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): August 22, 2013

 

 

Medtronic, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Minnesota   1-7707   41-0793183

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

710 Medtronic Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(763) 514-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code):

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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)

 

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

Resignation of Jack Schuler

On August 22, 2013, the Board of Directors of Medtronic, Inc. (the “Company”) accepted Jack W. Schuler’s resignation as a Director, effective immediately, which was tendered by Mr. Schuler in accordance with the mandatory retirement provision of the Company’s Principles of Corporate Governance.

Approval of 2013 Medtronic Stock Award and Incentive Plan

On August 22, 2013, the shareholders of the Company approved the adoption of the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”), including the performance criteria and individual award limitations that govern certain awards thereunder. The 2013 Plan replaces the Company’s 2008 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”), which will remain in existence solely for the purpose of addressing the rights of holders of existing awards already granted under the 2008 Plan. The material features of the 2013 Plan are summarized herein and described more fully in the Company’s Proxy Statement, filed July 12, 2013. The following description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2013 Plan, the form of non-qualified stock option agreement, the forms of restricted stock unit award agreements, the Israeli Amendment to the 2013 Plan, the form of stock option agreement for Israeli employees and the form of restricted stock unit award agreement for Israeli employees, copies of which are attached to this Current Report as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Administration . Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) will administer the 2013 Plan.

Eligible Participants. The Committee may select any or all of the following classes of persons to be granted awards under the 2013 Plan:

 

   

Members of the Company’s Board of Directors;

 

   

Officers of, employees of, and consultants to the company and/or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; and

 

   

Individuals who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company, and/or from any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; provided, however, that no grant will be effective prior to the date on which such individual’s employment or consultancy commences.

Reserved Shares. Subject to certain adjustment provisions described in the 2013 Plan, the number of shares of Company common stock which are authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan is the sum of 50,000,000, plus (1) the number of shares that remained available for grant under the 2008 Plan as of August 22, 2013, equal to 22,121,596 shares, and (2) any shares which become available under certain predecessor plans (the “Predecessor Plans”). The maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options granted under the 2013 Plan is 75,000,000. The share reserve is “fungible,” with stock options and stock appreciation rights depleting the reserve on a one-to-one basis, while other, “full value” awards deplete the share reserve on a three-to-one basis.

To the extent that any award under the 2013 Plan, the 2008 Plan or the Predecessor Plans is forfeited, terminates, expires, lapses or is settled in cash, the shares subject to such award not delivered as a result thereof shall again become available for awards under the 2013 Plan. In addition, shares of Company common stock withheld by, or previously acquired shares tendered to, the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an award other than a stock option or stock appreciation right shall again become available for issuance under the 2013 Plan. However, the following shares will not again become available for issuance under the 2013 Plan: (1) any shares which would have been issued upon any exercise of a stock option but for the fact that the exercise price was paid by a “net exercise” as defined in the 2013 Plan or any previously acquired shares tendered by a participant in payment of the exercise price of a stock option; (2) any shares withheld by the Company or previously acquired shares tendered by a Participant to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to a stock option or a stock appreciation right (but not other awards); (3) shares covered by a stock appreciation right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the stock appreciation right upon its exercise; and (4) shares that are repurchased by the Company using stock option exercise proceeds.


Individual Maximum. No individual participant may be granted (1) stock options and stock appreciation rights under the 2013 Plan relating to more than 2,000,000 shares during any fiscal year and (2) awards other than stock options and stock appreciation rights under the 2013 Plan relating to more than 2,000,000 shares during any fiscal year. For purposes of the individual limits, each share issued pursuant to awards under the 2013 Plan is counted as one share. With respect to awards that result in the payment of cash amounts upon the attainment of certain performance goals, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer may not be paid more than $20,000,000 in respect of such awards during any fiscal year and no other individual participant may be paid more than $10,000,000 in respect of such awards during any fiscal year, including any amounts earned during such fiscal year and deferred.

Awards. The 2013 Plan will allow the Company to grant awards based on shares of Company common stock, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, unrestricted stock, restricted stock units, other stock-based awards, performance-based restricted stock, and performance units. The 2013 Plan will also allow the Company to grant awards denominated in cash that are payable upon the attainment of performance goals established by the Committee. Generally, performance awards under the 2013 Plan will be subject to a minimum performance period of one year, and restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards will be subject to a minimum ratable vesting period of three years. Dividend and dividend equivalents may not be paid or accrue on unearned performance awards, stock option or stock appreciation rights. All awards under the 2013 Plan are subject to the Company’s recoupment policy and other obligations of the Company with respect to the clawback of incentive compensation.

Performance-Based Compensation. The Committee may determine that a performance-based award is intended to be exempt from the limits on deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). In such cases, in order to meet the requirements for that exemption, the goals must be based on one or more of the following criteria set forth in the 2013 Plan: sales, net sales, revenue, revenue growth or product revenue growth, operating income (before or after taxes), return on invested capital, return on capital employed, pre- or after-tax income (before or after allocation or corporate overhead and bonus), net earnings, earnings per share, diluted earnings per share, consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before any or all of the following: interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), net income, gross profit, gross margin, year-end cash, debt reductions, book value per share, return on equity, expense management, return on investment, improvements in capital structure, profitability of an identifiable business unit or product, maintenance or improvements of profit margins, stock price, market share, costs, cash flow, working capital, return on assets or net assets, asset turnover, inventory turnover, economic value added (economic profit) or equivalent metrics, comparison with various stock market indices, appreciation in and/or maintenance of share price, reductions in costs, regulatory achievements, implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development, products or projects and recruiting or maintaining personnel, and total shareholder return; each as measured with respect to the Company or one or more affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, business units, or business segments of the Company, either in absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more other companies or an index covering multiple companies. The 2013 Plan provides that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that one or more objectively determinable adjustments shall be made to one or more of the performance goals. For all awards intended to qualify for exemption under Code Section 162(m), such determinations shall be made within the time prescribed by, and otherwise in compliance with, Code Section 162(m).

Change of Control. Unless otherwise provided in an award agreement, upon a change of control (as defined in the 2013 Plan), each award granted under the 2013 Plan will immediately vest in full and become exercisable and transferable unless the award is replaced by a qualifying replacement award that satisfies certain conditions set forth in the 2013 Plan. In the case of performance awards, awards that are not replaced will be deemed to be earned and payable, adjusted pro rata for the amount of the performance period that has elapsed as of the date of the change of control, based on the greater of the applicable target level or the level of achievement of the applicable performance goals through the date of the change of control.


Replacement awards must be of the same type as the replaced award, have a value at least equal to that of the replaced award, if the underlying replaced award was an equity-based award, relate to publicly traded securities, and have terms and conditions no less favorable to the participant than the replaced award. Also, replacement awards must become fully vested and, if applicable, exercisable and free of restrictions, upon the termination of a participant’s employment, by the Company without cause or by the participant for good reason (as each is defined in the 2013 Plan), during the two years following the date of the change of control. Any options or stock appreciation rights held by the participant as of the change of control, or granted pursuant to a replacement award, will remain exercisable following such a termination until the earlier of (1) the third anniversary of the change of control and (2) the expiration of the term of the option or stock appreciation right.

Amendments. The Company’s Board of Directors, or the Committee, may amend, alter, or discontinue the 2013 Plan, but no amendment, alteration, or discontinuation may be made that would materially impair the rights of a participant with respect to a previously granted award without the participant’s consent, except such an amendment made to comply with applicable law, including, without limitation, Code Section 409A, Code Section 162(m), Code Section 422, stock exchange rules or accounting rules. In addition, no amendment may be made without the approval of Company shareholders to the extent that such approval is required by applicable law or by the listing standards of the applicable exchange.

The Committee may unilaterally amend the terms of outstanding awards subject to the limitations set forth in the 2013 Plan. The Committee’s authority to accelerate the exercisability or vesting or otherwise terminate restrictions relating to an award may be exercised only in connection with a participant’s death, disability or retirement, in connection with a change of control, or to the extent such actions involve an aggregate number of shares not in excess of 5% of the number of shares available for awards.

Effective Date; Term . The 2013 Plan was effective as of June 20, 2013 and has a term of ten years.

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

On August 22, 2013, Medtronic, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to: (1) elect eleven directors each for a one-year term; (2) ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2014; (3) approve, in a non-binding advisory vote, named executive officer compensation; (4) approve the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan; (5) amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to provide for a majority vote in uncontested elections of directors; (6) amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow changes to the size of the board of directors upon the affirmative vote of a simple majority of shares; (7) amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow removal of a director upon the affirmative vote of a simple majority of shares; (8) amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow amendments to Section 5.3 of Article 5 upon the affirmative vote of a simple majority of shares; and (9) amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to eliminate the “Fair Price Provision.”

At the close of business on July 1, 2013, the record date of the Annual Meeting, the Company had 1,007,500,635 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The holders of a total of 851,521,922 shares of common stock were present at the Annual Meeting, either in person or by proxy, which total constituted a majority of the issued and outstanding shares on the record date of the Annual Meeting.

The final voting results and the votes used to determine the results for each proposal are set forth below:

 

  1. The shareholders elected each of the eleven nominees to the Board of Directors to serve for one-year terms, as follows:


     For      For (Percent
of Shares
Voted)
    Withheld      Withheld
(Percent
of Shares
Voted)
    Broker Non-Vote  

Richard H. Anderson

     748,577,605         98.73     9,630,091         1.27     93,314,226   

Scott C. Donnelly

     753,544,733         99.39     4,662,963         0.61     93,314,226   

Victor J. Dzau, M.D.

     671,265,482         88.53     86,942,214         11.47     93,314,226   

Omar Ishrak

     736,755,351         97.17     21,452,345         2.83     93,314,226   

Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.

     685,527,102         90.41     72,680,594         9.59     93,314,226   

Michael O. Leavitt

     753,841,282         99.42     4,366,414         0.58     93,314,226   

James T. Lenehan

     753,679,579         99.40     4,528,117         0.60     93,314,226   

Denise M. O’Leary

     748,805,603         98.76     9,402,093         1.24     93,314,226   

Kendall J. Powell

     746,777,057         98.49     11,430,639         1.51     93,314,226   

Robert C. Pozen

     749,457,628         98.85     8,750,068         1.15     93,314,226   

Preetha Reddy

     753,275,792         99.35     4,931,904         0.65     93,314,226   

 

  2. The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Voted
 

For

     840,649,071         98.72

Against

     9,300,561         1.09

Abstain

     1,572,290         0.18

 

  3. The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation awarded to the Company’s named executive officers.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Voted
 

For

     738,772,965         97.43

Against

     15,938,237         2.10

Abstain

     3,496,494         0.46

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         N/A   


  4. The shareholders approved the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Voted
 

For

     669,939,517         88.35

Against

     86,193,664         11.36

Abstain

     2,074,515         0.27

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         N/A   

 

  5. The shareholders did not approve the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to provide for a majority vote in uncontested elections of directors.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

For

     753,120,766         74.75

Against

     3,439,837         0.34

Abstain

     1,647,093         0.16

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         9.26

 

  6. The shareholders did not approve the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow changes to the size of the board of directors upon the affirmative vote of a simple majority of shares.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

For

     752,146,281         74.65

Against

     4,127,903         0.40

Abstain

     1,933,512         0.19

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         9.26

 

  7. The shareholders did not approve the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow removal of a director upon the affirmative vote of a simple majority of shares.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

For

     753,435,495         74.78

Against

     3,145,679         0.31

Abstain

     1,626,522         0.16

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         9.26


  8. The shareholders did not approve the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to allow amendments to Section 5.3 of Article 5 upon the affirmative vote of a simple majority of shares.

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

For

     750,539,218         74.49

Against

     4,674,928         0.46

Abstain

     2,993,550         0.29

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         9.26

 

  9. The shareholders approved the proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to eliminate the “Fair Price Provision.”

 

     Votes      Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

For

     734,850,216         72.93

Against

     16,999,932         1.68

Abstain

     6,357,548         0.63

Broker Non-Vote

     93,314,226         9.26

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired: None.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information: None.

(c) Shell Company Transactions: None.

(d) Exhibits:

 

10.1 Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

 

10.2 Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

 

10.3 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (U.S. Employees)

 

10.4 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Non-U.S. Employees)

 

10.5 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Time-Based)

 

10.6 Medtronic, Inc. Israeli Amendment to the 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

 

10.7 Form of Stock Option Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Israeli Employees)

 

10.8 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Israeli Employees)


SIGNATURES

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

 

   

MEDTRONIC, INC.

Date: August 27, 2013     By   /s/ Gary L. Ellis
      Gary L. Ellis
      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

Medtronic, Inc.

Form 8-K Current Report

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1    2013 Medtronic, Inc. Stock Award and Incentive Plan
10.2    Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
10.3    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (U.S. Employees)
10.4    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Non-U.S. Employees)
10.5    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Time-Based)
10.6    Medtronic, Inc. Israeli Amendment to the 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
10.7    Form of Stock Option Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Israeli Employees)
10.8    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Israeli Employees)

Exhibit 10.1

MEDTRONIC, INC.

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

Section 1. Purpose; Definitions.

1.1 Purpose. The purpose of this Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (this “Plan”) is to give the Company and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries (each as defined below) a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining, and motivating officers, employees, directors, and consultants, to provide the ability for the Company to provide such individuals with financial rewards that are intended to be deductible to the maximum extent possible as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (as defined below), and to provide the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates with an incentive plan that gives officers, employees, directors, and consultants financial incentives directly linked to shareholder value. This Plan is intended to serve as the Company’s primary vehicle for equity compensation awards and long-term cash incentive awards for employees, directors, and other service providers, as well as annual bonus awards for the Company’s executive officers. Following the date that this Plan is approved by the Company’s shareholders, no further equity compensation awards shall be granted pursuant to any other Company plan (it being understood that outstanding awards under such plans will continue to be settled pursuant to the terms of such plans).

1.2 Definitions. Certain terms used herein have definitions given to them in the first place in which they are used. In addition, for purposes of this Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

(a) “Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, any regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor thereto.

(b) “Administrator” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

(c) “Affiliate” means a corporation or other entity controlled by, controlling, or under common control with, the Company.

(d) “Applicable Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange or such other securities exchange as may at the applicable time be the principal market for the Common Stock.


(e) “Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Stock-Based Award, or Performance Award granted pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

(f) “Award Agreement” means a written document or agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of a specific Award.

(g) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given in Rule 13d-3, promulgated pursuant to the Act.

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

(i) “Cause” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) “Cause” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the applicable Participant is a party and which is operative at the time in question, or (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement, or if it does not define “Cause”: (A) commission by the Participant of a felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (B) failure on the part of the Participant to perform such Participant’s employment duties in any material respect, (C) the Participant’s prolonged absence from duty without the consent of the Company, (D) intentional engagement by the Participant in any activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the business or other interests of the Company, or (E) willful misconduct or malfeasance of duty which is reasonably determined to be detrimental to the Company. Notwithstanding the general rule of Section 2.3, following a Change of Control, any determination by the Committee as to whether “Cause” exists shall be subject to de novo review.

(j) “Change of Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.

(k) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, regulations promulgated thereunder, and other relevant interpretive guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department. Reference to any specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include such regulations and guidance, as well as any successor provision of the Code.

(l) “Committee” means a committee or subcommittee of the Board, appointed from time to time by the Board, which committee or subcommittee shall consist of two or more non-employee directors, each of whom is intended to be, to the extent required by Rule 16b-3, a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 and, to the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code and any regulations promulgated thereunder, an “outside director” as defined under Section 162(m) of the Code. Initially, and unless and until otherwise determined by the Board, “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.


(m) “Common Stock” means common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company.

(n) “Company” means Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation.

(o) “Disaffiliation” means a Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s ceasing to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spinoff or sale by the Company, of the stock of the Subsidiary or Affiliate) or a sale of a division of the Company or its Affiliates.

(p) “Eligible Individuals” means directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, and prospective employees, officers and consultants, who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; provided however, that no grant shall be effective prior to the date on which such individual’s employment or consultancy commences.

(q) “Fair Market Value” means, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the Applicable Exchange on the date of measurement or, if Shares were not traded on the Applicable Exchange on such measurement date, on the next preceding date on which Shares were traded, all as reported by such source as the Committee may select. If the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in its good faith discretion, taking into account, to the extent appropriate, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(r) “Free-Standing SAR” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.

(s) “Full-Value Award” means any Award other than an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, or Performance Cash Award.

(t) “Good Reason” for termination means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, a Termination of Employment during the two-year period following a Change of Control by a Participant if (i) such Termination of Employment constitutes a termination for “good reason” or qualifies under any similar constructive termination provision, in either case, in any Individual Agreement applicable to such Participant, or (ii) if the Participant is not party to any such Individual Agreement, or if such Individual Agreement does not contain


such a provision, any Termination of Employment following the occurrence of: (A) an involuntary relocation that increases the Participant’s commute by more than 50 miles from the commute in effect immediately prior to the applicable Change of Control, (B) a material reduction in either the Participant’s base pay or in the Participant’s overall compensation opportunity from the levels in effect immediately prior to the applicable Change of Control or (C) a material reduction in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities below the levels in effect immediately prior to the applicable Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Termination of Employment shall be deemed to be for Good Reason under clause (ii) of this Section 1.2(t) only if the Participant provides written notice to the Company of the existence of one or more of the conditions giving rise to Good Reason within 90 days of the initial existence of such condition, the Company fails to cure such condition during the 30-day period (the “ Cure Period “) following its receipt of such notice, and the Participant terminates employment within 180 days following the conclusion of the Cure Period.

(u) “Grant Date” means (i) the date on which the Committee (or its delegate, if applicable) takes action to select an Eligible Individual to receive a grant of an Award and determines the number of Shares to be subject to such Award, or (ii) such later date as is provided by the Committee (or its delegate, if applicable).

(v) “Incentive Stock Option” means any Option that is designated in the applicable Award Agreement as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto, and that in fact qualifies.

(w) “Individual Agreement” means an employment, consulting, severance, change of control, or similar agreement between a Participant and the Company or between the Participant and any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates. For purposes of this Plan, an Individual Agreement shall be considered “operative” during its term; provided , that an Individual Agreement under which severance or other substantive protections, compensation and/or benefits are provided only following a change of control or termination of employment in anticipation of a change of control shall not be considered “operative” until the occurrence of a Change of Control or Termination of Employment in anticipation of a Change of Control, as the case may be.

(x) “ISO Eligible Employee” means an employee of the Company, any subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code) of the Company, or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code) of the Company.

(y) “Nonqualified Option” means any Option that either (i) is not designated as an Incentive Stock Option or (ii) is so designated but fails to qualify as such.


(z) “Option” means an Award granted under Section 5.1.

(aa) “Other Stock-Based Awards” means Awards of Common Stock and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based upon, Common Stock, including (without limitation) unrestricted stock, dividend equivalents, and convertible debentures.

(bb) “Other Stock-Based Performance Award” shall have the meaning given in Section 8.

(cc) “Participant” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award is or has been granted.

(dd) “Performance Award” means a Performance Cash Award, an Other Stock-Based Performance Award, an Award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock, or Performance Units, as each is defined herein.

(ee) “Performance-Based Restricted Stock” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.1.

(ff) “Performance Cash Award” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.

(gg) “Performance Goals” means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of a Performance Award. In the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, (i) such Performance Goals shall be based on the attainment of or changes in specified levels of one or more of the following measures: sales, net sales, revenue, revenue growth or product revenue growth, operating income (before or after taxes), return on invested capital, return on capital employed, pre- or after-tax income (before or after allocation or corporate overhead and bonus), net earnings, earnings per share, diluted earnings per share, consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before some or all of the following: interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), net income, gross profit, gross margin, year-end cash, debt reductions, book value per share, return on equity, expense management, return on investment, improvements in capital structure, profitability of an identifiable business unit or product, maintenance or improvements of profit margins, stock price, market share, costs, cash flow, working capital, return on assets or net assets, asset turnover, inventory turnover, economic value added (economic profit) or equivalent metrics, comparison with various stock market indices, appreciation in and/or maintenance of share price, reductions in costs, regulatory achievements, implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect


to research, development, products or projects and recruiting or maintaining personnel, and total shareholder return; each as measured with respect to the Company or one or more Affiliates, Subsidiaries, divisions, business units, or business segments of the Company, either in absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more other companies or an index covering multiple companies; (ii) such Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee in the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder; (iii) such Performance Goals shall be objective, preestablished performance goals within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (iv) the achievement of such Performance Goals shall be certified in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

(hh) “Performance Period” means that period established by the Committee at the time any Performance Award is granted or at any time thereafter during which any Performance Goal specified by the Committee with respect to such Award is to be measured.

(ii) “Performance Units” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.1.

(jj) “Plan” means this Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as hereafter amended from time to time.

(kk) “Predecessor Plans” means the Company’s Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Award Plan, the Medtronic, Inc. 1998 Outside Director Stock Compensation Plan, the Medtronic, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan, the Medtronic, Inc. – Kyphon Inc. 2002 Stock Plan, the Medtronic, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the Medtronic, Inc. 2008 Stock Award and Incentive Plan.

(ll) “Qualified Performance-Based Award” means an Award intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, as provided in Section 11.

(mm) “Replaced Award” shall have the meaning given in Section 10.1.

(nn) “Replacement Award” shall have the meaning given in Section 10.1.

(oo) “Restricted Stock” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.

(pp) “Restricted Stock Units” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.


(qq) “Restriction Period” means, with respect to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, the period commencing with the Grant Date and ending upon the expiration of the applicable vesting conditions or the achievement of the applicable Performance Goals (it being understood that the Committee may provide that restrictions shall lapse with respect to portions of the applicable Award during the Restriction Period).

(rr) “Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.

(ss) “Share” means a share of Common Stock.

(tt) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.

(uu) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other entity during any period in which at least a 50% voting or profits interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any successor to the Company.

(vv) “Substitute Award” means any Award granted in assumption of, or in substitution for, an award of a company or business (that is not, prior to the applicable transaction, a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company) acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate or with which the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate combines.

(ww) “Tandem SAR” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.

(xx) “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person owning stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, any subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code), or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code).

(yy) “Term” means the maximum period during which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may remain outstanding, subject to earlier termination upon Termination of Employment or otherwise, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.


(zz) “Termination of Employment” means, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, the termination of the applicable Participant’s employment with, or performance of services for, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant employed by, or performing services for, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate or a division of the Company or its Affiliates shall be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if, as a result of a Disaffiliation, such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division ceases to be a Subsidiary, Affiliate or division, as the case may be, and the Participant does not immediately become an employee of, or service provider for, the Company or another Subsidiary or Affiliate. Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation, or leave of absence, and transfers among the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, shall not be considered Terminations of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, “Termination of Employment” shall mean a “separation from service” as defined under Section 409A of the Code.

Section 2. Administration.

2.1 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee or a duly designated Administrator, as defined herein. The Committee shall, subject to Section 11, have plenary authority to grant Awards to Eligible Individuals pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Among other things, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan:

(a) To select the Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may be granted;

(b) To determine whether and to what extent Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Other Stock-Based Awards, or Performance Awards, or any combination thereof, are to be granted hereunder;

(c) To determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted under the Plan;

(d) To determine the terms and conditions of each Award granted hereunder, based on such factors as the Committee shall determine;

(e) Subject to Section 12, to modify, amend, or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award;

(f) To adopt, alter, or repeal such administrative rules, guidelines, and practices governing the Plan as the Committee shall from time to time deem advisable;


(g) To interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreement relating thereto);

(h) Subject to Sections 11 and 12, to accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any outstanding Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion may determine;

(i) To decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;

(j) To determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, and other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award under this Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant; and

(k) To otherwise administer the Plan.

2.2 Committee Procedures; Board Authority. The Committee shall exercise its authority under the Plan as follows:

(a) The Committee may act only with the assent of a majority of its members then in office, except that the Committee may, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the listing standards of the Applicable Exchange and subject to Section 11.3, allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it (the “ Administrator “). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may not so delegate any responsibility or power to the extent that such delegation would cause a Qualified Performance-Based Award hereunder not to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, or make any Award hereunder subject to (and not exempt from) the short-swing recovery rules of Section 16(b) of the Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may not delegate its responsibilities and powers to grant, establish the terms and conditions of, and otherwise administer Qualified Performance-Based Awards, nor its responsibilities and powers to grant and establish the terms and conditions of Awards to Participants who are subject to Section 16(b) (as defined in Section 11.4 below).

(b) Subject to Section 11.3, any authority granted to the Committee may also be exercised by the full Board. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Committee, the Board action shall control.


2.3 Discretion of Committee. Subject to Section 1.2(i), any determination made by the Committee or by the Administrator under the provisions of the Plan with respect to any Award shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or the Administrator at the time of the grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan, at any time thereafter. All decisions made by the Committee or the Administrator shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Company, Participants, and Eligible Individuals, and by accepting an Award under the Plan, each Participant acknowledges that all decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding on the Participant, his or her beneficiaries and any other person having a claim or an interest in the Award.

2.4 Award Agreements. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the terms and conditions of each Award, as determined by the Committee, shall be set forth in a written Award Agreement. Award Agreements may be amended only in accordance with Section 12 hereof.

Section 3. Common Stock Subject to Plan.

3.1 Plan Maximums. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.4, (a) the maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be the sum of (i) 50,000,000 Shares, (ii) any Shares which are available for grant as of August 22, 2013 under the Medtronic, Inc. 2008 Stock Award and Incentive Plan and (iii) any Shares relating to Predecessor Plans which become available for grants under the Plan pursuant to Section 3.2; and (b) the maximum number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be 50,000,000. Shares subject to an Award under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or may be treasury Shares.

3.2 Rules for Calculating Shares Issued. For purposes of the limits set forth in Section 3.1 (but not for purposes of the limits set forth in Section 3.3), each Share that is subject to a Full-Value Award shall be counted as 3.0 Shares. To the extent that any Award under this Plan or the Predecessor Plans is forfeited, or any Option and related Tandem SAR or any Free-Standing SAR granted under this Plan or the Predecessor Plans terminates, expires, or lapses without being exercised, or any Award is settled for cash, the Shares subject to such Awards not delivered as a result thereof shall thereupon become available (in the case of Full-Value Awards, based upon the share-counting ratio set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.2) for Awards under the Plan. In the event that any Shares of Common Stock are withheld by the Company or previously acquired Shares are tendered (either actually or by attestation) by a Participant to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Award other than an Option or SAR, then the Shares so tendered or withheld shall automatically again become available for issuance under the Plan and correspondingly increase the total number of Shares available for issuance under Section 3.1 in accordance with the same ratio specified in this Section 3.2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.2, the following Shares will not again become available for issuance under the Plan: (a) any Shares which would have been issued upon any exercise of an Option but for the fact that the exercise price was paid by a “net exercise” pursuant to Section 5.8(c) or any previously acquired Shares tendered (either


actually or by attestation) by a Participant in payment of the exercise price of an Option; (b) any Shares withheld by the Company or previously acquired Shares tendered (either actually or by attestation) by a Participant to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Option or SAR (but not other Awards); (c) Shares covered by a SAR that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the SAR upon its exercise; and (d) Shares that are repurchased by the Company using Option exercise proceeds. In addition, in the case of any Substitute Award, Shares delivered or deliverable in connection with such Substitute Award shall not be deemed granted or issued under the Plan for purposes of Sections 3.1 or 3.3.

3.3 Individual Limits. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.4, no Participant may be granted (a) Options and Stock Appreciation Rights relating to more than 2,000,000 Shares under the Plan during any fiscal year and (b) Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights relating to more than 2,000,000 Shares under the Plan during any fiscal year. In addition to the foregoing, the maximum dollar value that may be paid to any Participant in Qualified Performance-Based Awards denominated in cash in any fiscal year shall be $20,000,000 for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and $10,000,000 for each other Participant, including any amounts earned during such fiscal year and deferred. If an Award is cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted towards the limitations set forth in this Section 3.3.

3.4 Adjustment Provision. The Committee shall have authority to make adjustments under the Plan as provided below:

(a) In the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, separation, spinoff, Disaffiliation, extraordinary dividend of cash or other property, or similar event affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a “ Corporate Transaction “), the Committee, or the Board shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (i) the aggregate number and kind of Shares or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (ii) the various maximum share limitations set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.3, (iii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards, and (iv) the exercise price of outstanding Awards. Any fractional Shares resulting from such adjustment shall be eliminated. Any adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

(b) In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, share combination, recapitalization, or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Company, the Committee or the Board shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (i) the aggregate number and kind of Shares or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Plan, (ii) the various share maximum limitations set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.3, (iii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards, and (iv) the exercise price of outstanding Awards. Any fractional Shares resulting from such adjustment shall be eliminated. Any adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.


(c) In the case of Corporate Transactions, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (i) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property, or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value (if any) of such Awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion (it being understood that, in the case of a Corporate Transaction with respect to which shareholders of Common Stock receive consideration other than publicly traded equity securities of the Surviving Corporation (as defined below in Section 10.2), any such determination by the Committee that the value of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each Share pursuant to such Corporate Transaction over the exercise price of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall conclusively be deemed valid), (ii) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company) for the Shares subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) in connection with a Disaffiliation, arranging for the assumption of Awards, or replacement of Awards with new awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company), by the affected Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division of the Company or by the entity that controls such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division of the Company following such Corporate Transaction (as well as any corresponding adjustments to Awards that remain based upon Company securities). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Committee determines that, as of the date of the Corporate Transaction, the Award has no value, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment.

(d) The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that one or more objectively determinable adjustments shall be made to one or more of the Performance Goals. Such adjustments may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: (i) items related to a change in accounting principle; (ii) items relating to financing activities; (iii) expenses for restructuring or productivity initiatives; (iv) other non-operating items; (v) items related to acquisitions; (vi) items attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the Performance Period; (vii) items related to the disposal or sale of a business or segment of a business; (viii) items related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under applicable accounting standards; (ix) items attributable to any stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of stock occurring during the Performance Period; (x) any other items of significant income or expense which are determined to be appropriate adjustments; (xi) items relating to unusual or extraordinary corporate transactions, events or developments, (xii) items related to amortization of acquired intangible assets; (xiii) items that are outside the scope of the Company’s core, on-going business activities; (xiv) items related to acquired in-process research and development; (xv) items relating to changes in tax laws; (xvi) items relating to major licensing or partnership arrangements; (xvii) items relating to asset impairment charges; (xviii) items relating to gains or losses for litigation, arbitration and contractual settlements; or (xix) items relating to any other unusual or


nonrecurring events or changes in applicable laws, accounting principles or business conditions. For all Awards intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, such determinations shall be made within the time prescribed by, and otherwise in compliance with, Section 162(m) of the Code.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 3.4 to Awards that are considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and (b) any adjustments made pursuant to Section 3.4 to Awards that are not considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that, after such adjustment, the Awards either (i) continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code, or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

Section 4. Eligibility.

4.1 Eligible Individuals; Incentive Stock Options. Awards may be granted under the Plan to Eligible Individuals; provided, that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code).

Section 5. Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

5.1 Types of Options. Options may be of two types: Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Options. The Award Agreement for an Option shall indicate whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Option; provided, that any Option that is designated as an Incentive Stock Option but fails to meet the requirements therefor (as described in Section 5.2 or otherwise), and any Option that is not expressly designated as intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Option.

5.2 Incentive Stock Option Limitations. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value, determined at the time of grant, of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time during any calendar year under the Plan or any other stock option plan of the Company, any subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code), or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code) exceeds $100,000, Options relating to such Shares in excess of the limit shall be deemed Nonqualified Options. If an ISO Eligible Employee does not remain employed by the Company, any subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code), or parent corporation (within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code) at all times from the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted until 3 months prior to the date of exercise thereof (or such other period as required by applicable law), such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. Should any provision of the Plan not be necessary in order for any Options to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, or should any additional provisions be required, the Committee may amend the Plan accordingly, without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the shareholders of the Company.


5.3 Types and Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be “Tandem SARs”, which are granted in conjunction with an Option, or “ Free-Standing SARs “, which are not granted in conjunction with an Option. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash, Shares, or both, in value equal to the product of (a) the excess of the Fair Market Value of one Share over the exercise price of the applicable Stock Appreciation Right, multiplied by (b) the number of Shares in respect of which the Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised. The applicable Award Agreement shall specify whether such payment is to be made in cash or Common Stock or both, or shall reserve to the Committee or the Participant the right to make that determination prior to or upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right.

5.4 Tandem SARs. A Tandem SAR may be granted at the Grant Date of the related Option. A Tandem SAR shall be exercisable only at such time or times and to the extent that the related Option is exercisable in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5, and shall have the same exercise price as the related Option. A Tandem SAR shall terminate or be forfeited upon the exercise or forfeiture of the related Option, and the related Option shall terminate or be forfeited upon the exercise or forfeiture of the Tandem SAR.

5.5 Exercise Price. Except in respect of Replacement Awards or Substitute Awards, the exercise price per Share subject to an Option or Free-Standing SAR shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date; provided, that if an Incentive Stock Option is granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, the exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the applicable Grant Date.

5.6 Term. The Term of each Option and each Free-Standing SAR shall be fixed by the Committee, but shall not exceed 10 years from the Grant Date.

5.7 Vesting and Exercisability. Except as otherwise provided herein, Options and Free-Standing SARs shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee. Subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, in no event shall the vesting schedule of an Option or Free-Standing SAR provide that such Option or Free-Standing SAR vest prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date. The minimum vesting periods specified in the preceding sentence shall not apply: (A) to Awards made in payment of earned performance-based Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation; (B) upon a termination of employment due to death, disability or retirement; (C) upon a Change of Control; (D) to a Substitute Award that does not reduce the vesting period of the award being replaced; or (E) to Awards involving an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not in excess of five percent of the Shares available for grant as Options or Free-Standing SARs.


5.8 Method of Exercise. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5, Options and Free-Standing SARs may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time during the applicable Term by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Shares as to which the Option or Free-Standing SAR is being exercised. In the case of the exercise of an Option, such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the purchase price (which shall equal the product of such number of shares multiplied by the applicable exercise price) and an amount equal to any federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes. If approved by the Committee (which approval may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise), payment, in full or in part, may be made by certified or bank check or such other instrument or such other method as the Company may accept, as follows:

(a) Payment may be made in the form of Shares (by delivery of such shares or by attestation) of the same class as the Common Stock subject to the Option already owned by the Participant (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Option is exercised); provided that, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the right to make a payment in the form of already owned Shares of the same class as the Common Stock subject to the Option may be authorized only at the time the Option is granted.

(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, payment may be made by delivering a properly executed exercise notice to the Company, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay the purchase price, and the amount of any federal, state, local, or foreign withholding taxes. To facilitate the foregoing, the Company may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, enter into agreements for coordinated procedures with one or more brokerage firms.

(c) Payment may be made by instructing the Company to withhold a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the applicable Option is exercised) equal to the product of (i) the exercise price multiplied by (ii) the number of Shares in respect of which the Option shall have been exercised and an amount equal to any federal, state, local and/or foreign withholding taxes.

5.9 Delivery; Rights of Shareholders. No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to the exercise of an Option until the exercise price therefor has been fully paid and applicable taxes have been withheld. The applicable Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company holding the class or series of Common Stock that is subject to the Option or Stock Appreciation Right (including, if applicable, the right to vote the applicable Shares and the right to receive dividends), when (a) the Company has received a written notice from the Participant of exercise that complies with all procedures established under this Plan for effective exercise, including, without limitation, completion and delivery of all required forms, (b) the Participant has, if requested, given the representation described in Section 15.1, and (c) in the case of an Option, the Participant has paid in full for such Shares.


5.10 Nontransferability of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. No Option or Free-Standing SAR shall be transferable by a Participant other than, for no value or consideration, (a) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (b) in the case of a Nonqualified Option or Free-Standing SAR, as otherwise expressly permitted by the Committee including, if so permitted, pursuant to a transfer to the Participant’s family members, whether directly or indirectly or by means of a trust or partnership or otherwise. For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, “family member” shall have the meaning given to such term in General Instructions A.1(a)(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. A Tandem SAR shall be transferable only with the related Option and only to the extent the Option is transferable pursuant to the preceding sentence. Any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable, subject to the terms of this Plan, only by the applicable Participant, the guardian or legal representative of such Participant, or any person to whom such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is permissibly transferred pursuant to this Section 5.10, it being understood that the term “Participant” includes such guardian, legal representative and other transferee; provided , that the term “Termination of Employment” shall continue to refer to the Termination of Employment of the original Participant.

5.11 No Dividend or Dividend Equivalents. No dividend or other distribution or award of dividend equivalents may be granted with respect to any Option or SAR granted under this Plan.

5.12 No Repricing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan other than Section 3.4, the Committee may not, without prior approval of the Company’s stockholders, seek to effect any repricing of any previously granted, “underwater” Option or SAR by: (i) amending or modifying the terms of the Option or SAR to lower the exercise price; (ii) canceling the underwater Option or SAR and granting either replacement Options or SARs having a lower exercise price; or other Awards or cash in exchange; or (iii) repurchasing the underwater Options or SARs. For purposes of this Section 5.12, an Option or SAR will be deemed to be “underwater” at any time when the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock is less than the exercise price of the Option or SAR.

Section 6. Restricted Stock (Including Performance-Based Restricted Stock).

6.1 Nature of Award; Certificates. Shares of Restricted Stock are actual Shares issued to a Participant, and shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates or delivery to an account in the Participant’s name at a broker designated by the Company. “ Performance-Based Restricted Stock “ is an Award of Shares of Restricted Stock, the vesting of which is subject to the attainment of Performance Goals. In the event that the Committee grants Shares of Performance-Based Restricted Stock, the performance levels to be achieved for each Performance Period and the amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee. Any certificate issued in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the applicable Participant and, in the case of Restricted Stock, shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to


such Award. The Committee may require that the certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed and that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the applicable Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Common Stock covered by such Award.

6.2 Terms and Conditions. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) The Committee shall, prior to or at the time of grant, condition the vesting or transferability of an Award of Restricted Stock upon the continued service of the applicable Participant or the attainment of Performance Goals, or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant. In the event that the Committee conditions the grant or vesting of an Award of Restricted Stock upon the attainment of Performance Goals (or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant), the Committee may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate such an Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. The conditions for grant, vesting, or transferability and the other provisions of Restricted Stock Awards (including without limitation any Performance Goals applicable to Performance-Based Restricted Stock) need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

(b) Subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, any Award of Restricted Stock shall be subject to a vesting period of at least three years following the date of grant, provided that vesting during a period of at least one year following the date of grant is permissible if vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals, and provided , further, that an Award may vest in part on a pro rata basis (as specified in the applicable Award Agreement) prior to the expiration of any vesting period. The minimum vesting periods specified in the preceding sentence shall not apply: (A) to Awards made in payment of earned performance-based Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation; (B) upon a termination of employment due to death, disability or retirement; (C) upon a Change of Control; (D) to a Substitute Award that does not reduce the vesting period of the award being replaced; or (E) to Awards involving an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not in excess of five percent of Shares available for grant as Restricted Stock (together with all other Shares available for grant as Full-Value Awards). Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, during the Restriction Period, the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise encumber Shares of Restricted Stock.


(c) If any applicable Performance Goals and/or continued service periods are satisfied and the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Shares of Restricted Stock for which legended certificates have been issued, either (i) unlegended certificates for such Shares shall be delivered to the Participant upon surrender of the legended certificates, or (ii) such Shares shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or delivery to an account in the Participant’s name at a broker designated by the Company.

6.3 Rights of Shareholder. Except as provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the applicable Participant shall have, with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company holding the class or series of Common Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock, including, if applicable, the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any dividends and other distributions, provided, however, that in no event shall a dividend or other distribution or dividend equivalent be paid on Performance-Based Restricted Stock until all applicable Performance Goals have been attained and the Award has vested.

Section 7. Restricted Stock Units (Including Performance Units).

7.1 Nature of Award. Restricted Stock Units are Awards denominated in Shares that will be settled, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Award Agreement, (a) in cash, based upon the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares, (b) in Shares, or (c) a combination thereof. “ Performance Units “ are Restricted Stock Units, the vesting of which are subject to the attainment of Performance Goals. In the event that the Committee grants Performance Units, the performance levels to be achieved for each Performance Period and the amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee.

7.2 Terms and Conditions. Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) The Committee shall, prior to or at the time of grant, condition the grant, vesting, or transferability of Restricted Stock Units upon the continued service of the applicable Participant or the attainment of Performance Goals, or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant. In the event that the Committee conditions the grant or vesting of Restricted Stock Units upon the attainment of Performance Goals (or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant), the Committee may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate such an Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. The conditions for grant, vesting or transferability and the other provisions of Restricted Stock Units (including without limitation any Performance Goals applicable to Performance Units) need not be the same with respect to each Participant. An Award of Restricted Stock Units shall be settled as and when the Restricted Stock Units vest or at a later time specified by the Committee or in accordance with an election of the Participant, if the Committee so permits.


(b) Subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, any Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to a vesting period of at least three years following the date of grant, provided that vesting during a period of at least one year following the date of grant is permissible if vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals, and provided , further, that Restricted Stock Units may vest in part on a pro rata basis (as specified in the applicable Award Agreement) prior to the expiration of any vesting period. The minimum vesting periods specified in the preceding sentence shall not apply: (A) to Awards made in payment of earned performance-based Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation; (B) upon a termination of employment due to death, disability or retirement; (C) upon a Change of Control; (D) to a Substitute Award that does not reduce the vesting period of the award being replaced; or (E) to Awards involving an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not in excess of five percent of Shares available for grant as Restricted Stock Units (together with all other Shares available for grant as Full-Value Awards).

(c) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, during the period, if any, set by the Committee, during the Restriction Period the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise encumber Restricted Stock Units.

(d) The Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units may specify whether, to what extent, and on what terms and conditions the applicable Participant shall be entitled to receive current or deferred payments of cash, Shares, or other property corresponding to the dividends payable on the Company’s Stock (subject to Section 15.5 below), provided, however, that in no event shall a dividend or other distribution or dividend equivalent be paid on a Performance Unit until all applicable Performance Goals have been attained and the Award has vested.


Section 8. Other Stock-Based Awards (Including Other Stock-Based Performance Awards). Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted under the Plan, provided that any Other Stock-Based Awards that are Awards of Common Stock that are unrestricted shall only be granted in lieu of other compensation due and payable to the Participant. “Other Stock-Based Performance Awards” are Other Stock-Based Awards, the vesting of which is subject to the attainment of Performance Goals. In the event that the Committee grants Other Stock-Based Performance Awards, the performance levels to be achieved for each Performance Period and the amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee. Subject to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, any Other Stock-Based Award that is a Full-Value Award (and is not an Award of unrestricted stock) shall be subject to a vesting period of at least three years following the Grant Date; provided that a vesting period of at least one year is permissible if vesting is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals, and provided , further, that any Other Stock-Based Award may vest in part on a pro rata basis prior to the expiration of any vesting period. The minimum vesting periods specified in the preceding sentence shall not apply: (A) to Awards made in payment of earned performance-based Awards and other earned cash-based incentive compensation; (B) upon a termination of employment due to death, disability or retirement; (C) upon a Change of Control; (D) to a Substitute Award that does not reduce the vesting period of the award being replaced; or (E) to Awards involving an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not in excess of five percent of Shares available for grant as Other Stock Based-Awards that are Full-Value Awards (together with all other Shares available for grant as Full-Value Awards). In no event shall a dividend or other distribution or dividend equivalent be paid on an Other-Stock Based Award that is conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals until all applicable Performance Goals have been attained and the Award has vested.

Section 9. Performance Cash Awards. Performance Cash Awards may be issued under the Plan, for no cash consideration or for such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law, either alone or in addition to other Awards. A “Performance Cash Award” is an Award entitling the recipient to payment of a cash amount subject to the attainment of Performance Goals. The Committee may, in connection with the grant of a Performance Cash Award, designate the Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. The conditions for grant or vesting and the other provisions of a Performance Cash Award (including without limitation any applicable Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each Participant. Performance Cash Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. The performance levels to be achieved for each Performance Period and the amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively determined by the Committee.

Section 10. Change of Control Provisions.

10.1 Impact of Event. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 10 shall apply in the event of a Change of Control, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement.


(a) Upon a Change of Control, (i) all then-outstanding Options and SARs shall become fully vested and exercisable, and any Full-Value Award (other than a Performance Award) shall vest in full, be free of restrictions, and be deemed to be earned and immediately payable in an amount equal to the full value of such Award, except in each case to the extent that another Award meeting the requirements of Section 10.1(b) (any award meeting the requirements of Section 10.1(b), a “ Replacement Award “) is provided to the Participant pursuant to Section 3.4 to replace such Award (any award intended to be replaced by a Replacement Award, a “ Replaced Award “), and (ii) any Performance Award that is not replaced by a Replacement Award shall be deemed to be earned and immediately payable in an amount equal to the full value of such Performance Award (with all applicable Performance Goals deemed achieved at the greater of (x) the applicable target level and (y) the level of achievement of the Performance Goals for the Award as determined by the Committee not later than the date of the Change of Control, taking into account performance through the latest date preceding the Change of Control as to which performance can, as a practical matter, be determined (but not later than the end of the Performance Period)) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the applicable Performance Period before the date of the Change of Control, and the denominator of which is the number of days in the applicable Performance Period; provided, however, that such fraction shall be equal to one in the event that the applicable Performance Goals in respect of such Performance Award have been fully achieved as of the date of such Change of Control.

(b) An Award shall meet the conditions of this Section 10.1(b) (and hence qualify as a Replacement Award) if: (i) it is of the same type as the Replaced Award; (ii) it has a Fair Market Value at least equal to the value of the Replaced Award as of the date of the Change of Control; (iii) if the underlying Replaced Award was an equity-based award, it relates, following the Change of Control, to publicly traded equity securities of the Company or the Surviving Corporation or the ultimate parent company which results from the Change of Control; and (iv) its other terms and conditions are not less favorable to the Participant than the terms and conditions of the Replaced Award (including the provisions that would apply in the event of a subsequent Change of Control) as of the date of the Change of Control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Replacement Award may take the form of a continuation of the applicable Replaced Award if the requirements of the preceding sentence are satisfied. The determination whether the conditions of this Section 10.1(b) are satisfied shall be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change of Control, in its sole discretion.

(c) Upon a Termination of Employment of a Participant occurring in connection with or during the two years following the date of a Change of Control, by the Company other than for Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason, (i) all Replacement Awards held by such Participant shall vest in full, be free of restrictions, and be deemed to be earned and immediately payable in an amount equal to the full value of such Replacement Award, and (ii) all Options and SARs held by the Participant immediately before the Termination of Employment that the Participant held as of the date of the Change of Control or that constitute Replacement Awards shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (1) the third anniversary of the Change of Control and (2) the expiration of the stated Term of such Option or SAR; provided, that if the applicable Award Agreement provides for a longer period of exercisability, that provision shall control.


10.2 Definition of Change of Control. For purposes of the Plan, a “Change of Control” shall mean any of the following events:

(a) Any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Act) (a “Person”) becomes the Beneficial Owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Act) or 30% or more of either (i) the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “ Outstanding Company Common Stock “) or (ii) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities “); provided that, for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (1) an acquisition directly from the Company; (2) an acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary; (3) an acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary; (4) any acquisition by an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (5) an acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections 10.2(c)(i), 10.2(c)(ii), and 10.2(c)(iii) below;

(b) Individuals who, on the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be considered an Incumbent Director; but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board; or

(c) The consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation (or similar corporate transaction) involving the Company or a Subsidiary, the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity (a “ Business Combination “), unless immediately following such Business Combination: (i) substantially all of the individuals and entities who were Beneficial Owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination


beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the total voting power of (A) the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the “ Surviving Corporation “) or (B) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 80% or more of the voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation (the “ Parent Corporation “), in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately prior to the Business Combination, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation), is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock and the total voting power of the outstanding securities eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the Board of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) following the consummation of the Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination; or

(d) Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

10.3 Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, (a) this Section 10 shall be applicable only to the extent specifically provided in the Award Agreement and as permitted pursuant to Section 11.6; and (b) in respect of any Award subject to Section 409A of the Code, to the extent required to avoid an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, in no event shall a Change of Control be treated as having occurred if such event is not a “change in control event” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

Section 11. Qualified Performance-Based Awards; Performance Cash Awards.

11.1 Qualified Performance-Based Awards. The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder to any Participant who is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) in the tax year in which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is expected to be deductible to the Company qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and all such Awards shall therefore be considered Qualified Performance-Based Awards and this Plan shall be interpreted and operated consistent with that intention. When granting any Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Committee may designate such Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, based upon a determination that (a) the recipient is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) with respect to such Award, and (b) the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and the terms of any such Award (and of the grant thereof) shall be consistent with such designation. Within 90 days after the commencement of a Performance Period or, if earlier, prior to the expiration of 25% of a Performance Period, the Committee will designate one or more Performance Periods, determine the Participants for the Performance Periods, and establish the Performance Goals for the Performance Periods on terms consistent with Section 1.2(ff)(iii).


11.2 Performance Goals and Other Conditions. Each Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right) shall be earned, vested, and/or payable (as applicable) upon the achievement of one or more Performance Goals, together with the satisfaction of any other conditions, such as continued employment, as the Committee may determine to be appropriate. Moreover, no Qualified Performance-Based Award may be amended, nor may the Committee exercise any discretionary authority it may otherwise have under this Plan with respect to a Qualified Performance-Based Award under this Plan, in any manner that would cause the Qualified Performance-Based Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption; provided , that (i) the Committee may provide, either in connection with the grant of the applicable Award or by amendment thereafter, that achievement of such Performance Goals will be waived upon the death or disability of the Participant (or under any other circumstance with respect to which the existence of such possible waiver will not cause the Award to fail to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption), and (ii) the provisions of Section 10 shall apply notwithstanding this Section 11.2.

11.3 Limits on Board and Administrator Authority. Neither the full Board nor the Administrator shall be permitted to exercise authority granted to the Committee to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority to or by the Board or the Administrator would cause an Award designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award not to qualify for, or to cease to qualify for, the Section 162(m) Exemption.

11.4 Section 16(b) . The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that no transaction under the Plan is subject to (and not exempt from) the short-swing recovery rules of Section 16(b) of the Act (“ Section 16(b) “). Accordingly, the composition of the Committee shall be subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions pursuant to this Plan to be exempt (pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Act) from Section 16(b), and no delegation of authority by the Committee shall be permitted if such delegation would cause any such transaction to be subject to (and not exempt from) Section 16(b).

11.5 Awards Valid Notwithstanding Committee Composition. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if for any reason the appointed Committee does not meet the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m) of the Code, such noncompliance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 and Section 162(m) of the Code shall not affect the validity of Awards, grants, interpretations of the Plan, or other actions of the Committee.


11.6 Section 409A of the Code.

(a) It is the intention of the Company that no Award shall be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, unless and to the extent that the Committee specifically determines otherwise as provided in the immediately following sentence, and the Plan and the terms and conditions of all Awards shall be interpreted accordingly. The terms and conditions governing any Awards that the Committee determines will be subject to Section 409A of the Code, including any rules for elective or mandatory deferral of the delivery of cash or Shares pursuant thereto and any rules regarding treatment of such Awards in the event of a Change of Control, shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall comply in all respects with Section 409A of the Code. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalty that may be imposed on a Participant by Section 409A of the Code or damages for failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

(b) The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent subject thereto, and accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Plan shall be interpreted and administered to be in compliance therewith. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, a Participant shall not be considered to have terminated employment with the Company for purposes of any payments under the Plan which are subject to Section 409A of the Code until the Participant has incurred a “separation from service” from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Each amount to be paid or benefit to be provided under this Plan shall be construed as a separate identified payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. Without limiting the foregoing and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent required in order to avoid an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, amounts that would otherwise be payable and benefits that would otherwise be provided pursuant to this Plan during the six-month period immediately following a Participant’s separation from service shall instead be paid on the first business day after the date that is six months following the Participant’s separation from service (or, if earlier, the Participant’s date of death). The Company makes no representation that any or all of the payments described in this Plan will be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to any such payment.

Section 12. Term, Amendment, and Termination.

12.1 Effectiveness. The Plan was approved by the Board on June 20, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), subject to and contingent upon approval by the shareholders of the Company.

12.2 Termination. The Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. Awards outstanding as of such termination date shall not be affected or impaired by the termination of the Plan.

12.3 Amendment of Plan. The Board or the Committee may amend, alter, or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment, alteration, or discontinuation shall be made which would materially impair the rights of any Participant with respect to a previously granted Award without such Participant’s consent, except such an amendment made to comply with applicable law, including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code, Section 162(m) of the Code,


Section 422 of the Code, stock exchange rules or accounting rules. In addition, no such amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s shareholders to the extent that such approval is required by applicable law or by the listing standards of the Applicable Exchange.

12.4 Amendment of Awards. Subject to Section 5.12, the Committee may unilaterally amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted; provided, however, that no such amendment shall cause a Qualified Performance-Based Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. Subject to the foregoing, the amendment authority of the Committee shall include, without limitation, the authority to modify the number of Shares or other terms and conditions of an Award; extend the term of an Award; accelerate the exercisability or vesting or otherwise terminate any restrictions relating to an Award; accept the surrender of any outstanding Award; and, to the extent not previously exercised or vested, authorize the grant of new Awards in substitution for surrendered Awards; provided, however that (a) the amended or modified terms are permitted by the Plan as then in effect; (b) any Participant adversely affected by such amended or modified terms shall have consented to such amendment or modification unless such amendment is necessary to comply with applicable law, including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code, Section 162(m) of the Code, Section 422 of the Code, stock exchange rules or accounting rules; and (c) the authority to accelerate the exercisability or vesting or otherwise terminate restrictions relating to an Award may be exercised only in connection with a Participant’s death, disability or retirement, in connection with a Change of Control, or to the extent such actions involve an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not in excess of 5% of the number of shares available for Awards.

Section 13. Forfeiture.

13.1 Forfeiture. All Awards under this Plan shall be subject to forfeiture or other penalties pursuant (a) to the Medtronic, Inc. Incentive Compensation Forfeiture Policy, as amended from time to time, and (b) such other forfeiture and/or penalty conditions and provisions as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

13.2 Effect of Change of Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement or required by applicable law, this Section 13 shall not be applicable to any Participant following a Change of Control.


Section 14. Unfunded Status of Plan. Unfunded Status; Committee Authority. It is presently intended that the Plan will constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. The Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Shares or make payments; provided , that unless the Committee otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan .

Section 15. General Provisions.

15.1 Conditions for Issuance. The Committee may require each Participant purchasing or receiving Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the Shares without a view to the distribution thereof. The certificates for such Shares may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or agreements made pursuant thereto, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (a) listing or approval for listing upon notice of issuance of such Shares on the Applicable Exchange, (b) any registration or other qualification of such Shares of the Company under any state or federal law or regulation, or the maintaining in effect of any such registration or other qualification which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion upon the advice of counsel, deem necessary or advisable, and (c) obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion after receiving the advice of counsel, determine to be necessary or advisable.

15.2 Additional Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for its employees.

15.3 No Contract of Employment. The Plan shall not constitute a contract of employment, and adoption of the Plan shall not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the employment of any employee at any time.

15.4 Required Taxes. No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of a Participant for federal, state, local, or foreign income or employment or other tax purposes with respect to any Award under the Plan, such Participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount. Unless otherwise determined by the Company, withholding obligations may be settled with Shares, including Shares that are part of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement, having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to [the minimum amount (and not any greater amount)] required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Committee establishes. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditioned on such payment or arrangements, and the


Company and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to such Participant. The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate, including making irrevocable elections, for the settlement of withholding obligations with Common Stock.

15.5 Limit on Dividend Reinvestment and Dividend Equivalents. Reinvestment of dividends in additional Restricted Stock Units to be settled in Shares, and the payment of Shares with respect to dividends to Participants holding Awards of Restricted Stock Units, shall only be permissible if sufficient Shares are available under Section 3 for such reinvestment or payment (taking into account then outstanding Awards). In the event that sufficient Shares are not available for such reinvestment or payment, such reinvestment or payment shall be made in the form of a grant of Restricted Stock Units equal in number to the Restricted Stock Units or Shares that would have been obtained by such payment or reinvestment, the terms of which Restricted Stock Units shall provide for settlement in cash and for dividend equivalent reinvestment in further Restricted Stock Units on the terms contemplated by this Section 15.5.

15.6 Written Materials; Electronic Documents. Electronic documents may be substituted for any written materials required by the terms of the Plan, including, without limitation, Award Agreements.

15.7 Designation of Death Beneficiary. The Committee shall establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable in the event of such Participant’s death are to be paid or by whom any rights of such Participant after such Participant’s death may be exercised. If no beneficiary designation is in effect for a Participant at the time or his or her death, any such amounts shall be paid to, and any such rights may be exercised by, the estate of the Participant.

15.8 Subsidiary Employees. In the case of a grant of an Award to any employee of a Subsidiary of the Company, the Company may, if the Committee so directs, issue or transfer the Shares, if any, covered by the Award to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the employee in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. All Shares underlying Awards that are forfeited or canceled shall revert to the Company.

15.9 Governing Law. The Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without reference to principles of conflict of laws.

15.10 Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.10 or by the Committee, Awards under the Plan are not transferable except by will or by laws of descent and distribution.


15.11 Foreign Employees and Foreign Law Considerations. The Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States, who are United States citizens or resident aliens on global assignments in foreign nations, who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, or subplans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with such legal or regulatory provisions.

15.12 No Rights to Awards; Non-Uniform Determinations. No Participant or Eligible Individual shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan. The Company, its Affiliates, or the Committee shall not be obligated to treat Participants or Eligible Individuals uniformly, and determinations made under the Plan may be made by the Committee selectively among Participants and/or Eligible Individuals, whether or not such Participants and Eligible Individuals are similarly situated. Awards under a particular Section of the Plan need not be uniform between and among Participants.

15.13 Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare, or benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate unless provided otherwise in such plan.

15.14 Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

15.15 Titles and Headings. The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.

15.16 Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan.

15.17 Government and Other Regulations.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan:

(a) No Participant who acquires Shares pursuant to the Plan may, during any period of time that such Participant is an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of regulations promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ 1933 Act “)), offer or sell such Shares, unless such offer and sale are made (i) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, which is current and includes the Shares to be sold, or (ii) pursuant to an appropriate exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, such as that set forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act.


(b) If at any time the Committee shall determine that the registration, listing, or qualification of the Shares covered by an Award upon the Applicable Exchange or under any foreign, federal, state, or local law or practice, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Award or the purchase or receipt of Shares thereunder, no Shares may be purchased, delivered, or received pursuant to such Award unless and until such registration, listing, qualification, consent, or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any condition not acceptable to the Committee. Any Participant receiving or purchasing Shares pursuant to an Award shall make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may request to assure compliance with the foregoing or any other applicable legal requirements. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to the Committee’s determination that all related requirements have been fulfilled. The Company shall in no event be obligated to register any Shares or any other securities pursuant to the 1933 Act or applicable state or foreign law or to take any other action in order to cause the issuance and delivery of such certificates to comply with any such law, regulation, or requirement.

15.18 Additional Provisions. Each Award Agreement may contain such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine; provided that such other terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.

15.19 No Limitations on Rights of the Company. The grant of any Award shall not in any way affect the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. The Plan shall not restrict the authority of the Company, for proper corporate purposes, to draft, grant, or assume Awards, other than under the Plan, with respect to any person.

15.20 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

15.21 Blackout Periods. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or any Award to the contrary, the Company shall have the authority to establish any “blackout” period that the Company deems necessary or advisable with respect to any or all Awards.

Exhibit 10.2

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. The Option. Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to you, the individual named above, as of the above Grant Date, an option (the “Option”) to purchase the above number of shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), for the above Option Price Per Share, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) and in the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern. Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

2. Exercise of Option. The exercise of the Option is subject to the following conditions and restrictions:

 

  a. Expiration. Upon vesting of a portion of the Option, such portion may be exercised in whole or in part until the earlier of (i) the above Expiration Date, or (ii) the expiration of the applicable period following your Termination of Employment, as provided in Sections 2(c), (d) or (e) below.

 

  b. Schedule of Exercisability. The Option shall become vested and exercisable to the extent of     % of the above number of shares of Common Stock on                     . Once a portion of the Option has become exercisable, that portion may be exercised at any time thereafter, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 2(a) above.

 

  c. Death. Notwithstanding the schedule of exercisability set forth in Section 2(b) above, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in full upon your death, and may be exercised by your Successor (as defined below) at any time, or from time to time, within five years after the date of your death, subject to Section 2(g) below. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Successor” shall mean the legal representative of your estate or the person or persons who may, by bequest, inheritance or valid beneficiary designation (as provided in Section 15.7 of the Plan), acquire the right to exercise the Option

 

  d. Disability or Retirement. Notwithstanding the schedule of exercisability set forth in Section 2(b) above, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in full upon your Disability or Retirement (as each such term is defined below), and you may exercise your Option at any time, or from time to time, within five years after the date of Retirement or determination of Disability, subject to Section 2(g) below. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability” and “Retirement” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms under any retirement plan of the Company which is qualified under Section 401 of the Code (which currently provides for retirement on or after age 55, provided you have been employed by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates for at least ten years, or retirement on or after age 62), or under any disability or retirement plan of the Company or any Affiliate applicable to you due to employment by a non-U.S. Affiliate or employment in a non-U.S. location, or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

  e. Termination for Any Other Reason. In the event you incur a Termination of Employment for any reason other than those specified in Sections 2(c) and 2(d), any unvested portion of the Option will terminate as of 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date of your Termination of Employment. You may exercise that portion of the Option that was vested but unexercised as of the date of your Termination of Employment for thirty (30) days following the date of your Termination of Employment, subject to Section 2(g) below. At 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date that is 30 days after the date of your Termination of Employment, the Option will expire.

 

  f. Change of Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Option shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.1 of the Plan.


  g. Expiration of Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs (a)-(f), in no event shall the Option be exercisable after the Expiration Date.

 

3. Manner of Exercise. To exercise your Option, you must deliver notice of exercise (the “Notice”) to the administrator (the “Administrator”) designated by the Company to provide services relating to the administration of the Plan at the time of your exercise. The Notice must be given in the manner specified by the Administrator and must specify the number of shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) as to which the Option is being exercised and must be accompanied by payment of the purchase price for the Shares. Payment of the purchase price may be in cash, check, the delivery of Common Stock already owned by you, or a combination thereof. Payment of the purchase price may also be made by instructing the Company to withhold a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common stock on the date the applicable Option is exercised) equal to the product of (i) the exercise price multiplied by (ii) the number of Shares in respect of which the Option shall have been exercised.

Exercise shall be deemed to occur on the earlier of (i) the date the Notice and the purchase price for the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised are received by the Administrator and (ii) the date you simultaneously exercise the Option and sell the Shares, using the proceeds from such sale to pay the purchase price.

 

4. Withhold Taxes. You are responsible for payment of any federal, state, local or other taxes which must be withheld upon the exercise of the Option, and you must promptly pay to the Company any such taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries are authorized to deduct from any payment owed to you any taxes required to be withheld with respect to the Shares, including social security and Medicare (FICA) taxes and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from the exercise of the Option. The Company shall have the right to require the payment of any such taxes before issuing any Shares pursuant to an exercise of the Option. In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment, you may elect to have a portion of the Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option withheld by the Company to satisfy all or part of the withholding tax requirements relating to the Option exercise with such Shares valued in the same manner as used in computing such withholding taxes. Any fractional Share amount due relating to such tax withholding will be rounded up to the nearest whole Share and the additional amount will be added to your federal withholding.

 

5. Forfeitures. If you have received or been entitled to receive payment in cash, delivery of Common Stock or a combination thereof pursuant to this Agreement within the period beginning six months prior to the date of your Termination of Employment and ending twelve months following the date of your Termination of Employment, the Company, in its sole discretion, may require you to return or forfeit the cash and/or Common Stock received or receivable with respect to this Option (or its economic value as of the date of the exercise of the Option), in the event that you engage in any of the following activities:

 

  a. performing services for or on behalf of any competitor of, or competing with, the Company or any Affiliate, within six months of the date of your Termination of Employment;

 

  b. unauthorized disclosure of material proprietary information of the Company or any Affiliate;

 

  c. a violation of applicable business ethics policies or business policies of the Company or any Affiliate; or

 

  d. any other occurrence determined by the Committee.

The Company’s right to require forfeiture must be exercised not later than 90 days after the Company acquires actual knowledge of such an activity, but in no event later than twelve months after your Termination of Employment. Such right shall be deemed to be exercised upon the Company’s mailing written notice of such exercise to your most recent home address as shown on the personnel records of the Company. In addition to requiring forfeiture as described herein, the Company may exercise its rights under this Section 5 by preventing or terminating the exercise of any rights under this Option or the acquisition of Shares or cash thereunder.


If you fail or refuse to forfeit the cash and/or Shares demanded by the Company (the number of such shares of Common Stock as may be adjusted for any events described in Section 3.4 of the Plan), you shall be liable to the Company for damages equal to the number of Shares demanded times the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period between the date of your Termination of Employment and the date of any judgment or award to the Company, together with all costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company to enforce this provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5 shall have no application following a Change of Control, nor shall the Company’s Incentive Compensation Forfeiture Policy apply following a Change of Control to this Option or to any proceeds in respect of this Option.

 

6. Conversion to Stock Settled Appreciation Rights. At any time following the Grant Date, the Company may convert this Option to a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right. Upon exercise of a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right, you shall receive shares of Common Stock with a value equal to the excess of (1) the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over (2) the Option Price Per Share multiplied by the number of Shares.

 

7. Agreement. Your receipt of the Option and this Agreement constitutes your agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan.

Accompanying this Agreement are instructions for accessing the Plan and the Plan Summary (prospectus) from the Administrator’s Internet website or HROC – Stock Administration’s intranet website. You may also request written copies by contacting HROC—Stock Administration at 763.514.1500.

HROC—Stock Administration

Medtronic, Inc.

710 Medtronic Parkway NE MS LS195

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604

Exhibit 10.3

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Restricted Stock Units Award. Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), hereby awards to the individual named above Restricted Stock Units, in the number and on the Grant Date as each is set forth above. The Restricted Stock Units represent the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), subject to the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Unless otherwise defined in the Agreement, a capitalized term in the Agreement will have the same meaning as in the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.

 

2. Vesting & Distribution. The Restricted Stock Units will vest                     . The Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below)                     , provided that you have not incurred a Termination of Employment during the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the vesting date (the “Restricted Period”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if you incur a Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period as a result of your death, Disability or Retirement,                     the Company will issue you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below)                     . Upon your Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, the Restricted Stock Units will automatically be forfeited in full and canceled by the Company as of 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date of such Termination of Employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability” and “Retirement” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms, as of the date of this Agreement, under any retirement plan of the Company which is qualified under Section 401 of the Code (which currently provides for retirement on or after age 55, provided you have been employed by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates for at least ten years, or retirement on or after age 62), or under any disability or retirement plan of the Company or any Affiliate applicable to you due to employment by a non-U.S. Affiliate or employment in a non-U.S. location. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you incur a Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period as a result of your death, Disability, or Retirement, no Shares shall be delivered to you pursuant to this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the date on which you incur a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), or, if you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) at the time of such “separation from service,” on the date that is six months following the date of your “separation from service”; (ii) the originally scheduled vesting date for the applicable Restricted Stock Units; (iii) the date of your death; and (iv) the date on which you become “disabled” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code).

 

3. Forfeiture. If you have received or are entitled to receive delivery of Shares as a result of this Agreement within the period beginning six months prior to the date of your Termination of Employment and ending twelve months following the date of your Termination of Employment, the Company, in its sole discretion, may require you to return or forfeit the cash and/or Shares received or receivable with respect to this Restricted Stock Units award, in the event that you engage in any of the following activities:

 

  a. performing services for or on behalf of any competitor of, or competing with, the Company or any Affiliate, within six months of the date of your Termination of Employment;

 

  b. unauthorized disclosure of material proprietary information of the Company or any Affiliate;

 

  c. a violation of applicable business ethics policies or business policies of the Company or any Affiliate; or

 

  d. any other occurrence determined by the Committee.


The Company’s right to require forfeiture must be exercised not later than 90 days after the Company acquires actual knowledge of such an activity but in no event later than twelve months after your Termination of Employment. Such right shall be deemed to be exercised upon the Company’s mailing written notice of such exercise to your most recent home address as shown on the personnel records of the Company. In addition to requiring forfeiture as described herein, the Company may exercise its rights under this Section 3 by terminating the Restricted Stock Units awarded under this Agreement.

If you fail or refuse to forfeit the cash and/or shares of Common Stock demanded by the Company (the number of such shares of Common Stock as may be adjusted for any events described in Section 3.4 of the Plan), you shall be liable to the Company for damages equal to the number of Shares demanded times the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period between the date of your Termination of Employment and the date of any judgment or award to the Company, together with all costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company to enforce this provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3 shall have no application following a Change of Control, nor shall the Company’s Incentive Compensation Forfeiture Policy apply following a Change of Control to the Restricted Stock Units awarded pursuant to this Agreement or to any proceeds in respect of such award.

 

4. Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything in Section 2 of this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control of the Company occurs during the Restricted Period, then the Restricted Stock Units will become 100% vested upon such Change of Control, and the Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below) within six weeks following the Change of Control (unless such Change of Control is not an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereunder (a “Section 409A Change of Control”), in which case such settlement shall be delayed until the Delayed Payment Date (as defined below)), provided that no such vesting or issuance shall occur if the Restricted Stock Units are replaced or continued by a Replacement Award that satisfies the requirements of Section 10.1(b) of the Plan. In the event that the Restricted Stock Units are replaced by a Replacement Award and you incur a Termination of Employment during the two years following a Change of Control by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason, such Replacement Award shall vest in full and be settled on the Delayed Payment Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the Delayed Payment Date means the first to occur of: (i) the date on which you incur a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), or, if you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) at the time of such “separation from service,” on the date that is six months following the date of your “separation from service”; (ii) the originally scheduled vesting date for the applicable Restricted Stock Units; (iii) the date of your death; and (iv) the date of a Section 409A Change of Control.

 

5. Dividend Equivalents. You are entitled to receive dividend equivalents on the Restricted Stock Units generally in the same manner and at the same time as if each Restricted Stock Unit were a Share. These dividend equivalents will be credited to you in the form of additional Restricted Stock Units. The additional Restricted Stock Units will be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

6. Withhold Taxes. You are responsible to promptly pay any Social Security and Medicare taxes (together, “FICA”) due upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, and any Federal, State, and local taxes due upon distribution of the Shares. The Company and its Subsidiaries are authorized to deduct from any payment to you any such taxes required to be withheld. As described in Section 15.4 of the Plan, you may elect to have the Company withhold a portion of the Shares issued upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Units to satisfy all or part of the withholding tax requirements. You may also elect, at the time you vest in the Restricted Stock Units, to pay your FICA liability due with respect to those Restricted Stock Units out of those units. If you choose to do so, the Company will reduce the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units accordingly. The amount that is applied to pay FICA will be subject to Federal, State, and local taxes.


7. Limitation of Rights. Except as set forth in the Agreement, until the Shares are issued to you in settlement of your Restricted Stock Units, you do not have any right in, or with respect to, any Shares (including any voting rights) by reason of this Agreement. Further, you may not transfer or assign your rights under the Agreement and you do not have any rights in the Company’s assets that are superior to a general, unsecured creditor of the Company by reason of this Agreement.

 

8. No Employment Contract. Nothing contained in the Plan or Agreement creates any right to your continued employment or otherwise affects your status as an employee at will. You hereby acknowledge that the Company and you each have the right to terminate your employment at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.

 

9. Amendment to Agreement Under Section 409A of the Code. You acknowledge that the Agreement and the Plan, or portions thereof, may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, and that changes may need to be made to the Agreement to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. You agree that following the issuance of such rules, the Company may amend this Agreement as it deems necessary or desirable to avoid such adverse tax consequences; provided, however, that the Company shall accomplish such amendments in a manner that preserves your intended benefits under the Agreement to the greatest extent possible.

 

10. Agreement. You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. Your signature is not required in order to make this Agreement effective.

Accompanying this Agreement are instructions for accessing the Plan and the Plan Summary (prospectus) from the Administrator’s Internet website or HROC – Stock Administration’s intranet website. You may also request written copies by contacting HROC—Stock Administration at 763.514.1500.

HROC—Stock Administration

Medtronic, Inc.

710 Medtronic Parkway NE MS LS195

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604

Exhibit 10.4

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Restricted Stock Units Award. Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), hereby awards to the individual named above Restricted Stock Units, in the number and on the Grant Date as each is set forth above. The Restricted Stock Units represent the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), subject to the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Unless otherwise defined in the Agreement, a capitalized term in the Agreement will have the same meaning as in the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.

 

2. Vesting & Distribution. The Restricted Stock Units will vest                     . The Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below)                     , provided that you have not incurred a Termination of Employment during the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the vesting date (the “Restricted Period”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if you incur a Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period as a result of your death, Disability or Retirement,                     the Company will issue you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below                     . Upon your Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, the Restricted Stock Units will automatically be forfeited in full and canceled by the Company as of 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date of such Termination of Employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability” and “Retirement” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms under any retirement plan of the Company which is qualified under Section 401 of the Code (which currently provides for retirement on or after age 55, provided you have been employed by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates for at least ten years, or retirement on or after age 62), or under any disability or retirement plan of the Company or any Affiliate applicable to you due to employment by a non-U.S. Affiliate or employment in a non-U.S. location, or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

3. Forfeiture. If you have received or are entitled to receive delivery of Shares as a result of this Agreement within the period beginning six months prior to the date of your Termination of Employment and ending twelve months following the date of your Termination of Employment, the Company, in its sole discretion, may require you to return or forfeit the cash and/or Shares received or receivable with respect to this Restricted Stock Units award, in the event that you engage in any of the following activities:

 

  a. performing services for or on behalf of any competitor of, or competing with, the Company or any Affiliate, within six months of the date of your Termination of Employment;

 

  b. unauthorized disclosure of material proprietary information of the Company or any Affiliate;

 

  c. a violation of applicable business ethics policies or business policies of the Company or any Affiliate; or

 

  d. any other occurrence determined by the Committee.

The Company’s right to require forfeiture must be exercised not later than 90 days after the Company acquires actual knowledge of such an activity but in no event later than twelve months after your Termination of Employment. Such right shall be deemed to be exercised upon the Company’s mailing written notice of such exercise to your most recent home address as shown on the personnel records of the Company. In addition to requiring forfeiture as described herein, the Company may exercise its rights under this Section 3 by terminating the Restricted Stock Units awarded under this Agreement.


If you fail or refuse to forfeit the cash and/or shares of Common Stock demanded by the Company (the number of such shares of Common Stock as may be adjusted for any events described in Section 3.4 of the Plan), you shall be liable to the Company for damages equal to the number of Shares demanded times the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period between the date of your Termination of Employment and the date of any judgment or award to the Company, together with all costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company to enforce this provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3 shall have no application following a Change of Control, nor shall the Company’s Incentive Compensation Forfeiture Policy apply following a Change of Control to the Restricted Stock Units awarded pursuant to this Agreement or to any proceeds in respect of such award.

 

4 . Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything in Section 2 of this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control of the Company occurs during the Restricted Period, then the Restricted Stock Units will become 100% vested upon such Change of Control, and the Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below) within six weeks following the Change of Control (unless such Change of Control is not an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereunder (a “Section 409A Change of Control”), in which case such settlement shall be delayed until the Delayed Payment Date (as defined below)), provided that no such vesting or issuance shall occur if the Restricted Stock Units are replaced or continued by a Replacement Award that satisfies the requirements of Section 10.1(b) of the Plan. In the event that the Restricted Stock Units are replaced by a Replacement Award and you incur a Termination of Employment during the two years following a Change of Control by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason, such Replacement Award shall vest in full and be settled on the Delayed Payment Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the Delayed Payment Date means the first to occur of: (i) the date on which you incur a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), or, if you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) at the time of such “separation from service,” on the date that is six months following the date of your “separation from service”; (ii) the originally scheduled vesting date for the applicable Restricted Stock Units; (iii) the date of your death; and (iv) the date of a Section 409A Change of Control.

 

5. Dividend Equivalents. You are entitled to receive dividend equivalents on the Restricted Stock Units generally in the same manner and at the same time as if each Restricted Stock Unit were a Share. These dividend equivalents will be credited to you in the form of additional Restricted Stock Units. The additional Restricted Stock Units will be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

6. Withhold Taxes. You are responsible to promptly pay any Social Security and Medicare taxes (together, “FICA”) due upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, and any Federal, State, and local taxes due upon distribution of the Shares. The Company and its Subsidiaries are authorized to deduct from any payment to you any such taxes required to be withheld. As described in Section 15.4 of the Plan, you may elect to have the Company withhold a portion of the Shares issued upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Units to satisfy all or part of the withholding tax requirements. You may also elect, at the time you vest in the Restricted Stock Units, to pay your FICA liability due with respect to those Restricted Stock Units out of those units. If you choose to do so, the Company will reduce the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units accordingly. The amount that is applied to pay FICA will be subject to Federal, State, and local taxes.

 

7. Limitation of Rights. Except as set forth in the Agreement, until the Shares are issued to you in settlement of your Restricted Stock Units, you do not have any right in, or with respect to, any Shares (including any voting rights) by reason of this Agreement. Further, you may not transfer or assign your rights under the Agreement and you do not have any rights in the Company’s assets that are superior to a general, unsecured creditor of the Company by reason of this Agreement.

 

8. No Employment Contract. Nothing contained in the Plan or Agreement creates any right to your continued employment or otherwise affects your status as an employee at will. You hereby acknowledge that the Company and you each have the right to terminate your employment at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.


9. Amendment to Agreement Under Section 409A of the Code. You acknowledge that the Agreement and the Plan, or portions thereof, may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, and that changes may need to be made to the Agreement to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. You agree that following the issuance of such rules, the Company may amend this Agreement as it deems necessary or desirable to avoid such adverse tax consequences; provided, however, that the Company shall accomplish such amendments in a manner that preserves your intended benefits under the Agreement to the greatest extent possible.

 

10. Agreement. You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. Your signature is not required in order to make this Agreement effective.

Accompanying this Agreement are instructions for accessing the Plan and the Plan Summary (prospectus) from the Administrator’s Internet website or HROC – Stock Administration’s intranet website. You may also request written copies by contacting HROC—Stock Administration at 763.514.1500.

HROC—Stock Administration

Medtronic, Inc.

710 Medtronic Parkway NE MS LS195

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604

Exhibit 10.5

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Restricted Stock Units Award . Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), hereby awards to the individual named above Restricted Stock Units, in the number and on the Grant Date as each is set forth above. The Restricted Stock Units represent the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), subject to the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Unless otherwise defined in the Agreement, a capitalized term in the Agreement will have the same meaning as in the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.

 

2. Vesting and Distribution . The Restricted Stock Units will vest 100% on the             anniversary of the Grant Date. The Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below) within six weeks following any vesting date, provided that you have not incurred a Termination of Employment during the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the vesting date (the “Restricted Period”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if you incur a Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period as a result of your death, Disability or Retirement, you will vest in your Restricted Stock Units on a pro rata basis (based on the length of time you were employed during the Restricted Period), and the Company will issue you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below) within six weeks following your separation from service. Upon your Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, the Restricted Stock Units will automatically be forfeited in full and canceled by the Company as of 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date of such Termination of Employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability” and “Retirement” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms, as of the date of this Agreement, under any retirement plan of the Company which is qualified under Section 401 of the Code (which currently provides for retirement on or after age 55, provided you have been employed by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates for at least ten years, or retirement on or after age 62), or under any disability or retirement plan of the Company or any Affiliate applicable to you due to employment by a non-U.S. Affiliate or employment in a non-U.S. location. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you incur a Termination of Employment during the Restricted Period as a result of your death, Disability, or Retirement, no Shares shall be delivered to you pursuant to this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the date on which you incur a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), or, if you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) at the time of such “separation from service,” on the date that is six months following the date of your “separation from service”; (ii) the originally scheduled vesting date for the applicable Restricted Stock Units; (iii) the date of your death; and (iv) the date on which you become “disabled” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code).

 

3. Forfeitures . If you have received or are entitled to receive delivery of Shares as a result of this Agreement within the period beginning six months prior to the date of your Termination of Employment and ending twelve months following the date of your Termination of Employment, the Company, in its sole discretion, may require you to return or forfeit the cash and/or Shares received or receivable with respect to this Restricted Stock Units award, in the event that you engage in any of the following activities:

 

  a. performing services for or on behalf of any competitor of, or competing with, the Company or any Affiliate, within six months of the date of your Termination of Employment;


  b. unauthorized disclosure of material proprietary information of the Company or any Affiliate;

 

  c. a violation of applicable business ethics policies or business policies of the Company or any Affiliate; or

 

  d. any other occurrence determined by the Committee.

The Company’s right to require forfeiture must be exercised not later than 90 days after the Company acquires actual knowledge of such an activity but in no event later than twelve months after your Termination of Employment. Such right shall be deemed to be exercised upon the Company’s mailing written notice of such exercise to your most recent home address as shown on the personnel records of the Company. In addition to requiring forfeiture as described herein, the Company may exercise its rights under this Section 3 by terminating the Restricted Stock Units awarded under this Agreement.

If you fail or refuse to forfeit the cash and/or shares of Common Stock demanded by the Company (the number of such shares of Common Stock as may be adjusted for any events described in Section 3.4 of the Plan), you shall be liable to the Company for damages equal to the number of Shares demanded times the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period between the date of your Termination of Employment and the date of any judgment or award to the Company, together with all costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company to enforce this provision.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3 shall have no application following a Change of Control, nor shall the Company’s Incentive Compensation Forfeiture Policy apply following a Change of Control to the Restricted Stock Units awarded pursuant to this Agreement or to any proceeds in respect of such award.

 

4. Change of Control . Notwithstanding anything in Section 2 of this Agreement to the contrary, if a Change of Control of the Company occurs during the Restricted Period, then the Restricted Stock Units will become 100% vested upon such Change of Control, and the Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 5, below) within six weeks following the Change of Control (unless such Change of Control is not an event described in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereunder (a “Section 409A Change of Control”), in which case such settlement shall be delayed until the Delayed Payment Date (as defined below)), provided that no such vesting or issuance shall occur if the Restricted Stock Units are replaced or continued by a Replacement Award that satisfies the requirements of Section 10.1(b) of the Plan. In the event that the Restricted Stock Units are replaced by a Replacement Award and you incur a Termination of Employment during the two years following a Change of Control by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason, such Replacement Award shall vest in full and be settled on the Delayed Payment Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the Delayed Payment Date means the first to occur of: (i) the date on which you incur a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), or, if you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code) at the time of such “separation from service,” on the date that is six months following the date of your “separation from service”; (ii) the originally scheduled vesting date for the applicable Restricted Stock Units; (iii) the date of your death; and (iv) the date of a Section 409A Change of Control.

 

5. Dividend Equivalents . You are entitled to receive dividend equivalents on the Restricted Stock Units generally in the same manner and at the same time as if each Restricted Stock Unit were a Share. These dividend equivalents will be credited to you in the form of additional Restricted Stock Units. The additional Restricted Stock Units will be subject to the terms of this Agreement.


6. Withholding Taxes . You are responsible to promptly pay any Social Security and Medicare taxes (together, “FICA”) due upon vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, and any Federal, State, and local taxes due upon distribution of the Shares. The Company and its Subsidiaries are authorized to deduct from any payment to you any such taxes required to be withheld. As described in Section 15.4 of the Plan, you may elect to have the Company withhold a portion of the Shares issued upon settlement of the Restricted Stock Units to satisfy all or part of the withholding tax requirements. You may also elect, at the time you vest in the Restricted Stock Units, to pay your FICA liability due with respect to those Restricted Stock Units out of those units. If you choose to do so, the Company will reduce the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units accordingly. The amount that is applied to pay FICA will be subject to Federal, State, and local taxes.

 

7. Limitation of Rights . Except as set forth in the Agreement, until the Shares are issued to you in settlement of your Restricted Stock Units, you do not have any right in, or with respect to, any Shares (including any voting rights) by reason of this Agreement. Further, you may not transfer or assign your rights under the Agreement and you do not have any rights in the Company’s assets that are superior to a general, unsecured creditor of the Company by reason of this Agreement.

 

8. No Employment Contract . Nothing contained in the Plan or Agreement creates any right to your continued employment or otherwise affects your status as an employee at will. You hereby acknowledge that the Company and you each have the right to terminate your employment at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.

 

9. Amendments to Agreement Under Section 409A of the Code . You acknowledge that the Agreement and the Plan, or portions thereof, may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, and that changes may need to be made to the Agreement to avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. You agree that following the issuance of such rules, the Company may amend this Agreement as it deems necessary or desirable to avoid such adverse tax consequences; provided, however, that the Company shall accomplish such amendments in a manner that preserves your intended benefits under the Agreement to the greatest extent possible.

 

10. Agreement . You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan. Your signature is not required in order to make this Agreement effective.

Accompanying this Agreement are instructions for accessing the Plan and the Plan Summary (prospectus) from the Plan administrator’s Internet website or HROC–Stock Administration’s intranet website. You may also request written copies by contacting HROC—Stock Administration at 763.514.1500.

HROC—Stock Administration,

Medtronic, Inc.

710 Medtronic Parkway NE, MS LS195

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604

Exhibit 10.6

MEDTRONIC, INC.

ISRAELI AMENDMENT

To The 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

 

1. GENERAL

 

  1.1 This Amendment (the “Amendment”) shall apply only to Participants who are residents of the State of Israel or those who are deemed to be residents of the State of Israel for the payment of tax. The provisions specified hereunder shall form an integral part of the 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”), of the Company as defined in the Plan.

 

  1.2 This Amendment is effective with respect to Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Shares of Restricted Stock, Other Stock-Based Awards or Other Cash-Based Awards; to be granted according to the resolution of the Committee, as such term is defined in the Plan and shall comply with Amendment no. 147 of the Israeli Tax Ordinance.

 

  1.3 This Amendment is to be read as a continuation of the Plan and only refers to Awards granted to Israeli Participants so that they comply with the requirements set by the Israeli law in general, and in particular with the provisions of Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version), 1961 (the “ Ordinance ”), and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder, as may be amended or replaced from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, this Amendment does not add to or modify the Plan in respect of any other category of Participants.

 

  1.4 The Plan and this Amendment are complementary to each other and shall be deemed one. In any case of contradiction, whether explicit or implied, between the provisions of this Amendment and the Plan, the provisions set out in this Amendment shall prevail with respect to Awards granted to Israeli Participants.

 

  1.5 Any capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Amendment shall be construed according to the interpretation given to them in the Plan.

 

2. DEFINITIONS

 

  2.1 “Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Share of Restricted Stock, Other Stock-Based Award or Other Cash-Based Award granted pursuant to the Plan.


  2.2 “Applicable Law” means the Israeli law in general, and in particular the Israeli Companies Law -1999, the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version), 1961 and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder, as may be amended or replaced from time to time.

 

  2.3 Approved 102 Award “ means an Award granted pursuant to Section 102(b) of the Ordinance and held in trust by a Trustee for the benefit of the Grantee.

 

  2.4 Capital Gain Award “ or “ CGA ” means an Approved 102 Award elected and designated by the Company to qualify under the capital gain tax treatment in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance.

 

  2.5 Controlling Shareholder ” means a controlling shareholder (Ba’al Shlita) as such term is defined in Section 32(9) of the Ordinance.

 

  2.6 Employee ” including an individual who is serving as a director or an office holder, but excluding any Controlling Shareholder.

 

  2.7 Employing corporation ” means any subsidiary or affiliated company or group within the meaning of Section 102(a) of the Ordinance.

 

  2.8 ITA ” means the Israeli Tax Authorities.

 

  2.9 Non-Employee ” means a consultant, adviser, service provider, Controlling Shareholder or any other person who is not an Employee.

 

  2.10 Office Holders ” [ “Nose Misra” ]—as such term is defined in the Companies Act, 1999, including, inter alia , any other person who is part of the upper management of the Company and who grants managerial services to the Company.

 

  2.11 Ordinary Income Award “ or “ OIA “, which means an Approved 102 Award elected and designated by the Company to qualify under the ordinary income tax treatment in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(b)(1) of the Ordinance.

 

  2.12 102 Award “ means an Award that the Board intends to be a “102 Award” which shall only be granted to employees of the Company who are not Ten Percent shareholders, and shall be subject to and construed consistently with the requirements of Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant or to any other party, if an Award (or any part thereof), which is intended to be a 102 Award, is not a 102 Award. Approved 102 Awards may either be classified as Capital Gain Awards (“ CGA ”) or Ordinary Income Awards (“ OIA ”).

 

  2.13 3(i) Award ” means Awards that do not contain such terms as will qualify under Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance.

 

  2.14 Ordinance ” means the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version) 1961, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

 

  2.15 Section 102 ” means section 102 of the Ordinance and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder as now in effect or as hereafter amended.


  2.16 Trustee ” shall mean any individual appointed by the Company to serve as a trustee and approved by the ITA, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(a) of the Ordinance.

 

  2.17 Unapproved 102 Award ” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 102(c) of the Ordinance and not held in trust by a Trustee.

 

3. ISSUANCE OF OPTIONS; ELIGIBILITY

 

  1.1 The persons eligible for participation in the Plan as Participants shall include any Employees, Office Holders and/or Non-Employees of the Company as such term is defined in the Plan; provided, however, that (i) Employees may only be granted 102 Awards and Office Holders may be granted 102 Awards; and (ii) Non-Employees and/or Controlling Shareholders may only be granted 3(i) Awards (the “ Participants ”).

 

  1.2 The Company may designate Awards granted to Israeli Employees pursuant to Section 102 as Unapproved 102 Awards or Approved 102 Awards.

 

  1.3 The grant of Approved 102 Awards shall be made under this Amendment adopted by the Committee, and shall be conditioned upon the approval of this Amendment by the ITA.

 

  1.4 Approved 102 Award may either be classified as Capital Gain Award (CGA) or Ordinary Income Award (OIA).

 

  1.5 The Corporation’s election of the type of Approved 102 Awards as CGA or OIA granted to Israeli Employees (the “ Election ”), shall be appropriately filed with the ITA before the Date of Grant of an Approved 102 Award under such Election. Such Election shall become effective beginning the first Date of Grant of an Approved 102 Award under such Election and shall remain in effect until the end of the year following the year during which the Company first granted Approved 102 Awards under such Election. For the avoidance of doubt, such Election shall not prevent the Company from granting Unapproved 102 Awards simultaneously.

 

  1.6 All approved 102 Awards, must be held in trust by a Trustee as described in Section 4 below.

 

  1.7 For the avoidance of any doubt, the designation of Unapproved 102 Awards and Approved 102 Awards shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 102 of the Ordinance and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

  1.8 Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, all grants of Awards to directors and office holders shall be authorized and implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law or any successor act or regulation, as in effect from time to time.

 

  1.9 The Company shall notify the Income Tax Commissioner about the grant and the capital gain course chosen at least 30 days before the Date of Grant. Grant of Options shall be made pursuant to, (a) Section 102; and (b) the Trust Agreement, in addition to being made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement; (c) the ITA’s regulation.


  1.10 The Company’s election of the tax track according to Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance with regards to 102 Options granted to Employees, as specified in the Notice of Grant (the “Election”) shall be appropriately filed with the Israeli Tax Authorities at least 30 days before the Date of Grant. The Election shall obligate the Company to grant only under that same tax track elected for 102 Options, and shall apply to all Grantees who are granted qualified 102 Options until the end of the year following the year during which the Company first granted the 102 Options, all in accordance with the instructions of Section 102 (g) of the Tax Ordinance. The tax track of 102 Options elected by the Company shall be noted in the Option Agreement.

 

  1.11 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Trustee shall not release any unexercised 102 award or any Share issued upon exercise of 102 Options prior to the full payment of the Grantee’s tax liabilities arising from 102 Options issued to the Grantee and/or any Shares issued upon exercise of such 102 Options.

 

4. TRUSTEE

 

  4.1 Approved 102 Awards which shall be granted under the Plan and/or any Shares allocated or issued upon exercise of such Approved 102 Awards and/or other shares received subsequently following any realization of rights including, without limitation, bonus shares, shall be allocated or issued to the Trustee (and registered in the Trustee’s name in the register of members of the Corporation) and held for the benefit of the Participants for such period of time as required by Section 102 (the “ Restricted Period ”). All certificates representing Shares issued to the Trustee under the Plan shall be deposited with the Trustee, and shall be held by the Trustee until such time that such Shares are released from the aforesaid trust as herein provided. In case the requirements for Approved 102 Awards are not met, then the Approved 102 Awards may be treated as Unapproved 102 Awards, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102.

 

  4.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Trustee shall not release any Shares allocated or issued upon exercise of Approved 102 Awards prior to the full payment of the Participants’ tax liabilities arising from Approved 102 Awards, which were granted to such Participant, and/or any Shares allocated or issued upon exercise of such Awards.

 

  4.3 With respect to any Approved 102 Award, subject to the provisions of Section 102, a Participant shall not be entitled to sell or release from trust any Share received upon the exercise of an Approved 102 Award and/or any share received subsequently following any realization of rights, including without limitation, bonus shares, until the lapse of the Restricted Period required under Section 102.

 

  4.4 Upon receipt of Approved 102 Award, the Participant will sign an undertaking to release the Trustee from any liability in respect of any action or decision duly taken and bona fide executed in relation with the Plan and this Amendment, or any Approved 102 Award or Share granted to him thereunder.

 

5. FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR TAX PURPOSES

Without derogating from the above, solely for the purpose of determining the tax liability pursuant to Section 102(b)(3) of the Ordinance, if at the Date of Grant the Company’s shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system or if the Company’s shares will be registered for trading within ninety (90) days following the Date of Grant, the Fair Market Value of a Share at the Date of Grant shall be determined in accordance with the average value of the Company’s shares on the thirty (30) trading days preceding the Date of Grant or on the thirty (30) trading days following the date of registration for trading, as the case may be


6. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

Options shall be exercised by the Participant’s giving a written notice and remitting payment of the Exercise Price to the Company or to any third party designated by the Company (the “ Representative ”), in such form and method as may be determined by the Company and the Trustee and when applicable, in accordance with the requirements of Section 102, which exercise shall be effective upon receipt of such notice by the Company or the Representative and the payment of the Exercise Price at the Corporation’s or the Representative’s principal office. The notice shall specify the nominal value of the Share with respect to which the Option is being exercised.

With respect to Unapproved 102 Awads, if the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or any Affiliate, the Participant shall extend to the Company and/or its Affiliate a security or guarantee for the payment of tax due at the time of Sale of Shares, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102.

 

7. INTEGRATION OF SECTION 102 AND TAX COMMISSIONER’S PERMIT

 

  7.1 With regards to Approved 102 Awards, the provisions of the Plan and/or any Award Agreement entered into in conjunction with any Award Grant (the “ Award Agreement ”) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 102 and the Income Tax Commissioner’s permit, and the said provisions and permit shall be deemed an integral part of the Plan and of the Award Agreement.

 

  7.2 Any provision of Section 102 and/or the said permit which is necessary in order to receive and/or to keep any tax benefit pursuant to Section 102, which is not expressly specified in the Plan or the Award Agreement, shall be considered binding upon the Company and the Participants.

 

8. TAX CONSEQUENCES

 

  8.1 To the extent permitted by Applicable laws, any tax consequences arising from the grant or exercise of any Award, from the payment for Shares covered thereby or from any other event or act (of the Company, and/or its Affiliates, and/or the Trustee or the Participant), hereunder, shall be borne solely by the Participant. The Company and/or its Affiliates and/or the Trustee shall withhold taxes according to the requirements under the applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including withholding taxes at source. Furthermore, the Participants agrees to indemnify the Company and/or its Affiliates and/or the Trustee and hold them harmless against and from any and all liability for any such tax or interest or penalty thereon, including without limitation, liabilities relating to the necessity to withhold, or to have withheld, any such tax from any payment made to the Participant.

 

  8.2 The Company and/or the Trustee shall not be required to release any Share certificate to a Participant until all required payments have been fully made by the Participant.

 

  8.3 In accordance with the Income Tax Rules (Tax Benefits Upon Issues of Shares to Employees) 2003, the Grantee warrants and represents to the Company, the Trustee and the Israeli Income Tax Authorities that it agrees to the provisions of Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance shall apply to it and that it will not transfer the Option Shares nor any other shares received subsequently following any realization of rights, by a way of tax-exempt transfer or a transfer under sections 104 (a), 104 (b) or 97 (a) of the Income Tax Ordinance.


  8.4 The Company and the Trustee shall be entitled to apply to the Israeli Income Tax Authorities for the purpose of ascertaining the income tax liability of the Grantee with respect to the Option Shares.

 

  8.5 The Grantee acknowledges that, under the current law, if the date of termination of employment shall be prior to the second anniversary of the date of the issue of the Shares then (i) the tax benefits of Section 102 shall not apply (except in the opinion of the Israeli Income Tax Authorities the employment of the Grantee was ceased under special circumstances which were beyond its control) and (ii) the Grantee will be responsible to immediately settle on its own account all of the tax issues and liabilities that are related to the Options or the Option Shares.

 

  8.6 The Grantee further acknowledges that the income that may be earned in connection with the issue of the Option Shares, their transfer in the name of the Grantee or sale thereof shall not be taken into account in calculation of the entitlement of the Grantee to any social benefits. Such social benefits shall include, without limitation, national insurance, managers’ insurance, study funds, pension funds, and severance pay and vacation payments. In the event that the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall be obligated by applicable law to include social benefits as income or profits of the Grantee then the Grantee shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Trustee for any cost that they may incur in this regards.

 

9. RESTRICTED PERIOD PER SECTION 102

The following provisions shall apply for the purpose of the tax benefits under Section 102 of the ordinance

 

  9.1 Restricted Period Per Section 102. In accordance with the requirements of Section 102 as now in place and as may be amended in the future, the Option to be issued shall be issued to the Grantee and held in trust by the Trustee for the benefit of Grantee for a period of no less than twenty four (24) months from the date of which the Options were granted and placed with the Trustee (during the Restricted Period Per Section 102 the Grantee will not be allowed to order the Trustee to sell the Option held by him/her on behalf of the Grantee or transfer the Option from Trustee’s hands).

 

  9.2 In order to apply the tax benefits of Section 102, the Options and or Shares may not be sold or transferred (other than through a transfer by will or by operation of law), and no power of attorney or transfer deed shall be given in respect thereof (other than a power of attorney for the purpose of participation in general meetings of shareholders).

 

  9.3 End of Restricted Period per Section 102. Upon the completion of the Restricted Period Per Section 102 as now in place and as may be amended in the future, Grantee shall be entitled to receive from the Trustee the Options, or the Shares acquired in the exercise thereof, which have vested, subject to the provisions of the Plan concerning the continued employment of Grantee at the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, and subject to any other provisions set forth herein or in the Plan, and Grantee shall be entitled to exercise the Option and sell the Options or Shares thereby obtained subject to the other terms and conditions of this Option Agreement and the Plan, including the provisions relating to the payment of tax set forth below.


10. GRANTEE’S REPRESENTATIONS

 

  10.1 The Grantee hereby agrees that the terms of Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance (“Section 102”) shall apply regarding to the Options and or Shares granted.

 

  10.2 The Grantee is obliged not to sell or remove from the Trustee the Options/Shares granted to him prior to the end of restricted period as defined by Section 102.

 

  10.3 The Grantee is aware of the directives set forth in Section 102, and of the tax track that was chosen under Section 102 and its implications.

 

  10.4 The Grantee hereby accepts the terms of the Trust Agreement signed between the Company and the Trustee.

 

  10.5 Grantee acknowledges that during the period in which Shares issued to the Trustee on behalf of an Grantee upon exercise of an Approved 102 Option, are held by the Trustee, if dividends payable in securities are declared on Approved 102 Options held by the Trustee, such securities shall also be subject to the provisions of Section 102 and the provision of this agreement and shall be held in trust by the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in case that a Grantee of Approved 102 Options/Shares is entitled to receive dividend in cash, the proceeds of such dividend may be wired to the Grantee, after deduction of all applicable taxes.

 

11. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

The Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws. Notwithstanding anything stated herein to the contrary, if and to the extent any issue or matter arises hereunder which involves the application of another jurisdiction or the requirements relating to the administration of share Award of any stock exchange or quotation system, then such laws and requirements shall apply and shall govern such issues or matters, with accordance with any Applicable Laws. The competent courts of Tel-Aviv, Israel shall have sole jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute that may arise in connection with the application, interpretation or enforcement of Section 102 including (without limitation) matters involving the Trustee and the Israeli tax consequences of the Restricted of the Awards or the Shares in trust and the release and transfer of such Awards or Shares by the Trustee.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company executed this Amendment in duplicate on the day and year first above written.

   
Medtronic, Inc.

Exhibit 10.7

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name:  

 

ID:  

 

Address:  

 

Date of Grant  

 

Option Purchase Price Per Share  

USD

Total Number of Options Granted  

 

Total Purchase Price  

USD

Term/Expiration Date:   XX years from Date of Grant, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the Plan.

 

1. The Option. Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the individual named above (the “Optionee”), as of the above Grant Date, an option (the “Option”) to purchase the above number of shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), for the above Option Price Per Share, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) and in the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan and in the Israeli Amendment thereof (the “Plan”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern. However, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Agreement and any Applicable Laws, the latter shall govern and prevail. Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

2. Exercise of Option. The exercise of the Option is subject to the following conditions and restrictions:

 

  a. Expiration. The Option may be exercised in whole or in part, from time to time, during the period commencing on the first anniversary of the Grant Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the above Expiration Date, or (ii) the expiration of the applicable period following your termination of employment with the Company or one of its subsidiaries, as provided in Sections 2(c),(d) or (e) below.

 

  b. Schedule of Exercisability. The Option shall become vested and exercisable to the extent of 25% of the above number of shares of Common Stock on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date. Once a portion of the Option has become exercisable, that portion may be exercised at any time thereafter, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 2(a) above.

 

  c. Death. Notwithstanding the schedule of exercisability set forth in Section 2(b) above, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in full upon your death, and may be exercised by your Successor (as defined below) at any time, or from time to time, within five years after the date of your death. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Successor” shall mean the legal representative of your estate or the person or persons who may, by bequest or inheritance, or valid beneficiary designation (as provided in Section 15 of the Plan), acquire the right to exercise the Option.

 

  d.

Disability or Retirement. Notwithstanding the schedule of exercisability set forth in Section 2(b) above, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in full upon your Disability or Retirement (as each such term is defined below), and you may exercise your Option at any time, or from time to time, within five years after the date of Retirement or determination of Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability” and “Retirement” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms under any retirement plan of the Company which is qualified under Section 401 of the Code (which currently provides for retirement on or after age


  55, provided you have been employed by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates for at least ten years, or retirement on or after age 62), or under any disability or retirement plan of the Company or any Affiliate applicable to you due to employment by a non-U.S. Affiliate or employment in a non-U.S. location, or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

  e. Termination for Any Other Reason. In the event your employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than those specified in Sections 2(c) and 2(d), the unvested portion of the Option will terminate as of 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date of termination of your employment. You may exercise that portion of the Option that was vested but unexercised as of the date of termination of your employment for thirty (30) days following the date of termination of your employment. At 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date 30 days after the date of termination of your employment, the Option will expire.

 

  f. Change of Control. Notwithstanding the schedule of exercisability set forth in Section 2(b) above, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in full upon the occurrence of a Change in Control.

 

  g. Expiration of Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs (a)-(f), in no event shall the Option be exercisable after the Expiration Date.

 

3. Manner of Exercise. To exercise your Option, you must deliver notice of exercise (the “Notice”) to the administrator (the “Administrator”) designated by the Company to provide services relating to the administration of the Plan at the time of your exercise. The Notice must specify the number of shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”) as to which the Option is being exercised and must be accompanied by payment of the purchase price for the Shares in cash, check, or by the delivery of Common Stock already owned by the Optionee, or by a combination thereof, pursuant to such forms and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Committee.

Exercise shall be deemed to occur on the earlier of the date the Notice and option cost payment are received by the Administrator or the date you simultaneously exercise the Option and sell the shares, using the proceeds from such sale to pay the purchase price.

 

4. Trustee. The following provisions shall apply for the purpose of the tax benefits under Section 102 of the Ordinance:

 

5. Restricted Period Per Section 102. In accordance with the requirements of Section 102(b)(3) as now in place and as may be amended in the future, the Option to be issued shall be issued to the Optionee and held in trust by the Trustee for the benefit of Optionee for a period of no less than twenty four (24) months from the Date of Grant and date of placement with a Trustee (during the Restricted Period Per Section 102 the Optionee will not be allowed to order the Trustee to sell the Option held by him/her on behalf of the Optionee or transfer the Option from Trustee’s hands).

In order to apply the tax benefits of Section 102, the Option may not be sold or transferred (other than through a transfer by will or by operation of law), and no power of attorney or transfer deed shall be given in respect thereof (other than a power of attorney for the purpose of participation in general meetings of shareholders).

 

6. End of Restricted Period Per Section 102. Upon the completion of the Restricted Period Per Section 102 as now in place and as may be amended in the future, Optionee shall be entitled to receive from the Trustee the Options, or the Shares acquired in the exercise thereof, which have vested, subject to the provisions of the Plan concerning the continued employment of Optionee at the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, and subject to any other provisions set forth herein or in the Plan and in the Israeli Amendment, and Optionee shall be entitled to exercise the Option and sell the Options or Shares thereby obtained subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, including the provisions relating to the payment of tax set forth below.


The Shares and any additional rights including share bonus that may be distributed to you in connection with the Options (the “Additional Rights”) shall be allocated on your behalf to the Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

7. Withhold Taxes. You are responsible for payment of any applicable tax, including federal, state, local or other taxes which must be withheld upon the exercise of the Option, and you must promptly pay to the Company any such taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries are authorized to deduct from any payment owed to you any taxes required to be withheld with respect to the Shares, including social security and Medicare (FICA) taxes and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from the exercise of the Option. The Company shall have the right to require the payment of any such taxes before issuing any Shares pursuant to an exercise of the Option. Any fractional share amount due relating to such tax withholding will be rounded up to the nearest whole share and the additional amount will be added to your federal withholding.

 

8. Forfeitures. If you have received or been entitled to receive payment in cash, delivery of Common Stock or a combination thereof pursuant to an Option within the period beginning six months prior to your termination of employment with the Company or its Affiliates and ending when the Option terminates or is cancelled, the Company, in its sole discretion, may require you to return or forfeit the cash and/or Common Stock received or receivable with respect to the Option (or its economic value as of the date of the exercise of the Option), in the event you are involved in any of the following occurrences: performing services for or on behalf of a competitor of, or otherwise competing with, the Company or any Affiliate, unauthorized disclosure of material proprietary information of the Company or any Affiliate, a violation of applicable business ethics policies or business policies of the Company or any Affiliate, or any other occurrence determined by the Committee. The Company’s right to require forfeiture must be exercised not later than 90 days after discovery of such an occurrence but in no event later than 15 months after your termination of employment with the Company and its Affiliates. Such right shall be deemed to be exercised upon the Company’s mailing written notice to you of such exercise at your most recent home address as shown on the personnel records of the Company. In addition to requiring forfeiture as described herein, the Company may exercise its rights under this Section by preventing or terminating the exercise of any Options or the acquisition of Shares or cash thereunder. If you fail or refuse to forfeit the cash and/or Shares demanded by the Company (adjusted for any intervening stock splits), you shall be liable to the Company for damages equal to the number of Shares demanded times the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period between the exercise date of the Option and the date of any judgment or award to the Company, together with all costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company to enforce this provision.

 

9. Confidentiality. The Optionee agrees and acknowledges that the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the number of Shares for which Options have been granted, are confidential. The Optionee agrees that he/she will not disclose these terms and conditions to any third party, except to the Optionee’s financial or legal advisors, tax advisors or family members, unless such disclosure is required by law.

 

10. Agreement. Your receipt of the Option, this Agreement and the Optionee Approval constitute your agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Plan and the Optionee Approval as set forth below.


Optionee Approval:

I hereby agree that the Award granted to me, shall be allocated to the Trustee under provisions of the Capital Gains Tax Track and shall be held by the Trustee for the period stated in Section 102 and in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement, or for a shorter period if an approval is received from the tax authorities.

I am aware of the fact that upon termination of my employment in the Company, I shall not have a right to the Option and Additional Rights, except as specified in the Plan and in the Israeli Amendment.

I hereby confirm that:

 

1. I read the Plan and I understand and accept their terms and conditions. I am aware of the fact that the Company agrees to grant me the Option and Additional Rights based on my confirmation;

 

2. I understand the provisions of Section 102 and the applicable tax track of this grant of Option;

 

3. I agree to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement;

 

4. Subject to the provisions of Section 102, I confirm that I shall not sell nor transfer the Option, Shares or Additional Rights from the Trustee until the end of the Restricted Period;

 

5. If I shall sell or withdraw the shares from the Trust before the end of the Restricted Period as defined in Section 102 (“Violation”), either (A) I shall reimburse the Company within three (3) days of its demand for the employer portion of the payment by the Company to the National Insurance Institute plus linkage and interest in accordance with the law, as well as any other expense that the Company shall bear as a result of the said Violation (all such amounts defined as the “Payment”) or (B) I agree that the Company may, in its sole discretion, deduct such amounts directly from any monies to be paid to me as a result of my disposition of the Shares;

 

6. I understand that: (i) the Company intends to issue additional Awards in the future to service providers, as the Company in its sole discretion shall determine; and (ii) the Company may increase its share capital by new securities in such amount as it finds expedient; and I hereby waive any claim and/or demand I have or may have regarding such issuance or increase;

 

7. I understand that this grant of Option is conditioned upon the receipt of all required approvals from the tax authorities; and

 

8. I hereby confirm that I read this Agreement and Optionee Approval thoroughly, received all the clarifications and explanations I requested, I understand the contents of this Agreement and of this Optionee Approval the obligations I undertake in signing it.

 

 

  

 

  

 

Name of Optionee    Signature    Date

Accompanying this Agreement are instructions for accessing the Plan and the Plan Summary (prospectus) from the Administrator’s Internet website or HROC – Stock Administration’s intranet website. You may also request written copies by contacting HROC – Stock Administration at 763.514.1500.

HROC – Stock Administration

Medtronic, Inc.

710 Medtronic Parkway NE MS LS195

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604

Exhibit 10.8

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

2013 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name:   

 

ID:   

 

Address:   

 

Date of Grant   

 

Option Purchase Price Per Share   

USD

Total Number of Options Granted   

 

Total Purchase Price   

USD

 

1. Restricted Stock Units Award. Medtronic, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), hereby awards to the individual named above Restricted Stock Units, in the number and at the Grant Date set forth above. The Restricted Stock Units represent the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (the “Shares”), subject to the restrictions, limitations, and conditions contained in this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”), in the Medtronic, Inc. 2013 Stock Award and Incentive Plan and in the Israeli Amendment thereto (the “Plan”). Unless otherwise defined in the Agreement, a capitalized term in the Agreement will have the same meaning as in the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern. However, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan or this Agreement and any Applicable Laws, the latter shall govern and prevail. Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

2. Vesting & Distribution. The Restricted Stock Units will vest 100% on the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date. The Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 8, below) within six weeks following any vesting date, provided that you have been continuously employed by the Company and all other conditions and restrictions are met during the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the vesting date (the “Restricted Period”). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if you terminate employment during the Restricted Period due to death, Disability or Retirement, and all other conditions and restrictions are met during the Restricted Period, you will vest in your Restricted Stock Units on a pro rata basis (based on the length of time you were employed during the Restricted Period), and the Company will issue you a number of Shares equal to the number of your vested Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 6, below) within six weeks following your separation from service. Upon termination of your employment during the Restricted Period for any reason other than death, Disability or Retirement, the Restricted Stock Units will automatically be forfeited in full and canceled by the Company as of 11:00 p.m. CT (midnight ET) on the date of such termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “Disability” and “Retirement” shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms under any retirement plan of the Company which is qualified under Section 401 of the Code (which currently provides for retirement on or after age 55, provided you have been employed by the Company and/or one or more Affiliates for at least ten years, or retirement on or after age 62), or under any disability or retirement plan of the Company or any Affiliate applicable to you due to employment by a non-U.S. Affiliate or employment in a non-U.S. location, or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

3. Forfeiture. If you have received or are entitled to receive delivery of Shares as a result of this Restricted Stock Units award within the period beginning six months prior to termination of your employment with the Company or any Affiliate and ending when the Restricted Stock Units award terminates or is canceled, the Company, in its sole discretion, may require you to return or forfeit the cash and/or Shares received or receivable with respect to this Restricted Stock Units award, in the event that you engage in any of the following activities:


  a. performing services for or on behalf of any competitor of, or competing with, the Company or any Affiliate, within six months of the date of your Termination of Employment;

 

  b. unauthorized disclosure of material proprietary information of the Company or any Affiliate;

 

  c. a violation of applicable business ethics policies or business policies of the Company or any Affiliate; or

 

  d. any other occurrence determined by the Committee.

The Company’s right to require forfeiture must be exercised not later than 90 days after the Company acquires actual knowledge of such an activity, but in no event later than 12 months after your termination of employment with the Company or any Affiliate. Such right shall be deemed to be exercised upon the Company’s mailing written notice of such exercise to your most recent home address as shown on the personnel records of the Company. In addition to requiring forfeiture as described herein, the Company may exercise its rights under this Section 3 by terminating this Restricted Stock Units award.

If you fail or refuse to forfeit the cash and/or shares of Common Stock demanded by the Company (adjusted for any events described in Section 3.4 of the Plan), you shall be liable to the Company for damages equal to the number of Shares demanded times the highest closing price per share of the Common Stock during the period between the date of termination of your employment with the Company or any Affiliate and the date of any judgment or award to the Company, together with all costs and attorneys’ fees incurred by the Company to enforce this provision.

 

4. Trustee. The following provisions shall apply for the purpose of the tax benefits under Section 102 of the Ordinance.

 

  a. Restricted Period Per Section102. In accordance with the requirements of Section 102(b)(2) as now in place and as may be amended in the future, the Restricted Stock Units to be issued shall be issued to the Participant and held in trust by the Trustee for the benefit of Participant for a period of no less than twenty four (24) months from the Date of Grant and the date of placement with a Trustee (during the Restricted Period per Section 102 the Participant will not be allowed to order the Trustee to sell the Restricted Stock Units held by him/her on behalf of the Participant or transfer the Restricted Stock Units from Trustee’s hands).

In order to apply the tax benefits of Section 102, the Restricted Stock Units may not be sold or transferred (other than through a transfer by will or by operation of law), and no power of attorney or transfer deed shall be given in respect thereof (other than a power of attorney for the purpose of participation in general meetings of shareholders).

 

  b. End of Restricted Period Per Section 102. Upon the completion of the Restricted Period Per Section 102 as now in place and as may be amended in the future, Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Trustee the Restricted Stock Units, which have vested, subject to the provisions of the Plan concerning the continued employment of Participant at the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, and subject to any other provisions set forth herein or in the Plan, and Participant shall be entitled to sell the Restricted Stock Units or Shares thereby obtained subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, including the provisions relating to the payment of tax set forth below.


5. Additional Rights. The Restricted Stock Units and any additional rights that may be distributed to you in connection with the Restricted Stock Units (the “Additional Rights”) shall be allocated on your behalf to the Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

6. Cash-Out Transaction. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, upon the vesting of your Restricted Stock Units, Shares will be issued in the Trustee’s name and held by him/her. The Company, in its sole discretion, upon the completion of the Restricted Period per Section 102 may require that the Trustee shall immediately sell your Shares, and you shall receive a cash payment equal to the fair market value of the Shares as of that date. You will not be issued Shares of the Company.

 

7. Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything in Section 2 to the contrary, if a Change in Control of the Company, within the meaning of both the Plan and Section 409A of the Code, occurs during the Restricted Period, and all other conditions and restrictions are met during the Restricted Period, then the Restricted Stock Units will become 100% vested upon such Change in Control and, if the Restricted Period per Section 102 has been completed, the Company will issue to you a number of Shares equal to the number of your Restricted Stock Units (including any dividend equivalents described in Section 8 below) within six weeks following the Change in Control. If the Restricted Period per Section 102 has not been completed, the sale of shares may result in a valuation per Section 102 of the Israeli Tax Ordinance.

 

8. Dividend Equivalents. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and of Section 102, you are entitled to receive dividend equivalents on the Restricted Stock Units generally in the same manner and at the same time as if each Restricted Stock Unit were a Share. These dividend equivalents will be credited to you in the form of additional Restricted Stock Units.

 

9. Withholding Taxes. You are responsible for payment of any federal, state, local or other taxes which must be withheld upon the exercise, disposition or transfer of the Restricted Stock Units, and you must promptly pay to the Company any such taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries are authorized to deduct from any payment owed to you any taxes required to be withheld with respect to the Shares, including social security and Medicare (FICA) taxes and federal, state and local income tax with respect to income arising from the exercise or the transfer of the Restricted Stock Units. The Company shall have the right to require the payment of any such taxes before issuing any Shares pursuant to the transfer of the Restricted Stock Units.

 

10. Limitation of Rights. Except as set forth in the Agreement, until the Shares are issued to you in settlement of your Restricted Stock Units, you do not have any right in, or with respect to, any Shares (including any voting rights) by reason of the Agreement. Further, you may not transfer or assign your rights under the Agreement and you do not have any rights in the Company’s assets or an Affiliate’s assets that are superior to a general, unsecured creditor of the Company or the Affiliate by reason of the Agreement.

 

11. Amendments to Agreement Under Section 409A of the Code. You acknowledge that the Agreement and the Plan, or portions thereof, may be subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code; that it is anticipated that comprehensive rules interpreting this Code section will be issued; and that changes may need to be made to the Agreement to avoid adverse tax consequences to you under Section 409A. You agree that following the issuance of such rules, the Company may amend the Agreement as it deems necessary or desirable to avoid such adverse tax consequences; provided, however, that the Company shall accomplish such amendments in a manner that preserves your intended benefits under the Agreement to the greatest extent possible.

 

12. No Employment Contract. Nothing contained in the Plan or Agreement creates any right to your continued employment or otherwise affects your status as an employee at will. You hereby acknowledge that the Company, its Affiliates and you each have the right to terminate your employment at any time for any reason or for no reason at all.


13. Compliance. You and the Company’s Affiliate agree to comply with related legal requirements under applicable laws, including tax law requirements.

 

14. Confidentiality. You agree and acknowledge that the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the number of Restricted Stock Units for which you have been granted, are confidential. You agree that you will not disclose these terms and conditions to any third party, except to the your financial or legal advisors, tax advisors or family members, unless such disclosure is required by law.

 

15. Agreement. You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Plan and the Participant Approval set forth hereunder. Your signature is not required in order to make this Agreement effective.


Participant Approval:

I hereby agree that the Award and Additional Rights granted to me, shall be allocated to the Trustee under provisions of the Capital Gains Tax Track and shall be held by the Trustee for the period stated in Section 102 and in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement, or for a shorter period if an approval is received from the tax authorities.

I am aware of the fact that upon termination of my employment in the Company, I shall not have a right to the Awards, except as specified in the Plan.

I hereby confirm that:

 

1. I read the Plan and I understand and accept its terms and conditions. I am aware of the fact that the Company agrees to grant me the Award based on my confirmation;

 

2. I understand the provisions of Section 102 and the applicable tax track of this grant of Award;

 

3. I agree to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement;

 

4. Subject to the provisions of Section 102, I confirm that I shall not sell nor transfer the Award, Shares or Additional Rights from the Trustee until the end of the Restricted Period Per Section 102;

 

5. If I shall sell or withdraw the shares from the Trust before the end of the Restricted Period as defined in Section 102 (“Violation”), either (A) I shall reimburse the Company within three (3) days of its demand for the employer portion of the payment by the Company to the National Insurance Institute plus linkage and interest in accordance with the law, as well as any other expense that the Company shall bear as a result of the said Violation (all such amounts defined as the “Payment”) or (B) I agree that the Company may, in its sole discretion, deduct such amounts directly from any monies to be paid to me as a result of my disposition of the Shares;

 

6. I understand that: (i) the Company intends to issue additional Awards in the future to employees and service providers, as the Company in its sole discretion shall determine; and (ii) the Company may increase its share capital by new securities in such amount as it finds expedient; and I hereby waive any claim and/or demand I have or may have regarding such issuance or increase;

 

7. I understand that this grant of Award is conditioned upon the receipt of all required approvals from the tax authorities; and

 

8. I hereby confirm that I read this Agreement and Approval of Participant thoroughly, received all the clarifications and explanations I requested, I understand the contents of this Agreement and Approval of Participant and the obligations I undertake in signing it.

 

 

  

 

  

 

Name of Participant    Signature    Date

Accompanying this Agreement are instructions for accessing the Plan and the Plan Summary (prospectus) from the Administrator’s Internet website or HROC – Stock Administration’s intranet website. You may also request written copies by contacting HROC—Stock Administration at 763.514.1500.

HROC—Stock Administration

Medtronic, Inc.

710 Medtronic Parkway NE MS LS195

Minneapolis, MN 55432-5604