exv10w1






Exhibit 10.1




Federal Signal Corporation

2005 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (2010 Restatement)

Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit — Award Agreement




     You have been selected to receive a grant of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
pursuant to the Federal Signal Corporation 2005 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (2010
Restatement) (the “Plan”), as specified below:



     Employee:                                                              
                                       



     Date of Grant:                                                            
                     



     Earnings Per Share Target:                                                             



     Earnings Per Share Threshold:                                                             



     Earnings Per Share Maximum:                                                             



     Performance Based Restricted Stock Units Granted:                     



     Performance Period: January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011



     Vesting Period: January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013



     This Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in the Federal Signal
Corporation 2005 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (2010 Restatement) and in the Federal Signal
Corporation Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement No. 2011 attached hereto.








This document constitutes part of the prospectus covering
securities that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933.








     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Award Agreement to be executed on this
____________ day of __________________________.



	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Company
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Employee






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FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION

PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT

AWARD AGREEMENT NO. 2011




     The Company established the Federal Signal Corporation 2005 Executive Incentive Compensation
Plan (2010 Restatement) (the “Plan”) pursuant to which options, stock appreciation rights,
restricted stock and stock units and performance shares covering an aggregate of 7,800,000 shares
of the Stock of the Company may be granted to employees and directors of the Company and its
Subsidiaries;



     The Board of Directors of the Company, and the Administrator of the Plan appointed by the
Board of Directors, has determined that the interests of the Company will be advanced by
encouraging and enabling certain of its employees to own shares of the common stock of the Company,
and that Employee is one of those employees;


          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of services rendered and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties agree as follows:



Section 1. Definitions



          As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:


          A. “Award” means the award provided for in Section 2.


          B. “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.


          C. “Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Plan.


          D. “Company” means Federal Signal Corporation.


          E. “Date of Grant” of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units means the date set forth on the
Award Agreement applicable those Units.


          F. “Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations” means diluted (loss) earnings per share
from continuing operations determined in accordance with GAAP and as reported in the Company’s Form
10-K for the respective year, subject to certain discretionary adjustments as approved by the
Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors.


          G. “Earnings Per Share Maximum” means the maximum level of Earnings Per Share from Continuing
Operations set forth in the Award Agreement.


          H. “Earnings Per Share Target” means the target level of Earnings Per Share from Continuing
Operations set forth in the Award Agreement.



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          I. “Earnings Per Share Threshold” means the threshold level of Earnings Per Share from
Continuing Operations set forth in the Award Agreement.


          J. “Employee” means the individual shown as the recipient of an award of Performance Based
Restricted Stock Units, as set forth on the Award Agreement applicable those Units.


          K. “GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.


          L. “Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit” means the obligation of the Company to transfer
the number of shares of Stock to Employee prescribed in Section 2, at the time provided in Section
5 of this Agreement, provided such Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit is vested at such time.


          M. “Performance Period” means the calendar year period set forth in the Award Agreement.


          N. “Permanent Disability” means Employee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve
months.


          O. “Stock” means the common stock of the Company.


          P. “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other legal entity, other than the Company, in an
unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if, at the relevant date, each of such
entities, other than the last entity in the unbroken chain, owns stock possessing fifty percent or
more of the total combined voting power with respect to one of the other entities in such chain.


          Q. “Vesting Period” means the three consecutive calendar year period set forth in the Award
Agreement.



Section 2. Award




     Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company awarded to Employee the number of
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units set forth on the Award Agreement applicable those Units,
effective as of the Date of Grant set forth on such instrument.



     A Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award entitles the Employee to receive a whole
number of shares of Stock equal to a percentage, from zero to two hundred percent, based on the
Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations during the Performance Period, of the number of
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units that are subject to the Award, as described in this
Section.



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     If the Company’s Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations is less than the Earnings Per
Share Threshold, the Employee shall be entitled to receive no shares of Stock with respect to the
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award. If the Company’s Earnings Per
Share from Continuing Operations is equal to the Earnings Per Share Threshold, the Employee shall
be entitled to receive shares of Stock equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Performance Based
Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award. If the Company’s Earnings Per Share from Continuing
Operations is equal to the Earnings Per Share Target, the Employee shall be entitled to receive
shares of Stock equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
subject to the Award. If the Company’s Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations is equal to
or greater than the Earnings Per Share Maximum, the Employee shall be entitled to receive shares of
Stock equal to two hundred percent (200%) of the Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject
to the Award.



     If the Company’s Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations is another amount between the
Earnings Per Share Target and, as applicable, the Earnings Per Share Threshold or the Earnings Per
Share Maximum, the Employee will receive a percentage of the Performance Based Restricted Stock
Units subject to the Award determined through straight line interpolation to Earnings Per Share
Target. For example, if the Company’s Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations is $0.75, the
Earnings Per Share Target is $1.00 and the Earnings Per Share Threshold is $.50, the Employee shall
be entitled to receive shares of Stock equal to 75% of the Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
subject to the Award.



     This grant of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units shall not confer any right to the
Employee (or any other Employee) to be granted Performance Based Restricted Stock Units or other
Awards in the future under the Plan.



Section 3. Bookkeeping Account




     The Company shall record the number of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units granted
hereunder to a bookkeeping account for Employee (the “Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit
Account”). Employee’s Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Account shall be reduced by the
number of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units, if any, forfeited in accordance with Section 4
and by the number of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units with respect to which shares of Stock
were transferred to Employee in accordance with Section 5.



Section 4. Vesting




     Subject to the accelerated vesting provisions provided below, the Performance Based Restricted
Stock Units subject to the Award shall vest on the last day of the Vesting Period, if Employee
remains employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries through such date.



     For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company fails to achieve at least the Earnings Per Share
Threshold, an Employee shall be entitled to receive no shares of Stock with respect to the
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award (as described in Section 2), unless
the deemed Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations provisions in this Section specifically
modify such result.



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     If, during the Performance Period:


          A. The Employee dies or terminates employment on account of his or her Permanent Disability,
the Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award shall be vested, pro rata (based
on the number of full and partial months of the Employee’s employment during the Performance Period
divided by twelve), based on Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations during the Performance
Period; or


          B. A Change in Control occurs, the Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the
Award shall be vested, pro rata (based on the number of full and partial months during the
Performance Period before the date of the Change in Control, divided by twelve), and the Earnings
Per Share from Continuing Operations shall be deemed to be 100% of the Earnings Per Share Target,
regardless of actual performance.



     If, after the Performance Period but during the Vesting Period:


          A. The Employee dies or terminates employment on account of his or her Permanent Disability or
by reason of retirement (as determined by the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion), the
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the Award shall be immediately fully vested,
based on Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations during the Performance Period; or


          B. A Change in Control occurs, the Performance Based Restricted Stock Units subject to the
Award shall be immediately fully vested, based on Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations
during the Performance Period.



     Except as provided in 4.1 below, in the event of the termination of employment of Employee
with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any other reason before the end of the Vesting Period,
all Performance Based Restricted Stock Units that are not vested at the time of such termination of
employment normally shall be forfeited.



Section 4.1 Acceleration of Vesting of Shares in the Event of Divestiture of Business Segment




     In the event that the “Business Segment” (as that term is defined in this Section below) in
which the Employee is primarily employed as of the “Divestiture Date” (as that term is defined in
this Section below) is the subject of a “Divestiture of a Business Segment” (as that term is
defined in this Section below), and such divestiture results in the termination of the Employee’s
employment with the Company and its subsidiaries for any reason, the Performance Based Restricted
Stock Units subject to the Award shall be vested: (A) in the case of a Divestiture of a Business
Segment during the Performance Period, pro rata, based on the number of full and partial months of
Employee’s employment during the Performance Period before the Divestiture Date, divided by twelve;
or (B) in the case of a Divestiture of a Business Segment after the Performance Period but during
the Vesting Period, fully. If the Divestiture Date occurs during the Performance Period, the
Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations shall be deemed to be 100% of the Earnings Per Share
Target, regardless of actual performance. If the Divestiture



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Date occurs after the Performance Period but during the Vesting Period, the Earnings Per Share from
Continuing Operations during the Performance Period shall control.




     For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Business Segment” shall mean a business line which
the Company treats as a separate business segment under the segment reporting rules under GAAP,
which currently includes the following: Safety and Security Group, Fire Rescue, Environmental
Solutions Group, and Federal Signal Technologies Group. Likewise, the term “Divestiture Date”
shall mean the date that a transaction constituting a Divestiture of a Business Segment is finally
consummated.



     For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Divestiture of a Business Segment” means the
following:




	 	(a)	 	When used with a reference to the sale of stock or other securities of a
Business Segment that is or becomes a separate corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or other separate business entity, the sale, exchange, transfer,
distribution or other disposition of the ownership, either beneficially or of record or
both, by the Company or one of its subsidiaries to “Nonaffiliated Persons” (as that
term is defined in this Section below) of 100% of either (i) the then-outstanding
common stock (or the equivalent equity interests) of the Business Segment or (ii) the
combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Business Segment
entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors or the equivalent
governing body of the Business Segment;

	 
	 	(b)	 	When used with reference to the merger or consolidation of a Business Segment
that is or becomes a separate corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
other separate business entity, any such transaction that results in Nonaffiliated
Persons owning, either beneficially or of record or both, 100% of either (i) the
then-outstanding common stock (or the equivalent equity interests) of the Business
Segment or (ii) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of
the Business Segment entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of
directors or the equivalent governing body of the Business Segment; or

	 
	 	(c)	 	When used with reference to the sale of the assets of the Business Segment, the
sale, exchange, transfer, liquidation, distribution or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Business Segment necessary or required to
operate the Business Segment in the manner that the Business Segment had been operated
prior to the Divestiture Date.






Section 5. Distribution of Shares




     Subject to the provisions below, the number of shares of Stock earned in accordance with
Section 2, determined as of the end of the Performance Period, with respect to Performance Based
Restricted Stock Units that become vested in accordance with Section 4, shall become distributable
as of the end of the Vesting Period (regardless of whether the shares vest earlier).



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     If a Change in Control occurs during the Performance Period, notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, the number of shares of Stock earned in accordance with Section 2, with
respect to Performance Based Restricted Stock Units that become vested in accordance with Section
4, shall become distributable on the date of the Change in Control.



     If an Employee terminates employment due to a Permanent Disability during the Vesting Period,
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the number of shares of Stock earned in
accordance with Section 2, determined as of the end of the Performance Period, with respect to
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units that become vested in accordance with Section 4, shall
become distributable on the later of the Employee’s Permanent Disability or the end of the
Performance Period (regardless of whether the shares vest earlier).



     Such shares of Stock shall be distributed as soon as administratively feasible after the date
prescribed above; but no later than the later of (a) the end of the calendar year in which the
specified date occurs; or (b) the 15th day of the third calendar month following such
specified date, provided the Employee is not permitted to designate the taxable year of the
payment.



Section 6. Shareholder Rights




     Employee shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units, such as the right to vote or the right to dividends.



Section 7. Death Benefits




     The number of shares of Stock earned in accordance with Section 2, determined as of the end
of the Performance Period, with respect to Performance Based Restricted Stock Units that become
distributable on account of the death of an Employee during the Vesting Period, shall be payable
to the Employee’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries upon the later of the Employee’s death or the end
of the Performance Period (regardless of whether the shares vest earlier). Actual payment will
occur as soon as administratively feasible after such shares become payable, but no later than the
later of two and one-half months after such date or the end of the calendar year in which such
date occurs.



     Employee may designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (contingently, consecutively, or
successively) of such death benefit and, from time to time, may change his or her designated
Beneficiary. A Beneficiary may be a trust. A beneficiary designation shall be made in writing in
a form prescribed by the Company and delivered to the Company while the Participant is alive. If
there is no designated Beneficiary surviving at the death of a Participant, payment of any death
benefit of the Participant shall be made to the persons and in the proportions which any death
benefit under the Federal Signal Corporation Employees’ Profit Sharing and Savings Plan is or would
be payable.



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Section 8. Units Non-Transferable




     Performance Based Restricted Stock Units awarded hereunder shall not be transferable by
Employee. Except as may be required by the federal income tax withholding provisions of the Code
or by the tax laws of any State, the interests of Employee and his or her Beneficiaries under this
Agreement are not subject to the claims of their creditors and may not be voluntarily or
involuntarily sold, transferred, alienated, assigned, pledged, anticipated, or encumbered. Any
attempt by Employee or a Beneficiary to sell, transfer, alienate, assign, pledge, anticipate,
encumber, charge or otherwise dispose of any right to benefits payable hereunder shall be void.



Section 9. Adjustment in Certain Events




     If there is any change in the Stock by reason of stock dividends, split-ups, mergers,
consolidations, reorganizations, combinations or exchanges of shares or the like, the number of
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units credited to Employee’s Performance Based Restricted Stock
Unit Account shall be adjusted appropriately so that the number of Performance Based Restricted
Stock Units credited to Employee’s Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Account after such an
event shall equal the number of shares of Stock a shareholder would own after such an event if the
shareholder, at the time such an event occurred, had owned shares of Stock equal to the number of
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units credited to Employee’s Performance Based Restricted Stock
Unit Account immediately before such an event.



Section 10. Tax Withholding




     The Company shall not be obligated to transfer any shares of Stock until Employee pays to the
Company or a Subsidiary in cash, or any other form of property, including Stock, acceptable to the
Company, the amount required to be withheld from the wages of Employee with respect to such
shares. Employee may elect to have such withholding satisfied by a reduction of the number of
shares of Stock otherwise transferable under this Agreement at such time, such reduction to be
calculated based on the closing market price of the Stock on the day Employee gives written notice
of such election to the Company.



Section 11. Source of Payment




     Shares of Stock transferable to Employee, or his or her Beneficiary, under this Agreement may
be either Treasury shares, authorized but unissued shares, or any combination of such stock. The
Company shall have no duties to segregate or set aside any assets to secure Employee’s right to
receive shares of Stock under this Agreement. Employee shall not have any rights with respect to
transfer of shares of Stock under this Agreement other than the unsecured right to receive shares
of Stock from the Company.



Section 12. Continuation of Employment




     This Award Agreement shall not confer upon the Employee any right to continuation of
employment by the Company, nor shall this Award Agreement interfere in any way with the Company’s
right to terminate the Employee’s employment at any time.



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Section 13. Amendment




     This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent of the parties hereto by written agreement.



Section 14. Governing Law




     This Agreement shall be construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State
of Illinois.



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FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION

PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT




BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	Employee:

	 	 	 	 	 	Social Security No.:                     
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Address:

	 	 	 	 	 	Date of Birth:                                         
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 





     Employee hereby designates the following individual(s) or entity(ies) as his or her
beneficiary(ies) pursuant to Federal Signal Corporation 2005 Executive Incentive Compensation
Plan (2010 Restatement) (Insert Name, Social Security Number, Relationship, Date of Birth
and Address of Individuals and/or fully identify any trust beneficiary by the Name of the Trust,
Date of Execution of the Trust, the Trustee’s Name, the address of the trust, and the employer
identification number of the trust):



	 	 	 

	Primary Beneficiary(ies)

	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Contingent Beneficiary(ies)
	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 





The Participant hereby reserves the right to change this Beneficiary Designation, and any such
change shall be effective when the Participant has executed a new or amended Beneficiary
Designation form, and the receipt of such form has been acknowledged by the Corporation, all in
such manner as specified by the Corporation from time to time, or on a future date specified by any
such new or amended Beneficiary Designation form.




     IN WITNESS WHEREAS, the Participant has executed this Beneficiary Designation on the date
designated below.



	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 	 
	Date:                     , ____

	 	 	 	Signature of Employee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Received:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Federal Signal Corporation
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Date:                     , ____

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 





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