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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2022
Registration No. 333-  
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ENTEGRIS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
41-1941551
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
129 Concord Road, Billerica, MA 01821, (978) 436-6500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Joseph Colella, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Entegris, Inc.
129 Concord Road
Billerica, MA 01821
(978) 436-6500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Mike Ringler
Laura A. Kaufmann Belkhayat
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 735-3000
Facsimile: (212) 735-2000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
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Prospectus

Entegris, Inc.
378,841 Shares
Common Stock
We are registering a total of up to 378,841 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that are issuable to certain former employees, non-employee directors and other eligible service providers of CMC Materials, Inc. (“CMC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), upon the exercise and settlement of certain stock options (the “Adjusted CMC Stock Options”) outstanding under the CMC Materials, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “CMC 2021 Plan”) and the Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “CMC 2012 Plan” and together with the CMC 2021 Plan, the “CMC Plans”), that we assumed pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below) in connection with the closing of the Merger (as defined below), generally subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying award agreements.
The aggregate number of shares of our common stock subject to the Adjusted CMC Stock Options under the CMC Plans is 378,841 shares. The exercise prices of the Adjusted CMC Stock Options range from approximately $21.59 to $93.85 per share of our common stock. If the holders of all such options purchase all the shares of our common stock subject to the assumed options, we will receive aggregate net proceeds of up to approximately $15 million.
Our common stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “NASDAQ”) under the symbol “ENTG.” On July 6, 2022, the last reported sales price of our common stock on the NASDAQ was $91.00 per share.
See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-6 of this prospectus to read about important factors you should consider before investing in our common stock.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is July 6, 2022

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of an “automatic shelf” registration statement that we filed with the SEC as a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this process, we may sell from time to time the securities described in this prospectus.
We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than that contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not making offers to sell the securities in any jurisdiction in which an offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation.
When used in this prospectus, unless otherwise specified or unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms “Company,” “Entegris,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Entegris, Inc. and, where appropriate, its consolidated subsidiaries, including, following the closing of the Merger, CMC, and “CMC” refers to CMC Materials, Inc. and, where appropriate, its consolidated subsidiaries.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our SEC filings are available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement, any subsequently filed document deemed incorporated by reference or any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us. This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement incorporate by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC (other than information deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules, including Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K).
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022;
the information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2022 from our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2022;
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended April 2, 2022, filed with the SEC on April 26, 2022;
our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 19, 2022, January 31, 2022, April 4, 2022 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), April 6, 2022, April 8, 2022, April 15, 2022, April 27, 2022, June 16, 2022, June 17, 2022 and July 6, 2022; and
the description of our common stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report, filed with the SEC on February 7, 2020, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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In addition, we also incorporate by reference the following information from the period filings that have been prepared and filed by CMC with the SEC:
the information set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of CMC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021; and
the information set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of CMC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 5, 2022.
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and before the termination of the offering also shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference. We are not, however, incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof that are not deemed “filed” with the SEC, including any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K.
If requested, we will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference into such documents. To obtain a copy of these filings at no cost, you may write or telephone us at the following address:
Entegris, Inc.
Attn: Corporate Secretary
129 Concord Road
Billerica, MA 01821
(978) 436 - 6500
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents that we incorporate by reference may contain statements that are not historical facts and are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. securities laws. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “would” or the negative thereof and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. This prospectus and the documents that we incorporate by reference may contain statements that are not historical facts and are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements may include statements about the impact of the Merger; the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and markets, including supply chain issues related thereto; future period guidance or projections; our performance relative to our markets, including the drivers of such performance; market and technology trends, including the duration and drivers of any growth trends and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on such trends; the development of new products or new applications for existing products and the success of their introductions; the focus of our engineering, research and development projects and levels of spending related thereto; our ability to execute on our business strategies, including with respect to our expansion of our manufacturing presence in Taiwan; our capital allocation strategy, which may be modified at any time for any reason, including share repurchases, dividends, debt repayments and potential acquisitions; the impact of the acquisitions we have made and commercial partnerships we have established; future capital and other expenditures, including estimates thereof; our expected tax rate; the impact, financial or otherwise, of any organizational changes; the impact of accounting pronouncements; quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk; and other matters.
These forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations and assumptions only as of the date of this prospectus or the document on which such statements first appear, are not guarantees of future performance and involve substantial risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control and are difficult to predict) that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
Weakening of global and/or regional economic conditions, generally or specifically in the semiconductor industry, which could decrease the demand for Entegris’ and CMC’s products and solutions;
Entegris’ and CMC’s ability to meet rapid demand shifts;
Entegris’ and CMC’s ability to continue technological innovation and introduce new products to meet customers’ rapidly changing requirements;
Entegris’ and CMC’s ability to protect and enforce intellectual property rights;
Operational, political and legal risks of Entegris’ and CMC’s international operations;
The increasing complexity of certain manufacturing processes;
Raw material shortages, supply and labor constraints and price increases;
Changes in government regulations of the countries in which Entegris and CMC operate;
The imposition of tariffs, export controls and other trade laws and restrictions and changes in foreign and national security policy, especially as they relate to China and as they may arise with respect to recent developments regarding Russia and Ukraine;
The fluctuation of currency exchange rates;
Fluctuations in the market price of our stock;
The level of, and obligations associated with, our indebtedness, including the notes, and the risks related to holding the notes;
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The impact of public health crises, such as pandemics (including coronavirus (COVID-19)) and epidemics and any related company or government policies and actions to protect the health and safety of individuals or government policies or actions to maintain the functioning of national or global economies and markets; and
The other risk factors and additional information described in this prospectus under the caption “Risk Factors,” as well as our filings with the SEC, including under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed on February 4, 2022, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2022, filed on April 26, 2022, CMC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, filed on November 12, 2021, CMC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed on May 5, 2022 and in our other subsequent periodic filings.
In addition, risks that could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements include: the prompt and effective integration of CMC’s businesses and the ability to achieve the anticipated synergies and value-creation contemplated by the Merger; unanticipated difficulties or expenditures relating to the Merger; the outcome of any legal proceedings related to the Merger, the response and retention of business partners and employees as a result of the Merger; and the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues.
Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Except as required under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements or information contained or incorporated by reference herein.
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SUMMARY
This summary contains basic information about us and this offering. Because it is a summary, it does not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read this entire prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and any updates to such risks in subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our financial statements and the notes thereto incorporated by reference into this prospectus before making an investment decision.
THE COMPANY
We are a leading supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries. Our mission is to help our customers improve their productivity, performance and technology by providing enhanced materials and process solutions for the most advanced manufacturing environments. We leverage our unique breadth of capabilities to create mission-critical microcontamination control products, specialty chemicals and advanced materials handling solutions that maximize manufacturing yields, reduce manufacturing costs and enable higher device performance for our customers.
We were incorporated under the law of the State of Delaware on March 17, 2005, in connection with a Merger between Entegris, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and Mykrolis Corporation, a Delaware corporation. Our principal executive offices are located at 129 Concord Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, and our telephone number is (978) 436-6500. Our Internet website is www.Entegris.com. The information provided on our Internet website is not a part of this prospectus and, therefore, is not incorporated herein by reference.
On July 6, 2022, we completed our previously announced acquisition of CMC. Pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Entegris, Yosemite Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Entegris (“Merger Sub”), and CMC, Merger Sub merged with and into CMC, with CMC as the surviving entity (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, CMC became a wholly owned subsidiary of Entegris.
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in our common stock involves a number of risks. You should carefully consider all the information set forth in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement and incorporated by reference herein before deciding to invest in the common stock. In particular, we urge you to consider carefully the factors set forth below and under “Part I, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and “Part II, Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 2, 2022, which is incorporated by reference herein (as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in our public filings, including our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference herein). Any of these risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and the actual outcome of matters as to which forward-looking statements are made in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. While we believe we have identified and discussed below and in the documents incorporated by reference herein the material risks affecting our business, there may be additional risks and uncertainties that we do not presently know or that we do not currently believe to be material that may adversely affect such business, financial condition and results of operations in the future. As a result, the trading price of our common stock may decline, and you might lose part or all of your investment.
Risks Related to the Combined Company
Integrating the businesses of Entegris and CMC may be more difficult, costly or time-consuming than expected and we may fail to realize the anticipated benefits of the Merger, which may adversely affect our business results and negatively affect the value of our common stock.
The success of the combined company, among other things, depends upon the ability of Entegris and CMC to integrate their businesses in a manner that realizes growth opportunities and cost savings, including the meaningful revenue synergies, $75 million in run-rate cost synergies that Entegris expects to realize within 12 to 18 months after the closing of the Merger and $40 million in one-time capital expenditure synergies (over a two-year period).
However, Entegris and CMC must successfully integrate their respective businesses in a manner that permits these benefits to be realized. In addition, we must achieve the anticipated growth opportunities, revenue synergies, run-rate cost synergies and one-time capital expenditure synergies without adversely affecting current revenues and investments in future growth. If we are not able to successfully achieve these objectives, the anticipated benefits of the Merger may not be realized fully (or at all), may take longer to realize than expected, or may have other adverse effects that we do not currently foresee.
In addition, the actual integration may result in additional and unforeseen expenses, and all anticipated benefits of the integration plan may not be realized. Growth opportunities and cost savings, including run-rate cost synergies and one-time capital expenditure synergies, if achieved, may be lower than what we expect and may take longer to achieve than anticipated. If we are not able to adequately address integration challenges, we may be unable to successfully integrate the operations or realize the anticipated benefits of the integration of the two companies. An inability to realize the full extent of the anticipated benefits of the Merger could have an adverse effect upon our revenues, level of expenses and operating results, which may adversely affect the value of our common stock.
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The failure to successfully integrate the businesses and operations of Entegris and CMC in the expected time frame may adversely affect our future results.
Entegris and CMC operated independently until the Merger was finalized. There can be no assurances that their businesses can be integrated successfully. It is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of key Entegris employees or key CMC employees, the loss of customers, the disruption of ongoing business, inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies, unexpected integration issues, higher than expected integration costs and an overall post-completion integration process that takes longer than originally anticipated. Specifically, the following issues, among others, must be addressed in integrating the operations of Entegris and CMC in order to realize the anticipated benefits of the Merger and failure to perform as expected could have an adverse impact on our common stock:
combining the companies’ operations and corporate functions;
combining the businesses of Entegris and CMC and meeting our capital requirements following the Merger in a manner that permits us to achieve any cost savings or revenue synergies anticipated to result from the Merger, the failure of which would result in the anticipated benefits of the Merger not being realized in the time frame currently anticipated or at all;
integrating personnel from the two companies;
integrating the companies’ technologies;
integrating and unifying the offerings and services available to customers;
identifying and eliminating redundant and underperforming functions and assets;
harmonizing the companies’ operating practices, employee development and compensation programs, internal controls and other policies, procedures and processes;
maintaining existing agreements with customers, distributors, providers and vendors and avoiding delays in entering into new agreements with prospective customers, distributors, providers and vendors;
addressing possible differences in business backgrounds, corporate cultures and management philosophies;
consolidating the companies’ administrative and information technology infrastructure;
coordinating distribution and marketing efforts;
managing the movement of certain positions to different locations; and
coordinating geographically dispersed organizations.
The combined company may be unable to retain Entegris and CMC personnel successfully.
The success of the combined company will depend in part on our ability to retain the talents and dedication of the professionals currently employed by us. It is possible that these employees may decide not to remain with us as a combined company. If key employees terminate their employment, or if an insufficient number of employees are retained to maintain effective operations, our business activities may be adversely affected and management’s attention may be diverted from successfully integrating Entegris and CMC to hiring suitable replacements, all of which may cause our business to suffer. In addition, we may not be able to locate suitable replacements for any key employees who leave either company or offer employment to potential replacements on reasonable terms.
The combined company’s significant debt may limit its financial flexibility.
Entegris incurred a substantial amount of debt in connection with the Merger, including a $2,495 million new term loan facility, $1.6 billion of secured notes and $895 million of senior unsecured notes. We used a portion of the proceeds from our new term loan facility to refinance and terminate our existing term loan facility and CMC’s existing credit facilities. We also increased the commitments under our revolving credit facility by $175.0 million. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2022, on a pro forma basis, we would have had approximately $5.7 billion of total debt.
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Our substantial indebtedness could have adverse effects on our financial condition and results of operations, including:
increasing our vulnerability to changing economic, regulatory and industry conditions;
limiting our ability to compete and our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry;
limiting our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders;
limiting our ability to borrow additional funds; and
increasing our interest expense and requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing funds available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, share repurchases, dividends and other purposes.
Our ability to make scheduled payments of the principal of, and to pay interest on or to refinance our indebtedness will depend on, among other factors, our financial positions and performance, as well as prevailing market conditions and other factors beyond our control. The combined business may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future sufficient to service our debt and make necessary capital expenditures and meet our other liquidity needs. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring debt or obtaining additional equity capital or debt refinancing on terms that may be onerous. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations that, if not cured or waived, could accelerate our repayment obligations under all of our outstanding debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
In addition, the level and quality of our earnings, operations, business and management, among other things, will impact the determination of our credit ratings. A decrease in the ratings assigned to Entegris by the ratings agencies may negatively impact our access to the debt capital markets and increase our cost of borrowing. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any future required financing on acceptable terms or at all. In addition, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain the current credit worthiness or prospective credit ratings. Any actual or anticipated changes or downgrades in such credit ratings may have a negative impact on our liquidity, capital position or access to capital markets.
The covenants contained in the agreements governing Entegris’ indebtedness impose restrictions on us and certain of our subsidiaries that may affect our ability to operate our businesses.
The agreements that govern our indebtedness, including the indebtedness we incurred in connection with financing the Merger, contain various affirmative and negative covenants. Such covenants, subject to certain significant exceptions, restrict the ability of Entegris and certain of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur liens, incur debt, engage in mergers, consolidations and acquisitions, transfer assets outside the ordinary course of business, make loans or other investments, pay dividends, repurchase equity interests, make other payments with respect to equity interests, repay or repurchase subordinated debt and engage in affiliate transactions. In addition, certain agreements also contain financial covenants that would require us to maintain certain financial ratios under certain circumstances. The ability of us and our subsidiaries to comply with these provisions may be affected by events beyond our control. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could accelerate our repayment obligations under all of our outstanding debt, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.
We may be exposed to increased litigation, which could have an adverse effect on our business and operations.
We may be exposed to increased litigation from stockholders, customers, suppliers, consumers and other third parties due to the combination of Entegris’ business and CMC’s business. Such litigation may have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations or may cause disruptions to our operations.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
If all the Adjusted CMC Stock Options described in this prospectus are exercised, we will receive aggregate net proceeds of up to approximately $15 million. We intend to use any such proceeds for general corporate purposes.
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CMC MATERIALS, INC. 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, EACH ASSUMED BY ENTEGRIS, INC.
Overview
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and effective as of the completion of the Merger, we assumed certain outstanding stock options held by certain former employees, non-employee directors and other eligible service providers of CMC. Those stock options were issued pursuant to the CMC Plans, and, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, became Adjusted CMC Stock Options with respect to our common stock, subject to appropriate adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price of each such Adjusted CMC Stock Option. This prospectus relates to the shares of our common stock that may be issued upon exercise or settlement of those Adjusted CMC Stock Options.
General Plan Information
Effective as of the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), the Board of Directors of Entegris (the “Board”) or a committee appointed by the Board (the “Committee”) is the administrator of the CMC Plans and the outstanding awards under the CMC Plans. No additional awards will be made under the CMC Plans.
Copies of the plan documents for the CMC Plans, any rules and regulations and other important plan information for the CMC Plans, including the original prospectuses, may be obtained by contacting Joseph Colella, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Entegris, at (978) 436-6500.
Conversion of CMC Stock Options in the Merger
How did the completion of the Merger affect my CMC stock options?
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and effective as of the Effective Time, your CMC stock options vested in full and were assumed and converted into Adjusted CMC Stock Options with respect to shares of Entegris common stock (“Shares”).
At the Effective Time, each CMC stock option issued under the CMC Plans that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time vested in full and was assumed and converted into an Adjusted CMC Stock Option to purchase, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such CMC stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time, the number of Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares) equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of CMC common stock subject to such CMC Materials stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the stock award exchange ratio (as discussed in the question below, “What is the stock award exchange ratio”), with an exercise price per Share equal to the quotient (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) obtained by dividing (1) the exercise price per share of CMC common stock subject to such CMC stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time by (2) the stock award exchange ratio.
What is the “stock award exchange ratio”?
The stock award exchange ratio is 1.8206, which is the sum of (i) 0.4506 of a Share and (ii) the quotient (rounded to the fourth decimal place) of (1) the cash consideration of $133 per share of CMC Materials common stock divided by (2) the volume weighted average price per Share (calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one cent) on the NASDAQ, for the consecutive period of ten (10) trading days beginning on the twelfth (12th) trading day immediately preceding the date of the closing of the Merger (the “Closing Date”) and concluding at the close of trading on the second (2nd) trading day immediately preceding the Closing Date.
How will a change in shares of Entegris common stock affect my options?
In the event a recapitalization, stock split, or other event affects the Shares, the Committee may, as it determines equitable, adjust the number and type of shares subject to outstanding stock options, as well as the exercise price of such stock options.
Stock Options
What is a stock option?
A stock option gives you the right to purchase Shares at the applicable exercise price.
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What are the terms of my options?
CMC originally determined the terms of your grant. At the time of grant, you were given an award agreement that set forth the original number of shares covered by the CMC stock option, the original exercise price, the expiration date, any conditions to exercise and any other terms or conditions that apply.
As discussed in the question above, “How did the completion of the Merger affect my CMC stock options?”, your CMC stock option was assumed and converted into an Adjusted CMC Stock Option in connection with the Merger, and the number of shares covered by, and exercise price of, the stock option were each adjusted in connection with the Merger.
How was the exercise price of my option originally determined?
CMC originally determined the exercise price of your CMC stock options. As discussed in the question above, “How did the completion of the Merger affect my CMC stock options?”, your CMC stock options were assumed and converted into Adjusted CMC Stock Options in connection with the Merger, and the number of shares covered by, and exercise price of, the stock options were each adjusted in connection with the Merger.
When can I exercise my options?
You may exercise your Adjusted CMC Stock Options through the expiration of your grant (see question below, “When do my options expire?”). All your Adjusted CMC Stock Options became fully vested and exercisable (subject to any applicable blackout periods or other trading restrictions) at the Effective Time.
How do I exercise my options?
If you want to exercise your Adjusted CMC Stock Options, you should access your Fidelity account at www.netbenefits.com.
When do my options expire?
Your award agreement includes this information, which may vary among your Adjusted CMC Stock Options. Please read the applicable award agreement carefully so that you understand when your Adjusted CMC Stock Options expire.
Restrictions on Transfer and Sale
Are my awards transferable?
Generally, you cannot sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise alienate or hypothecate your award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, depending on the terms of the applicable CMC Plan and/or your award agreement. Your Adjusted CMC Stock Options will be exercisable during your lifetime only by you or, if permissible under applicable law and/or your award agreement, by your guardian, legal representative or family trust.
What restrictions might apply to the Shares I acquire?
All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under the applicable CMC Plan pursuant to any award or the exercise or settlement thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the applicable CMC Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
U.S. Income Tax Implications
The discussion below is a general description of the expected U.S. federal income tax effects applicable to your Adjusted CMC Stock Options based on current law. This section only applies to your Adjusted CMC Stock Options if you are subject to U.S. taxation. The discussion does not address Social Security, state, local or
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foreign taxes, or any other tax consequences that may be relevant to you based on your particular circumstances. Because the Adjusted CMC Stock Options involve complex tax considerations, we urge you to consult your personal tax advisor before you make any decisions about your awards.
We are not guaranteeing any particular tax results related to your Adjusted CMC Stock Options. We shall withhold taxes and report income amounts to the IRS and other taxing authorities as required by applicable laws.
IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLAIMER: TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TREASURY DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 230, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT: (A) ANY DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL TAX ISSUES IN THIS COMMUNICATION (AND ATTACHMENTS) IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN BY US TO BE RELIED UPON, AND CANNOT BE RELIED UPON BY YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON YOU UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; (B) SUCH DISCUSSION IS WRITTEN AS PART OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IS BEING USED BY US IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION OR MARKETING (WITHIN THE MEANING OF CIRCULAR 230) OF THE TRANSACTIONS OR MATTERS ADDRESSED HEREIN; AND (C) YOU SHOULD SEEK ADVICE BASED ON YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.
When will I be taxed with respect to an option?
Generally, taxable income is not recognized upon the grant of a stock option. Rather, typically at the time of exercise of the stock option, you shall recognize ordinary income for income tax purposes in an amount equal to the fair market value on the date of exercise of any Shares received. We generally shall be entitled to a tax deduction at such time and in the same amount that you recognize ordinary income. Your tax basis in any Shares shall be the fair market value on the date of exercise, and if the Shares are later sold or exchanged, then the difference between the amount received upon such sale or exchange and the fair market value of the Shares on the date of exercise shall generally be taxable as long-term or short-term capital gain or loss (if the Shares are a capital asset) depending upon the length of time such shares were held by you.
Will I recognize additional income when I sell Shares acquired under an option?
Yes. You shall recognize capital gain to the extent the amount realized upon the sale of Shares exceeds their fair market value at the time you recognized the ordinary income (in general, the exercise date) with respect to their acquisition. A capital loss shall result to the extent the amount realized upon the sale is less than such fair market value. The gain or loss shall be long-term if the Shares are held for more than one year prior to the disposition.
What are the Company’s tax effects in connection with the options?
We generally shall be entitled to a deduction in the same amount and at the same time that you recognize ordinary income related to your Adjusted CMC Stock Options.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
This prospectus contains summary descriptions of the common stock that may be offered and sold from time to time. These summary descriptions are not meant to be complete descriptions of each security.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
Our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
The following description of our common stock is only a summary and is not a complete description. We refer you to the applicable provisions of our certificate of incorporation, our by-laws and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), for a complete statement of the terms and rights of our common stock. This description shall be deemed to be updated by any report or amendment thereto that we file with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description.
Common Stock

Voting Rights
Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. The common stock does not confer cumulative voting rights.
Our by-laws provide that, except as otherwise provided by law, our certificate of incorporation or our by-laws, the holders of a majority of the shares of our capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. When a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the votes properly cast upon any proposal (other than a contested election) will determine the outcome, except when a larger vote is required by law, our certificate of incorporation or our by-laws. A majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” the proposal must exceed the number of shares voted “against” the proposal. In the case of a contested election for the office of director, a plurality of the votes properly cast will elect the director. A contested election is any election where the number of nominees exceeds the number of directorships to be filled.
Dividends
Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably the dividends, if any, that are declared from time to time by the board of directors out of funds legally available for that purpose.
Liquidation Preferences
In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in any assets remaining after the payment of liabilities and the satisfaction of any preferences that may be applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock.
Rights and Preferences
Holders of common stock have no preemptive, subscription, conversion, sinking fund or redemption rights. Our outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and non-assessable. The powers, preferences and rights of the holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we designate.
Anti-Takeover Provisions

The DGCL
We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved by the
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corporation’s board of directors and/or stockholders in a prescribed manner or the person owns at least 85% of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock (excluding shares held by directors, officers and certain employee stock plans) after giving effect to the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder.
The term “business combination” includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years did own, 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock. A Delaware corporation may opt out of the application of Section 203 through a provision in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws. We have not opted out of the application of Section 203.
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
Our certificate of incorporation and by-laws include the following provisions, among others, that could discourage potential acquisition proposals and delay or prevent a change of control, whether by tender offer, proxy contest, removal of directors or otherwise:
the number of directors that constitutes the whole board of directors will be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted by the board of directors, and may not be less than three;
vacancies on our board of directors, including those resulting from an increase in the number of directors, will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the board of directors, and not by the stockholders;
a director may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote, except to the extent a different vote is required by law;
a stockholder’s notice of the stockholder’s intent to bring business before an annual meeting or to nominate a person for election to the board of directors must be received by us within strict guidelines, which may make it more difficult for stockholders to nominate candidates for director or bring items before stockholder meetings;
our certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders may not take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting;
our certificate of incorporation provides that special meetings of stockholders may be called by only our Chairman of the Board of Directors, by our Chief Executive Officer (or if there is no Chief Executive Officer, our President) or by our Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, and the business of any special meeting is limited to matters relating to the purposes stated in the notice of meeting;
our certificate of incorporation provides that our by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed by our stockholders only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote;
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote is required to amend or repeal the three preceding provisions of our certificate of incorporation relating to stockholder action by written consent, the call of special meetings and changes to our by-laws, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with the purpose or intent of those provisions;
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote is required for our stockholders to alter, amend or repeal any provision of our by-laws or to adopt new by-laws; and
our certificate of incorporation and by-laws do not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.
As noted above, our certificate of incorporation authorizes an undesignated class of preferred stock, which enables the board of directors to issue preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to change control.
Limitations of Liability; Indemnification
Our certificate of incorporation provides that, except to the extent prohibited by the DGCL, no director will be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a
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director. Our by-laws also provide that each person who is involved in any action, suit or proceeding because the person is or was one of our directors or officers will be indemnified and held harmless by us to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL and will also be entitled to advancement of expenses in specified circumstances.
Exchange Listing
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ENTG.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is EQ Shareholder Services.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
This prospectus covers the shares of our common stock that will be issued to former employees, non-employee directors and other eligible service providers of CMC, upon the exercise of certain Adjusted CMC Stock Options outstanding under the CMC Plans, which we assumed pursuant to the Merger Agreement in connection with the closing of the Merger and which are exercisable in shares of our common stock, generally subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying award agreements. Former employees include executors, administrators or beneficiaries of the estates of deceased employees, guardians or members of a committee for incompetent former employees, or similar persons duly authorized by law to administer the estate or assets of former employees and directors. We are offering these shares of our common stock directly to the holders of the Adjusted CMC Stock Options according to the terms of their award agreements. We are not using an underwriter in connection with this offering. These shares will be listed for trading on the NASDAQ.
In order to facilitate the exercise of any Adjusted CMC Stock Options, we will furnish, at our expense, such reasonable number of copies of this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus to each holder of an Adjusted CMC Stock Option as the holder may request, together with instructions that such copies be delivered to the beneficial owners of these awards.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom LLP, New York, New York, will issue an opinion about certain Delaware law matters in connection with the securities offered hereby for Entegris.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Entegris, Inc. as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2021, have been incorporated by reference here in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The audit report of Entegris, Inc. on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, contains an explanatory paragraph that states the Precision Microchemicals business acquired in the year ended December 31, 2021 was excluded by management from its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. KPMG’s audit of internal control over financial reporting of the Company also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Precision Microchemicals.
The audited historical financial statements of CMC Materials, Inc. included on page 148 of Entegris, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 2022 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14.
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The expenses relating to the registration of the securities will be borne by the registrant.
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee
$3,115.37
Accounting Fees and Expenses
$30,000
Legal Fees and Expenses
$50,000
Printing Fees
$10,000
Transfer Agent’s Fees and Expenses
$20,000
Miscellaneous
$20,000
Total
$133,115.37
Item 15.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 (“Section 145”) of the DGCL, inter alia, provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 145.
The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides that the Registrant’s directors shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the exculpation from liabilities is not permitted under the DGCL as in effect at the time such liability is determined. The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides that the corporation shall indemnify its directors to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware. In addition, the Registrant’s bylaws provide for indemnification of the registrant’s officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
All of the Registrant’s directors and officers are covered by insurance policies maintained by the Registrant against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers providing for the indemnification of such director or executive officer, as applicable, to the extent legally permissible and the payment of expenses, including counsel fees reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other proceeding in which such individual may be involved by reason of such individual being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant.
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Item 16.
List of Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibits
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2021, by and among Entegris, Inc., CMC Materials, Inc. and Yosemite Merger Sub, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 16, 2021).
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Entegris, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011).
Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008).
Form of certificate representing shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement of the registrant and Eagle DE, Inc. (No. 333-124719)).
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
CMC Materials, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan.*
Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan.*
Consent of KPMG, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).
Filing Fee Table.
*
A “management contract or compensatory plan.”
Item 17.
Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement;
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(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i)
Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and
(ii)
Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in this registration statement or prospectus that was part of this registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
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registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Billerica, State of Massachusetts on July 6, 2022.
 
ENTEGRIS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Bertrand Loy
 
Name:
Bertrand Loy
 
Title:
President, Chief Executive, Officer and Director (Principal executive officer)
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bertrand Loy, Gregory B. Graves and Joseph Colella and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting along with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to any registration statement filed under SEC Rule 462, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement on Form S-3 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 6, 2022.
Signature
Title
/s/ Bertrand Loy
 
Bertrand Loy
President, Chief Executive, Officer and Director
(Principal executive officer)
/s/ Gregory B. Graves
 
Gregory B. Graves
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal financial officer)
/s/ Michael D. Sauer
 
Michael D. Sauer
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal accounting officer)
/s/ Paul L.H. Olson
 
Paul L.H. Olson
Director, Chairman of the Board
/s/ Michael A. Bradley
 
Michael A. Bradley
Director
/s/ Rodney Clark
 
Rodney Clark
Director
/s/ James F. Gentilcore
 
James F. Gentilcore
Director
/s/ Yvette Kanouff
 
Yvette Kanouff
Director
/s/ James P. Lederer
 
James P. Lederer
Director
/s/ Azita Saleki-Gerhardt
Azita Saleki-Gerhardt
Director
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Entegris, Inc.
129 Concord Road
Billerica, MA 01821

 

Re: Entegris, Inc. —Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special United States counsel to Entegris, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offer and sale of up to 378,841 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), upon the exercise of certain outstanding stock options (the “Adjusted CMC Stock Options”) outstanding under the CMC Materials, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “CMC 2021 Plan”) and Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “CMC 2012 Plan” and together with the CMC 2021 Plan, the “CMC Plans”), that the Company assumed pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below) in connection with the closing of the Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement), which are settleable upon exercise in shares of Common Stock, generally subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying award agreements.

 

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

 

In rendering the opinions stated herein, we have examined and relied upon the following:

 

(a)          the registration statement on Form S-3ASR of the Company relating to the Common Stock of the Company to be filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”), including the information deemed to be a part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations (such registration statement being hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”);

 

(b)          the prospectus, dated the date hereof (the “Base Prospectus”), which forms a part of and is included in the Registration Statement;

 

(c)          copies of the CMC Plans;

 

 

 

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(d)          the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CMC Materials, Inc., the Company and Yosemite Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;

 

(e)          an executed copy of a certificate of Joseph Colella, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, dated the date hereof (the “Secretary’s Certificate”);

 

(f)           a copy of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of March 17, 2005, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate (the “Certificate of Incorporation”);

 

(g)          a copy of the Company’s By-laws as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate (the “By-laws”); and

 

(h)          a copy of a certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, adopted on December 14, 2021, certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate.

 

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate.

 

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties and the enforceability thereof against such parties. As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials.

 

In rendering the opinion stated herein, we have also assumed that: (i) if issued in physical form, the certificates in the form required under the DGCL (as defined below) representing the Shares will be duly executed by the authorized officers of the Company and duly executed, countersigned and registered by the transfer agent and registrar and will conform to the specimen certificate examined by us evidencing the Shares or, if issued in book-entry form, an appropriate account statement evidencing the Shares credited to the recipient’s account maintained with the Company’s transfer agent has been issued by the Company’s transfer agent; (ii) the issuance of the Shares has been properly recorded in the books and records of the Company; (iii) each award agreement pursuant to which rights to acquire Shares have been granted pursuant to the CMC Plans is consistent with the CMC Plans and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto; (iv) the consideration received by the Company for each of the Shares delivered pursuant to the CMC Plans shall not be less than the per share par value of the Shares; and (v) the issuance of the Shares does not violate or conflict with any agreement or instrument binding on the Company (except that we do not make this assumption with respect to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or those agreements or instruments expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York which are listed in Part II of the Registration Statement or the Company’s (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 or (b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 2, 2022.

 

We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company under the DGCL and, when issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the CMC Plans and the applicable award agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 

 

Entegris, Inc.
July 6, 2022

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We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in the applicable laws.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

 

LKB

 

 

 


Exhibit 10.1

CMC MATERIALS, INC. 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

1.    PURPOSE

The purpose of this CMC Materials, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”), is to advance the interests of CMC Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) and its stockholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to (a) attract and retain employees, directors, consultants and advisors who are in a position to make significant contributions to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries; (b) reward these individuals for these contributions; (c) encourage these individuals to take into account the short-term and long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders; and (d) reward individuals who have contributed, or are expected to contribute, to the Company’s success, by providing them equity and cash incentives (“Awards”).

2.    ADMINISTRATION

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company (the “Committee”). The Committee shall hold meetings at such times as the Committee shall deem necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. The Committee shall consist of at least two directors of the Company, each of whom shall be a “Non-Employee Director” as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”). Subject to applicable law, the Committee may delegate its authority under the Plan to any other person or persons, unless such delegation would cause a grant to an individual subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act to fail to qualify for the exception under Rule 16b-3 thereunder. Subject to applicable law, any authority granted to the Committee may be exercised by the full Board.

(b) No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, failure to act, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any transaction hereunder. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify each member of the Committee, and each officer or employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Committee, for all costs and expenses and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to, negotiating for the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of action or dispute of any kind arising in connection with any actions in administering this Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any transaction hereunder.

(c) Subject to the express terms and conditions set forth herein, the Committee shall have the power from time to time:

(i) to determine the employees of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Employees”), non-employee members of the board of directors of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates (“Directors”), and consultants and advisors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (“Advisors”), to whom Awards shall be granted under the Plan (any such individual, a “Participant”) and the number of shares of Stock subject to share-based Awards; to prescribe the terms and conditions (which need not be identical) of each such Award, including with respect to determining exercise prices, vesting conditions, restrictions on transfer, and, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan, whether to waive or modify such conditions (including to accelerate or waive vesting conditions); and to make any amendment or modification to any Award Agreement (as defined herein) not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan;

(ii) to construe and interpret the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder; to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, correcting any defect or supplying any omission, or reconciling any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award Agreement, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or advisable; and otherwise to give full effect to the Plan;

(iii) to exercise its discretion with respect to the powers and rights granted to it as set forth in the Plan;

(iv) to establish any “blackout” period that the Committee in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable; and

(v) generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as are deemed by it necessary or advisable to promote the best interests of the Company with respect to the Plan.

All decisions and determinations of the Committee in the exercise of the foregoing powers shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, all Participants, and all other persons claiming any interest herein. Decisions of the Committee need not be uniform with respect to each Participant or Award.

3.    EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

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The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its adoption by the Board, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders (the date of such approval by the Company’s stockholders, the “Effective Date”). No Award may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.

4.    SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

(a) Awards under the Plan shall consist of Restricted Stock, RSUs, Options, SARs, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash Incentive Awards (each as defined and described in Section 6 below).

(b) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.6, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Stock”), subject to Awards that may be delivered under the Plan is 2,125,000 shares of Stock, which is the sum of (i) 454,907 shares of Stock, and (ii) 1,670,093 shares of Stock that are available under the Second Amended and Restated CMC Materials, Inc. (f/k/a Cabot Microelectronics Corporation) 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended effective March 7, 2017 (the “Prior Plan”), as of the Effective Date, plus any shares of Stock that become available under the Prior Plan due to events such as forfeitures, cancellations, or expirations after the Effective Date. No awards shall be granted under the Prior Plan following the Effective Date.

(c) Any Stock covered by an Award which is forfeited, canceled or expires in whole or in part shall be deemed not to be delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for grants under the Plan. For purposes of determining the number of shares of Stock available for grant under the Plan, (i) if the exercise price of an Option or Stock-settled SAR is satisfied by delivering shares of Stock to the Company (by either actual delivery or by attestation), the total number of shares subject to such Option or Stock-settled SAR shall be deemed delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery pursuant to Awards under the Plan; (ii) shares subject to an Award of Options or Stock-settled SARs that are not delivered to a Participant because such shares are used to satisfy an applicable tax withholding or exercise price obligation shall be deemed delivered hereunder and shall not again be available for delivery in connection with Awards under the Plan; and (iii) shares subject to an Award under the Plan other than an Option or Stock-settled SAR that are not delivered to a Participant because such shares are used to satisfy an applicable tax withholding obligation shall be deemed delivered hereunder and shall not again be available for delivery in connection with Awards under the Plan. Shares purchased on the open market using the cash proceeds from the exercise of an Option shall not be added to the shares of Stock available for delivery hereunder in determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery pursuant to Awards under the Plan.

(d) In no event shall the Company issue ISOs (as defined herein) under the Plan covering more than 2,125,000 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.6 to the extent that such adjustment would not affect the qualification of such Awards as ISOs.

(e) No Director may receive compensation, including cash and equity-based compensation, in such capacity during any fiscal year with a value that exceeds $1,000,000 (calculating the value of any equity-based Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes). For purposes of the preceding sentence, an equity-based Award shall be deemed received upon grant (and not upon vesting or settlement) and any deferred cash compensation shall be deemed received when earned (and not when paid).

(f) Awards granted through the assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, similar awards in connection with the acquisition of another corporation or business entity (including, without limitation, Awards granted pursuant to Section 6.7) shall not be counted for purposes of applying the limitations of this Section on the number of shares of Stock available for Awards generally or any particular kind of Award under the Plan.

(g) Stock delivered under the Plan may be either from authorized but unissued Stock, from treasury shares or from shares of Stock purchased in open-market transactions and private sales.

(h) Except in the case of substitute awards granted pursuant to Sections 4(f) or 6.7 and subject to the following sentence, Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to a minimum vesting period of one (1) year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Committee may provide in an Award Agreement or following the time of grant that the vesting of an Award shall accelerate in the event of the Participant’s death, Disability, retirement, position elimination, or a termination other than for Cause, and (ii) the Committee may grant Awards covering five percent (5%) or fewer of the total number of shares of Stock authorized under the Plan without respect to the above-described minimum vesting requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Awards to Directors, the vesting of such Awards will be deemed to satisfy the one (1) year minimum vesting requirement to the extent that the Awards vest on the earlier of the one (1) year anniversary of the date of grant and the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders that is at least fifty (50) weeks after the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting.

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5.    ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

Employees, Directors, and Advisors, including prospective Employees, Directors or Advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, are eligible to receive Awards under the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, “Service” means the provision of services to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates in the capacity of (a) an Employee, (b) a Director, or (c) an Advisor. An “affiliate” for purposes of the Plan is an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company. A “subsidiary” for purposes of the Plan is an entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, equity interests possessing a majority of the total combined voting power of all classes of equity. The Committee will from time to time select the Employees, Directors and/or Advisors who are to be granted Awards.

6.    TYPES OF AWARDS

6.1.    RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.

(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. An Award of restricted stock entitles the recipient to acquire, at such time or times as the Committee may determine, shares of Stock subject to the restrictions described in paragraph (e) below (“Restricted Stock”).

(b) Nature of RSU Awards. An Award of restricted stock units entitles the recipient to acquire, at such time or times as the Committee may determine, shares of Stock subject to the restrictions described in paragraph (e) below or a cash equivalent value (“RSUs”). An RSU represents a contingent right to receive a Share or an amount equivalent in value to a Share.

(c) Payment for Restricted Stock Awards. The Committee may require, as a condition to an Award of Restricted Stock or RSUs, that a Participant deliver to the Company a purchase price in any amount set by the Committee for such Restricted Stock or RSUs.

(d) Rights as a Stockholder. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant who receives an Award of Restricted Stock will have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Stock, including voting and dividend rights; provided, that dividends credited with respect to any Award shall be subject to the same time and/or performance-based vesting conditions applicable to such Award and in such case shall, if vested, be delivered or paid at the same time as such Award is delivered or paid (or forfeited at the same time as such Award is forfeited). A Participant who receives an Award of RSUs will not have voting or dividend rights with respect to the RSUs, it being understood that this sentence shall not be construed as a limitation on the right to grant Dividend Equivalents (as defined herein) in connection with an Award of RSUs.

(e) Restrictions. The restrictions on each grant of Restricted Stock or RSUs will lapse at such time or times, and on such terms and conditions (including upon meeting pre-established performance goals), as the Committee may specify. Except as otherwise specifically provided by the Plan or by the Committee in any particular case, until these restrictions lapse, neither Restricted Stock nor RSUs may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of.

(f) Deferral. If a Participant so elects in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may specify from time to time, in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the interpretive guidance thereunder (“Section 409A”), the delivery of Restricted Stock and, if the deferral election so specifies, of the Dividend Equivalents with respect thereto, shall be deferred until the date or dates specified in such election.

(g) Section 83(b) Election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Stock under the Plan or otherwise, makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code, such Participant shall notify the Company within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Section 83(b) of the Code or any other applicable provision.

6.2.    OPTIONS.

(a) Nature of Options. An option is an Award entitling the recipient on exercise thereof to purchase shares of Stock at a specified exercise price (an “Option”). Both incentive stock options (as defined in Section 422 of the Code) (“ISOs”) and Options that are not ISOs may be granted under the Plan; provided that the Committee may award ISOs only to Employees.

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(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that the exercise price of an Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Stock on the date the Option is granted (110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant in the case of an ISO granted to an Employee who owns (within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, or of a parent or a subsidiary (such person, a “Ten Percent Stockholder”)). For purposes of this Plan, “Fair Market Value” on any date means the closing sales price of the Stock on such date on the principal national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Stock is not so listed or admitted to trading, the average of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked price on such date as quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“Nasdaq”) or such other market in which such prices are regularly quoted, or, if there have been no published bid or asked quotations with respect to shares on such date, the Fair Market Value shall be the value established by the Board in good faith and in accordance with Section 409A and, in the case of an ISO, Section 422 of the Code.

(c) Prohibition on Repricing. Except as provided in Section 8.6, any outstanding Option (i) shall not be repriced; (ii) shall not be canceled for the purpose of reissuing the Option to the Participant at a lower exercise price; and (iii) in the case of an Option that, at the time of cancellation, has an exercise price that exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying share of Stock, shall not be canceled for the purpose of exchanging the Option for any other Award and/or cash payment or otherwise be subject to any action that would be treated, under the applicable exchange listing standards or for accounting purposes, as a “repricing” of such Option, unless such amendment, cancellation, or action is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(d) Duration of Options. The latest date on which an Option may be exercised will be the tenth anniversary of the date the Option was granted (five years in the case of an ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder), or such earlier date as may have been specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement at the time the Option was granted.

(e) Vesting and Exercise of Options. An Option will become vested and exercisable at such time or times, and on such terms and conditions (including upon meeting pre-established performance goals), as the Committee may specify in the Award Agreement for such Option. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Option may be exercised.

(f) Exercise Procedures. Subject to the next following sentence, any exercise of an Option must be in writing, signed by the proper person and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by (i) any documents required by the Committee and (ii) payment in full for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised. The exercise price for any Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option may, to the extent permitted under the Award Agreement applicable to the Option or otherwise permitted by the Committee, be paid in the following forms: (1) cash; (2) the transfer, either actually or by attestation, to the Company of shares of Stock that have been held by the Participant for at least six months (or such lesser period as may be permitted by the Committee) prior to the exercise of the Option, such transfer to be upon such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee; (3) by a “net exercise” arrangement, pursuant to which the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option shall be reduced by the largest whole number of shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price (plus tax withholdings, if applicable); provided, however, that the Company shall accept a cash or other payment from the Participant to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares of Stock to be issued; (4) such other methods as the Committee makes available to Participants from time to time; or (5) a combination thereof. In addition, Options may be exercised through a registered broker-dealer pursuant to such cashless exercise procedures which are, from time to time, deemed acceptable by the Committee. Any shares of Stock transferred to the Company as payment of the exercise price under an Option shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the day of exercise of such Option. If requested by the Committee, the Participant shall deliver the Award Agreement to the Secretary of the Company who shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such Award Agreement to the Participant. No fractional shares of Stock (or cash in lieu thereof) shall be issued upon exercise of an Option, and the number of shares of Stock that may be purchased upon exercise shall be rounded to the nearest number of whole shares. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Section 6.2, if, on the date an outstanding Option would expire (other than due to a termination of Service for Cause (as defined below)), the exercise of the Option, including by a “net exercise” or cashless exercise, would violate applicable securities laws or any insider trading policy maintained by the Company from time to time, the expiration date applicable to the Option will be extended to a date that is the earlier of (i) thirty (30) calendar days after the date the exercise of the Option would no longer violate applicable securities laws or any such insider trading policy and (ii) the expiration of the original term of the Option.

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(g) Exercise Limit. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of the grant) of shares of Stock with respect to which ISOs granted under the Plan and “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) granted under all other plans of the Company or its subsidiaries (in either case determined without regard to this Section 6.2(f)) are exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, such ISOs shall be treated as Options that are not ISOs. In applying the limitation in the preceding sentence in the case of multiple Options, Options that are intended to be ISOs shall be treated as Options which are not ISOs according to the order in which they were granted, such that the most recently granted Options are first treated as Options that are not ISOs.

(h) ISO Exercise. An ISO must be exercised, if at all, within three months after the Participant’s termination of Service for a reason other than death or Disability and within twelve months after the Participant’s termination of Service for death or Disability. For purposes of this Plan, “Disability” is defined as permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

6.3.    STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

(a) Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. A stock appreciation right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive upon exercise thereof payment of an amount determined by multiplying the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the SAR, by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the SAR is exercised (a “SAR”). The payment upon exercise of a SAR may be made in Stock, cash, or a combination of Stock and cash, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price of a SAR shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that the exercise price of a SAR shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Stock on the date the SAR is granted.

(c) Prohibition on Repricing. Except as provided in Section 8.6, any outstanding SAR (i) shall not be repriced; (ii) shall not be canceled for the purpose of reissuing the SAR to the Participant at a lower exercise price; and (iii) in the case of a SAR that, at the time of cancellation, has an exercise price that exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying share of Stock, shall not be canceled for the purpose of exchanging the SAR for any other Award and/or cash payment or otherwise be subject to any action that would be treated, under the applicable exchange listing standards or for accounting purposes, as a “repricing” of such SAR, unless such amendment, cancellation, or action is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(d) Duration of SARs. The latest date on which a SAR may be exercised will be the tenth anniversary of the date the SAR was granted, or such earlier date as may have been specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement at the time the SAR was granted.

(e) Exercise of SARs. A SAR will become exercisable at such time or times, and on such terms and conditions (including upon meeting pre-established performance goals), as the Committee may specify in the Award Agreement for such SAR. The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the SAR may be exercised. Any exercise of a SAR must be in writing, signed by the proper person and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by any documents required by the Committee. If requested by the Committee, the Participant shall deliver the Award Agreement to the Secretary of the Company who shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such Award Agreement to the Participant. No fractional shares of Stock (or cash in lieu thereof) shall be issued upon exercise of a SAR, and the number of shares of Stock that may be acquired upon exercise shall be rounded to the nearest number of whole shares.

6.4.    PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS.

(a) Nature of Performance Shares and Performance Units. A performance share is an Award with an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant (a “Performance Share”), and a performance unit is an Award with an initial value determined by the Committee on the date of grant (a “Performance Unit”), in each case, that entitles the recipient to receive payment upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions determined by the Committee. Payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units may be made in Stock, cash, or a combination of Stock and cash, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

(b) Performance Goals. The Committee shall determine the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units, the length of the performance period, and the other terms and conditions of each Award.

6.5.    CASH INCENTIVE AWARDS.

(a) Nature of Cash Incentive Awards. A cash incentive award is an Award denominated in cash that entitles the recipient to an amount (payable in cash or a share-based Award as described below) upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions determined by the Committee, which may include annual performance goals and periods (“Cash Incentive Award”). A Cash Incentive Award may be satisfied in cash or, if the Committee so determines, by a grant of share-based Awards under the Plan with such terms and conditions as the Committee determines, or a combination of cash or share-based Awards.

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(b) Performance Goals. The Committee shall determine the amount of the Cash Incentive Award, the length of the performance period, and the terms and conditions of each Cash Incentive Award, including the form of payment.

6.6.    OTHER-STOCK BASED AWARDS.

An “Other Stock-Based Award” is an Award that is not Restricted Stock, an RSU, an Option, a SAR, a Performance Share, a Performance Unit, or a Cash Incentive Award, but that is either a share of Stock valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based upon, Stock, including, without limitation, unrestricted stock and convertible debentures.

6.7.    SUBSTITUTE AWARDS.

(a) In connection with any acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Committee may grant Awards to persons who became Employees, Directors or Advisors in connection with such acquisition in substitution for equity incentives held by them in the seller or acquired entity. In such case the Committee may set the prices and other terms of the substitute Awards at such amounts and in such manner as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate and equitable or otherwise to provide such incentives as the Committee may determine are appropriate.

(b) Unless required by applicable law, any substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 6.7 shall not count toward the share limitation set forth in Section 4(b).

7.    EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS

7.1.    TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

Unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement, an Award shall immediately terminate on the date a Participant’s Service terminates, and (a) any Options or SARs held by a Participant shall not be exercisable and all rights of the Participant with respect thereto shall immediately terminate, (b) any shares of Restricted Stock or RSUs with respect to which the restrictions have not lapsed shall be immediately forfeited, and (c) any Performance Shares, Performance Units or Cash Incentive Awards shall be immediately forfeited.

7.2.    TERMINATION OF AWARD.

The Company may terminate, cancel, rescind, recover, or revoke an Award immediately under certain circumstances, including, but not limited to a Participant’s:

(a) actions constituting “Cause”, which shall have the meaning provided under an employment, consulting or other agreement, including an Award Agreement, between a Participant and the Company, or if there is no such meaning provided under such agreement or no such agreement, shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) conviction of or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere with respect to a crime, whether or not connected with the Company; (ii) commission of any act of fraud with respect to the Company; (iii) theft, embezzlement or misappropriation of any property of the Company; (iv) excessive absenteeism (other than as resulting from Disability); (v) failure to observe or comply with any Company work rules, policies, procedures, guidelines or standards of conduct which the Company has adopted for the regulation of the general conduct of its employees, as generally known to the employees of the Company or evidenced by the terms of any employee handbook, written memorandums or written policy statements; (vi) continued willful refusal to carry out and perform the material duties and responsibilities of a Participant’s position, excluding nonperformance resulting from Disability; or (vii) any other conduct or act determined to be injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any interest of the Company (in each case as determined in good faith by the Company);

(b) rendering of services for a competitor prior to, or within six (6) months after, the exercise of any Option or SAR or the termination of Participant’s Service with the Company;

(c) unauthorized disclosure of any confidential/proprietary information of the Company to any third party;

(d) failure to comply with the Company’s policies regarding the identification, disclosure and protection of intellectual property;

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(e) violation of the Proprietary Rights Agreement/CMC Materials, Inc. Employee Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and Non-Competition Agreement for Employees signed by the Participant (or any predecessor agreement thereto); or

(f) violation of the CMC Materials, Inc. Code of Business Conduct (or any predecessor Company policy thereto), including those provisions related to financial reporting.

The existence of any such circumstances shall be determined in good faith by the Company.

In the event of any termination, cancellation, rescission, recovery, or revocation, the Participant shall return to the Company any Stock received pursuant to an Award, or pay to the Company the amount of any gain realized on the sale of any such Stock, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be required, and the Company shall be entitled to set off against the amount of any such gain any amount owed to the Participant by the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7.2 shall not be applicable to any Participant following a Change in Control, other than to the extent the applicable Award Agreement or other terms governing an individual Award provide for forfeiture or termination upon a Participant’s termination of Service for Cause. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, following a Change in Control, any determination by the Committee as to whether “Cause” exists shall be subject to de novo review.

7.3. CHANGE IN CONTROL. Unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement or another written agreement between the Company or a subsidiary on the one hand, and a Participant on the other hand, in the event of a Change in Control, the following provisions will apply:

(a) the Committee may provide that any or all outstanding Awards shall be assumed and continued or an equivalent award substituted by the Company’s successor or a parent or subsidiary of such successor in connection with such Change in Control transaction; provided, however, that if within two (2) years following such Change in Control, a Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company or its successor without Cause or the Participant resigns for “Good Reason,” to the extent that the Participant is subject to written agreement with the Company or a subsidiary that contains a “Good Reason” definition, any Awards not previously vested shall immediately become vested and/or exercisable (and any applicable performance goals shall be deemed achieved at the greater of (x) target or (y) actual performance through the date of such termination); and

(b) with respect to such outstanding Awards that are not assumed and continued or an equivalent award is not substituted by the Company’s successor or a parent or subsidiary of such successor in connection with such Change in Control transaction, then any such Awards that have not previously vested shall immediately become vested and/or exercisable (and any applicable performance goals shall be deemed achieved at the greater of (x) target or (y) actual performance through the date of such Change in Control).

8.    GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1.    DOCUMENTATION OF AWARDS.

Awards may be evidenced by written or electronic instruments prescribed by the Committee from time to time (each such instrument, an “Award Agreement”). Award Agreements may be in the form of agreements, to be executed by both the Participant and the Company, or certificates, letters or similar instruments, and may be provided in electronic form, acceptance of which will evidence agreement to the terms thereof and hereof.

8.2.    RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER; DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS.

(a) Rights as Stockholder. Except as specifically provided by the Plan or an Award Agreement, the receipt of an Award will not give a Participant rights as a stockholder, and the Participant will obtain such rights, subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the Award Agreement, only upon actual receipt of Stock.

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(b) Dividend Equivalents. The Committee may, on such conditions as it deems appropriate, provide in an Award Agreement that a Participant will receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would have been payable on any or all Stock subject to the Participant’s Award had such Stock been outstanding. Without limitation, the Committee may provide for payment to the Participant of amounts representing dividends on such Award (other than Options and SARS) (such amounts, “Dividend Equivalents”), either currently or in the future, or for the investment of such amounts on behalf of the Participant (including in the form of additional Awards of the same type as the underlying Award giving rise to the Dividend Equivalent); provided that the Committee shall design such payment to be exempt from or, in the alternative, to comply with, Section 409A. Any Dividend Equivalents credited with respect to any Award shall be subject to the same time and/or performance-based vesting conditions applicable to such Award and in such case shall, if vested, be delivered or paid at the same time as such Award is delivered or paid (or forfeited at the same time as such Award is forfeited). To the extent provided in an Award Agreement, reinvestment of dividend payments in additional Awards at the time of any dividend payment shall only be permissible if sufficient shares of Stock are available under Section 4(b) for such reinvestment (taking into account then-outstanding Awards). If sufficient shares of Stock are not available for such reinvestment, such reinvestment shall be made in the form of a grant of RSUs equal in number to the shares of Stock that would have been obtained by such reinvestment, the terms of which RSUs shall provide for settlement in cash and for Dividend Equivalent reinvestment in further RSUs on the terms contemplated by this Section 8.2(b).

8.3.    CONDITIONS ON DELIVERY OF STOCK.

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock, whether by electronic book entry or in certificate form, pursuant to the Plan or to remove any restriction from shares of Stock previously delivered under the Plan (a) until all conditions of the Award have been satisfied or removed, (b) until, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all applicable federal and state laws and regulations have been complied with, (c) if the outstanding Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange, until the shares to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange upon official notice of notice of issuance and (d) until all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been approved by the Company’s counsel. If the sale of Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a condition to exercise of the Award, such representations or agreements as counsel for the Company may consider appropriate to avoid violation of such Act and may require that the certificates evidencing such Stock bear an appropriate legend restricting transfer.

8.4.    TAX WITHHOLDING.

(a) The Company may withhold from any payment made pursuant to an Award an amount as may be necessary and sufficient to satisfy all federal, state, local, and other applicable tax withholding requirements (the “Withholding Requirements”).

(b) The Committee will have the right to require that the Participant or other appropriate person remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy the Withholding Requirements, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee with regard to such requirements, prior to the delivery of any Stock. If and to the extent that any such withholding is required, the Committee may permit the Participant or such other person to elect at such time and in such manner as the Committee provides to have the Company hold back from the shares to be delivered, or to deliver to the Company, Stock having a value calculated to satisfy the Withholding Requirements; provided, however, unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement or subsequently determined by the Committee, with respect to a Participant subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the withholding of Shares by the Company or any of its Affiliates to satisfy tax, exercise price or other withholding obligations in respect of an Award shall be mandatory. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy the Withholding Requirements by tendering shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld or such other greater amount up to the maximum statutory rate under applicable law, as applicable to such Participant, if such other greater amount would not result in adverse financial accounting treatment, as determined by the Committee (including in connection with the effectiveness of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2016-09).

(c) With respect to the exercise of ISOs, the Committee may require as a condition of exercise that the person exercising the ISO agree (i) to inform the Company promptly of any disposition of Stock received upon exercise of the ISO, and (ii) if the Company determines that it could be liable for Withholding Requirements with respect to a disposition of the Stock received upon exercise, to give such security as the Committee deems adequate to meet the potential liability of the Company for the Withholding Requirements and to augment such security from time to time in any amount reasonably deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve the adequacy of such security.

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8.5.    NONTRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS.

No Award shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an ISO, pursuant to a domestic relations order (within the meaning of Rule 16a-12 promulgated under the Exchange Act), and an Option or SAR shall be exercisable during the lifetime of such Participant only by such Participant or such Participant’s executor or administrator or by the person or persons to whom the Option or SAR is transferred by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution (such person, the Participant’s “Legal Representative”). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Committee may in a manner consistent with applicable law set forth in an Award Agreement evidencing an Award (other than an ISO), or may otherwise provide, that the Award may be transferred to members of the Participant’s immediate family, to trusts solely for the benefit of such immediate family members and to partnerships in which such family members and/or trusts are the only partners, and for purposes of this Plan, such a transferee of an Award shall be deemed to be the Participant. For this purpose, “immediate family” shall refer only to the Participant’s spouse, parents, children, stepchildren and grandchildren and the spouses of such parents, children, stepchildren and grandchildren. The terms of an Award shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Participant.

8.6.    ADJUSTMENTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

In the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, disaffiliation of a subsidiary or affiliate, or similar event affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Corporate Transaction”), the Committee or the Board may in its discretion make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (ii) the various maximum limitations set forth in Section 4 upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (iii) the number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities subject to outstanding Awards; and (iv) the exercise price of outstanding Options and SARs. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, separation, spinoff, reorganization, extra-ordinary dividend of cash or other property, share combination, or recapitalization or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Company (each, a “Share Change”), the Committee or the Board shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (A) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (B) the various maximum limitations set forth in Section 4 upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (C) the number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities subject to outstanding Awards; and (D) the exercise price of outstanding Options and SARs. In the case of Corporate Transactions, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (1) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion (it being understood that in the case of a Corporate Transaction with respect to which stockholders of Stock receive consideration other than publicly traded equity securities of the ultimate surviving entity, any such determination by the Committee that the value of an Option or SAR shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock pursuant to such Corporate Transaction over the exercise price of such Option or SAR shall conclusively be deemed valid); provided, that in the event of the cancellation of such Awards pursuant to this clause (1), the Awards shall vest in full immediately prior to the consummation of such Corporate Transaction; (2) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company) for the shares of Stock subject to outstanding Awards; and (3) in connection with any disaffiliation of a subsidiary or affiliate, arranging for the assumption of Awards, or replacement of Awards with new awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company), by the affected subsidiary, affiliate, or division or by the entity that controls such subsidiary, affiliate, or division following such disaffiliation of a subsidiary or affiliate (as well as any corresponding adjustments to Awards that remain based upon Company securities).

8.7.    PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS.

Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of Awards will confer upon any person any right to continued employment or Service with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate or affect in any way the right of the Company any subsidiary or affiliate to terminate an employment or Service relationship at any time.

8.8.    SUCCESSORS.

All obligations of the Company under the Plan or any Award Agreement will be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of the successor results from a direct or indirect purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s shares, or a merger, consolidation, or otherwise.

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8.9.    SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

8.10.    REQUIREMENTS OF LAW.

The granting of Awards and the issuance of Share and/or cash payouts under the Plan will be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to any approvals by governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

8.11.    SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE.

As to any individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer, director or ten percent beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, all as defined under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule. To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Board fails to so comply, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Board.

8.12.    AWARDS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS AND EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

To the extent the Board deems it necessary, appropriate or desirable to comply with foreign law or practice and to further the purposes of this Plan, the Board may, without amending the Plan, (i) establish rules applicable to Awards granted to Participants who are foreign nationals, are employed or providing Service outside the United States, or both, including rules that differ from those set forth in this Plan, and (ii) grant Awards to such Participants in accordance with those rules that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

8.13.    GOVERNING LAW.

To the extent not preempted by federal law, the Plan and all agreements hereunder will be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to its conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction. All references to statutory provisions and related regulatory provisions used herein shall include any similar or successor provisions. The jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce (or otherwise relating to), this Plan shall be exclusively in the courts in the State of Illinois, County of Cook, including the Federal Courts located therein (should Federal jurisdiction exist).

8.14.    SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, all Awards made under this Plan are intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with, Section 409A and the interpretive guidance thereunder, including the exceptions for stock rights and short-term deferrals. The Plan shall be construed, administered and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Each payment under an Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. With respect to a Cash Incentive Award, the cash portion will be paid, and the grant of any portion payable as a share-based Award will be awarded, not later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable performance period ended. In no event may a Participant, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under any Award that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code.

(b) If a Participant is a “specified employee” (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 409A) at the time of his or her termination of Service, no amount that is nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A and that becomes payable by reason of such termination of Service shall be paid to the Participant (or in the event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s representative or estate) before the earlier of (i) the first business day after the date that is six months following the date of the Participant’s termination of Service, and (ii) within 30 days following the date of the Participant’s death. For purposes of Section 409A, a termination of Service shall be deemed to occur only if it is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and references in the Plan and any Award Agreement to “termination of Service” or similar terms shall mean a “separation from service.” If any Award is or becomes subject to Section 409A, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise, such Award shall be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.

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(c) With respect to any Award that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, a Change in Control shall not constitute a settlement or distribution event with respect to such Award, or an event that otherwise changes the timing of settlement or distribution of such Award, unless the Change in Control also constitutes an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall have no bearing on whether an Award vests pursuant to the terms of the Plan or the applicable Award.

(d) Any adjustments made pursuant to Section 8.6 to Awards that are subject to Section 409A shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A, and any adjustments made pursuant to Section 8.6 to Awards that are not subject to Section 409A shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either (i) continue not to be subject to Section 409A or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

8.15.    ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION.

All Awards shall be subject to any incentive compensation recoupment or “clawback” policy established and amended from time to time by the Company, including any such policy established to comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or as determined by the Company from time to time to comport with good corporate governance practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to applicable law, this Section 8.15 shall not be applicable to any Participant following a Change in Control.

8.16.    UNFUNDED PLAN.

It is presently intended that the Plan shall be unfunded. Except for reserving a sufficient number of authorized shares of Stock, to the extent required by law to meet the requirements of the Plan, the Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the delivery of shares of Stock relating to Awards granted pursuant to the Plan.

9.    DISCONTINUANCE, CANCELLATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

(a) The Committee may at any time discontinue granting Awards under the Plan. The Board or the Committee may at any time or times amend the Plan or any outstanding Award; provided that no such amendment (other than an amendment made to comply with applicable law, including without limitation Section 409A, stock exchange listing standards or accounting rules) would materially and adversely affect the rights of a Participant with respect to a previously granted Award without such Participant’s consent. The Committee may at any time terminate the Plan as to any further grants of Awards. Except to the extent expressly required or permitted by the Plan, no amendment to the Plan or any outstanding Award will, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, (a) increase the maximum number of shares available under the Plan, (b) extend the time within which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (c) permit the Company to reprice any outstanding Option or SAR under the Plan, (d) otherwise effect an action that would require stockholder approval under applicable law or the listing standards of Nasdaq or (e) amend the provisions of this Section 9, and no amendment or termination of the Plan may materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant (without his or her consent) under any Award previously granted.

(b) Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A; provided, however, that the Committee makes no representations that Awards granted under the Plan shall be exempt from or comply with Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A or additional tax, interest or penalties thereunder from applying to Awards granted under the Plan.

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APPENDIX A TO 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(a) any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act (a “Person”) (other than (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or (iv) any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), together with all “Affiliates” and “Associates” (as such terms are used in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act) of such person, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of 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 that this paragraph shall not apply to an acquisition directly from the Company or to an acquisition incident to a Business Combination that satisfies exceptions (i) through - (iii) of paragraph (b) below;

(b) the consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange 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 or securities of another entity by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than sixty percent (60%) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a noncorporate 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 noncorporate entity, equivalent securities), as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including an entity that, 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; (ii) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, thirty percent (30%) or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a noncorporate 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 (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or, for a noncorporate entity, equivalent body or committee) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors (as defined below) at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination;

(c) during any period of two consecutive years from and after the Effective Date), individuals who as of the Effective Date constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has conducted or threatened a proxy contest, or has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this definition) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (such directors, “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; or

(d) the sale or disposition by the Company of all of substantially all of the assets of the Company or the complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

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Exhibit 10.2

 

CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION

2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

(as amended effective March 7, 2017)

 

1. PURPOSE

 

The purpose of this Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), is to advance the interests of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (the “Company”) and its stockholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to (a) attract and retain employees, directors, consultants and advisors who are in a position to make significant contributions to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries; (b) reward these individuals for these contributions; (c) encourage these individuals to take into account the short-term and long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders; and (d) reward individuals who have contributed, or are expected to contribute, to the Company’s success, by providing them equity and cash incentives (“Awards”).

 

2. ADMINISTRATION

 

(a)          The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company (the “Committee”).  The Committee shall hold meetings at such times as the Committee shall deem necessary for the proper administration of the Plan.  The Committee shall consist of at least two directors of the Company, each of whom shall be a “Non-Employee Director” as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and (ii) to the extent necessary for any Award intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to so qualify, each member of the Committee shall be an “outside director” (as defined in Section 162(m) and the regulations promulgated thereunder).  Subject to applicable law, the Committee may delegate its authority under the Plan to any other person or persons other than with respect to grants to individuals subject to  Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

 

(b)          No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, failure to act, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any transaction hereunder.  The Company hereby agrees to indemnify each member of the Committee for all costs and expenses and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to, negotiating for the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of action or dispute of any kind arising in connection with any actions in administering this Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any transaction hereunder.

 

(c)          Subject to the express terms and conditions set forth herein, the Committee shall have the power from time to time:

 

(i)          to determine the employees of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Employees”), non-employee members of the board of directors of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates (“Directors”), and consultants and advisors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (“Advisors”), to whom Awards shall be granted under the Plan (any such individual, a “Participant”) and the number of shares of Stock subject to share-based Awards; to prescribe the terms and conditions (which need not be identical) of each such Award, including with respect to determining exercise prices, vesting conditions, restrictions on transfer, and, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan, whether to waive or modify such conditions (including to accelerate or waive vesting conditions); and to make any amendment or modification to any Award Agreement (as defined herein) consistent with the terms of the Plan;

 

(ii)          to construe and interpret the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder; to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, correcting any defect or supplying any omission, or reconciling any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award Agreement, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or advisable; and otherwise to give full effect to the Plan;

 

(iii)          to exercise its discretion with respect to the powers and rights granted to it as set forth in the Plan;

 

(iv)          to establish any “blackout” period that the Committee in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable; and

 

(v)          generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as are deemed by it necessary or advisable to promote the best interests of the Company with respect to the Plan.

 

All decisions and determinations of the Committee in the exercise of the foregoing powers shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, all Participants, and all other persons claiming any interest herein.

 

3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

 

The Plan, as amended through March 7, 2017, was originally effective as of January 16, 2012, the date of its adoption by the Board (the “Effective Date”), subject to approval  by the Company’s stockholders.  No Award may be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.

 

 

 

4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

(a)          Awards under the Plan shall consist of Restricted Stock, RSUs, Options, SARs, Performance Shares, Performance Units, and Cash Incentive Awards (each as defined and described in Section 6 below).

 

(b)          Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.6: (i) the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Stock”), subject to Awards that may initially be delivered under the Plan is 2,901,360, plus any shares of Stock that are or become available under the Second Amended and Restated Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, As Amended and Restated September 23, 2008 (the “Prior Plan”), on or after the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders; (ii) the maximum number of shares of Stock and share equivalent units that may be granted during any calendar year to any one Participant under Awards other than Options, SARs, or Cash Incentive Awards, in the aggregate, is 435,204, to the extent such Awards are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, which limit shall apply regardless of whether the Award(s) are paid in Stock or cash; (iii) the maximum number of shares of Stock and share equivalent units that may be granted during any calendar year to any one Participant under Options and SARs, in the aggregate, is 435,204; and (iv) in no event shall the Company issue more than 2,030,952 shares of Stock in the aggregate under Awards other than Options, SARs, and Cash Incentive Awards under the Plan.  No awards shall be granted under the Prior Plan following the date the Plan is initially approved by the Company’s stockholders. For the avoidance of doubt, each limit on shares of Stock and share equivalent units described in this Section 4(b) reflects the adjustment previously made in accordance with the Plan’s terms following the Company’s leveraged recapitalization with a special cash dividend completed on March 2, 2012.

 

(c)          Any Stock covered by an Award which is forfeited, canceled or expires in whole or in part shall be deemed not to be delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for grants under the Plan.  For purposes of determining the number of shares of Stock available for grant under the Plan, (i) if the exercise price of an Option or Stock-settled SAR (including any Option or Stock-settled SAR granted under the Prior Plan) is satisfied by delivering shares of Stock to the Company (by either actual delivery or by attestation), the total number of shares subject to such Option or Stock-settled SAR shall be deemed delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares available for delivery pursuant to Awards under the Plan; (ii) shares subject to an Award of Options or Stock-settled SARs (including any Option or Stock-settled SAR granted under the Prior Plan) that are not delivered to a Participant because such shares are used to satisfy an applicable tax withholding or exercise price obligation shall be deemed delivered hereunder and shall not again be available for delivery in connection with Awards; and (iii) shares subject to an Award other than an Option or Stock-settled SAR (including an Award granted under the Prior Plan) that are not delivered to a Participant because such shares are used to satisfy an applicable tax withholding obligation shall be deemed delivered hereunder and shall not again be available for delivery in connection with Awards. Shares purchased on the open market using the cash proceeds from the exercise of an Option (including any Option granted under the Prior Plan) shall not be added to the shares of Stock available for delivery hereunder in determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery pursuant to Awards under the Plan.

 

(d)          In no event shall the Company issue ISOs (as defined herein) under the Plan covering more than 2,538,690 shares of Stock (which number reflects the adjustment previously made in accordance with the Plan following the Company’s leveraged recapitalization with a special cash dividend completed on March 2, 2012), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8.6 to the extent that such adjustment would not affect the qualification of such Awards as ISOs.

 

(e)          Awards granted through the assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, similar awards in connection with the acquisition of another corporation or business entity shall not be counted for purposes of applying the limitations of this Section on numbers of shares of Stock available for Awards generally or any particular kind of Award under the Plan.

 

(f)          Stock delivered under the Plan may be either from authorized but unissued Stock, from treasury shares or from shares of Stock purchased in open-market transactions and private sales.

 

5. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

Employees, Directors, and Advisors, who in the opinion of the Committee are in a position to make a significant contribution to the success of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, are eligible to receive Awards under the Plan.  For purposes of the Plan, “Service” means the provision of services to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates in the capacity of (a) an Employee, (b) a Director, or (c) an Advisor.  An “affiliate” for purposes of the Plan is an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company.  A “subsidiary” for purposes of the Plan is an entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, equity interests possessing a majority of the total combined voting power of all classes of equity.  The Committee will from time to time select the Employees, Directors and/or Advisors who are to be granted Awards.

 

6. TYPES OF AWARDS

 

6.1. RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS.

 

(a)          Nature of Restricted Stock Awards.  An Award of restricted stock entitles the recipient to acquire, at such time or times as the Committee may determine, shares of Stock subject to the restrictions described in paragraph (e) below (“Restricted Stock”).

 

(b)          Nature of Restricted Stock Unit Awards.  An Award of restricted stock units entitles the recipient to acquire, at such time or times as the Committee may determine, shares of Stock subject to the restrictions described in paragraph (e) below (“RSUs”).  An RSU represents a contingent right to receive a Share or an amount equivalent in value to a Share.

 

(c)          Payment for Restricted Stock Awards.  The Committee may require, as a condition to an Award of Restricted Stock or RSUs, that a Participant deliver to the Company a purchase price in any amount set by the Committee for such Restricted Stock or RSUs.

 

(d)          Rights as a Stockholder.  A Participant who receives an Award of Restricted Stock will have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Stock, including voting and dividend rights, subject to the restrictions described in paragraph (f) below and any other conditions imposed by the Committee in the Award Agreement at the time of grant.  The Award Agreement evidencing an Award of RSUs shall specify whether the Participant is entitled to any voting rights or to receive any dividends on the shares of Stock underlying the RSUs.  Subject to Section 8.2, an Award of Restricted Stock or RSUs may provide for the right to receive Dividend Equivalents (as defined herein).

 

 

 

(e)          Restrictions.  The restrictions on each grant of Restricted Stock or RSUs will lapse at such time or times, and on such terms and conditions (including upon meeting pre-established performance goals), as the Committee may specify.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by the Plan or by the Committee in any particular case, until these restrictions lapse, neither Restricted Stock nor RSUs may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of.  If the Participant’s Service terminates before such restrictions have lapsed, the Company shall have the right to repurchase the Restricted Stock for the amount of any consideration (excluding services) it received for the Restricted Stock plus, if the Committee shall so determine, an amount equal to the Withholding Requirements met by the Participant in connection with the sale of the Stock, or for such other consideration as the Committee shall determine, including for no consideration if no consideration other than services was paid for such Restricted Stock.

 

(f)          Deferral.  If a Participant so elects in accordance with such procedures as the Committee may specify from time to time, in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the interpretive guidance thereunder (“Section 409A”), the delivery of Restricted Stock and, if the deferral election so specifies, of the Dividend Equivalents with respect thereto, shall be deferred until the date or dates specified in such election.

 

(g)          Section 83(b) Election.  If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Stock under the Plan or otherwise, makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code, such Participant shall notify the Company within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Section 83(b) of the Code or any other applicable provision.

 

6.2. OPTIONS.

 

(a)          Nature of Options.  An option is an Award entitling the recipient on exercise thereof to purchase shares of Stock at a specified exercise price (an “Option”).  Both incentive stock options (as defined in Section 422 of the Code) (“ISOs”) and Options that are not ISOs may be granted under the Plan; provided that the Committee may award ISOs only to Employees.

 

(b)          Exercise Price.  The exercise price of an Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that the exercise price of an Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Stock on the date the Option is granted (110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant in the case of an ISO granted to an Employee who owns (within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, or of a parent or a subsidiary (such person, a “Ten Percent Stockholder”)).  For purposes of this Plan, “Fair Market Value” on any date means the closing sales price of the Stock on such date on the principal national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Stock is not so listed or admitted to trading, the average of the per share closing bid price and per share closing asked price on such date as quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“Nasdaq”) or such other market in which such prices are regularly quoted, or, if there have been no published bid or asked quotations with respect to shares on such date, the Fair Market Value shall be the value established by the Board in good faith and in accordance with Section 409A and, in the case of an ISO, Section 422 of the Code.  Except for adjustment as provided in Section 8.6, any outstanding Option (i) shall not be repriced; (ii) shall not be canceled for the purpose of reissuing the Option to the Participant at a lower exercise price; and (iii) in the case of an Option that, at the time of cancellation, has an exercise price that exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying share of Stock, shall not be canceled for the purpose of exchanging the Option for any other Award and/or cash payment.

 

(c)          Duration of Options.  The latest date on which an Option may be exercised will be the tenth anniversary of the date the Option was granted (five years in the case of an ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder), or such earlier date as may have been specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement at the time the Option was granted.

 

(d)          Vesting and Exercise of Options.  An Option will become vested and exercisable at such time or times, and on such terms and conditions (including upon meeting pre-established performance goals), as the Committee may specify in the Award Agreement for such Option.  The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the Option may be exercised.

 

(e)          Exercise Procedures. Subject to the next following sentence, any exercise of an Option must be in writing, signed by the proper person and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by (i) any documents required by the Committee and (ii) payment in full for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised.  The exercise price for any Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option may, if permitted under the Award Agreement applicable to the Option, be paid in the following forms: (1) cash; (2) the transfer, either actually or by attestation, to the Company of shares of Stock that have been held by the Participant for at least six months (or such lesser period as may be permitted by the Committee) prior to the exercise of the Option, such transfer to be upon such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee; (3) by a “net exercise” arrangement, pursuant to which the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option shall be reduced by the largest whole number of shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price (plus tax withholdings, if applicable); provided, however, that the Company shall accept a cash or other payment from the Participant to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares of Stock to be issued; (4) such other methods as the Committee makes available to Participants from time to time; or (5) a combination thereof.  In addition, Options may be exercised through a registered broker-dealer pursuant to such cashless exercise procedures which are, from time to time, deemed acceptable by the Committee.  Any shares of Stock transferred to the Company as payment of the exercise price under an Option shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the day of exercise of such Option.  If requested by the Committee, the Participant shall deliver the Award Agreement to the Secretary of the Company who shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such Award Agreement to the Participant. No fractional shares of Stock (or cash in lieu thereof) shall be issued upon exercise of an Option, and the number of shares of Stock that may be purchased upon exercise shall be rounded to the nearest number of whole shares. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Section 6.2, if, on the date an outstanding Option would expire (other than due to a termination of Service for Cause (as defined below)), the exercise of the Option, including by a “net exercise” or cashless exercise, would violate applicable securities laws or any insider trading policy maintained by the Company from time to time, the expiration date applicable to the Option will be extended to a date that is the earlier of (i) thirty (30) calendar days after the date the exercise of the Option would no longer violate applicable securities laws or any such insider trading policy and (ii) the expiration of the original term of the Option.

 

(f)          Exercise Limit.  To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of the grant) of shares of Stock with respect to which ISOs granted under the Plan and “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) granted under all other plans of the Company or its subsidiaries (in either case determined without regard to this Section 6.2(f)) are exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, such ISOs shall be treated as Options that are not ISOs.  In applying the limitation in the preceding sentence in the case of multiple Options, Options that are intended to be ISOs shall be treated as Options which are not ISOs according to the order in which they were granted, such that the most recently granted Options are first treated as Options that are not ISOs.

 

(g)          ISO Exercise. An ISO must be exercised, if at all, within three months after the Participant’s termination of Service for a reason other than death or Disability and within twelve months after the Participant’s termination of Service for death or Disability.  For purposes of this Plan, “Disability” is defined as permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

 

 

6.3. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

 

(a)          Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights.  A stock appreciation right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive upon exercise thereof payment of an amount determined by multiplying the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the SAR, by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the SAR is exercised (a “SAR”).  The payment upon exercise of a SAR may be made in Stock, cash, or a combination of Stock and cash, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

 

(b)          Exercise Price.  The exercise price of a SAR shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in an applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that the exercise price of a SAR shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Stock on the date the SAR is granted.   Except for adjustment as provided in Section 8.6, any outstanding SAR (i) shall not be repriced; (ii) shall not be canceled for the purpose of reissuing the SAR to the Participant at a lower exercise price; and (iii) in the case of a SAR that, at the time of cancellation, has an exercise price that exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying share of Stock, shall not be canceled for the purpose of exchanging the SAR for any other Award and/or cash payment.

 

(c)          Duration of SARs.  The latest date on which a SAR may be exercised will be the tenth anniversary of the date the SAR was granted, or such earlier date as may have been specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement at the time the SAR was granted.

 

(d)          Exercise of SARs.  A SAR will become exercisable at such time or times, and on such terms and conditions (including upon meeting pre-established performance goals), as the Committee may specify in the Award Agreement for such SAR.  The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which all or any part of the SAR may be exercised.  Any exercise of a SAR must be in writing, signed by the proper person and delivered or mailed to the Company, accompanied by any documents required by the Committee.  If requested by the Committee, the Participant shall deliver the Award Agreement to the Secretary of the Company who shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such Award Agreement to the Participant. No fractional shares of Stock (or cash in lieu thereof) shall be issued upon exercise of a SAR, and the number of shares of Stock that may be acquired upon exercise shall be rounded to the nearest number of whole shares.

 

6.4. PERFORMANCE SHARES AND PERFORMANCE UNITS.

 

(a)          Nature of Performance Shares and Performance Units.  A performance share is an Award with an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant (a “Performance Share”), and a performance unit is an Award with an initial value determined by the Committee on the date of grant (a “Performance Unit”), in each case, that entitles the recipient to receive payment upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions determined by the Committee.  Payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units may be made in Stock, cash, or a combination of Stock and cash, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.  In no event shall the amount of a Performance Unit payable to any Participant that is not denominated in shares of Stock and that is designed to qualify for the performance-based exception from the tax deductibility limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code exceed $5,000,000 for any calendar year.

 

(b)          Performance Goals.  The Committee shall determine the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units, the length of the performance period, and the other terms and conditions of each Award.

 

6.5. CASH INCENTIVE AWARDS.

 

(a)          Nature of Cash Incentive Awards.  A cash incentive award is an Award denominated in cash that entitles the recipient to an amount (payable in cash or a share-based Award as described below) upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions determined by the Committee, which may include annual performance goals and periods (“Cash Incentive Award”); provided, however, that in no event shall the amount of a Cash Incentive Award payable to any Participant that is designed to qualify for the performance-based exception from the tax deductibility limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code in accordance with Section 9 exceed $5,000,000 for any calendar year (whether payable in cash or in the form of a share-based Award).  A Cash Incentive Award may be satisfied in cash or, if the Committee so determines, by a grant of share-based Awards under the Plan with such terms and conditions as the Committee determines, or a combination of cash or share-based Awards. 

 

(b)          Performance Goals.  The Committee shall determine the amount of the Cash Incentive Award, the length of the performance period, and the terms and conditions of each Cash Incentive Award, including the form of payment.

 

6.6 SUBSTITUTE AWARDS.

 

(a)          In connection with any acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Committee may grant Awards to persons who became Employees, Directors or Advisors in connection with such acquisition in substitution for equity incentives held by them in the seller or acquired entity.  In such case the Committee may set the prices and other terms of the substitute Awards at such amounts and in such manner as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate to preserve for the Participants the economic values of the equity incentives for which such Awards are substitutes (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) or otherwise to provide such incentives as the Committee may determine are appropriate.

 

(b)          Unless required by applicable law, any substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 6.6 shall not count toward the share limitations set forth in Section 4.

 

 

 

7. EVENTS AFFECTING OUTSTANDING AWARDS

 

7.1. TERMINATION OF SERVICE.

 

Unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement, an Award shall immediately terminate on the date a Participant’s Service terminates, and (a) any Options or SARs held by a Participant shall not be exercisable and all rights of the Participant with respect thereto shall immediately terminate, (b) any shares of Restricted Stock or RSUs with respect to which the restrictions have not lapsed shall be immediately forfeited and must be transferred to the Company in accordance with Section 6.1, and (c) any Performance Shares, Performance Units or Cash Incentive Awards shall be immediately forfeited.

 

7.2 TERMINATION OF AWARD.

 

The Company may terminate, cancel, rescind, recover, or revoke an Award immediately under certain circumstances, including, but not limited to a Participant’s:

 

(a)          actions constituting “Cause”, which shall have the meaning provided under an employment, consulting or other agreement between a Participant and the Company, or if there is no such meaning provided under such agreement or no such agreement, shall include, but not be limited to, the: (i) conviction of or entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere with respect to a crime, whether or not connected with the Company; (ii) commission of any act of fraud with respect to the Company; (iii) theft, embezzlement or misappropriation of any property of the Company; (iv) excessive absenteeism (other than as resulting from Disability); (v) failure to observe or comply with any Company work rules, policies, procedures, guidelines or standards of conduct which the Company has adopted for the regulation of the general conduct of its employees, as generally known to the employees of the Company or evidenced by the terms of any employee handbook, written memorandums or written policy statements; (vi) continued willful refusal to carry out and perform the material duties and responsibilities of a Participant’s position, excluding nonperformance resulting from Disability; or (vii) any other conduct or act determined to be injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any interest of the Company (in each case as determined in good faith by the Company);

 

(b)          rendering of services for a competitor prior to, or within six (6) months after, the exercise of any Option or SAR or the termination of Participant’s Service with the Company;

 

(c)          unauthorized disclosure of any confidential/proprietary information of the Company to any third party;

 

(d)          failure to comply with the Company’s policies regarding the identification, disclosure and protection of intellectual property;

 

(e)          violation of the Proprietary Rights Agreement/Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Employee Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and Non-Competition Agreement for Employees signed by the Participant; or

 

(f)          violation of the Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Code of Business Conduct, including those provisions related to financial reporting.

 

The existence of any such circumstances shall be determined in good faith by the Company.

 

In the event of any termination, cancellation, rescission, recovery, or revocation, the Participant shall return to the Company any Stock received pursuant to an Award, or pay to the Company the amount of any gain realized on the sale of any such Stock, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be required, and the Company shall be entitled to set off against the amount of any such gain any amount owed to the Participant by the Company.

 

7.3 CHANGE IN CONTROL.

 

The Committee shall have the discretion to provide in applicable Award Agreements that, in the event of a “Change in Control” (as defined in Appendix A) of the Company, the following provisions will apply:

 

(a)          Each outstanding Option or SAR (or such lesser portion of each Option or SAR as is set forth in an applicable Award Agreement) will immediately become exercisable in full.

 

(b)          Each outstanding share of Restricted Stock or RSU (or such lesser number of shares as is set forth in an applicable Award Agreement) will immediately become free of the restrictions.

 

(c)          The vesting of each Performance Share, Performance Unit, or Cash Incentive Award will immediately be accelerated, and the Participant will be paid in cash, Stock, or other property, as determined by the Committee, within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Change in Control, a pro rata amount based on assumed achievement of all relevant performance measures at target levels, and upon the length of time within the applicable performance period that elapsed prior the effective date of the Change in Control; provided, however, that if the Committee determines that actual performance to the effective date of the Change in Control exceeds target levels, the prorated payouts will be made at levels commensurate with the actual performance (determined by extrapolating the actual performance to the end of the applicable performance period).

 

(d)          In the event of a Change in Control that is a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or that results in the acquisition of substantially all the Company’s outstanding Stock by a single person or entity or by a group of persons or entities acting in concert, or in the event of a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (a “Covered Transaction”), the Committee shall have the discretion to provide for the termination of all outstanding Options or SARs as of the effective date of the Covered Transaction; provided, that, if the Covered Transaction follows a Change in Control or would give rise to a Change in Control, no Option or SAR will be so terminated (without the consent of the Participant) prior to the expiration of twenty (20) days following the later of (i) the date on which the Option or SAR became fully exercisable and (ii) the date on which the Participant received written notice of the Covered Transaction.

 

 

 

8. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

8.1. DOCUMENTATION OF AWARDS.

 

Awards may be evidenced by written or electronic instruments prescribed by the Committee from time to time (each such instrument, an “Award Agreement”).  Award Agreements may be in the form of agreements, to be executed by both the Participant and the Company, or certificates, letters or similar instruments, and may be provided in electronic form, acceptance of which will evidence agreement to the terms thereof and hereof.

 

8.2. RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER; DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS.

 

Except as specifically provided by the Plan, the receipt of an Award will not give a Participant rights as a stockholder, and the Participant will obtain such rights, subject to any limitations imposed by the Plan or the Award Agreement, only upon actual receipt of Stock.  However, the Committee may, on such conditions as it deems appropriate, provide in an Award Agreement that a Participant will receive a benefit in lieu of cash dividends that would have been payable on any or all Stock subject to the Participant’s Award had such Stock been outstanding.  Without limitation, the Committee may provide for payment to the Participant of amounts representing dividends on such Award (other than Options and SARS) (such amounts, “Dividend Equivalents”), either currently or in the future, or for the investment of such amounts on behalf of the Participant; provided that the Committee shall design such payment to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with Section 409A; provided, further, that with respect to performance-based Awards, Dividend Equivalents shall not be paid until vesting (if any) of such Awards.

 

8.3 CONDITIONS ON DELIVERY OF STOCK.

 

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock, whether by electronic book entry or in certificate form, pursuant to the Plan or to remove any restriction from shares of Stock previously delivered under the Plan (a) until all conditions of the Award have been satisfied or removed, (b) until, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all applicable federal and state laws and regulations have been complied with, (c) if the outstanding Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange, until the shares to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange upon official notice of notice of issuance and (d) until all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been approved by the Company’s counsel.  If the sale of Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a condition to exercise of the Award, such representations or agreements as counsel for the Company may consider appropriate to avoid violation of such Act and may require that the certificates evidencing such Stock bear an appropriate legend restricting transfer.

 

8.4. TAX WITHHOLDING.

 

(a)          The Company may withhold from any payment made pursuant to an Award an amount as may be necessary and sufficient to satisfy all federal, state, local, and other applicable tax withholding requirements (the “Withholding Requirements”).

 

(b)          The Committee will have the right to require that the Participant or other appropriate person remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy the Withholding Requirements, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee with regard to such requirements, prior to the delivery of any Stock.  If and to the extent that any such withholding is required, the Committee may permit the Participant or such other person to elect at such time and in such manner as the Committee provides to have the Company hold back from the shares to be delivered, or to deliver to the Company, Stock having a value calculated to satisfy the Withholding Requirements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy the Withholding Requirements by tendering shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld or such other greater amount up to the maximum statutory rate under applicable law, as applicable to such Participant, if such other greater amount would not result in adverse financial accounting treatment, as determined by the Committee (including in connection with the effectiveness of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2016-09).

 

(c)          With respect to the exercise of ISOs, the Committee may require as a condition of exercise that the person exercising the ISO agree (i) to inform the Company promptly of any disposition of Stock received upon exercise of the ISO, and (ii) if the Company determines that it could be liable for Withholding Requirements with respect to a disposition of the Stock received upon exercise, to give such security as the Committee deems adequate to meet the potential liability of the Company for the Withholding Requirements and to augment such security from time to time in any amount reasonably deemed necessary by the Committee to preserve the adequacy of such security.

 

8.5. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS.

 

No Award shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an ISO, pursuant to a domestic relations order (within the meaning of Rule 16a-12 promulgated under the Exchange Act), and an Option or SAR shall be exercisable during the lifetime of such Participant only by such Participant or such Participant’s executor or administrator or by the person or persons to whom the Option or SAR is transferred by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution (such person, the Participant’s “Legal Representative”).  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Committee may in a manner consistent with applicable law set forth in an Award Agreement evidencing an Award (other than an ISO) that the Award may be transferred to members of the Participant’s immediate family, to trusts solely for the benefit of such immediate family members and to partnerships in which such family members and/or trusts are the only partners, and for purposes of this Plan, such a transferee of an Award shall be deemed to be the Participant.  For this purpose, “immediate family” shall refer only to the Participant’s spouse, parents, children, stepchildren and grandchildren and the spouses of such parents, children, stepchildren and grandchildren.  The terms of an Award shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Participant.

 

 

 

8.6. ADJUSTMENTS IN THE EVENT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.

 

In the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, disaffiliation of a subsidiary or affiliate, or similar event affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Corporate Transaction”), the Committee or the Board may in its discretion make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (ii) the various maximum limitations set forth in Section 4 upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (iii) the number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities subject to outstanding Awards; and (iv) the exercise price of outstanding Options and SARs.  In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, separation, spinoff, reorganization, extra-ordinary dividend of cash or other property, share combination, or recapitalization or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Company (each, a “Share Change”), the Committee or the Board shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (A) the aggregate number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (B) the various maximum limitations set forth in Section 4 upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (C) the number and kind of shares of Stock or other securities subject to outstanding Awards; and (D) the exercise price of outstanding Options and SARs.  In the case of Corporate Transactions, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (1) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion (it being understood that in the case of a Corporate Transaction with respect to which stockholders of Stock receive consideration other than publicly traded equity securities of the ultimate surviving entity, any such determination by the Committee that the value of an Option or SAR shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each share of Stock pursuant to such Corporate Transaction over the exercise price of such Option or SAR shall conclusively be deemed valid), provided, that in the event of the cancellation of such Awards pursuant to this clause (1), the Awards shall vest in full immediately prior to the consummation of such Corporate Transaction; (2) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company) for the shares of Stock subject to outstanding Awards; and (3) in connection with any disaffiliation of a subsidiary or affiliate, arranging for the assumption of Awards, or replacement of Awards with new awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company), by the affected subsidiary, affiliate, or division or by the entity that controls such subsidiary, affiliate, or division following such disaffiliation of a subsidiary or affiliate (as well as any corresponding adjustments to Awards that remain based upon Company securities).

 

8.7. PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS.

 

Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of Awards will confer upon any person any right to continued employment or Service with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate or affect in any way the right of the Company any subsidiary or affiliate to terminate an employment or Service relationship at any time.

 

8.8. PAYMENT FOR STOCK; LOANS.

 

Stock awarded under this Plan as Restricted Stock or received upon exercise of an Option or SAR may be paid for with such legal consideration as the Committee may determine.  If and to the extent authorized by the Committee and permitted by applicable law, the Company may permit Participants to pay for Stock with promissory notes, and may make loans to Participants of all or a portion of any Withholding Requirements to be met in connection with the grant, exercise or vesting of any Award. Any such extensions of credit may be secured by Stock or other collateral, or may be made on an unsecured basis, as the Committee may determine.

 

8.9. SUCCESSORS.

 

All obligations of the Company under the Plan or any Award Agreement will be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of the successor results from a direct or indirect purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s shares, or a merger, consolidation, or otherwise.

 

8.10. SEVERABILITY.

 

If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

 

8.11. REQUIREMENTS OF LAW.

 

The granting of Awards and the issuance of Share and/or cash payouts under the Plan will be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to any approvals by governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

 

8.12. SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE.

 

As to any individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer, director or ten percent beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, all as defined under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule.  To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Board fails to so comply, it will be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Board.

 

8.13. AWARDS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS AND EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

 

To the extent the Board deems it necessary, appropriate or desirable to comply with foreign law or practice and to further the purposes of this Plan, the Board may, without amending the Plan, (i) establish rules applicable to Awards granted to Participants who are foreign nationals, are employed or providing Service outside the United States, or both, including rules that differ from those set forth in this Plan, and (ii) grant Awards to such Participants in accordance with those rules that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

 

 

 

8.14. GOVERNING LAW.

 

To the extent not preempted by federal law, the Plan and all agreements hereunder will be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to its conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.  All references to statutory provisions and related regulatory provisions used herein shall include any similar or successor provisions.  The jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce (or otherwise relating to), this Plan shall be exclusively in the courts in the State of Illinois, County of Cook, including the Federal Courts located therein (should Federal jurisdiction exist).

 

8.15 SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE.

 

(a)          Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, all Awards made under this Plan are intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with Section 409A and the interpretive guidance thereunder, including the exceptions for stock rights and short-term deferrals.  The Plan shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.  Each payment under an Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A.  With respect to a Cash Incentive Award, the cash portion will be paid, and the grant of any portion payable as a share-based Award will be awarded, not later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable performance period ended.

 

(b)          If a Participant is a “specified employee” (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 409A) at the time of his or her termination of Service, no amount that is nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A and that becomes payable by reason of such termination of Service shall be paid to the Participant (or in the event of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s representative or estate) before the earlier of (i) the first business day after the date that is six months following the date of the Participant’s termination of Service, and (ii) within 30 days following the date of the Participant’s death.  For purposes of Section 409A, a termination of Service shall be deemed to occur only if it is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and references in the Plan and any Award Agreement to “termination of Service” or similar terms shall mean a “separation from service.” If any Award is or becomes subject to Section 409A, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise, such Award shall be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. If any Award is or becomes subject to Section 409A and if payment of such Award would be accelerated or otherwise triggered under a Change in Control, then the definition of Change in Control shall be deemed modified, only to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of an excise tax under Section 409A, to mean a “change in control event” as such term is defined for purposes of Section 409A.

 

(c)          Any adjustments made pursuant to Section 8.6 to Awards that are subject to Section 409A shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A, and any adjustments made pursuant to Section 8.6 to Awards that are not subject to Section 409A shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either (i) continue not to be subject to Section 409A or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

 

8.16 ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION.

 

All Awards shall be subject to any incentive compensation recoupment or “clawback” policy established and amended from time to time by the Company, including any such policy established to comply with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or as determined by the Company from time to time to comport with good corporate governance practices.

 

8.17 UNFUNDED PLAN.

 

It is presently intended that the Plan shall be unfunded.  Except for reserving a sufficient number of authorized shares of Stock, to the extent required by law to meet the requirements of the Plan, the Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the delivery of shares of Stock relating to Awards granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

9. QUALIFIED PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS.

 

9.1 GRANT OF QUALIFIED PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS.

 

If the Committee makes Awards (other than Options or SARs) that are designed to qualify for the performance-based exception from the tax deductibility limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder (a “Qualified Performance-Based Award”), such Awards shall be subject to the attainment of performance goals related to one or more of the following performance measures and business metrics: earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total stockholder return), revenue, net revenue, net revenue growth, gross margin, net income (before or after taxes), operating earnings or income, revenue backlog, economic value added, customer satisfaction, cost control or expense reduction, attainment of identified business opportunities, earnings per share, return on operating assets or capital, return on net assets, economic profit, appreciation in fair market value, volume/production, employee retention, cash flow (e.g., operating cash flow, free cash flow, discounted cash flow return on investment), market share, return to stockholders, cost management, business growth through market and technology extension, safety, improvement in technology and quality leadership, business processes, and organizational effectiveness and operational excellence, in each case, absolute or relative to a peer group or index.

 

 

 

9.2 PERFORMANCE GOALS

 

(a)          The performance goals established for the performance period established by the Committee shall be objective (as that term is described in regulations under Section 162(m) of the Code), and will be established in writing by the Committee not later than ninety (90) days after the beginning of the applicable performance period (but in no event after twenty-five percent (25%) of the performance period has elapsed), and while the outcome as to the performance goals is substantially uncertain. The performance goals established by the Committee will be based on one or more of the performance measures and business metrics set forth in Section 9.1 and any of such performance measures and business metrics may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or of any business unit, division, acquired business, minority investment, partnerships or joint venture of the Company.  The Committee may specify any reasonable definition of the performance measures and business metrics it uses.  A Participant otherwise entitled to receive a Qualified Performance-Based Award for any performance period will not receive a settlement or payment of such Award until the Committee has determined that the applicable performance goals have been attained. The Committee may adjust in its sole discretion the performance goals applicable to any Awards to reflect any unusual or non-recurring events, including, but not limited to, exogenous events, financing activities, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations (including stock splits and dividends), impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, the cumulative effects of accounting or tax changes, and other items determined to be unusual in nature and/or infrequent in occurrence, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles or as identified in the Company’s financial statements, notes to the financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis or other the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that in the case of performance goals applicable to any Qualified Performance-Based Awards, such adjustment does not violate Section 162(m) of the Code. However, the Committee may not in any event increase the amount of compensation payable to a covered employee (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) upon attainment of a performance goal above the maximum amount approved by the Committee.

 

(b)          In the event that the Committee determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that may not qualify as Performance-Based Awards, the Committee may grant such Awards without satisfying the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, to the extent consistent with its other compensation objectives.

 

10. DISCONTINUANCE, CANCELLATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

(a)          The Committee may at any time discontinue granting Awards under the Plan.  The Board or the Committee may at any time or times amend the Plan or any outstanding Award, provided that no such amendment (other than an amendment made to comply with applicable law, including without limitation Section 409A, stock exchange listing standards or accounting rules) would materially impair the rights of a Participant with respect to a previously granted Award without such Participant’s consent.  The Committee may at any time terminate the Plan as to any further grants of Awards.  Except to the extent expressly required or permitted by the Plan, no amendment to the Plan or any outstanding Award will, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, (a) increase the maximum number of shares available under the Plan, (b) extend the time within which Awards may be granted, (c) permit the Company to reprice any outstanding Option or SAR, (d) otherwise effect an action that would require stockholder approval under applicable law or the listing standards of Nasdaq or (e) amend the provisions of this Section 10, and no amendment or termination of the Plan may adversely affect the rights of any Participant (without his or her consent) under any Award previously granted.

 

(b)          Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A; provided, however, that the Committee makes no representations that Awards granted under the Plan shall be exempt from or comply with Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A from applying to Awards granted under the Plan.

 

 

APPENDIX A TO 2012 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)          any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act (other than (i) the Company, (ii) any subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or (iv) any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), together with all Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are used in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act) of such person, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(b)          the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) after which no “person” (with the method of determining “beneficial ownership” used in clause (a) of this definition) owns more than thirty percent (30%) of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation; or

 

(c)          during any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of the Plan), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has conducted or threatened a proxy contest, or has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this definition) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; or

 

(d)          the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

 


Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Entegris, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated February 4, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Entegris, Inc. and subsidiaries, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the registration statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 6, 2022











Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Entegris, Inc.  of our report dated November 12, 2021, relating to the financial statements of CMC Materials, Inc., which appears in Entegris Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 6, 2022.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts”in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois
July 6, 2022


 

Exhibit 107

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE

 

FORM S-3

(Form Type)

 

Entegris, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Table I: Newly Registered Securities

 

Security

Type

Security Class Title

Fee

Calculation

Rule

Amount

Registered (1)

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price

Per Unit (2)

Maximum Aggregate

Offering Price (2)

Fee Rate

Amount of

Registration Fee

Equity Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) 457(a) 378,841 $88.71 $33,606,985.11 $92.70 per million dollars $3,115.37
Total Offering Amounts 378,841   $33,606,985.11   $3,115.37
Total Fee Offsets        
Net Fee Due       $3,115.37

 

(1)
This Registration Statement on Form S-3 covers shares of Common Stock of the Registrant subject to issuance in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger among the Registrant, CMC Materials, Inc., and Yosemite Merger Sub, Inc., dated as of December 14, 2021, consisting of up to 378,841 shares that as of July 5, 2022 were subject to outstanding awards under the CMC Plans held by certain former employees, non-employee directors and other eligible service providers of CMC Materials, Inc. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers such additional indeterminable number of shares of Common Stock as may be required to be issued in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar change in the Common Stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 5, 2022.