Exhibit 10.2
INTEL CORPORATION
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
GRANTED UNDER THE INTEL CORPORATION 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
1. TERMS OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT
Unless provided otherwise in the Notice of Grant, these standard terms and conditions
(Standard Terms) apply to Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted to you, a U.S. employee,
under the Intel Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2004 Plan). Your Notice of
Grant, these Standard Terms and the 2004 Plan constitute the entire understanding between
you and Intel Corporation (the Corporation) regarding the RSUs identified in your Notice
of Grant.
2. VESTING OF RSUs
Provided that you remain continuously employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary on a full
time basis from the Grant Date specified in the Notice of Grant through each vesting date
specified in the Notice of Grant, the RSUs shall vest and be converted into the right to
receive the number of shares of the Corporations Common Stock, $.001 par value (the Common
Stock), specified on the Notice of Grant with respect to such vesting date, except as
otherwise provided in these Standard Terms. If a vesting date falls on a weekend or any
other day on which the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) is not open, affected RSUs shall vest
on the next following NASDAQ business day. The number of shares of Common Stock into which
RSUs convert as specified in the Notice of Grant shall be adjusted for stock splits and
similar matters as specified in and pursuant to the 2004 Plan.
RSUs will vest to the extent provided in and in accordance with the terms of the Notice of
Grant and these Standard Terms. If your status as an Employee terminates for any reason
except death, Disablement (defined below) or Retirement (defined below), prior to the
vesting dates set forth in your Notice of Grant, your unvested RSUs will be cancelled.
3. CONVERSION INTO COMMON STOCK
Shares of Common Stock will be issued or become free of restrictions as soon as practicable
following vesting of the RSUs, provided that you have satisfied your tax withholding
obligations as specified under Section 10 of these Standard Terms and you have completed,
signed and returned any documents and taken
any additional action that the Corporation deems appropriate to enable it to
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accomplish the
delivery of the shares of Common Stock. The shares of Common Stock will be issued in your
name or, in the event of your death or Disablement, to your executor or personal
representative, and may be effected by recording shares on the stock records of the
Corporation or by crediting shares in an account established on your behalf with a brokerage
firm or other custodian, in each case as determined by the Corporation. In no event will
the Corporation be obligated to issue a fractional share.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of the Common Stock during any period when the Corporation determines that the
conversion of a RSU or the delivery of shares hereunder would violate any federal, state or
other applicable laws and/or may issue shares subject to any restrictive legends that, as
determined by the Corporations counsel, is necessary to comply with securities or other
regulatory requirements, and (ii) the date on which shares are issued may include a delay in
order to provide the Corporation such time as it determines appropriate to address tax
withholding and other administrative matters.
4. LEAVES OF ABSENCE
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Except as expressly provided otherwise in these Standard Terms, if you take a
personal leave of absence under the Intel Leave Guidelines (PLOA), your RSUs will
vest only to the extent and during the times specified in this Section 4: |
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If the duration of the PLOA is less than thirty (30) days: |
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The vesting date set forth in your Notice of
Grant for any RSUs that (but for this provision) would have vested
during the PLOA shall be deferred until the first day that you return
to work (i.e., the date that the PLOA is terminated) or, if you return
on a day that the NASDAQ is not open, the next following NASDAQ
business day; and |
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The vesting date set forth in your Notice of
Grant for any RSUs that are scheduled to vest following the date that
the PLOA is terminated shall not be affected by the PLOA. |
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If the duration of the PLOA equals or exceeds thirty (30) days,
the vesting dates set forth in your Notice of Grant for any RSUs that follow
the commencement of the PLOA shall be deferred beyond the dates set forth in
the Notice of Grant by a period of time equal to the duration of the PLOA. |
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If you terminate employment with the Corporation during a PLOA,
then in addition to the effect on the vesting dates set forth in clause (a)(1)
and (a)(2) of this Section 4, any RSUs that had not vested |
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prior to the
commencement of the PLOA shall be cancelled as of the date of your termination
of employment, as applicable, except to the extent provided otherwise in
Sections 7 through 9 hereof. |
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If you take an approved Leave of Absence other than a PLOA under Intel Leave
Guidelines, the vesting of RSUs shall be unaffected by such absence and will vest in
accordance with the schedule set forth in the Notice of Grant. |
5. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF RSU FOR MISCONDUCT
If at any time the Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation established
pursuant to the 2004 Plan (the Committee), including any Subcommittee or Authorized
Officer (as defined in Section 8. (a)(v) of the 2004 Plan) notifies the Corporation that
they reasonably believe that you have committed an act of misconduct as described in Section
8. (a)(v) of the 2004 Plan (embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation
owed to the Corporation, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of Corporation
rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to the Corporation, an unauthorized disclosure of
any Corporation trade secret or confidential information, any conduct constituting unfair
competition, inducing any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or inducing any
principal for whom the Corporation acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship), the
vesting of your RSUs may be suspended pending a determination of whether an act of
misconduct has been committed. If the Corporation determines that you have committed an act
of misconduct, all RSUs not vested as of the date the Corporation was notified that you may
have committed an act of misconduct shall be cancelled and neither you nor any beneficiary
shall be entitled to any claim with respect to the RSUs whatsoever. Any determination by the
Committee or an Authorized Officer with respect to the foregoing shall be final, conclusive,
and binding on all interested parties.
6. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
Except as expressly provided otherwise in these Standard Terms, if your employment by the
Corporation terminates for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than on
account of death, Disablement (defined below) or Retirement (defined below), all RSUs not
then vested shall be cancelled on the date of employment termination, regardless of whether
such employment termination is as a result of a divestiture or otherwise. For purposes of
this Section 6, your employment with any partnership, joint venture or corporation not
meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary in which the Corporation or a Subsidiary is a party
shall be considered employment for purposes of this
provision if either (a) the entity is designated by the Committee as a Subsidiary for
purposes of this provision or (b) you are specifically designated as an employee of a
Subsidiary for purposes of this provision.
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For purposes of this provision, your employment is not deemed terminated if, prior to sixty
(60) days after the date of termination from the Corporation or a Subsidiary, you are
rehired by the Corporation or a Subsidiary on a basis that would make you eligible for
future Intel RSU grants, nor would your transfer from the Corporation to any Subsidiary or
from any one Subsidiary to another, or from a Subsidiary to the Corporation be deemed a
termination of employment.
7. DEATH
Except as expressly provided otherwise in these Standard Terms, if you die while employed by
the Corporation, your RSUs will become one hundred percent (100%) vested.
8. DISABILITY
Except as expressly provided otherwise in these Standard Terms and upon your termination of
employment as a result of a determination of Disablement, your RSUs will become one hundred
percent (100%) vested.
For purposes of this Section 8, Disablement shall be determined in accordance with the
standards and procedures of the then-current Long Term Disability Plan maintained by the
Corporation or the Subsidiary that employs you, and in the event you are not a participant
in a then-current Long Term Disability Plan maintained by the Corporation or the Subsidiary
that employs you, Disablement shall have the same meaning as disablement is defined in the
Intel Long Term Disability Plan, which is generally a physical condition arising from an
illness or injury, which renders an individual incapable of performing work in any
occupation, as determined by the Corporation.
9. RETIREMENT
For purposes of these Standard Terms, Retirement shall mean either Standard Retirement (as
defined below) or the Rule of 75 (as defined below). Upon your Retirement, vesting of your
RSUs shall be accelerated to the extent provided in Section 9(a) or Section 9(b) below (but
not to the extent provided under both provisions together), whichever results in the greater
number of RSUs vesting:
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If you retire at or after age 60 (Standard Retirement), then all RSUs that
were scheduled to vest within a number of whole years from the date of your Retirement
determined by dividing the number of years that you have been employed by the
Corporation (measured in complete, whole years) by five (5), rounded down to the
nearest whole number of years,
shall vest as of the date of your Retirement. No vesting acceleration shall occur
for any periods of employment of less than five (5) years; or |
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If, when you terminate employment with the Corporation, your age plus years of
service (in each case measured in complete, whole years) equals |
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or exceeds 75 (Rule of
75), then all RSUs that were scheduled to vest within one year of the date of your
Retirement shall vest as of the date of your Retirement. |
10. TAX WITHHOLDING
RSUs are taxable upon vesting based on the market value on the date of vesting. To the
extent required by applicable federal, state or other law, you shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Corporation for the payment and satisfaction of any income tax, social
security tax, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax related to withholding
obligations that arise by reason of vesting of a RSU and, if applicable, any sale of shares
of the Common Stock. The Corporation shall not be required to issue or lift any
restrictions on shares of the Common Stock pursuant to your RSUs or to recognize any
purported transfer of shares of the Common Stock until such obligations are satisfied.
Unless provided otherwise by the Committee, these obligations will be satisfied by the
Corporation withholding a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued
under the RSUs that the Corporation determines has a Market Value sufficient to meet the tax
withholding obligations. In the event that the Committee provides that these obligations
will not be satisfied under the method described in the previous sentence, you authorize UBS
Financial Services Inc., or any successor plan administrator, to sell a number of shares of
Common Stock that are issued under the RSUs, which the Corporation determines is sufficient
to generate an amount that meets the tax withholding obligations plus additional shares to
account for rounding and market fluctuations, and to pay such tax withholding to the
Corporation. The shares may be sold as part of a block trade with other participants of the
2004 Plan in which all participants receive an average price. For this purpose, Market
Value will be calculated as the average of the highest and lowest sales prices of the
Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ on the day your RSUs vest. The future value of the
underlying shares of Common Stock is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.
You are ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by you in connection with your
RSUs, regardless of any action the Corporation takes or any transaction pursuant to this
Section 10 with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the
RSUs. The Corporation makes no representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any
tax withholding in connection with the grant, issuance, vesting or settlement of the RSUs or
the subsequent sale of any of the shares of Common Stock underlying the RSUs
that vest. The Corporation does not commit and is under no obligation to structure the RSU
program to reduce or eliminate your tax liability.
11. RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER AND RESTRICTIONS
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Your RSUs may not be otherwise transferred or assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise
disposed of in any way, whether by operation of law or otherwise, and may not be subject to
execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempt to transfer, assign, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of your RSUs other than as permitted above, shall be void and
unenforceable against the Corporation.
You will have the rights of a stockholder only after shares of the Common Stock have been
issued to you following vesting of your RSUs and satisfaction of all other conditions to the
issuance of those shares as set forth in these Standard Terms. RSUs shall not entitle you
to any rights of a stockholder of Common Stock and there are no voting or dividend rights
with respect to your RSUs. RSUs shall remain terminable pursuant to these Standard Terms at
all times until they vest and convert into shares. As a condition to having the right to
receive shares of Common Stock pursuant to your RSUs, you acknowledge that unvested RSUs
shall have no value for purposes of any aspect of your employment relationship with the
Corporation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Standard Terms or the applicable Notice of
Grant, your RSUs are subject to reduction by the Corporation if you change your employment
classification from a full-time employee to a part-time employee.
RSUs are not part of your employment contract (if any) with the Corporation, your salary,
your normal or expected compensation, or other remuneration for any purposes, including for
purposes of computing severance pay or other termination compensation or indemnity.
12. DISPUTES
Any question concerning the interpretation of these Standard Terms, your Notice of Grant,
the RSUs or the 2004 Plan, any adjustments required to be made thereunder, and any
controversy that may arise under the Standard Terms, your Notice of Grant, the RSUs or the
2004 Plan shall be determined by the Committee (including any person(s) to whom the
Committee has delegated its authority) in its sole and absolute discretion. Such decision
by the Committee shall be final and binding unless determined pursuant to Section 14(f) to
have been arbitrary and capricious.
13. AMENDMENTS
The 2004 Plan and RSUs may be amended or altered by the Committee or the Board of Directors
of the Corporation to the extent provided in the 2004 Plan.
14. THE 2004 PLAN AND OTHER TERMS; OTHER MATTERS
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Certain capitalized terms used in these Standard Terms are defined in the 2004
Plan. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations |
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concerning the RSUs are
superseded by these Standard Terms and your Notice of Grant. |
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The grant of RSUs to an employee in any one year, or at any time, does not obligate
the Corporation or any Subsidiary to make a grant in any future year or in any given
amount and should not create an expectation that the Corporation or any Subsidiary
might make a grant in any future year or in any given amount. |
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To the extent that the grant of RSUs refers to the Common Stock of Intel
Corporation, and as required by the laws of your country of residence or employment,
only authorized but unissued shares thereof shall be utilized for delivery upon vesting
in accord with the terms hereof. |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of these Standard Terms, if any changes in
the financial or tax accounting rules applicable to the RSUs covered by these Standard
Terms shall occur which, in the sole judgment of the Committee, may have an adverse
effect on the reported earnings, assets or liabilities of the Corporation, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, modify these Standard Terms or cancel and cause
a forfeiture with respect to any unvested RSUs at the time of such determination. |
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Nothing contained in these Standard Terms creates or implies an employment
contract or term of employment upon which you may rely. |
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Notwithstanding any provision of these Standard Terms, the Notice of Grant or
the 2004 Plan to the contrary, if, at the time of your termination of employment with
the Corporation, you are a specified employee as defined in Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code (Code), and one or more of the payments or benefits received or
to be received by you pursuant to the RSUs would constitute deferred compensation
subject to Section 409A, no such payment or benefit will be provided under the RSUs
until the earliest of (A) the date which is six (6) months after your separation from
service for any reason, other than death or disability (as such terms are used in
Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code), (B) the date of your death or disability (as such
term is used in Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code) or (C) the effective date of a
change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation (as such term is used
in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code). The provisions of this Section 14(e) shall
only apply to the extent required to avoid your incurrence of any penalty tax or
interest under Section 409A of the Code or any regulations or Treasury guidance
promulgated thereunder. In addition, if any provision of the RSUs would cause you
to incur any penalty tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code or any
regulations or Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder, the Corporation may reform
such provision to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of
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applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the
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Because these Standard Terms relate to terms and conditions under which you may
be issued shares of Common Stock of Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation, an
essential term of these Standard Terms is that it shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to choice of law principles of Delaware or other
jurisdictions. Any action, suit, or proceeding relating to these Standard Terms or the
RSUs granted hereunder shall be brought in the state or federal courts of competent
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