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Exhibit
10.4
SARA LEE
CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM
(FY08-10
EMLTIP)
Grant Notice and
Agreement
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This Performance-Based Restricted
Stock Unit (PSU) Grant Notice and Agreement, made this
August 30, 2007 (“Award Date”), by Sara Lee
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“Company”) to you
is evidence of an award made under the Sara Lee Corporation 1998
Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan (“Plan”) which is
incorporated into this “Grant Notice and Agreement” by
reference. A copy of the Plan and the FY08-10 EMLTIP Program
Description (“Program Description”) have been or will
be provided to you and are also available from the Sara Lee
Corporate Compensation Department.
1. Performance-Based
Restricted Stock Unit Award. Subject to the restrictions,
limitations, terms and conditions specified in the Program
Description, the Plan and this Grant Notice and Agreement, the
Company hereby awards to you as of the Award Date:
Performance Stock Units (PSUs)
which are considered Stock Awards under
the Plan (the “Award”). The vesting of this Award is
based both upon your continued service with the Company or any of
its subsidiaries (collectively the “Sara Lee
Companies”) and the Company’s performance during the
“Performance Cycle”, as detailed in the Program
Description, and therefore the actual number of PSUs ultimately
released, if any, is determined at the end of the Performance
Cycle. Prior to the date the PSUs vest (“Vesting
Date”), the PSUs are not transferable by you by means of
sale, assignment, exchange, pledge, or otherwise.
2. Acceptance of Terms and
Conditions. By acknowledging and accepting this Award, you
agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained in this
Grant Notice and Agreement, the Plan and the Program Description
and any and all conditions established by the Company in connection
with Awards issued under the Plan and the Program Description, and
understand that this Award neither confers any legal or equitable
right (other than those rights constituting the Award itself)
against the Company directly or indirectly, nor does it give rise
to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company. In
order to vest in the Award described in this Grant Notice and
Agreement, you must have accepted this Award.
3. Dividend
Equivalents. Subject to the restrictions, limitations and
conditions as described in the Plan and the Program Description,
dividend equivalents payable on the PSUs will be accrued (in cash,
without interest) on your behalf at the time that dividends are
otherwise paid to owners of Sara Lee Corporation common
stock.
4. Distribution of the
Award. If the distribution is subject to tax withholding, such
taxes will be settled by withholding cash and/or a number of shares
with a market value not less than the amount of such taxes. Any
cash from dividend equivalents remaining after withholding taxes
are paid will be paid in cash to you. The net number of shares of
Sara Lee Corporation common stock to be distributed will be
delivered to your electronic stock plan account as soon as
practicable after the Vesting Date. If withholding of taxes is not
required, none will be taken and the gross number of shares will be
distributed. You are personally responsible for the proper
reporting and payment of all taxes related to this
distribution.
5. Election to Defer
Distribution. If the distribution is subject to U.S. tax law,
you may elect to defer the distribution of all of the PSUs. Such
election must be received by the Company in the form required by
the Company no later than 30 days after the Award Date and is
contingent upon the Company’s allowing deferrals into the
Sara Lee Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the
“Deferred Compensation Plan”) at that time. The
deferral, if elected, will result in the transfer of the PSUs into
the Deferred Compensation Plan’s Stock Equivalent Fund in
effect at the time the PSUs would have otherwise been distributed.
The Deferred Compensation Plan rules will govern the administration
of this Award beginning on the date the PSUs are credited to the
Deferred Compensation Plan.
6. Death, Total Disability
or Retirement. If you cease active employment with the Sara Lee
Companies, because of your death or permanent and total disability
(as defined under the appropriate disability benefit plan, if
applicable), the Award will continue to vest and be distributed to
your estate at the same time as it is to other Participants. In the
case of your attaining age 55 or older and, if you have at least 10
years of service with the Sara Lee Companies when your employment
terminates or attain age 65, regardless of service, the Award will
continue to vest after your termination. These provisions apply
only to Awards under this Grant Notice and Agreement; other types
of awards may have different provisions.
7. Involuntary
Termination, Voluntary Termination and Non-Severance Event
Termination. The following provisions apply only to the Award
granted herein; other types of Awards may have different
provisions.
(a) Involuntary
Termination . If your employment with the Sara Lee
Companies is terminated and you are eligible to receive severance
benefits under the Sara Lee Corporation Severance Plan for
Corporate Officers, the Severance Pay Plan, the Severance Pay Plan
for Executives, the Severance Pay Plan for Certain Events or any
other written severance plan of the Company (collectively, a
“Severance Event Termination”), you must have completed
at least twelve full months of active service during the
Performance Cycle to be eligible to receive a pro-rated
distribution based upon your active service and the Company’s
performance results. If the twelve months of active service
requirement is not met, all the PSUs under this grant will be
canceled.
In the event your employment
with the Sara Lee Companies is terminated as a resu
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