ADDENDUM TO
2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARD AGREEMENT
For the purposes hereof the terms used herein will have the following meanings:
“Affiliate” will mean a company controlled directly or indirectly by Best Buy, where “control” will mean the right, either directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the directors thereof without the consent or acquiescence of any third party.
“Beneficial Owner” will have the meaning defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Cause” will mean:
(i) You have breached your obligations of confidentiality to Best Buy or any of its Affiliates;
(ii) You commit an act, or omit to take action, in bad faith which results in material detriment to Best Buy or any of its Affiliates;
(iii) You have violated Best Buy’s Conflict of Interest policy (unless authorized by state or federal law);
(iv) You have violated Best Buy’s Securities Trading policy (unless authorized by state or federal law);
(v) You have committed fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or other act of dishonesty, including theft or misuse of Best Buy property, equipment or store merchandise or violation or abuse of Best Buy’s discount policy, in connection with Best Buy or any of its Affiliates or its or their businesses;
(vi) You have been convicted or have pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to criminal misconduct constituting a felony or a gross misdemeanor, which gross misdemeanor involves a breach of ethics, moral turpitude, or immoral or other conduct reflecting adversely upon the reputation or interest of Best Buy or its Affiliates;
(vii) Your use of narcotics, liquor or illicit drugs has had a detrimental effect on your performance of employment responsibilities; or
(viii) You are in material default under any agreement between you and Best Buy or any of its Affiliates following any applicable notice and cure period.
A “Change of Control” will be deemed to have occurred if the conditions set forth in any one of the following paragraphs will have been satisfied:
(I) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Best Buy representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of Best Buy’s then outstanding securities excluding, at the time of their original acquisition, from the calculation of securities beneficially owned by such Person, any securities acquired directly from Best Buy or its Affiliates or in connection with a transaction described in clause (a) of paragraph III below; or
(II) individuals who at the Award Date constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of Best Buy) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by Best Buy’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the Award Date or whose appointment, election or
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nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or
(III) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of Best Buy or any Affiliate with any other company, other than (a) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of Best Buy outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Best Buy or any Affiliate, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of Best Buy or such surviving entity or parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (b) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of Best Buy (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly of securities of Best Buy representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of Best Buy’s then outstanding securities; or
(IV) the shareholders of Best Buy approve a plan of complete liquidation of Best Buy or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by Best Buy of all or substantially all Best Buy’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by Best Buy of all or substantially all of Best Buy’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of Best Buy in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Best Buy immediately prior to such sale; or
(V) the Board determines in its sole discretion that a change in control of Best Buy has occurred.
(VI) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” will not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of Best Buy immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of Best Buy immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
“Committee” will mean the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Best Buy or any other committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer the Plan.
“Confidential Information” will mean any and all information in whatever form, whether written, electronically stored, orally transmitted or memorized pertaining to: trade secrets; customer lists, records and other information regarding customers; price lists and pricing policies, financial plans, records, ledgers and information; purchase orders, agreements and related data; business development plans; products and technologies; product tests; manufacturing costs; product or service pricing; sales and marketing plans; research and development plans; personnel and employment records, files, data and policies (regardless of whether the information pertain to you or other employees of Best Buy); tax or financial information; business and sales methods and operations; business correspondence, memoranda and other records; inventions, improvements and discoveries; processes and methods; and business operations and related data formulae; computer records and related data; know-how, research and development; trademark, technology, technical information, copyrighted material; and any other confidential or proprietary data and information which you encounter during employment, all of which are held, possessed and/or owned by Best Buy and all of which are used in the operations and business of Best Buy. Confidential Information does not include information which is or becomes generally known within Best Buy’s industry through no act or omission by you; provided, however, that the compilation, manipulation or other exploitation of generally known information may constitute Confidential Information.
“Disabled” will mean an employee who is deemed disabled if he or she is unable to perform any of the material and substantial duties of his or her regular occupation due to a sickness or injury, and such inability to perform continues for at least six consecutive months. If any such Affiliate does not have a long term disability plan in effect at such time, you will be deemed disabled for the purposes hereof if you would have qualified for long term disability payments under Best Buy’s long term disability plan had you then been an employee of Best Buy.
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“Good Reason” will mean the occurrence of any of the following events following a Change in Control, except for the occurrence of such an event in connection with the termination of your employment by Best Buy or any successor company or affiliated entity then employing you for Cause, Disability or death:
(I) the assignment of employment duties or responsibilities which are not substantially comparable in responsibility and status to the employment duties and responsibilities held by you immediately prior to the Change in Control;
(II) a material reduction in your base salary as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control; or
(III) being required to work in a location more than 50 miles from your office location immediately prior to the Change in Control, except for requirements of temporary travel on Best Buy’s business to an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations immediately prior to the Change in Control.
“Person” will have the meaning defined in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except that such term will not include (i) Best Buy or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Best Buy or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Best Buy in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Best Buy.
“Qualified Retirement” will mean any termination of employment for retirement on or after age 60, so long as the employee has served Best Buy continuously for at least the three years immediately preceding the retirement.
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VESTING CRITERIA SCHEDULE TO
2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARD AGREEMENT
Performance Share Vesting
Performance Share Vesting is determined based on the following illustration:
Vesting Based on Best Buy TSR vs. S&P 500 Member Companies | | S&P 500 Member Companies’ Total Shareholder Return |
TSR Formula
Total Shareholder Return (TSR) represents the annual return shareholders receive on their investment, including both paid dividends and capital gains (stock price appreciation). The beginning price is calculated by taking the average of the closing prices over a 90 day period prior to March 4, 2007. The ending price is calculated by taking the average of the closing prices over a 90 day period prior to February 27, 2010. TSR % is determined for both Best Buy and each of the S&P 500 member companies using the formula below.
| | (End Price + Dividends) (Beginning Price) | | 1¤3 | |
| - 1 | = | TSR % |
| |
Vesting Formula
Best Buy’s TSR % is then compared to the TSR % of the S&P 500 member companies.
For Performance below the 25th Percentile, no shares vest.
For Performance from 25th Percentile to 40th Percentile, vesting is determined based on the following formula:
(Best Buy TSR % - S&P 25th Percentile TSR %) x 50%
(S&P 40th Percentile TSR % - S&P 25th Percentile TSR %)
For Performance from 40th Percentile to 50th Percentile, vesting is determined based on the following formula:
(Best Buy TSR % - S&P 40th Percentile TSR %) x 50% + 50%
(S&P 50th Percentile TSR % - S&P 40th Percentile TSR %)
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For Performance from 50th Percentile to 75th Percentile, vesting is determined based on the following formula:
(Best Buy TSR % - S&P 50th Percentile TSR %) x 50% + 100%
(S&P 75th Percentile TSR % - S&P 50th Percentile TSR %)
For Performance at or above the 75th Percentile, 150% of shares vest.
Restricted Share Vesting
Restricted Shares will be earned if Best Buy’s fiscal 2008 Economic Value Added (“EVA”) achieves a certain level compared with the fiscal 2008 EVA target as determined by the Committee. EVA measures the amount by which Best Buy’s after-tax profits, after certain adjustments, exceed Best Buy’s cost of capital. The following sets forth the percentage of Restricted Shares that may be earned based on varying levels of Best Buy’s fiscal 2008 EVA as a percentage of the fiscal 2008 EVA target:
Fiscal 2008 EVA as a Percentage of Fiscal 2008 EVA Target | | % of Restricted Shares that will be Earned | |
| | | |
111% and Above | | 125 | % |
At least 91% but less than 111% | | 100 | % |
At least 75% but less than 91% | | 75 | % |
Below 75% | | 0 | % |
Performance Unit Vesting
Performance Units will be earned if Best Buy’s fiscal 2008 Economic Value Added (“EVA”) achieves a certain level compared with the fiscal 2008 EVA target as determined by the Committee. EVA measures the amount by which Best Buy’s after-tax profits, after certain adjustments, exceed Best Buy’s cost of capital. The following sets forth the dollar value of Performance Units that may be earned based on varying levels of Best Buy’s fiscal 2008 EVA as a percentage of the fiscal 2008 EVA target:
Fiscal 2008 EVA as a Percentage of Fiscal 2008 EVA Target | | $ Value of Performance Units that will be Earned | |
| | | |
111% and Above | | $ | 1.25 | |
At least 91% but less than 111% | | $ | 1.00 | |
At least 75% but less than 91% | | $ | 0.75 | |
Below 75% | | $ | 0.00 | |
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