2005 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE
PLAN
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Purpose; Types
of Awards; Construction.
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Definitions.
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Administration.
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Eligibility.
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Stock Subject
to the Plan.
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Specific Terms
of Awards.
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Change in
Control Provisions.
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General
Provisions.
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2005 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE
PLAN
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Establishment, Purpose; Types of
Awards; Construction .
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PHH Corporation
(the “Company”) hereby establishes the PHH Corporation
Amended and Restated 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), as set forth herein. The Plan is an amendment
and restatement and continuation of the PHH Corporation 2005 Equity
and Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”). The purposes of
the Plan are to afford an incentive to non-employee directors,
selected officers and other employees, advisors and consultants of
the Company, or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company that now
exists or hereafter is organized or acquired, to continue as
non-employee directors, officers, employees, advisors or
consultants, as the case may be, to increase their efforts on
behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to promote the
success of the Company’s business. The Plan provides for the
grant of Options (including “incentive stock options”
and “nonqualified stock options”), stock appreciation
rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-
or cash-based awards. The Plan is designed with the intention that
Awards granted hereunder will comply with the requirements for
“performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), and the Plan and Awards shall be interpreted
in a manner consistent with such requirements. The Company also
intends that the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code and
the Plan shall be so construed. The provisions of the Prior Plan
continue to control with respect to any Awards outstanding
thereunder prior to the date of stockholder approval of this Plan,
including to the extent necessary to avoid establishment of a new
measurement date for financial accounting purposes and to preserve
the status of any options that are intended to qualify as incentive
stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code.
For purposes of
the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth
below:
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(a)
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“Annual Incentive
Program” means the program described in Section 6(c)
hereof.
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(b)
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“Award” means any
Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Other
Stock-Based Award or Other Cash-Based Award granted under the
Plan.
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(c)
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“Award Agreement” means
any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document
evidencing an Award.
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(d)
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“Board” means the Board
of Directors of the Company.
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(e)
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“Change in Control”
means a change in control of the Company, which will be deemed to
have occurred if:
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(i)
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any
“person,” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than (A) the Company,
(B) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company, and (C) any corporation
owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Stock),
is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined
voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting
securities (excluding any person who becomes such a beneficial
owner in connection with a transaction immediately following which
the individuals who comprise the Board immediately prior thereto
constitute at least a majority of the Board, the entity surviving
such transaction or, if the Company or the entity surviving the
transaction is then a subsidiary, the ultimate parent
thereof);
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(ii)
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the
following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority
of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the
Effective Date, constitute the Board and any new director (other
than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection
with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not
limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of
directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the
Board or nomination for election by the Company’s
stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either
were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election
or nomination for election was previously so approved or
recommended;
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(iii)
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there is consummated a merger or
consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary
of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or
consolidation immediately following which the individuals who
comprise the Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a
majority of the Board, the entity surviving such merger or
consolidation or, if the Company or the entity surviving such
merger is then a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof;
or
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(iv)
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the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets (or any transaction having a similar
effect), other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity,
immediately following which the individuals who comprise the Board
immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the
board of directors of the entity to which such assets are sold or
disposed of or, if such entity is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent
thereof.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have
occurred by virtue of (x) a Public Offering or (y) the
consummation of any transaction or series of integrated
transactions immediately following which the holders of the Stock
immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions
continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in
an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company immediately following such transaction or series of
transactions. Solely to the extent necessary to comply with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code, a “Change in
Control” as defined herein may occur only upon or as a result
of a Change in Control that is also a “change in control
event,” as defined in accordance with
Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations.
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(f)
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“Committee” means the
committee established by the Board to administer the Plan, the
composition of which shall at all times satisfy the provisions of
Rule 16b-3 and Section 162(m) of the Code.
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(g)
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“Company” means PHH
Corporation, a Maryland corporation, or any successor
corporation.
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(h)
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“Covered Employee” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 162(m)(3) of the
Code.
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(i)
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“Effective Date” means,
with respect to the Prior Plan, January 14, 2005, and, with
respect to this Plan, the date of approval of the Plan by the
stockholders of the Company.
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(j)
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“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(k)
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“Fair Market Value”
means, with respect to Stock or other property, the fair market
value of such Stock or other property determined by such methods or
procedures as shall be established from time to time by the
Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in good
faith, the per share Fair Market Value of Stock as of a particular
date shall mean (i) the closing sales price per share of Stock
on the national securities exchange on which the Stock is
principally traded (or, if there was no trading of the Stock on
such date, the closing sales price for the last preceding date on
which there was trading of the Stock on such exchange), or
(ii) if the shares of Stock are then traded in an
over-the-counter market, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices for the shares of Stock in such over-the-counter market for
the last preceding date on which there was a sale of such Stock in
such market, or (iii) if the shares of Stock are not then
listed on a national securities exchange or traded in an
over-the-counter market, such value as the Committee, in its sole
discretion, shall determine.
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(l)
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“Grantee” means a person
who, as a non-employee director, officer or other employee of the
Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, has been granted
an Award under the Plan.
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(m)
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“ISO” means any Option
intended to be and designated as an incentive stock option within
the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
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(n)
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“Long Term Incentive
Program” means the program described in Section 6(b)
hereof.
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(o)
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“Non-Employee Director”
means any director of the Company who is not also employed by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(p)
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“NQSO” means any Option
that is not designated as an ISO.
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(q)
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“Option” means a right,
granted to a Grantee under Section 6(b)(i), to purchase shares
of Stock. An Option may be either an ISO or an NQSO, provided that
ISOs may be granted only to employees of the Company or a Parent or
Subsidiary of the Company.
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(r)
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“Other Cash-Based Award”
means cash awarded under the Annual Incentive Program or the Long
Term Incentive Program, including cash awarded as a bonus or upon
the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise as permitted under
the Plan.
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(s)
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“Other Stock-Based
Award” means a right or other interest granted to a Grantee
under the Annual Incentive Program or the Long Term Incentive
Program that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or
in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to,
Stock, including but not limited to (i) unrestricted Stock
awarded as a bonus or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or
otherwise as permitted under the Plan, and (ii) a right
granted to a Grantee to acquire Stock from the Company containing
terms and conditions prescribed by the Committee.
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(t)
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“Parent” means a
“parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter
existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
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(u)
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“Performance Goals”
means performance goals based on one or more of the following
criteria, determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles where applicable: (i) pre-tax income or
after-tax income; (ii) income or earnings including operating
income, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after
interest, depreciation, amortization, or extraordinary or special
items; (iii) pre-tax income of the Company or any Subsidiary,
or any division or business unit thereof, before or after
non-controlling interest; (iv) net income excluding
amortization of intangible assets, depreciation and impairment of
goodwill and intangible assets and/or excluding charges
attributable to the adoption of new accounting pronouncements;
(v) earnings or book value per share (basic or diluted);
(vi) return on assets (gross or net), return on investment,
return on capital, or return on equity; (vii) return on
revenues; (viii) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return
on investment (discounted or otherwise), net cash provided by
operations, or cash flow in excess of cost of capital;
(ix) economic value created; (x) operating margin or
profit margin; (xi) stock price or total
stockholder
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return; (xii) income or
earnings from continuing operations; (xiii) cost targets,
reductions and savings, expense management, productivity and
efficiencies; and (xiv) strategic business criteria,
consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified
market penetration or market share, geographic business expansion,
customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, human resources
management, supervision of litigation, information technology, and
goals relating to divestitures, joint ventures and similar
transactions. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be
expressed in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular
criterion or the attainment of a percentage increase or decrease in
the particular criterion, and may be applied to one or more of the
Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or a division or
strategic business unit of the Company, all as determined by the
Committee. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of
performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will
occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be
paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of
performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at
which full vesting will occur). Each of the foregoing Performance
Goals shall be evaluated in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, where applicable, and shall be subject to
certification by the Committee. The Committee shall have the
authority to make equitable adjustments to the Performance Goals in
recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the
Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or the financial
statements of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the
Company, in response to changes in applicable laws or regulations,
or to account for items of gain, loss or expense determined to be
extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence or
related to the disposal of a segment of a business or related to a
change in accounting principles.
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(v)
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“Plan” means this PHH
Corporation Amended and Restated 2005 Equity and Incentive Plan, as
it may be amended from time to time.
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(w)
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“Plan Year” means a
calendar year.
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(x)
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“Public Offering” means
an offering of equity securities of the Company that is registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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(y)
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“Restricted Stock” means
an Award of shares of Stock to a Grantee under
Section 6(b)(iii) that may be subject to certain restrictions
and to a risk of forfeiture.
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(z)
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“Restricted Stock Unit”
or “RSU” means a right granted to a Grantee under
Section 6(b)(iv) to receive Stock or cash at the end of a
specified period, which right may be conditioned on the
satisfaction of specified performance or other criteria. To the
extent provided in an Award Agreement or as otherwise set forth
herein, RSUs may include dividend equivalent rights.
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(aa)
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“Rule 16b-3” means
Rule 16b-3, as from time to time in effect promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, including any successor to such Rule.
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(bb)
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“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(cc)
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“Stock” means shares of
the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company.
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(dd)
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“Stock Appreciation
Right” or “SAR” means the right, granted to a
Grantee under Section 6(b)(ii), to be paid an amount measured
by the appreciation in the Fair Market Value of Stock from the date
of grant to the date of exercise of the right.
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(ee)
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“Subsidiary” means any
corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or
other entity (other than the Company) in or of which the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, at the time the relevant Award is
granted, an equity interest possessing 50 percent or more of
the total combined voting power of all equity interests of such
entity; provided, however , that with respect to any Grantee
who has participated in the Plan for a period of at least one year,
if such Grantee is transferred by the Company or a Subsidiary to
another entity in or of which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, less than 50 percent of the total combined voting
power of all equity interests in or of such entity, such entity
shall be treated as a Subsidiary solely for purposes of determining
whether such Grantee has incurred a termination of employment with
respect to any Awards outstanding as of the date of such transfer;
and, provided further , that for purposes of ISOs granted
pursuant to the Plan, the term ‘Subsidiary’ means a
‘subsidiary corporation,’ whether now or hereafter
existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
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The Plan shall
be administered by the Board or by such Committee that the Board
may appoint for this purpose. If a Committee is appointed to
administer the Plan, all references herein to the
“Committee” shall be references to such Committee. If
no Committee is appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, all
references herein to the “Committee” shall be
references to the Board. The Committee shall have the authority in
its discretion, subject to and not inconsistent with the express
provisions of the Plan, to administer the Plan and to exercise all
the powers and authorities either specifically granted to it under
the Plan or necessary or advisable in the administration of the
Plan, including, without limitation, the authority to grant Awards;
to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which
Awards shall be granted; to determine the type and number of Awards
to be granted, the number of shares of Stock to which an Award may
relate and the terms, conditions, restrictions and performance
criteria relating to any Award; to determine Performance Goals no
later than such time as required to ensure that an underlying Award
which is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m)
of the Code so complies; and to determine whether, to what extent,
and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, cancelled,
forfeited, exchanged, or surrendered; to make adjustments
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the terms and
conditions of, and the Performance Goals (if any) included in,
Awards; to construe and interpret the Plan and any Award or Loan;
to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to
the Plan; to determine the terms and provisions of the Award
Agreements (which need not be identical for each Grantee); and to
make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither
the Board, the Committee nor their respective delegates shall have
the authority to reprice (or cancel and regrant) any Option or, if
applicable, other Award at a lower exercise, base or purchase price
without first obtaining the approval of the Company’s
stockholders.
The Committee
may appoint a chairperson and a secretary and may make
such
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