Exhibit 10.6
[FOR GRANTS TO Nonemployee directors]
FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AGREEMENT
THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the date set forth on Schedule I hereto (the “Grant Date”), by and between the issuer identified in Schedule I of this Agreement (the “Company”), and the recipient (the “Grantee”) of an Award of Restricted Stock Units (as defined below) granted by the Plan Administrator (as defined in Schedule I hereto) as set forth in this Agreement.
The Company has adopted the incentive plan identified on Schedule I hereto (as has been or may hereafter be amended, the “Plan”), a copy of which is attached via a link at the end of this online Agreement as Exhibit A and by this reference made a part hereof, for the benefit of eligible persons as specified in the Plan. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement will have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
Pursuant to the Plan, the Plan Administrator has determined that it would be in the interest of the Company and its stockholders to award Restricted Stock Units to the Grantee, subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth herein and in the Plan, in order to provide the Grantee with additional remuneration for services rendered, to encourage the Grantee to remain in the service or employ of the Company or its Subsidiaries and to increase the Grantee’s personal interest in the continued success and progress of the Company.
The Company and the Grantee therefore agree as follows:
1.Definitions. The following terms, when used in this Agreement, have the following meanings:
“Cause” has the meaning specified as “cause” in Section 10.2(b) of the Plan.
“Common Stock” has the meaning specified in Schedule I of this Agreement.
“Company” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Grant Date” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Grantee” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Nonemployee Director” has the meaning specified in the Plan.
“Plan” has the meaning specified in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Plan Administrator” has the meaning specified in Schedule I of this Agreement.
“Required Withholding Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 12 of this Agreement.
“Restricted Stock Units” has the meaning specified in Section 2 of this Agreement.
“RSU Dividend Equivalents” means, to the extent specified by the Plan Administrator only, an amount equal to all dividends and other distributions (or the economic equivalent thereof) which are payable to stockholders of record during the Restriction Period on a like number and kind of shares of Common Stock as the shares represented by the Restricted Stock Units.
“Section 409A” has the meaning specified in Section 22 of this Agreement.
“Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
“Vested RSU Dividend Equivalents” has the meaning specified in Section 4 of this Agreement.
“Vesting Date” means each date on which any Restricted Stock Units cease to be subject to a risk of forfeiture, as determined in accordance with this Agreement and the Plan.
“Vesting Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
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the accelerated vesting date, but in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year following the year in which such accelerated vesting date occurs. |
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantee will not vest, pursuant to this Section 5, in Restricted Stock Units or related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents in which the Grantee would otherwise vest as of a given date if the Grantee has not been continuously employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (or, if the Grantee is a Nonemployee Director, continuously serving in such capacity) from the Grant Date through such date (the vesting or forfeiture of such Restricted Stock Units and related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents to be governed instead by Section 6 hereof). |
(a) Unless otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion and except as otherwise provided on Schedule I hereto: |
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and any related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents, will be forfeited immediately; and |
8. Nontransferability of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units and any related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents, are not transferable (either voluntarily or involuntarily |
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and whether by sale, assignment, gift, pledge, exchange or otherwise) before or after the Grantee’s death, except as follows: (a) during the Grantee’s lifetime, pursuant to a domestic relations order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction that is not contrary to the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Agreement, and in a form acceptable to the Plan Administrator; or (b) after the Grantee’s death, by will or pursuant to the applicable laws of descent and distribution, as may be the case. Any person to whom Restricted Stock Units are transferred in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence shall take such Restricted Stock Units and any related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, including that the vesting and termination provisions of this Agreement will continue to be applied with respect to the Grantee. Certificates representing Restricted Stock Units that have vested may be delivered (or, in the case of book entry registration, registered) only to the Grantee (or during the Grantee’s lifetime, to the Grantee’s court appointed legal representative) or to a person to whom the Restricted Stock Units have been transferred in accordance with this Section. |
(a)The Restricted Stock Units and any related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents will be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Plan in such manner as the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, deems equitable and appropriate in connection with the occurrence following the Grant Date of any of the events described in Section 4.2 of the Plan following the Grant Date.
(b)In the event of any Approved Transaction, Board Change or Control Purchase following the Grant Date, the Restricted Stock Units and any related Unpaid RSU Dividend Equivalents may become vested in accordance with Section 10.1(b) of the Plan.
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promulgation of, or change in the interpretation of, any law or governmental rule or regulation, including any applicable federal or state securities laws; and |
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the Company hereunder will be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the Plan Administrator may adopt from time to time. |
23. Administrative Blackouts. In addition to its other powers under the Plan, the Plan Administrator has the authority to suspend any transactions under the Plan as it deems necessary or appropriate for administrative reasons. |
24. Stock Ownership Guidelines. This Award may be subject to any applicable stock ownership guidelines adopted by the Company, as amended or superseded from time to time. |
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[FOR GRANTS TO NEDS]
Schedule I
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
[KDU]_________
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Issuer/Company: |
Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation
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Plan: |
Liberty Media Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time
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Plan Administrator: |
The Board of Directors of the Company
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Common Stock: |
Series C Liberty Braves Common Stock (“BATRK Common Stock”); Series C Liberty SiriusXM Common Stock (“LSXMK Common Stock”); and/or Series C Liberty Formula One Common Stock (“FWONK Common Stock”), as applicable
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Vesting Percentage: |
100%
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Vesting Date: |
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Company Notice Address: |
Liberty Media Corporation 12300 Liberty Boulevard Englewood, Colorado 80112 Attn: Chief Legal Officer
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