Exhibit 10.4
ADOBE
SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
AMENDED 1994 PERFORMANCE AND
RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
2007
PERFORMANCE SHARE PROGRAM
AWARD GRANT
NOTICE
Adobe Systems
Incorporated (the “Company” ), pursuant to
its 2007 Performance Share Program (the “Program” ) under its
Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“Plan” ),
hereby awards to Participant the award (the “ Award ”) set forth below.
This Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set
forth herein and in the Performance Share Award Agreement, the
Program and the Plan, all of which are attached hereto and
incorporated herein in their entirety. Unless otherwise
defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth
in the Plan or the Program, as applicable.
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Participant:
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Date of
Grant:
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Vesting Commencement
Date
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Number of Shares of
Stock Subject to Target Award:
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shares of Stock
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Number of Shares of
Stock Subject to Maximum Award:
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200% of number of
shares of Stock subject to Target Award
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Performance
Period:
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Determination of Actual
Award: On the Certification Date, and provided
that (i) the specified level of applicable Performance Goals is
attained during the Performance Period and (ii) Participant
continues to render Service to the Company or any other
Participating Company through the Certification Date, the Company
shall credit Participant with an Actual Award representing the
number of shares of Stock (which may be equal to all or a portion
(including none) of the Maximum Award) as determined by the
Committee based on the degree of achievement of the Other
Performance Goals set forth on Exhibit A to the Program and
the limitations set forth in Section 5 of the Performance Share
Award Agreement.
Vesting
Schedule: The Actual Award shall vest as to
1/4th of the shares of Stock subject to the Actual Award on the
later of (i) the Certification Date and (ii) the one year
anniversary of the
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(the “ First Vesting
Date ”), and thereafter as to 1/4 th
of the shares of Stock subject to the Actual Award on each of
the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the
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(each such date, a “ Vesting
Date ”), so that the Actual Award will be fully
vested as of the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement
Date; provided, however, that the Participant continues to
render Service to the Company or any other Participating Company
through each such vesting date.
Delivery of Shares
: Subject to the limitations contained herein and the
provisions of the Plan and the Program, the Company shall deliver
to the Participant the vested shares of Stock subject to the Actual
Award as provided in Section 3 of the Performance Share Award
Agreement.
Additional
Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned
Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to,
this Award Grant Notice, the Performance Share Award Agreement, the
Program and the Plan. Participant further acknowledges that
as of the Date of Grant, this Award Grant Notice, the Performance
Share Award Agreement, the Program, and the Plan set forth the
entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding
the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on
that subject with the exception of (i) awards previously granted to
Participant under the Plan, and (ii) the following agreements
only:
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ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED:
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PARTICIPANT:
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By:
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Signature
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Signature
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Title:
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Date:
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Date:
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ATTACHMENTS:
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Performance Share Award
Agreement, 2007 Performance Share Program and Amended 1994
Performance and Restricted Stock Plan
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ADOBE
SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
AMENDED 1994 PERFORMANCE AND
RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
2007
PERFORMANCE SHARE PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD
AGREEMENT
Pursuant to the
Award Grant Notice ( “Grant
Notice” ) and this Performance Share Award Agreement
( “Award
Agreement” ), Adobe Systems Incorporated (the
“Company” ) has
awarded you, pursuant to its 2007 Performance Share Program (the
“Program” )
under its Amended 1994 Performance and Restricted Stock Plan (the
“Plan” ), the
Maximum Award as indicated in the Grant Notice. Unless
otherwise defined herein or in the Grant Notice, capitalized terms
shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan or the Program, as
applicable.
The details of
your Award are as follows.
1.
ENTITLEMENT TO SHARES.
(a)
Actual Award . Provided that (i) the specified level
of applicable Performance Goals is achieved during the Performance
Period and (ii) you continue to render Service to the Company or
any other Participating Company through the Certification Date,
then, subject to the limitations contained herein and to the
provisions of the Program and the Plan, you shall be credited with
an Actual Award on the Certification Date equal to all or a portion
(including none) of the Maximum Award, with a reduction from the
Maximum Award determined by the Committee based on the degree of
achievement of the Other Performance Goals set forth on Exhibit
A to the Program and, as applicable, based on any reduction
pursuant to Section 5 of this Award Agreement. If the
Committee does reduce the Maximum Award on account of the degree of
achievement of Other Performance Goals, you will be credited with a
portion (or none) of the shares of Stock subject to the Maximum
Award; provided, however, that (i) if a specified level of
Performance Goals is not achieved during the Performance Period,
you will not be credited with or receive any shares of Stock, and
(ii) the maximum number of shares of Stock for which you may be
credited as an Actual Award will in no event exceed the Maximum
Award.
(b)
Vesting . The Actual Award shall be subject to vesting
in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth on the Grant
Notice, subject to such acceleration as provided in Section 1(c) or
7 below.
(c)
Disability or Death .
(i)
If your Service terminates on or prior to the Certification Date by
reason of death or Disability, you (or your heirs in the case of
death) will be credited with a pro-rated Actual Award equal to that
number of shares of Stock that you would have been credited with if
you had remained in Service until the Certification Date based on
the actual achievement of the Performance Goals and Other
Performance Goals, with pro-ration made based on the number of
months of Service (rounded up for any partial months of Service)
you provided in the Performance Period prior to termination (but in
no event shall you be credited with more than 12
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months of Service
during the Performance Period). You will be deemed to have
vested in that 1/4th of the shares of Stock subject to the Actual
Award that would have vested on the First Vesting Date.
(ii)
If your Service terminates on or after the Certification Date, you
will be deemed to have vested in that 1/4th of the shares of Stock
subject to the Actual Award that would have vested on the next
Vesting Date (which may be the First Vesting Date if the
Certification Date occurs prior to the first anniversary of the
Vesting Commencement Date).
(iii)
The shares of Stock subject to an Actual Award that vests pursuant
to this Section 1(c) shall be issued and delivered to you (or your
heirs in the case of death) at such time as such shares would
normally be issued pursuant to Section 3 below.
2.
DIVIDENDS. Except as provided in Section 6 below, you
shall not receive or be credited with any payment or other
adjustment in the number of shares subject to the Actual Award for
Dividends (as defined in Section 10 of the Plan) that may be made
in respect of the shares of Stock to which your Actual Award
relates unless the record date for such Dividends occurs after the
last day of the Performance Period. Any Dividends that may be
made in respect of the shares of Stock subject to your Actual Award
pursuant to the foregoing sentence will be (a) credited as dividend
equivalents, (b) subject to vesting in accordance with the Vesting
Schedule, (c) subject to any deferral election you make, and (d)
paid in the same form issued to other stockholders.
3.
DELIVERY OF SHARES . Subject to Sections 4 and 13 of this
Award Agreement, the Company shall issue and deliver to you (or
your heirs in the case of death) the certificates representing the
shares of Stock subject to a vested Actual Award (the “Certificates” ) within
thirty (30) days following the date of vesting of such Actual Award
in accordance with Section 1(b) of this Award Agreement. If
you elect to defer delivery of the shares of Stock as provided in
Section 4 of this Award Agreement, shares of Stock will be issued
and delivered to you on the date or dates that you elect on your
deferral election form. The Certificates shall be in such
form as is determined by the Company. All shares of Stock
shall be fully vested on delivery.
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DEFERRAL ELECTION. If permitted by the Company to do so,
you may elect to defer receipt of the shares of Stock that would
otherwise be issued pursuant to the vesting of your Award in
accordance with the terms and conditions, including the applicable
eligibility requirements, of the Company’s Deferred
Compensation Plan. The Board (or an appropriate committee
thereof) will, in its sole discretion, establish the rules and
procedures for such deferrals.
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EFFECT OF LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Unless otherwise required
by law, if you have taken in excess of thirty (30) days of leaves
of absence during a Performance Period, your Actual Award shall be
prorated on the basis of the number of days of Service during the
Performance Period during which you were not on a leave of
absence.
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NUMBER OF SHARES . The number of shares of Stock subject
to your Award will be adjusted from time to time for capitalization
adjustments, as provided in Section 5 of the Plan.
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EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CONTROL . Upon a change in
control (as defined in the Company’s Executive Severance Plan
in Event of Change in Control), the Program shall terminate.
(a)
If the change in control occurs on or prior to the Certification
Date, then (i) you shall be credited with an Actual Award in
respect of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Target
Award shown on the Grant Notice multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months (rounded up for any
partial months) of the Performance Period that have elapsed as of
the effective date of the change in control (which number shall not
be greater than 12) and the denominator of which is 12 and (ii) you
shall be deemed to have vested in that 1/4th of the shares of Stock
subject to the Actual Award that would have vested on the First
Vesting Date.
(b)
If the change in control occurs after the Certification Date, then
you shall be deemed to have earned and vested in that 1/4th of the
shares of Stock subject to the Actual Award that would have vested
if the transaction were to occur on the next Vesting Date (which
may be the First Vesting