EX-10.45






Exhibit 10.45




GREENHILL & CO., INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD NOTIFICATION



Greenhill & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the “Participant”
this Award of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) pursuant to the Greenhill & Co., Inc., Equity
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) upon the following terms and conditions:




	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name of Participant:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Grant Date:
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Number of RSUs:







	1.	 	This Award is subject to all terms and conditions of this Notification and the Plan. The
terms of the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Plan. The term
“Notification” means this Notification.
	 
	2.	 	Each RSU represents a right to a future payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share
at the time of such payment. Such payment may, at the Committee’s election be in cash or
Shares or a combination thereof.
	 
	3.	 	To the extent dividends are paid on Shares while the RSUs remain outstanding, you shall be
entitled to receive at the time such dividends are paid (subject to your continued employment
as of the relevant dividend payment date), cash payments in amount equivalent to cash
dividends on Shares with respect to the number of Shares covered by the RSUs. If you incur a
termination of employment prior to the payment of Shares underlying your vested RSUs but
subsequent to the applicable RSUs vesting date, as set forth in Paragraph 4 below, you shall
be entitled to receive with respect to such Shares underlying your vested RSUs cash payments
in amount equivalent to cash dividends on Shares regardless of whether you continue to be
employed as of the relevant dividend payment date. If you incur a termination of employment
under circumstances in which, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and this Award, Shares
underlying this Award are forfeited, any dividend equivalent cash payments made pursuant to
this paragraph with respect to the Unvested Dividend Portion, as hereinafter defined, of the
forfeited Shares shall be required to be repaid to the Company by you promptly following your
termination of employment. The “Unvested Dividend Portion” of the forfeited Shares shall be
one minus the portion of the Award that has been recognized as an expense in the Company’s
financial statements.
	 
	4.	 	Subject to your continued employment as of the relevant vesting date (unless otherwise
provided under the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Notification), in accordance with
Paragraph 2 above you shall be entitled to receive (and the Company shall deliver to you)
within 75 days following the relevant vesting date set forth below, the number of Shares




 









 






	 	 	underlying the RSUs (or a cash payment therefor) as of the dates set forth below in accordance
with the following schedule:





	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Vesting Dates =
	 	20% of the Shares underlying the RSUs on January 1st of each of the
first, second, third, fourth and fifth calendar years following the grant date.







	5.	 	Notwithstanding Section 11(a) of the Plan, if the Participant terminates employment for
reason of Retirement, any unvested RSUs hereunder as of the date of such termination shall
automatically be forfeited and cancelled by the Company; provided, however, if rather than
terminating employment for reason of Retirement, the Participant offers to convert to Senior
Advisor status pursuant to the terms of the Senior Advisor Employment and Non-Competition
Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto, this Award will continue to vest in
accordance with the schedule set forth in paragraph 4 above subject to the terms of the Plan,
this Notification and the Senior Advisor Employment and Non-Competition Agreement the terms of
which shall be incorporated herein by reference.
	 
	6.	 	In accordance with Section 15(a) of the Plan, the Committee may in its sole discretion
withhold from the payment to you hereunder a sufficient amount (in cash or Shares) to provide
for the payment of any taxes required to be withheld by federal, state or local law with
respect to income resulting from such payment.
	 
	7.	 	An RSU does not represent an equity interest in the Company, and carries no voting rights.
You will not have any rights of a shareholder with respect to the RSUs until the Shares have
been delivered to you.
	 
	8.	 	Notices hereunder and under the Plan, if to the Company, shall be delivered to the Plan
Administrator (as so designated by the Company) or mailed to the Company’s principal office,
Greenhill & Co., Inc., 300 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10022, attention of the Plan
Administrator, or, if to you, shall be delivered to you or mailed to your address as the same
appears on the records of the Company.
	 
	9.	 	All decisions and interpretations made by the Board of Directors or the Committee with regard
to any question arising hereunder or under the Plan shall be binding and conclusive on all
persons. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the provisions of
this Notification and the Plan, this Notification shall govern.
	 
	10.	 	By accepting this Award, you acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Plan, and agree to be bound
by the terms and conditions set forth in this Notification and the Plan, as in effect from
time to time.
	 
	11.	 	By accepting this Award, you further acknowledge that the federal securities laws and/or the
Company’s policies regarding trading in its securities may limit or restrict your right to buy
or sell Shares, including, without limitation, sales of Shares acquired in connection with
your




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	 	 	RSUs. You agree to comply with such federal securities law requirements and Company policies,
as such laws and policies are amended from time to time.




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	12.	 	This Notification shall be governed by the laws of the state of New York without giving
effect to its choice of law provisions.





	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GREENHILL & CO., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr.
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Treasurer	 	 






     If you would like to designate a beneficiary to exercise your rights under this Notification
in the event of your death, please complete your designation in the space provided below, as well
as please sign and print your name and date in the space provided below, and return this
Notification to the attention of Harold J. Rodriguez, Jr.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Beneficiary:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 

Participant name (print):
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Date:                                                             	 	 






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Exhibit A




FORM OF SENIOR ADVISOR EMPLOYMENT AND

NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT




     This Senior Advisor Employment and Non-Competition Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of
___, ___is entered into by and among [Name of Employee] (the “Senior Advisor”) and Greenhill
& Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).



     WHEREAS, the Senior Advisor is an employee of the Company and is a participant in the
Company’s Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), with outstanding award(s) under the Plan;



     WHEREAS, the Senior Advisor is eligible for Retirement (as defined under the Plan) but would
prefer to continue his or her employment with the Company pursuant to the terms provided for
herein;



     WHEREAS, the Company desires to secure the continued services and employment of the Senior
Advisor pursuant to the terms provided for herein; and



     WHEREAS, the Senior Advisor acknowledges and agrees that it is essential to the success of the
Company that the Company be protected by non-competition and related protective restrictive
agreements as set forth in this Agreement, which the Senior Advisor acknowledges and agrees are
reasonable and which will not unnecessarily restrict the Senior Advisor’s professional
opportunities should the Senior Advisor’s employment with the Company and its affiliates terminate.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree
as follows:




     1. Definitions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to each such term in the Plan.



          “Base Salary” shall mean the annual rate of salary provided for in Section 4 of this
Agreement, as adjusted from time to time.




          “Competitive Enterprise” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement.




          “Effective Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement.




          “Employment Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement.




          “Termination of Employment Notice” shall mean a notice delivered pursuant to Section 3 of this
Agreement.





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          2. Term of Employment. The term of the Senior Advisor’s employment hereunder shall commence
as of the date first above written (the “Effective Date”) and shall continue until
the earliest of (a) the third anniversary of the Effective Date or (b) the termination of the
Senior Advisor’s employment pursuant to Section 3 below (such term, the “Employment Term”).




          3. Notice of Termination. Either party to this Agreement may terminate the Employment Term
upon 90 days’ prior written notice to the other party; provided, however, that such prior written
notice shall not be required in the event of the Senior Advisor’s termination of employment by
reason of the Senior Advisor’s death or Disability.




          4. Office. The Senior Advisor may perform his or her duties hereunder at the Company’s office
principally utilized by him or her immediately prior to the date hereof or, at the Senior Advisor’s
discretion and at his own expense, any other office or location determined by the Senior Advisor.




          5. Compensation.




          6. Base Salary. During the Employment Term, subject to the Senior Advisor’s continued
employment hereunder, the Senior Advisor shall be paid an annualized
Base Salary of US $          (or
foreign currency equivalent), payable in semi-monthly installments.




          7. Annual Bonus. During the Employment Term, subject to the Senior Advisor’s continued
employment hereunder, the Senior Advisor may be awarded an annual bonus in an amount determined in
the sole discretion of the Committee.




          8. Outstanding Incentive Awards. During the Employment Term, each outstanding Award held by
the Senior Advisor as of the Effective Date shall continue to vest in accordance with and be
governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, subject to the
following:





          any Award that remains unvested on the third anniversary of the Effective Date
shall immediately accelerate and become fully vested on such third anniversary date;




          in the event of the Company’s termination of the Senior Advisor’s employment
hereunder without Cause (as defined below), any Award then held by the Senior Advisor
shall immediately accelerate and become fully vested on such employment termination
date; and




          the Senior Advisor’s termination of employment hereunder as a result of Retirement
shall be treated as a voluntary quit by the Senior Advisor subject to Section 11(d) of
the Plan.



          “Cause” shall mean the Senior Advisor’s (i) willful misconduct, (ii) gross negligence or (iii)
conviction for a felony that is injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of the
Company or any of its affiliates




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          9. Employee Benefit Plans. During the Employment Term, subject to the Senior Advisor’s
continued employment hereunder, the Senior Advisor shall be eligible to participate in all employee
retirement and welfare benefit plans and programs of the type made available to the
Company’s employees generally, in accordance with their terms and as such plans and programs
may be in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, savings, profit-sharing and
other retirement plans or programs, 401(k), medical, dental, flexible spending account,
hospitalization, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance plans.




          10. No Severance. The Senior Advisor shall not be entitled to any severance payments or
benefits upon termination of the Employment Term.




          11. Cooperation. The Senior Advisor agrees that upon termination of the Employment Term for
any reason, the Senior Advisor shall cooperate with the Company as reasonably necessary in order to
smoothly transition the Senior Advisor’s client relationships.




          12. Professional Code of Conduct. As a condition to the Senior Advisor’s continuing
employment hereunder, the Senior Advisor agrees to comply with the Company’s professional code of
conduct as in effect from time to time and further agrees to execute on an annual basis and at such
additional times as the Company may reasonably request such code as set forth in the Company’s
“Professional Conduct Manual” or other applicable manual or handbook of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries as in effect from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Senior Advisor
agrees to execute such code to the extent the provisions therein are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement.




          13. Confidential Information. The Senior Advisor will not at any time (whether during or
after the Employment Term) disclose or use for the Senior Advisor’s own benefit or purposes or the
benefit or purposes of any other person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation
or other business organization, entity or enterprise other than the Company and any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential or
proprietary information relating to customers, development programs, costs, marketing, trading,
investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or
the business and affairs of the Company generally, or of any subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to information which is not unique to the
Company or which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of the
Senior Advisor’s breach of this covenant. The Senior Advisor agrees that upon termination of the
Employment Term for any reason, the Senior Advisor or, in the event of the Senior Advisor’s death,
the Senior Advisor’s heirs or estate at the request of the Company, will return to the Company
immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information, letters and other data, and all
copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating to the business of the Company and its affiliates,
except that the Senior Advisor (or the Senior Advisor’s heirs or estate) may retain personal notes,
notebooks and diaries. The Senior Advisor further agrees that the Senior Advisor will not retain
or use for the Senior Advisor’s account at any time any trade names, trademark or other proprietary
business designation used or owned in connection with the business of the Company or its
affiliates.




          14. Non-competition.




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          15. The Senior Advisor acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the
businesses of the Company and its affiliates. The Senior Advisor further acknowledges and agrees
that in the course of the Senior Advisor’s subsequent employment with the Company
or its affiliates, the Senior Advisor has been and will be provided with access to sensitive
and proprietary information about the clients, prospective clients, knowledge capital and business
practices of the Company or its affiliates, and has been and will be provided with the opportunity
to develop relationships with clients, prospective clients, consultants, employees, representatives
and other agents of the Company or its affiliates, and the Senior Advisor further acknowledges that
such proprietary information and relationships are extremely valuable assets in which the Company
or its affiliates or any of their predecessors have invested and will continue to invest
substantial time, effort and expense. Accordingly, the Senior Advisor agrees that during the
Employment Term, the Senior Advisor shall not, directly or indirectly, on the Senior Advisor’s
behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, corporation, association or other entity, as an
employee or otherwise, engage in, or in any way be concerned with or negotiate for, or acquire or
maintain any ownership interest in, a Competitive Enterprise. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Competitive Enterprise” shall mean a business (or business unit) that (i) engages in any activity
or (ii) owns or controls a significant interest in any entity that engages in any activity, that in
either case, competes anywhere with any activity in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
engaged at the time of Senior Advisor’s termination of employment under this Agreement. The
activities covered by the previous sentence include, without limitation, investment banking
financial advisory services, fund placement services for private
equity and other financial sponsors  and merchant banking and related services. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Section 10, the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 shall not prohibit the
Senior Advisor’s providing services to an entity having a stand-alone business unit which unit
would, if considered separately for purposes of the definition of “Competitive Enterprise”
hereunder, constitute such a Competitive Enterprise, provided the Senior Advisor is not providing
services to such business unit and provided further that employment in a senior executive capacity
of the business shall be deemed to be employment in the Competitive Enterprise. Further,
notwithstanding anything in this Section 11, the Senior Advisor shall not be construed to be in
violation of this Section 11 solely by reason of owning, directly or indirectly, any stock or other
securities of a Competitive Enterprise (or comparable interest, including a voting or profit
participation interest, in any such Competitive Enterprise) if the Senior Advisor’s interest does
not exceed 5% of the outstanding capital stock of such Competitive Enterprise (or comparable
interest, including a voting or profit participation interest, in such Competitive Enterprise).




          16. The Senior Advisor acknowledges that the Company or its affiliates is engaged in business
throughout the United States and in various countries outside of the United States and that the
Company intends to expand the geographic scope of its activities. Accordingly and in view of the
nature of his position and responsibilities, the Senior Advisor agrees that the provisions of this
Section 11 shall be applicable to each state and each foreign country, possession or territory in
which the Company or its affiliates may be engaged in business during the Employment Term.




     (c) The Senior Advisor agrees that in light of the Senior Advisor’s education, skills,
abilities and financial resources, the Senior Advisor will not assert, and it shall not be relevant
nor admissible as evidence in any dispute arising under this Section 11 that any provisions of this



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Section 10 prevent the Senior Advisor from earning a living or otherwise are or may be void or held
unenforceable. In applying this Section 11, the wishes or preferences of a client or prospective
client of the Company or its affiliates as to who shall perform its services, or the fact
that the client or prospective client of the Company or its affiliates may also be a client of
a third party with whom the Senior Advisor is or becomes associated, shall neither be relevant nor
admissible as evidence in any dispute arising under this Section 11.




     (d) The Senior Advisor shall remain subject to the restrictions of this Section 10 until the
termination of the Employment Term.




          17. Nonsolicitation. The Senior agrees that during the Employment Term, the Senior Advisor
will not, directly or indirectly, for himself or on behalf of any third party at any time in any
manner, solicit, entice, persuade, induce, request or otherwise cause any employee who is at the
associate level or above, officer or agent of the Company or any of its affiliates to apply for, or
accept employment with, any Competitive Enterprise, or to otherwise refrain from rendering services
to the Company or to terminate his or her relationship, contractual or otherwise, with the Company
or any of its affiliates, other than in response to a general advertisement or public solicitation
not directed specifically to employees of the Company or any of its affiliates.




          18. Injunctive Relief. The Senior Advisor acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedy
at law for any breach of the covenants contained in Sections 11 or 12 of this Agreement would be
inadequate and that for any breach of such covenants, the Company shall, in addition to other
remedies as may be available to it at law or in equity, or as provided for in this Agreement, be
entitled to an injunction, restraining order or other equitable relief, without the necessity of
posting a bond, restraining the Senior Advisor from committing or continuing to commit any
violation of the covenants. The Senior Advisor agrees that proof shall not be required, that
monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and
that remedies at law would be inadequate.




          19. Enforceability. In the event any of the provisions of Sections 10, 11, 12 or 13 of this
Agreement are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to any applicable
statute, law or rule, or for any reason to be unenforceable as written, such court may modify any
of such provisions so as to permit enforcement thereof as thus modified.




          20. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate upon the termination of the
Employment Term, provided, however, that Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 and 19 of this
Agreement, to the extent applicable, shall survive and remain in effect notwithstanding the
termination of the Employment Term or a breach by the Company or the Senior Advisor of any other
term of this Agreement.




          21. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements thereunder
contain the entire understanding and agreement between the Company and the Senior Advisor
concerning the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings,
discussions, negotiations and undertakings, whether written or oral, between the Company and the
Senior Advisor with respect thereto.




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          22. Amendment or Waiver. No provision in this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment
is agreed to in writing and signed by the Senior Advisor and an authorized officer of the Company.
No waiver by the Company or by the Senior Advisor of any breach by the other party to this
Agreement of any condition or provision contained in this Agreement to be
performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of a similar or dissimilar condition or
provision at the same or any prior or subsequent time. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by
the Senior Advisor or an authorized officer of the Company, as the case may be. No failure or
delay by the Company or by the Senior Advisor in exercising any right, power or privilege under
this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof.




          23. Severability. In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be
determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part, the remaining
provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect
to the fullest extent permitted by law so as to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.




          24. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York without reference to principles of conflict of laws.




          25. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing (including facsimile transmission and, if an electronic mail (“e-mail”) address is given
below, e-mail transmission, so long as acknowledgement of receipt of such e-mail is requested and
received) and shall be deemed given,




     if to the Company to:


Greenhill & Co., Inc.

300 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: U.S. Co-President

Fax: 212-389-1700




     with a copy to:


Davis Polk & Wardwell

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention:

Facsimile No.: (212) 450-3800

E-mail:




     if to the Senior Advisor:



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[Name of Senior Advisor]

[address]

Attention:

Fax:

E-mail:



or such other address or facsimile number (or e-mail address) as such party may hereafter specify
for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices, requests and other
communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received
prior to 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt.
Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received
until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.




          26. Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any and all amounts payable under this
Agreement such federal, state, local and other applicable taxes as may be required to be withheld
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.




          27. Headings. The headings of the sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience
only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of
this Agreement.




          28. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts.




               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	[SENIOR ADVISOR]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GREENHILL & CO., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:







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