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MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES as of December 18, 2008

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES as of December 18, 2008
Date: 3/2/2009
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES as of December 18, 2008, Parties: marshall & ilsley corporation
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Exhibit (10)(r)

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

1994 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR EXECUTIVES

as of December 18, 2008

 

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PURPOSE OF THE PLAN.

The purpose of the Plan is to promote the best interests of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation and enhance shareholder value by attracting and retaining key executive personnel and providing such employees with an incentive to put forth maximum effort for the continued success and growth of the Company.

 

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DEFINITIONS.

(a) “Account” shall mean the account established and administered for the benefit of a Participant under the Plan if the Participant is awarded Units.

(b) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(c) “Committee” shall mean the Committee referenced in Paragraph 3 of the Plan.

(d) “Company” shall mean Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation.

(e) “Disability” shall mean long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(f) “Early Retirement” shall mean termination of employment with the Company, or a Subsidiary, but only if the following requirements are met: (i) the Participant is age 55 or older and the sum of his age plus years of service with the Company or a Subsidiary equals or exceeds 65, (ii) the Participant executes an agreement regarding confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation and/or non-disparagement in the form presented to him by the Company, and (iii) the Participant executes a release of employment-related claims after termination of employment in the form presented to him by the Company, and does not revoke said release during the applicable rescission period.

(g) “Employees” shall mean those individuals who are executive officers or senior managers of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(h) “Market Price” shall mean the closing sale price of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange as reported in the Midwest Edition of the Wall Street Journal, or such other market price as the Committee may determine in conformity with pertinent law and regulations of the Treasury Department.

(i) “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(j) “Participant” shall mean an Employee designated by the Committee to be a participant in the Plan.


(k) “Plan” shall mean the Amended and Restated 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan for Executives of the Company.

(l) “Share” or “Shares” shall mean the $ 1.00 par value common stock of the Company.

(m) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by the Company. The term “control” means the power, directly or indirectly, to vote 50% or more of the securities which have ordinary voting power in the election of directors (or individuals filling any analogous positions).

(n) “Triggering Event” shall mean the first to occur of the following:

(i) The acquisition by any individual, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of thirty-three percent (33%) or more of either (A) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided , however , that the following acquisitions of common stock shall not constitute a Triggering Event: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company (excluding an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege or by one person or a group of persons acting in concert), (B) any acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (D) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation which would not be a Triggering Event under paragraph (iii) of this Section 2(m); or

(ii) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened “election contest” or other actual or threatened “solicitation” (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Incumbent Board; or

(iii) Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation, unless, following such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation, (A) more than two-thirds (2/3) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, statutory

 

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share exchange or consolidation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation, (B) no person (excluding the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation and any person beneficially owning, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation, directly or indirectly, thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, thirty-three percent (33%) or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation, entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such reorganization, merger or consolidation; or

(iv) Consummation of (A) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (B) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, other than to a corporation, with respect to which following such sale or other disposition, (1) more than two-thirds (2/3) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or other disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no person (excluding the Company and any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation and any person beneficially owning, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, thirty-three percent (33%) or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, thirty-three percent (33%) or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of such corporation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or action of the Board providing for such sale or other disposition of assets of the Company.

 

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(o) “Unit” shall mean a bookkeeping entry used by the Company to record and account for the grant of an award under the Plan denominated in Shares, and the associated dividend equivalents, until such time as the award is paid, cancelled, forfeited or terminated, as the case may be.

 

3.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Committee shall consist of not less than three members of the Board of Directors of the Company and shall be so constituted as to permit the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the 1934 Act, as such rule is currently in effect or as hereafter modified or amended, Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor rule or other statutory or regulatory requirements.

(b) The Committee shall have sole authority in its discretion, but always subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to determine the Employees who will be Participants; the number of Units which will be credited to each Account in the case of Employees who are awarded Units; the dollar amounts to be earned by certain Employees of a Subsidiary or division of the


 
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