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UTi WORLDWIDE INC.
2009 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
Restricted Share Unit Award
Agreement
[Providing for the Withholding of Shares to Satisfy Tax
Liabilities]
(for U.S. residents/taxpayers)
You
(the “ Participant ”) are hereby awarded
Restricted Share Units subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (“
Award ”) and in the UTi Worldwide Inc. 2009 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (“ Plan ”), which is attached
hereto as Exhibit A . A summary of the Plan appears in
the Prospectus, which is attached hereto as Exhibit B .
You should carefully review these documents, and consult with your
personal legal and financial advisors, in order to assure that you
fully understand the terms, conditions, and financial implications
of this Award before executing this Award.
By
executing this Award, you agree to be bound by all of the
Plan’s terms and conditions as if they had been set out
verbatim in this Award. In addition, you recognize and agree that
all determinations, interpretations, or other actions respecting
the Plan and this Award will be made by the Committee and shall be
final, conclusive and binding on all parties, including you and
your successors in interest. Capitalized terms are defined in the
Plan or in this Award.
1.
Specific Terms . This Award shall have, and be
interpreted according to, the following terms, subject to the
provisions of the Plan in all instances:
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Number of
Restricted Share Units Subject to Award
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Service
Requirements for Vesting
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Subject to
acceleration pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3 below and
to forfeiture pursuant to Section 5 below, your rights under
this Award shall become vested and non-forfeitable as follows:
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Section 83(b) Election Permitted
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Yes
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No
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Deferral
Election Permitted
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Yes
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No
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Restricted
Share Unit Award Agreement [ Providing for the Withholding
of
Shares to Satisfy Tax Liabilities ] (for U.S.
residents/taxpayers)
UTi Worldwide Inc.
2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Page 2
2.
Accelerated Vesting upon Death or Disability.
[ If your Continuous Service ends due to your death or
because you become Disabled, you will become partially vested in
the unvested Shares subject to this Award (and will forfeit all
other rights under this Award). The number of unvested Shares in
which your interest will vest will be equal to
. ]
3.
Accelerated Vesting upon Termination without Cause or upon a
Change in Control.
(a) [
Unless otherwise provided in an employment or other similar
agreement between the Company or any of its Affiliates and you then
in effect, in the event your employment is terminated without Cause
at any time, you will become partially vested in the unvested
Shares subject to this Award (and will forfeit all other rights
under this Award). The number of unvested Shares in which your
interest will vest will be equal to
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(b) To the
extent that this Award is assumed or substituted by a Successor
Corporation, unless otherwise provided in an employment or other
similar agreement between the Company or any of its Affiliates and
you then in effect, in the event you are Involuntarily Terminated
on or within 12 months (or such other period set forth in any
applicable employment or similar agreement) following a Change in
Control, then this Award shall
. ]
4.
Satisfaction of Vesting Restrictions . No Shares will
be issued before you complete the requirements that are necessary
for you to vest in the Shares underlying your Restricted Share
Units. As soon as practicable after the date on which your Award
vests in whole or in part, but no later than the 15th day of the
third month following the calendar year in which vesting occurs,
the Company will issue to you or your duly-authorized transferee,
free from vesting restrictions (but subject to such legends as the
Company determines to be appropriate), one Share for each vested
Restricted Share Unit [ , less the number of Shares
cancelled by the Company in connection with the payment of
withholding taxes as provided for in Section 20 below ]
. Fractional shares (including fractional shares resulting from
Sections 6 or 9 of this Award) will not be issued, and cash
shall be paid in lieu thereof. Certificates shall not be delivered
to you unless you have made arrangements satisfactory to the
Committee to satisfy tax-withholding obligations.
5.
Failure of Vesting Restrictions . By executing this
Award, you acknowledge and agree that if your Continuous Service
terminates prior to the date that you satisfy the vesting
requirements for unvested Shares set forth in Section 1 of
this Award (and subject to any accelerated vesting pursuant to
Sections 2 or 3 above), you will irrevocably forfeit any and
all rights to unvested Shares under this Award, and this Award with
respect to such unvested Shares will immediately become null, void,
and unenforceable.
6.
Dividends . Whenever Shares are deliverable to you or
your duly-authorized transferee pursuant to the vesting of the
Shares underlying your Restricted Share Units, you or your
duly-authorized transferee shall also be entitled to receive, with
respect to each Share then vesting [ (including Shares
cancelled by the Company in connection with the payment of
withholding taxes as provided for in Section 20 below)
] a number of additional Shares equal to the sum
of:
Restricted
Share Unit Award Agreement [ Providing for the Withholding
of
Shares to Satisfy Tax Liabilities ] (for U.S.
residents/taxpayers)
UTi Worldwide Inc.
2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
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(i) any per-Share
dividends which were declared and paid in Shares to the
Company’s shareholders of record between the Grant Date and
the date Shares are delivered to you or your duly authorized
transferee pursuant to the particular vesting event for this Award;
and
(ii) the Shares
that you or your duly authorized transferee could have purchased at
their Fair Market Value on the payment date of any cash dividends
if you or your duly authorized transferee had received such cash
dividends with respect to each Share underlying your Restricted
Share Units, between the Grant Date and the date Shares are
delivered to you or your duly authorized transferee pursuant to the
particular vesting event for this Award.
7.
Voting . With respect to the Shares to be issued or
held by you pursuant to this Award, you may not exercise voting
rights until you become the record owner of the Shares.
8.
Section 83(b) Election Notice . To the
extent specifically permitted on the first page of this Award, if
you provide the Company with prior written notice of your intention
to make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with
respect to the Shares underlying your Restricted Share Units (a
“ Section 83(b) election ”) within ten
days after receiving this Award, the Committee shall convert your
Restricted Share Units into Restricted Shares, on a one-for-one
basis, pursuant to the terms of (and in full satisfaction of) this
Award. You may then make a Section 83(b) Election with respect to
those Restricted Shares; provided, that your Section 83(b) Election
will be invalid if not filed with the Company and the appropriate
U.S. tax authorities within 30 days after the Grant Date of this
Award. Exhibit C contains a suggested form of Section
83(b) election. If you make a Section 83(b) election,
then you will be responsible for the satisfaction of all taxes that
arise as a result of the election and you acknowledge that none of
your Shares subject to this Award have vested as of the time of
such Section 83(b) election. Any Restricted Shares issued to you
pursuant to this Section 8 shall be subject to the same
vesting and other restrictions applicable to the Restricted Share
Units granted pursuant this Award (including those set forth in
Sections 1 through 5 of this Award) and any certificates
representing such Restricted Shares shall bear such legends as the
Company determines to be appropriate until all vesting restrictions
lapse and replacement certificates for unrestricted Shares are
issued to you pursuant to Section 4 of this Award.
9.
Deferral Election. To the extent specifically
permitted on the first page of this Award, at an
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