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Participant:
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[FORM OF]
EMC CORPORATION
Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan
Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
1. Grant of Restricted Stock Units
EMC Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants to you (the "Participant"), on the grant date referenced above (the "Grant Date"), a restricted stock unit award (the "Award") with respect to the number of units of the Company's common stock referenced under "Units Granted" above (the "Units"). The Award is made pursuant to and is subject to the provisions of this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Company's Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan, as amended from time to time (the "Plan"). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
In order for any Units granted pursuant to this Award to become Vested Units (as defined in Section 3 below), both of the following conditions must be satisfied: (1) the Company must achieve at least threshold performance of each restricted stock unit performance goal established by the Committee in respect of the Company's [ ] fiscal year (each, a "[ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goal") and (2) the Participant's Service Relationship must remain continuously in effect until such time as the applicable service condition has been satisfied or deemed satisfied, as set forth in Section 4(b) below. Upon the Committee's determination that such threshold performance was not achieved, this Award will be immediately forfeited.
2. Units
The Participant's rights to the shares of the Company's common stock ("Shares") underlying the Units are subject to the restrictions described in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Plan, in addition to such restrictions, if any, as may be imposed by law.
3. Forfeiture Restrictions
The Units are subject to certain forfeiture restrictions, as described below. These restrictions are referred to in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement as the "Forfeiture Restrictions." The Forfeiture Restrictions lapse with respect to Units as set forth in Section 4 below and the applicable provisions of the Plan. To the extent Units are no longer subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions, they are referred to in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement as "Vested Units" and are treated as set forth in Section 5 below. Units subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions are referred to in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement as "Unvested Units."
No Unvested Units may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of except as provided in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and in the Plan. Any attempt to dispose of any Units in contravention of this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement or the Plan shall be null and void and without effect.
In the event that the Participant's Service Relationship terminates for any reason, except as otherwise provided in the Plan or this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement with respect to termination by reason of death or Disability or as otherwise provided in the Change in Control
Severance Agreement by and between the Participant and the Company, all Unvested Units shall be automatically and immediately forfeited.
4. Lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions
- (a)
- Vesting of Units—the Performance Condition
- (b)
- Vesting of Units—the Service Condition
The percentage of the Unvested Units that are eligible to become Vested Units shall be determined by the Committee based upon the achievement of the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals. If the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals are fully achieved, 100% of the Unvested Units shall be eligible to become Vested Units. The Participant shall be given written notification of (i) the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals by [ ], (ii) the method by which the Committee will determine the percentage of the Unvested Units eligible to become Vested Units if the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals are not fully achieved by [ ] and (iii) the percentage of the Unvested Units, if any, that are eligible to become Vested Units based upon the actual achievement of the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals. All determinations regarding the achievement by the Company of the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals shall be made by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and shall be made within sixty (60) days after the end of the Company's [ ] fiscal year. Except as set forth below with respect to a Change in Control, no Unvested Units shall be eligible to become Vested Units unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall so determine. If a Change in Control (as defined in the Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between the Participant and the Company) occurs prior to the date the Committee determines whether the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals have been achieved, the [ ] Performance RSU Vesting Goals shall be deemed to have been fully achieved.
- (i)
- On [ ], the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to a number of Unvested Units equal to the product of (x) [ ] of the Units and (y) the percentage of the Units that the Committee determines are eligible to became Vested Units pursuant to Section 4(a) above shall lapse and such Units shall constitute Vested Units.
- (ii)
- On [ ], the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to a number of Unvested Units equal to the product of (x) [ ] of the Units and (y) the percentage of the Units that the Committee determines are eligible to became Vested Units pursuant to Section 4(a) above shall lapse and such Units shall constitute Vested Units.
- (iii)
- On [ ], the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to a number of Unvested Units equal to the product of (x) [ ] of the Units and (y) the percentage of the Units that the Committee determines are eligible to became Vested Units pursuant to Section 4(a) above shall lapse and such Units shall constitute Vested Units.
The Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to the number of Unvested Units that the Committee determines are eligible to become Vested Units in accordance with Section 4(a) above shall lapse in accordance with this Section 4 as follows:
Unvested Units shall also become Vested Units upon the termination of the Participant's Service Relationship (i) by reason of death or Disability or (ii) as provided in the Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between the Participant and the Company; provided, however, that the termination of the Participant's Service Relationship must constitute a "separation from service" for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, "Section 409A"). The percentage of the Unvested Units which become Vested Units in accordance with the preceding sentence shall
be the percentage of the Units that are determined to be eligible to become Vested Units pursuant to Section 4(a) above. Except as set forth in this Section 4, none of the Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse with respect to any Units on any date specified above unless the Participant's Service Relationship is then in effect. Section 6.6.3 of the Plan (Termination of a Participant's Service Relationship by Reason of Retirement) shall not apply to this Award. Accordingly, if a Participant's Service Relationship terminates by reason of Retirement, Units shall be governed by Section 6.6.4 of the Plan (Termination of a Participant's Service Relationship for any Other Reason).
5. Settlement of Units
If Units become Vested Units, a Share shall be issued or credited to the Participant in respect of each such Vested Units promptly, and in no case later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third calendar month following the year in which the Units became Vested Units; provided, however, that if the Units vest as a result of the termination of the Participant's Service Relationship then, to the extent necessary to avoid the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, the payment of amounts otherwise due during the first six months following the Participant's "separation from service" shall be delayed until the end of such six month period if the Participant is a "specified employee" (defined generally under Section 409A as one of the 50 most highly compensated officers) with respect to the Company and then paid within five (5) days following the end of such period.
6. Dividends
The Participant shall be eligible to receive any and all dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a number of Shares that correspond to the number of Units held by the Participant; provided, however, that any property (other than cash) distributed with respect to a Unit (the "associated unit") acquired hereunder, including without limitation a distribution of the Company's common stock by reason of a stock dividend, stock split or otherwise, or a distribution of other securities with respect to an associated unit, shall be subject to the restrictions of this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in the same manner and for so long as the associated unit remains subject to such restrictions, and shall be promptly forfeited if and when the associated unit is so forfeited; and further provided, that any cash distribution with respect to the Units shall be converted to additional Units based on the fair market value of Shares as determined by the Committee and shall be subject to the restrictions of this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement in the same manner and for so long as the associated unit remains subject to such restrictions, and shall be promptly forfeited if and when the associated unit is so forfeited. References in this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement to the Units shall include any such restricted amounts.
7. Taxes
The Participant acknowledges and agrees that he or she is solely responsible for any and all taxes that may be assessed by any taxing authority in the United States or any other jurisdiction arising in any way out of the Award, the Units or the Shares and that neither the Company nor any Company subsidiary is liable for any such assessments. The grant of the Award and the vesting of the Units, the conversion of Units to Shares and the payment or crediting of dividends with respect to the Units, may give rise to taxable income subject to withholding. The Participant expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Company will automatically withhold from the Shares issuable in respect of the Units such number of Shares having a value sufficient to provide for the minimum applicable withholding taxes required by law in connection with such grant, vesting or payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Committee determines that under applicable law and regulations the Company or any Company subsidiary could be liable for the withholding of any income or social taxes with respect to the foregoing, the Company may withhold Shares to be delivered to the Participant unless the Participant gives such security as the Committee deems adequate to meet the potential liability of the Company or such Company subsidiary for the withholding of tax and agrees to augment such security from time to time in an amount reasonably determined by the Committee to preserve the adequacy of such security.
8. Non-transferability of Award
The Award is not transferable by the Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
9. Provisions of the Plan
This Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Award are subject to the provisions of the Plan, a copy of which has been furnished to the Participant herewith.
10. Entire Agreement
This Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement with respect to the Award and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the Participant and the Company with respect to the foregoing.
Acceptance, Acknowledgment and Receipt
By accepting this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, I, the Participant, hereby:
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- accept and acknowledge receipt of the Award granted on the Grant Date, which has been issued to me under the terms and conditions of the Plan;
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- acknowledge and confirm my consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal information about me, including, without limitation, my name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other identification number, and details of all my stock awards and Units held and transactions related thereto, by the Company and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents for the purpose of implementing, administrating and managing my participation in the Company's stock plans, and further understand and agree that my personal information may be transferred to third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Company's stock plans, that any recipient may be located in my country or elsewhere, and that such recipient's country may have different data privacy laws and protections than my country;
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- acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Plan and the related Plan Description and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Plan (including, but not limited to, Section 6.7—Cancellation and Rescission of Awards), as amended from time to time;
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- understand that neither the Plan nor this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement gives me any right to any Service Relationship with the Company or any Company subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the Award is not part of my normal or expected compensation; and
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- understand and acknowledge that the grant of the Award is expressly conditioned on my adherence to, and agreement to the terms of, the Key Employment Agreement with the Company.