Exhibit
10.7
TSR SHARE AWARD
AGREEMENT
[DATE OF GRANT]
This TSR SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of the date first
written above by and between PPG Industries, Inc. (the
“Company”) and Fullname (the
“Participant”).
The Company maintains the PPG
Industries, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to
time, the “Plan”), which is incorporated into and forms
a part of this Agreement, and the Participant has been selected by
the Officers-Directors Compensation Committee (the
“Committee”) to receive an Award under the Plan. The
Award is intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based
compensation” as described in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of
the Code. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall, unless
defined elsewhere in this Agreement, have the respective meanings
given to such terms in the Plan.
The Award of TSR Shares shall be
confirmed by a separate Grant Notice to which this Agreement is
attached (the “Grant Notice”), specifying the Date of
Grant of the Award, the number of TSR Shares granted and the Award
Goals (as defined in the Grant Notice) applicable to such TSR
Shares. Each TSR Share is a bookkeeping entry representing the
equivalent in value of a share of Common Stock. Such Award shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such
Grant Notice shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the
Participant, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
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1.
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Terms and
Conditions of the Award .
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A.
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This Agreement
sets forth the terms and conditions applicable to the Award of TSR
Shares confirmed in the Grant Notice. The Award of TSR Shares is
made under Article VIII of the Plan. Unless and until the TSR
Shares are vested and certified in the manner set forth in
paragraph 1.G. and 2.A. hereof, the Participant shall have no right
to settlement of any such TSR Shares.
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B.
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The Committee
may terminate the Award at any time during the Award Period if, in
its sole discretion, the Committee determines that the Participant
is no longer in a position to have a substantial opportunity to
influence the long-term growth of the Company.
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C.
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The Participant
shall be entitled to a Dividend Equivalent with respect to the
number of TSR Shares that are actually earned or to which the
Participant is determined to be entitled to in accordance with this
paragraph 1, in an aggregate amount equal to the product of the
number of TSR Shares that are earned and/or become payable,
multiplied by each dividend paid on the Common Stock during the
period commencing on the first day of the Award Period and ending
on the date the TSR Shares are paid to the Participant. Unless
prohibited under applicable law or otherwise determined by the
Committee in its discretion, the value of such Dividend Equivalents
shall be automatically deferred, on behalf of the Participant, into
the Participant’s account under the Deferred Compensation
Plan in accordance with the Participant’s investment
elections under such plan. To the extent the Dividend Equivalents
have not been deferred, the Dividend Equivalents shall be paid to
the Participant at the same time and in the same form the
underlying TSR Shares are paid as contemplated in paragraph 2.A.
hereof. For purposes of the time and form of payment requirements
of Section 409A of the Code, such Dividend Equivalents shall
be treated separately from the TSR Shares.
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D.
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Prior to
settlement of any vested TSR Shares, such TSR Shares will represent
an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable (if at all) only
from the general assets of the Company. The Company’s
obligations under this Agreement shall be unfunded and unsecured,
and no special or separate fund shall be established and no other
segregation of assets shall be made and the Participant shall have
no greater rights than an unsecured general creditor of the
Company. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Grant
Notice or this Agreement, the Participant shall have no rights as a
stockholder of the Company by virtue of this Award unless and until
such Award is determined to be vested and resulting shares of
Common Stock are issued to the Participant.
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E.
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If the
Participant’s employment with the Company terminates during
the Award Period but after the first anniversary of the Date of
Grant because of retirement, disability or job elimination (each,
as determined in the Committee’s sole discretion), the
Participant shall be entitled to a prorated Award which shall be
determined at the end of the Award Period by multiplying the lesser
of (i) the target number of TSR Shares subject to the Award
and (ii) the number of TSR Shares to which the Participant
would otherwise have been entitled had the Participant continued in
employment through the duration of the Award Period (based on
actual performance as measured against the Award Goals in
accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code) by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of whole months the Participant
was employed during the Award Period and the denominator of which
is the total number of calendar months in the Award Period, and
such Award shall be paid as soon as practicable following the
Certification Date (as defined below), subject to paragraph 2.C.
hereof; provided , however, that the Committee, in its sole
discretion, may determine pursuant to the provisions of the Plan to
reduce or eliminate any payout made or to be made to such
Participant in respect of his or her Award. In the event of the
Participant’s death during the Award Period but after the
first anniversary of the Date of Grant, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, shall determine the number of TSR Shares to which the
Participant should be entitled, if any, not to exceed the maximum
number of TSR Shares that are eligible to vest under the Award.
Such Award shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary as
promptly as practicable following the Certification Date, subject
to paragraph 2.C. hereof.
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F.
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If the
Participant’s employment with the Company terminates during
the Award Period for any reason other than retirement, disability,
job elimination or death, or for any reason before the first
anniversary of the Date of Grant, the Participant’s Award
shall be forfeited on the date of such termination; provided
, however, that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
determine that the Participant will be entitled to a full or
partial payout with respect to the Award, but in no event shall the
amount of such payout exceed the amount that would be payable based
on actual performance as measured against the Award Goals in
accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code, in the case of a
termination of the Participant’s employment due to retirement
or job elimination. Any payout of the Award pursuant to this
paragraph 1.F. shall be paid as soon as practicable following the
Certification Date, subject to paragraph 2.C. hereof.
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G.
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The Committee shall determine and
certify in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m)
of the Code the extent, if any, to which the applicable Award Goals
have been attained and the extent, if any, to which the Award has
been earned by the Participant, as of the end of the Award Period
or such other date as the Committee may
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select in its sole discretion
(the “Certification Date”). The Committee shall have
the negative discretion to reduce or eliminate any payout for the
Award. The Committee may not increase the amount payable as a
result of the performance as measured against the Award
Goals.
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H.
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In the event
that, during the Change in Control Period (as hereinafter defined),
the Participant is subject to an Involuntary Termination (as
hereinafter defined), then a number of TSR Shares determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion, but in no event fewer than the
number of TSR Shares payable at the “target” level,
shall become fully vested, and the payout of the Award shall be
made as soon as practicable following the date of the Involuntary
Termination, subject to paragraph 2.C. hereof (for avoidance of
doubt, the TSR Shares that vest pursuant to this paragraph 1.H.
shall not be subject to the performance and certification
procedures contemplated by paragraph 1.G. hereof). The Company and
the Participant shall take all steps necessary (including with
regard to post-termination services by the Participant) to ensure
that an Involuntary Termination constitutes a “separation
from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code, and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the date on which a separation from service takes place
for reasons resulting in an Involuntary Termination shall be the
date of the Involuntary Termination.
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If the Participant is a party to a
Change in Control Employment Agreement with the Company (a
“Change in Control Agreement”), “Change in
Control Period” for purposes of this Agreement shall have the
meaning ascribed to the term “Employment Period,” as
defined in the Change in Control Agreement, and if the Participant
is not a party to a Change in Control Agreement, the term shall
mean the period commencing on the date of a Change in Control (as
defined in the Plan) and ending on the earlier of the
Participant’s date of Retirement and the last day of the
Award Period. “Retirement” for purposes of this
paragraph 1.H. shall mean termination of employment on or after
(i) the Participant’s “normal retirement
date,” as defined in the PPG Industries, Inc. Retirement
Income Plan, provided such termination is voluntary, or
(ii) if the Company may subject the Participant to compulsory
retirement under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29
U.S.C. Section 621 et. seq.) (ADEA) as a “bona fide
executive or a high policy maker,” the Participant’s
“normal retirement date.”
“Involuntary
Termination” for purposes of this Agreement shall mean, if
the Participant is a party to a Change in Control Agreement, a
termination of the Participant’s employment that gives rise
to payments and benefits under Section 6 of the Change in
Control Agreement, and if the Participant is not a party to a
Change in Control Agreement, shall mean a termination by the
Company for any reason other than Cause, death
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