0001193125-11-150261.txt : 20110525 0001193125-11-150261.hdr.sgml : 20110525 20110525144457 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-150261 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110519 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110525 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CORELOGIC, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000036047 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374] IRS NUMBER: 951068610 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13585 FILM NUMBER: 11870616 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 FIRST AMERICAN WAY CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92707 BUSINESS PHONE: 714-250-6400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 FIRST AMERICAN WAY CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92707 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020628 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST C DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690515 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2011

 

 

CORELOGIC, INC.

(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware   001-13585   95-1068610

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California   92707
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (714) 250-6400

Not Applicable.

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 19, 2011, CoreLogic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into separate indemnification agreements (each, an “Indemnification Agreement”) with each of its directors and certain officers, namely J. David Chatham, Anand K. Nallathambi, Thomas C. O’Brien, D. Van Skilling, David F. Walker, Mary Lee Widener, James L. Balas, George S. Livermore, Barry M. Sando, and Stergios Theologides. The Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) had previously approved the form of indemnification agreement that was entered into with such individuals. The Board also authorized the Company to enter into, from time to time, additional indemnification agreements with future directors and certain officers of the Company.

Each Indemnification Agreement provides, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, by-laws or applicable law against (i) all expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement relating to any proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, actually and reasonably incurred by indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such proceeding if indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful, (ii) all expenses relating to any proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor actually and reasonably incurred by indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such proceeding if indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided that, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification for expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the appropriate court shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, and (iii) notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indemnification Agreement, all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with a proceeding or defense, in whole or in part, to which the indemnitee is a party or participant and in which the indemnitee is successful. Each Indemnification Agreement provides for the advancement or payment of expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to the Company of the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification by the Company.

The foregoing description of each Indemnification Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each Indemnification Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Designation of Principal Financial Officer

On May 19, 2011, James L. Balas, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Controller, was designated as the Company’s principal financial officer for Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reporting purposes pending the selection of a new Chief Financial Officer. Michael A. Rasic, Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting, was previously designated as the Company’s principal financial officer. Information relating to Mr. Balas can be found in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 14, 2011, which is incorporated herein by reference.


CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan

At the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on May 19, 2011, the Company’s stockholders approved the CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan was adopted by the Board on March 23, 2011, subject to stockholder approval.

The purpose of the Plan is to promote the success of the Company and the interests of its stockholders by providing an additional means for the Company to attract, motivate, retain and reward directors, officers, employees and other eligible persons through the grant of awards and incentives for high levels of individual performance and improved financial performance of the Company. Equity-based awards are also intended to further align the interests of award recipients and the Company’s stockholders.

The Plan provides that, in addition to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that remained available for award grants under the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2006 Plan”) immediately prior to the Annual Meeting, 18,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are available for award grants, which results in a maximum of 18,058,630 shares initially available for award grants under the Plan. These shares are subject to the expiration, termination or cancellation of outstanding awards under the 2006 Plan, which will also be available for award grant purposes under the Plan.

Under the Plan, the Company continues to be able to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, stock bonuses and other forms of awards granted or denominated in the Company’s common stock or units of the Company’s common stock, as well as cash bonus awards, to officers or employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, directors of the Company, and certain consultants and advisors to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

A more detailed summary of the material terms and conditions of the Plan is set forth under the heading “Proposal 2. Approval of CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan” in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 18, 2011, which is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Plan and the summary of the Plan included in the Company’s Proxy Statement are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

The forms of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement evidencing the grant of restricted stock units to non-employee directors and employees under the Plan are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. The form of Notice of Option Grant and Option Award Agreement evidencing the grant of options to employees under the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated herein by reference. The form of Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement evidencing the grant of performance-based restricted stock units to employees under the Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) The Annual Meeting was held on May 19, 2011.

(b) The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

1. The nominees for election to the Board were elected, each for a one-year term or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based upon the following votes:

 

Directors

   For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Vote  

J. David Chatham

     90,453,774         945,540         112,445         9,403,294   

Anand K. Nallathambi

     90,962,375         452,681         96,703         9,403,294   

Thomas C. O’Brien

     90,572,939         837,656         101,170         9,403,294   

D. Van Skilling

     90,389,583         999,256         122,920         9,403,294   

David F. Walker

     91,062,284         321,729         127,746         9,403,294   

Mary Lee Widener

     90,999,074         409,945         102,740         9,403,294   


2. The proposal to approve the Company’s 2011 Performance Incentive Plan was approved based upon the following votes:

 

For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Vote
79,326,734    11,660,478    524,547    9,403,294

 

3. The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes:

 

For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Vote
89,333,390    1,604,345    574,024    9,403,294

 

4. The proposal on the frequency of an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the following votes:

 

Every Year    Every Two Years    Every Three Years    Abstain    Broker Non-Vote
79,693,309    385,333    10,886,973    546,144    9,403,294

See Item 5.07(d) below.

 

5. The proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011 was approved based upon the following votes:

 

For    Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Vote
100,341,232    369,946    203,875    0

(c) Not applicable.

(d) After considering the results set forth in item (b)(4) above, the Board determined that advisory votes on executive compensation will be submitted to stockholders on an annual basis until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1    Form of Indemnification Agreement (Directors and Officers) ü*
10.2    2011 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference herein from Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the SEC on April 18, 2011)*
10.3    Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Non-Employee Director) ü*
10.4    Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Employee) ü*
10.5    Form of Notice of Option Grant and Option Award Agreement (Employee) ü*
10.6    Form of Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Employee) ü*

 

ü Included in this filing
* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement in which any director or named executive officer participates


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CORELOGIC, INC.
Date: May 25, 2011     By:   /s/    STERGIOS THEOLOGIDES        
      Name:   Stergios Theologides
      Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT Form of Indemnification Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of                  , 2011 by and between CoreLogic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Indemnitee”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous Agreements between the Company and Indemnitee covering the subject matter of this Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as [directors/officers] or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, [directors/officers] in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. Article VI, Section 6.1 of the Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) require indemnification of the [directors/officers] of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Article VI, Section 6.4 of the Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board with respect to indemnification;

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;


WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and

WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as [a director/an officer] without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

Section 1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as [a director/an officer] of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as [a director/an officer] of the Company, by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws, and the DGCL. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as [a director/an officer] of the Company, as provided in Section 16 hereof.

Section 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:

(a) References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

(b) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

i. The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization.

 

-2-


ii. The sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

iii. A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2) year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who are directors of the Company immediately following the execution of this Agreement. “Incumbent Directors” shall also include directors who are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but shall not include an individual not otherwise an Incumbent Director whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Company.

iv. Any transaction as a result of which any person or group is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” shall have the same meaning as when used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but shall exclude: (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a subsidiary of the Company; (ii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, a person whose beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities increases to thirty percent (30%) or more as a result of the acquisition of voting securities of the Company by the Company which reduces the number of such voting securities then outstanding; or (iii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, a person that acquires directly from the Company securities of the Company representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction.

For the purposes of this Section 2(b), “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

-3-


(c) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, trustee, partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, trust or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

(d) “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

(e) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(f) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with, or as a result of, prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a deponent or witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) expenses incurred in connection with recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether the Indemnitee is ultimately determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement or Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be, and (iii) for purposes of Section 14(d) only, Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(g) “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding

 

-4-


the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

(h) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory, legislative, or investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him (or a failure to take action by him) or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting pursuant to his Corporate Status, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement. If the Indemnitee believes in good faith that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.

(i) Reference to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding

 

-5-


had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide to the fullest extent permitted by law for indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, vote of its stockholders or Disinterested Directors or applicable law.

Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. If applicable law so provides, no indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.

Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest extent permitted by law. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

Section 6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any aspect of a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

Section 7. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

-6-


Section 8. Additional Indemnification.

(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.

(b) For purposes of Section 8(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to:

i. to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and

ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its [directors/officers].

Section 9. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification payment in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:

(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or

(b) for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); or

 

-7-


(c) except as provided in Section 14(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) such payment arises in connection with any mandatory counterclaim or cross-claim or affirmative defense brought or raised by Indemnitee in any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding), or (iii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.

Section 10. Advances of Expenses. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary (other than Section 14(d)), the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) not initiated by Indemnitee, and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time (which shall include invoices received by the Indemnitee in connection with such Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditures made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law shall not be so included), whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. In accordance with Section 14(d), advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 10 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 9.

Section 11. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.

(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof or Indemnitee’s becoming aware thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding, in each case to the extent known to Indemnitee. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification

 

-8-


following the final disposition of such Proceeding. The failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement, except to the extent (solely with respect to the indemnity hereunder) that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

(b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

(c) The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (in whole or in part) if such settlement would impose any Expense, judgment, liability, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee which Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified hereunder without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

Section 12. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.

(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The Company promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied.

 

-9-


(b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or the Delaware Court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by such court or by such other person as such court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(c) If the Company disputes a portion of the amounts for which indemnification is requested, the undisputed portion shall be paid and only the disputed portion withheld pending resolution of any such dispute.

Section 13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the

 

-10-


Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(b) Subject to Section 14(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination the Board has resolved to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement.

(c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the directors or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to

 

-11-


the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(d) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

Section 14. Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a) Subject to Section 14(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6 or 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 8 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) the Company or any other person or entity takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

 

-12-


(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(d) The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company if, in the case of indemnification, Indemnitee is wholly successful on the underlying claims; if Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying claims, then such indemnification shall be only to the extent Indemnitee is successful on such underlying claims or otherwise as permitted by law, whichever is greater.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

Section 15. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.

(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise and (ii) shall be interpreted independently of, and without reference to, any other such rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute

 

-13-


or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for [directors/officers], Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such [director/officer] under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such claim or of the commencement of a Proceeding, as the case may be, to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

(d) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

(e) The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

Section 16. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as [a director/an officer] of the Company or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding (including any appeal) commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement relating thereto. The

 

-14-


indemnification and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be [a director/an officer] of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives. The Company shall require and shall cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company to, by written agreement, expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

Section 17. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

Section 18. Enforcement.

(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as [a director/an officer] of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as [a director/an officer] of the Company.

(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any directors’ and officers’ insurance maintained by the Company and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

Section 19. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

-15-


Section 20. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 21. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:

(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.

(b) If to the Company to

Attention: Secretary of CoreLogic, Inc.

4 American Way

Santa Ana, CA 92707

or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.

Section 22. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

Section 23. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought

 

-16-


only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, irrevocably RL&F Service Corp., One Rodney Square, 10th Floor, 10th and King Streets, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

Section 24. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

Section 25. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.

 

CORELOGIC, INC.     INDEMNITEE
By:                                                                                                     

    

Name:     Name:  
Office:     Address:  

 

     

 

     

 

 

-17-

EX-10.3 3 dex103.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT - NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant - Non-Employee Director

Exhibit 10.3

Non-Employee Director

Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

Participant:

   [Participant Name]
Corporation:    CoreLogic, Inc.
Notice:    You have been granted the following Restricted Stock Units in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto.
Type of Award:    Restricted Stock Units
Plan:    The CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan
Grant:    Date of Grant: [Grant Date]
   Number of Shares Underlying Restricted Stock Units: [Number of Shares Granted]
Period of Restriction:    Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock Units shall commence on the Date of Grant and shall lapse on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, at which time the Restricted Stock Units shall vest and become nonforfeitable. For purposes of this Agreement, “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the Restricted Stock Units are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. The date on which the Period of Restriction lapses pursuant to this paragraph is referred to herein as the “Lapse Date.”
   The vesting schedule set forth above requires the Participant’s continued service through the Lapse Date as a condition to the lapsing of the Period of Restriction on such Lapse Date. Except as provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, service for only a portion of the Period of Restriction prior to the Lapse Date, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of services as provided in Section 4 below or under the Plan.
Rejection:    If you wish to accept this Restricted Stock Unit Award, please access Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com and follow the steps outlined under the “Accept Grant” link at any time within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant. If you do not accept your grant via Fidelity NetBenefits® within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant, you will have rejected this Restricted Stock Unit Award.


Non-Employee Director

Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant attached hereto (the “Grant Notice”), is made between CoreLogic, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and the Participant set forth in the Grant Notice. The Grant Notice is included in and made part of this Agreement.

1. Definitions.

Certain capitalized terms are defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.

2. Grant of the Restricted Stock Units.

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the Corporation hereby grants to the Participant, pursuant to the Plan, a right to receive the number of shares of Common Stock (“Shares”) set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Restricted Stock Units”).

3. Dividend Equivalents.

Each Restricted Stock Unit shall accrue Dividend Equivalents (as defined below) with respect to dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Share underlying such Restricted Stock Unit during the period from the Grant Date to the date such Share is delivered in accordance with Section 6. As of any date in this period that the Corporation pays an ordinary cash dividend on its Common Stock, the Corporation shall credit the Participant with an additional number of Restricted Stock Units equal to (i) the per share cash dividend paid by the Corporation on its Common Stock on such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the award as of the related dividend payment record date (including any Dividend Equivalents previously credited hereunder), divided by (iii) the fair market value (as determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan) of a share of Common Stock on the date of payment of such dividend. Any Restricted Stock Units credited pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall be subject to the same Period of Restriction, payment, delivery and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the original Restricted Stock Units to which they relate. Any such crediting of Dividend Equivalents shall be conclusively determined by the Administrator. No crediting of Restricted Stock Units shall be made pursuant to this Section 3 with respect to any Restricted Stock Units which, as of such record date, have either been delivered or terminated pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Dividend Equivalents” means the equivalent value (in cash or Shares) of dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units but that have not been issued or delivered.

4. Period of Restriction; Termination.

The Period of Restriction with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall be as set forth in the Grant Notice. Subject to the terms of the Plan and the remaining provisions of this Section 4, all Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction had not lapsed prior to the date of the Participant’s Termination (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) shall be immediately forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary:

 

  (a) In the event of the Participant’s death or Disability (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) prior to his or her Termination, the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units shall lapse in its entirety.

 

  (b) In the event of the Participant’s Termination due to his or her Retirement (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) from the Board, the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units shall lapse in its entirety.

 

- 2 -


5. Change in Control.

In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units shall lapse in its entirety as of (or, to the extent necessary to give effect to the acceleration, immediately prior to) the Change in Control.

6. Delivery of Shares.

The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed according to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, shall be delivered by the Corporation to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days, following the applicable Lapse Date set forth in the Grant Notice. The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed pursuant to Section 4 or Section 5 of this Agreement, together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, shall be delivered by the Corporation to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days, following the first to occur of (i) the date of the Participant’s Disability, (ii) the date of the Participant’s death, (iii) the date of the Participant’s “separation from service” (as such term is used for purposes of Section 409A of the Code), whether such separation from service results from retirement or otherwise, or (iv) the date of a Qualified Change in Control (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), provided that any Shares for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement in connection with a Change in Control that is not a Qualified Change in Control shall be delivered as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days, following the applicable Lapse Date set forth in the Grant Notice if such Lapse Date occurs prior to any of the other events triggering delivery specified in this sentence. The Participant shall have no rights to receive delivery of any Shares with respect to Restricted Stock Units that have been forfeited or cancelled, or for which Shares have previously been delivered. No fractional Shares shall be delivered, and the Shares otherwise deliverable in any payment pursuant to this Section 6 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.

7. No Ownership Rights Prior to Issuance of Shares.

Neither the Participant nor any other person shall become the beneficial owner of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units, nor have any rights to dividends (other than rights to Dividend Equivalents pursuant to Section 3) or other rights as a shareholder with respect to any such Shares, until and after such Shares have been actually issued to the Participant and transferred on the books and records of the Corporation or its agent in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

8. Detrimental Activity.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time prior to the delivery of Shares with respect to the Restricted Stock Units, the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity, such Restricted Stock Units shall be cancelled and rescinded without any payment or consideration therefor. The determination of whether the Participant has engaged in Detrimental Activity shall be made by the Administrator in its good faith discretion, and lapse of the Period of Restriction and delivery of Shares with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall be suspended pending resolution to the Administrator’s satisfaction of any investigation of the matter.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Detrimental Activity” means at any time (i) using information received during the Participant’s membership on the Board relating to the business affairs of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), in breach of the Participant’s express or implied undertaking to keep such information confidential; (ii) directly or indirectly persuading or attempting to persuade, by any means, any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to breach any of the terms of his or her employment with Corporation, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates; (iii) directly or indirectly making any statement that is, or could be, disparaging of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their respective employees (except to the extent necessary to respond truthfully to any inquiry from applicable regulatory authorities or to provide information pursuant to legal process); (iv)

 

- 3 -


directly or indirectly engaging in any illegal, unethical or otherwise wrongful activity that is, or could be, substantially injurious to the financial condition, reputation or goodwill of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; or (v) directly or indirectly engaging in an act of misconduct such as, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation owed to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, breach of fiduciary duty or disregard or violation of rules, policies or procedures of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, an unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or confidential information of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any conduct constituting unfair competition, or inducing any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case as determined by the Administrator in its good faith discretion.

9. The Plan.

In consideration for this grant, the Participant agrees to comply with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, and to such regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the Administrator. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall control, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly, provided that the provisions of Section 6 (Delivery of Shares) of this Agreement shall control over any conflicting payment provisions of the Plan. The Plan and the prospectus describing the Plan can be found on Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com under Plan Information and Documents. A paper copy of the Plan and the prospectus shall be provided to the Participant upon the Participant’s written request to the Corporation at CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify.

10. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.

(a) The Restricted Stock Units and the obligation of the Corporation to sell and deliver Shares hereunder shall be subject in all respects to (i) all applicable Federal and state laws, rules and regulations and (ii) any registration, qualification, approvals or other requirements imposed by any government or regulatory agency or body which the Administrator shall, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or applicable. Moreover, the Corporation shall not deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement if doing so would be contrary to applicable law. If at any time the Corporation determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares upon any national securities exchange or under any state or Federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable, the Corporation shall not be required to deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained, or otherwise provided for, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Corporation.

(b) It is intended that the Shares received in respect of the Restricted Stock Units shall have been registered under the Securities Act. If the Participant is an “affiliate” of the Corporation, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), the Participant may not sell the Shares received except in compliance with Rule 144. Certificates representing Shares issued to an “affiliate” of the Corporation may bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on the disposition or transfer of the Shares as the Corporation deems appropriate to comply with Federal and state securities laws.

(c) If, at any time, the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act, and/or there is no current prospectus in effect under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares, the Participant shall execute, prior to the delivery of any Shares to the Participant by the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement, an agreement (in such form as the Corporation may specify) in which the Participant represents and warrants that the Participant is purchasing or acquiring the Shares acquired under this Agreement for the Participant’s own account, for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and represents and agrees that any subsequent offer for sale or distribution of any kind of such Shares shall be made only pursuant to either (i) a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, which registration statement has become effective and is current with regard to the Shares being offered or sold, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the

 

- 4 -


Securities Act, but in claiming such exemption the Participant shall, prior to any offer for sale of such Shares, obtain a prior favorable written opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation, from counsel for or approved by the Corporation, as to the applicability of such exemption thereto.

11. Notices.

All notices by the Participant or the Participant’s assignees shall be addressed to CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify. All notices to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s address in the Corporation’s records.

12. Severability.

In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

13. Adjustments.

The Restricted Stock Units and the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to adjustment and conversion pursuant to the terms of Section 7.1 of the Plan.

14. Tax Withholding.

Any payment or delivery of Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the Corporation’s rights to withhold any applicable Federal, state, local and non-United States taxes in accordance with Section 8.5 of the Plan.

15. Section 409A.

The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to comply with Section 409A of the Code so as to avoid the imposition of any penalties, taxes or interest thereunder. Notwithstanding any provision of Section 6 of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Participant is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, the Participant shall not be entitled to any payment of Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units that are considered deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code in connection with the Participant’s separation from service until the earlier of (a) the date which is six months after the Participant’s separation from service for any reason other than the Participant’s death, or (b) the date of the Participant’s death. Any Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units otherwise payable to the Participant following the Participant’s separation from service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 15 shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than 74 days) after the date that is six months after the Participant’s separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death). The provisions of this Section 15 shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

16. Clawback.

The Restricted Stock Units are subject to the terms of the Corporation’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances require repayment or forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units or any Shares or other cash or property received with respect to the Restricted Stock Units (including any value received from a disposition of the Shares acquired upon payment of the Restricted Stock Units).

 

- 5 -


CORELOGIC, INC.
By:    
 

Name: [Anand Nallathambi]

Title: [Chief Executive Officer]

Date: [Grant Date]

Acknowledged and agreed as of the Date of Grant:

Printed Name:    [Participant Name]

Date:                   [Acceptance Date]

[NOTE: GRANT WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY]

 

- 6 -


APPENDIX A

Certain Definitions

Affiliate” means any entity other than the Corporation and any Subsidiary that is affiliated with the Corporation through stock or equity ownership or otherwise and is designated as an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan by the Administrator.

Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following after the date hereof:

 

  (a) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not shareholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization.

 

  (b) The sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets or the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

  (c) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2) year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who are directors of the Corporation immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between the Corporation and the First American Financial Corporation dated June 1, 2010 (the “Separation Agreement”). “Incumbent Directors” shall also include directors who are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but shall not include an individual not otherwise an Incumbent Director whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Corporation.

 

  (d) Any transaction as a result of which any person or group is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” shall have the same meaning as when used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but shall exclude: (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary of the Corporation; (ii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person whose beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities increases to thirty percent (30%) or more as a result of the acquisition of voting securities of the Corporation by the Corporation which reduces the number of such voting securities then outstanding; or (iii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person that acquires directly from the Corporation securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Corporation’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Corporation’s securities immediately before such transaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of any or all of the transactions in the Separation Agreement is not considered a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.


Disability” means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation to which the relevant individual is suited by education, training or experience, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, which condition can be expected to result in death or continues for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

Person” means “person” as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity or any group of persons.

Qualified Change in Control” means a Change in Control that qualifies as a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation, within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code.

Retirement” means the cessation of the Participant’s services as a member of the Board due to his or her voluntary resignation at any time after the Participant has either attained age 65 or has attained age 60 and served as a member of the Board for at least five years.

Termination” means the time when the Participant ceases the performance of services for the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, as applicable, for any reason, with or without cause, including a Termination by resignation, discharge, death, Disability or Retirement, but excluding (a) a Termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of the Participant by the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination that results in a temporary severance, and (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination of an employee of the Corporation that is immediately followed by the Participant’s service as a non-employee director of the Board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, a Termination shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision the Plan or this Agreement providing for payment or distribution with respect to an award constituting deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment or services unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

- 8 -

EX-10.4 4 dex104.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT - EMPLOYEE Form of Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant - Employee

Exhibit 10.4

[Employee]

Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

Participant:    [Participant Name]
Corporation:    CoreLogic, Inc.
Notice:    You have been granted the following Restricted Stock Units in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto.
Type of Award:    Restricted Stock Units
Plan:    The CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan
Grant:   

Date of Grant: [Grant Date]

Number of Shares Underlying Bonus Restricted Stock Units: [Number of Shares Granted]

Number of Shares Underlying Other Restricted Stock Units: [Number of Shares Granted]

Period of Restriction:    Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock Units shall commence on the Date of Grant and shall lapse on the date listed in the “Lapse Date” column below as to that portion of Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units set forth below opposite each such date.
  

[Vesting schedule to be inserted here]

  

For the avoidance of doubt, the relevant portion of the Period of Restriction shall lapse on a pro-rata basis with respect to each of the total Shares underlying Bonus Restricted Stock Units and the total Shares underlying Other Restricted Stock Units. For purposes of this Agreement, “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the Restricted Stock Units are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. The date on which the Period of Restriction lapses pursuant to this paragraph is referred to herein as the “Lapse Date.”

 

The vesting schedule set forth above requires the Participant’s continued employment or service through each applicable Lapse Date as a condition to the lapsing of the Period of Restriction on such Lapse Date. Except as provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, employment or service for only a portion of the Period of Restriction prior to the Lapse Date, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or services as provided in Section 4 below or under the Plan.


Rejection:    If you wish to accept this Restricted Stock Unit Award, please access Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com and follow the steps outlined under the “Accept Grant” link at any time within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant. If you do not accept your grant via Fidelity NetBenefits® within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant, you will have rejected this Restricted Stock Unit Award.

 

- 2 -


[Employee]

Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Notice of Restricted Stock Unit Grant attached hereto (the “Grant Notice”), is made between CoreLogic, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and the Participant set forth in the Grant Notice. The Grant Notice is included in and made part of this Agreement.

1. Definitions.

Certain capitalized terms are defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.

2. Grant of the Restricted Stock Units.

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the Corporation hereby grants to the Participant, pursuant to the Plan, a right to receive the number of shares of Common Stock (“Shares”) set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Restricted Stock Units”).

3. Dividend Equivalents.

Each Restricted Stock Unit shall accrue Dividend Equivalents (as defined below) with respect to dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Share underlying such Restricted Stock Unit during the period from the Grant Date to the date such Share is delivered in accordance with Section 6. As of any date in this period that the Corporation pays an ordinary cash dividend on its Common Stock, the Corporation shall credit the Participant with an additional number of Restricted Stock Units equal to (i) the per share cash dividend paid by the Corporation on its Common Stock on such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of Restricted Stock Units subject to the award as of the related dividend payment record date (including any Dividend Equivalents previously credited hereunder), divided by (iii) the fair market value (as determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan) of a share of Common Stock on the date of payment of such dividend. Any Restricted Stock Units credited pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall be subject to the same Period of Restriction, payment, delivery and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the original Restricted Stock Units to which they relate. Any such crediting of Dividend Equivalents shall be conclusively determined by the Administrator. No crediting of Restricted Stock Units shall be made pursuant to this Section 3 with respect to any Restricted Stock Units which, as of such record date, have either been delivered or terminated pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Dividend Equivalents” means the equivalent value (in cash or Shares) of dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units but that have not been issued or delivered.

4. Period of Restriction; Termination.

The Period of Restriction with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall be as set forth in the Grant Notice. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the remaining provisions of this Section 4 and Section 5(b), all Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction had not lapsed prior to the date of the Participant’s Termination (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) shall be immediately forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary:

(a) In the event of the Participant’s death or Disability (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) prior to his or her Termination, the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units shall lapse in its entirety.

(b) In the event of the Participant’s Termination due to his or her Normal Retirement (as defined below), the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units shall lapse in its entirety, provided that the Participant shall have signed a separation agreement in the form established by the Corporation within 21 days (or such longer period of time required by applicable law) following his or her Termination and such separation agreement is not subsequently revoked.

 

- 3 -


(c) In the event of the Participant’s Termination due to his or her Early Retirement (as defined below), the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Bonus Restricted Stock Units (but not any Other Restricted Stock Units, which shall be immediately forfeited as described above) shall lapse in its entirety, provided that the Participant shall have signed a separation agreement in the form established by the Corporation within 21 days (or such longer period of time required by applicable law) following his or her Termination and such separation agreement is not subsequently revoked.

(d) In the event of the Participant’s involuntary Termination by the Corporation or an Affiliate (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) without Cause (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Bonus Restricted Stock Units (but not any Other Restricted Stock Units, which shall be immediately forfeited as described above) shall lapse in its entirety; provided that the Participant shall have signed a separation agreement in the form established by the Corporation within 21 days (or such longer period of time required by applicable law) following his or her Termination and such separation agreement is not subsequently revoked.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Normal Retirement” means Termination of the Participant, other than for Cause, after the Participant has reached 62 years of age and “Early Retirement” means Termination of the Participant, other than for Cause, after the Participant has reached 55 years of age and been employed by the Corporation and/or an Affiliate for more than 10 years. For purposes of this Section 4, employment by The First American Corporation and/or one of its affiliates prior to June 1, 2010 shall be treated as employment by the Corporation and/or an Affiliate.

5. Change in Control.

(a) In the event of a corporate transaction described in Section 7.2 of the Plan (which generally includes transactions that the Corporation does not survive or does not survive as a public company in respect of its Common Stock), the provisions of Section 7.2 of the Plan shall apply to the remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that the payment date of the Restricted Stock Units that are to be paid pursuant to the award shall in all cases be determined pursuant to Section 6.

(b) In the event the Participant is Terminated by the Corporation or an Affiliate (including any successor to such entity) without Cause upon or at any time during the twelve-month period following a Change in Control (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), the Period of Restriction as to all remaining unpaid Restricted Stock Units shall lapse in its entirety, provided that the Participant shall have signed a separation agreement in the form established by the Corporation within 21 days (or such longer period of time required by applicable law) following his or her Termination and such separation agreement is not subsequently revoked.

6. Delivery of Shares.

The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed according to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice, together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, shall be delivered by the Corporation to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days following the applicable Lapse Date set forth in the Grant Notice. The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed pursuant to Section 4 or Section 5(b) of this Agreement, together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, shall be delivered by the Corporation to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days, following the first to occur of (i) the date of the Participant’s death or Disability, or (ii) the first anniversary of the Participant’s “separation from service” (as such term is used for purposes of Section 409A of the Code), whether such separation from service results from the Participant’s Normal Retirement, Early Retirement, Termination by the Corporation or an Affiliate without Cause or otherwise. The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed

 

- 4 -


pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Plan, together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, shall be delivered by the Corporation to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days following the applicable Lapse Date set forth in the Grant Notice; provided, however, that (i) if the Participant dies or incurs a Disability prior to any such Lapse Date, the related payment shall be made to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days, following the date of the Participant’s death or Disability, or (ii) if the Participant’s separation from service occurs prior to such Lapse Date, the related payment shall be made on the first anniversary of the Participant’s separation from service. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6, the Administrator may provide for payment of any Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units for which the Period of Restriction has lapsed in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(A), (B) or (C) promulgated under Section 409A of the Code (or any similar successor provision), which regulation generally provides that a deferred compensation arrangement may be terminated in limited circumstances following a dissolution or change in control of the Corporation. The Participant shall have no rights to receive delivery of any Shares with respect to Restricted Stock Units that have been forfeited or cancelled, or for which Shares have previously been delivered. No fractional Shares shall be delivered, and the Shares otherwise deliverable in any payment pursuant to this Section 6 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.

7. No Ownership Rights Prior to Issuance of Shares.

Neither the Participant nor any other person shall become the beneficial owner of the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units, nor have any rights to dividends (other than rights to Dividend Equivalents pursuant to Section 3) or other rights as a shareholder with respect to any such Shares, until and after such Shares have been actually issued to the Participant and transferred on the books and records of the Corporation or its agent in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

8. Detrimental Activity.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time prior to the delivery of Shares with respect to the Restricted Stock Units, the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity (as defined below), such Restricted Stock Units shall be cancelled and rescinded without any payment or consideration therefor. The determination of whether the Participant has engaged in Detrimental Activity shall be made by the Administrator in its good faith discretion, and lapse of the Period of Restriction and delivery of Shares with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall be suspended pending resolution to the Administrator’s satisfaction of any investigation of the matter.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Detrimental Activity” means at any time (i) using information received during the Participant’s employment with the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and predecessors in interest relating to the business affairs of the Corporation or any such Subsidiaries, Affiliates or predecessors in interest, in breach of the Participant’s express or implied undertaking to keep such information confidential; (ii) directly or indirectly persuading or attempting to persuade, by any means, any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to breach any of the terms of his or her employment with Corporation, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates; (iii) directly or indirectly making any statement that is, or could be, disparaging of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their respective employees (except to the extent necessary to respond truthfully to any inquiry from applicable regulatory authorities or to provide information pursuant to legal process); (iv) directly or indirectly engaging in any illegal, unethical or otherwise wrongful activity that is, or could be, substantially injurious to the financial condition, reputation or goodwill of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; or (v) directly or indirectly engaging in an act of misconduct such as, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation owed to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, breach of fiduciary duty or disregard or violation of rules, policies or procedures of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, an unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or confidential information of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any conduct constituting unfair competition, or inducing any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case as determined by the Administrator in its good faith discretion.

 

- 5 -


9. No Right to Continued Employment.

None of the Restricted Stock Units nor any terms contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any express or implied right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate for any period, nor restrict in any way the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, which right is hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time for any reason. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 9 is not intended to amend or modify any other agreement, including any employment agreement, that may be in existence between the Participant and the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

10. The Plan.

In consideration for this grant, the Participant agrees to comply with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, and to such regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the Administrator. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall control, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly, provided that the provisions of Section 6 (Delivery of Shares) of this Agreement shall control over any conflicting payment provisions of the Plan. The Plan and the prospectus describing the Plan can be found on Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com under Plan Information and Documents. A paper copy of the Plan and the prospectus shall be provided to the Participant upon the Participant’s written request to the Corporation at CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify.

11. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.

(a) The Restricted Stock Units and the obligation of the Corporation to sell and deliver Shares hereunder shall be subject in all respects to (i) all applicable Federal and state laws, rules and regulations and (ii) any registration, qualification, approvals or other requirements imposed by any government or regulatory agency or body which the Administrator shall, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or applicable. Moreover, the Corporation shall not deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement if doing so would be contrary to applicable law. If at any time the Corporation determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares upon any national securities exchange or under any state or Federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable, the Corporation shall not be required to deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained, or otherwise provided for, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Corporation.

(b) It is intended that the Shares received in respect of the Restricted Stock Units shall have been registered under the Securities Act. If the Participant is an “affiliate” of the Corporation, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), the Participant may not sell the Shares received except in compliance with Rule 144. Certificates representing Shares issued to an “affiliate” of the Corporation may bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on the disposition or transfer of the Shares as the Corporation deems appropriate to comply with Federal and state securities laws.

(c) If, at any time, the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act, and/or there is no current prospectus in effect under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares, the Participant shall execute, prior to the delivery of any Shares to the Participant by the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement, an agreement (in such form as the Corporation may specify) in which the Participant represents and warrants that the Participant is purchasing or acquiring the Shares acquired under this Agreement for the Participant’s own account, for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and represents and agrees that any subsequent offer for sale or distribution of any kind of such Shares shall be made only pursuant to either (i) a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, which registration statement has become effective and is current with regard to the Shares being offered or sold, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, but in claiming such exemption the Participant shall, prior to any offer for sale of such Shares, obtain a prior favorable written opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation, from counsel for or approved by the Corporation, as to the applicability of such exemption thereto.

 

- 6 -


12. Notices.

All notices by the Participant or the Participant’s assignees shall be addressed to CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify. All notices to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s address in the Corporation’s records.

13. Severability.

In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

14. Other Plans.

The Participant acknowledges that any income derived from the Restricted Stock Units shall not affect the Participant’s participation in, or benefits under, any other benefit plan or other contract or arrangement maintained by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. Restricted Stock Units and Dividend Equivalents shall not be deemed to be “Covered Compensation” under any other benefit plan of the Corporation.

[15. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units Contingent on Corporation Performance.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement, except in the event of an acceleration of vesting pursuant to Section 4(a), Section 4(b) or Section 5 of this Agreement, the Participant’s entitlement to the receipt of any Shares hereunder is contingent upon the Corporation’s achievement of net income (as defined in accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles) for [performance period] of [performance goal amount] or more. Net income shall be determined without regard to (a) asset write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary, unusual and/or nonrecurring items of gain or loss, and (f) foreign exchange gains and losses. The provisions of this Section 15 shall be a Business Criteria under the Plan, and shall be subject to all of the terms of the Plan applicable to Performance-Based Awards.] [NOTE: PARAGRAPH 15 APPLIES ONLY TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER VERSION.]

16. Adjustments.

The Restricted Stock Units and the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to adjustment and conversion pursuant to the terms of Section 7.1 of the Plan.

17. Tax Withholding.

Any payment or delivery of Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the Corporation’s rights to withhold applicable Federal, state, local and non-United States taxes in accordance with Section 8.5 of the Plan.

18. Section 409A.

The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to comply with Section 409A of the Code so as to avoid the imposition of any penalties, taxes or interest thereunder.

 

- 7 -


19. Clawback.

The Restricted Stock Units are subject to the terms of the Corporation’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances require repayment or forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units or any Shares or other cash or property received with respect to the Restricted Stock Units (including any value received from a disposition of the Shares acquired upon payment of the Restricted Stock Units).

 

CORELOGIC, INC.
By:                                                                                                  
      Name: [Anand Nallathambi]
      Title: [Chief Executive Officer]
Date: [Grant Date]

Acknowledged and agreed as of the Date of Grant:

 

Printed Name:   [Participant Name]
Date:   [Acceptance Date]

[NOTE: GRANT WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY]

 

- 8 -


APPENDIX A

Certain Definitions

Affiliate” means any entity other than the Corporation and any Subsidiary that is affiliated with the Corporation through stock or equity ownership or otherwise and is designated as an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan by the Administrator.

Beneficial Ownership” (including correlative terms) shall have the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Cause” has the same meaning as in the Participant’s employment agreement with the Corporation, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate (if any) as in effect at the time of the Participant’s Termination, or if the Participant is not a party to such an employment agreement (or is not a party to such an employment agreement that contains a definition of “cause”), “Cause” means: (i) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by the Participant of any property of any of the Corporation or its Affiliates; (ii) the Participant’s breach of any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its Affiliates; (iii) the Participant’s failure or refusal to comply with laws or regulations applicable to the Corporation or its Affiliates and their businesses or the policies of the Corporation and its Affiliates governing the conduct of its employees or directors; (iv) the Participant’s gross incompetence in the performance of the Participant’s job duties; (v) commission by the Participant of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation; (vi) the failure of the Participant to perform duties consistent with a commercially reasonable standard of care; (vii) the Participant’s failure or refusal to perform the Participant’s job duties or to perform specific directives of the Participant’s supervisor or designee, or the senior officers or Board of Directors of the Corporation; or (viii) any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Participant resulting in loss to the Corporation or its Affiliates, or damage to the reputation of the Corporation or its Affiliates.

Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following after the date hereof:

 

  (a) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not shareholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization.

 

  (b) The sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets or the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

  (c) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2) year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who are directors of the Corporation immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between the Corporation and the First American Financial Corporation dated June 1, 2010 (the “Separation Agreement”). “Incumbent Directors” shall also include directors who are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but shall not include an individual not otherwise an Incumbent Director whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Corporation.

 

  (d)

Any transaction as a result of which any person or group is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” shall have the same meaning as when used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but shall exclude: (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the

 

- 9 -


 

Corporation or of a Subsidiary of the Corporation; (ii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person whose beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities increases to thirty percent (30%) or more as a result of the acquisition of voting securities of the Corporation by the Corporation which reduces the number of such voting securities then outstanding; or (iii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person that acquires directly from the Corporation securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Corporation’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Corporation’s securities immediately before such transaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of any or all of the transactions in the Separation Agreement is not considered a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.

Disability” means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation to which the relevant individual is suited by education, training or experience, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, which condition can be expected to result in death or continues for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

Termination” means the time when the Participant ceases the performance of services for the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, as applicable, for any reason, with or without Cause, including a Termination by resignation, discharge, retirement, death or Disability, but excluding (a) a Termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of the Participant by the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination that results in a temporary severance, and (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination of an employee of the Corporation that is immediately followed by the Participant’s service as a non-employee director of the Board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, a Termination shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision the Plan or this Agreement providing for payment or distribution with respect to an award constituting deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment or services unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

- 10 -

EX-10.5 5 dex105.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF OPTION GRANT - EMPLOYEE Form of Notice of Option Grant - Employee

Exhibit 10.5

[Employee]

Notice of Option Grant

 

Participant:    [Participant Name]
Corporation:    CoreLogic, Inc.
Notice:    You have been granted the following Option in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Option Award Agreement attached hereto.
Type of Award:    Nonqualified Stock Option (“NQSO”)
Plan:    The CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan
Grant:    Date of Grant: [Grant Date]
   Number of Shares Subject to the Option: [Number of Options Granted]
Exercise Price:    $[        ] per Share
Expiration Date:    The day immediately prior to the 10th anniversary of the Date of Grant. The Option is subject to early termination pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement and Section 7 of the Plan.
Vesting:    Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Option shall become vested and exercisable on each of the dates listed in the “Vesting Date” column below as to that portion of the total number of Shares subject to the Option set forth below opposite each such date.
   [Vesting schedule to be inserted here]
   The vesting schedule set forth above requires the Participant’s continued employment or service through each applicable Vesting Date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the Option on such Vesting Date.
Rejection:    If you wish to accept this Option Award, please access Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com and follow the steps outlined under the “Accept Grant” link at any time within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant. If you do not accept your grant via Fidelity NetBenefits® within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant, you will have rejected this Option Award.


[Employee]

Option Award Agreement

This Option Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Notice of Option Grant attached hereto (the “Grant Notice”), is made between CoreLogic, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and the Participant set forth in the Grant Notice. The Grant Notice is included in and made part of this Agreement.

1. Definitions.

Certain capitalized terms are defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.

2. Grant of Options.

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the Corporation hereby grants to the Participant on the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant Notice, pursuant to the Plan, an Option to acquire the number of shares of Common Stock (“Shares”) set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Option”). The Option shall have the exercise price per Share set forth in the Grant Notice.

3. Vesting.

The Option shall vest and become exercisable in installments of the aggregate number of Shares subject to the Option as set forth in the Grant Notice. Any unvested Shares then subject to the Option shall also become vested and exercisable upon the Participant’s Termination (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) due to death, Disability (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), or Normal Retirement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Normal Retirement” means Termination of the Participant, other than for Cause (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), after the Participant has reached 62 years of age.

4. Limits on Exercise; ISO Status.

The Option may be exercised only to the extent the Option is vested and exercisable. To the extent that the Option is vested and exercisable, the Participant has the right to exercise the Option (to the extent not previously exercised), and such right shall continue, until the expiration or earlier termination of the Option. The Option may not be exercised with respect to a fractional Share, and any purported exercise with respect to a fractional Share shall be automatically rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares. No fewer than the lesser of 50 Shares or the full number of vested and exercisable Shares subject to the Option may be purchased at any one time. The Option is a NQSO option and is not, and shall not be, an ISO.

5. Change in Control.

(a) In the event of a corporate transaction described in Section 7.2 of the Plan (which generally includes transactions that the Corporation does not survive or does not survive as a public company in respect of its Common Stock), the provisions of Section 7.2 of the Plan shall apply to any outstanding portion of the Option and the Shares subject to the Option; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, in the event that the Option is converted into a right to receive cash pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Plan, the amount of any cash payment shall be equal to the highest value of the consideration to be received in connection with the transaction for one Share less the exercise price per Share for the Option set forth in the Grant Notice, multiplied by the number of Shares subject to the outstanding portion of the Option.

(b) In the event the Participant is Terminated by the Corporation or an Affiliate (including any successor to such entity) without Cause upon or at any time during the twelve-month period following a Change in Control (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), any then outstanding and unvested portion of the Option shall accelerate and become fully vested and exercisable at such time.

 

- 2 -


6. Termination of Option.

Subject to earlier termination as provided in this Section 6, the Option will terminate on the expiration date set forth in the Grant Notice. The Option is subject to earlier termination in connection with certain corporate events as provided in Section 7 of the Plan. The Option is also subject to earlier termination in connection with the Participant’s Termination, in which case the Option, to the extent not vested and exercisable as of the date of Termination (after giving effect to any accelerated vesting in the circumstances pursuant to Section 3), shall terminate on the date of Termination, and the Option, to the extent vested and exercisable as of the date of Termination (after giving effect to any accelerated vesting in the circumstances pursuant to Section 3 or Section 5), shall be subject to the following rules:

(a) In the event of the Participant’s Termination due to reasons other than a Termination for Cause, the Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option, to the extent vested and exercisable as of the date of such Termination, at any time prior to the end of the one-year period following the date of such Termination.

(b) In the event the Participant dies either (i) while serving as an employee or providing services to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (ii) after the date of the Participant’s Termination under circumstances described in subsection (a) immediately above within the applicable time period described therein, the Option, to the extent vested and exercisable as of the date of the Participant’s death, may be exercised at any time prior to the end of the one-year period following the date of the Participant’s death by the Participant’s beneficiary or the executors or administrators of the Participant’s estate or by any person or persons who shall have acquired the Option directly from the Participant by bequest or inheritance, in accordance herewith.

(c) In the event of the Participant’s Termination for Cause, the Option (whether vested or unvested) shall terminate on the date of such Termination.

Notwithstanding anything else contained herein to the contrary, in no event may the Option be exercised following the expiration date set forth in the Grant Notice or following a termination in connection with certain corporate events as provided in Section 7 of the Plan.

7. Method of Exercise of Option.

The Option shall be exercised by the delivery of a written notice of exercise to the Corporation, in a form specified or accepted by the Administrator, or by complying with any alternative exercise procedures that may be authorized by the Administrator. The notice of exercise (or other authorized exercise procedure) must set forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, be accompanied by full payment for the Shares to be purchased in a form permitted by Section 5.5 of the Plan, and include payment for all applicable taxes, if any, in accordance with Section 8.5 of the Plan.

8. No Ownership Rights Prior to Issuance of Shares.

Neither the Participant nor any other person shall become the beneficial owner of the Shares underlying the Option, nor have any rights to dividends or other rights as a shareholder with respect to any such Shares, until and after such Shares have been actually issued to the Participant and transferred on the books and records of the Corporation or its agent in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

9. Detrimental Activity.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time while any portion of the Option remains outstanding, the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity (as defined below), such outstanding portion of the Option shall be cancelled and rescinded without any payment or consideration therefor. The determination of whether the Participant has engaged in Detrimental Activity shall be made by the Administrator in its good faith discretion.

 

- 3 -


(b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Detrimental Activity” means at any time (i) using information received during the Participant’s employment with the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and predecessors in interest relating to the business affairs of the Corporation or any such Subsidiaries, Affiliates or predecessors in interest, in breach of the Participant’s express or implied undertaking to keep such information confidential; (ii) directly or indirectly persuading or attempting to persuade, by any means, any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to breach any of the terms of his or her employment with Corporation, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates; (iii) directly or indirectly making any statement that is, or could be, disparaging of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their respective employees (except to the extent necessary to respond truthfully to any inquiry from applicable regulatory authorities or to provide information pursuant to legal process); (iv) directly or indirectly engaging in any illegal, unethical or otherwise wrongful activity that is, or could be, substantially injurious to the financial condition, reputation or goodwill of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; or (v) directly or indirectly engaging in an act of misconduct such as, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation owed to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, breach of fiduciary duty or disregard or violation of rules, policies or procedures of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, an unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or confidential information of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any conduct constituting unfair competition, or inducing any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case as determined by the Administrator in its good faith discretion.

10. No Right to Continued Employment.

Except as provided in Section 3 of this Agreement, employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a Termination as provided in Section 6 above or under the Plan. None of the Option nor any terms contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any express or implied right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate for any period, nor restrict in any way the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, which right is hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time for any reason. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10 is not intended to amend or modify any other agreement, including any employment agreement, that may be in existence between the Participant and the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

11. The Plan.

In consideration for this grant, the Participant agrees to comply with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, and to such regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the Administrator. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall control, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly. The Plan and the prospectus describing the Plan can be found on Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com under Plan Information and Documents. A paper copy of the Plan and the prospectus shall be provided to the Participant upon the Participant’s written request to the Corporation at CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify.

12. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.

(a) The Option and the obligation of the Corporation to sell and issue Shares hereunder shall be subject in all respects to (i) all applicable Federal and state laws, rules and regulations and (ii) any registration, qualification, approvals or other requirements imposed by any government or regulatory agency or body which the Administrator shall, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or applicable. Moreover, the Corporation shall not deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement if doing so would be contrary to applicable law. If at any time the Corporation determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares upon any national securities exchange or under any state or Federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable, the Corporation shall not be required to deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained, or otherwise provided for, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Corporation.

 

- 4 -


(b) It is intended that the Shares received in respect of the Option shall have been registered under the Securities Act. If the Participant is an “affiliate” of the Corporation, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), the Participant may not sell the Shares received except in compliance with Rule 144. Certificates representing Shares issued to an “affiliate” of the Corporation may bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on the disposition or transfer of the Shares as the Corporation deems appropriate to comply with Federal and state securities laws.

(c) If, at the time of any exercise of the Option, the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act, and/or there is no current prospectus in effect under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares, the Participant shall execute, prior to the delivery of any Shares to the Participant by the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement, an agreement (in such form as the Corporation may specify) in which the Participant represents and warrants that the Participant is purchasing or acquiring the Shares acquired under this Agreement for the Participant’s own account, for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and represents and agrees that any subsequent offer for sale or distribution of any kind of such Shares shall be made only pursuant to either (i) a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, which registration statement has become effective and is current with regard to the Shares being offered or sold, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, but in claiming such exemption the Participant shall, prior to any offer for sale of such Shares, obtain a prior favorable written opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation, from counsel for or approved by the Corporation, as to the applicability of such exemption thereto.

13. Notices.

All notices by the Participant or the Participant’s assignees shall be addressed to CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify. All notices to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s address in the Corporation’s records.

14. Severability.

In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

15. Other Plans.

The Participant acknowledges that any income derived from the Option shall not affect the Participant’s participation in, or benefits under, any other benefit plan or other contract or arrangement maintained by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. The Option shall not be deemed to be “Covered Compensation” under any other benefit plan of the Corporation.

16. Adjustments.

The Option and the Shares underlying the Option shall be subject to adjustment and conversion pursuant to the terms of Section 7.1 of the Plan.

17. Clawback.

The Option is subject to the terms of the Corporation’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances require forfeiture of the Option and repayment or forfeiture of any Shares or other cash or property received with respect to the Option (including any value received from a disposition of the Shares acquired upon exercise of the Option).

 

- 5 -


CORELOGIC, INC.
By:  

             

  Name: [Anand Nallathambi]
  Title: [Chief Executive Officer]
Date: [Grant Date]

Acknowledged and agreed as of the Date of Grant:

 

Printed Name:    [Participant Name]
Date:    [Acceptance Date]

[NOTE: GRANT WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY]

 

- 6 -


APPENDIX A

Certain Definitions

Affiliate” means any entity other than the Corporation and any Subsidiary that is affiliated with the Corporation through stock or equity ownership or otherwise and is designated as an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan by the Administrator.

Cause” has the same meaning as in the Participant’s employment agreement with the Corporation, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate (if any) as in effect at the time of the Participant’s Termination, or if the Participant is not a party to such an employment agreement (or is not a party to such an employment agreement that contains a definition of “cause”), “Cause” means: (i) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by the Participant of any property of any of the Corporation or its Affiliates; (ii) the Participant’s breach of any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its Affiliates; (iii) the Participant’s failure or refusal to comply with laws or regulations applicable to the Corporation or its Affiliates and their businesses or the policies of the Corporation and its Affiliates governing the conduct of its employees or directors; (iv) the Participant’s gross incompetence in the performance of the Participant’s job duties; (v) commission by the Participant of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation; (vi) the failure of the Participant to perform duties consistent with a commercially reasonable standard of care; (vii) the Participant’s failure or refusal to perform the Participant’s job duties or to perform specific directives of the Participant’s supervisor or designee, or the senior officers or Board of Directors of the Corporation; or (viii) any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Participant resulting in loss to the Corporation or its Affiliates, or damage to the reputation of the Corporation or its Affiliates.

Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following after the date hereof:

 

  (a) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not shareholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization.

 

  (b) The sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets or the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

  (c) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2) year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who are directors of the Corporation immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between the Corporation and the First American Financial Corporation dated June 1, 2010 (the “Separation Agreement”). “Incumbent Directors” shall also include directors who are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but shall not include an individual not otherwise an Incumbent Director whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Corporation.

 

  (d)

Any transaction as a result of which any person or group is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” shall have the same meaning as when used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but shall exclude: (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary of the Corporation; (ii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person whose beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the

 

- 7 -


 

Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities increases to thirty percent (30%) or more as a result of the acquisition of voting securities of the Corporation by the Corporation which reduces the number of such voting securities then outstanding; or (iii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person that acquires directly from the Corporation securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Corporation’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Corporation’s securities immediately before such transaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of any or all of the transactions in the Separation Agreement is not considered a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.

Disability” means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation to which the relevant individual is suited by education, training or experience, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, which condition can be expected to result in death or continues for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

Termination” means the time when the Participant ceases the performance of services for the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, as applicable, for any reason, with or without Cause, including a Termination by resignation, discharge, retirement, death or Disability, but excluding (a) a Termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of the Participant by the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination that results in a temporary severance, and (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination of an employee of the Corporation that is immediately followed by the Participant’s service as a non-employee director of the Board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, a Termination shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision the Plan or this Agreement providing for payment or distribution with respect to an award constituting deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment or services unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

- 8 -

EX-10.6 6 dex106.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT - EMPLOYEE Form of Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant - Employee

Exhibit 10.6

[Employee]

Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant

 

Participant:    [Participant Name]
Corporation:    CoreLogic, Inc.
Notice:    You have been granted the following Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (“Performance-Based RSUs”) in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto.
Type of Award:    Performance-Based RSUs
Plan:    The CoreLogic, Inc. 2011 Performance Incentive Plan
Grant:    Date of Grant: [Grant Date]
   Number of Performance-Based RSUs: [Number of RSUs Granted]
Vesting:    Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the vesting and payment of the Performance-Based RSUs shall be subject to the attainment of the Performance Measures set forth below. The vesting schedule set forth below requires the Participant’s continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of any of the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs. Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or services as provided in Section 4 below or under the Plan.
Performance Period:    The performance period for the Performance-Based RSUs shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 (the “Performance Period”).
   Performance Measures
  

[Performance Measures to be inserted here]


   Forfeiture
   Any Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs that have not become vested and payable following the end of the Performance Period shall be immediately forfeited.
   Payment
   In addition to the continued employment requirements set forth above and in Section 4 of this Agreement, in order to receive payment of any Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs which have become vested and payable based on the attainment of the Performance Measures set forth above (but not any Shares underlying Performance-Based RSUs which become vested and payable in connection with a change of control or other corporate transaction as described in Section 5 of the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto), the Participant must either (i) remain continuously employed through, and not have experienced a Termination prior to, the date the Shares are paid in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement or (ii) have experienced a Termination (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto) due to his or her death, Disability (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), Normal Retirement (as defined in the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto) or a Termination described in Section 5(c) prior to the date the Shares are paid in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement. In no event, except for vesting in connection with a change of control or other corporate transaction as described in Section 5 of the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto), shall any Performance-Based RSUs be considered to have been earned unless and until such continued employment requirement is satisfied. Any Performance-Based RSUs which do not become payable as a result of the foregoing payment restriction shall be immediately forfeited on the date of the Participant’s Termination.
Rejection:    If you wish to accept this Performance-Based RSU Award, please access Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com and follow the steps outlined under the “Accept Grant” link at any time within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant. If you do not accept your grant via Fidelity NetBenefits® within forty-five (45) days after the Date of Grant, you will have rejected this Performance-Based RSU Award.

 

 

- 2 -


[Employee]

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

This Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Notice of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Grant attached hereto (the “Grant Notice”), is made between CoreLogic, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and the Participant set forth in the Grant Notice. The Grant Notice is included in and made part of this Agreement.

1. Definitions.

Certain capitalized terms are defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A. Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Grant Notice, herein or in the attached Appendix A have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.

2. Grant of the Performance-Based RSUs.

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the Corporation hereby grants to the Participant, pursuant to the Plan, a right to receive the number of shares of Common Stock (“Shares”) set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Performance-Based RSUs”).

3. Dividend Equivalents.

Each Performance-Based RSU shall accrue Dividend Equivalents (as defined below) with respect to dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Share underlying such Performance-Based RSU during the period from the Grant Date to the earlier of the date such Share is paid in accordance with this Agreement or the date the Share is forfeited pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. As of any date in this period that the Corporation pays an ordinary cash dividend on its Common Stock, the Corporation shall credit the Participant with an additional number of Performance-Based RSUs equal to (i) the per share cash dividend paid by the Corporation on its Common Stock on such date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of Performance-Based RSUs subject to the award as of the related dividend payment record date (including any Dividend Equivalents previously credited hereunder), divided by (iii) the fair market value (as determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan) of a share of Common Stock on the date of payment of such dividend. Any Performance-Based RSUs credited pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3 shall be subject to the attainment of the same Performance Measures applicable to the original Performance-Based RSUs to which they relate, and shall otherwise be subject to the same vesting, payment, delivery and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the original Performance-Based RSUs to which they relate. Any such crediting of Dividend Equivalents shall be conclusively determined by the Administrator. No crediting of Performance-Based RSUs shall be made pursuant to this Section 3 with respect to any Performance-Based RSUs which, as of such record date, have either been delivered or terminated pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Dividend Equivalents” means the equivalent value (in cash or Shares) of dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Shares subject to the Performance-Based RSUs but that have not been issued or delivered.

4. Vesting and Payment; Termination.

The Performance-Based RSUs shall vest and become payable subject to the attainment of the Performance Measures as set forth in the Grant Notice. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the remaining provisions of this Section 4 and Section 5(b), all Performance-Based RSUs which have not become vested and payable prior to the date of the Participant’s Termination shall be immediately forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, in the event of the Participant’s Termination due to his or her death, Disability or, except as provided in Section 5(b), Normal Retirement, in each case during the Performance Period and prior to the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs becoming vested and payable, then the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs shall remain outstanding and shall be eligible to become vested and payable on a prorated basis such that the number of such Shares that shall become vested and payable as of the conclusion of the Performance Period shall equal (i) the number of such Shares that would have vested as of the conclusion of the Performance Period based on the attainment of the Performance Measures set forth in the Grant Notice or in

 

- 3 -


connection with a change of control or other corporate transaction as provided in Section 5(a) (assuming no termination of employment had occurred), multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of whole months during the Performance Period the Participant was employed by the Corporation or one of its Affiliates (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), and the denominator of which shall be the number of whole months in the Performance Period (provided that the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide for vesting of the full number of Shares determined under the foregoing clause (i)). Any such Shares that become vested and payable shall be paid (together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Shares) to the Participant at the same time as specified in Section 5 or Section 6, as applicable. Any such Shares that have not become vested and payable following the end of the Performance Period set forth in the Grant Notice shall be immediately forfeited. The vesting and payment provided for in this Section 4(a) in connection with a Termination due to the Participant’s Disability or Normal Retirement is subject to the condition that the Participant shall have signed a separation agreement in the form established by the Corporation within 21 days (or such longer period of time required by applicable law) following his or her Termination and such separation agreement is not subsequently revoked.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Normal Retirement” means Termination of the Participant, other than for Cause (as defined in Appendix A attached hereto), after the Participant has reached 62 years of age.

5. Change in Control.

(a) In the event of a corporate transaction described in 7.2 of the Plan (which generally includes transactions that the Corporation does not survive or does not survive as a public company in respect of its Common Stock) in which the Administrator does not make a provision for the substitution, assumption, exchange or other continuation or settlement of the Performance-Based RSUs or (unless the Administrator has provided for the termination of the award) the award would otherwise not continue in accordance with its terms in the circumstances, the Performance Period shall be shortened so that such period terminates prior to such transaction as determined by the Administrator (any such shortened Performance Period, the “Shortened Performance Period”). The Participant shall be entitled to vesting of the number of Shares subject to the Performance-Based RSUs (or the equivalent fair market value thereof, as determined by the Administrator, in cash) equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the total number of Performance-Based RSUs set forth in the Grant Notice or (b) the number of Performance RSUs that would have vested in accordance with the terms hereof based on the Corporation’s actual performance for the Shortened Performance Period as determined using the Performance Measures set forth in the Grant Notice (assuming that such performance levels had been achieved for the entire Performance Period). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, any Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs that become vested and payable in connection with the transaction as described above shall be paid (together with any Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Shares) to the Participant as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 74 days following the date of such transaction. Any Shares underlying Performance-Based RSUs that have been forfeited prior to the date of the transaction as described above shall not be eligible to become vested or payable in connection with any such transaction.

(b) In the event the Participant is Terminated by the Corporation or an Affiliate (including any successor to such entity) without Cause upon or at any time following a Change in Control and prior to the payment or other forfeiture of the Performance-Based RSUs, then the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs shall remain outstanding such that the number of such Shares that shall become vested and payable as of the conclusion of the Performance Period shall equal the greater of (a) 100% of the total number of Performance-Based RSUs set forth in the Grant Notice or (b) the number of Performance RSUs that would have vested in accordance with the terms hereof based on the Corporation’s actual performance for the Performance Period as determined using the Performance Measures set forth in the Grant Notice (assuming no termination of employment had occurred). In the event that the Participant would otherwise be entitled to accelerated vesting of the Performance-Based RSUs in connection with his or her Termination under both Section 4 and this Section 5(b), the provisions of this Section 5(b) will apply, and the Participant will not be entitled to any accelerated vesting under Section 4 with respect to such Termination. Any Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs that become vested and payable pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be paid (together with any Shares comprising all accrued

 

- 4 -


Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Shares) as provided in Section 6. Any Shares underlying Performance-Based RSUs that have been forfeited prior to the date of the Termination without Cause as described above shall not be eligible to become vested or payable in connection with any such Termination. The vesting and payment provided for in this Section 5(b) in connection with the Participant’s Termination without Cause is subject to the condition that the Participant shall have signed a separation agreement in the form established by the Corporation within 21 days (or such longer period of time required by applicable law) following his or her Termination and such separation agreement is not subsequently revoked.

6. Payment of Shares.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs which have become vested and payable based on the attainment of the Performance Measures set forth in the Grant Notice, together with Shares comprising all accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Shares, shall be paid by the Corporation to the Participant as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than 74 days, following the end of the Performance Period set forth in the Grant Notice. Any Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs that have not become vested and payable following the end of the Performance Period shall be forfeited as of the last day of the Performance Period. The Participant shall have no rights to receive payment of any Shares, whether pursuant to this Section 6 or any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to Performance-Based RSUs that have been forfeited or cancelled, or for which Shares have previously been delivered. No fractional Shares shall be paid pursuant to this Section 6 or any other provision of this Agreement, and the Shares otherwise payable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.

7. No Ownership Rights Prior to Issuance of Shares.

Neither the Participant nor any other person shall become the beneficial owner of the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs, nor have any rights to dividends (other than rights to Dividend Equivalents pursuant to Section 3) or other rights as a stockholder with respect to any such Shares, until and after such Shares have been actually issued to the Participant and transferred on the books and records of the Corporation or its agent in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.

8. Detrimental Activity.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time prior to the delivery of Shares with respect to the Performance-Based RSUs, the Participant engages in Detrimental Activity (as defined below), such Performance-Based RSUs shall be cancelled and rescinded without any payment or consideration therefor. The determination of whether the Participant has engaged in Detrimental Activity shall be made by the Administrator in its good faith discretion, and the payment of Shares with respect to the Performance-Based RSUs shall be suspended pending resolution to the Administrator’s satisfaction of any investigation of the matter.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Detrimental Activity” means at any time (i) using information received during the Participant’s employment with the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and predecessors in interest relating to the business affairs of the Corporation or any such Subsidiaries, Affiliates or predecessors in interest, in breach of the Participant’s express or implied undertaking to keep such information confidential; (ii) directly or indirectly persuading or attempting to persuade, by any means, any employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to breach any of the terms of his or her employment with Corporation, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates; (iii) directly or indirectly making any statement that is, or could be, disparaging of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their respective employees (except to the extent necessary to respond truthfully to any inquiry from applicable regulatory authorities or to provide information pursuant to legal process); (iv) directly or indirectly engaging in any illegal, unethical or otherwise wrongful activity that is, or could be, substantially injurious to the financial condition, reputation or goodwill of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; or (v) directly or indirectly engaging in an act of misconduct such as, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation owed to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, breach of fiduciary duty or disregard or violation of rules, policies or procedures of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, an unauthorized disclosure of any trade secret or confidential

 

- 5 -


information of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any conduct constituting unfair competition, or inducing any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case as determined by the Administrator in its good faith discretion.

9. No Right to Continued Employment.

None of the Performance-Based RSUs nor any terms contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any express or implied right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate for any period, nor restrict in any way the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, which right is hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time for any reason. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 9 is not intended to amend or modify any other agreement, including any employment agreement, that may be in existence between the Participant and the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate.

10. The Plan.

In consideration for this grant, the Participant agrees to comply with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. This Agreement is subject to all the terms, provisions and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference, and to such regulations as may from time to time be adopted by the Administrator. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall control, and this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly, provided that the provisions of Section 4, Section 5 and Section 6 of this Agreement shall control over any conflicting payment provisions of the Plan. The Plan and the prospectus describing the Plan can be found on Fidelity NetBenefits® at www.netbenefits.com under Plan Information and Documents. A paper copy of the Plan and the prospectus shall be provided to the Participant upon the Participant’s written request to the Corporation at CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify.

11. Compliance with Laws and Regulations.

(a) The Performance-Based RSUs and the obligation of the Corporation to sell and deliver Shares hereunder shall be subject in all respects to (i) all applicable Federal and state laws, rules and regulations and (ii) any registration, qualification, approvals or other requirements imposed by any government or regulatory agency or body which the Administrator shall, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or applicable. Moreover, the Corporation shall not deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement if doing so would be contrary to applicable law. If at any time the Corporation determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares upon any national securities exchange or under any state or Federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable, the Corporation shall not be required to deliver any certificates for Shares to the Participant or any other person pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained, or otherwise provided for, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Corporation.

(b) It is intended that the Shares received in respect of the Performance-Based RSUs shall have been registered under the Securities Act. If the Participant is an “affiliate” of the Corporation, as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), the Participant may not sell the Shares received except in compliance with Rule 144. Certificates representing Shares issued to an “affiliate” of the Corporation may bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on the disposition or transfer of the Shares as the Corporation deems appropriate to comply with Federal and state securities laws.

(c) If, at any time, the Shares are not registered under the Securities Act, and/or there is no current prospectus in effect under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares, the Participant shall execute, prior to the delivery of any Shares to the Participant by the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement, an agreement (in such form as the Corporation may specify) in which the Participant represents and warrants that the Participant is purchasing or acquiring the Shares acquired under this Agreement for the Participant’s own account, for investment

 

- 6 -


only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and represents and agrees that any subsequent offer for sale or distribution of any kind of such Shares shall be made only pursuant to either (i) a registration statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act, which registration statement has become effective and is current with regard to the Shares being offered or sold, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, but in claiming such exemption the Participant shall, prior to any offer for sale of such Shares, obtain a prior favorable written opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation, from counsel for or approved by the Corporation, as to the applicability of such exemption thereto.

12. Notices.

All notices by the Participant or the Participant’s assignees shall be addressed to CoreLogic, Inc., 4 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707, Attention: Incentive Compensation Plan Administrator, or such other address as the Corporation may from time to time specify. All notices to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s address in the Corporation’s records.

13. Severability.

In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

14. Other Plans.

The Participant acknowledges that any income derived from the Performance-Based RSUs shall not affect the Participant’s participation in, or benefits under, any other benefit plan or other contract or arrangement maintained by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. Performance-Based RSUs and Dividend Equivalents shall not be deemed to be “Covered Compensation” under any other benefit plan of the Corporation.

15. Adjustments.

The Performance-Based RSUs and the Shares underlying the Performance-Based RSUs shall be subject to adjustment and conversion pursuant to the terms of Section 7.1 of the Plan.

16. Tax Withholding.

Any payment or delivery of Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the Corporation’s rights to withhold applicable Federal, state, local and non-United States taxes in accordance with Section 8.5 of the Plan.

17. Section 409A.

The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted to comply with Section 409A of the Code so as to avoid the imposition of any penalties, taxes or interest thereunder.

18. Clawback.

The Performance-Based RSUs are subject to the terms of the Corporation’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances require repayment or forfeiture of the Performance-Based RSUs or any Shares or other cash or property received with respect to the Performance-Based RSUs (including any value received from a disposition of the Shares acquired upon payment of the Performance-Based RSUs).

 

- 7 -


CORELOGIC, INC.
By:                                                                                                  
      Name: [Anand Nallathambi]
      Title: [Chief Executive Officer]
Date: [Grant Date]

Acknowledged and agreed as of the Date of Grant:

 

Printed Name:    [Participant Name]
Date:    [Acceptance Date]

[NOTE: GRANT WILL BE ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY]

 

- 8 -


APPENDIX A

Certain Definitions

Affiliate” means any entity other than the Corporation and any Subsidiary that is affiliated with the Corporation through stock or equity ownership or otherwise and is designated as an Affiliate for purposes of the Plan by the Administrator.

Cause” has the same meaning as in the Participant’s employment agreement with the Corporation, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate (if any) as in effect at the time of the Participant’s Termination, or if the Participant is not a party to such an employment agreement (or is not a party to such an employment agreement that contains a definition of “cause”), “Cause” means: (i) embezzlement, theft or misappropriation by the Participant of any property of any of the Corporation or its Affiliates; (ii) the Participant’s breach of any fiduciary duty to the Corporation or its Affiliates; (iii) the Participant’s failure or refusal to comply with laws or regulations applicable to the Corporation or its Affiliates and their businesses or the policies of the Corporation and its Affiliates governing the conduct of its employees or directors; (iv) the Participant’s gross incompetence in the performance of the Participant’s job duties; (v) commission by the Participant of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation; (vi) the failure of the Participant to perform duties consistent with a commercially reasonable standard of care; (vii) the Participant’s failure or refusal to perform the Participant’s job duties or to perform specific directives of the Participant’s supervisor or designee, or the senior officers or Board of Directors of the Corporation; or (viii) any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Participant resulting in loss to the Corporation or its Affiliates, or damage to the reputation of the Corporation or its Affiliates.

Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following after the date hereof:

 

  (a) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or any other corporate reorganization, if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the continuing or surviving entity’s securities outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization is owned by persons who were not shareholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other reorganization.

 

  (b) The sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets or the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

  (c) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2) year period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” shall mean directors who are directors of the Corporation immediately following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between the Corporation and the First American Financial Corporation dated June 1, 2010 (the “Separation Agreement”). “Incumbent Directors” shall also include directors who are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination, but shall not include an individual not otherwise an Incumbent Director whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the Corporation.

 

  (d)

Any transaction as a result of which any person or group is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “person” shall have the same meaning as when used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but shall exclude: (i) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary of the Corporation; (ii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person whose beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the

 

- 9 -


 

Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities increases to thirty percent (30%) or more as a result of the acquisition of voting securities of the Corporation by the Corporation which reduces the number of such voting securities then outstanding; or (iii) so long as a person does not thereafter increase such person’s beneficial ownership of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities, a person that acquires directly from the Corporation securities of the Corporation representing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if its sole purpose is to change the state of the Corporation’s incorporation or to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Corporation’s securities immediately before such transaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, the consummation of any or all of the transactions in the Separation Agreement is not considered a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.

Disability” means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful occupation to which the relevant individual is suited by education, training or experience, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment, which condition can be expected to result in death or continues for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

Termination” means the time when the Participant ceases the performance of services for the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, as applicable, for any reason, with or without Cause, including a Termination by resignation, discharge, retirement, death or Disability, but excluding (a) a Termination where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of the Participant by the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, (b) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination that results in a temporary severance, and (c) at the discretion of the Administrator, a Termination of an employee of the Corporation that is immediately followed by the Participant’s service as a non-employee director of the Board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, a Termination shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision the Plan or this Agreement providing for payment or distribution with respect to an award constituting deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment or services unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

- 10 -