EX-10.2






EXHIBIT 10.2




AMENDED AND RESTATED

ORBITZ WORLDWIDE, INC.

PERFORMANCE-BASED ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN




1. PURPOSE




     The purpose of the Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Performance-Based Incentive Plan (as amended from
time to time, the “Plan”) is to reward and recognize eligible employees for their contributions
towards the achievement by Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”)
of certain Performance Goals (as defined below). The Plan is designed with the intention that the
incentives paid hereunder to certain executive officers of the Company are deductible under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and
interpretations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”). However, the Company can not guarantee that
awards under the Plan will qualify for exemption under Section 162(m) and circumstances may present
themselves under which awards under the Plan do not comply with Section 162(m). The adoption of the
Plan as to current and future covered employees (as determined under Code Section 162(m)) is
subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders.



2. DEFINITIONS




     The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan:




     (a) “Award” means the amount of a cash incentive payable under the Plan to a Participant
with respect to a Performance Period.




     (b) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.




     (c) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or another Committee
designated by the Board which is comprised of two or more “outside directors” as defined in Code
Section 162(m).




     (d) “Participant” means any officer or key employee of the Company who is designated as a
Participant by the Committee.




     (e) “Performance Goal” means an objective formula or standard determined by the Committee
with respect to each Performance Period based on one or more of the following criteria and any
objectively verifiable adjustment(s) thereto permitted and pre-established by the Committee in
accordance with Code Section 162(m): (i) pre-tax income or after-tax income; (ii) income or
earnings including operating income, earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation
and/or amortization; (iii) net income excluding amortization of intangible assets, depreciation
and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets and/or excluding charges attributable to the
adoption of new accounting pronouncements; (iv) earnings or book value per share (basic or
diluted); (v) return on assets (gross or net), return on investment, return on capital, or return
on equity; (vi) return on revenues; (vii) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on
investment (discounted or otherwise), net cash provided by operations, or cash flow in excess of
cost of capital; (viii) economic value created; (ix) operating margin or profit margin; (x) stock
price or total stockholder return; (xi) income or earnings from continuing operations;
(xii) capital expenditures, cost targets, reductions and savings and expense management; and
(xiii) strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting
specified market penetration or market share, geographic business expansion, objective customer
satisfaction or information technology goals, and objective goals relating to divestitures, joint
ventures, mergers, acquisitions and similar transactions, each with respect to the Company and/or
one or more of its subsidiaries, divisions or business units. Awards issued to Participants who
are not subject to the limitations of Code Section 162(m) may take into account other factors
(including subjective factors).



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     (f) “Performance Period” means any period not exceeding 36 months as determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may establish different Performance Periods for
different Participants, and the Committee may establish concurrent or overlapping Performance
Periods.



3. ADMINISTRATION




     The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have the discretionary authority
to interpret the provisions of the Plan, including all decisions on eligibility to participate, the
establishment of Performance Goals, the amount of Awards payable under the Plan, and the payment of
Awards. The Committee shall also have the discretionary authority to establish rules under the Plan
so long as such rules do not explicitly conflict with the terms of the Plan and any such rules
shall constitute part of the Plan. The decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding on all
parties making claims under the Plan. The Committee has delegated its administrative authority with
respect to Awards issued to Participants who are not current or future covered employees (as
defined in Section 1) or executive officers, including as to matters with respect to the
interpretation of, and implementation of rules under, the Plan, to the most senior officer of the
Company having principal oversight for human resources matters (currently, the Chief Administrative
Officer).



4. ELIGIBILITY




     Officers and key employees of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as
determined at the sole discretion of the Committee.



5. AMOUNT OF AWARDS




     With respect to each Participant, the Committee will establish one or more Performance
Periods, an individual Participant incentive target for each Performance Period and the Performance
Goal(s) to be met during such Performance Period(s). With respect to Participants who are or may
become subject to Code Section 162(m), in order to qualify as performance-based compensation, the
establishment of the Performance Period(s), the applicable Performance Goals and the targets must
occur in compliance with and to the extent required by the rules and regulations of Code
Section 162(m).



     The maximum amount of any Award that can be paid under the Plan to any Participant during any
Performance Period is $10,000,000. The Committee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
reduce or eliminate the amount of an Award otherwise payable to a Participant with respect to any
Performance Period. In addition, with respect to Awards issued to Participants who are not subject
to the limitations of Code Section 162(m), the Committee reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to increase the amount of an Award otherwise payable to a Participant with respect to
any Performance Period.



6. PAYMENT OF AWARDS




     (a) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant must be actively employed (or
on a qualified leave of absence) and in good standing with the Company on the date the Award is to
be paid. The Committee may make exceptions to this requirement in the case of retirement, death or
disability, an unqualified leave of absence or under other circumstances, as determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion.



     (b) Any distribution made under the Plan shall be made in cash and occur within a reasonable
period of time after the end of the Performance Period in which the Participant has earned the
Award but may occur prior to the end of the Performance Period with respect to Awards issued to
Participants who are not subject to the limitations of Code Section 162(m); provided that no Award
shall become payable to a Participant who is subject to the limitations of Code Section 162(m) with
respect to any Performance Period until the Committee has certified in writing that the terms and
conditions underlying the payment of such Award have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in order to comply with the short-term deferral exception under Code Section 409A, if the Committee
waives the requirement that a Participant must be employed on the date the Award is to be paid,
payout shall occur no later than the 15th day of the



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third month following the later of (i) the end of the Company’s taxable year in which such
requirement is waived or (ii) the end of the calendar year in which such requirement is waived.



7. GENERAL




     (a) TAX WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the right to deduct from all Awards any federal,
state or local income and/or payroll taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such
payments.



     (b) CLAIM TO AWARDS AND EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing in the Plan shall confer on any
Participant the right to continued employment with the Company, or affect in any way the right of
the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment at any time, and for any reason, or change
the Participant’s responsibilities. Awards represent unfunded and unsecured obligations of the
Company and a holder of any right hereunder in respect of any Award shall have no rights other than
those of a general unsecured creditor to the Company.



     (c) BENEFICIARIES. To the extent the Committee permits beneficiary designations, any payment
of Awards under the Plan to a deceased Participant shall be paid to the beneficiary duly designated
by the Participant in accordance with the Company’s practices. If no such beneficiary has been
designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant’s legal
representative.



     (d) NONTRANSFERABILITY. A person’s rights and interests under the Plan, including any Award
previously made to such person or any amounts payable under the Plan, may not be sold, assigned,
pledged, transferred or otherwise alienated or hypothecated except, in the event of a Participant’s
death, to a designated beneficiary as provided in the Plan, or in the absence of such designation,
by will or the laws of descent and distribution.



     (e) INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee and each
employee of the Company who is delegated a duty under the Plan shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Company from and against any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed
upon or reasonably incurred by him in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or
proceeding to which he may be a party or in which he may be involved by reason of any action or
failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him in satisfaction
of judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against him, provided such loss, cost, liability
or expense is not attributable to such person’s willful misconduct. Any person seeking
indemnification under this provision shall give the Company prompt notice of any claim and shall
give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before the
person undertakes to handle and defend such claim on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons
may be entitled, including under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, as a matter
of law, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.



     (f) EXPENSES. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.



     (g) TITLES AND HEADINGS. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for
convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than
such titles or headings, shall control.



     (h) GOVERNING LAW. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan, any rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, and any Award shall be determined in accordance with the laws of
the State of Illinois (without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof) and
applicable federal law. No Award made under the Plan shall be intended to be deferred compensation
under Code Section 409A and will be interpreted accordingly.



     (i) AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION. The Committee may terminate the Plan at any time, provided
such termination shall not affect the payment of any Awards accrued under the Plan prior to the
date of the termination. The Committee may, at any time, or from time to time, amend or suspend
and, if suspended,
reinstate, the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that any amendment of the Plan
shall be subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders to the extent required to comply
with the requirements of Code Section 162(m), or any other applicable laws, regulations or rules.




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