Exhibit 10(k)
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
2003 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PLAN
As Amended October 16, 2008
SECTION 1.
PURPOSE.
The Texas Instruments 2003
Director Compensation Plan is designed to attract and retain
qualified individuals to serve as directors of the Company and to
increase the proprietary and vested interest of such directors in
the growth and performance of the Company.
SECTION 2.
DEFINITIONS.
As used in the Plan, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
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(a)
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“Account” means a Cash Account or Stock Unit Account
established under Section 8 of the Plan.
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(b)
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“Administrator”
means the Board or a committee of
directors designated by the Board to administer the
Plan.
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(c)
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“Award” means any Option, Restricted Stock Unit or other
stock-based award under the Plan.
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(d)
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“Award
Agreement” means
any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document
evidencing any Award granted under the Plan, which may, but need
not, be executed or acknowledged by a Director.
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(e)
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“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as
constituted from time to time.
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(f)
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“Cash
Account” means the
bookkeeping accounts established pursuant to Section 8(b)(i) on
behalf of each Director who elects pursuant to Section 8(b) to have
any of his or her Deferred Compensation credited to a cash
account.
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(g)
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“Change in Control”
means an event when (i) any Person,
alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates or otherwise,
shall become an Acquiring Person otherwise than pursuant to a
transaction or agreement approved by the Board prior to the time
the Acquiring Person became such, or (ii) a majority of the Board
shall change within any 24-month period unless the election or the
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders of each
new director has been approved by a vote of at least a majority of
the directors then still in office who were directors at the
beginning of the period. For the purposes hereof, the terms Person,
Affiliates, Associates and Acquiring Person shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Rights Agreement dated as of June 17,
1998 between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Restricted Stock Unit granted
under this Plan is or becomes subject to Section 409(A) of the
Code, then with respect to such Restricted Stock Unit “Change
in Control” means a change in control event as to the
Company, as defined in Section 409(A) of the Code and the
regulations thereunder.
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(h)
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
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(i)
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“Company” means Texas Instruments Incorporated, together
with any successor thereto.
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(j)
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“Deferred Cash
Compensation” means
that portion of any Director’s Eligible Compensation that is
payable in cash and that he or she elects pursuant to Section 8(a)
to be deferred in accordance with this Plan.
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(k)
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“Deferred Compensation”
means that portion of any
Director’s Eligible Compensation that he or she elects
pursuant to Section 8(a) to be deferred in accordance with this
Plan.
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(l)
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“Director” means a member of the Board who is not an
employee of the Company or any subsidiary thereof.
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(m)
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“Eligible
Compensation” means (i) the cash portion of any compensation
payable by the Company to a Director for his or her services as a
Director but shall not include any reimbursement by the Company of
expenses incurred by a Director incidental to attendance at a
meeting of the Company’s stockholders, the Board, or any
committee of the Board, or of any other expense incurred on behalf
of the Company, (ii) any Restricted Stock Units granted by the
Company after November 30, 2006, to a Director for his or her
services as a Director, and (iii) any dividend equivalents paid on
Restricted Stock Units pursuant to Section 7(b).
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(n)
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“Fair
Market Value” means
the closing price of the Shares on the date specified (or, if there
is no trading on the New York Stock Exchange on such date, then on
the first previous date on which there is such trading) as reported
in “New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions” in
“The Wall Street Journal” or by WSJ.com or Bloomberg
L.P. , or if unavailable, then by reference to any other
source as may be deemed appropriate by the
Administrator.
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(o)
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“G&SR Committee”
means the Governance and Stockholder
Relations Committee of the Board or any successor
committee.
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(p)
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“Option” means an option granted under Section
6.
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(q)
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“Participant”
means an individual who has received
an Award or established an Account under the Plan.
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(r)
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“Plan” means this Texas Instruments 2003 Director
Compensation Plan.
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(s)
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“Post-2004 Account”
means a Cash Account or Stock Unit
Account containing amounts earned and deferred on or after January
1, 2005, and Restricted Stock Units granted after November 30,
2006, the receipt of which a Director has elected to
defer.
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(t)
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“Pre-2005 Account”
means a Cash Account or Stock Unit
Account containing amounts earned and deferred prior to January 1,
2005.
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(u)
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“Restricted Stock Unit”
means a contractual right granted
under Section 7 that is denominated in Shares, each of which
represents a right to receive a Share upon the terms and conditions
set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award
Agreement.
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(v)
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“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Company.
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(w)
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“
Separation from Service” means a termination of
services provided by a Participant as a member of the Board or of
the board of directors of any other member of the controlled group
of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code) which
includes the Company (referred to hereinafter for purposes of this
Section 2(w) as the Company, and such other controlled group
members are referred to as “ERISA Affiliates”), whether
such termination is voluntary or involuntary, as determined by the
Administrator in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h). In
determining whether a Participant has experienced a Separation from
Service as a member of the Board or of a board of directors of an
ERISA Affiliate, the following provisions shall apply:
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If a Director
also provides services to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate as an
employee at the time of his Separation from Service as a member of
the Board, the services such Participant provides as an employee
shall not be taken into account in determining whether the
Participant has a Separation from Service as a Director for
purposes of this Plan (provided that this Plan is not, at the time
of such determination, aggregated under Treas. Reg.
§1.409A-1(c)(2)(ii) with any plan in which the Participant
participates as an employee).
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(ii)
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A Participant
shall be considered to have experienced a termination of services
when the facts and circumstances indicate that the Participant, the
Company and each ERISA Affiliate reasonably anticipate that the
Participant will perform no further services for the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate as a member of the Board (or the board of directors
of any ERISA Affiliate), and the Participant’s term as a
member of the Board has expired.
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(iii)
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If a Director
is also providing additional services to the Company as an
independent contractor, he or she cannot have a Separation from
Service for purposes of Section 409A until he or she has separated
from service both as a Director and as an independent
contractor.
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(x)
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“Shares” shall mean shares of the common stock of the
Company, $1.00 par value.
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(y)
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“Specified Employee”
means any Participant who is
determined to be a “key employee” (as defined under
Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph (5) thereof)
for the applicable period, as determined annually by the
Administrator in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(i). In
determining whether a Participant is a Specified Employee, the
following provisions shall apply:
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Identification
of the individuals who fall within the above-referenced definition
of “key employee” shall be based upon the 12-month
period ending on each December 31 st (referred to below
as the “identification date”). In applying the
applicable provisions of Code Section 416(i) to identify such
individuals, “compensation” shall be determined in
accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.415(c)2(a) without regard to
(i) any safe harbor provided in Treas. Reg. §1.415(c)-2(d),
(ii) any of the special timing rules provided in Treas. Reg.
§1.415(c)-2(e), and (iii) any of the special rules provided in
Treas. Reg. §1.415(c)-2(g); and
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(ii)
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Each
Participant who is among the individuals identified as a “key
employee” in accordance with part (i) of this Section 2(y)
shall be treated as a Specified Employee for purposes of this Plan
if such Participant experiences a Separation from Service during
the 12-month period that begins on the April 1 st
following the applicable identification date.
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(z)
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“Stock
Unit Account” means
the bookkeeping accounts established, pursuant to Section 8(b)(ii),
on behalf of each Director who elects, pursuant to Section 8(b), to
have any of his or her Deferred Cash Compensation credited to a
stock unit account.
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(aa)
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“Unforeseeable Emergency”
means a severe financial hardship to
the Participant resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the
Participant or the Participant’s spouse, beneficiary, or
dependent (as defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to
Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B) of the Code), (ii) loss
of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or (iii) other
similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the Participant’s control, all as
determined by the Administrator based on the relevant facts and
circumstances and as provided for in Treas. Reg.
§1.409A-3(i)(3) or any successor provision.
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(bb)
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“Year” means a calendar year.
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SECTION 3.
ELIGIBILITY.
Each Director shall be eligible
to defer Eligible Compensation and to receive Awards under the
Plan.
SECTION 4.
ADMINISTRATION.
This Plan shall be administered
by the Administrator. Subject to the terms of the Plan and
applicable law, the Administrator shall have full power and
authority to: (i) interpret, construe and administer the Plan and
any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted or
Accounts established under, the Plan; (ii) establish, amend,
suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents
as it deems appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan;
and (iii) make any other determination and take any other action
that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this
Plan. All decisions of the Administrator shall be final, conclusive
and binding upon all parties, including the Company, the
stockholders and the Directors.
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SECTION 5. SHARES SUBJECT TO
THE PLAN.
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Subject to
adjustment as provided below, the number of Shares available for
issuance under the Plan shall be 2,000,000 Shares.
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(b)
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If, after the
effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award or Stock
Unit Account, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or
if such an Award or Account otherwise terminates without the
delivery of Shares, then such Shares, to the extent of any such
forfeiture or termination, shall again be, or shall become,
available for issuance under the Plan.
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(c)
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In the event
that any Award granted hereunder is exercised through the delivery
of Shares, or in the event that withholding tax liabilities arising
from such Award are satisfied by the withholding of Shares by the
Company, the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan
shall be increased by the number of Shares so surrendered or
withheld.
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(d)
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Any Shares
delivered pursuant to an Award or Stock Unit Account may consist,
in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or of
treasury Shares.
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(e)
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In the event
that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of
cash, Shares, other securities, or other property),
recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization,
merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase
or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance
of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities
of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event
affects the Shares such that an adjustment is appropriate in order
to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential
benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the
Administrator shall equitably adjust any or all of (i) the number
of outstanding Restricted Stock Units, (ii) the number and type of
Shares credited to Stock Unit Accounts, (iii) the number and type
of Shares subject to Options, (iv) the exercise price with respect
to any Option or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash
payment to the holder of an outstanding Option, and (v) the
aggregate limit specified in Section 5(a); provided, however, that
no fractional Restricted Stock Units or Shares shall be issued or
outstanding hereunder. Any such adjustment with respect to a
“stock right” outstanding under the Plan, as defined in
Section 409A of the Code, will be made in a manner that is intended
to avoid imposition of any additional tax and penalty under Section
409A.
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SECTION 6.
OPTIONS.
After the effective date of this
Plan, each Director will be granted annually an Option to purchase
7,000 Shares. The Options granted will be nonstatutory stock
options not intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Code and
shall have the following terms and conditions:
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Price and
Term of Options . The
purchase price per share of Shares deliverable upon the exercise of
each Option shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the
Shares on the date the Option is granted. In each Year, the
effective date for the annual grant of options to the
Company’s executive officers by the Compensation Committee of
the Board (or any successor committee) shall be the date Options
are granted; provided that in any Year in which the Compensation
Committee does not grant options in connection with the annual
compensation review process, then the effective date of the first
options granted by the Compensation Committee in such Year shall be
the date Options are granted. Each Option shall have a term not to
exceed ten years from the date of grant.
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Payment . The Secretary shall determine the method or
methods by which, and the form or forms, including, without
limitation, cash, Shares, or other property, or any combination
thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to
the relevant exercise price, in which payment of the exercise price
with respect to an Option may be made or deemed to have been
made.
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(c)
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Exercisability. Subject to Sections 6(d) and 6(e), Options shall
become exercisable in four equal annual installments commencing on
the first anniversary date of the grant.
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Change in
Control . In the event of
a Change in Control, the provisions of Sections 6(c) and 6(e) shall
not apply (except for Section 6(e)(iv)(B), which shall apply) and
Options outstanding under the Plan shall be immediately exercisable
in full and continue to full term.
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(e)
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Termination
of Service as a Director. Except under the circumstances described in
Section 6(d), the effect of a Participant’s termination of
service as a member of the Board shall be as follows:
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(i)
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Termination for
cause: All outstanding Options held by the Participant shall be
canceled immediately upon termination.
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(ii)
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Death: All
outstanding Options held by the Participant shall continue to full
term, becoming exercisable in accordance with Section 6(c), and
shall be exercisable by such Participant’s heirs or legal
representatives.
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(iii)
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Permanent
disability, termination after 8 years of service, termination by
reason of ineligibility to stand for reelection under the
Company’s By-Laws: All outstanding Options held by the
Participant shall continue to full term, becoming exercisable in
accordance with Section 6(c).
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Other: For any
termination other than those specified above, all outstanding
Options held by the Participant shall be exercisable for 30 days
after the date of termination, only to the extent that such Options
were exercisable on the date of termination, except as
follows:
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(A)
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If the
Participant dies within 30 days after his or her termination, then
such Participant’s heirs may exercise the Options for a
period of up to one year after the Participant’s death, but
only to the extent any unexercised portion was exercisable on the
date of termination.
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(B)
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If the
Participant’s termination occurs within 30 days before the
effective date of a Change in Control, then the Change in Control
will be deemed to have occurred first and the Options outstanding
shall be immediately exercisable in full by the Participant as of
the date of the Change in Control and continue to full
term.
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Option
Agreement . Each Option
granted hereunder shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement with the
Company, which shall contain the terms and provisions set forth
herein and shall otherwise be consistent with the provisions of the
Plan.
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SECTION 7. RESTRICTED STOCK
UNITS.
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(a)
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Grants of
Restricted Stock Units .
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(i)
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Following the
effective date of this Plan, each Director shall, effective as of
the date of such individual’s initial election or appointment
to the Board, be granted 2,000 Restricted Stock Units.
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(ii)
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Effective
November 30, 2006, each Director shall also be granted annually
2,500 Restricted Stock Units. In each Year, the effective date for
the annual grant of restricted stock units to the Company’s
executive officers by the Compensation Committee of the Board (or
any successor committee) shall be the date Restricted Stock Units
are granted; provided that in any Year in which the Compensation
Committee does not grant restricted stock units in connection with
the annual compensation review process, then the effective date of
the first restricted stock units granted by the Compensation
Committee in such Year shall be the date Restricted Stock Units are
granted.
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(iii)
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Each Restricted
Stock Unit granted pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall be paid or
settled by the issuance of one Share.
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(iv)
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Vesting and
Settlement.
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(A)
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Restricted
Stock Units granted prior to November 30, 2006:
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(1)
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Vesting.
Restricted Stock Units granted prior to November 30, 2006, shall
vest upon the earliest to occur of (I) the member of the Board
reaching the age at which he or she is ineligible under the
Company’s By-Laws to stand for reelection to the Board, (II)
completion of eight years of service as the member of the Board,
(III) the death or disability of the member of the Board, and (IV)
a Change in Control as defined in Section 2(g). In the event the
recipient of a Restricted Stock Unit terminates Board service prior
to the events described in (I) or (II) of this Section
7(a)(iv)(A)(1), for reasons other than death or disability, the
recipient’s Restricted Stock Units shall terminate and all of
the rights, title and interest of the recipient thereunder shall be
forfeited in their entirety.
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(2)
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Settlement.
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