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6-Mar-2009
Change in Directors or Principal Officers
Target Award
Name Position Number of Units
Vice Chairman, Technology and
William L. Chenevich Operations Services 85,878
Richard C. Hartnack Vice Chairman, Consumer Banking 61,069
Executive Vice President and General
Lee R. Mitau Counsel 45,802
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The Target Award Number will be adjusted upward or downward depending on
(1) whether the return on equity ("ROE") achieved by the Company during the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 (the "ROE Result") is greater or less than
a predetermined ROE target, and (2) the percentile rank of the Company's ROE
Result relative to the ROE achieved by designated peer group companies during
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. In no event will the adjusted number
of Units (the "Final Award Number") awarded to each executive officer be less
than 25% of the Target Award Number or more than 150% of the Target Award
Number.
The Units vest at 25% per year on the anniversary of the grant date of the Units
if the executive officer remains continuously employed by the Company or an
affiliate until such vesting dates. The Units will be immediately and
irrevocably forfeited if the executive officer ceases to be employed by the
Company or an affiliate, except that:
• In the event the executive officer ceases to be employed by the Company by
reason of disability or retirement, then the Units will continue to vest on
the scheduled vesting dates as though such termination of employment had
never occurred.
• In the event the executive officer dies prior to December 31, 2009, then the number of Units equal to the Target Award Number will immediately vest. Likewise, in the event the executive officer dies on or after December 31, 2009, then the number of Units equal to the Final Award Number will immediately vest.
• In the event of a qualifying termination following a change in control that occurs prior to December 31, 2009, then the number of Units equal to the Target Award Number will immediately vest. In the event of a qualifying termination following a change in control that occurs on or after December 31, 2009, then the number of units equal to the Final Award Number will immediately vest.
In addition, if the executive officer violates the terms of any confidentiality
and non-solicitation agreement with the Company or an affiliate, then all of the
executive officer's unvested Units will be immediately and irrevocably
forfeited. The terms "disability," "retirement," "qualifying termination" and
"change in control" are defined in the award agreement.
Following the vesting of the Units and the payment of any applicable withholding
taxes, the Company will cause to be issued and delivered to the executive
officers a certificate or certificates evidencing shares of the Company's common
stock equal to the number of Units vested.
Prior to the distribution of shares of the Company's common stock with respect
to Units, the executive officers will not have ownership rights of any of the
shares underlying the Units. Executive officers will be entitled to receive
cash dividend equivalents on the shares underlying Units if cash dividends are
declared by the Company's Board of Directors on the Company's common stock on or
after the date that the Final Award Number is determined (the "Determination
Date"). Executive officers will be entitled to cash dividend equivalents based
on a number of Units equal to the Final Award Number. The cash dividend
equivalents will be paid to the executive officers on the same payment dates as
dividends to holders of the Company's common stock are paid. Executive officers
will not be entitled to any cash dividend equivalents with respect to dividends
declared prior to the Determination Date.
The Units were awarded pursuant to the shareholder-approved U.S. Bancorp 2007
Stock Incentive Plan (the "2007 Stock Plan"), a copy of which is on file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K
filed on April 18, 2007. The form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award
Agreement used in connection with Unit awards to executive officers under the
2007 Stock Plan, including the awards to the executive officers listed above, is
attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The
description in this Current Report on Form 8-K of the form of Performance
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the attached form of such agreement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.1 Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Executive
Officers under the U.S. Bancorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan to be used after
December 31, 2008.
99.1 Press release issued by U.S. Bancorp on March 5, 2009.
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