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Exhibit 10.4
Director RSU Agreement
Grant Tracking ID # ____
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
You ("Grantee") have been granted restricted stock units
("RSUs") relating to shares of common stock, $.001 par value per
share (the "Stock"), of Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Sun"), subject to the vesting conditions set forth in
this Award Agreement. Additional terms and conditions of the grant
are set forth in this Award Agreement and in Sun’s 2007
Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
Grant Date:
, 200
Name of Grantee:
Number of RSUs Covered by the Grant:
Vesting Start Date:
Vesting Schedule:
In the event that the Schedule set forth below would result in
vesting of a fractional number of RSUs, the number of RSUs that
will vest will be rounded down to the nearest whole share, and the
last scheduled vesting tranche will be rounded up, to the extent
necessary, so that the full number of RSUs will have vested.
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Vesting Date
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Number of RSUs that vest, as
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a fraction of the number of
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RSUs granted
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The one-year anniversary of the Vesting Start
Date
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20%
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The two-year anniversary of the Vesting Start
Date
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20%
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The three-year anniversary of the Vesting Start
Date
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20%
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The four-year anniversary of the Vesting Start
Date
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20%
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The five-year anniversary of the Vesting Start
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20%
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By signing this Award Agreement below and
returning it to:
Global Stock Plan Services
Sun Microsystems
SCA 22-120
4220 Network Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054
within 60 days of the Grant Date, you agree to all of the terms
and conditions described in the Award Agreement and in the Plan, a
copy of which may be viewed along with the Plan prospectus on
Sun’s intranet at http://stockplans.central. You acknowledge
that you have carefully reviewed the Plan and agree that the Plan
will control in the event any provision of this Award Agreement
should appear to be inconsistent. If you do not sign and return
this Award Agreement within the 60-day period, this Award Agreement
and grant of RSUs will be null and void.
This is not a stock certificate or a negotiable
instrument.
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS,
INC.
2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
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RSU Transferability
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This grant is an award of RSUs in the number of
units set forth on the first page of this Award Agreement, subject
to the vesting conditions described in this Award Agreement. Your
RSUs may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated,
whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the RSUs be made
subject to execution, attachment or similar process.
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Definitions
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Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Award Agreement are defined in the Plan, and have the meanings set
forth in the Plan.
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Vesting
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Your RSUs vest as to the number of units
indicated in the Vesting Schedule and on the Vesting Dates shown on
the first page of this Award Agreement, provided you are in Service
on each of the Vesting Dates and meet the applicable vesting
requirements set forth in this Award Agreement. Except as
specifically provided in this Award Agreement, or as may be
provided in other agreements between you and Sun, no additional
RSUs will vest after your Service has terminated for any
reason.
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Share Delivery Pursuant to Vested
RSUs
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Shares of Stock underlying vested RSUs will be
delivered to you by Sun as soon as practicable following the
applicable Vesting Dates, but in no event beyond 2
1 /
2 months after the end of the
calendar year in which the shares otherwise would have been
delivered. The purchase price for the vested shares of Stock is
considered paid by your services to Sun.
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Forfeiture of Unvested RSUs
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Except as specifically provided in this Award
Agreement, or as may be provided in other agreements between you
and Sun, no additional RSUs will vest after your Service has
terminated for any reason. In the event that your Service
terminates for any reason, you will forfeit to Sun all of the RSUs
that have not yet vested or with respect to which all applicable
restrictions and conditions have not lapsed.
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Death
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If your Service terminates because of your death,
the RSUs granted under this Award Agreement will automatically vest
as to the number of RSUs that would have vested if you had remained
in Service for the twelve-month period immediately following your
death.
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Disability
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If your Service terminates because of your
Disability, the RSUs granted under this Award Agreement will
automatically vest as to the number of RSUs that would have vested
if you had remained in Service for the twelve-month period
immediately following your Disability.
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Termination For Cause
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If your Service is terminated for Cause, then you
shall immediately forfeit all your rights to the RSUs granted under
this Award Agreement.
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Withholding Taxes
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Regardless of any action Sun takes with respect
to any income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on
account or other tax-related withholding with respect to this Award
Agreement ("Tax-Related Items"), you acknowledge that the ultimate
liability for all Tax-Related Items is your responsibility and that
Sun:
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• is not
making any representations and is not committing to take any
actions regarding any Tax-Related Items, including, but not limited
to, the grant of the RSUs, the vesting of the RSUs, the delivery of
shares of Stock upon vesting of the RSUs, the subsequent sale of
shares of Stock acquired upon vesting of the RSUs, and the receipt
of any dividends; and
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• does not
commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the
RSUs to reduce or eliminate your liability for Tax-Related
Items.
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Before any Tax-Related Items become due, you will
pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to Sun to satisfy
those Tax-Related Items. If permissible under local law, you
authorize Sun to withhold all applicable Tax-Related Items legally
payable by you by one or a combination of the following:
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• withholding
from cash compensation paid to you by Sun;
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• withholding
proceeds from the sale of shares of Stock acquired upon vesting of
the RSUs;
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• arranging
for the sale of shares of Stock acquired upon vesting of the RSUs;
and/or
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• withholding
shares of Stock otherwise deliverable to you, provided that Sun
only withholds the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy
the minimum withholding amount or such other amount as determined
by Sun not to result in negative accounting consequences, rounding
up to the nearest whole share of Stock.
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If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is
satisfied by withholding a number of shares of Stock as described
herein, you will be deemed to have been issued the full number of
shares of Stock to which you are entitled pursuant to the vesting
of the RSUs even though a portion of those shares of Stock will be
withheld for the purpose of satisfying the Tax-Related
Items.
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Further, if you have relocated to a different
jurisdiction between the date of grant and the date of any taxable
event, you acknowledge that Sun may be required
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