Exhibit 10.11
BMC SOFTWARE, INC
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PERFORMANCE
AWARD PROGRAM
[As Amended and Restated
Effective as of April 1, 2009]
I. RESTATEMENT AND PURPOSE OF
PROGRAM
1.1 Restatement of
Program . The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of BMC Software,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has
previously adopted the BMC Software, Inc. Long-Term Incentive
Performance Award Program (the “Program”) to implement
in part the Performance Award provisions of the BMC Software, Inc.
2002 Employee Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the
“2002 Employee Incentive Plan”). Subsequently, the
Company adopted the BMC Software, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”). The Compensation Committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors now desires to amend and restate
the Program to update the terms of the Program so that the Program
implements in part the Performance Award provisions of the Plan in
place of the 2002 Employee Incentive Plan, effective as of
April 1, 2009.
1.2 Purpose of
Program . The Program
is intended to provide a method for attracting, motivating, and
retaining key employees to assist in the development and growth of
the Company and its Affiliates. The Program and Awards hereunder
shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, including the
limitations on the maximum value of Awards contained
therein.
II. DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
2.1 Definitions
. Capitalized terms contained in the
Program, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Plan. Where the following words and phrases
are used in the Program, they shall have the respective meanings
set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary:
(a) “Award” means, with
respect to each Participant for a Performance Period, such
Participant’s opportunity to earn a Payment Amount for such
Performance Period upon the satisfaction of the terms and
conditions of the Program. Awards hereunder constitute Performance
Awards (as such term is defined in the Plan) under the
Plan.
(b) “Award Notice” means
a written notice issued by the Company to a Participant evidencing
such Participant’s receipt of an Award with respect to a
Performance Period.
(c) “Base Bonus Amount”
means, with respect to each Participant for a Performance Period, a
target bonus amount assigned to such Participant by the Committee
for such Performance Period.
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(d) “Change in Control”
means the occurrence of one or more of the following
events:
(1) the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)
(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing
at least fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Company’s outstanding securities;
(2) a change in the composition of
the Board such that a majority of the Board members ceases by
reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership to
be comprised of individuals who either (i) are Board members
as of the Effective Date (the “Incumbent Directors”) or
(ii) after the Effective Date, are elected or nominated for
election as Board members by at least a majority of the Incumbent
Directors who are still in office at the time such election or
nomination is approved by the Board (such individuals will also be
considered “Incumbent Directors” upon election to the
Board), but excluding for purposes of clauses (i) and
(ii) any such individual whose initial assumption of office
occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest
(within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of the Exchange Act) with
respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
Person other than the Board of Directors;
(3) a merger, consolidation, or
similar corporate transaction in which the Company’s
shareholders immediately prior to the transaction do not own more
than sixty percent (60%) of the voting stock of the surviving
corporation in the transaction;
(4) shareholder approval of the
Company’s liquidation, dissolution, or sale of substantially
all of its assets; or
(5) if the Participant’s
primary employment duties are with a subsidiary, division, or
business unit of the Company, the sale, merger, contribution,
transfer or any other transaction in conjunction with which the
Company’s ownership interest in the subsidiary, division, or
business unit decreases below a majority interest.
(e) “Effective Date”
means April 1, 2009, as to this amendment and restatement of
the Program. The original effective date of the Program was
April 1, 2003.
(f) “Eligible Employee”
means any individual who is an employee of the Company or an
Affiliate.
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(g) “Industry Group”
means, with respect to each Performance Period, the companies
determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V of this
Program for such Performance Period.
(h) “Market Value per
Share” means, with respect to each company in the Industry
Group and as of any specified date, the closing sales price of such
company’s common stock on that date (or, if there are no
sales on that date, the last preceding date on which there was a
sale) in the principal securities market in which such common stock
is then traded.
(i) “Participant” means
an Eligible Employee who has received an Award under the Program
with respect to a Performance Period pursuant to
Section 4.1.
(j) “Participation
Fraction” means, with respect to each Participant for a
Performance Period:
(i) subject to clause
(iii) below, if the Participant has been continuously employed
by the Company from the effective date of his participation in the
Program with respect to such Performance Period through the last
day of such Performance Period, a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of days in the period beginning on the effective date
of the Participant’s participation in the Program with
respect to such Performance Period and ending on the last day of
such Performance Period (but excluding any days in such period
during which the Participant is on a voluntary personal leave of
absence), and the denominator of which is the number of days in
such Performance Period;
(ii) subject to clause
(iii) below, if the Participant’s employment with the
Company terminates during such Performance Period by reason of
death or Disability, a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of days in the period beginning on the effective date of the
Participant’s participation in the Program with respect to
such Performance Period and ending on the date of such
Participant’s termination of employment (but excluding any
days in such period during which the Participant is on a voluntary
personal leave of absence), and the denominator of which is the
number of days in such Performance Period; and
(iii) if a Change in Control occurs
during such Performance Period and if the Participant has been
continuously employed by the Company from the effective date of his
participation in the Program with respect to such Performance
Period through the day immediately preceding the date upon which a
Change in Control occurs (or, if earlier, the date his employment
with the Company terminates by reason of death or Disability), a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
period beginning on the effective date of the Participant’s
participation in the Program with respect to such Performance
Period and ending on the day immediately preceding the date upon
which a Change in Control occurs (or, if earlier, the date his
employment with the Company terminates by reason of death or
Disability) (but excluding any days in such period during which the
Participant is on a voluntary personal leave of absence), and the
denominator of which is 1095 (provided, however, that the
denominator shall be 549 with respect to the 18-month Performance
Period commencing on the Effective Date).
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(k) “Payment Amount”
means, with respect to each Participant for a Performance Period,
an amount equal to (A) such Participant’s Base Bonus
Amount for such Performance Period multiplied by (B) the
Payout Percentage for such Performance Period multiplied by
(C) such Participant’s Participation Fraction for such
Performance Period.
(l) “Payout Percentage”
means, with respect to a Performance Period, a percentage
determined in accordance with the following schedule based on the
percentile ranking of the Company for such Performance Period when
comparing the Total Shareholder Return for such Performance Period
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