Document:

EX-10.56

 Exhibit 10.56

January 29, 2008

Mr. Larry Bouman

c/o NeuStar, Inc.

46000 Center Oak Plaza

Sterling, VA 20166

Re: Status Change Agreement

Dear Larry:

This agreement (the “Agreement”) confirms the change of your employment status (the “Status
Change”) with Neustar, Inc. (the “Company”) effective Friday, February 15, 2008 (the “Status Change
Date”) and your employment and termination arrangements thereafter.

1. Position and Duties. You will remain a full-time employee in your current capacity as Senior
Advisor to management until the Status Change Date. During the Part-Time Term (as defined below),
the Company hereby agrees to employ you on a part-time basis from and after the Status Change Date.
You hereby accept such employment. During the Part-Time Term, you shall provide an average of at
least 20 hours of service per regular work week on a schedule to be determined between you and the
Company. You shall be subject to, and shall act in accordance with, the instructions and directions
of the Company. The services shall be of a dignity comparable with your current full-time position
and may include, without limitation, special projects related to product development processes,
advice regarding technology operations in Israel, recruitment of a Vice President of technology
operations, and oversight of acquisition integration. During your employment hereunder, the Company
shall reimburse you for reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
your duties hereunder in accordance with the Company’s usual policies and practices, including
those as to approval and documentation. Your office shall be at the same Company facility at which
it was located immediately prior to the Status Change Date.

2. Part-Time Term. The term of your part-time employment shall commence as of the Status Change
Date and end on June 30, 2008; provided, however, that if the Company determines you have incurred
a “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and regulations thereunder prior to such date, the term shall end on the date of such separation
from service (the “Part-Time Term”); and provided, further, that the Company may terminate this
Agreement at any time for Cause, or as a result of violation by you of your obligations set forth
herein. The date on which your employment terminates pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
referred to herein as the “Termination Date.” For purposes hereof, “Cause” means (i) acts by you
that constitute fraud, theft, dishonesty or willful misconduct with regard to the Company or in
connection with your duties for the Company,
(ii) your willful engagement in conduct materially injurious to the Company, (iii) your failure to

 

 

attempt in good faith to comply with the lawful instructions of the Company, (iv) your indictment
for, conviction of, or plea of no contest to, a charge of a felony (other than a traffic violation)
or any other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, (v) any breach of the Agreement
Respecting Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Confidentiality dated January 29, 2008 between you
and the Company (the “Noncompetition Agreement”), or (vi) the reasonable determination by the
Company that you have failed to comply with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, as it may be
amended from time to time.

3. Compensation. During the Part-Time Term, the Company shall continue to pay you at a
rate of base salary equal to the base salary rate in effect immediately prior to the Status Change
Date ($425,000 per year). Such amount shall be payable in installments through the Company’s
normal payroll practices. Such payments shall be in lieu of any paid time off entitlement as of
the date hereof, and you will not accrue nor be eligible for paid time off during the Part-Time
Term. You will be eligible for an annual bonus for 2007 pursuant to the Annual Performance
Incentive Plan (“PIP”), in accordance with the terms of the PIP. You will also be eligible for an
annual bonus for 2008 pursuant to the PIP, based upon Company performance and a target of
100% of your annual base salary ($425,000), pro-rated based on your days of service through the
Termination Date. Such annual bonuses for 2007 and 2008 through the PIP will be paid at the
time bonuses are paid to the Company’s other senior employees for the relevant year pursuant to
the terms of the PIP. Additionally, subject to your execution and non-revocation of a release in
the form attached as Exhibit A hereto within 21 days following the Termination Date, as
compensation for the agreements made by you herein, as soon as practicable following
January 1, 2009, the Company shall pay you a special bonus equal to $212,500, less applicable
withholding.

4. Restricted Stock Award. In consideration of the services to be provided hereunder, the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has granted you a restricted
stock award of 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Company’s 2005
Stock Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock Agreement dated January 21, 2008 between you and
the Company (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”). You hereby acknowledge that the
performance threshold (at least 100% of the Company’s target performance under the PIP for
2007) for your award dated March 5, 2007 of 50,000 restricted stock units in respect of shares of
the Company’s common stock was not met.

5. Employee Benefits. You recognize that your status as an employee for any equity or
benefit plans shall be determined by applicable law, and the Company makes no representation
or warranty as to such status or treatment. During the Part-Time Term, you may participate in
the Company’s benefit plans to the extent you are eligible as a result of your part-time employee
status and the number of hours you actually work. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as of the date
hereof, you shall not be a participant in any employee benefit plans, programs, policies or
arrangements providing for severance or termination pay, including but not limited to the Key
Employee Severance Pay Plan (collectively, “Severance Arrangements”), and you shall have
no rights to any severance or termination payments, or any other compensation or benefits on
account of your separation from service, under any Severance Arrangements. For purposes of
this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Agreement shall not be considered a Severance
Arrangement.

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6. Other Employment. In the event that you commence any other employment or material
consulting activities prior to the Termination Date, you shall promptly notify the Company. If
the Company in good faith determines that such activities will materially interfere with your
ability to timely and adequately perform your services hereunder (or thereafter they so interfere),
the Company may terminate your employment hereunder if you perform such activities (or do
not cease such activities within 10 days) after being notified thereof.

7. Post-Term Consulting. Following the Termination Date through December 31, 2008 (the
“Consulting Period”), you shall be available via telephone, e-mail, or other means of telephonic
or electronic communication to provide consulting services from time to time as the Company
shall reasonably request. You and the Company acknowledge that the level of services
performed during the Consulting Period are intended to be permanently decreased to no more
than 20% of the average level of services you performed (whether as an employee or an
independent contractor) for the Company over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or
your full period of services to the Company, if less than 36 months) prior to the Termination
Date. In consideration for such services, the Company shall reimburse a portion of your
premium for continuation coverage under the Company’s medical plans (corresponding to the
portion of such premium the Company pays for its active employees) for you and your eligible
dependents during the Consulting Period, provided you timely elect such coverage and pay the
applicable premium, and provided further that such reimbursement shall be made prior to
December 31, 2009. You will receive no other employee benefits following the Termination
Date, except as expressly set forth herein or pursuant to the terms of the Company’s benefit
plans.

8. Confidentiality of Agreement. The terms and conditions of this Agreement are and shall
be deemed to be confidential, and, unless required by law, shall not be disclosed by you to any
person or entity without the Company’s prior written consent, except for purposes of
consultation with accountants and attorneys, provided that, to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, rule, code or regulation, they agree to maintain the confidentiality of this
Agreement. You represent that there has been no disclosure of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement to any person or entity in violation of the preceding sentence. It is also agreed that
nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit you from discussing any matter contained herein with
your spouse and that such discussions or disclosures shall not be deemed a breach of this
Agreement.

9. Transition. You acknowledge that you will cooperate as reasonably requested by the
Company to facilitate an orderly transition of your employment duties.

10. Miscellaneous.

     (a) Notice. Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this
Agreement shall be effective only if it is in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows (or if it is sent through any
other method agreed upon by the parties):

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If to the Company:

NeuStar, Inc.
 46000 Center
Oak Plaza
 Sterling, VA 20166

Attention: General Counsel

If to you:

          at the last address on the books of the Company

          or to such other address as any party hereto may designate by notice to the other, and shall
be deemed to have been given upon receipt.

     (b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Restricted Stock Agreement, and the
Noncompetition Agreement contain the entire understanding and agreement between the parties
concerning the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings,
discussions, negotiations and undertakings, whether written or oral, between the parties with
respect thereto, including but not limited to any Severance Arrangements.

     (c) Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in
writing signed by the parties hereto, and any provision hereof may be waived only by an
instrument in writing signed by the party against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is
sought. The failure of either party hereto at any time to require the performance by the other
party hereto of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the full right to require such
performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the waiver by either party hereto of a breach of any
provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of any succeeding breach of such provision or a
waiver of the provision itself or a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement.

     (d) Assignment. This Agreement is binding on and is for the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors, heirs, executors, administrators and other legal
representatives. Neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation hereunder may be assigned
by you. As used in the Agreement, the “Company” shall mean both the Company as defined
above and any successor that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement, by operation of law
or otherwise.

     (e) Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable to you
hereunder all federal, state, city or other taxes that the Company may reasonably determine are
required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

     (f) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

     (g) Construction. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of
reference only and shall not be a part of or control or affect the meaning of any provision hereof.
Should any provision of this Agreement require interpretation or construction, it is agreed by the

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parties that the entity interpreting or constructing this Agreement shall not apply a presumption
against one party by reason of the rule of construction that a document is to be construed more
strictly against the party who prepared the document.

     (h) Severability. All provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable.
In the event any provision or restriction contained herein is held to be invalid or unenforceable
in any respect, in whole or in part, such finding will in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. The parties hereto further agree that any
such invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it will be enforced to the
greatest extent permissible under law, and to the extent that any court of competent jurisdiction
determines any restriction herein to be unreasonable in any respect, such court may limit this
Agreement to render it reasonable in light of the circumstances in which it was entered into and
specifically enforce this Agreement as limited.

     (i) Legal Representation. You acknowledge and confirm that you have had the
opportunity to seek such legal, financial and other advice and representation as you have deemed
appropriate in connection with this Agreement.

     (j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

     (k) Acceptance of Agreement. You may accept this Agreement by signing it and
returning it to Doug Arnold, Senior Vice President — Human Resources, NeuStar, Inc., 46000 Center
Oak Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	NEUSTAR, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jeffrey E. Ganek
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Jeffrey E. Ganek 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Larry Bouman
 	 	 
	Larry Bouman 	 

Date: 1/29/08

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Exhibit A

GENERAL RELEASE

          1. This General Release (the “Release”) is entered into by and between Neustar, Inc. (the
“Company”) and Larry Bouman (“you”) in consideration of the payments and other benefits provided
pursuant to the Status Change Agreement dated as of January 29, 2008 (the “Status Change
Agreement”) and is effective as of the Effective Date (as defined in paragraph 9 below).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Status
Change Agreement.

          2. You acknowledge and agree that the payments and other benefits provided pursuant to the
Status Change Agreement and this Release: (i) are in full discharge of any and all liabilities and
obligations of the Company to you, monetarily or with respect to employee benefits or otherwise,
including but not limited to any and all obligations arising under any alleged written or oral
employment agreement, policy, plan or procedure of the Company and/or any alleged understanding or
arrangement between you and the Company as of the date hereof; and (ii) exceed any payment,
benefit, or other thing of value to which you might otherwise be entitled under any policy, plan or
procedure of the Company and/or any agreement between you and the Company.

          3. (a) In consideration for the payments and other benefits set forth in the Status Change
Agreement and in paragraph 1 of this Release, you, for yourself and for your heirs, executors,
administrators, trustees, legal representatives and assigns (hereinafter referred to collectively
as “Releasors”), forever release and discharge the Company and its past, present and future
parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, partnerships, joint ventures, related business
entities, predecessors and successors, and with respect to each such entity, its past, present and
future directors, officers, principals, shareholders, members, partners, employees, agents,
consultants, attorneys, servants, representatives, heirs, fiduciaries, trustees, administrators,
employee benefit plans or funds, insurers of such benefit plans and funds, and successors and
assigns, whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively
the “Company Entities”) from any and all claims, demands, debts, obligation, form of damages,
causes of action, injunctive or equitable relief, fees, expenses, and liabilities of any kind
whatsoever, in both law and equity, whether anticipated or unanticipated, known or unknown, fixed
or contingent, which you ever had, now have, or may have against any of the Company Entities by
reason of any act, omission, transaction, practice, plan, policy, procedure, conduct, occurrence,
or other matter up to and including the date you sign this Release.

               (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Release is intended to and shall
release the Company Entities from any and all claims, whether known or unknown, anticipated or
unanticipated, which Releasors ever had, now have, or may have against the Company Entities arising
out of your employment and/or your separation from that employment, including, but not limited to:
(i) any claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor-Management
Relations Act, the Worker Retraining and Notification Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the
Rehabilitation Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (excluding claims for
accrued, vested benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan of the Company Entities subject
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and applicable law), and the Family and Medical Leave Act; (ii) any claim under the laws,
regulations, or administrative codes of the State of Delaware, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Virginia (including, without limitation, the Virginia Human Rights Act, the
Virginia Equal Pay Act, and the Virginia Handicapped Discrimination Law); (iii) any other claim
(whether based on federal, state, or local law, statutory or decisional) relating to or arising out
of your employment, the terms and conditions of such employment, the termination of such
employment, and/or any of the events relating directly or indirectly to or surrounding the
termination of that employment, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, breach of
contract (express or implied), breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of
fiduciary duty, wrongful discharge, impairment of ability to compete in the open labor market, loss
of future earnings, fraud, misrepresentation, detrimental reliance, defamation, slander, infliction
of emotional distress or compensatory or punitive damages; and (iv) any claim for attorneys’ fees,
costs, disbursements and/or the like. Nothing in this Release shall be a waiver of claims that may
arise after the date on which you sign this Release; rights of indemnification to which you were
entitled immediately prior to the date on which you sign this Release under the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or otherwise with regard to your service with the Company; or
rights, if any, pursuant to the Restricted Stock Agreement dated January 21, 2008 between you and
the Company (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”).

          4. You represent and warrant that you have not commenced, maintained, prosecuted or
participated in any action, suit, charge, grievance, complaint or proceeding of any kind against
Company Entities in any court or before any administrative or investigative body or agency and/or
that you are hereby withdrawing with prejudice any such complaints, charges, or actions that you
may have filed against Company Entities. You further acknowledge and agree that by virtue of the
foregoing, you have waived all relief available to you (including without limitation, monetary
damages, equitable relief and reinstatement) under any of the claims and/or causes of action waived
in paragraph 3 above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Release shall be construed to
prevent you from filing a charge with, or participating in an investigation conducted by, the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or applicable state or local agency, provided that you
shall not be eligible to receive any monetary, injunctive or other relief of any kind in connection
with such charge. In addition, nothing in this Release shall be construed to prevent you from
asserting a claim under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act concerning the enforceability of
this release of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

          5. This Release is binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

          6. In the event any provision or part of this Release is found to be invalid or unenforceable,
only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Release, will be inoperative.

          7. Nothing contained in this Release will be deemed or construed as an admission of
wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company.

          8. This Release shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia without regard to its principles of conflicts of law.

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          9. You understand that this Release constitutes the complete understanding between the Company
and you and supersedes any and all agreements, understandings, and discussions, whether written or
oral, between you and any of the Company Entities (other than the Status Change Agreement, the
Restricted Stock Agreement and the Agreement Respecting Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and
Confidentiality dated January 29, 2008 between you and the Company). No other promises or
agreements shall be binding unless in writing and signed by both the Company and you after the
Effective Date of this Release.

          10. You acknowledge that you: (a) have carefully read this Release in its entirety; (b) have
had an opportunity to consider for at least 21 days the terms of this Release; (c) are hereby
advised by the Company in writing to consult with an attorney of your choice in connection with
this Release; (d) fully understand the significance of all of the terms and conditions of this
Release and have discussed them with your independent legal counsel, or have had a reasonable
opportunity to do so; (e) have had answered to your satisfaction by your independent legal counsel
any questions you have asked with regard to the meaning and significance of any of the provisions
of this Release; and (f) are signing this Release voluntarily and of your own free will and agree
to abide by all the terms and conditions contained herein.

          11. You understand that you will have at least 21 days from the date of receipt of this
Release to consider the terms and conditions of this Release. You may accept this Release by
signing it and returning it to Doug Arnold, Senior Vice President — Human Resources, NeuStar, Inc.,
46000 Center Oak Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166, on or before the expiration of such 21 day period.
After executing this Release, you shall have seven days (the “Revocation Period”) to revoke this
Release by indicating your desire to do so in writing delivered to Martin Lowen, General Counsel,
at the address above no later than 5 p.m. on the seventh day after the date you sign this Release.
The effective date of this Release shall be the eighth day after it is signed by you (the
“Effective Date”). If the last day of the Revocation Period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday,
the last day of the Revocation Period will be deemed to be the next business day. In the event you
do not accept this Release as set forth above, or in the event you revoke this Release during the
Revocation Period, this Release, including but not limited to the obligation of the Company to
provide the payment(s) and other benefits set forth in the Status Change Agreement that are
expressly conditioned upon execution of this Release, shall be deemed automatically null and void.

	 	 	 	 	 
	LARRY BOUMAN

 	 	 
	Signature:  	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Date:  	 	 	 
	 

3EX-10.57

Exhibit 10.57

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

UNDER THE NEUSTAR, INC. 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

     This RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT is entered into as of January 18, 2008, between
NEUSTAR, INC. (the “Company”) and Larry Bouman (“you”).

1. Restricted Stock Grant. Subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of the Plan
and this Agreement, the Company hereby awards you 20,000 shares of Common Stock. The
shares are subject to certain restrictions as set forth in the Plan and this Agreement. Until
vested, the shares are referred to herein as “Restricted Stock.”

2. The Plan. The Restricted Stock is subject to the terms of the Company’s 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), including its provisions regarding amendment of Awards. Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

3. Restrictions on Transfer. You shall not sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, assign or
otherwise dispose of (any such action, a “Transfer”) the Restricted Stock, except as set forth in
the Plan or this Agreement. Any attempted Transfer in violation of the Plan or this Agreement
shall be void and of no effect.

4. Vesting Schedule. Subject to Section 6, the Restricted Stock will become vested and
cease to be Restricted Stock (but will remain subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan)
as follows unless you experience a Termination before the Vesting Date:

	 	 	 
	Vesting Date	 	Percentage Vested
	December 31, 2008
	 	100%

All vesting will occur only on the Vesting Date, with no proportionate or partial vesting in the
period prior to such date. When any Restricted Stock becomes vested, the Company (unless it is
using book entry) will promptly issue and deliver to you a stock certificate registered in your
name, subject to applicable federal, state and local tax withholding as set forth in Section 5
(unless it determines a delay is required under applicable law or rules). You will be permitted to
Transfer shares of Restricted Stock following the expiration of the Restriction Period, but only to
the extent permitted by applicable law.

5. Taxes. You will be liable for any and all taxes, including withholding taxes, arising
out of this Award or the vesting of Restricted Stock hereunder, and the Company shall have the
right to require, prior to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock, payment of any federal, state
or local taxes required by law to be withheld. Upon vesting, you shall pay all required taxes to
the Company, which payment may be made in cash or by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable under the Award, subject to the Company’s policies then in effect, unless the
Company has established alternative procedures for such payment. Any fraction of a share of Common
Stock required to satisfy such withholding shall be disregarded and the amount due paid instead in
cash by you.

6. Forfeiture. Upon your Termination, all unvested Restricted Stock shall immediately be
forfeited without compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Corporate Transaction (as
defined below) occurs and a portion of your Restricted Stock remains unvested following the
Corporate Transaction, your Restricted Stock shall immediately vest in full if you experience a
Termination (other than by the Company for Cause or by you for any reason) within two (2) years
after the Corporate Transaction.

For purposes of this Agreement, a “Corporate Transaction” shall mean any of the following events:
(i) the consummation of any merger or consolidation of the Company in which the Company is not the
continuing or surviving corporation, or pursuant to which shares of Common Stock are converted into
cash, securities or other property, if following such merger or consolidation the holders of the
Company’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not
own a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving corporation in approximately
the same proportion as before such merger or consolidation; (ii) individuals who constitute the
Board at the beginning of any 24-month period (“Incumbent Directors”) ceasing for any reason during
such 24-month period to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person
becoming a director during any such 24-month period whose election or nomination for election was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a
specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement for the Company in which such person is named
as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director;
provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company
as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of
any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than the
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shall be an Incumbent Director; (iii) the consummation of any sale, lease, exchange or other
transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets, other than a transfer of the Company’s assets to a majority-owned subsidiary of
the Company or any other entity the majority of whose voting power is held by the shareholders of
the Company in approximately the same proportion as before such transaction; (iv) the approval by
the holders of the Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company; or (v) the acquisition by a person, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) or of Section
13(d)(3) (as in effect on the date of adoption of the Plan) of the Exchange Act of a majority or
more of the Company’s outstanding voting securities (whether directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record), other than a person who held such majority on the date of adoption of the Plan.
Ownership of voting securities shall take into account and shall include ownership as determined by
applying Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) (as in effect on the date of adoption of the Plan) pursuant to the
Exchange Act.

7. Detrimental Activity. For purposes of this Award, Detrimental Activity shall have the
meaning set forth in the Plan and additionally shall mean any of the activities set forth on Annex
A. In the event that you engage in Detrimental Activity, the Committee may direct that all
unvested Restricted Stock, together with any Restricted Stock which has vested but with respect to
which Common Stock has not yet been issued and dividends declared but not yet paid to you, shall be
immediately forfeited to the Company, and you shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the Fair
Market Value at the time of vesting of any Restricted Stock previously delivered or issued to you,
together with the value of any dividends previously paid to you prior to the vesting date in
respect of the Restricted Stock.

8. Adjustments. In the case of any change in corporate structure as contemplated under
Section 4.2(b) of the Plan, an equitable adjustment shall be deemed necessary and shall be made in
accordance with such Section 4.2(b).

9. Retention of Certificates. Promptly after the date first written above (the “Grant
Date”), the Company will recognize your ownership of the Restricted Stock through uncertificated
book entry, another similar method, or issuance of stock certificates representing the Restricted
Stock. Any stock certificates will be registered in your name, bear any legend that the Committee
deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on Transfer, and be held in custody by the Company or
its designated agent until the Restricted Stock vests. If requested by the Company, you will
deliver to the Company a duly signed stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted
Stock. If you receive a stock dividend on the Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock shares are
split, or you receive other shares, securities, monies, warrants, rights, options or property
representing a dividend or distribution in respect of the Restricted Stock (other than regular cash
dividends on and after the Grant Date), you will immediately deposit with the Company any such
rights or property (including any certificates representing shares duly endorsed in blank or
accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank), which shall be subject to the same
restrictions as the Restricted Stock and be encompassed within the term “Restricted Stock” as used
herein.

10. Rights with Regard to Restricted Stock. You will have the right to vote the
Restricted Stock and to receive and retain all regular cash dividends payable to other shareholders
of record on and after the Grant Date (although such dividends will be treated, to the extent
required by applicable law, as additional compensation for tax purposes), and to exercise all other
rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Common Stock with respect to the Restricted Stock set
forth in the Plan, except: (i) you will not be entitled to delivery of any unvested Restricted
Stock, and the Company (or its designated agent) will retain custody of any such shares; (ii) no
part of the Restricted Stock will bear interest or be segregated in separate accounts; and (iii)
you may not Transfer any unvested Restricted Stock.

11. Not an Employment Agreement. The issuance of this Award does not constitute an
agreement by the Company to continue to employ you during the entire, or any portion of, the
Restriction Period or otherwise.

12. Notice. Any notice or communication to the Company concerning the Restricted Stock
must be in writing and delivered in person, or by U.S. mail, to the following address (or another
address specified by the Company): NeuStar, Inc., Attn: General Counsel, 46000 Center Oak Plaza,
Sterling, VA 20166.

You will not have any rights with respect to your Restricted Stock Award unless and until you
deliver an executed copy of this Agreement to the Company within 60 days of the Grant Date.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	NEUSTAR, INC.	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Jeffrey E. Ganek
	 	 
	 	/s/ Larry Bouman
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Jeffrey E. Ganek
	 	 	 	Larry Bouman

 

 

Annex A

Detrimental Activity

“Detrimental Activity” shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan and additionally shall mean any
of the following:

(i) For the period commencing on your first day of employment with the Company and ending on the
date which is 18 months following your termination of employment with the Company for any reason
(such period hereinafter referred to as the “Restricted Period”), with respect to any state or
country in which the Company is engaged in business during your employment term, you participate or
engage, directly or indirectly, for yourself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person,
partnership, corporation or other entity, whether as an employee, agent, officer, director,
shareholder, partner, joint venturer, investor or otherwise, in any business competitive with a
business undertaken by the Company or by you at any time during your employment term.

(ii) During the Restricted Period, you engage in Solicitation, whether for your own account or for
the account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization
(other than the Company). “Solicitation” means any of the following, or an attempt to do any of the
following: (i) recruiting, soliciting or inducing any nonclerical employee or consultant of the
Company (including, but not limited to, any independent sales representatives or organizations) to
terminate his or her employment with, or otherwise cease or reduce his or her relationship with,
the Company; (ii) hiring or assisting another person or entity to hire any nonclerical employee or
consultant of the Company or any person who within 12 months before was such a person; or (iii)
soliciting or inducing any person or entity (including any person who within the preceding 12
months was a customer or client of the Company) to terminate, suspend, reduce, or diminish in any
way its relationship with or prospective relationship with the Company.

(iii) (a) You disclose to any person or entity or use, at any time, any information not in the
public domain or generally known in the industry (except as may be required by law or legal
process), in any form, acquired by the you while employed by the Company or any predecessor to the
Company’s business or, if acquired following the employment term, such information which, to your
knowledge, has been acquired, directly or indirectly, from any person or entity owing a duty of
confidentiality to the Company (or to which the Company owes a duty of confidentiality), including
but not limited to information regarding customers, vendors, suppliers, trade secrets, training
programs, manuals or materials, technical information, contracts, systems, procedures, mailing
lists, know-how, trade names, improvements, price lists, financial or other data (including the
revenues, costs or profits associated with any of the Company’s products or services), business
plans, code books, invoices and other financial statements, computer programs, software systems,
databases, discs and printouts, plans (business, technical or otherwise), customer and industry
lists, correspondence, internal reports, personnel files, sales and advertising material, telephone
numbers, names, addresses or any other compilation of information, written or unwritten, which is
or was used in the business of the Company; or (b) you fail to return to the Company the originals
and all copies of any such information in any form, and copies and extracts thereof, provided to or
acquired by you in connection with the performance of your duties for the Company (which are and
shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company); or (c) you fail to return to the
Company all files, correspondence and/or other communications received, maintained and/or
originated by you during the course of your employment whether for your own account or for the
account of any other individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other business organization
(other than the Company).

(iv) You issue or communicate, directly or indirectly, any public statement (or statement likely to
become public) that disparages, denigrates, maligns or impugns the Company, its affiliates, or
their respective officers, directors, employees, products or services, except truthful responses to
legal process or governmental inquiry or by you in carrying out your duties while employed by the
Company.

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