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10-Dec-2008
Change in Directors or Principal Officers
(e) Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On December 10, 2008, as part of a stipulation and agreement of settlement
(the "Settlement Agreement") entered into with the plaintiffs in the In re
Yahoo! Shareholders Litigation pending before the Delaware Court of Chancery
(the "Delaware Court"), Yahoo! Inc. (the "Company") amended its change in
control severance plans originally approved on February 12, 2008 (the "Original
Severance Plans" and the Original Severance Plans, as amended, the "Amended
Severance Plans"). The Amended Severance Plans, together, cover all full time
employees of the Company, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and the executives currently employed by the Company who were
named in the Summary Compensation Table of the Company's Proxy Statement for its
2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The Amended Severance Plans make the following changes, among others, to
the terms of the Original Severance Plans:
1) The period during which the termination of an eligible employee would
trigger eligibility for severance benefits is decreased from two years
following a "Change in Control" (as defined in the applicable Amended
Severance Plan) to one year.
2) The circumstances permitting an eligible employee to terminate employment for "Good Reason" (as defined in the applicable Amended Severance Plan) following a Change in Control have been amended.
3) The Board of Directors in place prior to a Change in Control is given the ability, subject to certain limitations, to terminate or amend the Amended Severance Plans during a Potential Change in Control Period (as defined in the applicable Amended Severance Plan) as part of any Board of Directors approved transaction that would constitute a Change in Control.
4) Any dispute between an employee and the Company concerning an application for benefits based upon a claimed material diminution in the employee's duties and responsibilities will be subject to binding arbitration.
5) Neither the election of a new Board of Directors that is made up of a majority of members who were not members of the Board of Directors prior to the election nor a sale of the Company's search business would constitute a Change in Control.
Certain changes are not applicable to employees in certain jurisdictions outside the U.S. where country-specific sub-plans were adopted in accordance with applicable law.
The Amended Severance Plans became effective upon execution of the Settlement
Agreement, but expire in 90 days if the Delaware Court does not finally approve
the Settlement Agreement unless the Board of Directors directs otherwise. If the
final approval is overturned on appeal and the Settlement Agreement is
terminated, the amendments are void unless the Board of Directors directs
otherwise.
A description of the Original Severance Plans was provided on a Form 8-K
filed by the Company on February 19, 2008. Additionally, the Company's Change in
Control Employee Severance Plan for Level I and Level II Employees was filed as
an exhibit to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the 2007 fiscal year
filed by the Company on February 27, 2008.
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