Exhibit 10.1

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INFINERA CORPORATION

2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

NOTICE OF GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

(CHINA)

Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the 2007 Equity Incentive
Plan (the “Plan”) will have the same defined meanings in this Notice of Grant of
Restricted Stock Units (the “Notice of Grant”) and Terms and Conditions of
Restricted Stock Grant, attached hereto as Exhibit A (together, the
“Agreement”).

 

Participant:       Address:                          

Participant has been granted the right to receive an Award of Restricted Stock
Units, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, as
follows:

 

Grant Number

  Phantom0001  

Date of Grant

     

Vesting Commencement Date

     

Number of Restricted Stock Units

     

Vesting Schedule:

Subject to any acceleration provisions contained in the Plan or set forth below,
the Restricted Stock Unit will vest in accordance with the following schedule:

[INSERT VESTING SCHEDULE.]

In the event Participant ceases to be a Service Provider for any or no reason
before Participant vests in the Restricted Stock Unit, the Restricted Stock Unit
and Participant’s right to receive any proceeds hereunder will immediately
terminate.

Participant and the Company agree that this Award of Restricted Stock Units is
granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this
Agreement. Participant has reviewed the Plan and this Agreement in their
entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the

 

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advice of counsel prior to accepting this Agreement and fully understands all
provisions of the Plan and this Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept
as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the
Administrator upon any questions relating to the Plan and Agreement. Participant
further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the residence address
indicated above.

By the signature below, the Employee acknowledges and agrees to the terms set
forth in this Agreement.

 

Employee     INFINERA CORPORATION       By:     Signature       Jagdeep Singh,
President        

Address: 169 Java Drive

                Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Print Name       Address:                                              

 

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EXHIBIT A

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT

1. Grant. The Company hereby grants to the Participant named in the Notice of
Grant (the “Participant”) under the Plan an Award of Restricted Stock Units,
subject to all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement and the Plan, which
is incorporated herein by reference. Subject to Section 18(c) of the Plan, in
the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement will prevail.

2. Company’s Obligation to Pay. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right
to receive cash equal to the value of a Share on the date it vests, less tax
withholding. Unless and until the Restricted Stock Units will have vested in the
manner set forth in Section 3, Participant will have no right to payment of any
such Restricted Stock Units. Prior to actual payment of any vested Restricted
Stock Units, such Restricted Stock Unit will represent an unsecured obligation
of the Company, payable (if at all) only from the general assets of the Company.

3. Vesting Schedule. Except as provided in Section 4, and subject to Section 5,
the Restricted Stock Units awarded by this Agreement will vest in accordance
with the vesting provisions set forth in the Notice of Grant. Restricted Stock
Units scheduled to vest on a certain date or upon the occurrence of a certain
condition will not vest in Participant in accordance with any of the provisions
of this Agreement, unless Participant will have been continuously a Service
Provider from the Date of Grant until the date such vesting occurs.

4. Administrator Discretion. The Administrator, in its discretion, may
accelerate the vesting of the balance, or some lesser portion of the balance, of
the unvested Restricted Stock Units at any time, subject to the terms of the
Plan. If so accelerated, such Restricted Stock Units will be considered as
having vested as of the date specified by the Administrator.

5. Forfeiture upon Termination of Status as a Service Provider. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision of this Agreement, the balance of the Restricted Stock
Units that have not vested as of the time of Participant’s termination as a
Service Provider for any or no reason and Participant’s right to acquire any
proceeds hereunder will immediately terminate.

6. Payment after Vesting.

(a) Subject to Section 8, any Restricted Stock Units that vest will be paid to
Participant (or in the event of Participant’s death, to his or her estate) in
cash, less any applicable tax withholding. Subject to the provisions of
Section 6(b), such vested Restricted Stock Units shall be paid as soon as
practicable after vesting, but in each such case no later than the date that is
two-and-one-half (2  1/2) months from the later of (i) the end of the Company’s
tax year that includes the vesting date, or (ii) the end of Participant’s tax
year that includes the vesting date. Participant agrees to comply with all
exchange control laws and agrees to immediately repatriate all proceeds received
from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units to the People’s Republic of China
(“PRC”) if Participant is a PRC national. Such repatriation may need to be
effected

 

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through a special foreign exchange account established by the Company or a
subsidiary or affiliate of the Company in the PRC. If Participant leaves the PRC
and holds unvested Restricted Stock Units, the Company may waive the
restrictions requiring repatriation of proceeds to the PRC.

(b) For the avoidance of any doubt, this Section 6(b) shall only apply to United
States taxpayers. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the
contrary, if the vesting of the balance, or some lesser portion of the balance,
of the Restricted Stock Units is accelerated in connection with Participant’s
termination as a Service Provider (provided that such termination is a
“separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, as determined by
the Company), other than due to death, and if (x) Participant is a “specified
employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such termination as
a Service Provider and (y) the payment of such accelerated Restricted Stock
Units will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if paid
to Participant on or within the six (6) month period following Participant’s
termination as a Service Provider, then the payment of such accelerated
Restricted Stock Units will not be made until the date six (6) months and one
(1) day following the date of Participant’s termination as a Service Provider,
unless Participant dies following his or her termination as a Service Provider,
in which case, the Restricted Stock Units will be paid to Participant’s estate
as soon as practicable following his or her death. It is the intent of this
Agreement to comply with the requirements of Section 409A so that none of the
Restricted Stock Units provided under this Agreement or proceeds issuable
thereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A, and
any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so comply. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, and any proposed,
temporary or final Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance
thereunder, as each may be amended from time to time.

7. Death of Participant. Any distribution or delivery to be made to Participant
under this Agreement will, if Participant is then deceased, be made to
Participant’s designated beneficiary, or if no beneficiary survives Participant,
the administrator or executor of Participant’s estate. Any such transferee must
furnish the Company with (a) written notice of his or her status as transferee,
and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Company to establish the validity of the
transfer and compliance with any laws or regulations pertaining to said
transfer.

8. Tax Withholding.

If the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) determines, in its
sole discretion, not to allow for satisfaction of Participant’s tax withholding
obligations by the Company, prior to the distribution of proceeds from the
vesting of Restricted Stock Units in accordance with Section 6, Participant will
pay, or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company (in its sole
discretion) or the Employer to satisfy all tax withholding and payment on
account obligations of the Company or the Employer. In this regard, Participant
authorizes the Company or the Employer to withhold all applicable tax
withholding obligations legally payable by Participant from Participant’s wages
or other cash compensation payable to Participant by the Company or the
Employer. Alternatively, the Committee, in its sole discretion and pursuant to
such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may require Participant to

 

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satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations, in whole or in part by one or
more of the following: (a) paying cash, or (b) electing to have the Company or
the Employer withhold otherwise deliverable proceeds from the vesting of
Restricted Stock Units having a value equal to the amount statutorily required
to be withheld.

All income and other taxes related to the Restricted Stock Units and any
proceeds from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units are the sole responsibility
of Participant.

9. No Rights as Stockholder. Neither Participant nor any person claiming under
or through Participant will have any of the rights or privileges of a
stockholder of the Company by virtue of holding any Restricted Stock Units or
receiving proceeds from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units hereunder

10. Nature of Grant. In accepting the Award, Participant acknowledges that:

(a) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in
nature and may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at
any time, as provided in the Plan;

(b) the Award of Restricted Stock Units is voluntary and occasional and does not
create any contractual or other right to receive future awards of Restricted
Stock Units, or benefits in lieu of Restricted Stock Units even if Restricted
Stock Units have been awarded repeatedly in the past;

(c) all decisions with respect to future awards, if any, will be at the sole
discretion of the Company;

(d) Participant’s participation in the Plan is voluntary;

(e) Restricted Stock Units are an extraordinary item that do not constitute
compensation of any kind for services of any kind rendered to the Company or to
the Employer, and Restricted Stock Units are outside the scope of Participant’s
employment contract, if any;

(f) Restricted Stock Units are not part of normal or expected compensation or
salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculation of any
severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments,
bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar
payments;

(g) neither the Award of Restricted Stock Units nor any provision of this
Agreement, the Plan or the policies adopted pursuant to the Plan confer upon
Participant any right with respect to employment, and in the event that
Participant is not an employee of the Company, Restricted Stock Units shall not
be interpreted to form an employment contract or relationship with the Company;

(h) the future value of Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with
certainty;

 

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(i) the value of Shares may increase or decrease in value;

(j) no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages arises from the
forfeiture of unvested Restricted Stock Units resulting from termination of the
Participant’s employment by the Company or the Employer (for any reason
whatsoever and whether or not in breach of local labor laws) and Participant
irrevocably releases the Company and the Employer from any such claim that may
arise; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have arisen, then, by signing this Agreement,
Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have waived his or her entitlement to
pursue such claim;

(k) The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the
Company making any recommendations regarding Participant’s participation in the
Plan; and

(l) the Participant is hereby advised to consult with personal tax, legal and
financial advisors before taking any action related to the Plan.

11. Data Privacy Notice and Consent. Participant hereby explicitly and
unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or
other form, of Participant’s personal data as described in this Agreement by and
among, as applicable, Participant’s employer, the Company, its Subsidiaries and
its affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and
managing Participant’s participation in the Plan.

Participant understands that the Company and Participant’s employer may hold
certain personal information about Participant, including, but not limited to,
Participant’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social
insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title,
any Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all Restricted Stock
Units or any other entitlement to equity awarded, canceled, vested, unvested or
outstanding in Participant’s favor, for the purpose of implementing,
administering and managing the Plan (“Data”). Participant understands that Data
may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation,
administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located
in Participant’s country, or elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country may
have different data privacy laws and protections than Participant’s country.
Participant understands that Participant may request a list with the names and
addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting Participant’s
local human resources representative. Participant authorizes the recipients to
receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other
form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing Participant’s
participation in the Plan. Participant understands that Data will be held only
as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage Participant’s
participation in the Plan. Participant understands that Participant may, at any
time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing
of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the
consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing
Participant’s local human resources representative. Participant understands that
refusal or withdrawal of consent may affect Participant’s ability to participate
in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of Participant’s refusal
to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participant understands that Participant
may contact Participant’s local human resources representative.

 

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12. No Guarantee of Continued Service. PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
THE VESTING OF THE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE
HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE WILL OF THE
COMPANY (OR THE PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYING OR RETAINING PARTICIPANT) AND NOT
THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THIS AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK
UNITS OR ACQUIRING PROCEEDS FROM THE VESTING OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
HEREUNDER. PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT, THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO
NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A
SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND WILL NOT
INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH PARTICIPANT’S RIGHT OR THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY (OR
THE PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYING OR RETAINING PARTICIPANT) TO TERMINATE
PARTICIPANT’S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT
CAUSE.

13. Address for Notices. Any notice to be given to the Company under the terms
of this Agreement will be addressed to the Company at Infinera Corporation, 169
Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, or at such other address as the Company may
hereafter designate in writing.

14. Grant is Not Transferable. Except to the limited extent provided in
Section 7, this grant and the rights and privileges conferred hereby will not be
transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation
of law or otherwise) and will not be subject to sale under execution, attachment
or similar process. Upon any attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of this grant, or any right or privilege conferred hereby, or
upon any attempted sale under any execution, attachment or similar process, this
grant and the rights and privileges conferred hereby immediately will become
null and void.

15. Binding Agreement. Subject to the limitation on the transferability of this
grant contained herein, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of
the parties hereto.

16. Additional Conditions to Issuance of Proceeds. Where the Company determines
that the delivery of the payment of proceeds from the vesting of Restricted
Stock Units will violate federal securities laws or other applicable laws, the
Company will defer delivery until the earliest date at which the Company
reasonably anticipates that the delivery of proceeds from the vesting of
Restricted Stock Units will no longer cause such violation. The Company will
make all reasonable efforts to meet the requirements of any such state or
federal law and to obtain any such consent or approval of any such governmental
authority.

17. Agreement Governs. This Agreement is subject to all terms and provisions of
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Plan. In the event of a conflict between one or more provisions of this
Agreement and one or more provisions of the Plan, the provisions of this
Agreement will govern. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement
will have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

18. Administrator Authority. The Administrator will have the power to interpret
the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration,
interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to
interpret or revoke any such rules (including, but not limited to, the
determination of whether or not any Restricted Stock Units have vested). The
Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion, to modify grants of
Restricted Stock Units and to impose additional requirements for the
administration of the Plan that are necessary or advisable to comply with local
law, tax policies or customs, or to facilitate administration of the Plan. All
actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the
Administrator in good faith will be final and binding upon Participant, the
Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Administrator will be
personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or this Agreement.

19. Electronic Delivery. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to
deliver any documents related to Restricted Stock Units awarded under the Plan
or future Restricted Stock Units that may be awarded under the Plan by
electronic means or request Participant’s consent to participate in the Plan by
electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by
electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or
electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third
party designated by the Company.

20. Captions. Captions provided herein are for convenience only and are not to
serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

21. Agreement Severable. In the event that any provision in this Agreement will
be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be severable from, and
such invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed to have any effect on,
the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

22. Modifications to the Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding of the parties on the subjects covered. Participant expressly
warrants that he or she is not accepting this Agreement in reliance on any
promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein.
Modifications to this Agreement or the Plan can be made only in an express
written contract executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, the
Company reserves the right to revise this Agreement as it deems necessary or
advisable, in its sole discretion and without the consent of Participant, to
comply with Section 409A or to otherwise avoid imposition of any additional tax
or income recognition under Section 409A in connection to this Award of
Restricted Stock Units.

23. Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan. By accepting this Award,
Participant expressly warrants that he or she has received an Award of
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under the Plan, and has received, read and understood a description of the Plan.
Participant understands that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be
amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time.

24. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
California, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. For
purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under this Award of Restricted
Stock Units or this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the
jurisdiction of the State of California, and agree that such litigation shall be
conducted in the courts of Santa Clara County, California, or the federal courts
for the United States for the Northern District of California, and no other
courts, where this Award of Restricted Stock Units is made and/or to be
performed.

 

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