EXHIBIT 10.4
[FORM OF SPECTRALINK NON-OFFICER
PERFORMANCE SHARE AGREEMENT]
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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Performance
Period:
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First
Performance Period:
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Second
Performance Period:
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Performance
Matrix:
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[INSERT
DESCRIPTION OF PERFORMANCE GOALS] and (B) will be determined in
accordance with the Performance Matrix, attached hereto as Appendix
B.
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Vesting
Schedule:
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[INSERT
DESCRIPTION OF VESTING SCHEDULE]*
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IMPORTANT
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* Except as otherwise provided in
Appendix A, Employee will 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.
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:
, 200
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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
number of Performance Shares in which the Employee may vest shall
(A) depend [INSERT DESCRIPTION OF PERFORMANCE GOALS] and
(B) be determined in accordance with the Performance Matrix,
attached hereto as Appendix B. In accordance with the Performance
Matrix, the number of the Performance Shares in which the Employee
may vest will range [INSERT APPLICABLE RANGE]. The number of such
Shares shall be determined by the Committee following the end of
the Performance Period and the review and approval of the
Company’s earnings results by the Company’s Audit
Committee, in accordance with the following rules. [INSERT
APPLICABLE RULES]. When Shares are paid to the Employee in payment
for the Performance Shares, par value will be deemed paid by the
Employee for each Performance Share by past services rendered by
the Employee, and will 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
APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS].
[INSERT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO
THE EXTENT APPLICABLE: For purposes of this Agreement, including
but not limited to [INSERT PARAGRAPH REFERENCE(S)], “[INSERT
REFERENCE]” shall include any entity or division of the
Company into which “[INSERT REFERENCE]” is integrated
for accounting purposes, which shall be determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion.]
[INSERT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO
THE EXTENT APPLICABLE: For purposes of this Agreement, including
but not limited to [INSERT PARAGRAPH REFERENCE(S)], each reference
to the parenthetical “[INSERT REFERENCE]” shall be
disregarded to the extent that [INSERT REFERENCE] is integrated
with another entity or division of the Company for accounting
purposes, which shall be determined by the Committee, in its sole
discretion.]
[INSERT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO
THE EXTENT APPLICABLE: In addition, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, has the power to interpret and adjust the performance
goals described in this paragraph 1 and determine how such
performance goals will be measured, including such adjustments for
the effect of corporate reorganizations (for example, but not by
way of limitation, adjustments to include the net revenues
attributable to [INSERT REFERENCE] and the business units into
which [INSERT REFERENCE] has been integrated).]
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
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will have no right to payment of such
Performance Shares. Prior to actual payment of any vested
Performance Shares, such Performance Shares will 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.
(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, the Performance
Shares subject to this Performance Share award shall vest on the
date of the Employee’s death or Disability as
follows:
(i) if the Employee’s death or
Disability occurs during the First Performance Period, this
Performance Share award shall immediately terminate;
(ii) if the Employee’s death
or Disability occurs following the First Performance Period but on
or before [INSERT DATE], the Employee shall immediately vest as to
the number of Performance Shares that would have vested had the
Employee remained an employee of the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries through such date. The Target Number of Performance
Shares allocated to the Second Performance Period shall be
forfeited and automatically transferred to and reacquired by the
Company at no cost to the Company;
(iii) if the Employee’s death
or Disability occurs following [INSERT DATE], but prior to the end
of the Second Performance Period, this Performance Share award
shall immediately terminate and the Target Number of Performance
Shares allocated to the Second Performance Period shall be
forfeited and automatically transferred to and reacquired by the
Company at no cost to the Company;
(iv) if the Employee’s death
or Disability occurs following the Second Performance Period but on
or before [INSERT DATE], the Employee shall immediately vest as to
the number of Performance Shares that would have vested had the
Employee remained an employee of the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries through such date.
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Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, if the Employee commences an LOA and
subsequently dies or becomes Disabled, the Employee shall
immediately vest in that number of Performance Shares in which the
Employee would have vested in accordance with this paragraph 4(b)
had the Employee’s death or Disability occurred on the date
the Employee commenced an LOA.
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, the Performance Shares subject to this
Performance Share award shall vest on the date of the
Employee’s Retirement as follows:
(i) if the Employee’s
Retirement occurs during the First Performance Period, this
Performance Share award shall immediately terminate;
(ii) if the Employee’s
Retirement occurs following the First Performance Period but on or
before [INSERT DATE], the Employee shall immediately vest as to the
number of Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number
of Performance Shares determined in accordance with paragraph 1 for
the First Performance Period by the percentage determined by
dividing the number of days that have elapsed following the First
Performance Period to the date of the Employee’s Retirement
by 86;
(iii) if the Employee’s
Retirement occurs following [INSERT DATE], but prior to the end of
the Second Performance Period, this Performance Share award shall
immediately terminate and the Target Number of Performance Shares
allocated to the Second Performance Period shall be forfeited and
automatically transferred to and reacquired by the Company at no
cost to the Company;
(iv) if the Employee’s
Retirement occurs following the Second Performance Period but on or
before [INSERT DATE], the Employee shall immediately vest as to the
number of Performance Shares determined by multiplying the number
of Performance Shares determined in accordance with paragraph 1 for
the Second Performance Period by the percentage determined by
dividing the number of days that have elapsed following the Second
Performance Period to the date of the Employee’s Retirement
by 85.
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.
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(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 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
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