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Exhibit 10.154
TRANSFERABLE
OPTION
Terms
Rev. II
TIFFANY & CO.
a Delaware Corporation
(the
"Company")
TERMS OF STOCK OPTION AWARD
(Transferable Non-Qualified Option)
under the
TIFFANY & CO.
2008 DIRECTORS EQUITY COMPENSATION
PLAN
(the "Plan")
Terms Adopted May 21, 2009
1. Introduction and Terms
of Option. Participant has been
granted a
Non-Qualified Stock Option Award (the
"Option") to purchase shares of the
Company's Common Stock ("Shares") under the Plan by the
Nominating /Corporate
Governance Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the
"Committee"). The
"Participant", the "Grant Date", the
number of "Covered Shares" and the
"Exercise Price" per Share are stated in the
attached "Notice of Grant". The
other terms and conditions of the Option are stated in this
document and in the
Plan. Certain initially capitalized words and phrases used in
this document are
defined in paragraph 10 below and elsewhere in this document.
2. Award and Exercise Price. Subject to the terms and
conditions stated in this
document, the Option gives Participant the right to purchase
the Covered Shares
from the Company at the Exercise Price.
3. Earliest Date for Exercise. The Option is
exercisable on the first business
day following the Grant Date.
4. Expiration. The Option shall not be
exercisable in part or in whole on or
after the Expiration Date. The
"Expiration Date" shall be the
ten-year
anniversary of the Grant Date.
5. Methods of Option Exercise. The Option may be
exercised in whole or in part
as to any Covered Shares (but not as to a fractional share)
by filing a written
notice of exercise with the
Secretary of the Company at its
corporate
headquarters prior to the Expiration Date. Such notice shall
specify the number
of Covered Shares which the
Participant elects to purchase and shall
be
accompanied by either of the following:
a. a bank-certified check payable to the
Company (or other type of
check or draft payable to the Company
and acceptable to the
Secretary) in the amount of the Exercise
Price for the Shares
being exercised; or
b. a copy of directions to, or a
written acknowledgment from, an
Approved Broker that the Approved Broker has
been directed to
sell, for the account of the owner of the Option,
Shares (or a
sufficient portion of the Shares) acquired upon
exercise of the
Option, together with an undertaking by the
Approved Broker to
remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds
to
pay the Exercise Price for the Shares exercised.
Tiffany & Co. 2008 Directors Equity Plan: 5/21/09
Rev.
II
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In the case of exercise via method (a), the exercise shall be
deemed complete on
the Company's receipt of such notice and said
check or draft. In the case of
exercise via method (b), the exercise shall be deemed complete on
the trade date
of the sale. The Committee may approve other methods of
exercise, as provided
for in the Plan, before the Option is exercised.
6. Withholding. Distribution
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