed to include its subsidiaries and affiliates.

To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

Type of Award :

Stock appreciation rights, or SARs.

Exercise of the SARs entitles the Participant to receive an amount equal to the Spread , if any, determined at the time of exercise. The “ Spread ” is the difference (but not less than zero) between the Share Value of a share of Common Stock at the time of exercise and the SAR’s Base Value multiplied by the number of SARs exercised. Reference to a “share” or “shares” is to Common Stock.

 

Vesting :

The SARs vest and become exercisable according to the schedule set forth above. SARs will vest on such dates only if the Participant remains in continuous Service (as defined below) with the Company from the Grant Date through such vesting date. “ Service ” for purposes of this Award Agreement shall mean employment as an Employee, or service to the Company as a Director or Consultant.

Except as provided below, all unvested SARs will be forfeited upon Termination of Service and all vested SARs will remain outstanding, provided that such vested SARs shall be automatically exercised during the Exercise Window (as defined below) which immediately follows Termination of Service.

Vesting of the SARs will accelerate in the following circumstances:

 

 

 

In the event of Termination of Service due to death or disability (as determined by the Administrator based on eligibility for benefits under the Company’s long-term disability program), all SARs will vest in full and shall be automatically exercised during the Exercise Window (as defined below) which immediately follows Termination of Service.

 

 

 

In the event of a Change in Control, payment or vesting of the SARs will accelerate to the extent provided in Section 12.2(d) of the Plan.

As described below, vested and unvested SARs are subject to cancellation and forfeiture in the event the Participant engages in certain “detrimental conduct” (as defined below).

 

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Exercise; Payment of the Spread :

Once vested, SARs may only be exercised as follows:

SARs outstanding at the Expiration Date set forth above shall be treated as exercised on that date and the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the Spread, if any.

During an “ Exercise Window ” which shall be:

If prior to an IPO, then the Exercise Window is a period which will commence on the date the Share Value is communicated to the Participant and end at 5:00 p.m. Central time on the forty-fifth (45 th ) day thereafter or if such forty-fifth (45 th ) day is not a day on which the corporate office of the Company located in Chicago, Illinois is open for business, then the next business day thereafter, unless otherwise indicated and communicated by the administrator.

If after an IPO, then the Exercise Window shall be (i) on any day while the Participant is in the Service of the Company, (ii) if the Participant’s Service is terminated for reasons other than death or disability (as determined by the Administrator based on eligibility for benefits under the Company’s long-term disability program), the 30 day period following Termination of Service, or (iii) if the Participant’s Service is terminated by reason of death or disability, the one year period following such Termination of Service; and if following the Participant’s Termination of Service the SAR is not exercised during the Exercise Windows set forth in (ii) or (iii) it shall terminate and be forfeited.

If the Participant elects to exercise some or all of his or her vested SARs, the Participant may do so by filing an exercise form during the Exercise Window in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator.

Settlement of exercised SARs will occur as promptly as practicable following the end of the Exercise Window. Settlement will be accomplished through the issuance of shares to the Participant having a value (based on the Share Value determined at the time of exercise) equal to the aggregate amount of the Spread, if any, applicable to the exercised SARs. The Administrator may direct that the settlement shall be made in cash. The issuance of shares or payment of cash will be subject to tax withholding, as provided below.

 

Restrictions on Shares; Stockholder’s Agreement; Lock-Up :

Prior to an IPO, shares issued upon settlement of SARs will not be registered under any federal or state securities laws and will not be readily transferable. As provided in the Plan and this Award Agreement, upon the Participant’s execution and delivery of the Award Agreement and as a condition of receipt of shares upon exercise of vested SARs, the Participant will be deemed to be a party to, a signatory of, and bound by the Stockholders’ Agreement, which contains an acknowledgement of such restrictions and other terms and conditions attached to share ownership.

Without limiting any of the rights of the Company or the Administrator hereunder or under the Plan, upon receipt of shares, the Participant shall be deemed to have

 

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agreed


 
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