Kentucky
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0-1469
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61-0156015
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(State
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
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240.13e-4(c))
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Exhibit
10.1
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Amended
and Restated Terms and Conditions of Performance Share Awards Issued
Pursuant to the Churchill Downs Incorporated 2007 Omnibus Stock Incentive
Plan
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CHURCHILL
DOWNS INCORPORATED
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December
19, 2008
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/s/
Robert L. Evans
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Robert
L. Evans
President
& Chief Executive
Officer
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Exhibit
10.1
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Amended
and Restated Terms and Conditions of Performance Share Awards Issued
Pursuant to the Churchill Downs Incorporated 2007 Omnibus Stock Incentive
Plan
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1. ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO
THE CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED 2007 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN.
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(a)
The Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors
(the “Board”) of the Company (as defined below) hereby establishes the
following Performance Share Awards Terms and Conditions, as may be amended
from time to time (the “Performance Share Awards Terms and Conditions”)
applicable to Performance Share Awards granted pursuant to the Company's
2007 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time
(the “Plan”). Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall
have the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event of a
conflict between the provisions of the Plan and the Performance Share
Awards Terms and Conditions, the provisions of the Plan shall
prevail.
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(b) |
For
purposes of Performance Share Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, the
terms listed below shall have the following meanings:
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Award Value shall mean
the maximum dollar award value a Participant may earn for any Performance
Period
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(2) |
Cause shall have the
meaning set forth in an employment agreement or other agreement,
including, but not limited to a severance agreement, between Participant
and
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and
the Company or a Subsidiary that contains a definition of “Cause.” If no
such agreement exists, “Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following acts by
Participant:
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(i)
Participant shall have been convicted of, or shall have pleaded guilty or
nolo contendere
to, any felony or any crime involving dishonesty or moral
turpitude;
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(ii)
Participant shall have breached his or her Performance Share Award
Agreement or any employment, non-competition or non-solicitation covenant
or agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary, whether in an employment
agreement or otherwise;
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(iii)
Participant shall have failed (x) to substantially comply with the rules
or policies of general application of the Company or a Subsidiary, or (y)
to devote substantial time and energy to the
business
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and
affairs of the Company or a Subsidiary (other than due to death or
Disability);
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(iv) Participant
shall have engaged in any fraud, embezzlement, theft or other dishonesty
against the Company or a Subsidiary;
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(v) Participant’s
continued failure to substantially perform Participant’s
duties;
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(vi) Participant’s
repeated acts of insubordination, or failure to execute Company or
Subsidiary plans and/or strategies; or
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(vii) Participant
engages in any act that is intended or may reasonably be expected to harm
the reputation, business, prospects or operations of the Company or a
Subsidiary.
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Change in Control shall
mean the first to occur of the following events:
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(i) the
acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any individual, entity or group
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)
(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of either the
then-outstanding voting securities of the Company (the “Outstanding
Company Common Stock”) or the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting
Securities”); provided, however that for purposes of this subsection (i),
the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (w)
any acquisition directly from the Company, (x) any acquisition by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or
any corporation controlled by the Company, or (z) any acquisition by any
corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (x), (y)
and (z) of subsection (iii) of this definition;
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(ii) individuals
who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual
becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or
nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a
vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent
Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the
Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual
whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or
threatened election contest with respect to
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election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the
Board;
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(iii) consummation
of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the
acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Corporate Transaction”), in
each case, unless, immediately following such Corporate Transaction, (x)
all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the
beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock
and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such
Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than
50% of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock and the
combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the
Company resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without
limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the
Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either
directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate
Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding
Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (y) no Person (excluding
any corporation resulting from such Corporate Transaction or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation
resulting from such Corporate Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of, respectively, the then Outstanding Company
Common Stock resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the Outstanding
Company Voting Securities resulting from such Corporate Transaction,
except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate
Transaction, and (z) at least a majority of the members of the Board
resulting from the Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent
Board at the time of the execution of the initial plan or action of the
Board providing for such Corporate Transaction; or
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(iv) approval
by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.
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Company shall mean
Churchill Downs Incorporated or any successor or succesors.
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(5) |
Company Performance Goal
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
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(6) | Disability shall mean the inability of Participant to perform his normal duties as a result of any physical or mental injury or ailment for (i) any consecutive ninety (90)-day | ||
period,
or (ii) any one hundred eighty (180) days (whether or not consecutive)
during any three hundred sixty-five (365) calendar day
period.
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(7) EBITDA shall mean the
Company's net income from continuing operations plus interest expense plus
taxes plus depreciation and amortization (after giving effect to accruals
for the cost of the Performance Share Awards).
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(8) Effective Date shall
mean the date the Committee approves the Performance Share Awards Terms
and Conditions.
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(9) Good Reason shall mean
the occurrence (without Participant’s
express consent) of any one of the following acts by the Company or a
Subsidiary:
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(i) the assignment to Participant of any duties
inconsistent in any material respect with the position of Participant as
of the effective date of any Change in Control, or any other diminution in
any material respect in such position, authority, duties or
responsibilities unless agreed to by
Participant;
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(ii) a material change in the geographic location at
which Participant must perform services for the Company, as required by
the Company;
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(iii) a material reduction in Participant’s base salary
unless other similarly situated employees are subject to a comparable
reduction; or
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(iv) a material breach of a material term of a written
employment agreement by and between the Company or a Subsidiary and
Participant.
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(10) Open Performance Period
shall mean a Performance Period for which the Company Performance
Goal has not been achieved.
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(11) Participant shall mean
an eligible Employee that has been granted an Award Value pursuant to the
Performance Share Awards Terms and Conditions.
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(12) Performance Period shall
mean each of the 2008-2012 calendar years, inclusive.
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(13) Performance Share shall
mean a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one
Share.
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(14) Performance Share Award
shall mean a grant of
Performance Shares following Committee certification of the Company's
Performance
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Goal
and individual performance goals pursuant to the Performance Share Awards
Terms and Conditions.
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(15) Performance Share Award
Agreement shall mean a written agreement between the Company and a
Participant with respect to any earned Performance Shares.
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(16) Retirement shall (i)
have the meaning assigned to it in Company’s tax qualified retirement
plan, or (ii) mean the attainment of such other retirement age as the
Committee may designate from time to time.
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(17) Section 162(m) shall
mean Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(18) Section 409A shall mean
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
guidance and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(19)
Share shall mean
one share of the Company’s common stock, no par value, or any security
into which a Share may be converted by reason of a merger, acquisition or
any other transaction or event that affects the stock of the
Company.
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(20) Termination Date shall
mean the date set forth in Section 12(a).
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2. ADMINISTRATION
OF THE PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
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The Performance Share Awards
Terms and Conditions shall be administered by the
Committee. The Committee shall have the sole authority, in its
absolute discretion, to adopt, amend and rescind any and all rules and
regulations as, in its opinion, may be advisable in the administration,
construction and interpretation of the Performance Share Awards Terms and
Conditions, its rules and regulations, and the instruments evidencing
awards granted under these terms and conditions, and to make all other
determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of
these terms and conditions. All decisions, determinations and
interpretations of the Committee shall be binding on all
Participants.
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3. ELIGIBILITY.
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The Committee shall determine the
Employees that will be eligible for grant of Performance Share Awards
under the Performance Share Awards Terms and Conditions, as well as his or
her Award Value for each of the Performance Periods.
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4. AVAILABILITY
OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS.
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Pursuant to the terms of the
Plan, up to 300,000 Performance Share Awards may be granted under the
Performance Share Awards Terms and Conditions to any Participant in any
calendar year. Performance Shares that are forfeited shall
again be available for grant under the Plan and the Performance Share
Awards Terms and Conditions.
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5. PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.
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(a) Thirty
percent (30%) of each Performance Share Award shall be based upon the
Company's achievement of minimum EBITDA performance goal for a particular
Performance Period. The minimum EBITDA goal for each
Performance Period is as follows (each, a “Company Performance
Goal”):
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2008
- $70 million,
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2009
- $85 million,
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2010
- $100 million,
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2011
- $115 million,
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2012
- $130 million.
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The determination of whether such
Company Performance Goal has been achieved shall be made by the Company's
outside auditors and certified by the Committee, as described
below.
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(b) Seventy
percent (70%) of each Performance Share Award shall be based upon the
Participant's achievement of his or her individual performance objectives,
which shall be recommended each year by the Company's CEO and approved by
the Committee. The determination of whether such individual
performance goals have been achieved shall be made by the Committee upon
advice of the Company's CEO.
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(c) To
the extent necessary to avoid the limitation under Section 162(m) with
respect to the deductibility of the payment of any Performance Share Award
payable to a “covered employee” (as defined under Section 162(m)), the
Performance Share Award shall be treated as two separate grants, the terms
of which are respectively set forth in Sections 5(a) and
5(b). The grant set forth in Section 5(a) is intended to
satisfy the “qualified performance-based compensation” exception under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27, as may be amended or
replaced. Consistent with that intent, with respect to any
“covered employee,” the Performance Share Awards Terms and Conditions and
applicable Performance Share Award Agreements shall be interpreted in a
manner consistent with this exception, and in the event that any provision
that is necessary for the Performance Share Award payable to such “covered
employee” to comply with such exception is determined by the Committee, in
its sole discretion, to have been omitted, such omitted provision shall be
deemed included herein and is hereby incorporated as part of such terms
and conditions.
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6. GRANT
OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS.
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(a) The
Committee shall certify the Company's EBITDA results and the results of
each Participant's individual performance goals in the first quarter of
each calendar year for the years 2009 through 2013, inclusive, following
the Company's completion of its year end financial reports, as
audited. Except as otherwise provided in the Performance Share
Awards Terms and Conditions, following such certification, each
Participant shall be granted a Performance Share Award in respect of
applicable Performance Periods; provided that no Performance Share Award
for a particular Performance Period shall be granted unless and until the
Company's Performance Goal for such Performance Period has been achieved;
and provided further, that no Performance Share Award may be granted in
respect of a future Performance Period.
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(b) The
value of the Performance Share Award shall be based upon Participant's
applicable Award Value and the Committee's certification of the Company's
Performance Goal and Participant's individual performance
objectives. Except as otherwise provided, if the Performance
Share Award is settled in Shares, the number of Shares subject to such
Award shall be determined by dividing the dollar value of the Performance
Share Award for the particular Performance Period by the closing price of
a Share on the last business day of the calendar year immediately
preceding the date of grant. Except as otherwise set forth
herein, the Performance Share Award shall vest and be payable in
accordance with Section 7 below.
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(c) In
the event the Company does not achieve its Company Performance Goal in the
scheduled year, the Participant's Award Value attributable to such Company
Performance Goal may be achieved in a future year, in which case, the
Performance Share Award shall be granted in the first quarter following
the year such Company Performance Goal is achieved.
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(i) The
individual performance portion of Participant's Performance Share Award
for the scheduled year shall be based on the Company's CEO recommendation
and Committee's assessment of the Participant's attainment of performance
objectives for the year in which the Company Performance Goal is met (and
not attainment of individual performance objectives for the originally
scheduled year).
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(ii) If
the Performance Share Award is settled in Shares, the number of Shares
subject to such Performance Share Award shall be determined by dividing
the dollar value of the Performance Share Award for the particular
Performance Period by the closing price of a Share on the last business
day of the calendar year immediately preceding the date of grant of the
Performance Share Award. Such Performance Share Award shall
vest and be payable in accordance with the vesting schedule attributable
to the underlying Performance Period as set forth in Section 7
below.
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(iii) Example:
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(x) Facts: Participant
was granted an Award Value of $100,000 for 2008, $125,000 for 2009 and
$150,000 for 2010. The Company did not achieve either of the
2008 or 2009 Company Performance Goal, but achieved the 2010
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Company
Performance Goal. For the 2010 Performance Period, the
Committee determined that Participant met 50% of his individual
performance objectives. The closing price of the Company's
Common Stock on December 31, 2010 was $100.00 per share.
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(y) Awards: In
the first quarter of 2011, Participant would be granted three separate
Performance Share Awards.
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2008 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $65,000 (30% x $100,000) + (70% x $100,000 x 50%)
and if settled in Shares, would cover 650 Shares ($65,000 ÷ 100.00 per
share). This Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly
installments over a period of thirty-six months, beginning on March 31,
2011.
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2009 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $81,250 (30% x $125,000) + (70% x $125,000 x 50%)
and if settled in Shares, would cover 812 Shares ($81,250 ÷ 100.00 per
share), plus a cash payment in respect of the remaining half
share. This Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly
installments over a period of thirty-six months, beginning on March 31,
2011.
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2010 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $97,500 (30% x $150,000) + (70% x $150,000 x 50%)
and if settled in Shares, would cover 975 Shares ($97,500 ÷ 100.00 per
share). This Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly
installments over a period of twenty-four months, beginning on March 31,
2011.
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(d) Once
a Performance Share Award has been granted for a particular Performance
Period, such Performance Period shall be closed. Only one
Performance Share Award grant may be awarded with respect to any single
Performance Period.
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7. VESTING
AND PAYMENT OF PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS.
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(a) Subject
to Participant's continued employment with the Company or a Subsidiary on
any applicable vesting date, Performance Share Awards granted in respect
of the 2008 and 2009 Performance Periods shall vest over a period of
thirty-six (36) months in equal quarterly installments on the last day of
each quarter, at which time one-twelfth (1/12th) of the award shall be
payable as soon as administratively practicable following each applicable
vesting date, but in no event later than sixty (60) days following each
applicable vesting date. The first vesting date shall begin on
March 31 of the year of grant.
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(b) Subject
to Participant's continued employment with the Company or a Subsidiary on
any applicable vesting date, Performance Share Awards granted in respect
of the 2010 and 2011 Performance Periods shall vest over a period of
twenty-four (24)
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2009 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $62,500 (50% x $125,000) and if settled in Shares,
would cover 625 Shares ($62,500 ÷ 100.00 per share). This
Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly installments over a period
of thirty-six months, beginning on June 30,
2010.
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2010 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $75,000 (50% x $150,000) and if settled in Shares,
would cover 750 Shares ($75,000 ÷ 100.00 per share). This
Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly installments over a period
of twenty-four months, beginning on June 30,
2010.
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2011 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $100,000 (50% x $200,000) and if settled in Shares,
would cover 1,000 Shares ($100,000 ÷ 100.00 per share). This
Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly installments over a period
of twenty-four months, beginning on June 30,
2010.
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The
Performance Share Award in respect of the 2012 Performance Period would
have a dollar value of $125,000 (50% x $250,000) and if settled in Shares,
would cover 1,250 Shares ($125,000 ÷ 100.00 per share). This
Performance Share Award would vest in quarterly installments over a period
of twelve months, beginning on June 30,
2010.
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