Exhibit 10.22
Terms and Conditions for Cliff
Performance RSU Awards
(Effective March 24,
2009)
Overview
These Terms and Conditions apply to
Cliff Performance RSU Awards, which are grants of performance-based
restricted stock units made pursuant to Section 7 of the
Interval Leisure Group, Inc. 2008 Stock and Annual Incentive
Plan (the “Plan”). You were notified of your
Cliff Performance RSU Award by way of an award notice (the
“Award Notice”).
ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN, TO THE EXTENT
NOT DEFINED, SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE
PLAN.
Continuous Service
Subject to the exceptions discussed
under “Termination of Employment” (below), in order for
your Cliff Performance RSU Award to vest, you must be continuously
employed by Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (“ILG”)
or any of its Subsidiaries through the third anniversary of the
relevant award date (the “Continuous Service
Requirement”). Nothing in your Award Notice, these
Terms and Conditions or the Plan shall confer upon you any right to
continue in the employ or service of ILG or any of its Subsidiaries
or interfere in any way with their rights to terminate your
employment or service at any time.
EBITDA Performance Hurdles
Assuming satisfaction of the
Continuous Service Requirement, the actual number of RSUs covered
by your Cliff Performance RSU Award that will vest is dependent
upon the achievement by ILG of certain levels of EBITDA in a
specified year, with the actual number of RSUs vesting ranging from
0 to 200% of the Target RSU number specified in your Award Notice.
Schedule A to these Terms and Conditions defines EBITDA, as well as
explains how the achievement by ILG of various levels of EBITDA
performance impacts the number of RSUs that you will ultimately
receive (the “Performance Hurdles”).
Vesting
The vesting date for Cliff
Performance RSU Awards (the “Cliff Performance RSU Award
Vesting Date”) will be the third anniversary of the relevant
award date (the “Third Anniversary”), subject to
ILG’s Compensation and Human Resources Committee (the
“Committee”) certification of the level of EBITDA that
ILG achieved for the relevant year specified in the relevant Award
Notice (the “Measurement Year”), which certification
shall occur as soon as reasonably practicable following the date on
which ILG releases its earnings for the Measurement
Year.
If the Continuous Service
Requirement is satisfied prior to the Cliff Performance RSU Award
Vesting Date, no subsequent termination of employment for any
reason (other than by ILG or its Subsidiaries for Cause, as
described below) shall affect the ultimate vesting of your Cliff
Performance RSU Award.
Termination of Employment
Subject to the provisions of your
employment agreement, if any, upon the termination of your
employment by ILG or any of its Subsidiaries after the first
anniversary of the relevant award date but prior to the Third
Anniversary (i) by ILG or any of its Subsidiaries without
Cause, (ii) due to your death or Disability, (iii) by you
for Good Reason (as defined below) or (iv) as a result of the
sale, other disposition or other Disaffiliation of the ILG business
or division by which you are employed (collectively, a
“Qualifying Termination”), you shall retain eligibility
to receive, for each completed twelve-month period (measured
successively) of continued employment following the relevant award
date, one-third of your Cliff Performance RSU Award. The
remaining RSUs covered by your Cliff Performance RSU Award shall be
forfeited and canceled in their entirety on the date of your
termination of employment. On the Cliff Performance RSU Award
Vesting Date, such portion of the RSUs that remain outstanding
shall vest as determined by ILG’s achieved level of EBITDA in
the Measurement Year.
By way of example, assume that you
are granted a Cliff Performance RSU Award of 1,500 Target RSUs and
are terminated without Cause by ILG fourteen (14) months after the
relevant award date. At that time, your new Target RSU number shall
be 500 (one-third of your original number) and you shall continue
to be eligible to receive 1,000 RSUs if the Maximum Hurdle is
achieved, which number will be reflected on Smith Barney’s
website, www.benefitaccess.com . If on the EBITDA
Certification Date (as defined below) the Committee determines that
the target level of EBITDA for the Measurement Year has been
achieved, you would vest at that time in 500 RSUs.
“Good Reason” shall
mean, without your prior written consent: (A) a reduction in
your rate of annual base salary or (B) a relocation of your
principal place of business more than 35 miles from the city in
which your principal place of business was located immediately
prior to the relocation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have
a valid and effective employment agreement at the time of your
termination that defines “Good Reason,” the definition
in such agreement shall apply to your Cliff Performance RSU
Award. In order for any termination of employment to be for
Good Reason, you must provide notice of the circumstances giving
rise to a Good Reason termination to your supervisor and then, if
such circumstances are not remedied within thirty (30) days of such
notice, you must resign your employment within sixty (60) days of
such notice.
Upon the termination of your
employment by ILG or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Third
Anniversary for any reason other than a Qualifying Termination,
your Cliff Performance RSU Award shall be forfeited and canceled in
its entirety effective immediately upon such termination of
employment.
If your employment is terminated by
ILG or any of its Subsidiaries for Cause, or if following any
termination of employment between you and ILG or any of its
Subsidiaries for any reason ILG determines that during the two
years prior to such termination there was an event or circumstance
that would have been grounds for termination for Cause, all
outstanding Cliff Performance RSU Awards held by you shall be
forfeited and canceled in their entirety upon such termination, and
ILG may cause you, immediately upon notice, either to return the
shares issued upon the settlement of RSUs that vested during the
two-year
period after the events or circumstances giving
rise to or constituting grounds for termination for Cause or to pay
ILG an amount equal to the aggregate amount, if any, that you had
previously realized in respect of any and all shares issued upon
settlement of RSUs that vested during the two-year period after the
events or circumstances giving rise to or constituting grounds for
such termination for Cause ( i.e. , the value of the RSUs
upon vesting), in each case, including any dividend equivalents or
other distributions received in respect of any such RSUs.
This remedy shall be without prejudice to, or waiver of, any other
remedies ILG or its Subsidiaries may have in such event.
Determination of EBITDA
Performance
As soon as reasonably practicable
following the date on which ILG releases its earnings for the
Measurement Year, the Committee shall certify as to the level of
EBITDA that ILG achieved for the Measurement Year, and the
resulting percentage of Target RSUs that will vest (the
“EBITDA Certification Date”).
Committee Discretion to Adjust EBITDA
Performance Hurdles
Decrease of Performance
Hurdles. Through the
EBITDA Certification Date, the Committee shall retain discretion to
decrease Performance Hurdles (or otherwise make adjustments that
increase the likelihood of Performance Hurdles being achieved) at
any time. Furthermore, the Committee shall, within 90 days of
the discovery of all relevant material facts relating to a Material
Reduction Event (as defined below) by the Committee, decrease
Performance Hurdles (or otherwise make adjustments that increase
the likelihood of Performance Hurdles being achieved), such that,
in the Committee’s good faith and sole judgment, the
likelihood of achievement of the various Performance Hurdles as
adjusted is no less likely than prior to the Material Reduction
Event.
A “Material Reduction
Event” means a discrete event which is likely to materially
decrease EBITDA during the Measurement Year in a manner the
Committee determines, in its good faith and sole judgment, is not
properly reflective of growth in ILG’s performance in the
Measurement Year over ILG’s fiscal year that began three
years prior to the commencement of the Measurement Year (e.g., if
the Measurement Year is 2009, then the relevant growth period is
2009 over 2006). For purposes of a Material Reduction Event,
materiality shall be judged by the Committee without regard to the
likelihood of