Grant Date: | February 18, 2016 |
Target Award: Maximum Award: | ___ shares of Common Stock ___ shares of Common Stock |
Performance Period: | January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2018 |
Performance Measure: | $1,500,000,000 Combined Consolidated Operating Income |
Vesting Date: | Third anniversary of Grant Date |
1. | Pursuant to The Western Union Company 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), The Western Union Company (the “Company”) hereby grants to you (“Executive”) an award of Restricted Stock Units (the “Units”), in the amount specified in Executive’s Award Notice (which forms part of this Agreement) as of the Grant Date specified in Executive’s Award Notice, related to shares of Common Stock (“Shares”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. The terms of the Plan are hereby incorporated in this Agreement by this reference and made a part hereof. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same definitions as set forth in the Plan. |
2. | Each Unit shall provide for the issuance and transfer to Executive of one Share upon lapse of the restrictions set forth in paragraph 3 below and subject to the satisfaction of the Performance Measure during the Performance Period set forth in the Award Notice and the Committee’s determination of the amount of the Award payable to Executive in accordance with Exhibit A. Upon issuance and transfer of Shares to Executive following the Restriction Period (as defined herein), Executive shall have all rights incident to ownership of such Shares, including but not limited to voting rights and the right to receive dividends. |
3. | Subject to other provisions of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to the satisfaction of the Performance Measure during the Performance Period set forth in the Award Notice and the Committee’s determination of the amount of the Award payable to Executive in accordance with Exhibit A, all restrictions on the Units shall lapse and the number of Shares subject to the Units determined by the Committee to be transferred to Executive in accordance with Exhibit A shall be issued and transferred to Executive. Effective on and after such date, subject to applicable laws and Company policies, Executive may hold, assign, pledge, sell, or transfer the Shares transferred to Executive in Executive’s discretion. The three year period in which the Units may be forfeited by Executive is defined as the “Restriction Period.” |
4. | Executive may elect to satisfy Executive’s obligation to advance the amount of any required income tax (including foreign, federal, state and local taxes), social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related items (the “Required Tax Payments”) incurred in connection with the Award by any of the following means: (1) a cash payment to the Company, (2) delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (3) authorizing the Company to withhold whole Shares which would otherwise be delivered to Executive having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, or withhold an amount of cash which would otherwise be payable to Executive, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy any such obligation, (4) a cash payment to the Company by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Company to whom Executive has submitted an irrevocable notice of sale, or (5) any combination of (1) and (2). |
5. | The Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, while subject to restrictions. If Executive or anyone claiming under or through Executive attempts to make any such sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other |
6. | Executive shall forfeit Executive’s right to any unvested Units if Executive’s continuous employment with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate terminates for any reason during the Restriction Period (except solely by reason of a period of Related Employment or as set forth in paragraphs 7 and 9). |
7. | If Executive’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate terminates involuntarily and without Cause on or after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, Executive is an eligible participant in the Severance/Change in Control Policy (Executive Committee Level) (the “Executive Severance Policy”), and paragraph 9 does not apply, Executive shall be entitled to a prorated Award, subject to the terms of the Executive Severance Policy (including but not limited to the requirement that Executive timely execute an agreement and release in a form acceptable to the Company which will include restrictive covenants and a comprehensive release of all claims). Such prorated Award shall be equal to the amount of the Award which is actually earned, based upon satisfaction of the Performance Measure during the Performance Period (as certified by the Committee in writing) and the Committee’s determination of the amount of the Award payable to Executive in accordance with Exhibit A, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of days Executive was employed with the Company during the Restriction Period and the denominator of which shall equal the number of days in the Restriction Period. Such prorated Award shall be paid at the same time as if Executive had remained employed with the Company through the end of the Restriction Period. If Executive’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate terminates involuntarily and without Cause before the first anniversary of the Grant Date (other than on account of death or Disability), and paragraph 9 does not apply, Executive shall not be entitled to a prorated Award. |
8. | During the Restriction Period, Executive (and any person succeeding to Executive’s rights pursuant to the Plan) will have no ownership interest or rights in Shares underlying the Units, including no rights to receive dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares or to exercise voting or other shareholder rights with respect to such Shares. Executive shall not be entitled to receive dividend equivalents in connection with this Award. |
9. | If Executive is eligible to participate in the Executive Severance Policy at the time of a Change in Control and Executive’s employment with the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate terminates for an eligible reason under the Executive Severance Policy during the 24-month period commencing on the effective date of the Change in Control, then, subject to the terms of such policy, the Award shall be paid to Executive, to the extent earned, based upon satisfaction of the Performance Measure during the Performance Period (as certified by the Committee in writing) and in accordance with Exhibit A, as if Executive had remained employed with the Company through the end of the Restriction Period. |
10. | The terms of this Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its sole discretion in any manner that it deems appropriate; provided, however, that no such amendment shall adversely affect in a material manner any right of Executive under this Agreement without Executive’s written consent. |
11. | Any action taken or decision made by the Company, the Board, or the Committee or its delegates arising out of or in connection with the construction, administration, interpretation or effect of the Plan or this Agreement shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion, as the case may be, and shall be final, conclusive and binding on Executive and all persons claiming under or through Executive. By accepting this grant of Units or other benefit under the Plan, Executive and each person claiming under or through Executive shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company, the Board or the Committee or its delegates. |
12. | In accepting the award of Units, Executive acknowledges that (i) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, as provided in the Plan; (ii) the award of Units is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future awards of Units, or benefits in lieu of Units even if Units have been awarded repeatedly in the past; (iii) all decisions with respect to future awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Committee; (iv) Executive’s participation in the Plan is voluntary; (v) the award of Units is an extraordinary item that does not constitute compensation of any kind for services of any kind rendered to the Company or to Executive’s employer, and the Units are outside the scope of Executive’s employment contract, if any; (vi) the Units are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculation of any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments; (vii) neither the award of the Units nor any provision of this Agreement, the Plan or the policies adopted pursuant to the Plan confer upon Executive any right with respect to employment or continuation of current employment, and in the event that Executive is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, the Units shall not be interpreted to form an employment |
13. | The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding Executive’s participation in the Plan, or Executive’s acquisition or sale of the Shares underlying the Units. Executive is hereby advised to consult with his own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding his participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan. |
14. | The validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of these Terms and Conditions and the Plan and rights relating to the Plan and to this Agreement, shall be governed by the substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of the State of Delaware, as provided in the Plan. For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises directly or indirectly under the grant of the Units or the Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the jurisdiction of the State of Colorado, and agree that such litigation shall be conducted in the courts of Douglas County, or the federal courts for the United States for the District of Colorado, where this grant is made and/or to be performed. |
15. | Executive hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Executive’s personal data as described in this Agreement by and among, as applicable, Executive’s employer, the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing Executive’s participation in the Plan. |
16. | If Recipient has received this Award Agreement or any other document or communication related to the Plan or this grant in a language other than English and the meaning in the translation is different than in the English version, the terms expressed in the English version will govern. |
17. | The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to the Units and to participation in the Plan or related to future Units that may be granted under the Plan by electronic means or to request Executive’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Executive hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan through an online or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company. |
18. | The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on Executive’s participation in the Plan, on the Award and on any Shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with any applicable law or facilitate the administration of the Plan. Executive agrees to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. Furthermore, Executive acknowledges that the laws of the country in which Executive is working at the time of grant, vesting or the sale of Shares received pursuant to this Award (including any rules or regulations governing securities, foreign exchange, tax, labor, or other matters) may subject Executive to additional procedural or regulatory requirements that Executive is and will be solely responsible for and must fulfill. |
19. | If one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be deemed null and void; however, to the extent permissible by law, any provisions which could be deemed null and void shall first be construed, interpreted or revised retroactively to permit this Agreement to be construed as to foster the intent of this Agreement and the Plan. |
20. | Executive acknowledges that Executive has read the Company’s Clawback Policy. In consideration of the grant of the Units, Executive agrees to abide by the Company’s Clawback Policy and any determinations of the Board pursuant to the Clawback Policy. Without limiting the foregoing, and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Board determines that any Incentive Compensation (as defined in the Company’s Clawback Policy) received by or paid to Executive resulted from any financial result or performance metric that was impacted by Executive’s misconduct or fraud and that compensation should be recovered from Executive (such amount being recovered, the “Clawbacked Compensation”), then upon such determination, the Board may recover such Clawbacked Compensation by (a) cancelling all or any portion of the unvested Units (the “Clawbacked Portion”) and, in such case, the Clawbacked Portion of the unvested Units shall automatically and without further action of the Company be cancelled, (b) requiring Executive to deliver to the Company the Shares acquired upon the vesting of the Units (to the extent held by Executive), (c) requiring Executive to repay to the Company any net proceeds resulting from the sale of the Shares acquired upon the vesting of the Units or (d) any combination of the remedies set forth in clauses (a), (b) or (c). The foregoing remedies are in addition to and separate from any other relief available to the Company due to Executive’s misconduct or fraud. Any determination by the Board with respect to the foregoing shall be final, conclusive and binding upon Executive and all persons claiming through Executive. |
21. | To the extent any amounts under this Agreement are payable by reference to Executive’s “termination of employment,” such term shall be deemed to refer to Executive’s “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code if Executive is subject to tax in the U.S. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, if Executive is a “specified employee,” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, as of the date of Executive’s separation from service, then to the extent any amount payable under this Agreement (i) constitutes the payment of nonqualified deferred compensation, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, (ii) is payable upon Executive’s separation from service and (iii) under the terms of this Agreement would be payable prior to the six-month anniversary of Executive’s separation from service, such payment shall be delayed until the earlier to occur of (a) the six-month anniversary of the separation from service or (b) the date of Executive’s death. |
I hereby confirm that the foregoing and the documents attached hereto are hereby in all respects accepted and agreed to by the undersigned as of the date of this Agreement: | |
Signature:_________________________ | Printed Name: ______________________ |
Date: ________________________________ |