EXHIBIT 10.6
MORGAN STANLEY
2007 NOTIONAL LEVERAGED
CO-INVESTMENT PLAN
Amended as of June 4,
2009
SECTION 1 . Purpose. The
Morgan Stanley 2007 Notional Leveraged Co-Investment Plan (as may
be amended from time to time, the “ Plan ”) has
the purposes of: (i) providing the opportunity to a select
group of management and highly compensated employees to enhance
(A) the portion of any discretionary above base compensation
that would otherwise be awarded to them in the form of Morgan
Stanley equity compensation or other mandatory long-term incentive
compensation or (B) any retention, new hire or similar awards
that would be granted to such management and employees and
(ii) facilitating the allocation of such compensation to the
notional investment opportunities afforded by the Plan.
SECTION 2. Definitions .
As used in the Plan, unless determined otherwise by the Firm and
set forth in the applicable Award Certificate, the following terms
shall have the indicated meanings:
“ Above Base
Compensation ” means any compensation other than base
salary that the Firm awards to an Eligible Person for a Fiscal
Year, before reduction for any applicable taxes. Nothing in the
Plan shall obligate the Firm to award or pay any Above Base
Compensation to any person.
“ Account ” means
the bookkeeping account that the Firm establishes and maintains for
a Participant pursuant to Section 6. An Account is established
only for purposes of tracking a Notional Plan Investment and not to
segregate or identify assets that may be used to make distributions
or other payments under the Plan.
“ Administration Fee
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8(a).
“ Administrator ”
means one or more officers of the Firm to whom the Committee, in
its sole discretion, delegates all or some of its authority and
responsibilities to administer the Plan. Such officers are
authorized to sub-delegate some or all of such authority and
responsibilities to the Executive Compensation Department, another
committee of the Firm and/or one or more officers of the Firm, and
any person or persons to whom are sub-delegated all or some of such
authority and responsibilities is also, to the extent of such
sub-delegation, the “Administrator”. Only the
Committee is authorized to make any decision or amendment regarding
the participation in the Plan or any interest in the Plan held by
any member of the Operating Committee of Morgan Stanley or any
employee who is an “executive officer” of Morgan
Stanley under United States federal securities laws.
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“ Allocation ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“ Allocation Form
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a).
“ Allocation Preference
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a).
“Applicable Reduction
Amount” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(i).
“ Associated Employee
Fund ” means, with respect to any reference investment
underlying a Notional Plan Investment, a
co-investment or feeder fund that is available primarily to
employees of the Firm and is associated with such reference
investment.
“ Award Certificate
”, with respect to any Participant, means a written document
(including in electronic form) for each Total Notional Investment
that sets forth the terms and conditions of such
Participant’s participation in the Plan. A
Participant’s participation in the Plan shall be governed by
the Plan, such Participant’s Award Certificate or
Certificates, as applicable, and, if and to the extent applicable
pursuant to Section 16(e), the International
Supplement.
“ Board ” means
the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley.
“ Cancellation Event
”, with respect to any Plan Interest of any Participant,
shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Award
Certificate. Cancellation Events in respect of any Plan Interest
related to a Fiscal Year Award shall be substantially similar to
such events as set forth in the annual year-end equity compensation
awards granted to such Participant.
“ Closed-End Distribution
Date ” means, with respect to any Plan Interest of any
Participant, any date, specified in the applicable Award
Certificate, as a Distribution Date for Proceeds with respect to
Closed-End Investments.
“ Closed-End Investment
” means a Notional Plan Investment in a reference investment
that generally does not permit redemptions by investors but makes
distributions to investors from time to time following the sale,
transfer or other disposition of its investments.
“ Code ” means
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Committee ”
means the Compensation, Management Development and Succession
Committee of the Board, any successor committee thereto or any
other committee of the Board appointed by the Board with the powers
of the Committee under the Plan, or any subcommittee appointed by
such Committee.
“ Descriptive Materials
” means all brochures, letters, memoranda or other documents
from the Firm to a Participant regarding the Plan, including all
electronic-based materials.
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“ Distribution Date
” means,
(i) with respect to a Closed-End
Investment, (A) the Earliest Distribution Date, if applicable,
(B) any Subsequent Closed-End Distribution Dates (including
the Final Distribution Date), if applicable, and (C) any other
date specified as a Closed-End Distribution Date in the
Participant’s applicable Award Certificate; and
(ii) with respect to an Open-End
Investment, the Earliest Distribution Date and any Subsequent
Open-End Distribution Dates.
“ Earliest Distribution
Date ” means, with respect to any Plan Interest, the
date, specified in the applicable Award Certificate, on which
Proceeds in respect of Notional Plan Investments shall commence
being distributed to the applicable Participant.
“ Eligible Person
” means a professional employee of the Firm who is determined
by the Committee to be eligible to participate in the
Plan.
“ Executive Compensation
Department ” means Morgan Stanley’s Executive
Compensation Department or any other department of Morgan Stanley
that succeeds to the functions of the Executive Compensation
Department.
“ Final Distribution
Date ” means, with respect to any Plan Interest of any
Participant, the date, specified in the applicable Award
Certificate, on which the Firm shall make its final distribution
with respect to such Plan Interest to such Participant in
accordance with Section 10(a)(iii).
“ Firm ” means
Morgan Stanley together with its subsidiaries and other
affiliates.
“ Fiscal Year ”
and “ Fiscal Quarter ” mean Morgan
Stanley’s Fiscal Year and Morgan Stanley’s Fiscal
Quarter, respectively.
“ Fiscal Year Award
” means an allocation to the Plan of a Participant’s
compensation that would otherwise be mandatorily granted in the
form of Morgan Stanley equity compensation or other mandatory
long-term incentive compensation in respect of a Fiscal
Year.
“ International
Supplement ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 16(e).
“ Investment Committee
” means a committee of two or more officers of the Firm to
whom the Administrator delegates the authority and responsibilities
to select Notional Plan Investments.
“ Legal Requirement
” means any law, regulation, ruling, judicial decision,
accounting standard, regulatory guidance or other legal
requirement.
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“ Morgan Stanley
” means Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation, or any
successor thereto.
“ Morgan Stanley Applicable
Rate ” means, for any period, the rate at which notional
interest with respect to any Notional Advance (or any portion
thereof) shall accrue from the date that the Notional Advance (or
portion thereof) is deemed to be notionally invested until and to
the extent such Notional Advance (or portion thereof) is reduced by
any Proceeds. Pursuant and subject to Section 3(a)(v), the
Firm reserves the right to revise the Morgan Stanley Applicable
Rate at any time and from time to time.
“ Notional Advance
” means, with respect to any Participant Allocation, the
notional amount, if any, that Morgan Stanley adds or will add to
the Participant Allocation for notional investment in Notional Plan
Investments in accordance with Section 5.
“ Notional Plan
Investment ” means an investment designated by the Firm
as a reference investment for the benefit of the Plan. Reference
investments underlying Notional Plan Investments may include
proprietary investment funds of the Firm or “funds of
funds” of the Firm that include investment funds sponsored or
offered by third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, a
Participant’s interest in any Notional Plan Investment shall
be notional.
“ Open-End Investment
” means a Notional Plan Investment in a reference investment
that generally does not make distributions to its investors but
permits investors to redeem their interest in the fund from
time to time.
“ Participant ”
means an Eligible Person who participates in the Plan.
A “ Participant
Allocation ” means, with respect to any Participant,
(i) a Fiscal Year Award, or (ii) a Special
Award.
“ Participant Applicable
Rate ” means, for any period, the rate at which notional
interest may accrue with respect to:
(i) Each Participant Allocation (or
portion thereof), from, (A) in the case of a Fiscal Year
Award, the date on which the annual equity award for such Fiscal
Year is granted (or such other date specified in the applicable
Award Certificate) or (B) in the case of a Special Award, the
grant date of such Special Award, in each case until the Firm
notionally allocates such Participant Allocation (or portion
thereof) to one or more Notional Plan Investments;
(ii) Each Participant Allocation, if
the Firm determines that a Participant Allocation shall not be
notionally invested in Notional Plan Investments, from the date on
which the annual equity award for such Fiscal Year is granted (or,
in the case of a Special Award, the grant date of such Special
Award) until the applicable Earliest Distribution Date;
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(iii) The Proceeds relating to a
Realization (or partial Realization) with respect to a Closed-End
Investment, from the date of such Realization until the applicable
Distribution Date, as further set forth in Section 10(a) and
(b), as applicable;
(iv) The Proceeds relating to a
Realization (or partial Realization) with respect to an Open-End
Investment, from the date of such Realization until the applicable
Distribution Date, as further set forth in
Section 10(c);
(v) The Proceeds relating to a
Realization (or partial Realization) with respect to a Notional
Plan Investment, from the date of the applicable Distribution Date
to the actual date of distribution permitted by Section 11(a);
and
(vi) Each Plan Termination Value,
from the date of any termination of the Plan until the distribution
of such Plan Termination Value on the applicable Distribution
Date.
Pursuant and subject to
Section 3(a)(v), the Firm reserves the right to revise the
Participant Applicable Rate at any time and from time to
time.
“ Plan ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.
“ Plan Interest ”
means, with respect to any Participant Allocation, a
Participant’s Total Notional Investment (including any
notional interest accrued at the Participant Applicable Rate)
minus the sum of such Participant’s previously
unreduced Notional Advances reflected in the Participant’s
Account with respect to such Participant Allocation (plus accrued
and previously unreduced notional interest thereon) and such
Participant’s previously unreduced Administration
Fee.
“ Plan Termination
Value ” means, with respect to any Plan Interest in
connection with the termination of this Plan, a Final Distribution
Date, or a single Closed-End Distribution Date, the fair value (as
determined by the Firm) of such vested Plan Interest (or portion
thereof), if any (together with any notional interest accrued
thereon), on the effective date of such termination, or as of such
Final Distribution Date or single Closed-End Distribution Date, as
applicable.
“ Proceeds ”
means, with respect to any Notional Plan Investment,
(i) notional gross cash proceeds, if any, that are Realized in
respect of such Notional Plan Investment at any time, plus
(ii) if there is an Associated Employee Fund, an additional
amount equal to the difference between (A) the “carried
interest” that would be paid by third-party investors with
respect to the reference investment underlying such Notional Plan
Investment, and (B) the “carried interest” that
would be paid by employee investors in an Associated Employee Fund.
For the avoidance of doubt, Proceeds shall be net of any fees or
expenses charged to Morgan Stanley by any reference investment that
relates to a Notional Investment.
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“ Realization ”
or “ Realize ” means (i) with respect to a
Closed-End Investment, the receipt of a distribution by an
investor, had such investor received such a distribution from such
Closed-End Investment; and (ii) with respect to an Open-End
Investment, the receipt of a distribution or redemption proceeds by
an investor, had such investor received such a distribution or
effected such a redemption from such Open-End Investment as of such
Open-End Investment’s most recent valuation date. For the
avoidance of doubt, the re-investment of proceeds by a Notional
Plan Investment does not, itself, give rise to a
Realization.
“ Section 409A ”
means Section 409A of the Code, and the rules, regulations and
guidance thereunder (or any successor provisions
thereto).
“ Securities Act
” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“ Special Award ”
means a retention, new hire or similar award that is granted in the
form of a participation in the Plan.
“ Subsequent Closed-End
Distribution Date ”, with respect to any Plan Interest,
means each date after the Earliest Distribution Date selected as a
Distribution Date for Proceeds relating to Closed-End Investments.
Any such selection may be made from a menu of possible dates
specified by the Firm, in accordance with any rules and procedures
that the Firm establishes.
“ Subsequent Open-End
Distribution Date ”, with respect to any Plan Interest,
means each date after the Earliest Distribution Date selected as a
Distribution Date for Proceeds relating to Open-End Investments.
Any such selection may be made from a menu of possible dates
specified by the Firm, in accordance with any rules and procedures
that the Firm establishes.
“ Total Compensation
” means (i) base salary, commissions and annual bonus,
inclusive of the value of long-term incentive compensation, or what
the Firm designates as “total reward”; and
(ii) for employees who are Investment Representatives or
Financial Advisors of the Global Wealth Management Group, gross
compensation, pre-deductions, inclusive of the value of long-term
incentive compensation, or what the Firm designates as “total
reward”.
“ Total Notional
Investment ” means, with respect to any Participant
Allocation at any time, the interest in the Plan that is
attributable to such Participant Allocation at such time and any
related Notional Advance.
SECTION 3 .
Administration.
(a) The Committee shall administer
the Plan. In addition to other express powers and authorizations
that the Plan confers on the Committee, the Committee shall have
full power and authority, subject to the express provisions of the
Plan, Legal Requirements and contractual provisions binding upon
the Firm and any internal policies and procedures of the
Firm:
(i) to determine the terms and
conditions of each Award Certificate;
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(ii) to determine the pool of
Eligible Persons;
(iii) to construe and interpret the
Plan, any Award Certificate, the International Supplement or any
summary of the foregoing (including any Descriptive
Materials);
(iv) to prescribe, amend, rescind or
waive rules and procedures relating to the Plan with respect to any
and all Participants;
(v) to revise the Morgan Stanley
Applicable Rate and the Participant Applicable Rate;
(vi) to waive any provision of the
Plan or one or more Award Certificates with respect to any and all
Participants;
(vii) to vary the terms and
conditions of participation in the Plan to take account of tax
laws, securities laws and other regulatory requirements of foreign
jurisdictions; and
(viii) to make all other
determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan.
Except as expressly provided for in
the Plan, the Committee’s determinations under the Plan need
not be uniform and may be made selectively among Eligible Persons
and Participants, whether or not such persons are similarly
situated. All determinations by the Committee or the Administrator
pursuant to Section 3(b), in administering, construing or
interpreting the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive for
all purposes and upon all persons.
(b) The Committee may, but need not,
from time to time delegate such of its responsibilities under the
Plan as it deems appropriate to the Administrator; provided,
however , that the Administrator is not authorized to designate
Notional Plan Investments without the concurrence and authorization
of the Investment Committee. In connection with the performance of
their responsibilities under the Plan, the Committee, the
Administrator and the Investment Committee may consult with any
third party they deem necessary or advisable, including any outside
consultant or advisor.
(c) Neither the Firm nor any member
of the Board, the Committee, the Investment Committee, the
Administrator and their respective affiliates and employees shall
be liable in any manner whatsoever in connection with the
administration, construction or interpretation of the Plan, any
Award Certificate or the Descriptive Materials, except for any
liability arising out of such person’s willful misconduct.
Under no circumstances shall any such person be liable for any act
or omission of any other person. In the performance of its, his or
her
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functions with respect to the Plan, each such
person shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice
furnished by the Firm’s officers, the Firm’s
accountants, the Firm’s counsel, the Firm’s tax
advisors and any other person the Committee deems necessary or
advisable, and no such person shall be liable for any action taken
or not taken in reliance upon any such advice.
(d) Any discretionary authority or
obligation pursuant to the Plan shall not be applicable to the
extent such discretionary authority or obligation is prohibited by
Section 409A, or would result in a Participant being required
to recognize income for United States federal income tax purposes
prior to the relevant Distribution Date or would result in a
Participant incurring interest or additional tax under
Section 409A.
SECTION 4 . Participant
Allocation.
(a) In accordance with any rules and
procedures that the Firm establishes, an Eligible Person may be
permitted to express a preference to allocate a portion of the
compensation other than base salary that would otherwise be granted
in the form of Morgan Stanley equity compensation or other
mandatory long-term incentive compensation in respect of such
Fiscal Year to the Plan (an “ Allocation Preference
”). Such Allocation Preference, which such Eligible Person
shall make by submitting a form, including in electronic form (an
“ Allocation Form ”), on or prior to a date
specified on such Allocation Form, shall be irrevocable by the
Eligible Person on or after such date. The Firm, in its sole and
absolute discretion, reserves the right not to give effect to all
or any portion of such Allocation Preference during the one
complete day after such Allocation Preference is irrevocable to the
Eligible Person. The Firm shall give effect to such Eligible
Person’s Allocation Preference in its entirety, subject to
(i) the eligibility criteria as determined by the Committee
and (ii) any adjustment thereto effected by the Firm in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, except to the
extent not giving such effect is not prohibited by
Section 409A and would not result in such Eligible Person
being required to recognize income for United States federal income
tax purposes prior to the relevant Distribution Date or in an
Eligible Person incurring interest or additional tax under
Section 409A. The Firm’s final allocation (“
Allocation ”) of the non-cash component of such
Eligible Person’s Above Base Compensation shall not
constitute a guarantee of Plan participation.
(b) The Firm shall issue to each
Participant an Award Certificate setting forth the terms and
conditions of such Participant’s participation in the
Plan.
(c) Each Participant Allocation
shall accrue notional interest, (A) in the case of a Fiscal
Year Award, at the Participant Applicable Rate from the date that
the annual equity award for such Fiscal Year is granted (or such
other date specified in the applicable Award Certificate), in each
case, unless the Firm determines otherwise in accordance with any
rules and procedures that the Firm establishes or (B) in the
case of a Special Award, the grant date of such Special Award, in
each case: (i) until the Firm notionally allocates such
Participant
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Allocation (or a portion thereof) to one or more
Notional Plan Investments pursuant to Section 7, or
(ii) if the Firm does not notionally invest such Participant
Allocation (or a portion thereof) in one or more Notional Plan
Investments, until the Earliest Distribution Date, on which date
the Firm shall pay such Participant Allocation (or portion thereof)
to such Participant.
(d) Participant Allocations are
intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
By participating in the Plan, each Participant shall be deemed to
acknowledge, represent and warrant to and agree with Morgan
Stanley, and the Firm may require the Participant to affirmatively
acknowledge, represent and warrant to and agree with Morgan
Stanley, as follows:
(i) The Participant received and
carefully reviewed the Descriptive Materials, and the Participant
understands the information contained therein, the risks associated
with a Notional Plan Investment under the Plan and the conflicts
that the Plan may present for the Firm and agrees to be bound by
the terms of the Descriptive Materials;
(ii) The Participant had a
reasonable opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from
a person or persons acting on behalf of Morgan Stanley concerning
the Plan and all such questions were answered to the
Participant’s full satisfaction;
(iii) No oral or written
representations were made to the Participant concerning the Plan
other than as stated in any Award Certificate and/or the
Descriptive Materials, and no oral or written information furnished
to the Participant in connection with the Plan was inconsistent
with the information stated in the Descriptive