PetSmart,
Inc.
Performance Share Unit
Grant Notice
(2006 Equity Incentive
Plan)
PetSmart, Inc.
(the “Company”), pursuant to its 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan (the “Plan”) hereby grants to Participant the
Maximum Number of Performance Share Units as set forth below (the
“PSU Grant”). This PSU Grant is subject to all of the
terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Performance
Share Unit Agreement, and the Plan, each of which are attached
hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. This PSU Grant is
a “restricted stock unit” granted pursuant to
Section 7 of the Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan or the
Performance Share Unit Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, in the event of any conflict between the terms in
the PSU Grant and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall
control.
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%MIDDLE_NAME%-% %%LAST_NAME%-%
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Target Number of Performance Share Units
(PSUs)
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Minimum Number of Performance Share Units
Granted
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50 % of
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Maximum Number of Performance Share Units
Granted
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150% of
%%TOTAL_SHARES_GRANTED%-% PSUs
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Participant’s services
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PSU Award
and Vesting Criteria :
The actual number of Performance Share Units to be awarded to
Participant and that may vest will be determined in accordance with
conditions specified on Attachment I to this Grant Notice (the
“PSU Award and Vesting Criteria”).
Issuance
Schedule: Delivery of one
share of common stock for each Performance Share Unit awarded to
Participant that vests shall occur in accordance with the issuance
schedule set forth in Section 5 of the Performance Share Unit
Agreement.
Additional
Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt
of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the
Performance Share Unit Agreement and the Plan. Participant also
acknowledges receipt of the PetSmart, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan Prospectus. Participant further acknowledges that as of the
Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Performance Share Unit
Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between
Participant and the Company regarding the PSU Grant and supersede
all prior oral and written agreements on that subject.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Participants is eligible to
participate in the Executive Change in Control and Severance
Benefit Plan (an “Executive Participant”), the PSU
Grant shall be subject to the terms of the Executive Change in
Control and Severance Benefit Plan (the “Executive Severance
Plan”) to the extent provided on Attachment I to this Grant
Notice.
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PetSmart,
Inc.
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Participant:
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Signature
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Signature
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Date:
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Attachments
: PSU
Award and Vesting Criteria, Performance Share Unit Agreement and
the Plan
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PSU Award
and Vesting Criteria
Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings set forth
in the Grant Notice or the Company’s 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan, as applicable.
The actual
number of Performance Share Units to be awarded to Participant may
not exceed the Maximum Number of Performance Share Units Granted,
as indicated on the Grant Notice. The number of Performance Share
Units awarded to Participant will be determined by the
Company’s Compensation Committee or its designee (the
“Committee”) subject to the performance conditions as
determined by the Committee (the “Performance
Conditions”) as set forth below:
The Performance
Conditions for a target award of the Performance Share Units shall
be as described in the 2009 Performance Share Unit
Program.
No later than
thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Committee of the
audited financial statements for the Performance Period applicable
to the PSU Grant, the Committee shall determine whether the
established Performance Criteria for the PSU Grant were achieved,
and what number of Performance Share Units subject to the PSU Grant
will be awarded to the Participant. Performance Share Units shall
not be awarded based upon the attainment of Performance Criteria
unless and until the Committee makes such determination. The
Committee shall have discretion to reduce the number of Performance
Share Units that are awarded depending on (a) the extent to
which the designated Performance Criteria are either exceeded or
not met, and (b) the extent to which other objectives,
e.g. subsidiary, division, department, unit or other
performance objectives are attained. The Committee shall have full
discretion to reduce the number of Performance Share Units that are
awarded based on individual performance or other factors as it
considers appropriate in the circumstances. The Committee shall not
have discretion to increase the number of Performance Share Units
that are awarded to the Participant.
For purposes of
satisfaction of the Performance Conditions, the term “Change
of Control Transaction” means a transaction that qualifies as
one or more of the following: (i) a transaction described in
Section 13(b) of the Plan, where the surviving corporation will not
assume or continue the PSU Grant, or substitute a similar award for
the PSU Grant, or (ii) a “Change of Control” as
such term is defined in Section 13(c) the Plan. Additionally, if
Participant is an Executive Participant, the Performance Conditions
shall be satisfied upon a “Change of Control, as defined in
Executive Change in Control and Severance Benefit Plan
(“Severance Plan”); provided that the Executive
Participant is employed by the Company on any date within the three
(3) month period preceding such Change of Control. If the
Performance Conditions are satisfied due to a Change of Control
Transaction or Change of Control under the Severance Plan as
provided in this paragraph, then 100% of Target Number of
Performance Share Units will be awarded.
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For purposes of
satisfaction of the Performance Conditions, no subsequent agreement
shall be effective to amend, alter or waive satisfaction of the
Performance Conditions applicable to the PSU Grant unless such
agreement specifically provides for amendment of the Performance
Conditions applicable to the PSU Grant.
Any Performance
Share Units that are awarded by the Committee based upon
satisfaction of the Performance Conditions will vest if the
“Time-Based Vesting Conditions” are satisfied. The
Time-Based Vesting Conditions for the Performance Share Units shall
be satisfied if the Participant remains in Continuous Status as an
Employee, Director or Consultant through the earlier of
(i) the expiration of the three-year period that commences on
the Date of Grant, (ii) upon any vesting acceleration of the
PSU Grant provided by the Plan pursuant to its terms, (iii) if
Participant is an Executive Participant, upon any vesting
acceleration of the PSU Grant provided by the Executive Severance
Plan pursuant to its terms, (iv) if the Participant is an
Eligible Retiree (as defined below) upon any vesting acceleration
pursuant to the Retirement Vesting Schedule (as defined below), or
(v) upon any vesting acceleration of the PSU Grant provided
for pursuant to any Company plan or any agreement between the
Company and Participant, whether currently in effect or adopted or
entered into hereafter.
For purposes of
satisfaction of the Time-Based Vesting Conditions the Participant
shall be deemed to remain in Continuous Status as an Employee,
Director or Consultant only for the duration of such period that
the Participant is actually rendering substantial services to the
Company or is on an approved or statutory leave of absence which
constitutes Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or
Consultant in accordance with the terms of the Plan or applicable
legislation. For example, a Participant will not be deemed to
remain in Continuous Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant
during any required statutory, contractual or common law
notification period of termination of employment, if during such
period the Participant is not actually rendering substantial
services to the Company.
No cash payment
or other compensation will be provided to you with respect to any
Performance Share Units that fail to vest in accordance with the
Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement.
If a
Participant is an “Eligible Retiree” and incurs a
“Retirement Termination” prior to the expiration of the
three-year period that commences on the Date of Grant, the PSU
Grant will automatically accelerate vesting pursuant with respect
to the percentage of the PSU Grant as determined pursuant to the
“Retirement Vesting Schedule” set forth
below:
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Participant will be an “Eligible Retiree” if, at the
time of termination of Continuous Status as an Employee, Director
or Consultant (i) the Participant is an Employee,
(ii) the Participant is at least fifty-five (55) years of
age, (iii) the Participant has been continuously employed by
the Company or an Affiliate during the five (5) year period
ending on the date of termination and (iv) the sum of the
Participant’s age and the number of years the Participant was
continuously employed by the Company or an Affiliate ending on the
date of termination is at least sixty-two (62).
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“Retirement Termination”
means a termination of an Eligible Retiree’s Continuous
Status as an Employee, Director or Consultant either (i) as a
result of death or Disability or (ii) pursuant to voluntary
termination but only if (A) such voluntary termination has
been designated by the Company, in its sole discretion, as a
retirement and (B) the Eligible Retiree enters into a
noncompetition agreement in a form acceptable to the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not designate a
voluntary termination as a retirement if the Company determines
that such termination is detrimental to the Company.
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“Retirement Vesting
Schedule” shall be determined as follows. Unless and until
there is a Retirement Termination, the vesting percentage for the
Retirement Vesting Schedule shall be zero. If a Retirement
Termination occurs, the vesting percentage for the Retirement
Vesting Schedule shall be thirty-three and one-third percent (33
1 / 3 %) for each completed full year of
employment following the commencement of the Performance Period
until the date of the Retirement Termination (with any fractional
or partial year eliminated), not to exceed one hundred percent
(100%).
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For clarity, at
no time shall the vesting of the PSU Grant be greater than one
hundred percent (100%). If the vesting of the PSU Grant accelerates
for any reason, then the shares in respect of the PSU Grant will be
immediately issued in connection with such vesting pursuant to
Section 5 of the Performance Share Unit Agreement.
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Performance Share Unit
Agreement
PetSmart, Inc.
(the “Company”) hereby grants to the Participant
(“you”) named in the attached Performance Share Unit
Grant Notice (“
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