1. | RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD |
2. | VESTING OF RSU AWARD |
3. | SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS; DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS |
A. | Shareholder Rights |
B. | Dividend Equivalents |
C. | Non-Transferability of the RSU Award |
4. | TERMINATION OF RSU AWARD |
A. | by the Company for Cause or termination of employment by the Employee (other than by reason of Retirement), then the RSU Award shall terminate and all unvested RSUs shall be forfeited by the Employee as of the date of termination of employment or, in the case of the Employee’s resignation, on the date the Employee provides notice of his or her resignation. |
B. | by the Company without Cause (other than by reason of Retirement), then (i) any unvested Type I RSUs that are scheduled to vest within twelve (12) months of such termination of employment under Section 2 above shall vest as of the date of termination of employment, and the remainder of the unvested Type I RSUs (if any) shall be forfeited by the Employee as of the date of termination of employment; and (ii) if the respective performance criteria for Type II RSUs have been satisfied on or prior to the ninety (90) day anniversary of the date of such termination of employment, such Type II RSUs shall vest as of the date the criteria are met, provided, however, that in both cases (i) and (ii) the Employee has been employed by the Company for at least two years as of the date of such termination of employment. |
C. | by reason of Retirement, death or Disability of the Employee, then all unvested Type I RSUs shall vest thirty (30) days after the date of such termination of employment, and all unvested Type II RSUs shall be forfeited unless the performance criteria are achieved within 90 days of such termination, in which case the Type II RSUs shall vest in accordance with Section 2, Subsection B above. |
D. | The Employee’s right to accelerated vesting of RSUs following termination of employment under this Section 4 is subject in all cases to the requirement that the Employee has been employed with the Company for a period of at least two (2) years in the case of termination without Cause, Disability or death, or three (3) years in the case of Retirement, unless otherwise determined by the Company in its sole discretion. |
E. | In no event shall the granting of the RSU Award or its acceptance by the Employee give or be deemed to give the Employee any right to continued employment by the Company. |
5. | SETTLEMENT of RSUs. |
A. | Subject to Section 7.B, each vested RSU shall be settled in one Share (less applicable tax withholdings), as soon as practicable following and no later than the March 15th following the calendar year in which the RSU vests pursuant to Section 2 or 4 of this Agreement. |
B. | Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, and subject in all cases to the terms of the 2009 Plan then in effect, the Company reserves the right to settle your RSUs by a lump sum cash payment equal to the then fair market value (as determined pursuant to Section 7) of the settled Shares (less applicable tax withholdings). |
6. | CONDITIONS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; CLAW-BACK POLICY |
A. | For a period of two (2) years following the Employee’s departure from the Company, the Employee shall not: (i) within the territory where the Employee is working or within which the Employee had responsibility at the time of termination, perform, either directly or indirectly, on behalf of a competitor the same or similar job duties that Employee performed on behalf of the Company in the two (2) years prior to departure, (ii) solicit, directly or indirectly, any employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company for employment, hire, or engagement as an independent contractor elsewhere, (iii) solicit the sale of competitive goods or services from any customer, supplier, licensee, or business relation of the Company with which Employee had material contact (as that term is defined at O.C.G.A. § 13-8-51(10)) or solicit the aforementioned categories of entities to reduce their relationships with the Company, or (iv) share, reveal or utilize any Confidential Information of the Company except as otherwise expressly permitted in writing by Altisource. |
B. | For a period of two (2) years following the Employee’s departure from the Company, the Employee shall be available at reasonable times to provide information to the Company at the request of the Company’s management with respect to phases of the business with which he/she was actively connected during his/her employment, but such availability shall not be required during usual vacation periods or periods of illness or other incapacity or without reasonable compensation and cost reimbursement. |
C. | In the event that the Employee fails to comply with any of the promises made in this Section 6, then in addition to and not in limitation of any and all other remedies available to the Company at law or in equity (a) RSUs, to the extent then unvested, will be immediately forfeited by the Employee and returned to the Company and (b) the Employee will be required to immediately deliver to the Company an amount (in cash or in Shares) equal to the amount of the market value of any Shares that have been issued to the Employee in settlement of a vested RSU (“Share Value”) at any time (or cash, if applicable) from one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of termination of employment to one hundred eighty (180) days after the date when the Company learns that the Employee has not complied with any such promise. The Employee will deliver such Share Value amount to the Company on such terms and |
D. | The Employee acknowledges that the Company would not have awarded the RSUs to the Employee under this Agreement absent the Employee’s agreement to be bound by the covenants made in this Section 6. |
E. | The RSUs shall be subject to any claw-back policy implemented by the Board of Directors of the Company or any Successor Entity. |
7. | INCOME TAXES |
A. | Generally |
B. | Section 409A. |
8. | CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS; CHANGE OF CONTROL/RESTRUCTURING EVENT |
A. | Corporate Transactions |
B. | Change of Control/Restructuring Event |
(1) | If a Change of Control/Restructuring Event occurs, the Board of Directors shall have the right to make appropriate adjustments, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by (i) allowing the RSUs to continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof, (ii) issuing an equivalent award of shares in the Successor Entity as the Board of Directors deems equitable, (iii) cancelling the award for consideration (as the Board of Directors sees as equitable) which may equal the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change of Control/Restructuring Event to holders of Shares, or (iv) providing for vesting and settlement of the RSUs immediately prior to, and conditioned on consummation, of the Change of Control/Restructuring Event. |
(2) | To the extent the Successor Entity allows the RSUs to continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof, the vesting schedule set forth in Section 2 will continue to apply (subject to the accelerated vesting provisions of Section 4); provided that, in such case, the Board of Directors shall have the right in its discretion to make appropriate adjustments, including, with the consent of the Successor Entity, equitably converting the consideration to be received upon the vesting of the RSUs to common stock of the Successor Entity. |
(3) | Notwithstanding any provision of Section 8 Subsection B(1) and B(2) to the contrary, in the event a Change of Control/Restructuring Event occurs, if the RSUs are not assumed or replaced by the acquirer/continuing entity on terms deemed by the Compensation Committee to be appropriate, then the Compensation Committee shall have the right to (i) provide for vesting and settlement of the RSUs immediately prior to, and conditioned on consummation, of the Change of Control/Restructuring Event |
(4) | For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Employee remains employed with the Successor Entity for purposes of this Agreement, he/she will be deemed to remain employed as if he/she continued employment with the Company such that the employment termination provisions applicable to the RSU Award shall not be invoked unless and until his/her employment with such Successor Entity shall terminate. |
9. | PAYMENT OF EXPENSES AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS |
10. | ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS |
A. | The Employee hereby represents and covenants that (a) any Share acquired upon the vesting of the RSU Award will be acquired for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), unless such acquisition has been registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities law; (b) any subsequent sale of any such Shares shall be made either pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and such state securities laws; and (c) if requested by the Company, the Employee shall submit a written statement, in form satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such representation (x) is true and correct as of the date of acquisition of any Shares hereunder or (y) is true and correct as of the date of any sale of any such Shares, as applicable. As a further condition precedent to the delivery to the Employee of any Shares subject to the RSU Award, the Employee shall comply with all regulations and requirements of any regulatory authority having control of or supervision over the issuance of the Shares and, in connection therewith, shall execute any documents which the Company shall in its sole discretion deem necessary or advisable. |
B. | The RSU Award is subject to the condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares subject to the RSU Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the vesting or delivery of the Shares hereunder, the Shares subject to the RSU Award shall not vest or be delivered, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to effect or obtain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval. |
11. | DEFINITIONS |
A. | As used herein, the term “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors or Compensation Committee of Altisource or any Successor Entity, as applicable, and the term “Compensation Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Altisource. |
B. | As used herein, the term “Cause” shall mean, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors (excluding the Employee, if he/she is then a member of the Board of Directors) either (i) any willful or grossly negligent conduct (including but not limited to fraud or embezzlement) committed by the Employee in connection with the Employee’s employment by the Company which conduct in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors has had or will have a material detrimental effect on the Company’s business or (ii) the Employee’s conviction of, or entering into a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony involving fraud or embezzlement, whether or not committed in the course of the Employee’s employment with the Company. For avoidance of doubt, termination of employment as a result of a business reorganization or reduction in force will be deemed termination without Cause for purposes of the RSU Award. |
C. | As used herein, “Change of Control/Restructuring Date” shall mean either the date which includes the “closing” of the transaction which makes a Change of Control/Restructuring Event effective if the Change of Control/Restructuring Event is made effective through a transaction which has a “closing” or the date a Change of Control/Restructuring Event is reported in accordance with applicable law as effective to the Securities and Exchange Commission if the Change of Control/Restructuring Event is made effective other than through a transaction which has a “closing.” |
D. | As used herein, a “Change of Control/Restructuring Event” shall mean (i) the acquisition by any person or entity, or two or more persons and/or entities acting in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), of outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company at any time if after giving effect to such acquisition, and as a result of such acquisition, such person(s) or entity(ies) own more than fifty percent (50%) of such outstanding voting stock, (ii) the sale in one or more transactions of substantially all of the Company’s assets to any person or entity, or two or more persons and/or entities acting in concert, or (iii) the merger, consolidation or similar transaction resulting in a reduction of the interest in the Company’s stock of the pre-transaction stockholders to less than fifty percent (50%) of the post-transaction ownership. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the definition of Change of Control Event set forth herein shall not be broader than the definition of “change in control event” as set forth under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the guidance promulgated thereunder, and if a transaction or event does not otherwise fall within such definition of change in control event, it shall not be deemed a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement. |
E. | As used herein, “Confidential Information” means all non-public, commercially valuable information relating to Company, including any of its customers, vendors, and affiliates, of any kind whatsoever; know-how; experience; expertise; business plans; ways of doing business; business results or prospects; financial books, data and plans; pricing; supplier information and agreements; investor or lender data and information; business processes (whether or not the subject of a patent), computer software and specifications therefore; leases; and any and all agreements entered into by Company or its affiliates and any information contained therein; database mining and marketing; customer relationship management programs; any technical, operating, design, economic, client, customer, consultant, consumer or collector related data and information, marketing strategies or initiatives and plans which at the time or times concerned is either capable of protection as a trade secret or is considered to be of a confidential nature regardless of form. Confidential Information shall not include: (i) information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a |
F. | As used herein, the term “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental impairment which, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors, renders the Employee unable to perform the essential functions of his employment with the Company, even with reasonable accommodation that does not impose an undue hardship on the Company, for more than one hundred and eighty (180) days in any twelve (12) month period, unless a longer period is required by federal or state law, in which case that longer period would apply. |
G. | As used herein, the term “Successor Entity” means the person that is formed by, replaces or otherwise survives the Company as a result of a transaction, series of transaction or restructuring with the effect that the Company ceases to exist. |
H. | Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the 2009 Plan. |
12. | AMENDMENT |
13. | CONSTRUCTION |
14. | ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
15. | HEADINGS |
16. | CONFIRMING INFORMATION |
I hereby agree to and accept the terms of this Agreement. Employee _______________________________ | |
Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. By: ___________________________ Name: Title: | |
Attested by: ____________________ Name: Title: |
Performance Metric | Initial award amount determined as % of Award | ||||
Award Terminates | 50% - 99% | 100% | 101% - 149% | 150% | |
Average level of achievement vis-à-vis budget during the Performance Period | Average achievement of less than 85% of the corporate LTIP Adjusted EPS target during the Performance Period | Based on % of linear achievement between 85% and 100% of the corporate LTIP Adjusted EPS target during the Performance Period | Achievement at 100% of the corporate LTIP Adjusted EPS target during the Performance Period | Based on % of linear achievement between > 100% and 115% of the corporate LTIP Adjusted EPS target during the Performance Period | Achievement better than 115% of the corporate LTIP Adjusted EPS target during the Performance Period |
Multiplier | Vesting Multiplier | ||||
50% of Initial Earned Award Will Vest | 50% - 99% of Initial Earned Award Will Vest | 100% of Initial Earned Award Will Vest | 101% - 149% of Initial Earned Award Will Vest | 150% of Initial Earned Award Will Vest | |
TSR | TSR less than 80% | TSR between 80% and 99% based on % of linear achievement | TSR at 100% | TSR greater than 100% and up to 120% based on % of linear achievement | TSR greater than 120% |