Exhibit 10.17
2000
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Fee Deferral Plan for
Non-Employee Directors
(Formerly, Called “USA Networks, Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors”)
Amended and Restated Effective December 17,
2008
1.
PURPOSE.
The purpose of the 2000 IAC/InterActiveCorp Deferred Compensation
Plan for Non-Employee Directors (formerly, called the “USA
Networks, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors”) (the “ Plan ”) is to provide
non-employee directors of IAC/InterActiveCorp (or any successor
thereto) (the “ Company ”) with an opportunity
to defer Director Fees (as defined in paragraph
4(b) below).
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE. The Plan became effective upon approval by both the
Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Company.
3.
ELIGIBILITY. Any member
(a “ Director ”) of the Board of Directors of
the Company (the “ Board ”) who is not an
employee of the Company or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company is eligible to participate in the Plan
4.
ELECTION TO DEFER
COMPENSATION.
a.
TIME OF
ELIGIBILITY. An election to defer compensation shall be made
by a nominee for election as a Director who is not then serving as
a Director prior to the time of election to the Board for the
relevant elected term and prior to the right to receive any
compensation with respect to such term provided that such election
shall only apply to compensation earned for services performed
after the date of such election. A Director who has not
previously elected to defer receipt of compensation or who has
subsequently discontinued such election may elect to defer
compensation by giving notice prior to November 1 of each
year, but any such election shall only be effective for
compensation payable during the calendar year following such notice
and thereafter. An election shall continue in effect until
the end of the participant’s service as a Director or until
the end of the calendar year during which the Director gives the
Company written notice of the discontinuance of the election,
whichever shall occur first. Such a notice of discontinuance
shall operate prospectively from the first day of the calendar year
following the giving of notice referred to in the preceding
sentence, and compensation payable during any subsequent calendar
year shall not be deferred (absent any timely future deferral
election), but compensation theretofore deferred shall continue to
be withheld and shall be paid in accordance with the notice of
election pursuant to which it was withheld.
b.
AMOUNT OF
DEFERRAL. A participant may elect to defer receipt of all or
a specified portion of the annual retainer fee receivable by such
Director for service as a Director of the Company and all meeting
attendance fees (which shall include compensation and audit
committee meeting attendance fees) receivable by such Director that
are otherwise payable to the participant in cash (the “
Director Fees ”).
c.
MANNER OF
ELECTING DEFERRAL. A participant shall elect to defer
Director Fees by giving written notice to the Company in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such notice shall
include:
(i)
the percentage or
amount of annual fees to be deferred (the “ Deferred
Fees ”);
(ii)
an allocation of
the deferral between the “ Cash Fund ” or
“ Share Units ”; and
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(iii)
in the case of a
participant’s initial election only, an election of a
lump-sum payment or of a number of annual installments (not to
exceed five) for the payment of the Deferred Fees (plus the amounts
(if any) credited under Section 5), with such lump-sum payment
or the first installment payment occurring on the later of
(A) the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
participant’s Separation from Service occurs (but not earlier
than January 15 th of such year) or
(B) the first day of the seventh month following the date on
which the participant’s Separation from Service occurs (and
otherwise in compliance with applicable law), with any successive
annual installment payments to be made not earlier than
January 15 th of each such
year. Any payment election made by a participant in
connection with his or her initial election to participate in the
Plan shall apply to all Deferred Fees, whether covered by the
initial deferral election or a subsequent deferral election;
provided, however , that this paragraph
4(c)(iii) shall not preclude subsequent modifications to the
payment election described immediately above that are made in
connection with a participant’s Separation from Service and
in compliance with paragraph (d) below.
d.
CHANGE IN
DEFERRAL. A participant may change his or her payment
election in accordance with the following requirements:
(i)
Subject to
clauses (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (d), such
election may not take effect until the twelve (12) month
anniversary of the date the election is made and filed with the
Secretary of the Company using a form prescribed by the
Company;
(ii)
Such lump-sum
payment or the first installment payment shall not be made less
than five (5) years after the date that the
participant’s Deferred Fees (plus the amounts (if any)
credited under Section 5) would have been paid pursuant to
paragraph (c)(iii) above (or such later year if a prior
modification was made pursuant to this paragraph); and
(iii)
Any new election
shall not be effective unless made at least twelve (12) months
prior to the year in which the payment of the Deferred Fees (plus
the amounts (if any) credited under Section 5) would otherwise
commence.
5.
DEFERRED
COMPENSATION ACCOUNT. The Company shall establish a
book-entry account for each participant to record the
participant’s Deferred Fees (the “ Account
”).
a.
For Deferred Fees
allocated by the participant to the Cash Fund:
(i)
at the time the
Director Fees would otherwise have been payable, the Account will
be credited with the amount of the Deferred Fees, receipt of which
the participant has elected to defer, and
(ii)
at the end of
each calendar year or terminal portion of a year, the Account will
be credited with deemed interest, at an annual rate equivalent to
the weighted average prime or base lending rate of JP Morgan Chase
Bank (including any successor thereto or such other financial
institution that may be selected from
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time to time by
the Secretary of the Company in accordance with paragraph 10 of the
Plan and in accordance with applicable law) for the relevant year
or portion thereof (the “ Interest Equivalents
”), upon the average daily balance in the Account during such
year or portion thereof.
b.
For Deferred Fees
allocated by the participant to Share Units:
(i)
at the time the
Director Fees would otherwise have been payable, (A) the
Account will be credited with the amount of the Deferred Fees,
receipt of which the participant has elected to defer and
(B) such amount of Deferred Fees shall be converted on such
date in book entry to a number of “Share Units”
(computed to the nearest 1/1000 of a share) equal to the number of
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“
Common Stock ”), of the Company that could have been
purchased on such date with such amount of Deferred Fees, using the
closing price for the Common Stock on such date (or, if such date
is not a trading day, on the next preceding trading day) on The
Nasdaq Stock Market’s National Market System (“
Nasdaq ”) or, if the Common Stock is not then listed
or quoted o
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