Exhibit 4.3
PHINIA
Inc.
2023 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1. Purpose
and Effective Date.
1.1 Purpose.
The purpose of the Plan is to give the Company a significant advantage in attracting, retaining and motivating officers, employees and
directors and to provide the Company, its subsidiaries and its Affiliates with the ability to provide incentives more directly linked
to the profitability of the Company’s businesses and increases in stockholder value. In addition, this Plan permits the issuance
of Conversion Awards in connection with the equitable adjustment or replacement of certain equity-based awards granted by BorgWarner Inc.
(“BorgWarner”) that are outstanding immediately prior to the separation of the Company from BorgWarner.
1.2 Effective
Date. The Plan will become effective, and Awards may be granted under the Plan, on and after July 3, 2023 (the “Effective
Date”). The Plan will terminate as provided in Section 17.1.
SECTION 2. Definitions.
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms are
defined as set forth below:
2.1 “Affiliate”
means a corporation or other entity controlled by the Company and designated by the Committee as such.
2.2 “Award”
means a Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Option, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Unit, Performance Stock Unit, Cash Incentive
Award or Conversion Award granted pursuant to the Plan.
2.3 “Award
Agreement” means a written agreement or notice memorializing the terms and conditions of an Award.
2.4 “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.5 “Breach
of Conduct” means, for purposes of the Plan, any of the following:
(a) actions
by the participant resulting in the termination of the participant’s employment with the Company or any Affiliate for Cause,
(b) the
participant’s violation of the Company’s Code of Ethical Conduct where such business standards have been distributed or made
available to the participant,
(c) the
participant’s unauthorized disclosure to a third party of confidential information, intellectual property, or proprietary business
practices, processes, or methods of the Company; or willful failure to protect the Company’s confidential information, intellectual
property, proprietary business practices, processes, or methods from unauthorized disclosure, or
(d) the
participant’s soliciting, inducing, or attempting to induce employees of the Company and its Affiliates to terminate their employment
with the Company or an Affiliate.
2.6 “Cash
Incentive Award” means the right granted under Section 12 to receive a cash payment to the extent Performance Goals are achieved
(or other requirements are met).
2.7 “Cause”
means:
(a) the
participant’s conviction of, or entering a guilty plea, no contest plea or nolo contendre plea to any felony or to any crime
involving dishonesty or moral turpitude under Federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred,
(b) the
participant’s commission of any material act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company or any of its
Affiliates or any of the customers, vendors or suppliers of the Company or its Affiliates,
(c) dishonesty
in the course of fulfilling the participant’s employment duties,
(d) the
participant’s misappropriation of material funds or assets of the Company for personal use or any act of theft or fraud as determined
by the Company,
(e) the
participant’s engagement in harassment or discrimination based on a legally protected status with respect to any employee of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries,
(f) the
participant’s breach of material Company policy,
(g) the
participant’s refusal to perform lawful duties as directed in good faith by the Company,
(h) willful
and deliberate failure on the part of the participant to perform his employment duties in any material respect,
(i) the
participant’s substantial or repeated neglect of duties (even if not willful and deliberate) after notice and an opportunity to
cure,
(j) the
participant’s gross negligence or willful misconduct that results or is reasonably expected to result in substantial harm to the
Company (either singly or on a consolidated basis), or
(k) the
participant’s breach of written obligations to the Company or any subsidiary in respect of confidentiality and/or the use or ownership
of proprietary information.
2.8 “CEO”
means the chief executive officer of the Company or any successor corporation.
2.9 “Change
in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.
2.10 “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Any reference to a section of the Code
shall include all the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2.11 “Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
2.12 “Committee”
means the Committee referred to in Section 3.1.
2.13 “Company”
means PHINIA Inc., a Delaware corporation.
2.14 “Conversion
Award” means an Award granted under Section 13.
2.15 “Disability”
means that the participant:
(a) 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
(b) is,
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which 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 or health plan covering
the Company’s employees, or
(c) is
determined to be permanently disabled by the Social Security Administration.
“Disability” shall be determined by
the plan administrator of the RSP under the disability claims procedures of the RSP but applying the foregoing definition of “Disability.”
2.16 “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Any reference to a section
of the Exchange Act shall include all the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2.17 “Fair
Market Value” means, per Share on a particular date, (a) if the Shares are listed on a national securities exchange, the last
sales price on that date on the national securities exchange on which the Shares are then listed (including
without limitation, the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market), as reported on the composite tape or other reporting
system of such exchange, or if no sales of Shares occur on such exchange on such date, then on the last preceding date on which there
was a sale on such exchange; or (b) if the Shares are not listed on a national securities exchange, but are traded in an over-the-counter
market, the last sales price (or, if there is no last sales price reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices) for the Shares
on that date, or on the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Shares on that market; or (c) if the Shares are neither
listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in an over-the-counter market, the price determined by the Committee, in its sole
discretion.
2.18 “Full-Value
Award” means Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Stock Units and any other Award under which the value of the Award is measured
as the full value of a Share, rather than the increase in the value of a Share.
2.19 “Incentive
Stock Option” means any Stock Option intended to be and designated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning
of Section 422 of the Code.
2.20 “Non-Qualified
Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
2.21 “Performance
Goals” means a target or targets of performance (which may be objective or subjective) as established by the Committee in its sole
discretion. A Performance Goal may include a threshold level of performance below which no payout or vesting will occur, target levels
of performance at which a full payout or full vesting will occur, and/or a maximum level of performance at which a specified additional
payout or vesting will occur.
2.22 “Performance
Period” means the period of one year or longer established by the Committee in connection with the grant of an Award for which the
Committee has established Performance Goals.
2.23 “Performance
Unit” means an Award granted under Section 10, the value of which is expressed in terms of cash or in property other than Stock.
2.24 “Performance
Stock Unit” means an Award granted under Section 11, the value of which is expressed in terms of, or valued by reference to,
a Share.
2.25 “Plan”
means the PHINIA Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as hereinafter amended from time to time.
2.26 “Restricted
Stock” means an Award granted under Section 8.
2.27 “Restricted
Stock Agreement” means an Award Agreement memorializing the terms and conditions of a grant of Restricted Stock.
2.28 “Restriction
Period” means, for purposes of an Award granted under Section 8, the time or times within which such Award may be subject to
forfeiture and during which the participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber shares of Restricted
Stock.
2.29 “Retirement”
means, the participant’s Termination of Employment with the Company and all Affiliates:
(a) on
or after the last day of the calendar month coincident with or immediately following the day on which the participant attains age 55 if
the participant has been credited with at least 10 Years of Service, or
(b) in
the case of Section 8 (Restricted Stock), Section 9 (Stock Units), Section 10 (Performance Units), and Section 11
(Performance Stock Units) only, with the written consent of the Company that such Termination of Employment shall constitute “Retirement”.
2.30 “RSP”
means the PHINIA Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, or any successor plan thereto.
2.31 “Rule 16b-3”
means Rule 16b-3, as promulgated by the Commission under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time
or any successor definition adopted by the Commission.
2.32 “Share”
means a share of Stock.
2.33 “Specified
Employee” means a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code and using the
methodology selected by the Company from time to time (including any permitted alternate means selected by the Company to identify specified
employees), or if none, the default methodology provided by applicable Income Tax Regulations.
2.34 “Stock”
means common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
2.35 “Stock
Appreciation Right” means a right granted under Section 7.
2.36 “Stock
Option” means an option granted under Section 6 to purchase Shares at a stated price for a specified period of time.
2.37 “Stock
Unit” means a right granted under Section 9 to receive a Share or cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share
sometime in the future.
2.38 “Termination
of Employment” means the termination of the participant’s employment with the Company and any subsidiary or Affiliate. A participant
employed by a subsidiary or an Affiliate shall also be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if the subsidiary or Affiliate ceases
to be such a subsidiary or Affiliate, as the case may be, and the participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of the
Company or another subsidiary or Affiliate. In the case of a participant who is a member of the Board but not an employee of the Company
or any subsidiary or Affiliate, “Termination of Employment” means the termination of the participant’s services as a
member of the Board. For purposes of Section 16.1(b), a Termination of Employment” must constitute a “Separation from
Service” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
2.39 “Year
of Service” means each twelve (12) month period of employment (or fraction of a 12-month period of employment) with the Company,
any subsidiary or Affiliate or, with respect to employment prior to the Separation (as defined below), with BorgWarner or its affiliates,
based on the participant’s aggregate elapsed time of employment. Credit toward Years of Service runs continuously beginning on the
first day a participant performs an hour of service (upon initial employment or reemployment) and ending on the date of the participant’s
Termination of Employment. Any period during which a participant is on an authorized leave of absence will be considered as service for
determining Years of Service. If a participant is reemployed following a Termination of Employment, the participant’s Years of Service,
including fractional years, credited before the Termination of Employment will be restored after the participant performs an hour of service
after reemployment.
In addition, certain other terms used herein have definitions given
to them in the first place in which they are used.
SECTION 3. Administration.
3.1 Compensation
Committee Administration. Subject to Section 3.2, the Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board
or such other committee of the Board, composed of not less than three (3) members of the Board, each of whom shall be appointed by
and serve at the pleasure of the Board and who shall also be:
(a) “non-employee
directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3, and
(b) “independent
directors” within the meaning of any applicable stock exchange rule.
3.2 Awards
Granted to the Board. With respect to Awards granted to members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the Company,
a subsidiary, or an Affiliate, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee subject to the approval of a majority of all members of
the Board (including members of the Committee) who are “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and
“independent directors” with the meaning of any applicable stock exchange rule. With respect to such Awards, all references
to the “Committee” contained in the Plan shall be deemed and construed to mean the Committee, the decisions of which shall
be subject to the approval of a majority of such members of the Board who are both “non-employee directors” within the meaning
of Rule 16b-3 and “independent directors” within the meaning of any applicable stock exchange rule.
3.3 Committee
Authority; Conversion Awards. Among other things, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms of the Plan:
(a) to
interpret the provisions of the Plan or any agreement covering an Award;
(b) to
select the officers, employees and directors to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(c) to
determine whether and to what extent Awards are to be granted hereunder and the type or types of Awards to be granted;
(d) to
determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;
(e) to
determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder (including, but not limited to, the exercise price (subject to Section 6.3(a)),
any vesting restriction or limitation and any vesting acceleration or forfeiture waiver regarding any Award and the Shares relating thereto,
based on such factors as the Committee shall determine);
(f) to
modify, amend or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award, at any time or from time to time to the extent required or permitted by
the Plan or by applicable law, including but not limited to any clawback requirements or policy of the Company as may be in effect from
time to time;
(g) to
adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable,
to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreement relating thereto) and to otherwise
supervise the administration of the Plan;
(h) to
determine to what extent and under what circumstances Stock and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred; and
(i) to
determine under what circumstances a Stock Option or a Stock Appreciation Right may be settled in cash or Stock under Section 6 or
Section 7, respectively.
Notwithstanding any of other provision of this
Plan to the contrary, the number of Shares to be subject to a Conversion Award and the other terms and conditions of each Conversion Award
shall be determined by the Committee, all in accordance with the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement entered into in connection with
the Separation.
3.4 Grants
by the CEO. The Committee may authorize the CEO to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of the Plan with respect to 30,000 Shares
or fewer per individual, per year, to:
(a) officers
and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates who are not, at the time of grant, subject to Section 16 of the
Exchange Act; and
(b) any
individual as an inducement to accept an offer of employment (including Awards to individuals who may become, upon accepting an offer
of employment, officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and Affiliates who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act).
Any such authorization so made shall be consistent
with recommendations made by the Board’s Compensation Committee to the Board regarding non-CEO compensation, incentive-compensation
plans and equity-based plans. When such authorization is so made by the Committee, the CEO shall have the authority of the Committee described
in Sections 3.3(a), 3.3(b), 3.3(c), and 3.3(d) with respect to the granting of such Awards; provided, however, that the Committee
may limit or qualify such authorization in any manner it deems appropriate.
3.5 Committee
Actions. The Committee may act only by a majority of its members then in office, except that the members thereof may:
(a) delegate
all or a portion of the administration of the Plan to one or more officers of the Company, provided that no such delegation may be made
that would cause Awards or other transactions under the Plan to cease to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and
(b) authorize
any one or more of its members or any officer of the Company to execute and deliver documents on behalf of the Committee.
3.6 Determinations
Final. Any determination made by the Committee or pursuant to delegated authority pursuant to the provisions of the Plan with
respect to the Plan or any Award shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or such delegate at the time of the grant of the
Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan, at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Committee or any
appropriately delegated officer pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Company
and Plan participants.
3.7 Indemnification.
In addition to such other rights of indemnification from the Company as they may have, the members of the Committee shall be indemnified
by the Company against reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason
of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any Award granted thereunder, and against all amounts paid
by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by legal counsel selected by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction
of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except that such member is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance
of his duties; provided that within sixty days after institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, the member shall in writing offer
the Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same.
SECTION 4. Stock
Subject To Plan; Individual Limitations.
4.1 Share
Reserve. Subject to adjustment as provided herein, 4,701,360 Shares are reserved for issuance under the Plan, all of which may
be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options. The Stock to be delivered under the Plan may be made available from authorized
but unissued Shares, treasury stock, or Shares purchased on the open market. The aggregate number of Shares reserved under this Section 4.1
shall be depleted on the date of grant of an Award by the maximum number of Shares, if any, that may be payable with respect to the Award,
as determined at the time of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shares subject to Conversion Awards shall not be counted against the
reserve under the Plan.
4.2 Replenishment
of Shares. If (a) an Award lapses, expires, terminates or is cancelled without the issuance of Shares under the Award (whether
due currently or on a deferred basis), (b) it is determined during or at the conclusion of the term of an Award that all or some
portion of the Shares with respect to which the Award was granted will not be issuable on the basis that the conditions for such issuance
will not be satisfied, (c) Shares are forfeited under an Award, (d) an Award that is denominated in Shares (in whole or in part)
is settled in cash or (e) Shares are issued under any Award and the Company subsequently reacquires them pursuant to rights reserved
upon the issuance of the Shares, then such Shares shall be recredited to the Plan’s reserve and may again be used for new Awards
under the Plan, but Shares recredited to the Plan’s reserve pursuant to clause (v) may not be issued pursuant to Incentive
Stock Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the following Shares be recredited to the Plan’s reserve: (w) Shares
purchased by the Company using proceeds from Option exercises; (x) Shares tendered or withheld in payment of the exercise price of
an Option or as a result of the net settlement in Shares of an outstanding Stock Appreciation Right; (y) Shares tendered or withheld
to satisfy federal, state or local tax withholding obligations and (z) Shares subject to Conversion Awards.
4.3 Individual
Award Limits. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.4, during any fiscal year of the Company, no individual non-employee
director may be granted:
(a) Stock
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Stock Units, or Performance Stock Units that, in total, could result in a maximum
payout on settlement of more than 30,000 Shares, but excluding from this limitation any additional Stock Units or Shares credited to the
participant as dividend equivalents on any Award or cash or stock dividends on Restricted Stock that are paid or credited to a participant
as additional Restricted Stock; and
(b) an
Award or payment or payment right outside the Plan that is payable or settleable in cash (or property other than Shares) that could result
in a maximum payment of more than four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), but excluding from this limitation any additional amounts
paid or credited to a participant as interest or dividend equivalents on any Award.
4.4 Adjustments.
In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary distribution
with respect to the Stock, other change in corporate structure affecting the Stock or any other event, which other event the Committee
determines necessitates an adjustment to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or
potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, adjust any or all of the following:
(a) the
number and type of Shares reserved for issuance and future grant under the Plan and the individual award limits under the Plan;
(b) the
exercise, purchase or grant prices with respect to any Award;
(c) the
number and type of Shares subject to outstanding Awards;
(d) the
maximum number of Shares that may be issued as ISOs set forth in Section 4.1; and
(e) the
Performance Goals of an Award,
and in all cases subject to any required action by the Board or the
stockholders of the Company and in compliance with applicable securities laws and rules of the stock exchange on which the Shares
are then traded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend declared in lieu of an ordinary
cash dividend) or stock split or combination of the Shares (including a reverse stock split), if no action is taken by the Committee,
adjustments contemplated by this Section that are proportionate shall nevertheless automatically be made as of the date of such stock
dividend or stock split or combination of the Shares.
However, if any adjustment results in fractions of a Share, such fractional
shares shall not be issued and shall be canceled for no consideration. Notwithstanding the forgoing, no adjustment will be made to outstanding
Stock Options if (i) the adjustment would cause the Stock Options to provide for a deferral of compensation subject to Section 409A
of the Code (and any applicable related regulations and guidance) or (ii) in the case of Incentive Stock Options, such adjustment
would cause the Plan to violate Section 422 of the Code.
If any of the transactions or events described in this Section constitutes
a Change in Control or occurs subsequent to any Change in Control occurring after the Effective Date, then, subject to participants’
rights under Section 16 and the cash payment provisions of the following sentence, and unless the Committee otherwise determines
prior to the first Change in Control occurring after the Effective Date, proportionate adjustments of the type described in this Section shall
be made automatically such that the full economic value of the Awards to participants that are outstanding at the time of the transaction
or event shall be preserved and not diminished as a result of the transaction or event. If any of the events described in this Section occur,
the Committee may also (or in lieu of the adjustments described in this Section) make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an
outstanding Award in exchange for the cancellation of all or a portion of the Award (without the consent of the holder of the Award) in
an amount determined by the Committee effective at such time as the Committee specifies (which may be the time such transaction or event
is effective), but if such transaction or event constitutes a Change in Control, then (i) such payment shall be at least as favorable
to the holder as the greatest amount the holder could have received in respect of such Award under Section 16, (ii) if Section 16
applies to the Award, such payment shall be allowed only to the extent Section 16(b) would allow acceleration of exercisability,
vesting, issuance of shares or other payment in respect of such Award in connection with the Change in Control and (iii) from and
after the Change in Control, the Committee may make such a provision only if the Committee determines that doing so is necessary to substitute,
for each Share subject to an Award, the number and kind of shares of stock, other securities, cash or other property to which holders
of Shares are or will be entitled in respect of each Share pursuant to the transaction or event in accordance with the last sentence of
this Section. Further, and without limitation, subject to a participant’s rights under Section 16, in the event of any such
merger or similar transaction, stock dividend, stock split or combination of Shares, distribution or other event described above, whether
or not constituting a Change in Control (other than any such transaction in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which
the outstanding Shares are not being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash or other property, or any combination
thereof), the Committee shall substitute, on an equitable basis as the Committee determines, for each Share then subject to an Award,
the number and kind of shares of stock, securities, cash or other property to which holders of Shares are or will be entitled with respect
to each Share pursuant to the transaction.
SECTION 5. Eligibility.
The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan to
any of the following individuals: (a) officers and other employees of the Company, its subsidiaries and Affiliates who are responsible
for or contribute to the management, growth and profitability of the business of the Company, its subsidiaries and Affiliates, as determined
by the Committee, (b) any individual that the Company, a subsidiary or an Affiliate has engaged to become an officer or employee
and (c) directors of the Company.
SECTION 6. Stock
Options.
6.1 Types.
Stock Options granted under the Plan may be of two types: Incentive Stock Options and Non-Qualified Stock Options, provided however,
that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of
the Code). To the extent that any Stock Option is not designated as an Incentive Stock Option or even if so designated does not qualify
as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
6.2 Grant.
The Committee shall have the authority to grant participants Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options or both types of
Stock Options (in each case with or without Stock Appreciation Rights). The grant of a Stock Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement,
which shall be delivered to the optionee and indicate on its face whether it is intended to be an agreement for an Incentive Stock Option
or a Non-Qualified Stock Option. The grant of a Stock Option shall occur on the date the Committee by resolution selects an individual
to receive a grant of a Stock Option, determines the number of Shares to be subject to such Stock Option to be granted to such individual
and specifies the terms and provisions of the Stock Option.
6.3 Option
Terms and Conditions. Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and any additional
terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem desirable:
(a) Exercise
Price. The exercise price per Share purchasable under a Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award
Agreement, provided that (other than with respect to Conversion Awards) the exercise price shall never be less than the Fair Market Value
of the Shares subject to the Stock Option on the date of grant.
(b) Option
Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Committee, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years
after the date of grant.
(c) Exercisability.
Except as otherwise provided herein, Stock Options shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions
as shall be determined by the Committee. If the Committee provides that any Stock Option is exercisable only in installments, the Committee
may at any time waive such installment exercise provisions, in whole or in part, based on such factors as the Committee may determine.
In addition, the Committee may at any time, in whole or in part, accelerate the exercisability of any Stock Option.
6.4 Exercise.
Stock Options may be exercised by following the procedures the Committee establishes from time to time. The exercise price shall be
paid in full in cash (by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may accept) at the time of exercise or, if and
to the extent set forth in the Award Agreement, may also be paid by one or more of the following:
(a) in
the form of unrestricted Stock already owned by the optionee having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise
price; provided, however, that, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the right to make a payment in the form of already owned Shares
may be authorized only at the time the Stock Option is granted;
(b) by
requesting that the Company withhold from the number of Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Stock Option that number of shares
having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price for all of the Shares subject to such exercise;
or
(c) by
a combination thereof, in each case in the manner provided in the Award Agreement.
In the discretion of the Committee and if not prohibited
by law, payment for any Shares subject to a Stock Option may also be made by delivering a properly executed exercise notice to the Company
or its agent, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan
proceeds to pay the exercise price. To facilitate the foregoing, the Company may enter into agreements for coordinated procedures with
one or more brokerage firms.
6.5 Rights
as a Stockholder. No Shares shall be issued until full payment of the option exercise price has been made. An optionee shall have
all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the Stock that is subject to such Stock Option (including, if applicable, the
right to vote the shares and the right to receive dividends) when the optionee has given written notice of exercise, has paid in full
for such shares and, if requested, has given the representation described in Section 19.3, but shall have no rights of a stockholder
of the Company prior to such notice of exercise, full payment, and if requested providing the representation described in Section 19.3.
For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will dividends or dividend equivalents be distributed to a participant unless, until and to the
same extent as the related shares of Stock have vested.
6.6 Cash
Out. On receipt of a notice of exercise of a Stock Option, the Committee may elect to cash out all or part of the portion of the
Shares for which a Stock Option is being exercised by paying the optionee an amount, in cash or Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair
Market Value of the Shares over the exercise price times the number of Shares for which the Option is being exercised on the effective
date of such cash out.
SECTION 7. Stock
Appreciation Rights.
7.1 Grant.
Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted as Awards under the Plan and may be granted alone or in addition to other Awards under the Plan.
Each grant of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be confirmed by, and be subject to the terms of, an Award Agreement.
7.2 Stock
Appreciation Rights Terms and Conditions. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be
determined by the Committee, including the following:
(a) A
Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable as determined by the Committee and specified in the Award Agreement, but in no event after
ten years from the date of grant. A Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised by giving written notice of exercise to the Company or its
designated agent specifying the number of Shares as to which Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised.
(b) The
base price of a Stock Appreciation Right (other than a Conversion Award) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on date
of grant.
(c) Upon
the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a participant shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash, Shares, or a combination thereof,
as determined by the Committee in its discretion, equal to the product of (i) the difference between the base price of the Stock
Appreciation Right and the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right, and (ii) the number
of Shares as to which such Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
7.3 No
Rights as a Stockholder. In the case of any Stock Appreciation Right providing for, or in which the Committee has determined to
make, payment in whole or in part in Stock, the holder thereof shall have no rights of a stockholder of the Company prior to the proper
exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right, and if requested, prior to providing the representation described in Section 19.3, and
the issuance of Stock in respect thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will dividends or dividend equivalents be distributed
to a participant unless, until and to the same extent as the related shares of Stock have vested.
SECTION 8. Restricted
Stock.
8.1 Grant.
The Committee shall determine the time or times at which grants of Restricted Stock will be awarded, the number of shares to be awarded
to any participant, the Restriction Period and any other terms and conditions of the Awards. Each grant of Restricted Stock shall be confirmed
by, and be subject to the terms of, a Restricted Stock Agreement.
The Committee may condition the grant or vesting
of Restricted Stock upon the attainment of specified performance measures of the participant or of the Company or subsidiary, division
or department of the Company for or within which the participant is primarily employed or upon such other factors or criteria as the Committee
shall determine. Where the grant or vesting of Restricted Stock is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, such shares
of Restricted Stock shall be released from such restrictions only after the attainment of such Performance Goals has been certified by
the Committee, unless the Committee determines otherwise.
The provisions of Restricted Stock Awards need
not be the same with respect to each participant.
8.2 Issuance
of Restricted Stock; Stop Transfer Orders and Legends. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee
may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates. All shares of Restricted Stock
shall be subject to such stop transfer orders or bear such legends as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or under applicable
laws, rules or regulations or the requirements of any national securities exchange.
8.3 Termination
of Employment. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Except
to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement and Sections 8.3(b) and 16.1(b)(2), upon a participant’s
Termination of Employment for any reason during the Restriction Period, all shares still subject to restriction shall be forfeited by
the participant.
(b) Except
to the extent otherwise provided in Section 16.1(b)(2), the Committee shall have the discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any
or all remaining restrictions with respect to any or all of a participant’s shares of Restricted Stock in the event that such participant’s
employment is involuntarily terminated (other than for Cause), or in the event of the participant’s death, Disability, or Retirement,
or the Committee may provide for such waiver in the applicable Award Agreement.
8.4 Rights
as a Stockholder; Dividends. Except as provided in this Section 8 and the applicable Restricted Stock Agreement, the participant
shall have, with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series
of Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock, including, if applicable, the right to vote the shares and the right to receive
any dividends, provided, however, that cash dividends will either, at the discretion of the Committee, (a) be automatically deferred
and reinvested in additional Restricted Stock that shall be subject to the same restrictions, terms and conditions, including the vesting
period, as the original grant of Restricted Stock, or (b) be paid out in cash at the time that the Restricted Stock vests. If dividends
are credited to the participant as additional shares of Restricted Stock, then the number of additional shares of Restricted Stock that
shall be credited to the participant shall not exceed the amount that is the result of multiplying the number of shares of Restricted
Stock held by the participant on the dividend record date by the dividend paid on each Share, and then dividing the amount by the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the dividend payment date. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will dividends be distributed to a participant
unless, until and to the same extent as the underlying Restricted Stock vests.
SECTION 9. Stock
Units.
9.1 Grant.
The Committee shall determine the time or times at which grants of Stock Units will be awarded, the number of Stock Units to be awarded
to any participant, the time or times within which such Awards may be subject to forfeiture, and any other terms and conditions of the
Awards, in addition to those contained in Section 9.2. The provisions of Stock Units Awards need not be the same with respect to
each participant. Each grant of Stock Units shall be confirmed by, and be subject to, the terms of an Award Agreement.
9.2 Terms
and Conditions. All grants of Stock Units shall be subject to the following terms and conditions.
(a) Except
to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement and Section 9.2(b) and Section 16.1(b)(3), upon a participant’s
Termination of Employment for any reason prior to the date on which Stock Units awarded to the participant shall have vested, all rights
to receive cash or Stock in payment of such Stock Units shall be forfeited by the participant.
(b) The
Committee shall have the discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any or all remaining payment limitations with respect to any or all
of a participant’s Stock Units in the event that such participant’s employment is involuntarily terminated (other than for
Cause), or in the event of the participant’s death, Disability, or Retirement, or the Committee may provide for such waiver in the
applicable Award Agreement.
(c) In
any case in which the Committee has waived, in whole or in part, any or all remaining payment limitations with respect to any or all of
a participant’s Stock Units, payment of such participant’s Stock Units shall occur on the time(s) or event(s) otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 9.2(e), in such participant’s Award Agreement.
(d) With
respect to any grant of Stock Units, the participant who receives such grant shall acquire no rights of a stockholder unless and until
the participant becomes the holder of Shares delivered to such participant with respect to such Stock Units.
(e) The
Award Agreement for each award of Stock Units shall specify the time(s) or event(s) of payment of vested Stock Units, which
time(s) or event(s) shall be limited to one or more of the following:
(1) the
date on which the Stock Units shall have vested,
(2) the
date of the participant’s Termination of Employment, or
(3) a
specified date.
In the case of an Award of Stock Units
providing for payment upon the vesting of the Stock Units, payment shall be made as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but
in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the vesting of the Stock Units occurs. In the case of an
Award of Stock Units providing for payment upon Termination of Employment, payment shall be made on or after the Termination of Employment
in the year in which the Termination of Employment occurs, except that in the case of a Specified Employee, payment shall be made on the
first day of the seventh month following the month in which such Termination of Employment occurs or, if earlier, the date of the participant’s
death. In the case of an Award of Stock Units providing for a specified date for payment, payment shall be made as soon as practicable
on or after the specified date, but in no event no later than December 31 of the year in which the specified date occurs.
(f) On
the time(s) or event(s) specified in the applicable Award Agreement for the payment of cash or Stock with respect to vested
Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the participant either (1) a number of Shares equal to the number of vested Stock Units,
or (2) cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such number of Shares. The form of payment shall be determined by the Committee in
its discretion or as provided in the applicable Award Agreement.
9.3 Dividend
Equivalents. The Committee may in its discretion provide that a participant shall be entitled to receive dividend equivalents
on outstanding Stock Units. Such dividend equivalents may, as determined by the Committee at the time the Award is granted, be:
(a) paid
in cash at the time the Stock Unit to which it relates is settled;
(b) credited
to the participant as additional Stock Units, which shall vest and be settled at the same time as the Stock Unit to which it relates;
or
(c) paid
or credited (as appropriate) in any combination of cash and additional Stock Units; provided that in no event may dividend equivalents
relating to a Stock Unit provide for payment prior to such Stock Unit’s vesting and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
dividend equivalents paid or credited with respect to Stock Units shall only be paid out to or earned by a participant to the extent that
the vesting conditions applicable to the underlying Stock Units are satisfied.
If dividend equivalents are credited
to the participant as additional Stock Units, then the number of additional Stock Units that shall be credited to the participant with
respect to any dividend on Stock shall not exceed the amount that is the result of multiplying the number of Stock Units credited to the
participant on the dividend record date by the dividend paid on each Share and then dividing this amount by the Fair Market Value of a
Share on the dividend payment date.
For the avoidance of doubt, in no event
will dividends or dividend equivalents be distributed to a participant unless, until and to the same extent as the related shares of Stock
or Stock Units have vested.
SECTION 10. Performance
Units.
10.1 Grant.
The Committee shall determine the time or times at which Performance Units shall be awarded, the number of Performance Units to be awarded
to any participant, the duration of the Performance Period and any other terms and conditions of the Award, in addition to those contained
in Section 10.2. Each grant of Performance Units shall be confirmed by, and be subject to, the terms of an Award Agreement.
10.2 Terms
and Conditions. Performance Units shall be subject to the following terms and conditions.
(a) The
Committee may condition payment with respect to Performance Units on the attainment of Performance Goals. The Committee may also condition
Performance Unit payments upon the continued service of the participant. The provisions of such Awards (including without limitation any
applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each participant.
(b) Except
to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, Section 10.2(c) and Section 16.1(b)(4), upon a participant’s
Termination of Employment for any reason during the Performance Period or before any applicable Performance Goals are satisfied, all rights
to receive cash or Stock in payment of the Performance Units shall be forfeited by the participant.
(c) The
Committee shall have the discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any or all remaining payment limitations with respect to any or all
of such participant’s Performance Units in the event that such participant’s employment is involuntarily terminated (other
than for Cause), or in the event of the participant’s death, Disability, or Retirement, or the Committee may provide for such waiver
in the applicable Award Agreement.
(d) In
any case in which the Committee has, prior to the expiration of the Performance Period, waived, in whole or in part, any or all payment
limitations with respect to a participant’s Performance Units, such participant shall receive payment with respect to his or her
Performance Units in the year following the year in which the Performance Period ends or would have ended, at the same time as the Committee
has provided for payment to all other Award recipients.
(e) At
the expiration of the Performance Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Committee shall evaluate the extent to which
the Performance Goals for the Award have been achieved and shall determine the number of Performance Units granted to the participant
that have been earned, and the cash value thereof. The Company shall then deliver to the participant either a cash payment equal in amount
to the cash value of the Performance Units or Shares equal in value to the cash value of the Performance Units, with the form of payment
determined by the Committee in its discretion or as provided in the applicable Award Agreement. Payment shall occur as soon as administratively
practicable thereafter, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the Performance Period ends.
SECTION 11. Performance
Stock Units.
11.1 Grant.
The Committee shall determine the time or times at which Performance Stock Units shall be awarded, the number of Performance Stock Units
to be awarded to any participant, the duration of the Performance Period and any other terms and conditions of the Award, in addition
to those contained in Section 11.2. Each grant of Performance Stock Units shall be confirmed by, and be subject to, the terms of
an Award Agreement. Performance Stock Units may be conditioned upon the attainment of Performance Goals and continued employment or service
of the participant. The provisions of such Awards (including without limitation any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same
with respect to each recipient.
11.2 Terms
and Conditions.
(a) Unless
otherwise provided in Section 11.2(b) or Section 16.1(b)(4), upon a participant’s Termination of Employment during
the Performance Period or before any applicable Performance Goals are satisfied, all rights to receive cash or Stock in payment of the
Performance Stock Units shall be forfeited.
(b) Except
to the extent otherwise provided in Section 16.1(b)(4), the Committee shall have the discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any
or all remaining payment limitations with respect to any or all such participant’s Performance Stock Units in the event that a participant’s
employment is involuntarily terminated (other than for Cause), or in the event of a participant’s death, Disability, or Retirement,
or the Committee may provide for such waiver in the applicable Award Agreement.
(c) In
any case in which the Committee has waived, in whole or in part, prior to the expiration of the Performance Period, any or all payment
limitations with respect to a participant’s Performance Stock Units, such participant shall receive payment with respect to his
or her Performance Stock Units in the year following the year in which Performance Period ends, at the same time as the Committee has
provided for payment to all other Award recipients.
(d) At
the expiration of the Performance Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Committee shall evaluate the extent to which
the Performance Goals for the Award have been achieved and shall determine the number of Performance Stock Units granted to the participant
which shall have been earned, and the cash value thereof. The Company shall then deliver to the participant either (1) a number of
Shares equal to the number of Performance Stock Units determined by the Committee to have been earned, or (2) cash equal to the Fair
Market Value of such number of Shares, as determined by the Committee in its discretion or as provided in the applicable Award Agreement.
Payment shall occur as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following
the year in which the Performance Period ends.
11.3 Dividend
Equivalents. The Committee may in its discretion provide that a participant shall be entitled to receive dividend equivalents
on outstanding Performance Stock Units. Such dividend equivalents may, as determined by the Committee at the time the Award is granted,
be:
(a) paid
in cash at the time the Performance Stock Units to which it relates are settled;
(b) credited
to the participant as additional Performance Stock Units, which shall vest and be earned and settled at the same time as the Performance
Stock Units to which they relate; or
(c) paid
or credited (as appropriate) in any combination of cash and additional Performance Stock Units;
provided that in no event may dividend equivalents relating to Performance
Stock Units provide for payment prior to the time at which such Performance Stock Units are earned and vested and, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, dividend equivalents paid or credited with respect to Performance Stock Units shall only be paid out to or earned
by a participant to the extent that the vesting and performance conditions applicable to the underlying Performance Stock Units are satisfied.
If dividend equivalents are credited to the participant
as additional Performance Stock Units, then the number of additional Performance Stock Units that shall be credited to the participant
with respect to any dividend on Stock shall not exceed the amount that is the result of multiplying the number of Performance Stock Units
credited to the participant on the dividend record date by the dividend paid on each Share and then dividing this amount by the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the dividend payment date.
For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will dividends
or dividend equivalents be distributed to a participant unless, until and to the same extent as the related shares of Stock or Performance
Stock Units have vested.
SECTION 12. Cash
Incentive Awards.
Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee
will determine all terms and conditions of Cash Incentive Awards, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, the Performance
Period, the potential amount payable, and the timing of payment; provided that the Committee must require that payment of all or any portion
of the amount subject to the Cash Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement or partial achievement of one or more Performance Goals
during the period the Committee specifies, although the Committee may specify that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to
an Award are deemed achieved upon a participant’s death, Disability, or Retirement or in the event that such participant’s
employment is involuntarily terminated (other than for Cause). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing hereunder shall preclude or limit
the Company or the Administrator from granting annual incentive awards that are solely payable in cash outside of the terms of the Plan.
SECTION 13. Converted
BorgWarner Awards.
The Company is authorized to issue Awards (“Conversion
Awards”) in connection with the equitable adjustment or replacement of certain equity-based awards granted by BorgWarner prior to
the separation of the Company from BorgWarner (the “Separation”) (collectively, the “BorgWarner Awards”). Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all terms and conditions of the BorgWarner Awards, including the number of Shares subject
to such Awards and, in the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the exercise or grant price per Share, shall be determined by
the Committee in its discretion; provided that such terms and conditions shall be determined in a manner consistent with the Separation
and applicable legal, tax, accounting and other requirements.
SECTION 14. Minimum
Vesting Period.
All Awards (other than Conversion Awards) shall
have a minimum vesting period of one year from the date of grant. For purposes of Awards granted to non-employee directors, “one
year” may mean the period of time from one annual meeting of stockholders to the next annual meeting of stockholders, provided
that such period of time is not less than 50 weeks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may grant Awards with less than a one-year
vesting requirement, provided such Awards (other than Conversion Awards) do not relate to more than 5% of the number of shares reserved
under Section 4.1.
SECTION 15. Repricing
and Backdating Prohibited.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary,
and except for the adjustments provided for under the Plan, neither the Committee nor any other person may (a) amend the terms of
outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights to reduce the exercise or base price of such outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights; (b) cancel outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an
exercise or base price that is less than the exercise or base price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; or (c) cancel
outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise or base price above the current Fair Market Value of a Share in exchange
for cash or other securities, in each case, without prior approval of the Company’s stockholders. In addition, the Committee may
not make a grant of an Option or SAR with a grant date that is effective prior to the date the Committee takes action to approve such
Award.
SECTION 16. Change
in Control Provisions.
16.1 Impact
of Event. If a participant has in effect an employment, retention, change in control, severance or similar agreement with the
Company, a subsidiary or any Affiliate that provides a more favorable result upon a Change in Control on the participant’s Awards,
then such agreement shall control in respect of such Awards. In all other cases, unless the Committee provides for a more favorable result
in an Award Agreement (in which case such Award Agreement shall control over the provisions hereof), in the event of a Change in Control:
(a) The
successor or purchaser in the Change in Control transaction may assume an Award or provide a replacement award with terms and conditions
at least as favorable as the terms and conditions in effect prior to the Change in Control, provided that any such assumed Award or replacement
award shall:
(1) have
substantially equivalent economic value to the Award (as determined by the Committee as constituted immediately prior to the Change in
Control);
(2) relate
to a class of equity that is (or will be within 5 business days following the Change in Control) listed to trade on a recognized securities
market;
(3) provide
the participant with rights and entitlements substantially equivalent to or better than the rights and entitlements applicable under such
Award, including, but not limited to, an identical or better exercise or vesting schedule and identical or better timing and methods of
payment (to the extent consistent with Section 409A of the Code, if applicable), including all provisions applicable in respect of
such Award that provide for accelerated vesting;
(4) with
respect to Awards that vest upon the attainment of one or more Performance Goals, if the Change in Control occurs during the course of
a Performance Period applicable to the Award, then (i) the Performance Goals shall be deemed to have been satisfied at the target
level specified in the participant’s award agreement or, if greater, as otherwise specified by the Committee at or after grant,
and (ii) any assumed or substituted award shall not include a performance objective, unless otherwise determined by the Committee
as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control; and
(5) have
terms and conditions providing that, if within two (2) years following a Change in Control either (i) the successor or purchaser
in the Change in Control transaction (or any affiliate thereof) terminates the participant’s employment or service without Cause
or (ii) if the participant is subject to any employment, retention, change in control, severance or similar agreement with the successor,
purchaser, the Company or any affiliate thereof under which the participant has the right to certain benefits if the participant terminates
his or her employment or service for “good reason” (as such term is defined in such agreement), such participant does, in
fact, terminate his or her employment or service for “good reason”, then the following provisions shall apply to any assumed
Awards or replacement awards described herein:
(A) Effective
upon the date of the participant’s termination of employment or service, all of such participant’s outstanding Awards or replacement
awards automatically shall vest (assuming, for any Award the vesting of which is subject to Performance Goals for which the Performance
Period had not been completed as of the date of such termination, that such goals had been met at the target level); and
(B) If
the assumed Award or replacement award relates to a class of equity that is not then listed to trade on a recognized securities market,
then, at the election of a participant, at the time of exercise or settlement of such Awards or replacement awards, the participant may
elect to receive, in lieu of the issuance of such equity, a cash payment equal to the fair market value of the equity otherwise issuable
thereunder (such payment calculated using the definition of “Fair Market Value” under the Plan as applied to the equity otherwise
issuable under the assumed Award or replacement award).
(b) If
the successor or purchaser in the Change in Control transaction does not assume the Awards or issue replacement awards as provided in
clause (a), then immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control:
(1) Any
Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred and not then
exercisable and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant.
(2) The
restrictions applicable to any outstanding Restricted Stock shall lapse as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred,
and such Restricted Stock shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original
grant.
(3) The
restrictions applicable to any outstanding Stock Units shall lapse as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred,
and such Stock Units shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested. Payment for Stock Units that have vested as a result
of this Section 16.1(b)(3) shall occur on the time(s) or event(s) otherwise specified in the Award recipient’s
Award Agreement.
(4) The
restrictions applicable to any outstanding Performance Units and Performance Stock Units shall lapse as of the date such Change in Control
is determined to have occurred, the Performance Goals of all such outstanding Performance Units and Performance Stock Units shall be deemed
to have been achieved at target levels, the relevant Performance Period shall be deemed to have ended on the effective date of the Change
in Control, and all other terms and conditions thereto shall be deemed to have been satisfied. If due to a Change in Control, a Performance
Period is shortened, then the target Performance Award initially established for such Performance Period shall be prorated by multiplying
the initial target Performance Award by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of whole months in the shortened Performance
Period and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in the original Performance Period. Payment for such Performance Units
and Performance Stock Units that vest as a result of the Change in Control shall be made in cash or Stock (as determined by the Committee)
as promptly as is practicable upon such vesting, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the
Performance Units and Performance Stock Units shall have vested pursuant to this Section 16.1(b)(4). Payment for Performance Units
and Performance Stock Units that have vested prior to the Change in Control as a result of the Committee’s waiver of payment limitations
prior to the date of the Change in Control shall be made in cash or Stock (as determined by the Committee):
(A) in
the year following the year in which the Performance Period would have otherwise ended absent a Change in Control, or
(B) if
earlier, as soon as practicable in the year in which the Award recipient’s Termination of Employment occurs; provided, however,
that in the case of a “Specified Employee” who becomes entitled to payment of Performance Units or Performance Stock Units
under this Section 16.1(b)(4)(B) by reason of his or her Termination of Employment, payment shall be made on the first day of
the seventh month following the month in which such Termination of Employment occurs, or, if earlier, the date of the Specified Employee’s
death.
16.2 Definition
of Change in Control. For purposes of the Plan, a “Change in Control” shall mean the happening of any of the following
events after the Effective Date:
(a) The
acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)
(a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or
more of either:
(1) the
then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or
(2) the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
(the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”);
provided, however, that for purposes of Section 16.2(a),
the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control:
(W) any
acquisition directly from the Company,
(X) any
acquisition by the Company,
(Y) any
acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the
Company, or
(Z) any
acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction described in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Section 16.2(c); or
(b) Individuals
who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) and cease for any reason to constitute at least
a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose,
any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to
the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other
than the Board; or
(c) Consummation
by the Company of a reorganization, statutory share exchange, merger or consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets
of another entity by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each of the foregoing, a “Business Combination”), in each case,
unless, following such Business Combination,
(1) all
or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock
and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more
than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) and the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or, for a non-corporate
entity, equivalent governing body), as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation,
an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly
or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination
of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be,
(2) no
Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any employee plan (or related trust) of the Company or such
corporation resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then
outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) of the entity resulting from such Business
Combination or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such entity except to the extent that such ownership
existed prior to the Business Combination and
(3) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body) of the entity resulting
from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action
of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
(d) Approval
by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Separation shall
not constitute a Change in Control and, if an Award is considered deferred compensation subject to the provisions of Section 409A
of the Code, and if a payment under such Award is triggered upon a “Change in Control,” then the foregoing definition shall
be deemed amended as necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
SECTION 17. Term,
Amendment and Termination.
17.1 Term
of Plan. Unless terminated sooner by the Board, the Plan will terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date
on which it has most recently been approved by the Company’s stockholders. Awards outstanding as of the date on which the Plan terminates
shall not be affected or impaired by the termination of the Plan.
17.2 Amendment
by the Board. The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan at any time, but no amendment, alteration or discontinuation
shall be made which would
(a) impair
the rights of a participant under an Award theretofore granted without the participant’s consent, except such an amendment made
to cause the Plan to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3, or
(b) disqualify
the Plan from the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3,
except that the Board shall always have the authority
to amend the Plan and the terms of any Award theretofore granted to take into account changes in law and tax and accounting rules.
17.3 Amendment
by the Committee. The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, but no such
amendment shall impair the rights of any holder without the holder’s consent except:
(a) to
the extent required or permitted by the Plan or by applicable law, including but not limited to any clawback requirements or policy of
the Company as may be in effect from time to time, or
(b) an
amendment made to cause the Plan or Award to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3.
17.4 Approval
by Stockholders. No amendment shall be made to the Plan without the approval of the Company’s stockholders to the extent
such approval is required by law, rules of the stock exchange on which the Shares are then traded, or agreement.
SECTION 18. Cancellation
and Rescission of Awards.
18.1 Reasons
for Cancellation or Recession. The Committee may cancel, declare forfeited, or rescind any unexercised, undelivered, or unpaid
Award upon its determining that
(a) a
participant has violated the terms of the Plan or the Award Agreement under which such Award has been made, or
(b) the
participant has committed a Breach of Conduct.
In addition, for a period of one year following the exercise, payment
or delivery of an Award, the Committee may rescind any such exercise, payment or delivery of an Award upon its determining that the participant
committed a Breach of Conduct prior to the exercise, payment or delivery of the Award, or within six months thereafter subject to any
clawback requirements or policy of the Company as may be in effect from time to time.
18.2 Committee’s
Determination Binding. In the case of an Award’s cancellation, forfeiture, or rescission due to a Breach of Conduct by reason
of the participant’s conviction of, or entering a guilty plea, no contest plea or nolo contendre plea to any felony or to
any crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, the Committee’s determination that a participant has committed a Breach of Conduct,
and its decision to require rescission of an Award’s exercise, payment or delivery shall be conclusive, binding, and final on all
parties. In all other cases, the Committee’s determination that a participant has violated the terms of the Plan or the Award, or
has committed a Breach of Conduct, and the Committee’s decision to cancel, declare forfeited or rescind an Award or to require rescission
of an Award’s exercise, payment or delivery shall be conclusive, binding, and final on all parties unless the participant makes
a written request to the Committee to review such determination and decision within thirty days of the Committee’s written notice
of such actions to the participant. In the event of such a written request, the members of the Board who are “independent directors”
within the meaning of the applicable stock exchange rule (including members of the Committee) shall review the Committee’s
determination no later than the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. If, following its review, such directors approve, by a
majority vote,
(a) the
Committee’s determination that the participant violated the terms of the Plan or the Award or committed a Breach of Conduct, and
(b) the
Committee’s decision to cancel, declare forfeited, or rescind the Award,
such determination and decision shall thereupon be conclusive, binding,
and final on all parties.
18.3 Rescinded
Awards. In the event an Award is rescinded or recovered, the affected participant shall repay or return to the Company any cash
amount, Stock, or other property received from the Company upon the exercise, payment or delivery of such Award (or, if the participant
has disposed of the Stock or other property received and cannot return it, its cash value at the time of exercise, payment or delivery),
and, in the case of Stock or other property delivered to the participant, any gain or profit realized by the participant in a subsequent
sale or other disposition of such Stock or other property. Such repayment and (or) delivery shall be on such terms and conditions as the
Committee shall prescribe.
18.4 Disgorgement
of Awards. Any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, and any Stock issued or cash paid pursuant to an Award, shall be subject to
any recoupment or clawback policy that is adopted by, or any recoupment or similar requirement otherwise made applicable by law, regulation
or listing standards to, the Company from time to time.
SECTION 19. General
Provisions.
19.1 Prohibition
on Certain Dividends and Dividend Equivalent Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, in no event may dividends
or dividend equivalents be awarded with respect to Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or any other Award that is not a Full-Value Award;
and, for the avoidance of doubt, this Plan expressly prohibits the payment of dividends or dividend equivalents on unvested Awards for
all equity Award types.
19.2 Unfunded
Status. The Plan constitutes an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize
the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Stock or make payments; provided,
however, that, unless the Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded”
status of the Plan.
19.3 Transferability.
Participants shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber any Award granted under the Plan, unless
and to the extent the Committee allows a participant to designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise the Award or receive payment under
the Award after the participant’s death, other than:
(a) by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or, in the Committee’s discretion, pursuant to a written beneficiary designation,
(b) pursuant
to a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or the rules thereunder), or
(c) in
the Committee’s discretion, pursuant to a gift to such optionee’s “immediate family” members directly, or indirectly
by means of a trust, partnership, or limited liability company, provided that the participant may not receive consideration for such transfer
of an Award,
provided that an Incentive Stock Option may only be transferred according
to subsection (a).
Subject to the terms of the Plan and the relevant
Award Agreement, all Stock Options shall be exercisable only by the optionee, guardian, legal representative or beneficiary of the optionee
or permitted transferee, it being understood that the terms “holder” and “optionee” include any such guardian,
legal representative or beneficiary or transferee. For purposes of this Section 19.2, “immediate family” shall mean,
except as otherwise defined by the Committee, the optionee’s spouse, children, siblings, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, stepparents,
grandparents, in-laws and persons related by legal adoption. Such transferees may transfer an Award only by will or by the laws of descent
and distribution.
19.4 Representations;
Issuance of Shares. The Committee may require each person purchasing or receiving shares pursuant to an Award to represent to
and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to the distribution thereof. All Shares
issued under the Plan shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance
of one or more stock certificates. All Shares delivered (whether in book-entry or certificated form) pursuant to any Award or the exercise
thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders or bear such legends as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or under
applicable laws, rules or regulations or the requirements of any national securities exchange.
The Company shall have no obligation to issue,
or make a book -entry transfer or deliver certificates for, Shares under the Plan prior to:
(a) obtaining
approval from any governmental agency which the Company determines is necessary or advisable,
(b) admission
of such shares to listing on the stock exchange on which the Stock may be listed, and
(c) completion
of any registration or other qualification of such shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any governmental body which the
Company determines to be necessary or advisable.
19.5 Other
Compensation. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting other or additional
compensation arrangements for its employees.
19.6 No
Right to Employment. The adoption of the Plan shall not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment nor shall it
interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the employment of any employee at any time.
19.7 Tax
Withholding. In the event the Company or one of its Affiliates is required to withhold any Federal, state or local taxes or other
amounts in respect of any income recognized by a participant as a result of the grant, vesting, payment or settlement of an Award or disposition
of any Shares acquired under an Award, the Company may deduct (or require an Affiliate to deduct) from any payments of any kind otherwise
due to the participant cash, or with the consent of the Committee, Shares otherwise deliverable or vesting under an Award, to satisfy
such tax or other obligations. Alternatively, the Company or its Affiliate may require such participant to pay to the Company or its Affiliate,
in cash, promptly on demand, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company or its Affiliate regarding the payment to the Company
or its Affiliate of the aggregate amount of any such taxes and other amounts. If Shares are deliverable upon exercise or payment of an
Award, then the Committee may permit a participant to satisfy all or a portion of the Federal, state and local withholding tax obligations
arising in connection with such Award by electing to (i) have the Company or its Affiliate withhold Shares otherwise issuable under
the Award, (ii) tender back Shares received in connection with such Award or (iii) deliver other previously owned Shares, in
each case having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount to be withheld; provided that, to the extent needed for the Company and its Affiliates
to avoid an accounting charge, the amount to be withheld in Shares may not exceed the total maximum statutory tax withholding obligations
associated with the transaction. If an election is provided, the election must be made on or before the date as of which the amount of
tax to be withheld is determined and otherwise as the Committee requires. In any case, the Company and its Affiliates may defer making
payment or delivery under any Award if any such tax may be pending unless and until indemnified to its satisfaction.
19.8 Right
of First Refusal. At the time of grant, the Committee may provide in connection with any grant made under the Plan that the Shares
received as a result of such grant shall be subject to a right of first refusal pursuant to which the participant shall be required to
offer to the Company any shares that the participant wishes to sell at the then Fair Market Value of the Stock, subject to such other
terms and conditions as the Committee may specify at the time of grant.
19.9 Reinvestment
of Dividends. The reinvestment of cash dividends in additional shares of Restricted Stock, and the crediting of dividend equivalents
or interest equivalents (if such interest equivalents are payable in Stock when distributed) on Stock Units or on the deferred payment
of Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Stock Units, shall only be permissible if sufficient shares of Stock are available under
Section 4 (taking into account then outstanding Awards).
19.10 Beneficiary
Designations. The Committee shall establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a participant to designate a beneficiary
to whom any amounts payable in the event of the participant’s death are to be paid.
19.11 Code
Section 409A. It is intended that Stock Options awarded pursuant to Section 6, Stock Appreciation Rights awarded pursuant
to Section 7, Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to Section 8 and Conversion Awards awarded pursuant to Section 13 not constitute
a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. It is further intended that Performance
Stock Units and Performance Units granted pursuant to Sections 10 and 11 not constitute a “deferral of compensation” within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code excepting, however, Performance Stock Units and Performance Units that become vested as a
result of the Committee’s waiver of payment limitations prior to the end of the applicable Performance Period. It is also intended
that Stock Units awarded pursuant to Section 9, and Performance Units and Performance Stock Units that are or become vested as a
result of the Committee’s waiver of payment limitations prior to the end of the applicable Performance Period satisfy the requirements
of Sections 409A(2) through (a)(4) of the Code in all material respects to the extent required to avoid the imposition of any
additional tax upon a participant under Section 409A of the Code. The Plan shall be interpreted for all purposes and operated to
the extent necessary to comply with the intent expressed in this Section 19.10.
19.12 No
Guarantee of Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, the Company does not guarantee to any
participant or any other Person with an interest in an Award that (i) any Award intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the
Code shall be so exempt, (ii) any Award intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code or Section 422 of the Code shall
so comply, or (iii) any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such
case will the Company or any Affiliate be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences
of any Award.
19.13 Severability.
If any provision of the Plan is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be impaired or affected thereby. The invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision
shall be treated as amended to the minimum extent necessary to make the provision valid, legal, and enforceable and to accomplish the
Company’s original objectives for establishing the Plan.
19.14 Choice
of Law; Legal Actions. The Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware without taking into account its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive venue for any legal
action or proceeding with respect to this Plan or any Award, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Plan
or any Award, shall be a court sitting in Oakland County, Michigan. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to the Plan or any Award
must be brought within one year (365 days) after the day the complaining party first knew or should have known of the events giving rise
to the complaint. Any such legal action may be heard only in a “bench” trial, and any party to such action shall agree to
waive his, her or its right to a jury trial.
