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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP GROUP AGREEMENT

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP GROUP AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Connecticut     Date: 10/23/2009
Industry: Conglomerates     Sector: Conglomerates

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP GROUP AGREEMENT, Parties: united technologies corp /de/ , corporation's executive leadership group , united technologies corporation
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Exhibit 10.7

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP GROUP AGREEMENT

United Technologies Corporation

The undersigned Executive acknowledges receipt of the materials summarizing the Corporation’s Executive Leadership Group (“ELG”) Program and the benefits available to the Executive as a member of ELG as well as the Executive’s obligations and commitments to the Corporation as an ELG member. ELG benefits include a restricted share unit retention award that vests at retirement (age 62 minimum), supplemental life insurance and disability benefits, a flexible perquisites allowance and eligibility for the standard ELG severance benefit as set forth in the pre-retirement ELG Standard Separation Agreement as set forth in Attachment B. The ELG Standard Separation Agreement provides for severance benefits in the event of a Mutually Agreeable Termination before age 62 or an involuntary termination or termination for Good Reason following a Change in Control. Severance benefits are not provided in the case of a Termination for Cause. Capitalized terms in this Membership Agreement and the ELG Standard Separation Agreement are defined in Attachment A.

While employed and for a two-year period following termination of employment, ELG members must agree to protect Company information and to refrain from activities that could lead to the recruitment of Company employees. If eligible for the ELG Standard Separation Agreement in the event of a qualifying termination prior to age 62, or upon vesting in the ELG restricted share unit retention award at retirement on or after age 62, an ELG member must make additional commitments to the Company, including a non-compete agreement and a waiver of claims arising from or relating to the termination of the Executive’s employment. Such post employment covenants are set forth in Attachment B.

 

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ELG membership requires commitment to share ownership guidelines. The value of an ELG member’s UTC share ownership must equal or exceed an amount equal to 3 times annual base salary within five years of appointment to the ELG.

In consideration of the ELG benefits, the Executive hereby commits to membership in the ELG in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and further described in the ELG program materials and hereby acknowledges and accepts postemployment restrictions and protective covenants as described therein. The Company, in turn, agrees to provide ELG benefits to the Executive upon its receipt of this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement and as described in the ELG program summary.

 

 

Executive

 

Date

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

By

 

 

 

Date

 

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Attachment A

Definitions . The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of the Executive Leadership Group Agreement and the ELG Standard Separation Agreement set forth in Attachment B:

 

 

a)

“Change in Control” means the acquisition of 30% or more of the Company’s outstanding voting shares by a third person or group (as defined in Section 13 (d) (3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of which such person is a member, or a change in the majority of the Board of Directors such that, within any consecutive two-year period, the members of the new majority are not approved by two-thirds of the members incumbent at the beginning of such two-year period. Members approved after such date by two-thirds of such incumbents as of the beginning of such two-year period shall be deemed to be incumbents as of the beginning of such two-year period for purposes of this computation. A merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another company where the Corporation is not the surviving company, a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, a dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation or other event or transaction having similar effect also constitutes a “Change in Control” for purposes of this Agreement. Any Change in Control event must constitute either a “change in ownership”, a “change in effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets” within the meaning of Section 409A.

 

 

b)

“Change in Control Termination” means either the involuntary termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company (other than a Termination for Cause) or the voluntary resignation by the executive for Good Reason within 24 months following a Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any executive will not be eligible for the standard ELG severance benefit in the event of Termination for Cause or for executives who become ELG members after December 1, 2005 whose employment terminates after age 62 and who have vested in the ELG retention grant.

 

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c)

“Good Reason” means voluntarily termination of the Executive’s employment within twenty-four (24) months of a Change in Control and the occurrence of any one or more of the following:

 

 

(i)

The assignment of the Executive to duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s authorities, duties, responsibilities, and status (including reporting relationships) as an employee of the Company, or a material reduction or change in the nature or status of the Executive’s authorities, duties, or responsibilities from those in effect immediately preceding a Change in Control;

 

 

(ii)

The Company’s requiring the Executive to be based at a location which is at least fifty (50) miles further from the current primary residence than is such residence from the Company’s current headquarters, except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive’s business obligations immediately preceding the Change in Control;

 

 

(iii)

A reduction by the Company in the Executive’s Base Salary in effect on the date preceding the Change in Control;

 

 

(iv)

A material reduction in the Executive’s level of participation in any of the Company’s short- and/or long-term incentive compensation plans, or employee benefit or retirement plans, policies, practices, or arrangements in which the Executive participates from the levels in place during the fiscal year immediately preceding the Change in Control; provided, however, that reductions in the levels of participation in any such plans shall not be deemed to be “Good Reason” if the Executive’s reduced level of participation in each such program remains substantially consistent with the average level of participation of other executives who have positions commensurate with the Executive’s position; or

 

 

(v)

The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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d)

“Mutually Agreeable Termination” means a decision by the Company, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company as a result of circumstances described in this paragraph and the Executive’s acknowledgment and agreement that [his/her] employment will end as a result of such circumstances. Circumstances that may result in a Mutually Agreeable Termination include management realignment, change in business conditions or priorities, the sale or elimination of the Executive’s business unit or any other change in business circumstances that materially and adversely affects the Executive’s role within the Company. Neither a unilateral voluntary resignation nor a termination for Cause will be considered a Mutually Agreeable Termination. Executives who became ELG members after December 1, 2005 and who have vested in the ELG retention grant will not be eligible for ELG standard separation benefits following a Mutually Agreeable Termination.

 

 

e)

“Qualified Separation from Service” means the Executive’s termination from employment with all UTC Companies, other than by reason of death or Disability that qualifies as a separation from service for purposes of Section 409A. A Qualified Separation from Service will be deemed to occur where the Executive and the Company reasonably anticipate that the bona fide level of services that the Executive will perform (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) for the Company will be permanently reduced to a level that is less than thirty-seven and a half percent (37.5%) of the average level of bona fide services the Executive performed during the 36 months period immediately preceding termination (or the entire period the Executive has provided services if the Executive has been providing services to the Company for less than 36 months.) The Executive shall not be considered to have had a Qualified Separation from Service as a result of a transfer from one Company business unit to another Company business unit. A Change in Control Termination shall be treated as a Qualified Separation from Service.

 

 

f)

“Termination for Cause” means a decision by the Company to terminate the Executive’s employment because the Executive: (i) is convicted of a crime related to [his/her] employment, including but not limited to fraud,

 

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theft, or embezzlement, or any other action which results in or is intended to result in the Executive’s enrichment or benefit at the expense of the Company; (ii) commits an act of fraud upon the Company; (iii) misappropriates funds or property of the Company; (iv) materially violates the Company’s policy concerning conflicts of interest or business ethics; (v) materially violates the Company’s anti-discrimination, sexual harassment or related employment policies; or (vi) engages in one or more acts of gross negligence or dereliction in the performance of [his/her] job responsibilities.

 

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Attachment B

Note: This model agreement contains certain alternative clauses applicable to different facts and circumstances such as age, reason for termination or applicability of Section 409A. The formula for determining the amount of the severance payment payments and benefits remain the same in all cases.

ELG STANDARD SEPARATION AGREEMENT

SEPARATION AGREEMENT, entered into between                      (hereinafter, the “Executive”), and UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, with an office and place of business at Hartford, Connecticut (United Technologies Corporation and all its subsidiaries, affiliates and divisions are hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).

WHEREAS, the Executive and Company agree that the Executive’s employment with the Company will terminate; and

WHEREAS, parties wish to set forth their mutual understanding concerning the terms and conditions relative to the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Executive has committed to membership in the Company’s Executive Leadership Group (the “ELG”), which commitment signifies


 
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