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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: New York     Date: 8/13/2009

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT, Parties: nielsen co b.v. , valcon acquisition holding bv
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Exhibit 10.10(h)

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made, effective as of June 19, 2009 (the “ Grant Date ”), between Valcon Acquisition Holding B.V., a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its registered office in Haarlem, The Netherlands (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”) and Mitchell Habib, an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary (the “ Participant ”).

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Participant restricted stock units (as provided in Section 1 below), ultimately payable in shares of Common Stock (the “ Award ”), pursuant to the 2006 Stock Acquisition and Option Plan for Key Employees of Valcon Acquisition Holding B.V. and its Subsidiaries (the “ Plan ”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Plan);

WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it would be to the advantage and best interest of the Company to grant the restricted stock units provided for herein to the Participant as an incentive for increased efforts during the Participant’s term of office with the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and has advised the Company thereof and instructed the undersigned officers to grant said Award;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

1. Grant of RSUs . For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company hereby grants 100,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to the Participant, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Each RSU represents the unfunded, unsecured right of the Participant to receive one share of the Company’s Common Stock (each, a “Share”). The Participant will become vested in the RSUs, and take delivery of the Shares, as set forth in this Agreement.

2. Vesting and Timing of Transfer .

(a) Unless otherwise provided herein, and subject to the continued employment of the Participant by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Employer ”) through the relevant Vesting Event (as hereinafter defined), the Participant shall become vested in the RSUs granted on the Grant Date as follows (the occurrence of each such event described herein, a “ Vesting Event ”):

(i) Thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) of the total number of RSUs granted hereunder shall become vested on December 31, 2010 and on each of the first two anniversaries thereof (each, a “ Vesting Date” ); and

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any unvested RSUs shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested immediately prior to a Change in Control.

(b) Upon a termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason (other than for Cause by the Company or without Good Reason by the Participant but which shall include, for the avoidance of doubt, due to the Participant’s death or Permanent Disability) a pro-rata portion of the installment of RSUs that would, but for such termination, be scheduled to vest on the next Vesting Date following the termination will become vested upon such termination, with such pro-rata portion determined based on the number of days the Participant was employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the immediately prior Vesting Date, relative to 365.


(c) Upon termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employer for any reason other than as set forth in 2(b), above, all unvested RSUs shall immediately be forfeited by the Participant, without payment of any consideration therefor and all vested RSUs shall be treated in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as shares of stock owned by the Participant.

(d) The Company shall deliver to the Participant Shares underlying any non-forfeited, vested RSUs as soon as practicable after they become vested RSUs (but in no event later than 2  1 / 2 months after the last day of the calendar year in which such RSUs become so vested).

(e) In the event of the death of the Participant, the delivery of Shares under Section 2(d) shall be made in accordance with the beneficiary designation form on file with the Company; provided, however , that, in the absence of any such beneficiary designation form, the delivery of Shares under Section 2(d), as applicable, shall be made to the person or persons to whom the Participant’s rights under the Agreement shall pass by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.

(f) Upon each transfer of Shares in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, the Company shall have satisfied its obligation with respect to the number of RSUs equal to the number of Shares delivered to the Participant pursuant thereto, and the Participant shall have no further rights to claim any additional Shares in respect thereof.

3. Dividends . Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, from and after the Grant Date, the Participant will not be entitled to receive any dividends or other distributions with respect to Shares underlying the RSUs unless and until the RSUs become vested.

4. Adjustments Upon Certain Events . The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, make certain equitable substitutions or adjustments to any Shares or RSUs subject to this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

5. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Cause ” shall mean “Cause” as such term may be defined in any employment, change in control or severance agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Employment Agreement”), or, if there is no such Employment Agreement or if no such term is defined therein, “Cause” shall mean: (i) the Participant’s willful misconduct with regard to the Company; (ii) the Participant is indicted for, convicted of, or pleading nolo contendere to, a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or an intentional crime involving material dishonesty other than, in any case, vicarious liability; (iii)&nbs


 
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