Exhibit 10.2
[FORM OF NON-OFFICER PERFORMANCE
SHARE AGREEMENT – [PERFORMANCE GOAL]
POLYCOM, INC.
PERFORMANCE SHARE
AGREEMENT
[NAME]
Employee ID Number: [ Number ]
NOTICE OF
GRANT
Polycom, Inc. (the
“Company”) hereby grants you, [Name] (the
“Employee”), an award of Performance Shares under the
Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”). The date of this Performance Share Agreement
(the “Agreement”) is [DATE] (the “Grant
Date”). Subject to the provisions of Appendix A (attached),
Appendix B (attached) and of the Plan, the principal features of
this award are as follows:
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Target Number of Performance Shares:
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[
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Performance Periods:
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[INSERT
PERFORMANCE PERIODS]
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Vesting Schedule:
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The Target
Number of Performance Shares shall vest in accordance with the
following schedule provided that the targets set forth in Appendix
B for each applicable Performance Period have been
achieved:
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Vesting Date*
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Target Number of Performance
Shares
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[INSERT PERFORMANCE
PERIOD]
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[INSERT VESTING
SCHEDULE]
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[INSERT NUMBER]
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[INSERT PERFORMANCE
PERIOD]
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[INSERT VESTING
SCHEDULE]
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[INSERT NUMBER]
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[INSERT PERFORMANCE
PERIOD]
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[INSERT VESTING
SCHEDULE]
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[INSERT NUMBER]
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the targets are not met for a particular Performance Period and
therefore no vesting of the Target Number of Performance Shares
allocated to such Performance Period occurs, such Target Number of
Performance Shares shall be allocated to the next Performance
Period and shall vest if the cumulative targets for [INSERT
PERFORMANCE GOAL] are met in such subsequent Performance
Period.
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IMPORTANT
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Except as
otherwise provided in Appendix A, Employee shall not vest in the
Performance Shares unless he or she is employed by the Company or
one of its Subsidiaries through the applicable vesting
date.
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Your signature below indicates your
agreement and understanding that this award is subject to all of
the terms and conditions contained in Appendix A, Appendix B and
the Plan. For example, important additional information on vesting
and forfeiture of the Performance Shares is contained in paragraphs
3 through 5 and paragraph 7 of Appendix A. PLEASE BE SURE TO
READ ALL OF APPENDIX A, WHICH CONTAINS THE SPECIFIC TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
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POLYCOM,
INC.
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EMPLOYEE
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[NAME]
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[NAME]
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[TITLE]
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Date:
, 200
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Date:
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APPENDIX A
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
PERFORMANCE SHARES
1. Grant . The Company hereby
grants to the Employee under the Plan an award of the Target Number
of Performance Shares set forth on the Notice of Grant, subject to
all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement and the Plan. The
Performance Shares in which the Employee may vest shall depend upon
achievement of [INSERT DESCRIPTION OF PERFORMANCE GOAL] for
each Performance Period as set forth on Appendix B, attached
hereto. Achievement of such targets shall be certified by the
Committee following the end of each Performance Period and the
review and approval of the Company’s earnings results by the
Company’s Audit Committee. When Shares are paid to the
Employee in payment for the Performance Shares, par value shall be
deemed paid by the Employee for each Performance Share by past
services rendered by the Employee, and shall be subject to the
appropriate tax withholdings. Unless otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Plan.
(a) As used herein, “
[INSERT PERFORMANCE GOAL] ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section [INSERT SECTION] of the
Plan.
2. Company’s Obligation to
Pay . Each Performance Share has a value equal to the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the date that the Performance Share is
granted. Unless and until the Performance Shares have vested in the
manner set forth in paragraphs 3 through 5, the Employee shall have
no right to payment of such Performance Shares. Prior to actual
payment of any vested Performance Shares, such Performance Shares
shall represent an unsecured obligation. Payment of any vested
Performance Shares shall be made in whole Shares only.
3. Vesting Schedule/Period of
Restriction . Except as provided in paragraphs 4 and 5, and
subject to paragraph 7, the Performance Shares awarded by this
Agreement shall vest in accordance with the vesting provisions set
forth on the first page of this Agreement. Performance Shares shall
not vest in the Employee in accordance with any of the provisions
of this Agreement unless the Employee shall have been continuously
employed by the Company or by one of its Subsidiaries from the
Grant Date until the date the Performance Shares are otherwise
scheduled to vest.
4. Modifications to Vesting
Schedule .
(a) Vesting upon Leave of
Absence. In the event that the Employee takes an authorized
leave of absence (“LOA”), the Performance Shares
awarded by this Agreement that are scheduled to vest shall be
modified as follows:
(i) if the duration of the
Employee’s LOA is sixty (60) days or less, the vesting
schedule set forth on the first page of this Agreement shall not be
affected by the Employee’s LOA.
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(ii) if the duration of the
Employee’s LOA is greater than sixty (60) days, the
scheduled vesting of any Performance Shares awarded by this
Agreement that are not then vested shall be deferred for a period
of time equal to the duration of the Employee’s
LOA.
(b) Death or
Disability of Employee . In the event that the Employee incurs
a Termination of Service due to his or her death or Disability
during a Performance Period, the Employee shall immediately vest in
the number of Performance Shares allocated to such Performance
Period (as set forth on the Notice of Grant). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Employee had commenced an LOA prior to
December 31 st
of a
Performance Period and such Employee’s death or Disability
occurs during a subsequent Performance Period, the Employee shall
immediately vest in (i) the number of Performance Shares
allocated to the Performance Period in which the Employee commenced
an LOA (as set forth on the Notice of Grant) and (ii) the
number of Performance Shares initially allocated to the subsequent
Performance Period in which the Employee’s death or
Disability occurred (as set forth on the Notice of
Grant).
In the event that any applicable law
limits the Company’s ability to accelerate the vesting of
this award of Performance Shares, this paragraph 4(b) shall be
limited to the extent required to comply with applicable
law.
(c) Retirement of Employee .
In the event that the Employee incurs a Termination of Service due
to his or her Retirement during a Performance Period, the Employee
shall immediately vest as to the number of Performance Shares
determined by (i) multiplying the Target Number of Performance
Shares by the percentage determined by dividing the number of days
that have elapsed following the Grant Date to the date of the
Employee’s Retirement by 1095 and (ii) subtracting the
number of vested Performance Shares.
In the event that any applicable law
limits the Company’s ability to accelerate the vesting of
this award of Performance Shares, this paragraph 4(c) shall be
limited to the extent required to comply with applicable
law.
For purposes of this Agreement,
“Retirement” means Termination of Service after
attaining either (a) age sixty-five (65), or (b) age
fifty-five (55) plus a number of Years of Service so that the
sum of the Employee’s age and Years of Service is at least
sixty-five (65). For this purpose, the Employee’s
“Years of Service” equals the number of full months
from the Employee’s latest hire date with the Company (or any
Subsidiary) to the date of Termination of Service, divided by
12.
(d) Change in
Control.
(i) In the event of a Change in
Control, this award shall be subject to the definitive agreement
governing such Change in Control. Such agreement, without the
Employee’s consent and notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in this Agreement or the Plan, must provide for one of the
following: (a) the assumption of this award by the surviving
corporation or its parent; (b) the substitution by the
surviving corporation or its parent of an award with substantially
the same terms as this award; or (c) the cancellation of this
award after payment to the Employee in Shares of an amount equal to
the Performance Shares subject to this award at the time of the
Change in Control. In the event the definitive agreement does not
provide for one of the foregoing alternatives with respect to the
treatment of this award, this award shall have the treatment
specified
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in clause (c) of the preceding sentence.
The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting
of this award in connection with any of the foregoing alternatives.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the 1934 Act) becomes the “beneficial owner”
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the
Company’s then outstanding voting securities; (b) the
consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets; (c) a change
in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-year period,
as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors; or (d) the consummation of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than
a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or
its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting
power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such
surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such
merger or consolidation. “Incumbent Directors” means
directors who either (A) are Directors as of the effective
date of the Plan, or (B) are elected, or nominated for
election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a
majority of the Directors at the time of such election or
nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or
nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy
contest relating to the election of directors to the
Company).
(ii) Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, in the event the Employee incurs a Termination of
Service within twelve (12) months following a Change in
Control on account of a termination by the Company (or any
Subsidiary) for any reason other than Misconduct or on account of a
termination by the Employee for Good Reason, then this award
immediately will vest in one hundred percent (100%) of the
Performance Shares subject to this Performance Share
award.
For purposes of this Agreement,
“Good Reason” means, without the Employee’s
written consent, (a) a relocation of the Employee’s
principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles
from the location immediately prior to the Change in Control,
(b) a reduction in the Employee’s base salary by more
than 10% or a material reduction in the Employee’s kind or
level of benefits (not including base salary, incentive
compensation or equity compensation) that, in either instance, is
not applied to all similarly situated employees, or (c) a
change in the Employee’