CAPITALSOURCE INC. THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT FOR DIRECTORS

Exhibit 10.8

Grant No.: «NUM»

CAPITALSOURCE INC.
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
FOR DIRECTORS

     CapitalSource Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants shares of its common stock (“Stock”) to the Grantee named below, subject to the vesting and other conditions set forth below. Additional terms and conditions of the grant are set forth in the attached Restricted Stock Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”).

Name of Grantee: «FIRST_NAME» «MIDDLE_NAME» «LAST_NAME»

Grantee’s Social Security Number: «SSN»

Number of shares of Restricted Stock: «SHARES»

Grant Date: «GRANT_DATE»

Vest Base Date: «VEST_BASE_DATE»

Vesting Schedule: [ANNUAL RETAINERS AND MEETING FEES]

     [ALL] vested on Grant Date.

     [ANNUAL EQUITY AWARDS]

     [ALL] vested on the date of the Company’s [   ] Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

     By your signature below, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described herein, in the attached Agreement and in the Plan, a copy of which is also attached. You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the Plan, and agree that the Plan will control in the event any provision of this cover sheet or Agreement should appear to be inconsistent.

Date:

Grantee

Date:

CapitalSource Inc.

Title:

Attachment

     This is not a stock certificate or a negotiable instrument.

CAPITALSOURCE INC.
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

FOR DIRECTORS

Restricted Stock		This Agreement evidences an award of shares of Stock in the number set forth on the cover sheet and subject to the vesting and other conditions set forth herein, in the Plan and on the cover sheet (the “Restricted Stock”).
Transfer of Restricted Stock		Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the Restricted Stock be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process. If you attempt to do any of these things, the Restricted Stock will immediately become forfeited.
Issuance and Vesting		The Company will issue your Restricted Stock in the name set forth on the cover sheet.
		[Your right to the Stock under this Restricted Stock grant and this Agreement shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth on the cover sheet so long as you continue in Service on the vesting dates set forth on the cover sheet. Notwithstanding your vesting schedule, the Restricted Stock will become 100% vested upon your termination of Service due to your death or Disability if you have provided Services to the company for at least one (1) year at the time your Service terminates.]
		OR (for immediately vesting Awards)
		[The Restricted Stock is fully vested on the Grant Date.]
[Change of Control]		[Notwithstanding your vesting schedule, upon the closing of a Change of Control, the Restricted Stock will become 100% vested if the Restricted Stock is not assumed, or equivalent restricted securities are not substituted for the Restricted Stock, by the Company or its successor.
		For purposes of this Agreement:
		• “Change of Control” means (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a merger, consolidation, or reorganization of the Company with one or more other entities in which the Company is not the surviving entity, (ii) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity, or (iii) any transaction (including without limitation a merger or reorganization in which the Company is the surviving entity) which results in any person or entity owning 50% or more of the combined voting power of all classes of

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		Shares of the Company or its successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing a transaction described in clause (i) or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall not be a Change of Control if persons who are shareholders of the Company or its Affiliates immediately prior to the transaction continue to own 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company or the resulting entity immediately following the transaction.]
Evidence of Issuance		The issuance of the Stock under the grant of Restricted Stock evidenced by this Agreement shall be evidenced in such a manner as the Company, in its discretion, will deem appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry, registration or issuance of one or more Stock certificates, with any unvested Restricted Stock bearing the appropriate restrictions imposed by this Agreement. As your interest in the Restricted Stock vests, the recordation of the number of shares of Restricted Stock attributable to you will be appropriately modified if necessary. In so far as any share certificates are issued for unvested Restricted Stock, such certificates shall be held in escrow and shall contain an appropriate legend.
Forfeiture of Unvested Restricted Stock [Remove paragraph for immediately vesting Awards]		Unless the termination of your Service triggers accelerated vesting of your Restricted Stock pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, or any other written agreement between the Company (or any Affiliate) and you, you will automatically forfeit to the Company all of the unvested shares of Restricted Stock in the event your Service terminates for any reason.
Section 83(b) Election		Under Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the difference between the purchase price paid for these shares of Stock and their Fair Market Value on the date any forfeiture restrictions applicable to such shares lapse will be reportable as ordinary income at that time. For this purpose, “forfeiture restrictions” include the forfeiture of unvested Stock described above. You may elect to be taxed at the time these shares in restricted form are acquired rather than when such shares cease to be subject to such forfeiture restrictions by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with the Internal Revenue Service within thirty (30) days after the Grant Date. You will have to make a tax payment to the extent the purchase price ($0.01 per share) is less than the Fair Market Value of these shares on the Grant Date. The form for making this election is attached as Exhibit A hereto. Failure to make this filing within the thirty (30) day period will result in the recognition of ordinary income by you (in the event the Fair Market Value of the shares increases after the date of purchase) as the forfeiture restrictions lapse.
		YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR SOLE DECISION AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY’S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b). YOU ALSO

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		ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR SECTION 83(b) ELECTION IS NOT REVOCABLE AND THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECOUP OR RECOVER ANY TAXES PAID IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECTION 83(b) ELECTION FOR ANY REASON, INCLUDING ON FORFEITURE OF THE UNVESTED SHARES OF STOCK IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TERMINATION OF SERVICE WITH THE COMPANY. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE SHARES OF STOCK ARE STILL SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS WHICH WILL NOT LAPSE BY VIRTUE OF YOUR SECTION 83(b) ELECTION OR PAYMENT OF TAXES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ELECTION AND THAT YOU WILL FORFEIT ANY UNVESTED SHARES AT THE TIME OF YOUR TERMINATION OF SERVICE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A SECTION 83(b) ELECTION AND PAID THE TAXES ON SUCH UNVESTED SHARES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ELECTION. THE COMPANY AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT MAKE THIS FILING ON YOUR BEHALF. YOU ARE RELYING SOLELY ON YOUR OWN ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO FILE ANY 83(b) ELECTION, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE RISKS INVOLVED IF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THESE SHARES OF STOCK FALLS AFTER THE GRANT DATE.
Withholding Taxes		You agree as a condition of this grant that you will make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the vesting or receipt of the Restricted Stock. In the event that the Company determines that any federal, state, local or foreign tax or withholding payment is required relating to the vesting or receipt of Stock arising from this grant, the Company shall have the right to require such payments from you, or withhold such amounts from other payments due to you from the Company or any Affiliate (including withholding the delivery of vested shares of Stock otherwise deliverable under this Agreement).
Retention Rights		This Agreement and the grant evidenced hereby do not give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any Affiliate) in any capacity. Unless otherwise specified in an employment or other written agreement between the Company (or any Affiliate) and you, the Company (and any Affiliate) reserve the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.
Stockholder Rights		You will be entitled to receive, upon the Company’s payment of a cash dividend on outstanding shares of Stock, an amount of cash, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units (as determined by the Company from time to time) equal to the per-share dividend paid on the shares of Restricted Stock that you hold as of the record date for such dividend, which shall be subject to the same vesting, forfeiture and other conditions as the associated Restricted Stock. No adjustments are

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		made for dividends or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your certificate is issued (or an appropriate book entry is made), except as described in the Plan.
		Your grant shall be subject to the terms of any applicable agreement of merger, liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity.
Legends		If and to the extent that the shares of Stock are represented by certificates rather than book entry, all certificates representing the Stock issued under this grant shall, where applicable, have endorsed thereon the following legends:
		“THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN VESTING, FORFEITURE AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OPTIONS TO PURCHASE SUCH SHARES SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR HIS OR HER PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE FURNISHED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.”
Applicable Law		This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Delaware, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
The Plan		The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference.
		Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan, and have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
		This Agreement, the associated cover sheet, and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding this grant. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this grant are superseded; except that any written employment, consulting, confidentiality, non-competition and/or severance agreement between you and the Company (or any Affiliate) shall supersede this Agreement with respect to its subject matter.
Data Privacy		In order to administer the Plan, the Company may process personal data about you. Such data includes, but is not limited to, information provided in this Agreement or the cover sheet hereto and any changes thereto, other appropriate personal and financial data about you such as your contact information, payroll information and any other information that might be deemed appropriate by the Company to facilitate the administration of the Plan.
		By accepting this grant, you give explicit consent to the Company to process any such personal data.

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Code Section 409A It is intended that this Award comply with Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) or an exemption to Section 409A. To the extent that the Company determines that you would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain non-qualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Section 409A as a result of any provision of this Agreement, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Company.

By signing the cover sheet of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan.

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