SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-02-20

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 <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Exhibit 10.2</div>
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 <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT</div>
 <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">UNDER THE ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION</div>
 <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN</div>
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 <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Agreement</font>&#8221;), made as of [GRANT DATE] (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Grant Date</font>&#8221;) by and between
 Alliance Data Systems Corporation (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Company</font>&#8221;) and [PARTICIPANT NAME] (the <font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">&#8220;Participant&#8221;</font>) who is an employee of the Company or one of its Affiliates, evidences the grant by the Company of an award of restricted stock units (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Award</font>&#8221;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">)</font> to the Participant and the Participant&#8217;s
 acceptance of the Award in accordance with the provisions of the Alliance Data Systems Corporation 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Plan</font>&#8221;<font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">)</font>.&#160; The Company and the Participant agree as follows:</div>
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 <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">1.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"><u>Basis for Award</u></font>.&#160; The Award is made under the Plan pursuant to
 Section 6(f) thereof.</font></div>
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 <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">2.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"><u>Restricted Stock Units Awarded</u></font>.</font></div>
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 <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(a)</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Company hereby awards to the Participant, in the aggregate, [SHARES GRANTED] Restricted Stock Units which shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and this
 Agreement.</font></div>
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 <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(b)</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an account established and maintained for the Participant, which shall be credited for the number of Restricted Stock Units granted
 to the Participant.&#160; By accepting this Award, the Participant acknowledges that the Company does not have an adequate remedy in damages for the breach by the Participant of the conditions and covenants set forth in this Agreement and agrees that
 the Company is entitled to and may obtain an order or a decree of specific performance against the Participant issued by any court having jurisdiction.</font></div>
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 <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(c)</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Except as provided in the Plan or this Agreement, prior to vesting as provided in Section 4 of this Agreement, the Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited by the Participant
 and all of the Participant&#8217;s ri