UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2012 (September 28, 2012)

Commission file number 000-04689

 

 

Pentair Ltd.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Switzerland   98-1050812

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification number)

Freier Platz 10, CH-8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 41-52-630-48-00

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Director and Officer Indemnification Agreements

On October 1, 2012, the Board of Directors of Pentair Ltd. (“New Pentair”) approved a form of Indemnification Agreement (the “Indemnification Agreement”) between New Pentair and each of its directors and executive officers (the “Covered Persons”). New Pentair expects its directors and executive officers will execute Indemnification Agreements substantially in the form approved. The Indemnification Agreement provides that if a Covered Person was, is or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in a proceeding by reason of being a director or officer, then New Pentair will indemnify the Covered Person against all expenses, liability or loss to the fullest extent permitted by Swiss law. A Covered Person will not be entitled to indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by a Covered Person against New Pentair except in certain circumstances set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. If a Covered Person is made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of being a director or officer, then the Covered Person will be entitled to advancement of reimbursement by New Pentair of reasonable expenses upon receipt by New Pentair of a written affirmation by the Covered Person of a good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement have been satisfied and a written undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts paid or reimbursed by New Pentair if it is ultimately determined that such criteria for indemnification have not been satisfied. No indemnification will be paid pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement (i) on account of any proceeding in which judgment is rendered against a Covered Person for an accounting of profits from the purchase or sale of securities of New Pentair pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or (ii) if a court finally determines that the Covered Person has committed a breach of statutory duties to New Pentair for which such indemnification would be invalid under applicable law. The foregoing is only a summary of the Indemnification Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Indemnification Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Guarantee of Pentair Senior Notes

On October 1, 2012, New Pentair entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”) among New Pentair, Pentair, Inc. (“Pentair”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Under the Third Supplemental Indenture, New Pentair became a guarantor of Pentair’s $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2021, which were issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of May 2, 2011, between Pentair and the Trustee. The foregoing is only a summary of the Third Supplemental Indenture and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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

Prior to the consummation of the transactions (the “Transactions”) on September 28, 2012 contemplated by the (i) Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of March 27, 2012, among Tyco International Ltd. (“Tyco”), New Pentair, Panthro Acquisition Co. (“AcquisitionCo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Pentair, Panthro Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AcquisitionCo, and Pentair, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement Amendment”), dated as of July 25, 2012, among Tyco, New Pentair, AcquisitionCo, Merger Sub and Pentair and (ii) the Amended and Restated Separation and Distribution Agreement (the “Separation Agreement”), dated as of September 27, 2012, among New Pentair, Tyco and The ADT Corporation, the Board of Directors of New Pentair adopted, and Tyco as the sole shareholder of New Pentair approved, the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan became effective upon the distribution of all the issued and outstanding New Pentair common shares held by Tyco to Tyco shareholders through a pro-rata dividend (the “Distribution”), subject to completion of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Pentair (the “Merger”), with Pentair surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Pentair. The Plan provides that an aggregate of 9,000,000 New Pentair common shares, subject to an adjustment in the event of certain corporate transactions, extraordinary dividends or similar events as provided in the Plan, are reserved for issuance under the Plan. Equity-based awards held by certain employees and former employees of New Pentair and its affiliates and certain directors that, prior to the Distribution, related to securities of Tyco were assumed by New Pentair and converted into awards with respect to New Pentair common shares (“Assumed Awards”) in connection with the Distribution. The Assumed Awards were deemed to be awards made under the Plan and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, but will not deplete the 9,000,000 New Pentair common shares reserved for issuance under the Plan. The Plan, which will be administered by the Compensation Committee of New Pentair’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”), authorizes the grant to New Pentair’s officers, directors, employees and consultants of

 

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stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock rights, annual incentive awards, dividend equivalent units and other stock-based awards. New Pentair intends to grant to its named executive officers the equity awards previously disclosed under the heading “Additional Equity Grants” in Pentair’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2012 under the Plan. Such equity awards will be granted using the form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein. Except for such equity awards, New Pentair cannot currently determine the benefits, if any, to be paid under the Plan in the future to the named executive officers of New Pentair. The foregoing is only a summary of the Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

On October 1, 2012, the Committee approved the following form award agreements that it intends to use in granting awards under the Plan to executive officers of New Pentair in the future:

 

 

Stock option grant agreement for use in granting options to purchase New Pentair common shares. The stock options will vest and become exercisable on the basis of the recipient’s continuous service, subject to the terms of the Plan.

 

 

Restricted stock unit grant agreement for use in granting units representing the right to receive a payment equal to the fair market value of a New Pentair common share, and accompanying dividend equivalent rights representing the right to receive payments equal to dividend declared on the shares subject to the restricted stock units. The restricted stock unit awards will vest on the basis of the recipient’s continuous service, subject to the terms of the Plan.

 

 

Performance unit grant agreement for use in granting units representing the right to receive a payment of a designated dollar value to the extent performance goals are achieved, subject to the terms of the Plan.

The foregoing description of these form award agreements is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copies of the agreements filed as Exhibits 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

On October 1, 2012, the New Pentair Board of Directors approved the following form award agreements that it intends to use in granting awards under the Plan to non-employee directors of New Pentair in the future:

 

 

Stock option grant agreement for use in granting options to purchase New Pentair common shares. The stock options will vest and become exercisable on the basis of the recipient’s continuous service, subject to the terms of the Plan.

 

 

Restricted stock unit grant agreement for use in granting units representing the right to receive a payment equal to the fair market value of a New Pentair common share, and accompanying dividend equivalent rights representing the right to receive payments equal to dividend declared on the shares subject to the restricted stock units. The restricted stock unit awards will vest on the basis of the recipient’s continuous service, subject to the terms of the Plan.

The foregoing description of these form award agreements is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copies of the agreements filed as Exhibits 10.7 and 10.8, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Pentair equity-based awards outstanding immediately prior to the completion of the Merger were converted upon completion of the Merger into equity-based awards with respect to New Pentair common shares and were assumed by New Pentair. New Pentair also adopted and assumed the Pentair Ltd. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Pentair, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan) (the “2008 Plan”), the Pentair Ltd. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Pentair, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan) (the “2004 Plan”) and the Pentair Ltd. Outside Directors Non-qualified Stock Option Plan (formerly known as the Pentair, Inc. Outside Directors Non-qualified Stock Option Plan) (the “Director Option Plan”). New Pentair terminated the 2008 Plan effective as of the completion of the Merger (the 2004 Plan and the Director Option Plan having been terminated previously). Copies of the 2008 Plan, the 2004 Plan and the Director Option Plan as amended to reflect their adoption and assumption by New Pentair are filed as Exhibits 10.9, 10.10 and 10.11, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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On October 1, 2012, to reflect the consummation of the Merger, the New Pentair Board of Directors approved a form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”) among Pentair, New Pentair and each of the executive officers of New Pentair pursuant to which Pentair will assign, and New Pentair will assume, each executive officer’s Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement with Pentair. The foregoing is only a summary of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.12 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

In connection with the completion of the Merger, New Pentair adopted and assumed the Pentair Ltd. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (formerly known as the Pentair, Inc. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors) (the “Compensation Plan”) and converted the share units in accounts under the Compensation Plan that formerly represented the right to receive shares of Pentair common stock into the right to receive New Pentair common shares. In addition, because U.S. tax laws do not permit the non-employee directors of New Pentair to defer taxation of their compensation for service as non-employee directors after the completion of the Merger under the Compensation Plan, New Pentair amended the Compensation Plan to cancel the existing deferral elections and discontinue any future deferrals or matching contributions under the Compensation Plan with respect to compensation to be earned following the completion of the Merger. A copy of the Compensation Plan as so amended is filed as Exhibit 10.13 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Prior to the consummation of the Transactions, the Board of Directors of New Pentair adopted, and Tyco as the sole shareholder of New Pentair approved, the Pentair Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan (the “ESPP”), which includes the Pentair Ltd. International Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan (the “ISPP”). The U.S. portion of the ESPP will be open to participation by all “eligible employees” (as defined in the ESPP), which group includes the executive officers of New Pentair. The Plan became effective upon the consummation of the Merger. Participation in the ESPP will be voluntary. Upon making the election to participate, participants may make contributions under the ESPP either through payroll deductions (minimum $10 per month, maximum the lesser of $750 per month or 15% of the participant’s base salary) or by lump sum contributions (maximum $3,000 per quarter). Each month New Pentair (or the participant’s employer) will make a matching contribution on behalf of each participant equal to 25% of the contribution made by such participant through payroll deductions (a maximum of $187.50 per employee per month). No matching contribution will be made with respect to lump sum contributions. The ESPP agent will use contributions to purchase New Pentair common shares on the open market, which are allocated to the participants’ accounts. The ESPP and the ISPP are successors to the Pentair, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan and the Pentair, Inc. International Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan, respectively, which were maintained by Pentair prior to the consummation of the Merger, and Pentair’s previously disclosed undertaking not to purchase on the open market shares in excess of 2,000,000 under the Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan and 500,000 under the International Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan without shareholder approval apply to the ESPP and the ISPP, respectively. New Pentair cannot currently determine the benefits, if any, to be paid under the ESPP in the future to the executive officers of New Pentair, including New Pentair’s named executive officers. The foregoing is only a summary of the ESPP and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the ESPP filed as Exhibit 10.14 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, Pentair amended and restated the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, the Pentair, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and the Pentair, Inc. Restoration Plan to reflect the effect of the Merger. Copies of these plans as amended and restated are filed as Exhibits 10.15, 10.16 and 10.17, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics.

On October 1, 2012, the New Pentair Board of Directors adopted a code of conduct that applies to the directors, officers and employees of New Pentair. The code of conduct is filed as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

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ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On October 1, 2012, the New Pentair Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of New Pentair common shares with a maximum aggregate value of $800 million. This authorization expires on December 31, 2015 and is in addition to the $400 million share repurchase authorization previously approved by the New Pentair Board of Directors.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

Not applicable

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

Not Applicable

 

(c) Shell Company Transactions

Not applicable.

 

(d) Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are being filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on October 1, 2012.

 

PENTAIR LTD.
Registrant
By:  

/s/ Angela D. Lageson

  Angela D. Lageson
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


PENTAIR LTD.

Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K

Dated October 1, 2012

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  4.1    Third Supplemental Indenture, dated October 1, 2012, among Pentair, Ltd., Pentair, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
10.1    Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and executive officers of Pentair Ltd.
10.2    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement
10.3    Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Pentair Ltd.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on September 28, 2012)
10.4    Form of Executive Officer Stock Option Grant Agreement
10.5    Form of Executive Officer Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement
10.6    Form of Executive Officer Performance Unit Grant Agreement
10.7    Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Grant Agreement
10.8    Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Grant Agreement
10.9    Pentair Ltd. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
10.10    Pentair Ltd. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
10.11    Pentair Ltd. Outside Directors Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, as amended
10.12    Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement, among Pentair, Inc., Pentair Ltd. and the executive officers of Pentair Ltd. relating to Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement
10.13    Pentair Ltd. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended
10.14    Pentair Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan
10.15    Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan effective January 1, 2009, as amended and restated as of September 28, 2012
10.16    Pentair, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan effective January 1, 2009, as amended and restated as of September 28, 2012
10.17    Pentair, Inc. Restoration Plan effective January 1, 2009, as amended and restated as of September 28, 2012
14.1    Pentair Ltd. Code of Conduct

Exhibit 4.1

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”) dated as of the 1st day of October, 2012, among Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “ Company ”), Pentair Ltd., a corporation limited by shares organized under the laws of Switzerland (“ Parent Guarantor ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered a senior indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”), dated as of May 2, 2011, providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its debt securities to be issued in one or more series, supplemented by the first supplemental indenture (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of May 9, 2011, among the Company, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of up to $500,000,000 of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “ Notes ”) and by the second supplemental indenture (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ” and, collectively with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), dated as of October 31, 2011, among the Company, the guaranteeing subsidiaries listed on the signature pages thereto and the Trustee, providing for the guarantee of all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture by the guaranteeing subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances Parent Guarantor may execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which Parent Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee certain of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “ Parent Guarantee ”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this Third Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Parent Guarantor, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . Capitalized definitional terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Agreement to Guarantee . Parent Guarantor hereby agrees to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s (i) payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof, or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of


such Notes, if lawful, to the holder of such Notes and the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, and (ii) payment to the Trustee of all amounts owed to the Trustee under the Indenture (the obligations set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2 are collectively referred to herein as the “ Parent Obligations ”), in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Base Indenture (subject to the provisos below) and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture; provided that Article 10 of the Base Indenture, including, without limitation, the release provisions thereunder, shall apply to Parent Guarantor mutatis mutandis ; provided further, that for the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent Guarantor shall only guarantee the Company’s Obligations to the extent that such Obligations constitute Parent Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes.

3. No Recourse Against Others . No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder or agent of Parent Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or Parent Guarantor under the Notes, the Parent Guarantee, the Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the Securities and Exchange Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.

4. Ratification of Indenture; Third Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. New York Law to Govern . THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

6. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Third Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes

7. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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8. The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of (i) the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture, (ii) the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by Parent Guarantor and the Company, (iii) the due execution hereof by the Company or the Parent Guarantor or (iv) the consequences of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee makes no representation with respect to any such matters.

9. Enforceability . Each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that this Third Supplemental Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of them, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:
Pentair, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Michael G. Meyer

  Name:   Michael G. Meyer
  Title:   Vice President, Treasury and Tax
PARENT GUARANTOR:
Pentair Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Michael G. Meyer

  Name:   Michael G. Meyer
  Title:   Vice President, Treasury and Tax
By:  

/s/ Angela D. Lageson

  Name:   Angela D. Lageson
  Title:  

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

 

Third Supplemental Indenture

(Pentair, Inc.)

S-1


TRUSTEE:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Richard Prokosch

  Name: Richard Prokosch
  Title:   Vice President

 

Third Supplemental Indenture

(Pentair, Inc.)

S-2

Exhibit 10.1

FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as of [ ], by and between Pentair Ltd., a Swiss corporation with its registered office in Schaffhausen, Switzerland (the “Company”), and [ ] (“Covered Person”).

WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available;

WHEREAS, Covered Person is a director and/or officer of the Company;

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify persons serving as directors and/or officers of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve as directors and/or officers of the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;

WHEREAS, article 21 of the Articles of Association of the Company (“Article 21”) requires the Company to indemnify any current or former member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), current or former officer of the Company or any person who is serving or has served at the request of the Company as a member of the board of directors or as an officer of another corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law, and requires the Company under certain circumstances to advance expenses relating to the defense or settlement of indemnification matters; and Covered Person has been serving and continues to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company in part in reliance on Article 21;

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to provide Covered Person with specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by Article 21, as well as certain additional protections permitted by Article 21 and applicable law, will be available to Covered Person (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Company’s Articles of Association or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board or acquisition transaction relating to the Company);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions :

(a) Affiliate : any corporation or other person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.

(b) Board : the Board of Directors of the Company

(c) Change of Control : shall occur, with respect to the Company, if:

(i) any Person becomes a “Beneficial Owner,” as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of 50% or more of the Voting Shares (as defined below) of the Company;


(ii) the majority of the Board consists of individuals other than Incumbent Directors, which term means the members of the Board immediately following the merger of Pentair Inc. into a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, provided that any person becoming a member of the Board subsequent to such date whose election or nomination for election was supported by three-quarters of the members of the Board who then comprised the Incumbent Directors shall be considered to be an Incumbent Director;

(iii) the Company adopts any plan of liquidation providing for the distribution of all or substantially all of its assets;

(iv) all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Company is disposed of pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other transaction (unless the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such a merger, consolidation or other transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the Voting Shares or other ownership interests of the entity or entities, if any, that succeed to the assets or business of the Company); or

(v) the Company combines with another company and is the surviving corporation but, immediately after the combination, the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the combination hold, directly or indirectly, 50% or less of the Voting Shares of the combined company (there being excluded from the number of shares held by such shareholders, but not from the Voting Shares of the combined company, any shares received by Affiliates of such other company in exchange for shares of such other company).

(d) Enterprise : the Company and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Covered Person is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, board of directors’ committee member, employee or agent.

(e) Exchange Act : the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(f) Expenses : any expense, liability, or loss, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, and all other costs and obligations, paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, prosecuting (subject to Section 2(b)), being a witness in, participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent.

 

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(g) Indemnifiable Event : any event or occurrence that takes place either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, related to the fact that Covered Person is a current or former member of the Board, a current or former officer of the Company or a person serving or having served at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, board of directors’ committee member, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, or related to anything done or not done by Covered Person in any such capacity, whether or not the basis of the applicable Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any other capacity while so serving the Company or any other such Enterprise.

(h) Independent Counsel : the person or body appointed as such in connection with Section 3.

(i) officer of the Company : officer of the Company as defined or appointed by the Board.

(j) Person : means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a governmental authority or similar entity or organization.

(k) Proceeding : any threatened, pending, or completed investigation, inquiry, hearing, action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism (including by or in the right of the Company), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

(l) Reviewing Party : the person or body appointed as such in accordance with Section 3.

(m) Specified Change of Control : a Change of Control of the Company (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors).

(n) Voting Shares : with respect to any Enterprise, capital shares of any class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances, in the absence of contingencies, to elect the directors (or similar function) of such Enterprise.

2. Agreement to Indemnify

(a) General Agreement . In the event Covered Person was, is, or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Covered Person from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent permitted by Swiss law in effect on the date hereof or as such law may from time to time be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment).

(b) Initiation of Proceeding . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Covered Person shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Covered Person against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding; (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights under Section 5; or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after a Specified Change in Control and Independent Counsel has approved its initiation.

 

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(c) Expense Advances . If Covered Person is made or threatened to be made a party to a Proceeding or is otherwise involved in a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, Covered Person is entitled, upon written request to the Company, to advancement of reimbursement by the Company of reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding (“Expense Advances”), upon receipt by the Company of a written affirmation by Covered Person of a good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification by the Company pursuant to this Section 2 have been satisfied and a written undertaking by Covered Person to repay all amounts so paid or reimbursed by the Company, if it is ultimately determined (by a final, non-appealable adjudication or arbitration decision to which Covered Person is a party) that the criteria for such indemnification under this Section 2 have not been satisfied. Covered Person shall not be entitled to any Expense Advance in respect of a Proceeding if in the determination of the Reviewing Party (which determination is subject to challenge by Covered Person pursuant to Section 4(b)) it previously has already been ultimately determined that Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 2 in respect of the Indemnifiable Event that is the subject matter of the Proceeding. Covered Person’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

(d) Partial Indemnification . If Covered Person is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Covered Person for the portion thereof to which Covered Person is entitled.

(e) Prohibited Indemnification . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no indemnification pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the Company:

(i) on account of any Proceeding in which judgment is rendered against Covered Person for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Covered Person of securities of the Company pursuant to the provision of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provision of any federal, state, or local laws; or

(ii) if a court or governmental or administrative authority of competent jurisdiction by a final determination not subject to appeal, determines that Covered Person has committed a breach of his or her statutory duties to the Company for which such indemnification would be invalid under applicable law.

3. Reviewing Party . (a) Prior to any Specified Change in Control, the Reviewing Party with respect to a Proceeding shall be (i) the members of the Board who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum (acting by a majority vote thereof); (ii) a committee comprised entirely of members of the Board who are not parties to such Proceeding (acting by a majority vote thereof), such committee to be designated by a majority vote of the Board; (iii) if there is no such member of the Board, or if such member or members of the Board so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion; or (iv) the General Meeting of Shareholders (acting by resolution of a majority of the shares represented at the General Meeting). After a Specified Change of Control, the Reviewing Party shall be Independent Counsel.

 

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(b) With respect to all matters arising after a Specified Change in Control concerning the rights of Covered Person to indemnification and Expense Advances under this Agreement, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent Counsel selected by Covered Person and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and who has not otherwise performed services for the Company or Covered Person (other than previously acting as Independent Counsel) within the last five years. The Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest (other than previously acting as Independent Counsel) in representing either the Company or Covered Person in an action to determine Covered Person’s rights under this Agreement. Such Independent Counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Covered Person as to whether and to what extent Covered Person should be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. In doing so, the Independent Counsel may consult with (and rely upon) counsel in any appropriate jurisdiction (e.g., Switzerland) who would qualify as Independent Counsel (“Local Counsel”). The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel and the Local Counsel and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the engagement of Independent Counsel or the Local Counsel pursuant hereto.

4. Indemnification Process and Appeal .

(a) Indemnification Payment . Any indemnification made under this Agreement with respect to a Proceeding shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the Reviewing Party that indemnification of Covered Person is proper in the circumstances under the terms of this Agreement and applicable law. To the extent, however, that Covered Person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement in connection with such applicable Proceeding, claim, issue or matter without the necessity of authorization of the Reviewing Party in the specific case.

(b) Adjudication or Arbitration . (i) If Covered Person has not received indemnification or an Expense Advance after making a demand in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (a “Nonpayment”), Covered Person shall have the right to enforce its indemnification rights under this Agreement by commencing litigation (A) in the court at the Company’s domicile as evidenced in the commercial register (the “Court at the Company’s domicile”) or (B) in any federal or state court located in New York County, State of New York (a “New York Court”) having subject matter jurisdiction thereof (each such court, as applicable, the “Applicable Court”) in each case seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof. Any determination by the Reviewing Party not challenged by Covered Person in any such litigation shall be binding on the Company and Covered Person. The remedy provided for in this Section 4(b) shall be in addition to any other remedies available to Covered Person at law or in equity. The Company and Covered Person hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (A) agree that any action or proceeding

 

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arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Applicable Court and not in any other court in the United States or in any other country, (B) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Applicable Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (C) waive any objection to the laying of venue or any such action or proceeding in the Applicable Court, and (D) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Applicable Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

(ii) Alternatively, in the case of a Nonpayment, Covered Person, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.

(iii) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to this Agreement that Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification or an Expense Advance, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits, and Covered Person shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4(b) the Company shall have the burden of proving Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification or Expense Advance, as the case maybe. If Covered Person commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 4(b), Covered Person shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 2(c) until a final determination is made with respect to Covered Person’s entitlement to an Expense Advance (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).

(iv) In the event that Covered Person, pursuant to this Section 4(b), seeks a judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, if Covered Person prevails in whole or in part in such action, Covered Person shall be entitled to recover from the Company, and shall be indemnified by the Company against, any and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Covered Person in so enforcing his or her rights under, or so recovering damages for breach of, this Agreement, in such judicial adjudication or arbitration.

(c) Defense to Indemnification, Burden of Proof, and Presumptions .

(i) It shall be a defense to any action brought by Covered Person against the Company to enforce this Agreement that it is not permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Covered Person pursuant to this Agreement for the amount claimed; provided that the Company may not assert this defense in an action brought by Covered Person to enforce a claim for Expense Advance in respect of a Proceeding unless it previously has already been ultimately determined (by a final, non-appealable adjudication or arbitration decision to which Covered Person is a party) that Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification under Section 2 in respect of the Indemnifiable Event that is the subject matter of the Proceeding.

 

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(ii) In connection with any action or any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Covered Person is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proving such a defense or determination shall be on the Company.

(iii) Neither the failure of the Reviewing Party or the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action by Covered Person that indemnification of Covered Person is proper under the circumstances because Covered Person has met the standard of conduct set forth in applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party or Company (including its Board, Independent Counsel, or its shareholders) that Covered Person had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Covered Person has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(iv) For purposes of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the termination of any claim, action, suit, or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval), conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Covered Person did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.

5. Indemnification for Expenses Incurred in Enforcing Rights . The Company shall indemnify Covered Person against any and all Expenses that are incurred by Covered Person in connection with any action brought by Covered Person:

(a) as provided in Section 4(b)(iv), for enforcing rights to indemnification or an Expense Advance under this Agreement and/or

(b) for obtaining recovery under directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company,

but only in the event that Covered Person ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or insurance recovery, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall, if so requested by Covered Person, provide Expense Advances to Covered Person, subject to and in accordance with Section 2(c), in respect of any such action.

6. Notification and Defense of Proceeding .

(a) Notice . Promptly after receipt by Covered Person of notice of the commencement of any Proceeding, Covered Person shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Covered Person, except as provided in Section 6(c).

(b) Defense . With respect to any Proceeding as to which Covered Person notifies the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense and except as otherwise provided below, to the extent the Company so wishes, it may assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to

 

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Covered Person. After notice from the Company to Covered Person of its election to assume the defense of any Proceeding, the Company shall not be liable to Covered Person under this Agreement or otherwise for any Expenses subsequently incurred by Covered Person in connection with the defense of such Proceeding other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise provided below. Covered Person shall have the right to employ legal counsel in such Proceeding, but all Expenses related thereto incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense shall be at Covered Person’s expense unless: (i) the employment of legal counsel by Covered Person has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Covered Person has reasonably determined that there may be a conflict of interest between Covered Person and the Company in the defense of the Proceeding, (iii) after a Specified Change in Control, the employment of counsel by Covered Person has been approved by the Independent Counsel, or (iv) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, in each of which cases all Expense of legal counsel of Covered Person in respect of the Proceeding shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Covered Person shall have employed legal counsel as provided for in (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

(c) Settlement of Claims . The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Covered Person under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Specified Change in Control has occurred, the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Covered Person for amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Counsel has approved the settlement. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on Covered Person without Covered Person’s written consent. The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Covered Person under this Agreement with regard to any judicial award to the extent the Company was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action; the Company’s liability hereunder shall not be excused if participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred by this Agreement.

7. Establishment of Trust . In the event of a Specified Change in Control, the Company shall, upon written request by Covered Person, create a trust for the benefit of Covered Person (the “Trust”) and from time to time upon written request of Covered Person shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all Expenses reasonably anticipated at the time of each such request to be incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, participating in, and/or defending any Proceeding relating to an Indemnifiable Event. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the Independent Counsel. The terms of the Trust shall provide that (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of Covered Person, (ii) the Trustee (as defined below) shall advance, within five business days of a request by Covered Person, any and all Expenses to Covered Person (and Covered Person hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the same circumstances for which Covered Person would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 2(c) of this Agreement), (iii) the Trust shall continue to be funded by the Company in accordance with the funding obligation set forth above, (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to Covered Person all amounts for which Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by the Independent Counsel or a

 

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court of competent jurisdiction, as the case may be, that Covered Person has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”) shall be chosen by Covered Person. Nothing in this Section 7 shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement. All income earned on the assets held in the Trust shall be reported as income by the Company for federal, state, local, and foreign tax purposes. The Company shall pay all costs of establishing and maintaining the Trust and shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all expenses (including attorney’s fees), claims, liabilities, loss, and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the establishment and maintenance of the Trust.

8. Non-Exclusivity . It being the policy of the Company that indemnification of Covered Person shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive (a) of any other rights that Covered Person may be entitled, including pursuant to any separate agreement, any insurance purchased by the Company, vote of shareholders or disinterested members of the Board, or pursuant to the direction (however embodied) of any court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, or (b) of the power of the Company to indemnify any person who is or was an employee or agent of the Company or of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise which he or she is serving or has served at the request of the Company. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall continue as to Covered Person after he or she has ceased to be a member of the Board or officer of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and administrators.

To the extent that a change in applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Articles of Association, applicable law, or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that Covered Person enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.

9. Liability Insurance . The Company may procure insurance on behalf of Covered Person against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement, Article 21 and/or applicable law. The insurance premiums shall be charged to and paid by the Company or its subsidiaries.

To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing general and/or directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, Covered Person shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company director or officer.

10. Continuation of Contractual Indemnity or Period of Limitations . All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue for so long as Covered Person shall be subject to, or involved in, any Proceeding for which indemnification is provided pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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11. Contribution . To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Covered Person for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Covered Person, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Covered Person, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Covered Person as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Covered Person in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

12. Amendment of this Agreement . No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the waiver is sought, and no such waiver shall operate as a continuing waiver. Except, as specifically provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.

13. Subrogation . In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Covered Person, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

14. No Duplication of Payments . The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim made against Covered Person to the extent Covered Person has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, Articles of Association, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

15. Assignability; Binding Effect . This Agreement is not assignable by either the Company or Covered Person without the prior written consent of the other and any attempt to assign this Agreement without such consent shall be void and of no effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Covered Person, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Covered Person for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding or is deceased and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and assigns of such a person.

 

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16. Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the Company’s Articles of Association, including any related annexes, schedules and exhibits, shall together constitute the entire agreement between the Company and Covered Person with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and shall supersede all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings of the Company and Covered Person of any nature, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter.

17. Severability . Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broadly as is enforceable.

18. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with (a) the laws of Switzerland with respect to matters, issues and questions relating to the duties of Covered Person (unless the law of another jurisdiction mandatorily governs such duties) and (b) the laws of the State of New York with respect to all other matters, issues and questions, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

19. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (any one of which need not contain the signatures of both the Company and Covered Person), each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or other electronic transmission, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effects as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of either the Company or Covered Person, the other party shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to the requesting party. Neither the Company nor Covered Person shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or other electronic means to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature was transmitted or communicated through the use of facsimile machine or other electronic means as a defense to the formation of an agreement and both the Company and Covered Person forever waive any such defense.

20. Notices . All notices, demands, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand, against receipt, or mailed, postage prepaid, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and addressed to the Company at:

Pentair Ltd.

[ ]

Switzerland

Attention: Secretary

 

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and

Pentair Ltd.

5500 Wayzata Blvd, Suite 800

Golden Valley, Minnesota

Attention: General Counsel

And to Covered Person at:

[Name, Address]

Notice of change of address shall be effective only when given in accordance with this Section. All notices complying with this Section shall be deemed to have been received on the date of hand delivery or on the day of actual receipt.

21. Interpretation . The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The word “or” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the inclusive term “and/or”. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth therein) and (ii) the headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

PENTAIR LTD.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
COVERED PERSON
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Exhibit 10.2

Founders RSUs

PENTAIR LTD. 2012 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

GRANT AGREEMENT–

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

[Name of Grantee]:

This grant agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of your “Founders Restricted Stock Units” and “Additional Restricted Stock Units” as contemplated by the waiver letter agreement, dated March 27, 2012, that you entered into at the time the merger agreement among Pentair, Inc., Tyco International Ltd., Tyco Flow Control International Ltd., Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Merger Agreement”) was signed. The Founders Restricted Stock Units and Additional Restricted Stock Units are awarded under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Information

Grant Date: October 16, 2012

Number of Founders Restricted Stock Units Granted:                     

Number of Additional Restricted Stock Units Granted:                     

Vesting Schedule: The units vest over the following schedule:

 

   

1/2 of the units on the third anniversary of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement)

 

   

1/2 of the units on the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date

This grant also includes Dividend Equivalent Units, which are described below.

Terms and Conditions of this Grant

 

   

The Restricted Stock Units become “vested” on the vesting dates noted above. The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units will be issued upon vesting. In the event the vesting date falls on a weekend day or holiday, the Restricted Stock Units will vest and Shares will be issued on the next trading day.

 

   

Each Restricted Stock Unit includes one Dividend Equivalent Unit. A Dividend Equivalent Unit entitles you to a cash payment equal to the cash dividends declared on a Share of stock during the vesting period. Payment of the Dividend Equivalent Units will be made to you in cash as soon as practicable after the dividend payment date. Dividend Equivalent Units are not eligible for dividend reinvestment.


   

If your employment with the Company terminates (a) by you for Good Reason (as defined in and subject to the provisions of your Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement with the Company as in effect on the date hereof (your “KEESA”)), (b) in an involuntary termination by the Company without Cause (as defined in and subject to the provisions of your KEESA) or (c) due to your death or disability (as defined in and pursuant to the terms of your KEESA) before your Restricted Stock Units are 100% vested, then a pro rata portion of your Restricted Stock Units will become vested upon such termination based on the portion of the full four-year vesting period that has elapsed at the time of such termination. If your employment with the Company terminates as a result of your Retirement, death or Disability, then the Plan’s provisions will apply (to the extent that they provide a better result). Except as provided herein, any Restricted Stock Units remaining unvested immediately following your termination of employment will be forfeited.

 

   

If the Restricted Stock Units vest upon termination of employment, then the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest will be issued promptly after your termination. If, however, you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A of the Code at the time of your termination, then the issuance of the Shares for those Restricted Stock Units that vest as a result of your termination will be delayed for six months following your termination to the extent needed to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

   

The Restricted Stock Units will also vest upon a Change of Control provided you are still employed with the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control. The term “Change of Control” as applied to your Restricted Stock Units is modified to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

   

You cannot vote Restricted Stock Units.

 

   

You may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge as collateral or otherwise dispose of your Restricted Stock Units at any time during the vesting period.

Taxation of Award

 

   

The Fair Market Value of the Shares that are issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units and the cash paid in respect of Dividend Equivalent Units generally will be considered taxable compensation, and may be subject to withholding taxes.

 

   

If you become Retirement eligible while this award is in effect, the value of your Restricted Stock Units that would be vested if you actually retired will be subject to Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”) taxes even if the award is not yet paid. Normally, such FICA taxes will be withheld at the end of the calendar year. A similar rule applies upon termination due to Good Reason, Cause or disability if the issuance of the Shares is subject to the 6-month delay under Code Section 409A.

 

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Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Restricted Stock Units for information about the methods of payment of your tax withholding obligations.

General

 

   

The grant of this Plan award to you does not limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate your employment at any time for any reason, nor does it guarantee you will receive Plan awards in subsequent years.

 

   

The vesting of this award may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.

 

   

In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this grant agreement, this award is subject to the provisions of the Plan document and Prospectus as well as applicable rules and regulations issued under local tax and securities laws and New York Stock Exchange rules. Capitalized terms used in this grant agreement have the meanings given in the Plan.

 

   

If the Compensation Committee of the Pentair Ltd. Board of Directors (the “Committee”) determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this grant agreement is required under any law or any recoupment policy of the Company, then your Restricted Stock Units will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment policy and the Committee may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder.

 

   

The Committee may amend or modify the Plan at any time but generally such changes will apply to future Plan awards. The Committee may also amend or modify this award, but most changes will require your consent.

 

   

As a condition to the grant of this award, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this agreement will be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Committee under this agreement or the Plan, will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

   

As a key employee of the Company, you may have access to customer lists, trade secrets and other confidential information of the Company. During your employment or at any time after your employment ends, you agree not to disclose or make available to any person or firm confidential information of the Company, unless such disclosure is required by law. Any actual or threatened violation of your duty not to divulge confidential information will entitle the Company to legal and equitable remedies, including preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and attorney’s fees.

 

   

For purposes of this agreement, the word “Company” means Pentair Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their business units.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

Executive Officer Version

PENTAIR LTD. 2012 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

GRANT AGREEMENT

STOCK OPTIONS

[Name of Grantee]:

The Compensation Committee has awarded you the following grant under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Information

Number of Stock Options Granted:                     

Expiration Date: 10 th anniversary of the Date of Grant

Vesting Schedule: The options vest over the following schedule:

            of the options on the             anniversary of the Date of Grant

            of the options on the             anniversary of the Date of Grant

            of the options on the             anniversary of the Date of Grant

Type of Option: Incentive stock options to the extent permitted under the Plan

Specific terms of this grant not described above, such as the Date of Grant and the Grant Price, are set forth in the cover letter that accompanies this grant agreement.

Terms and Conditions of this Grant

 

   

Your Stock Options may be exercised only after they become vested. Your Stock Options may not be exercised after the expiration date set forth above, or the earlier date that these Stock Options terminate in connection with your termination of service in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Stock Options can only be exercised if the Fair Market Value of the Shares being exercised exceeds the grant price for those Shares.

 

   

If your service with the Company terminates (for any reason except for Cause), you may exercise those Stock Options which have vested as of the last day of your service for up to 90 days after your termination date or, if earlier, the expiration date of the Stock Options. Exceptions are made for termination of service due to such reasons as death, Retirement or Disability, in accordance with the terms of the Plan. If your service with the Company terminates for Cause, all of your Stock Options (both vested and unvested) shall terminate no later than your last day of service. In addition, if after your service terminates the Company determines that your service could have been terminated for Cause had all relevant facts been known at the time of your termination, then the Company may terminate all of your Stock Options (whether vested or unvested) immediately upon such determination, and you will be prohibited from exercising your Stock Options thereafter. In such event, you will be notified of the termination of your Stock Options.


   

You have no shareholder rights (e.g. dividends, voting) with respect to the underlying Shares you may purchase by the exercise of these Stock Options until after you have purchased the Shares.

 

   

You must pay the grant price and any applicable withholding taxes due upon exercise by one of the methods available under the Company’s exercise procedures, which may include (1) paying by cash or check, (2) swapping previously-acquired mature Shares or (3) arranging a cashless exercise through the Company’s designated broker. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Stock Options for more details.

General

 

   

The grant of this Plan award to you does not limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate your service at any time for any reason, nor does it guarantee you will receive Plan awards in subsequent years.

 

   

The vesting of this award may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.

 

   

In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this grant agreement, this award is subject to the provisions of the Plan document and Prospectus as well as applicable rules and regulations issued under local tax and securities laws and New York Stock Exchange rules. Capitalized terms used in this grant agreement have the meanings given in the Plan.

 

   

If the Compensation Committee of the Pentair Ltd. Board of Directors (the “Committee”) determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this grant agreement is required under any law or any recoupment policy of the Company, then your Stock Options will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment policy, any prior exercise of your Stock Options may be deemed to be rescinded, and the Committee may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder.

 

   

The Committee may amend or modify the Plan at any time but generally such changes will apply to future Plan awards. The Committee may also amend or modify this award, but most changes will require your consent.

 

   

As a condition to the grant of this award, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this agreement will be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Committee under this agreement or the Plan, will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

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If you are an officer or other employee of the Company, you agree that, as a key employee of the Company, you may have access to customer lists, trade secrets and other confidential information of the Company. During your employment or at any time after your employment ends, you agree not to disclose or make available to any person or firm confidential information of the Company, unless such disclosure is required by law. Any actual or threatened violation of your duty not to divulge confidential information will entitle the Company to legal and equitable remedies, including preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and attorney’s fees.

 

   

If you are an officer or other employee of the Company and this option is designated as an “incentive stock option” and if you sell Shares which were acquired through the exercise of this option within two years from the date of grant or one year from the date of exercise, you must notify the Company’s stock plan administrator of the sale to permit proper treatment of the compensation expense.

 

   

For purposes of this agreement, the word “Company” means Pentair Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their business units.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

Executive Officer RSU Award

PENTAIR LTD. 2012 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

GRANT AGREEMENT

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

[Name of Grantee]:

The Compensation Committee has awarded you the following grant under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Information

Number of Restricted Stock Units Granted:                     

Vesting Schedule: The units vest over the following schedule:

             of the units on the              anniversary of the Date of Grant

             of the units on the              anniversary of the Date of Grant

This grant also includes Dividend Equivalent Units, which are described below.

Specific terms of this grant not specified above, such as the Date of Grant and any performance thresholds for vesting, are set forth in the cover letter that accompanies this grant agreement.

Terms and Conditions of this Grant

 

   

The Restricted Stock Units become “vested” on the vesting dates noted above, provided any required performance goals have been satisfied. The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units will be issued upon vesting. In the event the vesting date falls on a weekend day or holiday, the Restricted Stock Units will vest and Shares will be issued on the next trading day.

 

   

You may defer these Restricted Stock Units under the employer’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan. If you make a deferral election, then the Restricted Stock Units subject to that election will not be paid upon vesting, but will instead be paid pursuant to the terms of the non-qualified deferred compensation plan.

 

   

Each Restricted Stock Unit includes one Dividend Equivalent Unit. A Dividend Equivalent Unit entitles you to a cash payment equal to the cash dividends declared on a Share of stock during the vesting period. Payment of the Dividend Equivalent Units will be made to you in cash as soon as practicable after the dividend payment date. Dividend Equivalent Units are not eligible for dividend reinvestment.

 

   

If your employment with the Company terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before your Restricted Stock Units are 100% vested, then all nonvested Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited. Exceptions to this rule are made for certain types of terminations, including termination due to death, Disability or Retirement, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.


   

If the Restricted Stock Units vest upon termination of employment, then the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest will be issued promptly after your termination. If, however, you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A at the time of your termination and if the Restricted Stock Units vest due to your Retirement or termination as a result of Disability, then the issuance of the Shares for those vested Restricted Stock Units will be delayed for six months following your termination to the extent needed to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

   

The Restricted Stock Units will also vest upon a Change of Control provided you are still employed with the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control. The term “Change of Control” as applied to your Restricted Stock Units is modified to comply with Code Section 409A.

 

   

You cannot vote Restricted Stock Units.

 

   

You may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge as collateral or otherwise dispose of your Restricted Stock Units at any time during the vesting period.

Taxation of Award

 

   

The Fair Market Value of the Shares that are issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units and the cash paid in respect of Dividend Equivalent Units generally will be considered taxable compensation, and may be subject to withholding taxes.

 

   

If you are Retirement eligible while this award is in effect, the value of your Restricted Stock Units that would be vested if you actually retired will be subject to Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA”) taxes even if the award is not yet paid. Normally, such FICA taxes will be withheld at the end of the calendar year. A similar rule applies upon termination due to Disability if the issuance of the Shares is subject to the 6-month delay under Code Section 409A.

 

   

Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Restricted Stock Units for information about the methods of payment of your tax withholding obligations.

General

 

   

The grant of this Plan award to you does not limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate your employment at any time for any reason, nor does it guarantee you will receive Plan awards in subsequent years.

 

   

The vesting of this award may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.

 

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In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this grant agreement, this award is subject to the provisions of the Plan document and Prospectus as well as applicable rules and regulations issued under local tax and securities laws and New York Stock Exchange rules. Capitalized terms used in this grant agreement have the meanings given in the Plan.

 

   

If the Compensation Committee of the Pentair Ltd. Board of Directors (the “Committee”) determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this grant agreement is required under any law or any recoupment policy of the Company, then your Restricted Stock Units will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment policy and the Committee may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder.

 

   

The Committee may amend or modify the Plan at any time but generally such changes will apply to future Plan awards. The Committee may also amend or modify this award, but most changes will require your consent.

 

   

As a condition to the grant of this award, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this agreement will be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Committee under this agreement or the Plan, will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

   

If you are an officer or other employee of the Company, you agree that, as a key employee of the Company, you may have access to customer lists, trade secrets and other confidential information of the Company. During your employment or at any time after your employment ends, you agree not to disclose or make available to any person or firm confidential information of the Company, unless such disclosure is required by law. Any actual or threatened violation of your duty not to divulge confidential information will entitle the Company to legal and equitable remedies, including preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and attorney’s fees.

 

   

For purposes of this agreement, the word “Company” means Pentair Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their business units.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

Executive Officer Performance Unit Award

PENTAIR LTD. 2012 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

GRANT AGREEMENT

PERFORMANCE UNITS

[Name of Grantee]:

The Compensation Committee has awarded you the following grant under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Information

Number of Performance Units Granted:                     

Value of each Performance Unit: U.S. $1.00

Performance Period and Performance Goals: The specific Performance Goals and Performance Period for this award will be described in a supplemental communication made to you, which will be considered part of this award.

Other specific terms of this grant not specified above, such as the Date of Grant, are set forth in the cover letter that accompanies this grant agreement.

Terms and Conditions of this Grant

 

   

Performance Units entitle you to a cash payment following the end of the performance period to the extent the specified Performance Goal(s) for your award are met. Payment will be made promptly following the Compensation Committee’s certification of the extent to which the performance goals are met, which will not be later than two and one-half months after the end of the fiscal year in which such performance period ends.

 

   

You may defer your Performance Units under the employer’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan. If you make a deferral election, then the Performance Units subject to that election will not be paid following the end of the performance period, but will instead be paid pursuant to the terms of the non-qualified deferred compensation plan.

 

   

If your employment with the Company terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before the end of the performance period, all Performance Units will be forfeited. Exceptions to this rule are made for certain types of terminations, including termination due to death, Disability or Retirement, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

   

The cash paid for the earned Performance Units is considered taxable wages. To the extent required by law, the Company will withhold all applicable withholding taxes from the payment.


General

 

   

The grant of this Plan award to you does not limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate your employment at any time for any reason, nor does it guarantee you will receive Plan awards in subsequent years.

 

   

The vesting of this award may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.

 

   

In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this grant agreement, this award is subject to the provisions of the Plan document and Prospectus as well as applicable rules and regulations issued under local tax and securities laws and New York Stock Exchange rules. Capitalized terms used in this grant agreement have the meanings given in the Plan.

 

   

If the Compensation Committee of the Pentair Ltd. Board of Directors (the “Committee”) determines that recoupment of incentive compensation paid to you pursuant to this grant agreement is required under any law or any recoupment policy of the Company, then your Performance Units will terminate immediately on the date of such determination to the extent required by such law or recoupment policy and the Committee may recoup any such incentive compensation in accordance with such recoupment policy or as required by law. The Company shall have the right to offset against any other amounts due from the Company to you the amount owed by you hereunder.

 

   

The Committee may amend or modify the Plan at any time but generally such changes will apply to future Plan awards. The Committee may also amend or modify this award, but most changes will require your consent.

 

   

As a condition to the grant of this award, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this agreement will be interpreted by the Committee and that any interpretation by the Committee of the terms of this agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Committee under this agreement or the Plan, will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

   

If you are an officer or other employee of the Company, you agree that, as a key employee of the Company, you may have access to customer lists, trade secrets and other confidential information of the Company. During your employment or at any time after your employment ends, you agree not to disclose or make available to any person or firm confidential information of the Company, unless such disclosure is required by law. Any actual or threatened violation of your duty not to divulge confidential information will entitle the Company to legal and equitable remedies, including preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and attorney’s fees.

 

   

For purposes of this agreement, the word “Company” means Pentair Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their business units.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

Director Version

PENTAIR LTD. 2012 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

GRANT AGREEMENT

STOCK OPTIONS

[Name of Grantee]:

The Board of Directors of Pentair Ltd. has awarded you the following grant under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Information

Number of Stock Options Granted:                     

Expiration Date: 10 th anniversary of the Date of Grant

Vesting Schedule: The options vest over the following schedule:

            of the options on the             anniversary of the Date of Grant

            of the options on the             anniversary of the Date of Grant

            of the options on the             anniversary of the Date of Grant

Type of Option: Nonqualified stock options

Specific terms of this grant not described above, such as the Date of Grant and the Grant Price, are set forth in the cover letter that accompanies this grant agreement.

Terms and Conditions of this Grant

 

   

Your Stock Options may be exercised only after they become vested. Your Stock Options may not be exercised after the expiration date set forth above, or the earlier date that these Stock Options terminate in connection with your termination of service in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Stock Options can only be exercised if the Fair Market Value of the Shares being exercised exceeds the grant price for those Shares.

 

   

If your service with the Company terminates (for any reason except for Cause), you may exercise those Stock Options which have vested as of the last day of your service for up to 90 days after your termination date or, if earlier, the expiration date of the Stock Options. Exceptions are made for termination of service due to such reasons as death, Retirement or Disability, in accordance with the terms of the Plan. If your service with the Company terminates for Cause, all of your Stock Options (both vested and unvested) shall terminate no later than your last day of service. In addition, if after your service terminates the Company determines that your service could have been terminated for Cause had all relevant facts been known at the time of your termination, then the Company may terminate all of your Stock Options (whether vested or unvested) immediately upon such determination, and you will be prohibited from exercising your Stock Options thereafter. In such event, you will be notified of the termination of your Stock Options.


   

You have no shareholder rights (e.g. dividends, voting) with respect to the underlying Shares you may purchase by the exercise of these Stock Options until after you have purchased the Shares.

 

   

You must pay the grant price and any applicable withholding taxes due upon exercise by one of the methods available under the Company’s exercise procedures, which may include (1) paying by cash or check, (2) swapping previously-acquired mature Shares or (3) arranging a cashless exercise through the Company’s designated broker. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Stock Options for more details.

General

 

   

The grant of this Plan award to you does not guarantee that you will receive Plan awards in subsequent years.

 

   

The vesting of this award may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.

 

   

In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this grant agreement, this award is subject to the provisions of the Plan document and Prospectus as well as applicable rules and regulations issued under local tax and securities laws and New York Stock Exchange rules. Capitalized terms used in this grant agreement have the meanings given in the Plan.

 

   

The Board may amend or modify the Plan at any time but generally such changes will apply to future Plan awards. The Board may also amend or modify this award, but most changes will require your consent.

 

   

As a condition to the grant of this award, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this agreement will be interpreted by the Board and that any interpretation by the Board of the terms of this agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Board under this agreement or the Plan, will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

   

For purposes of this agreement, the word “Company” means Pentair Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their business units.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

Director RSU Award

PENTAIR LTD. 2012 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN

GRANT AGREEMENT

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

[Name of Grantee]:

The Board of Directors of Pentair Ltd. has awarded you the following grant under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Information

Number of Restricted Stock Units Granted:                     

The units will become vested                     .

This grant also includes Dividend Equivalent Units, which are described below.

Specific terms of this grant not specified above, such as the Date of Grant, are set forth in the cover letter that accompanies this grant agreement.

Terms and Conditions of this Grant

 

   

The Restricted Stock Units become “vested” on the vesting date noted above. The Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units will be issued upon vesting. In the event the vesting date falls on a weekend day or holiday, the Restricted Stock Units will vest and Shares will be issued on the next trading day.

 

   

Each Restricted Stock Unit includes one Dividend Equivalent Unit. A Dividend Equivalent Unit entitles you to a cash payment equal to the cash dividends declared on a Share of stock during the vesting period. Payment of the Dividend Equivalent Units will be made to you in cash as soon as practicable after the dividend payment date. Dividend Equivalent Units are not eligible for dividend reinvestment.

 

   

If your service as a director with the Company terminates (voluntarily or involuntarily) before your Restricted Stock Units are 100% vested, then all nonvested Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited. Exceptions to this rule are made for certain types of terminations, including termination due to death, Disability or Retirement, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

   

If the Restricted Stock Units vest upon termination of service as a director, then the Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units that vest will be issued promptly after your termination.

 

   

The Restricted Stock Units will also vest upon a Change of Control provided you are still serving as a director of the Company immediately prior to the Change of Control. The term “Change of Control” as applied to your Restricted Stock Units is modified to comply with Code Section 409A.


   

You cannot vote Restricted Stock Units.

 

   

You may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge as collateral or otherwise dispose of your Restricted Stock Units at any time during the vesting period.

Taxation of Award

 

   

The Fair Market Value of the Shares that are issued upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units and the cash paid in respect of Dividend Equivalent Units will be considered taxable compensation.

 

   

If withholding taxes are due under applicable law, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Restricted Stock Units for information about the methods of payment of your withholding obligations.

General

 

   

The grant of this Plan award to you does not guarantee you will receive Plan awards in subsequent years.

 

   

The vesting of this award may be suspended or delayed as a result of a leave of absence.

 

   

In addition to the terms and conditions contained in this grant agreement, this award is subject to the provisions of the Plan document and Prospectus as well as applicable rules and regulations issued under local tax and securities laws and New York Stock Exchange rules. Capitalized terms used in this grant agreement have the meanings given in the Plan.

 

   

The Board may amend or modify the Plan at any time but generally such changes will apply to future Plan awards. The Board may also amend or modify this award, but most changes will require your consent.

 

   

As a condition to the grant of this award, you agree (with such agreement being binding upon your legal representatives, guardians, legatees or beneficiaries) that this agreement will be interpreted by the Board and that any interpretation by the Board of the terms of this agreement or the Plan, and any determination made by the Board under this agreement or the Plan, will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

   

For purposes of this agreement, the word “Company” means Pentair Ltd. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their business units.

 

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Exhibit 10.9

PENTAIR LTD.

2008 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

As Amended and Restated Through September 28, 2012

1. Purpose and Effective Date.

(a) Purpose . The Pentair Ltd. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan has several complementary purposes: (i) to promote the growth and success of the Company by linking a significant portion of participant compensation to the increase in value of the Company’s common stock; (ii) to attract and retain top quality, experienced executives and key employees by offering a competitive incentive compensation program; (iii) to reward innovation and outstanding performance as important contributing factors to the Company’s growth and progress; (iv) to align the interests of executives, key employees, directors and consultants with those of the Company’s shareholders by reinforcing the relationship between participant rewards and shareholder gains obtained through the achievement by plan participants of short-term objectives and long-term goals; and (iv) to encourage executives, key employees, directors and consultants to obtain and maintain an equity interest in the Company.

(b) Effective Date . This Plan became effective, and Awards were granted under this Plan: (1) with regard to Non-Employee Directors, on and after February 26, 2008, provided that any Awards made prior to the date that the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders shall be contingent on such shareholder approval, and (2) with regard to all other eligible individuals, the date that the Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders. If the Company’s shareholders approve this Plan, then the Pentair, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”) will terminate on the date of such shareholder approval, and no new awards will be granted under the Prior Plan after its termination date; provided that the Prior Plan will continue to govern awards outstanding as of the date of such plan’s termination and such awards shall continue in force and effect until fully distributed or terminated pursuant to their terms. The Plan terminated on September 28, 2012.

2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Plan have the following meanings:

(a) “10% Stockholder” means an Eligible Employee who, as of the date an ISO is granted to such individual, owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of Stock then issued by the Company or a Subsidiary corporation.

(b) “Administrator” means (i) the Committee with respect to Participants who are Eligible Employees and Consultants and (ii) the Non-Employee Directors of the Board (or a committee of Non-Employee Directors appointed by the Board) with respect to Participants who are Directors.

(c) “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining those individuals to whom an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be granted, the term “Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b) or (c); provided that, in applying such provisions, the phrase “at least 20 percent” shall be used in place of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears therein.


(d) “Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Deferred Stock Rights, Dividend Equivalent Units, or any other type of award permitted under the Plan.

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f) “Cause” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement, such act or omission by a Participant as is determined by the Administrator to constitute cause for termination, including but not limited to any of the following: (i) a material violation of any Company policy, including any policy contained in the Company Code of Business Conduct; (ii) embezzlement from, or theft of property belonging to the Company or any Affiliate; (iii) willful failure to perform or gross negligence in the performance of or failure to perform assigned duties; or (iv) other intentional misconduct, whether related to employment or otherwise, which has, or has the potential to have, a material adverse effect on the business conducted by the Company or its Affiliates.

(g) “Change of Control” means a change of control of the Company, as that term is defined in the KEESA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is considered deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A, the definition of “Change of Control” shall be amended and interpreted in a manner that allows the definition to satisfy the requirements of a change of control under Code Section 409A solely for purposes of determining the timing of payment of such Award.

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision.

(i) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or a successor committee with the same or similar authority).

(j) “Company” means (i) prior to September 28, 2012, Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, or any successor thereto or (ii) on and after September 28, 2012, Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company, or any successor thereto.

(k) “Consultant” means a person or entity rendering services to the Company or an Affiliate other than as an employee of any such entity or a Director.

(l) “Deferred Stock Right” means the right to receive Stock or Restricted Stock at some future time.

(m) “Director” means a member of the Board, and “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is not also an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(n) “Disability” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement: (i) with respect to an ISO, the meaning given in Code Section 22(e)(3), and (ii) with respect to all other Awards, a physical or mental incapacity which qualifies an individual to collect a benefit under a long term disability plan maintained by the Company, or such similar mental or physical condition which the Administrator may determine to be a disability, regardless of whether either the individual or the condition is covered by any such long term disability plan. The Administrator shall make the determination of Disability and may request such evidence of disability as it reasonably determines.

 

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(o) “Dividend Equivalent Unit” means the right to receive a payment, in cash or Shares, equal to the cash dividends or other distributions paid with respect to a Share.

(p) “Eligible Employee” means a key managerial, administrative or professional employee of the Company or an Affiliate whose position is evaluated at salary grade 40 or higher or who is in a position to make a material contribution to the continued profitable growth and long term success of the Company or an Affiliate.

(q) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Exchange Act includes any successor provision and the regulations and rules promulgated under such provision.

(r) “Fair Market Value” means, per Share on a particular date: (i) the closing price on such date on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or if no sales of Stock occur on the date in question, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale on such market; (ii) if the Shares are not listed on the New York Stock Exchange, but are traded on another national securities exchange or in an over-the-counter market, the last sales price (or, if there is no last sales price reported, the average of the closing bid and asked prices) for the Shares on the particular date, or on the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Shares on that exchange or market; or (iii) if the Shares are neither listed on a national securities exchange nor traded in an over-the-counter market, the price determined by the Administrator.

(s) “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” mean an Option that meets the requirements of Code Section 422.

(t) “KEESA” means the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement between the Company and key executives, as approved by the Board and in effect from time to time.

(u) “Option” means the right to purchase Shares at a stated price for a specified period of time.

(v) “Participant” means an individual selected by the Administrator to receive an Award.

(w) “Performance Awards” means a Performance Share and Performance Unit, and any Award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Deferred Stock Rights the payment or vesting of which is contingent on the attainment of one or more Performance Goals.

(x) “Performance Goals” means any goals the Administrator establishes that relate to one or more of the following with respect to the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or other business units: net income; income from continuing operations; stockholder return; stock price appreciation; earnings per share (including diluted earnings per share); net operating profit (including after tax); revenue growth; organic sales growth; return on equity; return on investment; return on invested capital (including after-tax); earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; operating income; operating margin; market share; return on sales; asset reduction; cost reduction; return on equity; cash flow (including free cash flow); and new product releases. As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of performance shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, if applicable; provided that, the Administrator may, at the time of

 

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establishing the Performance Goal(s), exclude the effects of (i) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of gain or loss, (ii) gains or losses on the disposition of a business, (iii) changes in tax regulations or laws, or (iv) the effect of a merger or acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the calculation of any Performance Goal established for purposes of an Award shall be made without regard to changes in accounting methods used by the Company or in accounting standards that may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board after a Performance Goal relative to an Award is established and prior to the time the compensation earned by reason of the achievement of the relevant Performance Goal is paid to the Participant. In the case of Awards that the Administrator determines will not be considered “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m), the Administrator may establish other Performance Goals not listed in this Plan. Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed, without limitation, in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criterion or the attainment of an increase or decrease (expressed as absolute numbers or a percentage) in the particular criterion or achievement in relation to a peer group or other index. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur).

(y) “Performance Shares” means the right to receive Shares (including Restricted Stock) to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

(z) “Performance Unit” means the right to receive a payment valued in relation to a unit that has a designated dollar value or the value of which is equal to the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares, to the extent Performance Goals are achieved.

(aa) “Person” has the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof.

(bb) “Plan” means this Pentair Ltd. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

(cc) “Restriction Period” means the length of time established relative to an Award during which the Participant cannot sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber the Stock or Stock Units subject to such Award and at the end of which the Participant obtains an unrestricted right to such Stock or Stock Units.

(dd) “Restricted Stock” means a Share that is subject to a risk of forfeiture or restrictions on transfer, or both a risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer.

(ee) “Restricted Stock Unit” means the right to receive a payment equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share.

(ff) “Retirement” means, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in an Award agreement, (i) with respect to Participants who are Eligible Employees or Consultants, termination of employment or service from the Company and its Affiliates (for other than Cause) on or after attainment of age fifty-five (55) and completion of ten (10) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates, and (ii) with respect to Director Participants, the Director’s removal (for other than Cause), or resignation or failure to be re-elected (for other than Cause) on or after “retirement” as defined in the Company’s retirement policy for Non-Employee Directors.

 

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(gg) “Section 16 Participants” means Participants who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(hh) “Share” means a share of Stock.

(ii) “Stock” means (i) prior to September 28, 2012, the Common Stock of the Company, par value of $0.16- 2/3 per share, or (ii) on and after September 28, 2012, the registered shares of the Company, nominal value CHF 0.50 per share, subject to any capital changes.

(jj) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right to receive a payment equal to the appreciation of the Fair Market Value of a Share during a specified period of time.

(kk) “Subsidiary” means any corporation or limited liability company (except that is treated as a partnership for U.S. income tax purposes) in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with the Company if each of the entities (other than the last entity in the chain) owns stock or equity interests possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or equity interests in one of the other entities in the chain.

3. Administration.

(a) Administration . In addition to the authority specifically granted to the Administrator in this Plan, the Administrator has full discretionary authority to administer this Plan, including but not limited to the authority to: (i) interpret the provisions of this Plan; (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan; (iii) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in any Award or agreement covering an Award in the manner and to the extent it deems desirable to carry this Plan into effect; and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. All Administrator determinations shall be made in the sole discretion of the Administrator and are final and binding on all interested parties.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator shall have the discretion to grant an Award with any vesting condition, any Restriction Period or any performance period if the Award is granted to a newly hired or promoted Participant, or accelerate the vesting, Restriction Period or performance period of an Award, in connection with a Participant’s death, disability, Retirement or termination by the Company without Cause. Any action by the Committee to accelerate or otherwise amend an Award for reasons other than Retirement, death, Disability or a termination by the Company without Cause, or in connection with a Change of Control, shall include application of a commercially reasonable discount to the compensation otherwise payable to reflect the value of the accelerated payment

Notwithstanding the above statement or any other provision of the Plan, once established, the Committee shall have no discretion to increase the amount of compensation payable under an Award that is intended to be performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), although the Committee may decrease the amount of compensation a Participant may earn under such an Award.

(b) Delegation to Other Committees or Officers . To the extent applicable law permits, the Board may delegate to another committee of the Board or to one or more officers of the Company, or the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company, any or all of their respective authority and responsibility as an Administrator of the Plan; provided that

 

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no such delegation is permitted with respect to Stock-based Awards made to Section 16 Participants at the time any such delegated authority or responsibility is exercised unless the delegation is to another committee of the Board consisting entirely of Non-Employee Directors. If the Board or the Committee has made such a delegation, then all references to the Administrator in this Plan include such other committee or one or more officers to the extent of such delegation.

(c) Indemnification . The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board and the Committee, and each officer or member of any other committee to whom a delegation under Section 3(b) has been made, as to any acts or omissions with respect to this Plan or any Award to the maximum extent that the law and the Company’s by-laws permit.

4. Eligibility. The Administrator may designate any of the following as a Participant from time to time, to the extent of the Administrator’s authority: any Eligible Employee, any Consultant or any Director, including a Non-Employee Director. The Administrator’s granting of an Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant an Award to such individual at any future time. The Administrator’s granting of a particular type of Award to a Participant will not require the Administrator to grant any other type of Award to such individual.

5. Types of Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant any type of Award to any Participant it selects, but only employees of the Company or a Subsidiary may receive grants of incentive stock options. Awards may be granted alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award (or any other award granted under another plan of the Company or any Affiliate).

6. Shares Reserved under this Plan.

(a) Plan Reserve . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16, an aggregate of seven million five hundred thousand (7,500,000) Shares are reserved for issuance under this Plan. The Shares reserved for issuance may be either authorized and unissued Shares or shares reacquired at any time and now or hereafter held as treasury stock.

(b) Incentive stock Option Award Limits . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16, the Company may issue only an aggregate of five million (5,000,000) Shares upon the exercise of incentive stock options.

(c) Replenishment of Shares Under this Plan . The aggregate number of Shares reserved under Section 6(a) shall be depleted by the number of Shares with respect to which an Award is granted; provided that the aggregate number of Shares reserved under Section 6(a) shall be depleted by three (3) Shares for each Share subject to a full-value Award. For this purpose, a full-value award includes Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Units (valued in relation to a Share), Deferred Stock Rights and any other similar Award under which the value of the Award is measured as the full value of a Share, rather than the increase in the value of a Share. If, however, an Award lapses, expires, terminates or is cancelled without the issuance of Shares or the payment of other compensation under the Award, or if Shares are forfeited under an Award, or if Shares are issued under any Award and the Company subsequently reacquires them pursuant to rights reserved upon the issuance of the Shares, then such Shares shall be recredited to the Plan’s reserve (in the same number as they depleted the reserve) and may again be used for new Awards under this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the following Shares be recredited to the Plan’s reserve: Shares tendered in payment of the exercise price of an Option; Shares withheld to satisfy federal, state or local tax withholding obligations; and Shares purchased by the Company using proceeds from Option exercises.

 

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(d) Participant Limitations . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16, no Participant may be granted Awards that could result in such Participant:

(i) receiving Options for, and/or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to, more than 750,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

(ii) receiving Awards of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units and/or Deferred Stock Rights relating to more than 500,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

(iii) receiving Awards of Performance Shares, and/or Awards of Performance Units the value of which is based on the Fair Market Value of Shares, for more than 500,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company;

(iv) receiving Awards of Performance Units the value of which is not based on the Fair Market Value of Shares, for more than $3,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Company; or

(v) receiving other Stock-based Awards pursuant to Section 11 relating to more than 100,000 Shares during any fiscal year of the Company.

In all cases, determinations under this Section 6(d) should be made in a manner that is consistent with the exemption for performance-based compensation that Code Section 162(m) provides.

7. Options. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each Option, including but not limited to:

(a) Whether the Option is an “incentive stock option” which meets the requirements of Code Section 422, or a “nonqualified stock option” which does not meet the requirements of Code Section 422;

(b) The number of Shares subject to the Option;

(c) The date of grant, which may not be prior to the date of the Administrator’s approval of the grant;

(d) The exercise price, which may not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant; provided that an incentive stock option granted to a 10% Stockholder must have an exercise price at least equal to 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option as determined on the date of grant;

(e) The terms and conditions of exercise; provided that, subject to the provisions of Sections 12 and 16, one-third (1/3) of each Option may not become exercisable earlier than on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of the date of grant; and provided further that if the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the Option (as determined on the date of grant of such Option) that become exercisable during a calendar year exceed $100,000, then such Option shall be treated as a nonqualified stock option to the extent such $100,000 limitation is exceeded.

 

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(f) The term; provided that each Option must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant and each incentive stock option granted to a 10% Stockholder must terminate no later than five (5) years after the date of grant.

In all other respects, the terms of any incentive stock option should comply with the provisions of Code section 422 except to the extent the Administrator determines otherwise. If an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option fails to meet the requirements thereof, the Option shall automatically be treated as a nonqualified stock option to the extent of such failure.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Award, vested Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving notice of exercise to the Company in such manner as the Company may prescribe. This notice must be accompanied by payment in full of the exercise price in cash or by use of such other instrument as the Administrator may agree to accept.

Payment of the exercise price, applicable withholding taxes due upon exercise of the Option, or both may be made in the form of Stock already owned by the Participant, which Stock shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the date the Option is exercised. A Participant who elects to make payment in Stock may not transfer fractional shares or shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of the Option exercise price plus applicable withholding taxes. A Participant need not present Stock certificates when making payment in Stock, so long as other satisfactory proof of ownership of the Stock tendered is provided (e.g., attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Stock to pay the exercise price). The Administrator shall have the discretion to authorize or accept payment by other forms or methods or to establish a cashless exercise program, all within such limitations as may be imposed by the Plan or any applicable law.

8. Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each SAR, including but not limited to:

(a) Whether the SAR is granted independently of an Option or relates to an Option;

(b) The number of Shares to which the SAR relates;

(c) The date of grant, which may not be prior to the date of the Administrator’s approval of the grant;

(d) The grant price, provided that the grant price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the SAR as determined on the date of grant;

(e) The terms and conditions of exercise or maturity; provided that, subject to the provisions of Sections 12 and 16, one-third (1/3) of each SAR may not become exercisable or mature earlier than on each of the first three (3) anniversaries of the date of grant;

(f) The term, provided that each SAR must terminate no later than ten (10) years after the date of grant; and

(g) Whether the SAR will be settled in cash, Shares or a combination thereof.

 

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If an SAR is granted in relation to an Option, then unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the SAR shall be exercisable or shall mature at the same time or times, on the same conditions and to the extent and in the proportion, that the related Option is exercisable and may be exercised or mature for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option. Upon exercise of any number of SAR, the number of Shares subject to the related Option shall be reduced accordingly and such Option may not be exercised with respect to that number of Shares. The exercise of any number of Options that relate to an SAR shall likewise result in an equivalent reduction in the number of Shares covered by the related SAR.

9. Performance and Stock Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Deferred Stock Rights, Performance Shares or Performance Units, including but not limited to:

(a) The number of Shares and/or units to which such Award relates;

(b) Whether, as a condition for the Participant to realize all or a portion of the benefit provided under the Award, one or more Performance Goals must be achieved during such period as the Administrator specifies;

(c) The period of restriction with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units and the period of deferral for Deferred Stock Rights (which, subject to the provisions of Sections 12 and 16, in each case may not be less than three (3) years from the date of grant);

(d) The performance period for Performance Awards (which, subject to the provisions of Sections 12 and 16, must be at least one year);

(e) With respect to Performance Units, whether to measure the value of each unit in relation to a designated dollar value or the Fair Market Value of one or more Shares; and

(f) With respect to Restricted Stock Units and Performance Units, whether to settle such Awards in cash, in Shares, or a combination thereof.

During the time Restricted Stock is subject to the Period of Restriction, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such Stock and, unless the Administrator shall otherwise provide, the right to receive dividends paid with respect to such Stock.

Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, at such time as all restrictions applicable to an Award of Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock Rights or Restricted Stock Units are met and the Restriction Period expires, ownership of the Stock subject to such restrictions shall be transferred to the Participant free of all restrictions except those that may be imposed by applicable law; provided that if Restricted Stock Units are paid in cash, said payment shall be made to the Participant after all applicable restrictions lapse and the Restriction Period expires.

10. Dividend Equivalent Units. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator will determine all terms and conditions of each award of Dividend Equivalent Units, including but not limited to whether: (a) such Award will be granted in tandem with another Award; (b) payment of the Award be made currently or credited to an account for the Participant which

 

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provides for the deferral of such amounts until a stated time; and (c) the Award will be settled in cash or Shares; provided that Dividend Equivalent Units may be granted only in connection with a “full value” Award as defined in Section 6(c).

11. Other Stock-Based Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant to Participants other types of Awards, which shall be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Shares, either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with other Awards, and payable in Stock or cash. Without limitation, such Award may include the issuance of shares of unrestricted Stock, which may be awarded in payment of director fees, in lieu of cash compensation, in exchange for cancellation of a compensation right, as a bonus, or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise, or rights to acquire Stock from the Company. The Administrator shall determine all terms and conditions of the Award, including but not limited to, the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, and the number of Shares to be granted pursuant to such Awards or to which such Award shall relate; provided that any Award that provides for purchase rights shall be priced at 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of the Award.

12. Effect of Termination on Awards . Except as otherwise provided by the Administrator in an Award Agreement or, subject to Section 3(a), as determined by the Administrator at the time of termination of a Participant’s service:

(a) Termination of Employment or Service . If a Participant’s service with the Company and its Affiliates as an employee or Director ends for any reason other than (i) a termination for Cause, (ii) Retirement, (iii) death or (iv) Disability, then:

(i) Any outstanding Options or SARs, to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date such Participant’s service ends, shall be exercisable no later than ninety (90) days following the Participant’s termination date or, if earlier, the expiration date of the Option or SAR. At the conclusion of such ninety (90) day period, all such Options and SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited.

(ii) All other Awards made to the Participant, to the extent not then earned or paid to the Participant, shall terminate no later than the Participant’s last day of employment, or service as a Director.

(b) Retirement of Corporate Officer or Director . Upon Retirement of a Participant who is then a Board-appointed corporate officer or a Director:

(i) Any outstanding Options or SARs shall remain outstanding (and shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms of the Award as if the Participant had continued in employment or service) until the earlier of the expiration date of the Award and the fifth anniversary of such Participant’s Retirement date; provided , however, that such extension shall result in the conversion of an incentive stock option to a nonqualified stock option to the extent required under the Code.

(ii) All Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Rights (that are not Performance Awards) outstanding on the Participant’s Retirement date shall be immediately vested, and any other terms and conditions applicable to such Awards shall be deemed to have lapsed or otherwise been satisfied. Payment for all such Awards shall be made to the Participant in either unrestricted shares of Stock or cash, depending on the payment terms applicable to such Award.

 

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(iii) All Performance Awards outstanding on the Participant’s Retirement date shall be paid in either unrestricted shares of Stock or cash, as the case may be, following the end of the performance period and based on achievement of the Performance Goals established for such Awards, as if the Participant had not retired.

(iv) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2(ff), effective for Awards granted on or after July 29, 2008, the provisions of subsections 12(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall apply only with respect to the termination of employment or service from the Company and its Affiliates (for other than Cause) of a Board-appointed corporate officer, on or after attainment of age sixty (60) and completion of ten (10) years of service with the Company and its Affiliates.

(c) Retirement of Other Participants . Upon (A) Retirement of a Participant who is then a Board-appointed corporate officer prior to the attainment of age sixty (60) (with respect to Awards granted on or after July 29, 2008), or (B) Retirement of a Participant who is not then a Board-appointed corporate officer or a Director::

(i) Any Options and SARs exercisable on such Participant’s Retirement date shall be exercisable no later than ninety (90) days following such date or, if earlier, the expiration date of the Option or SAR. At the end of such ninety (90) day period, all Options and SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited.

(ii) All Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Rights (that are not Performance Awards) shall vest on a prorated basis, based on the portion of the restriction or deferral period, as applicable, which the Participant has completed at the time of Retirement and any other terms and conditions applicable to such Awards shall be deemed to have lapsed or otherwise been satisfied.

(iii) All Performance Awards outstanding on the Participant’s Retirement date shall be paid in either unrestricted shares of Stock or cash, as the case may be, following the end of the performance period and based on achievement of the Performance Goals established for such Awards, as if the Participant had not retired, but prorated based on the portion of the performance period which the Participant has completed at the time of Retirement.

(d) Death or Disability . If a Participant’s service with the Company and its Affiliates ends due to death or Disability:

(i) All Options and SARs shall vest immediately and shall be exercisable until the earlier of twelve (12) months following the date the Participant’s service ends and the expiration date of the Option or SAR. Upon such earlier date, all Options and SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited.

(ii) All Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Rights (that are not Performance Awards or for which any Performance Goals have been satisfied) shall be immediately vested, and any other terms and conditions applicable to such Awards shall be deemed to have lapsed or otherwise been satisfied.

(iii) All Performance Awards shall be paid in either unrestricted shares of Stock or cash, as the case may be, following the end of the performance period and based on achievement of the Performance Goals established for such Awards, as if the Participant had not terminated service.

 

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(e) Termination for Cause . If a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates or service as a Director is terminated for Cause, all Awards and grants of every type, whether or not then vested, shall terminate no later than the Participant’s last day of employment. The Committee shall have discretion to determine whether this Section 12(f) shall apply, whether the event or conduct at issue constitutes Cause for termination and the date on which Awards to a Participant shall terminate.

(f) Consultants and Other Stock-Based Awards . The Committee shall have the discretion to determine, at the time an Award is made, the effect of the termination of service of a Consultant on Awards held by such individual, and the effect on Other Stock-Based Awards of the Participant’s termination of employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates.

13. Transferability .

(a) Restrictions on Transfer . Awards are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and to the extent the Administrator allows a Participant to designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise the Award or receive payment under an Award after the Participant’s death or transfer an Award as provided in subsection (b).

(b) Permitted Transfers . If allowed by the Administrator, a Participant may transfer the ownership of some or all of the vested or earned Awards granted to such Participant, other than incentive stock options to (i) the spouse, children or grandchildren of such Participant (the “Family Members”), (ii) a trust or trust established for the exclusive benefit of such Family Members, or (iii) a partnership in which such Family Members are the only partners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, vested or earned Awards may be transferred without the Administrator’s pre-approval if the transfer is made incident to a divorce as required pursuant to the terms of a “domestic relations order” as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code; provided that no such transfer will be allowed with respect to ISOs if such transferability is not permitted by Code Section 422. Any such transfer shall be without consideration and shall be irrevocable. No Award so transferred may be subsequently transferred, except by will or applicable laws of descent and distribution. The Administrator may create additional conditions and requirements applicable to the transfer of Awards. Following the allowable transfer of a vested Option, such Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the Option immediately prior to the transfer. For purposes of settlement of the Award, delivery of Stock upon exercise of an Option and the Plan’s Change of Control provisions, however, any reference to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the transferee.

14. Termination and Amendment of Plan; Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards.

(a) Term of Plan . The Plan terminated on September 28, 2012.

(b) Termination and Amendment . The Board or the Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate this Plan at any time, subject to the following limitations:

(i) the Board must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) action of the Board, (B) applicable corporate law, or (C) any other applicable law;

 

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(ii) shareholders must approve any amendment of this Plan to the extent the Company determines such approval is required by: (A) Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (B) the Code, (C) the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or (D) any other applicable law; and

(iii) shareholders must approve any of the following Plan amendments: (A) an amendment to materially increase any number of Shares specified in Section 6(a), 6(b) or the limits set forth in Section 6(d) (except as permitted by Section 16), (B) an amendment to expand the group of individuals that may become Participants, or (C) an amendment that would diminish the protections afforded by Section 14(e) or that would materially change the minimum vesting and performance requirements of an Award as required in the Plan.

(c) Amendment, Modification or Cancellation of Awards . Except as provided in Section 14(e) and subject to the requirements of this Plan, the Administrator may modify, amend or cancel any Award; or waive any restrictions or conditions applicable to any Award or the exercise of the Award, provided that any modification or amendment that materially diminishes the rights of the Participant, or the cancellation of the Award, shall be effective only if agreed to by the Participant or any other person(s) as may then have an interest in the Award, but the Administrator need not obtain Participant (or other interested party) consent for the adjustment or cancellation of an Award pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 or the modification of an Award to the extent deemed necessary to comply with any applicable law, the listing requirements of any principal securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then traded, or to preserve favorable accounting or tax treatment of any Award for the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, any such amendment shall be made in a manner that will enable an Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A to continue to be so exempt, or to enable an Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A to continue to so comply.

(d) Survival of Authority and Awards . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the authority of the Board and the Administrator under this Section 14 and to otherwise administer the Plan will extend beyond the date of this Plan’s termination. In addition, termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants with respect to Awards previously granted to them, and all unexpired Awards will continue in force and effect after termination of this Plan except as they may lapse or be terminated by their own terms and conditions.

(e) Repricing and Backdating Prohibited . Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, and except for the adjustments provided in Section 16, neither the Administrator nor any other person may decrease the exercise price for any outstanding Option or SAR after the date of grant nor allow a Participant to surrender an outstanding Option or SAR to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new Option or SAR with a lower exercise price. In addition, the Administrator may not make a grant of an Option or SAR with a grant date that is effective prior to the date the Administrator takes action to approve such Award.

(f) Foreign Participation . To assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed or residing in foreign countries, the Administrator may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Administrator may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of, this Plan as it determines is necessary or appropriate for such purposes. Any such amendment, restatement or alternative versions that the Administrator approves for purposes of using this Plan in a foreign country will not affect the terms of this Plan for any other country. In addition, all such supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative versions must comply with the provisions of Section 14(b)(ii).

 

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In addition, if an Award is held by a Participant who is employed or residing in a foreign country and the amount payable or Shares issuable under such Award would be taxable to the Participant under Code Section 457A in the year such Award is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, then the amount payable or Shares issuable under such Award shall be paid or issued to the Participant as soon as practicable after such substantial risk of forfeiture lapses (or, for Awards that are not considered nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A, no later than the end of the short-term deferral period permitted by Code Section 457A) notwithstanding anything in this Plan or the Award Agreement to contrary.

(g) Code Section 409A . The provisions of Code Section 409A are incorporated herein by reference to the extent necessary for any Award that is subject to Code Section 409A to comply therewith.

15. Taxes.

(a) Withholding . In the event the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is required to withhold any Federal, state or local taxes or other amounts in respect of any income recognized by a Participant as a result of the grant, vesting, payment or settlement of an Award or disposition of any Shares acquired under an Award, the Company may deduct (or require an Affiliate to deduct) from any payments of any kind otherwise due the Participant cash, or with the consent of the Committee, Shares otherwise deliverable or vesting under an Award, to satisfy such tax obligations. Alternatively, the Company may require such Participant to pay to the Company, in cash, promptly on demand, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment to the Company of the aggregate amount of any such taxes and other amounts. If Shares are deliverable upon exercise or payment of an Award, the Committee may permit a Participant to satisfy all or a portion of the Federal, state and local withholding tax obligations arising in connection with such Award by electing to (a) have the Company withhold Shares otherwise issuable under the Award, (b) tender back Shares received in connection with such Award or (c) deliver other previously owned Shares; provided that the amount to be withheld may not exceed the total minimum federal, state and local tax withholding obligations associated with the transaction to the extent needed for the Company to avoid an accounting charge. If an election is provided, the election must be made on or before the date as of which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined and otherwise as the Committee requires. In any case, the Company may defer making payment or delivery under any Award if any such tax may be pending unless and until indemnified to its satisfaction.

(b) No Guarantee of Tax Treatment . Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan, the Company does not guarantee to any Participant or any other Person with an interest in an Award that (i) any Award intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A shall be so exempt, (ii) any Award intended to comply with Code Section 409A or Code Section 422 shall so comply, (iii) any Award shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case will the Company or any Affiliate indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any Award.

(c) Participant Responsibilities . If a Participant shall dispose of Stock acquired through exercise of an ISO within either (i) two (2) years after the date the Option is granted or (ii) one (1) year after the date the Option is exercised (i.e., in a disqualifying disposition), such

 

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Participant shall notify the Company within seven (7) days of the date of such disqualifying disposition. In addition, if a Participant elects, under Code Section 83, to be taxed at the time an Award of Restricted Stock (or other property subject to such Code section) is made, rather than at the time the Award vests, such Participant shall notify the Company within seven (7) days of the date the Restricted Stock subject to the election is awarded.

16. Adjustment Provisions; Change of Control.

(a) Adjustment of Shares . If: (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger or other transaction in which the Shares are changed or exchanged; (ii) the Company shall subdivide or combine the Shares or the Company shall declare a dividend payable in Shares, other securities or other property; (iii) the Company shall effect a cash dividend the amount of which, on a per Share basis, exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share at the time the dividend is declared, or the Company shall effect any other dividend or other distribution on the Shares in the form of cash, or a repurchase of Shares, that the Board determines by resolution is special or extraordinary in nature or that is in connection with a transaction that the Company characterizes publicly as a recapitalization or reorganization involving the Shares; or (iv) any other event shall occur, which, in the case of this clause (iv), in the judgment of the Board or Committee necessitates an adjustment to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, then the Administrator shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan, adjust as applicable: (A) the number and type of Shares subject to this Plan (including the number and type of Shares described in Sections 6(a), (b) and (d)) and which may after the event be made the subject of Awards; (B) the number and type of Shares subject to outstanding Awards; (C) the grant, purchase, or exercise price with respect to any Award; and (D) to the extent such discretion does not cause an Award that is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m) to lose its status as such, the Performance Goals of an Award. In each case, with respect to Awards of incentive stock options, no such adjustment may be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause this Plan to violate Code Section 422(b).

Without limitation, in the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar corporate transaction or event, whether or not constituting a Change of Control (other than any such transaction in which the Company is the continuing corporation and in which the outstanding Stock is not being converted into or exchanged for different securities, cash or other property, or any combination thereof), the Administrator may substitute, on an equitable basis as the Administrator determines, for each Share then subject to an Award and the Shares subject to this Plan (if the Plan will continue in effect), the number and kind of shares of stock, other securities, cash or other property to which holders of Stock are or will be entitled in respect of each Share pursuant to the transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend declared in lieu of an ordinary cash dividend) or subdivision or combination of the Shares (including a reverse stock split), if no action is taken by the Administrator, adjustments contemplated by this subsection that are proportionate shall nevertheless automatically be made as of the date of such stock dividend or subdivision or combination of the Shares.

(b) Issuance or Assumption . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, and without affecting the number of Shares otherwise reserved or available under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, the Administrator may authorize the issuance or assumption of awards under this Plan upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate.

 

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(c) Change of Control . If the Participant has in effect an employment, retention, change of control, severance or similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate that discusses the effect of a Change of Control on the Participant’s Awards, then such agreement shall control. In all other cases, unless provided otherwise in an Award agreement, in the event of a Change of Control:

(i) Each Option or SAR that is then held by a Participant who is employed by or in the service of the Company or an Affiliate shall become immediately and fully vested, and, unless otherwise determined by the Board or Committee, all Options and SARs shall be cancelled on the date of the Change of Control in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Change of Control price of the Shares covered by the Option or SAR that is so cancelled over the purchase or grant price of such Shares under the Award;

(ii) Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Rights (that are not Performance Awards) that are not then vested shall vest;

(iii) All Performance Awards that are earned but not yet paid shall be paid, and all Performance Awards for which the performance period has not expired shall be cancelled in exchange for a cash payment equal to the amount that would have been due under such Award(s) if the Performance Goals (as measured at the time of the Change of Control) were to continue to be achieved at the same rate through the end of the performance period, or if higher, assuming the target Performance Goals had been met at the time of such Change of Control; and

(iv) All Dividend Equivalent Units that are not vested shall vest and be paid in cash, and all other Awards that are not vested shall vest and if an amount is payable under such vested Award, such amount shall be paid in cash based on the value of the Award.

If the value of an Award is based on the Fair Market Value of a Share, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to mean the per share Change of Control price. The Administrator shall determine the per share Change of Control price paid or deemed paid in the Change of Control transaction.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in any agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, if the receipt of any payment by a Participant under the circumstances described above would result in the payment by the Participant of any excise tax provided for in Section 280G and Section 4999 of the Code, then the amount of such payment shall be reduced to the extent required to prevent the imposition of such excise tax.

 

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17. Miscellaneous.

(a) Other Terms and Conditions . The grant of any Award may also be subject to other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Award granted to any other Participant) as the Administrator determines appropriate, including, without limitation, provisions for:

(i) the payment of the purchase price of Options by delivery of cash or other Shares or other securities of the Company (including by attestation) having a then Fair Market Value equal to the purchase price of such Shares, or by delivery (including by fax) to the Company or its designated agent of an executed irrevocable option exercise form together with irrevocable instructions to a broker-dealer to sell or margin a sufficient portion of the Shares and deliver the sale or margin loan proceeds directly to the Company to pay for the exercise price;

(ii) restrictions on resale or other disposition of Shares; and

(iii) compliance with federal or state securities laws and stock exchange requirements.

(b) Employment and Service . The issuance of an Award shall not confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continued employment or service with the Company or any Affiliate, or the right to continue as a Director. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, for purposes of the Plan and all Awards, the following rules shall apply:

(i) a Participant who transfers employment between the Company and its Affiliates, or between Affiliates, will not be considered to have terminated employment;

(ii) a Participant who ceases to be a Non-Employee Director because he or she becomes an employee of the Company or an Affiliate shall not be considered to have ceased service as a Non-Employee Director with respect to any Award until such Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and its Affiliates;

(iii) a Participant who ceases to be employed by the Company or an Affiliate and immediately thereafter becomes a Non-Employee Director, a non-employee director of an Affiliate, or a consultant to the Company or any Affiliate shall not be considered to have terminated employment until such Participant’s service as a director of, or consultant to, the Company and its Affiliates has ceased; and

(iv) a Participant employed by an Affiliate will be considered to have terminated employment when such entity ceases to be an Affiliate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of an Award that is subject to Code Section 409A, if a Participant’s termination of employment or service triggers the payment of compensation under such Award, then the Participant will be deemed to have terminated employment or service upon his or her “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A.

(c) No Fractional Shares . No fractional Shares or other securities may be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan, and the Administrator may determine whether cash, other securities or other property will be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or other securities, or whether such fractional Shares or other securities or any rights to fractional Shares or other securities will be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

 

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(d) Unfunded Plan . This Plan is unfunded and does not create, and should not be construed to create, a trust or separate fund with respect to this Plan’s benefits. This Plan does not establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or other person. To the extent any person holds any rights by virtue of an Award granted under this Plan, such rights are no greater than the rights of the Company’s general unsecured creditors.

(e) Requirements of Law and Securities Exchange . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares in connection with an Award are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any award agreement, the Company has no liability to deliver any Shares under this Plan or make any payment unless such delivery or payment would comply with all applicable laws and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity, and unless and until the Participant has taken all actions required by the Company in connection therewith. The Company may impose such restrictions on any Shares issued under the Plan as the Company determines necessary or desirable to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations or the requirements of any national securities exchanges.

(f) Governing Law . This Plan, and all agreements under this Plan, will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, without reference to any conflict of law principles. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, may only be heard in a “bench” trial, and any party to such action or proceeding shall agree to waive its right to a jury trial.

(g) Limitations on Actions . Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Plan, any Award or any award agreement, must be brought within one year (365 days) after the day the complaining party first knew or should have known of the events giving rise to the complaint.

(h) Construction . Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were used in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and wherever any words are used in the singular or plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply. Title of sections are for general information only, and this Plan is not to be construed with reference to such titles.

(i) Severability . If any provision of this Plan or any award agreement or any Award (i) is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person or Award, or (ii) would disqualify this Plan, any award agreement or any Award under any law the Administrator deems applicable, then such provision should be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Administrator, materially altering the intent of this Plan, award agreement or Award, then such provision should be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of this Plan, such award agreement and such Award will remain in full force and effect.

 

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Exhibit 10.10

PENTAIR LTD.

OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

As Amended

Effective September 28, 2012

SECTION 1

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

1.1 Background . Effective January 12, 1990, Pentair, Inc. combined its various equity compensation plans into one plan, the Pentair, Inc. 1990 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, to facilitate structuring of equity compensation awards and to permit administration of its equity compensation program under a consistent set of rules.

Pentair most recently restated the Plan effective as of December 12, 2007 to conform the terms of the Plan with the requirements of section 409A of the Code and to make clarifying administrative changes. The Plan is amended effective September 28, 2012 to reflect the effect of the consummation of the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2012, among Pentair, Inc., Tyco International Ltd., Pentair Ltd., Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc., in which Pentair, Inc. was merged with and into Panthro Merger Sub, Inc. and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Pentair Ltd. on September 28, 2012.

1.2 Purpose . Pentair maintains this comprehensive equity compensation and incentive plan for the following purposes:

(a) To promote the growth and success of Pentair by linking a significant portion of participant compensation to the increase in value of Pentair common stock;

(b) To attract and retain top quality, experienced executives and key employees by offering a competitive incentive compensation program;

(c) To reward innovation and outstanding performance as important contributing factors to Pentair’s growth and progress;

(d) To align the interests of executives and key employees with those of shareholders by reinforcing the relationship between participant rewards and shareholder gains obtained through the achievement by plan participants of short-term objectives and long-term goals; and

(e) To encourage executives and key employees to obtain and maintain an equity interest in Pentair.


SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context requires otherwise, when capitalized the terms listed below shall have the following meanings when used in this or other sections of the Plan:

(1) “Affiliate” is any corporation, business trust, division, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other legal entity which is not a Subsidiary, but in which Pentair holds (directly or indirectly) a significant ownership interest, the employees of which the Committee has determined may be eligible for Awards, but only during periods of such ownership as the Committee shall prescribe.

(2) “Award” is an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Right to Restricted Stock, Restricted Unit, Performance Award or other cash or Stock incentive granted to a Participant, subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions of the Plan and to such other terms, conditions and restrictions as may be established with respect to an Award.

(3) “Board” is (a) prior to September 28, 2012, the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc., as elected from time to time or (b) on and after September 28, 2012, the Board of Directors of Pentair Ltd., as elected from time to time.

(4) “Change in Control” is a change in control of Pentair, as that term is defined in the KEESA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is considered deferred compensation subject to Code section 409A, the definition of “Change in Control” (if a Change in Control results in the payment of such Award) shall be amended and interpreted in a manner that allows the definition to satisfy the requirements of a change of control under Code section 409A.

(5) “Code” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(6) “Committee” is the Compensation Committee of the Board, as appointed from time to time.

(7) “Consultant” is a person or entity rendering services to a member of the Pentair Group who is not an employee of any such member and who is not otherwise eligible to participate under this Plan or another similar type of equity compensation plan sponsored by Pentair, but who has contributed, or can be expected to contribute, to the growth and success of the Pentair Group or any member thereof.

(8) “Disabled” or “Disability” is a physical or mental incapacity which qualifies an individual to collect a benefit under a long term disability plan maintained by Pentair, or such similar mental or physical condition which the Committee may determine to be a Disability, regardless of whether either the individual or the condition is covered by any such long term disability plan.

(9) “Eligible Employee” is a key managerial, administrative or professional employee of a member of the Pentair Group whose position is generally evaluated at salary grade 25 or higher and who is in a position to make a material contribution to the

 

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continued profitable growth and long term success of the Pentair Group or any member thereof. In the case of employees of an Affiliate, this term shall not include individuals who are otherwise eligible to participate under the Plan or another similar plan sponsored by Pentair.

(10) “Fair Market Value” is the closing price of a share of Stock on the relevant date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, or such other exchange as may then list Pentair Stock, or, in the event the Stock ceases to be so listed, as otherwise determined using procedures established by the Committee.

(11) “Fiscal Year” is the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

(12) “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” is an Option which is designated as such and is intended to so qualify under Code section 422.

(13) “KEESA” is the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement between Pentair and key executives, as approved by the Board and in effect from time to time.

(14) “Nonqualified Stock Option” or “NQSO” is any Option which is not, or cannot be treated as, an ISO.

(15) “Option” is a right to purchase Stock subject to such terms and conditions as are established relative to the grant, or as otherwise provided under the Plan.

(16) “Participant” is an Eligible Employee or a Consultant approved by the Committee to receive an Award.

(17) “Pentair” is (a) prior to September 28, 2012, Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and (b) on and after September 28, 2012, Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company.

(18) “Pentair Group” is, as of any relevant date, Pentair and all Subsidiaries and Affiliates.

(19) “Performance Award” is an Award the payment of which is based solely on the degree of attainment of Performance Goals over a Performance Cycle, both as established relative to such Award.

(20) “Performance Cycle” is the period established relative to a Performance Award during which the performance of an individual with respect to the Performance Goals for the Pentair Group, or any subgroup thereof, any member of the Pentair Group or any unit, branch or division of such member, as relevant to the Award, is measured for the purpose of determining the extent to which a Performance Award has been earned.

(21) “Performance Goals” are the business or financial objectives, or both, established relative to a Performance Award and which are to be achieved over a Performance Cycle. The Performance Goals for Awards intended to qualify for the

 

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performance-based compensation exception under Code section 162(m) shall be related to one or more of the following business criteria: net income; stockholder return; stock price appreciation; earnings per share; revenue growth; return on investment; return on invested capital; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; operating income; market share; return on sales; asset reduction; cost reduction; return on equity; cash flow; and new product releases.

(22) “Performance Share” is a share of Stock, Restricted Stock or a Right to Restricted Stock, the payment of which is determined by the Participant’s degree of attainment of Performance Goals over a Performance Cycle, or upon the lapse of any other restrictions, all as established relative to the Award.

(23) “Performance Unit” is a unit representing the right to receive an amount of cash or Stock, which amount is determined by the Participant’s degree of attainment of Performance Goals over a Performance Cycle, both as established relative to the Award.

(24) “Plan” is the Pentair Ltd. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as described in this plan document, and as it may be amended from time to time.

(25) “Reload Option” is an Option granted to a Participant who, within five (5) years of the date an Option with a reload feature is granted, exercises such Option by making payment for all or part of the Option exercise price in shares of Stock.

(26) “Restricted Stock” is Stock issued to a Participant subject to such restrictions as are established relative to such Award, and which will remain subject to said restrictions until such time as the restrictions lapse.

(27) “Restricted Unit” is a unit representing the right to receive an amount of cash or Stock at such time as the restrictions established relative to the Award are satisfied.

(28) “Restriction Period” is the length of time established relative to an Award, during which the Participant receiving the Award cannot sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber any Stock so awarded and at the end of which the Participant obtains an unrestricted right to such Stock.

(29) “Retirement” is the ending of employment with the Pentair Group by a Participant who has attained age fifty-five (55) and completed ten (10) years of service with the Pentair Group.

(30) “Right to Restricted Stock” is a right awarded to a Participant to receive Stock or Restricted Stock at some future time, which Award is subject to such restrictions as may be established relative to the Award and which shall remain subject to such restrictions until said restrictions lapse and Stock or Restricted Stock can be issued to the Participant.

(31) “Significant Shareholder” is an Eligible Employee who, as of the date an ISO is granted to such individual, owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of Stock then issued by Pentair or a Subsidiary corporation.

 

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(32) “Stock” is (a) prior to September 28, 2012, Pentair, Inc. common stock, par value $0.16 2/3 per share, or (b) on and after September 28, 2012, registered shares of Pentair Ltd., nominal value CHF 0.50 per share, subject to any capital changes.

(33) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” is an Award which entitles a Participant to receive, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established relative to the Award, an amount of cash or shares of Stock, Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock measured by the increase in Fair Market Value of Stock from the date of grant to the date of exercise.

(34) “Subsidiary” is any corporation, business trust, division, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other legal entity in which Pentair owns (directly or indirectly) fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock, or rights analogous to voting stock, but only during the period such ownership interest exists.

(35) “Units” are Awards which entitle a Participant to receive, subject to such terms and conditions as are relevant to the Award, including the attainment of Performance Goals over a Performance Cycle, an amount measured by the change in the Fair Market Value of Stock, or such other amount as may be established relative to the Unit Award, which amount may be paid to the Participant in cash, Stock, Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or any combination thereof.

SECTION 3

SHARES AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS

3.1 Number of Shares . The number of shares of Stock that may be issued or transferred to Participants on account of Awards which may be made during the term of the Plan is 5,000,000, plus the number of shares of Stock authorized for such purposes under prior versions of the plan which as of May 1, 2004 are not subject to awards under any such prior plan, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.2. Such shares of Stock shall be made available, at the discretion of the Committee, from authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares or shares acquired in the open market.

3.2 Adjustments to Maximum Number of Shares of Stock . (a)  Reuse of Shares of Stock . For purposes of determining the number of shares of Stock available for issuance or delivery under the Plan at any given point in time, no Stock shall be deemed issued or delivered in connection with an Option until such Option is exercised and Stock is delivered to the Participant. If any Award, whether issued under the Plan or any prior version of the plan, is surrendered, exercised, cashed out, lapses, expires, or otherwise terminates without either Restricted or unrestricted Stock having been issued to the Participant, the number of shares subject to such Award, if any, shall be again available for issuance as Awards. Such number of shares of unrestricted Stock as are tendered by a Participant as full or partial payment of withholding or other taxes, the number of shares of Restricted Stock surrendered for tax payment purposes, and the number of shares used to pay an Option exercise price will again be available

 

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for issuance as Awards. Upon the exercise of an SAR issued in tandem with an Option or a Unit issued in tandem with an Award of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or Performance Shares, the exercise of the SAR or the Unit which does not settle in shares of Stock, Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock shall cancel the tandem Option or applicable Stock Award, making such number of shares of Stock again available for issuance as Awards.

(b) Antidilution . In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, share exchange, Stock dividend, Stock split, spin-off or other change in Pentair corporate structure affecting the Stock, the Committee shall make substitutions or adjustments in the aggregate number and kinds of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, in the number, kind and price of shares subject to outstanding Awards, and in the Award limits detailed in Section 3.3, provided that any such substitutions or adjustments will be, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, consistent with the treatment of Stock not subject to the Plan, and that the number of shares subject to any Award will always be a whole number.

In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of assets or stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation, the Committee shall be authorized to cause Pentair to issue Options or assume other stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Code section 424(a) applies, by means of substitution of new Options for previously issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options. In such event the aggregate number of shares of Stock available for issuance as Awards will be increased to reflect such substitution or assumption, and such shares as are substituted or assumed shall not be counted against the limit set forth in Section 3.1.

3.3 Restrictions on Awards . The Awards granted to any one Participant in a Fiscal Year shall not exceed Options to purchase 750,000 shares of Stock, which number shall include any SARs granted in tandem with an Option; 500,000 shares of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock, which number shall include any Restricted Units issued in tandem with such an Award; or Performance Shares with a Fair Market Value in excess of $3,000,000 for each year in a Performance Cycle, which number shall include any Performance Units issued in tandem with an Award of Performance Shares Furthermore, not more than twenty percent (20%) of the maximum number of shares of Stock available under the Plan may be used for Awards settled in Stock, Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock To the extent a Unit or SAR is granted in tandem with another Award and settles in Stock, Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock so as to cancel an Award of Units or SARs, such Unit or SAR shall be counted against the above limits; Units or SARs which will settle in cash shall not be so counted. For purposes of applying the dollar limit stated herein, all Awards shall be valued using the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date the Award is made, without regard to any vesting or other restrictions which may then apply.

3.4 Vesting of Awards . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6 or Section 8, and subject to the discretion of the Committee as described in Section 9.1, Awards shall vest as herein described.

(a) Options . Awards of ISOs and NQSOs shall vest, or become exercisable, over a term which shall not be less than three (3) years, with not more than one-third of an Award of Options vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date, not more than one-third on

 

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the second anniversary of the grant date, and not more than one-third on the third anniversary of the grant date. To the extent Options treated as ISOs cannot be treated as such due to the application of the exercise limits contained in Section 4.2(b), such Options shall be exercisable as NQSOs, and shall vest in accordance with the vesting provisions applicable to such ISOs at the time of grant; such Options shall not be treated as a new grant of NQSOs for vesting purposes. Unless another vesting term is established by the Committee, Reload Options are vested and exercisable as of the grant date.

(b) Stock Appreciation Rights . Stock Appreciation Rights shall vest and become exercisable at such time as is established as a term or condition of the Award. To the extent SARs are issued in tandem with Options, such SARs shall vest at the same times and over the same period as the related Options.

(c) Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock and Restricted Units . Awards of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock and Restricted Units shall vest following completion of the Restriction Period established relative to the Award. No portion of such an Award shall vest sooner than the third anniversary of the grant date. Restricted Units shall vest at such time as is established as a term or condition of the Award. Restricted Units awarded in tandem with Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock, shall vest at the same times and over the same period as the related Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock.

(d) Performance Awards . An Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall establish a Performance Cycle which shall be not less than one (1) year, but may be of any other length as the Committee may determine. At the end of a Performance Cycle, Performance Shares or Performance Units, to the extent earned, shall be vested. Performance Units shall vest at such time as is established as a term or condition of the Award. To the extent Performance Units are awarded in tandem with Performance Shares, such Units shall vest at the same times and over the same period as the Performance Shares.

(e) Other Awards . To the extent the Committee makes an Award other than one of the types of Awards described herein, such Award shall vest at the time or times and over the period established relative to such Award.

(f) Exceptions to Vesting Rules . The Committee shall have the discretion to make an Award with any vesting condition, including making such Award vested at grant, to the extent it deems such action is necessary in relation to business circumstances then existing. As an example, to align the interests of a newly hired Participant with those of Pentair, the Committee may determine it is necessary to make an Award that will provide such individual with immediate ownership of Stock.

SECTION 4

TYPES AND TERMS OF AWARDS

4.1 General . The Committee shall determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant, which Awards shall be evidenced by such written or electronic documents as the Committee shall authorize. The types of Awards described herein may be granted under the Plan. If an Option (other than an ISO) or SAR is granted to a Participant who

 

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does not provide services to Pentair or any other member of the Pentair Group that is considered an “eligible issuer of service recipient stock” within the meaning of the regulations promulgated under Code section 409A, then such Option or SAR is considered deferred compensation that must comply with the requirements of Code section 409A.

4.2 Incentive Stock Options . (a)  Grant of ISOs . Incentive Stock Options shall have an exercise price equal to not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date of grant. If an ISO is granted to a Significant Shareholder, the exercise price shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date of grant. Unless earlier terminated, ISOs shall expire not later than ten (10) years from the date of grant. ISOs awarded to a Significant Shareholder shall expire not later than five (5) years from the date of grant. The term of an ISO may extend beyond the Plan termination date. No ISO shall contain terms which would limit or otherwise affect a Participant’s right to exercise any other Option, nor shall any NQSO contain any terms which will limit or otherwise affect the Participant’s right to exercise any other Option in such a manner that an Option intended to be an ISO would be deemed a tandem option.

(b) ISO Exercise Limit . The aggregate Fair Market Value of Stock, determined as of the date of grant, subject to an Award of ISOs which may become exercisable for the first time in any calendar year, shall not exceed $100,000 and, to the extent such limit is exceeded, any Options which exceed the limit shall be treated as NQSOs. In determining whether this exercisability limit has been met or exceeded, ISOs are taken into account in the order granted, and any acceleration of an ISO exercise date shall change the date the ISO is first exercisable for purposes of applying this limit. Notwithstanding this limit, Options granted with an aggregate Fair Market Value not in excess of $100,000 need not be designated as ISOs. In the event this exercise limit shall be adjusted by law, this Section 4.2 (b) shall be applied so as to take into account such limit as adjusted.

4.3 Nonqualified Stock Options . Nonqualified Stock Options granted under the Plan shall have an exercise price equal to not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date of grant. NQSOs shall expire at such time or times as specified in documents evidencing the grant, although all such Options shall expire not later than ten (10) years from the date of grant. The term of a NQSO may extend beyond the Plan termination date.

4.4 Reload Options . If the Committee, in its discretion, grants an Option with a reload feature, a Participant who, within five (5) years of the grant date, exercises such an Option by tendering Stock as payment for the exercise price shall receive a grant of Reload Options. The number of Reload Options granted shall be equal to the number of shares of Stock utilized by the Participant to pay the exercise price. Each Reload Option shall have an exercise price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date the Reload Option is granted, and shall expire at the same time as the Option exercised would have expired by its terms. The Reload Options may be granted as either ISOs or NQSOs and, to the extent allowable under applicable law, will be the same type of Option as was exercised to trigger the grant of the Reload Option. Reload Options shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the Option exercised, except that the use of Stock to pay the exercise price of a Reload Option will not entitle the Participant to another grant of Reload Options. Any Options exercised after a Participant ends employment or otherwise ceases to provide services to the Pentair Group shall not be eligible for a grant of Reload Options, regardless of whether such Option was originally granted with a reload feature, and regardless of the manner in which the exercise price is paid.

 

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4.5 Stock Appreciation Rights . Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with Options and may relate to any number of shares of Stock a Participant could acquire by exercise of an underlying ISO or NQSO. SARs also may be granted in any number without relation to an Option Award. An Award of SARs not related to Options shall specify the terms and conditions applicable to the Award, provided that no SAR shall contain any terms which will limit or otherwise affect the ability of an ISO to qualify as such.

4.6 Restricted Stock and Performance Shares . (a)  Awards of Restricted Stock . An Award of Restricted Stock shall specify the number of shares of Stock so awarded, the Restriction Period applicable to the Award and any other restrictions which shall apply to the Award. In addition to such other restrictions as may be specified at the time a Restricted Stock Award is made, each share of Restricted Stock shall also be subject to the following restrictions:

(i) No share of Restricted Stock may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of while subject to any restrictions.

(ii) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, unless the Participant remains continuously employed by a member of the Pentair Group until all restrictions lapse or are otherwise removed by the Committee, all Restricted Stock awarded to such Participant shall be forfeited and returned to Pentair.

During the time Restricted Stock remains subject to the relevant restrictions, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such Stock and, unless the Committee shall provide otherwise, the right to receive dividends paid with respect to such Stock.

(b) Awards of Performance Shares . The Performance Goals which shall apply to a Performance Award shall be established by the Committee before the Performance Cycle commences or, if after such Performance Cycle has commenced, while achievement of the Performance Goal is substantially uncertain. In awarding Performance Shares, the Committee shall have the discretion to use such performance measures as it deems appropriate with respect to Participants who are not reasonably likely to be covered employees, within the meaning of Code section 162(m), at the time all or any part of a Restricted Stock or Performance Share Award is otherwise deductible by the Participant’s employer for federal income tax purposes.

4.7 Rights to Restricted Stock . Rights to Restricted Stock shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as Restricted Stock, as described in Section 4.6, except that Participants receiving an Award of Rights to Restricted Stock shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder until such time as the Rights to Restricted Stock vest, all restrictions are removed and the Stock is issued to the Participant. In the discretion of the Committee, however, a Participant may receive payment of, or have credited to a bookkeeping account established for this purpose the equivalent of, the amounts that would otherwise be payable as dividends on the number of shares of Stock into which the Rights to Restricted Stock may be converted.

 

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4.8 Unit Awards . (a)  Restricted Units . Restricted Units may be granted in tandem with Awards of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock, and may relate to any number of such shares. Restricted Units also may be granted without relation to an Award of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock. An Award of Restricted Units shall specify the Restriction Period and other restrictions which may relate to such Units. Restricted Units awarded in tandem with an Award of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the Award of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock to which such Units relate.

(b) Performance Units . Performance Units may be granted in tandem with Performance Shares and may relate to any number of such shares. Performance Units may also be granted without relation to an Award of Performance Shares. An Award of Performance Units shall also specify the Performance Goals and Performance Cycle applicable to the Award. Performance Units issued in tandem with an Award of Performance Shares shall have the same Performance Goals and Performance Cycle as the Performance Shares to which they relate. The value, if any, of Performance Units shall be paid to the Participant based upon the degree to which the Performance Goals were attained, with such results determined as soon as practicable after the Performance Cycle ends.

4.9 Other Stock or Cash Awards . The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant other types of Awards, which Awards may be payable in cash, Stock, Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock. Such Awards may be granted singly, in combination with, in replacement of or as alternatives to the grants or Awards described in this Section 4, subject to such terms and conditions as may be established in the documents evidencing the Award. Any such Award shall be consistent with the other types of Awards described herein, subject to the limits stated in Section 3.3 and consistent with the goals and objectives of the Plan.

SECTION 5

SETTLEMENT OF AWARDS

5.1 Forms of Payment . Awards shall settle in accordance with the terms and conditions relevant to such Award, and in accordance with the procedures herein described.

5.2 Exercising Options . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Award, vested Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving notice of exercise to Pentair in such manner as may be prescribed. This notice must be accompanied by payment in full of the exercise price in cash or by use of such other instrument as the Committee may agree to accept.

Payment in full may be made in the form of Stock already owned by the Participant, which Stock shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the date the Option is exercised. A Participant who elects to make payment in Stock may not transfer fractional shares or shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of the Option exercise price plus applicable withholding taxes. A Participant need not present Stock certificates when making payment in Stock, so long as other satisfactory proof of ownership of the Stock tendered is provided (e.g., attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Stock to pay the exercise price). The Committee shall have the discretion to authorize or accept payment by other forms or methods or to establish a cashless exercise program, all within such limitations as may be imposed by the Plan or any applicable law.

 

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5.3 Exercise of SARs . Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised at the time, to the extent and subject to the conditions applicable to the Award. If the SARs were issued in tandem with an Option, the SAR is exercisable only when the Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to the Award exceeds the Stock’s Fair Market Value on the date of grant. Stock Appreciation Rights issued without relation to an Option Award shall be exercisable, and the value of the SARs determined, in accordance with the terms and conditions relevant to the Award. To the extent an SAR is granted in tandem with an Option, the exercise of the SAR shall cancel the related Option, and the exercise of such Option shall cancel any related SAR. The amount paid to the Participant upon the exercise of an SAR shall be the amount established at the time the Award was made and shall be not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Stock as determined on the date the SAR is granted and the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of exercise.

5.4 Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock and Restricted Units . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, at such time as all restrictions applicable to an Award of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or Restricted Units are met and the Restriction Period expires, ownership of the Stock awarded subject to such restrictions shall be transferred to the Participant free of all restrictions except those that may be imposed by applicable law; provided that if Restricted Units are paid in cash, said payment shall be made to the Participant after all applicable restrictions lapse and the Restriction Period expires. To the extent a Restricted Unit was granted in tandem with an Award of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock, payment of the Unit in cash shall cancel the related Award of Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock, and transfer of the Stock free of restrictions shall cancel the related Restricted Unit.

5.5 Performance Shares and Performance Units . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Performance Award shall be paid to the Participant after earned in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable to the Award. All determinations with respect to the degree to which the Performance Goals were met during the Performance Cycle shall be made as soon as practicable after the end of the Performance Cycle. Performance Awards may be paid in cash, Stock, Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock, or any combination thereof as the Committee may determine. To the extent Performance Units were awarded in tandem with Performance Shares, payment of the Units in cash shall cancel the related Award of Performance Shares, and payment of the Performance Share Award in Stock shall cancel the related Performance Unit.

5.6 Delivery of Stock . As soon as practicable after the exercise of an Option, the satisfaction of restrictions applicable to Restricted Stock or Rights to Restricted Stock or the satisfactory attainment of Performance Goals over a Performance Cycle, Pentair shall cause to be delivered to the Participant evidence of the Participant’s unconditional ownership of such Stock, whether through use of certificated or uncertificated shares. Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO shall be designated as such on the records maintained by Pentair for this purpose.

 

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5.7 Deferral of Recognition of Awards . To the extent allowed by the Committee, Participants may elect to defer the income recognized due to the exercise of an NQSO or SAR, the lapse of restrictions applicable to Restricted Stock or Restricted Units, the earning of a Performance Award, or the payment of any other type of Award (other than an ISO). Any such election must be made in the form and manner as specified by the Committee.

SECTION 6

TERMINATION OF AWARDS

6.1 General Rule . Except as otherwise provided herein, and subject to the discretion of the Committee as described in Section 9.1, Options and SARs may be exercised and Awards of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock, Restricted Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units paid only in accordance with the terms and conditions specified relative to the grant or, in the case of a Change in Control, as provided in Section 8.

6.2 Termination of Employment or Service . If a Participant’s employment with the Pentair Group ends for any reason other than (i) a termination for cause, (ii) Retirement, (iii) death or (iv) Disability, any outstanding Options or SARs, to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date the Participant’s employment ends, may be exercised no later than ninety (90) days following the Participant’s termination date or, if earlier, the expiration date of the Option or SAR. At the conclusion of such ninety (90) day period, all such Options and SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited. All other Awards made to the Participant, to the extent not then earned or paid to the Participant, shall terminate no later than the Participant’s last day of employment.

6.3 Retirement . (a)  Retirement of Corporate Officer . Upon Retirement of a Participant who is then a Board appointed corporate officer any outstanding Options or SARs shall remain outstanding (and shall continue to vest in accordance with the terms of the Award as if the Participant had continued in employment) until the earlier of the expiration date specified at the time the Award was made and the fifth anniversary of such Participant’s Retirement date; provided, however, such extension shall result in the conversion of an ISO to a NQSO to the extent provided under the Code. The Restriction Period applicable to Awards of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or Restricted Units outstanding on the Participant’s Retirement date, as well as any other terms and conditions applicable to such Awards shall be deemed to have lapsed or otherwise been satisfied. Payment for all such Awards shall be made to the Participant in either unrestricted shares of Stock or cash, depending on the payment terms applicable to such Award. All Performance Awards outstanding on the Participant’s Retirement Date shall be paid in either unrestricted shares of Stock or cash, as the case may be, based on the degree to which the Participant had attained the applicable Performance Goals as of such Participant’s Retirement date.

(b) Other Participants . Upon Retirement of a Participant not covered by Section 6.3(a), any Options and SARs exercisable on such a Participant’s Retirement date may be exercised no later than ninety (90) days following such date or, if earlier, the expiration date of the Option or SAR. At the end of such ninety (90) day period, all Options and SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited. The Restriction Period applicable to an outstanding Award of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or Restricted Units shall be deemed to have lapsed

 

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on a prorated basis, based on the portion of the Restriction Period which the Participant has completed at the time of Retirement. The amount earned and payable on account of an outstanding Performance Award shall also be prorated based on the degree to which the Participant has attained the relevant Performance Goals and the portion of the Performance Cycle completed as of the date of Retirement.

6.4 Death of Participant . If a Participant dies during employment with a member of the Pentair Group, all outstanding Options and SARS shall be exercisable by, or paid to, the Participant’s estate or the person who has acquired the right to exercise Options or SARs by bequest or inheritance. The Participant’s estate, or any person who succeeds to the Participant’s benefits under the Plan, shall have up to twelve (12) months to exercise any outstanding Options or SARs to the same extent the Participant would have been entitled to exercise said Options or SARs on the date of death. At the end of said twelve (12) month period, all Options and SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited. The Restriction Period applicable to an outstanding Award of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or Restricted Units shall be deemed to have lapsed on a prorated basis, using the portion of the Restriction Period which the Participant had completed on the date of death. The amount earned and payable on account of an outstanding Performance Award shall also be prorated based on the degree to which the Participant had attained the relevant Performance Goals and the portion of the Performance Cycle completed as of the date of death.

6.5 Disability of Participant . If a Participant’s employment with all members of the Pentair Group ends due to a Disability, the Participant shall have up to twelve (12) months to exercise any outstanding Options or SARs to the same extent the Participant would have been entitled to exercise said Options or SARs as of the date the Disability determination is effective. At the end of said twelve (12) month period all Options or SARs then unexercised shall be forfeited. The Restriction Period applicable to an outstanding Award of Restricted Stock, Rights to Restricted Stock or Restricted Units shall be deemed to have lapsed on a prorated basis, based on the portion of the Restriction Period the Participant had completed as of the date of Disability. The amount earned and payable on account of an outstanding Performance Award shall also be prorated based on the degree to which the Participant had attained the relevant Performance Goals and the portion of the Performance Cycle completed as of the date of Disability. The Committee shall have such discretion as is necessary to determine whether and when a Participant is considered Disabled for purposes of the Plan.

6.6 Termination for Cause . If a Participant’s employment with all members of the Pentair Group is terminated for cause, all Awards and grants of every type, whether or not then vested, shall terminate no later than the Participant’s last day of employment. The Committee shall have discretion to determine whether this Section 6.6 shall apply, whether the event or conduct at issue constitutes cause for termination of employment and the date on which Awards to a Participant shall terminate. For purposes of the Plan, termination for cause shall include, but is not limited to: (i) a material violation of any Pentair policy, including any policy contained in the Pentair Code of Business Conduct, (ii) embezzlement from, or theft of property belonging to a member of the Pentair Group, (iii) willful failure to perform or gross negligence in the performance of or failure to perform assigned duties or (iv) other intentional misconduct, whether related to employment or otherwise, which has, or has the potential to have, a material adverse effect on the business conducted by the Pentair Group or a member thereof.

 

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6.7 Consultants . The Committee shall have the discretion to determine whether and how the provisions of Sections 6.3 through 6.6 shall apply to a Consultant, and when a Consultant shall be considered to have ceased providing services to the Pentair Group for purposes of applying Section 6.2.

SECTION 7

TRANSFERABILITY

7.1 General . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7, Awards cannot be assigned, transferred (other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution), pledged, or otherwise encumbered (whether by operation of law or otherwise).

7.2 Limited Purpose Transfers . (a)  Allowable Transfers . If allowed by the Committee, a Participant may transfer the ownership of some or all of the vested or earned Awards granted to such Participant, other than ISOs, to (i) the spouse, children or grandchildren of such Participant (the “Family Members”), (ii) a trust or trust established for the exclusive benefit of such Family Members, or (iii) a partnership in which such Family Members are the only partners. Any such transfer shall be without consideration and shall be irrevocable. No Award so transferred may be subsequently transferred, except by will or applicable laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may create additional conditions and requirements applicable to the transfer of Awards.

(b) Treatment of Options After Transfer . Following the allowable transfer of a vested NQSO, such Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the NQSOs immediately prior to the transfer. For purposes of settlement of the Award, delivery of Stock upon exercise of an Option and the Plan’s Change in Control provisions, however, any reference to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the transferee. With respect to a Change in Control, however, such event as may cause the termination of Awards shall continue to apply with respect to the Participant, following which event the transferred NQSOs shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent and for the periods specified in Section 8. If the transferred NQSOs are exercised at such time and in such manner as to result in a grant of Reload Options, the Reload Options shall be granted to the Participant.

SECTION 8

CHANGE IN CONTROL

8.1 Treatment of Options . Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, all Options granted to a Participant who is then employed by Pentair or a Subsidiary shall, to the extent not then vested or exercised, become fully vested and immediately exercisable without regard to the terms and conditions attached to such Options. To the extent such Options are then exercised under circumstances which would otherwise result in a grant of Reload Options to the Participant, no such Reload Options will be granted.

8.2 Treatment of Restricted Stock . Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the restrictions then applicable to all outstanding shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan shall automatically lapse. If on the Change in Control date any dividends declared with respect to such Restricted Stock have not been paid to the Participant, then all such amounts shall be paid within ten (10) days of the Change in Control date.

 

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8.3 Treatment of Rights to Restricted Stock . Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, all Rights to Restricted Stock shall be fully and immediately vested and the Participant shall be paid within ten (10) days the cash value of the shares of Stock which otherwise would have been issued based on the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the Change in Control date, together with any then unpaid dividends which have been declared on the number of shares of Stock into which an Award of Rights to Restricted Stock can then be converted.

8.4 Treatment of Performance Shares . Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Performance Goals then applicable to all outstanding Performance Shares shall be deemed satisfied. The Committee shall have the discretion to pay to the Participant, in cash or Stock, such amount of the Award, if any, as it shall determine within ten (10) days of the Change in Control date, together with any dividends declared with respect to such shares which have not yet been paid.

8.5 Treatment of Units . Outstanding Awards of Units shall be valued by assuming that all Performance Goals have been satisfied and any other restrictions applicable to such Award have been met or have otherwise lapsed. The Committee shall have the discretion to pay to the Participant such amount of the Award, if any, as it shall determine within ten (10) days of the Change in Control date. If such Units were issued in tandem with another Award, payment for such Units shall be made in Stock or cash, depending on the payment terms relevant to the Award.

8.6 Participants Covered Under a KEESA . The provisions of this Section 8 shall also apply to a Participant who terminates employment before a Change in Control if the Participant has entered into a KEESA and is entitled to benefits thereunder pursuant to Section 3(b) of the KEESA.

8.7 Governing Documents . In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Section 8 and any other provisions of the Plan, this Section 8 will control. In the case of any conflict between the terms of this Plan and the terms and provisions of a Participant’s KEESA, the terms of such KEESA shall control to the extent more beneficial to such Participant, and the obligations of Pentair under such KEESA shall be in addition to any of its obligations under the Plan.

SECTION 9

ADMINISTRATION

9.1 Committee as Administrator . (a)  General . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power and authority to select Participants, interpret the Plan, grant Awards, continue, accelerate, or suspend the exercisability or vesting of an Award, and adopt such rules and procedures for operating the Plan as it may deem necessary or appropriate. Notwithstanding the above statement, once established the Committee shall have no discretion to increase the amount of compensation a Participant whose Awards are, or are reasonably thought to be, subject to Code section 162(m) may earn by application of any

 

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Performance Goals relevant to an Award, although the Committee shall retain the discretion to decrease the amount of compensation a Participant may earn under the terms of an Award. Any action by the Committee to accelerate or otherwise amend an Award for reasons other than Retirement, death, Disability or a Change in Control shall be made only in response to business circumstances then existing and, if appropriate, shall include application of a commercially reasonable discount to the compensation otherwise payable to reflect the value of accelerated payment.

(b) Compliance with Applicable Law . The power and authority of the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, making such amendments or modifications to the Plan or to an Award as may be necessary or desirable to make available to Participants tax or other benefits of, or to comply with, the laws, regulations or accounting rules of the United States, any state, any other domestic jurisdiction or any foreign jurisdiction in which any member of the Pentair Groups operates or in which Participants who are subject to such laws reside or work.

(c) Code Section 409A . The provisions of Code section 409A are incorporated herein by reference to the extent necessary for any Award that is subject to Code section 409A to comply therewith.

9.2 Delegation of Authority . To the extent permitted under Minnesota law, the Committee may delegate to officers of Pentair any or all of its duties, power and authority under the Plan subject to such conditions or limitations as the Committee may establish. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Committee may not delegate the power to amend or terminate the Plan nor the authority to award performance-based compensation or determine the degree to which such compensation has been earned with respect to an Award for a Participant who is, or is reasonably thought to be, subject to Code section 162(m). In no event, however, shall an officer of Pentair have or obtain the authority to grant Awards to himself or herself or to any person who is subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

9.3 Accounting Standards . Calculation of changes to any Performance Goal established for purposes of an Award shall be made without regard to changes in accounting methods used by Pentair or in accounting standards that may be required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board after a Performance Goal relative to an Award is established and prior to the time the compensation earned by reason of the achievement of the relevant Performance Goal is paid to the Participant.

9.4 Amendment of Awards . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Committee shall have the discretion to amend the terms of any Award. Any such amendment may be made either prospectively or retroactively, as necessary, provided that no such amendment shall either impair the rights of an affected Participant without the consent of such Participant or amend the terms of an Option or an SAR so as to reduce the Option price or SAR grant price. Absent shareholder approval, the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR with a lower Option price or SAR grant price, if such action would have the same economic effect as reducing the Option price or SAR grant price of such a cancelled Option or SAR. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the exercise price of an Option or the grant price of an SAR be reduced, even with the approval of

 

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the Company’s shareholders, unless such reduction is made pursuant to the adjustment provisions contained in Section 3.2 of the Plan and in accordance with section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D) of the Treasury Regulations, or in connection with a transaction which is considered the grant of a new Option or SAR for purposes of section 409A of the Code, provided that the new exercise price or grant price is not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the new grant date.

9.5 Term of Plan . The Plan terminated on May 1, 2008.

SECTION 10

PLAN AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

10.1 Plan Amendment . Pentair may, by written resolution of its Board or through action of the Committee, at any time and from time to time, amend the Plan in whole or in part. Notwithstanding this authority, no such amendment shall, without shareholder approval, have the effect of repricing an Option, increasing the number of shares of Stock available for purposes of making Awards, increasing the limits described in Section 3.3 applicable to various types of Awards, materially enhancing the benefits available to Participants, materially expanding the class of individuals who are eligible to receive Awards, or making such other change as would, under applicable law or regulation, or standards issued by a self-regulating organization, require shareholder approval.

10.2 Plan Termination . Pentair may, by written resolution of its Board, terminate the Plan at any time.

SECTION 11

MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Participant Rights . The right of a member of the Pentair Group to discipline or discharge a Participant, or to exercise any rights related to the tenure of any individual’s employment or other service shall not be affected in any manner by the existence of the Plan or any action taken pursuant to the Plan. The selection of an individual to receive an Award in any given Fiscal Year shall not require that such individual receive an Award in any subsequent Fiscal Year. Furthermore, the grant to a Participant of a specific type of Award does not require that such individual be selected to receive any other type of Award. The Committee has the discretion to consider such factors as it deems pertinent when selecting Participants and determining the type and amount of Awards to be made to a Participant.

11.2 Participant Responsibilities . If a Participant shall dispose of Stock acquired through exercise of an ISO within either (i) two (2) years after the date the Option is granted or (ii) one (1) year after the date the Option is exercised (i.e., in a disqualifying disposition), such Participant shall notify Pentair within seven (7) days of the date of such disqualifying disposition. In addition, if a Participant elects, under Code section 83, to be taxed at the time an Award of Restricted Stock (or other property subject to such Code section) is made, rather than at the time the Award vests, such Participant shall notify Pentair within seven (7) days of the date the Restricted Stock subject to the election is awarded.

 

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11.3 Funding . The Plan is an unfunded plan, and Pentair has no obligation to create any trust or separate fund or to otherwise set aside funds or segregate assets to ensure payment of any Award. The Plan does not create a fiduciary relationship between Pentair and any Participant or other person. To the extent any Participant or other person holds any rights by virtue of an Award under the Plan, such right shall, except as may otherwise be provided in a KEESA, be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of Pentair.

11.4 Expenses . The expenses of maintaining and administering the Plan shall be borne by Pentair.

11.5 Indemnification . To the extent permitted by law, members of the Committee and the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by Pentair with respect to any loss, cost, liability or expense that may reasonably be incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding which may arise by reason of any act or omission under the Plan taken within the scope of the authority delegated hereunder.

11.6 Communications . Pentair may, unless otherwise prescribed by any applicable state or federal law or regulation, provide to Participants any notices, grants, Awards, forms, reports or shares of Stock by using either paper or electronic means.

11.7 Interpretation . Section and subsection headings are for convenience of reference and not part of this Plan, and shall not influence its interpretation. Wherever any words are used in the Plan in the singular, masculine, feminine or neuter form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural, feminine, masculine or non-neuter form, respectively, in all cases where such interpretation is reasonable.

11.8 Governing Law . To the extent not preempted by applicable federal law, the construction and interpretation of the Plan shall be made in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Minnesota, but without regard to any choice or conflict of laws provisions thereof.

11.9 Severability . If any provision of the Plan shall be ruled or declared invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, and such remaining provisions shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been included in the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 10.11

PENTAIR LTD.

OUTSIDE DIRECTORS NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN

(as amended through September 28, 2012)

1. Purpose . The purposes of this Plan are to (i) encourage stock ownership by Outside Directors of the Company through the granting of nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of Pentair Ltd. Common Shares, provide an incentive to the directors to continue to serve the Company and aid the Company in continuing to attract qualified director candidates.

Options granted under the Plan will not meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The exercise of options is necessarily speculative, and the Company gives no assurance as to the future value of Stock.

The Plan terminated on January 15, 2008.

2. Definitions .

a. “Company” means (1) prior to September 28, 2012, Pentair, Inc. and (2) on and after September 28, 2012, Pentair Ltd., and, in each case, any first-tier or second-tier subsidiary, including a joint venture partially owned by a subsidiary.

b. “Board” means (1) prior to September 28, 2012, the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc. and (2) on and after September 28, 2012, the Board of Directors of Pentair Ltd.

c. “Plan” means the Outside Directors Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.

d. “Optionee” means an Outside Director who has entered into an option agreement.

e. “Outside Director” means any member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company.

f. “Stock” means (1) prior to September 28, 2012, the common stock of Pentair, Inc. and (2) on and after September 28, 2012, Pentair Ltd. Common Shares.

3. Administration . The Plan shall be administered by the Board.

4. Grants to Directors . Each Outside Director shall be given annually a fixed number of options to acquire Stock as provided in Section 5. When an individual who has not previously been an Outside Director first joins the Board, he or she shall receive a one-time grant of options as provided in Section 5. In addition, as of the Plan’s effective date, each Outside Director shall receive a one-time option grant. The number of shares to be covered by each option and the terms of such options shall be governed by the provisions of the Plan. Each time an Outside Director is granted an option, he or she shall be notified and given an option agreement for purposes of accepting the grant of options.


5. Grant of Option .

a. Number of Shares . Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the maximum number of shares as to which options may be granted under the Plan shall be 1,155,000 shares of Stock.

b. Determination of Grant .

(i) One-Time Grant . Each individual who is an Outside Director on the Plan’s effective date shall receive a one-time grant of options to purchase five thousand (5,000) shares of Stock.

(ii) Initial Grants . Each individual who does not receive a grant under Section 5b(i) and who is elected to the Board after the Plan’s effective date shall receive a one-time grant of options to purchase five thousand (5,000) shares of Stock.

(iii) Ongoing Grants . For each calendar year an individual is an Outside Director, he or she shall receive a grant of options to purchase five thousand (5,000) shares of Stock.

c. Option Term and Vesting . Each option granted shall be exercisable only within ten (10) years from the date of grant and shall be first exercisable for one-third of the number of shares for which options were granted following the first anniversary of the date of grant, an additional one-third following the second anniversary and the final one-third following the third anniversary.

d. Reload Options . Options granted under the Plan with ten (10) year terms which are exercised by a stock swap not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of grant are eligible for the grant of a reload option. Any such reload option shall be equal to the number of shares surrendered for purposes of exercising a qualifying option. The reload options shall be for a term equal to the remainder of the original term of the option to which the reload option relates and shall have an exercise price not less than the fair market value of Stock, determined as of the date the reload options are granted.

The grant of reload options pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5(c) shall be automatic and each eligible Optionee will be notified and given an opportunity to accept an option agreement. Grants of reload options shall be subject to the maximum number of shares authorized and available under the Plan as described in Article 5(a).

e. Exercise Price . The price to be paid upon the exercise of each option granted under the Plan shall be no less than the fair market value of Stock, determined as of the date the option is granted.

f. Fair Market Value . For purposes of this Article 5, the fair market value of Stock shall mean the closing price of a share of Stock on the relevant date as reported by the New York Stock Exchange, or as otherwise determined using procedures established by the Board.

 

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g. Amendments to Article 5 . The provisions of this Article 5 may not be amended more than once every six (6) months, other than to comport with changes in the Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated under either of them.

6. Effective Date and Period of Plan . The Plan is effective for a period of ten (10) years from January 15, 1998.

7. Period of Option . The term of any option issued pursuant to the Plan shall not exceed ten (10) years from the date granted (or in the case of an option granted pursuant to Article 12, ten (10) years from the date the substituted option was granted by the predecessor corporation). An option term may extend beyond the termination of this Plan.

Each option shall become exercisable at such time or times and in the manner provided in the Plan, as may be amended thereafter, providing such amendment does not postpone exercise of then outstanding options.

8. Termination .

a. Death or Permanent Disability of Optionee . In the event of death or permanent disability of an Optionee while a member of the Board, and prior to the time an option has been fully exercised, any option which has not then expired by its terms shall be exercisable only within the six (6) months immediately succeeding the date of death or disability and then only (i) by the person or persons to whom the Optionee’s rights under the option shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and (ii) to the extent the Optionee was entitled to exercise the option at the date of death or disability. Permanent disability shall be as defined in Code section 105.

b. Termination for Reasons Other than Death or Permanent Disability . Upon removal of an Optionee from the Board for reasons other than death or permanent disability, all options hereunder will terminate within thirty (30) days of the date of the Optionee’s removal from the Board unless the Board in its discretion prescribes a later date.

9. Transferability .

a. Options Not Transferable . Each option granted under this Plan shall be nontransferable other than on the death of the Optionee by will or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution of the state in which the Optionee is domiciled on the date of death. Options shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the Optionee.

b. Transfer Restrictions . Each share of Stock acquired by exercise of an option under this Plan shall be subject to such restriction on transfer as the Board shall determine is necessary to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Stock certificates evidencing such shares shall bear an appropriate restrictive legend. No Stock may be sold, transferred, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in violation of such restriction.

 

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10. Payment .

a. General . Full payment for all Stock to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option shall be made at the time such option, or any part thereof, is exercised, except that the Board may permit deferred payment if at least the minimum interest rate required under Code section 483 is charged. Payment shall be made in cash or in one of the alternative forms specified below.

b. Payment with Options . In lieu of paying cash for the exercise price, the Optionee may pay such exercise price by transferring to the Company a sufficient number of outstanding options. The cash derived from the transfer of options for payment of such exercise price will be equal to the appreciated value of the options, measured by the excess of the current market value of the Stock over the exercise price of the option.

c. Payment in Stock . Shares of Stock also may be exchanged in payment for the exercise price due upon exercise of an option. For this purpose, the value of the Stock will be the fair market value as of the date of exercise. Any such transfer of Stock must be in whole shares; the Optionee may not transfer fractional shares of Stock.

11. Form of Option . The form of option granted pursuant to the Plan and the contents of the option agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the Plan.

12. Anti-dilution . If the number of outstanding shares of Stock shall be changed in number or class by reason of split-ups, combinations, mergers, consolidations recapitalizations or the declaration of a Stock dividend, the number and class of shares as to which options may thereafter be granted, and the number and class of shares then subject to outstanding options, shall be adjusted proportionately to the nearest whole share. In addition, the price per share payable upon exercise of each outstanding option also shall be adjusted proportionately to reflect any such adjustment in the number of shares then subject to outstanding options. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Article 12 shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made in the number of shares subject to outstanding options for Stock dividends in any calendar year which, in the aggregate, do not exceed three percent (3%) of the total number of shares of such Stock outstanding on the record date used to determine the stockholders entitled to receive the latest such dividend in such calendar year.

13. Modification and Termination . The Board may, at any time, terminate, modify or suspend the Plan.

14. Interpretation of Plan . Full power and authority to construe, interpret and administer the Plan and all option contracts issued thereunder shall be vested in the Board. Decisions of the Board shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties, including the Company, the stockholders and Optionees.

15. Expenses of Administration . The expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company.

 

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16. Removal from Board . The fact that an Outside Director has been granted an option under this Plan shall not affect or qualify the right of the Board or the shareholders of the Company to remove such individual from the Board consistent with the provisions of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, or under applicable provisions of Minnesota law.

17. Change in Control . Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, as that term is defined in the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement (“KEESA”), as approved by the Board effective August 23, 2000, all outstanding options granted to an individual who is then an Outside Director shall, to the extent not then exercisable, become fully and immediately exercisable without regard to the time at which such options would otherwise become first exercisable under Section 5b of the Plan. Regardless of the manner in which payment for such options is made, however, no reload options shall be granted upon the exercise of options which have become exercisable by application of this Section 17. In the case of a conflict between this Section 17 and any other Plan provision, this Section 17 shall control.

 

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Exhibit 10.12

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of September [ ], 2012, by and among Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“ Assignor ”), Pentair Ltd., a corporation limited by shares ( Aktiengesellschaft ) organized under the laws of Switzerland (“ Assignee ”) and [EXECUTIVE] (“ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee are parties to the merger agreement, dated as of March 27, 2012 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among Tyco International Ltd., a corporation limited by shares ( Aktiengesellschaft ) organized under the laws of Switzerland (“ Tyco ”), Assignee, Panthro Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Assignee (“ AcquisitionCo ”), Panthro Merger Sub, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of AcquisitionCo (“ Merger Sub ”), and Assignor, pursuant to which Merger Sub was merged with and into Assignor (the “ Merger ”) and, as a result of which, Assignor became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Assignee;

WHEREAS, following the consummation of the Merger, Assignor no longer is a publicly-traded company and Assignee succeeded to Assignor’s filer status for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Assignor prior to the Merger, together with one director selected by Tyco and reasonably acceptable to Assignor, constitute the board of directors of Assignee;

WHEREAS, Assignor and Executive are parties to that certain Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement dated [ ] (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, including by the Waiver described below, the “ KEESA ”);

WHEREAS, Assignor and Executive are parties to that certain letter agreement, dated as of March 27, 2012, by and between Assignor and Executive (the “ Waiver ”), in which Executive agreed to waive certain rights in respect of the Merger under the KEESA and Assignor’s 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated; and

WHEREAS, Assignor desires to assign all of Assignor’s rights, title and interests in, to and under the KEESA to Assignee, and Assignee desires to accept such assignment and to assume all of Assignor’s obligations under the KEESA accruing from and after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

1. Assignment; Assumption . Assignor hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to Assignee all of Assignor’s rights, title and interest in, to and under the KEESA, as modified by the Waiver solely with respect to the Merger (the “ Assigned Interest ”), for the full benefit of Assignee from and after the Effective Time. Assignee hereby accepts the assignment from


Assignor of the Assigned Interest and hereby agrees to assume and perform all of Assignor’s obligations and responsibilities under the KEESA accruing from and after the Effective Time. Subject to Section 2, Assignee shall be substituted for Assignor under all provisions of the KEESA with effect from and after the Effective Time. Each director of Assignee on the date of this Agreement shall be deemed a “Continuing Director” under the KEESA.

2. Compensation . The parties agree that Assignee shall, or shall cause the subsidiary of Assignee (if any) that is responsible for the employment and compensation of Executive at the time of the termination of Executive’s employment, to pay or provide any compensation or benefits required under the KEESA.

3. Executive Consent . Executive hereby agrees that, in accordance with Section 19 of the KEESA and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the KEESA, Executive hereby consents to the provisions of this Agreement.

4. Waiver . The parties acknowledge that the Waiver only applies in respect of the Change of Control (as defined in the KEESA) constituted by the Merger, and will not apply to any Change of Control of Assignee subsequent to the Merger. For this purpose, the grant of the Founders RSUs and Additional RSUs (as such terms are defined in the Waiver) shall be deemed to be made immediately after the consummation of the Merger.

5. Further Acts . The parties hereto agree to do, execute and deliver, or cause to be done, executed and delivered, all of such further acts, documents and instruments as necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.

6. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Minnesota or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Minnesota.

7. Modifications; Waivers . This Agreement shall not be modified, waived or terminated except pursuant to an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom such modification, waiver or termination is to be enforced.

8. Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

9. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof. To the extent permitted by law, the parties hereto hereby waive any provision of law that renders any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect.

 

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10. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or PDF shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

PENTAIR, INC., Assignor
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
PENTAIR LTD., Assignee
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
[EXECUTIVE], Executive
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Exhibit 10.13

PENTAIR LTD.

COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

As Amended and Restated

Through September 28, 2012


SECTION 1

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

1.1 Background . Effective as of January 17, 1986, Pentair, Inc. adopted a Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors. The Plan has been amended and restated several times since its adoption, with the last such restatement made effective December 16, 2009.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, effective as of the consummation of the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2012, by and among Pentair, Inc., Tyco International Ltd., Pentair Ltd. (formerly known as Tyco Flow Control International Ltd.), Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Closing”), no further deferrals or matching contributions may be made under the Plan with respect to compensation earned after the Closing, and all existing deferral elections in effect as of the Closing are cancelled with respect to compensation earned after the Closing.

1.2 Purpose . Pentair has created this Plan to permit its non-employee directors to defer all or a portion of their retainer and meeting fees, whether to be paid in the form of cash or Equity Awards, for future payment in shares of Pentair common stock, together with earnings on such deferred compensation as measured by changes in the value of said stock.


SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, when capitalized the terms listed below shall have the following meanings when used in this Section or other parts of the Plan:

(a) “ Account ” is an account maintained under the Plan by the Plan Agent to record a Director’s Share Units.

(b) “ Administrator ” is Pentair.

(c) “ Board ” is the Board of Directors of Pentair, as elected from time to time.

(d) “ Change in Control ” is any one of the following:

 

  (i) When a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of Pentair’s stock;

 

  (ii) When a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month consecutive period, ending with the date of the most recent stock acquisition, stock of Pentair possessing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of Pentair’s stock;

 

  (iii) When a majority of the members of Pentair’s Board is replaced within a twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such Board as constituted before such appointment or election; or

 

  (iv) When a Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month consecutive period assets from Pentair or an entity controlled by Pentair that have a total gross fair market value equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total fair market value of the assets of Pentair and all such entities.

Once a Person or group acquires stock meeting the thresholds set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) immediately preceding, additional acquisitions of such stock by that Person or group shall be ignored in determining whether another Change in Control has occurred. Asset transfers between or among controlled entities as determined before such transfers shall not be considered in applying paragraph (iv) immediately preceding.

 

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(e) “ Code ” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(f) “ Deferred Compensation ” is an amount of Fees, meeting attendance fees and Equity Awards, the payment of which a Director has elected to receive at some future time pursuant to the terms of the Plan, together with any matching contributions made by Pentair with respect to Fees deferred.

(g) “ Director ” is a member of the Board who is neither simultaneously also an employee of Pentair or a related company, nor an individual rendering other services to Pentair or a related company as an independent contractor.

(h) “Equity Awards” are awards granted to a Director under the Omnibus Incentive Plan that are designated as eligible to be deferred under this Plan in the award letter or other document evidencing such award.

(i) “ Fair Market Value ” has the meaning ascribed in the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

(j) “ Fees ” are a Director’s annual Board and committee retainer and committee chair and lead director fees and other similar amounts, excluding meeting attendance fees, paid in cash periodically by Pentair.

(k) “ Omnibus Incentive Plan ” is the Pentair, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, or any successor thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

(l) “ Pentair ” is (i) prior to September 28, 2012, Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, or (ii) on and after September 28, 2012, Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company.

(m) “ Person ” is any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, including any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, or a group of any of the foregoing acting in concert.

(n) “ Plan ” is the Pentair Ltd. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors as described in this plan document, and as it may be amended from time to time thereafter.

(o) “ Plan Agent ” is the entity duly appointed by Pentair to (i) receive funds resulting from a Director’s deferral of Fees, meeting attendance fees and cash-based Equity Awards, from Pentair matching contributions and from dividends declared on Stock; (ii) purchase shares of Stock with such funds; and (iii) maintain Plan Accounts.

(p) “ Share Unit ” is a unit equal in value to one share of Stock.

(q) “ Stock ” is (i) prior to September 28, 2012, Pentair, Inc. common stock, par value $0.16-2/3 per share, or (ii) on and after September 28, 2012, registered shares of Pentair Ltd., nominal value CHF 0.50 per share, subject to any capital changes.

(r) “ Year ” is the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

 

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SECTION 3

DEFERRAL OF FEES AND EQUITY AWARDS

3.1 Eligibility . Upon becoming a member of the Board, a Director may elect to defer receipt of payment of some or all of the Fees paid, or Equity Awards granted, on account of service as a Director until such future time as the Director shall designate. A Director may also make a deferral election with respect to meeting attendance fees. If a Director does not make a timely deferral election with respect to the Fees or meeting attendance fees payable for a Year, then all such amounts shall be paid in cash to the Director. If a Director does not make a timely deferral election with respect to an Equity Award, then all such amounts shall be paid in the time and manner provided by such Equity Award.

3.2 Deferral Election . (a)  General Rule . Each Year a Director may elect to defer receipt of (i) a designated dollar amount or percentage of Fees and meeting attendance fees, with any percentage designation being made in ten percent (10%) increments up to one hundred percent (100%) of such amounts, and (ii) a percentage of Equity Awards, with any such percentage designation being made in ten percent (10%) increments up to one hundred percent (100%), and to receive such amount or percentage as Deferred Compensation. No election to receive Deferred Compensation shall be valid unless entered into by the date prescribed by the Administrator. Generally, a deferral election must be made prior to the first day of the Year in which the amounts to be deferred are earned or the Equity Award is to be granted; but for individuals who first become Directors during a Year, the deferral election for such first Year may be made no later than thirty (30) days following the date such individual’s Board service begins and shall apply to Fees, meeting attendance fees and Equity Awards earned or granted after the date of such election. A deferral election is irrevocable with respect to the Year or the Equity Award for which such election is made. Once the time for making a timely election has passed, a Director who did not timely make a deferral election for a Year or an Equity Award shall be deemed to have elected to not participate in the Plan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Equity Award is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, a Director may elect to defer that portion of the Equity Award that will vest at least twelve (12) months after the date of the deferral election; provided that such deferral election must be made no later than the first thirty (30) days after the date such Equity Award is granted (or such earlier time as is prescribed by the Administrator); and provided further that if the Equity Award actually vests prior to such twelve (12) month period by reason of the Director’s death, disability, or a Change in Control, then the deferral election shall be cancelled.

The Administrator also may permit deferrals of Fees, meeting attendance fees and Equity Awards at such other times as are permitted by Code section 409A.

(b) Former Director . A Director who was eligible to participate in the Plan, who loses such eligibility by reason of ceasing to serve on the Board or otherwise, and who again becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, shall be able to again make an election to defer

 

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payment of Fees, meeting attendance fees and Equity Awards as provided in Code section 409A. If the individual can instead qualify as a newly elected Director, then the election rule for such Directors will apply.

3.3 Matching Contribution . Pentair shall make a matching contribution each month on behalf of each Director who has elected to defer payment of some or all of the Fees otherwise payable in cash to the Director. Said matching contribution shall be equal to fifteen percent (15%) of such amount of the Fees as the Director shall have elected to defer hereunder.

3.4 Accounting for Deferred Compensation . (a) The Administrator shall cause the Plan Agent to establish an Account for each Director who elects to participate in the Plan. All Deferred Compensation shall be allocated to Accounts as Share Units.

(b) The Plan Agent shall purchase Stock on the open market with the Deferred Compensation funds received from Pentair. The Plan Agent shall make all such purchases over one (1) or more business days each month, as agreed to by the Plan Agent and Pentair. All Stock so purchased shall be allocated to Accounts based on the average purchase price obtained over said monthly purchase period and held in a street name or a nominee name; no Director shall have voting or other ownership rights with respect to any Stock acquired for purposes of the Plan. Stock purchased under the Plan by the Plan Agent shall be held by Pentair as an investment to assist Pentair in meeting its obligation to pay Deferred Compensation to Directors.

(c) If a deferred Equity Award relates to shares or is valued in relation to the Fair Market Value of a share, the Director’s Account shall be credited with a number of Shares Units equal to the number of shares or share-related Equity Awards so deferred. If a deferred Equity Award is valued in relation to cash (such as dividend equivalents), such deferred cash amount shall be used to purchase Stock as provided in subsection (b).

(d) Share Units allocated to Accounts shall be adjusted to reflect Stock dividends or splits or other similar adjustments. Cash dividends paid with respect to Stock purchased for purposes of the Plan shall be used to purchase Stock and allocated to Accounts as Share Units.

(e) The portion of an Account attributable to a deferred Equity Award shall vest at the same time as the related Equity Award vests. All other Deferred Compensation shall be immediately vested. Only vested Deferred Compensation shall be payable hereunder.

3.5 Time of Distribution of Deferred Compensation . (a)  General . Except as otherwise provided for in the Plan, or as designated by the Director at the time a deferral election is made, the Director shall receive his or her entire vested Account balance allocable to a Year within ninety (90) days of the first to occur of the Director’s (i) ceasing to be a member of the Board for any reason other than death, (ii) death, or (iii) a Change in Control. For purposes hereof, a deferred Equity Award shall be allocable to the Account established for the Year in which the Equity Award is granted.

 

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(b) Specific Dates of Distribution . A Director may timely elect to receive distribution of his or her entire vested Account balance allocable to a Year as of one specific future date or one objectively determinable future event date (e.g., a Director’s sixty-fifth (65th) birthday). Such an election, once finally effective, cannot be changed by the Director. In the event of a Change in Control, a Director who has elected a specific future date or an objectively determinable future event date shall remain entitled to payment on such date, regardless of whether a Change in Control shall first occur. In the event of the death of a Director prior to the date elected hereunder for a distribution, the entire vested Account balance shall be paid within ninety (90) days of the date of such Director’s death.

(c) Distribution in Event of Death . In the event of a Director’s death, the vested Deferred Compensation allocated to such Director’s Account will be distributed to the beneficiary designated by the Director, or (if there shall be no such beneficiary designated) to the person who would have a right to receive such distribution by will or (if there shall be no will) by the laws of descent and distribution of the state in which the Director was domiciled at death. Such distribution shall be made in a single payment and, except as otherwise described herein, in Stock. The Plan Agent shall deliver to the beneficiary a number of whole shares of Stock equal to the whole number of vested Share Units allocated to such Director’s Account. Any fractional Share Units allocated to such Director’s Account shall be converted to cash using the then Fair Market Value, and the cash shall be delivered to the beneficiary.

A beneficiary designation made by a Director shall remain in effect until such time as a Director files a new beneficiary designation with the Administrator. Prior to distribution, the Administrator will verify the identity of the Director’s named beneficiary and such beneficiary will establish the right to receive distribution of any unpaid vested Deferred Compensation.

3.6 Form of Distribution of Deferred Compensation . A Director’s vested Account shall be distributed in a single payment and, except as otherwise described herein, in Stock. The Stock so distributed shall be either (i) deposited into the Director’s dividend reinvestment account, if any, in which case any fractional shares shall also be allocated to such account, or (ii) delivered directly to said Director, in which case the Plan Agent shall deliver a number of whole shares of Stock equal to the whole number of Share Units allocated to such Director’s Account, and any fractional Share Units allocated to such Account shall be converted to cash using the then Fair Market Value, and the cash shall be delivered to the Director. Shares delivered in payment of any deferred Equity Award shall be issued under the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

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SECTION 4

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

4.1 Reporting . The Plan Agent shall periodically report the following information to Pentair:

(a) the total number of Share Units allocated to Accounts;

(b) the total shares of Stock purchased by the Plan Agent since its last report; and

(c) the number of shares of Stock into which Share Units then allocated to Accounts may be converted.

4.2 Accounting . The Administrator and the Plan Agent shall assure that the following records are kept under the Plan for each Year for each Director:

(a) whether the Director made an election to defer Fees, meeting attendance fees or Equity Awards for the Year;

(b) the amount or percentage of Fees, meeting attendance fees or Equity Awards deferred;

(c) the matching contribution made with respect to the Fees deferred;

(d) the distribution election, if any, made by the Director; and

(e) the Year in which the Fees and meeting attendance fees deferred were earned and the Year in which the Equity Awards were granted.

4.3 Costs . Pentair shall pay all commissions, service charges or other costs incurred with respect to the purchase of Stock for purposes of the Plan. When any such Stock is sold, the Director is responsible for payment of any commissions, service charges or other costs incurred on account of such sale.

 

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SECTION 5

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Term of Plan . This restated Plan shall be effective December 16, 2009, and shall remain in effect until April 30, 2014, which represents the end of the ten (10) year term approved by shareholders effective as of May 1, 2004, unless earlier terminated by the Board.

5.2 Board Tenure . The fact that a Director has elected to participate in the Plan shall not affect or qualify the right of the Board or of Pentair shareholders to remove such individual from the Board, consistent with the provisions of the Pentair Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, or applicable provisions of Minnesota law.

5.3 Code Section 409A . The Plan shall be administered in a manner consistent with Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder. Any permissible discretion to accelerate or defer a Plan distribution under such Regulations, the power to exercise which is not otherwise described expressly in the Plan, shall be exercised solely by the Administrator. The distribution provisions of Section 3.6 are subject to exceptions or overrides in the discretion of the Administrator or its delegate, but not in the discretion of the Director concerned, as otherwise provided in the Plan or as allowed under Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder.

5.4 Delegation . To the extent permitted under Minnesota law, the Administrator or the Board may delegate to officers of Pentair any or all of their duties, power and authority under the Plan, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Administrator or the Board, as applicable, may establish. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the Board may not delegate the power to amend or terminate the Plan.

5.5 Funding . The Plan is a non-qualified, unfunded and unsecured deferred compensation arrangement. Pentair shall not establish, nor is it required to establish, a trust to fund benefits provided to Directors hereunder, or to earmark or segregate assets to provide for such benefits. In the event of default of payment hereunder by Pentair, the Directors shall have no greater entitlements or security than does an unsecured general creditor of Pentair.

5.6 Nonalienability . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as otherwise required by law, no right or interest of any Director or the beneficiary named by a Director under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, attachment, garnishment, execution, levy, bankruptcy or any other disposition of any kind, either

 

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voluntarily or involuntarily, prior to actual receipt of payment by the person entitled to such right or interest under the provisions hereof, and any such disposition or attempted disposition shall be void.

5.7 Facility of Payment . If the Administrator shall determine a Director or a Director’s named beneficiary entitled to a distribution hereunder is incapable of caring for his or her own affairs because of illness or otherwise, it may direct any distribution from such Director’s Account be made, in such amounts as it shall determine, to the spouse, child, parent or other blood relative of such Director or beneficiary, or any of them, or to such other person or persons as the Administrator may determine, until such date as the Administrator shall determine such incapacity no longer exists; provided, however, the exercise of this discretion shall not cause an acceleration or delay in the time of distribution of Plan benefits except to the extent, and only for the duration of, the time reasonably necessary to resolve such matters or otherwise protect the interests of the Plan. The Administrator shall be under no obligation to see to the proper application of the distributions so made to such person or persons and any such distribution shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan to such Director or beneficiary, to the extent of such distribution.

5.8 Default . In the event Pentair shall fail to pay when due any Deferred Compensation, and such failure to pay continues for a period of thirty (30) days from receipt of written notice of nonpayment from the affected Director, Pentair shall be in default hereunder and shall reimburse the Director for expenses incurred in the collection of such amount, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. Pursuant to applicable provisions of Code section 409A, any such reimbursement must be paid to the affected Director not later than the end of the year following the year in which such expenses are incurred. Failure to timely submit a claim for reimbursement of any such expenses shall result in the forfeiture of the claim.

5.9 Amendment or Termination . The Plan may be amended or terminated at any time by the Board; provided that the rights of Directors or former Directors accrued under the Plan through the date of such amendment or termination shall not be affected by such action without the express written consent of those individuals. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any modification, alteration or amendment of the Plan which is required to comply with the provision of any applicable law or regulations relating to the establishment or maintenance of this Plan.

5.10 Federal Securities and Other Laws . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, and to the extent and for the time reasonably necessary to comply with federal securities laws (or other applicable laws or regulations), distribution dates under the Plan may be suspended, changed or delayed as necessary to comply with such laws or regulations; provided, however, any distributions so delayed shall be paid to the Director, or a beneficiary named by a Director, as of the earliest date the Administrator determines such distribution will not cause a violation of any laws or regulations.

 

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5.11 Applicable Law . To the extent not preempted by applicable federal law, the Plan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Minnesota, but without regard to any choice or conflict of laws provisions thereof.

5.12 Construction . The Administrator shall have full power and authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan, to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Plan for purposes of administering the Plan with respect to matters not specifically covered in the Plan document and to amend and revoke any rules and regulations so adopted. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, any interpretation of the Plan and any decision on any matter within the discretion of the Administrator which is made in good faith by the Administrator shall be final and binding.

5.13 Indemnification . To the extent permitted by law, members of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by Pentair with respect to any loss, cost, liability or expense that may reasonably be incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding which may arise by reason of any act or omission under the Plan which is taken within the scope of the Plan. Such indemnification shall cover any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid on settlement, but only to the extent such amounts are (i) actually and reasonably incurred, (ii) not otherwise paid or reimbursable under an applicable Pentair paid insurance policy, and (iii) not duplicative of other payments made or reimbursements due under other indemnity agreements. In no event shall this Section 5.13 be construed to require Pentair to indemnify third parties with whom it may contract to perform administrative duties with respect to the Plan.

5.14 Tax Withholdings and Consequences . (a)  Tax Withholdings . Benefits earned under the Plan and payment of such benefits shall be subject to tax reporting and withholding as required by law. The amount of such withholding may be determined by treating such benefits as being paid in the nature of supplemental wages.

(b) Tax Consequences . Pentair does not represent or guarantee that any particular federal, foreign, state or local income, payroll or other tax consequence will result from participation in this Plan or payment of benefits under the Plan.

5.15 Savings Clause . If any term, covenant or condition of this Plan, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall to any extent be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Plan, or the application of any such term, covenant or condition to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held to be invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and, except to the extent of any such invalidity or unenforceability, this Plan and each term, covenant and condition hereof shall be valid and shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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5.16 Interpretation . Section and subsection headings are for convenience of reference and not part of this Plan, and shall not influence its interpretation. Whenever any words are used in the Plan in the singular, masculine, feminine or neuter form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural, feminine, masculine or non-neuter form, respectively, in all cases where such interpretation is reasonable.

5.17 Communications . Pentair or the Plan Agent may, unless otherwise prescribed by any applicable state or federal law or regulation, provide the Plan’s prospectus, and any notices, forms or reports by using either paper or electronic means.

 

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SECTION 6

TRANSITIONAL RULES

6.1 Introduction . This Plan document became effective on December 16, 2009 (i.e., the “effective date”) and, except as otherwise provided herein, applies to only those Directors who are eligible to actively participate in the Plan on or after the effective date and to only such Fees, meeting attendance fees and Equity Awards as are earned or granted on or after the effective date. The provisions of the Plan document as in effect prior to the effective date shall continue to govern the rights and entitlements of persons and Fees and meeting attendance fees not described in the immediately preceding sentence except to the extent application of this Plan document does not materially diminish or enlarge such rights and entitlements.

6.2 Grandfathered Deferred Compensation . (a)  Equity Grants . The Plan as in effect prior to January 1, 2008 (i.e., the “prior plan”) provided for grants of Equity Compensation, as such term was defined in the prior plan. No such grants have been made to Directors since 2002, meaning all Equity Compensation which was payable under applicable provisions of the prior plan are grandfathered amounts and are not subject to the provisions of Code section 409A.

(b) Deferred Compensation . All Fees and meeting attendance fees earned prior to January 1, 2005 and subject to an election to defer payment made by a Director under applicable provisions of the prior plan are grandfathered amounts and are not subject to the provisions of Code section 409A. Any Fees and meeting attendance fees earned on or after January 1, 2005 with respect to which an election to defer payment has been made shall be subject to applicable provisions of Code section 409A. Since January 1, 2005, the prior plan was operated in accordance with applicable provisions of Code section 409A, which provisions are reflected in the Plan. Therefore, the Plan shall govern elections to defer Fees and meeting attendance fees made on or after January 1, 2005, even though the Plan does not so retroactively amend the prior plan.

6.3 Separate Accounting . For purposes of tracking Deferred Compensation which is treated as grandfathered for purposes of Code section 409A, the Administrator and the Plan Agent shall assure that records as defined in Section 4.2 are kept in a manner as will clearly differentiate between Fees and meeting attendance fees earned and deferred prior to January 1, 2005, and Fees, meeting attendance fees and Equity Awards earned or granted, and deferred, on or after January 1, 2005.

 

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Exhibit 10.14

PENTAIR LTD.

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE AND BONUS PLAN

Effective September 28, 2012

SECTION 1

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

Pentair, Inc. (“Old Pentair”) adopted, effective March 1, 1977, the Pentair, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan the (“Pre-Merger ESPP”) and, effective August 31, 1998, the Pentair, Inc. International Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan (the “Pre-Merger International ESPP”). The shareholders of Old Pentair approved amended and restated versions of the Pre-Merger ESPP and the Pre-Merger International ESPP that became effective on May 1, 2004. Old Pentair adopted (1) the Pre-Merger ESPP to provide to U.S. employees of Old Pentair and the members of its controlled group of companies an opportunity to purchase, as a long-term investment, shares of Old Pentair common stock, and (2) the Pre-Merger International ESPP to afford the employees of its international branches and subsidiaries a convenient and cost-effective means for the regular and systematic purchase of Old Pentair common stock on terms substantially comparable to those available to Old Pentair U.S. employees.

In connection with the merger of Old Pentair with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tyco Flow Control International Ltd. (to be renamed Pentair Ltd., and referred to herein as the “Company”), which is expected to occur on or about September 28, 2012 (the “Merger”), the Company is adopting this Pentair Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) to provide to employees of the Company and its designated divisions and subsidiaries the opportunity to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock after the Merger. The Plan shall become effective only upon the date the Merger is consummated (the “Commencement Date”). The Plan is also considered a successor to the Pre-Merger ESPP and Pre-Merger International ESPP for all purposes, including satisfying the purchase obligations under those plans for the quarter ending September 30, 2012.

The following sections of the Plan (other than Appendix A ) shall apply to the U.S. employees of the Company and its participating divisions and subsidiaries. The terms and conditions set forth in Appendix A shall apply exclusively to the non-U.S. employees of the Company’s participating international branches and subsidiaries.

SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, when capitalized the terms listed below shall have the following meanings when used in this Section or other parts of the Plan.

(1) “Account” is an account maintained under the Plan by the Plan Agent to record the amount withheld from each Participant’s Compensation or contributed directly by a Participant for the purpose of purchasing Stock, the amount of Company matching contributions made on behalf of a Participant, cash dividends paid with respect to such Stock, and the number of shares of Stock held on behalf of each Participant under the Plan.


(2) “Affiliated Company” is (a) any corporation or business located in and organized under the laws of one of the United States which is a member of a controlled group of corporations or businesses (within the meaning of Code section 414(b) or (c)) that includes the Company, but only during the periods such affiliation exists, or (b) any other entity in which the Company may have a significant ownership interest, and which the Plan Administrator determines shall be an Affiliated Company for purposes of the Plan.

(3) “Code” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(4) “Company” is Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company.

(5) “Compensation” is a Participant’s base wages or salary (i.e., exclusive of overtime or bonus payments), or the equivalent thereof, paid to or on behalf of a Participant for services rendered to the Company or a Participating Employer.

(6) “Eligible Employee” is an Employee, except those Employees:

(i) who are included in a unit of Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement between Employee representatives and a Participating Employer, unless and to the extent such agreement provides that such Employees shall be covered by the Plan, or the Participating Employer and the Plan Administrator have otherwise agreed to extend coverage under the Plan to such Employees;

(ii) who are covered under Appendix A ;

(iii) whose Employer is not a Participating Employer; or

(iv) who are not treated as Employees by the Company or a Participating Employer for purposes of the Plan even though they may be so treated or considered under applicable law, including Code section 414(n), the Federal Insurance Contribution Act or the Fair Labor Standards Act (e.g., individuals treated as employees of a third party or as self-employed).

(7) “Employee” is an individual who is an employee of the Company or an Affiliated Company.

(8) “Participant” is an Eligible Employee who has met the age and service requirements for Plan participation and completed the authorization form necessary for participation.

(9) “Participating Employer” is an Affiliated Company which is making, or has agreed to make, contributions under the Plan with respect to some or all of its Employees, but only during the period such agreement to contribute remains in effect. The Company must approve each Participating Employer, except that any entity that is considered a Participating Employer under the Pre-Merger ESPP automatically shall be considered a Participating Employer hereunder on the Commencement Date without further action by the Company or such employer.

 

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(10) “Plan” is the Pentair Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan as described in this plan document effective September 28, 2012, and as it may be amended from time to time thereafter.

(11) “Plan Administrator” is the Company, and may include an employee or committee of employees of the Company or any subsidiary thereof that has been appointed by the Company to serve as the plan administrator of the Plan.

(12) “Plan Agent” is the entity duly appointed by the Company to receive funds contributed by Participants and Participating Employers, to purchase shares of Stock with such funds, and to maintain Participant Accounts.

(13) “Prospectus” is the prospectus, as in effect from and after September 28, 2012, which describes the Plan and which is delivered to eligible Participants with respect to the purchase of Stock under the Plan.

(14) “Stock” is the registered shares of the Company, nominal value CHF 0.50 per share, subject to any capital changes.

SECTION 3

ELIGIBILITY

3.1 General . All Eligible Employees of a Participating Employer may elect to participate in the Plan after the Commencement Date upon the attainment of age eighteen (18) and the completion of twelve (12) consecutive months of employment with the Company or an Affiliated Company, measured from such individual’s original date of hire. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Participants in the Pre-Merger ESPP as of the date immediately preceding the Commencement Date automatically shall be considered Participants hereunder on the Commencement Date without further action by such individuals.

3.2 Determining Credit for Completed Service .

(a) Eligible Employee Who Leaves Employment . In the event an Employee who has completed the twelve (12) consecutive months of service necessary to elect to participate in the Plan leaves employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies and is subsequently rehired, credit for such completed service shall not be lost, regardless of the length of time between the date such employment ends and the individual’s rehire date.

(b) Leaving Employment Before Eligible . An Employee who leaves employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies prior to the completion of twelve (12) consecutive months of service and is subsequently rehired shall not receive credit for any service completed prior to the time such first term of employment ended.

(c) Collectively Bargained Employees . In those cases where a group of Employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement becomes eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to the terms of such agreement then, unless the agreement provides otherwise, such Employees shall be given credit for service completed prior to the effective date of such agreement for purposes of determining eligibility to elect to participate in the Plan.

 

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(d) Newly Acquired Groups . In those cases where a company, partnership, joint venture or other entity becomes an Affiliated Company, the Plan Administrator may, but shall not be required to, give credit to the Employees of such organization for service completed with their employer prior to the date such employer becomes an Affiliated Company.

SECTION 4

PARTICIPATION

4.1 General . Plan participation is voluntary and Eligible Employees do not automatically become Participants upon meeting the Plan’s eligibility requirements, except as set forth in Section 3.1. An Eligible Employee who has met the Plan’s eligibility requirements, as described in Section 3, may commence Plan participation after the Commencement Date by delivering to the Human Resources Department of the Company or a Participating Employer an authorization for deductions from such individual’s Compensation, if the individual intends to make contributions through payroll deductions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the deduction authorization in effect for each Participant in the Pre-Merger ESPP as of the Commencement Date automatically shall be given effect hereunder on and after the Commencement Date.

4.2 Withdrawal from Participation . A Participant may elect to cease participation under the Plan at any time, even though he or she remains an Eligible Employee of the Company or a Participating Employer, by giving written notice to his or her employer. Such an individual may not elect to again participate in the Plan until the calendar year following the calendar year in which he or she withdraws from participation.

SECTION 5

CONTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Participant Contributions . Participants may make contributions under the Plan for purposes of purchasing Stock by using either or both of the methods described below. All such contributions must be made in cash or a cash equivalent.

(a) Payroll Deductions . A Participant may authorize his or her employer to make a deduction from each paycheck for purposes of purchasing Stock. The minimum deduction allowed is $10.00 per month; the maximum deduction allowed is the lesser of $750 per month and 15% of such Participant’s Compensation. A Participant may change the amount of his or her payroll deduction at any time, but not more than once in any calendar year.

(b) Additional Contributions . A Participant may also purchase Stock by making an additional cash contribution. Any such contribution shall not be made by payroll deduction but shall be paid by the Participant directly to the Plan Agent. These contributions, if any, must be made at least quarterly, and the total quarterly contribution cannot exceed $3,000.

5.2 Employer Bonus Contribution . Each month the Company and Participating Employers shall pay to the Plan Agent on behalf of each Participant employed by such employer an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the contributions made by Participants through payroll deductions from Compensation. No such bonus contribution shall be made by the Company or any Participating Employer with respect to any additional cash contributions made directly by Participants.

 

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5.3 Dividends . Cash dividends paid on Stock held in a Participant’s Account shall be used by the Plan Agent to purchase additional shares of Stock on behalf of such Participant. Stock dividends declared by the Company shall be allocated to Accounts.

5.4 Mandatory Suspension . To the extent required under applicable United States Treasury Regulations, a Participant who receives a hardship withdrawal pursuant to the provisions of the Pentair, Inc. Retirement Savings and Stock Incentive Plan or such other retirement plan in which such Participant participates shall be required to cease contributions of any kind to the Plan for a minimum of six (6) months from the date such hardship distribution is received.

SECTION 6

PURCHASE OF STOCK

6.1 Participant Accounts . The Plan Agent shall establish for each Participant an Account to hold the Stock purchased on behalf of such Participant. All Stock and other amounts allocated to such Account shall at all times be fully vested and nonforfeitable.

6.2 Purchasing Stock . The Plan Agent shall use all Participant and employer contributions, regardless of type and including cash dividends, to purchase Stock on the open market. The Plan Agent shall make all such purchases over a number of business days each month as are agreed to by the Plan Agent and the Company. All Stock so purchased shall be allocated to the Accounts of Participants on behalf of whom purchases were made based on the average purchase price obtained over said monthly purchase period. No interest shall be paid on any cash amounts held by the Plan Agent regardless of whether such cash is being held in anticipation of the date on which Stock purchases shall be made or held pending a refund to a terminating Participant.

SECTION 7

ENDING PARTICIPATION

7.1 General . A Participant may elect to discontinue Plan participation even though he or she remains an Eligible Employee of the Company or a Participating Employer. In addition, a Participant may cease Plan participation by reason of becoming an Employee of an Affiliated Company which is not a Participating Employer, by joining a group of Employees who are not Eligible Employees, or by qualifying for benefits under a long-term disability plan maintained by the Company or a Participating Employer. At such time as a Participant shall cease employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies, Plan participation shall cease and the individual may elect the manner in which his or her Account shall be distributed.

7.2 Discontinuing Participation . An individual may elect at any time to cease making contributions under the Plan, even though he or she remains an Eligible Employee of the Company or a Participating Employer. In addition, an individual who begins receiving long-term disability benefits shall cease making contributions under the Plan. Such individuals may, but are not required to, request a full or partial cash or Stock disposition from their Accounts.

 

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7.3 Ceasing to be an Eligible Employee . Participants who cease to be Eligible Employees but remain Employees of the Company or an Affiliated Company may, but are not required to, request a full or partial cash or stock disposition from their Accounts.

7.4 Termination of Employment . Participants who cease to be Employees of the Company or any Affiliated Company shall receive a distribution from their Accounts as described in Section 8.

7.5 Death of Participant . In the event of the death of a Participant, such individual’s Account shall be distributed as described in Section 8.

SECTION 8

DISPOSITION OF ACCOUNTS

8.1 Termination of Participation . At such time as a Participant shall cease to participate in the Plan due to a termination of employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies, the Human Resources Department of such individual’s employer shall provide to the individual a notice of Account distribution options and a form whereby the individual can provide to the Plan Agent instructions as to the disposition of his or her Account. A Participant may elect to receive whole shares of Stock, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, or cash only.

(a) Stock Election . If a terminating Participant elects to receive a Stock distribution, the Plan Agent shall deliver to such Participant the number of whole shares of Stock allocated to such Participant’s Account. Any fractional shares of Stock being distributed shall be sold at the Stock’s then current market price and the proceeds of such sale, reduced by any costs associated with such sale, including brokerage fees due to the Plan Agent or any other party, shall be sent to the Participant. Generally, all distributions shall be completed after all Stock purchases relevant to such Account have been made.

(b) Cash Election . If a terminating Participant elects to receive cash, the Plan Agent shall sell all whole and fractional shares of Stock allocated to such Participant’s Account. All such Stock shall be sold at the then current market price and the proceeds of such sale, reduced by any costs associated with such sale, including brokerage fees due to the Plan Agent or any other party, shall be sent to the Participant. Generally, all sales shall be completed after all Stock purchases relevant to such Account have been made.

(c) Default Provision . If a terminating Participant does not make a distribution election within thirty (30) days of the date the Human Resources Department provides the notice described in Section 8.1, the Plan Agent shall proceed as if such Participant had elected a Stock distribution.

8.2 Death of Participant . In the event of the death of a Participant, the legal representative or administrator of such Participant’s estate shall be entitled to elect between a Stock or cash distribution, made at the times and in the manner described in Section 8.1, and shall be subject to the same default distribution rules as a Participant. All distributions, regardless of form, shall be paid as directed by the Participant’s legal representative or administrator, or paid to the Participant’s estate if no such direction is provided. To the extent the Plan Administrator determines that Participant Accounts may be held in joint tenancy with right of survivorship or adds to the Plan a provision permitting transfer on death designation, then the Stock held in the Account of a deceased Participant shall be distributed according to any such designation duly made by the Participant.

 

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8.3 Withdrawal from Accounts .

(a) In-service Distribution . Withdrawals from Accounts are available to Participants who (i) remain Eligible Employees but cease making contributions under the Plan; (ii) are no longer Eligible Employees but remain Employees of the Company or an Affiliated Company; or (iii) are currently Participants. Such a withdrawal may be made in either cash or shares of Stock.

(b) Stock Election . If a Participant described in Section 8.3(a) wishes to receive shares of Stock, then he or she shall specify the number of whole shares of Stock to be distributed, if the request is for a distribution of less than the entire Account balance. If the request is for withdrawal of the entire Account balance, any fractional shares of Stock held in such Account shall be sold at the Stock’s then current market price and the proceeds of such sale, reduced by any costs associated with such sale, including brokerage fees due to the Plan Agent or any other party, shall be sent to the Participant. Generally, all such distributions shall be completed after all Stock purchases relevant to such Account have been made.

(c) Cash Election . If a Participant described in Section 8.3(a) wishes to receive cash, the Plan Agent shall sell all whole and fractional shares of Stock allocated to such Participant’s Account or, if less than the entire Account, such number of shares of Stock as the Participant shall specify. All such Stock shall be sold at the then current market price and the proceeds of such sale, reduced by any costs associated with such sale, including brokerage fees due to the Plan Agent or any other party, shall be sent to the Participant. Generally, all sales shall be completed after all Stock purchases relevant to such Account have been made.

(d) Premature Withdrawal of Shares . If a Participant who has neither left employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies nor otherwise ceased to participate under the Plan requests that the Plan Agent sell some or all of the Stock acquired for his or her Account with amounts contributed by payroll deductions from Compensation within twelve (12) months after such Stock is purchased, the Participant’s employer may cease to make bonus contributions for the benefit of such Participant for twelve (12) months following the date of such premature sale.

SECTION 9

ADMINISTRATION

9.1 Term of Plan . Contingent upon the consummation of the Merger, this Plan shall be effective September 28, 2012, or such other date as the Merger is consummated, and shall remain in effect for a period of ten (10) years after such effective date, unless the Plan is earlier terminated as provided in Section 10.6.

9.2 Prospectus . Upon completing the eligibility requirements described in Section 3, an Eligible Employee shall receive from the Human Resources Department of the Company or his or her Participating Employer a copy of the Prospectus which describes the Plan.

 

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9.3 Reporting . The Plan Agent shall provide to each Participant quarterly, or at such other intervals as may be necessary or appropriate, the following information:

(a) the total amount contributed to each Participant’s Account for such quarter, whether by payroll deduction, lump sum contributions, or the Participant’s employer;

(b) the number of shares of Stock purchased on behalf of the Participant with all of such contributions; and

(c) the total number of shares of Stock then allocated to the Participant’s Account.

9.4 Voting of Stock in Accounts . The Company shall provide to each Participant all notices and correspondence it provides to any shareholder of record who is not a Participant, including proxy statements. The Plan Agent shall receive proxy instructions from each Participant and shall vote the Stock allocated to each Participant’s Account in accordance with the instructions, if any, provided by such Participant.

9.5 Non-Alienation . No Participant may use his or her Account, or the Stock allocated to such Account, as collateral, or otherwise assign, pledge or encumber such Stock.

9.6 Fees and Commissions . The Company shall pay commissions, service charges or other costs incurred with respect to the purchase of Stock for purposes of the Plan. When any such Stock is sold, the Participant is responsible for payment of any commissions, service charges or other costs incurred on account of such sale.

SECTION 10

MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Voluntary Participation . Participation in the Plan is entirely voluntary, and by maintaining the Plan the Company is not making a recommendation as to whether any Eligible Employee should invest in Stock. Investment in any stock involves risk, and each Eligible Employee must decide whether to accept the risk of investing in Stock.

10.2 Employee Rights . The right of the Company or an Affiliated Company to discipline or discharge Employees, or to exercise rights related to the tenure of any individual’s employment, shall not be affected in any manner by reason of the existence of the Plan or any action taken pursuant to the Plan.

10.3 Construction . The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority to interpret and construe the Plan, to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Plan for purposes of administering the Plan with respect to matters not specifically covered in the Plan document and to amend and revoke any rules and regulations so adopted. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, any interpretation of the Plan and any decision on any matter within the discretion of the Plan Administrator which is made in good faith by the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding.

 

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10.4 Interpretation . Section and subsection headings are for convenience of reference and not part of this Plan, and shall not influence its interpretation. Wherever any words are used in the Plan in the singular, masculine, feminine or neuter form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural, feminine, masculine or non-neuter form, respectively, in all cases where such interpretation is reasonable.

10.5 Plan Amendment . The Company may, by written resolution of its Board of Directors or through action of the Compensation Committee of such Board, at any time and from time to time, amend the Plan in whole or in part.

10.6 Plan Termination . The Company may, by written resolution of its Board of Directors or through action of the Compensation Committee of such Board, terminate the Plan at any time. In the event the Plan terminates, the Participant’s Accounts shall be handled in the same manner as if the Participant had terminated employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies.

10.7 Choice of Law . To the extent not preempted by applicable federal law, the construction and interpretation of the Plan shall be made in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, but without regard to any choice or conflict of laws provisions thereof.

10.8 Acceptance of Terms . By electing to participate in the Plan, each Participant shall be deemed to have accepted all of the provisions of the Plan, and the terms and conditions set forth by the Plan Agent, and to have agreed to be fully bound thereby.

10.9 Computational Errors . In the event mathematical, accounting, or similar errors are made in maintaining Participant Accounts, the Plan Administrator or the Plan Agent, as the case may be, may make such equitable adjustments as it deems appropriate to correct such errors.

10.10 Communications . The Company, a Participating Employer or the Plan Agent may, unless otherwise prescribed by any applicable state or federal law or regulation, provide the Prospectus and any notices, forms or reports by using either paper or electronic means.

 

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APPENDIX A

PENTAIR LTD.

INTERNATIONAL STOCK PURCHASE AND BONUS PLAN

Effective September 28, 2012

SECTION 1

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

1.1 Background . See “Section 1 – History and Background” of the Plan.

1.2 Purpose . The purpose of the terms and conditions of the Plan set forth in this Appendix A (the “International Plan”) is to assist the Company and its international subsidiaries in attracting and retaining personnel of outstanding abilities, to motivate employees to dedicate their maximum productive effort on behalf of the Company and its international branches and subsidiaries and to encourage long-tem ownership of the Company’s common stock by such employees.

SECTION 2

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, (1) when capitalized, the terms listed below shall have the meanings given below when used in this Section or other parts of the International Plan and (2) when capitalized, terms used in the International Plan that are not defined in the International Plan shall have the meanings given in the other parts of the Plan.

(a) “Account” is the account maintained by the Company or its agent for each Participant to hold shares of Stock purchased in accordance with the International Plan, together with any other funds belonging to the Participant.

(b) “Alternate Currency” is any currency other than United States dollars.

(c) “Board” is the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d) “Committee” is the International Stock Plan Committee, which is a committee of employees of the Company or its affiliates as appointed from time to time by the Board to administer the International Plan.

(e) “Company” is Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company.

(f) “Distribution Date” is any business day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open and conducting business.

(g) “Eligible Employee” is each Regular Employee of a Participating International Affiliate who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and has completed at least one (1) year of continuous employment with a Participating International Affiliate and who is not covered by the parts of the Plan other than this Appendix A .


(h) “International Plan” is the Pentair Ltd. International Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan, as described in this Appendix A effective September 28, 2012, and as it may be amended from time to time thereafter.

(i) “Participant” is an Eligible Employee who is enrolled in the International Plan.

(j) “Participating International Affiliate” is any branch office of the Company, and any corporation or other form of business or association owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company, whose Regular Employees are, by action of the Committee, permitted to participate in the International Plan and which is identified on Schedule 1 hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any branch office, corporation or other form of business or association that is considered a Participating International Affiliate under the Pre-Merger International ESPP immediately prior to the Commencement Date automatically shall be considered a Participating International Affiliate hereunder on the Commencement Date without further action by the Committee.

(k) “Plan” is the Pentair Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan as described in this plan document effective September 28, 2012, and as it may be amended from time to time thereafter.

(l) “Regular Employee” is each employee of a Participating International Affiliate who works or is scheduled to work a minimum of fifteen (15) hours per week.

(m) “Stock” is the registered shares of the Company, nominal value CHF 0.50 per share, subject to any capital changes.

SECTION 3

ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Administrator . The International Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power and authority to interpret and construe any provision of the International Plan, to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the International Plan for carrying out the purposes of the International Plan with respect to matters not specifically covered herein, to amend and revoke any rules or regulations so adopted and to appoint agents, including a custodian. Except as otherwise provided herein or to the extent required by law, any interpretation of the International Plan and any decision on any matter within the discretion of the Committee which is made by the Committee in good faith is binding on all persons. The Company may delegate its duties under the International Plan to its agents or to the Committee.

3.2 Rulemaking Authority . The Committee shall, to the extent necessary or desirable, establish any special rules for Eligible Employees, former employees, or Participants located in a particular country. Such rules shall be set forth in Appendices to this International Plan, which shall be deemed incorporated into the International Plan.

 

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SECTION 4

PARTICIPATION

Each Eligible Employee may participate in the International Plan at any time after the Commencement Date by delivering to the Participating International Affiliate by which he or she is employed a completed and duly signed form authorizing the relevant Participating International Affiliate to make compensation deductions for the Participant for purposes of enabling the Participant to make contributions to the International Plan as contemplated herein.

Participation in the International Plan by Eligible Employees is entirely voluntary. After the Commencement Date, participation in the International Plan will begin as soon as practicable after the required form is received and processed by the Participating International Affiliate and continue until the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee, the Company terminates the participation of the Participant pursuant to Section 9 or written termination by the Participant of his or her participation in the International Plan is received and processed by the relevant Participating International Affiliate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Participants in the Pre-Merger International ESPP as of the date immediately preceding the Commencement Date automatically shall be considered Participants hereunder on the Commencement Date without further action by such individuals and such individuals’ compensation deduction agreements shall be given effect hereunder.

SECTION 5

PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS

Participants may make contributions for the purchase of Stock under the International Plan in accordance with the following:

(a) Payroll Deductions . Participants may authorize the relevant Participating International Affiliate to make periodic payroll deductions from the Participant’s compensation for the purpose of purchasing Stock. The deductions shall be forwarded by the relevant Participating International Affiliate to the Company or its agent on behalf of the Participant. Such deductions must be at least the minimum and not to exceed the maximum amounts set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto for each Participating International Affiliate, which minimum and maximum amounts shall be reviewed and adjusted annually by the Committee, as appropriate. Payroll deductions will be automatically terminated when the Participant’s applicable maximum amount is reached. A payroll deduction may be decreased or increased (subject to the above limitations) once each calendar quarter by the Participant completing and returning the appropriate payroll deduction form to the relevant Participating International Affiliate. A payroll deduction may be terminated at any time by the Participant giving written notice to the relevant Participating International Affiliate. A Participant who terminates his or her payroll deduction may not re-enroll in the International Plan until the next calendar year, unless the termination of participation resulted from the Participant’s termination of employment and he or she is subsequently reemployed by any Participating International Affiliate, in which case the Participant may re-enroll in the International Plan in the following calendar quarter in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4 above.

 

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(b) Lump Sum Contributions . Participants may also make additional lump sum contributions in amounts not to exceed the maximum amounts set forth on Schedule 2 per calendar quarter. Such lump sum contributions shall be made to the relevant Participating International Affiliate which shall forward the contribution to the Company or its agent on behalf of the Participant, and such contributions shall not be subject to the bonus provisions described in Section 6 below.

(c) Currency Conversion . The Company or its agent shall convert all funds received from Participants in an Alternate Currency into United States dollars in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.

SECTION 6

BONUS CONTRIBUTIONS

6.1 Employer Contributions . Each month, the Participating International Affiliate which employs the Participant will forward to the Company or its agent for such Participant’s Account a bonus equal to 25% of the amount contributed by each Participant in the form of payroll deductions pursuant to Section 5(a), subject to the limitations set forth therein. Notwithstanding the above, if a Participant sells shares of Stock acquired under this International Plan within the first year after their purchase, the relevant Participating International Affiliate may terminate the payment of any further bonus contributions for such Participant.

6.2 Taxation . The Participant is responsible for the payment of all income taxes, employment, social insurance, welfare and other taxes under applicable law relating to the bonus contributions made by the relevant Participating International Affiliate, the purchase and sale of Stock pursuant to this International Plan and the distribution of Stock or cash to the Participant in accordance with this International Plan. The Participating International Affiliate is authorized to make appropriate withholding deductions from each Participant’s compensation, which shall be in addition to any payroll deductions made pursuant to Section 5, and to pay such amounts to the appropriate tax authorities in the relevant country or countries in satisfaction of any of the above tax liabilities of the Participant under applicable law. All such payments of applicable withholding tax in any relevant jurisdiction shall be the obligation of the relevant Participating International Affiliate.

SECTION 7

PURCHASES, SALES AND WITHDRAWALS

7.1 Forwarding Funds . All funds deducted from a Participant’s compensation by the relevant Participating International Affiliate, the bonus contributions made by the relevant Participating International Affiliate and any lump sum contributions made by such Participant shall be forwarded to the Company or its agent, together with a list of Participants and the amounts allocable to their respective Accounts. No interest shall be paid on such funds by the Company or the Participating International Affiliates.

7.2 Purchasing Stock . Upon receipt of funds from the Participating International Affiliates, the Company or it agent shall, as promptly as practicable, purchase on the New York Stock Exchange, as agent for the Participants, as many whole shares of Stock as the aggregate of

 

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such funds will permit, subject to applicable regulations. The relevant Participating International Affiliate shall pay commissions on the purchases of such Stock and such other related charges as may be agreed from time to time.

7.3 Recordkeeping . The Company or its agent shall maintain individual Accounts for each Participant. Shares of Stock shall be allocated by the Company or its agent at the average cost of Stock at the time of purchase to each Participant’s Account in proportion to the amount received by the Company or its agent for the account of each Participant. Allocations shall be made in full shares of Stock and in fractional interests in shares.

7.4 Holding Stock . At the time of purchase of Stock under the International Plan, each Participant for whom funds were received shall immediately acquire full ownership of all Stock and of any fractional interest in Stock purchased for his or her Account. The Company or its agent shall hold all shares purchased for and on behalf of the Participants until:

(a) the Participant requests that some or all of the Stock in his or her Account be issued to such Participant,

(b) the Participant requests the Company or its agent to sell some or all of the Stock in his or her Account, or

(c) the Participant’s Account is terminated.

7.5 Distribution of Account . A Participant may request the Company or its agent to (a) deliver all or some of the Stock held in the Participant’s Account or (b) sell some or all of the Stock held in the Participant’s Account as of any Distribution Date. If a Participant requests the Company or its agent to deliver all or some of the Stock held in the Participant’s Account, such Stock shall, at the option of the Participant as stipulated to the Company or its agent in writing, be delivered (i) by means of electronic transfer to the brokerage or bank account designated by the Participant or (ii) in hard copies by means of registered mail to the mailing address designated by the Participant. Selling commissions, the costs of converting U.S. dollars into the relevant Alternate Currency after such sale and other service charges of the Company or its agent shall be borne by the Participant. The Company or its agent shall sell the Stock as soon as administratively feasible on or after the Distribution Date as determined by the Company or its agent. The Company or its agent shall deliver the proceeds of such sale to the Participant in the currency as specified by the Participant, pursuant to rules established by the Committee. Such proceeds, minus any costs charged to the Participant for commissions, currency conversion and other related charges, shall be paid to the Participant as soon as administratively feasible following the sale of Stock. Any gains or losses attributable to the conversion of United States dollars to the Alternate Currency in which the distribution is made will serve to increase or decrease, as the case may be, the amount of the distribution to which the Participant is entitled.

SECTION 8

ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS

Each Participant shall receive quarterly, or at such other intervals as may be necessary or appropriate, a statement of activity from the Company or its agent which shall include the following information:

(a) the amount contributed for the period by the Participant and the relevant Participating International Affiliate pursuant to the International Plan;

 

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(b) the number of shares purchased for the Participant’s Account during the period;

(c) the total number of shares held in the Participant’s Account; and

(d) such other information as the Committee shall specify from time to time.

SECTION 9

ENDING PARTICIPATION

9.1 Termination of Participation . A Participant may voluntarily terminate participation in the International Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Participating International Affiliate by which he or she is employed. In addition, the Company may terminate a Participant’s Account and dispose of the Stock therein pursuant to Section 9.2 if the Participant dies or terminates employment for any reason with the relevant Participating International Affiliate. A Participant whose participation in the International Plan terminates may not reenter the International Plan during the same calendar year, unless the termination of participation resulted from the Participant’s termination of employment and he or she is subsequently reemployed by any Participating International Affiliate.

9.2 Disposition of Account Upon Termination of Participation . Upon termination of participation, a Participant shall direct the Company or its agent as to the disposition of the Stock in his or her Account. If a Participant elects cash, the Company or its agent shall sell the Stock allocated to the Participant’s Account at the then current market price, and the Company or its agent shall deliver the proceeds, less any brokerage commissions, currency conversion costs and other related charges, to the Participant. If the terminating Participant elects to receive Stock or makes no election, the Company or its agent shall deliver to the Participant the number of full shares of Stock in his or her Account plus cash for any fractional shares. In the event of the death of a Participant, all elections shall be made by, and all distributions made to, the designated beneficiary of the Participant or the legal representative of the Participant’s estate, as provided in Section 11.2 below.

SECTION 10

RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER

10.1 Voting and Other Rights . As soon as administratively practicable after the Company announces a meeting of its shareholders, the Company or its agent shall deliver to each Participant by mail or otherwise, all notices of meetings, proxy statements and other shareholder materials. At the meeting, or any adjournment thereof, the Company will vote shares of Stock credited to such Accounts as of the record date for such vote in accordance with the instructions received by the Company from Participants. The Company will not vote any shares of Stock held in Accounts for which it has not received instructions from Participants in time to be processed.

10.2 Dividends and Other Proceeds . Cash dividends received in respect of Stock held in Accounts shall be credited by the Company or its agent to such Accounts. All such cash

 

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shall be reinvested in Stock as promptly as practicable following receipt thereof. The relevant Participating International Affiliate shall pay all regular commissions in connection with the purchase of Stock constituting such reinvestment of cash dividends. Stock dividends or stock splits in respect of Stock held in the Accounts shall be credited to such Accounts without charge. The Company shall direct its agent to sell all other securities and rights to subscribe for shares received in respect of Stock, if any, held in the Accounts and the proceeds therefrom shall be treated in the same manner as cash dividends. All cash dividends payable on Stock held by the Company or its agent for the Accounts shall be paid net of applicable United States withholding taxes on such dividends which shall be withheld by the Company or its agent and paid to the appropriate United States tax authorities. The Company or its agent shall annually notify each Participant as part of its periodic reporting obligations of the amount of such withholding applicable to each Participant’s Account to enable such Participant to apply for any applicable tax credit in each such Participant’s country.

SECTION 11

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

11.1 Non-alienation . Notwithstanding Section 7.4, no shares of Stock held in a Participant’s Account or any Participant’s interest in this International Plan shall be transferable by a Participant, subject to the Participant’s right to sell such Stock, receive such Stock or terminate his or her participation in this International Plan as elsewhere provided herein, and no assets in any Account or any other benefit under this International Plan may in any manner be mortgaged, alienated, sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, encumbered or charged, and any attempt to do so is void. No such assets in an Account or any such benefit shall be subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the person entitled to such assets or benefits.

11.2 Rights of Beneficiary . Unless otherwise required by local law or the Committee, a Participant may, by signing a form furnished by the Committee, designate any legal or natural person or persons who shall be entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights hereunder or to which the Participant’s benefits are to be paid if the Participant dies before receiving all benefits payable under this International Plan. A beneficiary designation will be effective only when the signed form is filed while the Participant is alive with the Participating International Affiliate which employs the Participant. Filing a new signed beneficiary designation form will cancel all beneficiary designation forms signed earlier. If a Participant has not designated a beneficiary, the Participant’s Account shall be disposed of and distributed by the Company or its agent to the legal representative of the Participant’s estate in accordance with applicable law.

SECTION 12

MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Term of International Plan . Contingent upon the consummation of the Merger, this International Plan shall be effective September 28, 2012, or such other date as the Merger is consummated, and shall remain in effect for a period of ten (10) years after such effective date, unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 12.2(b).

 

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12.2 Amendment and Termination .

(a) Plan Amendment . The Company may, by written resolution of the Board or through action of the Compensation Committee of such Board, at any time and from time to time, amend the International Plan in whole or in part.

(b) Plan Termination . The Company may, at any time, by written resolution of the Board or through action of the Compensation Committee of such Board, terminate the International Plan. In addition, the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board may at any time terminate this International Plan as to any individual Participating International Affiliate. All shares of Stock and cash, if any, in Accounts of affected Participants shall, pursuant to rules adopted by the Committee, be distributed as soon as administratively feasible after such termination.

12.3 Employment Relationship .

(a) Tenure of Employment . Nothing in this International Plan shall confer on any Participant any express or implied right to employment or continued employment by the Company or any Participating International Affiliate, whether for the duration of the International Plan or otherwise.

(b) Contract of Employment . This International Plan shall not form part of any contract of employment between the Company or any of the Participating International Affiliates nor shall this International Plan amend, abrogate or affect any existing employment contract between the Company or any of the Participating International Affiliates and their respective employees. Nothing in this International Plan shall confer on any person any legal or equitable right against the Company or any of its affiliates, directly or indirectly, or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company or any of its affiliates.

(c) Severance . Neither the Stock purchased hereunder, any bonus contributions made hereunder nor other benefits conferred hereby shall form any part of the wages or salary of any Eligible Employees for purposes of severance pay or termination indemnities, irrespective of the reason for termination of employment. Under no circumstances shall any person ceasing to be an employee of the Company or any of its affiliates be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit under this International Plan which such employee might otherwise have enjoyed but for ceasing to be an employee, whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful or unfair dismissal, breach of contract or otherwise.

12.4 Voluntary Participation . Participation in the International Plan is entirely voluntary, and by maintaining the International Plan the Company is not making a recommendation as to whether any Eligible Employee should invest in Stock. Investment in any stock involves risk, and each Eligible Employee must decide whether to accept the risk of investing in Stock.

12.5 Communications . The Company or a Participating International Affiliate may, unless otherwise prescribed by applicable laws or regulations, provide the prospectus and any notices, forms or reports by using either paper or electronic means.

 

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12.6 Acceptance of Terms . By participating in the International Plan, each Participant shall be deemed to have accepted all the conditions of the International Plan and the terms and conditions of any rules and regulations adopted by the Committee or the Company and shall be fully bound thereby.

 

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The undersigned, by authority of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Pentair Ltd., does hereby execute the foregoing document for and on behalf of Pentair Ltd. effective as of September 28, 2012.

 

    PENTAIR LTD.
Dated:                          By  

 

      Angela D. Lageson
      Senior Vice President,
      General Counsel, and Secretary

 

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Exhibit A

Special Rules - Germany

These special rules, adopted pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Pentair Ltd. International Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan, modify the terms of such Plan as in effect in Germany as follows:

The following section is added to Section 11, Transfer of Rights, of the International Plan:

11.3 Provisions Applicable in Germany . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if prior to the transfer of the Stock in a Participant’s Account to such Participant’s designated beneficiary the Company or its agent receives a certified copy of a Certificate of Heirship (“Erbschein”), then the Company or its agent shall transfer the relevant shares of Stock to only the person or persons named in such Certificate, without regard to whether such person demands the sale of Stock and payment in cash and without any further obligation on the part of the Company or its agent to investigate such transferees’ rights. If the Company or its agent transfers the Stock to a designated beneficiary or a person named in the Erbschein, the Company or its agent shall be released from all obligations to the Participant and the Participant’s successors, assigns, and other persons who may have an interest in the Participant’s Account.

 

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Schedule 1

Participating International Affiliates

SCHEDULE 1

PARTICIPATING INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES

 

Participating
International Affiliate

  

Effective Date

Schroff GmbH    August 31, 1998
Pentair Water France S.A.S.    October 1, 1999
Schroff S.A.S.    February 1, 1999
Schroff UK Ltd.    September 1, 1999
Schroff K.K.    April 1, 1999
Pentair Water Belgium B.V.B.A.*    January 1, 2002
Pentair Water Filtration UK Ltd.    September 1, 2003
Pentair Water Filtration France S.A.S    September 1, 2003
Schroff S.r.l.    September 1, 2003
Pentair Water Italy S.r.l.    September 1, 2003
Schroff Scandinavia AB    October 1, 2004
Hoffman Schroff PTE Ltd.    October 1, 2004
Pentair Water Australia PTY Ltd.    October 1, 2004
Pentair Water New Zealand Ltd.    October 1, 2004
Pentair Water Germany GmbH    October 1, 2004
Nocchi Pompe S.a.r.l.    October 1, 2004
Shurflo Ltd.    October 1, 2004
Hypro EU Ltd.    October 1, 2004
Pentair Water Belgium BVBA**    December 29, 2006
Pentair Manufacturing Belgium BVBA    April 1, 2007
Pentair Manufacturing France S.A.S.    May 1, 2007
Pentair Manufacturing Italy s.r.l.    October 1, 2007
Pentair International, S.A.R.L. (Switzerland)    February 26, 2007
Jung Pumpen GmbH    April 28, 2010
Jung Pumpen S.A.R.L.    April 28, 2010
Pentair Services France S.A.S.    January 1, 2010
Everpure Japan K.K.    April 28, 2010

 

* With respect to the period ending December 29, 2006.
** With respect to the period beginning December 29, 2006, on which date Pentair Water Belgium BVBA merged with and into Pentair Belgium BVBA, which simultaneously changed its corporate name to Pentair Water Belgium BVBA.

 

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Schedule 2

Minimum and Maximum Deductions

 

Participating International Affiliate

   Monthly
Minimum
Deduction
     Monthly
Maximum
Deduction
     Quarterly
Maximum
Contributions
 

Schroff GmbH

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair Water France SAS

   10       750       3,000   

Schroff S.A.S.

   10       750       3,000   

Schroff UK Ltd.

   £ 6       £ 450       £ 1,800   

Schroff K.K.

   ¥ 1,400       ¥ 100,000       ¥ 400,000   

Pentair Water Belgium B.V.B.A

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair Water Filtration UK Ltd.

   £ 6       £ 450       £ 1,800   

Pentair Water Filtration France S.A.S

   10       750       3,000   

Schroff S.r.l.

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair Water Italy S.r.1.

   10       750       3,000   

Schroff Scandinavia AB

   SEK 90       SEK 6,750       SEK 27,000   

Hoffman Schroff PTE Ltd.

   S$ 20       S$ 1,500       S$ 6,000   

Pentair Water Australia PTY Ltd.

   A$ 20       A$ 1,300       A$ 5,000   

Pentair Water New Zealand Ltd.

   NZ$ 20       NZ$ 1,300       NZ$ 5,000   

Pentair Water Germany GmbH

   10       750       3,000   

Nocchi Pompe S.a.r.l.

   10       750       3,000   

Shurflo Ltd.

   £ 6       £ 450       £ 1,800   

Hypro EU Ltd.

   £ 6       £ 450       £ 1,800   

Pentair Manufacturing Belgium BVBA

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair Manufacturing France S.A.S.

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair Manufacturing Italy s.r.l.

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair International, S.A.R.L. (Switzerland)

   CHF 16       CHF 1,200       CHF 4,800   

Jung Pumpen GmbH

   10       750       3,000   

Jung Pumpen S.A.R.L.

   10       750       3,000   

Pentair Services France S.A.S.

   10       750       3,000   

Everpure Japan K.K.

   ¥ 1,400       ¥ 100,000       ¥ 400,000   

 

Schedule-2

Exhibit 10.15

PENTAIR, INC.

NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

As Amended and Restated Through September 28, 2012


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I HISTORY, PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN      1   
Article II DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION      3   
   Section 2.1.      Definitions.      3   
   Section 2.2.      Eligibility to Participate.      8   
   Section 2.3.      Purpose.      9   
   Section 2.4.      Construction.      9   
Article III PARTICIPANT DEFERRALS      10   
   Section 3.1.      Election to Participate.      10   
   Section 3.2.      Amount of Participant’s Deferrals.      11   
   Section 3.3.      Payment of Deposits to Trustee.      12   
Article IV EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS      13   
   Section 4.1.      Employer Discretionary Contribution.      13   
   Section 4.2.      Employer Matching Contribution.      13   
   Section 4.3.      Limit on Compensation for Purposes of Employer Contributions.      14   
   Section 4.4.      Payment of Deposits to Trustee.      14   
Article V TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT      15   
   Section 5.1.      Appointment.      15   
   Section 5.2.      Fees and Expenses.      15   
   Section 5.3.      Use of Trust.      15   
   Section 5.4.      Responsibility and Authority for Fund Management.      15   
   Section 5.5.      Trust Assets.      16   
Article VI INVESTMENT; PARTICIPANT’S ACCOUNTS      17   
   Section 6.1.      Allocation and Reallocation of Before-Tax Deposits and Employer Contributions.      17   
   Section 6.2.      Allocation of Deferred Equity Awards.      17   
   Section 6.3.      Investment of Deposits and Employer Contributions.      18   
   Section 6.4.      Participant’s Accounts.      19   
   Section 6.5.      Beneficiaries.      19   
Article VII PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS      20   
   Section 7.1.      Time and Form of Payments.      20   
   Section 7.2.      Distribution Due to Death.      21   
   Section 7.3.      Payment of Employer Contributions.      21   
   Section 7.4.      Later Payment Deferral Elections.      22   
   Section 7.5.      Miscellaneous.      22   
Article VIII EMERGENCY WITHDRAWALS      23   
   Section 8.1.      Restricted Withdrawals.      23   

 

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Article IX PLAN ADMINISTRATION      24   
   Section 9.1.      Committee.      24   
   Section 9.2.      Organization and Procedure.      25   
   Section 9.3.      Delegation of Authority and Responsibility.      25   
   Section 9.4.      Use of Professional Services.      25   
   Section 9.5.      Fees and Expenses.      25   
   Section 9.6.      Communications.      26   
   Section 9.7.      Claims.      26   
Article X PLAN AMENDMENTS, PLAN TERMINATION, AND MISCELLANEOUS      27   
   Section 10.1.      Amendments and Termination.      27   
   Section 10.2.      Non-Guarantee of Employment.      28   
   Section 10.3.      Rights to Trust Asset.      28   
   Section 10.4.      Suspension of Rules.      28   
   Section 10.5.      Requirement of Proof.      29   
   Section 10.6.      Indemnification.      29   
   Section 10.7.      Non-Alienation and Taxes.      29   
   Section 10.8.      Not Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans.      30   
   Section 10.9.      Savings Clause.      31   
   Section 10.10.      Facility of Payment.      31   
   Section 10.11.      Requirement of Releases.      31   
   Section 10.12.      Board Action.      31   
   Section 10.13.      Computational Errors.      31   
   Section 10.14.      Unclaimed Benefits.      32   
   Section 10.15.      Communications.      32   
Article XI TRANSITIONAL RULES      33   
   Section 11.1.      Introduction.      33   
   Section 11.2.      Amounts Deferred Under Prior Plan.      33   

 

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PENTAIR, INC.

NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

ARTICLE I

HISTORY, PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

Effective January 1, 1993, Pentair, Inc. (“Pentair”) established a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain management and highly compensated employees of Pentair and various companies in the Pentair controlled group. Under the Plan as so initially established, eligible participants could elect to defer receipt of base and bonus compensation in exchange for the unfunded, unsecured promise of the participant’s employing company to pay the amounts deferred, plus earnings, at the time and in the manner selected by the participant when making a deferral election. Until the time of payment, the amounts deferred under the Plan, adjusted for any earnings credited with respect to those amounts, remain subject to the claims of the general creditors of the participant’s employing company.

Pentair amended and restated the Plan, effective January 1, 1996, January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2002. As so amended and restated, the Plan continued to permit eligible employees of Pentair and its affiliates to defer receipt of base and bonus compensation in exchange for the unsecured promise of the participant’s employing company to pay these amounts, as adjusted for earnings or losses by reference to deemed investment options selected by each participant, and commencing January 1, 1996 provided for the replacement of benefits no longer available to certain participants under the Pentair Retirement Savings and Stock Incentive Plan due to certain limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Pentair amended the Plan in 2005 to reflect the 2004 acquisition of the WICOR, Inc. group of companies, and the extension of the Plan in 2005 to eligible employees of such group, and to qualify generally the Plan, the elections made thereunder, and the Plan’s administration, for amounts deferred and contributed for periods after 2004, by the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and guidance thereunder issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

Pentair amended the Plan effective January 1, 2009, to reflect final Treasury Regulations under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as well as certain other changes. This document governs amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2005. Amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005, are governed by terms of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, which are contained in a separate document.

Pentair amended and restated the Plan effective October 1, 2010, to clarify the types of compensation that may be deferred under the Plan.

Pentair now hereby amends and restates the Plan to reflect the effect of the merger (the “Merger”) contemplated by the Merger Agreement among the Company, Tyco International Ltd., Pentair Ltd., Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc., as amended, pursuant


to which, on September 28, 2012, the Company became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Pentair Ltd. and the Company’s common stock was converted into the right to receive common shares of Pentair Ltd. This amendment and restatement shall be effective immediately following the consummation of the Merger.

The Plan is for the benefit of a select group of management and highly compensated employees. Benefits under the Plan are unfunded and unsecured general obligations of Pentair and its participating affiliates. Plan participants have the status of unsecured general creditors of their employing company. Any assets acquired or set aside for purposes of providing or measuring, or both, this deferred compensation may be held in a grantor trust as the property of the participant’s employing company and subject to the claims of its general creditors. To the extent any assets are held in a grantor trust, the terms and provisions of the trust document will control in all cases where it is in conflict with the Plan.

 

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ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

Section 2.1. Definitions. Unless the context clearly or necessarily indicates the contrary, when capitalized the following words and phrases shall have the meanings shown when used in this Article or other parts of the Plan.

(1) “Accounts” are the accounts under the Plan to be maintained for each Participant or the Beneficiary of a deceased former Participant.

(2) “Administrator” is the person assigned by the Company or Committee to handle the day-to-day administration of the Plan.

(3) “Base Compensation” includes the items of remuneration paid to or on behalf of a Participant for services rendered to a Participating Employer as an Employee, as listed or described in the left-hand column of Schedule 1, but not including any such items listed or described in the right-hand column of Schedule 1. If a remuneration item is not listed or described in Schedule 1, the Committee shall determine whether such item is included or excluded from Base Compensation by taking into account the nature of the item and its similarity to an item which is so listed.

(4) “Before-tax Deposits” are compensation deferrals of Base Compensation and/or Bonus Compensation made under the Plan at the election of a Participant pursuant to Article III.

(5) “Beneficiary” is the individual, trust or other entity designated as such in writing by a Participant in accordance with applicable Plan provisions, or such person as otherwise determined under the Plan, to receive benefits accumulated hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death. If a Participant is married at the time of death, the sole Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s Spouse at such time unless the Spouse has otherwise waived or released the right to be named as a beneficiary hereunder, or to be considered as the Participant’s surviving Spouse for such purposes (e.g., an enforceable prenuptial agreement), as determined in the discretion of the Committee, or the Spouse has consented in writing to the designation of a different Beneficiary and such consent is witnessed by an authorized Plan representative or a notary public.

(6) “Bonus Compensation” is compensation awarded to a Participant pursuant to one of the plans listed on Schedule 2. Compensation awarded to a Participant under any other incentive plan shall not be treated as Bonus Compensation.

(7) “Change in Control” or “CIC” is:

 

  (i) any one of the following occurring prior to or upon the consummation of the Merger:

 

  (A) When a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the Company’s stock;

 

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  (B) When a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month consecutive period, ending with the date of the most recent stock acquisition, stock of the Company possessing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Company’s stock;

 

  (C) When a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors is replaced within a twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such board as constituted before such appointment or election; or

 

  (D) When a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month consecutive period assets from the Company or an entity controlled by the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total fair market value of the assets of the Company and all such entities.

Once a person or group acquires stock meeting the thresholds set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B) immediately preceding, additional acquisitions of such stock by that person or group shall be ignored in determining whether another CIC has occurred. Asset transfers between or among controlled entities as determined before such transfers shall not be considered in applying paragraph (D) immediately preceding. This provision shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with the definition of a “change of control” under Code section 409A.

 

  (ii) any one of the following occurring after the consummation of the Merger:

 

  (A) When a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of Pentair Ltd.’s common shares;

 

  (B) When a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month consecutive period, ending with the date of the most recent stock acquisition, common shares of Pentair Ltd. possessing at least thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power of Pentair Ltd.’s common shares; provided that no such twelve (12) month period may include any period prior to the consummation of the Merger;

 

  (C)

When a majority of the members of Pentair Ltd.’s board of directors is replaced within a twelve (12) month period by directors

 

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  whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such board as constituted before such appointment or election; provided that no such twelve (12) month period may include any period prior to the consummation of the Merger; or

 

  (D) When a person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month consecutive period assets from Pentair Ltd. or an entity controlled by Pentair Ltd. that have a total gross fair market value equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total fair market value of the assets of Pentair Ltd. and all such entities; provided that no such twelve (12) month period may include any period prior to the consummation of the Merger.

Once a person or group acquires stock meeting the thresholds set forth in paragraphs (A) and (B) immediately preceding, additional acquisitions of such stock by that person or group shall be ignored in determining whether another CIC has occurred. Asset transfers between or among controlled entities as determined before such transfers shall not be considered in applying paragraph (D) immediately preceding. This provision shall be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with the definition of a “change of control” under Code section 409A.

(8) “Code” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code shall be deemed to refer to successor provisions thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(9) “Committee” is the Committee described in Article IX.

(10) “Company” is Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, or any successor thereto.

(11) “Disabled” or “Disability” is a physical or mental condition, resulting from physical or mental sickness or injury, which prevents the individual while an Employee from engaging in any substantial gainful activity, and which condition can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months. For purposes of applying Section 3.2(c), however, the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting “six (6) months” for “twelve (12) months.”

(12) “Employee” is an individual who is (i) employed by a Participating Employer, (ii) a highly compensated or key management employee of a Participating Employer as determined by the Committee, (iii) in an employment position or salary grade classified by the Company as eligible to participate in the Plan, and (iv) eligible to participate in the RSIP. In the event an individual satisfies the foregoing requirements except he or she is not eligible to participate in the RSIP (e.g., an individual within an employee group to which the RSIP has not been extended), such individual may, in the discretion of the Committee, be considered an Employee solely for purposes of allowing such individual to elect Before-tax Deposits and not for purposes of being eligible for Employer Contributions.

 

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(13) “Employer” is the Company and, except as prescribed by the Committee, each other corporation or unincorporated business which is a member of a controlled group of corporations or a group of trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of Code section 414(b) or (c)) which includes the Company, but with respect to other business entities during only the periods of such common control with the Company.

(14) “Employer Contributions” are amounts contributed under the Plan by Participating Employers pursuant to Article IV, and includes Employer Discretionary Contributions described in Section 4.1 and Employer Matching Contributions described in Section 4.2.

(15) “Equity Awards” are stock-related awards granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan that are designated as eligible to be deferred under this Plan in the award letter or other document evidencing such award.

(16) “ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code shall be deemed to refer to successor provisions thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(17) “ Fair Market Value ” has the meaning ascribed in the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

(18) “Investment Fund” is a deemed investment made available by the Committee and selected (or deemed selected) by a Participant for purposes of crediting investment earnings and losses to a Participant’s Account.

(19) “ Omnibus Incentive Plan ” is (i) with respect to awards granted prior to the Merger, the Pentair Ltd. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Pentair, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan), as it may be amended from time to time, and (ii) with respect to awards granted on or after the Merger, the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan, or any successor thereto, as it may be amended from time to time.

(20) “Participant” is an individual who has validly elected to participate hereunder and who has elected Before-tax Deposits, deferrals of Equity Awards or is entitled to receive Employer Contributions. An individual who has become a Participant shall continue as a Participant until the earlier of his or her death and the date the balance in his or her Account has been paid.

(21) “Participating Employer” is the Company and each other Employer, except as otherwise prescribed by the Committee or the terms of any purchase agreement entered into with respect to the Company’s or an affiliates acquisition of such Employer.

(22) “ Performance-Based Compensation ” is Bonus Compensation or Equity Awards the amount of which, or the entitlement to which, is contingent on the satisfaction of preestablished organizational or individual performance criteria relating to a performance period of at least twelve (12) months. Goals are considered preestablished if established in writing no later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of the performance period. Performance-Based Compensation does not include any amount or payment that will be paid either regardless

 

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of performance, or based upon a level of performance that is substantially certain to be met at the time the criteria is established. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bonus Compensation or Equity Awards will be considered Performance-Based Compensation if the compensation will be paid regardless of satisfaction of the performance goals in the event of the Participant’s death, Disability or a CIC, provided that payment under such circumstances without regard to the satisfaction of the performance criteria will not constitute Performance-Based Compensation.

(23) “Plan Year” is the calendar year.

(24) “Pre-Deferral Compensation” is the combined amount of Base and Bonus Compensation which would have been paid in a Plan Year but for a Before-tax Deposit election hereunder or a before-tax deposit election under the RSIP, or both.

(25) “Retirement” is an individual’s Separation from Service on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55) and the completion of at least ten (10) years of service with one or more Employers.

(26) “RSIP” is the Pentair, Inc. Retirement Savings and Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or any successor plan thereto.

(27) “Separation from Service” is the termination of employment as an employee, from all business entities that comprise the Employer, for reasons other than death or Disability. A Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Separation from Service when the level of bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Employer permanently decreases to a level equal to twenty percent (20%) or less of the average level of services performed by the Participant for the Employer during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or such lesser period of service). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant on a bona fide leave of absence from an Employer shall be considered to have incurred a Separation from Service no later than the six (6) month anniversary of the absence (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of an absence due to a Disability described in the last sentence of Section 2.1(11)) or the end of such longer period during which the individual has the right by law or agreement to return to employment upon the expiration of the leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the Participant’s termination of employment from the Employer the Participant becomes a non-employee director or becomes or remains a consultant to the Employer, then the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service may be delayed until the Participant ceases to provide services in such capacity to the extent required by Code section 409A.

(28) “ Share ” is, following the consummation of the Merger, a registered share of Pentair Ltd., nominal value CHF 0.50. No Shares have been authorized for issuance under this Plan. All Shares payable under this Plan are issued from the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

(29) “ Share Unit Fund ” is the Investment Fund described in Section 6.2(b), which is deemed invested in Shares. The Share Unit Fund shall be used solely as a means to track deferrals of Equity Awards.

(30) “ Share Unit ” is a unit that has a value equal to one Share.

 

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(31) “Specified Employee” is a Participant who is a key employee for a Plan Year, with such status as to that period becoming effective as of April 1st next following such Plan Year and lasting until the following April 1st. A key employee is an employee of an Employer who (i) at any time during the Plan Year owns at least five percent (5%) of the stock (or capital or profits interest) of an Employer, (ii) owns one percent (1%) of the stock (or capital or profits interest) of an Employer and whose compensation exceeds the dollar limit for such period described in Code section 416(1)(iii), or (iii) is an officer of an Employer and whose compensation exceeds the dollar limit for such period described in Code section 416(1)(i), as adjusted. No more than the lesser of fifty (50) employees or ten percent (10%) of all employees shall be treated as officers for that period by reason of clause (iii) immediately preceding. In the event the number of officers exceeds such number, the employees included in such number will be those with the highest compensation for that period.

(32) “Spouse” is an individual, of a sex opposite to that of a Participant, whose marriage to a Participant is recognized under the laws of the United States (or one of the United States) or any other generally recognized jurisdiction.

(33) “Trust” is the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan Trust.

(34) “Trustee” is the person appointed as the trustee under the Trust.

(35) “Unforeseeable Emergency” is a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from: an illness or accident to the Participant or his or her Spouse or tax-dependent; the loss of a home due to an uncompensated (by insurance or otherwise) casualty; and other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the Participant.

(36) “Valuation Date” is, with respect to Investment Funds which correspond to funds available under the RSIP, a date as of which such corresponding funds are valued under the RSIP; with respect to other Investment Funds, it is the last day of each Plan Year and such other dates as are prescribed by the Committee.

Section 2.2. Eligibility to Participate.

(a) Eligibility to Make Before-tax Deposits and Deferrals of Equity Awards . Subject to the provisions of Article III, all Employees are eligible to elect Before-tax Deposits and to defer Equity Awards.

(b) Eligibility for Employer Contributions . Employees eligible to receive an Employer Discretionary Contribution for a Plan Year are described in Section 4.1(a), and Employees eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution for a Plan Year are described in Section 4.2(a).

(c) Suspension of Eligibility . (1)  Failure to Qualify as an Employee . Once an individual becomes an Employee, such individual shall remain an Employee, regardless of the identity of his or her Participating Employer, so long as he or she continues to be described in Section 2.1(12). In the event an individual becomes an Employee and thereafter remains

 

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employed by an Employer but not as an Employee or such Employer is not then a Participating Employer, except as directed by the Committee such individual’s eligibility to elect Before-tax Deposits or deferrals of Equity Awards shall be suspended at the end of the Plan Year in which such status change occurs and such individual’s eligibility to receive an allocation of Employer Contributions shall be suspended immediately on the date such status change occurs.

(2) Resumption . Upon resuming status as an Employee, an individual whose eligibility to participate in the Plan has been suspended may again elect Before-tax Deposits or deferrals of Equity Awards under the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article III.

Section 2.3. Purpose. As a tax-qualified plan, the RSIP is subject to various Code provisions which limit artificially the contributions which can be made on behalf of participants. The Plan is designed to offer the same contribution formulas (without duplication) as are offered under the RSIP but without regard to such Code provisions, including Code sections 401(a)(17) (compensation cap), 401(k) and 401(m) (annual discrimination tests and related rules for elective and matching contributions), 402(g) and 414(v) (annual dollar limit on elective contributions), and 415(c) (limit on annual additions). In addition, the Plan is designed to offer participants the ability to defer certain items of compensation that would not be able to be deferred under the RSIP, such as equity awards granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. It is intended that all Accounts represent retirement income within the meaning of 4 USC § 114(b)(1)(I)(ii) if paid after termination of employment. The Plan is not solely intended to provide benefits in excess of the Code section 415 limits, however, and therefore it is not an “excess benefit plan” as defined in ERISA section 3(36).

Section 2.4. Construction.

(a) General . Wherever any words are used herein in the singular, masculine, feminine or neuter form, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural, feminine, masculine or non-neuter form, respectively, in all cases where such interpretation is reasonable. The words “hereof ,” “herein,” “hereunder,” and other similar compounds of the word “here” shall mean and refer to this entire document and not to any particular Article or Section. Titles of Articles and Sections are for general information only, and the Plan is not to be construed by reference thereto.

(b) Applicable Law . To the extent not preempted by ERISA or any other federal statute, the Plan shall be construed and its validity determined according to the substantive laws of the State of Minnesota, without reference to conflict of law principles thereof. In case any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if it did not include such provision.

 

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ARTICLE III

PARTICIPANT DEFERRALS

Section 3.1. Election to Participate.

(a) General . (1)  Annual Election . Prior to January 1 of each Plan Year, an Employee may elect: (A) to make Before-tax Deposits from his or her Base Compensation that will be earned and paid in such Plan Year, (B) to make Before-tax Deposits from his or her Bonus Compensation that will be earned (or begin to be earned) in such Plan Year, (C) to defer all or a portion of his or her Equity Awards that will be granted in such Plan Year (for this purpose, an Equity Award shall be considered granted when the Company takes action to approve such grant), and (D) the form and time of distribution of the Account with respect to such Plan Year, as permitted by Section 7.1(b). Such election shall be made as of the times the Committee may prescribe and shall be irrevocable as of December 31 of the year immediately preceding the Plan Year for which such elections are effective.

(2) Mid-Year Elections: Bonus Compensation or Equity Award . If and to the extent allowed by the Committee, an Employee also may elect Before-tax Deposits from his or her Bonus Compensation and may elect to defer all or a portion of his or her Equity Awards as follows:

 

  (i) If the Bonus Compensation or Equity Award qualifies as Performance-Based Compensation, the election may be made no later than six (6) months before the end of the performance period; or

 

  (ii) If the Bonus Compensation or Equity Award is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture that will not lapse until at least thirteen (13) months after the date of award or grant (or earlier upon death, Disability or a CIC), the election may be made no later than the first thirty (30) days after the date of award or grant; provided that if the Bonus Compensation actually vests within the first thirteen (13) months by reason of the Employee’s death, Disability, or a CIC, then the deferral election shall be cancelled; or

 

  (iii) If the Bonus Compensation or Equity Award is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture that will not lapse until at least one year after the date of grant, the election may be made at least one year prior to the date such award will vest, provided that the amount is deferred for a minimum of five (5) years from the date the Bonus Compensation or Equity Award vests.

Such election shall be made as of the times the Committee may prescribe and shall be irrevocable as of the latest date permitted hereunder. If an Employee has not previously elected a time and form of distribution with respect to the Account to which the deferrals described herein will be credited, he or she may do so as part of his or her deferral election hereunder.

 

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(b) Participation During Plan Year .

(1) Initial Participation . An Employee who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a Plan Year may elect, within the first thirty (30) days of becoming so eligible, (A) Before-tax Deposits from his or her Base Compensation for that Plan Year earned and paid after such election, and (B) the form and time of distribution of the Account with respect to such Plan Year, as permitted by Section 7.1(b). Such individual may also make the elections described in Section 3.1(a)(2), if applicable.

(2) Resumption of Participation . An individual who has been eligible to participate in the Plan, who loses such eligibility by reason of a Separation from Service or otherwise, and who again becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan for purposes of authorizing Before-tax Deposits or deferrals of Equity Awards, and shall not be eligible to receive an allocation of Employer Contributions, for the Plan Year in which he or she again becomes so eligible unless he or she (i) has not been eligible to make Before-tax Deposits or deferrals of Equity Awards for two (2) or more consecutive years or (ii) has previously incurred a Separation from Service and been paid all benefits under the Plan after such separation and before again becoming eligible for the Plan.

Section 3.2. Amount of Participant’s Deferrals.

(a) Deferral Elections . At the time an Employee elects to make Before-tax Deposits or defer an Equity Award for a Plan Year, he or she shall designate the percentage of Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, or Equity Awards to be deferred. Except as described subsection (c), the percentage elected shall be irrevocable with respect to the compensation to which it relates. In the event a payroll period with respect to Base Compensation straddles the end of a Plan Year, the election, if any, to defer for the Plan Year in which the payroll period ends shall control the amount or rate to be deferred.

(b) Maximum Deferrals and Coordination with the RSIP . The maximum deferrals which may be elected by a Participant for a Plan Year shall be established from time to time by the Committee and may be expressed as a maximum amount or percentage. Different maximums may be applied to deferrals of Base, Bonus Compensation, and Equity Awards or different items of Bonus Compensation and Equity Awards. Such maximums shall be established before a Plan Year and shall apply throughout that year, or shall apply to the award to which the maximum relates. Any such maximums on Base and Bonus Compensation shall be first absorbed by Before-tax Deposits and then, to the extent the maximum has not been reached, by before-tax deposits under the RSIP.

(c) Intra-Year Cessation of Before-tax Deposits . In the event a Participant dies, becomes Disabled, or, as directed by the Committee, applies for and is granted a distribution pursuant to Article VIII, Before-tax Deposits on behalf of such Participant for the balance of the Plan Year shall be suspended. The suspension shall be effective no later than the second payroll period ending after the Participant’s death; two and one-half (2-1/2) months after the Participant becomes Disabled; or the second payroll period ending after the Committee approves the distribution and directs the suspension, whichever is applicable.

 

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Section 3.3. Payment of Deposits to Trustee. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, a Participating Employer shall remit amounts withheld as Before-tax Deposits to the Trustee as soon as administratively feasible after such amounts are withheld. In the event the Committee so otherwise directs or if the Trust (or some other funding arrangement) does not then exist, then the amounts so withheld shall be retained by the Participating Employer as part of its general assets and, in order to determine investment earnings and losses thereon, shall be allocated to one or more Investment Funds as determined by the Committee no later than the first day of the second calendar month immediately following the calendar month of such withholding.

 

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ARTICLE IV

EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.1. Employer Discretionary Contribution.

(a) Eligibility for Employer Discretionary Contributions . Employees eligible to receive an Employer Discretionary Contributions for a Plan Year shall be those individuals

 

  (i) eligible to elect Before-tax Deposits for that year;

 

  (ii) who are eligible to receive an employer discretionary contribution under the RSIP for that year;

 

  (iii) whose covered compensation under the RSIP for that Plan Year is:

 

  (1) actually limited by the applicable dollar amount provided for under Code section 401(a)(17), or

 

  (2) reduced by reason of Before-tax Deposits; and

 

  (iv) who are employed by an Employer as of the end of that Plan Year; provided, however, that such year-end employment shall not be required for the year in which employment ends due to death, Disability, or Retirement.

(b) Amount of Discretionary Contribution . Participating Employers shall make an Employer Discretionary Contribution on behalf of their eligible Employees for a Plan Year in an amount equal to (i) the employer standard discretionary contribution rate in effect under the RSIP for the Plan Year (as determined by the Committee) multiplied by the eligible Employee’s Pre-Deferral Compensation for the Plan Year, up to the applicable dollar limit under Section 4.3, less (ii) the employer standard discretionary contribution (as determined by the Committee) made on behalf of such Employee to the RSIP for that year.

Section 4.2. Employer Matching Contribution.

(a) Eligibility for Employer Matching Contributions . Employees eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution for a Plan Year shall be those individuals

 

  (i) who are eligible to receive an employer matching contribution under the RSIP for such year;

 

  (ii) whose covered compensation under the RSIP for that Plan Year is:

 

  (1) actually limited by the applicable dollar amount provided for under Code section 401(a)(17), or

 

  (2) reduced by reason of Before-tax Deposits; and

 

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  (iii) who are employed by an Employer as of the end of that Plan Year; provided, however, that such employment shall not be requested for the year in which such employment ends due to death, Disability, or Retirement.

(b) Amount of Matching Contribution . With respect to each Employee eligible to receive an Employer Matching Contribution for a Plan Year, that Employee’s Participating Employer shall contribute a matching contribution equal to A - B, where A equals the matching contribution which would have been made on his or her behalf under the RSIP for that year assuming:

 

  (i) the covered compensation limit thereunder was the applicable dollar limit for that year under Section 4.3,

 

  (ii) the provisions of Code sections 401(k) and (m), 402(g), 414(v), and 415(c) (and any similar or analogous Code limits on the amount or rate of contributions under the RSIP) did not apply,

 

  (iii) all Before-tax Deposits for such year had been made for that year under the RSIP,

 

  (iv) covered compensation thereunder included Before-tax Deposits made with respect to that year, and

B equals the matching contributions made on his or her behalf under the RSIP for that year. In determining B, payment of the matching contribution to the Employee under the RSIP to satisfy Code section 401(m) shall be ignored but any forfeiture of such contribution shall, if in fact taken into account in determining B, reduce B.

Section 4.3. Limit on Compensation for Purposes of Employer Contributions. The maximum amount of the aggregate of a Participant’s Base Compensation and Bonus Compensation that will be considered for purposes of determining Employer Contributions shall be established from time to time by the Committee and shall be communicated to the Participants. For the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2008, the maximum amount of the aggregate of a Participant’s Base Compensation and Bonus Compensation for purposes of determining Employer Contributions shall be $700,000.

Section 4.4. Payment of Deposits to Trustee. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, a Participating Employer shall pay its share of the Employer Contributions for a Plan Year as soon as administratively feasible after the entire Employer Contribution for such year has been determined. In the event the Committee so otherwise directs or if the Trust (or some other funding arrangement) does not then exist, then such share shall be retained by the Participating Employer as part of its general assets and, in order to determine investment earnings and losses thereon, shall be allocated to one or more Investment Funds as determined by the Committee no later than the first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which such entire Contribution has been determined.

 

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ARTICLE V

TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT

Section 5.1. Appointment.

(a) General . The Plan is an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement. Neither the Company nor any Participating Employer shall be required to establish a trust or to in any way segregate assets for purposes of funding or otherwise providing benefits under the Plan. The Company may, however, in its sole discretion, establish and maintain an unfunded grantor trust with one or more persons selected by the Committee to act as Trustee. If a Trustee is so appointed, such Trustee shall hold, manage, administer and invest the assets of the Trust, reinvest any income, and make distributions in accordance with the directions of the Committee and the provisions of the Plan and Trust. The trust agreement shall be in such form and contain such provisions as the Committee deems necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of the Plan. The terms and provisions of the trust agreement shall control in case of a conflict between the terms and provisions of such agreement and the terms and provisions of the Plan.

(b) Removal and Resignation . Pursuant to the notice requirements and other procedures contained in the Trust agreement, and in accordance with the Trust agreement, the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, remove a Trustee or any successor Trustee and any such Trustee or any successor Trustee may resign. If the provisions of the Trust agreement remain in effect at the time of removal or resignation of the Trustee, the Committee shall appoint a successor Trustee.

Section 5.2. Fees and Expenses. Except as directed by the Company, the Trustee’s fee, and related fees and expenses, shall be paid by the Company and Participating Employers. Brokerage fees, asset-based fees for custodial, investment and management services, and other investment expenses (e.g., participant record-keeping fees) which relate to Investment Funds, shall be paid out of the Trust and charged to the fund of the Trust and the Accounts of the Participant to which such fees and costs are attributable.

Section 5.3. Use of Trust. To the extent any assets are held in the Trust, such assets shall at all times be the property of the Company or a Participating Employer and, as such, shall remain subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company or the Participating Employer, as the case may be, in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency. No Participant or Beneficiary shall by reason of the Plan and Trust have any rights to any assets of the Trust, the Company or a Participating Employer nor to Investment Funds or other property generally, and neither the existence of the Plan nor the establishment of a Trust shall be interpreted or construed as a guaranty that any funds which may be held in trust will be available or sufficient for the payment of benefits under the Plan.

Section 5.4. Responsibility and Authority for Fund Management. The Company may, in its sole discretion, establish and maintain a funding policy, and may delegate to the Committee the following duties and authority:

 

  (i) to establish Investment Funds for purposes of crediting investment earnings and losses to Accounts, including the authority to add to or change the number and nature of the Investment Funds from time to time;

 

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  (ii) to direct the investment and reinvestment of all or any portion of the assets, if any, held by the Trustee under the Trust; and

 

  (iii) to periodically review the performance of the Investment Funds.

Section 5.5. Trust Assets. Neither the Company, a Participating Employer nor the Trustee shall be obligated to purchase any asset or Investment Fund designated by a Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article VI for purposes of crediting investment earnings and losses to such Participant’s Accounts. To the extent the Company and Participating Employers remit Before-tax Deposits or Employer Contributions to the Trustee, however, and the Investment Fund designated by the Participant as a deemed investment for his or her Accounts consists of an asset which the Trustee cannot purchase or an investment which is not readily available on the open market, the Trustee shall, subject to the direction of the Committee, return any such amounts to the Company and Participating Employers in the form of cash. To the extent a Participant reallocates all or a portion of the balance in his or her Accounts into an Investment Fund which consists of an asset the Trustee cannot purchase, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Trust cash equal to the fair market value of such investment designation and return such cash to the Company or other Participating Employers.

 

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ARTICLE VI

INVESTMENT; PARTICIPANT’S ACCOUNTS

Section 6.1. Allocation and Reallocation of Before-Tax Deposits and Employer Contributions.

(a) Allocation . For purposes of crediting earnings to his or her Accounts, a Participant shall elect to allocate Before-tax Deposits and Employer Contributions to one or more of the Investment Funds. A Participant may elect to change the mix of such allocations in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee. An election under this Section 6.1(a) shall remain in effect unless changed by the Participant; provided, however, that neither the Company, a Participating Employer, the Committee nor the Trustee shall be obligated to purchase any investment designated by a Participant. Investment Funds are selected by a Participant solely for purposes of determining the investment earnings and losses to be credited to a Participant’s Accounts.

(b) Reallocation . In accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee, a Participant may reallocate the balance credited to his or her Accounts among the available Investment Funds. Any such reallocation shall apply to the entire balance of such Accounts attributable to participation in the Plan, and not just to Before-tax Deposits and Employer Contributions made subsequent to such reallocation.

(c) Participant-Directed Investment . (1)  General . The availability of Investment Funds for purposes of crediting earnings to Accounts is not a recommendation to designate a deemed investment in any one Investment Fund. The selection of deemed investments is solely the responsibility of each Participant. No officer, employee or other agent of an Employer or the Trustee is authorized to advise or make any recommendation concerning the selection of Investment Funds and no such person is responsible for determining the suitability or advisability of any such selection.

(2) Participant Responsibility . Participants shall be solely responsible for selecting, monitoring, and changing the Investment Funds in or by which their Account balances are invested. Neither the Company, a Participating Employer, Committee member, nor the Administrator shall be responsible for such investment decisions. To the extent a Participant does not expressly exercise investment discretion over his or her Accounts, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to direct investments to or by the same Investment Fund used for such purposes under the RSIP, except as otherwise provided by the Committee.

Section 6.2. Allocation of Deferred Equity Awards.

(a) Allocation . Deferrals of Equity Awards shall be automatically allocated to the Share Unit Fund on the date of vesting, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. A Participant shall not have the right to re-allocate such deferrals out of the Share Unit Fund.

(b) Share Unit Fund . A deferral of an Equity Award shall be allocated to the Share Unit Fund as follows: (i) if the deferral relates to Shares, or Equity Awards whose value equals the Fair Market Value of a Share, the Participant’s Account shall be credited with a number of Shares Units equal to the number of Shares (or Share-related Equity Awards)

 

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deferred, or (ii) if the deferral relates to cash (such as dividend equivalents), such amount shall be converted to whole and fractional Share Units, with fractional units calculated to three decimal places, by dividing the amount to be allocated by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the effective date of such allocation. If any dividends or distributions (other than in the form of Shares) are paid on Shares while a Participant has Share Units credited to his Account, such Participant shall be credited with additional Shares Units equal to the amount of the cash dividend paid or Fair Market Value of other property distributed on one Share, multiplied by the number of Share Units credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the dividend is declared. Any other provision of this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, if a dividend is paid on Shares in the form of a right or rights to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company or any entity acquiring the Company, no additional Share Units shall be credited to the Participant’s Account with respect to such dividend, but each Share Unit credited to a Participant’s Account at the time such dividend is paid, and each Share Unit thereafter credited to the Participant’s Account at a time when such rights are attached to Shares, shall thereafter be valued as of any point in time on the basis of the aggregate of the then Fair Market Value of one Share plus the then Fair Market Value of such right or rights then attached to one Share.

(c) Transactions Affecting Common Stock . In the event of any transaction affecting Shares that would cause an adjustment to be made under the adjustment provisions of the Omnibus Incentive Plan, the Committee may make appropriate equitable adjustments with respect to the Share Units credited to the Account of each Participant, including without limitation, adjusting the date as of which such units are valued and/or distributed, as the Committee determines is necessary or desirable to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the benefits intended to be provided under the Plan.

(d) No Shareholder Rights With Respect to Share Units . Participants shall have no rights as a stockholder pertaining to Share Units credited to their Accounts.

Section 6.3. Investment of Deposits and Employer Contributions. The Committee may, in its discretion, direct the Trustee to invest a Participant’s Before-tax Deposits and Employer Contributions in the Investment Funds designated by the Participant, to the extent such investment is available on the open market and can be purchased by the Trustee and owned by the Trust. Regardless of whether any deposits or Employer Contributions are actually invested in the Investment Funds designated by Participants, however, the Committee shall maintain a bookkeeping account on behalf of each Participant to which shall be credited the investment results of each Investment Fund so designated to adjust the amounts in each Participant’s Accounts. At least each calendar quarter, the Committee shall make available or cause to be made available a report or other information indicating the increase or decrease in the value of each Participant’s Accounts. Any earnings of an Investment Fund shall be deemed to be reinvested in the same Investment Fund for purposes of maintaining a Participant’s Accounts.

 

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Section 6.4. Participant’s Accounts.

(a) Establishment of Accounts . Separate Accounts shall be established and maintained for each Participant by Plan Year and Investment Fund. To the extent necessary or appropriate to provide for proper administration of the Plan, including the tracking of payment date and form elections, a Participant’s Account for a Plan Year shall include separate balances or subaccounts for interests derived from Before-tax Deposits, deferred Equity Awards, Employer Contributions and such other separate balances as the Committee shall determine. The Committee shall also identify or otherwise maintain separate Accounts or subaccounts for Participants by reference to the identity of the Participant’s Employer, to the extent practicable.

(b) Crediting of Accounts . The appropriate Accounts of each Participant shall be credited with the amounts of Before-tax Deposits, deferred Equity Awards and Employer Contributions made for each Plan Year. The reallocation of a Participant’s Accounts, if permitted, shall be appropriately credited as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next following the effective date of the reallocation. The maintenance of such Accounts shall not, however, entitle a Participant to any ownership, preferred claim or beneficial interest in any Investment Fund or in any specific asset of the Trust. Investment Funds are deemed investments and used solely for purposes of determining the earnings and losses to be credited to a Participant’s Accounts.

(c) Vesting of Accounts . A Participant’s Account shall be fully vested, except that the portion of the Account arising from the deferral of an Equity Award shall vest in accordance with the terms of the Equity Award to which it relates.

Section 6.5. Beneficiaries. The foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall be applied, to the extent relevant, with respect to Accounts payable under the Plan to a Beneficiary of a deceased former Participant.

 

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ARTICLE VII

PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS

Section 7.1. Time and Form of Payments.

(a) General . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Participant shall receive his or her entire vested Account balance allocable to a Plan Year in a lump sum within ninety (90) days of the first to occur of his or her (i) Separation from Service, (ii) Disability, or (iii) a CIC. In the event the payment event is due to a Separation from Service and as of the date of the Separation from Service the Participant is a Specified Employee, however, the lump sum shall be paid within thirty (30) days after the six (6) month anniversary of such date.

(b) Election of Distribution . A Participant may elect, in accordance with Section 3.1 and subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by the Committee, to receive distribution of his or her vested Account balance allocable to a Plan Year:

(1) Time of Payment . As of one specific future date, provided such date is at least two (2) years following the last date by which such an election can be made for that year (or with respect to the portion of the Account relating to an Equity Award, the date the award is fully vested, if later) and such date cannot be more than five (5) years after the earlier of the date the Participant becomes Disabled and the date he or she has a Separation from Service. In the event the date finally selected is less than two (2) years, the Participant shall be treated as having not made a specific date election for that year, or, by reason of subsequent event, is more than five (5) years after the relevant date, the Participant shall be treated as having selected the fifth (5th) anniversary of such date as the date of payment. Except as provided in Section 8.5, such an election once finally effective cannot be changed by the Participant.

(2) Calculation of Payment . In annual installments over five (5) or ten (10) years. Each such installment shall be determined by using the vested Account balance for such year as of the most recent Valuation Date before the payment date and dividing such balance by the number of years left in the installment period and the final installment shall include the remaining vested Account balance. The second year and later installments shall be paid, as far as practicable, on the anniversary date of the first installment. Except as provided in Section 7.4, such an election once finally effective cannot be changed by the Participant. In the event the payment event is due to a Separation from Service, and as of the date of Separation from Service the Participant is a Specified Employee, however, the first installment payment may not be made until after the six (6) month anniversary of such date.

(c) Form of Payment . All payments made under a Participant’s Account, other than from the Share Unit Fund, shall be made in cash. Payment from the Share Unit Fund shall be distributed in the form of Shares, with each whole Share Unit being paid in the form of one Share. Fractional Share Units shall be distributed in cash by multiplying the fractional Share Unit by the Fair Market Value of a Share immediately prior to the date of payment. All Shares payable under the Plan shall be issued from the relevant Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

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Section 7.2. Distribution Due to Death.

(a) Death Benefit . If a Participant dies before receiving payment of all of the vested amounts allocated to his or her Accounts, then notwithstanding the payment dates or forms of payment elected, and regardless of whether the Participant had Separated from Service before death or was a Specified Employee as of such separation, all such unpaid benefits shall be paid to his or her Beneficiary within ninety (90) days of the date of death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employer shall not be obligated to make payment to a Beneficiary (and will not be liable for any failure to make distribution within ninety (90) days of the date of death) unless and until the Committee has verified the identity of the Beneficiary and the Beneficiary has established the right to receive payment of such benefits.

(b) Default . If a Participant fails to make a valid Beneficiary designation, makes such a designation but is not survived by any named Beneficiary, or makes such a designation but the designation does not effectively dispose of all benefits payable after the Participant’s death, then, to the extent benefits are payable after the Participant’s death, all such benefits shall be paid to the Participant’s Spouse (if the Spouse survives the Participant), or if the Participant has no Spouse or such Spouse does not survive the Participant, the personal representative or equivalent of the Participant’s estate or, if no such person has been appointed, then in accordance with the laws of intestate succession of the jurisdiction in which the Participant was domiciled as of the date of death.

(c) Form of Distribution . Distribution to a Beneficiary shall be made in a lump sum in cash or Shares in accordance with Section 7.1(c).

(d) Death of Beneficiary . If a Beneficiary dies after the Participant but before receiving payment of all benefits under the Plan which would have been paid to such Beneficiary but for his or her death, then all such unpaid benefits shall be paid within ninety (90) days after such death to the personal representatives or equivalent of such beneficiary’s estate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employer shall not be obligated to make payment to the beneficiary’s estate (and will not be liable for any failure to make distribution within ninety (90) days of the date of death) unless and until the Committee has verified the identity of such representative.

Section 7.3. Payment of Employer Contributions. To the extent a Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, has received or commenced receiving benefits hereunder, and the Participant or former Participant is subsequently determined to be entitled to an allocation of Employer Contributions for the Plan Year in which the Participant’s active participation in the Plan ceased, then the Company or Participating Employer shall timely pay any such contribution to such person or, if such person is receiving an installment form of distribution, the Committee shall adjust the balance of the installments due to reflect the amount of such Employer Contribution effective with the due date of the next installment payment. Any such amount shall remain subject to all applicable provisions of the Plan until so paid.

 

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Section 7.4. Later Payment Deferral Elections.

(a) General . A Participant who elected a specific payment date pursuant to Section 7.1(b) may, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.4 and while an Employee, elect to change the date or form, or both, of payment of the vested Account balance allocable to a Plan Year. No more than two (2) such elections shall be allowed as to the Account balance for a Plan Year.

(b) Election Rules . The later election must be otherwise valid pursuant to Section 7.2(b), as if an original election, and must be (i) made at least one (1) year before the then scheduled payment date and (ii) extend the then scheduled payment date by five (5) or more years.

(c) Form of Payment . For purposes of applying this Section 7.4 and implementing the six (6) month delay rule for Specified Employees, each of the forms of payment awards under the Plan shall be treated as a single payment due to be made as of the first scheduled payment date.

Section 7.5. Miscellaneous.

(a) De Minimis Amount Payout . In the event a Participant who has a Separation from Service has a vested Account balance or portion thereof for all years which in the aggregate (under all such arrangements treated as the same plan for this purpose under Section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder) is $17,000 (or such higher amount described in Code section 402(g)(1)(B) as is then in effect) or less, then such vested balance or portion under all such plans so combined shall be immediately paid in a cash lump sum notwithstanding the other Plan provisions or the Participant’s payment elections.

(b) Permissible Delay and Acceleration . The payment provisions of Article VII are subject to exceptions or overrides in the discretion of the Committee or other person, other than the Participant concerned, as otherwise provided in the Plan or as allowed under Code section 409A.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

EMERGENCY WITHDRAWALS

Section 8.1. Restricted Withdrawals.

(a) General . A Participant who is not otherwise then entitled to an immediate lump sum distribution may, upon a showing of an Unforeseeable Emergency which cannot be satisfied by other available liquid assets, request a withdrawal from the Participant’s vested Account balance, but excluding amounts allocated to the Share Unit Fund. An emergency withdrawal cannot be requested more frequently than once each Plan Year.

(b) Determination . The Committee or its delegate shall determine whether the relevant facts and circumstances represent an Unforeseeable Emergency and the amount necessary to satisfy such need. The Committee may require such proof as it deems appropriate to evidence the existence of and the amount necessary to satisfy the emergency or extraordinary circumstances, including a certification that the need cannot be relieved (i) through reimbursement from insurance, (ii) by reasonable liquidation of other assets (but such available assets shall be determined without regard to the Participant’s account balances under the RSIP and the Plan, whether attributable to amounts deferred before 2005 or after 2004), or (iii) by cessation of Before-tax Deposits. If and to the extent the cessation of Before-tax Deposits can remedy such need, the Committee may direct such immediate cessation and suspend the Participant’s right, for such period of time as it deems appropriate, to elect Before-tax Deposits.

(c) Time for Payment . Distributions pursuant to this Article shall be made in cash within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal is approved by the Committee. If a Participant should die after requesting an emergency withdrawal, but prior to the distribution thereof, the withdrawal election shall be deemed revoked.

(d) Committee Discretion . Approval of an emergency withdrawal shall be in the sole discretion of the Committee, and no such approval shall be given if the Committee determines that allowing such withdrawal may have an adverse tax consequence to the Company, Participating Employers, the Plan or other Participants. In the Committee’s sole discretion, such approval may require the suspension of a Participant’s right to elect Before-tax Deposits for such period of time as the Committee directs.

 

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ARTICLE IX

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Section 9.1. Committee.

(a) General . The Committee shall consist of the persons listed on Schedule 3. The Committee shall have exclusive responsibility for the general administration and operation of the Plan and the power to take any action necessary or appropriate to carry out such responsibilities. In addition, the Committee shall provide generally for the operation of the Plan and be a liaison between Employers to assure uniform procedures as appropriate. The duties of the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

 

  (i) to prescribe, require and use appropriate forms;

 

  (ii) to formulate, issue and apply rules and regulations;

 

  (iii) to prepare and file reports, notices and any other documents relating to the Plan which may be required by law;

 

  (iv) to interpret and apply the provisions of the Plan;

 

  (v) to authorize and direct benefit payments.

In exercising such powers and duties, and other powers and duties granted under the Plan or Trust to the Committee, the Committee and each member thereof is granted such discretion as is appropriate or necessary to carry out the duties and powers so delegated. This discretion necessarily follows from the fact that the Plan, the Trust and related documents do not, and are not intended to, prescribe all rules necessary to administer the Plan or anticipate all circumstances or events which may arise in the course of such administration.

(b) Code Section 409A . The Plan shall be administered, and the Committee, its delegate and the Administrator shall exercise their discretionary authority under the Plan, in a manner consistent with Code section 409A. Any permissible discretion to accelerate or defer a Plan payment under such Regulations, the power to exercise which is not otherwise described expressly in the Plan, shall be exercised by the Committee. In the event the matter over which such discretion may be exercised relates to a Committee member, or such member is otherwise unable to fairly exercise such discretion, such member shall not take part in the deliberations and decisions regarding that matter.

(c) Allocation to Participating Employers . To the extent practicable, the Committee shall account for the Trust assets in such manner as will permit the accurate allocation of Accounts or parts thereof, including the investment earnings and losses attributable thereto, to the relevant Participating Employer. The Committee shall provide to each Participating Employer all information necessary to permit each such Employer to prepare any reports or tax filings which may be required by reason of its status as a Participating Employer.

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be taken by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company in order to comply with applicable law, the Company’s governance charters or the listing requirements of any exchange on which the Company’s common stock is then listed, then all references herein to the “Committee” shall include the Compensation Committee of the Board to the extent deemed necessary or advisable.

Section 9.2. Organization and Procedure. The Committee may have a chairman, a secretary, and such other officers as it deems appropriate. Subject to Section 9.1, action on any matter shall be taken on the vote of at least a majority of all members of the Committee at any meeting or upon unanimous written consent of all members without a meeting. The Committee may adopt such bylaws, procedures and operating rules as it deems appropriate.

Section 9.3. Delegation of Authority and Responsibility. The Committee may, in writing, delegate to any one or more of its members the authority to execute documents on behalf of the Committee and to represent the Committee in any matters or dealings involving such Committee.

The Committee may delegate in writing certain of its powers to a person employed by an Employer under such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Committee. Employees of an Employer who are not members of the Committee or persons to whom powers are delegated, shall perform such duties and functions relating to the Plan as the Committee may direct and supervise. It is expressly provided, however, that the Committee shall retain full and exclusive authority and responsibility for and respecting any such activities by other employees, and nothing contained in this Section 9.3 shall be construed to confer upon any such employee any discretionary authority or control respecting the administration or operation of the Plan.

Section 9.4. Use of Professional Services. The Committee may obtain the services of such attorneys, accountants, record keepers or other persons as it deems appropriate, any of whom may be the same persons who are providing services to an Employer. In any case in which the Committee utilizes such services, it shall retain exclusive discretionary authority and control over the administration and operation of the Plan.

Section 9.5. Fees and Expenses. Committee members who are employees of the Company or a Participating Employer shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in their capacity as Committee members. No employee members of the Committee or persons performing services pursuant to Section 9.4 shall receive greater than reasonable compensation for their services. All compensation for services and expenses shall be paid from the Trust unless the Company, in its sole discretion, elects to pay them. To the extent not paid by the Company, such compensation and expenses shall be paid out of the principal or income of the Trust and charged to Accounts.

 

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Section 9.6. Communications. Requests, claims, appeals, and other communications related to the Plan and directed to the Company or the Committee shall be in writing and shall be made by transmitting the same via the U.S. Mail, certified, return receipt requested, to the Sidekick Committee, c/o Senior Vice President of Human Resources, at the address listed in the latest summary description for the Plan.

Section 9.7. Claims.

(a) Filing Claims . A Participant or Beneficiary (or a person who in good faith believes he or she is a Participant or Beneficiary, i.e., a “claimant”) who believes he or she has been wrongly denied benefits under the Plan may file a written claim for benefits with the Administrator. Although no particular form of written claim is required, no such claim shall be considered unless it provides a reasonably coherent explanation of the claimant’s position.

(b) Decision on Claim . The Administrator shall in writing approve or deny the claim within sixty (60) days of receipt, provided that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for reasonable cause by notifying the claimant. If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the Administrator shall provide notice in writing to the claimant, setting forth the following:

(1) the specific reason or reasons for the denial;

(2) a specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

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

(4) the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to appeal the decision to the Committee.

(c) Appeal of Denied Claim . (1)  Filing Appeals . A claimant whose claim has been denied in whole or in part may appeal such denial to the Committee by filing a written appeal with the Administrator within sixty (60) days of the date of the denial. A decision of the Administrator which is not appealed within the time herein provided shall be final and conclusive as to any matter which was presented to the Administrator.

(2) Rights on Appeal . A claimant (or a claimant’s duly authorized representative) who appeals the Administrator’s decision shall, for the purpose of preparing such appeal, have the right to review any pertinent Plan documents, and submit issues and comments in writing to the Committee.

(d) Decision by Appeals Committee . The Committee shall make a final and full review of any properly appealed decision of the Administrator within sixty (60) days after receipt of the appeal, provided that such period may be extended for reasonable cause by notifying the claimant. The Committee’s decision shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for its decisions and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which its decision is based.

 

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ARTICLE X

PLAN AMENDMENTS, PLAN TERMINATION,

AND MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1. Amendments and Termination.

(a) General . While it is intended the Plan shall continue in effect indefinitely, the Company may from time to time modify, alter or amend the Plan or the Trust, provided that no amendment affecting the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee may be made without the Trustee’s consent. Except as otherwise inconsistent with Section 9.1(b), the Company may at any time order the temporary suspension or complete discontinuance of Before-tax Deposits, deferrals of Equity Awards or Employer Contributions, or may terminate the Plan. Except as described in subsection (b) following, no such amendment shall reduce the balance in any Participant’s Accounts determined as of the later of the date the amendment is adopted or effective.

(b) Amendments to Comply with Applicable Law . Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any modification, alteration or amendment of the Plan or Trust which is required to comply with the provision of any applicable law or regulation relating to the establishment or maintenance of this Plan and Trust. Except as otherwise provided herein, or as necessary to comply with such law or regulation, no such amendment shall reduce the balance in any Participant’s Accounts determined as of the later of the date the amendment is adopted or effective.

(c) Participating Employers . An Employer may become a Participating Employer by agreeing to withhold and make contributions for its Employees as provided for herein. An Employer which becomes a Participating Employer thereby agrees to pay or provide for the payment of benefits hereunder to those Participants (and their Beneficiaries) employed by it, but only to the extent such benefits are attributable to contributions, and investment earnings and losses credited thereon, related to the period of such employment. A Participating Employer shall have no discretionary authority or control over the administration of the Plan or the Fund.

An Employer, other than the Company, which becomes a Participating Employer thereby agrees that any subsequent modifications, alterations and amendments to the Plan by the Company shall be deemed to have been adopted by the Participating Employer.

An Employer, other than the Company, may cease to be a Participating Employer by adopting a written resolution of its board of directors and delivering such resolution to the Committee. No resolution ending participation in the Plan shall be effective until thirty (30) days after it is received by the Committee. Unless otherwise provided herein, ceasing to be a Participating Employer shall not relieve such Employer of its obligation hereunder to provide for the payment of benefits credited to Accounts on behalf of Participants during the time such Employer was a Participating Employer.

(d) Plan Termination . If the Plan is terminated, the Committee may elect to either terminate or retain the Trust. Any decision to terminate the Plan or the Trust shall not reduce the balance of a Participant’s Accounts under the Plan as of the effective date of such termination, nor shall it terminate, amend or otherwise change the liability of the Company or Participating Employer to pay or provide for the payment of benefits under the Plan.

 

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Section 10.2. Non-Guarantee of Employment. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed as a contract of employment between an Employer and a Participant, or as a right of any Participant to be continued in the employment of an Employer, or as a limitation on the right of an Employer to discharge any Participant with or without notice or with or without cause.

Section 10.3. Rights to Trust Asset.

(a) Rights of Participants . No Participant or any other person shall have any right to, or interest in, any part of the Trust assets upon termination of employment or otherwise, except as otherwise provided under the Plan. If the assets of the Trust are insufficient to pay the vested amounts credited to a Participant’s Accounts, the Participant’s Employer shall pay any such amounts from its other general assets. If such Employer does not timely pay such benefits, then, except as described in Section 10.3(b), the sole recourse of a claimant Participant or Beneficiary shall be against such Employer and neither the Company nor any other Employer shall be responsible to pay or provide for the payment of such benefits or liable for the nonpayment thereof.

(b) Company Assumption of Liability . If the Participant’s employment is terminated due to the sale of the stock (or rights analogous to stock) or assets of his or her Employer by the Company, the Company shall assume and be responsible for the payment of benefits to such Participant as necessary pursuant to this Section 10.3 even though it may not have been such Participant’s Employer. The Company’s obligation under this Section 10.3(b) shall cease as of the earlier of the date all such benefits are paid to the affected Participant or the date the person who purchased such stock or assets, or a person who controls such person, agrees in writing to assume the liability for the benefits credited to the affected Participants by reason of their participation in the Plan.

Section 10.4. Suspension of Rules.

(a) Federal Securities and Other Laws . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, and to the extent and for the time reasonably necessary to comply with federal securities laws (or other applicable laws or regulations), elective deferrals, Participant investment-direction, and payment dates and forms under the Plan may be suspended, changed, or delayed as necessary to comply with such laws or regulations; provided, however, any payments so delayed shall be paid to the Participant or Beneficiary as of the earliest date the Committee determines that such payment will not cause a violation of any such laws or regulations.

(b) Section 162(m) . If the Committee reasonably determines that a scheduled payment of benefits under the Plan will not be deductible by an Employer by reason of Code section 162(m), it may, if and to the extent permitted by Code section 409A, suspend all such payments to the extent not so deductible. Payments so suspended shall be paid by the fifteenth (15th) day of the third month after the affected Participant dies, becomes Disabled, or incurs a

 

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Separation from Service, or if earlier, when such payment is deductible by the Company; provided, however, if the Participant is a Specified Employee when he or she incurs a Separation from Service, payments suspended pursuant to this subsection shall be paid as described except the six (6) month anniversary of the actual Separation from Service shall be treated as the date the affected Participant Separated from Service.

(c) Offset for Amounts Due . A Participant’s vested Account balance may be reduced by one or more offsets to repay any amounts then due and owing to an Employer, unless another means of repayment is agreed to by the Committee. Except for the right to immediate offset for an amount up to $5,000, or such higher amount as allowed under Treasury Regulations or other directives, the Account balance shall not be so offset before it is otherwise scheduled to be paid to the Participant or Beneficiary and the amount then offset shall not exceed the amount that would be otherwise so paid.

Section 10.5. Requirement of Proof. In discharging their duties and responsibilities under the Plan, the Committee or other individual may require proof of any matter concerning this Plan, and no person shall acquire any rights or be entitled to receive any benefits under this Plan until such proof is furnished.

Section 10.6. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify each member of the Committee and hold each of them harmless from the consequences of acts or conduct when done in their capacity as Committee members. This provision shall apply only if the member acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be solely in the best interests of the Participants and Beneficiaries and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. Such indemnification shall cover any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, but only to the extent such amounts are (i) actually and reasonably incurred, (ii) not otherwise paid or reimbursable under an applicable Employer paid insurance policy, and (iii) not duplicative of other payments made or reimbursements due by the Company or its affiliates under other indemnity agreements.

In no event shall this Section 10.6 be construed to require the Company to indemnify third parties with whom it may contract to perform administrative or investment management duties or to indemnify the Trustee to any extent beyond what may be required under such contract or the Trust agreement, respectively.

Section 10.7. Non-Alienation and Taxes.

(a) General . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as otherwise required by law, no right or interest of any Participant or Beneficiary in the Plan and the Trust shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, attachment, garnishment, execution, levy, bankruptcy, or any other disposition of any kind, either voluntary or involuntary, prior to actual receipt of payment by the person entitled to such right or interest under the provisions hereof, and any such disposition or attempted disposition shall be void.

 

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(b) Tax Withholdings . (1)  General . Benefits earned under the Plan and payment of such benefits shall be subject to tax reporting and withholding as required by law and the amount of such withholding may be determined by treating such benefits as being in the nature of supplemental wages. If tax withholdings must be made before such benefits are paid to a Participant or Beneficiary (e.g., FICA taxes on Before-tax Deposits), they shall be made from other wages paid to such individual apart from the Plan to the extent reasonably possible; provided, however, if such other wages are insufficient for that purpose, the withholdings shall be made from and reduce Before-tax Deposits or Employer Contributions, as applicable, for the individual concerned or, if no such contributions are available, the relevant Employer shall advance the withholdings, the appropriate Account balance of the individual concerned shall be reduced in the same amount, and upon the direction of the Committee the Trustee shall remit to the Employer an amount equal to such reduction.

(2) Tax Consequences . Neither the Company nor any other Employer represents or guarantees that any particular federal, foreign, state or local income, payroll, or other tax consequence will result from participation in this Plan or payment of benefits under the Plan.

(c) Coordination with Code Section 457A . If a Participant is subject to Code Section 457A in a Plan Year, then to the extent required by Code Section 457A:

(1) His or her Before-tax Deposits for such year shall be deducted from the Participant’s Base Compensation and/or Bonus Compensation on an after-tax basis, and as a result the Employer Matching and Discretionary Contributions shall be calculated by taking into considered that such deposits are includible in the Participant’s compensation for such year;

(2) All allocations made during such Plan Year, including Employer Contributions and earnings credited on deferred amounts, shall be considered taxable income to the extent vested in such year;

(3) All prior deferred amounts shall be considered taxable income in such year to the extent vested (and not previously included in income); provided that with regard to amounts deferred that are attributable to services performed prior to January 1, 2009, such amounts shall not be required to be included in taxable income until December 31, 2017.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Administrator may authorize the payment of amounts in the year such amounts are included in income under this subsection (c) unless payment at such time would violate Code Section 409A.

Section 10.8. Not Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans. No amounts allocated to a Participant’s Account shall be deemed to be salary or compensation for purposes of the RSIP or any other employee benefit plan of the Company or any other Employer except as and to the extent otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

 

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Section 10.9. Savings Clause. If any term, covenant, or condition of this Plan, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall to any extent be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Plan, or the application of any such term, covenant, or condition to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held to be invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and, except to the extent of any such invalidity or unenforceability, this Plan and each term, covenant, and condition hereof shall be valid and shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Section 10.10. Facility of Payment. If the Committee shall determine a Participant or Beneficiary entitled to a distribution hereunder is incapable of caring for his or her own affairs because of illness or otherwise, it may direct any distribution from such Participant’s Accounts be made, in such shares as it shall determine, to the Spouse, child, parent or other blood relative of such Participant or Beneficiary, or any of them, or to such other person or persons as the Committee may determine, until such date as it shall determine such incapacity no longer exists; provided, however, the exercise of this discretion shall not cause an acceleration or delay in the time of payment of Plan benefits except to the extent, and only for the duration of, the time reasonably necessary to resolve such matters or otherwise protect the interests of the Plan. The Committee shall be under no obligation to see to the proper application of the distributions so made to such person or persons and any such distribution shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan to such Participant or Beneficiary, to the extent of such distribution.

Section 10.11. Requirement of Releases. If in the opinion of the Committee, any present or former Spouse or dependent of a Participant or other person shall by reason of the law of any jurisdiction appear to have any bona fide interest in Plan benefits that may become payable to a Participant or with respect to a deceased Participant, or otherwise has asserted such a claim, the Committee may direct such benefits be withheld pending receipt of such written releases as it deems necessary to prevent or avoid any conflict or multiplicity of claims with respect to the payment of such benefits, but only to the extent and for the duration reasonably necessary to resolve such matters or otherwise protect the interests of the Plan.

Section 10.12. Board Action. Any action which is required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors of the Company under the Plan may be taken by the Compensation Committee of such board or any other authorized committee of such board.

Section 10.13. Computational Errors . In the event mathematical, accounting, or similar errors are made in processing or paying a benefit under the Plan, the Committee may make such equitable adjustments as it deems appropriate (which may be retroactive) to correct such errors.

 

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Section 10.14. Unclaimed Benefits. In the event any person who is entitled to benefits hereunder cannot be located despite reasonable and diligent efforts to do so, then such person’s benefits shall be automatically forfeited as of the last day of the Plan Year next following the year in which such benefits first became payable; provided, however, in the event such person subsequently makes a valid claim for such forfeited benefits prior to the termination of the Plan, such benefits shall be reinstated and immediately paid.

Section 10.15. Communications. The Committee, or its delegate, or the Trustee, as to the function or authority concerned, shall prescribe such forms of communication, including forms for benefit application and the like, with respect to the Plan and Fund as it deems appropriate. Except as otherwise prescribed by such persons or otherwise provided by governing statute or regulation, any such communication and assent or consent thereto may be handled by electronic means.

 

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ARTICLE XI

TRANSITIONAL RULES

Section 11.1. Introduction. This Plan document is effective on January 1, 2009 (i.e., the “effective date”) and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall apply only to those Participants who are eligible to actively participate in the Plan on or after the effective date. For the period that began on January 1, 2005 and ended December 31, 2008, the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 governed the rights and obligations of the Company and Participants, except as modified by the Company in its discretion so that the Plan and its operations were in good faith compliance with Code Section 409A.

Section 11.2. Amounts Deferred Under Prior Plan. Account balances (including earnings and losses on such balances regardless of when incurred) attributable to deposits and contributions for periods before 2005 shall be accounted for separately from account balances attributed to deposits and contributions for periods after 2004 and such pre-2005 deferrals shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, which are contained in a separate plan document; provided that if any such amounts are includible in income under Code Section 457A, then payment of such amounts shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.7(c) hereof.

 

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SCHEDULE 1 – BASE COMPENSATION

 

Items Included

  

Items Excluded

Base salary before deferrals for:

 

•        401(k) plan before-tax employee contributions;

 

•        Section 125 plan (flexible benefit, cafeteria plan) pre-tax employee contributions; and

 

•        Section 132(f)(4) plan (transportation benefit plan) pre-tax employee contributions

   All other items of compensation

 

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SCHEDULE 2 – BONUS COMPENSATION

 

 

Performance Awards under the Pentair Ltd. 2012 Stock and Incentive Plan that are not Equity Awards

 

 

Pentair, Inc. Management Incentive Plan (“MIP”)

 

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SCHEDULE 3

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 

1. Senior Vice President of Human Resources

 

2. Vice President of Compensation and Benefits

 

3. Vice President of Treasury and Tax

 

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Exhibit 10.16

PENTAIR, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

As Amended and Restated Effective September 28, 2012


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section 1.

 

Name of Plan.

     1   

Section 2.

 

General Definitions.

     1   

Section 3.

 

Participation, Vesting and Benefit Service, and Rules Governing the Crediting of Service, Disability and the Determination of Compensation and Final Average Compensation.

     6   
  (a)  

Participation

     6   
  (b)  

Vesting

     7   
  (c)  

Benefit Service

     7   
  (d)  

Service Credits

     7   
  (e)  

Disability

     8   
  (f)  

Compensation

     9   

Section 4.

 

Payments in the Event of Death Before the Benefit Commencement Date.

     10   
  (a)  

General

     10   
  (b)  

Vested Participant

     10   
  (c)  

Amount and Timing of Benefit Payment

     10   
  (d)  

Beneficiary

     10   

Section 5.

 

Payment of Retirement Benefits.

     11   
  (a)  

General

     11   
  (b)  

Lump Sum

     11   
  (c)  

Re-Employment after Commencement of Benefits

     11   
  (d)  

Death Before End of 180 Month Period

     11   
  (e)  

Beneficiary

     11   
  (f)  

Non-Alienation

     12   
  (g)  

Miscellaneous

     12   

Section 6.

 

Confidentiality, Covenants Not to Compete, and Non-Solicitation.

     13   
  (a)  

General

     13   
  (b)  

Forfeiture and Other Remedies

     14   

Section 7.

 

Funding and Payment of Benefits.

     15   
  (a)  

General

     15   
  (b)  

Employer Company

     15   
  (c)  

Company Assumption of Liability

     15   
  (d)  

Participation by Other Group Members

     15   

Section 8.

 

Default.

     16   

Section 9.

 

Administration of the Plan.

     16   
  (a)  

General

     16   
  (b)  

Committee

     16   
  (c)  

Discretion

     17   

 

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  (d)  

Indemnity

     17   
  (e)  

Code Section 409A

     17   
  (f)  

Use of Professional Services

     17   
  (g)  

Communications

     17   

Section 10.

 

Effect of KEESA.

     18   

Section 11.

 

Amendment or Termination.

     18   
  (a)  

General

     18   
  (b)  

Limitation on Power to Amend or Terminate

     18   
  (c)  

Change in Control

     19   
  (d)  

Continuation of Plan Provisions

     19   

Section 12.

 

Claims.

     19   
  (a)  

Filing Claims

     19   
  (b)  

Decision on Claim

     19   
  (c)  

Appeal of Denied Claim

     19   
  (d)  

Decision by Appeals Committee

     20   

Section 13.

 

Miscellaneous.

     20   
  (a)  

Employer’s Rights

     20   
  (b)  

Interpretation

     20   
  (c)  

Withholding of Taxes

     20   
  (d)  

Offset for Amounts Due

     20   
  (e)  

Computational Errors

     20   
  (f)  

Requirement of Proof

     21   
  (g)  

Tax Consequences

     21   
  (h)  

Communications

     21   
  (i)  

Not Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans

     21   
  (j)  

Choice of Law

     21   
  (k)  

Savings Clause

     21   
  (l)  

Change in Control

     21   

Section 14.

 

Transition Rules.

     21   
  (a)  

General

     21   
  (b)  

2004 Vested Participants Benefits

     21   
  (c)  

Excess

     22   

APPENDIX A

     23   

SCHEDULE 1

  

SCHEDULE 2

     26   

TABLE 1

     27   

 

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PENTAIR, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

Section 1. Name of Plan . This plan shall be known as the Pentair, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

Section 2. General Definitions . Unless the context requires otherwise, when used herein the terms listed below, when capitalized or applied to such capitalized terms, shall have the following meanings:

(1) “Adjustment Factor” is the factor used in adjusting the Pension Amount to reflect the period of time between the date a vested Participant Separates from Service and his or her Benefit Commencement Date. With respect to such a Participant who survives to his or her Benefit Commencement Date and who so separates:

 

  (a) on or after attaining age fifty-five (55), the Adjustment Factor is 1.03441 (i.e., the Pension Amount is adjusted to reflect the period beginning on the first day of the month next following the month in which the Participant Separates from Service to the Benefit Commencement Date); or

 

  (b) before attaining age fifty-five (55), the Adjustment Factor is the appropriate factor set forth in Table 1 to reflect the period beginning on the first day of the month next following the month in which the Participant Separates from Service and ending on the Benefit Commencement Date.

(2) “Administrator” is the Company.

(3) “Beneficiary” is a person entitled to receive any benefits payable under the Plan after a former Participant’s death.

(4) “Benefit Commencement Date” is generally the first day of the first month as of which a Participant’s Retirement Benefit is payable. For a vested Participant who Separates from Service on or after attaining age fifty-five (55), the Benefit Commencement Date is the first day of the month next following the six-month anniversary of the date the Participant Separates from Service. For a vested Participant who Separates from Service before attaining age fifty-five (55), the Benefit Commencement Date is the later of the date described in the immediately preceding sentence and the first day of the month next following the month which includes his or her fifty-fifth (55th) birthday. For a Participant who becomes disabled, the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date shall be the first day of the month next following the month in which the Participant’s sixty-fifth (65 th ) birthday occurs, as provided in Section 3(e).

(5) “Benefit Service” is the number of Years of Service, beginning with the calendar year which includes the individual’s Benefit Service Date, during which an individual completes 1,000 Hours of Service as an Eligible Employee.

(6) “Benefit Service Date” is the date from and after which an individual may earn Benefit Service. An individual’s Benefit Service Date shall be listed on Schedule 1.

 

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(7) “Board” is the Board of Directors of the Company.

(8) “Change in Control” is, with respect to periods ending prior to or upon the Merger, a change in control of the Company as defined in the Pre-Merger KEESA or, with respect to periods ending after the Merger, a change in control of Pentair Ltd. as defined in the Post-Merger KEESA.

(9) “Code” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of the Code shall be deemed to refer to any successor provision thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(10) “Committee” is the Compensation Committee of the Board. If the Committee is not in existence, then all references to the Committee herein shall mean the Board.

(11) “Company” is Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, or any successor thereto.

(12) “Compensation” is any item or class of remuneration or part thereof listed or described in the left-hand column of Schedule 2 and not any such items listed or described in the right-hand column of Schedule 2. In the event a remuneration item is not listed or described in Schedule 2, the Administrator shall determine whether such item is included or excluded from Compensation by taking into account the nature of the item and its similarity to an item which is so listed.

(13) “Conversion Factor” is the factor used to convert the Pension Amount into the Monthly Installment and shall be 113.4.

(14) “Covered Termination” is a covered termination, as defined in the KEESA, which entitles the Participant to a termination payment pursuant to Sections 8 and 9(a) of the KEESA.

(15) “Disabled” or “Disability” is a physical or mental condition, resulting from physical or mental sickness or injury, which prevents the individual from engaging in any substantial gainful activity, and which condition can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

(16) “Effective Date” is, with respect to this amended and restated Plan document, September 28, 2012.

(17) “Eligible Employee” is an individual who, on or after the Effective Date, is (i) a full time employee of a Group member, (ii) a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States, and (iii) either (x) an officer of Pentair Ltd. appointed by the board of directors of Pentair Ltd. or (y) the President of a substantial, operating Group member other than the Company or comparable position (e.g., head of a major operating division of a Group member) who, in the case of this clause (y), has been nominated by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for participation in the Plan and such participation has been approved by the Committee; provided, however, the Committee may waive prospectively the requirement that an individual be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and, with respect to such an individual and to the extent otherwise consistent with Plan terms, may modify other aspects of the Plan if, in the Committee’s sole discretion, such waiver or modification, or both, is appropriate under the circumstances and given tax and other governmental regulatory provisions applicable to such individual and his or her Employer Company.

 

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(18) “Employer Company” is the Group member which employs a Participant as of the date the Participant has a Separation from Service or otherwise terminates all Group employment due to death or Disability.

(19) “ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of ERISA shall be deemed to include any successor provision thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(20) “Final Average Compensation” is the average Compensation determined by averaging Compensation in those five (5) consecutive calendar years out of the last ten (10) consecutive calendar years, ending with the calendar year which ends coincident with or immediately preceding the date the Participant has a Separation from Service or otherwise ceases to be an Eligible Employee, whichever occurs first, for which the average Compensation is the highest.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, Final Average Compensation shall not be less than the average Compensation for the sixty (60) months immediately preceding the date the Participant has a Separation from Service or otherwise ceases to be an Eligible Employee, whichever occurs first, determined as the sum of Compensation in the final calendar year of such employment plus Compensation in each of the four (4) calendar years preceding the final calendar year of such employment plus a percentage of the Compensation for the entire fifth calendar year preceding the final calendar year of such employment; such percentage shall be determined as twelve minus the number of full calendar months for which Compensation was payable in the final calendar year of such employment divided by the number of months for which Compensation was paid in the fifth calendar year preceding the final calendar year of such employment.

If the Participant’s relevant Compensation history is for less than the stated period of time (e.g., less than five (5) years; less than ten (10) years), then such actual period shall be substituted in determining Final Average Compensation (e.g., if the individual has six (6) years of Compensation history, the high five (5) consecutive years within such six (6) years shall be used in determining the average; if the individual has three (3) years of Compensation history, all such Compensation shall be used in determining the average).

(21) “Group” is the Company and, except as prescribed by the Administrator, each other corporation or unincorporated business which is a member of a controlled group of corporations or a group of trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of Code section 414(b) or (c)) which includes the Company, but with respect to other business entities during only the periods of such common control with the Company.

(22) “Hour of Service” is each hour which an individual is paid or entitled to payment from a Group member for (i) the performance of duties as its employee and (ii) reasons related to such employment but other than for the performance of duties, such as vacation, illness, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence other than (x) payments made or due under a plan

 

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maintained solely to comply with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws, or (y) payments made solely for reimbursement of medical or medically related expenses; provided, however, no more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under clause (ii) immediately preceding for any single continuous period during which no duties as such an employee are performed. An individual shall not receive duplicate Hour of Service credits for the same period of service or absence.

Regardless of the actual number of Hours of Service completed during a year, in determining whether 1,000 Hours of Service have been completed during a calendar year an individual shall be credited with forty-five (45) Hours of Service for each calendar week the individual is otherwise credited with an Hour of Service pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph.

(23) “KEESA” is the Post-Merger KEESA or the Pre-Merger KEESA, if any, in effect at the time of the applicable event. A “Post-Merger KEESA” is the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement, if any, in effect between Pentair Ltd. and the Participant after the consummation of the Merger. A “Pre-Merger KEESA” is the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement, if any, in effect between the Company and the Participant prior to the consummation of the Merger.

(24) “Merger” is the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement among the Company, Tyco International Ltd., Pentair Ltd., Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc., as amended, pursuant to which, on September 28, 2012, the Company became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Pentair Ltd.

(25) “Monthly Installment” is a monthly payment, commencing as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date, payable for one hundred eighty (180) consecutive months, and shall be determined by dividing the Participant’s Pension Amount by the Conversion Factor, with such monthly payment rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.

(26) “Participant” is an Eligible Employee who has become covered by the Plan. Once an individual has become so covered, he or she shall remain a Participant, except as provided in Section 3, until the first to occur of his or her death, Disability, or Separation from Service; provided, however, if the individual has a non-forfeitable right to a Retirement Benefit as of the date he or she incurs such an event (determined without regard to the forfeiture provision of Section 6(b) unless such section has been actually enforced as to such individual), then absent death the individual shall remain a Participant until the individual has received his or her entire Retirement Benefit or the Retirement Benefit has been forfeited as provided for in Section 6(b).

(27) “Participation Date” is the later of (i) January 1, 1999 and (ii) the earlier of (x) the date an individual becomes an Eligible Employee described in Section 2(17)(iii)(x) and (y) for an individual described in Section 2(17)(iii)(y), the date such individual’s nomination is approved by the Committee or such earlier date as may be provided in approving such nomination. An individual’s Participation Date shall be listed on Schedule 1.

 

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(28) “Pension Amount” is an amount equal to the Participant’s Final Average Compensation multiplied by fifteen percent (15%) multiplied by the Participant’s Benefit Service, with such amount then multiplied by the Adjustment Factor if the Participant Separates from Service and survives to his or her Benefit Commencement Date.

(29) “Pentair Ltd.” is Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company, or any successor thereto.

(30) “Plan” is the retirement plan herein described. When this term is modified by or with reference to a certain date (e.g., Plan as in effect before year XXXX), it shall refer to the Plan as described in the Plan document in effect for the period referenced.

(31) “Retirement Benefit” is the monthly retirement benefit payable under the Plan as the Monthly Installment.

(32) “Spouse” is an individual, of a sex opposite to that of a Participant, whose marriage to a Participant is recognized under the laws of the United States (or one of the United States) or any other generally recognized jurisdiction.

(33) “Separates from Service” or “Separation from Service” is the termination of employment as an employee, from all business entities that comprise the Group, for reasons other than death or Disability. A Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Separation from Service when the level of bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Group permanently decreases to a level equal to twenty percent (20%) or less of the average level of services performed by the Participant for the Group during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or such lesser period of service). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant on a bona fide leave of absence from the Group shall be considered to have incurred a Separation from Service no later than the six (6) month anniversary of the absence (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of an absence due to a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, where such impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position or a substantially similar position) or the end of such longer period during which the individual has the right by law or agreement to return to employment upon the expiration of the leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the Participant’s termination of employment from the Group the Participant becomes a non-employee director or becomes or remains a consultant to the Group, then the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service may be delayed until the Participant ceases to provide services in such capacity to the extent required by Code section 409A.

(34) “Year of Service” is a calendar year in which an individual completes 1,000 Hours of Service.

 

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Section 3. Participation, Vesting and Benefit Service, and Rules Governing the Crediting of Service, Disability and the Determination of Compensation and Final Average Compensation.

(a) Participation.

(1) General . The primary purpose of the Plan is to provide supplemental retirement benefits to Eligible Employees. It is intended that such employees constitute a select group of management or highly paid employees, within the meaning of ERISA section 201(2), of the Group. Except as provided in Section 3(d)(6), in the event an individual who is not within such a select group becomes covered by the Plan, then notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary such individual’s participation in the Plan shall immediately cease.

Because the Plan is described in ERISA section 201(2), and other ERISA provisions corresponding thereto, certain provisions of ERISA do not apply to it and the benefits earned thereunder, including the provisions of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Title I of ERISA relating to participation and vesting, funding, and fiduciary responsibilities, respectively. In addition, the Plan is not a tax-qualified plan under the Code, and thus the Plan and benefits paid hereunder are not subject to certain rules which apply to benefits payable under such qualified plans including the annual compensation and benefit limits under Code sections 401(a)(17) and 415, respectively, and the manner in which a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Plan benefits are subject to income tax.

(2) Acceptance . Unless an Eligible Employee declines to become covered by the Plan by delivering a written notice to that effect to the Administrator within thirty (30) days (or such earlier date as the Administrator may prescribe) of what would be otherwise his or her Participation Date, he or she shall have accepted all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the provisions of Section 6, and without regard to whether he or she becomes entitled to receive a benefit under the Plan. If such a declination is made, the individual shall not be covered by the Plan and no benefits shall be payable hereunder to or with respect to such individual; provided, however, the declination shall not be compensated for or replaced with any other current or future item of compensation and shall not constitute a waiver, release, or modification of any restrictions or covenants relating to such individual’s employment or termination of employment arising under agreements apart from the Plan or under applicable law. Once Plan participation is accepted or declined, such action shall be effective as to the individual concerned regardless of any later break in service and return to covered employment.

(3) Effective Date Participants . The names of the Eligible Employees covered by the Plan as of the Effective Date and their Participation and Benefit Service Dates are listed on Schedule 1. From time to time Schedule 1 shall be amended to list the names of additional Eligible Employees who have become covered by the Plan and their Participation and Benefit Service Dates.

 

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(b) Vesting.

(1) General . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or with respect to a Participant shall be forfeited if the Participant has a Separation from Service before completing five (5) Years of Service.

(2) Death or Disability . A Participant who dies or becomes Disabled while employed by a Group member shall be fully vested in his or her Retirement Benefit.

(3) Automatic Acceleration of Vesting . If a Participant has a Covered Termination under his or her KEESA, then immediately before such termination the Participant shall be considered fully vested in his or her Retirement Benefit.

(4) Other Forfeiture . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(b), except as otherwise provided under the Plan, all benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or with respect to a Participant or former Participant shall be subject to forfeiture to the extent provided in Section 6(b).

(c) Benefit Service . (1)  Benefit Service Date . For an individual who becomes an Eligible Employee on or after the Effective Date, the Benefit Service Date shall be the same date as his or her Participation Date.

(2) Benefit Service Date of Effective Date Participants . The Benefit Service Date of an individual who is an active Participant immediately before and as of the Effective Date shall be the date listed on Schedule 1 for such individual and such date may precede the individual’s Participation Date.

(3) Benefit Service . An individual who ceases to be a Participant by reason of death while an Eligible Employee shall be considered to have completed a Year of Service in the year of death for purposes of determining the Benefit Service earned by such individual, regardless of the actual Hours of Service credited for such year.

(4) Benefit Service Upon a Covered Termination . If a Participant incurs a Covered Termination, then immediately before such termination the Participant shall be credited with additional Years of Service for determining Benefit Service equal to the lesser of (i) three (3) and (ii) the greater of (x) seven (7) minus the Benefit Service credited to such Participant under the Plan, determined without regard to this Section 3(c)(4), as of the first day of the Plan Year beginning immediately after such termination and (y) zero (0). The Benefit Service provided for by this Section 3(c)(4) shall be in addition to a Participant’s Benefit Service under the Plan determined without regard to this Section 3(c)(4).

(d) Service Credits.

(1) General . Subject to other Plan provisions, a Participant’s Years of Service shall be based upon the completion of 1,000 Hours of Service during a calendar year.

 

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(2) No Vesting Service Before Participation Date . No Year of Service completed before the calendar year which includes an individual’s Participation Date shall be considered for purposes of applying Section 3(b)(1).

(3) Non-Duplication of Service Credit . In no event shall a Participant be credited for more than one (1) Year of Service with respect to any one (1) calendar year. In the event service credit for a period must be provided under the Plan by reason of applicable law (e.g., USERRA) and such credit duplicates service credit otherwise provided under the Plan, then the service crediting provision which is most beneficial to the Participant under the circumstances shall be applied but without duplication of service credit for the same period.

(4) Leaves of Absence . In the sole discretion of the Committee, a Participant may be granted service credit for a period of absence from active employment due to illness, personal circumstances, or such other events as the Committee may authorize under the circumstances and in such amount, manner or type of service credit as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances, but in no event shall such service credit duplicate any such credit otherwise provided under the Plan for the same period or extend beyond the date the Participant Separates from Service.

(5) Break in Service . Except as determined in the discretion of the Committee, if a Participant Separates from Service before he or she has a nonforfeitable right to a Retirement Benefit by reason of Section 3(b)(1) and thereafter returns to employment as an Eligible Employee, all service credits earned prior to such termination shall be ignored and the individual’s service credits shall be determined as if he or she had not been previously employed by any Group member.

(6) Transfer . If an individual becomes a Participant and subsequently, and without a Separation from Service, is employed with a Group member as other than an Eligible Employee, then upon the occurrence of such event the individual shall cease all active participation under the Plan (e.g., he or she will no longer accrue benefits under the Plan). Such an individual shall continue to be covered by the Plan with respect to determining his or her vesting rights and for purposes of applying Plan provisions related to the payment of nonforfeitable benefits.

(e) Disability.

(1) General . This Section describes a special service credit and other rules which apply to a Participant who becomes Disabled before age sixty-five (65) and while he or she is an Eligible Employee (i.e., a “Disabled Participant”). In no event shall a Participant be considered Disabled until and unless he or she supplies all information and takes all acts (e.g., submits to medical examinations) reasonably requested by the Administrator to establish the fact of his or her Disability.

(2) Credit for Benefit Service . A Disabled Participant shall receive credit for Benefit Service during the Disability period. This service credit shall be determined, without duplication of other service credit provided under the Plan for the same period, based upon the complete whole years (with fractional years being rounded to the nearest whole year) which

 

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elapse during the Disability period. The Disability period shall begin on the date of Disability as determined by the Administrator, taking into account any applicable waiting period (e.g., end of short-term disability period) prescribed by the Administrator for this purpose, and shall end on the earliest of (i) the date the Participant is no longer Disabled or is considered not to be Disabled, (ii) the date the Disabled Participant attains age sixty-five (65), and (iii) the date of the Participant’s death.

(3) Final Average Compensation . A Participant’s Final Average Compensation, determined as of the beginning of the Disability period, shall not change during the Disability period. If a Disabled Participant recovers from the Disability before attaining age sixty-five (65) and returns to employment as an Eligible Employee, Final Average Compensation shall be determined as otherwise provided under the Plan and by assuming the Participant’s Compensation during the Disability period was equal to the Participant’s Final Average Compensation as of the beginning of the Disability period.

(4) Payment of Disability Benefit . A Disabled Participant shall be entitled to a Retirement Benefit commencing as of the first day of the calendar month next following the Participant’s attainment of age sixty-five (65), even if such individual recovers from such Disability prior to such date.

(5) Death During the Disability Period . If a Disabled Participant dies during the Disability period or the Disability Period ends by reason of attainment of age sixty-five (65) and the Disabled Participant dies before benefits commence, a death benefit shall be paid after such Disabled Participant’s death to the extent provided in Section 4.

(6) Proof of Disability . The Administrator shall determine whether and when a Participant is Disabled and may adopt such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate for this purpose. Once a Participant is determined to be Disabled, the Administrator may require the Participant to verify that he or she remains Disabled, and such verification may include requiring the Participant to submit to one or more medical examinations. If a Participant fails to supply information or take action as requested by the Administrator in order to determine whether the Participant is or remains Disabled, the Participant shall not be considered Disabled or shall be considered to have recovered from the Disability, as the case may be, except that in no event shall benefits commence prior to the Participant’s age sixty-five (65).

(f) Compensation.

(1) General . Compensation, and thereby Final Average Compensation, shall be determined solely with respect to such remuneration earned from and after a Participant’s Benefit Service Date and during the period of employment as an Eligible Employee. In the event a Participant is employed with a Group member before becoming an Eligible Employee or, subject to the provisions of Section 3(d)(6), after ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, the Administrator shall determine the Compensation allocable to periods of such employment in each capacity in such manner as it deems reasonable in its sole discretion under the circumstances (e.g., allocation of MIP bonuses for the year in which an individual is promoted to an Eligible Employee).

 

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(2) Determination . The amount of Compensation, and thereby Final Average Compensation, shall be as determined from the books and records of the employing Group member and shall be determined on the basis of when the Compensation is paid to the Participant; provided, however, items of Compensation or portions thereof may be determined on the basis of when the item is earned (in which case the item or portion shall not be again counted as an item or portion of Compensation when paid) by the Participant if and to the extent the Administrator determines such treatment is appropriate under the circumstances (e.g., including MIP bonuses earned during the final year of employment as Compensation before such bonus is actually paid; including an amount deferred at the election of the Participant as Compensation when it otherwise would have been paid but for such election).

Section 4. Payments in the Event of Death Before the Benefit Commencement Date.

(a) General . This Section describes the pre-retirement death benefit payable under the Plan to a Beneficiary under circumstances where an individual, who was a Participant immediately before his or her death, dies before the Benefit Commencement Date. Except as provided in Appendix A, this death benefit shall be in lieu of any other benefits under the Plan with respect to such a Participant.

(b) Vested Participant . No death benefit shall be payable pursuant to this Section 4 unless the deceased former Participant had a non-forfeitable interest in his or her Retirement Benefit (determined without regard to the forfeiture provision of Section 6(b) unless such section has been actually enforced as to such individual) as of the date of death or as a consequence of such death (e.g., death while in service with a Group member); provided, however, such a Participant who otherwise had such a non-forfeitable interest shall not be considered to have had such an interest if he or she is subsequently determined to have forfeited such benefit as provided for in Section 6(b), even if such action or determination is made after such Participant’s death.

(c) Amount and Timing of Benefit Payment.

(1) General . Except as otherwise provided herein, the benefit payable to the Beneficiary shall be determined by multiplying the Participant’s Pension Amount, determined as of the end of the month which includes the date of death and as if the Participant had not died, by the appropriate factor from Table 1 to reflect the period, if any, beginning on the first day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which the Participant died and ending on the later of the first day of the third calendar month next following the calendar month of such Participant’s death and the first day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month in which such Participant, had he or she survived, would have attained age fifty-five (55).

(2) Lump Sum . The death benefit provided under this Section 4 shall be paid to the Beneficiary in a lump sum within ninety (90) days following the date of the Participant’s death.

(d) Beneficiary . The identity of the Beneficiary and the rules with respect to the payment of benefits to such Beneficiary shall be as provided in Section 5.

 

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Section 5. Payment of Retirement Benefits.

(a) General . The Participant shall be responsible for providing such information as the Administrator deems appropriate or useful for processing the payment of the Retirement Benefit. Unless and only to the extent there is a good faith dispute over the right to the Retirement Benefit or the amount due (and reasonable corresponding efforts to resolve same), the Retirement Benefit shall be paid commencing as of the Benefit Commencement Date based on the information reasonably available to the Administrator. If there is a delay in the actual commencement of the Retirement Benefit past the Benefit Commencement Date, the Benefit Commencement Date shall not change and the Participant shall be entitled to receive those benefits which would have been paid on or after such date, but for the delay, but without interest thereon.

(b) Lump Sum . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Retirement Benefit shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum on the Benefit Commencement Date if the Pension Amount payable hereunder, plus the Pension Amount payable to the Participant under the Pentair, Inc. Restoration Plan (if any), is $150,000 or less as of the Benefit Commencement Date.

(c) Re-Employment after Commencement of Benefits.

(1) General . If a Participant has commenced receiving a Retirement Benefit and subsequent to such commencement again becomes an employee of a Group member, then payment of such benefit shall not cease during the period of re-employment by reason of such re-employment.

(2) Additional Benefit . In the event the Participant so returns to employment as an Eligible Employee, the Retirement Benefit and Section 4 death benefit payable, if any, for the period of such re-employment shall be determined and paid as if the Participant had no prior service with a Group member except all of such a Participant’s Years of Service, whether earned before or after such re-employment, shall be aggregated for purposes of applying Section 3(b)(1).

(d) Death Before End of 180 Month Period.

(1) Death After the Benefit Commencement Date . If a Participant to whom the Retirement Benefit is being paid dies after the Benefit Commencement Date and before the end of the one hundred eighty (180) month period over which such benefit is payable, the monthly benefit for the balance of such period shall continue to be paid to such Participant’s Beneficiary.

(2) Others . The benefit payable after the death of any former Participant not described in paragraph (1) immediately preceding shall be determined under Section 4.

(e) Beneficiary.

(1) General . Except as otherwise limited by paragraph (2) immediately following, a Participant may at any time and without the consent of any other person designate a

 

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Beneficiary, or change any such prior designation, entitled to receive any Plan benefits payable after the Participant’s death. No such purported designation shall be effective unless it is made in such form and manner as prescribed by the Administrator. No person shall be recognized as a Beneficiary unless and until such person provides such information or certifications as required under the circumstances by the Administrator. If there is a delay in the payment of the death benefit to the Beneficiary past the date otherwise provided under the Plan (e.g., there is a delay in determining the person entitled to receive such benefits), the Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the benefit which would have been paid to such Beneficiary on or after such date, but for the delay, but without interest thereon.

(2) Married Participants . The sole primary Beneficiary of (i) a Participant or former Participant who has a Spouse as of such Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date or (ii) a former Participant with respect to whom a benefit is payable under Section 4, and who is survived by a Spouse, shall be such Spouse. In the event such Spouse (x) waives the right to be the sole primary beneficiary of the Participant in such form and manner as prescribed by the Administrator, (y) does not survive such Participant under the circumstances described in clause (i) immediately preceding or (z) does not survive the one hundred eighty (180) month term certain period over which such benefits are payable, such Participant’s Beneficiary with respect to any benefits payable after such Participant’s death shall be determined as otherwise provided in this Section 5(e) without regard to this paragraph (2).

(3) Default Takers . If a Participant or former Participant fails to make a valid beneficiary designation, makes such a designation but is not survived by any of the persons named as a primary or contingent beneficiary, makes such a designation but the beneficiary named does not survive the period over which the benefits are paid and no other designated beneficiary is then entitled to the share of such deceased beneficiary, or makes such a designation but such designation does not effectively dispose of all benefits payable after such Participant’s death, then, and to the extent such benefits are payable after such Participant’s death, all such benefits shall be paid to the executor or personal representative of such Participant’s estate or, if there is no such person, then in accordance with the laws of intestate succession of the jurisdiction in which such Participant was domiciled as of the date of death.

(f) Non-Alienation . Except as otherwise provided under the Plan or as required under applicable law, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, no right or benefit under this Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be void, and no such right or benefit shall be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any person entitled to such right or benefit, and no such right or benefit shall be subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, or levy of any kind.

(g) Miscellaneous.

(1) Payment on Behalf of Incompetent Participants or Beneficiaries . If the Administrator shall determine a Participant or Beneficiary entitled to a distribution hereunder is incapable of caring for his or her own affairs because of illness or otherwise, it may direct that any Plan benefit payments be made in such shares as it shall determine, to the attorney-in-fact,

 

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Spouse, child, parent or other blood relative of such Participant or Beneficiary, or any of them, or to such other person or persons as the Administrator may determine, until such date as it shall determine such incapacity no longer exists; provided, however, the exercise of this discretion shall not cause an acceleration or delay in the time of payment of Plan benefits except to the extent, and only for the duration of, the time reasonably necessary to resolve such matters or otherwise protect the interests of the Plan and the Company. The Administrator shall be under no obligation to see to the proper application of the payments so made to such person or persons and any such payment shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan to such Participant or Beneficiary, to the extent of such distribution.

(2) Mailing and Lapse of Payments . All payments under the Plan shall be delivered in person or mailed to the last address supplied to the Administrator by the Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be. If after reasonable inquiry the Administrator cannot locate the person entitled to the Plan benefits, then payment of such benefits shall be suspended. If such person is thereafter located, however, then such suspension shall immediately cease and the person shall be entitled to receive all benefits he or she would otherwise have been entitled to receive under the Plan but for such suspension, but without interest thereon.

(3) Overpayment . If the benefits paid to any person exceed the benefits to which the person was actually entitled, then to the extent of such excess, and as and when payable, future benefits shall be reduced in such manner as the Administrator deems appropriate or, if such reduction is not possible, the Administrator may undertake such actions as it deems reasonable to recover the excess.

(4) Address and TIN . Each Participant or Beneficiary shall be responsible for furnishing the Administrator with his or her correct current address and taxpayer identification number.

(5) Requirement of Releases . If in the opinion of the Administrator, any present or former Spouse or dependent of a Participant or other person shall by reason of the law of any jurisdiction appear to have any bona fide interest in Plan benefits that may become payable to a Participant or with respect to a deceased Participant, or otherwise has asserted such a claim, the Administrator may direct such benefits be withheld pending receipt of such written releases as it deems necessary to prevent or avoid any conflict or multiplicity of claims with respect to the payment of such benefits, but only to the extent and for the duration reasonably necessary to resolve such matters or otherwise protect the interests of the Plan and the Company.

Section 6. Confidentiality, Covenants Not to Compete, and Non-Solicitation .

(a) General . Each Eligible Employee acknowledges that as a key executive of the Company or other Group member he or she has become familiar and will continue to be familiar with the trade secrets, know-how, executive personnel, strategies, other confidential information and data of the Group and its members. Each Eligible Employee further acknowledges that the financial security of the Group and the Company’s shareholders depends in large part on the efforts of executives like the Eligible Employee, and that a basic premise for the Plan is to compensate such individuals for their efforts in causing the Group to grow and prosper, thereby helping to insure the Group’s financial future for years well beyond the individual’s period of

 

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service. Therefore, in consideration of the extension of the Plan to an Eligible Employee, he or she agrees that (i) after Separation from Service or other cessation of employment with all Group members he or she shall not (directly or indirectly), without the Company’s prior written consent, use or disclose to any other person any confidential information or data concerning the Company or other Group members or former Group members, and (ii) for a period of three (3) years from such separation or cessation he or she shall not (directly or indirectly) and without the Company’s prior written consent:

 

  (1) own, manage, control, participate in, consult with or render services of any kind for any concern which engages in a business which is competitive with any business being conducted, or contemplated being conducted, by the Group as of the date of such separation or cessation;

 

  (2) become an employee or agent of any publicly traded corporation or other entity, or any division or subsidiary of such a corporation or entity, where more than 5% of such organization’s business is in competition with any business being conducted, or contemplated being conducted, by the Group as of the date of Separation from Service or other cessation of employment, unless the annual sales of such organization do not exceed $40 million;

 

  (3) participate in any plan or attempt to acquire the business or assets of the Group or control of the voting stock of any member thereof, or in any manner interfere with the control of the Company, whether by friendly or unfriendly means; or

 

  (4) induce or attempt to induce any individual to leave the employ of the Company or other Group member or hire any such individual who approaches him or her for employment.

If at the time of enforcement of the terms of this Section 6, a court shall hold that the duration, scope or area of restriction stated herein are unreasonable under the circumstances then existing, the Eligible Employee agrees that the maximum duration, scope or area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated duration, scope, or area.

(b) Forfeiture and Other Remedies . Upon any breach of the covenants described in this Section, all benefits then due under the Plan (and all benefits which otherwise would be due under the Plan in the future) to the Eligible Employee or his or her beneficiaries shall be forfeited. The covenants described in this Section run in favor of and shall be enforceable by the Company or its assigns. The Company shall be entitled to all legal and equitable remedies to prevent, cure and compensate for a breach of the covenants described herein, without posting of bond, and all such remedies shall be in addition to such forfeiture. By accepting coverage under the Plan, each Eligible Employee acknowledges and agrees that his or her breach of the covenants described in this Section 6 will result in irreparable harm to the Company. Therefore, to remedy or prevent such a breach the Company shall be entitled to enjoin the Eligible Employee from taking or failing to take such actions as will or which may be reasonably considered to cause such a breach, including an injunction to prevent the Eligible Employee from breaching the terms of this Section 6.

 

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Section 7. Funding and Payment of Benefits.

(a) General . The Plan is an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement. No Group member shall establish or is required to establish any trust to fund benefits provided under the Plan, and no such member shall establish or is required to establish any type of earmarking or segregation of its assets to provide for such benefits. In the event of default of a Group member’s obligations hereunder, each Participant and his or her beneficiaries shall have no greater entitlements or security than does a general creditor of the Group member.

(b) Employer Company . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Employer Company shall pay or provide for the payment of benefits hereunder. If the Employer Company does not timely pay such benefits, then, except as described in subsection (c), the sole recourse of the claimant Participant or Beneficiary is against such Employer Company and no other member of the Group shall be responsible to pay or provide for the payment of such benefits or liable for the nonpayment thereof.

(c) Company Assumption of Liability . Under the following circumstances, the Company shall assume and be responsible for the payment of benefits hereunder even though it is not the Employer Company:

 

  (i) the Employer Company is not participating in the Plan as of the date benefits hereunder are scheduled to commence to a Participant or his or her beneficiaries;

 

  (ii) the Employer Company does not timely pay or provide for the payment of benefits hereunder and such failure is not corrected within thirty (30) days; or

 

  (iii) the Participant has a Separation from Service due to a sale of the stock (or rights analogous to stock) or assets of a Group member, and the Participant has earned a non-forfeitable Retirement Benefit (determined without regard to the forfeiture provision of Section 6(b) unless such section has been actually enforced as to such individual) on or before the date of such termination.

The Company’s obligation under paragraph (i) shall cease when the Employer Company agrees to participate in the Plan. The Company’s obligation under paragraph (ii) shall cease when the Employer Company is current on its payment of benefits. The Company’s obligation under paragraph (iii) shall not come into effect (or if previously effective, shall cease) as of the date the person who purchased such stock or assets, or a person who controls such person, agrees in writing to assume the liability for the benefits the Participant has then earned hereunder; provided, however, that upon a Change in Control the Company, any person in control of the Company, and the Employer Company if not the Company, shall be jointly and severally responsible for payment of benefits hereunder regardless of the other provisions of this Section 7 and the assumption of such liability by another person shall not discharge the Company, any person in control of the Company, and such Employer Company from liability hereunder.

(d) Participation by Other Group Members . A member of the Group may join in this Plan by adopting a written resolution of its board of directors, and delivering such resolution to the Administrator. Any Group member, other than the Company, may end its participation under the Plan by a written resolution of its board of directors delivered to the Committee, provided,

 

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however, that no such resolution ending participation shall be effective until thirty (30) days after it is received by the Administrator. By agreeing to join in the Plan, each Group member agrees to pay or provide for the payment of benefits hereunder to those Participants and their beneficiaries with respect to whom such member is the Employer Company. No such member, other than the Company, shall have any power or authority to terminate, amend, administer, modify, or interpret the Plan, all such powers being reserved to the Administrator and the Committee.

Section 8. Default . Should the Employer Company (and the Company to the extent provided for in Section 7(c)) fail to pay when due any benefit under the Plan to or with respect to a Participant or Beneficiary and such failure to pay continues for a period of sixty (60) days from receipt of a written notice of nonpayment from the affected Participant or Beneficiary, the Employer Company (and the Company to the extent provided in Section 7(c)) shall be in default hereunder and shall pay to the Participant or Beneficiary the benefits past due and, by the end of the year next following the year incurred, the reasonable costs of collection of any such amount, including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, so long as such costs are submitted by or on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary to reasonably allow that timely reimbursement; provided, however, if the Administrator in good faith disputes the amount of such benefit due or whether a person is entitled to such a benefit, then to the extent and duration of such a dispute the Employer Company (and the Company to the extent provided for in Section 7(c)) shall not be considered in default hereunder; provided further, however, upon a Change in Control a Participant for whom and while a Covered Termination may occur, shall be entitled to payment or reimbursement of such costs of collection as provided under Section 13(l).

Section 9. Administration of the Plan.

(a) General . The Company, through its designated officers and agents, shall be the Administrator and thereby handle the day-to-day administration of the Plan and such other administrative duties as are allocated to the Administrator under the Plan. All such administrative duties and powers shall be performed by and rest in the Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources (or persons designated by such Senior Vice President). Except as otherwise provided under the Plan, the Administrator shall:

 

  (1) determine the rights and benefits of individuals and other persons under the Plan;

 

  (2) interpret, construe, and apply the provisions of the Plan;

 

  (3) process and direct the payment of Plan benefits;

 

  (4) adopt such forms as it deems appropriate or desirable to administer the Plan and pay benefits thereunder; and

 

  (5) adopt such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate or desirable to administer the Plan.

(b) Committee . The Committee shall exercise such powers as are allocated to it under the Plan and shall be empowered to direct other persons as to Plan administration, and its directions shall be followed to the extent consistent with the powers delegated to the Committee and not otherwise contrary to the provisions of the Plan.

 

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(c) Discretion . In exercising their powers and duties under this Section, and their other powers and duties granted under the Plan, the Committee and the Administrator and each member or delegate thereof is granted such discretion as is appropriate or necessary to carry out such duties and powers. This discretion necessarily follows from the fact that the Plan does not, and is not intended to, prescribe all rules necessary to administer the Plan or anticipate all circumstances or events which may arise in the course of such administration.

(d) Indemnity . No member of the Committee or person acting on behalf of the Administrator shall be subject to any liability with respect to the performance of his or her duties under the Plan or a related document unless he or she acts fraudulently or in bad faith. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee and the Company’s officers and employees, and the officers and employees of another Group member, from any liability with respect to the performance of their duties under the Plan, unless such duties were performed fraudulently or in bad faith. Such indemnification shall cover any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, but only to the extent such amounts are actually and reasonably incurred, not otherwise paid or reimbursable under an applicable employer paid insurance policy, and not duplicative of other payments made or reimbursements due by the Company or its affiliates under other indemnity agreements.

(e) Code Section 409A . The Plan shall be administered, and the Administrator and the Committee shall exercise their discretionary authority under the Plan, in a manner consistent with Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations and other applicable guidance thereunder. Any permissible discretion to accelerate or defer a Plan payment under such Regulations, the power which to exercise is not otherwise described expressly in the Plan, shall be exercised by the Committee. Any other discretion with respect to, or which directly or indirectly impact, the application of Code section 409A, the exercise of which is not expressly lodged in the Committee, shall be exercised by the Administrator. In the event the matter over which such discretion may be exercised relates to a Committee member or a delegate of the Administrator, or such member or delegate is otherwise unable to freely exercise such discretion, such member or delegate shall not take part in the deliberations and decisions regarding that matter.

(f) Use of Professional Services . The Administrator and the Committee may obtain the services of such attorneys, accountants, record keepers or other persons as it deems appropriate, any of whom may be the same persons who are providing services to the Company or other Group member. In any case in which the Administrator and the Committee utilizes such services, it shall retain exclusive discretionary authority and control over the administration and operation of the Plan.

(g) Communications . Requests, claims, appeals, and other communications related to the Plan shall be in writing and shall be made by transmitting the same via the U.S. Mail to the Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, at the Company’s corporate headquarters address.

 

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Section 10. Effect of KEESA . If a Participant incurs a Covered Termination, then as or with respect to that Participant:

 

  (i) notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6, the scope or duration (or both) of such Participant’s covenants under Section 6 shall be no greater or longer than similar covenants provided for in such Participant’s KEESA and, to the extent there are no such similar covenants in such Participant’s KEESA, then Section 6 shall be void and of no force and effect; and

 

  (ii) in the case of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this Plan and the terms and provisions of such Participant’s KEESA, the terms of such Participant’s KEESA shall control to the extent more beneficial to such Participant, and the obligations of the Company under such KEESA shall be in addition to any of its obligations under the Plan.

Section 11. Amendment or Termination .

(a) General . This Plan may be terminated or amended, in whole or in part, at any time by written resolution of the Board. Any such action may apply to the Plan as a whole, or any individual Participant or group of Participants. Except as provided in Section 11(b) and (c), any such action may reduce or eliminate (retroactively or prospectively, or both) any benefits under the Plan that otherwise would be payable but for such action.

(b) Limitation on Power to Amend or Terminate . (1)  Vested Participants . As to any Participant who has earned a non-forfeitable Retirement Benefit (determined without regard to Section 6) before the date the Plan is amended or terminated (or, if later, before the date such action is effective), no such amendment or termination shall (without the specific written consent of the Participant):

 

  (i) reduce the Retirement Benefit earned by the Participant;

 

  (ii) reduce the amount of Retirement Benefit then being paid to a Participant; or

 

  (iii) terminate, amend, or otherwise change the liability of the Company, Employer Company, or other person to pay or provide for the payment of Retirement Benefits protected under clauses (i) and (ii) immediately preceding.

(2) Beneficiaries . As to any former Participant who has died before the date the Plan is amended or terminated (or, if later, before the date such action is effective), no such amendment or termination shall (without the specific written consent of such Participant’s Beneficiary):

 

  (i) reduce the amount of Plan benefits to which such Beneficiary is entitled or change the form in which benefits are payable; or

 

  (ii) terminate, amend, or otherwise change the liability of the Company, Employer Company, or other person to pay or provide for the payment of benefits protected under clause (i) immediately preceding.

 

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(c) Change in Control . In addition to the limitations described in Section 11(b), upon a Change in Control and with respect to a Participant for whom a Covered Termination has or may occur, then without the specific written consent of the Participant (or Beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death), the Plan as in existence immediately prior to the Change in Control may not be (directly or indirectly) terminated, amended, or otherwise changed in any substantive respect during the three year period beginning with the date of the Change in Control, but only with respect to such individual. The prohibition herein described shall apply to any action which affects or is intended to affect the terms and provisions of the Plan as then in effect during such three year period, regardless of when made or effective.

(d) Continuation of Plan Provisions . To the extent that any Plan benefits, and rights and obligations allocable thereto, are protected under Section 11(b) and (c), then as to the persons described in Section 11(b) and (c) the Plan shall continue in force and effect, as if no such amendment or termination had occurred, until such benefits are fully paid or fully provided for to such persons.

Section 12. Claims .

(a) Filing Claims . A Participant or Beneficiary (or a person who in good faith believes he or she is a Participant or Beneficiary, i.e., a “claimant”) who believes he or she has been wrongly denied benefits under the Plan may file a written claim for benefits with the Administrator. Although no particular form of written claim is required, no such claim shall be considered unless it provides a reasonably coherent explanation of the claimant’s position.

(b) Decision on Claim . The Administrator shall in writing approve or deny the claim within sixty (60) days of receipt, provided that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for reasonable cause by notifying the claimant. If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the Administrator shall provide notice in writing to the claimant, setting forth the following:

 

  (1) the specific reason or reasons for the denial;

 

  (2) a specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

 

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

 

  (4) the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to appeal the decision to the Committee.

(c) Appeal of Denied Claim . (1)  Filing Appeals . A claimant whose claim has been denied in whole or in part may appeal such denial to the Committee by filing a written appeal with the Administrator within sixty (60) days of the date of the denial. A decision of the Administrator which is not appealed within the time herein provided shall be final and conclusive as to any matter which was presented to the Administrator.

(2) Rights on Appeal . A claimant (or a claimant’s duly authorized representative) who appeals the Administrator’s decision shall, for the purpose of preparing such appeal, have the right to review any pertinent Plan documents, and submit issues and comments in writing to the Committee.

 

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(d) Decision by Appeals Committee . The Committee shall make a final and full review of any properly appealed decision of the Administrator within sixty (60) days after receipt of the appeal, provided that such period may be extended for reasonable cause by notifying the claimant. The Committee’s decision shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for its decisions and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which its decision is based.

Section 13. Miscellaneous .

(a) Employer’s Rights . The right of a Group member to discipline or discharge employees or to exercise rights related to the tenure of employment shall not be adversely affected in any manner by reason of the existence of the Plan or any action hereunder.

(b) Interpretation . Section and subsection headings are for convenient reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of the substance of this instrument or in any way to enlarge or limit the contents of any Section or subsection. Masculine gender shall include the feminine, and vice versa, and singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(c) Withholding of Taxes . All benefits earned under the Plan or the payment of such benefits, as the case may be, shall be subject to withholding for federal, state, local and other taxes as required by law. If and to the extent any such withholding is required before such benefits are paid to the Participant or Beneficiary, such withholdings shall be made from amounts otherwise payable to such person by a Group member (e.g., salary). If no such other amounts are available to satisfy such withholdings, the Company may reduce the Participant’s Retirement Benefit by the amount needed to pay the Participant’s portion of such tax, plus, with respect to a distribution for FICA taxes, an amount equal to the withholding taxes due under federal, state or local law resulting from the payment of such FICA tax, and an additional amount to pay the additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding of the section 3401 wages and taxes, but no greater than the aggregate of the FICA amount and the income tax withholding related to such FICA amount.

(d) Offset for Amounts Due . A Participant’s Retirement Benefit may be reduced by one or more offsets to repay any amounts then due and owing by the Participant to a Group member, unless another means of repayment is agreed to by the Administrator. Except for the right to immediate offset by reduction of the vested Pension Amount for an amount up to $5,000, or such higher amount as allowed in Treasury Regulations under Code section 409A or other applicable guidance, no such offset shall be made before an amount is scheduled to be paid to the Participant or Beneficiary and the amount then offset shall not exceed the amount that would be then otherwise paid.

(e) Computational Errors . In the event mathematical, accounting, actuarial or other errors are made in administration of the Plan, the Administrator may make equitable adjustments, which adjustments may be retroactive, to correct such errors. Such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding on all Participants and Beneficiaries.

 

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(f) Requirement of Proof . In discharging their duties and responsibilities under the Plan, the Administrator and the Committee may require proof of any matter concerning this Plan, and no person shall acquire any rights or be entitled to receive any benefits under this Plan until such proof is furnished.

(g) Tax Consequences . Neither the Company nor any other Group member represents or guarantees that any particular federal, foreign, state or local income, payroll, or other tax consequence will result from participation in this Plan or payment of benefits under the Plan.

(h) Communications . The Administrator shall prescribe the forms of communication, including forms for benefit application and the like, with respect to the Plan as it deems appropriate. Any such communication and assent or consent thereto may be handled by electronic means.

(i) Not Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans . No amounts paid or payable to a Participant under the Plan shall be deemed to be salary or compensation for purposes of any other employee benefit plan of the Company or any other Group member except as and to the extent otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

(j) Choice of Law . To the extent not preempted by ERISA or any other federal statute, the construction and interpretation of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, without reference to conflict of law principles thereof.

(k) Savings Clause . Should any valid federal or state law or final determination of any agency or court of competent jurisdiction affect any provision of this Plan, the Plan provisions not affected by such determination shall continue in full force and effect.

(l) Change in Control . A Participant, with a KEESA in effect at the time of a Change in Control, shall be entitled to adjudicate any dispute regarding his or her benefits or rights and entitlements under the Plan, after compliance to the extent necessary with the claim procedures under Section 12, in the forums and venues as provided in Section 22 of the KEESA, and shall be entitled to payment or reimbursement of costs and expenses related to such adjudication as provided in Section 15 of the KEESA.

Section 14. Transition Rules .

(a) General . Except as described in this Section, this Plan document shall govern when and how Plan benefits are payable with respect to individuals who are Participants on or after January 1, 2009. For the period that began on January 1, 2005 and ended December 31, 2008, the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 governed the rights and obligations of the Company and Participants, except as modified by the Administrator in its discretion so that the Plan and its operations were in good faith compliance with Code section 409A.

(b) 2004 Vested Participants Benefits . The Plan document in effect as of December 31, 2004 (the “2004 Plan”) shall govern when and how then vested Plan benefits are payable, including the elections available or discretion granted to choose or affect the form or commencement date of such benefits. In determining such vested Plan benefits, the Pension

 

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Amount as of such date shall be determined as if the Participant had a Separation from Service on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2004 and (ii) the actual date of such event. The Pension Amount as so determined shall be increased by the adjustment factor for the period from the first of the month next following the earlier of such dates to the Monthly Installment commencement date, and shall be converted into the Monthly Installment forms available for payment, all as provided for in the 2004 Plan.

(c) Excess . The excess, if any, of the total Plan benefit payable to or with respect to a Participant expressed as the Monthly Installment over the Plan benefit so payable expressed as the Monthly Installment and described in subsection (b) immediately preceding shall be subject to this Plan document.

 

 

The undersigned, by the authority of the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc., does hereby approve the form and content of this amended and restated Plan document.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

 

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APPENDIX A

Article 1. General . The supplemental retirement benefit, and benefits related thereto, described in this Appendix A are in addition to the benefits payable under the Plan apart from this Appendix A. Except as provided in this Appendix A or as necessary and appropriate to implement its provisions, all Plan provisions apart from this Appendix A shall apply to the benefits described herein (e.g., determination of a Beneficiary and the amount or portion payable to such Beneficiary; the covenants described in Section 6).

Article 2. Participants and Appendix A Benefits . (a)  General . The Participant who may be entitled to the supplemental retirement benefit described in this Appendix A and the amount of such benefit is described below.

 

Name of Participant

   Supplemental Retirement Benefit  

Delton D. Nickel

   $ 256.00 per month for each Year of Service   

(b) Year of Service . (1)  General . For purposes of applying the benefit formula described immediately above, a Year of Service means a calendar year ending December 31, beginning with the calendar year ending December 31, 1999 and each anniversary thereof, for which the individual completes 1,000 Hours of Service as an Eligible Employee. For this purpose, an individual who becomes Disabled shall be considered to have completed 1,000 Hours of Service as of each such December 31 during the Disability period, and an individual who has a Separation from Service as an Eligible Employee due to death shall be considered to have completed 1,000 Hours of Service for the calendar year of death.

(2) Service Upon a Covered Termination . If a Participant, described in Article 2(a) immediately preceding, incurs a Covered Termination, the supplemental retirement benefit described in this Appendix A as to such Participant shall be no less than the amount determined as if the Participant completed a Year of Service for each calendar year after 1999 and ending with, but including, the calendar year in which he attains or would attain age sixty-two (62).

(c) Supplemental Retirement Benefit Described . The supplemental retirement benefit described in this Appendix A is a monthly benefit, commencing as of the Benefit Commencement Date and payable as the Monthly Installment. Assuming the Participant is otherwise entitled to receive such benefit, the commencement date of such supplemental retirement benefit shall be the same date as the Participant’s Retirement Benefit apart from this Appendix A. To account for the fact this Appendix A supplemental benefit is already expressed as a one hundred eighty (180) month term certain Monthly Installment whereas the Retirement Benefit apart from this Appendix A is derived under a formula which starts with the Pension Amount, the amount of such supplemental monthly retirement benefit shall be adjusted if the Participant survives to the Benefit Commencement Date by the appropriate factor set forth in Table 1 to reflect the period beginning on the first day of the calendar month in which the Separation from Service occurs and ending on the Benefit Commencement Date.

 

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(d) Death Before Benefit Commencement Date . If the Participant described in this Appendix A dies before his Benefit Commencement Date, a death benefit shall be paid to such Participant’s Beneficiary in addition to the death benefit payable under Section 4 with respect to such Participant. The commencement date and form of such death benefit shall be the same as the death benefit payable under Section 4, and the amount of the death benefit provided by this Appendix A shall be the supplemental retirement benefit earned hereunder as of such Participant’s death, adjusted in a manner consistent with Section 4 to account for the fact such supplemental retirement benefit is already expressed as an Monthly Installment.

 

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SCHEDULE 1

Active

 

Name

 

Current Position

   SERP
Participation
Date
   Benefit
Service Date
Borin, Mark   Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer    3/31/2008    3/31/2008
Hogan, Randall   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer    1/1/1999    3/16/1998
Koury, Frederick   SVP, Human Resources    8/11/2003    8/11/2003
Lageson, Angela   SVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Secretary    2/23/2010    2/23/2010
Meyer, Mike   VP, Treasury and Tax    5/1/2004    5/1/2004
Schrock, Michael   President and Chief Operating Officer    1/1/1999    1/1/1999
Stauch, John   EVP and Chief Financial Officer    2/12/2007    2/12/2007

Inactive

 

Name

   SERP
Participation
Date
   Benefit
Service Date

Ainsworth, Louis

   1/1/1999    7/1/1997

Dempsey, Jack

   4/4/2005    4/4/2005

Dessing, Peter

   5/1/2004    5/1/2004

Nickel, Del

   1/1/1999    10/1/1996

Waltz, William

   5/1/2004    5/1/2004


SCHEDULE 2

 

Items Included

Base salary or wages, including such salary or wages deferred at the election of an individual under the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

401(k) plan before-tax and after-tax employee contributions

Section 125 plan (flexible benefit plan) pre-tax employee contributions

Pentair, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan employer bonus contributions

Pentair, Inc. Management Incentive Plan bonus, including such bonus deferred at the election of an individual under the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

Holiday pay

Sick leave pay

Bereavement pay

Jury duty pay

Military pay

Gain-sharing payments

Profit-sharing payments

Short-term disability benefits

Perquisites

Items Excluded

Cash payments made and property or rights in property other than cash granted under or pursuant to the Pentair Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

Special awards under the Pentair, Inc. Management Incentive Plan

Severance pay

Moving expense reimbursements

Employee business expense reimbursements

Tuition reimbursement

Adoption assistance payments

Computer hardware and software purchase reimbursements

Special cash awards

Foreign duty pay enhancements

Except as expressly provided in the column immediately to the left, amounts contributed to (e.g., deferred salary) or received under or pursuant to non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements including, but not limited to, the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

Except as expressly provided in the column immediately to the left, all contributions (other than after-tax employee contributions) to and all benefits received under a tax-qualified plan

 

 

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TABLE 1

 

Deferral
Percent
(in
months)

   Adjustment
Factor
     Deferral
Percent
(in
months)
     Adjustment
Factor
     Deferral
Percent
(in
months)
     Adjustment
Factor
     Deferral
Percent
(in
months)
     Adjustment
Factor
     Deferral
Percent
(in
months)
     Adjustment
Factor
     Deferral
Percent
(in
months)
     Adjustment
Factor
 
0      1.00000         60         1.40255         120         1.96715         180         2.75903         240         3.86968         300         5.42743   
1      1.00565         61         1.41048         121         1.97827         181         2.77463         241         3.89156         301         5.45812   
2      1.01134         62         1.41846         122         1.98946         182         2.79032         242         3.91357         302         5.48898   
3      1.01706         63         1.42648         123         2.00071         183         2.80610         243         3.93570         303         5.52002   
4      1.02281         64         1.43454         124         2.01202         184         2.82196         244         3.95795         304         5.55123   
5      1.02859         65         1.44265         125         2.02340         185         2.83792         245         3.98033         305         5.58262   
6      1.03441         66         1.45081         126         2.03484         186         2.85396         246         4.00283         306         5.61418   
7      1.04026         67         1.45901         127         2.04634         187         2.87010         247         4.02547         307         5.64592   
8      1.04614         68         1.46726         128         2.05791         188         2.88633         248         4.04823         308         5.67785   
9      1.05205         69         1.47556         129         2.06955         189         2.90265         249         4.07112         309         5.70995   
10      1.05800         70         1.48390         130         2.08125         190         2.91906         250         4.09413         310         5.74223   
11      1.06398         71         1.49229         131         2.09302         191         2.93557         251         4.11728         311         5.77470   
12      1.07000         72         1.50073         132         2.10485         192         2.95216         252         4.14056         312         5.80735   
13      1.07605         73         1.50922         133         2.11675         193         2.96886         253         4.16397         313         5.84019   
14      1.08213         74         1.51775         134         2.12872         194         2.98564         254         4.18752         314         5.87321   
15      1.08825         75         1.52633         135         2.14076         195         3.00252         255         4.21119         315         5.90642   
16      1.09441         76         1.53496         136         2.15286         196         3.01950         256         4.23500         316         5.93981   
17      1.10059         77         1.54364         137         2.16503         197         3.03657         257         4.25895         317         5.97340   
18      1.10682         78         1.55237         138         2.17728         198         3.05374         258         4.28303         318         6.00717   
19      1.11307         79         1.56114         139         2.18959         199         3.07101         259         4.30725         319         6.04114   
20      1.11937         80         1.56997         140         2.20197         200         3.08837         260         4.33160         320         6.07530   
21      1.12570         81         1.57885         141         2.21442         201         3.10583         261         4.35609         321         6.10965   
22      1.13206         82         1.58778         142         2.22694         202         3.12340         262         4.38072         322         6.14419   
23      1.13846         83         1.59675         143         2.23953         203         3.14106         263         4.40549         323         6.17893   
24      1.14490         84         1.60578         144         2.25219         204         3.15882         264         4.43040         324         6.21387   
25      1.15137         85         1.61486         145         2.26493         205         3.17668         265         4.45545         325         6.24900   
26      1.15788         86         1.62399         146         2.27773         206         3.19464         266         4.48064         326         6.28433   
27      1.16443         87         1.63317         147         2.29061         207         3.21270         267         4.50598         327         6.31987   
28      1.17101         88         1.64241         148         2.30356         208         3.23087         268         4.53146         328         6.35560   
29      1.17764         89         1.65169         149         2.31659         209         3.24913         269         4.55708         329         6.39154   
30      1.18429         90         1.66103         150         2.32969         210         3.26750         270         4.58284         330         6.42767   
31      1.19099         91         1.67042         151         2.34286         211         3.28598         271         4.60876         331         6.46402   
32      1.19772         92         1.67987         152         2.35610         212         3.30456         272         4.63481         332         6.50057   
33      1.20450         93         1.68937         153         2.36943         213         3.32324         273         4.66102         333         6.53732   
34      1.21131         94         1.69892         154         2.38282         214         3.34203         274         4.68737         334         6.57428   
35      1.21816         95         1.70853         155         2.39630         215         3.36093         275         4.71388         335         6.61146   
36      1.22504         96         1.71819         156         2.40985         216         3.37993         276         4.74053         336         6.64884   
37      1.23197         97         1.72790         157         2.42347         217         3.39904         277         4.76733         337         6.68643   
38      1.23894         98         1.73767         158         2.43717         218         3.41826         278         4.79429         338         6.72424   
39      1.24594         99         1.74750         159         2.45095         219         3.43759         279         4.82140         339         6.76226   
40      1.25299         100         1.75738         160         2.46481         220         3.45703         280         4.84866         340         6.80049   
41      1.26007         101         1.76731         161         2.47875         221         3.47657         281         4.87607         341         6.83894   
42      1.26719         102         1.77731         162         2.49276         222         3.49623         282         4.90364         342         6.87761   
43      1.27436         103         1.78735         163         2.50686         223         3.51600         283         4.93137         343         6.91650   
44      1.28156         104         1.79746         164         2.52103         224         3.53588         284         4.95925         344         6.95561   
45      1.28881         105         1.80762         165         2.53529         225         3.55587         285         4.98729         345         6.99493   
46      1.29610         106         1.81784         166         2.54962         226         3.57598         286         5.01549         346         7.03448   
47      1.30343         107         1.82812         167         2.56404         227         3.59619         287         5.04385         347         7.07426   
48      1.31080         108         1.83846         168         2.57853         228         3.61653         288         5.07237         348         7.11426   
49      1.31821         109         1.84885         169         2.59311         229         3.63698         289         5.10105         349         7.15448   
50      1.32566         110         1.85931         170         2.60778         230         3.65754         290         5.12989         350         7.19493   
51      1.33316         111         1.86982         171         2.62252         231         3.67822         291         5.15889         351         7.23562   
52      1.34069         112         1.88039         172         2.63735         232         3.69902         292         5.18806         352         7.27653   
53      1.34827         113         1.89102         173         2.65226         233         3.71993         293         5.21740         353         7.31767   
54      1.35590         114         1.90172         174         2.66726         234         3.74097         294         5.24690         354         7.35904   
55      1.36356         115         1.91247         175         2.68234         235         3.76212         295         5.27656         355         7.40065   
56      1.37127         116         1.92328         176         2.69750         236         3.78339         296         5.30640         356         7.44250   
57      1.37903         117         1.93416         177         2.71276         237         3.80478         297         5.33640         357         7.48458   
58      1.38682         118         1.94509         178         2.72809         238         3.82629         298         5.36657         358         7.52690   
59      1.39467         119         1.95609         179         2.74352         239         3.84793         299         5.39692         359         7.56946   

 

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Exhibit 10.17

PENTAIR, INC.

RESTORATION PLAN

As Amended and Restated Effective September 28, 2012


PENTAIR, INC.

RESTORATION PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

            

Page

SECTION 1.

   

Name of Plan

   1

SECTION 2.

   

General Definitions

   1

SECTION 3.

   

Participation, Vesting And Benefit Service, And Rules Governing The Crediting Of Service, Disability And The Determination Of Compensation And Final Average Compensation

   6

(a)

 

Participation

   6

(b)

 

Vesting

   7

(c)

 

Benefit Service

   7

(d)

 

Service Credits

   8

(e)

 

Disability

   9

(f)

 

Compensation

   10

SECTION 4.

   

Payments In The Event Of Death Before The Benefit Commencement Date

   10

SECTION 5.

   

Payment Of Retirement Benefits

   11

SECTION 6.

   

Confidentiality, Covenants Not To Compete, And Non-Solicitation

   11

(a)

 

General

   11

(b)

 

Forfeiture and Other Remedies

   12

SECTION 7.

   

Funding And Payment Of Benefits

   12

(a)

 

General

   12

(b)

 

Employer Company

   12

(c)

 

Company Assumption of Liability

   12

(d)

 

Participation by Other Group Members

   13

SECTION 8.

   

Default

   13

SECTION 9.

   

Administration Of The Plan

   14

(a)

 

General

   14

(b)

 

Committee

   14

(c)

 

Discretion

   14

(d)

 

Indemnity

   15

(e)

 

Code Section 409A

   15

(f)

 

Use of Professional Services

   15

(g)

 

Communications

   15

SECTION 10.

   

Effect of KEESA

   15

SECTION 11.

   

Amendment Or Termination

   16

(a)

 

General

   16

(b)

 

Limitation on Power to Amend or Terminate

   16

(c)

 

Change in Control

   17

(d)

 

Continuation of Plan Provisions

   17

SECTION 12.

   

Claims

   17

(a)

 

Filing Claims

   17

(b)

 

Decision on Claim

   18

 

i


(c)

 

Appeal of Denied Claim

   18

(d)

 

Decision by Appeals Committee

   18

SECTION 13.

   

Miscellaneous

   18

(a)

 

Employer’s Rights

   19

(b)

 

Interpretation

   19

(c)

 

Withholding of Taxes

   19

(d)

 

Offset for Amounts Due

   19

(e)

 

Computational Errors

   19

(f)

 

Requirement of Proof

   20

(g)

 

Tax Consequences

   20

(h)

 

Communications

   20

(i)

 

Not Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans

   20

(j)

 

Choice of Law

   20

(k)

 

Savings Clause

   20

(l)

 

Change in Control

   20

SECTION 14.

   

Transition Rules

   21

(a)

 

General

   21

(b)

 

2004 Vested Participants Benefits

   21

(c)

 

Excess

   21

 

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PENTAIR, INC. RESTORATION PLAN

SECTION 1. Name of Plan.

This plan shall be known as the Pentair, Inc. Restoration Plan.

SECTION 2. General Definitions .

Unless the context requires otherwise, when used herein the terms listed below, when capitalized or applied to such capitalized terms, shall have the following meanings:

(1) “ Adjustment Factor ” is the factor used in adjusting the Pension Amount to reflect the period of time between the date a Participant has a Separation from Service and his or her Benefit Commencement Date. The Adjustment Factor shall be the same adjustment factor applicable to such Participant under the SERP.

(2) “ Administrator ” is the Company.

(3) “ Beneficiary ” is a person entitled to receive benefits, if any, payable under the Plan after a former Participant’s death.

(4) “ Benefit Commencement Date ” is the first day of the first calendar month as of which a Participant’s Retirement Benefit is payable and shall be the same date as the Participant’s benefit commencement date under the SERP.

(5) “ Benefit Service ” is the number of Years of Service, beginning with the calendar year which includes the individual’s Benefit Service Date, during which an individual completes 1,000 Hours of Service as an Eligible Employee. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Benefit Service shall not be credited for any period after December 31, 2017.

(6) “ Benefit Service Date ” is the date from and after which an individual may earn Benefit Service, and shall be the same date as an individual’s benefit service date under the SERP.

(7) “ Benefit Service Percentage ” is the sum of the percentages for each Year of Benefit Service completed, with the percentage for each such year determined as described below and dependent upon the individual’s age in whole years as of the first day of the calendar year in which that Year of Benefit Service is completed.

 

Attained Age in Whole Years

at Beginning of Relevant

Year of Benefit Service

   Percentage  

< 25

     4

> 25 and < 35

     5.5

> 35 and < 45

     7

> 45 and < 55

     9

> 55

     12


Example : Employee A, date of birth January 25, 1954, has a Benefit Service Date of May 1, 1999. Employee A remains an Eligible Employee and completes 1,000 Hours of Service in each calendar year from and including 1999 through 2010. Employee A retires on March 1, 2011 and does not complete 1,000 Hours of Service in that year. Employee A’s Benefit Service Percentage is 109% computed as follows:

 

Year of Benefit Service

   Percentage  

1999

     7

2000 - 2009, inclusive

     90

2010

     12
  

 

 

 

Total

     109

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant’s Benefit Service Percentage shall not increase after December 31, 2017.

(8) “ Change In Control ” is, with respect to periods ending prior to or upon the Merger, a change in control of the Company as defined in the Pre-Merger KEESA or, with respect to periods ending after the Merger, a change in control of Pentair Ltd. as defined in the Post-Merger KEESA.

(9) “ Code ” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to specific provision of the Code shall be deemed to refer to any successor provision thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(10) “ Committee ” is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. If the Committee is not in existence, then all references to the Committee herein shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(11) “ Company ” is Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, or any successor thereto.

(12) “ Compensation ” is any item or class of remuneration or part thereof listed or described in the left-hand column of Schedule 1 and not any such items listed or described in the right-hand column of Schedule 1. In the event a remuneration item is not listed or described in Schedule 1, the Administrator shall determine whether such item is included or excluded from Compensation by taking into account the nature of the item and its similarity to an item which is so listed.

(13) “ Conversion Factor ” is the factor used to convert the Pension Amount into the Monthly Installment, and shall be the same as the conversion factor under the SERP.

 

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(14) “ Covered Compensation ” is Final Average Compensation reduced by Section 401(a)(17) Compensation. Covered Compensation earned after December 31, 2017 shall not be counted under the Plan.

(15) “ Covered Termination ” is a covered termination, as defined in the KEESA, which entitles a Participant to a termination payment pursuant to Sections 8 and 9(a) of the KEESA.

(16) “ Disabled ” or “ Disability ” is a physical or mental condition, resulting from physical or mental sickness or injury, which prevents the individual from engaging in any substantial gainful activity, and which condition can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

(17) “ Effective Date ” of the Plan is January 1, 1999; the effective date of this amended and restated Plan document is September 28, 2012.

(18) “ Eligible Employee ” is an individual who is an eligible employee under the SERP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only individuals who are Eligible Employees on December 31, 2007 shall be entitled to be treated as an Eligible Employee for any period on or after January 1, 2008.

(19) “ Employer Company ” is the Group member which employs a Participant as of the date the Participant has a Separation from Service or otherwise terminates all Group employment due to death or Disability.

(20) “ ERISA ” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Any reference to a specific provision of ERISA shall be deemed to include any successor provision thereto and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(21) “ Final Average Compensation ” is the average Compensation determined by averaging Compensation in those five (5) consecutive calendar years out of the last ten (10) consecutive calendar years, ending with the earlier of (i) the calendar year which ends coincident with or immediately preceding the date the Participant has a Separation from Service, or otherwise ceases to be an Eligible Employee, whichever occurs first, or (ii) the calendar year ending December 31, 2017, for which the average Compensation is the highest.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, Final Average Compensation shall not be less than the average Compensation for the sixty (60) months immediately preceding the date the Participant has a Separation from Service or otherwise ceases to be an Eligible Employee, whichever occurs first, determined as the sum of Compensation in the final calendar year of such employment plus Compensation in each of the four (4) calendar years preceding the final calendar year of such employment plus a percentage of the Compensation for the entire fifth calendar year preceding the final calendar year of such employment; such percentage shall be determined as twelve minus the number of full calendar months for which Compensation was payable in the final calendar year of such employment divided by the number of months for which Compensation was paid in the fifth calendar year preceding the final calendar year of such employment.

 

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If the Participant’s relevant Compensation history is for less than the stated period of time (e.g., less than five (5) years; less than ten (10) years), then such actual period shall be substituted in determining Final Average Compensation (e.g., if the individual has six (6) years of Compensation history, the high five (5) consecutive years within such six (6) years shall be used in determining the average; if the individual has three (3) years of Compensation history, all such Compensation shall be used in determining the average).

(22) “ Group ” is the Company and, except as prescribed by the Administrator, each other corporation or unincorporated business which is a member of a controlled group of corporations or a group of trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of Code section 414(b) or (c)) which includes the Company, but with respect to other business entities during only the periods of such common control with the Company.

(23) “ Hour Of Service ” is each hour which an individual is paid or entitled to payment from a Group member for (i) the performance of duties as its employee and (ii) reasons related to such employment but other than for the performance of duties, such as vacation, illness, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence other than (x) payments made or due under a plan maintained solely to comply with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws, or (y) payments made solely for reimbursement of medical or medically related expenses; provided, however, no more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under clause (ii) immediately preceding for any single continuous period during which no duties as such an employee are performed. An individual shall not receive duplicate Hour of Service credits for the same period of service or absence.

Regardless of the actual number of Hours of Service completed during a year, in determining whether 1,000 Hours of Service have been completed during a calendar year an individual shall be credited with forty-five (45) Hours of Service for each calendar week the individual is otherwise credited with an Hour of Service pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph.

(24) “ KEESA ” is the Post-Merger KEESA or the Pre-Merger KEESA, if any, in effect at the time of the applicable event. A “Post-Merger KEESA” is the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement, if any, in effect between Pentair Ltd. and the Participant after the consummation of the Merger. A “Pre-Merger KEESA” is the Key Executive Employment and Severance Agreement, if any, in effect between the Company and the Participant prior to the consummation of the Merger.

(25) “Merger” is the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement among the Company, Tyco International Ltd., Pentair Ltd., Panthro Acquisition Co. and Panthro Merger Sub, Inc., as amended, pursuant to which, on September 28, 2012, the Company became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Pentair Ltd.

(26) “ Monthly Installment ” is a monthly payment, commencing as of the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date, payable for a term certain of one hundred eighty (180) consecutive months, and shall be determined by dividing the Participant’s Pension Amount by the Conversion Factor, with such monthly payment rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.

 

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(27) “ Participant ” is an Eligible Employee who has become a participant under the SERP. Once an individual becomes a Participant, he or she shall remain a Participant, except as provided in Section 3, until the first to occur of his or her death, Disability, or Separation from Service; provided, however, if the individual has a non-forfeitable right to a Retirement Benefit as of the date he or she incurs such an event (determined without regard to the forfeiture provision of Section 6(b) unless such section has been actually enforced as to such individual), then absent death the individual shall remain a Participant until the individual has received his or her entire Retirement Benefit or the Retirement Benefit has been forfeited as provided for in Section 6(b).

(28) “ Participation Date ” is an Eligible Employee’s participation date under the SERP.

(29) “ Pension Amount ” is an amount equal to the Participant’s Covered Compensation multiplied by his or her Benefit Service Percentage, with such amount then multiplied by the Adjustment Factor if the Participant survives to his or her Benefit Commencement Date.

(30) “ Pension Plan ” is the Pentair, Inc. Pension Plan, or any successor plan thereto.

(31) “Pentair Ltd.” is Pentair Ltd., a Swiss company, or any successor thereto.

(32) “ Plan ” is the retirement plan herein described. When this term is modified by or with reference to a certain date (e.g., Plan as in effect before year XXXX), it shall refer to the Plan as described in the Plan document in effect for the period referenced.

(33) “ Retirement Benefit ” is the monthly retirement benefit payable under the Plan as the Monthly Installment.

(34) “ Section 401(A)(17) Compensation ” is the amount which would constitute Final Average Compensation if the determination of Final Average Compensation was limited by the provisions of Code section 401(a)(17). Except as modified pursuant to the Administrator’s discretion as provided for under section 3(f)(2), for this purpose Code section 401(a)(17) shall be applied as under the Pension Plan, regardless of whether the Participant concerned is covered by the Pension Plan or any other tax-qualified defined benefit plan sponsored by a Group member.

(35) “ Separates from Service ” or “Separation from Service” is the termination of employment as an employee, from all business entities that comprise the Group, for reasons other than death or Disability. A Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Separation from Service when the level of bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Group permanently decreases to a level equal to twenty percent (20%) or less of the average level of services performed by the Participant for the Group during the immediately preceding

 

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thirty-six (36) month period (or such lesser period of service). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant on a bona fide leave of absence from the Group shall be considered to have incurred a Separation from Service no later than the six (6) month anniversary of the absence (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of an absence due to a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, where such impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position or a substantially similar position) or the end of such longer period during which the individual has the right by law or agreement to return to employment upon the expiration of the leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the Participant’s termination of employment from the Group the Participant becomes a non-employee director or becomes or remains a consultant to the Group, then the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service may be delayed until the Participant ceases to provide services in such capacity to the extent required by Code section 409A.

(36) “ SERP ” is the Pentair, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as amended and restated effective September 28, 2012, but without regard to Appendix A thereto.

(37) “ Spouse ” is an individual, of a sex opposite to that of a Participant, whose marriage to a Participant is recognized under the laws of the United States (or one of the United States) or any other generally recognized jurisdiction.

(38) “ Year of Service ” is a calendar year in which an individual completes 1,000 Hours of Service.

SECTION 3. Participation, Vesting And Benefit Service, And Rules Governing The Crediting Of Service, Disability And The Determination Of Compensation And Final Average Compensation.

(a) Participation .

(1) General . The primary purpose of the Plan is to provide supplemental retirement benefits to Eligible Employees to reflect the loss of pension benefits under tax-qualified defined benefit plans sponsored by a member or members of the Group due to the provision of Code section 401(a)(17). It is intended that the employees covered by the Plan constitute a select group of management or highly paid employees, within the meaning of ERISA section 201(2), of the Group. Except as provided in Section 3(d)(6), in the event an individual who is not within such a select group becomes covered by the Plan, then notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary such individual’s participation in the Plan shall immediately cease and retroactively he or she shall be treated as never having been covered by the Plan.

Because the Plan is described in ERISA section 201(2), and other ERISA provisions corresponding thereto, certain provisions of ERISA do not apply to it and the benefits earned thereunder, including the provisions of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Title I of ERISA relating to participation and vesting, funding, and fiduciary responsibilities, respectively. In addition, the Plan is not a tax-qualified plan under the Code, and thus the Plan and benefits paid hereunder are not subject to certain rules which apply to benefits payable under such qualified plans, including the manner in which a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Plan benefits are subject to income tax.

 

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(2) Repeal of Code Section 401(a)(17) . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if Code section 401(a)(17) is repealed and no similar or corresponding provision is immediately enacted to replace it, then until further action by the Committee, if any, the Covered Compensation and Benefit Percentages of each Participant shall be frozen as of the end of the calendar year which includes the effective date of such repeal; provided, however, upon a Change in Control this Section 3(a)(2) shall not apply to a Participant so long as such Participant may incur a Covered Termination with respect to that Change in Control and shall not apply thereafter to a Participant who incurs a Covered Termination with respect to that Change in Control.

(3) Participation Freeze . Notwithstanding the foregoing, only individuals who are Eligible Employees on December 31, 2007 shall be entitled to participate in the Plan. Accordingly, any individual who is hired on or after January 1, 2008, will not be covered by the Plan.

(b) Vesting .

(1) General . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or with respect to a Participant shall be forfeited if the Participant has a Separation from Service before completing five (5) Years of Service.

(2) Death or Disability . A Participant who dies or becomes Disabled while employed by a Group Member shall be fully vested in his or her Retirement Benefit.

(3) Automatic Acceleration of Vesting . If a Participant has a Covered Termination under his or her KEESA, then immediately before such termination the Participant shall be considered fully vested in his or her Retirement Benefit.

(4) Other Forfeiture . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(b) or the number of Years of Service completed or deemed completed, all benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or with respect to a Participant or former Participant shall be subject to forfeiture to the extent provided in Section 6(b).

(c) Benefit Service .

(1) Death . An individual who ceases to be a Participant and terminates employment from the Group by reason of death shall be considered to have completed a Year of Service in the year of death for purposes of determining the Benefit Service earned by such individual, regardless of the Hours of Service credited for such year.

(2) Benefit Service Upon a Covered Termination . If a Participant has a Covered Termination under his or her KEESA, then immediately before such termination the Participant shall be credited with additional Years of Service for determining Benefit Service equal to the lesser of (i) three (3) and (ii) the greater of (x) seven (7) minus the Benefit Service credited to such Participant under the Plan, determined without regard to this Section 3(c)(2), as

 

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of the first day of the Plan Year beginning immediately after such termination and (y) zero (0); provided, however, the Benefit Percentage for each such additional year of service, if any, shall be determined based upon what would be the Participant’s attained age in whole years as of January 1 of each calendar year beginning after the date of the Covered Termination corresponding to such additional year of service (e.g., if the Participant, date of birth March 3, 1947, incurs a Covered Termination in the year 2000 and receives three (3) additional years of service hereunder, then the aggregate Benefit Percentage for such years shall be 30% (9% + 9% + 12%). The Benefit Service provided for by this Section 3(c)(2) shall be in addition to a Participant’s Benefit Service under the Plan determined without regard to this Section 3(c)(2).

(d) Service Credits .

(1) General . Subject to other Plan provisions, a Participant’s Years of Service shall be based upon the completion of 1,000 Hours of Service during a calendar year.

(2) No Vesting Service Before Participation Date . No Year of Service completed before the calendar year which includes an individual’s Participation Date shall be considered for purposes of applying Section 3(b)(1).

(3) Non-Duplication of Service Credit . In no event shall a Participant be credited for more than one (1) Year of Service with respect to any one (1) calendar year. In the event service credit for a period must be provided under the Plan by reason of applicable law (e.g., USERRA) and such credit duplicates service credit otherwise provided under the Plan, then the service crediting provision which is most beneficial to the Participant under the circumstances shall be applied but without duplication of service credit for the same period.

(4) Leaves of Absence . In the sole discretion of the Committee, a Participant may be granted service credit for a period of absence from active employment due to illness, personal circumstances, or such other events as the Committee may authorize under the circumstances and in such amount or manner of service credit as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances, but in no event shall such service credit duplicate any such credit otherwise provided under the Plan for the same period or extend beyond the date the Participant Separates from Service. Unless otherwise expressly provided by the Committee, however, in no event shall a Participant earn Benefit Service during the period of such absence.

(5) Break in Service . Except as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, if a Participant incurs a Separation from Service before he or she has a nonforfeitable right to a Retirement Benefit by reason of Section 3(b)(1) and thereafter returns to employment as an Eligible Employee, all service credits earned prior to such termination shall be ignored and, if the individual again becomes a Participant, the individual’s service credits under the Plan shall be determined as if he or she had not been previously employed by any Group member.

(6) Transfer . If an individual becomes a Participant and subsequently, and without a Separation from Service, becomes employed as other than an Eligible Employee, then upon the occurrence of such event the individual shall cease all active participation under the Plan (e.g., he or she will no longer accrue benefits under the Plan).

 

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(e) Disability .

(1) General . This Section describes special service credit and other rules which apply to a Participant who becomes Disabled before age sixty-five (65) and while he or she is an Eligible Employee (i.e., a “Disabled Participant”). In no event shall a Participant be considered Disabled until and unless he or she supplies all information and takes all acts (e.g., submits to medical examinations) reasonably requested by the Administrator to establish the fact of his or her Disability.

(2) Credit for Benefit Service . A Disabled Participant shall receive credit for Benefit Service during the Disability period. This service credit shall be determined, without duplication of other service credit provided under the Plan for the same period, based upon the complete whole years (with fractional years being rounded to the nearest whole year) which elapse during the Disability period. The Disability period shall begin on the date of Disability as determined by the Administrator, taking into account any applicable waiting period (e.g., end of short-term disability period) prescribed by the Administrator for this purpose, and shall end on the earliest of (i) the date the Participant is no longer Disabled or is considered not to be Disabled, (ii) the date the Disabled Participant attains age sixty-five (65), and (iii) the date of the Participant’s death.

(3) Covered Compensation . Except as described in the immediately following paragraph, a Participant’s Covered Compensation, determined as of the beginning of the Disability period, shall not change during the Disability period, and if a Disabled Participant recovers from the Disability before attaining age sixty-five (65) and returns to employment as an Eligible Employee, Covered Compensation shall be determined as otherwise provided under the Plan and by assuming the Participant’s (x) Compensation during the Disability period was equal to the Participant’s Final Average Compensation as of the beginning of the Disability period and (y) Section 401(a)(17) Compensation during the Disability period was equal to the Participant’s Section 401(a)(17) Compensation as of the beginning of the Disability period.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, a Disabled Participant’s Covered Compensation shall be decreased during the Disability period if and to the extent such Participant’s final average compensation or similar amount taken into account under the Pension Plan (or any other tax-qualified defined benefit plan sponsored by a Group member) increases due to the imputation of compensation, during the Disability period and by reason of such disability, for purposes of determining retirement benefits under such plan. In such event, the Participant’s Covered Compensation during the Disability period shall be decreased by the same amount by which final average compensation under such other plan is so increased, and clause (y) of the immediately preceding paragraph shall be applied by substituting the phrase “as of the end of the Disability period” for the phrase “as of the beginning of the Disability period.”

(4) Payment of Disability Benefit . A Disabled Participant shall be entitled to a Retirement Benefit commencing as of the first day of the month next following the Participant’s attainment of age sixty-five (65), even if such individual recovers from such Disability prior to such date.

 

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(5) Death During the Disability Period . If a Disabled Participant dies during the Disability period or the Disability ends by reason of attainment of age sixty-five (65) and the Disabled Participant dies before benefits commence, a death benefit shall be paid after such Disabled Participant’s death to the extent provided in Section 4.

(6) Proof of Disability . The Administrator shall determine whether and when a Participant is Disabled and may adopt such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate for this purpose. Once a Participant is determined to be Disabled, the Administrator may require the Participant to verify that he or she remains Disabled, and such verification may include requiring the Participant to submit to one or more medical examinations. If a Participant fails to supply information or take action as requested by the Administrator in order to determine whether the Participant is or remains Disabled, the Participant shall not be considered Disabled or shall be considered to have recovered from the Disability, as the case may be, except that in no event shall benefits commence prior to the Participant’s age sixty-five (65).

(f) Compensation .

(1) General . Compensation, Final Average Compensation and Section 401(a)(17) Compensation shall be determined solely with respect to such remuneration earned from and after a Participant’s Benefit Service Date and during the period of employment as an Eligible Employee. In the event a Participant is employed with a Group member before becoming an Eligible Employee or, subject to the provisions of Section 3(d)(6), after ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, the Administrator shall determine such compensation allocable to periods of such employment in each capacity in such manner as it deems reasonable in its sole discretion under the circumstances (e.g., allocation of MIP bonuses for the year in which an individual is promoted to an Eligible Employee).

(2) Determination . The amount of Compensation, Final Average Compensation and Section 401(a)(17) Compensation shall be as determined from the books and records of the employing Group member and shall be determined on the basis of when such remuneration is paid to the Participant; provided, however, items of remuneration or portions thereof may be determined on the basis of when the item is earned (in which case the item or portion shall not be again counted when paid) by the Participant if and to the extent the Administrator determines such treatment is appropriate under the circumstances (e.g., including MIP bonuses earned during the final year of employment as Compensation before such bonus is actually paid; including an amount deferred at the election of the Participant as Compensation when it otherwise would have been paid but for such election).

SECTION 4. Payments In The Event Of Death Before The Benefit Commencement Date.

A pre-retirement death benefit shall be payable under the same events, at the same time, in the same way and to the same persons and in the same proportions, and subject to the same adjustments, terms and conditions as provided for the pre-retirement death benefit payable under Section 4 of the SERP, but solely with respect to the Pension Amount hereunder.

 

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SECTION 5. Payment Of Retirement Benefits.

A Retirement Benefit shall be payable under the same events, at the same time, in the same way and to the same persons and in the same proportions, and subject to the same adjustments, terms and conditions as provided for the retirement benefit payable under Section 5 of the SERP, but solely with respect to the Pension Amount hereunder.

SECTION 6. Confidentiality, Covenants Not To Compete, And Non-Solicitation.

(a) General .

Each Eligible Employee acknowledges that as a key executive of the Company or other Group member he or she has become familiar and will continue to be familiar with the trade secrets, know-how, executive personnel, strategies, other confidential information and data of the Group and its members. Each Eligible Employee further acknowledges that the financial security of the Group and the Company’s shareholders depends in large part on the efforts of executives like the Eligible Employee, and that a basic premise for the Plan is to compensate such individuals for their efforts in causing the Group to grow and prosper, thereby helping to insure the Group’s financial future for years well beyond the time the individual leaves. Therefore, in consideration of the extension of the Plan to an Eligible Employee, he or she agrees that (i) after Termination of Employment he or she shall not (directly or indirectly), without the Company’s prior written consent, use or disclose to any other person any confidential information or data concerning the Company or other Group members or former Group members, and (ii) for a period of three (3) years from Termination of Employment he or she shall not (directly or indirectly) and without the Company’s prior written consent:

 

  (1) own, manage, control, participate in, consult with or render services of any kind for any concern which engages in a business which is competitive with any business being conducted, or contemplated being conducted, by the Group as of the date of Termination of Employment;

 

  (2) become an employee or agent of any publicly traded corporation or other entity, or any division or subsidiary of such a corporation or entity, where more than 5% of such organization’s business is in competition with any business being conducted, or contemplated being conducted, by the Group as of the date of Termination of Employment, unless the annual sales of such organization do not exceed $40 million;

 

  (3) participate in any plan or attempt to acquire the business or assets of the Group or control of the voting stock of any member thereof, or in any manner interfere with the control of the Company, whether by friendly or unfriendly means; or

 

  (4) induce or attempt to induce any individual to leave the employ of the Company or other Group member or hire any such individual who approaches him or her for employment.

 

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If at the time of enforcement of the terms of this Section 6, a court shall hold that the duration, scope or area of restriction stated herein are unreasonable under the circumstances then existing, the Eligible Employee agrees that the maximum duration, scope or area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated duration, scope, or area.

(b) Forfeiture and Other Remedies .

Upon any breach of the covenants described in this Section, all benefits then due under the Plan (and all benefits which otherwise would be due under the Plan in the future) to the Eligible Employee or his or her beneficiaries shall be forfeited. The covenants described in this Section run in favor of and shall be enforceable by the Company or its assigns. The Company shall be entitled to all legal and equitable remedies to prevent, cure and compensate for a breach of the covenants described herein, without posting of bond, and all such remedies shall be in addition to such forfeiture. By accepting coverage under the Plan, each Eligible Employee acknowledges and agrees that his or her breach or breach of the covenants described in this Section 6 will result in irreparable harm to the Company. Therefore, to remedy or prevent such a breach the Company shall be entitled to enjoin the Eligible Employee from taking or failing to take such actions as will or which may be reasonably considered to cause such a breach, including an injunction to prevent the Eligible Employee from breaching the terms of this Section 6.

SECTION 7. Funding And Payment Of Benefits.

(a) General .

Except as expressly provided herein, the Plan is an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement. No Group member shall establish or is required to establish any trust to fund benefits provided under the Plan, and no such member shall establish or is required to establish any type of earmarking or segregation of its assets to provide for such benefits. In the event of default of a Group member’s obligations hereunder, each Participant and his or her beneficiaries shall have no greater entitlements or security than does a general creditor of the Group member.

(b) Employer Company .

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Employer Company shall pay or provide for the payment of benefits hereunder. If the Employer Company does not timely pay such benefits, then, except as described in subsection (c) immediately following, the sole recourse of the claimant Participant or Beneficiary is against such Employer Company and no other member of the Group shall be responsible to pay or provide for the payment of such benefits or liable for the nonpayment thereof.

(c) Company Assumption of Liability .

Under the following circumstances, the Company shall assume and be responsible for the payment of benefits hereunder even though it is not the Employer Company:

 

  (i) the Employer Company is not participating in the Plan as of the date benefits hereunder are scheduled to commence to a Participant or his or her beneficiaries;

 

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  (ii) the Employer Company does not timely pay or provide for the payment of benefits hereunder and such failure is not corrected within thirty (30) days; or

 

  (iii) the Participant has a Termination of Employment due to a sale of the stock (or rights analogous to stock) or assets of a Group member, and the Participant has earned a non-forfeitable Retirement Benefit (determined without regard to the forfeiture provision of Section 6(b) unless such section has been actually enforced as to such individual) on or before the date of such termination.

The Company’s obligation under paragraph (i) immediately preceding shall cease when the Employer Company agrees to participate in the Plan. The Company’s obligation under paragraph (ii) immediately preceding shall cease when the Employer Company is current on its payment of benefits. The Company’s obligation under paragraph (iii) immediately preceding shall not come into effect (or if previously effective, shall cease) as of the date the person who purchased such stock or assets, or a person who controls such person, agrees in writing to assume the liability for the benefits the Participant has then earned hereunder; provided, however, that upon a Change in Control the Company, any person in control of the Company, and the Employer Company if not the Company, shall be jointly and severally responsible for payment of benefits hereunder regardless of the other provisions of this Section 7 and the assumption of such liability by another person shall not discharge the Company, any person in control of the Company, and such Employer Company from liability hereunder.

(d) Participation by Other Group Members .

A member of the Group may join in this Plan by adopting a written resolution of its board of directors, and delivering such resolution to the Administrator. Any Group member, other than the Company, may end its participation under the Plan by a written resolution of its board of directors delivered to the Committee, provided, however, that no such resolution ending participation shall be effective until thirty (30) days after it is received by the Administrator. By agreeing to join in the Plan, each Group member agrees to pay or provide for the payment o£ benefits hereunder to those Participants and their beneficiaries with respect to whom such member is the Employer Company. No such member, other than the Company, shall have any power or authority to terminate, amend, administer, modify, or interpret the Plan, all such powers being reserved to the Administrator and the Committee.

SECTION 8. Default.

Should the Employer Company (and the Company to the extent provided for in Section 7(c)) fail to pay when due any benefit under the Plan to or with respect to a Participant or Beneficiary and such failure to pay continues for a period of sixty (60) days from receipt of a written notice of nonpayment from the affected Participant or Beneficiary, the Employer Company (and the Company to the extent provided in Section 7(c)) shall be in default hereunder and shall pay to the Participant or Beneficiary the benefits past due and the reasonable costs of collection of any such amount, including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs; provided, however, if the

 

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Administrator in good faith disputes the amount of such benefit due or whether a person is entitled to such a benefit, then to the extent and duration of such a dispute the Employer Company (and the Company to the extent provided for in Section 7(c)) shall not be considered in default hereunder; provided further, however, a Participant for whom a KEESA becomes operative due to a Change in Control, and regardless of whether such Participant incurs a Covered Termination, shall be entitled to payment or reimbursement of such costs of collection as provided under Section 13(l).

SECTION 9. Administration Of The Plan.

(a) General .

The Company, through its designated officers and agents, shall be the Administrator and thereby handle the day-to-day administration of the Plan and such other administrative duties as are allocated to the Administrator under the Plan. All such administrative duties and powers shall be performed by and rest in the Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources (or persons designated by such Senior Vice President). Except as otherwise provided under the Plan, the Administrator shall:

 

  (1) determine the rights and benefits of individuals and other persons under the Plan;

 

  (2) interpret, construe, and apply the provisions of the Plan;

 

  (3) process and direct the payment of Plan benefits;

 

  (4) adopt such forms as it deems appropriate or desirable to administer the Plan and pay benefits thereunder; and

 

  (5) adopt such rules and procedures as it deems appropriate or desirable to administer the Plan.

(b) Committee .

The Committee shall exercise such powers as are allocated to it under the Plan and shall be empowered to direct other persons as to Plan administration, and its directions shall be followed to the extent consistent with the powers delegated to the Committee and not otherwise contrary to the provisions of the Plan.

(c) Discretion .

In exercising their powers and duties under this Section, and their other powers and duties granted under the Plan, the Committee and the Administrator and each member or delegate thereof is granted such discretion as is appropriate or necessary to carry out such duties and powers. This discretion necessarily follows from the fact that the Plan does not, and is not intended to, prescribe all rules necessary to administer the Plan or anticipate all circumstances or events which may arise in the course of such administration.

 

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(d) Indemnity .

No member of the Committee or person acting on behalf of the Administrator shall be subject to any liability with respect to the performance of his or her duties under the Plan or a related document unless he or she acts fraudulently or in bad faith. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee and the Company’s officers and employees, and the officers and employees of another Group member, from any liability with respect to the performance of their duties under the Plan, unless such duties were performed fraudulently or in bad faith. Such indemnification shall cover any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, but only to the extent such amounts are (i) actually and reasonably incurred, (ii) not otherwise paid or reimbursable under an applicable employer paid insurance policy, and (iii) not duplicative of other payments made or reimbursements due by the Company or its affiliates under other indemnity agreements.

(e) Code Section 409A .

The Plan shall be administered, and the Administrator and the Committee shall exercise their discretionary authority under the Plan, in a manner consistent with Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations and other applicable guidance thereunder. Any permissible discretion to accelerate or defer a Plan payment under such Regulations, the power which to exercise is not otherwise described expressly in the Plan, shall be exercised by the Committee. Any other discretion with respect to, or which directly or indirectly impact, the application of Code section 409A, the exercise of which is not expressly lodged in the Committee, shall be exercised by the Administrator. In the event the matter over which such discretion may be exercised relates to a Committee member or a delegate of the Administrator, or such member or delegate is otherwise unable to freely exercise such discretion, such member or delegate shall not take part in the deliberations and decisions regarding that matter.

(f) Use of Professional Services .

The Administrator and the Committee may obtain the services of such attorneys, accountants, record keepers or other persons as it deems appropriate, any of whom may be the same persons who are providing services to the Company or other Group member. In any case in which the Administrator and the Committee utilizes such services, it shall retain exclusive discretionary authority and control over the administration and operation of the Plan.

(g) Communications .

Requests, claims, appeals, and other communications related to the Plan shall be in writing and shall be made by transmitting the same via the U.S. Mail to the Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources, at the Company’s corporate headquarters address.

SECTION 10. Effect of KEESA .

If a Participant incurs a Covered Termination, then as or with respect to that Participant:

 

  (i)

notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6, the scope or duration (or both) of such Participant’s covenants under Section 6 shall be

 

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  no greater or longer than similar covenants provided for in such Participant’s KEESA and, to the extent there are no such similar covenants in such Participant’s KEESA, then Section 6 shall be void and of no force and effect;

 

  (ii) if the Participant is not fully vested in his or her accrued benefit under the Pension Plan when he or she so terminates employment, such Participant’s Pension Amount as of the Benefit Commencement Date shall be increased by the present value of such non-vested accrued benefit; such present value shall be determined (x) as of the Benefit Commencement Date, (y) by using the amount of such non-vested accrued benefit payable as of the Benefit Commencement Date as calculated under the terms of the Pension Plan and by assuming the Participant was eligible to receive such non-vested accrued benefit under the Pension Plan on and after the attainment of age fifty-five (55), and (z) by using UP 84 mortality and seven percent (7%) interest; and

 

  (iii) in the case of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this Plan and the terms and provisions of such Participant’s KEESA, the terms of such Participant’s KEESA shall control to the extent more beneficial to such Participant, and the obligations of the Company under such KEESA shall be in addition to any of its obligations under the Plan.

SECTION 11. Amendment Or Termination.

(a) General .

This Plan may be terminated or amended, in whole or in part, at any time by written resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company. Any such action may apply to the Plan as a whole, or any individual Participant or group of Participants. Except as provided in Section 11(b) and (c), any such action may reduce or eliminate (retroactively or prospectively, or both) any benefits under the Plan that otherwise would be payable but for such action.

(b) Limitation on Power to Amend or Terminate .

(1) Vested Participants . As to any Participant who has earned a non-forfeitable Retirement Benefit (determined without regard to Section 6) before the date the Plan is amended or terminated (or, if later, before the date such action is effective), no such amendment or termination shall (without the specific written consent of the Participant):

 

  (i) reduce the Retirement Benefit earned by the Participant;

 

  (ii) reduce the amount of Plan benefits then being paid to a Participant or change the form in which such benefits are being paid; or

 

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  (iii) terminate, amend, or otherwise change the liability of the Company, Employer Company, or other person to pay or provide for the payment of Retirement Benefits protected under clauses (i) and (ii) immediately preceding.

(2) Beneficiaries . As to any former Participant who has died before the date the Plan is amended or terminated (or, if later, before the date such action is effective), no such amendment or termination shall (without the specific written consent of such Participant’s Beneficiary):

 

  (i) reduce the amount of Plan benefits to which such Beneficiary is entitled or change the form in which benefits are payable; or

 

  (ii) terminate, amend, or otherwise change the liability of the Company, Employer Company, or other person to pay or provide for the payment of benefits protected under clause (i) immediately preceding.

(c) Change in Control .

In addition to the limitations described in Section 11(b), upon a Change in Control for which a Participant’s KEESA becomes operative and under which a Covered Termination has or may occur, then without the specific written consent of the Participant (or Beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death), the Plan as in existence immediately prior to the Change in Control may not be (directly or indirectly) terminated, amended, or otherwise changed in any respect during the three year period beginning with the date of the Change in Control, but only with respect to such individual. The prohibition herein described shall apply to any action which affects or is intended to affect the terms and provisions of the Plan as then in effect during such three year period, regardless of when made or effective.

(d) Continuation of Plan Provisions .

To the extent that any Plan benefits, and rights and obligations allocable thereto, are protected under Section 11(b) and (c), then as to the persons described in Section 11(b) and (c) the Plan shall continue in force and effect, as if no such amendment or termination had occurred, until such benefits are fully paid or fully provided for to such persons.

SECTION 12. Claims.

(a) Filing Claims .

A Participant or Beneficiary (or a person who in good faith believes he or she is a Participant or Beneficiary, i.e., a “claimant”) who believes he or she has been wrongly denied benefits under the Plan may file a written claim for benefits with the Administrator. Although no particular form of written claim is required, no such claim shall be considered unless it provides a reasonably coherent explanation of the claimant’s position.

 

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(b) Decision on Claim .

The Administrator shall in writing approve or deny the claim within sixty (60) days of receipt, provided that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for reasonable cause by notifying the claimant. If the claim is denied, in whole or in part, the Administrator shall provide notice in writing to the claimant, setting forth the following:

 

  (1) the specific reason or reasons for the denial;

 

  (2) a specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

 

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

 

  (4) the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to appeal the decision to the Committee.

(c) Appeal of Denied Claim .

(1) Filing Appeals . A claimant whose claim has been denied in whole or in part may appeal such denial to the Committee by filing a written appeal with the Administrator within sixty (60) days of the date of the denial. A decision of the Administrator which is not appealed within the time herein provided shall be final and conclusive as to any matter which was presented to the Administrator.

(2) Rights on Appeal . A claimant (or a claimant’s duly authorized representative) who appeals the Administrator’s decision shall, for the purpose of preparing such appeal, have the right to review any pertinent Plan documents, and submit issues and comments in writing to the Committee.

(d) Decision by Appeals Committee .

The Committee shall make a final and full review of any properly appealed decision of the Administrator within sixty (60) days after receipt of the appeal, provided that such period may be extended for reasonable cause by notifying the claimant. The Committee’s decision shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for its decisions and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which its decision is based.

SECTION 13. Miscellaneous .

(a) Non-Alienation .

Except as otherwise provided under the Plan or as required under applicable law, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, no right or benefit under this Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same shall be void, and no such right or benefit shall be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any person entitled to such right or benefit, and no such right or benefit shall be subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, or levy of any kind.

 

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(b) Employer’s Rights .

The right of a Group member to discipline or discharge employees or to exercise rights related to the tenure of employment shall not be adversely affected in any manner by reason of the existence of the Plan or any action hereunder.

(c) Interpretation .

Section and subsection headings are for convenient reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of the substance of this instrument or in any way to enlarge or limit the contents of any Section or subsection. Masculine gender shall include the feminine, and vice versa, and singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(d) Withholding of Taxes .

All benefits earned under the Plan or the payment of such benefits, as the case may be, shall be subject to withholding for federal, state, local and other taxes as required by law. If and to the extent any such withholding is required before such benefits are paid to the Participant or Beneficiary, such withholdings shall be made from amounts otherwise payable to such person by a Group member (e.g., salary). If no such other amounts are available to satisfy such withholdings, the Company may reduce the Participant’s Retirement Benefit by the amount needed to pay the Participant’s portion of such tax, plus, with respect to a distribution for FICA taxes, an amount equal to the withholding taxes due under federal, state or local law resulting from the payment of such FICA tax, and an additional amount to pay the additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding of the section 3401 wages and taxes, but no greater than the aggregate of the FICA amount and the income tax withholding related to such FICA amount.

(e) Offset for Amounts Due .

A Participant’s Retirement Benefit may be reduced by one or more offsets to repay any amounts then due and owing by the Participant to a Group member, unless another means of repayment is agreed to by the Administrator. Except for the right to immediate offset by reduction of the vested Pension Amount for an amount up to $5,000, or such higher amount as allowed in Treasury Regulations under Code section 409A or other applicable guidance, no such offset shall be made before an amount is scheduled to be paid to the Participant or Beneficiary and the amount then offset shall not exceed the amount that would be then otherwise paid.

(f) Computational Errors .

In the event mathematical, accounting, actuarial or other errors are made in administration of the Plan due to mistakes of facts, the Administrator may make equitable adjustments, which may be retroactive, to correct such errors. Such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding on all Participants and Beneficiaries.

 

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(g) Requirement of Proof .

In discharging their duties and responsibilities under the Plan, the Administrator and the Committee may require proof of any matter concerning this Plan, and no person shall acquire any rights or be entitled to receive any benefits under this Plan until such proof is furnished.

(h) Tax Consequences .

Neither the Company nor any other Group member represents or guarantees that any particular federal, foreign, state or local income, payroll, or other tax consequence will result from participation in this Plan or payment of benefits under the Plan.

(i) Communications .

The Administrator shall prescribe the forms of communication, including forms for benefit application and the like, with respect to the Plan as it deems appropriate. Any such communication and assent or consent thereto may be handled by electronic means.

(j) Not Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans .

No amounts paid or payable to a Participant under the Plan shall be deemed to be salary or compensation for purposes of any other employee benefit plan of the Company or any other Group member except as and to the extent otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

(k) Choice of Law .

To the extent not preempted by ERISA or any other federal statute, the construction and interpretation of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, without reference to conflict of law principles thereof.

(l) Savings Clause .

Should any valid federal or state law or final determination of any agency or court of competent jurisdiction affect any provision of this Plan, the Plan provisions not affected by such determination shall continue in full force and effect.

(m) Change in Control .

A Participant for whom a KEESA becomes operative due to a Change in Control, and regardless of whether such Participant incurs a Covered Termination, shall be entitled to adjudicate any dispute regarding his or her benefits or rights and entitlements under the Plan, after compliance to the extent necessary with the claim procedures under Section 12, in the forums and venues as provided in Section 22 of the KEESA, and shall be entitled to payment or reimbursement of costs and expenses related to such adjudication as provided in Section 15 of the KEESA.

 

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SECTION 14. Transition Rules .

(a) General .

Except as described in this Section, this Plan document shall govern when and how Plan benefits are payable with respect to individuals who are Participants on or after January 1, 2009. For the period that began on January 1, 2005 and ended December 31, 2008, the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 governed the rights and obligations of the Company and Participants, except as modified by the Administrator in its discretion so that the Plan and its operations were in good faith compliance with Code section 409A.

(b) 2004 Vested Participants Benefits .

The Plan document in effect as of December 31, 2004 (the “2004 Plan”) shall govern when and how then vested Plan benefits are payable, including the elections available or discretion granted to choose or affect the form or commencement date of such benefits. In determining such vested Plan benefits, the Pension Amount as of such date shall be determined as if the Participant had a Separation from Service on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2004 and (ii) the actual date of such event. The Pension Amount as so determined shall be increased by the adjustment factor for the period from the first of the month next following the earlier of such dates to the annuity commencement date, and shall be converted into the annuity forms available for payment, all as provided for in the 2004 Plan.

(c) Excess .

The excess, if any, of the total Plan benefit payable to or with respect to a Participant expressed as the Monthly Installment over the Plan benefit so payable expressed as the Monthly Installment and described in subsection (b) immediately preceding shall be subject to this Plan document.

The undersigned, by the authority of the Board of Directors of Pentair, Inc., does hereby approve the form and content of this amended and restated Plan document.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1

 

Items Included      Items Excluded

Base salary or wages, including such salary or wages deferred at the election of an individual under the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

 

401(k) plan before-tax and after-tax employee contributions

 

Section 125 plan (flexible benefit plan) pre-tax employee contributions

 

Pentair, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase and Bonus Plan employer bonus contributions

 

Pentair, Inc. Management Incentive Plan bonus, including such bonus deferred at the election of an individual under the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

 

Holiday pay

 

Sick leave pay

 

Bereavement pay

 

Jury duty pay

 

Military pay

 

Gain-sharing payments

 

Profit-sharing payments

 

Short-term disability benefits

 

Perquisites

    

Cash payments made and property or rights in property other than cash granted under or pursuant to the Pentair Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

 

Special awards under the Pentair, Inc. Management Incentive Plan

 

Severance pay

 

Moving expense reimbursements

 

Employee business expense reimbursements

 

Tuition reimbursement

 

Adoption assistance payments

 

Computer hardware and software purchase reimbursements

 

Special cash awards

 

Foreign duty pay enhancements

 

Except as expressly provided in the column immediately to the left, amounts contributed to (e.g., deferred salary) or received under or pursuant to non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements including, but not limited to, the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan

 

Except as expressly provided in the column immediately to the left, all contributions (other than after-tax employee contributions) to and all benefits received under a tax-qualified plan

Exhibit 14.1

Pentair

Code of Conduct

Win Right

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

As an independent, publicly owned company, Pentair created this Code to guide its development and the conduct of its business.

We will manage our businesses according to the highest business, ethical, moral and civic standards that apply to a public company.

We will operate our businesses to earn the respect of our shareholders, employees, plant communities, customers, suppliers and all others with a stake in our success.

We intend to make Pentair a top-performing company, managed and operated for the long-term benefit of all its constituents.

The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is the foundation for numerous specific practices, policies and guidelines that determine how Pentair and its employees conduct their day-to-day business. The Code is intended to set the tone and spirit for how Pentair operates. As a company, by following the spirit of the Code, Pentair will create an operating environment where management sets clear goals, company leadership is engaged, and all operations are accountable for their performance and practices. Our business style will be practical, with an emphasis on openness, informality and candid, conversational exchanges among employees. And we will expect all employees equally to uphold the Company’s standards for ethics, integrity and work practices.

The Code is not intended to address every conceivable situation that might occur. Supplementing the Code are numerous detailed documents that cover specific practices or legal statements governing how Pentair and its employees conduct business. These documents include, but are not limited to, rules, regulations, laws and Company policies covering such areas as employment practices, legal conduct of business transactions, environmental protection and use of controlled substances.

All references in the Code of Business Conduct & Ethics to employees, shall mean directors, officers and employees of Pentair, Inc. (including its subsidiaries). The provisions of the Code of Business Conduct & Ethics may be changed or waived only by the Board of Directors of the Company, or by the Governance Committee of the Board. Such changes or waivers granted to officers or directors of the Company shall be promptly published and reported to the Company’s shareholders.

The following sections describe how Pentair employees should exercise the Code in various key areas related to Pentair people, property and the conduct of its business.


Pentair People

Respect for People

Pentair and its employees will respect the dignity and self-worth of everyone involved with the Company and will comply with all applicable laws governing fair employment practices, employee privacy and workplace safety.

Employees will be given the chance to achieve their best performance in a fair, challenging, objective and cooperative work environment where communication is encouraged and supervisors or managers are accountable for the performance and development of the employees assigned to them.

Employees also will not engage in harassment, such as offensive or intimidating behavior, language and other unwanted actions that are illegal or inappropriate. If you’re unsure of what harassment is, consult your supervisor and use your common sense. Pentair employees also are responsible for reporting any harassment they are aware of.

Diversity

Pentair respects and values diversity in its employees, customers, suppliers and others in the global marketplace. This Company is committed to hiring people on the basis of ability, experience, compatibility and integrity without regard to age, race, gender, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected personal characteristic.

Safety

Pentair employees are entitled to a safe and secure workplace. The Company is committed to having in place appropriate safety rules, practices and procedures with firm and fair enforcement and will communicate these rules, practices and procedures to all employees.

Substance Abuse

Creating a safe, healthy environment means illegal drugs and alcohol do not belong in the Pentair workplace. Pentair policy prohibits the use, storage or possession of illegal drugs on Company property or by Pentair employees at any time. Employees may not report to work while under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol. Pentair employees also may not use legal drugs unsafely or improperly on the premises. And they may not bring certain other legal substances or materials — such as weapons, drug paraphernalia or intoxicating beverages — unless the Company first authorizes it.

Because of the serious safety issues that illegal or abused substances and materials can pose, the Company has the right to test employees for illegal or unauthorized substances and will search Pentair premises for them when it deems necessary.


Living & Working Ethically

Conflicts of Interest

In business, every Pentair employee’s primary responsibility is to the Company, and they must avoid creating or entering situations that conflict with that obligation. A conflict of interest exists when employees engage in any activity that uses their business ties with Pentair for personal gain, or puts them in a position that lends itself to improper influence — even if none actually occurs.

What might constitute a conflict of interest, or the appearance of one? You may have a conflict if you:

 

   

Consult with or work for a Pentair competitor, supplier or customer.

 

   

Own either directly or indirectly a significant financial interest in any business that does or seeks to do business with Pentair or wants to become a competitor.

 

   

Hire or use family members or close personal friends as Pentair contractors, suppliers or employees.

 

   

Have a romantic relationship with a supervisor or a subordinate.

 

   

Use corporate assets, including the Company’s time, name, information, equipment or facilities, for unauthorized personal use.

 

   

Misuse information that you obtain in the course of your employment with Pentair.

Any employee who encounters a situation that might create a conflict of interest or the appearance of one should consult his or her supervisor.

Business Gifts

A business gift is any item or service that you get in connection with your work for Pentair: meals; cocktails; discounts; complimentary or discounted products and services; event tickets; transportation, and sometimes incentive or reward trips. Cash is never considered a proper business gift.

When is it acceptable to give or receive such gifts? That is covered by the same principles of honesty and integrity that govern all actions by Pentair employees. A modest gift may be acceptable if the giver or receiver can answer “yes” to such questions as:

 

   

Is it legal?

 

   

Is this type of gift customary or reasonable given the situation and marketplace in which it’s being given?

 

   

Is it reasonable in cost, quantity and frequency?

 

   

Would the gift avoid creating an improper obligation, or the appearance of improper influence, to the giver or receiver?

 

   

Would public scrutiny of this gift embarrass me or the Company?


Protecting the Environment

Pentair will strive to operate with the highest regard for the environment, managing our products, operations and raw materials in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

Accurate and Honest Reporting

The Code requires all employees to record information accurately and honestly, whether it’s a time card, accident report or financial statement. These principles apply when complying with internal recordkeeping policies as well as the numerous local, state and federal laws governing Pentair’s recordkeeping and public reporting of financial, safety and other information.

These principles have become even more important because of the obligations all public companies now have under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which makes senior management directly accountable for the accuracy of their company’s financial reporting

Legal Obligations and Compliance

Pentair and its employees will obey the laws and regulations that affect them in every location, foreign and domestic, in which they operate or do business. This is a foundation for the principles that enable Pentair to succeed as a business while upholding the company’s corporate values.

Individual employees will be responsible for making themselves aware of and understanding all laws, business requirements and business practices that affect their operations and areas of responsibilities. Many of these laws enforce behavior that is consistent already with the principles of the Pentair Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. These include but are not limited to laws and regulations:

 

   

Prohibiting unfair competition.

 

   

Prohibiting stock trading based on illegal “insider” information.

 

   

Governing how we conduct business with government agencies or other public entities.

 

   

Prohibiting payment of bribes or kickbacks, including improper payments or gifts to government officials.

 

   

Prohibiting misleading or false advertising and marketing claims about Pentair’s products or those of our competitors.

 

   

Requiring specific standards of environmental protection.

 

   

Requiring accuracy and honesty in financial reporting and accounting.

If you are unsure of particular laws or whether they apply to your area of responsibilities, consult Pentair’s Legal Department. Pentair also has adopted specific policies for guidance in the preceding areas, including policies for Antitrust Compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance and Securities Trades by Pentair Personnel.


Pentair Property

Protecting Corporate Information

Some of Pentair’s most valuable property is proprietary information: information or data that belongs to the company. This might be:

 

   

Insider financial and corporate information, or “tips,” that when disclosed could affect the Company’s stock price.

 

   

Intellectual property such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, including inventions and ideas that employees create in the course of their work for Pentair.

 

   

Trade secrets such as data about Pentair customers, pricing, sales marketing plans, product information, contract details or technical specifications.

 

   

Internal confidential information, including your employee records, internal correspondence such as memos or e-mails, even computer passwords and telephone voice mails.

All employees have the legal and ethical obligation to protect such company information, even once they leave Pentair employment. This means sharing it only with properly authorized people inside or outside of the company. It also is unethical and improper to use private company information for your personal benefit or the benefit of people outside of Pentair, including taking personal advantage of potential Company business opportunities you discover through your work for Pentair

Unauthorized Use of Corporate Assets

Every employee is obligated to protect Pentair’s assets and may not use them for personal reasons. This includes the use of office supplies and equipment, company buildings and corporate funds such as expense money.

Public Communications

While protecting corporate information, Pentair also will provide open, accurate and consistent communications with the public. However, only Company-authorized spokespeople may respond to requests for information or comments from the news media, members of the public, investors, or any outside government or private agencies. If you get an inquiry from a reporter while walking to your car, for example, you should only direct them to the corporate communications or public affairs department.

Ethical Use of Others’ Information

Treating information ethically also means Pentair will respect the information or intellectual property of others and will not knowingly infringe upon it or gather and use such information illegally.


Pentair Global Business

Pentair truly is a global company and as such will respect and value all of the diverse communities in which we operate. We will strive to be sensitive to the cultures and customs of those communities, and to abide by the letter and spirit of the laws governing each location in which we do business.

Anti-Bribery

“Pentair is committed to obey the law in all countries where the Company does business. Pentair rejects and prohibits Bribery. Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of an Improper Payment.

An Improper Payment:

 

   

is the making, providing offering or authorizing of any item of value to influence the actions of the person who receives it in ways not consistent with the duties of that person.

 

   

May consist of anything of value, including any money, goods, right in action, property, privilege, compensation, object of value, advantage or any promise or undertaking to induct or influence any action, vote, or other undertaking of the recipient.

Bribery may produce an enormously negative impact on the reputation of Pentair and its employees and may seriously disrupt Pentair business operations.

Pentair Prohibits Bribery:

 

   

anywhere in the world,

 

   

in connection with any kind of business,

 

   

directly by Pentair personnel or through intermediaries or third parties,

 

   

to government or private individuals.”

Other International Business Practices

In addition to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, there are a number of key areas where U.S. law applies internationally. These include:

Accounting - Because Pentair is a U.S. publicly held corporation, the Company will conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in all operations worldwide. All payments, transactions and accounts worldwide must be correctly and truthfully recorded and reported.

Anti-Boycott - Pentair employees and agents may not cooperate in any way with an unsanctioned foreign boycott of countries friendly to the United States. Employees should promptly send any request for information or action that seems to relate to this or any other illegal boycott to the Company’s Legal Department.

Export Control and Import Laws - Pentair and its employees will comply with all U.S. export control and import laws and regulations that govern the exportation and importation of commodities and technical data. It is illegal for a U.S. person (an individual or a corporation) to engage in any kind of transaction with a party that is identified by the U.S. Government as a


specially designated, denied or debarred party; therefore, Pentair businesses must screen all prospective customers to ensure that they do not do business with any such parties. Export control laws also restrict exports of certain technologies, including technology that could have significant military end uses and products or technology that could be used in the design, development or production of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons or missile systems. Pentair businesses must obtain appropriate export licenses and other government approvals prior to exporting products and technology controlled by the U.S. Government. Employees who are not sure of the legal trade status of any country or technology should contact the Company’s Legal Department.


Reporting and Compliance

Every Pentair employee is responsible for being familiar with the principles of this Code and for ensuring they stay up to date on changes in it. As a company, Pentair may have the need to revise the Code at any given time to adjust for changing laws and other circumstances. If you have any questions or doubts about what you need to know and what your responsibilities are, please ask your supervisor.

Managers & Supervisors

Besides being accountable to the Code, managers and supervisors are responsible not only for making sure their employees understand these principles but also for reporting and helping to correct violations.

Each Pentair supervisor and manager must be an example for those in their group. They must know this Code of Business Conduct & Ethics, other Pentair policies and procedures and any business unit policies that apply to their area of responsibility, and they must make sure that the employees on their teams understand them.

Managers and supervisors must also know how to recognize potential integrity and compliance issues that may affect their areas. In addition, they must create and maintain a workplace where employees, consultants and contractors know that they are expected to act ethically and legally.

Employees

Everyone has a responsibility to report in a timely fashion any violations of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics. Employees may raise good faith questions or concerns about any ethical or legal issue without fear of retaliation. The same applies to employees who participate in investigations of potential violations. Retaliation means taking actions that are materially adverse to an employee as a result of that employee reporting his/her good faith concerns or participating in investigations of potential violations. This includes actions that could deter someone from making or supporting reports of potential violations, whether or not the actions result in a loss of pay, benefits, or any other privileges of employment, and whether or not they are related to employment or the workplace. The Company expects employees to cooperate fully in any investigation of a potential violation.

Employees who need guidance on a legal or ethical question or who know about an illegal or unethical activity should seek the counsel of their supervisor. If they are uncomfortable approaching the supervisor, employees should consult higher management or the Company’s Legal Department.

Employees who are not comfortable approaching their supervisors also may use the Pentair Helpline, a toll-free phone line or web address for reporting potential violations. Information may be given anonymously, and in all cases when legally possible the caller’s identity will be protected. All Ethics Helpline contact details can be found in the Resource Section of the Code on pages 17-18.


Certification

Pentair requires each employee to sign a statement certifying that they have received and read the Code and understand their responsibilities under it. Any questions related to the Code should be brought up with your supervisors. You may also use the Helpline for such questions. This certification is important because it states that the employee is not aware of any Code violations that they have not reported appropriately.

Investigations & Corrective Action

The Company will investigate all reports of alleged violations and will treat those reports confidentially to the extent consistent with corporate interests and legal obligations. If the results of an investigation indicate that corrective action is required, the Company will decide the appropriate steps to take, including employee discipline, dismissal and possible legal proceedings. If appropriate, Pentair may turn the investigation over to applicable outside authorities, and outside investigators may assist in the inquiry.

Response and Discipline for Violations

Each employee is responsible for conducting himself or herself according to legal and ethical standards. No one has the authority to make another employee violate the Company’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics, and any attempt to direct or otherwise influence someone else to commit a violation is a violation in itself. Employees who violate provisions outlined in this Code of Business Conduct & Ethics could be subject to appropriate disciplinary action, including termination.

Employees who violate this Code of Business Conduct & Ethics may also be subject to substantial criminal fines, prison terms and civil damages for also violating laws and government regulations.


Other Corporate Policies

Besides the general principles provided in this Code, Pentair has adopted detailed policies for specific guidance in a number of areas. These include policies for: Antitrust Compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance, Securities Trades by Pentair Personnel, Inventions, Trade Secrets & Proprietary Information and Use of Electronic Systems.

Copies of these policies are available through your local management or the Company’s Legal Department, who can answer any questions you have about them.