CAPITALSOURCE INC. THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT FOR DIRECTORS

Exhibit 10.10

Grant No.:

CAPITALSOURCE INC.
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
FOR DIRECTORS

     CapitalSource Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants restricted stock units (“Restricted Stock Units”) for             shares of its common stock (“Stock”) to the Grantee named below, subject to the vesting and other conditions set forth below. Additional terms and conditions of the grant are set forth in the attached Restricted Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”).

Name of Grantee:

Grantee’s Social Security Number:

Number of Restricted Stock Units:

Grant Date:

Vest Base Date:

Vesting Schedule:

     By your signature below, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described herein, in the attached Agreement and in the Plan, a copy of which is also attached. You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the Plan, and agree that the Plan will control in the event any provision of this cover sheet or Agreement should appear to be inconsistent.

Grantee		Date:
		Date:
CapitalSource Inc.
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Attachment

     This is not a stock certificate or a negotiable instrument.

CAPITALSOURCE INC.
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
FOR DIRECTORS

Restricted Stock Units		This Agreement evidences an award of restricted stock units in the number set forth on the cover sheet and subject to the vesting and other conditions set forth herein, in the Plan and on the cover sheet (the “Restricted Stock Units”).
Transfer of Restricted Stock Units		Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the Restricted Stock Units be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process. If you attempt to do any of these things, the Restricted Stock Unit will immediately become forfeited.
Vesting		The Company will issue your Restricted Stock Units in the name set forth on the cover sheet.
		Your Restricted Stock Units shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth on the cover sheet so long as you continue in Service on the vesting dates set forth on the cover sheet.
		Notwithstanding your vesting schedule, your Restricted Stock Units will become 100% vested upon your termination of Service due to your death or Disability if you have provided Services to the Company for at least one (1) year at the time your Service terminates.
		Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Plan or any other agreement between the Grantee and the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to the contrary (including without limitation the cover sheet and the paragraph below under the heading “ The Plan”), the Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder shall not become vested, by acceleration or otherwise, and shares of Stock shall not be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to or in connection with such Restricted Stock Units, in each case in connection with any termination of employment or other event to the extent such vesting, acceleration or delivery would result in the Company violating the five percent exception on fast vesting of awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Plan. To the extent that such vesting, acceleration or delivery is prohibited pursuant to the foregoing, the Grantee shall receive a cash payment equivalent to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Stock into which the Restricted Stock Units would otherwise be converted on the date that such Restricted Stock Units would otherwise have vested or been accelerated or such Shares would otherwise have been delivered, in each case if not for the provisions of this paragraph, and such Restricted Stock Units shall be

		terminated and forfeited. Such cash payment will be consideration for the forfeiture of such Restricted Stock Units.
Delivery		Upon your termination of Service or such other time as you have properly elected under the CapitalSource Inc. Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Deferred Compensation Plan”), the Company will issue the shares of Stock to which the then vested Restricted Stock Units relate.
Evidence of Issuance		The issuance of the Stock under the grant of Restricted Stock Units evidenced by this Agreement shall be evidenced in such a manner as the Company, in its discretion, will deem appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry, registration or issuance of one or more Stock certificates. You will have no further rights with regard to a Restricted Stock Unit once the share of Stock related to such Restricted Stock Unit has been issued.
Forfeiture of Unvested Restricted Stock Units		Unless the termination of your Service triggers accelerated vesting of your Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, or any other written agreement between the Company (or any Affiliate) and you, you will automatically forfeit to the Company all of the unvested Restricted Stock Units in the event your Service terminates for any reason.
Withholding Taxes		You agree as a condition of this grant that you will make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the vesting or receipt of the Restricted Stock Units or the Stock. In the event that the Company determines that any federal, state, local or foreign tax or withholding payment is required relating to the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units or receipt of Stock arising from this grant, the Company shall have the right to require such payments from you, or withhold such amounts from other payments due to you from the Company or any Affiliate (including withholding the delivery of vested shares of Stock otherwise deliverable under this Agreement).
Retention Rights		This Agreement and the grant evidenced hereby do not give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any Affiliate) in any capacity. Unless otherwise specified in an employment or other written agreement between the Company (or any Affiliate) and you, the Company (and any Affiliate) reserve the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.
Stockholder Rights		You, or your estate or heirs, do not have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to any vested or unvested Restricted Stock Units until the Stock has been issued to you and either a certificate evidencing your Stock has been issued or an appropriate entry has been made on the Company’s books.
		You will, however, be entitled to receive, upon the Company’s

		payment of a cash dividend on outstanding shares of Stock, an amount of cash or Restricted Stock Units (as determined by the Company from time to time) equal to the per-share dividend paid on the shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that you hold as of the record date for such dividend, which shall be subject to the same vesting, delivery, forfeiture and other conditions as the associated Restricted Stock Units. No adjustments are made for dividends, distributions or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your certificate is issued (or an appropriate book entry is made), except as described in the Plan.
		Your grant shall be subject to the terms of any applicable agreement of merger, liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity.
Applicable Law		This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Delaware, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
The Plan/Deferred Compensation Plan		The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference.
		Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan, and have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
		Your Restricted Stock Units and this Agreement are also subject to the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
		This Agreement, the associated cover sheet, the Deferred Compensation Plan and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding this grant. Any agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this grant are superseded; except that any written employment, consulting, confidentiality, non-competition and/or severance agreement between you and the Company (or any Affiliate), whether entered into before or after this Agreement’s effective date, shall supersede this Agreement with respect to its subject matter unless otherwise provided herein, provided that no such superseding shall result in a failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Data Privacy		In order to administer the Plan, the Company may process personal data about you. Such data includes, but is not limited to, information provided in this Agreement or the cover sheet hereto and any changes thereto, other appropriate personal and financial data about you such as your contact information, payroll information and any other information that might be deemed appropriate by the Company to facilitate the administration of the Plan.

		By accepting this grant, you give explicit consent to the Company to process any such personal data.
Code Section 409A		It is intended that this Award comply with Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) or an exemption to Section 409A. To the extent that the Company determines that you would be subject to the additional 20% tax imposed on certain non-qualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Section 409A as a result of any provision of this Agreement, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Company. For purposes of this Award, a termination of Service only occurs upon an event that would be a Separation from Service within the meaning of Section 409A.

By signing the cover sheet of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described above, in the Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan.