Exhibit 10.1.2
[Date]
[Name]
[Address]
Global ID: XXX-XX- [####]
Dear [Name]:
RE: CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE (2010 EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN)
Conexant Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 6(b) of its 2010
Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to you (“Participant”) a
restricted stock unit award covering the number of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock set forth below (the “Award”). This Award is subject to all of the
terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Unit Award
Agreement and the Plan, both of which are available on the Company’s Intranet
and incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan or the Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms in
the Award and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. To access this
information, please go to Conexant NextWeb, select Departments, Human Resources,
Compensation, Stock Administration. If you have any questions, please contact
Stock Administration at (949) 483-4525 or stock.admin@conexant.com. Please read
all documents carefully.

     
Participant:
  [Name]
Date of Grant:
  [Date]
Vesting Commencement Date:
  [Date]
Number of Shares Subject to Award:
  [XXX]
Consideration:
  Participant’s Services

Vesting Schedule:   [One-hundred percent (100%) of the shares covered by the
Award will vest upon the retirement of service as a member of the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that such retirement occurs one year or more after
the grant date.]

     Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Participant acknowledges
receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Restricted Stock Unit Award
Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan.
Participant further acknowledges that as of the Date of Grant, this Restricted
Stock Unit Award Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the
Plan set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company
regarding the Award and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that
subject, with the exception of (i) restricted stock unit awards previously
granted and delivered to Participant under the Plan and (ii) any employment
agreement executed by the Company and Participant.
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.
Michael Vishny
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

 

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Conexant Systems, Inc.
2010 Equity Incentive Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
     Pursuant to your Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) and
this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (“Agreement”) and in consideration of
your services, Conexant Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) has awarded you a
Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Award”) under Section 6(b) of the Conexant
Systems, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the number of shares
of the Company’s common stock (the “Stock”) indicated in the Grant Notice. Your
Award is granted to you effective as of the Date of Grant set forth in the Grant
Notice for this Award. This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement shall be
deemed to be agreed to by the Company and you upon the signing by you of the
Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice to which it is attached. Capitalized
terms not explicitly defined in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement but
defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan. In the event
of any conflict between the terms in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. The details of your Award, in
addition to those set forth in the Grant Notice and the Plan, are as follows.
     The details of your Award are as follows.
     1. Grant of the Award. This Award represents the right to be issued on a
future date the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock as indicated in
the Grant Notice. As of the Date of Grant, the Company will credit to a
bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for your benefit (the “Account”)
the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Award. This Award was
granted in consideration of your services to the Company. Except as otherwise
provided herein, you will not be required to make any payment to the Company
(other than past and future services to the Company) with respect to your
receipt of the Award, the vesting of the shares or the delivery of the
underlying Common Stock.
     2. Date of Issuance.
          (a) Subject to Section 3 below, the Company will deliver to you a
number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to the number of vested
shares subject to your Award, including any additional shares received pursuant
to Section 5 below that relate to those vested shares on the date of your
termination of Continuous Service as a member of the Board that qualifies as a
“separation from service” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, or if
earlier, as soon as administratively practicable after the date of your death.
However, if a scheduled delivery date falls on a date that is not a business
day, such delivery date shall instead fall on the next following business day.
The form of such delivery (e.g., a stock certificate or electronic entry
evidencing such shares) shall be determined by the Company.

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          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) you are
subject to the Company’s policy permitting officers and directors to sell shares
only during certain “window” periods, in effect from time to time or you are
otherwise prohibited from selling shares of the Company’s Common Stock in the
public market and any shares in respect of your Award are scheduled to be
delivered on a day (the “Original Distribution Date”) that does not occur during
an open “window period” applicable to you, as determined by the Company in
accordance with such policy, or does not occur on a date when you are otherwise
permitted to sell shares of the Company’s Common Stock on the open market, and
(ii) the Company elects not to satisfy its tax withholding obligations by
withholding shares from your distribution, then such shares shall not be
delivered on such Original Distribution Date and shall instead be delivered on
the first business day of the next occurring open “window period” applicable to
you pursuant to such policy (regardless of whether you are still providing
continuous services at such time) or the next business day when you are not
prohibited from selling shares of the Company’s Common Stock in the open market,
but in no event beyond the later of (i) the end of the calendar year in which
the Original Distribution Date occurs, or (ii) the 90th day following the
Original Distribution Date (provided that you do not have a right to designate
the taxable year of the payment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of
a Change in Control that is a change in the ownership or effective control of
the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the
Company, in each case for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and
the regulations and other guidance thereunder, then the delivery of the shares
shall not be delayed and the shares shall be delivered immediately prior to the
Change in Control. The form of such delivery (e.g., a stock certificate or
electronic entry evidencing such shares) shall be determined by the Company.
     3. Vesting. Subject to the limitations contained herein, your Award will
vest, if at all, in accordance with the vesting schedule provided in the Grant
Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous
Service as a member of the Board. Upon such termination of your Continuous
Service as member of the Board, the shares credited to the Account that were not
vested on the date of such termination will be forfeited at no cost to the
Company and you will have no further right, title or interest in or to such
underlying shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if you are
removed from the Board by [at least 2/3 of] the other members of the Board for
“cause”, as reasonably determined by such other members of the Board, then you
shall forfeit any right under a vested Award to such distribution of shares of
Common Stock, and (ii) the Board may, in its sole discretion, elect to
accelerate the vesting of all or any portion of your Award that had not become
vested on or prior to the date of such termination or to extend the vesting
period beyond the date of such termination.
     4. Number of Shares. The number of shares subject to your Award may be
adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments, as provided in the
Plan.
          (a) Any shares, cash or other property that becomes subject to the
Award pursuant to this Section 4 and Section 5, if any, shall be subject, in a
manner determined by the Board, to the same forfeiture restrictions,
restrictions on transferability, and time and manner of delivery as applicable
to the other shares covered by your Award.

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          (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, no fractional
shares or rights for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be created pursuant
to this Section 4. The Board shall, in its discretion, determine an equivalent
benefit for any fractional shares or fractional shares that might be created by
the adjustments referred to in this Section 4.
     5. Dividends. You shall receive no benefit or adjustment to your Award with
respect to any cash dividend, stock dividend or other distribution that does not
result from a Capitalization Adjustment as provided in Section 9(a) of the Plan;
provided, however, that this sentence shall not apply with respect to any shares
of Common Stock that are delivered to you in connection with your Award after
such shares have been delivered to you.
     6. Securities Law Compliance. You may not be issued any shares of Common
Stock under your Award unless either (i) the shares are registered under the
Securities Act; or (ii) the Company has determined that such issuance would be
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Your Award also
must comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing the Award, and
you will not receive such shares if the Company determines that such receipt
would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.
     7. Execution of Documents. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the manner
selected by the Company by which you indicate your consent to your Grant Notice
is also deemed to be your execution of your Grant Notice and of this Agreement.
You further agree that such manner of indicating consent may be relied upon as
your signature for establishing your execution of any documents to be executed
in the future in connection with your Award. This Agreement shall be deemed to
be signed by the Company and you upon the respective signing by the Company and
you of the Grant Notice to which it is attached.
     8. Limitations on Transfer. Your Award is not transferable, except by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution. In addition to any other limitation
on transfer created by applicable securities laws, you agree not to assign,
hypothecate, donate, encumber or otherwise dispose of any interest in any of the
shares of Common Stock subject to the Award until the shares are issued to you
in accordance with Section 2 of this Agreement. After the shares have been
issued to you, you are free to assign, hypothecate, donate, encumber or
otherwise dispose of any interest in such shares provided that any such actions
are in compliance with the provisions herein and applicable securities laws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a
form satisfactory to the Company, you may designate a third party who, in the
event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to receive any distribution of
Common Stock to which you were entitled at the time of your death pursuant to
this Agreement.
     9. Award not a Service Contract.
          (a) Your Continuous Service with the Company or an Affiliate is not
for any specified term and may be terminated by you or by the Company or an
Affiliate at any time, for any reason, with or without cause and with or without
notice. Nothing in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (including, but
not limited to, the vesting of your Award pursuant to the schedule set forth in
Section 3 of this Agreement or the issuance of the shares subject to your
Award), the Plan or any covenant of good faith and fair dealing that may be
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Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement or the Plan shall: (i) confer upon you any
right to continue in the employ of, or affiliation with, the Company or an
Affiliate; (ii) constitute any promise or commitment by the Company or an
Affiliate regarding the fact or nature of future positions, future work
assignments, future compensation or any other term or condition of employment or
affiliation; (iii) confer any right or benefit under this Restricted Stock Unit
Award Agreement or the Plan unless such right or benefit has specifically
accrued under the terms of this Agreement or Plan; or (iv) deprive the Company
of the right to terminate you at will and without regard to any future vesting
opportunity that you may have.
          (b) By accepting this Award, you acknowledge and agree that the right
to continue vesting in the Award pursuant to the schedule set forth in Section 3
of this Agreement is earned only by continuing as an employee, director or
consultant at the will of the Company (not through the act of being hired, being
granted this Award or any other award or benefit) and that the Company has the
right to reorganize, sell, spin-out or otherwise restructure one or more of its
businesses or Affiliates at any time or from time to time, as it deems
appropriate (a “reorganization”). You further acknowledge and agree that such a
reorganization could result in the termination of your Continuous Service, or
the termination of Affiliate status of your employer and the loss of benefits
available to you under this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, including but
not limited to, the termination of the right to continue vesting in the Award.
You further acknowledge and agree that this Restricted Stock Unit Award
Agreement, the Plan, the transactions contemplated hereunder and the vesting
schedule set forth herein or any covenant of good faith and fair dealing that
may be found implicit in any of them do not constitute an express or implied
promise of continued engagement as an employee or consultant for the term of
this Agreement, for any period, or at all, and shall not interfere in any way
with your right or the Company’s right to terminate your Continuous Service at
any time, with or without cause and with or without notice.
     10. Withholding Obligations.
          (a) On or before the time you receive a distribution of the shares
subject to your Award, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company,
you hereby authorize any required withholding from the Common Stock issuable to
you and/or otherwise agree to make adequate provision in cash for any sums
required to satisfy the federal, state or local tax withholding obligations of
the Company or any Affiliate which arise in connection with your Award (the
“Withholding Taxes”). Additionally, the Company may, in its sole discretion,
satisfy all or any portion of the Withholding Taxes obligation relating to your
Award by any of the following means or by a combination of such means:
(i) withholding payment from any amounts otherwise payable to you by the
Company; (ii) causing you to tender a cash payment; or (iii) withholding shares
of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise issuable to
you in connection with the Award with a Fair Market Value (measured as of the
date shares of Common Stock are issued to pursuant to Section 2 of this
Agreement) equal to the amount of such Withholding Taxes; provided, however,
that the number of such shares of Common Stock so withheld shall not exceed the
amount necessary to satisfy the Company’s required tax withholding obligations
using the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal, state, local and
foreign tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to
supplemental taxable income.

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          (b) Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any
Affiliate are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to you
any Common Stock.
          (c) In the event the Company’s obligation to withhold arises prior to
the delivery to you of Common Stock or it is determined after the delivery of
Common Stock to you that the amount of the Company’s withholding obligation was
greater than the amount withheld by the Company, you agree to indemnify and hold
the Company harmless from any failure by the Company to withhold the proper
amount.
     11. Unsecured Obligation. Your Award is unfunded, and as a holder of a
vested Award, you shall be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with
respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue shares pursuant to this
Agreement. You shall not have voting or any other rights as a stockholder of the
Company with respect to the shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement until
such shares are issued to you pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement. Upon such
issuance, you will obtain full voting and other rights as a stockholder of the
Company. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to
its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a
fiduciary relationship between you and the Company or any other person.
     12. Other Documents. You hereby acknowledge receipt or the right to receive
a document providing the information required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
under the Securities Act, which includes the Plan prospectus. In addition, you
acknowledge receipt of the Company’s policy permitting officers and directors to
sell shares only during certain “window” periods and the Company’s insider
trading policy, in effect from time to time.
     13. Notices. All notices with respect to the Plan shall be in writing and
shall be hand delivered or sent by first class mail or reputable overnight
delivery service, expenses prepaid. Notice may also be given by electronic mail
or facsimile and shall be effective on the date transmitted if confirmed within
24 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in a manner provided in the
preceding sentence. Notices to the Company or the Board of Directors shall be
delivered or sent to the Company’s headquarters, to the attention of its Chief
Financial Officer. Notices to any Participant or holder of shares of Stock
issued pursuant to an Award shall be sufficient if delivered or sent to such
person’s address as it appears in the regular records of the Company or its
transfer agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, in its sole
discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to participation in the Plan
and this Award by electronic means or to request your consent to participate in
the Plan by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive such documents by
electronic delivery and, if requested, to agree to participate in the Plan
through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the
Company or another third party designated by the Company.
     14. Miscellaneous.
          (a) The rights and obligations of the Company under your Award shall
be transferable to any one or more persons or entities, and all covenants and
agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the
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rights and obligations under your Award may only be assigned with the prior
written consent of the Company.
          (b) You agree upon request to execute any further documents or
instruments necessary or desirable in the sole determination of the Company to
carry out the purposes or intent of your Award.
          (c) You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed your Award in its
entirety, have had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to
executing and accepting your Award, and fully understand all provisions of your
Award.
          (d) This Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national
securities exchanges as may be required.
          (e) All obligations of the Company under the Plan and this Agreement
shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such
successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation,
or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company.
     15. Governing Plan Document. Your Award is subject to all the provisions of
the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your Award, and is
further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations which
may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. Except as
expressly provided herein, in the event of any conflict between the provisions
of your Award and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
     16. Severability. If all or any part of this Agreement or the Plan is
declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such
unlawfulness or invalidity shall not invalidate any portion of this Agreement or
the Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section of this Agreement
(or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if
possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such
Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining
lawful and valid.
     17. Effect on Other Employee Benefit Plans. The value of the Award subject
to this Agreement shall not be included as compensation, earnings, salaries, or
other similar terms used when calculating the Employee’s benefits under any
employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any Affiliate, except as such
plan otherwise expressly provides. The Company expressly reserves its rights to
amend, modify, or terminate any of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s employee
benefit plans.
     18. Choice of Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this
Agreement will be governed by the law of the state of California without regard
to such state’s conflicts of laws rules.
     19. Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified, amended or terminated
except by an instrument in writing, signed by you and by a duly authorized
representative of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may
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Board by a writing which specifically states that it is amending this Agreement,
so long as a copy of such amendment is delivered to you, and provided that no
such amendment adversely affecting your rights hereunder may be made without
your written consent. Without limiting the foregoing, the Board reserves the
right to change, by written notice to you, the provisions of this Agreement in
any way it may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the grant
as a result of any change in applicable laws or regulations or any future law,
regulation, ruling, or judicial decision, provided that any such change shall be
applicable only to rights relating to that portion of the Award which is then
subject to restrictions as provided herein.

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