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HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED AMENDED AND RESTATED 2002 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT

Option Agreement

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Title: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED AMENDED AND RESTATED 2002 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 9/1/2009
Industry: Audio and Video Equipment     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED AMENDED AND RESTATED 2002 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT, Parties: harman international industries inc /de/ , harman international industries  incorporated
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Exhibit 10.5

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2002 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT

THIS RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 1, 2009, is entered into between HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Dinesh Paliwal (“Grantee”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to those terms in the Company’s Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

A. Grantee is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company; and

B. The execution of this Agreement in the form hereof has been authorized by the Compensation and Option Committee of the Board (the “Committee”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Company and Grantee agree as follows:

 

1.

Grant of Restricted Share Units . Subject to and upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Grantee 81,967 Restricted Share Units (the “Grant”). Each Restricted Share Unit shall represent the right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). This Agreement constitutes an “Evidence of Award” under the Plan.

 

2.

Date of Grant . The effective date of the Grant is September 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”).

 

3.

Restrictions on Transfer of Restricted Share Units . Neither the Restricted Share Units granted hereby nor any interest therein shall be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

4.

Vesting of Restricted Share Units .

 

 

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Restricted Share Units shall become nonforfeitable on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant (the “Vesting Date”), unless earlier forfeited in accordance with Section 5.


 

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4(a) above, all Restricted Share Units, to the extent not previously forfeited, shall become immediately nonforfeitable upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below). A “Change in Control” means the occurrence, while the Grantee remains employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, of any of the following events:

 

 

(i)

the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Voting Shares”); provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 4(b)(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any issuance of Voting Shares directly from the Company that is approved by the Incumbent Board (as defined in Section 4(b)(ii) below), (B) any acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of Voting Shares, (C) any acquisition of Voting Shares by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary or (D) any acquisition of Voting Shares by any Person pursuant to a Business Combination that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 4(b)(iii) below;

 

 

(ii)

individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a Director after the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors then constituting the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall be deemed to have been a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 

 

(iii)

consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or other transaction (each, a “Business Combination”), unless, in each case, immediately following the Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of Voting Shares immediately prior to the Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Shares of the entity resulting from the Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (B) no Person (other than the Company, such entity resulting from the Business Combination, or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, any Subsidiary or such entity resulting from the Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Shares of

 

2


 

the entity resulting from the Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the entity resulting from the Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for the Business Combination; or

 

 

(iv)

approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, except pursuant to a Business Combination that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 4(b)(iii) hereof.

 

5.

Forfeiture of Restricted Share Units .

 

 

(a)

Except as otherwise described in this Section 5, any of the Restricted Share Units that remain forfeitable in accordance with Section 4 hereof shall be forfeited if Grantee ceases for any reason to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary at any time prior to such units becoming nonforfeitable in accordance with Section 4 hereof, unless the Committee determines to provide otherwise at the time of the cessation of the Grantee’s employment; provided, however, that such amounts shall become fully nonforfeitable if the Grantee’s employment ter


 
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