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:
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1.
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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.
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2.
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Date of
Grant . The effective
date of the Grant is September 1, 2009 (the “Date of
Grant”).
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3.
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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.
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4.
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Vesting of
Restricted Share Units .
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(a)
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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.
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(b)
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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:
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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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
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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
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(iv)
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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.
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5.
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Forfeiture
of Restricted Share Units .
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(a)
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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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