RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT UNDER THE NEUSTAR, INC. 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Exhibit 99.2
RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
UNDER THE NEUSTAR, INC. 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
UNDER THE NEUSTAR, INC. 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
This RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT is entered into as of February 8, 2008, between
NEUSTAR, INC. (the “Company”) and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (“you”).
1. Restricted Stock Grant. Subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of the Plan
and this Agreement, the Company hereby awards you 17,000 shares of Common Stock. The
shares are subject to certain restrictions as set forth in the Plan and this Agreement. Until
vested, the shares are referred to herein as “Restricted Stock.”
2. The Plan. The Restricted Stock is subject to the terms of the Company’s 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), including its provisions regarding amendment of Awards. Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
3. Restrictions on Transfer. You shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, assign or
otherwise dispose of (any such action, a “Transfer”) the Restricted Stock, except as set forth in
the Plan or this Agreement. Any attempted Transfer in violation of the Plan or this Agreement
shall be void and of no effect.
4. Vesting Schedule. Subject to Section 6, the Restricted Stock will become vested and
cease to be Restricted Stock (but will remain subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan)
as follows unless you experience a Termination before the Vesting Date:
| Vesting Date | Percentage Vested | |
| December 31, 2009 | 100% |
All vesting will occur only on the Vesting Date, with no proportionate or partial vesting in the
period prior to such date. When any Restricted Stock becomes vested, the Company (unless it is
using book entry) will promptly issue and deliver to you a stock certificate registered in your
name, subject to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding as set forth in Section 5
(unless it determines a delay is required under applicable law or rules). You will be permitted to
Transfer shares of Restricted Stock following the expiration of the Restriction Period, but only to
the extent permitted by applicable law.
5. Taxes. You will be liable for any and all taxes, including withholding taxes, arising
out of this Award or the vesting of Restricted Stock hereunder, and the Company shall have the
right to require, prior to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock, payment of any federal, state
or local taxes required by law to be withheld. Upon vesting, you shall pay all required taxes to
the Company, which payment may be made in cash or by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable under the Award, subject to the Company’s policies then in effect, unless the
Company has established alternative procedures for such payment. Any fraction of a share of Common
Stock required to satisfy such withholding shall be disregarded and the amount due paid instead in
cash by you.
6. Forfeiture; Accelerated Vesting. Upon your Termination, all unvested Restricted Stock
shall immediately be forfeited without compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, your
Restricted Stock shall immediately vest in full if you experience a Termination other than by the
Company or a successor corporation for Cause or by you without Good Reason (as defined below) prior
to the Vesting Date.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without your prior written consent, any
of the following events or conditions and the failure of the Company or a successor corporation, as
applicable, to cure such event or condition within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice
from you: (i) a reduction in your annual base salary, except pursuant to a policy generally
applicable to employees at your level and above resulting in a reduction of 10% or less; (ii) a
successor corporation’s failure to cover you under employee benefit plans, programs and practices
that, in the aggregate, provide substantially comparable benefits (from an economic perspective) to
you relative to the benefits and total costs under the material employee benefit plans, programs
and practices in which you (and/or your family or dependents) are participating with the Company;
(iii) the Company or a successor corporation requiring you to be based at any office location that
is more than fifty (50) miles further from your current office location, except for reasonable
required travel for the Company’s or the successor corporation’s business; or (iv) a material
breach by the Company or a successor corporation of its obligations to you under the Plan.
7. Detrimental Activity. For purposes of this Award, Detrimental Activity shall have the
meaning set forth in the Plan and additionally shall mean any of the activities set forth on Annex
A. In the event that you engage in Detrimental Activity, the Committee may direct that all
unvested Restricted Stock, together with any Restricted Stock which has vested but with respect to
which Common Stock has not yet been issued and dividends declared but not yet paid to you, shall be
immediately forfeited to the Company, and you shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the Fair
Market Value at the time of vesting of any Restricted Stock previously delivered or issued to you,
together with the value of any dividends previously paid to you prior to the vesting date in
respect of the Restricted Stock.
8. Adjustments. In the case of any change in corporate structure as contemplated under
Section 4.2(b) of the Plan, an equitable adjustment shall be deemed necessary and shall be made in
accordance with such Section 4.2(b).
9. Retention of Certificates. Promptly after the date first written above (the “Grant
Date”), the Company will recognize your ownership of the Restricted Stock through uncertificated
book entry, another similar method, or issuance of stock certificates representing the Restricted
Stock. Any stock certificates will be registered in your name, bear any legend that the Committee
deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on Transfer, and be held in custody by the Company or
its designated agent until the Restricted Stock vests. If requested by the Company, you will
deliver to the Company a duly signed stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted
Stock. If you receive a stock dividend on the Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock shares are
split, or you receive other shares, securities, monies, warrants, rights, options or property
representing a dividend or distribution in respect of the Restricted Stock (other than regular cash
dividends on and after the Grant Date), you will immediately deposit with the Company any such
rights or property (including any certificates representing shares duly endorsed in blank or
accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank), which shall be subject to the same
restrictions as the Restricted Stock and be encompassed within the term “Restricted Stock” as used
herein.
10. Rights with Regard to Restricted Stock. You will have the right to vote the
Restricted Stock and to receive and retain all regular cash dividends payable to other shareholders
of record on and after the Grant Date (although such dividends will be treated, to the extent
required by applicable law, as additional compensation for tax purposes), and to exercise all other
rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Common Stock with respect to the Restricted Stock set
forth in the Plan, except: (i) you will not be entitled to delivery of any unvested Restricted
Stock, and the Company (or its designated agent) will retain custody of any such shares; (ii) no
part of the Restricted Stock will bear interest or be segregated in separate accounts; and (iii)
you may not Transfer any unvested Restricted Stock.
11. Not an Employment Agreement. The issuance of this Award does not constitute an
agreement by the Company to continue to employ you during the entire, or any portion of, the
Restriction Period or otherwise.
12. Notice. Any notice or communication to the Company concerning the Restricted Stock
must be in writing and delivered in person, or by U.S. mail, to the following address (or another
address specified by the Company): NeuStar, Inc., Attn: General Counsel, 00000 Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
You will not have any rights with respect to your Restricted Stock Award unless and until you
deliver an executed copy of this Agreement to the Company within 60 days of the Grant Date.
| NEUSTAR, INC. | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Annex A
Detrimental Activity
Detrimental Activity
“Detrimental Activity” shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan and additionally shall mean any
of the following:
(i) For the period commencing on your first day of employment with the Company and ending on the
date which is 18 months following your termination of employment with the Company for any reason
(such period hereinafter referred to as the “Restricted Period”), with respect to any state or
country in which the Company is engaged in business during your employment term, you participate or
engage, directly or indirectly, for yourself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person,
partnership, corporation or other entity, whether as an employee, agent, officer, director,
shareholder, partner, joint venturer, investor or otherwise, in any business competitive with a
business undertaken by the Company or by you at any time during your employment term.
(ii) During the Restricted Period, you engage in Solicitation, whether for your own account or for
the account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization
(other than the Company). “Solicitation” means any of the following, or an attempt to do any of the
following: (i) recruiting, soliciting or inducing any nonclerical employee or consultant of the
Company (including, but not limited to, any independent sales representatives or organizations) to
terminate his or her employment with, or otherwise cease or reduce his or her relationship with,
the Company; (ii) hiring or assisting another person or entity to hire any nonclerical employee or
consultant of the Company or any person who within 12 months before was such a person; or
(iii) soliciting or inducing any person or entity (including any person who within the preceding
12 months was a customer or client of the Company) to terminate, suspend, reduce, or diminish in
any way its relationship with or prospective relationship with the Company.
(iii) (a) You disclose to any person or entity or use, at any time, any information not in the
public domain or generally known in the industry (except as may be required by law or legal
process), in any form, acquired by the you while employed by the Company or any predecessor to the
Company’s business or, if acquired following the employment term, such information which, to your
knowledge, has been acquired, directly or indirectly, from any person or entity owing a duty of
confidentiality to the Company (or to which the Company owes a duty of confidentiality), including
but not limited to information regarding customers, vendors, suppliers, trade secrets, training
programs, manuals or materials, technical information, contracts, systems, procedures, mailing
lists, know-how, trade names, improvements, price lists, financial or other data (including the
revenues, costs or profits associated with any of the Company’s products or services), business
plans, code books, invoices and other financial statements, computer programs, software systems,
databases, discs and printouts, plans (business, technical or otherwise), customer and industry
lists, correspondence, internal reports, personnel files, sales and advertising material, telephone
numbers, names, addresses or any other compilation of information, written or unwritten, which is
or was used in the business of the Company; or (b) you fail to return to the Company the originals
and all copies of any such information in any form, and copies and extracts thereof, provided to or
acquired by you in connection with the performance of your duties for the Company (which are and
shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company); or (c) you fail to return to the
Company all files, correspondence and/or other communications received, maintained and/or
originated by you during the course of your employment whether for your own account or for the
account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization
(other than the Company).
(iv) You issue or communicate, directly or indirectly, any public statement (or statement likely to
become public) that disparages, denigrates, maligns or impugns the Company, its affiliates, or
their respective officers, directors, employees, products or services, except truthful responses to
legal process or governmental inquiry or by you in carrying out your duties while employed by the
Company.
