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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
 For the quarterly period endedMarch 31, 2023
  OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
 For the transition period from __________________to __________________
1-13948
(Commission file number)
MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
Delaware62-1612879
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 North Point Center East,Suite 600
Alpharetta,Georgia30022
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
 
1-800-514-0186
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.10 par valueMATVNew York Stock Exchange


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes    No 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes        No  
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer," “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
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.
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes   No 

The Company had 54,842,300 shares of common stock outstanding as of May 5, 2023.



MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Page
 Part I. - Financial Information 
Item 1. 
Item 2. 
Item 3. 
Item 4. 
Part II. - Other Information
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item 5.
Item 6. 
 

1

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

MATIV HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)
(in millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
Net sales$679.0 $406.8 
Cost of products sold570.0 314.2 
Gross profit109.0 92.6 
Selling expense23.9 14.3 
Research and development expense9.1 5.2 
General expense65.9 49.3 
Total nonmanufacturing expenses98.9 68.8 
Restructuring and impairment expense0.8 13.2 
Operating profit9.3 10.6 
Interest expense26.5 14.5 
Other income, net7.0 5.5 
Income (loss) before income taxes and income from equity affiliates(10.2)1.6 
Income tax expense (benefit)(2.4)2.1 
Income from equity affiliates, net of income taxes0.1 2.1 
Net income (loss)(7.7)1.6 
Dividends paid to Common Stockholders(0.1)(0.2)
Net income (loss) attributable to Common Stockholders$(7.8)$1.4 
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic$(0.14)$0.05 
Diluted$(0.14)$0.05 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic54,483,000 31,158,000 
Diluted54,483,000 31,413,700 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MATIV HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(in millions)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
Net income (loss)$(7.7)$1.6 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments18.4 8.7 
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (17.2)21.6 
Less: Reclassification adjustment for gain on derivative instruments included in net income (loss)5.8 1.1 
Amortization of postretirement benefit plans' costs included in net periodic cost0.5 (0.7)
Other comprehensive income7.5 30.7 
Comprehensive income (loss)$(0.2)$32.3 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

2

MATIV HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
ASSETS  
Cash and cash equivalents$97.0 $124.4 
Accounts receivable, net304.2 266.8 
Inventories, net544.4 534.9 
Income taxes receivable20.8 19.7 
Other current assets38.8 28.9 
Total current assets1,005.2 974.7 
Property, plant and equipment, net872.4 874.9 
Finance lease right-of-use assets17.2 17.4 
Operating lease right-of-use assets33.7 35.8 
Deferred income tax benefits35.0 34.4 
Investment in equity affiliates59.8 59.1 
Goodwill871.0 847.2 
Intangible assets, net674.9 710.3 
Other assets105.6 115.4 
Total assets$3,674.8 $3,669.2 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  
Current debt$35.1 $34.6 
Finance lease liabilities0.9 0.9 
Operating lease liabilities8.9 9.3 
Accounts payable253.5 225.7 
Income taxes payable15.6 11.4 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities154.5 184.2 
Total current liabilities468.5 466.1 
Long-term debt1,697.9 1,659.3 
Finance lease liabilities, noncurrent17.8 17.6 
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent27.3 29.7 
Long-term income tax payable14.6 14.6 
Pension and other postretirement benefits79.8 81.6 
Deferred income tax liabilities158.3 172.2 
Other liabilities51.3 48.8 
Total liabilities2,515.5 2,489.9 
Stockholders’ equity:  
Preferred stock, $0.10 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
— — 
Common stock, $0.10 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 54,919,923 and 54,929,973 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
5.5 5.5 
Additional paid-in-capital662.4 658.5 
Retained earnings579.3 610.7 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax(87.9)(95.4)
Total stockholders’ equity1,159.3 1,179.3 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$3,674.8 $3,669.2 
    
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MATIV HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Common StockAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Retained EarningsAccumulated
Other
Comprehensive Loss
SharesAmountTotal
Balance, December 31, 2021
31,449,563 $3.1 $101.7 $696.4 $(119.0)$682.2 
Net income— — — 1.6 — 1.6 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax— — — — 30.7 30.7 
Dividends paid ($0.44 per share)
— — — (13.9)— (13.9)
Restricted stock issuances, net350,154 — — — — — 
Stock-based employee compensation expense— — 3.4 — — 3.4 
Stock issued to directors as compensation794 — 0.3 — — 0.3 
Purchases and retirement of common stock(94,847)— — (2.9)— (2.9)
Balance, March 31, 2022
31,705,664 $3.1 $105.4 $681.2 $(88.3)$701.4 
Balance, December 31, 2022
54,929,973 $5.5 $658.5 $610.7 $(95.4)$1,179.3 
Net loss— — — (7.7)— (7.7)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax— — — — 7.5 7.5 
Dividends paid ($0.40 per share)
— — — (22.4)— (22.4)
Restricted stock issuances, net40,164 — — — — — 
Stock options exercised813 — 0.1 — — 0.1 
Stock-based employee compensation expense— — 3.7 — — 3.7 
Stock issued to directors as compensation— — 0.1 — — 0.1 
Deferred compensation directors stock trust3,408 — — — — — 
Purchases and retirement of common stock(54,435)— — (1.3)— (1.3)
Balance, March 31, 2023
54,919,923 $5.5 $662.4 $579.3 $(87.9)$1,159.3 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in millions)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
Operating  
Net income (loss)$(7.7)$1.6 
Non-cash items included in net income (loss):  
Depreciation and amortization42.0 23.9 
Amortization of deferred issuance costs1.8 1.2 
Impairments— 12.9 
Deferred income tax(7.1)(6.4)
Pension and other postretirement benefits(3.7)(1.9)
Stock-based compensation3.7 3.4 
Income from equity affiliates(0.1)(2.1)
Loss (gain) on foreign currency transactions2.4 (3.6)
Other non-cash items— (2.2)
Cash received from settlement of interest swap agreements— 23.6 
Changes in operating working capital, net of assets acquired:
Accounts receivable(37.7)(42.8)
Inventories(8.1)(16.8)
Prepaid expenses(10.0)(6.8)
Accounts payable and other current liabilities3.3 16.1 
Accrued income taxes0.5 4.9 
Net changes in operating working capital(52.0)(45.4)
Net cash provided by (used in) operations(20.7)5.0 
Investing  
Capital spending(19.1)(8.7)
Capitalized software costs(0.1)(0.9)
Other investing(0.2)— 
Net cash used in investing(19.4)(9.6)
Financing  
Cash dividends paid(22.0)(13.9)
Proceeds from long-term debt55.0 20.0 
Payments on long-term debt(19.5)(14.4)
Payments for debt issuance costs— (2.2)
Payments on financing lease obligations(0.2)(0.2)
Purchases of common stock(1.3)(2.9)
Other financing(0.3)— 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing11.7 (13.6)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents1.0 (0.4)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents(27.4)(18.6)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period124.4 74.7 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$97.0 $56.1 
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in millions)
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures
Cash paid for interest, net$25.6 $7.6 
Cash paid for taxes, net$2.3 $3.4 
Capital spending in accounts payable and accrued liabilities$7.6 $5.3 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1. General

Nature of Business
 
On July 6, 2022, Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. ("SWM") consummated its previously announced merger transaction involving Neenah, Inc. ("Neenah"). A wholly-owned subsidiary of SWM merged with and into Neenah (the "Merger"), with Neenah surviving the Merger as a direct and wholly-owned subsidiary of SWM. Effective as of the closing date of the Merger, SWM changed its name to Mativ Holdings, Inc. ("Mativ," "we," "our," or the "Company"). Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions to solve customers' most complex challenges, targeting premium applications across diversified and growing end markets. Combined with global manufacturing, supply chain, innovation, and material science capabilities, our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Effective with the Merger, the Company changed the name of its two reporting segments to: Advanced Technical Materials ("ATM") and Fiber-Based Solutions ("FBS"). There was no change to the historical reporting segments or historical results for the segments. Refer to Note 15. Segment Information for additional information on our segments.

We conduct business in approximately 100 countries and operate 47 production locations worldwide, with offices and facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, China, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, India, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Malaysia, and Luxembourg.

Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto have been prepared in accordance with the instructions on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and do not include all the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). However, such information reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods.
 
The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and these notes thereto included herein should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on March 1, 2023.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts on the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation for comparative purposes. Prior year's classification of certain end markets in the legacy SWM Advanced Materials & Structures segment have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation of ATM's end markets for comparative purposes.
 
Principles of Consolidation
 
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned, majority-owned and controlled subsidiaries. The Company’s share of the net income of its 50%-owned joint ventures in China is included in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) as Income from equity affiliates, net of income taxes. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates. The significant estimates underlying our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, inventory valuation, useful lives of tangible and intangible assets, business acquisitions, equity-based compensation, derivatives, receivables valuation, pension, postretirement and other benefits, taxes and contingencies.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting." The new standard provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform and the anticipated discontinuance of the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this ASU are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. In December 2022, FASB issued ASU 2022-06, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848", which extended the final sunset date from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The provisions of ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2022-06 were adopted effective April 1, 2022 and December 21, 2022, respectively, and did not have a material impact on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 2. Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenues when control of a product is transferred to the customer. Control is transferred when the products are shipped from one of the Company’s manufacturing facilities to the customer. Any freight costs billed to and paid by a customer are included in Net sales. The cost the Company pays to deliver finished goods to our customers is recorded as a component of Cost of products sold. These costs include the amounts paid to a third party to deliver the finished goods.

Revenue is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with a customer are satisfied, which generally occurs when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Generally, the Company considers collectability of amounts due under a contract to be probable upon inception of a sale based on an evaluation of the credit worthiness of each customer. If collectability is not considered to be probable, the Company defers recognition of revenue on satisfied performance obligations until the uncertainty is resolved. We record estimates for bad debts based on our expectations for the collectability of amounts due from customers, considering historical collections, expectations for future activity and other discrete events as applicable.

Variable consideration, such as discounts or price concessions, is set forth in the terms of the contract at inception and is included in the assessment of the transaction price at the outset of the arrangement. The transaction price is allocated to the individual performance obligations due under the contract based on the relative stand-alone fair value of the performance obligations identified in the contract. The Company typically uses an observable price to determine the stand-alone selling price for separate performance obligations.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
The Company does not typically include extended payment terms or significant financing components in its contracts with customers. Certain sales contracts may include cash-based incentives (volume rebates or credits), which are accounted for as variable consideration. We estimate these amounts at least quarterly based on the expected forecast quantities to be provided to customers and reduce revenues recognized accordingly. Incidental items that are immaterial in the context of the contract are recognized as expense in the period incurred. The Company generally expenses sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period is one year or less. These costs are recorded within Selling expense. The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and contracts for which we recognize revenue at the amount to which we have the right to invoice for services performed. As a practical expedient, the Company treats shipping and handling activities that occur after control of the good transfers as fulfillment activities, and therefore, does not account for shipping and handling costs as a separate performance obligation.

Net sales are attributed to the following geographic locations of the Company’s direct customers (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
ATMFBSTotalATMFBSTotal
United States$207.7 $132.1 $339.8 $152.0 $38.6 $190.6 
Europe and the former Commonwealth of Independent States151.2 54.6 205.8 64.1 51.0 115.1 
Asia-Pacific46.0 27.2 73.2 35.4 24.9 60.3 
Americas (excluding U.S.)18.9 22.3 41.2 14.2 12.7 26.9 
Other foreign countries10.5 8.5 19.0 7.2 6.7 13.9 
Net sales$434.3 $244.7 $679.0 $272.9 $133.9 $406.8 

ATM is comprised of the legacy SWM Advanced Materials & Structures segment and FBS is comprised of the legacy Engineered Papers segment. As such, there were no changes to the historical results of these segments. Refer to Note 15. Segment Information for additional information on our segments.

The ATM segment supplies customers serving generally high-growth end markets as follows:

Industrials – substrates for tape, industrial, construction, infrastructure, performance labels, cable wrapping, abrasives, and other specialty applications.

Protective solutions – paint protection films for transportation in aftermarket channel, interlayer lamination for ballistic resistant and security glass, high-performance graphics substrates, and emerging smart glass applications.

Filtration advanced media for transportation applications (such as air intake, cabin air, fuel oil), reverse osmosis water filtration, industrial process air and liquid applications, air purification, and HVAC and life science/personal protective equipment.

Healthcare advanced wound care, consumer wellness, device fixation, and finger bandages.

Release liners – substrates critical to adhesive separation for applications in the personal care, label, tape, industrial, graphic arts, composites, and medical categories.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Net sales as a percentage by end market for the ATM business were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Industrials33 %36 %
Protective solutions15 %31 %
Filtration26 %17 %
Healthcare15 %16 %
Release liners11 %— %
   Net sales 100 %100 %

The FBS segment supplies customers serving generally both growing and mature end markets as follows:

Packaging and specialty papers – sustainable premium packaging solutions, imaging and communication, home & office, consumer goods, and other applications.

Engineered papers – combustibles and reduce risk products, primarily for the tobacco industry, alternative fibers lightweight papers, and emerging alternative solutions.

Net sales as a percentage by end market for the FBS business were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Packaging and specialty papers47 %— %
Engineered papers53 %100 %
Net sales100 %100 %

Transfer of Receivables

On December 23, 2022, the Company entered into an accounts receivables sales agreement (the "Receivables Sales Agreement") to sell certain trade receivables arising from revenue transactions of the Company's U.S. subsidiaries on a revolving basis. The maximum funding commitment of the Receivables Sales Agreement is $175.0 million. The agreement has an initial term of three years and can be renewed.

In connection with the Receivables Sales Agreement, the Company formed a separate bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity (“SPE”), which is a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary. The Company continuously transfers receivables to the SPE and the SPE transfers ownership and control of certain receivables that meet certain qualifying conditions to a third-party financial institution in exchange for cash. Certain receivables are held by the SPE and are pledged to secure the collectability of the sold receivables. The amount of receivables pledged as collateral as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $62.2 million and $94.2 million, respectively. The SPE incurs fees due to the third-party financial institution related to accounts receivable sales transactions.

The Company has continuing involvement with the receivables transferred by the SPE to the third-party financial institution by providing collection services.

The Company also participates in uncommitted trade accounts receivable sales programs ("Reverse Receivables Programs") under which certain trade receivables are sold, without recourse, to a third-party financial institution in exchange for cash. The Company does not retain any interest in or continuing involvement with the invoices after they are sold. The invoices are sold at face value, less a transaction fee.

The Company accounts for transactions under the Receivables Sales Agreement and Reverse Receivables Programs as sales of financial assets, with the associated receivables derecognized from the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Total fees related to the Receivables Sales Agreement and Reverse Receivables
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Programs are considered to be a loss on the sale of financial assets and are primarily recorded within Other income, net in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). Total fees were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Continuous cash activity related to the Receivables Sales Agreement and Reverse Receivables Programs is reflected in cash from operating activities in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The following table summarizes the activity under the Receivables Sales Agreement and Reverse Receivables Programs (in millions):
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2023
Trade accounts receivable sold to financial institutions$312.1 
Cash proceeds from financial institutions308.8 

There were no material trade accounts receivable sales for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Note 3. Other Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income (loss) includes Net income (loss), as well as items charged and credited directly to stockholders' equity, which are excluded from Net income (loss). The Company has presented Comprehensive income (loss) in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss). Reclassification adjustments of derivative instruments from Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax are presented in Net sales; Other income, net; or Interest expense in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). Refer to Note 11. Derivatives for additional information. Amortization of accumulated pension and other postretirement benefit ("OPEB") liabilities are included in the computation of net periodic pension and OPEB costs, which are discussed in Note 13. Postretirement and Other Benefits.

Components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, were as follows (in millions):
March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Accumulated pension and OPEB liability adjustments, net of income tax benefit of $1.8 million and $2.5 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
$(10.4)$(10.9)
Accumulated unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net of income tax benefit of $10.2 million and $12.9 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
33.0 44.4 
Accumulated unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments, net of income tax benefit of $15.6 million and $17.0 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
(110.5)(128.9)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax$(87.9)$(95.4)

Changes in the components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, were as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Pre-taxTaxNet of
Tax
Pre-taxTaxNet of
Tax
Pension and OPEB liability adjustments$1.2 $(0.7)$0.5 $1.3 $(2.0)$(0.7)
Derivative instrument adjustments(14.1)2.7 (11.4)22.4 0.3 22.7 
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments19.8 (1.4)18.4 6.1 2.6 8.7 
Total$6.9 $0.6 $7.5 $29.8 $0.9 $30.7 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 4. Business Acquisitions

Neenah

On March 28, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger to combine with Neenah, a specialty materials company incorporated in Delaware, in an all-stock merger of equals (the "Merger Agreement"), to create a global leader in specialty materials, accelerate growth and innovation, as well as achieve cost synergies. The Merger was approved by the shareholders of both the Company and Neenah on June 29, 2022 and was consummated on July 6, 2022. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, which was unanimously approved by the board of directors of both companies, Neenah merged into a directly owned subsidiary of the Company, with Neenah surviving the Merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Mativ.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Neenah's common stock outstanding was exchanged for 1.358 shares of common stock in the Company. As such, the Company issued approximately 22.8 million shares of its common stock to Neenah's shareholders under the terms of the Merger Agreement. Based on the Company's closing stock price on July 5, 2022, the total value of shares issued to Neenah's shareholders was approximately $534.1 million. The total consideration transferred to merge with Neenah was $1,056.3 million, which included the equity portion consideration of $534.1 million, repayment of Neenah's debt of $504.9 million, repayment of acquisition costs incurred by Neenah of $13.5 million and the fair value of unvested stock awards allocated to the pre-merger period of $3.8 million.

The Company used the proceeds of the borrowings under the amended Credit Agreement to repay existing indebtedness of Neenah and to pay other costs and expenses in connection with the Merger.

The transaction was accounted for as a business combination with the Company being treated as the accounting acquirer in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805, Business Combinations. Under this method of accounting, the total consideration has been allocated to Neenah's assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon fair values at the Merger date. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed were measured at fair value as of the Merger date primarily using Level 3 inputs. The excess of the total consideration over the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill and has been allocated to the ATM segment. The goodwill recorded is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes as it is primarily attributable to expected revenue and cost synergies. The estimated purchase price allocation disclosed as of September 30, 2022 was revised during the remeasurement period as new information was received and analyzed resulting in increases in Intangible assets, net of $18.6 million, Deferred income tax liabilities of $18.6 million, Property, plant and equipment, net of $8.5 million, Inventories, net of $2.7 million, as well as decreases in Goodwill of $11.5 million, Accounts receivable, net of $8.2 million, Accounts payable and other current liabilities of $8.7 million and other immaterial changes, as presented in the table below. The amounts below represent the current preliminary fair value estimates. As additional information becomes available and as additional analyses and final allocations are completed, we may further revise the preliminary acquisition consideration allocation during the remainder of the measurement period, which will not exceed twelve months from the closing of the acquisition. Such revisions or changes may be material.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
The preliminary fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the Merger date were as follows (in millions):
Preliminary Allocation as of March 31, 2023AdjustmentsPreliminary Allocation as of July 6, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents$55.9 $— $55.9 
Accounts receivable, net198.4 (8.2)206.6 
Inventory, net194.5 2.7 191.8 
Other current assets27.8 0.3 27.5 
Property, plant and equipment, net462.1 8.5 453.6 
Intangible assets, net237.6 18.6 219.0 
Other assets42.0 0.2 41.8 
Total assets$1,218.3 $22.1 $1,196.2 
Current debt$1.9 $— $1.9 
Accounts payable and other current liabilities199.2 (8.7)207.9 
Long-term debt22.8 — 22.8 
Deferred income tax liabilities86.3 18.6 67.7 
Other liabilities82.7 0.7 82.0 
Net assets acquired$825.4 $11.5 $813.9 
Goodwill230.9 (11.5)242.4 
Total consideration
$1,056.3 $— $1,056.3 

The fair value of receivables acquired approximates the gross contractual value. The contractual amount not expected to be collected is immaterial.

Acquired inventory was comprised of finished goods, work in process and raw materials. The fair value of finished goods was based on net realizable value adjusted for the costs of selling and manufacturing and a reasonable profit margin on selling effort and manufacturing costs. The fair value of work in progress was based on net realizable value adjusted for the costs of selling and a reasonable profit margin on selling effort. The fair value of raw materials was determined to approximate book value.

Property, plant and equipment is comprised of land, buildings and leasehold improvements, machinery and equipment, furniture and fixtures, computer equipment and construction in progress. The preliminary estimated fair value was primarily determined using a reproduction/replacement cost approach which measures the value of an asset by estimating the cost to acquire or construct comparable assets adjusted for age and condition of the asset.

Acquired intangible assets include customer relationships, trade names and developed technologies. Intangible assets were valued using the multi-period excess earnings and relief-from-royalty methods, both forms of the income approach which considers a forecast of future cash flows generated from the use of each asset.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
The following table sets forth the components of identifiable intangible assets (in millions) and their estimated useful lives (in years):
Fair ValueWeighted-Average Amortization Period (Years)
Amortizable intangible assets:
Customer relationships$203.0 14.3
Trade names14.4 20
Developed technology20.2 7
Total amortizable intangible assets$237.6 

The preliminary estimate of deferred tax effects resulting from the Merger include the expected federal, state and foreign tax consequences associated with temporary differences between the preliminary fair values of the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and the respective tax basis.

Net sales and Net income from Neenah included in the Company's unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) are as follows (in millions):
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2023
Net sales$287.8 
Net income2.9 

Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited)

The unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations for the periods presented, as if the Merger had occurred on January 1, 2021. The unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information includes the following adjustments related to the Merger: amortization of intangible assets and fair value adjustments to inventory, interest expense for the additional indebtedness incurred to complete the Merger, acquisition and severance costs, and applicable tax adjustments based on statutory rates in the jurisdictions where the adjustments occurred.

The unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information presented below is not necessarily indicative of consolidated results of operations of the combined business had the Merger occurred as of January 1, 2021 (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2022
Net sales$691.6 
Net income(2.3)

Note 5. Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The Company uses the two-class method to calculate earnings per share. The Company has granted restricted stock that contains non-forfeitable rights to dividends on unvested shares. Since these unvested shares are considered participating securities under the two-class method, the Company allocates earnings (loss) per share to common stock and participating securities according to dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Diluted net income per common share is computed based on Net income divided by the weighted average number of common and potential common shares outstanding. Potential common shares during the respective periods are those related to dilutive stock-based compensation, including long-term stock-based incentive compensation and directors’ accumulated deferred stock compensation, which may be received by the directors in the form of stock or cash. A reconciliation of the average number of common and potential common shares outstanding used in the calculations of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share follows (in millions, shares in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Numerator (basic and diluted):
Net income (loss)$(7.7)$1.6 
Less: Dividends paid to participating securities(0.1)(0.2)
Distributed earnings (loss) available to participating securities$(7.8)$1.4 
Denominator:
Average number of common shares outstanding54,483.0 31,158.0 
Effect of dilutive stock-based compensation(1)
— 255.7 
Average number of common and potential common shares outstanding54,483.0 31,413.7 
(1) Diluted loss per share excludes the weighted average potential common shares for the three months ended March 31, 2023 as their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

Note 6. Inventories, Net
 
Inventories, net are valued at the lower of cost (using the first-in, first-out and weighted average methods) or net realizable value. The Company's costs included in inventory primarily include resins, pulp, chemicals, direct labor, utilities, maintenance, depreciation, finishing supplies and an allocation of certain overhead costs. Machine start-up costs or abnormal machine shutdowns are expensed in the period incurred and are not reflected in inventory. The Company reviews inventories at least quarterly to determine the necessity of write-offs for excess, obsolete or unsalable inventory. The Company estimates write-offs for inventory obsolescence and shrinkage based on its judgment of future realization. These reviews require the Company to assess customer and market demand. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, there were no material inventory write-offs.

The following table summarizes inventories by major class (in millions):    
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Raw materials$203.5 $206.0 
Work in process88.1 80.5 
Finished goods231.8 223.9 
Supplies and other21.0 24.5 
Total inventories$544.4 $534.9 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 7. Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting segment were as follows (in millions):
 ATMFBSTotal
Balance at December 31, 2022
$842.6 $4.6 $847.2 
Goodwill acquired during the period(1)
16.5 — 16.5 
Foreign currency translation7.2 0.1 7.3 
Balance at March 31, 2023
$866.3 $4.7 $871.0 
(1) Related to measurement period adjustments for the Merger.

Accumulated impairment loss for the FBS segment was $2.7 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Note 8. Intangible Assets

At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $633.1 million and $652.5 million of intangible assets in its ATM segment and $41.8 million and $57.8 million in its FBS segment, respectively. The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for intangible assets consisted of the following (in millions):
 March 31, 2023
 Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Amortized Intangible Assets
Customer relationships$739.6 $171.4 $568.2 
Developed technology71.4 28.3 43.1 
Trade names33.1 4.9 28.2 
Acquired technology20.7 2.2 18.5 
Non-compete agreements2.9 2.7 0.2 
Patents1.9 0.8 1.1 
Total(1)
$869.6 $210.3 $659.3 
Unamortized Intangible Assets
Trade names$15.6 $— $15.6 
(1) Includes a decrease of $25.3 million related to measurement period adjustments for the Merger recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
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 December 31, 2022
 Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Amortized Intangible Assets
Customer relationships$754.8 $159.4 $595.4 
Developed technology71.2 26.5 44.7 
Trade names35.8 4.4 31.4 
Acquired technology23.5 1.6 21.9 
Non-compete agreements2.9 2.7 0.2 
Patents1.9 0.7 1.2 
Total$890.1 $195.3 $694.8 
Unamortized Intangible Assets
Trade names(1)
$15.5 $— $15.5 
(1) During the first quarter of 2022, indefinite-lived trade names and developed technology with net carrying amounts of $4.2 million and $0.5 million were allocated to the disposal group classified as held for sale and subsequently impaired.

Amortization expense of intangible assets was $14.5 million and $11.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Finite-lived intangibles are expensed using the straight-line amortization method.

Note 9. Restructuring and Impairment Activities
 
The Company incurred restructuring and impairment expenses of $0.8 million and $13.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Restructuring and impairment expenses were primarily incurred in the ATM segment. Restructuring and impairment expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2023 were $0.7 million in the ATM segment and included $0.5 million related to the closure of the Appleton, Wisconsin facility. The closure of this facility was substantially completed in September 2021 and its divestiture was planned prior to the Merger. The assets held for sale consist primarily of property, plant and equipment. These assets were measured at fair value as part of the purchase price allocation. The Company has recognized $1.7 million of restructuring charges cumulatively through March 31, 2023 related to this project. During the remainder of 2023, the Company expects to record additional restructuring related costs in the ATM segment of approximately $1.5 million related to the closing of the Appleton, Wisconsin facility.

Restructuring and impairment expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were primarily related to the $12.9 million impairment of certain assets in conjunction with the planned divestiture of a portion of the legacy SWM ATM segment serving the industrials end market. These assets were sold during the third quarter of 2022 for net proceeds of $4.6 million and a loss of $0.4 million.

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The following table summarizes total restructuring and impairment expense (in millions):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Restructuring and impairment expense:
Severance$0.1 $0.2 
Asset impairment— 12.9 
Other0.7 0.1 
Total restructuring and impairment expense$0.8 $13.2 
Other restructuring related charges - Cost of products sold
Accelerated depreciation and amortization$0.3 $— 
Other restructuring related charges - General expense
Accelerated depreciation and amortization0.2 — 
Total restructuring and impairment expense and other restructuring related charges$1.3 $13.2 

The following table summarizes changes in restructuring liabilities (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Balance at beginning of period$4.9 $6.2 
Cash payments(0.5)(1.4)
Foreign exchange impact0.1 (0.1)
Balance at end of period$4.5 $4.7 

Restructuring liabilities were classified within Accrued expenses and other current liabilities and Other liabilities in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Note 10. Debt
 
Total debt, net of debt issuance costs, is summarized in the following table (in millions):
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Revolving facility - U.S. dollar borrowings$236.0 $191.0 
Term loan A facility191.5 192.0 
Term loan B facility343.9 344.8 
Delayed draw term loan633.8 641.9 
6.875% Senior unsecured notes due October 1, 2026, net of discount of $4.0 million and $4.3 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively(1)
341.0 339.0 
French employee profit sharing3.0 3.0 
German loan agreement10.9 10.7 
Other0.6 0.9 
Debt issuance costs(27.7)(29.4)
Total debt1,733.0 1,693.9 
Less: Current debt(35.1)(34.6)
Total long-term debt$1,697.9 $1,659.3 
(1) Amount includes a $5.0 million and $6.7 million decrease in fair value as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, due to changes in benchmark interest rates related to the senior unsecured notes. Refer to Note 11. Derivatives for additional information on our interest rate swaps designated as a fair value hedge.

Credit Facility

On September 25, 2018, the Company entered into a $700.0 million credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), which replaced the Company’s previous senior secured credit facilities and provides for a five-year $500.0 million revolving line of credit (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and a seven-year $200.0 million bank term loan facility (the “Term Loan A Facility”). Subject to certain conditions, including the absence of a default or event of default under the Credit Agreement, the Company may request incremental loans to be extended under the Revolving Credit Facility or as additional Term Loan Facilities so long as the Company is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement and the aggregate of such increases does not exceed $400.0 million.

On February 10, 2021, the Company amended its Credit Agreement to, among other things, add a new seven-year $350.0 million Term Loan B Facility (the “Term Loan B Facility”) and to decrease the incremental loans that may be extended at the Company’s request to $250.0 million. The amended Credit Agreement was further amended effective February 22, 2022 to adjust the step-down schedule for the maximum net debt to EBITDA ratio.

On May 6, 2022, the Company further amended its Credit Agreement in order to extend the maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan A Facility to May 6, 2027, and to increase the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility, subject to consummation of the Merger, to $600.0 million. Additionally, the Company added a $650.0 million delayed draw term loan facility (the "Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility"), which the Company borrowed on July 5, 2022, in connection with the Merger. The Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility matures on May 6, 2027.

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Borrowings under the amended Term Loan A Facility ("Term Loan A Credit Facility") will bear interest, at a rate equal to either (1) a forward-looking term rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“Term SOFR”), plus the applicable margin or (2) the highest of (a) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, (b) the rate of interest as published by the Wall Street Journal as the “bank prime loan” rate, and (c) Term SOFR plus 1.0%, in each case plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Term Loan A Credit Facility is expected to range from 1.25% to 2.75% for SOFR loans and from 0.25% to 1.75% for base rate loans, in each case depending on the Company’s then current net debt to EBITDA ratio.

Borrowings under the amended Revolving Facility or the Delayed Draw Term Loan facility in U.S. dollars will bear interest, at the Company’s option, at a rate equal to either (1) a forward-looking term rate based on Term SOFR, plus the applicable margin or (2) the highest of (a) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, (b) the rate of interest as published by the Wall Street Journal as the “bank prime loan” rate, and (c) one-month Term SOFR plus 1.0%, in each case plus the applicable margin. Borrowings under the Revolving Facility in Euros will bear interest at a rate equal to the reserve-adjusted Euro interbank offered rate, or EURIBOR, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the revolving credit agreement is expected to range from 1.00% to 2.50% for SOFR loans and EURIBOR loans, and from 0.00% to 1.50% for base rate loans, in each case, depending on the Company’s then current net debt to EBITDA ratio.

Borrowings under the Term Loan B Facility will bear interest, at the Company's option, at either (i) 3.75% in excess of a reserve adjusted LIBOR rate (subject to a minimum floor of 0.75%) or (ii) 2.75% in excess of an alternative base rate.

Under the terms of the amended Credit Agreement, the Company is required to maintain certain financial ratios and comply with certain financial covenants, including maintaining a net debt to EBITDA ratio, as defined in the amended Credit Agreement, calculated on a trailing four fiscal quarter basis, not greater than 5.25x and an interest coverage ratio, also as defined in the amended Credit Agreement, of not less than 3.00x. The maximum allowable net debt to EBITDA ratio will decrease quarterly returning to 4.50x effective as of December 2023. In addition, borrowings and loans made under the amended Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ personal property, excluding certain customary items of collateral, and will be guaranteed by the Company’s existing and future wholly-owned direct material domestic subsidiaries and by SWM Luxembourg.

The Company was in compliance with all of its covenants under the amended Credit Agreement at March 31, 2023.

Indenture for 6.875% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2026

On September 25, 2018, the Company closed a private offering of $350.0 million of 6.875% senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes were sold in a private placement in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a purchase agreement between the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company and a third-party financial institution, as representative of the initial purchasers. The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries that is a borrower under or that guarantees obligations under the amended Credit Agreement or that guarantees certain other indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2018 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors listed therein and a third-party financial institution, as trustee. The Indenture provides that interest on the Notes will accrue from September 25, 2018 and is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2019, and the Notes mature on October 1, 2026.

The Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time on or after October 1, 2021, at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. If the Company sells certain assets or consummates certain change of control transactions, the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes, subject to certain conditions.

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The Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit the Company’s ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, make certain dividends, repurchase Company stock or make other distributions, make certain investments, create liens, transfer or sell assets, merge or consolidate and enter into transactions with the Company’s affiliates. Such covenants are subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture also contains certain customary events of default, including failure to make payments in respect of the principal amount of the Notes, failure to make payments of interest on the Notes when due and payable, failure to comply with certain covenants and agreements and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency. The Company was in compliance with all of its covenants under the Indenture at March 31, 2023.

Other

On May 30, 2022, Neenah entered into a project financing agreement for the construction of a melt blown machine (the "German Loan Agreement"). This debt was assumed by the Company upon consummation of the Merger. The German Loan Agreement provided $10.7 million of construction financing which is secured by the melt blown machine. The loan matures in March 2027 and principal is repaid in equal quarterly installments beginning in June 2023. The interest rate on amounts outstanding is 1.75% and is payable quarterly.

As of March 31, 2023, the average interest rate was 7.21% on outstanding Revolving Facility borrowings, 7.28% on outstanding Term Loan A Credit Facility borrowings, 8.63% on outstanding Term Loan B Facility borrowings, and 7.03% on outstanding Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility borrowings. The effective rate on the 6.875% senior unsecured notes due 2026 was 7.248%. The weighted average effective interest rate on the Company's debt facilities, including the impact of interest rate hedges, was approximately 5.63% and 4.45% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Principal Repayments

The following is the expected maturities for the Company's debt obligations as of March 31, 2023 (in millions):
2023$31.4 
202441.3 
202541.4 
2026382.4 
2027937.0 
Thereafter327.3 
Total $1,760.8 

Fair Value of Debt
 
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair market value of the Company's 6.875% senior unsecured notes was $322.9 million and $308.4 million, respectively. The fair market value for the senior unsecured notes was determined using quoted market prices, which are directly observable Level 1 inputs. The fair market value of all other debt as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 approximated the respective carrying amounts as the interest rates approximate current market indices.
 
Note 11. Derivatives
 
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk and interest rate risk on its variable-rate debt. To manage these risks, the Company utilizes a variety of practices including, where considered appropriate, derivative instruments. The Company has no derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes or derivatives with credit risk-related contingent features. All derivative instruments used by the Company are either exchange traded or are entered into with major financial institutions to reduce credit risk and risk of nonperformance by third parties. The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments are determined using observable inputs and are considered Level 2 assets or liabilities.

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The Company utilizes currency forward, swap and, to a lesser extent, option contracts to selectively hedge its exposure to foreign currency risk when it is practical and economical to do so. The use of these contracts minimizes transactional exposure to exchange rate changes. We designate certain of our foreign currency hedges as cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are reported as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax and reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. For foreign exchange contracts not designated as cash flow hedges, changes in the contracts’ fair values are recorded to Net income (loss) each period.

The Company selectively hedges its exposure to interest rate increases on variable-rate, long-term debt when it is practical and economical to do so. Changes in the fair value of interest rate contracts considered cash flow hedges are reported as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax and reclassified into earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. Interest rate contracts are also used to hedge changes in the fair value of a portion of our senior unsecured notes attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate contracts and corresponding portion of the hedged debt are recognized in Interest expense.

The Company also uses cross-currency swap contracts to selectively hedge its exposure to foreign currency related changes in our net investments in certain foreign operations. We designate these cross-currency swap contracts as net investment hedges. Changes in the fair value of these hedges are deferred within the foreign currency translation component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax and reclassified into earnings when the foreign investment is sold or substantially liquidated.

During the second quarter of 2022, the Company entered into cross-currency swaps, with a combined notional value of €450.0 million ($478.2 million) maturing on April 1, 2024 and 2025 and October 1, 2026, designated as a hedge of a portion of the Company’s net investment in Euro-denominated subsidiaries. These contracts involve the periodic exchange of U.S. dollar fixed interest rate payments for fixed Euro-denominated payments over the respective contract terms, in addition to an exchange of notional amounts upon maturity. One cross-currency swap involves the periodic exchange of U.S. dollar variable interest rate payments for Euro-denominated variable payments.

During 2019 and 2021, the Company entered into a series of pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, maturing on January 31, 2027 and December 31, 2027. During March 2022, the interest rate swaps, which had a combined notional value of $500.0 million were terminated and a total settlement of $23.6 million was received from the counterparties. The settlement amount, which represents the fair value of contracts at the time of termination, was recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax and will be amortized as a component of Interest expense over the remaining term of the hedged forecasted transaction.

During March 2022, immediately following the termination of the aforementioned interest rate swaps, the Company entered into pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, maturing on January 31, 2027 and December 31, 2027. The swaps have a combined notional value of $500.0 million which declines over the terms of the underlying contracts. The terms of the interest rate swaps mirror the terms of the underlying debt, including timing of the payments and interest rates.

During June 2022, the Company entered into a fixed to float interest rate swap with a notional amount of $173.4 million, maturing on October 1, 2026. The swap was designated as a fair value hedge for a portion of our 6.875% senior unsecured notes due in 2026. The contract involves the periodic exchange of fixed interest rate payments for variable payments.

During September 2022, the Company entered into pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, maturing on May 6, 2027 and April 20, 2028. The swaps have a combined notional value of $650.0 million which declines over the terms of the underlying contracts. The terms of the interest rate swaps mirror the terms of the underlying debt, including timing of the payments and interest rates.

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The following table presents the fair value of asset and liability derivatives and the respective balance sheet locations at March 31, 2023 (in millions): 
 Asset DerivativesLiability Derivatives
 Balance Sheet
Location
Fair
Value
Balance Sheet
Location
Fair
Value
Derivatives designated as hedges:    
Foreign exchange contracts - net investment hedgeAccounts receivable, net$4.0 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $0.2 
Foreign exchange contracts - net investment hedgeOther assets— Other liabilities10.2 
Interest rate contracts - cash flow hedgeAccounts receivable, net0.5 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities— 
Interest rate contracts - cash flow hedgeOther assets25.4 Other liabilities— 
   Interest rate contracts - fair value hedgeOther liabilities5.0 
Total derivatives designated as hedges $29.9  $15.4 
Derivatives not designated as hedges:    
Foreign exchange contractsAccounts receivable, net0.3 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities0.2 
Total derivatives not designated as hedges $0.3  $0.2 
Total derivatives $30.2  $15.6 
 
The following table presents the fair value of asset and liability derivatives and the respective balance sheet locations at December 31, 2022 (in millions): 
 Asset DerivativesLiability Derivatives
 Balance Sheet
Location
Fair
Value
Balance Sheet
Location
Fair
Value
Derivatives designated as hedges:    
Foreign exchange contracts - net investment hedgeAccounts receivable, net$2.4 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities$0.2 
Foreign exchange contracts - net investment hedgeOther assets1.1 Other liabilities4.7 
Interest rate contracts - cash flow hedgeAccounts receivable, net0.6 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities— 
Interest rate contracts - cash flow hedgeOther assets38.1 Other liabilities— 
Interest rate contracts - fair value hedgeOther liabilities6.7 
Total derivatives designated as hedges$42.2 $11.6 
Derivatives not designated as hedges:    
Foreign exchange contractsAccounts receivable, net2.7 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities2.1 
Total derivatives not designated as hedges $2.7  $2.1 
Total derivatives $44.9  $13.7 
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The following table presents the fair value of fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps designated as a fair value hedge of our Notes and the respective balance sheet location at March 31, 2023 (in millions):
Balance Sheet LocationCarrying Amount of Hedged ItemCumulative Amount of Adjustment Included in Carrying Amount
Interest rate contracts - fair value hedgeLong-term debt$341.0 $(5.0)
Refer to Note 10. Debt for further information on the Notes.

The following table provides the net effect that derivative instruments designated in hedging relationships had on Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax and results of operations (in millions):
Derivatives Designated in Hedging RelationshipsUnrealized Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCL on Derivatives, Net of TaxLocation of Loss Reclassified
from AOCL
Loss Reclassified
from AOCL
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
2023202220232022
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedge
Foreign exchange contracts$— $(0.1)Other income, net$— $(0.1)
Interest rate contracts(17.2)21.7 Interest expense(5.8)(1.0)
Derivatives designated as net investment hedge
Foreign exchange contracts(5.6)13.6 
Total gain/(loss)$(22.8)$35.2 $(5.8)$(1.1)
The Company's designated derivative instruments are highly effective. As such, there were no gains or losses recognized immediately in income related to the hedge ineffectiveness or amounts excluded from hedge effectiveness testing for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, other than those related to the cross-currency swaps, noted below.

The Company’s net investment hedges were designated with terms based on the spot rate of the EUR. Future changes in the components related to the spot change on the notional will be recorded as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax until the hedged subsidiaries are substantially liquidated. All coupon payments are recorded in earnings and the initial value of excluded components currently recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax as an unrealized translation adjustment are amortized to Interest expense over the remaining term of the swap. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized as income $2.5 million and $2.6 million, respectively, in Interest expense as derivative amounts excluded from effectiveness testing.

The following table provides the effect the derivative instruments not designated as cash flow hedging instruments had on Net income (loss) (in millions):
Derivatives Not Designated as Cash Flow Hedging InstrumentsLocation of Loss RecognizedAmount of Loss Recognized
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
Foreign exchange contractsOther income, net$— $(1.1)
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Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation
 
Brazil

SWM-Brazil ("SWM-B") received assessments from the tax authorities of the State of Rio de Janeiro (the "State") for unpaid Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços ("ICMS") and Fundo Estadual de Combate à Pobreza ("FECP") value-added taxes on interstate purchases of electricity. The State issued four sets of assessments against SWM-B for periods from May 2006 through December 2017 (collectively the "Electricity Assessments"). The first through fourth assessments were received in February 2008, June 2011, October 2013, and August 2018, respectively.

SWM-B challenged all Electricity Assessments in administrative proceedings before the State tax council (in the Junta de Revisão Fiscal “first-level administrative court” and the Conselho de Contribuintes “administrative appellate court”) based on Resolution 1.610/89, which defers these taxes on electricity purchased by an "electricity-intensive consumer." In 2014, a majority of the administrative appellate court sitting en banc ruled against SWM-B in each of the first and second Electricity Assessments ($11.5 million based on the foreign currency exchange rate at March 31, 2023), and SWM-B is now pursuing challenges to these assessments in the State judicial system where SWM-B obtained preliminary injunctions against enforcement of both assessments. In March 2020, the first-level judicial court ruled in favor of SWM-B in the second Electricity Assessment, a decision that is now on appeal. The third Electricity Assessment was dismissed on technical grounds in 2018. In August 2018, the State filed revised fourth Electricity Assessments for a combined amount of $9.5 million. SWM-B filed challenges to these 2018 assessments in the first-level administrative court on the same grounds as the older cases, receiving unfavorable rulings from the courts in 2019. Both 2019 decisions are being appealed. The State issued a new regulation effective January 1, 2018 that only specific industries are “electricity-intensive consumers,” a list that excludes paper manufacturers. SWM-B contends this regulation shows that paper manufacturers were electricity-intensive consumers eligible to defer ICMS before 2018. As SWM-B cannot determine the outcome of the Electricity Assessments matters, no loss has been accrued in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Germany

In January 2015, the Company initiated patent infringement proceedings in Germany against Glatz under multiple low ignition propensity ("LIP") related patents. In December 2017, the Dusseldorf Appeal Court affirmed the German District Court judgment on infringement of EP1482815 against Glatz. The Company filed an action against Glatz in the German District Court to set the amount of damages for the infringement and Glatz filed a counterclaim. Glatz filed an action in the German Patent Court to invalidate the German part of EP1482815. The German Patent Court held that some of the patent claims at issue were invalid and also that another claim at issue was valid. The Company appealed the portion of the decision with respect to the claims held to be invalid. The German Supreme Court held that the claims of German counterpart of EP1482815 relevant to the Glatz infringement action were invalid. This ruling has the effect of nullifying the infringement decision and injunction against Glatz and the Company’s claim for damages against Glatz. Glatz’s counterclaim against the Company is still pending and is scheduled for a first instance decision in May 2023. The cost, timing and outcome of intellectual property litigation can be unpredictable and thus no assurances can be given as to the outcome or impact of such litigation. As the Company cannot determine the outcome of the patent infringement matters, no loss has been accrued in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Environmental Matters
 
The Company's operations are subject to various nations' federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances relating to environmental matters. The nature of the Company's operations exposes it to the risk of claims with respect to various environmental matters, and there can be no assurance that material costs or liabilities will not be incurred in connection with such claims. While the Company has incurred in the past several years, and will continue to incur, capital and operating expenditures in order to comply with environmental laws and regulations, it believes that its future cost of compliance with environmental laws, regulations and ordinances, and its exposure to liability for environmental claims and its obligation to participate in the remediation and monitoring of certain hazardous waste disposal sites, will not have a material effect on its financial condition or results of operations. However, future events, such as changes in existing laws and regulations, or unknown contamination or costs of remediation of sites owned, operated or used for waste disposal by the Company (including contamination caused by prior owners and operators of such sites or other waste generators) may give rise to additional costs which could have a material effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

Employees and Labor Relations

As of March 31, 2023, approximately 26% of the Company's U.S. workforce and 14% of its Non-U.S. workforce are under collective bargaining agreements. Approximately 2% of all U.S. employees and 6% of Non-U.S. employees are under collective bargaining agreements that will expire in the next 12 months.

For the Non-U.S. workforce, union membership is voluntary and does not need to be disclosed to the Company under local laws. As a result, the number of employees covered by the collective bargaining agreements in some countries cannot be determined.

General Matters

In the ordinary course of conducting business activities, the Company and its subsidiaries become involved in certain other judicial, administrative and regulatory proceedings involving both private parties and governmental authorities. These proceedings include insured and uninsured regulatory, employment, intellectual property, general and commercial liability, environmental and other matters. At this time, the Company does not expect any of these proceedings to have a material effect on its reputation, business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, the Company can give no assurance that the results of any such proceedings will not materially affect its reputation, business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 13. Postretirement and Other Benefits

The Company sponsors a number of different defined contribution retirement plans, alternative retirement plans and/or defined benefit pension plans across its operations. Defined benefit pension plans are sponsored in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Canada and OPEB benefits related to postretirement healthcare and life insurance are sponsored in the United States, Germany, and Canada. In the prior year quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company's Canadian postretirement benefits liability and U.S. OPEB liability were immaterial and therefore not included in these disclosures.

In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed Neenah's defined benefit pension and OPEB plans, as well as sponsorship of the defined contribution retirement plan. In addition, Neenah has a supplemental employee retirement plan ("SERP"), which is a non-qualified defined benefit plan, and a supplemental retirement contribution plan ("SRCP"), which is a non-qualified, unfunded defined contribution plan. The Company provides benefits under the non-qualified SERP and SRCP plans to the extent necessary to fulfill the intent of its retirement plans without regard to the limitations set by the Internal Revenue Code on qualified retirement benefit plans.   

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Pension and Other Benefits

The components of net pension cost (benefit) during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows (in millions):
Pension BenefitsOther Postretirement Plans
 U.S.Non-U.S. U.S.Non-U.S.
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022202320222023
Service cost$0.4 $— $0.5 $0.4 $— $0.3 
Interest cost4.4 0.8 2.3 0.6 0.3 — 
Expected return on plan assets(5.5)(1.0)(1.1)(0.6)— — 
Amortizations and other— 0.4 0.1 0.1 — — 
Net pension cost (benefit)$(0.7)$0.2 $1.8 $0.5 $0.3 $0.3 

The components of net pension cost (benefit) other than the service cost component are included in Other income, net in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

The Company's cost under the qualified defined contribution plan was $4.0 million and $2.5 million as of March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Note 14. Income Taxes

For interim financial reporting, the Company estimates the annual tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and records a quarterly income tax provision in accordance with ASC 740-270, Accounting for Income Taxes in Interim Periods. These interim estimates are subject to variation due to several factors, including the ability of the Company to accurately forecast pre-tax and taxable income and loss by jurisdiction, changes in laws or regulations, and expenses or losses for which tax benefits are not recognized. Jurisdictions with a projected loss for the year or an actual year-to-date loss where no tax benefit can be recognized are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate. The impact of including these jurisdictions on the quarterly effective tax rate calculations could result in a higher or lower effective tax rate during a quarter, based upon the mix and timing of actual earnings versus annual projections.

Prior to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("Tax Act"), the Company asserted that substantially all of the undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries were considered indefinitely reinvested and accordingly, no deferred taxes were provided. Due to the Tax Act, the Company has significant previously taxed earnings and profits from its foreign subsidiaries, as a result of transition tax, that is generally able to be repatriated free of U. S. federal tax. In addition, future earnings of foreign subsidiaries are generally expected to be able to be repatriated free of U.S. federal income tax because these earnings were taxed in the U.S. under the GILTI regime or would be eligible for a 100% dividends received deduction. As a result of the Company’s treasury policy to simplify and expediate its intercompany cash flows, as evidenced by the use of cash pooling, and in light of the Company’s demonstrated goal of driving growth though inorganic/acquisitional means, the Company does not assert indefinite reinvestment to the extent of each controlled foreign corporation's earnings and profits and to the extent of any foreign partnership’s U.S. tax capital accounts. As a result, the Company has provided for non-U.S. withholding taxes, U.S. federal tax related to currency movement on previously taxed earnings and profits, and U.S. state taxes on unremitted earnings.

All unrecognized tax positions could impact the Company's effective tax rate if recognized. There have been no material changes to the Company’s unrecognized tax positions for the three months ended March 31, 2023. With respect to penalties and interest incurred from income tax assessments or related to unrecognized tax benefits, the Company’s policy is to classify penalties as provision for income taxes and interest as interest expense in its unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). There were no material income tax penalties or interest accrued during the three months ended March 31, 2023 or 2022.
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MATIV HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

The Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations was 23.5% and 131.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease was materially due to favorable mix of earnings in the current period and prior year discrete tax adjustments.

Note 15. Segment Information
 
Prior to the completion of the Merger, we operated in two reporting segments: Advanced Materials & Structures and Engineered Papers. Effective with the Merger, the Company reassessed its reporting segments. Management concluded that it has two operating product line segments that are also the reporting segments for financial reporting purposes: Advanced Technical Materials and Fiber-Based Solutions. ATM is comprised of the legacy SWM Advanced Materials & Structures segment and FBS is comprised of the legacy Engineered Papers segment. As such, there were no changes to the historical results of these segments. The merged Neenah segments have been allocated to ATM and FBS based on performance, market focus, technologies, and reporting structure.

The ATM segment provides solutions that filter and purify air and liquids, supports adhesive and protective applications, advances healing and wellness, and solves some of material science’s most demanding performance needs across a number of categories. The FBS segment leverages the company’s extensive natural fiber capabilities to provide specialty solutions for various end-uses, including sustainable packaging, imaging and communications, home and office, consumer goods, and other applications.

The accounting policies of the reporting segments are the same as those described in Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Information about Net Sales and Operating Profit

The Company primarily evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based on operating profit. General corporate expenses that do not directly support the operations of the business segments are unallocated expenses. Assets are managed on a total company basis and are therefore not disclosed at the segment level.

Net sales and operating profit by segments were (in millions):
Net Sales
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
ATM$434.3 $272.9 
FBS244.7 133.9 
Total Consolidated$679.0 $406.8 
    
Operating Profit
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 20232022
ATM$37.6 $10.3 
FBS6.2 25.7 
Unallocated(34.5)(25.4)
Total Consolidated$9.3 $10.6 


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Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
The following is a discussion of our financial condition and results of operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and the selected financial data included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The discussion of our financial condition and results of operations includes various forward-looking statements about our markets, the demand for our products and our future prospects. These statements are based on certain assumptions we consider reasonable. For information about risks and exposures relating to us and our business, you should read the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, the section entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" at the end of this Item 2 and the section entitled “Risk Factors” at Part II, Item 1A hereof. Unless the context indicates otherwise, references to "Mativ," "we," "us," "our," the "Company" or similar terms include Mativ Holdings, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries.

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is designed to provide a reader of our financial statements with an understanding of our recent performance, our financial condition and our prospects.

Merger
On July 6, 2022, the Company completed its previously announced merger with Neenah, Inc. ("Neenah") under the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary merged with and into Neenah (the "Merger"), with Neenah surviving as a direct and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Refer to Note 4. Business Acquisitions in the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further information related to the Merger.

Prior to the completion of the Merger, we operated in two reporting segments: Advanced Materials & Structures and Engineered Papers. Effective with the Merger, the reporting segments are: Advanced Technical Materials ("ATM") and Fiber-Based Solutions ("FBS"). ATM and FBS is comprised of the legacy SWM Advanced Materials & Structures segment and FBS is comprised of the legacy Engineered Papers segment. As such, there were no changes to the historical results of these segments. The merged Neenah segments have been allocated to ATM and FBS based on performance, market focus, technologies, and reporting structure. Refer to Note 15. Segments in the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further information on our segments.

This MD&A discusses the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period ended March 31, 2023, which includes Neenah.

Liquidity & Debt Overview

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had $1,733.0 million of total debt, $97.0 million of cash, and undrawn capacity on its $600.0 million revolving line of credit facility (the "Revolving Facility") of $359.0 million. Per the terms of the Company's amended credit agreement (the "Amended Credit Agreement"), net leverage was 4.1x at the end of the first quarter, versus a current maximum covenant ratio of 5.25x. The Company’s nearest debt maturity is our 6.875% senior unsecured notes which are due in 2026. Refer to "Liquidity and Capital Resources" section for additional detail.

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SUMMARY
Three Months Ended March 31,
Percent of Net Sales
(in millions, except per share amounts)2023202220232022
Net sales$679.0 $406.8 100.0 %100.0 %
Gross profit109.0 92.6 16.1 %22.8 %
Restructuring & impairment expense0.8 13.2 0.1 %3.2 %
Operating profit9.3 10.6 1.4 %2.6 %
Interest expense26.5 14.5 3.9 %3.6 %
Net income (loss)$(7.7)$1.6 (1.1)%0.4 %
Diluted earnings (loss) per share$(0.14)$0.05 
Cash provided by (used in) operations$(20.7)$5.0 
Capital spending$19.1 $8.7 




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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022

Net Sales

The following table presents net sales by segment (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022ChangePercent Change
Advanced Technical Materials$434.3 $272.9 $161.4 59.1 %
Fiber-Based Solutions244.7 133.9 110.8 82.7 %
Total$679.0 $406.8 $272.2 66.9 %

Net sales of $679.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $272.2 million, or 66.9%, compared to the prior year period. ATM segment net sales of $434.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $161.4 million, or 59.1%, compared to the prior year period. ATM sales growth was due to addition of the Neenah operations. Price increases across the product lines, in response to higher input costs were offset by volume declines and negative currency impacts. The decreased volume was caused by customer de-stocking trends and a weakening macro environment. The strongest sales gains in ATM were in release liners.

FBS segment net sales of $244.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $110.8 million, or 82.7%, compared to the prior year period. FBS sales growth was due to the addition of the Neenah operations. Consistent with trends in ATM, price increases across the FBS product lines in response to higher input costs were offset by volume declines and negative currency impacts.

Gross Profit

The following table presents gross profit (in millions):
 Three Months Ended March 31, Percent ChangePercent of Net Sales
20232022Change20232022
Net sales$679.0 $406.8 $272.2 66.9 %100.0 %100.0 %
Cost of products sold570.0 314.2 255.8 81.4 %83.9 %77.2 %
Gross profit$109.0 $92.6 $16.4 17.7 %16.1 %22.8 %
 
Gross profit of $109.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $16.4 million, or 17.7%, compared to the prior year period. The increase in gross profit reflected the addition of the Neenah operations. While price increases more than offset higher input costs across both segments, lower volume and mix impacts, manufacturing inefficiencies and operational disruptions negatively impacted results. FBS operations in France were impacted by nationwide labor strikes related to recently passed retirement benefits legislation, resulting in lost sales and inefficiencies at several sites. Furthermore, the Company is addressing production performance across several sites, primarily in FBS, which have been impacted by high manufacturing labor turnover and resulted in less efficient operations and reduced profitability. Profitability in both segments was also impacted by staffing levels of manufacturing labor relative to volumes.

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Nonmanufacturing Expenses

The following table presents nonmanufacturing expenses (in millions):
 Three Months Ended March 31, Percent ChangePercent of Net Sales
20232022Change20232022
Selling expense$23.9 $14.3 $9.6 67.1 %3.5 %3.5 %
Research and development expense9.1 5.2 3.9 75.0 %1.3 %1.3 %
General expense65.9 49.3 16.6 33.7 %9.7 %12.1 %
Nonmanufacturing expenses$98.9 $68.8 $30.1 43.8 %14.5 %16.9 %
 
Nonmanufacturing expenses of $98.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased by $30.1 million, or 43.8%, compared to the prior year period. The increase is primarily due to the addition of Neenah's nonmanufacturing expenses which includes an increase in amortization expenses related to Neenah's intangible assets, and $10.4 million of integration related expenses. These factors more than offset cost synergy savings as a result of the Merger.

Restructuring and Impairment Expense

The following table presents restructuring and impairment expense by segment (in millions):
 Three Months Ended March 31,Percent of Net Sales
20232022Change20232022
Advanced Technical Materials$0.7 $12.9 $(12.2)0.2 %4.7 %
Fiber-Based Solutions0.1 0.3 (0.2)— %0.2 %
Total$0.8 $13.2 $(12.4)0.1 %3.2 %
 
The Company incurred total restructuring and impairment expense of $0.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared with $13.2 million in the prior year period. In the prior year period, restructuring and impairment expense in the ATM segment was related to impairment of certain assets in conjunction with the divestiture of a portion of the legacy SWM ATM segment serving the industrials end market.

Operating Profit

The following table presents operating profit by segment (in millions):
 Three Months Ended March 31,Percent ChangeReturn on Net Sales
20232022Change20232022
Advanced Technical Materials$37.6 $10.3 $27.3 265.0 %8.7 %3.8 %
Fiber-Based Solutions6.2 25.7 (19.5)(75.9)%2.5 %19.2 %
Unallocated expenses(34.5)(25.4)9.1 35.8 %  
Total$9.3 $10.6 $(1.3)(12.3)%1.4 %2.6 %

Operating profit of $9.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 decreased $1.3 million, or 12.3%, compared to the prior year period.

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In the ATM segment, operating profit of $37.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $27.3 million, or 265.0%, compared to the prior year period. In the FBS segment, operating profit of $6.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 decreased $19.5 million, or 75.9%, compared to the prior year period. In both segments, operating profit reflects the addition of the Neenah operations and the benefit of price increases more than offsetting higher input costs, which were offset by declining volumes across most products. The decline in FBS operating profits was largely driven by the above-referenced labor strikes in France and manufacturing inefficiencies at several sites, as well as intangible asset amortization expenses associated with the Merger.

Unallocated expenses of $34.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $9.1 million, or 35.8% compared to the prior year period primarily due to the addition of Neenah's unallocated expenses and integration related costs, which more than offset cost synergy savings.

Interest Expense
 
Interest expense of $26.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $12.0 million, or 82.8%, compared to the prior year period. Interest expense increased primarily due to incremental debt related to the Merger, the incremental expense of assuming Neenah's debt, and higher average interest rates.

Other Income, Net 

Other income, net of $7.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $1.5 million, or 27.3% compared to the prior year period. Income during both periods was primarily driven by gains on asset sales, the most significant of which were related to the sale of carbon dioxide credits in France

Income Taxes

A $2.4 million income tax benefit in the three months ended March 31, 2023 resulted in an effective tax rate of 23.5% compared with 131.3% in the prior year period. The decrease was materially due to favorable mix of earnings in the current period and prior year discrete one-time tax adjustments.

Income from Equity Affiliates

Income from equity affiliates was $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $2.1 million during the prior year period. The decrease was due to lower sales volume in the current year compared to the prior year period.

Net Income (Loss) and Net Income (Loss) per Share
 
Net loss during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $7.7 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.6 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, during the prior year period.  

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
A major factor in our liquidity and capital resource planning is our generation of cash flow from operations, which is sensitive to changes in the mix of products sold, volume and pricing of our products, as well as changes in our production volumes, costs and working capital. Our liquidity is supplemented by funds available under our Revolving Facility with a syndicate of banks that is used as either operating conditions or strategic opportunities warrant.

Cash Requirements

As of March 31, 2023, $68.8 million of the Company's $97.0 million of cash and cash equivalents was held by foreign subsidiaries. We believe our sources of liquidity and capital, including cash on-hand, cash generated from operations and our existing credit facilities, will be sufficient to finance our continued operations, our current and long-term growth plan, and dividend payments.
 
Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $20.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to net cash provided of $5.0 million during the prior year period. Results during the three months ended March 31, 2023 reflect unfavorable movements in working capital related cash flows associated with the growth in receivables due to increased sales and higher cost inventories due to higher input costs.

Working Capital

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had net working capital of $572.7 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $97.0 million, compared to net working capital of $544.1 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $124.4 million as of December 31, 2022. Results reflect timing of payments and collections, as well as increased raw material prices and timing of shipments. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, net changes in operating working capital resulted in a cash outflow of $52.0 million, an increase from $45.4 million of outflows during the prior year period. The Company typically has seasonally lower cash flows in the first half of the year, with seasonally stronger cash flows in the second half of the year.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $19.4 million, compared to cash used of $9.6 million during the prior year period, which were mainly attributable to capital spending, and reflected the addition of the Neenah operations.

Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

Cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $11.7 million, compared to cash used of $13.6 million during the prior year period. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, financing activities primarily consisted of $55.0 million of borrowings under the revolving credit facility, $22.0 million of dividends paid to the Company's stockholders, and payments on our long-term debt of $19.5 million.

During the prior year period, financing activities primarily consisted of $20.0 million of proceeds from borrowings under the revolving credit facility primarily to fund the Scapa acquisition, $14.4 million of payments on our long-term debt, and $13.9 million in cash paid for dividends declared to the Company's stockholders.

The Company presently believes the sources of liquidity discussed above are sufficient to meet our anticipated funding needs for the foreseeable future.

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Dividend Payments
 
We have declared and paid cash dividends on our common stock every fiscal quarter since the second quarter of 1996. On May 10, 2023, we announced a cash dividend of $0.40 per share payable on June 23, 2023 to stockholders of record as of May 26, 2023. The covenants contained in our Indenture and amended Credit Agreement require that we maintain certain financial ratios as disclosed in Note 10. Debt of the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, none of which under normal business conditions materially limit our ability to pay such dividends. We will continue to assess our dividend policy in light of our overall strategy, cash generation, debt levels and ongoing requirements for cash to fund operations and to pursue possible strategic opportunities.

Debt Instruments and Related Covenants

The following table presents activity related to our debt instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (in millions):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Proceeds from long-term debt$55.0 $20.0 
Payments on long-term debt(19.5)(14.4)
Changes in current debt(0.2)— 
Net proceeds from borrowings$35.3 $5.6 
 
Net proceeds from borrowings were $35.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to net proceeds of $5.6 million during the prior year period.

Unused borrowing capacity under the amended Credit Agreement was $359.0 million as of March 31, 2023. We also had availability under our bank overdraft facilities and lines of credit of $2.0 million as of March 31, 2023.

The Company was in compliance with all of its covenants under the Indenture and amended Credit Agreement at March 31, 2023. With the current level of borrowing and forecasted results, we expect to remain in compliance with financial covenants under the amended Credit Agreement.

Our total debt to capital ratios, as calculated under the amended Credit Agreement, at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were 59.9% and 59.0%, respectively.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make judgments, assumptions and estimates that affect the amounts reported. There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates since December 31, 2022.

For further information about our critical accounting policies, please see the discussion of critical accounting policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 in the section captioned "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting Estimates.”

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2023, we did not have any significant off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") that are subject to the safe harbor created by the Act and other legal protections. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, those regarding the incurrence of additional debt and expected maturities of the Company’s debt obligations, the adequacy of our sources of liquidity and capital, acquisition integration and growth prospects (including international growth), the cost and timing of our restructuring actions, the impact of ongoing litigation matters and environmental claims, the amount of capital spending and/or common stock repurchases, future cash flows, purchase accounting impacts, impacts and timing of our ongoing operational excellence and other cost-reduction and cost-optimization initiatives, any lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations, profitability, and cash flow, the expected benefits and accretion of the Neenah merger and Scapa acquisition and integration and other statements generally identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "intend," "guidance," "plan," "forecast," "potential," "anticipate," "confident," "project," "appear," "future," "should," "likely," "could," "may," "will," "typically" and similar words.

These forward-looking statements are prospective in nature and not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and on numerous assumptions regarding the business strategies and the environment in which the Company’s business shall operate in the future and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations as of the date of this report. These risks include, among other things, those set forth in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Risk Factors set forth in the section entitled "Risk Factors" at Part II - Item 1A hereof, as well as the following factors:

Risks associated with the implementation of our strategic growth initiatives, including diversification, and the Company's understanding of, and entry into, new industries and technologies;
Risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions, strategic transactions and global asset realignment initiatives of Mativ;
Adverse changes in the filtration, release liners, protective solutions, industrials and healthcare sectors impacting key ATM segment customers;
Changes in the source and intensity of competition in our commercial end-markets: filtration, protective solutions, release liners, healthcare, and industrials for ATM, and packaging and specialty papers and engineered papers (tobacco and alternatives) for FBS;
Adverse changes in sales or production volumes, pricing and/or manufacturing costs in our ATM or FBS operating segments;
Seasonal or cyclical market and industry fluctuations which may result in reduced net sales and operating profits during certain periods;
Risks associated with our technological advantages in our intellectual property and the likelihood that our current technological advantages are unable to continue indefinitely;
Supply chain disruptions, including the failure of one or more material suppliers, including energy, resin, fiber, and chemical suppliers, to supply materials as needed to maintain our product plans and cost structure;
Increases in operating costs due to inflation and continuing increases in the inflation rate or otherwise, such as labor expense, compensation and benefits costs;
Business disruptions from the Merger that will harm the Company's business, including current plans and operations;
The possibility that Mativ may be unable to successfully integrate Neenah's operations with those of Mativ and achieve expected synergies and operating efficiencies within the expected time-frames or at all;
Potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the Merger, including as it relates to the Company's ability to successfully renew existing client contracts on favorable terms or at all and obtain new clients;
Our ability to attract and retain key personnel, including as a result of the Merger, labor shortages, labor strikes, stoppages or other disruptions;
The substantial indebtedness Mativ has incurred and assumed in connection with the Merger and the need to generate sufficient cash flows to service and repay such debt;
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Changes in general economic, financial and credit conditions in the U.S., Europe, China and elsewhere, including the impact thereof on currency exchange rates (including any weakening of the Euro and Real) and on interest rates;
The phasing out of USD LIBOR rates after 2023 and the replacement with SOFR;
A failure in our risk management and/or currency or interest rate swaps and hedging programs, including the failures of any insurance company or counterparty;
Changes in the manner in which we finance our debt and future capital needs, including potential acquisitions;
Changes in tax rates, the adoption of new U.S. or international tax legislation or exposure to additional tax liabilities;
Uncertainty as to the long-term value of the common stock of Mativ, including the dilution caused by Mativ’s issuance of additional shares of its common stock in connection with the Merger;
Changes in employment, wage and hour laws and regulations in the U.S., France and elsewhere, including the loi de Securisation de l'emploi in France, unionization rules and regulations by the National Labor Relations Board in the U.S., equal pay initiatives, additional anti-discrimination rules or tests and different interpretations of exemptions from overtime laws;
The impact of tariffs, and the imposition of any future additional tariffs and other trade barriers, and the effects of retaliatory trade measures;
Existing and future governmental regulation and the enforcement thereof that may materially restrict or adversely affect how we conduct business and our financial results;
Weather conditions, including potential impacts, if any, from climate change, known and unknown, and natural disasters or unusual weather events;
International conflicts and disputes, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which restrict our ability to supply products into affected regions, due to the corresponding effects on demand, the application of international sanctions, or practical consequences on transportation, banking transactions, and other commercial activities in troubled regions;
Compliance with the FCPA and other anti-corruption laws or trade control laws, as well as other laws governing our operations;
The continued evolution of COVID-19, or new public health crises that may arise in the future, could have adverse and disparate impacts on the Company, our employees and customers;
The number, type, outcomes (by judgment or settlement) and costs of legal, tax, regulatory or administrative proceedings, litigation and/or amnesty programs, including those in Brazil, France and Germany;
Increased scrutiny from stakeholders related to environmental, social and governance ("ESG") matters, particularly our sales of combustible products business within the tobacco industry which represented approximately 17% of the Company's net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2023, as well as our ability to achieve our broader ESG goals and objectives;
The outcome and cost of the LIP-related intellectual property litigation against Glatz in Europe;
Costs and timing of implementation of any upgrades or changes to our information technology systems;
Failure by us to comply with any privacy or data security laws or to protect against theft of customer, employee and corporate sensitive information;
The impact of cybersecurity risks related to breaches of security pertaining to sensitive Company, customer, or vendor information, as well as breaches in the technology that manages operations and other business processes; and
Other factors described elsewhere in this document and from time to time in documents that we file with the SEC.

All forward-looking statements made in this document are qualified by these cautionary statements. Forward-looking statements herein are made only as of the date of this document, and we do not undertake any obligation, other than as may be required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking or cautionary statements to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of events, unanticipated or otherwise, or changes in future operating results over time or otherwise.

Comparisons of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to express any future trends or indications of future performance unless expressed as such and should only be viewed as historical data.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our market risk exposure at March 31, 2023 is consistent with, and not materially different than, the market risk and discussion of exposure presented under the caption “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We currently have in place systems relating to disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure the timely recording, processing, summarizing and reporting of information required to be disclosed in periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These disclosure controls and procedures include those designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions about required disclosure. Upon completing our review and evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2023.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No changes in our internal control over financial reporting were identified as having occurred in the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings
 
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings and disputes. Refer to Note 20. Commitments and Contingencies of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies of the notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report. Except as may have been referenced elsewhere in this report, there have been no material developments with regard to these matters.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, "Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
Purchases of Equity Securities By the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table indicates the cost of and number of shares of our Common Stock we have repurchased during 2023 and the remaining amount of share repurchases currently authorized by our Board of Directors as of March 31, 2023:
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
PeriodTotal
Number of
Shares
Purchased
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Programs
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Programs
   (# of shares)(in millions)(in millions)
January 1 - 31, 202329,491 22.51 — — — 
February 1 - 28, 202324,944 26.59 — — — 
March 1 - 31, 2023— — — — — 
Total Year-to-Date 202354,435 $24.37 — $— $— 

Transactions represent the purchase of vested restricted shares from employees to satisfy minimum tax withholding requirements upon vesting of stock-based awards.

From time to time, the Company uses corporate 10b5-1 plans to allow for share repurchases to be made at predetermined stock price levels, without restricting such repurchases to specific windows of time. Any future common stock repurchases will be dependent upon various factors, including the stock price of our Common Stock, strategic opportunities, strategic outlook, and cash availability. From time-to-time, certain of our officers and directors may sell shares pursuant to personal 10b5-1 plans.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
Not applicable.

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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
3.1
3.2
3.3
*10.1
*10.2
*10.3
*10.4
*10.5
*21.1
*31.1
*31.2
*32
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The following materials from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss), (ii) the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss), (iii) the condensed consolidated balance sheets, (iv) the condensed consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity, (v) the condensed consolidated statements of cash flow, and (vi) notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
* Filed herewith


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SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Mativ Holdings, Inc.
(Registrant)
 
By:/s/ Julie Schertell
 Julie Schertell
President and Chief Executive Officer
(duly authorized officer and principal executive officer)
  
 May 10, 2023





By:/s/ Greg Weitzel
 Greg Weitzel
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(duly authorized officer and principal financial officer)
  
 May 10, 2023

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Exhibit 10.1
SEPARATION, WAIVER AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
    This Separation, Waiver and Release Agreement (the “Release Agreement”) is entered into by and between Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and R. Andrew Wamser, Jr. (“You” or “Your”) (collectively, the “Parties”). The Company executes this Release Agreement for itself and on behalf of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and all related companies, as well as each of their respective current and former officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, agents, other representatives and any employee benefits plans and any fiduciary of those plans (the “Group”) and for purposes of Sections 3, 4 and 5 below, “Company” will mean the Company and the Group.
1.Separation Date and Transition. The Parties agree that Your employment with the Company will end effective April 1, 2023 (the “Separation Date”). As of the Separation Date, You may no longer act as an agent on behalf of the Company, You are relieved of all further duties and responsibilities, and You are no longer authorized to transact business or incur any obligations, or liabilities on behalf of the Company.

2.Separation Benefits.    Provided that You execute this Release Agreement within the twenty-one (21) day consideration period and do not revoke it within the revocation period described below, the Company will provide you the severance benefits summarized under Exhibit A hereto (the “CIC Severance Benefits”), as adequate consideration for your execution and non-revocation of this Release Agreement. The Company’s obligation to provide the CIC Severance Benefits will terminate immediately if You breach this Release Agreement or if you do not execute or later revoke this Release Agreement and the Company retains all rights under law and equity to recoup any CIC Severance Benefits previously paid.

3.Release. In exchange for the consideration set forth above, and subject to Section 20 below, You release and discharge the Company from any and all claims or liability, whether known or unknown, arising out of any event, act, or omission occurring on or before the day You sign this Release Agreement, including, but not limited to, claims arising out of Your employment or of the Company's decision to terminate Your employment, claims arising out of any separation or severance pay or benefits agreement with the Company, claims arising out of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), claims for breach of contract, tort, negligent hiring, negligent retention, negligent supervision, negligent training, employment discrimination, retaliation, or harassment, as well as any other statutory or common law claims, at law or in equity, recognized under any federal, state, or local law.

You agree that you are not entitled to any additional payment or benefits, including, but not limited to, any equity interests, from the Company, except as set forth in this Release Agreement.

You further agree that you have suffered no harassment, retaliation, employment discrimination, or work-related injury or illness and that You do not believe that this Release Agreement is a subterfuge to avoid disclosure of sexual harassment or gender discrimination or to waive such claims.

You acknowledge and represent that You:
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have been fully paid (including, but not limited to, any overtime to which You are entitled, if any) for hours You worked for the Company through the date you sign this Release Agreement, and

do not claim that the Company violated or denied Your rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the release of claims set forth above does not waive:

Your right to receive benefits under the Company's 40l(k) or pension plans, if any, that either:

have accrued or vested prior to Your Separation Date, or

are intended, under the terms of such plans, to survive Your separation from the Company;

Your rights under this Release Agreement, or

Your rights with respect to workers compensation or unemployment benefits.

You acknowledge and agree that You are otherwise waiving all rights to sue or obtain equitable, remedial or punitive relief from the Company of any kind whatsoever concerning any claims subject to this release of claims, including, without limitation, reinstatement, back pay, front pay, attorneys' fees and any form of injunctive relief. You expressly waive all rights afforded by any statute which limits the effect of a release with respect to unknown claims. You understand the significance of Your release of unknown claims and Your waiver of statutory protection against a release of unknown claims.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, You further acknowledge that You are not waiving and are not being required to waive any right that cannot be waived by law, including the right to file a charge or participate in an administrative investigation or proceeding of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other government agency prohibiting waiver of such right; provided, however, that You hereby disclaim and waive any right to share or participate in any monetary award resulting from the prosecution of such charge or investigation (other than any governmental whistleblower awards).

You further acknowledge and agree that, as of the day You sign this Release Agreement, You have fully disclosed to the Company, in writing, any and all information which could give rise to claims against the Company, which information is incorporated by reference to this Release Agreement, and other than such conduct or actions You have disclosed to the Company, You are not aware of any conduct or action by the Company which would be in violation of any federal, state, or local law.

4.No Admission of Liability. This Release Agreement is not an admission of liability by You or the Company. You and the Company are entering into this Release Agreement to reach a mutual agreement concerning Your transition and separation from the Company.
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5.Non-Disparagement/Future Employment. You will not make any disparaging or defamatory statements, whether written or oral, regarding the Company. You agree that the Company has no obligation to consider You for employment should You apply following the Separation Date.

6.Intentionally Left Blank.

7.Section 409A. The Company intends that all benefits provided under this Release Agreement will either be exempt from or comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company have any liability to You by reason of any additional tax or penalty imposed by reason of Section 409A.

a.Installment Payments. With respect to the payments to be made to You pursuant to Section 2, each such payment is a separate payment within the meaning of the final regulations under Section 409A. Each such payment that is made within 2 ½ months following the end of the year that contains the date of Your termination of employment is intended to be exempt from Section 409A as a short-term deferral within the meaning of the final regulations under Section 409A; each other payment is intended to be exempt under the two times compensation exemption of Treasury Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) up to the limitation on the availability of that exemption specified in the regulation; and each payment that is not exempt from Section 409A will be subject to delay (if necessary) in accordance with subsection (b) below.

b.Six-Month Delay. With respect to other amounts that are subject to Section 409A, it is intended, and this Release Agreement will be so construed, that any such amounts payable under this Release Agreement and the Company's and Your exercise of authority or discretion hereunder will comply with the provisions of Section 409Aand the treasury regulations relating thereto so as not to subject You to the payment of interest and additional tax that may be imposed under Section 409A. As a result, if You are a “specified employee” on the date of Your separation from service (with such status determined by the Company in accordance with rules established by the Company in writing in advance of the “specified employee identification date” that relates to the date of Your termination of employment, or in the absence of such rules established by the Company, under the default rules for identifying specified employees under Section 409A), any payment that is subject to Section 409A and that is payable to You in connection with Your separation from service will not be paid until the first business day following the expiration of six months after Your date of separation from service (if You die after Your date of separation from service but before any payment has been made, such remaining payments that were or could have been delayed will be paid to Your estate without regard to such six month delay).

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c.Separation from Service. Notwithstanding anything in this Release Agreement to the contrary, any payments to be made hereunder and any other amount or benefit to be provided hereunder that would constitute non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A which would otherwise be payable or distributable to You by reason of such circumstance unless the circumstances giving rise to such termination of employment meet any description or definition of “separation from service” in Section 409A and applicable regulations (without giving effect to any elective provisions that may be available under such definition). If this provision prevents the payment or distribution of any amount or benefit, such payment or distribution will be made on the date, if any, on which an event occurs that constitutes a Section 409A-compliant “separation from service.”

8.Attorneys’ Fees. In the event of litigation relating to this Release Agreement other than a challenge to the release set forth in Section 3, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation, in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity.

9.Set-Off. If You have any outstanding obligations to the Company upon the termination of Your employment for any reason, You hereby authorize the Company to deduct any amounts owed to the Company from Your final paycheck and any other amounts that would otherwise be due to You, including under Section 2 above, except to the extent such amounts constitute “deferred compensation” under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A; provided, however, that You will be paid minimum wage for all hours worked during Your final pay period. Nothing in this Section will limit the Company’s right to pursue means other than or in addition to deduction to recover the full amount of any outstanding obligations to the Company. Further, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Release Agreement to the contrary, any compensation paid to You pursuant to this Release Agreement which is subject to recovery under any law, government regulation, stock exchange listing or existing Company clawback policy requirement will be subject to such deductions and clawback as may be required to be made pursuant to such Jaw, government regulation, stock exchange listing or existing Company clawback policy requirement.

10.Waiver. The Company’s failure to enforce any provision of this Release Agreement will not act as a waiver of that or any other provision. The Company’s waiver of any breach of this Release Agreement will not act as waiver of any other breach.

11.Severability. The provisions of this Release Agreement are severable, and if any part of this Release Agreement, except Section 3, is found by a court of law to be unenforceable, the remainder of the Release Agreement will continue to be valid and effective, and the court is authorized to amend relevant provisions of the Release Agreement to carry out the intent of the parties to the extent legally permissible. If Section 3 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, the parties agree to seek a determination by the court as to the rights of the parties, including whether You are entitled under those circumstances and the relevant law to retain the consideration paid to You under this Release Agreement.

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12.Successors and Assigns. This Release Agreement will be assignable to, and will inure to the benefit of, the Company’s successors and assigns, including, without limitation, successors through merger, name change, consolidation, or sale of a majority of the Company’s stock or assets, and will be binding upon You and Your heirs and assigns.

13.Entire Agreement. This Release Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties; provided, however, that the Restrictive Covenant Agreement entered in connection with your 2022 Retention Award will remain in full force and effect and will survive cessation of Your employment. You acknowledge that the Restrictive Covenant Agreement remains valid, enforceable, and reasonably necessary to protect the interests of the Company, and You agree to abide by its obligations. This Release Agreement supersedes any prior communications, agreements, or understandings, whether oral or written, between the Parties arising out of or relating to Your employment and the termination of that employment; provided, however, that the Parties acknowledge and agree that this Release Agreement does not supersede the Restrictive Covenant Agreement. Other than the terms of this Release Agreement, no other representation, promise, or agreement has been made with You to cause You to sign this Release Agreement.

14.Non-Interference. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Release Agreement or in any other agreement between You and the Company, nothing in this Release Agreement or in any other agreement will limit Your ability, or otherwise interfere with Your rights to (a) file a charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal. state, or local governmental agency or commission (each a “Government Agency”), (b) communicate with any Government Agency or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any Government Agency, including providing documents or other information, without notice to the Company, (c) receive an award for information provided to any Government Agency, or (d) engage in activity specifically protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, or any other federal or state statute or regulation.

15.Governing Law/Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue. The laws of the State of Georgia will govern this Release Agreement. If Georgia’s conflict of law rules wou1d apply another state’s laws, the Parties agree that Georgia law will still govern. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of the courts in Georgia. You waive (a) any objection to jurisdiction or venue, or (b) any defense claiming lack of jurisdiction or venue, in any action brought in such courts.

16.Counterparts. The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Release Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including facsimiles and scanned images, and it will not be necessary that the signatures of all Parties hereto be contained on any one counterpart, and each counterpart will constitute one and the same agreement.

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You acknowledge that You have entered into this Release Agreement freely and without coercion, that You have been advised by the Company to consult with counsel of Your choice, that You have had adequate opportunity to so consult, and that You have been given all time periods required by law to consider this Release Agreement, including but not limited to the 21-day period required by the ADEA (the “Consideration Period”). You understand that You may execute this Release Agreement fewer than 21 days from its receipt from the Company but agree that such execution will represent Your knowing waiver of such Consideration Period. You further acknowledge that within the 7-day period following Your execution of this Release Agreement (the “Revocation Period”), You will have the unilateral right to revoke this Release Agreement, and that the Company’s obligations hereunder will become effective only upon the expiration of the Revocation Period without Your revocation hereof. In order to be effective, notice of Your revocation of this Release Agreement must be received by the Company in writing on or before the last day of the Revocation Period. Such revocation must be sent to the Company's Board of Directors.

If the terms set forth in this Release Agreement are acceptable, please initial each page, sign below, and return the signed original to the Company. If the Company does not receive a signed original on or before the 22nd day after You receive this Release Agreement, then this offer is automatically revoked and You will not be entitled to the consideration set forth in this Release Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have hereto executed this Release Agreement as of the dates below.

MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.



/s/ Mike Rickheim                    
Mike Rickheim
Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer




/s/ Andrew Wamser                    
R. Andrew Wamser, Jr.
Dated:    4/3/2023                
Dated:    4/3/2023                

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EXHIBIT A

SUMMARY OF CIC SEVERANCE BENEFITS

Cash CIC:

Cash ($)(1)
2023 Prorated AIP ($)(1)
Perquisites/
Benefits ($)
(2)
Total Cash Value
R. Andrew Wamser 3,218,379.00107,812.5093,595.263,419,786.76

(1)Cash. Three times your highest base salary for the prior three year period and three times your highest short term incentive bonus for the prior three year period, plus a prorated short term incentive bonus for 2023 based on target performance.
(2)Perquisites and Benefits. You are entitled to the cash value of three (3) years of your currently elected health and welfare benefits. Further, any accrued, but unused paid time off will be paid out in full; provided, however, that such payout is provided by the Company pursuant to its legal obligations and is not consideration for purposes of the Separation, Waiver and Release Agreement.
Equity CIC:

The table below sets forth the value of outstanding Company stock awards that will accelerate and vest:

Grant NameGrant DateAward NumberOutstanding Awards
Jan 31, 2022 (one time award)31-Jan-2022H103840,000
2022 TB LTIP 216-Feb-2022H11394,434
2021-2022 PB converted to TB08-Aug-2022H1452M11,107
2022-2023 PB converted to TB11-Aug-2022H1551M16,470
Total Equity72,011




Exhibit 10.2
Mativ Holdings, Inc.
2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Performance Share Unit Award Agreement
Mativ Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the individual (the “Holder”) named in the award notice attached hereto (the “Award Notice”) as of the date set forth in the Award Notice (the “Grant Date”), pursuant to the provisions of the Mativ Holdings, Inc. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (including any subplans or local addendum applicable to Holder) (the “Plan”), a performance share unit award (the “Award”) with respect to the target number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Stock”), set forth in the Award Notice, upon and subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this agreement (including the Addendum (as hereinafter defined) (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan.
1.    Award Subject to Acceptance of Agreement. The Award shall be null and void unless the Holder accepts this Agreement by executing the Award Notice in the space provided therefor and returning an original execution copy of the Award Notice to the Company (or electronically accepting this Agreement within the Holder’s stock plan account with the Company’s stock plan administrator according to the procedures then in effect).
2.    Rights as a Stockholder. The Holder shall not be entitled to any privileges of ownership with respect to the shares of Stock subject to the Award unless and until, and only to the extent, such shares become vested pursuant to Section 3 and delivered pursuant to Section 4 hereof and the Holder becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall have no beneficial interest or ownership in the vested shares of Stock until the issue or delivery of those vested shares to the Holder, and all restrictions applying to the Award pursuant to Section 3 shall continue until the delivery of the Stock pursuant to Section 4. The Award includes a right to dividend equivalents equal to the value of any dividends paid on the Stock for which the dividend record date occurs between the Grant Date and the date the Award is settled or forfeited. Subject to vesting, each dividend equivalent entitles the Holder to receive the equivalent cash value of any such dividends paid on the number of shares of Stock underlying the Award that are outstanding during such period. Dividend equivalents will be accrued (without interest) and will be subject to the same conditions as the shares of Stock to which they are attributable, including, without limitation, the vesting conditions, the provisions governing the time and form of settlement of the Award.
3.    Restriction Period, Vesting and Settlement.
3.1.    Performance-Based Vesting Conditions. Subject to the remainder of this Section 3, the shares of Stock subject to the Award shall vest pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan based on the achievement of the performance goals set forth in the Award Notice over the performance period set forth in the Award Notice (the “Performance Period”), provided that the Holder remains in continuous employment with the Company through the vesting date set forth in the Award Notice (the “Vesting Date”), and the vested portion of the Award shall be paid to the Holder within 70 days after the Vesting Date.  Attainment of the performance goals shall be determined and certified by the Committee in writing prior to the settlement of the Award.
3.2.    Termination of Employment
(a)    Termination due to Disability or Retirement. If the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the Vesting Date by reason of the Holder’s Disability or Retirement, the Performance Period shall continue through the last day thereof and the Holder shall be entitled to a prorated Award based on the number of days served between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date and actual performance during the



Performance Period. Such vested Award shall be paid to the Holder within 70 days after the end of the Performance Period; provided, however, that in the event a Change in Control occurs following the termination of the Holder’s employment due to Disability or Retirement, then the Holder shall be entitled to a prorated Award based on target performance and the number of days served between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date and the vested Award shall be settled within 70 days of such Change in Control.
(b)    Death. If the Holder dies prior to the Vesting Date, then the Holder shall be entitled to a prorated Award based on target performance and the number of days served between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date. The vested Award shall be settled within 70 days following the date of the Holder’s death.
(c)    Termination other than due to Retirement, Death or Disability. Except as provided for in Section 3.3(b), if the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the Vesting Date by reason of (i) the Company’s termination of the Holder’s employment for any reason other than death or Disability or (ii) the Holder’s resignation for any reason other than Retirement, then the Award shall be immediately forfeited by the Holder and cancelled by the Company.
3.3.    Change in Control.
(a)    Vesting and Settlement of Award Not Assumed. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the Vesting Date pursuant to which the Award is not effectively assumed or continued by the surviving or acquiring corporation in such Change in Control (as determined by the Board or Committee in effect prior to the Change in Control, with appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares, in each case, that preserve the value of the shares subject to the Award and other material terms and conditions of the outstanding Award  as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control), the Award shall vest as of the date of the Change in Control based on target performance and the number of days served between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date. If the Change in Control constitutes a “change in control event,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and the Company terminates all deferred compensation plans of the same type to the extent required under Section 409A of the Code, then the Award shall vest and be settled within 70 days following such Change in Control to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code; provided, however, if the Award is deemed nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the settlement of such Award upon a Change in Control would not be permitted, then the Award shall be settled within 70 days of the earlier of (i) the Vesting Date and (ii) the Holder’s termination of employment or death.
(b)    Vesting and Settlement of Award Assumed. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the Vesting Date pursuant to which the Award is effectively assumed or continued by the surviving or acquiring corporation in such Change in Control (as determined by the Board or Committee, as in effect prior to the Change in Control, with appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares, in each case, that preserve the value of the shares subject to the Award and other material terms and conditions of the outstanding Award  as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) and (i) the Holder remains continuously employed through the Vesting Date, the Award shall vest based on target performance or (ii) the Company terminates the Holder’s employment without Cause or the Holder resigns for Good Reason within 24 months following such Change in Control or if the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the Vesting Date by reason of the Holder’s termination by the Company due to Disability or Retirement and, in each case, the Holder executes and does not revoke a Release within 60 days after the date of such termination, the Award shall vest based on the number of days served between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date and target performance. The vested Award shall be settled within 70 days following the Vesting Date or, if earlier, the Holder’s death or termination of employment; provided, further, that if the Change in Control is not a “change in control event” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or the termination occurs more than two years after the Change in Control, then the vested Award shall be paid to the Holder



within 70 days of the earlier of (i) the Vesting Date and (ii) the Holder’s termination of employment or death. If, following a Change in Control, the Holder experiences a termination of employment other than as set forth in Section 3.2(a), Section 3.2(b) or this Section 3.3(c), the Award shall be immediately forfeited by the Holder and cancelled by the Company.
3.4.    Definitions.
(a)    Disability. For purposes of this Award, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental condition arising out of injury or disease which the Company determines is permanent and prevents the Holder from engaging in any occupation with the Company commensurate with the Holder’s education, training and experience, excluding (i) any condition incurred as a result of or incidental to a felonious act perpetrated by the Holder or (ii) any condition resulting from excessive use of drugs or narcotics or from willful self-inflicted injury.
(b)    Retirement. For purposes of this Award, “Retirement” shall mean a Holder who has at least five years of continuous employment with the Company and/or its Affiliates and who is at least fifty-five years of age and who provides at least sixty days written notice to the Company of his/her decision to “Retire” and who in fact leaves the employment of the Company and its Affiliates through retirement on or after such date, subject to the Company’s approval of such termination due to retirement.
4.    Issuance or Delivery of Shares.  Subject to Section 6.12, the Company shall issue or deliver, subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the vested shares of Stock to the Holder at the time specified in Section 3 hereof. Such issuance or delivery shall be evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. The Company shall pay all original issue or transfer taxes and all fees and expenses incident to such issuance or delivery, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.  Prior to the issuance to the Holder of the shares of Stock subject to the Award, the Holder shall have no direct or secured claim in any specific assets of the Company or in such shares of Stock, and will have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.
5.    Transfer Restrictions and Investment Representation.
5.1.    Nontransferability of Award. The Award may not be transferred by the Holder other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence, the Award may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Award, the Award and all rights hereunder shall immediately become null and void.
5.2.    Investment Representation. The Holder hereby covenants that (a) any sale of any share of Stock acquired upon the vesting of the Award shall be made either pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any applicable state securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and such state securities laws and (b) the Holder shall comply with all regulations and requirements of any regulatory authority having control of or supervision over the issuance of the shares and, in connection therewith, shall execute any documents which the Committee shall in its sole discretion deem necessary or advisable.
6.    Additional Terms and Conditions of Award.
6.1.    Withholding Taxes.



(a)    Regardless of any action the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the entity directly employing the Holder, the “Employer”)) takes with respect to any or all international, US federal, state or local tax including all income tax, social insurance, social security contributions (where applicable), payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related items arising out of the Holder’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable or deemed applicable to the Holder in any jurisdiction (“Required Tax Payments”) and subject to applicable laws, the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Required Tax Payments is and remains the Holder’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company and/or the Employer, if any. The Holder further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Required Tax Payments in connection with any aspect of the Award or underlying shares of Stock, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or settlement of the Award, the subsequent sale of shares of Stock acquired upon the expiration of the Restriction Period and the receipt of any dividends and/or dividend equivalents; and (ii) do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the restricted stock unit to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Required Tax Payments or achieve any particular tax result. Furthermore, if the Holder has become subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction, the Holder acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Required Tax Payments in more than one jurisdiction.
(b)    As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Holder of any Stock subject to the Award, the Holder shall, upon request by the Company and/or the Employer, pay to the Company and/or the Employer (or shall cause a broker-dealer on behalf of the Employee to pay to the Company and/or the Employer) such amount of cash as the Company and/or the Employer may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over Required Tax Payments with respect to the Award. If the Holder shall fail to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company and/or the Employer, the Company and/or the Employer may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount then or thereafter payable by the Company and/or the Employer to the Holder.
(c)    Under the terms of this Agreement, the Holder’s obligations to pay the Required Tax Payments shall be satisfied by the Company withholding whole shares of Stock which would otherwise be issued or transferred to the Holder having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date on which such withholding obligation arises (the “Tax Date”), equal to the Required Tax Payments, and the Holder will be deemed to have been issued the full number of shares of Stock subject to the vested portion of the Award, notwithstanding that a number of the shares is held back solely for the purpose of paying the Required Tax Payments due as a result of any aspect of the Holder’s participation in the Plan; provided, however, the Holder may notify the Company prior to the Tax Date that the Holder has elected, in lieu of the Company withholding shares of Stock, to satisfy his or her obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by (i) a check or cash payment to the Company, (ii) delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of previously owned whole shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments, (iii) except as may be prohibited by applicable law, a cash payment by a broker whom the Company has selected for this purpose and to whom the Holder has authorized to sell any shares acquired upon the vesting of the Award to meet the Required Tax Payments; or (iv) any combination of share withholding and (i), (ii) and (iii). Shares to be delivered to the Company or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments (or such greater withholding amount to the extent permitted by applicable withholding rules and accounting rules without resulting in variable accounting treatment). Any fraction of a share which would be required to satisfy any such obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the Holder.
The Company shall withhold or account for Required Tax Payments by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts (or, if requested by the Holder and



permitted by the Board or the Committee, other applicable withholding rates, including maximum applicable rates in the Holder’s jurisdiction(s)). In the event of over-withholding, the Holder may receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash, or if not refunded, the Holder may seek a refund from the local tax authorities. In the event of under-withholding, the Holder may be required to pay additional Required Tax Payments directly to the applicable tax authority or to the Company and/or the Employer. The Holder shall pay to the Company or the Employer any amount of Required Tax Payments that the Company or the Employer may be required to withhold or account for as a result of the Holder’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described in this section. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the shares of Stock or the proceeds of the sale of shares to the Holder if the Holder fails to comply with its obligations in connection with the Required Tax Payments.
(d)    The Holder hereby agrees that they are liable for all Required Tax Payments and hereby covenants to pay all such Required Tax Payments, as and when requested by the Company or, if different, the Holder’s employer or by any tax authority in any relevant jurisdiction. The Holder hereby agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Company and, if different, the Holder’s employer against any Required Tax Payments that the Holder is required to pay or withhold or have paid or will pay to any other tax authority or any other relevant authority on the Holder’s behalf.
6.2.    Compliance with Applicable Law. The Award is subject to the condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the shares of Stock subject to the Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the delivery of shares hereunder, the shares of Stock subject to the Award shall not be delivered, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to effect or obtain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action.
6.3.    Award Confers No Rights to Continued Employment. In no event shall the granting of the Award or its acceptance by the Holder, or any provision of the Agreement or the Plan, give or be deemed to give the Holder any right to continued employment by the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right of the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the employment of any person at any time.
6.4.    Decisions of Board or Committee. The Board or the Committee shall have the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Award. Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Board or the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.
6.5.    Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who shall, upon the death of the Holder, acquire any rights hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.
6.6.    Notices. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be made, if to the Company, to Mativ Holdings, Inc., Attn: Legal Department, 100 North Point Center East, Suite 600, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022, and if to the Holder, to the last known mailing address of the Holder contained in the records of the Company. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be made in writing either (a) by personal delivery, (b) by facsimile or electronic mail with confirmation of receipt, (c) by mailing in the United States mails or (d) by express courier service. The notice, request or other communication shall be deemed to be received upon personal delivery, upon confirmation of receipt of facsimile or electronic mail



transmission or upon receipt by the party entitled thereto if by United States mail or express courier service; provided, however, that if a notice, request or other communication sent to the Company is not received during regular business hours, it shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding business day of the Company.
6.7.    Governing Law. This Agreement, the Award and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto and thereto, to the extent not governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and construed in accordance therewith without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
6.8.    Agreement Subject to the Plan. This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith. In the event that the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan conflict, the Plan shall control. The Holder hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan.
6.9.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and the Holder with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Holder’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and the Holder.
6.10.    Partial Invalidity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision was omitted.
6.11.    Amendment and Waiver. The Company may amend the provisions of this Agreement at any time; provided that an amendment that would adversely affect the Holder’s rights under this Agreement shall be subject to the written consent of the Holder. No course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement.
6.12.    Compliance With Section 409A of the Code. This Award is intended to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code, and shall be interpreted and construed accordingly. To the extent this Agreement provides for the Award to become vested and be settled upon the Holder’s termination of employment, the applicable shares of Stock shall be transferred to the Holder or his or her beneficiary upon the Holder’s “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code; provided that if the Holder is a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then to the extent the Award constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, such shares of Stock shall be transferred to the Holder or his or her beneficiary upon the earlier to occur of (i) the six-month anniversary of such separation from service and (ii) the date of the Holder’s death.
6.13.     Local Addendum. This Award may be subject to the additional terms and conditions set forth in the Addendum that are applicable to the Holder's jurisdiction.




LOCAL ADDENDUM
PART A: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.    Terms and Conditions.
1.1.    This addendum includes additional country-specific notices, disclaimers, and/or terms and conditions that apply to a Holder if the Holder is employed, working, residing, or a citizen in the countries listed in Part B and that may be material to participation in the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan and/or the Agreement.
1.2.    If the Holder is a citizen or resident of a country, or otherwise subject to tax in another country other than the one in which he or she is currently working and/or residing, transfers to another country after the date of grant of the Award, or is considered a resident of another country for local law purposes, the Company shall, in its discretion, determine the extent to which the special terms and conditions contained herein shall be applicable to the Holder. In addition, the Holder is advised to seek appropriate professional advice as to how the applicable laws in the Holder’s country may apply his or her situation.
1.3.    The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding the Holder’s acceptance of the Award or participation in the Plan.
1.4.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion and at any time prior to the issuance of Stock pursuant to the Award, provide for the cancellation of such Award, whether vested or unvested, in exchange for a net of tax cash payment equal to the number of Stock subject to the Award, multiplied by the fair market value of such Stock, determined as of the date of vesting, which will be paid by the Company’s local Subsidiary to Holders via local payroll and (at the election of the Company) in local currency. The Company shall have the sole discretion at the exchange conversion rate to be used for calculation of such cash payment.
1.5.    The Holder agrees, as a condition to the grant of the Awards, that the Company may impose additional requirements on the Holder’s participation in the Plan (including participation pursuant to this Agreement) to the extent the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or to facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require the Holder to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. If advisable due to local law requirements, the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, may (i) require the immediate amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan (including this Agreement) or (ii) alternatively, unless otherwise set forth in this Addendum, determine to pay out any Award on a date other than the date of vesting, issuance of delivery (as applicable), and reserves the right to cash settle RSUs (at the sole and absolute discretion of the Company). Finally, the Holder agrees to take any and all actions as may be required to comply with the Holder’s personal legal and tax obligations under all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Holder.




PART B
BELGIUM
1.1.    Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Belgium; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Belgian Holder”).
1.2.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. The Belgian Holder is required to report any bank account (including any brokerage account) held outside Belgium on his or her annual tax return. In a separate report, Belgium residents are also required to provide the National Bank of Belgium with the account details of any such foreign accounts (including the account number, bank name and country in which any such account was opened). This report, as well as additional information on how to complete it, can be found on the website of the National Bank of Belgium, www.nbb.be, under Kredietcentrales / Centrales des crédits caption. The Belgian Holder should consult his or her personal advisor to ensure compliance with applicable reporting obligations.




BRAZIL
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Brazil; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Brazilian Holder”).
1.1.    Definitions. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement:
(a)    “Disability” shall mean: “any situation of invalidity or incapacity of the Brazilian Holder, dully declared by the Social Security Bureau (“INSS”), that substantially prevents him/her from fulfilling employment duties as he/she did prior to the event that caused such situation”; and
(b)    “Cause” shall mean: “any reason and/or cause such as to justify termination of employment as per article 482 of the Brazilian Labor Code (“CLT”), which include: theft; direct order disobedience, non-compliance with the company’s internal rules and policies, among others.”
1.2.    Notifications. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement:
(a)    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. The Brazilian Holder hereby represents and acknowledges that holding assets and rights outside Brazil with an aggregate value exceeding USD 1,000,000 may be subject to preparing and submitting to the Central Bank of Brazil an annual declaration of such assets and rights. Assets and rights that must be reported include Stock of the Company’s common stock acquired or the receipt of any dividends or dividend equivalents paid under the Plan. Please note that the USD 1,000,000 threshold may be changed annually and that foreign individuals holding Brazilian visas are considered Brazilian residents for purposes of this reporting requirement.
(b)    Tax Notification. The Brazilian Holder hereby represents and acknowledges that payments to foreign countries and repatriation of funds into Brazil (including proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock) and the conversion of USD into BRL associated with such fund transfers may be subject to the tax on financial transactions. It is the Brazilian Holder’s responsibility to comply with any applicable tax on financial transactions arising from their participation in the Plan. The Brazilian Holder should consult with their personal tax advisor for additional details.
(c)    Risk Factor. By accepting this Award, the Brazilian Holder hereby represents and acknowledges that investment in Stock of the Company’s common stock involves a degree of risk. If the Brazilian Holder elects to participate in the Plan, the Brazilian Holder should monitor their participation and consider all risk factors relevant to the vesting or delivery of Stock of the Company’s common stock under the Plan as set in this Agreement.




CANADA
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Canada; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to the Holder (“Canadian Holder”).
1.1.    Use of Information. For the purposes of managing and administering the arrangements under this Agreement, we may share basic information such as information concerning the Canadian Holder's eligibility, grants, settlement or vesting in accordance with this Agreement with and between Company Group Members. We may also share this information with service providers that may assist in administering the arrangements under this Agreement, as well as with relevant government authorities.
1.2.    Future Services. The Company and Canadian Holder hereby agree and confirm that an Award granted to a particular Canadian Holder shall be awarded in respect of future services rendered by the Canadian Holder to the Company.




CHINA
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in the People’s Republic of China (“China”, for the purpose of this Addendum, excluding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan); or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to the Holder (“Chinese Holder”).
1.1.    Data Privacy.
(a)    Data Collection and Usage. The Company collects, processes and uses personal data about the Chinese Holder, including but not limited to, the Chinese Holder’s name, home address, email address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number, passport or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all awards, rights or any other entitlement to shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Chinese Holder’s favor, which the Company receives from the Chinese Holder or the Chinese Holder’s employer. In order for the Chinese Holder to participate in the Plan, the Company will collect his or her personal data for purposes of allocating Stock and implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The Company’s legal basis for the processing of the Chinese Holder’s personal data is based on the Chinese Holder’s consent, the necessity for Company’s performance of its obligations under the Plan and pursuant to the Company’s legitimate business interests, and the Chinese Holder hereby confirms and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to collect, process, use and cross-border transfer such personal data for the purpose of implementation of the Plan.
(b)    Stock Plan Administration and Service Providers. The Company may transfer the Chinese Holder’s data to one or more third party stock plan service providers based in the U.S., which may assist the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. Such service provider(s) may open an account for the Chinese Holder to receive and trade Stock. The Chinese Holder may be asked to acknowledge, or agree to, separate terms and data processing practices with the service provider(s).
(c)    International Data Transfers. The Chinese Holder’s personal data will be transferred from the Chinese Holder’s country to the U.S., where the Company is based, and may be further transferred by the Company to the U.S., where its service providers are based.
(d)    Data Retention. The Company will use the Chinese Holder’s personal data only as long as necessary to implement, administer and manage the Chinese Holder’s participation in the Plan or as required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including under tax and securities laws. When the Company no longer needs the Chinese Holder’s personal data, which will generally be ten (10) years after the Chinese Holder participates in the Plan, the Company will delete such data, or make data anonymization on its systems. If the Company keeps the data longer, it would be to satisfy any applicable legal or regulatory obligations.
(e)    Data Subject Rights. The Chinese Holder understands that he or she may have a number of rights under data privacy laws in China. Subject to the applicable data protection laws and regulations in China, as updated from time to time, such rights may include the right to (i) request access or copies of personal data processed by the Company, (ii) rectification of incorrect data, (iii) deletion of data, (iv) restrictions or reject on processing of data, (v) portability of data, (vi) lodge complaints with competent authorities in the Chinese Holder’s jurisdiction, (vii) request for an explanation on the data processing rules, and/or (viii) receive a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Chinese Holder’s personal data. To receive clarification regarding these rights or to exercise these rights, the Chinese Holder can contact his or her local human resources department.



1.2.    Satisfaction of Regulatory Obligations. If the Chinese Holder is a PRC resident, this Award grant is subject to additional terms and conditions, which may include but are not limited to the following, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, in order for the Company to comply with any applicable local laws and regulations or to obtain the applicable approvals from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) to permit the operation of the Plan in accordance with applicable PRC exchange control laws and regulations, which shall apply to the Chinese Holder.
1.    Any Award granted to the Chinese Holder will be settled in cash only. This means that upon vesting of the restricted stock units, the Holder will receive in cash the value of the underlying shares of common stock at vesting, less any Required Tax Payments and broker’s fees or commissions, which will be remitted to the Chinese Holder via local payroll in local currency. The Company shall have the sole discretion at the exchange conversion rate to be used for calculation of such cash payment.
2.    For the purpose of Section 3 of the Agreement, each vested and unvested Award granted to Chinese Holders under this Agreement shall have no value, neither be exercised, vested, or settled, in whole or in part, prior to an Initial Public Offering; and the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, cancel the Award and substitute with a new Award that will be implemented upon the Initial Public Offering of the Company.
3.    The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, provide for the cancellation of such Award in exchange for a cash payment equal to the number of Stock subject to the Award, multiplied by the fair market value of such Stock, determined as of the date of vesting, less any Required Tax Payments and broker’s fees or commissions, which will be paid by the Company’s local Subsidiary to Chinese Holders via local payroll in local currency. The Company shall have the sole discretion at the exchange conversion rate to be used for calculation of such cash payment.
4.    The Chinese Holder further agrees to comply with any other requirements that may be imposed by the Company in the future in order to facilitate compliance with any applicable SAFE rules and requirements in China.
1.3.    Administration. The Company and its Affiliate shall not be liable for any costs, fees, lost interest or dividends or other losses the Chinese Holder may incur or suffer resulting from the enforcement of the terms of this Appendix or otherwise from the Company’s operation and enforcement of the Plan and the Agreement in accordance with Chinese law including, without limitation, any applicable SAFE rules, regulations and requirements.




FRANCE
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in France; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“French Holder”).
1.1.    Language Consent. By accepting the Award, the French Holder confirms having read and understood the Plan and the terms and conditions, which were provided in the English language. The French Holder accepts the terms of those documents accordingly.
En acceptant l’attribution, vous confirmez avoir lu et compris le Plan de travail et vos conditions générales et dispositions, qui ont été transmis en langue anglaise. Vous acceptez les termes de ces documents en connaissance de cause.
1.2.    161B Tax Notification. The French Holder’s Award is not intended to qualify for specific tax or social security treatment in France.
1.3.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. If the French Holder holds shares of Stock through an account opened outside of France or maintains a foreign bank account, the French Holder is required to report the same (including any accounts that were closed during the tax year) to the French tax authorities on Form No. 3916 which must be filed together with his or her annual tax return. Failure to comply could trigger significant penalties. The French Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor to ensure compliance with his or her reporting requirements.




GERMANY
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Germany; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“German Holder”).
1.1.    Exchange Control Notification. Cross-border payments in excess of EUR 12,500 must be reported monthly to the German Federal Bank. The German Holder must report the payment to Bundesbank electronically using the “General Statistics Reporting Portal” (“Allgemeines Meldeportal Statistik”) available via Bundesbank’s website (www.bundesbank.de). In addition, the German Holder must also report on an annual basis in the unlikely event that the German Holder holds shares of Stock exceeding 10% of the total voting capital of the Company.
1.2.    Securities Law Information. The Awards granted under the Plan are exempt or excluded from the requirement to publish a securities prospectus in Germany.
1.3.    Prohibition of Insider Dealing. The German Holder should be aware that the insider dealing rules of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council (Market Abuse Regulation) apply in Germany, which may affect transactions under the Plan such as e.g. the subscription or participation, the suspension, the cancellation or an amending order, the acquisition or sale of Stock acquired under the Plan, if the German Holder has inside information regarding the Company. The German Holder is advised to determine carefully whether he or she has inside information in respect of the Company and whether and to what extent insider dealing rules can apply to him or her. In case of uncertainty, the Company recommends that the German Holder consult with a legal advisor.
1.4.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. If the German Holder’s acquisition of shares of Stock under the Plan leads to a so-called “qualified participation” at any point during the calendar year, the German Holder will need to report the acquisition when he or she files his or her tax return for the relevant year (at the latest 14 months after the end of such calendar year). A “qualified participation” is attained if (i) the acquisition costs of all participations the German Holder holds in non-German entities exceeds EUR 150,000 (if the German Holder owns 1% or more of the Company’s common stock) or (ii) in the unlikely event the German Holder holds shares of Stock exceeding 10% of the Company's total common stock.
1.5.    Limitation of Liability. The German Holder is responsible for compliance with any laws to be observed by the German Holder in person in conjunction with the participation in the Plan. The Company cannot be held liable if the German Holder violates German law or any other applicable rules to be complied with by the German Holder in conjunction with the participation in the Plan including but not limited to insider dealing restrictions under the Market Abuse Regulation.





INDIA
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in India; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Indian Holder”).
1.1.    Exchange Control Information. It is the Indian Holder’s responsibility to comply with applicable exchange control laws in India in relation to dealing with the Stock received under this Agreement.
1.2.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Information. The Indian Holder is required to declare any foreign bank accounts and any foreign financial assets (which includes Stock held in the Indian Holder’s offshore brokerage account) in the Indian Holder’s annual tax return. It is the Indian Holder’s responsibility to comply with this reporting obligation and the Indian Holder should consult with his / her personal tax advisor in this regard.



ITALY
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Italy; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Italian Holder”).
1.1.    Tax Reporting Obligation. The Italian Holder is required to report on a yearly basis – for tax monitoring purposes – any foreign investment and assets that may generate foreign source income subject to tax in Italy. The Italian Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor as to whether the reporting obligation applies to the Italian Holder and whether the Italian Holder will be required to report details of any Stock held by the Italian Holder in his or her annual tax return. The Company (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent entities) will not be responsible for any liability arising as a result of, in connection with or in respect of the tax reporting obligation in connection with the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement.
1.2.    Stamp Duty and Wealth Tax. The Italian Holder may be subject either to a stamp duty on financial assets, or to a wealth tax on the value of the financial assets held abroad, depending on whether the relevant securities are deposited with an intermediary in Italy or in a foreign country. The Italian Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor as to whether the aforementioned stamp duty and/or wealth tax apply to the Italian Holder in connection with any shares of Stock held. The Company (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent entities) will not be responsible for any liability arising as a result of, in connection with or in respect of any stamp duty and / or wealth tax in connection with the option granted pursuant to this Agreement.
1.3.    Taxation of Dividends and Disposal of Shares. The Italian Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor in relation to taxation of dividend distributions and the tax treatment of any capital gain that may arise from the disposal of the Stock. The Company (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent entities) will not be responsible for any liability arising as a result of, in connection with or in respect of any distribution of dividend distributions and any disposal of Stock in connection with the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement.



MEXICO
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Mexico; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Mexican Holder”).
1.1.    Employees Subject to Tax. This addendum is exclusively applicable to Mexican resident individuals (as that term is understood under the Mexican Federal Tax Code) that maintain an employment relationship with the Company’s local Subsidiary, as of the corresponding vesting date.
1.2.    Section 6.1. The following should be inserted as a new Section 6.1(b) of the Agreement:
Withholding Taxes. The Company and/or the Employer shall withhold, as a condition precedent to the issuance or delivery of any Stock pursuant to an Award made hereunder, any Required Tax Payments (including, without limitation, any national insurance contributions to the extent permitted by applicable law, but excluding any transfer taxes or duties) which may be required to be withheld or paid as a result of, in connection with or with respect to the grant, issue, vesting or exercise of such Award (as applicable). The Company shall not be required to issue, deliver or release any Stock pursuant to an Award until such withholding is applied by the Company and/or relevant Employer. Such withholding may be applied, at the sole discretion of the Board or the Committee, by liquidating such amount of Stock which would otherwise be delivered to the Mexican Holder having an aggregate fair market value, determined as of the date of vesting equal to the Required Tax Payment, as is necessary to enable the Company, or any subsidiary, to satisfy any such obligation.”



NETHERLANDS
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in the Netherlands; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Dutch Holder”).
1.1.    Data Privacy.
1.    The Dutch Holder understands that the Company and any Subsidiaries may hold certain personal information about the Dutch Holder, including, without limitation, the Dutch Holder's name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, salary, nationality, job title, any shares or directorships held in the Company or any Subsidiaries, details of all Awards, or any other entitlement to shares awarded, cancelled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Dutch Holder's favor (“Data”), for the exclusive purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Dutch Holder's participation in the Plan, to comply with applicable legislation and for determining, defending or exercising the legal position and rights of the Company and any Subsidiaries.
2.    The Dutch Holder also understands that providing the Company with Data is necessary for the performance of the Plan and that the Dutch Holder's refusal to provide such Data would make it impossible for the Company to perform its contractual obligations and may affect the Dutch Holder's ability to participate in the Plan.
3.    The controller of the processing activities under the Plan is Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the “Controller”), with registered office at 100 North Point Center East, Suite 600, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022, and, its representatives in the Netherlands are Neenah Coldenhove, BV.
4.    The Dutch Holder understands that Data may be shared with Subsidiaries, external advisors, consultants, competent authorities, and the courts as may be required, and, will be transferred to the stock plan services provider designated by the Company (presently or in the future), or other third-parties involved in or furthering the implementation, management and administration of the Plan, where such service providers or recipients of Data qualify as data processors they shall act only upon the explicit instructions of the Controller and not process Data for any other purpose. In addition, the Company has ensured that such service providers have appropriate technical and organizational security measures in place to guarantee an adequate level of protection. The Dutch Holder understands that the recipients of Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere and that the recipients' country (e.g. the United States) may not have or may have different data privacy laws and protection than the Dutch Holder's country. When appropriate, the Controller will take the appropriate steps to guarantee an adequate level of protection similar to the level of protection of the Dutch Holder's country.
5.    The Controller will take steps to ensure Data is accurate and up to date. From time to time the Dutch Holder will be required to review and update Data. Data will only be held for as long as it is appropriate for the implementation, administration and management of the Dutch Holder's participation in the Plan. The Dutch Holder at any time has the right to exercise the rights granted to him/her under the EU General Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Dutch GDPR Implementation Act, including the right to make, where applicable, a request to access or be provided with a copy of the Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data, request to receive the Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have such data transmitted to another party, request that the processing of the Data is restricted, request that the Data is erased or otherwise object to its processing by the Controller, require any necessary corrections to it or withdraw any consents provided by the Dutch Holder in writing by contacting the Controller, and that these rights are subject to legal restrictions. In addition,



the Dutch Holder acknowledges that it has the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) in the Netherlands.
6.    The Dutch Holder may exercise these rights, receive responses to questions regarding the Data and/or submit complaints regarding the Data by contacting the Dutch Holder's local human resources representative.




POLAND
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Poland; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Polish Holder”).
1.1.    Exchange Control Notification. If the Polish Holder transfer funds in excess of EUR 15,000 in a single transaction in connection with the sale of shares of Stock or the receipt of dividends or dividend equivalents under the Plan, the funds must be transferred via a Polish bank account. The Polish Holder is required to retain the documents connected with a foreign exchange transaction for a period of five (5) years, as measured from the end of the year in which such transaction occurred. Penalties may apply for failure to comply with exchange control requirements.
1.2.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. Polish residents holding foreign securities (e.g., shares of common stock) and/or maintaining accounts abroad must report information to the National Bank of Poland on transactions and balances of the securities and cash deposited in such accounts if the value of such securities and cash (when combined with all other assets possessed abroad) exceeds PLN 7,000,000. If required, the reports must be filed on a quarterly basis on special forms that are available on the website of the National Bank of Poland. The Polish Holder should consult with his or her personal legal advisor to determine his or her personal reporting obligations.




SPAIN
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Spain; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Spanish Holder”).
1.1.    Notice of Grant. (a) In accepting the Award, the Spanish Holder acknowledges that the Spanish Holder consents to participation in the Plan and has received a copy of the Plan. Furthermore, the Spanish Holder understands that the Company has unilaterally, gratuitously and discretionally decided to grant the Award under the Plan and this Agreement to individuals who may be employees of the Company, the employer or any other participating entity. The decision is a limited decision that is entered into upon the express assumption and condition that any grant will not economically or otherwise bind the Company, the employer or any other participating entity on an ongoing basis, other than to the extent set forth in this Agreement.
(b)    In addition, the Spanish Holder understands that the Award would not be granted to him / her but for the assumptions and conditions referred to above; thus, the Spanish Holder acknowledges and freely accepts that should any or all of the assumptions be mistaken or should any of the conditions not be met for any reason, then the Spanish Holder’s Award shall be null and void.
1.2.    Exchange Control Information. (a) The Spanish Holder understands that he / she is solely responsible for complying with any exchange control or other reporting requirement that may apply to the Spanish Holder as a result of participating in the Plan, the Award, the opening and maintenance of a bank account and/or the transfer of funds in connection with the Plan. The applicable laws are often complex and can change frequently. The Spanish Holder understands that he / she should consult his/her legal advisor to confirm the current reporting requirements when the Spanish Holder transfers any funds related to the Plan to Spain.
(b)    Spanish residents are required to declare electronically to the Bank of Spain any foreign accounts (including any offshore brokerage accounts), any foreign instruments (including any securities) and any transactions with non-Spanish residents (including any cash payments made by the Company) depending on the value of such accounts, instruments and transactions during the relevant year as of December 31 of the relevant year. This reporting requirement will apply if the balances in such accounts together with the value of such instruments as of December 31, or the volume of transactions with non-Spanish residents during the prior or current year, exceed EUR 1,000,000. Generally, Spanish residents are required to report on an annual basis.
1.3.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Information. To the extent that the Spanish Holder has assets or bank accounts outside Spain with a value in excess of EUR 50,000 for each type of asset (including cash payments received under the Plan) as of December 31 each year, the Spanish Holder will be required to report information on such assets on the Spanish Holder’s tax return (tax form 720) for such year. After such rights or assets are initially reported, the reporting obligation will apply for subsequent years only if the value of any previously-reported rights or assets increases by more than EUR 20,000. The report must be made by March 31 following the year for which the report is being made.




UNITED KINGDOM
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Spain; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“United Kingdom Holder”).
1.1.    Section 431 Election. In circumstances where any Stock is to be acquired by a United Kingdom Holder pursuant to this Agreement, such United Kingdom Holder shall not be entitled to receive such Stock in accordance with the terms of the Plan or this Agreement unless: (i) such United Kingdom Holder enters into a valid election jointly with the United Kingdom Holder's relevant employer, pursuant to Section 431 Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (“ITEPA”) in the form prescribed by the Board; or (ii) the Committee agrees otherwise.
1.2.    Recovery of Tax. In the event that a United Kingdom Holder has failed to make arrangements under Sections 6.1(a)-(d) of this Agreement for the amount so indemnified under Section 6.1(e) of this Agreement, the United Kingdom Holder shall pay to the Company or a subsidiary or the Holder’s employer, as relevant, (or such other affiliate, as the case may be) the balance of any Required Tax Payment then due in cash promptly on written demand and in any event within 60 days from the date on which any relevant amount indemnified under Section 6.1(e) of this Agreement is due to be accounted for to the applicable tax authority, failing which the United Kingdom Holder shall also be liable to account to the Company or any subsidiary or the Holder’s Employer, as applicable, for any additional liability that may arise to the Company or such other affiliate as a result of the operation of Section 222 of ITEPA.








Exhibit 10.3
Mativ Holdings, Inc.
2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
Mativ Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the individual (the “Holder”) named in the award notice attached hereto (the “Award Notice”) as of the date set forth in the Award Notice (the “Grant Date”), pursuant to the provisions of the Mativ Holdings, Inc. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (including any subplans or local addendum applicable to Holder) (the “Plan”), a restricted stock unit award (the “Award”) with respect to the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Stock”), set forth in the Award Notice, upon and subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this agreement (including the Addendum (as hereinafter defined) (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan.
1.    Award Subject to Acceptance of Agreement. The Award shall be null and void unless the Holder accepts this Agreement by electronically accepting this Agreement within the Holder’s stock plan account with the Company’s stock plan administrator according to the procedures then in effect (or, if permitted by the Company, executing the Award Notice in the space provided therefor and returning an original execution copy of the Award Notice to the Company).
2.    Rights as a Stockholder. The Holder shall not be entitled to any privileges of ownership with respect to the shares of Stock subject to the Award unless and until, and only to the extent, such shares become vested pursuant to Section 3 and delivered pursuant to Section 4 hereof and the Holder becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall have no beneficial interest or ownership in the vested shares of Stock until the issue or delivery of those vested shares to the Holder, and all restrictions applying to the Award pursuant to Section 3 shall continue until the delivery of the Stock pursuant to Section 4. Subject to your continued employment through each applicable dividend record date (the “Record Date”), the Award includes a right to dividend equivalents equal to the value of any dividends paid on the Stock for which the Record Date occurs between the Grant Date and the date the Award is settled or forfeited. Each dividend equivalent entitles the Holder to receive the equivalent cash value of any such dividends paid on the number of shares of Stock underlying the Award that are outstanding during such period. Dividend equivalents will be paid in cash within 60 days following the Record Date.
3.    Restriction Period and Vesting.
3.1    Service-Based Vesting Condition. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, the Award shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice. The period of time prior to the full vesting of the Award shall be referred to herein as the “Restriction Period.”
3.2    Termination of Employment.
(a)    Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability or Retirement. If the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the expiration of the Restriction Period by reason of (i) the Holder’s death, (ii) termination of employment by the Company due to the Holder’s Disability or (iii) termination of employment due to the Holder’s Retirement, then in any such case, the Award shall vest on a pro-rata basis based on the number of days served between the Grant Date and the expiration of the Restriction Period, with the number of restricted stock units vesting reduced by the number of restricted stock units that vested prior to such death or termination of employment in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice.




(b)    Termination of Employment for Any Other Reason. If the Holder’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the expiration of the Restriction Period and prior to a Change in Control for any reason other than due to (i) the Holder’s death, (ii) termination of employment by the Company due to the Holder’s Disability, or (iii) the Holder’s Retirement, then the Award shall be immediately and automatically forfeited by the Holder and cancelled by the Company.
3.3    Change in Control.
(a)    Vesting of Award Not Assumed. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the expiration of the Restriction Period pursuant to which the Award is not effectively assumed or continued by the surviving or acquiring corporation in such Change in Control (as determined by the Board or Committee in effect prior to the Change in Control, with appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares, in each case, that preserve the value of the shares subject to the Award and other material terms and conditions of the outstanding Award as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control), the Award shall vest based on the number of days served between the Grant Date and the expiration of the Restriction Period, with the number of restricted stock units vesting reduced by the number of restricted stock units that vested prior to such Change in Control in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice.
(b)    Vesting of Award Assumed. In the event of a Change in Control prior to the expiration of the Restriction Period pursuant to which the Award is effectively assumed or continued by the surviving or acquiring corporation in such Change in Control (as determined by the Board or Committee in effect prior to the Change in Control, with appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares, in each case, that preserve the value of the shares subject to the Award and other material terms and conditions of the outstanding Award as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control) and (i) the Holder remains continuously employed through the expiration of the Restriction Period or (ii) the Company terminates the Holder’s employment without Cause or the Holder resigns for Good Reason within 24 months following such Change in Control (each, a “Qualifying CIC Termination”) and the Holder executes and does not revoke a waiver and release of claims in the form prescribed by the Company within 60 days after the date of such Qualifying CIC termination, in any such case, the Award shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the Award Notice or, if earlier, upon the Holder’s Qualifying CIC Termination. If, following a Change in Control, the Holder experiences a termination of employment other than as set forth in Section 3.2(a) or this Section 3.3(b), the Award shall be immediately and automatically forfeited by the Holder and cancelled by the Company.
3.4    Definitions.
(a)    Disability. For purposes of this Award, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental condition arising out of injury or disease which the Company determines is permanent and prevents the Holder from engaging in any occupation with the Company commensurate with the Holder’s education, training and experience, excluding (i) any condition incurred as a result of or incidental to a felonious act perpetrated by the Holder or (ii) any condition resulting from excessive use of drugs or narcotics or from willful self-inflicted injury.
(b)    Retirement. For purposes of this Award, “Retirement” shall mean a Holder who has at least five years of continuous employment with the Company and/or its Affiliates and who is at least fifty-five years of age and who provides at least sixty days written notice to the Company of his/her decision to “Retire” and who in fact leaves the employment of the Company and its Affiliates through retirement on or after such date, subject to the Company’s approval of such termination due to retirement.
4.    Issuance or Delivery of Shares. Subject to Section 6.12 and except as otherwise provided for herein, the Company shall issue or deliver, subject to the conditions of




this Agreement, the vested shares of Stock to the Holder within 70 days after the applicable Vesting Date (or if the Holder vests during the Restriction Period under Section 3.2 or Section 3.3(b), within 70 days following the Holder’s termination of employment or, in the case of Section 3.3(a), within 70 days following the Change in Control, provided that if the Award is deemed nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the settlement of such Award upon a Change in Control under Section 3.3(a) would not be permitted, then the Award shall be settled within 70 days of the earlier of (i) the applicable Vesting Date and (ii) the Holder’s death or termination of employment). Such issuance or delivery shall be evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company. The Company shall pay all original issue or transfer taxes and all fees and expenses incident to such issuance or delivery, except as otherwise provided in Section 6. Prior to the issuance to the Holder of the shares of Stock subject to the Award, the Holder shall have no direct or secured claim in any specific assets of the Company or in such shares of Stock, and will have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.
5.    Transfer Restrictions and Investment Representation.
5.1    Nontransferability of Award. The Award may not be transferred by the Holder other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing sentence, the Award may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Upon any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Award, the Award and all rights hereunder shall immediately become null and void.
5.2    Investment Representation. The Holder hereby covenants that (a) any sale of any share of Stock acquired upon the vesting of the Award shall be made either pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any applicable state securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and such state securities laws and (b) the Holder shall comply with all regulations and requirements of any regulatory authority having control of or supervision over the issuance of the shares and, in connection therewith, shall execute any documents which the Committee shall in its sole discretion deem necessary or advisable.
6.    Additional Terms and Conditions of Award.
6.1    Withholding Taxes.
(a)    Regardless of any action the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the entity directly employing the Holder, the “Employer”)) takes with respect to any or all international, US federal, state or local tax including all income tax, social insurance, social security contributions (where applicable), payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related items arising out of the Holder’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable or deemed applicable to the Holder in any jurisdiction (“Required Tax Payments”) and subject to applicable laws, the Holder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Required Tax Payments is and remains the Holder’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company and/or the Employer, if any. The Holder further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Required Tax Payments in connection with any aspect of the Award or underlying shares of Stock, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or settlement of the Award, the subsequent sale of shares of Stock acquired upon the expiration of the Restriction Period and the receipt of any dividends and/or dividend equivalents; and (ii) do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the restricted stock unit to reduce or eliminate the Holder’s liability for Required Tax Payments or achieve any particular tax result. Furthermore, if the Holder has become subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction, the Holder acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer




(or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Required Tax Payments in more than one jurisdiction.
(b)    As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Holder of any Stock subject to the Award, the Holder shall, upon request by the Company and/or the Employer, pay to the Company and/or the Employer (or shall cause a broker-dealer on behalf of the Employee to pay to the Company and/or the Employer) such amount of cash as the Company and/or the Employer may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over the Required Tax Payments with respect to the Award. If the Holder shall fail to advance the Required Tax Payments after request by the Company and/or the Employer, the Company and/or the Employer may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount then or thereafter payable by the Company and/or the Employer to the Holder.
(c)    Under the terms of this Agreement, the Holder’s obligations to pay the Required Tax Payments shall be satisfied by the Company withholding whole shares of Stock which would otherwise be issued or transferred to the Holder having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date on which such withholding obligation arises (the “Tax Date”), equal to the Required Tax Payments, and the Holder will be deemed to have been issued the full number of shares of Stock subject to the vested portion of the Award, notwithstanding that a number of the shares is held back solely for the purpose of paying the Required Tax Payments due as a result of any aspect of the Holder’s participation in the Plan; provided, however, the Holder may notify the Company prior to the Tax Date that the Holder has elected, in lieu of the Company withholding shares of Stock, to satisfy his or her obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by (i) a check or cash payment to the Company, (ii) delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of previously owned whole shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments, (iii) except as may be prohibited by applicable law, a cash payment by a broker whom the Company has selected for this purpose and to whom the Holder has authorized to sell any shares acquired upon the vesting of the Award to meet the Required Tax Payments; or (iv) any combination of share withholding and (i), (ii) and (iii). Shares to be delivered to the Company or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments (or such greater withholding amount to the extent permitted by applicable withholding rules and accounting rules without resulting in variable accounting treatment). Any fraction of a share which would be required to satisfy any such obligation shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the Holder.
The Company shall withhold or account for Required Tax Payments by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts (or, if requested by the Holder and permitted by the Board or the Committee, other applicable withholding rates, including maximum applicable rates in the Holder’s jurisdiction(s)). In the event of over-withholding, the Holder may receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash, or if not refunded, the Holder may seek a refund from the local tax authorities. In the event of under-withholding, the Holder may be required to pay additional Required Tax Payments directly to the applicable tax authority or to the Company and/or the Employer. The Holder shall pay to the Company or the Employer any amount of Required Tax Payments that the Company or the Employer may be required to withhold or account for as a result of the Holder’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described in this section. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the shares of Stock or the proceeds of the sale of shares to the Holder if the Holder fails to comply with its obligations in connection with the Required Tax Payments.
(d)    The Holder hereby agrees that they are liable for all Required Tax Payments and hereby covenants to pay all such Required Tax Payments, as and when requested by the Company or, if different, the Holder’s employer or by any tax authority in any relevant jurisdiction. The Holder hereby agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the Company and, if different, the Holder’s employer against any Required Tax Payments that




the Holder is required to pay or withhold or have paid or will pay to any other tax authority or any other relevant authority on the Holder’s behalf.
6.2    Compliance with Applicable Law. The Award is subject to the condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the shares of Stock subject to the Award upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the delivery of shares hereunder, the shares of Stock subject to the Award shall not be delivered, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action shall have been effected or obtained, free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to effect or obtain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent, approval or other action.
6.3    Award Confers No Rights to Continued Employment. In no event shall the granting of the Award or its acceptance by the Holder, or any provision of the Agreement or the Plan, give or be deemed to give the Holder any right to continued employment by the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company or affect in any manner the right of the Company, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company to terminate the employment of any person at any time.
6.4    Decisions of Board or Committee. The Board or the Committee shall have the right to resolve all questions which may arise in connection with the Award. Any interpretation, determination or other action made or taken by the Board or the Committee regarding the Plan or this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.
6.5    Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who shall, upon the death of the Holder, acquire any rights hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.
6.6    Notices. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be made, if to the Company, to Mativ Holdings, Inc., Attn: Legal Department, 100 North Point Center East, Suite 600, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022, and if to the Holder, to the last known mailing address of the Holder contained in the records of the Company. All notices, requests or other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be made in writing either (a) by personal delivery, (b) by facsimile or electronic mail with confirmation of receipt, (c) by mailing in the United States mails or (d) by express courier service. The notice, request or other communication shall be deemed to be received upon personal delivery, upon confirmation of receipt of facsimile or electronic mail transmission or upon receipt by the party entitled thereto if by United States mail or express courier service; provided, however, that if a notice, request or other communication sent to the Company is not received during regular business hours, it shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding business day of the Company.
6.7    Governing Law. This Agreement, the Award and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto and thereto, to the extent not governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and construed in accordance therewith without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
6.8    Agreement Subject to the Plan. This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan and shall be interpreted in accordance therewith. In the event that the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan conflict, the Plan shall control. The Holder hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan.
6.9    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and the Holder with respect to




the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Holder’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and the Holder.
6.10    Partial Invalidity. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions hereof and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision was omitted.
6.11    Amendment and Waiver. The Company may amend the provisions of this Agreement at any time; provided that an amendment that would adversely affect the Holder’s rights under this Agreement shall be subject to the written consent of the Holder. No course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement.
6.12    Compliance With Section 409A of the Code. This Award is intended to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code, and shall be interpreted and construed accordingly, with each payment hereunder considered a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. To the extent this Agreement provides for the Award to become vested and be settled upon the Holder’s termination of employment, the applicable shares of Stock shall be transferred to the Holder or his or her beneficiary upon the Holder’s “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code; provided that if the Holder is a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then to the extent the Award constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, such shares of Stock shall be transferred to the Holder or his or her beneficiary upon the earlier to occur of (i) the six-month anniversary of such separation from service and (ii) the date of the Holder’s death.
6.13    Local Addendum. This Award may be subject to the additional terms and conditions set forth in the Addendum that are applicable to the Holder’s jurisdiction.





LOCAL ADDENDUM
PART A: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.    Terms and Conditions.
1.1    This addendum includes additional country-specific notices, disclaimers, and/or terms and conditions that apply to a Holder if the Holder is employed, working, residing, or a citizen in the countries listed in Part B and that may be material to participation in the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan and/or the Agreement.
1.2    If the Holder is a citizen or resident of a country, or otherwise subject to tax in another country other than the one in which he or she is currently working and/or residing, transfers to another country after the date of grant of the Award, or is considered a resident of another country for local law purposes, the Company shall, in its discretion, determine the extent to which the special terms and conditions contained herein shall be applicable to the Holder. In addition, the Holder is advised to seek appropriate professional advice as to how the applicable laws in the Holder’s country may apply his or her situation.
1.3    The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding the Holder’s acceptance of the Award or participation in the Plan.
1.4    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion and at any time prior to the issuance of Stock pursuant to the Award, provide for the cancellation of such Award, whether vested or unvested, in exchange for a net of tax cash payment equal to the number of Stock subject to the Award, multiplied by the fair market value of such Stock, determined as of the date of vesting, which will be paid by the Company’s local Subsidiary to Holders via local payroll and (at the election of the Company) in local currency. The Company shall have the sole discretion at the exchange conversion rate to be used for calculation of such cash payment.
1.5    The Holder agrees, as a condition to the grant of the Awards, that the Company may impose additional requirements on the Holder’s participation in the Plan (including participation pursuant to this Agreement) to the extent the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or to facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require the Holder to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. If advisable due to local law requirements, the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, may (i) require the immediate amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan (including this Agreement) or (ii) alternatively, unless otherwise set forth in this Addendum, determine to pay out any Award on a date other than the date of vesting, issuance of delivery (as applicable), and reserves the right to cash settle RSUs (at the sole and absolute discretion of the Company). Finally, the Holder agrees to take any and all actions as may be required to comply with the Holder’s personal legal and tax obligations under all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Holder.





PART B
BELGIUM
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Belgium; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Belgian Holder”).
1.1    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. The Belgian Holder is required to report any bank account (including any brokerage account) held outside Belgium on his or her annual tax return. In a separate report, Belgium residents are also required to provide the National Bank of Belgium with the account details of any such foreign accounts (including the account number, bank name and country in which any such account was opened). This report, as well as additional information on how to complete it, can be found on the website of the National Bank of Belgium, www.nbb.be, under Kredietcentrales / Centrales des crédits caption. The Belgian Holder should consult his or her personal advisor to ensure compliance with applicable reporting obligations.





BRAZIL
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Brazil; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Brazilian Holder”).
1.1    Definitions. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement:
(a)    “Disability” shall mean: “any situation of invalidity or incapacity of the Brazilian Holder, dully declared by the Social Security Bureau (“INSS”), that substantially prevents him/her from fulfilling employment duties as he/she did prior to the event that caused such situation”; and
(b)    “Cause” shall mean: “any reason and/or cause such as to justify termination of employment as per article 482 of the Brazilian Labor Code (“CLT”), which include: theft; direct order disobedience, non-compliance with the company’s internal rules and policies, among others.”
1.2    Notifications. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement:
(a)    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. The Brazilian Holder hereby represents and acknowledges that holding assets and rights outside Brazil with an aggregate value exceeding USD 1,000,000 may be subject to preparing and submitting to the Central Bank of Brazil an annual declaration of such assets and rights. Assets and rights that must be reported include Stock of the Company’s common stock acquired or the receipt of any dividends or dividend equivalents paid under the Plan. Please note that the USD 1,000,000 threshold may be changed annually and that foreign individuals holding Brazilian visas are considered Brazilian residents for purposes of this reporting requirement.
(b)    Tax Notification. The Brazilian Holder hereby represents and acknowledges that payments to foreign countries and repatriation of funds into Brazil (including proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock) and the conversion of USD into BRL associated with such fund transfers may be subject to the tax on financial transactions. It is the Brazilian Holder’s responsibility to comply with any applicable tax on financial transactions arising from their participation in the Plan. The Brazilian Holder should consult with their personal tax advisor for additional details.
(c)    Risk Factor. By accepting this Award, the Brazilian Holder hereby represents and acknowledges that investment in Stock of the Company’s common stock involves a degree of risk. If the Brazilian Holder elects to participate in the Plan, the Brazilian Holder should monitor their participation and consider all risk factors relevant to the vesting or delivery of Stock of the Company’s common stock under the Plan as set in this Agreement.





CANADA
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Canada; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to the Holder (“Canadian Holder”).
1.1    Use of Information. For the purposes of managing and administering the arrangements under this Agreement, we may share basic information such as information concerning the Canadian Holder's eligibility, grants, settlement or vesting in accordance with this Agreement with and between Company Group Members. We may also share this information with service providers that may assist in administering the arrangements under this Agreement, as well as with relevant government authorities.
1.2    Future Services. The Company and Canadian Holder hereby agree and confirm that an Award granted to a particular Canadian Holder shall be awarded in respect of future services rendered by the Canadian Holder to the Company.





CHINA
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in the People’s Republic of China (“China”, for the purpose of this Addendum, excluding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan); or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to the Holder (“Chinese Holder”).
1.1    Data Privacy.
(a)    Data Collection and Usage. The Company collects, processes and uses personal data about the Chinese Holder, including but not limited to, the Chinese Holder’s name, home address, email address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number, passport or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all awards, rights or any other entitlement to shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Chinese Holder’s favor, which the Company receives from the Chinese Holder or the Chinese Holder’s employer. In order for the Chinese Holder to participate in the Plan, the Company will collect his or her personal data for purposes of allocating Stock and implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The Company’s legal basis for the processing of the Chinese Holder’s personal data is based on the Chinese Holder’s consent, the necessity for Company’s performance of its obligations under the Plan and pursuant to the Company’s legitimate business interests, and the Chinese Holder hereby confirms and agrees that the Company shall be entitled to collect, process, use and cross-border transfer such personal data for the purpose of implementation of the Plan.
(b)    Stock Plan Administration and Service Providers. The Company may transfer the Chinese Holder’s data to one or more third party stock plan service providers based in the U.S., which may assist the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. Such service provider(s) may open an account for the Chinese Holder to receive and trade Stock. The Chinese Holder may be asked to acknowledge, or agree to, separate terms and data processing practices with the service provider(s).
(c)    International Data Transfers. The Chinese Holder’s personal data will be transferred from the Chinese Holder’s country to the U.S., where the Company is based, and may be further transferred by the Company to the U.S., where its service providers are based.
(d)    Data Retention. The Company will use the Chinese Holder’s personal data only as long as necessary to implement, administer and manage the Chinese Holder’s participation in the Plan or as required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including under tax and securities laws. When the Company no longer needs the Chinese Holder’s personal data, which will generally be ten (10) years after the Chinese Holder participates in the Plan, the Company will delete such data, or make data anonymization on its systems. If the Company keeps the data longer, it would be to satisfy any applicable legal or regulatory obligations.
(e)    Data Subject Rights. The Chinese Holder understands that he or she may have a number of rights under data privacy laws in China. Subject to the applicable data protection laws and regulations in China, as updated from time to time, such rights may include the right to (i) request access or copies of personal data processed by the Company, (ii) rectification of incorrect data, (iii) deletion of data, (iv) restrictions or reject on processing of data, (v) portability of data, (vi) lodge complaints with competent authorities in the Chinese Holder’s jurisdiction, (vii) request for an explanation on the data processing rules, and/or (viii) receive a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Chinese Holder’s personal data. To receive clarification regarding these rights or to exercise these rights, the Chinese Holder can contact his or her local human resources department.




1.2    Satisfaction of Regulatory Obligations. If the Chinese Holder is a PRC resident, this Award grant is subject to additional terms and conditions, which may include but are not limited to the following, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, in order for the Company to comply with any applicable local laws and regulations or to obtain the applicable approvals from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) to permit the operation of the Plan in accordance with applicable PRC exchange control laws and regulations, which shall apply to the Chinese Holder.
(a)    Any Award granted to the Chinese Holder will be settled in cash only. This means that upon vesting of the restricted stock units, the Holder will receive in cash the value of the underlying shares of common stock at vesting, less any Required Tax Payments and broker’s fees or commissions, which will be remitted to the Chinese Holder via local payroll in local currency. The Company shall have the sole discretion at the exchange conversion rate to be used for calculation of such cash payment.
(b)    For the purpose of Section 3 of the Agreement, each vested and unvested Award granted to Chinese Holders under this Agreement shall have no value, neither be exercised, vested, or settled, in whole or in part, prior to an Initial Public Offering; and the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, cancel the Award and substitute with a new Award that will be implemented upon the Initial Public Offering of the Company.
(c)    The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, provide for the cancellation of such Award in exchange for a cash payment equal to the number of Stock subject to the Award, multiplied by the fair market value of such Stock, determined as of the date of vesting, less any Required Tax Payments and broker’s fees or commissions, which will be paid by the Company’s local Subsidiary to Chinese Holders via local payroll in local currency. The Company shall have the sole discretion at the exchange conversion rate to be used for calculation of such cash payment.
(d)    The Chinese Holder further agrees to comply with any other requirements that may be imposed by the Company in the future in order to facilitate compliance with any applicable SAFE rules and requirements in China.
1.3    Administration. The Company and its Affiliate shall not be liable for any costs, fees, lost interest or dividends or other losses the Chinese Holder may incur or suffer resulting from the enforcement of the terms of this Appendix or otherwise from the Company’s operation and enforcement of the Plan and the Agreement in accordance with Chinese law including, without limitation, any applicable SAFE rules, regulations and requirements.





FRANCE
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in France; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“French Holder”).
1.1    Language Consent. By accepting the Award, the French Holder confirms having read and understood the Plan and the terms and conditions, which were provided in the English language. The French Holder accepts the terms of those documents accordingly.
En acceptant l’attribution, vous confirmez avoir lu et compris le Plan de travail et vos conditions générales et dispositions, qui ont été transmis en langue anglaise. Vous acceptez les termes de ces documents en connaissance de cause.
1.2    161B Tax Notification. The French Holder’s Award is not intended to qualify for specific tax or social security treatment in France.
1.3    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. If the French Holder holds shares of Stock through an account opened outside of France or maintains a foreign bank account, the French Holder is required to report the same (including any accounts that were closed during the tax year) to the French tax authorities on Form No. 3916 which must be filed together with his or her annual tax return. Failure to comply could trigger significant penalties. The French Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor to ensure compliance with his or her reporting requirements.





GERMANY
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Germany; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“German Holder”).
1.1    Exchange Control Notification. Cross-border payments in excess of EUR 12,500 must be reported monthly to the German Federal Bank. The German Holder must report the payment to Bundesbank electronically using the “General Statistics Reporting Portal” (“Allgemeines Meldeportal Statistik”) available via Bundesbank’s website (www.bundesbank.de). In addition, the German Holder must also report on an annual basis in the unlikely event that the German Holder holds shares of Stock exceeding 10% of the total voting capital of the Company.
1.2    Securities Law Information. The Awards granted under the Plan are exempt or excluded from the requirement to publish a securities prospectus in Germany.
1.3    Prohibition of Insider Dealing. The German Holder should be aware that the insider dealing rules of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council (Market Abuse Regulation) apply in Germany, which may affect transactions under the Plan such as e.g. the subscription or participation, the suspension, the cancellation or an amending order, the acquisition or sale of Stock acquired under the Plan, if the German Holder has inside information regarding the Company. The German Holder is advised to determine carefully whether he or she has inside information in respect of the Company and whether and to what extent insider dealing rules can apply to him or her. In case of uncertainty, the Company recommends that the German Holder consult with a legal advisor.
1.4    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. If the German Holder’s acquisition of shares of Stock under the Plan leads to a so-called “qualified participation” at any point during the calendar year, the German Holder will need to report the acquisition when he or she files his or her tax return for the relevant year (at the latest 14 months after the end of such calendar year). A “qualified participation” is attained if (i) the acquisition costs of all participations the German Holder holds in non-German entities exceeds EUR 150,000 (if the German Holder owns 1% or more of the Company’s common stock) or (ii) in the unlikely event the German Holder holds shares of Stock exceeding 10% of the Company's total common stock.
1.5    Limitation of Liability. The German Holder is responsible for compliance with any laws to be observed by the German Holder in person in conjunction with the participation in the Plan. The Company cannot be held liable if the German Holder violates German law or any other applicable rules to be complied with by the German Holder in conjunction with the participation in the Plan including but not limited to insider dealing restrictions under the Market Abuse Regulation.







INDIA
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in India; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Indian Holder”).
1.1    Exchange Control Information. It is the Indian Holder’s responsibility to comply with applicable exchange control laws in India in relation to dealing with the Stock received under this Agreement.
1.2    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Information. The Indian Holder is required to declare any foreign bank accounts and any foreign financial assets (which includes Stock held in the Indian Holder’s offshore brokerage account) in the Indian Holder’s annual tax return. It is the Indian Holder’s responsibility to comply with this reporting obligation and the Indian Holder should consult with his / her personal tax advisor in this regard.




ITALY
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Italy; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Italian Holder”).
1.1    Tax Reporting Obligation. The Italian Holder is required to report on a yearly basis – for tax monitoring purposes – any foreign investment and assets that may generate foreign source income subject to tax in Italy. The Italian Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor as to whether the reporting obligation applies to the Italian Holder and whether the Italian Holder will be required to report details of any Stock held by the Italian Holder in his or her annual tax return. The Company (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent entities) will not be responsible for any liability arising as a result of, in connection with or in respect of the tax reporting obligation in connection with the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement.
1.2    Stamp Duty and Wealth Tax. The Italian Holder may be subject either to a stamp duty on financial assets, or to a wealth tax on the value of the financial assets held abroad, depending on whether the relevant securities are deposited with an intermediary in Italy or in a foreign country. The Italian Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor as to whether the aforementioned stamp duty and/or wealth tax apply to the Italian Holder in connection with any shares of Stock held. The Company (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent entities) will not be responsible for any liability arising as a result of, in connection with or in respect of any stamp duty and / or wealth tax in connection with the option granted pursuant to this Agreement.
1.3    Taxation of Dividends and Disposal of Shares. The Italian Holder should consult with his or her personal tax advisor in relation to taxation of dividend distributions and the tax treatment of any capital gain that may arise from the disposal of the Stock. The Company (or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or parent entities) will not be responsible for any liability arising as a result of, in connection with or in respect of any distribution of dividend distributions and any disposal of Stock in connection with the Award granted pursuant to this Agreement.




MEXICO
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Mexico; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Mexican Holder”).
1.1    Employees Subject to Tax. This addendum is exclusively applicable to Mexican resident individuals (as that term is understood under the Mexican Federal Tax Code) that maintain an employment relationship with the Company’s local Subsidiary, as of the corresponding vesting date.
1.2    Section 6.1. The following should be inserted as a new Section 6.1(b) of the Agreement:
Withholding Taxes. The Company and/or the Employer shall withhold, as a condition precedent to the issuance or delivery of any Stock pursuant to an Award made hereunder, any Required Tax Payments (including, without limitation, any national insurance contributions to the extent permitted by applicable law, but excluding any transfer taxes or duties) which may be required to be withheld or paid as a result of, in connection with or with respect to the grant, issue, vesting or exercise of such Award (as applicable). The Company shall not be required to issue, deliver or release any Stock pursuant to an Award until such withholding is applied by the Company and/or relevant Employer. Such withholding may be applied, at the sole discretion of the Board or the Committee, by liquidating such amount of Stock which would otherwise be delivered to the Mexican Holder having an aggregate fair market value, determined as of the date of vesting equal to the Required Tax Payment, as is necessary to enable the Company, or any subsidiary, to satisfy any such obligation.”




NETHERLANDS
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in the Netherlands; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Dutch Holder”).
1.1    Data Privacy.
(a)    The Dutch Holder understands that the Company and any Subsidiaries may hold certain personal information about the Dutch Holder, including, without limitation, the Dutch Holder's name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, salary, nationality, job title, any shares or directorships held in the Company or any Subsidiaries, details of all Awards, or any other entitlement to shares awarded, cancelled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Dutch Holder's favor (“Data”), for the exclusive purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Dutch Holder's participation in the Plan, to comply with applicable legislation and for determining, defending or exercising the legal position and rights of the Company and any Subsidiaries.
(b)    The Dutch Holder also understands that providing the Company with Data is necessary for the performance of the Plan and that the Dutch Holder's refusal to provide such Data would make it impossible for the Company to perform its contractual obligations and may affect the Dutch Holder's ability to participate in the Plan.
(c)    The controller of the processing activities under the Plan is Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the “Controller”), with registered office at 100 North Point Center East, Suite 600, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022, and, its representatives in the Netherlands are Neenah Coldenhove, BV.
(d)    The Dutch Holder understands that Data may be shared with Subsidiaries, external advisors, consultants, competent authorities, and the courts as may be required, and, will be transferred to the stock plan services provider designated by the Company (presently or in the future), or other third-parties involved in or furthering the implementation, management and administration of the Plan, where such service providers or recipients of Data qualify as data processors they shall act only upon the explicit instructions of the Controller and not process Data for any other purpose. In addition, the Company has ensured that such service providers have appropriate technical and organizational security measures in place to guarantee an adequate level of protection. The Dutch Holder understands that the recipients of Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere and that the recipients' country (e.g. the United States) may not have or may have different data privacy laws and protection than the Dutch Holder's country. When appropriate, the Controller will take the appropriate steps to guarantee an adequate level of protection similar to the level of protection of the Dutch Holder's country.
(e)    The Controller will take steps to ensure Data is accurate and up to date. From time to time the Dutch Holder will be required to review and update Data. Data will only be held for as long as it is appropriate for the implementation, administration and management of the Dutch Holder's participation in the Plan. The Dutch Holder at any time has the right to exercise the rights granted to him/her under the EU General Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Dutch GDPR Implementation Act, including the right to make, where applicable, a request to access or be provided with a copy of the Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data, request to receive the Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have such data transmitted to another party, request that the processing of the Data is restricted, request that the Data is erased or otherwise object to its processing by the Controller, require any necessary corrections to it or withdraw any consents provided by the Dutch Holder in writing by contacting the Controller, and that these rights are subject to legal restrictions. In addition,




the Dutch Holder acknowledges that it has the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) in the Netherlands.
(f)    The Dutch Holder may exercise these rights, receive responses to questions regarding the Data and/or submit complaints regarding the Data by contacting the Dutch Holder's local human resources representative.





POLAND
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Poland; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Polish Holder”).
1.1    Exchange Control Notification. If the Polish Holder transfer funds in excess of EUR 15,000 in a single transaction in connection with the sale of shares of Stock or the receipt of dividends or dividend equivalents under the Plan, the funds must be transferred via a Polish bank account. The Polish Holder is required to retain the documents connected with a foreign exchange transaction for a period of five (5) years, as measured from the end of the year in which such transaction occurred. Penalties may apply for failure to comply with exchange control requirements.
1.2    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Notification. Polish residents holding foreign securities (e.g., shares of common stock) and/or maintaining accounts abroad must report information to the National Bank of Poland on transactions and balances of the securities and cash deposited in such accounts if the value of such securities and cash (when combined with all other assets possessed abroad) exceeds PLN 7,000,000. If required, the reports must be filed on a quarterly basis on special forms that are available on the website of the National Bank of Poland. The Polish Holder should consult with his or her personal legal advisor to determine his or her personal reporting obligations.





SPAIN
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Spain; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“Spanish Holder”).
1.1    Notice of Grant. (a) In accepting the Award, the Spanish Holder acknowledges that the Spanish Holder consents to participation in the Plan and has received a copy of the Plan. Furthermore, the Spanish Holder understands that the Company has unilaterally, gratuitously and discretionally decided to grant the Award under the Plan and this Agreement to individuals who may be employees of the Company, the employer or any other participating entity. The decision is a limited decision that is entered into upon the express assumption and condition that any grant will not economically or otherwise bind the Company, the employer or any other participating entity on an ongoing basis, other than to the extent set forth in this Agreement.
1.    In addition, the Spanish Holder understands that the Award would not be granted to him / her but for the assumptions and conditions referred to above; thus, the Spanish Holder acknowledges and freely accepts that should any or all of the assumptions be mistaken or should any of the conditions not be met for any reason, then the Spanish Holder’s Award shall be null and void.
1.2    Exchange Control Information. (a) The Spanish Holder understands that he / she is solely responsible for complying with any exchange control or other reporting requirement that may apply to the Spanish Holder as a result of participating in the Plan, the Award, the opening and maintenance of a bank account and/or the transfer of funds in connection with the Plan. The applicable laws are often complex and can change frequently. The Spanish Holder understands that he / she should consult his/her legal advisor to confirm the current reporting requirements when the Spanish Holder transfers any funds related to the Plan to Spain.
2.    Spanish residents are required to declare electronically to the Bank of Spain any foreign accounts (including any offshore brokerage accounts), any foreign instruments (including any securities) and any transactions with non-Spanish residents (including any cash payments made by the Company) depending on the value of such accounts, instruments and transactions during the relevant year as of December 31 of the relevant year. This reporting requirement will apply if the balances in such accounts together with the value of such instruments as of December 31, or the volume of transactions with non-Spanish residents during the prior or current year, exceed EUR 1,000,000. Generally, Spanish residents are required to report on an annual basis.
1.3    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Information. To the extent that the Spanish Holder has assets or bank accounts outside Spain with a value in excess of EUR 50,000 for each type of asset (including cash payments received under the Plan) as of December 31 each year, the Spanish Holder will be required to report information on such assets on the Spanish Holder’s tax return (tax form 720) for such year. After such rights or assets are initially reported, the reporting obligation will apply for subsequent years only if the value of any previously-reported rights or assets increases by more than EUR 20,000. The report must be made by March 31 following the year for which the report is being made.




UNITED KINGDOM
Application. This Addendum shall apply to any Holder (a) that is employed in, resident in, a citizen of, or otherwise subject to tax in Spain; or (b) in circumstances where the Company, in exercising its discretion in accordance with Section 1.2 of Part A of this Addendum, determines this Addendum shall apply to such Holder (“United Kingdom Holder”).
1.1    Section 431 Election. In circumstances where any Stock is to be acquired by a United Kingdom Holder pursuant to this Agreement, such United Kingdom Holder shall not be entitled to receive such Stock in accordance with the terms of the Plan or this Agreement unless: (i) such United Kingdom Holder enters into a valid election jointly with the United Kingdom Holder's relevant employer, pursuant to Section 431 Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (“ITEPA”) in the form prescribed by the Board; or (ii) the Committee agrees otherwise.
1.2    Recovery of Tax. In the event that a United Kingdom Holder has failed to make arrangements under Sections 6.1(a)-(d) of this Agreement for the amount so indemnified under Section 6.1(e) of this Agreement, the United Kingdom Holder shall pay to the Company or a subsidiary or the Holder’s employer, as relevant, (or such other affiliate, as the case may be) the balance of any Required Tax Payment then due in cash promptly on written demand and in any event within 60 days from the date on which any relevant amount indemnified under Section 6.1(e) of this Agreement is due to be accounted for to the applicable tax authority, failing which the United Kingdom Holder shall also be liable to account to the Company or any subsidiary or the Holder’s Employer, as applicable, for any additional liability that may arise to the Company or such other affiliate as a result of the operation of Section 222 of ITEPA.











Exhibit 10.4
MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN NO. 2

AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JANUARY 1, 2023


PLAN HISTORY

The Plan was established, effective as of January 1, 2005, to provide a mechanism under which qualified participants could elect to defer a limited portion of their annual base salary and incentive compensation in a manner intended to comply with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.

The Plan was amended and restated, effective as of December 31, 2008, in order to comply with the final regulations issued by the United States Treasury Department in 2008 implementing the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and requiring full compliance by year-end 2008. The Plan was amended and restated, effective as of January 1, 2014, to reflect the terms of the Plan as of such date.

The Plan has now been amended and restated, effective as of January 1, 2023, to reflect the terms of the Plan as of such date.

Unless expressly provided otherwise herein, capitalized terms used in the Plan shall have the meanings set forth in Article II of the Plan.


ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN

1.1    Purpose. The Mativ Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan No. 2 is intended to enhance the ability of the Corporation and participating related employers to attract and retain outstanding executive talent by providing a deferred compensation benefit to qualified participants of the Corporation and participating related employers as more fully provided herein. The benefits provided under the Plan are in addition to any other employee benefit plans and programs offered by the Corporation or any other related employers, including but not limited to tax-qualified employee benefit plans.

1.2    Effective Date and Term. Mativ Holdings, Inc. adopted this unfunded deferred compensation plan effective as of January 1, 2005 to be known as the Mativ Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan No. 2, hereinafter referred to as the “Plan.” The Plan is herein amended and restated, effective as of January 1, 2023, and will continue pursuant to its terms until terminated as described herein.

1.3    Applicability of ERISA. This Plan is an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management and other highly compensated employees within the meaning of ERISA. It is the intent of the Corporation that the Plan be exempt from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA as an unfunded plan that



is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees (the “ERISA exemption”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of the Plan, the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, exclude any one or more otherwise eligible employees from eligibility to participate or from further participation in the Plan, and may take any further action the Plan Administrator considers necessary or appropriate, if the Plan Administrator reasonably determines in good faith that such exclusion or further action is necessary in order for the Plan to qualify for, or to continue to qualify for, the ERISA exemption.

ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS

As used within this document, the following words and phrases have the meanings described in this Article II unless a different meaning is required by the context. Some of the words and phrases used in the Plan are not defined in this Article II, but, for convenience, are defined as they are introduced into the text. Words in the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine gender. Any headings used are included for ease of reference only, and are not to be construed so as to alter any of the terms of the Plan.

2.1    Affiliate. Any entity with whom the Corporation would be considered a single employer under Code Sections 414(b) or (c) substituting “at least fifty percent (50%)” for “at least eighty percent (80%)” each place it appears therein.

2.2    AIP Awards. The cash awards, if any, that may be earned by Participants under the Corporation’s Annual Incentive Plan during the Deferral Period.

2.3    Base Salary. The Participant’s annual base salary for the applicable Deferral Period.

2.4    Beneficiary. The individual(s) or entity or entities designated by the Participant in accordance with Section 13.6 to receive the Participant’s benefits payable under the Plan after the Participant’s death.

2.5    Board or Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of the Corporation.

2.6    Change of Control. The earliest of the following events, except as otherwise set forth below:

(i)    when any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires ownership of the Corporation that, together with stock or other ownership interests held by such Person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock or ownership interests of the Corporation, provided, that if any one Person or more than one Person acting as a group is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Corporation, the acquisition of additional stock or ownership interests by the same Person or group will not be considered to cause a Change in Control;






(ii)    when any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or group) assets from Mativ that have a total gross fair market value (determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets) equal to or more than fifty percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of Mativ (determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets) immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions, without regard to assets transferred to: (a) a shareholder or owner of Mativ (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock, (b) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Mativ, (c) a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of Mativ or (d) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of Mativ; or

(iii)    when a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation is replaced during any twelve (12)-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation prior to the date of their appointment or election.

For purposes of this Plan, Persons will not be considered to be acting as a group solely because they purchase or own stock or an ownership interest at the same time or as a result of the same public offering. However, Persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction. If a Change in Control occurs on account of a series of transactions, the Change in Control is considered to occur on the date of the last of such transactions. The term “Person” means any corporation, individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind. For purposes of the definition of a Change in Control, Section 318(a) of the Code applies to determine ownership interests and stock ownership. Ownership interests and stock ownership underlying a vested option is considered owned by the Person that holds the vested option (and the ownership interests and stock ownership underlying an





unvested option is not considered owned by the Person who holds the unvested option). For purposes of the preceding sentence, however, if a vested option is exercisable for stock that is not substantially vested (as defined by Treasury Regulation Section 1.83-3(b) and (j)), the stock ownership underlying the vested option is not treated as owned by the Person that holds the vested option.

For purposes of the Plan, Change in Control shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

2.7    Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a section of the Code shall include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes such section.

2.8    Committee. The Compensation Committee of the Corporation’s Board of Directors.

2.9    Corporation. Mativ Holdings, Inc.

2.10    Deferral Account. The bookkeeping account established for each Participant pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Plan for each Deferral Period with respect to which the Participant has made a Deferral Election.

2.11    Deferral Election. The written election to defer Base Salary and/or AIP Awards made by the Participant for a Deferral Period in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Plan. Such written election shall be in the format designated by the Corporation.

2.12    Deferral Period. The Plan Year for which a Deferral Election is made, or in the case of an employee who becomes a Participant during the Plan Year, the portion of the Plan Year in which the employee becomes a Participant for which a Deferral Election is made remaining after the effective date of the Participant’s Deferral Election.

2.13    Disability. A Participant shall be considered to have experienced a “Disability” or to be disabled, for purposes of this Plan, if the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Corporation or the Participant’s Employer (if not the Corporation).

2.14    Effective Date. January 1, 2023.

2.15    Eligible Employee. An employee of the Corporation or any other Employer who is designated by the Plan Administrator as being eligible to participate in the Plan or who is a member of a class of employees that the Plan Administrator has designated as being eligible to participate in the Plan. Such employee shall remain eligible to participate in the Plan for such period as is designated by the Plan Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an employee of the Corporation or any other Employer will only be eligible to participate in the Plan if the





employee is a member of management or a highly compensated employee of the Corporation or another Employer within the meaning of the ERISA exemption.

2.16    Employer. The Corporation and any Affiliate that becomes a participating employer in the Plan, in accordance with Section 12.2.

2.17    ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. References to a section of ERISA shall include that section and comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes such section.

2.18    IRS. The Internal Revenue Service.

2.19    IRS Limits. Any of the limitations on the amounts of contributions to or benefits under a qualified retirement plan imposed by Code sections 401(a)(4), 401(a)(17), 410(b), or 415.

2.20    Participant. Each Eligible Employee who is designated by the Plan Administrator as being eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Article III of the Plan commencing as of such time and for such period as is designated by the Plan Administrator.

2.21    Plan. The Mativ Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan No. 2.

2.22    Plan Administrator. The Corporation’s Human Resources Committee.

2.23    Plan Year. The 12-month period beginning each January 1 and ending on the following December 31.

2.24    Rabbi Trust. The Rabbi Trust, which the Corporation, as grantor, may, in its discretion, establish in accordance with Article IX of the Plan for the Mativ Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan No. 2, as amended from time to time.

2.25    Separation from Service. The termination of the Participant’s employment and service with the Corporation and all of its Affiliates. The Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Separation from Service where the facts and circumstances indicate that the Corporation and its Affiliates and Participant reasonably anticipate that no further services will be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Participant will perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36)-month period (or the full period of employment and service to the Corporation and its Affiliates if Participant has been providing services for less than thirty-six (36) months). For purposes of determining if Participant has incurred a Separation of Service, the employment relationship will be treated as continuing intact while the Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence (such as temporary employment by the government) so long as the period of such leave does not exceed six (6) months, or if longer, so long as the individual’s right to reemployment with the Corporation or its Affiliates is provided either by statute or by contract. If the period of leave (i) ends or (ii) exceeds six (6) months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or by contract, the Separation from Service will be deemed to occur when the period of leave ends or on the first date immediately following




such six (6)-month period, as applicable, if not reemployed by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates before such time, and eligibility for payments hereunder will be determined as of that time. If the Participant provides services both as an employee and as an independent contractor, the Participant must have a Separation from Service both as an employee and as an independent contractor to be treated as having a Separation from Service. If the Participant ceases providing services as an independent contractor and begins providing services as an employee, or ceases providing services as an employee and begins providing services as an independent contractor, the Participant will not be considered to have a Separation from Service until the Participant has ceased providing services in both capacities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant provides services both as an employee and as a member of a board of directors, the services provided as a director are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has a Separation from Service as an employee for purposes of this Plan, provided this Plan is not aggregated under Section 409A of the Code with any other plan in which the Participant participates as a director.

2.26    Specified Age. Age 55 or a later age chosen by the Participant on his Deferral Election with respect to a Deferral Period at which time some portion or all of the designated vested credits in the Participant’s Deferral Account for that Deferral Period shall be paid out as benefits in a single lump sum, unless payment of such benefits has commenced as of an earlier date, as provided in Article VII of this Plan.

2.27    Specified Employee. A Participant who is (i) an officer of the Corporation or an Affiliate having annual compensation greater than $135,000 (with certain adjustments for inflation after 2005) ($170,000 for 2014), (ii) a five-percent owner of the Corporation or an Affiliate or (iii) a one-percent owner of the Corporation or an Affiliate having annual compensation greater than $150,000. For purposes of this definition, no more than 50 employees (or, if lesser, the greater of three or 10 percent of the employees) shall be treated as officers. Participants who (i) normally work less than 17 1/2 hours per week, (ii) normally work not more than six (6) months during any year, (iii) have not attained age 21 or (iv) are included in a unit of employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives and the Corporation or an Affiliate (except as otherwise provided in the Code) shall be excluded for purposes of determining the number of officers. For purposes of this Section, the term “five-percent owner” (“one-percent owner”) means any person who owns more than five percent (one percent) of the outstanding stock of the Corporation or an Affiliate or stock possessing more than five percent (one percent) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Corporation or an Affiliate. For purposes of determining ownership, the attribution rules of Section 318 of the Code shall be applied by substituting “five percent” for “50 percent” in Section 318(a)(2) and the rules of Sections 414(b), 414(c) and 414(m) of the Code shall not apply. For purposes of this Section, the term “compensation” has the meaning given such term by Section 414(q)(4) of the Code. The determination of whether a Participant is a Specified Employee will be based on a December 31 identification date such that if the Participant satisfies the above definition of Specified Employee at any time during the 12-month period ending on December 31, he will be treated as a Specified Employee if he has a Separation from Service during the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the fourth month following the identification date. This definition is intended to comply with the “specified employee” rules of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly.





2.28    Unforeseeable Emergency. A severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Code section 152(a) without regard to section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant (e.g., the imminent foreclosure of the mortgage on the Participant’s primary residence or eviction from the Participant’s primary residence, the need to pay for medical expenses, including non- refundable deductibles and the costs of prescription drug medication, and funeral expenses of a spouse, a Beneficiary, or a dependent (as defined above) may constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. A distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency may be paid to the Participant only if the amounts distributed with respect to the emergency do not exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship) or by cessation of deferrals under this Plan. This section shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Code section 409A and applicable provisions of the Treasury Regulations.

2.29    Valuation Date. Each business day of the Plan Year.

ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

3.1    Participation — Eligibility and Initial Participation Period. Participation in the Plan is limited to Eligible Employees. Each Eligible Employee may become a Participant for a Plan Year by submitting a properly completed Deferral Election by December 31 of the year preceding the Plan Year for which the Deferral Election is to be effective. Any employee becoming an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year, e.g., including but not limited to new hires or promoted employees, may become a Participant with respect to services performed subsequent to the effective date of the Participant’s Deferral Election for such Plan Year if he submits a properly completed Deferral Election within thirty (30) days after becoming an Eligible Employee; provided, however, that in this case the Deferral Election shall apply only to the Participant’s Base Salary for services performed after the effective date of the Deferral Election and no more than that portion of the Participant’s AIP Award that equals (i) total amount of the AIP Award for such Plan Year multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in the Plan Year after the effective date of the Deferral Election and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the Plan Year.

3.2    Participation — Subsequent Entry into Plan. An Eligible Employee who does not elect to participate at the time of initial eligibility as set forth in Section 3.1 shall remain eligible to become a Participant for subsequent Plan Years as long as he continues his status as an Eligible Employee. In such event, the Eligible Employee may become a Participant by submitting a properly completed Deferral Election on or prior to December 31st of the year preceding the Plan Year for which it is to be effective.





3.3    Evergreen Provision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, once made, the Participant’s Deferral Election shall remain in effect for each succeeding Plan Year, in accordance with the terms of the Deferral Election, unless and until the Participant either files a new Deferral Election for the succeeding Plan Year or cancels the Deferral Election for the succeeding Plan Year, in either case on or before the 31st day of December immediately preceding the Plan Year with respect to which the new Deferral Election or cancellation is to be effective.

3.4    Determination of Non-Eligibility to Participate. If, at any time, an Eligible Employee or Participant is determined or reasonably believed, based on a judicial or administrative determination or opinion of counsel, or based on a reasonable determination by the Plan Administrator, not to qualify as a member of “management” or a “highly compensated employee” under ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1), the employee shall cease active participation in the Plan as of the last day of the Plan Year in which such determination is made.

3.5    Cancellation of Deferral Election for Hardship. Any Participant who has made a Deferral Election for a Plan Year may subsequently cancel the Deferral Election on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency by providing notice of such cancellation to the Plan Administrator, together with such information as the Plan Administrator may require to determine the facts of the Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency. The cancellation shall be effective only with respect to compensation earned by the Participant after the filing of the cancellation notice. A Participant may only cancel his Deferral Election upon an Unforeseeable Emergency once in a calendar year. In the event of such cancellation, a subsequent Deferral Election may not be made prior to the first day of the succeeding Plan Year.

ARTICLE IV
CONTRIBUTIONS

4.1    Deferral Election. On or before the 31st day of December preceding the first day of each Plan Year (or as otherwise set forth above), a Participant may file with the Plan Administrator a Deferral Election indicating the amount of Base Salary and/or AIP Award to be deferred for the applicable Plan Year. A Participant shall not be obligated to make a Deferral Election in each Plan Year to remain a Participant in the Plan. After a Plan Year commences, such Deferral Election shall continue for the entire Plan Year except as set forth in Section 3.5 above. The Deferral Election will apply to the Participant’s Base Salary and/or AIP Awards earned during the Deferral Period to which the Deferral Election relates.

4.2    Maximum Deferral Election. A Participant may elect to defer up to 25% of his Base Salary and/or up to 50% of his AIP Awards earned during the corresponding Deferral Period. The amount of deferral may be stated as a flat dollar amount or as a percentage of Base Salary and/or AIP Award. A Deferral Election may be automatically reduced if the Plan Administrator determines that such action is necessary to meet Federal or State tax withholding obligations.

4.3    Minimum Deferral Election. A Participant who wishes to defer a portion of his Base Salary and/or AIP Awards for a Plan Year must elect to defer at least $1,200 during the Deferral Period from Base Salary or AIP Awards or a combination of Base Salary and AIP Awards. The Participant may also elect not to make any deferral for a Plan Year.





4.4    Employer Contributions. The Corporation, with the Committee’s prior approval, may, in its sole discretion, make a contribution to any one or more of the Participants’ Deferral Accounts.

4.5    Insurance. The Corporation may insure the lives of Participants. A Participant whose deferral is approved shall, as a condition of his deferral, cooperate in providing any information or submitting to any necessary examinations that may be requested by the Corporation in connection with its application for such insurance policies. The Corporation shall be the applicant, owner and beneficiary of such policies. The Participant shall have no interest in any policies nor will the Participant be able to look to an insurance carrier for benefits under any such policies.

ARTICLE V
ACCOUNTS

5.1    Deferral Accounts. Solely for recordkeeping purposes, the Plan Administrator shall establish a Deferral Account for each Participant with respect to each Plan Year with respect to which a Deferral Election is effective. The Participant’s Deferral Account shall be (i) credited with the contributions made by him under Section 4.1 for the applicable Deferral Period, (ii) credited with the contributions made by the Corporation under section 4.4 for the applicable Deferral Period, (iii) credited (or charged, as the case may be) with the hypothetical or deemed investment earnings and losses determined pursuant to Section 5.3, and (iv) charged with distributions made to or with respect to him from his Deferral Account.

5.2    Crediting of Deferral Accounts. Base Salary contributions under Section 4.1 shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account, for the applicable Plan Year or portion thereof, as of the date on which such contributions are withheld from his Base Salary. AIP Award contributions under Section 4.1 shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account, for the applicable Plan Year or portion thereof, as of the date on which the AIP Award would have otherwise been paid to the Participant in cash. Contributions under Section 4.4 shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date declared by the Corporation. Any distribution with respect to a Deferral Account shall be charged to that Deferral Account as of the date the Corporation or the trustee of any Rabbi Trust established for the Plan makes such distribution.

5.3    Earning and Losses. Amounts credited to a Deferral Account shall be credited with deemed net income, gain and loss on deferred Base Salary, AIP Awards and Corporation contributions and deemed net unrealized gain and loss based on the hypothetical investment directions made by the Participant with respect to his Deferral Account on a form designated by the Plan Administrator, in accordance with investment options and procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, from time to time. Such earnings and losses (and unrealized gains or losses) will continue to accrue during any period in which installments of vested benefits are paid to a Participant or his Beneficiary pursuant to Article VII, except that the Plan Administrator may set the Valuation Date through which the amount of the Participant’s Deferral Account will be determined for purposes of any distribution, which Valuation Date may not be more than thirty (30) days prior to the time of the distribution, and no earning or losses (or unrealized gains or losses) need be accrued after such date. Earnings





and losses otherwise shall be credited to or charged against the Participant’s Deferral Account on a daily basis as of each Valuation Date.

5.4    Hypothetical Nature of Accounts. The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Corporation to make the benefit payments in the future. Any Deferral Account established for a Participant under this Article V shall be hypothetical in nature and shall be maintained for the Corporation’s recordkeeping purposes only, so that any contributions can be credited and so that deemed investment earnings and losses on such amounts can be credited (or charged, as the case may be). Neither the Plan nor any of the Deferral Accounts (or subaccounts) shall hold any actual funds or assets. The right of any individual or entity to receive one or more payments under the Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Corporation. Any liability of the Corporation to any Participant or Beneficiary with respect to a right to payment shall be based solely upon contractual obligations, if any, created by the Plan. The Corporation, the Board of Directors, the Committee, the Plan Administrator and any individual or entity shall not be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between the Corporation and a Participant, Beneficiary, or any other individual or entity. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, establish a Rabbi Trust as a vehicle in which to place funds with respect to this Plan. The Corporation does not in any way guarantee any Participant’s Deferral Account against loss or depreciation, whether caused by poor deemed investment performance, insolvency of a deemed investment or by any other event or occurrence. In no event shall any employee, officer, director, or stockholder of the Corporation or any Affiliate be liable to any individual or entity on account of any claim arising by reason of the Plan provisions or any instrument or instruments implementing its provisions, or for the failure of any Participant, Beneficiary or other individual or entity to be entitled to any particular tax consequences with respect to the Plan or any credit or payment thereunder.

5.5    Statement of Deferral Accounts. The Plan Administrator shall provide to each Participant quarterly statements setting forth the value of the Deferral Accounts maintained for such Participant.

5.6    Adherence to Securities Law. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary, no deemed investment election, or change in deemed investment election, shall be made or implemented to the extent such election would violate the requirements of applicable securities laws.

ARTICLE VI VESTING

6.1    Vesting of Contributions. The vesting of AIP Award contributions shall occur as set forth in the respective plans governing those awards. Corporation contributions under Section 4.4 and any deemed investment earnings attributable to those contributions shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested and non-forfeitable when the Participant has satisfied any vesting conditions contained in the Board or Committee approval of the contribution, irrespective of when the contribution is credited to any Deferral Account. A Participant shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested in any Corporation contributions, including any deemed investment earnings attributable to these contributions, upon his death or Disability while he is actively employed by





the Corporation or any Employer or in the event of a Change in Control. All Base Salary contributions credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested at all times.

ARTICLE
VII BENEFITS

7.1    Attainment of Specified Age or Date. Unless benefits have already commenced pursuant to this Article VII, the Participant shall be entitled to receive the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account as the Specified Age or date chosen by the Participant in his Deferral Election for such Deferral Account. A Participant may make a separate election with respect to the timing of distribution of the amounts credited to his Deferral Account for each separate Deferral Period. In addition, a Participant may elect, with respect to a particular Deferral Period, to be entitled to receive payment as of the Specified Age or date chosen by the Participant in his Deferral Election for such Deferral Period of a flat dollar amount or a percentage of the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account. The Specified Age or date chosen by the Participant shall not be earlier than January 1 of the fifth Plan Year following the Plan Year with respect to which the Deferral Election is made. Payment of any amount under this Section 7.1 shall be made in a lump sum within thirty (30) days after the Specified Age or date chosen by the Participant; provided, however, that in all cases the Participant shall not have the right to designate the year of payment. Payments shall commence as of that Specified Age or date even if the Participant is still then employed. Once benefits have commenced pursuant to this Article VII other than under this Section 7.1, however, no further benefits shall commence pursuant to this Section 7.1; all benefits then shall be paid pursuant to the other Sections of this Article VII.

7.2    Disability. If the Participant suffers a Disability before benefits have commenced pursuant to this Article VII (other than under Section 7.1), he shall be entitled to receive the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account as of the date on which the Participant is determined to have suffered a Disability. If the Participant failed to designate the time of payment upon a Disability in any Deferral Election with respect to any Deferral Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive in a single lump sum the vested amount in his Deferral Account for which no Deferral Election was made as of the date on which the Participant is determined to have suffered a Disability. Payment of such amount under this Section 7.2 shall commence or be made within thirty (30) days after the Participant’s Disability in accordance with the payment method elected by the Participant on his Deferral Election for the Deferral Period or as otherwise set forth in the Plan; provided, however, that in all cases the Participant shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

7.3    Death Pre-Benefit Commencement. If the Participant dies before benefits have commenced pursuant to this Article VII (other than under Section 7.1), the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated pursuant to Section 13.6 shall be entitled to receive the vested amount credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date of the Participant’s death. Payment of such amount under this Section 7.3 shall be made in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days after the Participant’s death; provided, however, that in all cases the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.





7.4    Death Post-Benefit Commencement. If the Participant dies after benefits have commenced pursuant to this Article VII, but prior to receiving complete payment of his benefits under this Article VII, the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated under Section 13.6 shall be entitled to receive the vested amount credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date of the Participant’s death. Payment of any amount under this Section 7.4 shall be made in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days after the Participant’s death; provided, however, that in all cases the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

7.5    Separation from Service. If the Participant experiences a Separation from Service (determined in accordance with the standards of Code Section 409A) before benefits have commenced pursuant to this Article VII (other than under Section 7.1), he shall be entitled to receive the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account as of the date on which the Participant is determined to have experienced the Separation from Service. If the Participant failed to designate the time of payment upon a Separation from Service in any Deferral Election with respect to any Deferred Period, the Participant shall be entitled to receive in a single lump sum the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account for which no Deferral Election was made as of the date on which the Participant experiences the Separation from Service. Payment of the first annual installment or any lump sum amount under this Section 7.5 shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date on which the Participant separates from service in accordance with the payment method elected by the Participant on his Deferral Election for the Deferral Period or as otherwise set forth in the Plan; provided, however, that in the case of a Participant who is a Specified Employee (within the meaning of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to that section), the first annual installment or lump sum shall be made on the first day of the seventh month after the month in which occurs the Participant’s Separation from Service; provided; further, that in all cases the Participant shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

7.6    Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs before benefits have commenced pursuant to this Article VII (other than under Section 7.1) or before the Participant has received complete payment of his benefits under this Article VII, he shall be entitled to receive a lump sum payment of the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account as of the Change of Control. Payment of such amount under this Section 7.6 shall be made in a single lump sum within thirty (30) days after the date on which the Change of Control occurs; provided, however, that in all cases the Participant shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

7.7    Payment Methods. Unless otherwise provided in this Article VII, a Participant may elect to receive payment of the vested amount credited to his Deferral Account upon Disability or a Separation from Service in a single lump sum or in three (3), five (5), or ten (10) annual installments. This election must be made in the Participant’s Deferral Election for the corresponding Deferral Period (at the time the Participant makes his election to defer compensation for the Deferral Period). Any installment payments shall be paid annually beginning no later than thirty (30) days after the distributions are scheduled to commence and on each following anniversary of the first installment until the total number of installments has been paid; provided, however, that that in the case of a Participant who is a Specified Employee (within the meaning of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to that





section), the first such installment shall be made on the first day of the seventh month after the month in which occurs the Participant’s Separation from Service with the remaining installments paid on the anniversary of the date the first installment would have been made absent the six-month deferral required by Code Section 409A. Each installment payment shall be determined by multiplying the vested Deferral Account balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of remaining installment payments. All amounts shall be paid in cash.

7.8    Liquidation of Deferral Accounts. The Corporation shall be entitled to distribute the Participant’s Deferral Accounts in a single lump sum if the aggregate value of the Deferral Accounts of the Participant are equal to or less than $17,500 (or such higher amount as may be in effect for such Plan Year under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(v)) notwithstanding any payment election to the contrary specified by the Participant (to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A).

7.9    Subsequent Deferrals. The schedule of payments pursuant to the Participant’s Deferral Election may be amended provided that all of the following requirements are met:

(i)    the amendment of the Deferral Election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such amendment is made;
(ii)    in the case of an amendment of a Deferral Election related to a payment not made on account of the Participant’s death or Disability or an Unforeseeable Emergency, the first payment with respect to which the amendment is made shall in all cases be deferred for a period of not less then 5 years from the date on which such payment otherwise would have been made; and
(iii)    in the case of an amendment of an election related to a payment that is to be made at a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule, such an amendment of the election must be made at least 12 months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment.

ARTICLE VIII UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY WITHDRAWALS

8.1    Unforeseeable Emergency Withdrawals. If a Participant incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant may make a written request to the Plan Administrator for a withdrawal from his vested Deferral Accounts. The Plan Administrator in its sole discretion shall determine, based on the facts and circumstances of each case, whether to approve the distribution upon an Unforeseeable Emergency. In the event of a withdrawal on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant’s deferrals for the remainder of the Plan Year shall be suspended. Deferrals may commence with the Plan Year which next follows the date the distribution is made, provided the Participant completes the appropriate Deferral Election prior to December 31st of the year prior to the corresponding Plan Year. Additionally, in the event that the Committee approves the request for a hardship distribution pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(c) under the Corporation’s 401(k) Plan, the Participant’s Deferral Election shall be deemed canceled after the date of such hardship distribution and the Participant may not make a subsequent Deferral Election prior to the first day of the Plan Year





which next follows the date which is six (6) months following the date on which the hardship distribution under the 401(k) Plan is made. Distributions on an account of an Unforeseeable Emergency shall reduce all of the vested amounts in the Participant’s Deferral Accounts in the Plan on a pro-rata basis.

ARTICLE IX
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST

9.1    Establishment of Trust. The Corporation may establish a Rabbi Trust (“Trust”) for the Plan. If established, all benefits payable under this Plan to a Participant shall be paid directly by the Corporation from the Trust. To the extent that such benefits are not paid from the Trust, the benefits shall be paid from the general assets of the Corporation and shall be reimbursed to the Corporation by the Trust at the Corporation’s request upon presentation of reasonable proof that the Corporation made such payment. Any such Trust shall be an irrevocable grantor trust which conforms to the terms of the model trust as described in IRS Revenue Procedure 92-64, I.R.B. 1992-33. The assets of the Trust are subject to the claims of the Corporation’s creditors in the event of its insolvency. Except as to any amounts paid or payable to the Trust, the Corporation shall not be obligated to set aside, earmark or place in escrow any funds or other assets to satisfy its obligations under this Plan, and the Participant and/or his designated Beneficiaries shall not have any property interest in any specific assets of the Corporation or the Trust, other than the unsecured right to receive payments from the Corporation as provided in this Plan.

9.2    Payment From the Trust. In the event a Trust is established and payments are not made by the Corporation in accordance with the terms of the Plan, a Participant may petition the trustee of the Trust directly for payment and the trustee may make such payment directly to the Participant upon the trustee’s good faith determination that the payment is in fact owed, was not timely paid by the Corporation and that there are sufficient assets in the Trust to make the payment.

ARTICLE X
PLAN ADMINISTRATION

10.1    Plan Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, and such Committee may designate an agent to perform the recordkeeping duties and delegate any of the Committee’s functions specified in this Article X. The Committee shall construe and interpret the Plan, including disputed and doubtful terms and provisions and, in its sole discretion, decide all questions of eligibility and determine the amount, manner and time of payment of benefits under the Plan. A member of the Committee may be a Participant, but no member of the Committee may participate in any decision directly affecting his rights or the computation of his benefits under the Plan. Any decision or action that directly affects the rights or benefits of all the members of the Committee, or that the Committee determines should not be made or taken by the Committee, shall be made or taken by the Board of Directors. Each determination required or permitted under the Plan shall be made by the Committee or the Board of Directors in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee or the Board of Directors as the case may be. The determinations and interpretations of the Committee shall be consistently and uniformly applied to all similarly-situated Participants and Beneficiaries, including but not limited to interpretations and determinations of amounts due under this Plan, and Committee’s





determination shall be final and binding on all parties. The Plan at all times shall be interpreted and administered as an unfunded deferred compensation plan, and no provision of the Plan shall be interpreted so as to give any Participant or Beneficiary any right in any asset of the Corporation which is a right greater than the right of a general unsecured creditor of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XI NONALIENATION OF BENEFITS

11.1    Nonalienation of Benefits. The interests of Participants and their Beneficiaries under this Plan are not subject to the claims of their creditors and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily sold, transferred, alienated, assigned, pledged, anticipated, encumbered, attached or garnished. Any attempt by a Participant, his Beneficiary, or any other individual or entity to sell, transfer, alienate, assign, pledge, anticipate, encumber, attach, garnish, charge or otherwise dispose of any right to benefits payable shall be void. The Corporation may cancel and refuse to pay any portion of a benefit which is sold, transferred, alienated, assigned, pledged, anticipated, encumbered, attached or garnished. Unless applicable law requires otherwise, the benefits which a Participant may accrue under this Plan are not subject to the terms of any Qualified Domestic Relations Order (as that term is defined in Section 414(p) of the Code) with respect to any Participant, and the Plan Administrator, Board of Directors, Committee and Corporation shall not be required to comply with the terms of such order in connection with this Plan. The withholding of taxes from Plan payments, the recovery of Plan overpayments of benefits made to a Participant or Beneficiary, the transfer of Plan benefit rights from the Plan to another plan, or the direct deposit of Plan Payments to an account in a financial institution (if not actually a part of an arrangement constituting an assignment or alienation) shall not be construed as assignment or alienation under this Article XI.

ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION; ADOPTION BY RELATED EMPLOYERS

12.1    Amendment and Termination. The Corporation reserves the right to amend or terminate this Plan at any time. Such action may be taken in writing by the Plan Administrator. However, no such amendment or termination shall deprive any Participant or Beneficiary of any portion of any benefit which would have been payable had the Participant voluntarily resigned from employment with the Corporation on the effective date of such amendment or termination. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XII to the contrary, the Corporation may amend the Plan at any time, in any manner, if the Corporation determines any such amendment is required to ensure that the Plan is characterized as providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees and as described in ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) or to otherwise conform the Plan to the provisions of any applicable law including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code (including without limitation section 409A of the Code). The Corporation may only terminate the Plan and distribute the benefits to Participants other than as set forth above, to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.

12.2    Adoption by Other Employers. An Affiliate may adopt this Plan and become an Employer, with the written consent of the Plan Administrator or the Chief Executive Officer of





the Corporation, by executing a written instrument evidencing its adoption of the Plan and filing the instrument with the Plan Administrator. Such adoption shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator requires.

ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

13.1    Good Faith Payment. Any payment made in good faith in accordance with provisions of the Plan shall be a complete discharge of any liability for the making of such payment under the provisions of this Plan.

13.2    No Right to Employment. This Plan does not constitute a contract of employment, and participation in the Plan shall not give any Participant the right to be retained in the employment of the Corporation or any other Employer.

13.3    Binding Effect. The provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon the Corporation and its successors and assigns and upon every Participant and his heirs, Beneficiaries, estates and legal representatives.

13.4    Participant Change of Address. Each Participant entitled to benefits shall file with the Plan Administrator, in writing, any change of post office address. Any check representing payment and any communication addressed to a Participant or a former Participant at this last address filed with the Plan Administrator, or if no such address has been filed, then at his last address as indicated on the Corporation’s records, shall be binding on such Participant for all purposes of the Plan, and neither the Plan Administrator, the Corporation nor any other payer shall be obliged to search for or ascertain the location of any such Participant. .If the Corporation and the Plan Administrator are unable to locate a Participant or another person or entity to whom payment is due under this Plan, in order to make a distribution to such person or entity, the amount of the Participant’s benefits under the Plan that would otherwise be considered as nonforfeitable shall be forfeited effective four (4) years after (i) the last date a payment of said benefit was made, if at least one such payment was made, or (ii) the first date a payment of said benefit was directed to be made by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the terms of the Plan, if no payments have been made. If such person is located after the date of such forfeiture, the benefits for such Participant or Beneficiary shall not be reinstated hereunder.

13.5    Notices. Each Participant shall furnish to the Plan Administrator any information the Plan Administrator deems necessary for purposes of administering the Plan, and the payment provisions of the Plan are conditional upon the Participant furnishing promptly such true and complete information as the Plan Administrator may request. Each Participant shall submit proof of his age when required by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall, if such proof of age is not submitted as required, use such information as is deemed by it to be reliable, regardless of the lack of proof, or the misstatement of the age of individuals entitled to benefits. Any notice or information which, according to the terms of the Plan or requirements of the Plan Administrator, must be filed with the Plan Administrator, shall be deemed so filed if addressed and either delivered in person or mailed to and received by the Plan Administrator, in care of the Corporation at:





Mativ Holdings, Inc.
100 North Point Center East
Suite 600
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
Attention: Human Resources Committee

13.6    Designation of Beneficiary. Each Participant shall designate, by name, on Beneficiary designation forms provided by the Plan Administrator, the Beneficiary(ies) who shall receive any benefits which might be payable after such Participant’s death. A Beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked without such Beneficiary’s consent at any time or from time to time in the manner as provided by the Plan Administrator, and the Plan Administrator shall have no duty to notify any individual or entity designated as a Beneficiary of any change in such designation which might affect such individual or entity’s present or future rights. If no designated Beneficiary(ies) survive the Participant or in existence at the time of the Participant’s death, or if the Participant does not designate a Beneficiary, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be (i) the Participant’s surviving spouse, (ii) if there is no surviving spouse, the Participant’s children (natural or adopted) per stirpes (with the portion for each deceased child to such child’s living descendant per stirpes) or (iii) if there is no surviving spouse, children or living descendants, the Participant’s estate. Distributions to any child under the age of 18 may be made to the child’s legal guardian or a trust for the child’s benefit.

No Participant shall designate more than five (5) simultaneous Beneficiaries, and if more than one (1) Beneficiary is named, Participant shall designate the share to be received by each Beneficiary. Despite the limitation on five (5) Beneficiaries, a Participant may designate more than five (5) Beneficiaries provided such beneficiaries are the surviving spouse and children of the Participant. If a Participant designates alternative, successor, or contingent Beneficiaries, such Participant shall specify the shares, terms and conditions upon which amounts shall be paid to such multiple, alternative, successor or contingent beneficiaries. Any payment made under this Plan after the death of a Participant shall be made only to the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated pursuant to this Section 13.6.

13.7    Claims and Appeals Procedure.

(a)    Deciding the Claim. A claim is a request for a Plan benefit made by a claimant on a form provided by the Plan Administrator. The claimant must mail or deliver the completed and executed form to the Plan Administrator for it to be considered. The Plan Administrator shall decide the claim. Except in the case of a disability claim, if a claim is wholly or partially denied, the Plan Administrator shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notification of the adverse benefit determination within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 90 days after receipt of the claim by the Plan Administrator, unless the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If the Plan Administrator determines that an extension of time for processing is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial 90-day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 90 days from the end of such initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render the benefit determination.





(b)    Notification of the Decision. Notice of the Plan Administrator’s adverse benefit determination shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

(i)    The specific reason or reasons for the adverse determination;

(ii)    Reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based;

(iii)    A description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;

(iv)    A description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on appeal; and

(v)    In the case of an adverse benefit determination of a claim for a disability benefit,

(A)    If an internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion was relied upon in making the adverse determination, either the specific rule, guideline, protocol or similar criterion; or a statement that such a rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion was relied upon in making the adverse determination and that a copy of such rule, guideline, protocol or other criterion will be provided free of charge to the claimant upon request; or

(B)    If the adverse benefit determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request. Any electronic notification shall comply with the standards imposed by regulations issued by the Department of Labor under ERISA.

(c)    Notification for Disability Claims. In the case of a claim for disability benefits, the Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant, as provided in the preceding paragraph, of the Plan Administrator’s adverse benefit determination within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 45 days after receipt of the claim by the Plan Administrator. This period may be extended by the Plan Administrator for up to 30 days, provided that the Plan Administrator both determines that such an extension is necessary due to matters beyond the control of the Plan Administrator, and notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the initial 45-day period, of the circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render a decision. If, prior to the end of the first 30-day extension period, the Plan Administrator determines that, due to matters beyond the control of the Plan, a decision cannot be rendered within that extension period, the period for making the determination may be





extended for up to an additional 30 days, provided that the Plan Administrator notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the first 30-day extension period, of the circumstances requiring the extension and the date as of which the Plan Administrator expects to render a decision. The notice of extension shall specifically explain the standards on which entitlement to a benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent the decision on the claim, and the additional information needed to resolve those issues. The claimant should be afforded at least 45 days within which to provide the specified information.

(d)    Time for Deciding Claims. For purposes of subsection 13.7(a), the period of time within which a benefit determination is required to be made shall begin at the time a claim is filed in accordance with the procedures set forth in that subsection, without regard to whether all the information necessary to make a benefit determination accompanies the filing. In the event a period of time is extended as permitted by subsection 13.7(a) due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information.

(e)    Authorized Representative. An authorized representative of the claimant may act on his or her behalf in pursuing a benefit claim or appeal of an adverse benefit determination. The Plan Administrator may require, as a prerequisite to dealing with a representative, that the claimant verify in writing authority of the representative to act on behalf of the claimant.

(f)    Consistency. The Plan Administrator shall conduct or have conducted on its behalf periodic reviews to verify that benefit claim determinations are made in accordance with governing Plan documents and that, where appropriate, the Plan’s provisions have been applied consistently with respect to similarly-situated claimants.

(g)    Deciding the Appeal. A claimant may appeal an adverse benefit determination to the Plan Administrator by mailing or delivering to the Plan Administrator a written notice of appeal. The claimant may submit written comments, documents, records, or other information relating to the claim for benefits to the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall provide to the claimant, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits. Whether a document, record or other information is relevant to a claim for benefits shall be determined in accordance with standards issued by the Department of Labor. The Plan Administrator shall decide the appeal. The Plan Administrator’s decision shall take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Plan Administrator will not, however, consider a claimant’s appeal unless the Plan Administrator receives it within 60 days following receipt by the claimant of a notification of an adverse benefit determination.

(h)    Disability Appeals. In the case of an appeal involving a disability benefit, the Plan Administrator will not consider the appeal unless the Plan Administrator receives it within 180 days (rather than the generally applicable 60 days) after the claimant receives written notification of the denial of his or her claim. In deciding an appeal of any adverse benefit determination involving a disability benefit where the determination is based in whole or in part





on a medical judgment, including determinations with regard to whether a particular treatment, drug or other item is experimental, investigational, or not medically necessary or appropriate, the Plan Administrator shall consult with a health care professional who has appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine involved in the medical judgment. In the case of an adverse benefit determination involving a disability claim, the review on appeal shall provide for the identification of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with a claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination. Any health care professional engaged for purposes of a consultation under this section shall be an individual who is neither an individual who was consulted in connection with the adverse benefit determination that is the subject of the appeal, nor the subordinate of any such individual.

(i)    Time for Deciding Appeals. The Plan Administrator will decide a claimant’s appeal no later than 60 days following the Plan Administrator’s receipt of the appeal, unless the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If the Plan Administrator determines that an extension of time for processing the claim is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial 60-day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 60 days from the end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render its decision.

(j)    Notification of the Decision on Appeal. Except in the case of a disability claim, the Plan Administrator shall provide a claimant as soon as possible, but not later than five days after the benefit determination is made, with written or electronic notification of the Plan Administrator’s decision on appeal. Any electronic notification shall comply with the standards imposed by the Department of Labor by regulations issued under ERISA. In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

(i)    The specific reason or reasons for the adverse determination;

(ii)    Reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the benefit determination is based;

(iii)    A statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits (whether a document, record or other information is relevant to a claim for benefit shall be determined by reference to regulations issued under ERISA by the Department of Labor);

(iv)    A statement of the claimant’s right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA;

(v)    In the case of claim involving a disability benefit:





(A)    If an internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion was relied upon in making the adverse determination, either the specific rule, guideline, protocol or similar criterion; or a statement that such rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion was relied upon in making the adverse determination and that a copy of the rule, guideline, protocol or other criterion will be provided free of charge to the claimant upon request; and

(B)    If the adverse benefit determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request.

(k)    Notification of the Decision on Appeal; Disability Claims. In the case of a claim for disability benefits, the Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant, in accordance with subsection 13.7(j), of the Plan Administrator’s benefit determination on review within a reasonable period of time appropriate to the medical circumstances. That notification shall be provided not later than 45 days after receipt by the Plan Administrator of the claimant’s request for review of an adverse benefit determination. This period may be extended by the Plan Administrator for up to 45 days, provided that the Plan Administrator both determines that such an extension is necessary due to matters beyond the control of the Plan Administrator, and notifies the claimant, prior to the expiration of the initial 45-day period, of the circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render a decision.

(l)    No Liability; Trustee Authority. No member of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, and no officer, employee or agents of the Corporation shall be liable nor will the Plan Administrator be liable, to any individual or entity for any action taken hereunder, except those actions undertaken with lack of good faith. If the Corporation has established a Rabbi Trust for the Plan pursuant to which the trustee has agreed to act in a capacity other than as a directed trustee in the event of a Change of Control, the trustee of the Rabbi Trust shall perform the duties of the Plan Administrator under this Section 13.7 following a Change of Control.

13.8    Statute of Limitations. Except for any action against a fiduciary for a breach of his fiduciary duty, an action filed in state or federal court regarding any rights or obligations under the Plan must be brought within one year from the date of the final decision of the Plan Administrator.

13.9    Action by Board of Directors. Any action required to be taken by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to the Plan provisions may be performed by the Compensation Committee of the Board.

13.10    Governing Law. To the extent not superseded by the laws of the United States, the laws of the State of Georgia shall be controlling in all matters relating to this Plan.



13.11    Severability. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, and the Plan shall be interpreted and enforced as if such illegal and invalid provisions had never been set forth.

13.12    Code Section 409A. It is the intention of the Corporation that this Plan shall meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations that must be met in order for amounts of compensation deferred under this Plan to be taxable, for purposes of federal income taxation, in the year of actual receipt by the Participant or Beneficiary. If any provision of this Plan is susceptible of two interpretations, one of which results in the compliance of the Plan with Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations, and one of which does not, then the provision shall be given the interpretation that results in compliance with Section 409A and the applicable Treasury Regulations.

13.13    Withholding of Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Corporation shall withhold from payments made hereunder or obtain from the Participant any amounts applicable law requires to be withheld. Additionally, to the extent that the Corporation is required to withhold any income taxes, employment taxes (such as without limitation Social Security and Medicare taxes) or other amounts from any Deferred Account pursuant to any state, federal or local law, such amounts may be taken out of other compensation or amounts eligible to be paid to the Participant that are not deferred under the Plan and the Participant shall be required to pay to the Corporation in cash any other amounts that may be owed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mativ Holdings, Inc. has adopted the foregoing instrument effective as of January 1, 2023.

MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.

    By: /s/ Ricardo Nunez    
Title: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Chief         
Compliance Officer        



Exhibit 10.5


MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN NO. 2
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS


Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2023


Article I - Purpose and Participation

The purpose of the Mativ Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan No. 2 for Non-Employee Directors (“Plan”) is to enhance the ability of Mativ Holdings, Inc. (“Mativ”) to attract and retain as members of its Board of Directors (“Board”) individuals of outstanding competence.

Article II - Definitions

As used within this document, the following words and phrases have the meanings described in this Article II unless a different meaning is required by the context. Some of the words and phrases used in the Plan are not defined in this Article II, but for convenience, are defined as they are introduced into the text. Words in the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine gender. Any headings used are included for ease of reference only, and are not to be construed so as to alter any of the terms of the Plan.

Section 2.1    Annual Deferral. The amount of the Annual Retainer which the Director elects to defer with respect to each Deferral Period pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Plan.

Section 2.2 Annual Retainer. The amount of any compensation paid to the Director for service on the Board of Directors or on any standing committee of the Board of Directors, which is delivered in the form of an annual retainer paid pro-rata quarterly.

Section 2.3 Beneficiary. The individual(s) or entity or entities designated by the Participant in accordance with Section 8.11 to receive the Participant’s benefits payable under the Plan after the Participant’s death.

Section 2.4    Board or Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of Mativ.

Section 2.5 Change of Control. The earliest of the following events, except as otherwise set forth below:

(i)    when any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires ownership of Mativ that, together with stock or other ownership interests held by such Person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock or ownership interests of Mativ,



provided, that if any one Person or more than one Person acting as a group is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of Mativ, the acquisition of additional stock or ownership interests by the same Person or group will not be considered to cause a Change in Control;

(ii)    when any one Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or group) assets from Mativ that have a total gross fair market value (determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets) equal to or more than fifty percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of Mativ (determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets) immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions, without regard to assets transferred to: (a) a shareholder or owner of Mativ (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock, (b) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Mativ, (c) a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of Mativ or (d) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of Mativ; or

(iii)    when a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Mativ is replaced during any twelve (12)-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Mativ prior to the date of their appointment or election.

For purposes of this Plan, Persons will not be considered to be acting as a group solely because they purchase or own stock or an ownership interest at the same time or as a result of the same public offering. However, Persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction. If a Change in Control occurs on account of a series of transactions, the Change in Control is considered to occur on the date of the last of such transactions. The term “Person” means any corporation, individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or





any other entity of any kind. For purposes of the definition of a Change in Control, Section 318(a) of the Code applies to determine ownership interest and stock ownership. Ownership interest and stock ownership underlying a vested option is considered owned by the Person that holds the vested option (and the ownership interest and stock ownership underlying an unvested option is not considered owned by the Person who holds the unvested option). For purposes of the preceding sentence, however, if a vested option is exercisable for stock-that is not substantially vested (as defined by Treasury Regulation Section 1.83-3(b) and (j)), the stock ownership underlying the vested option is not treated as owned by the Person that holds the vested option.

For purposes of the Plan, Change in Control shall be interpreted consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

Section 2.6 Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Reference to a section of the Code shall include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes such section.

Section 2.7 Committee. The Compensation Committee of Mativ’s Board of Directors.

Section 2.8 Deferral Accounts. The Stock Unit Measurement Account and/or the
Investment Measurement Account established for each Director participating in this Plan pursuant to Sections 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, for each Plan Year with respect to which the Director has made a Deferral Election.

Section 2.9 Deferral Election. The written election to defer the Director’s Annual Retainer made by the Director in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Plan. Such written election shall be in the format designated by Mativ.

Section 2.10 Deferral Period. The Plan Year for which a Deferral Election is made, or in the case of a new Director elected during a Plan Year, the portion of the Plan Year in which the new Director is elected for which a Deferral Election is made remaining after the effective date of the Director’s Deferral Election.

Section 2.11 Effective Date. January 1, 2023.

Section 2.12 Fair Market Value. Shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4.2.

Section 2.13 IRS. The Internal Revenue Service.

Section 2.14 Plan. The Mativ Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan No. 2 for Non-Employee Directors.

Section 2.15 Plan Administrator. The Mativ Board of Directors or a committee thereof as appointed by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan.

Section 2.16 Plan Year. The 12-month period beginning each January 1 and ending on the following December 31.





Section 2.17 Rabbi Trust. The trust which Mativ, as grantor, may establish, in its discretion in accordance with Article VII of the Plan, as a trust intended to qualify under subpart E, part I, Subchapter J, chapter 1, Subtitle A of the Code as a grantor trust for the Plan, as amended from time to time.

Section 2.18 Separation from Service. Means termination of the Participant’s service on the Board that constitutes a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Cede.

Section 2.19    Mativ. Mativ Holdings, Inc.
Section 2.20    Valuation Date. Each business day of the Plan Year.
Article III - Eligibility and Participation

Section 3.1 Deferral Election. Non-employee members of the Board (“Directors”) may elect to defer receipt of all or any portion of the Director’s earned Annual Retainer for the Plan Year into a Stock Unit Measurement Account (the “Stock Unit Measurement Account”) and/or an Investment Measurement Account (the “Investment Measurement Account”). One-quarter of the Director’s Annual Retainer shall be deemed earned on the first business day of each calendar quarter.

Section 3.2 Timing of Election. The Director must submit a Deferral Election to Mativ’s Vice President, Total Rewards & HR Service Delivery or his or her designee by December 31 of each year indicating the Annual Retainer to be deferred for the following Plan Year.

Section 3.3 Mid-Plan Year Election. If any individual initially becomes a Director during a Plan Year, he may elect, within the first 30 days of being elected to the Board, to defer the portion of the Director’s Annual Retainer to be earned for the remaining calendar quarters of the Plan Year beginning after the effective date of the Director’s Deferral Election.

Section 3.4 Evergreen. Notwithstanding the foregoing, once made, a Deferral Election shall remain in effect for each succeeding Plan Year, in accordance with the terms of the Deferral Election, unless and until the Director either makes a new Deferral Election for such succeeding Plan Year or specifically cancels the Deferral Election for such succeeding Plan Year, in either case by December 31 of the year immediately prior to the Plan Year for which the new Deferral Election or cancellation is to be effective.

Article IV - Deferred Compensation Accounts

Section 4.1 Accounts. For record-keeping purposes only, Mativ shall maintain a Stock Unit Measurement Account and/or an Investment Measurement Account for each Plan Year with respect to which the Director has made a Deferral Election.

Section 4.2 Stock Unit Measurement Account. The Stock Unit Measurement Account shall consist of fictional shares (“Stock Units”) of Mativ common stock, par value of $0.10 per share (“Common Stock”), into which the Director’s deferred Annual Retainer is deemed to be





invested for the sole purpose of determining the amount of the payment upon any distribution of benefits from the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account.

Section 4.2.1 For purposes of determining the number of whole or fractional shares of Common Stock which shall be credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account, the hypothetical purchase of shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be made at Fair Market Value on the date the related Annual Retainer (to be deferred into the Stock Unit Measurement Account) otherwise would have been paid to the Director. For purposes of Section 4.2, Fair Market Value means the closing price of the Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape, on the day immediately preceding the applicable date, or if no such trading in the Common Stock shall have taken place on that day, on the last preceding day on which there was such trading in the Common Stock.

Section 4.2.2 The equivalent of any cash dividends paid with respect to any Common Stock equivalents deemed held in the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account shall be applied as of the date on which such dividends are paid, based on the hypothetical number of shares of Common Stock in the Stock Unit Measurement Account as of the record date for such dividend, to the hypothetical purchase of additional whole or fractional shares of Common Stock at Fair Market Value on such payment date. The appropriate number of whole or fractional shares shall be credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account.

Section 4.2.3 Any distribution of benefits from the Stock Unit Measurement Account shall be charged to that account as of the date such payment is made by Mativ or by the trustee of any Rabbi Trust established by Mativ for the Plan.

Section 4.2.4 In the event Mativ pays a stock dividend or reclassifies or divides or combines its outstanding Common Stock, then an appropriate adjustment shall be made in the hypothetical number of shares of Common Stock held in the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account.

Section 4.3 Investment Measurement Account. As of the date the related Annual. Retainer otherwise would have been paid to the Director, Mativ shall credit to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account the amount of such Annual Retainer (to be deferred into the Investment Measurement Account) that was deferred by the Director pursuant to the Deferral Election submitted for the applicable Plan Year.

Section 4.3.1 Any distribution of benefits from an Investment Measurement Account shall be charged to that account as of the date such payment is made by Mativ or by the trustee of any Rabbi Trust established by Mativ for the Plan.

Section 4.4 Earnings and Losses on the Investment Measurement Account. The Investment Measurement Account balance shall be credited or debited, as the case may be, as of each Valuation Date with deemed net income, gain and loss, including any deemed net unrealized gain and loss, based on hypothetical investment directions made by the Participant with respect to the Investment Measurement Account on a form designated by the Plan Administrator, in accordance with investment options and procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion from time to time.





Section 4.5 Hypothetical Nature of Accounts. With respect to each participating Director, the Plan constitutes an unsecured promise by Mativ to make the benefit distributions in the future in cash in the sum of the amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account, after adjustment for gains or losses, and in shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account, after adjustment for dividends and similar amounts. The Plan Administrator may set the Valuation Date through which the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account and/or Investment Measurement Account may be determined for purposes of determining the amount of any cash distribution and the number of shares of Common Stock to be distributed under the Plan, which Valuation Date may not be more than thirty (30) days prior to the time of the distribution, and no earnings or losses (or unrealized gains or losses) need to accrue after such date. Any Deferral Account established for a Director under this Plan shall be hypothetical in nature and shall be maintained solely for Mativ’s record-keeping purposes so that any contributions can be credited and deemed investment earnings and losses (or unrealized gains or losses) on such amounts can be credited (or debited, as the case may be). Neither the Plan, the Investment Measurement Accounts (nor subaccounts) nor the Stock Unit Measurement Accounts (nor subaccounts) shall hold any actual funds or assets.

Section 4.5.1 The right of any individual or entity to receive one or more payments of cash or distributions of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of Mativ. Any liability of Mativ to any Director or Beneficiary with respect to a right to payment shall be based solely upon contractual obligations, if any, created by the Plan. Mativ, the Board of Directors, the Committee, the Plan Administrator and any individual or entity shall not be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between Mativ and a Director, Beneficiary, or any other individual or entity.

Section 4.5.2 Mativ may, in its sole discretion, establish a Rabbi Trust as a vehicle in which to place funds or shares of Common Stock with respect to this Plan. If established, all benefits payable under this Plan to a Director shall be paid directly by Mativ from the Rabbi Trust, To the extent that such benefits are not paid from the Rabbi Trust, the benefits shall be paid from the general assets of Mativ and shall be reimbursed to Mativ by the Rabbi Trust at Mativ’s request upon presentation of reasonable proof that Mativ made such payment. The assets of the Rabbi Trust shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors in the event of its insolvency. Except as to any amounts paid or payable to a Rabbi Trust, the Company shall not be obligated to set aside, earmark or place in escrow any funds or other assets to satisfy its obligations under this Plan, and the Directors shall not have any property interest in any specific assets of Mativ other than the unsecured contractual right, if any, to receive payments from Mativ as provided in this Plan.

Section 4.5.3 Mativ does not in any way guarantee any Director’s Investment Measurement Account or Stock Unit Measurement Account against loss or depreciation, whether caused by poor deemed investment performance, insolvency of a deemed investment or by any other event or occurrence. In no event shall any employee, officer, director, or stockholder of Mativ be liable to any individual or entity on account of any claim arising by reason of the Plan provisions or any instrument or instruments implementing its provisions, or for the failure of any Director,





Beneficiary or other individual or entity to be entitled to any particular tax consequences with respect to the Plan or any credit or payment of benefits thereunder.

Section 4.6 No Transfers Between Accounts. Deferrals into the Investment Measurement Account may be deemed invested in different funds and transferred between fund options within the Investment Measurement Account pursuant to the procedures established from time to time by the Plan Administrator. All deferrals into the Stock Unit Measurement Account shall be deemed invested in Mativ Common Stock at all times. Balances in the Investment Measurement Account and the Stock Unit Measurement Account may not be transferred from one account to the other account, provided, however, that balances in the Stock Unit Measurement Account may be transferred from the Stock Unit Measurement Account to the Investment Measurement Account once only with respect to any Director who experienced a Separation from Service prior to the Effective Date and continues to have an Stock Unit Measurement Account as of the Effective Date.

Article V - Benefits

Section 5.1 Pre-Termination Survivor Benefit. If the Director dies before becoming entitled to benefits under this Article or Article VI, the Director’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated pursuant to Section 8.10 shall be entitled to receive payment in the amount equal to the sum of the amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account, as of the date the Director dies. Distribution of any benefits under this Section 5.1 shall be made in a single lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days after the date of the Director’s death; provided, however, that in all cases the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

Section 5.2 Post-Termination Survivor Benefit. If a Director dies after benefits have commenced under this Article or Article VI, but prior to receiving complete payment of benefits under this Plan, the Director’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated under Section 8.10 shall be entitled to receive payment in the amount equal to the sum of the amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account, as of the date the Director dies. Distribution of any benefits under this Section 5.2 shall be made in a single lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days after the date of the Director’s death; provided, however, that in all cases the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

Section 5.1 Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs before a Director becomes entitled to receive benefits under this Article or Article VI or before the Director has received complete payment of his benefits under this Plan, he shall be entitled to receive payment in the amount equal to the sum of the amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of the shares of Common Stock credited to his Stock Unit Measurement Account as of the date the Change of Control occurs. Distribution of any benefits under this Section 5.3 shall be made in a single lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days after the date of the Change in Control; provided, however, that in all cases the Director shall not have the right to designate the year of payment.

Article VI - Benefit Distributions

Section 6.1 No In-Service Distributions. Distributions from either the Stock Unit Measurement Account or the Investment Measurement Account shall not be allowed under this Article VI while the individual remains a Director of Mativ.

Section 6.2 Deferral Election Requirements. At the time of filing of a Deferral Election, the Director must indicate an election to receive distribution of: (1) the entire amount credited to



the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of all shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account in a lump sum immediately following the end of the month in which the Director experiences a Separation from Service with Mativ, (2) the entire amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of all shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account in a lump sum in the January immediately following the end of the month in which the Director experiences a Separation from Service with Mativ, or (3) the entire amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of all shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account in three (3), five (5) or ten (10) annual installments with the initial distribution to commence in the January immediately following the end of the month in which the Director experiences a Separation from Service with Mativ. If no distribution election is made by the Director for the Plan Year or no election form is in effect at the time the Director experiences a Separation from Service, the entire amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of all shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account will be distributed in installments over five (5) years beginning in the January immediately following the end of the month in which the Director experiences a Separation from Service with Mativ. Annual installments shall be calculated each year by dividing the remaining Investment Measurement Account balance and the number of shares of Common Stock credited in the Stock Unit Measurement Account as of January 1st of the year in which the distribution is to be made by the remaining number of installments. All amounts credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account shall be paid in cash, and all shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account shall be paid in shares of Common Stock.

Any Deferral Election may be amended provided that all of the following requirements are met:

(i)    the amendment of the Deferral Election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such amendment is made;

(ii)    in the case of an amendment of a Deferral Election related to a payment not made on account of the Participant’s death or Disability, the first payment with respect to which the amendment is made shall in all cases be deferred for a period of not less than 5 years from the date on which such payment otherwise would have been made; and





(iii)    in the case of an amendment of an election related to a payment that is to be made at a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule, such an amendment of the election must be made at least 12 months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment.

Section 6.3 Distributions to Beneficiary. If the Director or former Director dies before all payments have been made, distribution(s) shall be made to the Director’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries.

Article VII - Establishment of Trust

Section 7.1 Establishment of Trust. Mativ may establish a Rabbi Trust (“Trust”) for the Plan. If established, all benefits payable under this Plan to a Director shall be paid directly by Mativ from the Trust. To the extent that such benefits are not paid from the Trust, the cash benefits shall be paid from the general assets of Mativ and the benefits payable in shares of Common Stock shall be paid from any sources available to Mativ, and Mativ shall be reimbursed by the Trust at Mativ’s request upon presentation of reasonable proof that Mativ made such payments. Any such Trust shall be an irrevocable grantor trust which is intended to qualify as such under subpart E, part I, Subchapter J, chapter 1, Subtitle A of the Code. The assets of the Rabbi Trust shall be subject to the claims of Mativ’s creditors in the event of its insolvency. Except as to any amounts paid or payable to a Trust, Mativ shall not be obligated to set aside, earmark or escrow any funds or other assets to satisfy its obligations under this Plan, and the Director and/or his designated Beneficiaries shall not have any property interest in any specific assets of Mativ other than the unsecured contractual right, if any, to receive payments from Mativ as provided in this Plan.

Section 7.2 Distribution of Benefits from the Trust. In the event a Trust is established and benefit distributions are not made by Mativ in accordance with the terms of the Plan, a Director may petition the trustee of the Trust directly for distribution of benefits and the trustee may make such distributions directly to the Director upon the trustee’s good faith determination that the benefit distribution was in fact owed to the Director under the terms of the Plan, was not timely made by Mativ and that there are sufficient assets in the Trust to make the distribution.

Article VIII - Miscellaneous

Section 8.1 Unfunded Plan. Benefits provided under this Plan are unfunded obligations of Mativ. Nothing contained in this Plan shall require Mativ to segregate any monies or other assets from its general funds or assets with respect to such obligations. This Plan is not an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and is not intended for the benefit of any common law employee of Mativ.

Section 8.2 Plan Administrator. The Board shall be the plan administrator of this Plan and shall be solely responsible for its general administration and interpretation and for carrying out the provisions hereof, and shall have all such powers as may be necessary to do so. The Board shall have the right to delegate from time to time the administration of the Plan, in whole or in part, to any committee of the Board. The decisions made, and the actions taken, by the Board or any committee thereof in the administration of the Plan shall be final and conclusive on all persons, and no member of the Board or any committee thereof shall be subject to individual liability with respect to the Plan.

Section 8.3 Anti-Alienation Clause. Neither the Director nor any beneficiary nor any next-of-kin shall have the right to assign or otherwise alienate the right to receive payments hereunder, in whole or in part, which payments are expressly non-assignable and non-transferable, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign,



pledge or otherwise encumber any such amount, whether presently or thereafter payable, shall be void. Except as required by law, no benefit payable under this Plan shall in any manner be subject to garnishment, attachment, execution or other legal process, or be liable for or subject to the debts or liability of any Director.

Section 8.4 Tax Withholdings. Mativ shall withhold from amounts paid under this Plan any taxes or other amounts required to be withheld by any applicable federal, state, local or foreign income tax law. Mativ may provide that all such amounts shall be withheld from any cash amounts to be distributed or Mativ may elect to permit the Director to make such withholdings (i) in cash through a sale of the shares of Common Stock to be distributed through a broker-dealer to whom the Director has submitted irrevocable instructions to sell the shares and deliver the cash promptly to Mativ or (ii) by requesting Mativ to withhold from the shares of Common Stock to be delivered that number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of distribution equal to the amount to be withheld. Mativ shall comply with all governmental reporting requirements applicable to the Plan or any payment pursuant to the Plan.

Section 8.5 Amendments. The Board, may at any time, amend the Plan for whatever reasons it may deem appropriate. No amendment shall impair the rights of a participant with respect to vested amounts then in the participant’s account without the written consent of the affected Directors. All references to action by the Directors shall mean a vote of a majority of the total number of Directors authorized by the Board unless such action may potentially result in the loss of deferred tax treatment of the plan benefits, in which case the unanimous vote of the Board shall be required.

Section 8.6 Quarterly Statements. Each Director in the Plan will receive a quarterly statement indicating the dollar amount credited to the Director’s Investment Measurement Account and the number of shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Measurement Account as of the end of the preceding calendar quarter.

Section 8.7 Good Faith Distribution of Benefits. Any distribution of benefits made in good faith in accordance with provisions of the Plan shall be a complete discharge of any liability for the making of such payment under the provisions of this Plan.

Section 8.8 Binding Effect. The provisions of this Plan shall be binding upon Mativ and its successors and assigns and upon every Director and his heirs, Beneficiaries, estates and legal representatives.

Section 8.9 Director Change of Address. Each Director entitled to benefits shall file with Mativ’s Vice President – Human Resources or his or her designee, in writing, notification of any change of address. Any check representing payment and any communication addressed to a Director or a former Director at this last address filed with Mativ’s Vice President — Human Resources or his or her designee, or if no such address has been filed, then at his last address as indicated on Mativ’s records, shall be binding on such Director for all purposes of the Plan, and neither the Plan Administrator, Mativ, any trustee, nor any other payor shall be obliged to search for or ascertain the location of any such Director. If Mativ and the Plan Administrator are unable to locate a Participant or another person or entity to whom payment is due under this Plan, in order to make a distribution to such person or entity, the amount of the Participant’s benefits under the Plan that would otherwise be considered as nonforfeitable shall be forfeited effective four years after (i) the last date a payment of said benefit was made, if at least one such payment was made, or (ii) the first date a payment of said benefit was directed to be made by the Plan Administrator pursuant to the terms of the Plan, if no payments have been made. If such person is located after the date of such forfeiture, the benefits for such Participant or Beneficiary shall not be reinstated hereunder.

Section 8.10 Designation of Beneficiary. Each Director shall designate, by name, on the Deferral Election, the Beneficiary(ies) who shall receive any benefits which might be payable



after such Director’s death. A Beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked in writing by the Director making the designation without such Beneficiary’s consent at any time or from time to time in the manner as provided by the Plan Administrator, and the Plan Administrator shall have no duty to notify any individual or entity designated as a Beneficiary of any change in such designation which might affect such individual or entity’s present or future rights. If no designation is made, or if the named Beneficiary predeceases the Director or is not in existence at the time of the Director’s death, distribution of benefits shall be made (i) to the Director’s surviving spouse, (ii) if there is no surviving spouse, to the Director’s children (natural or adopted) per stirpes (with the portion for each deceased child to such child’s living descendants per stirpes) or (iii) if there is no surviving spouse or living descendants, the Director’s estate. Distributions to any child under the age of 18 may be made to the child’s legal guardian or a trust for the child’s benefit.

No Director shall designate more than three (3) simultaneous Beneficiaries, and if more than one (1) Beneficiary is named, Director shall designate the share to be received by each Beneficiary. Despite the limitation of three (3) Beneficiaries, a Director may designate more than three (3) Beneficiaries provided such beneficiaries are the surviving spouse and children of the Director. If a Director designates alternative, successor, or contingent Beneficiaries, such Director shall specify the terms and conditions upon which amounts shall be paid to such multiple, alternative, successor or contingent beneficiaries. Any payment made under this Plan after the death of a Participant shall be made only to the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated pursuant to this Section 8.10.

Section 8.11    Claims and Appeals Procedure.

(a)    Deciding the Claim. A claim is a request for a Plan benefit made by a claimant on a form provided by the Plan Administrator. The claimant must mail or deliver the completed and executed form to the Plan Administrator for it to be considered. The Plan Administrator shall decide the claim. If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the Plan Administrator shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notification of the adverse benefit determination within a reasonable period of time, but not later than 90 days after receipt of the claim by the Plan Administrator, unless the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If the Plan Administrator determines that an extension of time for processing is required, written notice of the extension shall be famished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial 90-day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 90 days from the end of such initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render the benefit determination.

(b)    Notification of the Decision. The notification shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

(i)    The specific reason or reasons for the adverse determination;

(ii)    Reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based;

(iii)    A description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

(iv)    A description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on appeal; and




Any electronic notification shall comply with the standards imposed by regulations issued by the Department of Labor under ERISA.

(c)    Time for Deciding Claims. For purposes of subsection 8.11(a), the period of time within which a benefit determination is required to be made shall begin at the time a claim is filed in accordance with the procedures set forth in that subsection, without regard to whether all the information necessary to make a benefit determination accompanies the filing. In the event a period of time is extended as permitted by subsection 8.11(a) due to a claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination shall be tolled from the date on which the notification of the extension is sent to the claimant until the date on which the claimant responds to the request for additional information.

(d)    Authorized Representative. An authorized representative of the claimant may act on his or her behalf in pursuing a benefit claim or appeal of an adverse benefit determination. The Plan Administrator may require, as a prerequisite to dealing with a representative, that the claimant verify in writing authority of the representative to act on behalf of the claimant.

(e)    Consistency. The Plan Administrator shall conduct or have conducted on its behalf periodic reviews to verify that benefit claim determinations are made in accordance with governing Plan documents and that, where appropriate, the Plan’s provisions have been applied consistently with respect to similarly-situated claimants.

(f)    Deciding the Appeal. A claimant may appeal an adverse benefit determination to the Plan Administrator by mailing or delivering to the Plan Administrator a written notice of appeal. The claimant may submit written comments, documents, records, or other information relating to the claim for benefits to the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall provide to the claimant, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits, Whether a document, record or other information is relevant to a claim for benefits shall be determined in accordance with standards issued by the Department of Labor. The Plan Administrator shall decide the appeal. The Plan Administrator’s decision shall take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Plan Administrator will not, however, consider a claimant’s appeal unless the Plan Administrator receives it within 60 days following receipt by the claimant of a notification of an adverse benefit determination.

(g)    Time for Deciding Appeals. The Plan Administrator will decide a claimant’s appeal no later than 60 days following the Plan Administrator’s receipt of the appeal, unless the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If the Plan Administrator determines that an extension of time for processing the claim is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant prior to the termination of the initial 60-day period. In no event shall such extension exceed a period of 60 days from the end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render its decision.

(h)    Notification of the Decision on Appeal. The Plan Administrator shall provide a claimant as soon as possible, but not later than five days after the benefit determination is made, with written or electronic notification of the Plan Administrator’s decision on appeal. Any electronic notification shall comply with the standards imposed by the Department of Labor by regulations issued under ERISA. In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

(i)    The specific reason or reasons for the adverse determination;




(ii)    Reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the benefit determination is based;

(iii)    A statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant’s claim for benefits (whether a document, record or other information is relevant to a claim for benefit shall be determined by reference to regulations issued under ERISA by the Department of Labor); and

(iv)    A statement of the claimant’s right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA.





(i) No Liability; Duties of Trustee. No member of the Board, or any committee thereof, nor any officer, employee or agent of Mativ shall be liable to any individual or entity for any action taken hereunder, except those actions undertaken with lack of good faith. If Mativ has established a Rabbi Trust for the Plan pursuant to which the trustee has agreed to act in a capacity other than as a directed trustee in the event of a Change in Control, the trustee of the Trust shall perform the duties of the Plan Administrator under this Section 8.11 following a Change of Control.

Section 8.12 Statute of Limitations. Except for any action against a fiduciary for a breach of his fiduciary duty, an action filed in state or federal court regarding any rights or obligations under the Plan must be brought within one year from the date of the final decision of the Plan Administrator.

Section 8.13 No Guarantee of Service. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed as a commitment by the Board to nominate any person for election or re-elect such person to the Board. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to create a right in any person to be elected or to continue to serve as a Director.

Section 8.14 No Effect on Existing Plan. The adoption of this Plan shall have no effect on the existing Mativ Holdings, Inc. Outside Directors Stock Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent Mativ from adopting other or additional compensation plans or arrangements for its non-employee Directors.

Section 8.15 Governing Law. To the extent not superseded by the laws of the United States, the laws of the State of Georgia (except for the provisions of Georgia law relating to conflicts of laws) shall be controlling in all matters relating to this Plan.

Section 8.16 Severability. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, and the Plan shall be interpreted and enforced as if such illegal and invalid provisions had never been set forth.

Section 8.17 Code Section 409A. It is the intention of the Company that this Plan shall meet the requirements of section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations that must be met in order for amounts of compensation deferred under this Plan to be taxable, for purposes of federal income taxation, in the year of actual receipt by the Participant or Beneficiary. If any provision of this Plan is susceptible of two interpretations, one of which results in the compliance of the Plan with Section 409A of the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations, and one of which does not, then the provision shall be given the interpretation that results in compliance with Section 409A and the applicable Treasury Regulation.




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mativ Holdings, Inc. has adopted the foregoing instrument to be effective as of January 1, 2023.


MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.

By: /s/ Ricardo Nunez    
Title: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Chief         
Compliance Officer        

Exhibit 21.1
SUBSIDIARIES OF MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.

The subsidiaries of the Company at March 31, 2023 were as follows:
Name
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
Percentage of
Voting Power
Schweitzer-Mauduit Canada, BCULC.British Columbia (Canada)100%
Schweitzer-Mauduit International China, LimitedHong Kong, China100%
China Tobacco Mauduit (Jiangmen) Paper Industry Company Ltd. (1)People’s Republic of China50%
China Tobacco - Schweitzer (Yunnan) Reconstituted Tobacco Co. Ltd. (2)People’s Republic of China50%
DelStar Technologies (Shanghai) Trading Corp. Ltd.People’s Republic of China100%
DelStar Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.People’s Republic of China100%
Schweitzer-Mauduit Spain, S.L.Spain100%
Schweitzer-Mauduit do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Papel Ltda.Brazil100%
Coretec Tubing, Inc.Delaware100%
DelStar Technologies, Inc.Delaware100%
Trient, LLCDelaware100%
Schweitzer-Mauduit Holding S.A.S.France100%
LTR Industries S.A.S.France100%
Papeteries de Saint-Girons S.A.S.France100%
Papeteries de Malaucène S.A.SFrance100%
Malaucène Industries S.N.C.France100%
SWM Services S.A.S.France100%
PDM Industries S.A.S.France100%
Groupe Scapa France S.A.S.France100%
SWM Europe S.a.R.L.Luxembourg100%
SWM HoldCo 1 S.à.R.L.Luxembourg100%
SWM HoldCo 2 S.à.R.L.Luxembourg100%
SWM HoldCo 3 S.A.Luxembourg100%
SWM Luxembourg Service, LLCDelaware100%
SWM Luxembourg S.à.R.L.Luxembourg100%
SWM South S.à.R.L.Luxembourg100%
PDM Philippines Industries, Inc.Philippines100%
Luna Rio Landholding CorporationPhilippines100%
SWM Poland GP Sp. zo.o.Poland100%
DelStar International, LimitedUnited Kingdom100%
SWM-Argotec, LLCDelaware100%
Argotec LLCDelaware100%
Argotec Asia Pacific LimitedSingapore100%
Argotec Deutschland GmbHGermany100%
Conwed Plastics B.V.Belgium100%
SWM AMS, LLCDelaware100%
AMS HoldCo, LLCDelaware100%





Scapa North America, Inc.Delaware100%
Scapa Tapes North America (Carlstadt), Inc.New Jersey100%
Scapa Tapes North America, LLCConnecticut100%
EuroMed, Inc.Delaware100%
BioMed Laboratories LLCTexas100%
SWM Holdings No. 1, Inc.Delaware100%
SWM Asia Holdings LimitedHong Kong, China100%
AMS Holdco 1 Ltd.United Kingdom100%
AMS Holdco 2 Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa Group Ltd.United Kingdom100%
First Water Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa Blackburn Ltd.United Kingdom100%
First Water Ramsbury Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa Healthcare Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Crawford Manufacturing Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa Denver (North) Ltd.United Kingdom100%
HiMedica Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Porritts & Spencer Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa (No. 2) Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa General Partner Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa UK Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa Pension Trustees Ltd.United Kingdom100%
Scapa Scottish Limited PartnershipUnited Kingdom100%
Scapa Tapes North America, BCULCBritish Columbia (Canada)100%
Scapa Italia SpAItaly100%
Scapa Group Holdings GmbHAustria100%
Scapa Holdings GmbHGermany100%
Scapa Deutschland GmbHGermany100%
Scapa HK Holdings LimitedHong Kong, China100%
Scapa Hong Kong LimitedHong Kong, China100%
Scapa Tapes Malaysia Sdn BhdMalaysia100%
Scapa (Shanghai) International Trading Co. Ltd.People’s Republic of China100%
Scapa Tapes India Private LimitedIndia100%
Scapa Brasil Ltda.Brazil100%
Mativ Receivables LLCDelaware100%
Neenah, Inc.Delaware100%
NPCC Holding Company, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Paper Company of CanadaNova Scotia100%
Neenah Paper International Holding Company, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Paper Michigan, Inc.Delaware100%
Neenah and Menasha Water Power CompanyWisconsin80%
Neenah Paper International, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Gessner GmbHGermany100%
Neenah Germany GmbHGermany100%
Neenah Services GmbH&Co. KGGermany100%
Leiss GMBH Co. KGGermany55%





Neenah Gessner Unterstützungskasse GmbHGermany100%
Neenah Gessner Grundstücksverwaltungsgesellschaft
mbH & Co. KG
Germany100%
Neenah Paper FVC, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Paper FR, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Filtration, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Technical Materials, Inc.Massachusetts100%
Neenah Filtration Appleton, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah FMK Holdings, LLCDelaware100%
ASP FiberMark, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Northeast, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah International UK LimitedUnited Kingdom100%
Neenah Red Bridge International LimitedUnited Kingdom100%
Neenah Global Holdings BVNetherlands100%
Neenah Coldenhove Holding BVNetherlands100%
Neenah Coldenhove BVNetherlands100%
Coldenhove Know How BVNetherlands100%
Neenah Hong Kong LimitedHong Kong100%
Neenah GRL Holdings, LLCDelaware100%
Neenah Spain Holdings, SLUSpain100%
Global Release Liners, SLUSpain100%
Industrias de Transformación de Andoain, SAUSpain100%
Itasa Americas, SA de CVMexico100%
Itasa Asia SDN BHDMalaysia100%

 
(1)Joint venture to produce tobacco-related papers in China.
(2)Joint venture to produce reconstituted tobacco in China.



Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Julie Schertell, certify that:
 
1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: May 10, 2023
 
 /s/ Julie Schertell
 Julie Schertell
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
 



Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Greg Weitzel, certify that:
 
1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Date: May 10, 2023
 
 /s/ Greg Weitzel
 Greg Weitzel
Chief Financial Officer
 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.



Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORTS
UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
The undersigned, in their respective capacities as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify to the best of their knowledge following reasonable inquiry that the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023, which accompanies this certification, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such periodic report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the end of such period and the results of operations of the Company for such period. The foregoing certification is made pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350) and no purchaser or seller of securities or any other person shall be entitled to rely upon the foregoing certification for any purpose. The undersigned expressly disclaim any obligation to update the foregoing certification except as required by law.
 
By:/s/ Julie Schertell By:/s/ Greg Weitzel
 Julie Schertell
President and Chief Executive Officer
  Greg Weitzel
Chief Financial Officer
    
 May 10, 2023  May 10, 2023
 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Report pursuant to Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code and, accordingly, is not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Report and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (whether made before or after the date of the Report, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing).