Exhibit 10.3
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
     This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”) is hereby entered
into effective as of                              , 20         (the “Award
Date”), by and between Nuveen Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and [ Name ], a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the
“Director”). Any term capitalized but not defined in this Agreement will have
the meaning set forth in the Nuveen Investments, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”).
     1. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide compensation to the
independent directors of the Company, including the Director, for service in the
form of a stock equivalent ownership interest in the Company. The award
contemplated by this Agreement represents a portion of the Director’s total
compensation for serving on the Company’s Board, and the form is intended to
serve as a longer-term incentive to the Director and to further align the
Director’s interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.
     2. Administration. The Board will administer this Agreement, provided that
Director and other independent Board members party to these arrangements shall
not participate in the administration of this Agreement. The Board shall have
authority to interpret the Agreement, to adopt and revise rules and regulations
relating to the Agreement and to make any other determinations that it believes
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Agreement. Determinations
by the Board shall be final and binding on all parties with respect to all
matters relating to the Agreement.
     3. Award. In accordance with the terms of the Plan and subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Company hereby awards the Director
[                    ] (0,000) Restricted Stock Units, effective as of the Award
Date in respect of the Director’s service for the 12-month period ending on the
Award Date. The number of Restricted Stock Units granted is equal to the whole
number of the Company’s Class A Common Shares, par value $.01 per share (the
“Class A Shares”) with a value nearest to $70,000, based on the average closing
price of the Class A Shares for the twenty trading days ending on the trading
day prior to the Award Date.
     4. Restricted Stock Units. The Company will credit the Restricted Stock
Units contemplated by this Agreement to a Restricted Stock Unit Account (the
“Account”) established and maintained for the Director. The Account shall be the
record of Restricted Stock Units awarded to the Director under the Agreement, is
solely for accounting purposes and shall not require a segregation of any
Company assets.
     5. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. All Restricted Stock Units granted to
the Director will be fully vested at all times.
     6. Dividends on Restricted Stock Units. If the Company pays a dividend on
shares of Common Stock, the Company will
     (a) To the extent the Company pays the dividend in cash, credit the Account
with additional Restricted Stock Units in an amount equal to number of Class A
Shares (including fractions thereof) with a value equal to the value of the
dividend that would

 

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have been paid to the Director if each Restricted Stock Unit was a Class A
Share, based on the closing price of the Class A Shares on the payment date for
the cash dividend.
     (b) To the extent the Company pays the dividend in the form of additional
Class A Shares, credit the Account with additional Restricted Stock Units in an
amount equal to the number of Class A Shares (including fractions thereof) that
would have been paid to the Director if each Restricted Stock Unit was a Class A
Share.
     7. Distribution of Class A Shares.
     (a) The Company will distribute to the Director a whole number Class A
Shares equal to the whole number of the Director’s Restricted Stock Units on the
date that is six months after the day the Director’s service on the Board
terminates for any reason (or, if such day is not a trading day, on the next
succeeding trading day) (the “Distribution Date”). On the Distribution Date, the
Company also will also pay to the Director in cash an amount in lieu of any
fractional Restricted Stock Unit in the Account, based on the closing price of
the Class A Shares on the trading day prior to the Distribution Date.
     (b) In the event of the Director’s death, distribution of the Class A
Shares due under this Agreement shall be made to the appointed and qualified
executor or other personal representative of the Director to be distributed in
accordance with the Director’s will or applicable intestacy law; or in the event
that there shall be no such representative duly appointed and qualified within
six months after the date of the Director’s death, then to such persons as, at
the date of his death, would be entitled to share in the distribution of the
Director’s personal estate under the provisions of the applicable statute then
in force governing the descent of intestate property, in the proportion
specified in such statute.
     (c) In the event of a Change in Control, all Class A Shares not previously
distributed shall be immediately distributed to the Director, consistent with
Section 4.1 of the Plan.
     8. Changes in Capital or Corporate Structure and Change in Control. In the
event of any change in the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company by
reason of a recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, stock split,
reverse stock split, combination of shares, stock dividend or similar
transaction, the Board shall proportionately adjust, in an equitable manner, the
number of Restricted Stock Units held by the Director under this Agreement, in
accordance with the Plan.
     9. Nontransferability. Restricted Stock Units awarded under this Agreement,
and any rights and privileges pertaining thereto, may not be transferred,
assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any manner, by operation of law or
otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.
     10. Voting and Dividend Rights. Except as specifically provided herein, the
Director shall not be entitled to any voting rights, to receive any dividends,
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credited or increased as a result of any dividends or other distribution with
respect to the Class A Shares.
     11. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and permitted assigns.
     12. Withholding. The Company may withhold from any Class A Shares that it
is required to deliver under this Agreement the number of Class A Shares
sufficient to satisfy applicable withholding requirements under any federal,
state or local law, if any.
     13. No Limitation on the Company’s Rights. The granting of Restricted Stock
Units shall not in any way affect the Company’s right or power to make
adjustments, reclassifications or changes in its capital or business structure
or to merge, consolidate, reincorporate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer
all or any part of its business or assets.
     14. Plan and Agreement Not a Contract of Employment or Service. Neither the
Plan nor this Agreement is a contract of employment or service, and no terms of
the Director’s employment or service will be affected in any way by the Plan,
this Agreement or related instruments, except to the extent specifically
expressed therein. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement will be construed as
conferring any legal rights of the Director to continue in service with the
Company.
     15. Entire Agreement and Amendment. This Agreement is the entire Agreement
between the parties to it, and all prior oral and written representations are
merged in this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated
only by written agreement between the Director and the Company. The headings in
this Agreement are inserted for convenience and identification only and are not
intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent, or intent of
this Agreement or any provision hereof. Each party has cooperated in the
preparation of this Agreement. As a result, this Agreement shall not be
construed against any party on the basis that the party was the draftsperson.
     16. Notices. Notices given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed received when personally delivered, or on the date of
written confirmation of receipt by (i) overnight carrier, (ii) facsimile,
(iii) registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressee only,
postage prepaid, or (iv) such other method of delivery that provides a written
confirmation of delivery. Notice to the Company shall be directed to:
Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: General Counsel
The Company may change the person and/or address to whom the Director must give
notice under this Section 16 by giving the Director written notice of such
change, in accordance with the procedures described above. Notices to or with
respect to the Director will be directed to the Director, or to the Director’s
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deceased, or the assignees of the Director, at the Director’s most recent home
address on the records of the Company.
     17. Governing Law. The laws of the State of Illinois shall govern the
validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
     18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute but one Agreement.
     In Witness Whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as
of the date first above written.

              Nuveen Investments, Inc.
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
Director
       
 
       
 
  Its:    
 
       

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