Exhibit (10)(r)
MARSHALL & ILSLEY
CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1994 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN FOR
EXECUTIVES
as of December 18,
2008
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.
(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.
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ADMINISTRATION
OF THE PLAN.
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(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