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RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Illinois     Date: 5/6/2009
Industry: Communications Equipment     Sector: Technology

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT, Parties: motorola inc
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Exhibit 10.15
Greg Brown Form of RSU

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

     This Restricted Stock Unit Award (“ Award ”) is awarded on ___(“ Date of Grant ”), by Motorola, Inc. (the “ Company ” or “ Motorola ”) to ___(the “ Grantee ”).

     WHEREAS, Grantee is receiving the Award under the Motorola Omnibus Incentive Plan of 2006, as amended (the “ 2006 Incentive Plan ” or the “ Plan ”);

     WHEREAS, Grantee is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Motorola;

     WHEREAS, the Award is a grant of Motorola restricted stock units authorized by the Board of Directors and the Board’s Compensation and Leadership Committee (the “ Compensation Committee ”); and

     WHEREAS, it is a condition to Grantee receiving the Award that Grantee electronically accept the terms, conditions and Restrictions applicable to the restricted stock units as set forth in this agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company hereby awards restricted stock units to Grantee on the following terms and conditions:

1.

 

Award of Restricted Stock Units . The Company hereby grants to Grantee a total of Motorola restricted stock units (the “ Units ”) subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and subject to adjustment as provided in the 2006 Omnibus Plan. The units are granted pursuant to the 2006 Omnibus Plan and are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the 2006 Omnibus Plan.

 

2.

 

Restrictions . The Units are being awarded to Grantee subject to the transfer and forfeiture conditions set forth below (the “ Restrictions ”):

 

a.

 

Grantee may not directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, voluntarily or involuntarily, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, charge or otherwise transfer any of the Units still subject to Restrictions. The Units shall be forfeited if Grantee violates or attempts to violate these transfer Restrictions. Motorola shall have the right to assign this Agreement, which shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of assigns and successors of Motorola.

 

 

b.

 

Any Units still subject to the Restrictions shall be automatically forfeited upon the Grantee’s termination of employment with Motorola or a Subsidiary for any reason other than death, Total and Permanent Disability, or Involuntary Termination due to (i) a Divestiture or (ii) for a reason other than for Serious Misconduct. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Subsidiary” is any corporation or other entity in which a 50 percent or greater interest is held directly or indirectly by Motorola and which is consolidated for financial reporting purposes. Total and Permanent Disability is defined in Section 3(f).

 

 

c.

 

If Grantee engages in any of the following conduct for any reason, in addition to all remedies in law and/or equity available to the Company or any Subsidiary, Grantee shall forfeit all restricted stock units under the Award whose Restrictions have not lapsed, and, for all restricted stock units under the Award whose

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Restrictions have lapsed, Grantee shall immediately pay to the Company the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 7 below) of Motorola Common Stock (“ Common Stock ”) on the date(s) such Restrictions lapsed, without regard to any taxes that may have been deducted from such amount. For purposes of subparagraphs (i) through and including (v) below, “Company” or “Motorola” shall mean Motorola, Inc. and/or any of its Subsidiaries:

 

(i)

 

During the course of Grantee’s employment and thereafter, Grantee uses or discloses, except on behalf of the Company and pursuant to the Company’s directions, any Company Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means information concerning the Company and its business that is not generally known outside the Company, and includes (A) trade secrets; (B) intellectual property; (C) the Company’s methods of operation and Company processes; (D) information regarding the Company’s present and/or future products, developments, processes and systems, including invention disclosures and patent applications; (E) information on customers or potential customers, including customers’ names, sales records, prices, and other terms of sales and Company cost information; (F) Company personnel data; (G) Company business plans, marketing plans, financial data and projections; and (H) information received in confidence by the Company from third parties. Information regarding products, services or technological innovations in development, in test marketing or being marketed or promoted in a discrete geographic region, which information the Company or one of its affiliates is considering for broader use, shall be deemed not generally known until such broader use is actually commercially implemented; and/or

 

 

(ii)

 

During Grantee’s employment and for a period of two years following the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason, Grantee hires, recruits, solicits or induces, or causes, allows, permits or aids others to hire, recruit, solicit or induce, or to communicate in support of those activities, any employee of the Company who possesses Confidential Information of the Company to terminate his/her employment with the Company and/or to seek employment with Grantee’s new or prospective employer, or any other company; and/or

 

 

(iii)

 

During Grantee’s employment and for a period of two years following the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason, Grantee engages in activities which are entirely or in part the same as or similar to activities in which Grantee engaged at any time during the two years preceding termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company, for any person, company or entity in connection with products, services or technological developments (existing or planned) that are entirely or in part the same as, similar to, or competitive with, any products, services or technological developments (existing or planned) on which Grantee worked at any time during the two years preceding termination of Grantee’s employment. This paragraph applies in countries in which Grantee

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has physically been present performing work for the Company at any time during the two years preceding termination of Grantee’s employment; and/or

 

(iv)

 

During Grantee’s employment and for a period of two years following the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason, Grantee, directly or indirectly, on behalf of Grantee or any other person, company or entity, solicits or participates in soliciting, products or services competitive with or similar to products or services offered by, manufactured by, designed by or distributed by the Company to any person, company or entity which was a customer or potential customer for such products or services and with which Grantee had direct or indirect contact regarding those products or services or about which Grantee learned confidential information at any time during the two years prior to Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company; and/or

 

 

(v)

 

During Grantee’s employment and for a period of two years following the termination of Grantee’s employment for any reason, Grantee, directly or indirectly, in any capacity, provides products or services competitive with or similar to products or services offered by the Company to any person, company or entity which was a customer for such products or services and with which customer Grantee had direct or indirect contact regarding those products or services or about which customer Grantee learned Confidential Information at any time during the two years prior to Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company.

 

 

d.

 

The Units are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s Policy Regarding Recoupment of Incentive Payments upon Financial Restatement (such policy, as it may be amended from time to time, being the “ Recoupment Policy ”). The Recoupment Policy provides for determinations by the Company’s independent directors that, as a result of intentional misconduct by Grantee, the Company’s financial results were restated (a “ Policy Restatement ”). In the event of a Policy Restatement, the Company’s independent directors may require, among other things (a) cancellation of any of the Units that remain outstanding; and/or (b) reimbursement of any gains in respect of the Units, if and to the extent the conditions set forth in the Recoupment Policy apply. Any determinations made by the independent directors in accordance with the Recoupment Policy shall be binding upon Grantee. The Recoupment Policy is in addition to any other remedies which may be otherwise available at law, in equity or under contract, to the Company.

 

 

e.

 

The Company will not be obligated to pay Grantee any consideration whatsoever for forfeited Units.

3.

 

Vesting . Subject to the remaining terms and conditions of this Award, and provided the Units have not been forfeited as described in Section 2 above, the Units will vest as follows.

 

 

a.

 

Eligible Units will vest upon the earlier of (i) a Separation (as defined in Section 19) or (ii) a Public Announcement (as defined in Section 19); provided,

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however, that any Units that are not Eligible Units on such Separation or Public Announcement will vest upon the date that such Units become Eligible Units.

 

b.

 

The Units will become “Eligible Units” in accordance with the following schedule:

 

 

 

 

Percentage

 

Date

33.3% 

 

May 7, 2010

33.3% 

 

May 7, 2011

33.4% 

 

May 7, 2012

 

 

c.

 

Except as described below in Sections 2(e)(f) and (g) , no Units will vest unless and until such Units are Eligible Units.

 

 

d.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, the “Restriction Period” applicable to a Unit shall refer to the period of time beginning on the Date of Grant and ending on the date that the Restrictions applicable to such Unit shall lapse, as set forth in Section 3(a) (b) and (c) above.

 

 

e.

 

The Units will also vest as follows:

 

(i)

 

If a Change in Control of the Company occurs and the successor corporation (or parent thereof) does not assume this Award or replace it with a comparable award; provided, further, that with respect to any Award that is assumed or replaced, such assumed or replaced awards shall provide that the Restrictions shall lapse if Grantee is involuntarily terminated (for a reason other than “Cause”) or quits for “Good Reason” within 24 months of the Change in Control. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms “Change in Control”, “Cause ” and “Good Reason” are defined in the 2006 Incentive Plan;

 

 

(ii)

 

Upon termination of Grantee’s employment by Motorola or a Subsidiary by Total and Permanent Disability. “Total and Permanent Disability” means for (x) U.S. employees, entitlement to long term disability benefits under the Motorola Disability Income Plan, as amended and any successor plan or a determination of a permanent and total disability under a st


 
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