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Deferred Stock Award Agreement - Comverse and Shefali A. Shah

 Exhibit 10.130 

COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 

2005 STOCK INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 

DEFERRED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 

SECTION 1. GRANT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS. 

(a) Award. On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company granted to Shefali A. Shah (the “Grantee”) a total of
30,000 Deferred Stock Units (the “Granted Units”) on May 30, 2007 (the “Grant Date”). 
 (b) Shareholder Rights.
The Grantee (or any successor in interest) shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder (including, without limitation, voting, dividend and liquidation rights) with respect to the Granted Units until such time as the Company delivers to the
Grantee the shares of Common Stock in settlement of the Granted Units, as described in Section 4(a). 
 (c) Plan and Defined Terms.
This award is granted under and subject to the terms of the 2005 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan and the Stock Incentive Compensation Plan (2005) Addendum dated July 5, 2005 (together the “Plan”), which is incorporated herein
by reference. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined in the Agreement (including Section 7 hereof) shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. To the extent any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of
the Plan shall control. 
 (d) Grantee Undertaking. The Grantee agrees to execute such further instruments and to take such action as may
reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement. 
 SECTION 2. NO TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF AWARD. 

This Award and the rights and privileges conferred hereby shall not be sold, pledged or otherwise transferred (whether by operation of law
or otherwise) and shall not be subject to sale under execution, attachment, levy or similar process; provided, however, that the Grantee shall be permitted to transfer this award, in connection with his or her estate plan, to the Grantee’s
spouse, siblings, parents, children and grandchildren or a charitable organization that is exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code or to trusts for the benefit of such persons or partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or
other entities owned solely by such persons, including trusts for such persons or to the Grantee’s former spouse in accordance with a domestic relations order. 

SECTION 3. VESTING; TERMINATION OF SERVICE. 

(a) Vesting. This award shall vest with respect to one-third of the Granted Units on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Grant
Date (each, a “Vesting Date”). 
 (b) Termination of Service. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, the unvested
portion of the award shall be forfeited as of the date (the “Termination Date”) that the Grantee 

 
actually ceases to provide services to the Company or an Affiliate in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant (irrespective of whether the Grantee continues to receive severance or any
other continuation payments or benefits after such date) (such cessation of the provision of services by Grantee being referred to as “Service Termination”). 

(c) Involuntary Termination. In the event of Service Termination by the Company or an Affiliate without Cause or by the Grantee for Good Reason or
resulting from the Grantee’s death or Disability, the Granted Units shall vest on the Termination Date and the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the vested Granted Units in accordance with Section 4 of hereof shall be delivered to
the Grantee on the applicable Vesting Date (the “Delivery Date”). 
 (d) Resignation/Termination for Cause. In the event of
Service Termination by the Company or an Affiliate with Cause or if Cause exists as of the Termination Date, the Grantee shall forfeit all unvested Granted Units that are subject to this award. 

SECTION 4. SETTLEMENT OF GRANTED UNITS. 

(a) Settlement Amount. Subject to Section 4(b) hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Grantee on each vesting date a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the aggregate number of Granted Units that vest as of such date; provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock will be issued in settlement of this award unless the issuance of shares complies with all relevant provisions
of law and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares of Common Stock may then be listed. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued. The Company will pay cash in respect of fractional shares of Common Stock. 

(b) Withholding Requirements. Unless the Grantee has made arrangements satisfactory to the Company to enable it to satisfy all such withholding
requirements, the Company shall withhold from the settlement amount a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to enable the Company to satisfy its withholding requirements with respect to the settlement of the Granted Units. 

SECTION 5. ADJUSTMENT OF GRANTED UNITS. 

If there shall be any change in the Common Stock of the Company, through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spinoff, combination of shares, exchange of shares, dividend in kind or other like change in capital structure or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to shareholders of the Company,
or any extraordinary dividend or distribution of cash or other assets, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of participants’ rights under the Plan, the Committee shall adjust, in an equitable manner, the number and kind of shares that
will be paid to the Grantee upon settlement of the Granted Units. 
 SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

(a) No Retention Rights, No Future Awards. Nothing in this award or in the Plan shall confer upon the Grantee any right to any future Awards and to
continue in Continuous Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of 

 

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the Company (or any Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining the Grantee) or of the Grantee, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate his or her Continuous Service at
any time and for any reason, with or without cause. 
 (b) Award Unfunded. The Granted Units represent an unfunded promise. The
Grantee’s rights with respect to the Granted Units are no greater than the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company. 
 (c)
Notice. Whenever under this Agreement it becomes necessary to give notice, such notice shall be in writing, signed by the party or parties giving or making the same, and shall be served on the person or persons for whom it is intended or who
should be advised or notified, by Federal Express (or other similar overnight service) or by registered or certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid. Notice shall be addressed to the Company at its principal executive office and to the Grantee
at the address that he or she most recently provided in writing to the Company. 
 (d) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan
constitute the entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. They supersede any other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) which relate to the
subject matter hereof. 
 (e) Waiver. No waiver of any breach or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other
or subsequent breach or condition whether of like or different nature. 
 (f) Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and assigns and upon the Grantee, the Grantee’s assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of the Grantee’s estate, whether or not any such
person shall have become a party to this Agreement and have agreed in writing to be joined herein and be bound by the terms hereof. 
 (g)
Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (regardless of the law that might otherwise govern under applicable New York principles of conflict of laws). 

SECTION 7. DEFINITIONS. 
 (a)
“Agreement” shall mean this Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement. 
 (b) “Cause” shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in the Grantee’s written employment agreement. 
 (c) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 
 (d) “Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed
to it in the Grantee’s written employment agreement. 
  

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 (e) “Good Reason” shall have the meaning set forth in the Grantee’s written employment
agreement. 
 (f) “Granted Units” shall have the meaning described in Section 1(a) of this Agreement. 

(f) “Plan” shall have the meaning described in Section 1(c) of this Agreement. 

(g) “Service Termination” shall have the meaning described in Section 3(b) of this Agreement. 

(h) “Termination Date” shall have the meaning described in Section 3(b) of this Agreement. 

(i) “Vesting Date” shall have the meaning described in Section 3(a) of this Agreement. 

(Signature Page Follows) 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement, in the case of the
Company by its duly authorized officer, on June 25, 2007. 
  

							
	 GRANTEE:
	 		 	COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
				
	 /s/ Shefali A. Shah
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Andre Dahan

	 Shefali A. Shah
	 		 		 	Andre Dahan
		 		 		 	President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 5Amendment to Deferred Stock Award Agreement - Comverse and Shefali A. Shah

 Exhibit 10.131 

EXECUTION COPY 
 

 
 April 29, 2008 

Shefali Shah 
 Comverse Technology, Inc.

 810 Seventh Avenue 
 35th Floor

 New York, NY 10019 

Re: Amendment to the Deferred Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Deferred Stock Award Agreement”) dated as of May 30, 2007
between Comverse Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) and Shefali Shah 
 Dear Shefali: 

Pursuant to the terms of the Deferred Stock Award Agreement, the Company is required to deliver to you on each Vesting Date (as defined in
the Deferred Stock Award Agreement) the number of shares of Company common stock equal to the aggregate number of Granted Units (as defined in the Deferred Stock Award Agreement) that vest as of such date (i.e., 10,000 shares of Company common
stock). The Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that it would be beneficial to amend your Deferred Stock Award Agreement to provide greater flexibility as to the timing of the delivery of the 10,000 shares
of Company common stock which may vest on May 30, 2008 in order to alleviate the possibility of the vested Company common stock being required to be delivered to you (and taxable to you) when the Company common stock is not subject to an effective
registration statement and/or other restrictions on the resale of such stock. Accordingly, upon your execution of this letter amendment below and delivery to the Company by May 8, 2008, the Deferred Stock Award Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the following as the last sentence of Section 4(a): 
 “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4(a), and
subject to Section 4(b), the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable to the Grantee in respect of any Granted Units which vest in calendar year 2008 shall be deliverable to the Grantee on the first date within the “short-term deferral
period” (as defined in Treasury Reg. §1.409A-l(b)(4)) on which there is an Effective Registration (as defined below) in place, but in no event later than March 15, 2009; provided, however, that in the event of the
Grantee’s Service Termination in accordance with Section 3(b) prior to March 15, 2009 and there is no Effective Registration in place, the number of shares of Common Stock in respect of any Granted Units which are vested as of the Termination
Date shall be delivered to the Grantee on the Termination Date, less a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value sufficient to cover any applicable Withholding Tax, with the shares of Common Stock valued using the closing price of the
Common Stock on the Termination Date. For purposes of this Section 4, “Effective Registration” shall mean the registration of the shares of Common Stock granted to the Grantee hereunder pursuant to an effective registration statement on
Form S-8 or any successor form under 

 
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and no restrictions under applicable law apply to the resale of such shares of Common Stock at the time of delivery of such shares of Common Stock.”

 Except as expressly herein amended, the terms and conditions of the Deferred Stock Award Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect. 
  

			
	COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY. INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Andre Dahan

	Name:	 	Andre Dahan
	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

  

	
	 Accepted and Agreed as of April 29, 2008:

	
	 /s/ Shefali Shah

	 Shefali Shah

  

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