EXHIBIT 10.13
WALGREEN CO.
LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
EMPLOYEE: __________________
AWARD
DATE: __________________
TOTAL NUMBER
OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS: _________
VESTING
DATE: [Third anniversary of Award Date]
This document
(referred to below as the “Agreement” or the
“Award Agreement”) spells out the terms and conditions
of the Restricted Stock Unit Award provided by Walgreen Co.
, an Illinois corporation (the “Company”), to the
individual employee designated above (the “Employee”)
pursuant to the Walgreen Co. Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan
and related plan documents (the “Plan”) on and as of
the Award Date designated above. Except as otherwise
defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the
respective meanings set forth in the Plan.
The parties
hereto agree as follows:
1.
Grant of Restricted Stock
Units . Pursuant to the approval and
direction of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s
Board of Directors (the “Committee”) under Sections
3.2, 5 and 6 of the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the
Employee, the number of restricted stock units specified above (the
“Restricted Stock Units”), subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.
2.
Restrictions
. The Restricted Stock
Units may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise
alienated or hypothecated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or
by operation of law. The Employee shall have no rights
in the shares of Company common stock (the “Common
Stock”) underlying the Restricted Stock Units until the
termination of the applicable Period of Restriction (as defined in
Section 4 below) or as otherwise provided in the Plan or this
Agreement. The Employee shall not have any voting rights
with respect to the Restricted Stock Units.
3.
Restricted Stock Unit Account and
Dividend Equivalents . The Company shall maintain an
account (the “Account”) on its books in the name of the
Employee. Such Account shall reflect the number of
Restricted Stock Units awarded to the Employee as well as any
additional Restricted Stock Units credited as a result of dividend
equivalents, administered as follows:
(a)
The Account shall be for
recordkeeping purposes only, and no assets or other amounts shall
be set aside from the Company’s general assets with respect
to such Account.
(b)
As of each record date with respect
to which a cash dividend is to paid with respect to shares of
Common Stock, the Company shall credit the Employee’s Account
with an equivalent amount of Restricted Stock Units based upon the
value of Common Stock on such date.
(c)
If dividends are paid in the form of
shares of Common Stock rather than cash, then the Employee will be
credited with one additional Restricted Stock Unit for each share
of Common Stock that would have been received as a dividend had the
Employee’s outstanding Restricted Stock Units been shares of
Common Stock.
(d)
Additional Restricted Stock Units
credited via dividend equivalents shall vest or be forfeited at the
same time as the Restricted Stock Units to which they
relate.
4.
Period of Restriction
. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, unless vested or
forfeited earlier as described in Section 5, 6, 7 or 8 of this
Agreement, as applicable, the Restricted Stock Units awarded
hereunder shall become vested and settled as described in Section 9
below, as of the vesting date or dates indicated in the
introduction to this Agreement. The period prior to the
vesting date with respect each Restricted Stock Unit is referred to
as the “Period of Restriction.”
5.
Vesting upon Termination due to
Disability or Death . If, while the Restricted Stock
Units are subject to a Period of Restriction, the Employee
terminates employment with the Company (or a Subsidiary of the
Company if the Employee is then in the employ of such Subsidiary)
by reason of Disability (as defined in the Plan) or death, then any
portion of the Restricted Stock Units subject to a Period of
Restriction shall become fully vested as of the date of employment
termination without regard to the Period of Restriction set forth
in Section 4 of this Agreement. The term
“Subsidiary” is defined in the Plan and means a
corporation with respect to which the Company directly or
indirectly owns 50% or more of the voting power.
6.
Vesting upon Termination due to
Retirement . If, while the Restricted Stock
Units are subject to a Period of Restriction, the Employee
terminates employment with the Company (or a Subsidiary of the
Company if the Employee is then in the employ of such Subsidiary)
by reason of Retirement (as defined in the Plan), then a pro-rated
portion of the Restricted Stock Units subject to a Period of
Restriction shall become fully vested as of the date of employment
termination without regard to the Period of Restriction set forth
in Section 4 of this Agreement. Such pro-rated
portion shall equal the number of Restricted Stock Units,
multiplied by a fraction equal to the number of full months
completed between the Award Date and the Employee’s
retirement date, divided by the number of full months from the
Award Date through the Vesting Date. The remaining
Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited as of the
Employee’s termination of employment due to
Retirement.
7.
Forfeiture upon Termination due
to Reason other than Retirement, Disability or Death
. If, while the
Restricted Stock Units are subject to a Period of Restriction, the
Employee’s employment with the Company (or a Subsidiary of
the Company if the Employee is then in the employ of such
Subsidiary) terminates for a reason other than the Employee’s
Retirement, Disability or death, then the Employee shall forfeit
any portion of the Restricted Stock Units that is subject to a
Period of Restriction on the date of such employment
termination.
8.
Vesting upon Change in
Control . In
the event of a “Change in Control” of the Company, as
defined in Section 11.2 of the Plan, pursuant to Section 11.1 of
the Plan the Restricted Stock Units shall cease to be subject to
the Period of Restriction set forth in Section 4 of this
Agreement. To the extent the Restricted Stock Units are
deemed deferred compensation subject to Internal Revenue Code
Section 409A, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have
occurred for purposes of this Agreement unless the underlying
transaction or transactions constitute a qualifying change in
control in accordance with the definition set forth in Code Section
409A and the regulations issued thereunder.
9.
Settlement of Vested Restricted
Stock Units . Subject to the requirements of
Sections 12 and 13 below, as promptly as practicable after
Restricted Stock Units cease to be subject to a Period of
Restriction in accordance with Section 4, 5, or 6 of this
Agreement, the Company shall transfer to the Employee one share of
Common Stock for each Restricted Stock Unit becoming vested at such
time; provided, however, the Company may withhold shares otherwise
transferable to the Employee to the extent necessary to satisfy
withholding taxes in accordance with Section 12
below. The Employee shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock Units awarded
hereunder prior to the date of issuance to the Employee of a
certificate or certificates for such
shares. Certificates for the shares of Common Stock
shall be issued and delivered to the Employee, the Employee’s
legal representative, or a brokerage account for the benefit of the
Employee, as the case may be, or such shares may be held in book
entry form. Restricted Stock Units payable under this
Agreement are intended to be exempt from Internal Revenue Code
Section 409A under the exemption for short-term
deferrals. Accordingly, Restricted Stock Units will be
settled no later than the 15 th day of the third month following the later of
(i) the end of the Employee’s taxable year in which the
Restricted Stock Units cease to be subject to a Period of
Restriction, or (ii) the end of the fiscal year of the Company in
which the Restricted Stock Units cease to be subject to a Period of
Restriction.
10.
Settlement Following Change in
Control . Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, in connection with or after the
occurrence of a Change in Control as defined in Section 11.2 of the
Plan, the Company may, in its sole discretion, fulfill its
obligation with respect to all or any portion of the Restricted
Stock Units that cease to be subject to a Period of Restriction in
accordance with Section 8 above, by:
(a)
delivery of (i) the number of shares
of Common Stock that corresponds with the number of Restricted
Stock Units that have ceased to be subject to a Period of
Restriction or (ii) such other ownership interest as such shares of
Common Stock that correspond with the vested Restricted Stock Units
may be converted into by virtue of the Change in Control
transaction in accordance with Section 9 above;
(b)
payment of cash in an amount equal
to the fair market value of the Common Stock that corresponds with
the number of vested Restricted Stock Units at that time;
or
(c)
delivery of any combination of
shares of Common Stock (or other converted ownership interest) and
cash having an aggregate fair market value equal to the fair market
value of the Common Stock that corresponds with the number of
Restricted Stock Units that have become vested at that
time.
11.
Adjustment in
Capitalization . In the event of any change in the
Common Stock of the Company, the provisions of Section 10.2 of the
Plan shall govern such that the number of Restricted Stock Units
subject to this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted by the
Committee.
12.
Tax Withholding
. Whenever a Period of
Restriction applicable to the Employee’s rights to some or
all of the Restricted Stock Units lapses as provided in Section 4,
5, 6 or 8 of this Agreement, the Company or its agent shall notify
the Employee of the related amount of tax that must be withheld
under applicable tax laws. Regardless of any action the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company, or the Employee’s employer
takes with respect to any or all income tax, social security,
payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding
(“Tax”) that the Employee is required to bear pursuant
to all applicable laws, the Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees
that the ultimate liability for all Tax is and remains the
responsibility of the Employee.
Prior to
receipt of any shares that correspond to Restricted Stock Units
that vest in accordance with this Agreement, the Employee shall pay
or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or
any Subsidiary of the Company to satisfy all withholding and
payment on account obligations of the Company and/or any Subsidiary
of the Company. In this regard, the Employee authorizes
the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company to withhold all
applicable Tax legally payable by the Employee from the
Employee’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the
Employee by the Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company or
from the proceeds of the sale of shares. Alternatively
or in addition, the Company may sell or arrange for the sale of
Common Stock that the Employee is due to acquire to satisfy the
withholding obligation for Tax and/or withhold any Common
Stock. Finally, the Employee agrees to pay the Company
or any Subsidiary of the Company any amount of any Tax that the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may be required to
withhold as a result of the Employee’s participation in the
Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously
described. The Company may refuse to deliver Common
Stock if the Employee fails to comply with its obligations in
connection with the tax as described in this section.
The Company
advises the Employee to consult his or her legal and/or tax
advisors with respect to the tax consequences for the Employee
under the Plan.
13.
Securities Laws
. This award is a private
offer that may be accepted only by an individual who is an employee
of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and who satisfies the
eligibility requirements outlined in the Plan and the
Committee’s administrative procedures. If a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, is not in effect with respect to the shares of Common
Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Employee hereby
represents that he or she is acquiring the shares of Common Stock
for invest