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Exhibit 4.1
UTi Worldwide Inc.
2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Plan Document
1. Establishment, Purpose, and Types of Awards. UTi Worldwide Inc. (the “Company”)
hereby establishes this equity-based incentive compensation plan to be known as the “UTi Worldwide
Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”), for the
following purposes: (a) to enhance the Company’s ability to attract highly qualified personnel; (b)
to strengthen its retention capabilities; (c) to enhance the long-term performance and
competitiveness of the Company; and (d) to align the interests of Participants with those of the
Company’s shareholders.
(a) Effective Date. This Plan shall become effective upon the date adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Company; provided that no Awards shall be granted hereunder until the Plan has
been approved by a vote of a majority of the votes cast at a duly held meeting of the Company’s
shareholders (or by such other shareholder vote that the Committee determines to be sufficient for
the issuance of Shares and Awards according to the Company’s governing documents and Applicable
Law).
(b) Awards. The Plan permits the granting of the following types of Awards according to the
Sections of the Plan listed here:
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Section 5
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Stock Options |
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Section 6
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Share Appreciation Rights (SARs) |
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Section 7
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Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units (RSUs), and
Unrestricted Shares |
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Section 8
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Deferred Share Units (DSUs) |
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Section 9
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Performance Awards |
(c) Appendices. Incorporated by reference and thereby part of the Plan are the terms set
forth in the following appendices:
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Appendix I
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Definitions |
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Appendix II
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Special U.S. provisions regarding tax and securities compliance |
(d) Effect on Other Plans, Awards, and Arrangements. This Plan is not intended to affect and
shall not affect any stock options, equity-based compensation, or other benefits that the Company
or its Affiliates may have provided, or may separately provide in the future, pursuant to any
agreement, plan, or program that is independent of this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
effective upon shareholder approval of this Plan, no further awards shall be granted under the
Company’s 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
2. Defined Terms. Terms in the Plan and any Appendix that begin with an initial capital
letter have the defined meaning set forth in Appendix I, unless the context indicates a different
meaning.
3. Shares Subject to the Plan. Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 13 below, a total
of 6,250,000 Shares shall be available for issuance under the Plan. The Shares deliverable
pursuant to Awards shall be authorized, but unissued Shares, or Shares that the Company otherwise
holds in treasury or in trust. Any Shares subject to an Award that is settled in cash rather than
in Shares, or subject to an Award that expires or is forfeited, cancelled or otherwise terminated
without the issuance of some or all of the Shares subject to the Award will again be available for
future Awards to the extent of such cash settlement, or non-issuance due to expiration, forfeiture,
cancellation or termination. In addition, previously-issued Shares that are not related to a
particular Award (e.g., Shares already owned by a Participant) and Shares subject to an Award that
are tendered or withheld by the Company in payment of all or part of the exercise price of such
Award or in satisfaction of applicable Withholding Taxes shall be added to the number of Shares
available for issuance under the Plan. Further, and to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws:
(i) the maximum number of Shares available for delivery under the Plan shall not be reduced by any
Shares issued under the Plan through the settlement, assumption, or substitution of outstanding
awards or obligations to grant future awards in connection with the acquisition by the Company (or
an Affiliate of the Company) of another entity; and (ii) the maximum number of Shares available for
delivery under the Plan shall be increased by the number of shares available for issuance under any
shareholder approved plan of an entity acquired by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company (as
such number has been equitably adjusted by the Committee to give effect to the acquisition).
4. Eligibility.
(a) General Rule. Awards may only be made to Eligible Persons (as determined for each Award
on its Grant Date). Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that sets forth its Grant
Date and all other terms and conditions of the Award, that is signed on behalf of the Company (or
delivered by an authorized agent through an electronic medium), and that, if required by the
Committee, is signed by the Eligible Person as an acceptance of the Award. The grant of an Award
shall not obligate the Company or any Affiliate to continue the employment or service of any
Eligible Person, or to provide any future Awards or other remuneration at any time thereafter.
(b) Limits on Individual Awards. During any calendar year, no Participant may receive Options
and SARs under the Plan that relate to more than 1,000,000 Shares, subject to adjustment pursuant
to Section 13 below.
(c) Replacement Awards. Subject to Applicable Laws (including any associated shareholder
approval requirements), the Committee may, in its sole discretion and upon such terms as it deems
appropriate, require as a condition for granting an Award that an Eligible Person surrender for
cancellation some or all Awards that have previously been granted under this Plan or otherwise. An
Award conditioned upon such surrender may or may not be the same type of Award, may cover the same
(or a lesser or greater) number of Shares as such surrendered Award, may have other terms that are
determined without regard to the terms or conditions of such surrendered Award, and may contain any
other terms that the Committee deems appropriate. Except in connection with a Change in Control,
Options or SARs with a per Share exercise price (as adjusted pursuant to Section 13 below) higher
than Fair Market Value may not be cancelled under this Section 4(c) without the approval of the
Company’s shareholders.
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5. Stock Options.
(a) Grants. The Committee may grant Options to Eligible Persons pursuant to Award Agreements
setting forth terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the Plan, and that may include
vesting or other requirements for the right to exercise the Option; provided that —
(i) the exercise price for Shares subject to purchase through exercise of an Option
shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares on the Grant
Date; and
(ii) no Option shall be exercisable for a term ending more than ten years after its
Grant Date.
(b) Method of Exercise. Subject to Section 14 below, Options may be exercised by the
Participant (or his guardian or personal representative) giving notice to the Company pursuant to
procedures established by the Company for the exercise of Options. Such notice shall state the
number of Shares the Participant has elected to purchase under the Option and the method by which
the exercise price and any applicable Withholding Taxes will be paid. The exercise price and
Withholding Taxes may be paid in cash or check payable to the Company (in U.S. dollars), or to the
extent that the Committee or the terms of an Award Agreement expressly permit, all or any part of
the exercise price or Withholding Taxes may be satisfied —
(i) by delivery or attestation of Shares (valued at their Fair Market Value) that are
subject to the Option being exercised or that the Participant already owns;
(ii) by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice with irrevocable instructions
to a broker to deliver to the Company the amount necessary to pay the exercise price or
Withholding Taxes from the sale or proceeds of a loan from the broker with respect to the
sale of Shares or a broker loan secured by Shares; or
(iii) by a combination of (i) and (ii).
An Award Agreement for an Option may provide that, if, on the date upon which such Option or any
portion thereof is to expire, Fair Market Value exceeds the per Share exercise price of such Option
and if such Option or portion thereof that will expire is otherwise exercisable, the Option shall
be automatically exercised by delivery of Shares that are subject to such Option in satisfaction of
the exercise price and any applicable Withholding Taxes.
(c) Exercise of an Unvested Option. The Committee in its sole discretion may allow a
Participant to exercise an unvested Option, in which case the Shares then issued shall be
Restricted Shares having analogous vesting restrictions to the unvested Option.
(d) Termination of Continuous Service. The Committee may establish and set forth in the
applicable Award Agreement the terms and conditions on which an Option shall remain exercisable
following termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service. Except to the extent an Award
Agreement specifically provides otherwise, an Option shall be exercisable, only to the extent the
Participant was entitled to exercise such Option at the date of terminating Continuous Service,
only until the “Option Termination Date” determined pursuant to the following table:
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Option Termination Date |
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(i) By the Company for Cause, or what
would have been Cause if the Company had
known all of the relevant facts.
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Termination of the
Participant’s Continuous
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(ii) Disability of the Participant.
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Within one year after
termination of the
Participant’s Continuous
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(iii) Retirement of the Participant after
age 60 with 5 years or more of Continuous
Service.
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Within one year after
termination of the
Participant’s Continuous
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(iv) Death of the Participant during
Continuous Service or within 90 days
thereafter.
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Within one year after
termination of the
Participant’s Continuous
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(v) Other than due to Cause or the
Participant’s Disability, Retirement, or
Death.
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Within 90 days after
termination of the
Participant’s Continuous
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may any Option be exercised after the expiration of
the Option term as set forth in the Award Agreement. To the extent that a Participant is not
entitled to exercise an Option at the date of his or her termination of Continuous Service, or if
the Participant (or other person entitled to exercise the Option) does not exercise the Option to
the extent so entitled within the time specified in the Award Agreement or above (as applicable),
the Option shall terminate and the Shares underlying the unexercised portion of the Option shall
revert to the Plan and become available for future Awards.
(e) Buyout. If a Participant so elects, the Committee may cancel an Option in exchange for a
payment to a Participant in cash, cash equivalents, new Awards, or Shares, at such time and on such
terms and conditions as the Committee shall have established and communicated to the Participant;
provided, however, that, except in connection with a Change in Control, the per Share exercise
price of any Option cancelled pursuant to this Section 5(e) (as adjusted pursuant to Section 13
below) shall not be greater than the Fair Market Value of a Share on such date unless the terms of
the cancellation of such Option are approved by the shareholders of the Company. In addition, but
subject to Section 4(c) above and to any shareholder approval requirement of Applicable Law, if the
Fair Market Value for Shares subject to an Option is more than 33% below their exercise price for
more than 30 consecutive business days, the Committee may unilaterally terminate and cancel the
Option by providing each affected Participant with either cash or a new Award that has (i) a value
equal to that of the vested portion of the Option being cancelled (with value being uniformly
determined as of the buyout date in accordance with the methodology that the Company generally uses
for financial accounting purposes for its Awards), (ii) vesting terms not less favorable to the
Participant than the Option being cancelled, and (iii) any other terms and conditions that the
Committee may set forth in the Award Agreement for the new Award; subject, except in connection
with a Change in Control, to shareholder approval of any cash payments or new Awards or other
program involving the cancellation of Options in exchange for Option grants having a lower exercise
price.
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6. SARs.
(a) Grants. The Committee may grant SARs to Eligible Persons pursuant to Award Agreements
setting forth terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the Plan; provided that:
(i) the exercise price for the Shares subject to each SAR shall not be less than 100%
of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares on the Grant Date;
(ii) no SAR shall be exercisable for a term ending more than ten years after its Grant
Date; and
(iii) each SAR shall, except to the extent a SAR Award Agreement provides otherwise, be
subject to the provisions of Section 5(d) relating to the effect of a termination of
Participant’s Continuous Service and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 5(e)
relating to buyouts, in each case with “SAR” being substituted for “Option.”
(b) Settlement. Subject to Section 14 below, a SAR shall entitle the Participant, upon
exercise of the SAR, to receive Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to
the product of the number of Share as to which the SAR is being exercised, and the excess of (i)
the Fair Market Value, on such date, of the Shares covered by the exercised SAR, over (ii) an
exercise price designated in the SAR Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a SAR Award
Agreement may limit the total settlement value that the Participant will be entitled to receive
upon the SAR’s exercise, and may provide for settlement either in cash or in any combination of
cash or Shares that the Committee may authorize pursuant to an Award Agreement. An Award Agreement
for a SAR may provide that, if, on the date upon which such SAR or any portion thereof is to
expire, the Fair Market Value exceeds the per Share exercise price of such SAR and if such SAR or
portion thereof that will expire is otherwise exercisable, the SAR shall be automatically exercised
and settled pursuant to this Section 6(b).
(c) SARs related to Options. The Committee may grant SARs either concurrently with the grant
of an Option or with respect to an outstanding Option, in which case the SAR shall extend to all or
a portion of the Shares covered by the related Option and have an exercise price not less than the
exercise price of the related Option. A SAR related to an Option shall entitle the Participant who
holds the related Option, upon exercise of the SAR and surrender of the related Option, or portion
thereof, to the extent the SAR and related Option each were previously unexercised, to receive
payment of an amount determined pursuant to Section 6(b) above.
7. Restricted Shares, RSUs, and Unrestricted Share Awards.
(a) Grant. The Committee may grant Restricted Share, RSU, or Unrestricted Share Awards to
Eligible Persons, in all cases pursuant to Award Agreements setting forth terms and conditions that
are not inconsistent with the Plan. The Committee shall establish as to each Restricted Share or
RSU Award the number of Shares deliverable or subject to the Award (which number may be determined
by a written formula), and the period or periods of time (the “Restriction Period”) at the
end of which all or some restrictions specified in the Award Agreement shall lapse and the
Participant shall receive unrestricted Shares (or cash to the extent provided in the Award
Agreement) in settlement of the Award. Such restrictions may include, without limitation,
restrictions concerning voting rights and transferability and such restrictions may lapse
separately or
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in combination at such times and pursuant to such circumstances or based on such criteria as
selected by the Committee, including, without limitation, criteria based on the Participant’s
duration of employment, directorship or consultancy with the Company, individual, group, or
divisional performance criteria, Company performance, or other criteria selection by the Committee.
The Committee may make Restricted Share and RSU Awards with or without the requirement for payment
of cash or other consideration. In addition, the Committee may grant Awards hereunder in the form
of Unrestricted Shares which shall vest in full upon the Grant Date or such other date as the
Committee may determine or which the Committee may issue pursuant to any program under which one or
more Eligible Persons (selected by the Committee in its sole discretion) elect to pay for such
Shares or to receive Unrestricted Shares in lieu of cash bonuses that would otherwise be paid.
(b) Vesting and Forfeiture. The Committee shall set forth in an Award Agreement granting
Restricted Shares or RSUs, the terms and conditions under which the Participant’s interest in the
Restricted Shares or the Shares subject to RSUs will become vested and non-forfeitable. Except as
set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or the Committee otherwise determines, upon termination
of a Participant’s Continuous Service for any reason, the Participant shall forfeit his or her
Restricted Shares and RSUs to the extent the Participant’s interest therein has not vested on or
before such termination date; provided that if a Participant purchases Restricted Shares and
forfeits them for any reason, the Company shall return the purchase price to the Participant to the
extent either set forth in an Award Agreement or required by Applicable Laws.
(c) Certificates for Restricted Shares. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the
Company shall hold certificates representing Restricted Shares and dividends (whether in Shares or
cash) that accrue with respect to them until the restrictions lapse, and the Participant shall
provide the Company with appropriate stock powers endorsed in blank. The Participant’s failure to
provide such stock powers within ten days after a written request from the Company shall entitle
the Committee to unilaterally declare a forfeiture of all or some of the Participant’s Restricted
Shares.
(d) Issuance of Shares upon Vesting. As soon as practicable after vesting of a Participant’s
Restricted Shares (or of the right to receive Shares underlying RSUs), the Company shall deliver to
the Participant, free from vesting restrictions, one Share for each surrendered and vested
Restricted Share (or deliver one Share free of the vesting restriction for each vested RSU), unless
an Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to Section 10 below regarding Withholding Taxes.
No fractional Shares shall be distributed, and cash shall be paid in lieu thereof.
(e) Dividends Payable on Vesting. Whenever Shares are deliverable to a Participant (or
duly-authorized transferee) pursuant to Section 7(d) above as a result of the vesting of a
Restricted Share or RSU Award, the Participant or his or her duly authorized transferee shall also
be entitled to receive, with respect to each Share then vesting, a number of Shares equal to the
sum of —
(i) any per-Share dividends which were declared and paid in Shares to the Company’s
shareholders of record between the Grant Date and the date Shares are delivered to the
Participant pursuant to the particular vesting event for the Award; and
(ii) the Shares that the Participant could have purchased at their Fair Market Value on
the payment date of any cash dividends if the Participant had received such cash dividends
with respect to each Restricted Share, or Share subject to an RSU, between the
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Grant Date and the date Shares are delivered to the Participant pursuant to the
particular vesting event for the Award.
(f) Deferral Elections for RSUs. To the extent specifically provided in an Award Agreement, a
Participant may irrevocably elect, in accordance with Section 8 below, to defer the receipt of all
or a percentage of the Shares that would otherwise be transferred to the Participant upon the
vesting of an RSU Award. If the Participant makes this election: (i) the Company shall credit the
Shares subject to the election, and any associated dividends, to a DSU account established pursuant
to Section 8 below on the date such Shares and any associated dividends would otherwise have been
delivered to the Participant pursuant to Sections 7(d) and 7(e) above, and (ii) any vesting that
would have occurred within the 12-month period following the date of the Participant’s election
shall occur on the 12-month anniversary of such election, provided that vesting may occur
immediately upon the Participant’s death or Disability if so provided in the Award Agreement.
8. DSUs.
(a) Grants of DSUs. The Committee may make DSU awards to any Eligible Persons pursuant to
Award Agreements, regardless of whether or not there is a deferral of compensation, and may permit
select Eligible Persons to irrevocably elect, on a form provided by and acceptable to the Committee
(the “Election Form”), to forego the receipt of cash or other compensation (including the
Shares deliverable pursuant to any RSU Award) and in lieu thereof to have the Company credit to an
internal Plan account a number of DSUs having a Fair Market Value equal to the Shares and other
compensation deferred. These credits will be made at the end of each calendar quarter (or other
period determined by the Committee) during which compensation is deferred. Unless the Company
sends an Eligible Person a written notice rejecting an Election Form within five business days
after the Company receives it, an Election Form shall take effect on the first day of the next
calendar year (or on the first day of the next calendar month in the case of an initial election
within 30 days after a Participant becomes first eligible to defer hereunder) after its delivery to
the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a Participant’s Election Form will be
ineffective with respect to any compensation that the Participant earns before the date on which
the Election Form takes effect.
(b) Vesting. Unless an Award Agreement expressly provides otherwise, each Participant shall
be 100% vested at all times in any Shares subject to DSUs.
(c) Issuances of Shares. Unless an Award Agreement or the Committee expressly provides
otherwise, the Company shall settle a Participant’s DSU Award, by delivering one Share for each
DSU, in five substantially equal annual installments that are issued before the last day of each of
the five calendar years that end after the date on which the Participant’s Continuous Service ends
for any reason, subject to —
(i) the Participant’s right to elect a different form of distribution, only on a form
provided by and acceptable to the Committee, that permits the Participant to select any
combination of a lump sum and annual installments that are triggered by, and completed
within ten years following, the last day of the Participant’s Continuous Service; and
(ii) the Company’s acceptance of the Participant’s distribution election form executed
at the time the Participant elects to defer the receipt of Shares or other
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compensation pursuant to Section 8(a), provided that the Participant may change a
distribution election through any subsequent election that (I) the Participant delivers to
the Company at least one year before the date on which distributions are otherwise scheduled
to commence pursuant to the Participant’s initial distribution election, and (II) defers the
commencement of distributions by at least five years from the originally scheduled
distribution commencement date.
Fractional shares shall not be issued, and instead shall be paid out in cash.
(d) Dividends. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, whenever Shares are issued to
a Participant pursuant to Section 9(c) above, the Participant shall also be entitled to receive,
with respect to each Share issued, a number of Shares determined in a manner consistent with
Section 7(e) above (but by reference to the period from the Grant Date of the DSU to its settlement
through the issuance of Shares to the Participant).
(e) Emergency Withdrawals. In the event that a Participant suffers an unforeseeable emergency
within the contemplation of this Section, the Participant may apply to the Committee for an
immediate distribution of all or a portion of the Participant’s DSUs. The unforeseeable emergency
must result from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s
spouse, or a dependent of the Participant, casualty loss of the Participant’s property, or other
similar extraordinary and unforeseeable conditions beyond the control of the Participant. The
Committee shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether a Participant has a
qualifying unforeseeable emergency, may require independent verification of the emergency, and may
determine whether or not to provide the Participant with cash or Shares. The amount of any
distribution hereunder shall be limited to the amount necessary to relieve the Participant’s
unforeseeable emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of
the distribution. The number of Shares subject to the Participant’s DSU Award shall be reduced by
any Shares distributed to the Participant and by a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on
the date of the distribution equal to any cash paid to the Participant pursuant to this Section.
(f) Unsecured Rights to Deferred Compensation. A Participant’s right to DSUs shall at all
times constitute an unsecured promise of the Company to pay benefits as they come due. The right
of the Participant (or the Participant’s duly-authorized transferee) to receive benefits hereunder
shall be solely an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company. Neither the
Participant nor the Participant’s duly-authorized transferee shall have any claim against or rights
in any specific assets, Shares, or other funds of the Company.
9. Performance Awards.
(a) Performance Awards. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) hereof, the
Committee may in its discretion grant Performance Awards, including Performance Units, to any
Eligible Person that (i) have substantially the same financial benefits and other terms and
conditions as Options, SARs, RSUs, or DSUs, and/or (ii) are settled only in cash. A Performance
Award is an Award which is based on the achievement of specific goals with respect to the Company
or any Affiliate or the individual performance of the Participant, or any combination thereof, over
a specified period of time. All Performance Awards shall be made pursuant to Award Agreements
setting forth terms and conditions that are not inconsistent with the Plan.
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(b) Deferral Elections. At any time prior to the date that is both at least six months before
the close of a Performance Period (or shorter or longer period that the Committee selects) with
respect to a Performance Award and at which time vesting or payment is substantially uncertain to
occur, the Committee may permit a Participant who is a member of a select group of management or
highly compensated employees to irrevocably elect, on a form provided by and acceptable to the
Committee, to defer the receipt of all or a percentage of the cash or Shares that would otherwise
be transferred to the Participant upon the vesting of such Award. If the Participant makes this
election, the cash or Shares subject to the election, and any associated interest and dividends,
shall be credited to an account established pursuant to Section 8 hereof on the date such cash or
Shares would otherwise have been released or issued to the Participant pursuant to this Section.
10. Taxes; Withholding.
(a) General. As a condition to the issuance or distribution of Shares pursuant to the Plan,
the Participant (or in the case of the Participant’s death, the person who succeeds to the
Participant’s rights) shall make such arrangements as the Company may require for the satisfaction
of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in
connection with the Award and the issuance of Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue
any Shares until such obligations are satisfied. If the Committee allows the withholding or
surrender of Shares to satisfy a Participant’s tax withholding obligations, the Committee shall not
allow Shares to be withheld in an amount that exceeds the minimum statutory withholding rates for
applicable tax purposes, including payroll taxes.
(b) Surrender of Shares. If permitted by the terms of an Award Agreement or the Committee, in
its discretion, a Participant may satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding and employment tax
obligations associated with an Award by surrendering Shares to the Company (including Shares that
would otherwise be issued pursuant to the Award) that have a Fair Market Value determined as of the
date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined under Applicable Law.
(c) Income Taxes and Deferred Compensation. Participants are solely responsible and liable
for the satisfaction of any federal state, province, or local taxes that may arise in connection
with Awards (including, for Participants subject to taxation in the United States, any taxes
arising under Section 409A of the Code, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in a
written agreement with the Company). Neither the Company nor any of its employees, officers,
directors, or service providers shall have any obligation whatsoever to pay such taxes, to prevent
Participants from incurring them, or to mitigate or protect Participants from any such tax
liabilities. In the absence of any other arrangement, an Employee shall be deemed to have directed
the Company to withhold or collect from his or her cash compensation an amount sufficient to
satisfy such tax obligations from the next payroll payment or payments otherwise payable after the
date of the exercise of an Award.
11. Non-Transferability of Awards.
(a) General. Except as set forth in this Section 11, Awards may not be sold, pledged,
assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws
of descent or distribution. The designation of a death beneficiary by a Participant will not
constitute a transfer. An Award may be exercised, during the lifetime of the holder of an Award,
only by such
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holder, the duly-authorized legal representative of a Participant who is Disabled, or a
transferee permitted by this Section 11.
(b) Limited Transferability Rights. Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 11, the
Committee may in its discretion provide that an Award may be transferred, on such terms and
conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, either (i) by instrument to the Participant’s
“Immediate Family” (as defined below), (ii) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust
(or other entity) in which the Award is to be passed to the Participant’s designated beneficiaries,
or (iii) by gift to charitable institutions. Any transferee of the Participant’s rights shall
succeed and be subject to all of the terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan. “Immediate
Family” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former
spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.
(c) Death. In the event of the death of a Participant, any outstanding Awards issued to the
Participant shall automatically be transferred to the Participant’s Beneficiary (or, if no
Beneficiary is designated or surviving, to the person or persons to whom the Participant’s rights
under the Award pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution).
12. Modification of Awards and Substitution of Options. Within the limitations of the
Plan, the Committee may modify an Award to accelerate the rate at which an Option or SAR may be
exercised (including without limitation permitting an Option or SAR to be exercised in full without
regard to the installment or vesting provisions of the applicable Award Agreement or whether the
Option or SAR is at the time exercisable, to the extent it has not previously been exercised), to
accelerate the vesting of any Award, to extend or renew outstanding Awards, to accept the
cancellation of outstanding Awards to the extent not previously exercised, or to make any other
changes that would be allowed under the Plan for a new Award. However, except in connection with a
Change in Control or as approved by the shareholders of the Company, the Committee may not cancel
an outstanding Option or SAR whose exercise price per Share is greater than Fair Market Value at
the time of cancellation for the purpose of reissuing the Option or SAR to the Participant at a
lower exercise price, granting a replacement award of a different type, or exchanging the Award for
a cash payment, or otherwise allow for a “repricing” of Options or SARs within the meaning of
federal securities laws applicable to proxy statement disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provision, no modification of an outstanding Award shall materially and adversely affect a
Participant’s rights thereunder unless either (i) the Participant provides written consent, or (ii)
before a Change in Control, the Committee determines in good faith that the modification is not
materially adverse to the Participant.
13. Change in Capital Structure; Change in Control; Etc.
(a) Changes in Capitalization. In the event of a Share dividend, Share split, or combination
of Shares, Share exchange, recapitalization, merger in which the Company is the surviving
corporation, spin-off or split-off of an Affiliate, extraordinary cash dividend or other change in
the Company’s capital stock (including, but not limited to, the creation or issuance to
shareholders generally of rights, options or warrants for the purchase of capital stock of the
Company), the number and kind of Shares or securities of the Company to be subject to the Plan and
to Awards then outstanding or to be granted, any and all maximum limits on the number of Shares
that may be
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delivered under the Plan, any exercise price for Awards, and other relevant provisions shall
be equitably adjusted by the Committee.
(b) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control but subject to the terms of any
Award Agreements or any employment or other similar agreement between the Company or any of its
Affiliates and a Participant then in effect, to the extent outstanding Awards are neither being
assumed nor replaced with substantially equivalent Awards by the surviving or successor corporation
or a parent or subsidiary of such surviving or successor corporation (the “Successor Corporation”),
the Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion and authority, without obtaining the approval
or consent of the Company’s shareholders or any Participant with respect to his or her outstanding
Awards, take one or more of the following actions (with respect to any or all of the Awards, and
with discretion to differentiate between individual Participants and Awards for any reason):
(i) accelerate the vesting of Awards so that Awards shall vest (and, to the extent
applicable, become exercisable) as to the Shares that otherwise would have been unvested and
provide that repurchase rights of the Company with respect to Shares issued pursuant to an
Award shall lapse as to the Shares subject to such repurchase right;
(ii) arrange or otherwise provide for the payment of cash or other consideration to
Participants in exchange for the satisfaction and cancellation of outstanding Awards (with
the Committee determining the amount payable to each Participant based on the Fair Market
Value, on the date of the Change in Control, of the Award being cancelled, based on any
reasonable valuation method selected by the Committee); or
(iii) terminate all or some Awards upon the consummation of the transaction, provided
that the Committee shall provide for vesting of such Awards in full as of a date immediately
prior to consummation of the Change in Control. To the extent that an Award is not
exercised prior to consummation of a transaction in which the Award is not being assumed or
substituted, such Award shall terminate upon such consummation.
To the extent that any Award is assumed or substituted by a Successor Corporation, unless otherwise
provided in an Award Agreement or in any employment or other similar agreement between the Company
or any of its Affiliates and a Participant then in effect, in the event a Participant is
Involuntarily Terminated on or within 12 months (or other period either set forth in an Award
Agreement) following a Change in Control, then such Award shall accelerate and become fully vested
(and become exercisable in full in the case of Options and SARs), and any repurchase right
applicable to any Shares shall lapse in full, unless an Award Agreement provides for a more
restrictive acceleration or vesting schedule or more restrictive limitations on the lapse of
repurchase rights or otherwise places additional restrictions, limitations and conditions on an
Award. The acceleration of vesting and lapse of repurchase rights provided for in the previous
sentence shall occur immediately prior to the effective date of the Participant’s Involuntary
Termination, unless an Award Agreement provides otherwise.
(c) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company
other than as part of a Change in Control, each Award will terminate immediately prior to the
consummation of such action, subject to the ability of the Committee to exercise any discretion
authorized in the case of a Change in Control.
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14. Laws and Regulations.
(a) General Rules. This Plan, the grant of Awards, the exercise of Options and SARs, and the
obligations of the Company hereunder (including those to pay cash or to deliver, sell or accept the
surrender of any of its Shares or other securities) shall be subject to all Applicable Laws. In
the event that any Shares are not registered under any Applicable Law prior to the required
delivery of them pursuant to Awards, the Company may require, as a condition to their issuance or
delivery, that the persons to whom the Shares are to be issued or delivered make any written
representations and warranties (such as that such Shares are being acquired by the Participant for
investment for the Participant’s own account and not with a view to, for resale in connection with,
or with an intent of participating directly or indirectly in, any distribution of such Shares) that
the Committee may reasonably require, and the Committee may in its sole discretion include a legend
to such effect on the certificates representing any Shares issued or delivered pursuant to the
Plan.
(b) Black-out Periods. Notwithstanding any contrary terms within the Plan or any Award
Agreement, the Committee shall have the absolute discretion to impose a “blackout” period on the
exercise of any Option or SAR, as well as the settlement of any Award, with respect to any or all
Participants (including those whose Continuous Service has ended) to the extent that the Committee
determines that doing so is either desirable or required in order to comply with applicable
securities laws, provided that, if any blackout period occurs, the term of any Option or SAR shall
not expire until the earlier of (i) 30 days after the blackout period ends or (ii) the Option’s or
SAR’s expiration date but only if within 30 days thereafter the Company makes a cash payment to
each affected Participant in an amount equal to the value of the Option or SAR (as determined by
the Committee) immediately before its expiration to the extent then vested and exercisable.
(c) No Shareholder Rights. Neither a Participant nor any transferee of a
Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares
underlying any Award until the date of issuance of a share certificate to a Participant or a
transferee of a Participant for such Shares in accordance with the Company’s governing instruments
and Applicable Law. Prior to the issuance of Shares pursuant to an Award, a Participant shall not
have the right to vote or to receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder with respect to
the Shares underlying the Award, notwithstanding its exercise in the case of Options and SARs. No
adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right that is determined based on a record date
prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as otherwise specifically provided for in
this Plan.
(d) Local Law Adjustments and Sub-plans. To facilitate the making of any grant of an Award
under this Plan, the Committee may adopt rules and provide for such special terms for Awards to
Participants who are located within the United States, foreign nationals, or who are employed by
the Company or any Affiliate outside of the United States of America as the Committee may consider
necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Company is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures
regarding the conversion of local currency, taxes, withholding procedures and handling of stock
certificates which vary with the customs and requirements of particular countries. The Company may
adopt sub-plans and establish escrow accounts and trusts, and settle Awards in cash in lieu of
shares, as may be appropriate, required or applicable to particular locations and countries.
15. Termination, Rescission and Recapture of Awards.
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(a) Each Award under the Plan is intended to align the Participant’s long-term interests with
those of the Company. Accordingly, to the extent expressly provided in an Award Agreement, the
Company may terminate any outstanding, unexercised, unexpired, unpaid, or deferred Awards
(“Termination”), rescind any exercise, payment or delivery pursuant to the Award
(“Rescission”), or recapture any Shares (whether restricted or unrestricted) or proceeds
from the Participant’s sale of Shares issued pursuant to an Award (“Recapture”), if the
Participant, during his or her Continuous Service or within one year after the termination of his
or her Continuous Service, engages in activity which: (i) constitutes a material breach of the
terms of any applicable patent, proprietary information, confidentiality, non-disclosure,
intellectual property, secrecy or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company
or any of its Affiliates; (ii) constitutes the breach of the terms of any non-solicitation,
non-competition or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its
Affiliates; or (iii) is materially prejudicial to the interests of the Company and constitutes a
breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company or its Affiliates.
(b) Within ten days after receiving notice from the Company of any such activity described in
subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) in Section 15(a) above, the Participant shall deliver to the Company
the Shares acquired pursuant to the Award, or, if Participant has sold the Shares, the gain
realized, or payment received as a result of the rescinded exercise, payment, or delivery;
provided, that if the Participant returns Shares that the Participant purchased pursuant to the
exercise of an Option (or the gains realized from the sale of such Shares), the Company shall
promptly refund the exercise price, without interest, that the Participant paid for the Shares.
Any payment by the Participant to the Company pursuant to this Section shall be made either in cash
or by returning to the Company the number of Shares that the Participant received in connection
with the rescinded exercise, payment, or delivery.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 15, the Company has sole and
absolute discretion not to require Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture, and its determination
not to require Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture with respect to any particular act by a
particular Participant or particular Award shall not in any way reduce or eliminate the Company’s
authority to require Termination, Rescission and/or Recapture with respect to any other act or
Participant or Award. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose obligations on the
Participant to refrain from engaging in lawful competition with the Company after the termination
of employment that does not violate subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 15(a) above.
(d) All administrative and discretionary authority given to the Company under this Section
shall be exercised by such person or committee (including without limitation the Committee) as the
Committee may designate from time to time.
(e) If any provision within this Section 15 is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under
any Applicable Law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable
Law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives and any
limitations required under Applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to any
contrary terms expressly set forth in any Award Agreement, this Section 15 shall not be applicable
to any Participant from and after his or her termination of Continuous Service after a Change in
Control.
16. Recoupment of Awards. To the extent expressly provided in an Award Agreement, and to
the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Committee may in its sole and absolute discretion,
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without obtaining the approval or consent of the Company’s shareholders or of any Participant,
require that a Participant reimburse the Company for all or any portion of any Awards granted to
him or her under this Plan (“Reimbursement”), or the Committee may require the Termination
or Rescission of, or the Recapture associated with, any Award, if and to the extent—
(a) the granting, vesting, or payment of such Award (or portion thereof) was predicated upon
the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a material
financial restatement;
(b) in the Committee’s view the Participant engaged in fraud or misconduct that caused a
calculation that later proves to be materially inaccurate or partially caused the need for a
material financial restatement by the Company or any Affiliate; and
(c) a lower granting, vesting, or payment of such Award would have occurred based upon the
conduct described in clause (b) of this Section.
In each instance, the Committee may, to the extent practicable and allowable under Applicable Laws,
require Reimbursement, Termination or Rescission of, or Recapture relating to, any such Award
granted to a Participant.
17. Administration of the Plan. The Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with
its terms, provided that the Board may act in lieu of the Committee on any matter. The Committee
shall hold meetings at such times and places as it may determine and shall make such rules and
regulations for the conduct of its business as it deems advisable. In the absence of a duly
appointed Committee, the Board shall function as the Committee for all purposes of the Plan.
(a) Committee Composition. The Board shall appoint the members of the Committee. If and to
the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Committee may authorize one or more executive officers
to make Awards to Eligible Persons other than themselves. The Board may at any time appoint
additional members to the Committee, remove and replace members of the Committee with or without
Cause, and fill vacancies on the Committee however caused.
(b) Powers of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have
the authority, in its sole discretion:
(i) to grant Awards and to determine Eligible Persons to whom Awards shall be granted
from time to time, and the number of Shares, units, or dollars to be covered by each Award;
(ii) to determine, from time to time, the Fair Market Value of Shares;
(iii) to determine, and to set forth in Award Agreements, the terms and conditions of
all Awards, including any applicable exercise or purchase price, the installments and
conditions under which an Award shall become vested (which may be based on performance),
terminated, expired, cancelled, or replaced, and the circumstances for vesting acceleration
or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and other restrictions and limitations;
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(iv) to approve the forms of Award Agreements and all other documents, notices and
certificates in connection therewith which need not be identical either as to type of Award
or among Participants;
(v) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any Award Agreement, to
determine the meaning of their terms, and to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and
procedures relating to the Plan and its administration;
(vi) to the extent consistent with the purposes of the Plan and without amending the
Plan, to modify, to cancel, or to waive the Company’s rights with respect to any Awards, to
adjust or to modify Award Agreements for changes in Applicable Law, and to recognize
differences in foreign law, tax policies, or customs;
(vii) in the event that the Company establishes for itself, or uses the services of a
third party to establish, an automated system for the documentation, granting, settlement,
or exercise of Award, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice
response, to implement paperless documentation, granting, settlement, or exercise of Awards
by a Participant may be permitted through the use of such an automated system; and
(viii) to make all interpretations and to take all other actions that the Committee may
consider necessary or advisable to administer the Plan or to effectuate its purposes.
Subject to Applicable Law and the restrictions set forth in the Plan, the Committee may
delegate administrative functions to individuals who are Directors or Employees.
(c) Action by Committee. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or
act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by an officer or other employee
of the Company or any Affiliate, the Company’s independent certified public accounts, or any
executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the
administration of the Plan.
(d) Deference to Committee Determinations. The Committee shall have the discretion to
interpret or construe ambiguous, unclear, or implied (but omitted) terms in any fashion it deems to
be appropriate in its sole discretion, and to make any findings of fact needed in the
administration of the Plan or Award Agreements. The Committee’s prior exercise of its
discretionary authority shall not obligate it to exercise its authority in a like fashion
thereafter. The Committee’s interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan, or of
any Award or Award Agreement, and all determination the Committee makes pursuant to the Plan shall
be final, binding, and conclusive. The validity of any such interpretation, construction,
decision or finding of fact shall not be given de novo review if challenged in court, by
arbitration, or in any other forum, and shall be upheld unless clearly made in bad faith or
materially affected by fraud.
(e) No Liability; Indemnification. Neither the Board nor any Committee member, nor any Person
acting at the direction of the Board or the Committee, shall be liable for any act, omission,
interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith with respect to administering or
interpreting the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement on behalf of the Company. The Company and
its Affiliates shall pay or reimburse any member of the Committee, as well as any Director,
Employee, or Consultant who in good faith takes action on behalf of the Plan, for all
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expenses incurred with respect to the Plan, and to the full extent allowable under Applicable
Law shall indemnify each and every one of them for any claims, liabilities, and costs (including
reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of their good faith performance of duties on behalf of the
Plan. The Company and its Affiliates may, but shall not be required to, obtain liability insurance
for this purpose.
18. Governing Law. The terms of this Plan shall be governed by the laws of the British
Virgin Islands, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
19. Plan Termination or Amendment.
If not sooner terminated by the Board, this Plan shall terminate at the close of business on
the date ten years after its effective date as determined under Section 1(a) above. No Awards
shall be made under the Plan after its termination. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan as
it shall deem advisable; provided that no change shall be made that increases the total number of
Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (except pursuant to Section
13 above) unless such change is authorized by the shareholders of the Company. A termination or
amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of the Participant, adversely and materially
affect a Participant’s rights under an Award previously granted to him or her. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee may amend the Plan to comply with changes in tax or securities laws or
regulations, or in the interpretation thereof. Furthermore, the Board may not amend the Plan
without shareholder approval to allow for either (i) a “repricing” within the meaning of federal
securities laws applicable to proxy statement disclosures, except a repricing in connection with a
Change in Control or which is otherwise approved by the shareholders, or (ii) the cancellation of
an outstanding Option or SAR whose exercise price is greater than Fair Market Value at the time of
cancellation for the purpose of reissuing the Option or SAR to the Participant at a lower exercise
price, granting a replacement award of a different type or in exchange for a cash payment, except a
cancellation and reissuance, grant of a replacement award or cash payment in connection with a
Change in Control.
20. Relationship to other Benefits. No payment pursuant to the Plan shall be taken into
account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group
insurance, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate except to the extent
otherwise expressly provided in writing in such other plan or an agreement thereunder.
21. Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its
Affiliates.
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UTi Worldwide Inc.
2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
As used in the Plan, the following terms have the meanings indicated when they begin with initial
capital letters within the Plan:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or
indirectly controls or is controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes
of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, direct
or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person or the power to elect directors, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “affiliated,” “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
“Applicable Law” means the legal requirements relating to the administration of
options and share-based plans under any applicable laws of the United States, any other country,
and any provincial, state, or local subdivision, any applicable stock exchange or automated
quotation system rules or regulations, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be
in place from time to time.
“Award” means any award made pursuant to the Plan, including awards made in the form
of an Option, a SAR, a Restricted Share, a RSU, an Unrestricted Share, a DSU, or a Performance
Award, or any combination thereof, whether alternative or cumulative.
“Award Agreement” means any document, whether in writing or through an electronic
medium, setting forth the terms of an Award that has been authorized by the Committee. The
Committee shall determine the form or forms of documents to be used, and may change them from time
to time for any reason, including different documents as may be appropriate or applicable for
particular locations and countries.
“Beneficiary” means the person or entity designated by the Participant, in a form
approved by the Company, to exercise the Participant’s rights with respect to an Award or receive
payment or settlement under an Award after the Participant’s death.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause” will have the meaning set forth in any employment agreement between the
Company or any of its Affiliate and the Participant then in effect. In the absence of such an
agreement, “Cause” will exist if the Participant is terminated from employment or other service
with the Company or an Affiliate for any of the following reasons: (i) the Participant’s willful
failure to substantially perform his or her duties and responsibilities to the Company or
deliberate violation of a material Company policy; (ii) the Participant’s commission of any
material act or acts of fraud, embezzlement, dishonesty, or other willful misconduct; (iii) the
Participant’s material unauthorized
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use or disclosure of any proprietary information or trade secrets of the Company or any other
party to whom the Participant owes an obligation of nondisclosure as a result of his or her
relationship with the Company; or (iv) Participant’s willful and material breach of any of his or
her obligations under any written agreement or covenant with the Company. The foregoing
definition does not in any way limit the Company’s ability to terminate a Participant’s employment
or consulting relationship at any time, and the term “Company” will be interpreted herein to
include any Affiliate or successor thereto, if appropriate.
“Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(i) a sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets
and properties of the Company is closed or consummated;
(ii) any “person,” “entity” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) and
14(d)(2)) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), other
than the Company or any majority owned subsidiary of the Company, becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding securities that have the right to vote in the
election of directors generally; provided, however, that the following shall not constitute
a “Change in Control” for purposes of this subclause (ii):
(A) any acquisition directly from the Company (excluding any acquisition
resulting from the exercise of a conversion or exchange privilege in respect of
outstanding convertible or exchangeable securities); or
(B) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company;
(iii) during any period of two consecutive years during the term of the Plan,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the
Company cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election
of each director who was not a director at the beginning of such period has been approved in
advance by directors representing at least two-thirds of the directors then in office who
were directors at the beginning of the period but excluding any director whose initial
assumption of office occurred as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies
or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board of Directors of the Company;
or
(iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan or proposal of liquidation of the
Company, or a merger, reorganization, or consolidation involving the Company is closed or
consummated, other than a merger, reorganization, or consolidation in which holders of the
combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities that have the right to
vote in the election of directors generally immediately prior to such transaction own,
either directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of
the securities entitled to vote in the election of directors generally of the merged,
reorganized or consolidated entity (or its parent company) immediately following such
transaction in substantially the same proportions among such holders as immediately prior to
such transaction.
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“Committee” means one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board appointed by
the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Section 17 above. With respect to any decision
involving an Award intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the
Committee shall consist of two or more Directors of the Company who are “outside directors” within
the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. With respect to any decision relating to a Reporting
Person, the Committee shall consist of two or more directors who are “non-employee directors”
within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be
the Compensation Committee of the Board or its successor.
“Company” means UTi Worldwide Inc., a British Virgin Islands corporation; provided,
however, that in the event the Company reincorporates to another jurisdiction, all references to
the term “Company” shall refer to the Company in such new jurisdiction.
“Consultant” means any person (other than an Employee or Director), including an
advisor, who is engaged by the Company or any Affiliate to render services and is compensated for
such services.
“Continuous Service” means a Participant’s period of service in the absence of any
interruption or termination, as an Employee, Director, or Consultant. Continuous Service shall not
be considered interrupted in the case of: (i) sick leave; (ii) military leave; (iii) any other
leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided that such leave is for a period of not more
than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or
statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to Company policy adopted from time to time; (iv)
changes in status from Director to advisory director or emeritus status; or (v) transfers between
locations of the Company or between the Company and its Affiliates. Changes in status between
service as an Employee, Director, and a Consultant will not constitute an interruption of
Continuous Service if the individual continues to perform bona fide services for the Company. The
Committee shall have the discretion to determine whether and to what extent the vesting of any
Awards shall be tolled during any paid or unpaid leave of absence; provided, however, that in the
absence of such determination, vesting for all Awards shall be tolled during any such unpaid leave
(but not for a paid leave).
“Deferred Share Units” or “DSUs” mean Awards pursuant to Section 8 of the
Plan.
“Director” means a member of the Board, or a member of the board of directors of an
Affiliate.
“Disabled” shall have the meaning set forth in any employment agreement between the
Company or any of its Affiliates and the Participant then in effect (and shall include the term
“Disability” if that term is so defined in such employment agreement). In the absence of such an
agreement, “Disabled” shall mean a condition under which a Participant —
(i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can
be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or
(ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
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of not less than 12 months, received income replacement benefits for a period of not
less than 3 months under an accident or health plan covering employees of the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company.
“Eligible Person” means any Consultant, Director, or Employee and includes
non-Employees to whom an offer of employment has been or is being extended.
“Employee” means any person whom the Company or any Affiliate classifies as an
employee (including an officer) for employment tax purposes, whether or not that classification is
correct. The payment by the Company of a director’s fee to a Director shall not be sufficient to
constitute “employment” of such Director by the Company.
“Employer” means the Company and each Affiliate that employs one or more Participants.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fair Market Value” as of any date (the “Determination Date”) means: (i) the closing
price of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global
Select Market (collectively, the “Exchange”) on the Determination Date, or, if shares were not
traded on the Determination Date, then on the nearest preceding trading day during which a sale
occurred; or (ii) if such stock is not traded on the Exchange but is otherwise traded in the
over-the-counter market, the mean between the representative bid and asked prices for a Share on
the Determination Date; or (iii) if subsections (i) or (ii) do not apply, the fair market value of
a Share established in good faith by the Board or the Committee based on relevant facts and
circumstances.
“Grant Date” means the later of (i) the date designated as the “Grant Date” within an
Award Agreement, and (ii) date on which the Committee determines the key terms of an Award,
provided that as soon as reasonably practical thereafter the Committee both notifies the Eligible
Person of the Award and enters into an Award Agreement with the Eligible Person.
“Involuntary Termination” shall mean, to the extent there is an employment agreement
between the Company or any of its Affiliates and a Participant then in effect and subject to the
terms of such employment agreement, a termination of a Participant’s employment on or after a
Change in Control (i) by the Participant for “Good Reason” (as defined in any such employment
agreement), or (ii) by the Company or its Affiliates without cause or other than upon death or
disability which termination entitles such Participant to accelerated or extended severance
benefits pursuant to his or her employment agreement. In the absence of such an agreement,
“Involuntary Termination” means a termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service under the
following circumstances occurring on or after a Change in Control: (i) termination without Cause by
the Company or an Affiliate or successor thereto, as appropriate; or (ii) voluntary termination by
the Participant, if: (1) the Participant voluntarily terminates Continuous Service within 60 days
of one of the following conditions arising without the Participant’s consent: (A) a material
reduction in the Participant’s job responsibilities, provided that neither a mere change in title
alone nor reassignment to a substantially similar position shall constitute a material reduction in
job responsibilities; (B) an involuntary relocation of the Participant’s work site to a facility or
location more than 25 miles from the Participant’s principal work site at the time of the Change in
Control; or (C) a material reduction in Participant’s total compensation other than as part of an
reduction by the same percentage amount in the compensation of all other similarly-situated
Employees or Directors; (2) the
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Participant gives the Company or an Affiliate written notice of the existence of one or more
of the conditions listed in (A) through (C) within ten days of the initial existence of the
condition; and (3) the Company or Affiliate fails to cure such condition within 30 days following
receipt of such written notice by the Participant.
“Option” means a right to purchase Shares granted under the Plan, at a price
determined in accordance with the Plan.
“Participant” means any Eligible Person who holds an outstanding Award.
“Performance Awards” mean Awards granted pursuant to Section 9.
“Performance Unit” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Plan which
may be paid in cash, in Shares, or such combination of cash and Shares as the Committee in its sole
discretion shall determine.
“Person” means any natural person, association, trust, business trust, cooperative,
corporation, general partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, limited partnership, limited
liability company, real estate investment trust, regulatory body, governmental agency or
instrumentality, unincorporated organization or organizational entity.
“Plan” means this UTi Worldwide Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (including the
Appendices hereto).
“Recapture” and “Rescission” have the meaning set forth in Section 15 of the
Plan.
“Reimbursement” has the meaning set forth in Section 16 of the Plan.
“Reporting Person” means an Employee, Director, or Consultant who is subject to the
reporting requirements set forth under Rule 16b-3.
“Restricted Share” means a Share awarded with restrictions imposed under Section 7.
“Restricted Share Unit” or “RSU” means a right granted to a Participant to
receive Shares or cash upon the lapse of restrictions imposed under Section 7.
“Retirement” means a Participant’s termination of employment after age 65.
“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as amended from time
to time, or any successor provision.
“Share” means an ordinary share, no par value, of the Company, as adjusted in
accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.
“SAR” or “Share Appreciation Right” means a right to receive amounts awarded
under Section 6.
“Unrestricted Shares” mean Shares awarded without restrictions pursuant to Section 7
of the Plan.
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“Withholding Taxes” means the aggregate minimum amount of federal, state, local and
foreign income, payroll and other taxes that the Company and any Affiliates are required to
withhold in connection with any Award.
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UTi Worldwide Inc.
2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Appendix II: U.S. Sub-Plan
With the exception of part F below which relates to Performance Awards and applies to all
Participants, this Appendix II applies to any Awards that are made to Eligible Persons who are
residents of the United States of America (“U.S.”) and who are or may become subject to U.S. tax
(i.e. income tax and/or social security tax) as a result of Awards granted under the UTi Worldwide
Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Terms herein that begin with initial
capital letters have the special definition set forth in the Plan.
This Appendix II shall be read in conjunction with the Plan and is subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan; provided that, to the extent that the terms and conditions of the Plan
differ from or conflict with the terms of this Appendix II, the following terms of this Appendix II
shall prevail:
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Additional or Modified Definitions. Appendix I of the Plan shall be modified as
follows: |
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means, an Option that qualifies for
favorable income tax treatment under Code Section 422.
“Non-ISO” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, as
designated in the applicable Award Agreement.
“Ten Percent Holder” means a person who owns (within the meaning of Code Section
422) stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company.
B. Authorization for ISOs. In order to permit the granting of ISOs, Section 5 of Plan
shall be modified by adding the following subsection (f) at the end thereof:
(f) Special ISO Provisions. The following provisions shall control any grants of
Options that are denominated as ISOs.
(i) Grants of ISOs. The Committee may grant ISOs only to Employees
(including officers who are Employees) of the Company or an Affiliate that is a
“parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424
of the Code. Each Option that is intended to be an ISO must be designated in the
Award Agreement as an ISO, provided that any Option designated as an ISO will be a
Non-ISO to the extent the Option fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 422.
In the case of an ISO, the Committee shall determine the acceptable methods of
payment on the Date of Grant and it shall be included in the applicable Award
Agreement.
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(ii) Maximum Limit. The number of Shares that are available for ISO
Awards not exceed 6,250,000 Shares (as adjusted pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan),
and shall be determined, to the extent required under the Code, by reducing the
number of Shares designated in Section 3 of the Plan by the number of Shares issued
pursuant to Awards, provided that any Shares that are subject to Awards issued under
the Plan and forfeited back to the Plan before an issuance of Shares shall be
available for issuance pursuant to future ISO Awards.
(iii) $100,000 Limit. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market
Value of Shares with respect to which Options designated as ISOs first become
exercisable by a Participant in any calendar year (under this Plan and any other
plan of the Company or any Affiliate) exceeds U.S. $100,000, such excess Options
shall be treated as Non-ISOs. For purposes of determining whether the U.S. $100,000
limit is exceeded, the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an ISO shall be
determined as of the Grant Date. In reducing the number of Options treated as ISOs
to meet the U.S. $100,000 limit, the most recently granted Options shall be reduced
first. In the event that Section 422 of the Code is amended to alter the limitation
set forth therein, the limitation of this paragraph shall be automatically adjusted
accordingly.
(iv) Grants to 10% Holders. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option
granted to an Employee who is a Ten Percent Holder on the Date of Grant, the term of
the Incentive Stock Option shall not exceed five years from the Date of Grant, and
the exercise price shall be at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the underlying
Shares on the Grant Date. In the event that Section 422 of the Code is amended to
alter the limitations set forth therein, the limitation of this paragraph shall be
automatically adjusted accordingly.
(v) Substitution of Options. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
the Plan, in the event the Company or an Affiliate acquires (whether by purchase,
merger or otherwise) all or substantially all of outstanding capital stock or assets
of another corporation or in the event of any reorganization or other transaction
qualifying under Code Section 424, the Committee may, in accordance with the
provisions of that Section, substitute ISOs for ISOs under the plan of the acquired
company provided (i) the excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares
subject to an ISO immediately after the substitution over the aggregate exercise
price of such shares is not more than the similar excess immediately before such
substitution, and (ii) the new ISO does not give additional benefits to the
Participant, including any extension of the exercise period.
(vi) Notice of Disqualifying Dispositions. By executing an
ISO Award Agreement, each Participant agrees to notify the Company in writing
immediately after the Participant sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any
Shares acquired through exercise of the ISO, if such disposition occurs within the
earlier of (i) two years of the Grant Date, or (ii) one year after the exercise of
the ISO being exercised. Each Participant further agrees to provide any information
about a disposition of
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Shares as may be requested by the Company to assist it in complying with any
applicable tax laws.
C. SARs. Section 6 of the Plan shall be modified through addition of the following
sentence at the end of Section 6(d):
Any SAR granted in tandem with an ISO will contain such terms as may be required to comply
with the provisions of Code Section 422.
D. Restricted Shares or RSUs. Section 7 of the Plan shall be modified by adding the
following paragraph at its end:
(g) Section 83(b) Elections. To the extent expressly permitted by an Award Agreement
or the Committee, a Participant may make an election under Code Section 83(b) (the
“Section 83(b) Election”) with respect to Restricted Shares. A Participant who has
received RSUs may, within ten days after receiving the RSU Award, provide the Committee with
a written notice of his or her desire to make Section 83(b) Election with respect to the
Shares subject to such RSUs. The Committee may in its discretion convert the Participant’s
RSUs into Restricted Shares, on a one-for-one basis, in full satisfaction of the
Participant’s RSU Award. The Participant may then make a Section 83(b) Election with
respect to those Restricted Shares; provided that the Participant’s Section 83(b) Election
will be invalid if not filed with the Company and the appropriate U.S. tax authorities
within 30 days after the Grant Date of the RSUs replaced by the Restricted Shares.
E. DSUs. Section 8 of the Plan shall be modified as follows:
Section 8(a) shall be modified through addition of the following sentence at its end:
For any Participant who is subject to U.S. income taxation, the Committee shall only
authorize deferral elections pursuant to Section 8 (i) under written procedures, and using
written election forms, that satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A, and (ii) shall
only be made by Eligible Persons who are Directors, Consultants, or members of a select
group of management or highly compensated Employees (within the meaning of the Code).
Section 8(e) of the Plan shall be modified through addition of the following at its end:
For all DSUs granted to Participants who are U.S. taxpayers, the term “unforeseeable
emergency” shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and the term
“dependent” shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 152(a) of the Code.
Section 8 of the Plan shall be modified through addition of the following at its end:
(g) Termination of Service. For purposes of Section 8 of the Plan, a Participant’s
“Continuous Service” shall only end when the Participant incurs a “separation from service”
within the meaning of Treasury Regulations §1.409A-1(h). A Participant shall be considered
to have experienced a termination of Continuous Service when the facts and circumstances
indicate that either (i) no further services will be performed for the Company or any
Affiliate after a certain date, or (ii) that the level of bona fide services the Participant
will perform
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after such date (whether as an Employee, Director, or Consultant) are reasonably expected to
permanently decrease to no more than 25% of the average level of bona fide services
performed by such Participant (whether as an Employee, Director, or Consultant) over the
immediately preceding 36-month period (or full period of services to the Company and its
Affiliates if the Participant has been providing such services for less than 36 months).
F. Performance Awards. Section 9 of the Plan shall be modified by adding the following
paragraphs after Section 9(b):
(c) Performance Compensation Awards. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9
and in this Appendix II.F., the Committee may, at the time of grant of a Performance Unit,
designate such Award as a “Performance Compensation Award” (payable in cash or
Shares) in order that such Award constitutes “qualified performance-based compensation”
under Code Section 162(m), in which event the Committee shall have the power to grant such
Performance Compensation Award upon terms and conditions that qualify it as “qualified
performance-based compensation” within the meaning of U.S. Code Section 162(m). With
respect to each such Performance Compensation Award, the Committee shall establish, in
writing within the time required under Code Section 162(m), a “Performance Period,”
“Performance Measure(s)”, and “Performance Formula(e)” (each such term being
defined below). A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a
Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that the Performance Measure(s) for such
Award is achieved and the Performance Formula(e) as applied against such Performance
Measure(s) determines that all or some portion of such Participant’s Award has been earned
for the Performance Period. As soon as practicable after the close of each Performance
Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the
Performance Measure(s) for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, determine
and certify in writing the amount of the Performance Compensation Award to be paid to the
Participant and, in so doing, may use negative discretion to decrease, but not increase, the
amount of the Award otherwise payable to the Participant based upon such performance.
(d) Limitations on Awards. The maximum Performance Award and the maximum Performance
Compensation Award that any one Participant may earn in any one Performance Period shall not
together exceed 1,000,000 Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Section 13 below (or, for
Performance Units to be settled in cash, U.S. $3,000,000).
(e) Definitions.
(i) “Performance Formula” means, for a Performance Period, one or more
objective formulas or standards established by the Committee for purposes of
determining whether or the extent to which an Award has been earned based on the
level of performance attained or to be attained with respect to one or more
Performance Measure(s). Performance Formulae may vary from Performance Period to
Performance Period and from Participant to Participant and may be established on a
stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.
(ii) “Performance Measure” means one or more of the following selected by the
Committee to measure Company, Affiliate, and/or business unit performance
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for a Performance Period, whether in absolute or relative terms (including,
without limitation, terms relative to a peer group or index):
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cash flow (before or after dividends)
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earnings per share (including, without
limitation, earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization) |
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stock price
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return on equity |
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shareholder return or total shareholder return
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return on capital (including without
limitation return on total capital or return
on invested capital) |
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return on investment
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return on assets or net assets |
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market capitalization
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economic value added |
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debt leverage (debt to capital)
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revenue |
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sales or net sales
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backlog |
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income, pre-tax income or net income
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operating income or pre-tax profit |
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operating profit, net operating profit or
economic profit
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gross margin, operating margin or profit margin |
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return on operating revenue or return on
operating assets
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cash from operations |
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operating ratio
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operating revenue |
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market share improvement
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general and administrative expenses |
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customer service
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new production introductions |
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product line enhancements
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strategic mergers or acquisitions |
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working capital
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research |
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licensing
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litigation |
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human resources
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information services |
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sales of assets of Affiliates or business units |
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Each such measure shall be, to the extent applicable, determined in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by the Company
(or such other standard applied by the Committee) and, if so determined by the
Committee, and in the case of a Performance Compensation Award, to the extent
permitted under Code Section 162(m), adjusted to omit the effects of extraordinary
items, gain or loss on the disposal of a business segment, unusual or infrequently
occurring events and transactions and cumulative effects of changes in accounting
principles. Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to Performance
Period and from Participant to Participant, and may be established on a stand-alone
basis, in tandem or in the alternative.
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(iii) “Performance Period” means one or more periods of time (of not less than
one fiscal year of the Company), as the Committee may designate, over which the
attainment of one or more Performance Measure(s) will be measured for the purpose of
determining a Participant’s rights in respect of an Award.
G. Taxes; Withholding. In order to conform with Code Section 409A, Section 10 of the Plan
shall be modified by inserting the following at the end thereof:
To the extent that the committee determines that any Award granted under the Plan is subject
to Section 409A of the Code, the Award Agreement evidencing such Award shall incorporate the
terms and conditions required by Section 409A of the Code. To the extent applicable, the
Plan and Award Agreements shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the code
and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder,
including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after
the Effective Date. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event
that following the effective date of the committee determines that any Award may be subject
to Section 409A of the code and related Department of Treasury guidance (including such
Department of Treasury guidance as may be issued after the Effective Date), the Committee
may adopt such amendments to the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement or adopt other
policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive
effect), or take any other actions, that the Administrator determines are necessary or
appropriate to (a) exempt the Award from Section 409A of the code and/or preserve the
intended tax treatment of the benefits provided with respect to the Award, or (b) comply
with the requirements of Section 409A of the code and related Department of Treasury
guidance and thereby avoid the application of any penalty taxes under such Section.
The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation. With respect to
any payments not yet made to a Holder pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or
any Award Agreement shall give the Holder any rights that are greater than those of a
general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
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