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Form of Amended and Restated Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement (Canadian) of John Lederer and Wayne Sales (Compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code)

 

Exhibit 10(j)

AMENDED AND RESTATED

DEFERRED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

(with related Dividend Equivalent Rights)

(Canadian Directors)

Tim Hortons Inc.

Date              , 2007

THIS AGREEMENT was originally made effective as of the      day of              , 20      (the “ Effective Date ”) between Tim Hortons Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and                      (the “ Grantee ”) (collectively, the “Parties”) and is hereby amended and restated in its entirety effective as of December 31, 2008.

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Tim Hortons Inc. Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Unit Plan (the “ Plan ”) in order to provide an additional incentive to non-employee directors of the Company; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan, the Company may grant, from time-to-time, to the Grantee Elective DSUs, Formula DSUs, Voluntary Formula DSUs and Discretionary DSUs (all as defined in the Plan and collectively referred to herein as “DSUs” or, individually, a “DSU”) with related Dividend Equivalent Rights;

WHEREAS, each grant of DSUs shall be evidenced by this Agreement, which (together with the Plan), describes all the terms and conditions of the respective DSU grant;

WHEREAS, the Grantee serves as a director of the Company and is not otherwise employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries in any capacity and is therefore eligible to participate in the Plan;

WHEREAS, subject to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the DSUs awarded to the Grantee under this Agreement will vest and be paid to the Grantee after the Grantee ceases to serve as a director of the Company;

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that the Grantee is subject to the tax laws of the United States; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11 of the Agreement, the Parties desire to amend and restate this Agreement to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).


NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1

Award.

1.1 The Company hereby grants to the Grantee awards (the “ Awards ”) of the number of Formula DSUs, Voluntary Formula DSUs, Elective DSUs and Discretionary DSUs as set out on Schedule A hereto with an equal number of related Dividend Equivalent Rights on the date(s) of grant (each, a “ Grant Date ”) set forth on Schedule A. Grants of DSUs are subject to certain administrative determinations to be made by the Human Resource and Compensation Committee of the Company (the “Committee”) from time-to-time, which are described on Schedule A and which, unless otherwise specified on Schedule A, shall apply in respect of all existing and future Awards; provided that no such administrative determination will impair the rights of the Grantee without the consent of the Grantee, except as may be permitted pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement. Each DSU shall have the value of one share of Company’s common stock, par value U.S. $0.001 per share and any other securities into which such share is changed or for which such share is exchanged (“ Share ”). Distributions and payments for DSUs and Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be made in accordance with the terms of Section 5 and 6 hereof, respectively. The DSUs and related Dividend Equivalent Rights granted pursuant to the Awards were subject to the execution and return of this Agreement by the Grantee. On a quarterly basis, the Company will deliver to the Grantee an updated Schedule A setting out the total number of DSUs that have been granted to the Grantee under the Plan and pursuant to this Agreement from the Effective Date to the date of such Schedule. Grantee shall be deemed to have (i) accepted and agreed to the terms and conditions of the Awards and other information described on the Schedule and (ii) confirmed their agreement and acknowledgment that the terms of this Agreement continue to apply in full force and effect to all such future Awards, unless Grantee notifies the Company within 15 business days after receipt of the respective quarterly Schedule A.

1.2 Each Dividend Equivalent Right represents the right to receive an amount in respect of all of the cash dividends or other distributions that are or would be payable with respect to the number of DSUs held by the Grantee if the DSUs were Shares. The cash value attributable to Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be d


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