Form of Stock Unit Award Agreement - (U.S. Employees)



 Exhibit 10.71 
 MSC.SOFTWARE CORPORATION 
 2006 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN 
 STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 
 THIS
STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of [                    , 2008] by and between
MSC.Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and [            ] (the “Participant”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS,
pursuant to the MSC.Software Corporation 2006 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Corporation has granted to the Participant effective as of the date hereof (the “Award Date”), a credit of stock units under
the Plan (the “Stock Unit Award” or “Award”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of services rendered and to be rendered by the Participant, and the mutual promises made herein and the mutual benefits to be derived therefrom, the parties agree as follows: 
 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in
the Plan. 
 2. Grant. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Corporation hereby grants to the Participant a Stock
Unit Award with respect to an aggregate of [            ] stock units (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 7.1 of the Plan) (the “Stock Units”).
As used herein, the term “stock unit” shall mean a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent to one outstanding share of the Corporation’s Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 7.1 of the Plan) solely for purposes of the Plan and this Agreement. The Stock Units shall be used solely as a device for the determination of the payment to eventually be made to the Participant if such Stock Units vest pursuant to
Section 3. The Stock Units shall not be treated as property or as a trust fund of any kind. 
 3. Vesting. Subject
to Section 8 and Section 9 below, the Award shall vest and become nonforfeitable with respect to one-third of the total number of Stock Units (subject to adjustment under Section 7.1 of the Plan) on each of the first, second and third
anniversaries of the Award Date. 
 4. Continuance of Employment. The vesting schedule requires continued employment or
service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the Award and the rights and benefits under this Agreement. Employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a
substantial portion, will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or services as provided in Section 8(a) below or under
the Plan. 
 Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Plan constitutes an employment or service commitment by the Corporation, affects the
Participant’s status as an employee at will who is subject to termination without cause, confers upon the Participant any right to remain employed 

  

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by or in service to the Corporation or any Subsidiary, interferes in any way with the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary at any time to terminate
such employment or services, or affects the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to increase or decrease the Participant’s other compensation or benefits. Nothing in this paragraph, however, is intended to adversely affect any independent
contractual right of the Participant without his consent thereto. 
 5. Dividend and Voting Rights. 
 (a) Limitations on Rights Associated with Units. The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Corporation,
no dividend rights (except as expressly provided in Section 5(b) with respect to Dividend Equivalent Rights) and no voting rights, with respect to the Stock Units and any shares of Common Stock underlying or issuable in respect of such Stock
Units until such shares of Common Stock are actually issued to and held of record by the Participant. No adjustments will be made for dividends or other rights of a holder for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance of the stock
certificate. 
 (b) Dividend Equivalent Rights Distributions. In the event that the Corporation pays an
ordinary cash dividend on its Common Stock and the related dividend payment record date occurs at any time after the Award Date and before all of the Stock Units subject to the Award have either been paid pursuant to Section 7 or terminated
pursuant to Section 8(a), the Corporation shall credit the Participant as of such record date with an additional number of Stock Units equal to (i) the per-share cash dividend paid by the Corporation on its Common Stock with respect to
such record date, multiplied by (ii) the total number of outstanding and unpaid Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents previously credited hereunder) (with such total number adjusted pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Plan and/or
Section 9 hereof) subject to the Award as of such record date, divided by (iii) the fair market value of a share of Common Stock (as determined under the Plan) on such record date. Any Stock Units credited pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 5(b) shall be subject to the same vesting, payment and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the original Stock Units to which they relate. No crediting of Stock Units shall be made pursuant to this
Section 5(b) with respect to any Stock Units which, as of such record date, have either been paid pursuant to Section 7 or terminated pursuant to Section 8(a). 
 6. Restrictions on Transfer. Neither the Stock Unit Award, nor any interest therein or amount or shares payable in respect thereof
may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of, alienated or encumbered, either voluntarily or involuntarily. The transfer restrictions in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (a) transfers to the Corporation, or
(b) transfers by will or the laws of descent and distribution. 
 7. Timing and Manner of Payment of Stock Units. On or as
soon as administratively practical following (and in all events within two and one-half months after) each vesting of the applicable portion of the total Award pursuant to Section 3 or Section 8, the Corporation shall deliver to the
Participant a number of shares of Common Stock (either by delivering one or more certificates for such shares or by entering such shares in book entry form, as determined by the Corporation in its discretion) equal to the number of Stock Units
subject to this Award that vest on the applicable vesting date, unless such Stock Units terminate prior to the given vesting date pursuant to Section 8(a). The Corporation’s obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock or 

  

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otherwise make payment with respect to vested Stock Units is subject to the condition precedent that the Participant or other person entitled under the Plan
to receive any shares with respect to the vested Stock Units deliver to the Corporation any representations or other documents or assurances required pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Plan. The Participant shall have no further rights with respect
to any Stock Units that are paid or that terminate pursuant to Section 8(a). 
 8. Effect of Termination of Employment or
Change in Control Event. 
 (a) Termination of Employment. Subject to Section 8(b), the
Participant’s Stock Units shall terminate to the extent such units have not become vested prior to the first date the Participant is no longer employed by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, regardless of the reason for the termination
of the Participant’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily. If any unvested Stock Units are terminated hereunder, such Stock Units shall automatically terminate and be
cancelled as of the applicable termination date without payment of any consideration by the Corporation and without any other action by the Participant, or the Participant’s beneficiary or personal representative, as the case may be, unless
otherwise provided for in this Agreement. 
 (b) Possible Acceleration in Connection With a Change in Control
Event. If a Change in Control Event occurs and the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Corporation without Cause (as defined below) within twelve (12) months after the date of such Change in Control Event, any Stock Units
subject to the Award that are not then otherwise vested (and have not previously terminated pursuant to this Agreement) shall automatically become vested upon the occurrence of such event; provided, however, that in the event that the Participant is
covered at the relevant time by an employment, severance, change in control or similar agreement or arrangement with the Corporation that provides a greater benefit with respect to the Stock Units in the circumstances, the Participant shall be
entitled to receive such greater benefit as provided in such other agreement or arrangement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following: (i) any act or failure to
act within the control of the Participant done with the intent to harm the interests of the Corporation or any Subsidiary; (ii) any act of fraud by the Participant in the performance of the Participant’s duties for or responsibilities to
the Corporation or any Subsidiary; (iii) any breach of fiduciary duty in the performance of the Participant’s duties for or responsibilities to the Corporation or any Subsidiary; (iv) the commission by the Participant of a felony or a
crime involving an act of moral turpitude; or (v) willful or repeated failure by the Participant to adequately perform the Participant’s duties or responsibilities, and the failure of the Participant to cure such performance issue within
fourteen (14) days following receipt of written notice thereof to the Participant specifying such breach. 
 9. Adjustments
Upon Specified Events. Upon the occurrence of certain events relating to the Corporation’s stock contemplated by Section 7.1 of the Plan (including, without limitation, an extraordinary cash dividend on such stock), the
Administrator shall make adjustments in accordance with such section in the number of Stock Units then outstanding and the number and kind of securities that may be issued in respect of the Award. No such adjustment shall be made with respect to any
ordinary cash dividend for which dividend equivalents are credited pursuant to Section 5(b). 
  

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 10. Tax Withholding. Subject to Section 8.1 of the Plan, upon any distribution
of shares of Common Stock in respect of the Stock Units, the Corporation shall automatically reduce the number of shares to be delivered by (or otherwise reacquire) the appropriate number of whole shares, valued at their then fair market value (with
the “fair market value” of such shares determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan), to satisfy any withholding obligations of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries with respect to such distribution of shares at the
minimum applicable withholding rates. In the event that the Corporation cannot legally satisfy such withholding obligations by such reduction of shares, or in the event of a cash payment or any other withholding event in respect of the Stock Units,
the Corporation (or a Subsidiary) shall be entitled to require a cash payment by or on behalf of the Participant and/or to deduct from other compensation payable to the Participant any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld
with respect to such distribution or payment. 
 11. Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement
shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal office to the attention of the Secretary, and to the Participant at the Participant’s last address reflected on the Corporation’s records, or at such other address as
either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be given only when received, but if the Participant is no longer an employee of the Corporation, shall be deemed to have been duly given by the Corporation when
enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified, and deposited (postage and registry or certification fee prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Government.

 12. Plan. The Award and all rights of the Participant under this Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of
the provisions of the Plan, incorporated herein by reference. The Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. The Participant acknowledges having read and understanding the Plan, the Prospectus for the Plan, and this
Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided in other sections of this Agreement, provisions of the Plan that confer discretionary authority on the Board or the Administrator do not (and shall not be deemed to) create any rights in the Participant
unless such rights are expressly set forth herein or are otherwise in the sole discretion of the Board or the Administrator so conferred by appropriate action of the Board or the Administrator under the Plan after the date hereof. 

13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan together constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior understandings
and agreements, written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Plan and this Agreement may be amended pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Plan. Such amendment must be in writing and signed by the Corporation.
The Corporation may, however, unilaterally waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent such waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the Participant hereunder, but no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent
waiver of the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof. 
 14. Limitation on Participant’s Rights.
Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation as to amounts payable and shall not be construed as creating a trust.
Neither the Plan nor any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets. The Participant shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Corporation with respect to 

  

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amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the Stock Units, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Common Stock as a general
unsecured creditor with respect to Stock Units, as and when payable hereunder. 
 15. Counterparts. This Agreement may
be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 16. Section Headings. The section headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter
or affect any provision hereof. 
 17. Governing Law and Choice of Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of law principles thereunder. For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under the Award or this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to
and consent to the jurisdiction of the State of California, and agree that such litigation shall be conducted in the courts of Orange County, California, or the federal courts for the United States for the Central District of California, and no
other courts, where this Award of Stock Units is made and/or to be performed. 
 18. Construction. It is intended that
the terms of the Award will not result in the imposition of any tax liability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. The Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by a
duly authorized officer and the Participant has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date and year first above written. 
  

							
	MSC.SOFTWARE CORPORATION,	 		 	PARTICIPANT
	a Delaware corporation	 		 	
				
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	Print Name:	 	  
	 		 	Signature
	Its:	 	  
	 		 	  

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