THIS DOCUMENT
CONSTITUTES PART OF A PROSPECTUS COVERING SECURITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.
<<Letter
Date>>
CONFIDENTIAL
TO: <<Name>>
In the meeting
on <<Meeting Date>>, you were granted Performance Units
under the Steelcase Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”), subject to the terms and execution of this
Award Agreement.
This Award
Agreement provides additional information regarding your Award and
your rights under the Plan. A copy of the Plan has already been
provided to you. If there is any inconsistency between
this Award Agreement and the Plan, the Plan
controls. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement
are defined in the Plan, unless defined herein.
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1.
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Type of
Award : Performance Units as authorized
under Article 9 of the Plan.
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2.
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Target
Number of Performance Units under this Award, as may be increased
from time to time pursuant to paragraph 9C below (the
“ Target Award ”
) : <<# of Performance
Units>>
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3.
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Award
Date :
<< Award Date >>
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4.
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Performance
Measure : Total Shareholder Return
(“TSR”) during the three-year Performance Period, as
outlined in Article 12 of the Plan. For purposes of this
Award, TSR shall be expressed as a compound annual growth
rate.
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5.
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Performance
Period : The
Performance Period for this Award begins on the first day of the
Company’s 2010 fiscal year and ends on the last day of the
Company’s 2012 fiscal year.
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6.
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Number of
Performance Units Earned :
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A.
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Total Number
of Performance Units Earned
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Except as may
be provided in paragraph 7 below, after completion of the
Performance Period, the total number of Performance Units will be
earned and vested based entirely on Relative TSR as of the last day
of the Performance Period (the “Total
Award”). For purposes of the Total Award, TSR
shall be expressed as a compound annual growth rate and calculated
as follows:
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TSR
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=
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(
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Ending Stock Price + Dividends
Paid
Beginning Stock Price
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)
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(1/3)
- 1
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“Beginning Stock Price” shall mean
the average closing price as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange (or such other principal exchange as the Company’s
Class A Common Stock may be traded from time to time) of one (1)
Share for the twenty (20) trading days immediately prior to the
first day of the Performance Period. “Ending Stock
Price” shall mean the average closing price as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange (or such other principal exchange as
the Company’s Class A Common Stock may be traded from time to
time) of one (1) Share for the last twenty (20) trading days of the
Performance Period. “Dividends Paid” shall
include all dividends paid as described in paragraph 9 of this
Award Agreement.
To determine
Relative TSR, a Peer Group of companies approved by the Committee
will be used. The Peer Group will be ranked from highest
Total Shareholder Return expressed as a compound annual growth rate
to lowest Total Shareholder Return expressed as a compound annual
growth rate. The total number of Performance Units
earned and vested as of the last day of the Performance Period
based upon Relative TSR shall then be determined by comparing the
Company’s TSR expressed as a compound annual growth rate to
the Peer Group and based upon the following
chart. Interpolation shall be used in the event the
Company’s percentile rank does not fall directly on one of
the ranks listed in the table below and in no event will the payout
as a percent of the Target Award exceed 200%.
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Relative TSR
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Total Number of Performance Units
as a Percent of Target Award
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90 th Percentile and above
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200%
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80 th Percentile
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175%
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70 th Percentile
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150%
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60 th Percentile
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125%
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50 th Percentile
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100%
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40 th Percentile
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75%
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30 th Percentile
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50%
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Minimum
Number of Performance Units Earned
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Notwithstanding
paragraph 6A above, and except as may be provided in paragraphs 7
and 9C below, <<# = 25% of Target Award>> which is 25%
of your Target Award, rounded down to the nearest whole Share (the
“Floor Award”), will become earned and vested under
this Agreement if you remain employed by the Company or an
Affiliate through the last day of the Performance Period whether or
not any of the performance criteria set forth in paragraph 6A above
are met.
Any Performance
Units in excess of the Floor Award shall be referred to as the
“TSR Award”.
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Death,
Disability, Retirement Eligibility, Termination without Cause or
Change in Control :
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If you die or
become Disabled while an Employee after <<Award Date + 6
months>> during the Performance Period,
(i) your Floor
Award will become immediately fully vested; and
(ii) in
addition, your TSR Award will become immediately earned and vested
in accordance with the following schedule:
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If you die or
become Disabled after <<Award Date + 6 months>> through
the last day of the Company’s 2010 fiscal year, an additional
<<shares>> Performance Units will become earned and
vested;
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If you die or
become Disabled between the first day of the Company’s 2010
fiscal year and the last day of the Company’s 2011 fiscal
year, an additional <<shares>> Performance Units will
become earned and vested;
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If you die or
become Disabled between the first day of the Company’s 2010
fiscal year and the last day of the Company’s 2012 fiscal
year, an additional <<shares>>Performance Units will
become earned and vested.
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“Disability” or “become Disabled” means
that, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve
months, you are unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity or are receiving income replacement benefits under an
accident and health plan covering employees of the Company for a
period of not less than three months.
In the event
you become Retirement Eligible during the Performance
Period,
(i) your Floor
Award will become immediately fully vested and the Company will
issue you corresponding Shares as soon as practicable following the
last day of the Performance Period (and not when you become
Retirement Eligible or on your date of Retirement), but in no event
more than 90 days following the last day of the Performance Period;
and
(ii) you will
continue to be eligible to earn and vest your TSR Award in
accordance with paragraph 6 of this Award Agreement.
“Retirement Eligible” means your age
plus years of continuous service total 80 or more and
“Retirement” means your employment is terminated
following becoming Retirement Eligible.
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Termination
without Cause
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If you are
terminated without Cause by the Company or the Affiliate then
employing you (a “Termination without Cause”) during
the Performance Period,
(i) your Floor
Award will become immediately fully vested; provided , that
such termination of employment constitutes a “separation from
service” under Section 409A of the Code; and
(ii) in
addition, your TSR Award will be forfeited in its
entirety.
The term
“Cause” means (1) your willful and continued failure to
perform substantially your duties with the Company or the Affiliate
then employing you (other than any such failure resulting from
incapacity due to physical or mental illness), or (2) your willful
engaging in illegal conduct or gross misconduct that is materially
and demonstrably injurious to the Company; provided , that
for purposes of this definition, no act or failure to act, on your
part, will be considered “willful” unless it is done,
or omitted to be done, by you in bad faith or without reasonable
belief that your action or omission was in t