Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement



 Exhibit 4.5 
 RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 
 FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES

 UNDER THE BRIGHTCOVE INC. 
 2012 RSU INDUCEMENT PLAN 
 Name of
Grantee:                                       
                                         
             
 No. of Restricted Stock Units:
                                         
    
 Grant Date:
                                         
                                  

Pursuant to the Brightcove Inc. 2012 RSU Inducement Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Brightcove Inc. (the
“Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“Stock”) of the Company. 
 1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award. This Award may not be sold, transferred,
pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any shares of Stock issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted
Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) shares of Stock have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. 

2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the
Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee remains an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on such Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 1
shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified as vested on such date. 
  

			
	 Incremental Number of
Restricted Stock Units Vested
	  	 Vesting Date

	
                    
(66.6%)
	  	[2nd anniversary closing date]
	
                    
(33.4%)
	  	[3rd anniversary closing date]

 The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.

 3. Termination of Employment. If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for
any reason (including death or disability) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be
forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units. 







 4. Issuance of Shares of Stock. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date
(but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of shares of Stock equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have
vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such shares. 
 5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the
Administrator set forth in the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein. 
 6. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be
satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due. 

7. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the
settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code. 
 8. No Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the
Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time. 
 9. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning
such subject matter. 

  
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 10. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its
principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing. 

 

			
	BRIGHTCOVE INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:


  

							
	The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned.
			
	Dated:                            
                                	 		 	  

		 		 	Grantee’s Signature
			
		 		 	Grantee’s name and address: