Exhibit 10.8
FORM OF EXPEDIA, INC. RESTRICTED
STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT (EMPLOYEES)
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of the
award date (the “Award Date”) designated on the Summary
of Award referenced below, between Expedia, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Corporation”), and the employee of
the Corporation or one of its businesses (the “Eligible
Individual”) designated as receiving an award of restricted
stock units (the “Restricted Stock Units”) by the
Compensation/Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation (or such other Committee as the Board may from time to
time designate) (the “Committee”).
All capitalized terms used herein,
to the extent not defined, shall have the meanings set forth in the
Corporation’s 2005 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”).
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Award and
Vesting of Restricted Stock Units
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(a) Subject to the provisions of
this Agreement and to the provisions of the Plan, the Corporation
hereby grants Restricted Stock Units to the Eligible Individual
pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan. Reference is made to the
“Summary of Award” that can be found on the Smith
Barney Benefit Access System at www.benefitaccess.com. Your Summary
of Award, which sets forth the number of Restricted Stock Units
granted to you by the Corporation and the Award Date (among other
information), is hereby incorporated by reference into, and shall
be read as part and parcel of, this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan [and
subject to the satisfaction of performance goals approved by the
Committee on [DATE]] , the Restricted Stock Units shall vest
and no longer be subject to any restriction (such period during
which restrictions apply is the “Restriction
Period”):
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Vesting Date
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Percentage of Total Award
Vesting
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(c) Notwithstanding the provisions
of Paragraph 1(b), in the event the Eligible Individual incurs a
Termination of Employment by the Corporation for Cause, or the
Eligible Individual voluntarily incurs a Termination of Employment
within two years after any event or circumstance that would have
been grounds for a Termination of Employment for Cause, the
Eligible Individual’s Restricted Stock Units (whether or not
vested) shall be forfeited and canceled in their entirety upon such
Termination of Employment, and the Corporation may cause the
Eligible Individual, immediately upon notice from the Corporation,
either to return the shares or cash issued upon settlement of
Restricted Stock Units that vested during the two-year period after
the events or circumstances giving rise to or constituting grounds
for such Termination of
Employment for Cause or to pay to the
Corporation an amount equal to the aggregate amount, if any, that
the Eligible Individual had previously realized in respect of any
and all shares issued upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units
that vested during the two-year period after the events or
circumstances giving rise to or constituting grounds for such
Termination of Employment for Cause ( i.e ., the value of
the Restricted Stock Units upon vesting), in each case including
any dividend equivalents or other distributions received in respect
of any such Restricted Stock Units.
(d) In the event the Eligible
Individual incurs a Termination of Employment during the
Restriction Period for any reason other than as set forth in
Paragraph 1(c), all remaining unvested Restricted Stock Units shall
be forfeited by the Eligible Individual and canceled in their
entirety effective immediately upon such termination.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement,
employment with the Corporation shall include employment with the
Corporation’s Affiliates (excluding InterActiveCorp and its
subsidiaries) and its successors. Nothing in this Agreement or the
Plan shall confer upon the Eligible Individual any right to
continue in the employ of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates
or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any
such Affiliates to terminate the Eligible Individual’s
employment at any time.
As soon as practicable after any
Restricted Stock Units have vested and are no longer subject to the
Restriction Period (or at such later date specified by the
Committee or in accordance with the election of the Eligible
Individual, if the Committee so permits), such Restricted Stock
Units shall be settled. Subject to Paragraph 8 (pertaining to the
withholding of taxes), for each Restricted Stock Unit settled
pursuant to this Paragraph 2, the Corporation shall (i) if the
Eligible Individual is employed within the United States, issue one
share of Common Stock for each vested Restricted Stock Unit and
cause to be delivered to the Eligible Individual one or more
unlegended, freely-transferable stock certificates in respect of
such shares issued upon settlement of the vested Restricted Stock
Units or (ii) if the Eligible Individual is employed outside the
United States, pay, or cause to be paid, to the Eligible Individual
an amount of cash equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of
Common Stock for each vested Restricted Stock Unit settled at such
time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be
entitled to hold the shares or cash issuable upon settlement of
Restricted Stock Units that have vested until the Corporation or
the agent selected by the Corporation to manage the Plan under
which the Restricted Stock Units have been issued (the
“Agent”) shall have received from the Eligible
Individual a duly executed Form W-9 or W-8, as
applicable.
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3.
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Non-Transferability of the Restricted Stock
Units
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During the Restriction Period and
until such time as the Restricted Stock Units are ultimately
settled as provided in Paragraph 2 above, the Restricted Stock
Units shall not be transferable by the Eligible Individual by means
of sale, assignment, exchange, encumbrance, pledge, hedge or
otherwise.
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Rights as
a Stockholder
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Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Agreement, during the Restriction Period, the
Eligible Individual shall not be entitled to any rights of a
stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock Units.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation declares and pays
dividends on the Common Stock during the Restriction Period, the
Eligible Individual will be credited with additional amounts for
each Restricted Stock Unit equal to the dividend that would have
been paid with respect to such Restricted Stock Unit if it had been
an actual share of Common Stock, which amount shall remain subject
to restrictions (and as determined by the Committee may be
reinvested in Restricted Stock Units or may be held in kind as
restricted property) and shall vest concurrently with the vesting
of the Restricted Stock Units upon which such dividend equivalent
amounts were paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends and
distributions other than regular quarterly cash dividends, if any,
may result in an adjustment pursuant to Paragraph 5, rather than
under this Paragraph 4.
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5.
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Adjustment in the Event of Change in Stock;
Change in Control
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In the event of (i) a stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, share
combinati