2009/2011 PERFORMANCE SHARE
AGREEMENT
This 2009/2011
Performance Share Agreement (“Agreement”) is effective
as of July 20, 2009, by and between AMR Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Corporation”), and [FIRST NAME LAST
NAME], employee number [EMPLOYEE NUMBER] (the
“Employee” or the “Recipient”), an officer
or key employee of one of the Corporation’s
Subsidiaries.
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the 2009/2011 Performance Share Plan for Officers and
Key Employees (the “Plan”) adopted by the Compensation
Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation (the “Board”), the Committee has
determined to make an award to the Employee (subject to the terms
of the Plan and this Agreement), as an inducement for the Employee
to remain an employee of one of the Corporation’s
Subsidiaries during the time frame of 2009 - 2011 and to retain and
motivate such Employee during such employment.
This Agreement
sets forth the terms and conditions attendant to the Award under
the Plan.
1.
Grant of Award . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Plan and the AMR Corporation 2009
Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the “LTIP”), the
Recipient is hereby granted an award (the “Award”)
effective as of July 20, 2009 (the “Grant Date”), in
respect to [NUMBER] shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock
(“Common Stock”). The Award shall vest, if
at all, in accordance with Section 2 of this
Agreement. On or about the date the Award vests (if at
all), the Recipient will receive a payment from the Corporation of
a combination of cash and/or Common Stock. The Committee
will determine the amount of the Award to be paid in cash, if any
(the “Cash Award”), and the amount of the Award to be
settled in shares of Common Stock, if any (the “Stock
Distribution”). Any such Cash Award will be paid
on or about April 30, 2012 (such Cash Award will be made pursuant
to the Annual Incentive Plan, as applicable). The Stock
Distribution will be paid on or about April 18, 2012 (such Stock
Distribution will be made from shares available for issuance under
the LTIP and/or another equity compensation
plan). Subject to Section 2 below and the terms of the
Plan, the sum of the Cash Award and the Stock Distribution will
equal the product of: (a) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
on April 18, 2012, and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock
comprising the Award.
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Vesting and
Distribution.
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(a) The
Award will vest, if at all, in accordance with Schedule A, attached
hereto and made a part of this Agreement.
(b) In
the event the Employee’s employment with one of the
Corporation’s Subsidiaries is terminated prior to the end of
the measurement period set forth in Schedule A (the
“Measurement Period”) due to his or her death,
Disability, Retirement (subject to the second paragraph of Section
4) or termination not for Cause (each an “Early
Termination”), the Award will vest, if at all, on a pro-rata
basis and will be paid to the Employee (or, in the event of the
Employee’s death, the Employee’s designated beneficiary
for purposes of the Award, or in the absence of an effective
beneficiary designation, the Employee’s
estate). The pro-rata basis will be a percentage where:
(i) the denominator of which is 36, and (ii) the numerator of which
is the number of months from January 1, 2009 through the month of
Early Termination, inclusive. The cash and/or Common
Stock subject to this pro-rata Award will be paid to the Recipient
at the same time as Cash Awards and Stock Distributions under the
Plan are paid to then current employees who have Awards under the
Plan, subject to Section 2(f) of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
will a payment be provided to the Employee unless and until the
Employee’s Retirement or termination not for Cause
constitutes a “separation from service” for purposes of
Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h) or successor guidance
thereto.
(c) In
the event the Recipient’s employment with one of the
Corporation’s Subsidiaries is terminated for Cause, or if the
Recipient terminates such employment with such Subsidiary prior to
his or her Retirement, each occurring prior to April 18, 2012, the
Award shall be forfeited in its entirety.
(d) If, prior to April
18, 2012, the Recipient becomes an employee of a Subsidiary that is
not wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, or if
the Recipient begins a leave of absence without reinstatement
rights, then in each case the Award shall be forfeited in its
entirety.
(e) In the event of a
Change in Control of the Corporation prior to the payment of the
cash and/or Common Stock subject to the Award, such payment will be
made within 60 days of the date of the Change in
Control. In such event, the vesting date will be the
date of the Change in Control.
(f) Notwithstanding
the third sentence of Section 2(b) above, if the Employee is a
“specified employee” pursuant to Treasury Regulation
1.409A-1(i) or successor guidance thereto, any payment on account
of his or her Retirement or termination not for Cause shall not be
paid until following the earlier of: (i) the sixth month
anniversary of the date of separation from employment due to
Retirement or termination not for Cause or (ii) the date of the
Employee’s death.
(g) To the extent the
Cash Award and/or Stock Distribution subject to the Award is
otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement and except as
otherwise provided herein, such Cash Award and/or Stock
Distribution will be paid on the applicable dates and events
specified herein (each a “Payment Date”); provided,
however, in no event shall any such payment be made later than the
15th day of the third month of the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the Payment Date
occurs.
3.
Transfer Restrictions . This Award is
non-transferable, other than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, and may not otherwise be assigned, pledged or
hypothecated and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or
similar process. Upon any attempt by the Recipient (or
the Recipient’s successor in interest after the
Recipient’s death) to effect any such disposition, or upon
the levy of any such process, the Award may immediately become null
and void and of no further validity, at the discretion of the
Committee.
4.
Miscellaneous . This Agreement (a) shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of any successor of the Corporation, (b) shall
be governed by the laws of the State of Texas and any applicable
laws of the United States, and (c) may not be amended without the
written consent of both the Corporation and the
Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement
may be amended from time to time without the written consent of the
Employee pursuant to Section 8 below and as permitted by the Plan
or the LTIP. No contract or right of employment shall be
implied by this Agreement.
In the event the Employee’s employment is
terminated by reason of Early or Normal Retirement and the Employee
is subsequently employed by a competitor (as determined in the
Board’s discretion) of the Corporation or any of its
Subsidiaries prior to the complete payment of the cash and/or
Common Stock subject to the Award, the Corporation reserves the
right, upon notice to the Employee, to declare the Award forfeited
and of no further validity.
In
consideration of the Employee’s privilege to participate in
the Plan and receive the Award under this Agreement, the Employee
agrees: (i) not to disclose any trade secrets of, or other
confidential or restricted information of the Corporation or any of
its Subsidiaries to any unauthorized party; (ii) not to make any
unauthorized use of such trade secrets or confidential or
restricted information during or after his or her employment with
any Subsidiary of the Corporation; and (iii) not to solicit any
then current employees of any Subsidiary of the Corporation to join
the employee at his or her new place of employment after such
employment has terminated. In addition to all other
rights and remedies available to the Corporation, the failure by
the employee to abide by the foregoing obligations shall result in
his or her award being forfeited in its entirety.
The Employee
shall not have the right to defer any payment of the Cash Award or
the Stock Distribution. Except as provided in this
Agreement, the Committee and Corporation shall not accelerate the
payment