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Exhibit 10.4

 

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE

1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

PERFORMANCE STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of the 2nd day of May, 2005, by and between Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, (hereinafter "BNSF" or the "Company") and

[NAME OF EMPLOYEE]

a salaried employee of BNSF or one of its Related Companies (hereinafter "Employee").

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, BNSF has adopted the Burlington Northern Santa Fe 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and the purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain salaried employees possessing outstanding ability, motivate salaried employees to achieve the growth goals of BNSF by making a portion of their total compensation dependent on the accomplishment of these goals and to further the identity of the interests of the shareholders of BNSF and salaried employees of BNSF and its Related Companies by increasing the opportunities for these salaried employees to become shareholders; and

WHEREAS, the Compensation and Development Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors wishes to encourage superior performance by the Employee by making a Performance Stock Award  to the Employee; and

WHEREAS, the Employee desires to perform services for BNSF and to accept the distribution of Stock upon the achievement of the performance objectives established by the Committee in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, BNSF hereby agrees that to the extent that the performance objectives established by the Committee (as the same may be amended from time to time) are achieved, BNSF will distribute to the Employee on May 2, 2008, (or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter) shares in a number not to exceed # of shares shares of Stock (the "Performance Stock") subject to the following terms, conditions and restrictions:

1.Restrictions on Transfer.  The Performance Stock shall not be permitted to be used in payment of a stock option exercise for a period of six months following the May 2, 2008, date for the distribution of such Performance Stock to the Employee.

2.Stock Power.  Employee's acceptance of this Award Agreement constitutes a grant by the Employee of a power of attorney authorizing a Stock Power to be endorsed in blank prior to the distribution with respect to the award or the forfeiture of the award.  In addition, the Company shall be entitled to retain possession of the Performance Stock for such time as is necessary for the Company to make the distribution of the Performance Stock to the Employee. 

3.Dividends.  No dividends or dividend equivalents are payable during or with respect to the period prior to May 2, 2008.  

4.Salaried Employment Condition; Termination of Employment.  Employee hereby agrees that Employee shall not be entitled to the distribution of the Performance Stock unless Employee was a salaried employee of BNSF Railway Company or its successor on the date of this Agreement and throughout the period from the date of this Agreement until May 2, 2008.  All of the Performance Stock is subject to forfeiture upon termination of salaried employment for any reason.

5.Taxes.  The Employee agrees that BNSF or its Related Companies may require payment by Employee of federal, state, railroad retirement or local taxes upon the vesting of an Award.  Employee may use cash or shares to satisfy tax liabilities incurred, provided that if shares are used, shares from the vesting Award may be used only to satisfy (i) applicable railroad retirement taxes, and (ii) federal and state income taxes to the extent of the Supplemental Federal Income Tax Withholding Rate as established by the Internal Revenue Code.  Any additional tax due must be satisfied by use of attestation of ownership of other shares, provided, however, that the total shall not exceed the combined maximum marginal tax rates applicable under federal and state tax laws. 

6.No Contract of Employment.  Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer any right to continued employment with BNSF or its Related Companies nor restrict BNSF or its Related Companies from termination of the employment relationship of Employee at any time.

7.No Violation of Law.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Employee agrees that BNSF shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock or make any cash payment, if counsel to BNSF determines such exercise, delivery or payment would violate any law or regulation of any governmental authority or agreement between BNSF and any national securities exchange upon which the Stock is listed.

8.Conflicts.  In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Plan or the Compensation and Development Committee resolution, the Plan or the resolution shall be the controlling document.

9.Termination Upon Failure to Achieve Performance Objectives.  In the event the performance objectives established by the Committee are not achieved, then this Award Agreement shall terminate on May 2, 2008, and be of no further force or effect with no further action by the parties being required.

10.Terms.  Except as otherwise provided in this Award Agreement, and except where the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, a word, term, or phrase defined in the Plan shall have the same meaning in this Award Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

BURLINGTON NORTHERN

SANTA FE CORPORATION

/s/ Thomas N. Hund_________

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial OfficerNonStatutory Stock Option Agreement

 Exhibit 10.4 
  
 NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION 
  
 Non-transferable 
  
 GRANT TO 
  
 (the “Optionee”) 
  
 the right to purchase from Premiere Global Services, Inc. (f/k/a PTEK Holdings, Inc.) (the “Company”) 
  
 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value, at the price of $             per share

  
 pursuant to and subject to the provisions of the Premiere Global Services,
Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and to the terms and conditions set forth on the following page. 
  
 Unless vesting is accelerated in accordance with the Plan or in the discretion of the Committee, the Options shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the
following schedule: 
  

			
	 Continuous Status as a Participant
 after Grant Date

	 	 Percent of Option Shares Vested

	 Less than 1 Year
	 	0%
	 1 Year
	 	33%
	 2 Years
	 	33%
	 3 Years
	 	34%

  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Premiere Global
Services, Inc., acting by and through its duly authorized officers, has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Grant Date. 
  

			
	 PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	L. Scott Askins
	 Its:
	 	Senior Vice President – Legal and General Counsel
	
	 Grant Date:
                            

	
	 Accepted by Optionee:

  

 1 

 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
  
 1. Grant of Option. Premiere Global Services, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named on Page 1 hereof
(“Optionee”), under the Premiere Global Services, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), stock options to purchase from the Company (the “Options”), on the terms and on conditions set forth in this agreement
(this “Agreement”), the number of shares indicated on Page 1 of the Company’s $0.01 par value common stock, at the exercise price per share set forth on Page 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan. 
  
 2. Vesting of
Options. The Option shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with the schedule shown on Page 1 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting schedule, upon Optionee’s death or Disability during his or her Continuous Status
as a Participant, all Options shall become fully vested and exercisable. 
  
 3. Term of Options and Limitations on Right to Exercise. The term of the Options will be for a period of ten years, expiring at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (the
“Expiration Date”). To the extent not previously exercised, the Options will lapse prior to the Expiration Date upon the earliest to occur of the following circumstances: 
  
 (a) Three months after the termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as a Participant for any reason other than (i)
for Cause or (ii) by reason of Optionee’s death or Disability. 
  
 (b) Twelve months after the date of the termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as a Participant by reason of Disability. 
  
 (c) Twelve months after the date of Optionee’s death, if Optionee dies while employed, or during the three-month period described in subsection (a)
above or during the twelve-month period described in subsection (b) above and before the Options otherwise lapse. Upon Optionee’s death, the Options may be exercised by Optionee’s beneficiary designated pursuant to the Plan. 
  
 (d) 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date of the termination of
Optionee’s Continuous Status as a Participant if such termination is for Cause. 
  
 The Committee may, prior to the lapse of the Options under the circumstances described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, extend the time to exercise the Options as determined by the Committee in writing. If
Optionee returns to employment with the Company during the designated post-termination exercise period, then Optionee shall be restored to the status Optionee held prior to such termination but no vesting credit will be earned for any period
Optionee was not in Continuous Status as a Participant. If Optionee or his or her beneficiary exercises an Option after termination of service, the Options may be exercised only with respect to the Shares that were otherwise vested on
Optionee’s termination of service. 
  
 4. Exercise of
Option. The Options shall be exercised by (a) written notice directed to the Director, Stock Plan Management of the Company or his or her designee at the address and in the form specified by the Secretary from time to time and (b) payment to the
Company in full for the Shares subject to such exercise (unless the exercise is a broker-assisted cashless exercise, as described below). If the person exercising an Option is not Optionee, such person shall also deliver with the notice of exercise
appropriate proof of his or her right to exercise the Option. Payment for such Shares shall be in (a) cash, (b) Shares previously acquired by the purchaser, which have been held by the purchaser for such period of time, if any, as necessary to avoid
variable accounting for the Option, or (c) any combination thereof, for the number of Shares specified in such written notice. The value of surrendered Shares for this purpose shall be the Fair Market Value as of the last trading day immediately
prior to the exercise date. To the extent permitted under Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board, and subject to applicable securities laws and any limitations as may be applied from time to time by the Committee (which need not be uniform), the
Options may be exercised through a broker in a so-called “cashless exercise” whereby the broker sells the Option Shares on behalf of Optionee and delivers cash sales proceeds to the Company in payment of the exercise price. In such case,
the date of exercise shall be deemed to be the date on which notice of exercise is received by the Company and the exercise price shall be delivered to the Company by the settlement date. 
  
 5. Beneficiary Designation. Optionee may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to
exercise the rights of Optionee hereunder and to receive any distribution with respect to the Options upon Optionee’s death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights hereunder is subject to all
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives Optionee, the Options may be exercised by the legal
representative of Optionee’s estate, and payment shall be made to Optionee’s estate. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by Optionee at any time provided the change or revocation is filed with the
Company. 
  
 6. Withholding. The Company or any employer
Affiliate has the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require Optionee to remit to the employer, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including Optionee’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld
with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the exercise of the Options. The withholding requirement may be satisfied, in whole or in part, at the election of the Secretary, by withholding from the Options Shares having a Fair Market
Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary establishes. If Shares are surrendered to satisfy withholding
obligations in excess of the minimum withholding obligation, such Shares must have been held by the purchaser as fully vested shares for such period of time, if any, as necessary to avoid variable accounting for the Options. 
  
 7. Limitation of Rights. The Options do not confer to Optionee or
Optionee’s beneficiary designated pursuant to Paragraph 5 any rights of a shareholder of the Company unless and until Shares are in fact issued to such person in connection with the exercise of the Options. Nothing in this Agreement shall
interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate Optionee’s service at any time, nor confer upon Optionee any right to continue in the service of the Company or any Affiliate. 
  
 8. Stock Reserve. The Company shall at all times during the term of
this Agreement reserve and keep available such number of Shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Agreement. 
  
 9. Restrictions on Transfer and Pledge. No right or interest of Optionee in the Options may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor
of any party other than the Company or an Affiliate, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of Optionee to any other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. The Options are not assignable or transferable by Optionee other
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section applied to an Option under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may (but
need not) permit other transfers. The Options may be exercised during the lifetime of Optionee only by Optionee or any permitted transferee. 
  
 10. Restrictions on Issuance of Shares. If at any time the Committee shall determine in its discretion, that registration, listing or qualification
of the Shares covered by the Options upon any Exchange or under any foreign, federal, or local law or practice, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition to the exercise of the Options,
the Options may not be exercised in whole or in part unless and until such registration, listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee. 
  
 11. Plan Controls. The terms contained in the Plan are incorporated
into and made a part of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged conflict between the provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, the
provisions of the Plan shall be controlling and determinative. 
  
 12. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon any successor of the Company, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Plan. 
  

13. Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the other provisions of
this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been included. 
  
 14. Notice. Notices and communications under this Agreement must be in writing and either personally delivered or sent by registered or certified
United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Notices to the Company must be addressed to: 
  
 Premiere Global Services, Inc. 
 3399 Peachtree Road, N.E. 
 The Lenox Building, Suite 700 
 Atlanta, Georgia 30326 
 Attn: Director, Stock Plan Management 
  
 or any
other address designated by the Company in a written notice to Optionee. Notices to Optionee will be directed to the address of Optionee then currently on file with the Company, or at any other address given by Optionee in a written notice to the
Company. 
  
  

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