Effect of Termination of Employment on matching Restricted Stock Units: |
· Resignation/Termination (age 54 and below): | Upon termination for any reason other than retirement, death or disability, the outstanding Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited. |
· Early Retirement (age 55 to 64): | Upon retirement, the outstanding Restricted Stock Units will be prorated based on the calculation defined under the Deposit Share Program and the restrictions will immediately lapse. One share of Ball Corporation Common Stock for each unit underlying this Award will be issued to you as soon as practicable following the lapse. |
· Retirement (age 65 or above): | Upon retirement, the restrictions on the outstanding Restricted Stock Units will immediately lapse and one share of Ball Corporation Common Stock for each unit underlying this Award will be issued to you as soon as practicable following the lapse |
· Death: | In the event of your death, the restrictions on the outstanding Restricted Stock Units will immediately lapse and one share of Ball Corporation Common Stock for each unit underlying this Award will be issued to the person or person defined as your beneficiary(ies) no later than March 15 of the year following the year of your death. |
· Disability: | In the event of your disability, as defined in the Corporation’s long term disability plan in effect at the time, the restrictions on the outstanding Restricted Stock Units will immediately lapse and one share of Ball Corporation Common Stock for each unit underlying this Award will be issued to you within 90 days following such disability, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year of your disability. |
Nontransferability: | Your Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by beneficiary designation, will or by laws of descent or distribution. |
Rights as a Shareholder: | Regarding your outstanding Restricted Stock Units, you shall not have the rights equivalent to those of a shareholder. You will receive quarterly an amount equal to the quarterly dividends; however, you will not be able to vote the units at the annual meeting of shareholders. |
Withholding Tax Requirements: | Upon each lapse of restrictions, you will be notified either in written or electronic form of your withholding tax obligation associated with the lapse. You are required to remit payment of the taxes to the Corporation. Acceptable methods of payment of the tax obligation are: |
| · Check, wire transfer, or other acceptable negotiable instrument payable to Ball Corporation. |
| · Stock Unit retention by which the Corporation retains the number of units having a fair market value based on the closing price on the date restrictions lapse that equates to the amount of the tax obligation. Any fraction of a unit will be applied to the tax payment. |
| · Deliver to the Corporation the number of Ball Common Stock having a fair market value based on the closing price on the date restrictions lapse equal to the amount of the tax obligation. |