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LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN OF TRANSOCEAN LTD.

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Title: LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN OF TRANSOCEAN LTD.
Date: 2/26/2009
Industry: Oil Well Services and Equipment     Sector: Energy

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN OF TRANSOCEAN LTD., Parties: transocean ltd.
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Exhibit 10.5

 

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

OF

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

(As Amended and Restated as of February 12, 2009)

I. GENERAL

1.1

Purpose of the Plan

The Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) of Transocean Ltd., a Swiss corporation (the “ Company ”), is intended to advance the best interests of the Company and its subsidiaries by providing Directors and employees with additional incentives through the grant of options (“ Options ”) to purchase registered shares, par value 15.00 Swiss francs per share of the Company (“ Shares ”), share appreciation rights (“ SARs ”), restricted Shares (“ Restricted Shares ”), deferred stock units (“ Deferred Units ”), cash performance awards (“ Cash Awards ”) and performance awards (“ Performance Awards ”), thereby increasing the personal stake of such Directors and employees in the continued success and growth of the Company.

The Plan was originally effective May 1, 1993. The Plan was amended and/or restated effective March 13, 1997, March 12, 1998, January 1, 2000, May 8, 2003 and February 12, 2004 and further amended on July 21, 2007. Awards made under the Plan prior to the amendment and restatement herein continue to be governed by the terms of the applicable award agreements and the Plan as in effect immediately prior to such amendment and restatement.

The Plan was previously maintained by Transocean Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“ Transocean-Cayman ”). On December 18, 2008, Transocean-Cayman merged, by way of scheme of arrangement, with Transocean Cayman Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, with Transocean-Cayman as the surviving entity. As a result of the merger, Transocean-Cayman became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the Company assumed sponsorship of the Plan.

1.2

Administration of the Plan

(a)       With respect to awards to employees, the Plan shall be administered by the Executive Compensation Committee or other designated committee (the “ Committee ”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”). The Committee shall have authority to interpret conclusively the provisions of the Plan, to adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan as it may deem advisable, to decide conclusively all questions of fact arising in the application of the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. All decisions and acts of the Committee, with respect to employees, shall be final and binding upon all affected Plan participants.

 


(b)       With respect to awards to Eligible Directors (as defined in Section 1.3), the Plan shall be administered by the Board. The Board shall have authority to interpret conclusively the provisions of the Plan, to adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan as it may deem advisable, to decide conclusively all questions of fact arising in the application of the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. All decisions and acts of the Board, with respect to Eligible Directors, shall be final and binding upon all affected Plan participants.

1.3

Eligible Participants

Employees, including officers, of the Company and its subsidiaries, and of partnerships or joint ventures in which the Company and its subsidiaries have a significant ownership interest as determined by the Committee (all of such subsidiaries, partnerships and joint ventures being referred to as “ Subsidiaries ”) shall be eligible for awards under the Plan.

Each Director of the Company who is not an officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (an “ Eligible Director ”) shall be eligible for awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Eligible Director may decline any such award. Eligible Directors shall not be entitled to receive awards under Section 2.5 or Article IV.

An employee or Eligible Director to whom an award is granted under the Plan may be hereinafter referred to as a “ Participant .”

1.4

Awards Under the Plan

Awards to eligible employees under the Plan may be in the form of (a) Options to purchase Shares, (b) SARs which may be either freestanding or issued in tandem with Options, (c) Restricted Shares, (d) Deferred Units, (e)  Cash Awards, (g) Performance Awards, or (h) any combination of the foregoing.

Awards to Eligible Directors under the Plan may be in the form of (a) Options to purchase Shares (other than Statutory Options as defined in Section 2.5), (b) SARs which may be either freestanding or issued in tandem with Options, (c) Restricted Shares, (d) Deferred Units, (f) Performance Awards, or (g) any combination of the foregoing.

1.5

Shares Subject to the Plan

(a)       The aggregate number of Shares which may be issued with respect to awards under the Plan (the “ Available Shares ”) shall not exceed 35,900,000 Shares. All Shares available for awards under the Plan may be issued pursuant to statutory stock options as described in Section 2.5. Each Share issued pursuant to (i) awards of Options or SARs (including those designated as Performance Awards) granted at any time or (ii) awards of Restricted Shares or Deferred Units (including those designated as Performance Awards) granted prior to the Shareholder Effective Date shall reduce the Available Shares by one (1) full Share. Each Share issued pursuant to an award of

 

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Restricted Shares or Deferred Units (including those designated as Performance Awards) granted on or after the Shareholder Effective Date shall reduce the Available Shares by 1.68 Shares.

At no time shall the number of Shares issued plus the number of Shares estimated by the Committee (or the Board, with respect to Eligible Directors) to be ultimately issued with respect to outstanding awards under the Plan exceed the Available Shares. Shares distributed pursuant to the Plan may consist of Shares issued from authorized capital or conditioned capital or treasury shares of the Company (including, for the sake of clarity, Shares owned by any Subsidiary), as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

(b)     If any Option under the Plan shall expire, terminate or be canceled (including cancellation upon the Participant’s exercise of a related SAR) for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any Restricted Shares or Deferred Units shall be forfeited to the Company, the unexercised Options and forfeited Restricted Shares and Deferred Units shall not count against the Available Shares and shall again become available for grants under the Plan (regardless of whether the Participant received dividends or other economic benefits with respect to such Options, Restricted Shares or Deferred Units). Shares delivered under the Plan as an award or in settlement of an award issued or made (a) upon the assumption, substitution, conversion or replacement of outstanding awards under a plan or arrangement of an entity acquired in a merger or other acquisition or (b) as a post-transaction grant under such a plan or arrangement of an acquired entity shall not reduce or be counted against the Available Shares, to the extent that the exemption for transactions in connection with mergers or acquisitions from the shareholder approval requirements of the New York Stock Exchange for equity compensation plans applies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the Shareholder Effective Date the following Shares shall count against the Available Shares and may not again be made available for issuance as awards under the Plan: (a) Shares not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Option or SAR, (b) Shares used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding award, or (c) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of the option price.

(c)       No Participant shall be granted, in any fiscal year, Options, freestanding SARs, Restricted Shares, or Deferred Units, or any combination of the foregoing, covering or relating to more than 600,000 Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6.2).

(d)       The Committee may from time to time adopt and observe such rules and procedures concerning the counting of Shares against the Available Shares as it may deem appropriate, including rules more restrictive than those set forth above to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of any stock exchange on which the Shares are listed or any applicable regulatory requirement.

 

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1.6

Other Compensation Programs

The existence and terms of the Plan shall not limit the authority of the Board in compensating Directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in such other forms and amounts, including compensation pursuant to any other plans as may be currently in effect or adopted in the future, as it may determine from time to time.

II. OPTIONS AND SARs

2.1

Terms and Conditions of Options

Subject to the following provisions, all Options granted under the Plan shall be in such form and shall have such terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, may from time to time determine.

(a)        Option Price. The Option price per Share shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Share on the date the Option is granted.

(b)        Term of Option. The term of an Option shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant, except as provided pursuant to Section 2.1(g) with respect to the death of a Participant. No Option shall be exercised after the expiration of its term.

(c)        Exercise of Options. Options shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall specify in the Option grant. The Committee shall have discretion to, at any time, declare all or any portion of the Options held by any Participant to be immediately exercisable. An Option may be exercised in accordance with its terms as to any or all Shares purchasable thereunder.

(d)        Payment for Shares. The Committee may authorize payment for shares as to which an Option is exercised to be made in cash, in Shares or in such other manner as the Committee in its discretion may provide. The Committee may provide for procedures to permit the payment for Shares as to which an Option is exercised to be made by use of proceeds to be received from the sale of Shares issuable pursuant to an award under the Plan.

(e)        Nontransferability of Options. No Option or any interest therein shall be transferable by the Participant other than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ ERISA ”), or the rules thereunder. During a Participant’s lifetime, all Options shall be exercisable only by such Participant or by the guardian or legal representative of the Participant.

(f)         Shareholder Rights. The holder of an Option shall, as such, have none of the rights of a shareholder.

(g)        Termination of Employment. The Committee shall have discretion to specify in the Option grant, or an amendment thereof, provisions with respect to the

 

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period during which the Option may be exercised following the Participant’s termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall not permit any Option to be exercised beyond the term of the Option established pursuant to Section 2.1(b), except that the Committee may provide that, notwithstanding such Option term, an Option which is outstanding on the date of a Participant’s death shall remain outstanding and exercisable for up to one year after the Participant’s death.

(h)        Change of Control . The Committee shall have discretion to specify in the Option grant, or an amendment thereof, provisions with respect to the terms and conditions of acceleration of exercisability of the Option upon or following a Change of Control (as defined in Section 6.10) and to specify provisions with respect to the period during which the Option may be exercised.

2.2

SARs in Tandem with Options

The Committee may, either at the time of grant of an Option or at any time during the term of the Option, grant tandem SARs with respect to all or any portion of the Shares covered by such Option.

(a)        Exercise of SARs. A tandem SAR may be exercised at any time the Option to which it relates is then exercisable, but only to the extent the Option to which it relates is exercisable, and shall be subject to the conditions applicable to such Option. When a tandem SAR is exercised, the Option to which it relates shall cease to be exercisable to the extent of the number of Shares with respect to which the tandem SAR is exercised. Similarly, when an Option is exercised, the tandem SARs relating to the Shares covered by such Option exercise shall terminate. Any tandem SAR which is outstanding on the last day of the term of the related Option (as determined pursuant to Section 2.1(b)) shall be automatically exercised on such date for cash without any action by the Participant.

(b)        Appreciation. Upon exercise of a tandem SAR, the Participant shall receive, for each Share with respect to which the tandem SAR is exercised, an amount (the “ Appreciation ”) equal to the amount by which the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the SAR exceeds the Option price per share of the Option to which the tandem SAR relates. The Appreciation shall be payable in cash, Shares, or a combination of both, at the option of the Committee, and shall be paid within 30 days of the exercise of the tandem SAR.

2.3

Freestanding SARs

The Committee may grant freestanding SARs in such form and having such terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, may from time to time determine, subject to the following provisions.

(a)        Base Price and Appreciation. Each freestanding SAR shall be granted with a base price, which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the SAR is granted. Upon exercise of a freestanding SAR, the Participant shall receive, for each Share with respect to which the SAR is exercised, an amount (the

 

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Appreciation ”) equal to the amount by which the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the SAR exceeds the base price of the SAR. The Appreciation shall be payable in cash and shall be paid within 30 days of the exercise of the SAR.

(b)        Term of SAR. The term of a freestanding SAR shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant, except as provided pursuant to Section 2.3(f) with respect to the death of the Participant. No SAR shall be exercised after the expiration of its term. Any freestanding SAR which is outstanding on the last day of its term (as such term may be extended pursuant to Section 2.3(f)) and as to which the Appreciation is a positive number on such date shall be automatically exercised on such date for cash without any action by the Participant.

(c)        Exercise of SARs. Freestanding SARs shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify in the SAR grant. The Committee shall have discretion to at any time declare all or any portion of the freestanding SARs then outstanding to be immediately exercisable. A freestanding SAR may be exercised in accordance with its terms in whole or in part.

(d)        Nontransferability of SARs. No SAR or any interest therein shall be transferable by the Participant other than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in the Code or Title I of ERISA, or the rules thereunder. During a Participant’s lifetime, all SARs shall be exercisable only by such Participant or by the guardian or legal representative of the Participant.

(e)        Shareholder Rights. The holder of an SAR shall, as such, have none of the rights of a shareholder.

(f)         Termination of Employment. The Committee shall have discretion to specify in the SAR grant, or an amendment thereof, provisions with respect to the period during which the SAR may be exercised following the Participant’s termination of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall not permit any SAR to be exercised beyond the term of the SAR established pursuant to Section 2.3(b), except that the Committee may provide that, notwithstanding such SAR term, an SAR which is outstanding on the date of a Participant’s death shall remain outstanding and exercisable for up to one year after the Participant’s death.

(g)        Change of Control . The Committee shall have discretion to specify in the SAR grant, or an amendment thereof, provisions with respect to the terms and conditions of acceleration of exercisability of SARs upon or following a Change of Control (as defined in Section 6.10) and to specify provisions with respect to the period during which the SAR may be exercised.

2.4

Eligible Director Awards

With respect to Options and SARs awarded to Eligible Directors, the Board shall make all determinations otherwise assigned to the Committee under Article II and any reference to “employment” shall be changed to “service.”

 

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2.5

Statutory Options

Subject to the limitations on Option terms set forth in Section 2.1, the Committee shall have the authority to grant (a) incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and (b) Options containing such terms and conditions as shall be required to qualify such Options for preferential tax treatment under the Code as in effect at the time of such grant. Options granted pursuant to this Section 2.5 may contain such other terms and conditions permitted by Article II of the Plan as the Committee, in its discretion, may from time to time determine, to the extent that such terms and conditions do not cause the Options to lose their preferential tax treatment. To the extent the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder require a plan to contain specified provisions in order to qualify options for preferential tax treatment, such provisions shall be deemed to be stated in the Plan. Eligible Directors shall not be entitled to receive incentive stock options as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

III. Restricted Shares and Deferred Units

3.1

Terms and Conditions of Restricted Share Awards

Subject to the following provisions, all awards of Restricted Shares under the Plan shall be in such form and shall have such terms and conditions as the Committee, in its discretion, may from time to time determine.

(a)       A Restricted Share award shall specify the number of Restricted Shares to be awarded, the price, if any, to be paid by the recipient of the Restricted Shares, and the date or dates on which the Restricted Shares will vest. The vesting of Restricted Shares may be conditioned upon the


 
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