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This excerpt taken from the AMZN DEF 14A filed Apr 17, 2009.

Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change-In-Control

Termination and Change-in-Control Agreements or Arrangements

The Company does not have arrangements with any of its named executive officers providing for additional benefits or payments in connection with a termination of employment, change in job responsibility or change-in-control. Upon termination of employment for any reason, all unvested restricted stock units expire.

Change-in-Control Provisions of 1997 Plan

In the event of (i) the merger or consolidation of the Company in which it is not the surviving corporation pursuant to which shares of common stock are converted into cash, securities or other property (other than a merger in which holders of common stock immediately before the merger have the same proportionate ownership of the capital stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger), (ii) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than a transfer to a majority-owned subsidiary), or (iii) the approval by the holders of common stock of any plan or proposal for the Company’s liquidation or dissolution (each a “Corporate Transaction”), the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee will determine whether provisions will be made in connection with the Corporate Transaction for the assumption of stock-based awards under the 1997 Plan or the substitution of appropriate new awards covering the stock of the successor corporation or an affiliate of the successor corporation. If the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee determines that no such assumption or substitution will be made, vesting of outstanding awards under the 1997 Plan will automatically accelerate so that such awards become 100% vested immediately before the Corporate Transaction. On a hypothetical basis, assuming the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee had made such a determination in a Corporate Transaction that closed on December 31, 2008, the dollar value of the stock-based awards held by named executive officers that would have vested based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock of $51.28 on December 31, 2008 is set forth in the “Outstanding Equity Awards at 2008 Fiscal Year End” table.

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN DEF 14A filed Apr 18, 2008.

Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change-In-Control

Termination and Change-in-Control Agreements or Arrangements

The Company does not have arrangements with any of its named executive officers providing for additional benefits or payments in connection with a termination of employment, change in job responsibility or change-in-control, except the provision in Mr. Onetto’s offer letter described under “Employment Arrangements” above, which lapsed in December 2007. Upon termination of employment for any reason, all unvested restricted stock units expire.

Change-in-Control Provisions of 1997 Plan

In the event of (i) the merger or consolidation of the Company in which it is not the surviving corporation pursuant to which shares of common stock are converted into cash, securities or other property (other than a merger in which holders of common stock immediately before the merger have the same proportionate ownership of the capital stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger), (ii) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than a transfer to a majority-owned subsidiary), or (iii) the approval by the holders of common stock of any plan or proposal for the Company’s liquidation or dissolution (each a “Corporate Transaction”), the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee will determine whether provisions will be made in connection with the Corporate Transaction for the assumption of stock-based awards under the 1997 Plan or the substitution of appropriate new awards covering the stock of the successor corporation or an affiliate of the successor corporation. If the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee determines that no such assumption or substitution will be made, vesting of outstanding awards under the 1997 Plan will automatically accelerate so that such awards become 100% vested immediately before the Corporate Transaction. On a hypothetical basis, assuming the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee had made such a determination in a Corporate Transaction that closed on December 31, 2007, the dollar value of the stock-based awards held by named executive officers that would have vested based on the closing price of Amazon.com common stock of $92.64 on December 31, 2007 is set forth in the “Outstanding Equity Awards at 2007 Fiscal Year End” table.

 

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This excerpt taken from the AMZN DEF 14A filed Apr 27, 2007.

Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment or Change-In-Control

Termination and Change-in-Control Agreements or Arrangements

The Company does not have arrangements with any of its named executive officers providing for additional benefits or payments in connection with a termination of employment, change in job responsibility or change-in-control. Upon termination of employment for any reason other than for cause, as defined in the 1997 Plan, a named executive officer may exercise vested stock options within three months of termination (unless the term of the vested stock option expires before that time), but all unvested restricted stock units and unvested

 

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options expire on the date of termination. In the event of termination for cause, all vested stock options would automatically terminate as well, unless the plan administrator determines otherwise.

Change-in-Control Provisions of 1997 Plan

In the event of (i) the merger or consolidation of the Company in which it is not the surviving corporation pursuant to which shares of common stock are converted into cash, securities or other property (other than a merger in which holders of common stock immediately before the merger have the same proportionate ownership of the capital stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger), (ii) the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than a transfer to a majority-owned subsidiary), or (iii) the approval by the holders of common stock of any plan or proposal for the Company’s liquidation or dissolution (each a “Corporate Transaction”), the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee will determine whether provisions will be made in connection with the Corporate Transaction for the assumption of stock-based awards under the 1997 Plan or the substitution of appropriate new awards covering the stock of the successor corporation or an affiliate of the successor corporation. If the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee determines that no such assumption or substitution will be made, vesting of outstanding awards under the 1997 Plan will automatically accelerate so that such awards become 100% vested and exercisable immediately before the Corporate Transaction. On a hypothetical basis, assuming the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee had made such a determination in a Corporate Transaction that closed on December 31, 2006, the dollar value of the stock-based awards held by named executive officers that would have vested based on the closing price of Amazon.com common stock of $39.46 on December 29, 2006 is set forth in the “Outstanding Equity Awards at 2006 Fiscal Year End” table and the footnotes thereto.

 

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