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EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

Restricted Stock Units Agreement

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Title: EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Hawaii     Date: 7/27/2007

EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT, Parties: alexander & baldwin  inc
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ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.

 

EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

RECITALS

 

A.        The Corporation has implemented the Plan for the purpose of providing eligible persons in the Corporation’s service with the opportunity to participate in one or more cash or equity incentive compensation programs designed to encourage them to continue their service relationship with the Corporation.

B.        Participant is to render valuable services to the Corporation (or any Parent or Subsidiary), and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Corporation’s issuance of shares of Common Stock to Participant under the Stock Issuance Program.

C.        All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in the attached Appendix A.

NOW, THEREFORE , it is hereby agreed as follows:

1.          Grant of Restricted Stock Units . The Corporation hereby awards to Participant, as of the Award Date, restricted stock units under the Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock underlying the awarded restricted stock units and the applicable performance vesting requirements for those units and the underlying Shares are set forth in the Award Notice. The remaining terms and conditions governing the Award shall be as set forth in this Agreement.

2.          Limited Transferability . Prior to the actual issuance of the Shares which vest hereunder, Participant may not transfer any interest in the restricted stock units subject to the Award or the underlying Shares or pledge or otherwise hedge the sale of those units or Shares, including (without limitation) any short sale or any acquisition or disposition of any put or call option or other instrument tied to the value of those Shares. However, any Shares which vest hereunder but otherwise remain unissued at the time of Participant’s death may be transferred pursuant to the provisions of Participant’s will or the laws of inheritance or to Participant’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of this Award. Participant may also direct the Corporation to record the ownership of any Shares which in fact vest and become issuable hereunder in the name of a revocable living trust established for the exclusive benefit of Participant or Participant and his or her spouse. Participant may make such a beneficiary designation or ownership directive at any time by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator or its designee.

3.          Vesting Requirements . The Shares subject to the Award shall initially be unvested and shall vest only in accordance with the vesting provisions of this Paragraph 3 or the special vesting acceleration provisions of Paragraph 5. The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest under this Paragraph 3 shall be determined pursuant to a two-step process: (i) first there shall be calculated the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest

 

based upon the level at which the Performance Goals specified on Schedule I to the Award Notice are actually attained and (ii) then the number of the Performance Shares resulting from the clause (i) calculation in which Participant shall actually vest shall be determined on the basis of his or her completion of the applicable Service vesting provisions set forth below. Accordingly, the vesting of the Shares shall be calculated as follows:

(a)        Performance Vesting : As soon as administratively practicable following the completion of the Performance Period, the Plan Administrator shall determine the applicable number of Performance Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Award Notice and Schedule I attached thereto.

(b)        Service Vesting : The Performance Shares so determined represent the maximum number of Shares in which Participant can vest hereunder. The actual number of Shares in which Participant shall vest shall be determined as follows:

-          If Participant continues in Service through the completion of the Performance Period, Participant shall vest in one hundred percent (100%) of the Performance Shares.

-          If Participant ceases Service prior to the completion of the Performance Period by reason of Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death or Permanent Disability, then Participant shall vest in a portion of the Performance Shares determined by multiplying the maximum number of Performance Shares in which Participant could vest, based on the actual level of Performance Goal attainment for the Performance Period, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months of actual Service completed by Participant in such Performance Period (rounded to the closest whole month), and the denominator of which is the number of months (rounded to the closest whole number) constituting the entire Performance Period.

-          If Participant’s Service ceases for any other reason prior to the completion of the Performance Period, then Participant shall not vest in any of the Shares.

Schedule I attached to this Agreement sets forth examples illustrating the calculation of the number of Shares in which the Participant may vest based upon hypothetical levels of Performance Goal attainment and service vesting requirements.

 

4.

Stockholder Rights and Dividend Equivalents

(a)       The holder of this Award shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting, dividend or liquidation rights, with respect to the Shares subject to the Award until Participant becomes the record holder of those Shares following their actual issuance upon the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes.

 

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(b)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, should any dividend or other distribution payable other than in shares of Common Stock, whether regular or extraordinary, be declared and paid on the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock in one or more calendar years during which Shares remain subject to this Award (i.e., those Shares are not otherwise issued and outstanding for purposes of entitlement to the dividend or distribution), then a special book account shall be established for Participant and credited with a phantom dividend equivalent to the actual dividend or distribution which would have been paid on the number of Shares issuable under this Award at Target Level Attainment had that number of Shares been issued and outstanding and entitled to that dividend or distribution. The phantom dividend equivalents credited to the Participant’s book account during a particular calendar year shall be distributed to Participant (in cash or such other form as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate in its sole discretion) in one or more installments completed prior to the last day of that calendar year. However, each such distribution shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the Withholding Taxes applicable to that distribution.

5.          Change in Control . The following provisions shall apply only to the extent a Change in Control is consummated prior to the completion of the applicable Performance Period and shall have no force or effect in the event the closing of the Change in Control occurs after the completion of such Performance Period.

(a)       Any restricted stock units subject to this Award at the time of such Change in Control may be assumed by the successor entity or otherwise continued in full force and effect or may be replaced with a cash retention program of the successor entity which preserves the Fair Market Value of the maximum number of Shares issuable under this Award at Extraordinary Level Attainment and provides for subsequent payout of that value in accordance with the same performance and Service vesting requirements applicable to the Award. In the event of such assumption or continuation of this Award or such replacement of the Award with a cash retention program, no accelerated vesting of the restricted stock units shall occur at the time of the Change in Control.

(b)       In the event this Award is assumed or otherwise continued in effect, the restricted stock units subject to the Award shall be adjusted immediately after the consummation of the Change in Control so as to apply to the number and class of securities into which the maximum number of Shares issuable under this Award at Extraordinary Level Attainment would have been converted in consummation of that Change in Control had those Shares actually been issued and outstanding at that time. To the extent the actual holders of the outstanding Common Stock receive cash consideration for their Common Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the successor corporation (or parent entity) may, in connection with the assumption or continuation of the restricted stock units subject to the Award at that time but subject to the Plan Administrator’s approval, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a fair market value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per share of Common Stock in the Change in Control transaction, provided such common stock is readily tradable on an established U.S. securities exchange or market.

(c)       Immediately upon an Involuntary Termination (i) within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control in which this Award is assumed or otherwise

 

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continued in effect and (ii) prior to the completion of the Performance Period, Participant shall vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted upon the Corporation’s achievement of each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment, and that number of Shares shall be immediately issued to Participant, subject to the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes. In addition, any balance credited at the time of such Involuntary Termination to the phantom dividend equivalent book account maintained for the Participant under Paragraph 4(b) shall be immediately distributed to Participant, subject to the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes. Should the restricted stock units be replaced with a cash retention plan in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then the portion of that balance which would have been earned had the Corporation achieved each of the applicable Performance Goals at Target Level Attainment and had Participant continued in Service through the completion of the Performance Period shall immediately be paid to Participant in a lump sum upon such Involuntary Termination, subject to the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes; provided, however, that Participant shall be entitled to such payment only if Participant’s Involuntary Termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control and prior to the completion of the Performance Period. In no event, however, shall any share issuance or payment required under this Paragraph 5(c) be effected later than the later of (i) the end of the calendar year in which such Involuntary Termination occurs or (ii) the fifteenth (15th) of the third (3rd) calendar month following the date of such Involuntary Termination. Except for the number of Shares and portion of the cash retention balance calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(c), Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares or other portion of the cash retention balance upon such Involuntary Termination. Should such Involuntary Termination occur after the completion of the Performance Period, Participant’s rights and entitlement hereunder shall be governed solely by the provisions of Paragraph 3.

(d)       If the restricted stock units subject to this Award at the time of the Change in Control are not assumed or otherwise continued in effect or replaced with a cash retention program in accordance with Paragraph 5(a), then Participant shall, immediately prior to the closing of such Change in Control, vest in that number of Shares equal to the Performance Shares which would have resulted upon the Corporation’s achievement of each applicable Performance Goal at Target Level Attainment. The vested Shares will be issued immediately on the effective date of such Change in Control or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event more than fifteen (15) business days after such effective date, or will otherwise be converted into the right to receive the same consideration per share of Common Stock payable to the other stockholders of the Corporation in consummation of the Change in Control and distributed at the same time as such stockholder payments, but in no event shall such distribution to Participant be completed later than the later of (i) the end of the calendar year in which such Change in Control is effected or (ii) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) calendar month following the effective date of that Change in Control. Each issuance or distribution made under this Paragraph 5(c) shall be subject to the Corporation’s collection of the applicable Withholding Taxes. Except for the number of Shares so calculated, Participant shall have no further right or entitlement to any additional Shares.

 

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(e)       This Agreement shall not in any way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

6.          Change in Control Benefit Agreement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Participant is, at the time of a change in control or ownership of the Corporation (whether or not that transaction constitutes a Change in Control hereunder), a party to a Change in Control Benefit Agreement with the Corporation, then the provisions of that agreement shall, to the extent applicable to this Award, govern Participant’s rights and benefits with respect to the restricted stock units and underlying Shares subject to this Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between the provisions of that Change in Control Benefit Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the Change in Control Benefit Agreement shall be controlling.  

7.          Adjustment in Shares . Should any change be made to the Common Stock by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, exchange of shares, spin-off transaction, extraordinary dividend or distribution or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation’s receipt of consideration, or should the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock be substantially reduced as a result of a spin-off transaction or an extraordinary dividend or distribution, or should there occur any merger, consolidation or other reorganization, then equitable adjustments shall be made by the Plan Administrator to the total number and/or class of securities issuable pursuant to this Award in order to reflect such change and thereby prevent a dilution or enlargement of benefits hereunder. In making such equitable adjustments, the Plan Administrator shall take into account any amounts credited to Participant’s book account under Paragraph 4(b) in connection with the transaction, and the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. In the event of any Change in Control transaction, the adjustment provis

           
 
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