UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2015
eBay Inc.
(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S. Employer
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2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
(Address of principal executive offices)
(408) 376-7400
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Introductory Note
On June 16, 2015, the board of directors of eBay Inc. (eBay or the Company and the board of
directors, the eBay Board) took certain actions in connection with the planned separation of eBays payments business through the distribution of 100% of the outstanding common stock of PayPal Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of eBay (PayPal), to eBays stockholders (the Separation and Distribution). Each eBay stockholder as of a record date to be set by the eBay Board will receive one (1) share of PayPal common
stock for every share of eBay common stock held at the close of business on that date.
The Separation and Distribution will be subject to
the satisfaction (or to the extent waiveable, waiver by eBay in its sole discretion) of certain conditions, including the receipt of any required approvals of the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the CSSF), the
Bank Centrale du Luxembourg and the European Central Bank (ECB). The conditions to the Separation and Distribution are described in PayPals preliminary information statement (the Information Statement),
which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to PayPals registration statement on Form 10, as amended and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2015 (the Form 10).
Following the Separation and Distribution, PayPal will be an independent, publicly traded company, and eBay will not retain any equity
interest in PayPal.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Resignation and Appointment of Directors
In connection with the previously announced plans to complete the Separation and Distribution, each of Jonathan Christodoro, Scott D. Cook,
David W. Dorman, John J. Donahoe, Gail J. McGovern, David M. Moffett, and Frank D. Yeary submitted their resignations as directors of eBay, in each case effective as of, and contingent upon, the completion of the Separation and Distribution, in
connection with their expected appointment to the board of directors of PayPal. In addition, on June 16, 2015, the eBay Board appointed each of Robert H. Swan and Devin N. Wenig (each a New Director and collectively, the
New Directors) as members of the eBay Board, in each case effective as of, and contingent upon, the completion of the Separation and Distribution. Mr. Swan will be compensated on the same basis as all other non-management
directors of the Company, as described under Compensation of Directors in the Companys Proxy Statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Composition of eBay Board
Following the
Separation and Distribution, the eBay Board is expected to consist of Fred D. Anderson, Edward W. Barnholt, Anthony J. Bates, Bonnie S. Hammer, Kathleen C. Mitic, Pierre M. Omidyar, Robert H. Swan, Thomas J. Tierney, Perry Traquina and Devin N.
Wenig. Mr. Omidyar will resign from his position as Chairman of the eBay Board, and Mr. Tierney will be appointed as the non-executive Chairman of the eBay Board, in each case effective as of, and contingent upon, the completion of the
Separation and Distribution.
In addition, the composition of the Audit Committee, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and
the Compensation Committee is expected to be as follows:
Audit Committee
Fred D. Anderson (Chair)
Bonnie S. Hammer
Perry Traquina
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Kathleen C. Mitic (Chair)
Thomas J. Tierney
Perry Traquina
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Compensation Committee
Edward W. Barnholt (Chair)
Anthony J. Bates
Kathleen C. Mitic
Thomas J. Tierney
There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which the New Directors of the Company are to be elected as directors, and there are
no related party transactions between the Company and any New Director reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Resignation and
Appointment of Officers
As previously announced, John J. Donahoe, the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert H.
Swan, the Companys Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Elizabeth L. Axelrod, the Companys Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Michael R. Jacobson, the Companys Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel
and Secretary, and Alan L. Marks, the Companys Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, will resign from their roles as executive officers and employees of the Company, in each case effective as of, and contingent upon, the completion
of the Separation and Distribution.
On June 16, 2015, the eBay Board approved the appointment of Devin N. Wenig as the
Companys President and Chief Executive Officer and Scott Schenkel as the Companys Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, in each case effective as of immediately after, and contingent upon, the completion of the Separation and
Distribution.
Mr. Wenigs biographical information is described under Our Executive Officers in the Companys
Proxy Statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 2015 Proxy), and he will be compensated pursuant to that agreement as described under Compensation Discussion and AnalysisCompensation Decisions for
2014.
Mr. Schenkel, age 47, currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of eBay Marketplaces.
Mr. Schenkels compensation following his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company will be as set forth in the letter agreement the Company entered into with him dated September 30, 2014 (the Schenkel
Agreement), which provides that in the event the Company elects to spin-off PayPal, at such time as PayPal becomes a separate, publicly traded company (which is defined in the Schenkel Agreement as the Spin-Off),
Mr. Schenkel will become the Companys Chief Financial Officer.
The summary below describes the key terms of the Schenkel
Agreement.
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Effective as of the Spin-Off, Mr. Schenkel will serve as our Chief Financial Officer, reporting to our President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to such time, Mr. Schenkel will continue to service as Chief Financial
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Annual Cash Compensation |
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Effective as of the Spin-Off, Mr. Schenkels annual base salary will be $650,000, and his annual target bonus opportunity will be 100% of his base salary. Prior to the Spin-Off, his annual base salary is $600,000 and annual
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2014 Top-Up Equity Awards and 2015 Focal Equity Awards |
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Mr. Schenkel was entitled to receive Top-Up Equity Awards in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs) valued at $510,000, performance-based restricted stock units (PBRSUs) in respect of our 2014-2015 performance period having a target value of $850,000, and options valued at $340,000. As part of our regular annual equity grant cycle in 2015, Mr. Schenkel also was entitled to receive RSUs valued at
$1,020,000, PBRSUs in respect of our 2015-2016 performance period having a target value of $1.7 million, and options valued at $680,000. All of the foregoing equity grants have vesting schedules that provide for full vesting by no later than the
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2015 Top-Up Equity Awards |
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Immediately prior to the Spin-Off, Mr. Schenkel will receive equity awards having an aggregate grant date value of $600,000 with vesting schedules that provide for full vesting by no later than the fourth anniversary of the
effective date of the Spin-Off. |
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New Day Equity Awards |
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Immediately prior to the Spin-Off, Mr. Schenkel will receive equity awards having an aggregate grant date value of $4 million, with vesting schedules that provide for full vesting by no later than the third anniversary of the
effective date of the Spin-Off. |
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Effect of Spin- Off |
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At the time of the Spin-Off, Mr. Schenkels outstanding equity awards will continue to cover shares of eBay common stock (but will be adjusted to reflect the impact of the Spin-Off) and continue to vest subject to Mr.
Schenkels continued employment with eBay. |
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Upon a termination of Mr. Schenkels employment by eBay without cause or a resignation by Mr. Schenkel for good
reason (as defined in the Schenkel Agreement), Mr. Schenkel will receive, in addition to earned but unpaid compensation and benefits, a lump sum cash payment, payable subject to his execution of a release of claims, equal to the sum of:
(1) two times the sum of his annual base salary plus his target annual bonus ; plus
(2) the value of any unvested eBay equity awards that would have become vested within 12
months after termination, but if such termination occurs during the 90 days prior to or the 24 months following a change in control (as defined in the Schenkel Agreement), the value of all his unvested equity awards outstanding as of the
date of termination. |
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Death or Disability |
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If Mr. Schenkels employment terminates due to his death or disability, he or his estate will receive a cash payment equal to the value of all unvested eBay equity awards that would have become vested within 24 months after
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No Tax Grossups |
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Mr. Schenkel is not entitled to any golden parachute tax gross-up payments under any plan or agreement with eBay. |
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Schenkel Agreement, which will be filed with eBays Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015.
Severance
and Change in Control Arrangements
On June 17, 2015, the Company adopted (i) the eBay Change in Control Severance Plan for
Key Employees (the CIC Severance Plan) for executive officers at or above the level of Vice President and eBay Fellows, and (ii) the eBay SVP and Above Standard Severance Plan (the Standard Severance Plan)
for officers at or above the level of Senior Vice President. These plans will be effective immediately following the Distribution.
Eligibility and
Impact of Individual Employment Letter Agreements
Eligible employees are selected by the Compensation Committee to participate in the
CIC Severance Plan and Standard Severance Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, any officer who is eligible to receive severance payments and/or benefits under an individual employment letter agreement or other agreement
under circumstances that would give rise to a right to receive payments and benefits under the CIC Severance Plan or the Standard Severance Plan is not eligible to receive payments or benefits in the respective plan; except, if the officer is not
subject to income tax in the USA and the present value of the payments and benefits payable under such individual arrangement is less than that payable under the respective plan, such officer will be eligible under the plan. Currently, Devin Wenig
and Scott Schenkel have arrangements that provide for severance payments and benefits and, therefore, are not expected to be eligible to participate in either of the two plans at this time.
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CIC Severance Plan Benefits
The CIC Severance Plan provides eligible employees with severance payments and benefits in the event that an eligible employees
employment with us or one of our subsidiaries, affiliates or a successor company is terminated within 90 days prior to, or within 24-months immediately following, a change in control of us (the change in control period)
either (a) by the employer company for any reason other than cause, disability or death or (b) by the eligible employee for good reason. The severance payments and benefits to be provided, subject to the
employees execution of a release of claims, are as follows:
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A lump sum payment, in cash, of the bonus under the eBay Employee Incentive Plan (the eIP) that the eligible employee would have earned assuming achievement of target individual performance, as
applicable in respect of the fiscal year in which the termination occurs, assuming achievement of our target performance for the year; except, if the employees bonus is intended to constitute performance-based compensation within the meaning
of Section 162(m) of the Code, the bonus will be paid based on actual company performance through the date of termination; |
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A lump sum payment, in cash, equal to the product of (a) the sum of the eligible employees base salary (in effect upon the occurrence of the termination event) and target bonus (for the bonus year in which
the separation occurs), multiplied by (b) an applicable multiple (which in the case of Senior Vice Presidents who are direct reports to Mr. Wenig, would be two; for other Senior Vice Presidents and those Vice Presidents
designated by the Compensation Committee, one; and for all other Vice Presidents and Fellows, 0.5); |
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A lump sum payment, in cash, of 2 times the monthly premium payable for health insurance coverage for the eligible employee and his or her covered dependents over a 24 month period (in the case of Senior Vice Presidents
who are direct reports to Mr. Wenig), 12 month period (in the case of other Senior Vice Presidents and those Vice Presidents designated by the Compensation Committee), and 6 month period (in the case of all other Vice Presidents and Fellows);
except if the executive is employed outside of the U.S.A., he or she will only receive this payment if obligated to pay all or a portion of the premiums for such continuing health insurance coverage, and otherwise will be eligible for continued
medical and dental insurance coverage for 24 months (in the case of Senior Vice Presidents who are direct reports to Mr. Wenig), 12 months (in the case of other Senior Vice Presidents and those Vice Presidents designated by the Compensation
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The eligible employees unvested equity awards will be treated as fully vested and, if the termination occurs during a performance period with respect to an award of performance-based restricted stock units, such
award will be deemed earned assuming achievement of target performance for purposes of determining the number of awards that will be treated as becoming immediately vested; except, if the employees awards are intended to constitute
performance-based compensation subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, such awards will remain outstanding and only be treated as becoming fully vested if and to the extent that they otherwise would have become earned based on actual company
performance through the end of the applicable performance period. Settlement of the awards will be through either the vesting of common stock under the award or, in lieu thereof, payment in cash or a combination thereof, at our discretion. In
general, if a cash payment is made in lieu of vesting an award, the value of the unvested award is determined using the average closing price of our common stock for the 10 consecutive trading days ending on and including the trading day immediately
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Any unvested cash make-good awards previously granted to an eligible employee will be paid in a cash lump sum. |
In addition, if an eligible employee dies or becomes disabled during the change in control period, his or her unvested equity awards will also be treated as
fully vested and be settled in the same manner as described in item (4) above assuming achievement of target company performance, as applicable.
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The payment of all of the benefits described above will be within 90 days following the termination of
employment, except as noted above.
Under the CIC Severance Plan, in the event any payments or benefits constitute golden parachute
payments within the meaning of IRC Section 280G and would be subject to the excise tax imposed by IRC Section 4999, such payments or benefits will be reduced to the maximum amount that does not result in the imposition of such excise
tax, but only if such reduction results in the officer receiving a higher net-after tax amount than such officer would have received absent such reduction.
Standard Severance Plan Benefits
The
Standard Severance Plan provides eligible employees with severance payments and benefits in the event that an eligible employees employment with us or one of our subsidiaries, affiliates or a successor company under is terminated without
cause by us outside of the change in control period (as defined above). The severance payments and benefits payable under this plan, as well as the timing of and conditions for the payments and benefits, are generally the
same as those under the CIC Severance Plan for, at this time, only those Senior Vice Presidents who would fall into the category of employees receiving an applicable multiple of one and who do not have individual employment letter
agreements, with the following differences:
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The bonus amount payable under the eIP will be based on our full fiscal year performance, and prorated based on the period of time during the fiscal year the employee was employed with us; |
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The eligible employees unvested time-vesting equity awards will not be treated as fully vested, but instead will only be treated as becoming vested as to any such awards that would have otherwise become earned and
vested within the twelve (12) months following the date of termination; and, if the termination occurs during a performance period with respect to an award of performance-based restricted stock units, then such awards (the amount of which will
be determined as described in item (4) above, solely for any performance period ending within the twelve (12) months following the date of termination) will also only be treated as becoming vested up to the percentage of such awards that
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if an eligible employee dies or becomes permanently disabled during the change in control period, his or her unvested equity awards will only be treated as becoming vested as to any such awards that would have otherwise
become earned and vested within the twenty-four (24) months following the date of termination, but otherwise payable in the same manner as described in item (4) above, assuming achievement of target company performance, as applicable.
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Definitions
For purposes of the CIC Severance Plan and Standard Severance Plan, change in control, cause, disabled, and
(for the CIC Severance Plan only) good reason are each defined in the respective plans and are generally defined as summarized below:
change in control has the same meaning as under the eBay Inc. Equity Award Incentive Plan under which PayPal is granting equity
awards at the relevant time, as in effect from time to time.
cause is defined as (a) a failure to attempt in good faith
to substantially perform assigned duties, other than failure resulting from death or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment, which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from us specifying
such failure; (b) indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to any felony (or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude); or (c) commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation,
willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the company, except good faith expense account disputes.
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disabled has the same meaning as under the long-term disability plan under which the
eligible employee is covered as of the date of termination of employment.
good reason means the occurrence of any of the
following without the written consent of the eligible employee (subject to notice and a cure period): (a) in the case of Senior Vice Presidents and those Vice Presidents designated by the Compensation Committee: (i) a material reduction in
annual total target compensation (which is comprised of annual base salary rate and annual target bonus opportunity under the eIP or applicable successor plan ); (ii) a material reduction in reporting relationship and/or diminution in scope of
responsibilities; or (iii) a relocation of the principal workplace location by more than thirty-five (35) miles; and (b) in the case of all other Vice Presidents and Fellows, (i) a material reduction in annual total target
compensation (which is comprised of annual base salary rate and annual target bonus opportunity under the eIP or applicable successor plan ); or (ii) a relocation of the principal workplace location by more than thirty-five (35) miles.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: June 18, 2015 |
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/s/ Michael R. Jacobson |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit 10.1
EBAY INC. CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN
FOR KEY EMPLOYEES
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SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the eBay Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan (the
Plan) is to encourage the full attention and dedication of those officers at and above the level of Vice President, and certain eBay Inc. Fellows as may be selected by the Plan Administrator, in light of the distractions a
potential change in control may cause, and otherwise to provide severance benefits designed to give financial assistance to any Eligible Participants upon their separation from eBay Inc. (Company) or any of its participating
subsidiaries or affiliates under the conditions described herein during any Change in Control Period (as such term is defined below).
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Definitions
Accrued Benefits means prompt payment by the Company to an Eligible Participant of (a) any accrued but unpaid annual
base salary through the last day of employment, (b) any unreimbursed expenses incurred through the last day of employment subject to the Eligible Participants prompt delivery to the Company of all required documentation of such expenses
pursuant to applicable employer policies, (c) all other vested payments, benefits or fringe benefits to which the Eligible Participant is entitled under the terms of any applicable compensation arrangement or benefit, equity or fringe benefit
plan or program or grant (excluding any other severance plan, policy or program) of the Company or any of its affiliates in accordance with the terms of such plan, program or grant, including any unpaid annual bonus under the Company Employee
Incentive Plan or applicable successor plan (the eIP)) for any prior fiscal year when it otherwise would have been paid (see Section 4, eIP, below).
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Cause Cause is defined as (a) an Eligible Participants failure to attempt in good faith to substantially
perform his or her assigned duties, other than failure resulting from his or her death or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment, which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Company
specifying such failure; (b) an Eligible Participants indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to any felony (or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude); or (c) an Eligible
Participants commission of an act of fraud,
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embezzlement, misappropriation, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company, except good faith expense account disputes.
Change in Control shall have the meaning of such term as specified in that certain Company Inc. Equity Incentive Award
Plan under which the Company is then granting equity awards, as the same shall be in effect from time to time. The Compensation Committee of the Board shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to determine
conclusively whether a Change in Control of the Company has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto.
Change in Control Period means the period that begins ninety (90) days prior to the closing date of, and ends 24
months following, a Change in Control.
Company means Company or any of its participating U.S. subsidiaries, as
applicable, and after a Change in Control, any Successor Entity (as such term is defined in that certain Company Equity Incentive Award Plan, as the same shall be in effect from time to time).
Company Equity Awards means incentive awards granted (or deemed granted for accounting purposes) to an Eligible
Participant on shares of common stock of the Company (Stock) and, after a Change in Control, any common equity of any Successor Entity, pursuant to the Company Equity Incentive Plan or otherwise, including without limitation any
stock options, performance-based restricted stock units, and restricted stock units.
Disability means
disability within the meaning of the long-term disability plan by which the Eligible Participant is covered as of his or her Separation Date.
Effective Date this Plan will be effective immediately following the distribution of the shares of stock of PayPal
Holdings, Inc. by the Company to the shareholders of the Company. Except as otherwise provided by the Company, in writing, this Plan replaces all prior plans, programs, and arrangements providing severance type benefits to eligible employees.
Eligible Employee is an individual who meets all of the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 3
(Eligibility), and is not otherwise excluded from such eligibility requirements.
Eligible Participant means
any Eligible Employee holding a position that is at or above the level of Vice President, and certain Company Fellows, in each case as may be selected by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion to participate in this Plan at any one of the
levels specified in the CIC Severance Pay Guidelines attached to this Plan as the Plan Administrator shall, in its sole discretion, designate.
Employer means the Company and any U.S. subsidiary or U.S. affiliate of the Company whose voting equity is, directly or
indirectly, at least 50.1% owned by the Company.
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Good Reason means:
(A) for any Eligible Participant who is designated by the Plan Administrator as a Direct Report or an SVP/Certain VP (as identified on the CIC
Severance Pay Guidelines): (i) a material reduction in the Eligible Participants annual total target cash compensation (which is comprised of his or her annual base salary rate and annual target bonus opportunity under the eIP;
(ii) a material reduction in the Eligible Participants reporting relationship and/or diminution in his or her scope of responsibilities; or (iii) a relocation of the Eligible Participants principal workplace location by more
than thirty-five (35) miles, in any case of the foregoing without such Eligible Participants written consent.
(B) for any
Eligible Participant who is designated by the Plan Administrator as a VP/Fellow (as identified on the CIC Severance Pay Guidelines): (i) a material reduction in the Eligible Participants annual total target cash compensation (which is
comprised of his or her annual base salary rate and annual target bonus opportunity under the eIP: or (ii) a relocation of the Eligible Participants principal workplace location by more than thirty-five (35) miles, in any case of the
foregoing without such Eligible Participants written consent.
In addition, in any case of an occurrence described in clause
(A) or clause (B) of this definition with respect to a given Eligible Participant, the Eligible Participant will be deemed to have given such consent to any of the condition(s) described in any of the applicable clauses of this definition
if the Eligible Participant does not provide written notice to the Company of such Good Reason event(s) within 60 days from the first occurrence of such Good Reason event(s), following which the Company shall have 30 days to cure such event, and to
the extent the Company has not cured such Good Reason event(s) during the 30-day cure period, the Eligible Participant must terminate his/her employment for Good Reason no later than 60 days following the occurrence of such Good Reason event(s) by
providing the Company 30 days prior written notice of termination, which may run concurrently with the Companys cure period.
Make-Good Payment Make-Good Payment is the sum total of an Eligible Participants unpaid cash make-good
awards, if any, that the Eligible Participant has received in connection with his or her employment with the Company.
Plan
Administrator is the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other person or committee appointed from time to time by the Compensation Committee of the Board to administer the Plan.
Premium Payment Premium Payment is the sum total of an Eligible Participants monthly premium payments for health
insurance continuation coverage under COBRA, or similar payments for employees outside the U.S., if applicable. The Company shall withhold such amounts from payments under this Plan as it determines necessary to fulfill any applicable federal,
state, or local wage or compensation withholding
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requirements. A more detailed description of the Premium Payment follows in Section 4 (Severance Benefits).
Salary Amount Salary Amount is an Eligible Participants base salary rate in effect upon the occurrence of the
Employees severance event (expressed in weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or annual terms, as applicable) without considering bonuses, back-pay or other awards, or Company contributions to any employee plans.
Separation from Service means, except as provided in subsections (a) and (b) below, an employees
termination from employment (whether by retirement or resignation from or discharge by the Company).
(a) A Separation from
Service shall be deemed to have occurred if an employee and the Company reasonably anticipate, based on the facts and circumstances, that the employee will not provide any additional services for an Employer after a certain date; provided, however,
that if any payments or benefits that may be provided under this Plan constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, a Separation from Service also shall be deemed to have occurred in the event that the level
of bona fide services performed by the employee after a certain date will permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed by the employee over the immediate preceding 36-month period.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Plan, an employees employment relationship is treated as
continuing intact while the employee is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the individual retains a right to reemployment with an
Employer under an applicable statute or by contract. For purposes of this Plan, a leave of absence constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable expectation that the employee will return to perform services for an
Employer. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the employee does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such
six-month period due to such employees Disability, in which case such employee shall not be an Eligible Participant except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Plan.
The definition of Separation from Service shall at all times be interpreted in accordance with the terms of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.409A-1(h) and any guidance issued thereunder, and the term Separation Date shall mean the effective date of the Eligible Participants Separation from Service.
Severability the provisions of the Plan are severable. If any provision of the Plan is deemed legally or factually invalid
or unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder of the provisions of the Plan, except to such extent or in such
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application, shall not be affected, and each and every provision of the Plan shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent and in the broadest application permitted by law.
Severance Bonus Amount Severance Bonus Amount is an Eligible Participants target annual bonus opportunity as
provided under the eIP for the bonus year in which the Separation Date occurs.
Severance Pay Severance Pay is
the sum total of an Eligible Participants Salary Amount and Severance Bonus Amount. The Company shall withhold such amounts from payments under this Plan as it determines necessary to fulfill any federal, state, or local wage or compensation
withholding requirements. A more detailed description of Severance Pay follows in Section 4 (Severance Benefits).
General Rules
Amendment and Termination The Company (as defined below) shall be under no obligation to continue this Plan for
any period of time. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate this Plan (including any of the CIC Severance Pay Guidelines, form of Separation Agreement and/or Schedule 1 of Designated
Participants attached to this Plan), in whole or in part, at any time and for any or no reason with respect to any employee or all employees at any time prior to his, her or their receipt of any Severance Benefits under Section 4 of this Plan;
provided, however, that in no event shall this Plan be terminated, or modified or amended in any manner that is adverse to any Eligible Participants at any time during the Change in Control Period nor to any Eligible Participant who is receiving
payments or benefits under this Plan as a result of a Qualifying Termination occurring during a Change in Control Period. Such foregoing prohibition shall not require that all Eligible Participants receive the same Severance Pay, Premium Payment,
treatment of Company Equity Awards or other additional payments and benefits that the Plan Administrator may in its sole discretion choose to provide to any given Eligible Employee.
Benefits Non-Assignable Benefits under the Plan may not be anticipated, assigned or alienated. The exception being if an
employee becomes eligible and dies before payment is made, the heirs will be entitled to the payment.
Governing Laws
The provision of the Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) and, to the extent applicable, according to applicable Federal law or the
laws of the State of California.
No Right to Continued Employment Neither the Plan nor any action taken with respect
to it shall confer upon any person the right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Company employees shall continue to be employed at-will, as defined under applicable law.
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Funding The Company will make all payments under the Plan, and pay all
expenses of the Plan, from its general assets. Nothing contained in this Plan shall give any eligible employee any right, title, or interest in any property of the Company or any of its affiliates.
General Eligibility
The benefits under this Plan are limited to employees of the Employer who satisfy each of the following conditions, as determined by the Plan Administrator in
its sole discretion:
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Are classified as Eligible Participants, whether or not based in the United States of America (USA) and paid through the payroll system based in the USA, such that data is received and processed in
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Are being terminated involuntarily without Cause by Employer; or are terminating voluntarily for Good Reason (either such event, a Qualifying Termination), in either such case occurring during a
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Are actively at work through the last day of work designated by Employer, unless the employee is absent due to an approved absence from work (including leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act) or unless otherwise
designated by his or her agreement with the Employer. |
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Execute and do not revoke a Separation Agreement and Release in a form attached to this Plan as Exhibit I (with only those changes as may be required to maintain such a form to be compliant with applicable law) within
the period specified by Plan Administrator or its delegates (the Separation Agreement); and, |
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Return all property of any Employer and settle satisfactorily all expenses owed to Employer and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. |
Exclusions from Eligibility
Unless the Plan
Administrator provides otherwise in writing, the following employees are NOT eligible to participate in this Plan:
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Any Eligible Participant who is eligible to receive severance payments and/or benefits under an individual employment letter agreement or other
agreement between such employee and the Company under circumstances that would otherwise give rise to a right to receive payments and benefits under this Plan (any such agreement, an Individual Agreement); except, if the total
present value, as of the Separation Date, of the aggregate amount of all payments and benefits payable under any Individual Agreement that covers an Eligible Participant who is not subject to income taxation in
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the USA is less than the total present value of the aggregate amount of all payments and benefits that would be payable to him or her under Section 4 of this Plan, then the Eligible
Participant shall not be excluded from eligibility to participate in this Plan. |
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Any Eligible Participant who terminates employment prior to the stated Separation Date as set forth in their Separation Agreement; |
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Any Eligible Participant whose employment is terminated for any of the following reasons: |
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Resignation or other voluntary termination of employment, other than for Good Reason as provided in this Plan; |
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Death or Disability; except as expressly otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Plan; or |
Severance Pay
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Amount of Severance Pay |
The amount of Severance Pay payable to an Eligible Participant will be
determined in accordance with the CIC Severance Pay Guidelines attached to this Plan subject to the reductions set forth below; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, and on a case-by-case basis, may increase (but
not decrease, except as provided below) the amount of Severance Pay payable to an Eligible Participant.
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Reduction of Severance Pay Benefits |
Unless Employer, in its sole discretion, provides
otherwise in writing, the amount of Severance Pay payable to an Eligible Participant shall be reduced as follows:
In the event that an
Employer triggers Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (or other similar federal or state statute), the WARN period will run concurrently with the Severance Pay under this Plan and any lump sum Severance Pay
remaining will be paid out following the Separation Date as set forth in the Separation Agreement. If the Employer provides pay-in-lieu-of-notice to the Eligible Participant instead of advance notice of his or her termination of employment in
accordance with the requirements of WARN then the amount of such Eligible Participants Severance Pay will be reduced (but not below zero) any amount required to be paid or otherwise owing to the employee under WARN.
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Severance Pay will be reduced by any outstanding debt owed by the employee to Employer or any of
its affiliates, where permitted by law, including but not limited to loans granted by Employer, advanced commissions, bonuses, vacation pay, salary and/or expenses.
In addition, Severance Pay will be inclusive of, and not be in addition to, any severance or termination payments that may be required to be
paid by statute or other governmental mandate of the laws of a country outside of the USA.
In the event of a Change in Control, where an
accounting firm designated by the Company determines that (x) the aggregate amount of the payments and benefits that (but for the application of this paragraph) would be payable to an Eligible Participant under this Plan and/or any other plan,
policy or arrangement of the Company or of its affiliates, exceeds (y) the greatest amount of payments and benefits that could be paid or provided to the Eligible Participant without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by
Section 4999 of the Code (the Excise Tax), then the Eligible Participant shall either (1) pay the Excise Tax and receive all such payments and benefits as may be payable to him or her, or (2) only receive the
aggregate amount of such payments and benefits payable or to be provided to the Eligible Participant that would not exceed the greatest amount of payments and benefits that could be paid or provided to the Eligible Participant without giving rise to
any liability for any Excise Tax (such reduced amount of payments and benefits, the Reduced Benefit Amount), whichever of the two courses of action in clause (1) or clause (2) hereof produces the greatest after-tax
benefit to the Eligible Participant. In the event the Reduced Benefit Amount is paid, the reduction in such payments or benefits pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be made in the following order: (1) by reducing the Salary
portion of the Severance Pay, and then the Severance Bonus Amount, and then (2) by reducing amounts in respect of any then outstanding Company Equity Awards, first in the form of cash payments, if any are due under this Plan or any other
arrangement (e.g., in connection with the Change in Control), and then in respect of any vesting of any such awards under this Plan, and only thereafter in respect of any vesting of any such awards under any other plan or arrangement.
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Payment of Severance Pay |
The Company will pay the Severance Pay in a lump sum. Payment will be
made as soon as practicable after the later of the Eligible Participants Separation Date or the date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but not later than ninety
(90) days following the Eligible Participants Separation Date.
Other Severance Benefits
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Eligible Participants employed by the Company in the USA (and their eligible dependents) who
participate in a Company health insurance plan and who are eligible to continue to participate in such plan under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended (COBRA), will receive a lump sum cash payment
that is equal to the product of (x) the monthly premium payable by the Eligible Participant for himself or herself (and his or her eligible dependents) under the Companys health insurance plan in which he or she participates immediately
prior to the Separation Date; (y) the Multiple of Premium Payment (as set forth in the CIC Severance Pay Guidelines attached hereto) applicable to such Eligible Participant (such resulting product, the Premium Payment) and
(z) two (2).
Eligible Participants employed by the Company outside of the USA (and their eligible dependents) shall be eligible for
medical and dental insurance coverage that is comparable to such coverage provided to such individuals immediately prior to the Separation Date, with such coverage to be provided for the period beginning with the Separation Date and running through
a number of full calendar months equal to the Multiple of Premium Payment (as set forth in the CIC Severance Pay Guidelines attached hereto) applicable to such Eligible Participant, to the extent permissible under applicable local law. If, and to
the extent, the Eligible Participant is obligated to pay all or a portion of the premiums for such continuation coverage, the Eligible Employee will receive a Premium Payment calculated in the manner described above.
The Company will pay the Premium Payment in a lump sum. Payment will be made as soon as practicable after the later of the Eligible
Participants Separation Date or the date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but not later than ninety (90) days following the Eligible Participants
Separation Date.
The Eligible Participant will be eligible to receive the amount of the eIP
bonus that he or she otherwise would have earned and been paid in respect of the fiscal year of the Company in which his or her Separation Date occurs, assuming target company performance had been achieved in such year; except, if the Eligible
Participants eIP bonus is intended to constitute performance-based compensation within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Eligible Participant will only be eligible to receive the amount of such eIP bonus, if any, that he
or she otherwise would have earned and been paid in respect of the fiscal year of the Company in which his or her Separation Date occurs, based solely on the actual performance of the Company through the date immediately prior to the Eligible
Participants Separation Date. In all cases, Eligible Participants who are eligible to receive payments of his or her eIP bonus will be paid based on target individual performance, to the extent applicable.
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The Company will pay the eIP bonus amount determined above in a lump sum. Payment will be made as
soon as practicable after the later of the Eligible Participants Separation Date or the date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but not later than ninety
(90) days following the Eligible Participants Separation Date.
Effective immediately prior to the Separation Date, the
following provisions shall apply to the Eligible Participants Company Equity Awards that are unvested as of the date prior to the Eligible Participants Separation Date:
(1) All unvested Company Equity Awards that vest solely based on the continued service of the Eligible Participant (including any restricted
stock units that have been granted in respect of any performance-based restricted stock units whose target value has been established prior to such Separation Date), will be treated as though immediately vested on the Eligible Participants
Separation Date;
(2) Effective immediately prior to the Separation Date, all unvested Company Equity Awards that are unvested as of the
date prior to the Eligible Participants Separation Date shall be treated as though immediately vested on the Separation Date; and, for purposes of the foregoing, if the Eligible Participants Separation Date occurs during the performance
period with respect to a given award of performance-based restricted stock units whose target value has been established prior to such Separation Date, but whose number of shares of applicable employer stock that would be subject to such award based
on achievement of applicable performance targets has not yet been granted, then any such award shall be deemed to have been earned and granted assuming achievement of target performance in respect of the applicable performance period in effect
immediately prior to such Separation Date for purposes of determining the number of such awards that shall be treated as though vested hereunder; provided, further, however, that
(3) if the Eligible Participants unvested Company Equity Awards are intended to constitute performance-based compensation within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (a Section 162(m) Award), then, any such Company Equity Awards shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest, based solely on the achievement of the applicable Company performance targets
upon which the awards are subject to vesting for the relevant performance period; and to the extent such performance targets are determined (in a manner compliant with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code) to have been achieved
following the completion of such performance period, the Eligible Participant shall, upon the date of such determination (the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date), be treated as though fully vested in the resulting amount of such
Company Equity Awards that would have become vested pursuant to the service-vesting schedule that would have applied to such Company Equity Awards on and after the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date.
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All such Company Equity Awards shall be settled in a lump sum, through the vesting of shares of
Stock, through the payment of cash in lieu of vesting shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, as soon as practicable after (x) for any Company Equity Awards that are treated as though
vested pursuant to clause (1) or clause (2) above, the later of the Eligible Participants Separation Date or the date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but
not later than ninety (90) days following the Eligible Participants Separation Date; and (y) for any Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested pursuant to clause (3) above, promptly following the date the
determination regarding the amount of such Company Equity Awards will be treated as though vested (but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year in which the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date occurs). In the event the Company elects to
settle any such awards through the payment of cash in lieu of vesting shares of Stock, the Company will pay the Eligible Participant a lump sum cash amount equal to the value of all of the Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested in
accordance with the foregoing clauses (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).
For purposes of the foregoing, the
term Valuation Assumptions means, collectively, the following assumptions: (x) each share of common equity underlying an award has a value equal to the average of the closing prices of Company (or, after the Change in
Control, the applicable Successor Entity) common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the period of 10 consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last trading day prior to (I) for any Company Equity Awards that
are treated as though vested pursuant to clause (1) or clause (2) above, or pursuant to the provisions under Death and Disability, below, the Separation Date, and (II) for any Company Equity Awards that are treated as
though vested pursuant to clause (3) above, the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date, and (y) any Company stock options that the Eligible Participant holds that are outstanding immediately prior to the Separation Date will be valued based on
their spread (i.e., the positive difference, if any, of the value of each share of Company (or, after the Change in Control, the applicable Successor Entity) common equity underlying the stock option, as determined pursuant to clause
(x) above), less the per share exercise price of such stock option).
The Make-Good Payment shall be paid in a lump sum and subject
to the same terms as Severance Pay, as set forth above.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Plan or Company
Equity Award agreement to the contrary, upon the occurrence of an Eligible Participants death or Disability, all unvested Company Equity Awards that are unvested as of the date prior to the Eligible Participants death or Disability shall
be treated in the same manner as if the Eligible
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Participant had experienced a Qualifying Termination pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) under Company Equity Awards, above, except all references to the term
Separation Date shall refer to the date of the Eligible Participants death or Disability, and no Separation Agreement shall be required to be executed, such that all such awards shall be settled in a lump sum, through the vesting
of shares of Stock, through the payment of cash in lieu of vesting shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, as soon as practicable after the date of the Eligible Participants death or
Disability, but not later than ninety (90) days following such date. In the event the Company elects to settle any such awards through the payment of cash in lieu of vesting shares of Stock, the Company will pay the Eligible Participant a lump
sum cash amount equal to the value of all of the Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested in accordance with the foregoing clauses (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).
The Company shall make payment or otherwise provide all Accrued
Benefits when due. Such obligation shall not be subject to the Eligible Participants execution of a Separation Agreement.
5. |
RIGHT TO TERMINATE BENEFITS |
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in the event that:
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Employer determines that an Eligible Participant or Eligible Employee has breached any of the terms and conditions set forth in any agreement executed by the employee as a condition to receiving benefits under this Plan
(i.e., the Separation Agreement), THEN |
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Employer shall have the right to terminate the benefits payable under this Plan at any time. Further, the Eligible Participant shall be obligated to return to the Employer any benefits paid to such employee:
(i) due to the employees breach of the terms and conditions set forth in any agreement executed by such employee or (ii) due to any overpayments of benefits paid under this Plan to such employee. |
6. |
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
The Plan Administrator shall have sole authority and discretion to
administer and construe the terms of this Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall have the following powers and duties:
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To make and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan; |
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To Amend and Terminate the Plan as defined in, and in accordance with, Section 2; |
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To interpret the Plan, its interpretation thereof to be final and conclusive on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan; |
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To decide all questions concerning the Plan, including the eligibility of any person to participate in, and receive benefits under, the Plan; and |
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To appoint and/or retain such employees, agents, counsel, accountants, consultants and other persons as may be required to assist in administering the Plan. |
The Plan Administrator reviews and authorizes payment of severance benefits for those
employees who qualify under the provisions of the Plan. No claim forms need be submitted. Questions regarding payment of severance benefits under the Plan should be directed to the Plan Administrator.
If an employee believes he or she is not receiving severance payments and benefits hereunder which are due, the employee should file a written claim for the
benefits with the Plan Administrator. A decision on whether to grant or deny the claim will be made within 90 days following receipt of the claim. If more than 90 days is required to render a decision, the employee will be notified in writing of the
reasons for delay. In any event, however, a decision to grant or deny a claim will be made by not later than 180 days following the initial receipt of the claim.
If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the employee will receive a written explanation containing the following information:
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The specific reason(s) for the denial, including a reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based; |
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A description of any additional material or information necessary for the employee to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and |
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A description of the Plans review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the employees right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA
following an adverse determination on review. |
If the employee wishes to appeal this denial, the employee may write within 60 days after
receipt of the notification of denial. The claim will then be reviewed by the Plan Administrator, and the employee will receive written notice of the final decision within 60 days after the request for review. If more than 60 days are required to
render a decision, the employee will be notified in writing of the reasons for delay. In any event, however, the employee will receive a written notice of the final decision within 120 days after the request for review.
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As part of the Plans appeal process, the employee shall be afforded:
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The opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits; |
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Upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the employees claim for benefits; and |
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A review that takes into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the employee relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the
initial benefit determination. |
If the decision on appeal is upheld, in whole or in part, the employee will receive a written explanation
containing the following information:
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The specific reason(s) for the decision, including a reference to the Plan provisions on which the decision is based; |
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A statement that the employee is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of all documents, records and other information relevant to the employees claim for benefits;
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A statement of the employees right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA. |
No legal
action for benefits under this Plan may be brought unless the action is commenced within one (1) year from the date of the final decision on appeal has been made. No person may bring an action for any alleged wrongful denial of Plan benefits in
a court of law unless the claims procedures set forth above are exhausted and a final determination is made. If the employee or other interested person challenges a decision, a review by the court of law will be limited to the facts, evidence and
issues presented during the claims procedure set forth above. Facts and evidence that become known to the employee or other interested person after having exhausted the claims procedure must be brought to the attention of the Plan Administrator for
reconsideration of the claims determination. Issues not raised with the Plan Administrator will be deemed waived.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, no employee shall have a legally binding right to payments under this Plan unless and until amounts are actually paid to them. To the extent that an employee is deemed to have a legally binding right to a payment under
this Plan, then amounts payable under this Plan shall be made in reliance upon Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (Separation Pay Plans) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (Short-Term Deferrals) and exempt from
Section 409A of the Code as a result of such reliance. To the extent that the Plan Administrator determines that the Company will pay severance benefits in a form other
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than a lump sum, any installment or monthly payment to which an employee is entitled under this Plan shall be considered a separate and distinct payment. In addition, (i) no amount payable
hereunder shall be payable unless the employees termination of employment constitutes a Separation from Service and (ii) if the employee is deemed at the time of his or her separation from service to be a specified employee
for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the termination benefits to which Eligible Participant is entitled under this Plan is required in order to avoid a prohibited
distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such portion of the employees termination benefits shall not be provided to the employee prior to the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the
Eligible Participants Separation Date or (B) the date of the employees death. Upon the earlier of such dates, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 8 shall be paid in a lump sum to the employee without interest, and
any remaining payments due under this Plan shall be paid as otherwise provided herein. The determination of whether the employee is a specified employee for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code as of the time of his or
her Separation from Service shall be made by the Company in accordance with the terms of Section 409A of the Code (including without limitation Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i) and any successor provision thereto). To the extent applicable,
if payment of an amount under the Plan could be paid in one of two calendar years subject to the delivery of the Separation Agreement and it is determined that payment of such amount in the earlier of such two years could constitute noncompliance
with Section 409A of the Code, then such amount shall be paid in the later of such two years.
9. |
STATEMENT OF ERISA RIGHTS |
Eligible Participants in this Plan are entitled to certain rights and
protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). ERISA provides that all plan Eligible Participants shall be entitled to:
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Examine, without charge, at the Plan Administrators office and at other specified locations, such as worksites, all documents governing the plan and a copy of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by
the plan with the U.S. Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. |
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Obtain, upon written request to the Plan Administrator, copies of documents governing the operation of the plan and copies of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) and updated summary plan description. The
administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies. |
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Obtain a complete list of the Employers sponsoring the Plan upon written request to the Plan Administrator. |
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Receive a summary of the Plans annual financial report, if any. The Plan Administrator is required by law to furnish each Eligible Participant with a copy of this summary annual report. |
Prudent Actions by Plan Fiduciaries
In addition to
creating rights for plan Eligible Participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the employee benefit plan. The people who operate the Plan, called fiduciaries of the Plan, have a duty to do
so prudently and in the interest of all Plan Eligible Participants and beneficiaries. No one, including any Employer, any union, or any other person, may fire an employee or otherwise discriminate against him or her in any way to prevent them from
obtaining a benefit under this Plan or exercising their rights under ERISA.
Enforce Your Rights
If an employees claim for a severance benefit is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she has a right to know why this was done, to obtain
copies of documents relating to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules.
Under ERISA, there are steps an
employee can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if he or she requests a copy of plan documents or the latest annual report from the plan and does not receive them within 30 days, he or she may file suit in a Federal court. In such a
case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay him or her up to $110 a day until he or she receives the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the administrator. If
an employee has a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she may file suit in a state or Federal court. In addition, if he or she disagrees with the Plans decision or lack thereof concerning the qualified
status of a domestic relations order or a medical child support order, he or she may file suit in Federal court. If it should happen that Plan fiduciaries misuse the Plans money, or if an employee is discriminated against for asserting his or
her rights, he or she may seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor, or may file suit in a Federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If an employee is successful the court may order the person he or she
has sued to pay these costs and fees. If the employee loses, the court may order him or her to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds the claim is frivolous.
10. |
ASSISTANCE WITH QUESTIONS |
If an employee has any questions about the Plan, he or she should contact the
Plan Administrator. If he or she has any questions about this statement or about his or her rights under ERISA, or if he or she needs assistance in obtaining documents from the Plan Administrator, he or she should contact the nearest office of the
Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in the telephone directory or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. An employee may also
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obtain certain publications about his or her rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
REQUIRED BY ERISA
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Plan Sponsor and Plan Administrator, including address and telephone |
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eBay Inc.
Compensation Committee of
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Company Inc. Board of Directors 2145 Hamilton Ave
San Jose, CA 95125-5905 (408) 375-7400 |
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Name and address of person designated as agent for service of process: |
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Marie Oh Huber Senior Vice President, Legal
Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Ave San Jose, CA 95125-5905
(408) 375-7400 |
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Basis on which Plan records are kept: |
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Calendar year - January 1 to December 31 |
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Type of Plan: |
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Unfunded welfare benefit severance plan |
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Plan Number: |
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Appendix A
CIC Severance Pay Guidelines
Under the
Plan, Eligible Participants are entitled to: (i) the Severance Pay and (ii) the Premium Payment, to be calculated based on the Multiples identified below as applying to the Tier for which the Eligible Participant has been selected.
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Severance Pay and Premium Payment Calculations |
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Multiple of Severance Bonus Amount |
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The Company will pay the Severance Pay and the Premium Payment in accordance with the terms of the Plan to which this Appendix
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Appendix B
Form of Separation Agreement
[On file with the Company]
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Schedule I1
Designation of Eligible Participants, as of the Effective Date
Direct Reports:2
Senior Vice Presidents who are direct reports to the Chief Executive Officer
SVPs/Certain VPs:
Senior Vice Presidents not designated
as Tier I Employees
Vice Presidents who are specifically selected by the Compensation Committee to participate in this Plan as Tier II Employees
VPs/Fellows:
All Vice Presidents not designated as Tier
II Employees
Fellows
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This Schedule is subject to change, from time to time, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator. |
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Note: As of the Effective Date, all Senior Vice Presidents who are Direct Reports are excluded from the Plan due to their holding Individual Agreements. |
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Exhibit 10.2
EBAY INC. SVP AND ABOVE STANDARD SEVERANCE PLAN
AND
SUMMARY PLAN
DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the eBay Inc. SVP and Above Standard Severance Plan (the
Plan) is to encourage the full attention and dedication of certain officers at and above the level of Senior Vice President by providing severance benefits designed to give financial assistance to any Eligible Participants upon
their separation from eBay Inc. (Company) or any of its participating subsidiaries or affiliates under the conditions described herein, upon certain terminations of employment occurring outside the occurrence of any Change in
Control Period (as such term is defined below).
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DEFINITIONS/GENERAL RULES |
Definitions
Accrued Benefits means (a) prompt payment by the Company to an Eligible Participant of any accrued but unpaid annual
base salary through the last day of employment, (b) prompt payment by the Company to an Eligible Participant of any unreimbursed expenses incurred through the last day of employment subject to the Eligible Participants prompt delivery to
the Company of all required documentation of such expenses pursuant to applicable employer policies, (c) all other vested payments, benefits or fringe benefits to which the Eligible Participant is entitled under the terms of any applicable
compensation arrangement or benefit, equity or fringe benefit plan or program or grant (excluding any other severance plan, policy or program) of the Company or any of its affiliates in accordance with the terms of such plan, program or grant,
including any unpaid annual bonus under the Company Employee Incentive Plan or applicable successor plan (the eIP)) for any prior fiscal year when it otherwise would have been paid (see Section 4, eIP, below).
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
Cause Cause is defined as (a) an Eligible Participants failure to attempt in good faith to substantially
perform his or her assigned duties, other than failure resulting from his or her death or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or impairment, which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Company
specifying such failure; (b) an Eligible Participants indictment for, conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to any felony (or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude); or (c) an Eligible
Participants commission of an act of fraud,
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embezzlement, misappropriation, willful misconduct, or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company, except good faith expense account disputes.
Change in Control Period means the period that begins ninety (90) days prior to the closing date of, and ends 24
months following, a Change in Control, as such term is defined in that certain Company Equity Incentive Award Plan under which the Company is then granting equity awards, as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
Company means eBay Inc. (and any successor thereto) or any of its participating U.S. subsidiaries, as applicable.
Company Equity Awards means incentive awards granted (or deemed granted for accounting purposes) to an Eligible
Participant on Stock, including without limitation any stock options, performance-based restricted stock units, and restricted stock units.
Disability means disability within the meaning of the long-term disability plan by which the Eligible
Participant is covered as of his or her Separation Date.
Effective Date this Plan will be effective immediately
following the distribution of the shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. to the shareholders of the Company. Except as otherwise provided by the Company, in writing, this Plan replaces all prior plans, programs, and arrangements providing severance type
benefits to eligible employees upon a Qualifying Termination occurring outside of a Change in Control Period.
Eligible
Employee is an individual who meets all of the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 3 (Eligibility), and is not otherwise excluded from such eligibility requirements (i.e., is a party to an Individual Agreement,
as such term is defined in Section 3).
Eligible Participant means any Eligible Employee holding a position that
is at or above the level of Senior Vice President who is designated as eligible to participate in this Plan as set forth on Schedule I attached to this Plan, as the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, from time to time, designate.
Employer means the Company and any U.S. subsidiary or U.S. affiliate of the Company whose voting equity is, directly or
indirectly, at least 50.1% owned by the Company.
Make-Good Payment Make-Good Payment is the sum total of an Eligible
Participants unpaid cash make-good awards, if any, that the Eligible Participant has received in connection with his or her employment with the Company.
Plan Administrator is the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other person or committee appointed from time to
time by the Compensation Committee of the Board to administer the Plan.
Premium Payment Premium Payment is the sum
total of an Eligible Participants monthly premium payments for health insurance continuation coverage under COBRA, or similar payments for employees outside the U.S., if applicable. The Company shall
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withhold such amounts from payments under this Plan as it determines necessary to fulfill any applicable federal, state, or local wage or compensation withholding requirements. A more detailed
description of the amount of the Premium Payment that will be paid to an Eligible Participant follows in Section 4 (Severance Benefits).
Salary Amount Salary Amount is an Eligible Participants base salary rate in effect upon the occurrence of the
Employees severance event (expressed in weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, or annual terms, as applicable) without considering bonuses, back-pay or other awards, or Company contributions to any employee plans.
Separation from Service means, except as provided in subsections (a) and (b) below, an employees
termination from employment (whether by retirement or resignation from or discharge by the Company).
(a) A Separation from
Service shall be deemed to have occurred if an employee and the Company reasonably anticipate, based on the facts and circumstances, that the employee will not provide any additional services for an Employer after a certain date; provided, however,
that if any payments or benefits may be provided under this Plan constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, a Separation from Service also shall be deemed to have occurred in the event that the level of
bona fide services performed by the employee after a certain date will permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed by the employee over the immediate preceding 36-month period.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Plan, an employees employment relationship is treated as
continuing intact while the employee is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the individual retains a right to reemployment with an
Employer under an applicable statute or by contract. For purposes of this Plan, a leave of absence constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable expectation that the employee will return to perform services for an
Employer. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the employee does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such
six-month period due to such employees Disability, in which case such employee shall not be an Eligible Participant except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Plan.
The definition of Separation from Service shall at all times be interpreted in accordance with the terms of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.409A-1(h) and any guidance issued thereunder, and the term Separation Date shall mean the effective date of the Eligible Participants Separation from Service.
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Severability the provisions of the Plan are severable. If any provision of
the Plan is deemed legally or factually invalid or unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder of the provisions of the Plan, except to such extent or in such application, shall not be affected, and each and every provision
of the Plan shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent and in the broadest application permitted by law.
Severance Bonus
Amount Severance Bonus Amount is an Eligible Participants target annual bonus opportunity as provided under the eIP for the bonus year in which the Separation Date occurs.
Severance Pay Severance Pay is the sum total of an Eligible Participants Salary Amount and Severance Bonus Amount.
The Company shall withhold such amounts from payments under this Plan as it determines necessary to fulfill any federal, state, or local wage or compensation withholding requirements. A more detailed description of Severance Pay follows in
Section 4 (Severance Benefits).
General Rules
Amendment and Termination The Company (as defined below) shall be under no obligation to continue this Plan for any period
of time. The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate this Plan (including any of the Standard Severance Pay Guidelines, form of Separation Agreement and/or Schedule 1 of Designated Participants
attached to this Plan), in whole or in part, at any time and for any or no reason with respect to any employee or all employees at any time prior to his, her or their receipt of Severance Benefits provided under Section 4 of this Plan;
provided, however, that in no event shall this Plan be terminated, or modified or amended in any manner that is adverse to any Eligible Participants at any time during the thirty-six (36) months following the Effective Date nor to any Eligible
Participant who is receiving payments or benefits under this Plan as a result of a Qualifying Termination. Such foregoing prohibition shall not require that all Eligible Participants receive the same Severance Pay, Premium Payment, treatment of
Company Equity Awards or other additional payments and benefits that the Plan Administrator may in its sole discretion choose to provide to any given Eligible Employee.
Benefits Non-Assignable benefits under the Plan may not be anticipated, assigned or alienated. The exception being if an
employee becomes eligible and dies before payment is made, the heirs will be entitled to the payment.
Governing Laws
the provision of the Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) and, to the extent applicable, according to applicable Federal law or the
laws of the State of California.
No Right to Continued Employment neither the Plan nor any action taken with respect
to it shall confer upon any person the right to continue in the employ of the
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Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Company employees shall continue to be employed at-will, as defined under applicable law.
Funding the Company will make all payments under the Plan, and pay all expenses of the Plan, from its general assets.
Nothing contained in this Plan shall give any eligible employee any right, title, or interest in any property of the Company or any of its affiliates.
General Eligibility
The benefits under this Plan are limited to employees of the Employer who satisfy each of the following conditions, as determined by the Plan Administrator in
its sole discretion:
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Are classified as Eligible Participants, whether or not based in the United States of America (USA) and paid through the payroll system based in the USA. |
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Are being terminated involuntarily without Cause by Employer (such event, a Qualifying Termination) that occurs other than during any Change in Control Period. |
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Are actively at work through the last day of work designated by Employer, unless the employee is absent due to an approved absence from work (including leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act) or unless otherwise
designated by his or her agreement with the Employer. |
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Execute and do not revoke a Separation Agreement and Release in a form attached to this Plan as Exhibit I (with only those changes as may be required to maintain such a form to be compliant with applicable law) within
the period specified by Plan Administrator or its delegates (the Separation Agreement); and, |
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Return all property of any Employer and settle satisfactorily all expenses owed to Employer and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. |
Exclusions from Eligibility
Unless the Plan
Administrator provides otherwise in writing, the following employees are NOT eligible to participate in this Plan:
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Any Eligible Participant who is eligible to receive severance payments and/or benefits under an individual employment letter agreement or other
agreement between such employee and the Company under circumstances that would otherwise give rise to a right to receive payments and benefits under this Plan (any such agreement, an Individual Agreement); except, if the total
present value, as of the Separation Date, of the aggregate amount of all payments and benefits payable under any Individual |
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Agreement that covers an Eligible Participant who is not subject to income taxation in the USA is less than the total present value of the aggregate amount of all payments and benefits that would
be payable to him or her under Section 4 of this Plan, then the Eligible Participant shall not be excluded from eligibility to participate in this Plan; |
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Any Eligible Participant who terminates employment prior to the stated Separation Date as set forth in their Separation Agreement; |
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Any Eligible Participant whose employment is terminated for any of the following reasons: |
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Resignation or other voluntary termination of employment; |
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Death or Disability; except as expressly otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Plan; or |
Severance Pay
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Amount of Severance Pay |
The amount of Severance Pay payable to an Eligible Participant will be
determined in accordance with the Standard Severance Pay Guidelines attached to this Plan subject to the reductions set forth below; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, and on a case-by-case basis, may increase
(but not decrease, except as provided below) the amount of Severance Pay payable to an Eligible Participant.
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Reduction of Severance Pay Benefits |
Unless Employer, in its sole discretion, provides
otherwise in writing, the amount of Severance Pay payable to an Eligible Participant shall be reduced as follows:
In the event that an
Employer triggers Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (or other similar federal or state statute), the WARN period will run concurrently with the Severance Pay under this Plan and any lump sum Severance Pay
remaining will be paid out following the Separation Date as set forth in the Separation Agreement. If the Employer provides pay-in-lieu-of-notice to the Eligible Participant instead of advance notice of his or her termination of employment in
accordance with the requirements of WARN then the amount of such Eligible Participants Severance Pay will be reduced (but not below zero) any amount required to be paid or otherwise owing to the employee under WARN.
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Severance Pay will be reduced by any outstanding debt owed by the employee to Employer or any of
its affiliates, where permitted by law, including but not limited to loans granted by Employer, advanced commissions, bonuses, vacation pay, salary and/or expenses.
In addition, Severance Pay will be inclusive of, and not be in addition to, any severance or termination payments that may be required to be
paid by statute or other governmental mandate of the laws of a country outside of the USA.
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Payment of Severance Pay |
The Company will pay the Severance Pay in a lump sum. Payment will be
made as soon as practicable after the later of the Eligible Participants Separation Date or the date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but not later than sixty
(60) days following the Eligible Participants Separation Date.
Other Severance Benefits
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Medical/Dental Benefits |
Eligible Participants employed by the Company in the USA
(and their eligible dependents) who participate in a Company health insurance plan and who are eligible to continue to participate in such plan under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended (COBRA),
will receive a lump sum cash payment that is equal to the product of (x) the monthly premium payable by the Eligible Participant for himself or herself (and his or her eligible dependents) under the Companys health insurance plan in which
he or she participates immediately prior to the Separation Date; (y) the Multiple of Premium Payment (as set forth in the Standard Severance Pay Guidelines attached hereto) applicable to such Eligible Participant (such resulting product, the
Premium Payment) and (z) two (2).
Eligible Participants employed by the Company outside of the USA (and their
eligible dependents) shall be eligible for medical and dental insurance coverage that is comparable to such coverage provided to such individuals immediately prior to the Separation Date, with such coverage to be provided for the period beginning
with the Separation Date and running through a number of full calendar months equal to the Multiple of Premium Payment (as set forth in the Standard Severance Pay Guidelines attached hereto) applicable to such Eligible Participant, to the extent
permissible under applicable local law. If, and to the extent, the Eligible Participant is obligated to pay all or a portion of the premiums for such continuation coverage, the Eligible Employee will receive a Premium Payment calculated in the
manner described above.
The Company will pay the Premium Payment in a lump sum. Payment will be made as soon as practicable after the
later of the Eligible Participants Separation Date or the
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date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but not later than sixty (60) days following the Eligible
Participants Separation Date.
Eligible Participants will be eligible to receive a prorated portion of the
eIP bonus, if any, that he or she otherwise would have earned and been paid in respect of the fiscal year of the Company in which his or her Separation Date occurs, based on the actual performance of the Company for the full year, with such prorated
portion calculated based on the period of time during such fiscal year that the Eligible Participant was employed, relative to the full fiscal year, and based on the achievement by the Company of the applicable performance target(s) for such year.
Additionally, Eligible Participants who remain employed through the end of a given fiscal year but who experience a Qualifying Termination
prior to the payment date of eIP bonuses for such year will remain eligible to receive a full eIP bonus, also based on the achievement by the Company of the applicable performance target(s) for such year. In all cases, Eligible Participants who are
eligible to receive payments of his or her eIP bonus will be paid based on target individual performance, to the extent applicable.
Any
payment under the eIP will be made, in a lump sum, at the time when the Company pays bonuses under the applicable bonus plan to employees (and in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the Qualifying Termination
occurs).
Effective immediately prior to the Separation Date, all
Company Equity Awards that are unvested as of the date prior to the Eligible Participants Separation Date and:
(1) vest solely based
on the continued service of the Eligible Participant (i.e., time-vesting awards), will be treated as though immediately vested on the Eligible Participants Separation Date as to the portion of such Company Equity Awards (including any
restricted stock units that have been granted in respect of any performance-based restricted stock units whose target value has been established prior to such Separation Date), that would have otherwise become vested pursuant to their ordinary
vesting schedule within the twelve (12) calendar months (including any partial month in which the Qualifying Termination occurs) following the Separation Date; and
(2) are Company Equity Awards that vest subject to the achievement of performance targets over a given performance period
(performance-based awards) then: any such Company Equity Awards shall remain outstanding and eligible to vest, based solely on the achievement of the applicable Company performance targets upon which the awards are subject to vesting for
any relevant performance period that ends within the first anniversary of the Eligible Participants Separation Date; and to the extent such
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performance targets are determined (in a manner compliant with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code) to have been achieved following the completion of any such performance period,
the Eligible Participant shall, upon the date of such determination (the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date), be treated as though immediately vested in that percentage of the resulting amount of such Company Equity Awards that
would, on or prior to such first anniversary, have otherwise become vested pursuant to the ordinary vesting schedule that would have applied to such Company Equity Awards.
All such Company Equity Awards shall be settled in a lump sum, through the vesting of shares of Stock, through the payment of cash in lieu of
vesting shares of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, as soon as practicable after (x) for any Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested pursuant to clause (1) above the
later of the Eligible Participants Separation Date or the date on which such employees Separation Agreement becomes effective (i.e., cannot be revoked by the employee), but not later than sixty (60) days following the Eligible
Participants Separation Date; and (y) for any Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested pursuant to clause (2) above, promptly following the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date (but in no event later than the last day of
the calendar year in which the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date occurs). In the event the Company elects to settle any such awards through the payment of cash in lieu of vesting shares of Stock, the Company will pay the Eligible Participant a lump
sum cash amount equal to the value of all of the Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested in accordance with the foregoing clauses (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).
For purposes of the foregoing, the term Valuation Assumptions means, collectively, the following assumptions: (x) each
share of common equity underlying an award has a value equal to the average of the closing prices of Company common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market for the period of 10 consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last
trading day prior to (I) for any Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested pursuant to clause (1) above, or pursuant to the provisions under Death and Disability, below, the Separation Date and (II) for any
Company Equity Awards that are treated as though vested pursuant to clause (2) above, the PBRSU Vesting Determination Date, and (y) any Company stock options that the Eligible Participant holds that are outstanding immediately prior to the
Separation Date will be valued based on their spread (i.e., the positive difference, if any, of the value of each share of Company.
The Make-Good Payment shall be paid in a lump sum and subject
to the same terms as Severance Pay as set forth above.
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Notwithstanding anything else in this Plan or Company
Equity Award agreement to the contrary, upon the occurrence of an Eligible Employees death or Disability, all unvested Company Equity Awards that are unvested as of the date prior to the Eligible Participants death or Disability shall:
(1) vest solely based on the continued service of the Eligible Participant, will be treated as though immediately vested on the Eligible
Participants date of death or Disability as to the portion of such Company Equity Awards (including any restricted stock units that have been granted in respect of any performance-based restricted stock units whose target value has been
established prior to such date), that would have otherwise become vested pursuant to their ordinary vesting schedule within the twenty-four (24) calendar months (including any partial month in which such event occurs) following the date of such
event; and
(2) be treated as though vested as to the portion of such Company Equity Awards that would have otherwise be treated as though
vested pursuant to their ordinary vesting schedule within the twenty-four (24) calendar months (including any partial month in which such event occurs) following the date of such event. For purposes of the foregoing, if the Eligible
Participants date of death or Disability occurs during the performance period with respect to a given award of performance-based restricted stock units whose target value has been established prior to such date, but whose number of shares of
applicable employer stock that would be subject to such award based on achievement of applicable performance targets has not yet been granted, then any such award shall be deemed to have been earned and granted assuming achievement of target
performance in respect of the applicable performance period immediately prior to such date for purposes of determining the number of such awards that shall be treated as vested hereunder.
All such awards shall be settled in a lump sum, through the vesting of shares of Stock, through the payment of cash in lieu of vesting shares
of Stock, or a combination thereof as determined in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, as soon as practicable after the date of the Eligible Participants death or Disability, but not later than sixty (60) days following such date.
In the event the Company elects to settle any such awards in cash, the Company will pay the Eligible Participant a lump sum cash amount equal to the value of all of the Company Equity Awards that are treated as vested in accordance with the
foregoing clauses (with such value calculated based on the Valuation Assumptions).
The Company shall make payment or otherwise provide all Accrued
Benefits when due. Such obligation shall not be subject to the Eligible Participants execution of a Separation Agreement.
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5. |
RIGHT TO TERMINATE BENEFITS |
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in the event that:
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Employer determines that an Eligible Participant or Eligible Employee has breached any of the terms and conditions set forth in any agreement executed by the employee as a condition to receiving benefits under this Plan
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Employer shall have the right to terminate the benefits payable under this Plan at any time. Further, the Eligible Participant shall be obligated to return to the Employer any benefits paid to such employee:
(i) due to the employees breach of the terms and conditions set forth in any agreement executed by such employee or (ii) due to any overpayments of benefits paid under this Plan to such employee. |
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
The Plan Administrator shall have sole authority and discretion to
administer and construe the terms of this Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall have the following powers and duties:
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To make and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan; |
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To Amend and Terminate the Plan as defined in, and in accordance with, Section 2; |
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To interpret the Plan, its interpretation thereof to be final and conclusive on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan; |
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To decide all questions concerning the Plan, including the eligibility of any person to participate in, and receive benefits under, the Plan; and |
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To appoint and/or retain such employees, agents, counsel, accountants, consultants and other persons as may be required to assist in administering the Plan. |
The Plan Administrator reviews and authorizes payment of severance benefits for those
employees who qualify under the provisions of the Plan. No claim forms need be submitted. Questions regarding payment of severance benefits under the Plan should be directed to the Plan Administrator.
If an employee believes he or she is not receiving severance payments and benefits hereunder which are due, the employee should file a written claim for the
benefits with the Plan Administrator. A decision on whether to grant or deny the claim will be made within 90 days following receipt of the claim. If more than 90 days is required to render a decision, the employee will be notified in writing of the
reasons for delay. In any event, however, a decision
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to grant or deny a claim will be made by not later than 180 days following the initial receipt of the claim.
If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the employee will receive a written explanation containing the following information:
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The specific reason(s) for the denial, including a reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based; |
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A description of any additional material or information necessary for the employee to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and |
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A description of the Plans review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the employees right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA
following an adverse determination on review. |
If the employee wishes to appeal this denial, the employee may write within 60 days after
receipt of the notification of denial. The claim will then be reviewed by the Plan Administrator, and the employee will receive written notice of the final decision within 60 days after the request for review. If more than 60 days are required to
render a decision, the employee will be notified in writing of the reasons for delay. In any event, however, the employee will receive a written notice of the final decision within 120 days after the request for review.
As part of the Plans appeal process, the employee shall be afforded:
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The opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits; |
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Upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the employees claim for benefits; and |
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A review that takes into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the employee relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the
initial benefit determination. |
If the decision on appeal is upheld, in whole or in part, the employee will receive a written explanation
containing the following information:
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The specific reason(s) for the decision, including a reference to the Plan provisions on which the decision is based; |
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A statement that the employee is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of all documents, records and other information relevant to the employees claim for benefits;
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A statement of the employees right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA. |
No legal
action for benefits under this Plan may be brought unless the action is commenced within one (1) year from the date of the final decision on appeal has been made. No person may bring an action for any alleged wrongful denial of Plan benefits in
a court of law unless the claims procedures set forth above are exhausted and a final determination is made. If the employee or other interested person challenges a decision, a review by the court of law will be limited to the facts, evidence and
issues presented during the claims procedure set forth above. Facts and evidence that become known to the employee or other interested person after having exhausted the claims procedure must be brought to the attention of the Plan Administrator for
reconsideration of the claims determination. Issues not raised with the Plan Administrator will be deemed waived.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, no employee shall have a legally binding right to payments under this Plan unless and until amounts are actually paid to them. To the extent that an employee is deemed to have a legally binding right to a payment under
this Plan, then amounts payable under this Plan shall be made in reliance upon Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (Separation Pay Plans) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (Short-Term Deferrals) and exempt from
Section 409A of the Code as a result of such reliance. To the extent that the Plan Administrator determines that the Company will pay severance benefits in a form other than a lump sum, any installment or monthly payment to which an employee is
entitled under this Plan shall be considered a separate and distinct payment. In addition, (i) no amount payable hereunder shall be payable unless the employees termination of employment constitutes a Separation from Service and
(ii) if the employee is deemed at the time of his or her separation from service to be a specified employee for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the
termination benefits to which Eligible Participant is entitled under this Plan is required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such portion of the employees termination benefits shall
not be provided to the employee prior to the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the Eligible Participants Separation Date or (B) the date of the employees death. Upon the earlier of such dates,
all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 8 shall be paid in a lump sum to the employee without interest, and any remaining payments due under this Plan shall be paid as otherwise provided herein. The determination of whether the employee
is a specified employee for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code as of the time of his or her Separation from Service shall be made by the Company in accordance with the terms of Section 409A of the Code (including
without limitation Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i) and any successor provision thereto). To the extent applicable, if payment of an amount under the Plan could be paid in one of two calendar years subject to the delivery of the Separation
Agreement and it is determined that payment of such amount in the earlier of such two years could constitute
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noncompliance with Section 409A of the Code, then such amount shall be paid in the later of such two years.
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STATEMENT OF ERISA RIGHTS |
Eligible Participants in this Plan are entitled to certain rights and
protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). ERISA provides that all plan Eligible Participants shall be entitled to:
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Examine, without charge, at the Plan Administrators office and at other specified locations, such as worksites, all documents governing the plan and a copy of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by
the plan with the U.S. Department of Labor and available at the Public Disclosure Room of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. |
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Obtain, upon written request to the Plan Administrator, copies of documents governing the operation of the plan and copies of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) and updated summary plan description. The
administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies. |
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Obtain a complete list of the Employers sponsoring the Plan upon written request to the Plan Administrator. |
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Receive a summary of the Plans annual financial report, if any. The Plan Administrator is required by law to furnish each Eligible Participant with a copy of this summary annual report. |
Prudent Actions by Plan Fiduciaries
In addition to
creating rights for plan Eligible Participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the employee benefit plan. The people who operate the Plan, called fiduciaries of the Plan, have a duty to do
so prudently and in the interest of all Plan Eligible Participants and beneficiaries. No one, including any Employer, any union, or any other person, may fire an employee or otherwise discriminate against him or her in any way to prevent them from
obtaining a benefit under this Plan or exercising their rights under ERISA.
Enforce Your Rights
If an employees claim for a severance benefit is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she has a right to know why this was done, to obtain
copies of documents relating to the decision without charge, and to appeal any denial, all within certain time schedules.
Under ERISA, there are steps an
employee can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if he or she requests a copy of plan documents or the latest annual report from the plan and does not receive them within 30 days, he or she may file suit in a Federal court. In such a
case, the
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court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay him or her up to $110 a day until he or she receives the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons
beyond the control of the administrator. If an employee has a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she may file suit in a state or Federal court. In addition, if he or she disagrees with the Plans decision
or lack thereof concerning the qualified status of a domestic relations order or a medical child support order, he or she may file suit in Federal court. If it should happen that Plan fiduciaries misuse the Plans money, or if an employee is
discriminated against for asserting his or her rights, he or she may seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor, or may file suit in a Federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If an employee is
successful the court may order the person he or she has sued to pay these costs and fees. If the employee loses, the court may order him or her to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds the claim is frivolous.
10. |
ASSISTANCE WITH QUESTIONS |
If an employee has any questions about the Plan, he or she should contact the
Plan Administrator. If he or she has any questions about this statement or about his or her rights under ERISA, or if he or she needs assistance in obtaining documents from the Plan Administrator, he or she should contact the nearest office of the
Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, listed in the telephone directory or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. An employee may also obtain certain publications about his or her rights and responsibilities under ERISA by calling the publications hotline of the Employee Benefits Security Administration.
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
REQUIRED BY ERISA
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Plan Sponsor and Plan Administrator, including address and telephone: |
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eBay Inc. Compensation Committee of the
eBay Inc. Board of Directors 2145 Hamilton Ave
San Jose, CA 95125-5905 (408) 375-7400 |
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Name and address of person designated as agent for service of process: |
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Marie Oh Huber Senior Vice President, Legal
Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Ave San Jose, CA 95125-5905
(408) 375-7400 |
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Basis on which Plan records are kept: |
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Calendar year - January 1 to December 31 |
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Type of Plan: |
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Unfunded welfare benefit severance plan |
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Plan Number: |
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EIN: |
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Appendix A
Standard Severance Pay Guidelines
Under
the Plan, Eligible Participants are entitled to: (i) the Severance Pay and (ii) the Premium Payment, to be calculated based on the Multiples identified below.
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Severance Pay and Premium Payment Calculations |
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Eligible Participants |
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Multiple of Salary |
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1.0x |
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Multiple of Severance Bonus Amount |
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1.0x |
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Multiple of Premium Payment |
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12x |
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The Company will pay the Severance Pay and the Premium Payment in accordance with the terms of the Plan to which this Appendix
A is attached.
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Appendix B
Form of Separation Agreement
[On file with the Company]
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Schedule I1
Eligible Participants, as of the Effective Date
All Senior Vice Presidents2
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This Schedule is subject to change, from time to time, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator. |
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Note: As of the Effective Date, all Senior Vice Presidents who are CEO Direct Reports are excluded from the Plan due to their holding Individual Agreements. |
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