HOME DEPOT, INC. (Form: 8-K, Received: 05/24/2022 16:22:52)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 18, 2022

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THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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Delaware

1-8207

95-3261426

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2455 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30339

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(770) 433-8211

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.05 Par Value Per Share

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 18, 2022, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (“LDC Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Home Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Company's amended and restated Management Incentive Plan (the “Amended and Restated MIP”). The primary purpose of the amendment and restatement was to remove provisions related to the performance-based compensation exception under Internal Revenue Code § 162(m) and other conforming changes, including aligning with similar changes in the Company’s amended and restated Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan approved by the shareholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held May 19, 2022 (the “Omnibus Plan”). The Amended and Restated MIP also permits the LDC Committee to adjust performance targets during a performance period due to an event occurring or existing after the establishment of the target.

Also on May 18, 2022, the LDC Committee adopted new forms of Executive Officer Equity Award Agreements (the “Executive Officer Award Agreements”) and a new form of Nonemployee Director Deferred Share Award Agreement (the “Deferred Share Award Agreement” and together with the Executive Officer Award Agreements, the “Award Agreements”) with respect to the granting of performance shares, performance-based restricted stock, nonqualified stock options, and deferred shares under the Omnibus Plan. The new Executive Officer Award Agreements will be used for awards to executive officers under the Omnibus Plan made on or after May 19, 2022, and the new Deferred Share Award Agreement will be used for awards to nonemployee directors under the Omnibus Plan made on or after May 19, 2022. The Award Agreements have been updated to align with the changes in the Omnibus Plan, as well as other ministerial and conforming changes. Otherwise, the terms of the Executive Officer Award Agreements are substantially similar to those in the forms of executive officer award agreements last approved by the LDC Committee in February 2021 and November 2020 and disclosed by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2021 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 24, 2020 (Exhibit 10.4), respectively, and the terms of the Deferred Share Award Agreement are substantially similar to those in the form of deferred share award agreement last approved by the LDC Committee in November 2017 and disclosed by the Company in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 23, 2017 (Exhibit 10.21).

The foregoing summary is qualified by reference to the Amended and Restated MIP and the Award Agreements, which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Home Depot, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 19, 2022. Below are the final vote results from the meeting.

Proposal 1: The following nominees were elected by majority vote to serve on the Board of Directors:


	FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
Gerard J. Arpey	711,382,095	20,116,182	2,778,695	143,770,510
Ari Bousbib	705,225,758	27,493,763	1,557,451	143,770,510
Jeffery H. Boyd	692,361,485	39,136,855	2,778,632	143,770,510
Gregory D. Brenneman	673,350,957	59,386,571	1,539,444	143,770,510
J. Frank Brown	709,572,094	23,161,327	1,543,551	143,770,510
Albert P. Carey	623,001,264	108,489,722	2,785,986	143,770,510
Edward P. Decker	728,336,490	4,432,400	1,508,082	143,770,510
Linda R. Gooden	725,905,497	6,977,727	1,393,748	143,770,510
Wayne M. Hewett	725,444,716	7,301,305	1,530,951	143,770,510
Manuel Kadre	721,086,208	11,625,083	1,565,681	143,770,510
Stephanie C. Linnartz	715,491,064	16,096,573	2,689,335	143,770,510
Craig A. Menear	713,202,041	19,728,773	1,346,158	143,770,510
Paula Santilli	729,991,601	2,855,472	1,429,899	143,770,510
Caryn Seidman-Becker	720,961,380	11,895,020	1,420,572	143,770,510

Proposal 2: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2022 was ratified.

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAIN

BROKER
NON-VOTE

830,660,746

45,818,832

1,567,904

N/A

Proposal 3: An advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say-on-Pay”) was approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
694,602,306	36,806,742	2,867,924	143,770,510

Proposal 4: The Company’s Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 19, 2022, was approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
702,800,699	28,854,391	2,621,882	143,770,510

Proposal 5: A shareholder proposal to reduce the threshold for calling special shareholder meetings was not approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
280,029,241	448,965,553	5,282,178	143,770,510

Proposal 6: A shareholder proposal regarding an independent chair of the Board was not approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
167,804,445	532,927,235	33,545,292	143,770,510

Proposal 7: A shareholder proposal regarding a political contributions congruency analysis was not approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
311,404,280	419,594,568	3,278,124	143,770,510

Proposal 8: A shareholder proposal regarding a report on gender and racial equity on the Board was not approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
98,650,250	627,101,430	8,525,292	143,770,510

Proposal 9: A shareholder proposal regarding a report on deforestation was approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
469,758,767	256,769,584	7,748,621	143,770,510

Proposal 10: A shareholder proposal regarding a racial equity audit was approved.


FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTE
455,281,245	269,989,425	9,006,302	143,770,510

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit						Description
10.1						The Home Depot Amended and Restated Management Incentive Plan
10.2						Form of Executive Officer Equity Award Agreement (Performance Shares, Performance-Based Restricted Stock and Nonqualified Stock Options) Pursuant to The Home Depot, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 19, 2022
10.3						Form of Executive Officer Equity Award Agreement (Restricted Stock and Nonqualified Stock Options) Pursuant to The Home Depot, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 19, 2022
10.4						Form of Nonemployee Director Deferred Share Award Agreement Pursuant to The Home Depot, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 19, 2022
104						The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

Date: May 24, 2022	By:	/s/ Teresa Wynn Roseborough
	Name:	Teresa Wynn Roseborough
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 10.1

THE HOME DEPOT

AMENDED AND RESTATED

MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN

The purpose of The Home Depot Amended and Restated Management Incentive Plan is to advance the interests of The Home Depot, Inc. and its shareholders by motivating key associates of the Company to take actions that will promote the Company’s long-term success and growth. The Plan is designed to provide incentive compensation to key associates by rewarding the achievement of corporate goals and specifically measured individual goals that are consistent with and support overall corporate goals.

1.Definitions

(a)“Award” means an award entitling a Participant to receive incentive compensation subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

(b)“Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

(c)“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(d)“Committee” means the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee of the Board.

(e)“Common Stock” means shares of the Common Stock, $0.05 par value per share, of the Company.

(f)“Company” means The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

(g)“Disability” means, with respect to a Participant, the Participant’s becoming eligible for permanent and total disability benefits under the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s long-term disability plan.

(h)“Executive Officer” means a Participant who is an executive officer of the Company.

(i)“Fair Market Value” means the closing price for the Common Stock reported on a consolidated basis on the New York Stock Exchange on the relevant date or, if no sale occurred on such date, the closing price on the nearest preceding date on which sales occurred.

(j)“Participant” means a key employee of the Company or a Subsidiary who is selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan.

(k)“Performance Objectives” means the performance objectives, metrics, goals, or targets established by the Committee pursuant to this Plan for Participants who have received Awards for which payment will be determined based upon the achievement of such performance objectives, metrics, goals, or targets. Performance Objectives may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or the Subsidiary, division, department or function within the Company or Subsidiary in which the Participant is employed. If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company, or the manner in which it conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render the Performance Objectives unsuitable, the Committee may modify such Performance Objectives or the related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate and equitable.

(l)“Performance Target” means a target level of performance, based on one or more Performance Objectives, established for a Performance Period in accordance with Section 4.

(m)“Performance Period” means a period coinciding with the Company’s fiscal year for accounting purposes, or such longer or shorter period of not less than three months as determined by the Committee at the time an Award is made, which shall be used for purposes of determining whether Awards are earned by Participants.

(n)“Plan” means The Home Depot Amended and Restated Management Incentive Plan, as stated herein, and as amended from time to time.

(o)“Retirement” means termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary after completing at least 5 years of continuous employment and attaining age 60.

(p)“Subsidiary” means a corporation or other entity (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but more than fifty percent (50%) of whose ownership interest (representing the right generally to make decisions for such other entity) is, now or hereafter owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the Company.

2.Participation. For each Performance Period, the Committee shall designate those key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who shall receive Awards under the Plan. Selection for participation for one Performance Period shall not confer on a Participant the right to participate in the Plan for any other Performance Period.

3.Awards. For each Performance Period, each Participant shall receive an Award entitling the Participant to receive cash incentive compensation upon the attainment of one or more Performance Targets. The Committee may establish different terms for Awards for different Participants or groups of Participants. The amount of compensation payable under an Award may be stated as a dollar amount or as a percentage of the Participant’s base compensation. The Committee may provide for a threshold level of performance below which no amount of compensation will be paid and a maximum level of performance above which no additional amount of compensation will be paid, and it may provide for the payment of differing amounts of compensation for different levels of performance.

4.Establishment of Performance Targets. The Committee shall establish one or more Performance Targets for each Performance Period. Each Performance Target shall be specified as a percentage change in or attainment of a specific level of a Performance Objective for the Performance Period. The Committee may provide, at the time such Performance Target(s) are established, that any evaluation of performance shall exclude or otherwise objectively adjust for any specified circumstance or event that occurs during a Performance Period. In addition, the Committee may adjust or modify one or more Performance Targets in response to the occurrence or existence of any event or circumstance occurring or existing after the establishment of one or more Performance Targets.

5.Payment of Awards. Within sixty (60) days following the end of each Performance Period, but in no event later than two and one-half months following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which a Performance Period ends, the Committee shall determine whether and to what extent the Performance Targets for such Performance Period have been satisfied and shall certify its determination in approved minutes of a Committee meeting held for such purpose or in another resolution approved by the Committee and maintained in its records. Subject to the Committee’s ability to exercise discretion as set forth in this Section 5, if the Committee certifies that one or more Performance Targets for a Performance Period have been achieved, all compensation payable in respect of Awards subject to such Performance Target shall be paid to Participants as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, but in no event later than two and one-half months following the end of the Company’s fiscal year in which such Performance Period ends; provided, however, that the Committee may permit the deferral of such compensation, to the extent permissible under the terms of a deferred compensation plan of the Company or a Subsidiary. If a Performance Target for a Performance Period is not achieved, the Committee in its sole discretion may determine that all or a portion of any Award shall be deemed to be earned based on such criteria as the Committee deems appropriate, including without limitation individual performance or the performance of the Subsidiary or business division employing the Participant. The Committee shall have the right to exercise negative discretion at any time to determine that all or a portion of any Award actually earned and/or payable shall be less than the amount that would be earned and/or payable based solely upon application of the relevant

Performance Targets. Any Award that is not considered earned in accordance with this Plan shall be forfeited.

6.Partial Years of Participation. The Committee may establish rules and procedures for partial periods of participation consistent with the following:

(a)Employment Termination. If a Participant terminates employment with the Company before payment of Awards is made for a Performance Period, any Award granted to the Participant in respect of that Performance Period shall be forfeited and cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant whose employment terminates during a Performance Period, including but not limited to terminations because of death, Disability or Retirement, may, at the discretion of the Committee and under such rules as the Committee may prescribe, be eligible for consideration for a full Award or a pro-rata Award based on the period of active employment during the Performance Period.

(b)New Hires. In the case of an associate who is hired by the Company or a Subsidiary after the beginning of a Performance Period, the Committee may in its discretion designate such associate as a Participant in the Plan for that Performance Period, provided that the Committee may specify that such a Participant’s Award shall be determined only with respect to the portion of the Performance Period during which the Participant is employed by the Company or Subsidiary in the eligible position.

(c)Promotions and Transfers. A Participant who is transferred to a non-exempt, hourly or other ineligible position during a Performance Period shall forfeit any Award granted to the Participant in respect of that Performance Period. An employee who is promoted to an eligible position, or a Participant who is transferred from one eligible position to another, during a Performance Period, may, at the discretion of the Committee and under such rules as the Committee may from time to time prescribe, be eligible for consideration for a pro-rata Award based on the period in the eligible position or each eligible position during the Performance Period.

(d)Leave of Absence. A Participant who is on a leave of absence (other than a personal or military leave) for more than ninety (90) consecutive days during a Performance Period, or who is on a personal leave of absence for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, shall forfeit any portion of an Award attributable to that period of leave pursuant to such rules as the Committee may establish. Participants on a military leave of absence may be eligible to receive an Award during the period of absence pursuant to such rules as the Committee may establish.

7.Adjustments. To the extent that a Performance Target is based on an increase in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in the event of any stock dividend, stock split,

combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, any merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets (other than a normal cash dividend), issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities or any other corporate transaction having an effect on the value of the Common Stock similar to any of the foregoing, then the Committee shall make or provide for such adjustments in such Performance Target as the Committee in its sole discretion shall in good faith determine to be equitably required in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants.

8.Tax Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payment made under the Plan the full amount of any federal, state or local taxes required to be withheld.

9.Code Section 409A Provisions. To the extent applicable, it is intended that the Plan comply with or be exempt from the requirements of Code Section 409A and any related regulations or other guidance promulgated thereunder. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, the Plan shall be interpreted and administered to be exempt from or in compliance with Code Section 409A and if any provision of the Plan or any term or condition of any Award would otherwise conflict with this intent, the provision, term or condition will be interpreted or deemed amended so as to avoid this conflict. Any reservation of rights or any discretion reserved to the Committee or the Company regarding the timing of a payment of any Award subject to Code Section 409A will only be as broad as is permitted by Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein, or in an Award document to the contrary, to the extent required in order to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Code Section 409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable to a Participant during the six-month period immediately following the Participant’s separation from service (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) shall instead be paid on the first business day after the date that is six (6) months following the Participant’s separation from service (or death, if earlier). Each amount to be paid to a Participant pursuant to the Plan or any Award shall be construed as a separately identified payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, or advisors (other than in his or her capacity as a Participant) shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other monetary amounts owed by any Participant or other taxpayer as a result of the Plan.

10.Nontransferability of Benefits. A Participant may not assign or transfer any interest in an Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the death of a Participant, the Participant’s rights and benefits under the Plan shall pass by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

11.Administration, Interpretation and Delegation. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have complete authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe rules and requirements relating to it, and to make all determinations necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of this Plan and any determination by the Committee pursuant to any provision of this Plan, Award, notification or other documentation, shall

be final and conclusive. No member of the Committee shall be liable to any person for any action taken or determination made in good faith. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to exercise the rights of the Committee set forth in this Plan with respect to any Participant who is not an Executive Officer.

12.Amendment and Termination of Plan. The Committee may at any time terminate the Plan and may at any time and from time to time amend or modify the Plan in any respect, including, without limitation, the amending or altering of the Plan as may be required to comply with or conform to any federal, state or local laws or regulations. Neither the termination of the Plan nor any amendment to the Plan shall reduce benefits accruing under Awards granted prior the date of such termination or amendment.

13.Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. As a condition to eligibility to receive an Award under the Plan, each Participant irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Georgia and of any federal court located in the Northern District of Georgia in connection with any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Plan, any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Plan, or any alleged breach of this Plan or any such document or instrument.

14.Effective Date. The Home Depot Amended and Restated Management Incentive Plan is effective January 31, 2022.

15.Offsets and Clawbacks. As a condition to eligibility for an Award, each Participant consents to the deduction from the Award of any amounts owed by the Participant to the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law. In addition, in consideration of any Award granted under this Plan, each Participant agrees that all Awards are subject to applicable clawback policies that may be adopted by the Board or any committee of the Board, from time to time.

16.No Rights to Continued Employment. Participation in the Plan does not create or constitute an express or implied employment contract between the Company and the Participant nor limit the right of the Company to discharge or otherwise deal with a Participant without regard to the existence of the Plan.

17.Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall at all times be an unfunded payroll practice and no provision shall at any time be made with respect to segregating assets of the Company for payment of any Award. No Participant or any other person shall have any interest in any particular assets of the Company by reason of the right to receive an Award under the Plan and any such Participant or any other person shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

18.Limitations Period For Claims. Any person who believes he or she is being denied any benefit or right under the Plan may file a written claim with the Committee. Any claim must be delivered to the Committee within forty-five (45) days of the later of the end of

the Performance Period to which the claim relates or the specific event giving rise to the claim. Untimely claims will not be processed and shall be deemed denied. The Committee, or its designated agent, will notify the Participant of its decision in writing as soon as administratively practicable. Claims not responded to by the Committee in writing within ninety (90) days of the date the written claim is delivered to the Committee shall be deemed denied. The Committee’s decision is final and conclusive and binding on all persons. No lawsuit relating to the Plan may be filed before a written claim is filed with the Committee and is denied or deemed denied and any lawsuit must be filed within one year of such denial or deemed denial or be forever barred.

Exhibit 10.2

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

EQUITY AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT

Executive Officers – U.S.

GRANTED TO: <NAME>

GRANT DATE: <DATE>

GRANT TYPE: Nonqualified Stock Option Award

VESTING SCHEDULE: 25% on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Anniversaries of the Grant Date

NUMBER OF SHARES OF THE HOME DEPOT, INC. COMMON STOCK: <X,XXX>

OPTION PRICE PER SHARE: <$AMOUNT>

EXPIRATION DATE: <DATE>

GRANT TYPE: Performance-Based Restricted Stock Award

VESTING SCHEDULE: 50% on 30th Month Anniversary of the Grant Date

and 50% on 60th Month Anniversary of the Grant Date

NUMBER OF SHARES OF THE HOME DEPOT, INC. COMMON STOCK: <X,XXX>

GRANT TYPE: Performance Share Award

VESTING SCHEDULE: Performance Period of 3 Fiscal Years Beginning with <YEAR>

PERFORMANCE PERIOD: <YEAR – YEAR>

NUMBER OF SHARES OF THE HOME DEPOT, INC. COMMON STOCK: Target Award: <X,XXX>

In recognition of the value of your continued service as a key employee, The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on and as of the date specified above (the “Grant Date”), hereby grants to you, an employee of The Home Depot, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries, affiliates or related entities (collectively the “Company”), pursuant to this Equity Award Terms and Conditions Agreement (this “Award Agreement”), the following awards (individually referred to as the “Award” and collectively referred to as the “Awards”), a summary of which has been delivered to you:

•A non-qualified stock option award (the “Option”) to purchase from the Company the above-stated number of shares of Common Stock at the price per share stated above (the “Option Price”), which Option will expire on the expiration date stated above (the “Expiration Date”), unless it expires earlier in accordance with the terms and conditions described below;

•A performance-based restricted stock award of the above-stated number of shares of Common Stock (“Restricted Stock”) subject to the terms and conditions described below; and

•A performance share award (the “Performance Shares”) of up to 200% the above-stated Target Award, which may be earned in accordance with the performance vesting and other terms and conditions described below.

In addition to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Award is subject to and governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 19, 2022 (the “Plan”), a summary of which has been delivered to you, and the Plan is incorporated herein by reference. Unless defined in the Award Agreement or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement will have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

You will be deemed to have accepted, and agree to comply with, all the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement upon your acceptance of the Award(s) granted herein.

A.NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.Vesting. The Option will become exercisable in installments, as follows: 25% of the total number of shares subject to the Option will become exercisable on each of the second (2nd), third (3rd), fourth (4th), and fifth (5th) anniversaries of the Grant Date.

2.Change in Employment Status; Termination for Cause. If (a) your employment with the Company terminates for reasons other than death, Disability or Retirement, (b) you violate Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, or (c) your employment is terminated for Cause, then all Option shares granted to you pursuant to this Award that have not become exercisable as of your Termination Date will immediately lapse. Option shares that are exercisable as of your Termination Date will lapse unless exercised within a period of three (3) months from your Termination Date. Upon your Retirement, all Option shares that are not exercisable as of the date of your Retirement will continue to vest according to the schedule set forth in Section A.1. of this Award Agreement, and all Option shares will remain exercisable until the Expiration Date. Upon your death or the termination of your employment by reason of Disability, all Option shares will immediately become fully exercisable as of the date of death or termination on account of Disability and will lapse unless exercised within a period of one (1) year from the date of death or your Termination Date. In no event will the above time periods extend beyond the Expiration Date. After attaining Retirement Eligibility, if you violate Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, are discharged for Cause, or the Company discovers after your Termination Date that grounds existed for Cause as of your Termination Date, all Option shares, whether presently exercisable or not, will immediately lapse and become null and void on and as of the earlier of (a) your Termination Date, (b) or if applicable, the date of such violation of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b).

3.Change in Control. All unvested options will vest immediately upon your termination of employment without Cause within twelve (12) months following the occurrence of a Change in Control and will remain exercisable until the Expiration Date.

4.Exercise of the Option. You may exercise the vested portion of your Option in whole or in part (but in no event with respect to a fractional share) from time to time until the Expiration Date. In order to exercise your Option, you must provide written notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased, the Option Price of each share and the aggregate Option Price for all shares being purchased under such Option. This notice must be accompanied by payment of the aggregate Option Price for the number of shares purchased. Such exercise (subject to Section D.5. hereof) will be effective upon the actual receipt of such payment and notice to the Company. The aggregate Option Price for all shares purchased pursuant to an exercise of the Option may be paid by check payable to the order of the Company or shares of Common Stock held by you for at least six (6) months, the fair market value of which at the time of such exercise is equal to the aggregate Option Price (or portion thereof to be paid with previously owned shares of Common Stock). In addition, the aggregate Option Price for all shares purchased pursuant to your exercise of the Option may be paid from the proceeds of sale through a bank or broker on the date of exercise of some or all of the shares to which the exercise relates. Payment of the Option Price in shares of Common Stock may be made by delivering properly endorsed stock certificates to the Company or otherwise causing such Common Stock to be transferred to the account of the Company, either physically or through attestation. The Company may, in its discretion, require that you furnish, along with the notice of exercise, such documents as the Company deems necessary to assure compliance with applicable rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental authority. No rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company in respect to such shares issuable upon the exercise of any part of the Option will accrue to you unless and until such shares have been registered in your name.

5.Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner, other than by will or under the laws of descent and distribution, whether by the operation of law or otherwise. An option may be exercised, during your lifetime, only by you or your legal representative. You may, however, transfer the Option, in whole or in part, to a spouse or lineal descendant (a “Family Member”), a trust for the exclusive benefit of you and/or your Family Members, a partnership or other entity in which all the beneficial owners are you and/or your Family Members, or any other entity affiliated with you that may be approved by the Committee. Upon any attempt to do anything prohibited by this paragraph, the Option will immediately become null and void.

B.PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.Restrictions. To the extent not previously forfeited as provided in Section B.2., the Restricted Shares will vest and become transferable as follows: 50% of the shares granted will vest and become transferable upon the 30th month anniversary of the Grant Date; and 50% of the shares granted will vest and become transferable upon the 60th month anniversary of Grant Date, provided that if Company operating profit (as defined under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan), for the fiscal year in which this Award is granted, is less than 90% of the target operating profit under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan in which you participate for such fiscal year, as certified by the Committee, all Restricted Shares granted to you pursuant to this Award will be forfeited on the date of such certification by the Committee. Restricted Shares that have not vested may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated.

2.Change in Employment Status or Change in Control; Termination for Cause. If (a) your employment with the Company terminates for reasons other than death, Disability, or Retirement or your termination without Cause, defined below, within twelve (12) months following the occurrence of a Change in Control, (b) you violate Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, or (c) your employment is terminated for Cause, then all Restricted Shares granted to you pursuant to this Award that have not yet become vested and transferable as of your Termination Date will be immediately forfeited. Upon Retirement, all unvested Restricted Shares will continue to vest in accordance with the vesting conditions set forth in Section B.1. of this Award Agreement, provided that a sufficient number of shares will vest at the time your Restricted Shares become taxable to cover applicable tax withholding required pursuant to Section D.2.; further provided, that if after attaining Retirement Eligibility, you violate Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, are discharged for Cause, or the Company discovers after the termination of your employment that grounds existed for Cause at your Termination Date, all unvested Restricted Shares (including shares that are continuing to vest as provided above) will be immediately forfeited. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award Agreement, in the event the Company terminates your employment without Cause within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control, or in the event of employment termination on account of your death or Disability, any unvested Restricted Shares will immediately vest and become transferable by you or your estate.

3.Book Entry Account. Within a reasonable time after the date of this Award, the Company will instruct its transfer agent to establish a book entry account representing the Restricted Shares in your name effective as of the Grant Date, provided that the Company will retain control of such account until the Restricted Shares have become vested in accordance with the Award.

4.Shareholder Rights. Upon the effective date of the book entry pursuant to Section B.3., you will have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Restricted Shares, including the right to vote the shares and to receive all dividends or other distributions paid or made available with respect to such shares, provided, however, that prior to a certification by the Committee that the Company has achieved the operating profit target set forth in Section B.1., all dividends will be accumulated, and upon such certification, will be paid to you in cash, without interest, within 90 days following such certification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any stock dividends or other in-kind dividends or distributions will be held by the Company until the related Restricted Shares have become vested in accordance with this Award and will remain subject to the forfeiture provisions applicable to the Restricted Shares to which such dividends or distributions relate.

5.Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this Section B., the Restricted Shares cannot be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner, whether by the operation of law or otherwise. Subsequent transfers of the Restricted Shares will be prohibited except in accordance with this Section B. Any attempted transfer of the Restricted Shares prohibited by this Section B.5. will be null and void.

C.PERFORMANCE SHARE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.Performance Vesting.

(a) Average Operating Profit. Up to <XX>% of the Performance Share Target Award may be earned upon achievement of the Average Operating Profit target for the Performance Period, in accordance with the following schedule. The Committee will certify Average Operating Profit and vest any earned Performance Shares as soon as administratively practical, but not later than the 90th day following the end of the Performance Period.


Average Operating Profit Target	($ Millions)	Percentage of Target Award Performance Shares Earned
Below Threshold:	Below $	0%
Threshold:	$	%
Target:	$	%
Maximum:	$ or above	%

The percentage of the Performance Share Target Award earned between Threshold and Target and Target and Maximum is based on interpolation, as set forth on Schedule A.

(b) Average ROIC. Up to <XX>% of the Performance Share Target Award may be earned upon achievement of the Average ROIC target for the Performance Period, in accordance with the following schedule. The Committee will certify Average ROIC and vest any earned Performance Shares as soon as administratively practical, but not later than the 90th day following the end of the Performance Period.


Average ROIC		Percentage of Target Award Performance Shares Earned
Below Threshold:	Below %	0%
Threshold:	%	%
Target:	%	%
Maximum:	% or above	%

The percentage of the Performance Share Target Award earned between Threshold and Target and Target and Maximum is based on interpolation, an example of which is set forth on Schedule A.

2.Delivery of Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock that you earn under this Section C. will be delivered to you as soon as administratively practicable, but not later than the 90th day following the end of the Performance Period. Before such delivery, the Committee will certify in writing the number of Performance Shares that you have earned. No fractional shares will be delivered pursuant to this Award and any fractional shares earned will be paid in cash.

3.Employment Termination. If (a) your employment with the Company terminates during the Performance Period for reasons other than death, Disability or Retirement as provided in Section C.4. below, (b) you violate Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, or (c) your employment is terminated for Cause, then this Performance Share award will be immediately forfeited.

4.Death, Disability or Retirement; Termination for Cause. If your employment with the Company terminates during the Performance Period, because of your death, Disability or Retirement, in each case at or after Retirement Eligibility, you will be entitled to all of the Performance Shares earned in accordance with Section C.1., determined at the end of the Performance Period. Such shares will be delivered to you (or your estate) as soon as administratively practicable, but not later than December 31, after the end of the Performance Period. If your employment with the Company terminates during the Performance Period due to your death or Disability before Retirement Eligibility, you will be entitled to a prorated portion of the Performance Shares earned in accordance with Section C.1., determined at the end of the Performance Period and based on the ratio of the number of days you are employed during the Performance Period to the total number of days in the Performance Period. Such payments will be paid to you (or your estate) as soon as administratively practicable, but not later than December 31, after the end of the Performance Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you violate Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, are discharged for Cause, or the Company discovers after the termination of your employment that grounds existed for Cause as of your Termination Date, then all Performance Shares will be immediately forfeited.

5.Change in Control. Unless previously forfeited, the Performance Share award will vest upon your termination of employment without Cause, as defined below, within twelve (12) months following the occurrence of a Change in Control in that number of Performance Shares determined as follows: (i) the number of Performance Shares that would have been earned under Section C.1., treating the date of the Change in Control as the last day of the Performance Period and prorating the Performance Share award based on the ratio of the number of days during

the Performance Period before the Change in Control to the total number of days in the Performance Period absent such Change in Control; plus (ii) the number of Performance Shares representing the Performance Share Target Award and prorating the Performance Share Target Award based on the ratio of the number of days during the Performance Period after the Change in Control to the total number of days in the Performance Period absent such Change in Control. As soon as administratively practicable, but not later than the 90th day after your Termination Date, the Company will deliver to you one share of Common Stock for each such vested Performance Share, which payment will be in lieu of any payment under Section C.1.

6.Transferability. The Performance Shares may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner, whether by the operation of law or otherwise. Any attempted transfer of the Performance Shares prohibited by this Section C.6. will be null and void.

7.Adjustment for Dividends. Upon the payment of any cash dividend on the Common Stock before the Company’s transfer agent establishes a book entry account in your name representing the earned Performance Shares, the number of performance shares will be increased by the number obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate amount of the dividend that would be payable if each Performance Share were issued and outstanding and entitled to dividends on the dividend payment date, by (y) the closing stock price of the Common Stock on the dividend payment date.

8.Performance Share Definitions.

a) “Average Operating Profit” means the Company’s average Operating Profit for the Performance Period, determined by adding the Operating Profit for each fiscal year during the Performance Period based on a 52-week period commencing at the start of the fiscal year and dividing by three.

b) “Average ROIC” means the Company’s average ROIC for the Performance Period, determined by adding the ROIC for each fiscal year during the Performance Period (based on a 52-week period commencing at the start of the fiscal year) and dividing by three.

c) “Operating Profit” means, for any fiscal year, “operating profit” as defined by the Committee for the Company’s Management Incentive Plan for that fiscal year.

d) “Performance Period” means the Company’s three (3) consecutive fiscal years commencing with the first day of the fiscal year of the Grant Date shown on page one.

e) “Performance Share” means a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one (1) share of Common Stock.

f) “Performance Share Target Award” means that target number of Performance Shares awarded to you pursuant to the cover page of this Award Agreement and which may be earned in accordance with Section C.1.

g) “Performance Share Maximum Award” means that maximum number of Performance Shares awarded to you pursuant to this Award Agreement and which may be earned in accordance with Section C.1., representing 200% of the Performance Share Target Award.

h) “ROIC” means, for a fiscal year, the Company’s return on invested capital, as defined by the Committee during the first 90 days of such fiscal year.

9.Rights Unsecured. You will have only the Company’s unfunded, unsecured promise to pay pursuant to the Performance Share terms. Your rights will be that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, and you will not have any security interest in any assets of the Company.

D.GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.Limitation of Rights. The granting of this Award will not give you any rights to similar grants in future years or any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate your employment at any time.

2.Withholding. You are responsible for all applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes (including taxes of any foreign jurisdiction) which the Company is required to withhold at any time with respect to your Award to satisfy statutory withholding requirements. Unless you promptly tender payment in full by cash, check or shares of Common Stock, such payment will be made by withholding shares of Common Stock then due to be delivered to you. Shares withheld or tendered as payment of required withholding will be valued at the closing price per share of the Common Stock on the date such withholding obligation arises, or if there were no sales on such date, the closing price on the nearest preceding date on which sales occurred.

3.Limitation of Actions. Any lawsuit with respect to any matter arising out of or relating to this Award must be filed no later than one (1) year after the date that the Company and/or its affiliates denies your claim or any earlier date that the claim otherwise accrues.

4.Adjustments. The Award will be subject to adjustment or substitution in accordance with Section 12 of the Plan.

5.Delivery of Shares. The Company will not be required to deliver any shares, or establish a book entry account representing such shares, pursuant to this Award if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such issuance would violate (i) the Securities Act of 1933 or any other applicable federal, state or foreign laws or regulations; or (ii) the requirements of any stock exchange or authority upon which the securities of the Company may then be listed or traded. Prior to the issuance of any shares pursuant to this Award, the Company may require that you (or your legal representative upon your death or Disability) enter into such written representations, warranties and agreements as the Company may reasonably request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this Award Agreement.

6. Your Obligations to the Company Regarding the Handling of Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and Work Product.

a.Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information of the Company. You acknowledge that through your employment with the Company, you will acquire and have access to Confidential Information of the Company. You agree to use any Confidential Information of the Company that you acquire or have access to only for the purpose of conducting and completing your duties for the Company. You agree not to use any Confidential Information of the Company in any other manner or for any other purpose. You agree that you will not disclose any Confidential Information to any third party, other than as required for the purpose of conducting or completing your duties for the Company, subject to obtaining the appropriate approvals and implementing appropriate safeguards, and you further agree to return all documents or any other item or source containing Confidential Information or any other property of the Company, to the Company immediately upon termination for any reason of your employment with the Company. This obligation shall remain in effect, both during and after your employment, for as long as the information or materials you have acquired or to which you have access retain their status as Confidential Information. This Award Agreement is not intended to, and does not, alter either the Company’s rights or your obligations under any state or federal statutory or common law regarding trade secrets and unfair trade practices. You agree that the Company may prevent the use or disclosure of its Confidential Information through use of an injunction or other means and acknowledge that the Company have taken reasonable steps necessary to protect the secrecy of the Confidential Information.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), nothing in this Award Agreement shall be interpreted to expose you to criminal or civil liability under Federal or state trade secret law for disclosure, in confidence, of trade secrets (i) to Federal, state, and local government officials, directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, provided the filing is made under seal and otherwise protected from disclosure except pursuant to court order. If you file a lawsuit for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of law, you may disclose trade secrets to your attorney and use the trade secret information in a court proceeding, provided that you file any document containing the trade secret under seal and you do not otherwise disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit you from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity having responsibility to investigate same or from making any truthful statement in connection with any legal proceeding or investigation by any governmental agency or entity.

object code, and listings), ideas, inventions (whether or not patentable), trade secrets, improvements, creations, scientific and mathematical models, writings, works, works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), theses, books, lectures, illustrations, devices, masks, models, work-in-process, photographs, pictorial, graphical or audiovisual works or sound recordings or video recordings, prints, and deliverables, and any other subject matter which is or may become legally protectable or recognized as a form of property, and all materials contained therein and prepared in connection therewith and/or therefrom, whether in draft or final form (collectively, “Work Product”), which are designed, created, conceived, developed or reduced to practice, writing or publication by you, either solely or jointly with others, during your employment with the Company, which relate to or are useful in the Company’s business, or which derive in any way from using Company property, shall be considered works made for hire and shall be owned by, and deemed the exclusive property of, the Company. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, and without any further compensation, in the event that it is determined that any Work Product does not quality as a work made for hire or that it is not otherwise owned by the Company, you agree to assign and do hereby assign to the Company, your right, title, and interest in and to any Work Product, whether now existing or created in the future, that arises from your employment with the Company, or that derives in any way from using Company property. You further agree to execute any additional documents that the Company deems, in its sole discretion, necessary to vest ownership of Work Product with the Company or perfect such intellectual property rights in the United States and any other jurisdiction worldwide.

c.Protection of Information that Belongs to Others. You understand that it is not the intention of the Company to receive or obtain any trade secrets, proprietary information, or other confidential information of others. Accordingly, you agree that you will not disclose or use during or in connection with your employment with the Company any trade secrets, proprietary information, or confidential information to which you may have been exposed or that you may have acquired in connection with your prior employment or engagement as an independent contractor or consultant. Further, you agree that you will not bring the Company any documents or materials in any form containing trade secrets, proprietary information, or confidential information from a prior employer, client, or customer.

7. Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants.

a.Non-Competition. By accepting these Awards, you acknowledge and agree that, as a key executive of the Company, you will receive training and Confidential Information regarding, among other things, the Company’s operations, services, information technology, computer systems, marketing, advertising, e-commerce, interconnected retail, technical, financial, human resources, personnel, staffing, payroll, information about employee compensation and performance, merchandising, pricing, strategic planning, product, vendor, supplier, customer or store planning data, construction, data security information, private brands, supply chain, and/or other business processes, and that you have been and will be provided and entrusted with access to the Company’s customer and employee relationships and goodwill. You further acknowledge that such Confidential Information, including trade secrets and other business processes, are utilized by the Company throughout the entire United States and in other locations in which it conducts business. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company’s Confidential Information, customer, service provider, vendor and employee relationships, and goodwill are valuable assets of the Company and are legitimate business interests that are properly subject to protection through the covenants contained in this Award Agreement. Consequently, you agree that during the Restricted Period you shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or maintain an employment, contractual or other business relationship, in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, in which you:

(A) own an equity interest in a Competitor greater than one percent (1%) of its outstanding equity;

(B) manage, operate, finance, or control a Competitor; or

(i) are the same as or similar to the services or job duties you performed for the Company at any point during the two-year period prior to your Termination Date, or

(ii) involve executive, managerial, financial, or other significant leadership responsibilities.

b.Non-Solicitation of Company Employees. You agree that during the course of your employment and for a period of thirty-six (36) months following your Termination Date (“Non-Solicitation Period”), you will not directly or indirectly, on your own behalf or on behalf of any other entity or person, Solicit any person who is, or during the last twelve (12) months of your employment with the Company was, an employee of the Company, with whom you had material contact during your employment, or with respect to whom you obtained or had authorized access to Confidential Information while employed with the Company, to terminate his or her employment or other relationship with the Company, or to refer any such employee to anyone, without the prior written approval from the Executive Vice President - Human Resources. For purposes of this paragraph, “Solicit” shall include any solicitation, enticement, or encouragement whatsoever, regardless of which party initiated the initial contact, as well as any direct or indirect involvement in the recruitment, referral, interviewing, hiring, or setting of the initial terms and conditions of employment.

c.Remedies for Breach.

i.Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge and agree that quantifying the damages suffered by the Company for your breach of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) might not be possible or feasible, or provide adequate compensation to the Company at law and that the balance of the hardships tips in favor of enforcing such section(s). You agree that the Company shall be entitled, if any such breach shall occur or be either threatened or attempted, if it so elects, to seek from a court a temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunction, without being required to post a bond, enjoining and restraining such breach or threatened or attempted breach.

ii.Liquidated Damages. Because of the potential difficulty in quantifying damages that the Company may suffer in the event of a breach by you of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b), you and the Company agree that it is appropriate to reasonably estimate such damages in advance and set an amount of liquidated damages that you will owe the Company in the event of a breach. Accordingly, after due consideration, you and the Company agree that, if you breach Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b), you shall pay the Company, upon demand, an amount specified by the Company, up to the sum of the then-current market value of the shares of Common Stock granted under this Award Agreement and the aggregate after-tax proceeds you received upon the sale or other disposition of any shares of Common Stock granted under this Award Agreement.

iii.Other Remedies. In addition to any and all other remedies at law or equity, including monetary damages, liquidated damages, and the return of the consideration under this Award Agreement as restitution, the Company shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney fees if it succeeds in obtaining an injunction against you for breach or threatened breach of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b), or otherwise proving in court that you violated any provision of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b).

You acknowledge that the purpose and effect of Section D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) would be frustrated by measuring the duration of the Restricted Period or the Non-Solicitation Period from your Termination Date if you were to fail to honor your obligation(s) until directed to do so by court order. Should legal proceedings be initiated by the Company to enforce Section D.7.(a) or Section D.7.(b), the commencement of the Restricted Period or the Non-Solicitation Period shall be tolled and extended and will instead begin on the date of the entry of an order granting the Company injunctive, monetary or other relief from your actual or threatened breach of this Agreement.

You further agree to waive and not assert any claim for advancement of legal fees, costs, or expenses pursuant to the Company’s by-laws or based on other authority in the event the Company initiates a legal action against you for violation of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b).

Section D.7.(b). As one of the Company’s senior-most officers, you will be involved in developing, and have unique access to, the Company’s Confidential Information, including its plans and strategies for the business, personnel leadership, talent management, and succession. This involvement and access enables you to learn information about the skills, capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses of Company personnel, as well as information about their compensation, bonuses, and performance, and Company plans and strategies for same. In addition, your senior position at the Company provides you with unique and special access to the Company’s non-public business plans, strategies, and methods. Furthermore, your role with the Company enables you to utilize the Company’s goodwill to develop relationships with subordinate employees throughout the Company.

Accordingly, you agree that these and other facts and circumstances associated with your position justify the scope and duration of the restrictions in Sections D.7.(a) and D.7.(b). You further agree that, with respect to the 36-month Non-Solicitation Period in Section D.7.(b), the above facts and circumstances are sufficient to overcome any presumption of unreasonableness under the Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act, O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50 et seq., for restrictions lasting longer than 24 months.

With respect to Section D.7.(a), in the event you wish to enter into any relationship or employment on or before the end of the Restricted Period that would potentially violate the restrictions in Section D.7.(a), you agree to request written permission from Company’s Executive Vice President, Human Resources before entering any such relationship or employment. The Company may approve or not approve of the relationship or employment at its absolute discretion.

You and the Company agree that the amounts set forth in Section D.7.(c)(ii) for a breach of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) shall represent a fair and reasonable measure of the Company's estimated damages for your breach, shall be deemed to have been fully negotiated and established bilaterally by you and the Company through such negotiations, and shall not constitute a penalty.

If you are a practicing lawyer, nothing in Section D.7(a) shall apply in a way that would interfere with or limit your ability to represent any client in the practice of law.

In the event that any or all of the Awards in this Award Agreement are forfeited or fail to vest, regardless of the reason, you and the Company agree that this Award Agreement shall remain supported by adequate consideration for your promises and obligations herein, including those in Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b).

e.Reformation, Severability, and “Blue-Penciling.” If any of the provisions of Section D.6.(a), D.6.(b), D.7.(a) or D.7.(b) should ever be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the scope permitted by applicable law, you agree such provision or provisions shall first be modified to such lesser scope as the court may deem just and proper for the reasonable protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests. In the alternative, if modification is not available, you and the Company agree that the court may sever such provision from this Award Agreement and enforce the remaining provisions. If the amounts set forth in Section D.7.(c)(ii) should be deemed for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction not to constitute a permissible liquidated damage, you and the Company agree that the court may establish a liquidated damage in such lesser amount that is in accordance with applicable law.

8.Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in the Award Agreement is held by a court or a federal regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained in the Award Agreement will remain in full force and effect, and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

9.Controlling Law. This Award will be construed, interpreted and applied in accordance with the law of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions thereof. You agree to irrevocably submit any dispute arising out of or relating to this Award to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Atlanta Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, or, if federal jurisdiction is not available, the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia. You also irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection you may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such dispute, and you agree to accept service of legal process from the courts of

Georgia. You agree to accept service of process by mail or by any other means sufficient to ensure that you receive a copy of the items served.

10.Construction. The Award Agreement and the Plan contain the entire understanding between the parties with respect to this Award. There are no other representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between and among the parties hereto relating to this Award which are not fully expressed herein.

11.Headings. Section and other headings contained in the Award Agreement are for reference purposes only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of the Award Agreement or any provision hereof.

12.Disclaimer of Rights. Nothing contained herein will constitute an obligation for continued employment.

13.Offset. The Company may deduct from amounts otherwise payable under this Award all amounts owed by you to the Company and its affiliates to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

14.Terms of Plan. The Award is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, which are incorporated into and will be deemed to be a part of this Award Agreement, without regard to whether such terms and conditions (including, for example, provisions relating to certain changes in capitalization of the Company) are otherwise set forth in this Award Agreement. In the event that there is any inconsistency between the provisions of this Award Agreement and of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will govern.

15.Code Section 409A Compliance. To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Award and the Plan not be subject to, or alternatively comply with, the provisions of Code Section 409A, so that the income inclusion provisions of Code Section 409A(a)(1) do not apply. This Award and the Plan will be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Award or the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 409A will have no force and effect until amended to comply with Code Section 409A (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A and may be made by the Company without your consent).

16.Notice. Any written notice required or permitted by this Award Agreement must be mailed, certified mail (return receipt requested) or hand-delivered, addressed to Company’s Executive Vice President – Human Resources at Company’s corporate headquarters at 2455 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30339-4024, or to you at your most recent home address on record with the Company. Notices are effective upon receipt.

E.AWARD DEFINITIONS

As used herein, the following terms will be defined as set forth below:

1.“Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

2.“Cause” means a finding by the Company that you have (i) committed any felony or committed a misdemeanor involving theft or moral turpitude, (ii) committed any act or omission that constitutes neglect or misconduct with respect to your employment duties which results in economic harm to the Company, (iii) violated the Company’s code of conduct (including, but not limited to, policies prohibiting sexual harassment, discrimination, workplace violence, or threatened violence), (iv) violated any of the Company’s substance abuse, compliance or any other policies applicable to you, which may be in effect at the time of the occurrence, or (v) breached any material provision of any offer letter, award agreement, employment, non-competition, intellectual property or other agreement, in effect at the time of the breach, between you and the Company.

3.“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

4.“Committee” means the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee of the Board.

5.“Common Stock” means the Company’s $.05 par value common stock.

6.“Competitive Products or Services” means anything of commercial value of the type offered, provided or sold by the Company, in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, within two (2) years prior to your Termination Date and during the Restricted Period, including, without limitation: goods; personal, real, or intangible property; services;

financial products; business opportunities or assistance; or any other object or aspect of business conducted or provided by Company.

7.“Competitor” shall mean: (X) the following companies or entities, including their subsidiaries, affiliates, franchisees, or business units: Lowe’s Companies, Inc.; Amazon.com; Menard, Inc.; Floor & Décor; Canadian Tire; Wayfair; and Walmart Inc.; (Y) any company or entity that sells or offers Competitive Products or Services that, in combination with its subsidiaries, affiliates, franchisees, or business units (a) operates more than 100 retail outlets across the United States, Canada, and Mexico or (b) generates more than $500 million in annual revenue; or (Z) any company or entity that is formed through, or as a result of, a sale, merger, combination, renaming, restructuring, spin-off, or other corporate transaction involving a business or entity defined in clause (X) or (Y) of this sentence, and which sells Competitive Products or Services.

8.“Confidential Information” means any data or information that belongs and is valuable to the Company and not generally known to competitors of the Company or other outsiders, regardless of whether the Confidential Information is in printed, written or electronic form, retained in your memory or has been compiled or created by you, including but not limited to information related to: operations, services, information technology, computer systems, marketing, advertising, e-commerce, interconnected retail, technical, financial, human resources, personnel, staffing, payroll, information about employee compensation and performance, merchandising, pricing, strategic planning, product, vendor, supplier, customer or store planning data, construction, data security information, private brands, supply chain, or other information similar to the foregoing.

9.“Disability” means that you have been found to be “Disabled” by the Company’s long-term disability carrier or third-party administrator, or if you are not a participant in the Company’s long-term disability plan, under the criteria used by the Company’s long-term disability plan.

10.“Restricted Period” shall mean the period during which you are employed with the Company and for a period of twenty-four (24) months following your Termination Date, regardless of the reason for such termination.

11.“Retirement” means termination of employment, other than for Cause, with the Company on or after your attainment of age 60 and having at least five (5) years of continuous service with the Company.

12.“Retirement Eligibility” means attainment of age 60 and completion of at least five (5) years of continuous service with the Company.

13.“Termination Date” means the date of your termination of employment or separation from employment with the Company, as shown in the Company’s payroll records.

Exhibit 10.3

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

EQUITY AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT

Executive Officers – U.S.

GRANTED TO: <NAME>

GRANT DATE: <DATE>

GRANT TYPE: Nonqualified Stock Option Award

VESTING SCHEDULE: 25% on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Anniversaries of the Grant Date

NUMBER OF SHARES OF THE HOME DEPOT, INC. COMMON STOCK: <X,XXX>

OPTION PRICE PER SHARE: <$AMOUNT>

EXPIRATION DATE: <DATE>

GRANT TYPE: Restricted Stock Award

VESTING SCHEDULE: 50% on 30th Month Anniversary of the Grant Date

and 50% on 60th Month Anniversary of the Grant Date

•A restricted stock award of the above-stated number of shares of Common Stock (“Restricted Stock”) subject to the terms and conditions described below.

You will be deemed to have accepted, and agree to comply with, all the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement upon your acceptance of the Award(s) granted herein.

A.NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

termination of your employment by reason of Disability, all Option shares will immediately become fully exercisable as of the date of death or termination on account of Disability and will lapse unless exercised within a period of one (1) year from the date of death or your Termination Date. In no event will the above time periods extend beyond the Expiration Date. After attaining Retirement Eligibility, if you violate Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, are discharged for Cause, or the Company discovers after your Termination Date that grounds existed for Cause as of your Termination Date, all Option shares, whether presently exercisable or not, will immediately lapse and become null and void on and as of the earlier of (a) your Termination Date, (b) or if applicable, the date of such violation of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b).

4.Exercise of the Option. You may exercise the vested portion of your Option in whole or in part (but in no event with respect to a fractional share) from time to time until the Expiration Date. In order to exercise your Option, you must provide written notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased, the Option Price of each share and the aggregate Option Price for all shares being purchased under such Option. This notice must be accompanied by payment of the aggregate Option Price for the number of shares purchased. Such exercise (subject to Section C.5. hereof) will be effective upon the actual receipt of such payment and notice to the Company. The aggregate Option Price for all shares purchased pursuant to an exercise of the Option may be paid by check payable to the order of the Company or shares of Common Stock held by you for at least six (6) months, the fair market value of which at the time of such exercise is equal to the aggregate Option Price (or portion thereof to be paid with previously owned shares of Common Stock). In addition, the aggregate Option Price for all shares purchased pursuant to your exercise of the Option may be paid from the proceeds of sale through a bank or broker on the date of exercise of some or all of the shares to which the exercise relates. Payment of the Option Price in shares of Common Stock may be made by delivering properly endorsed stock certificates to the Company or otherwise causing such Common Stock to be transferred to the account of the Company, either physically or through attestation. The Company may, in its discretion, require that you furnish, along with the notice of exercise, such documents as the Company deems necessary to assure compliance with applicable rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental authority. No rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Company in respect to such shares issuable upon the exercise of any part of the Option will accrue to you unless and until such shares have been registered in your name.

B.RESTRICTED STOCK TERMS AND CONDITIONS

applicable tax withholding required pursuant to Section C.2.; further provided, that if after attaining Retirement Eligibility, you violate Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b) of this Award Agreement, are discharged for Cause, or the Company discovers after the termination of your employment that grounds existed for Cause at your Termination Date, all unvested Restricted Shares (including shares that are continuing to vest as provided above) will be immediately forfeited. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award Agreement, in the event the Company terminates your employment without Cause within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control, or in the event of employment termination on account of your death or Disability, any unvested Restricted Shares will immediately vest and become transferable by you or your estate.

C.GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

4.Adjustments. The Award will be subject to adjustment or substitution in accordance with Section 12 of the Plan.

6.Your Obligations to the Company Regarding the Handling of Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and Work Product.

b.Ownership of “Work Product”. You acknowledge and agree that any new work product, including without limitation concepts, designs, notes, reports, documentation, drawings, computer programs (source code, object code, and listings), ideas, inventions (whether or not patentable), trade secrets, improvements, creations, scientific and mathematical models, writings, works, works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), theses, books, lectures, illustrations, devices, masks, models, work-in-process, photographs, pictorial, graphical or audiovisual works or sound recordings or video recordings, prints, and deliverables, and any other subject matter which is or may become legally protectable or recognized as a form of property, and all materials contained therein and prepared in connection therewith and/or therefrom, whether in draft or final form (collectively, “Work Product”), which are designed, created, conceived, developed or reduced to practice, writing or publication by you, either solely or jointly with others, during your employment with the Company, which relate to or are useful in the Company’s business, or which derive in any way from using Company property, shall be considered works made for hire and shall be owned by, and deemed the exclusive property of, the Company. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, and without any further compensation, in the event that it is determined that any Work Product does not quality as a work made for hire or that it is not otherwise owned by the Company, you agree to assign and do hereby assign to the Company, your right, title, and interest in and to any Work Product, whether now existing or created in the future, that arises from your employment with the Company, or that derives in any way from using Company property. You further agree to execute any additional documents that the Company deems, in its sole discretion, necessary to vest ownership of Work Product with the Company or perfect such intellectual property rights in the United States and any other jurisdiction worldwide.

not bring the Company any documents or materials in any form containing trade secrets, proprietary information, or confidential information from a prior employer, client, or customer.

7.Post-Employment Restrictive Covenants.

(A) own an equity interest in a Competitor greater than one percent (1%) of its outstanding equity;

(B) manage, operate, finance, or control a Competitor; or

(i) are the same as or similar to the services or job duties you performed for the Company at any point during the two-year period prior to your Termination Date, or

(ii) involve executive, managerial, financial, or other significant leadership responsibilities.

c.Remedies for Breach.

i.Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge and agree that quantifying the damages suffered by the Company for your breach of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b) might not be possible or feasible, or provide adequate compensation to the Company at law and that the balance of the hardships tips in favor of enforcing such section(s). You agree that the Company shall be entitled, if any such breach shall occur or be either threatened or attempted, if it so elects, to seek from a court a temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunction, without being required to post a bond, enjoining and restraining such breach or threatened or attempted breach.

ii.Liquidated Damages. Because of the potential difficulty in quantifying damages that the Company may suffer in the event of a breach by you of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b), you and the

Company agree that it is appropriate to reasonably estimate such damages in advance and set an amount of liquidated damages that you will owe the Company in the event of a breach. Accordingly, after due consideration, you and the Company agree that, if you breach Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b), you shall pay the Company, upon demand, an amount specified by the Company, up to the sum of the then-current market value of the shares of Common Stock granted under this Award Agreement and the aggregate after-tax proceeds you received upon the sale or other disposition of any shares of Common Stock granted under this Award Agreement.

iii.Other Remedies. In addition to any and all other remedies at law or equity, including monetary damages, liquidated damages, and the return of the consideration under this Award Agreement as restitution, the Company shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney fees if it succeeds in obtaining an injunction against you for breach or threatened breach of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b), or otherwise proving in court that you violated any provision of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b).

You acknowledge that the purpose and effect of Section C.7.(a) or C.7.(b) would be frustrated by measuring the duration of the Restricted Period or the Non-Solicitation Period from your Termination Date if you were to fail to honor your obligation(s) until directed to do so by court order. Should legal proceedings be initiated by the Company to enforce Section C.7.(a) or Section C.7.(b), the commencement of the Restricted Period or the Non-Solicitation Period shall be tolled and extended and will instead begin on the date of the entry of an order granting the Company injunctive, monetary or other relief from your actual or threatened breach of this Agreement.

d.Reasonableness of Restrictions. You acknowledge and agree that each of the covenants in this Award Agreement is reasonable, appropriate, and narrowly tailored to protect the Company’s legitimate interests, including but not limited to protecting the Company’s Confidential Information, and that your full compliance with such restrictions will not unduly or unreasonably interfere with your ability to obtain and undertake other gainful future employment. You and the Company acknowledge and agree that there a number of unique circumstances that provide the Company with protectable interests that justify and necessitate the 24-month Restricted Period in Section D.10 and the 36-month Non-Solicitation Period in Section C.7.(b). As one of the Company’s senior-most officers, you will be involved in developing, and have unique access to, the Company’s Confidential Information, including its plans and strategies for the business, personnel leadership, talent management, and succession. This involvement and access enables you to learn information about the skills, capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses of Company personnel, as well as information about their compensation, bonuses, and performance, and Company plans and strategies for same. In addition, your senior position at the Company provides you with unique and special access to the Company’s non-public business plans, strategies, and methods. Furthermore, your role with the Company enables you to utilize the Company’s goodwill to develop relationships with subordinate employees throughout the Company.

Accordingly, you agree that these and other facts and circumstances associated with your position justify the scope and duration of the restrictions in Sections C.7.(a) and C.7.(b). You further agree that, with respect to the 36-month Non-Solicitation Period in Section C.7.(b), the above facts and circumstances are sufficient to overcome any presumption of unreasonableness under the Georgia Restrictive Covenant Act, O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50 et seq., for restrictions lasting longer than 24 months.

With respect to Section C.7.(a), in the event you wish to enter into any relationship or employment on or before the end of the Restricted Period that would potentially violate the restrictions in Section C.7.(a), you agree to request written permission from Company’s Executive Vice President, Human Resources before entering any such relationship or employment. The Company may approve or not approve of the relationship or employment at its absolute discretion.

You and the Company agree that the amounts set forth in Section C.7.(c)(ii) for a breach of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b) shall represent a fair and reasonable measure of the Company's estimated

damages for your breach, shall be deemed to have been fully negotiated and established bilaterally by you and the Company through such negotiations, and shall not constitute a penalty.

If you are a practicing lawyer, nothing in Section C.7(a) shall apply in a way that would interfere with or limit your ability to represent any client in the practice of law.

e.Reformation, Severability, and “Blue-Penciling.” If any of the provisions of Section C.6.(a), C.6.(b), C.7.(a) or C.7.(b) should ever be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to exceed the scope permitted by applicable law, you agree such provision or provisions shall first be modified to such lesser scope as the court may deem just and proper for the reasonable protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests. In the alternative, if modification is not available, you and the Company agree that the court may sever such provision from this Award Agreement and enforce the remaining provisions. If the amounts set forth in Section C.7.(c)(ii) should be deemed for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction not to constitute a permissible liquidated damage, you and the Company agree that the court may establish a liquidated damage in such lesser amount that is in accordance with applicable law.

12.Disclaimer of Rights. Nothing contained herein will constitute an obligation for continued employment.

13.Offset. The Company may deduct from amounts otherwise payable under this Award all amounts owed by you to the Company and its affiliates to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

in a manner consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Award or the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 409A will have no force and effect until amended to comply with Code Section 409A (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A and may be made by the Company without your consent).

D.AWARD DEFINITIONS

As used herein, the following terms will be defined as set forth below:

1.“Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

3.“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

4.“Committee” means the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee of the Board.

5.“Common Stock” means the Company’s $.05 par value common stock.

12.“Retirement Eligibility” means attainment of age 60 and completion of at least five (5) years of continuous service with the Company.

13.“Termination Date” means the date of your termination of employment or separation from employment with the Company, as shown in the Company’s payroll records.

Exhibit 10.4

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEFERRED SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT

(_________ award; _______ shares)

This Deferred Share Award (the “Award”) is made as of the _____ day of __________ 20____ by THE HOME DEPOT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) to __________________ (“Director”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted The Home Depot, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated May 19, 2022 (the “Plan”), which is administered by the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”); and

WHEREAS, Director is a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) eligible to receive grants of Awards under the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Board has approved the grant of this Award to Director under the terms of the Plan as Director’s annual stock retainer for service on the Board and to promote Director’s long-term interests in the success of the Company; and

WHEREAS, to comply with the terms of the Plan, the Company herein sets forth the terms of such award in writing, as follows;

1.Stock Award. The Company hereby grants to Director the right to receive _____________ shares of the $.05 par value common stock of the Company (“Shares”), on a deferred basis, subject to the conditions set forth herein (the “Deferred Shares”).

2.Settlement of Deferred Shares; Delivery of Shares. The Deferred Shares shall be settled by issuing and transferring to Director the number of Shares shown in Section 1 (including any additional Shares to which Director becomes entitled as a result of the adjustments described in Section 3) as soon as practicable following the Separation Date (but in no case later than the 90th day following the Separation Date). For purposes of this Award, the “Separation Date” shall occur upon the earlier of (i) the date on which Director ceases to be a member of the Board by reason of his or her death or retirement; or (ii) the first anniversary of the date on which Director ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason other than death or retirement; or (iii) the date on which the Director ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason within six (6) months following the date of Change in Control of the Company or (iv) the Director’s disability while a member of the Board. For purposes of this Award, (i) Director shall be considered to have retired if he or she ceases to be a member of the Board during or after the calendar year in which he or she attains age seventy-two (72); (ii) disability shall have the meaning set forth in Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended

(the “Code”) and the regulations thereunder; (iii) Change in Control shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan, provided that an event shall constitute a Change in Control only if it also constitutes a “change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets,” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) and the regulations thereunder; and (iv) Director shall be considered to have ceased to be a member of the Board on the date he or she incurs a “separation from service” as defined under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) and the regulations thereunder.

3.Adjustments for Dividends. Upon the payment of any cash dividend on Shares before the settlement of the Deferred Shares, the number of Deferred Shares shall be increased by the number obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate amount of the dividend that would be payable if each Deferred Share were issued and outstanding and entitled to dividends on the dividend payment date, by (y) the per Share Fair Market Value on the dividend payment date. The number of Deferred Shares shall also be entitled to such adjustments as are determined by the Committee under Section 12 of the Plan.

4.Stockholder Rights. Director shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Deferred Shares prior to their settlement. Upon the settlement of the Deferred Shares, Director shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares he or she receives therefor, including the right to vote the Shares and to receive all dividends or other distributions paid or made available with respect to such Shares.

5.Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Shares pursuant to this Award, and, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any fractions shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.

6.Plan Provisions. In addition to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Award is subject to and governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used in this Award shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Award and the Plan, the Plan shall control.

7.Miscellaneous.

(a)Limitation of Rights. The granting of this Award shall not give Director any rights to similar grants in future years or any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate Director's services at any time or the right of Director to terminate his or her services at any time.

(b)Rights Unsecured. The rights of Director hereunder shall be that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, and Director shall not have any security interest in any assets of the Company. Director shall have only the Company’s unfunded, unsecured promise to issue Shares in the future pursuant to this Award.

(c)Nontransferability/Nonalienability. No rights of Director hereunder shall be subject to alienation, transfer, sale, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment or encumbrance of any kind. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber any Deferred Shares prior to the settlement thereof shall be void.

(d)Code Section 409A Compliance. This Award is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and shall be construed accordingly. The Company in its discretion may take any action it deems necessary to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including amending this Award or delaying settlement of the Deferred Shares, without Director’s consent.

(e)Limitation of Actions. Any lawsuit with respect to any matter arising out of or relating to this Award must be filed no later than one (1) year after the date that the Company denies the claim made by Director or any earlier date that the claim otherwise accrues.

(f)Offset. Company may deduct from amounts otherwise payable under this Award all amounts owed by Director to Company and its affiliates to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

(g)Controlling Law. This Award shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia (without giving effect to the choice of law principles), and any action arising out of or related thereto shall be brought in either the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, or the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia.

(h)Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in the Award is held by a court or a federal regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained in the Award shall remain in full force and effect, and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

(i)Construction. The Award contains the entire understanding between the parties and supersedes any prior understanding and agreements between them representing the subject matter hereof. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between and among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof which are not fully expressed herein.

(j)Headings. Section and other headings contained in the Award are for reference purposes only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of the Award or any provision hereof.

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