As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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England and Wales | 98-1024030 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
8989 North Port Washington Road, Suite 211
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Telephone: +1 (414) 269-2419
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan
Luxfer Holdings PLC Non-Executive Directors Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plans)
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Megan E. Glise
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Luxfer Holdings PLC
8989 North Port Washington Road, Suite 211
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Telephone: +1 (414) 269-2419
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ |
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan and the Luxfer Holdings PLC Non-Executive Directors Equity Incentive Plan (together, the “Plans”) covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents need not be and are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as a part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Luxfer Holdings PLC (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (File No. 001-35370), filed with the Commission on February 24, 2022;
(2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (1) above; and
(3) The description of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35370) filed by the Registrant with the Commission on December 8, 2011 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any document or any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
The Registrant’s articles of association provide that, subject to any applicable provisions of U.K. statutory corporate law (including any orders, regulations, or other subordinate legislation made thereunder), the Registrant may indemnify any director of the Registrant or of any associated company against all liability and may purchase and maintain for any director of the Registrant or of any associated company insurance against any liability. The Registrant does maintain such insurance for such persons.
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Sections 232 to 236 of the Companies Act 2006 provide as follows:
“232. Provisions protecting directors from liability
(1) | Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any liability that would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void. |
(2) | Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent) for a director of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a director is void, except as permitted by— |
(a) section 233 (provision of insurance),
(b) section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or
(c) section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision).
(3) | This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company’s articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise. |
(4) | Nothing in this section prevents a company’s articles from making such provision as has previously been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest. |
233. Provision of insurance
Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of the company, or of an associated company, insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in that subsection.
234. Qualifying third party indemnity provision
(1) | Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying third party indemnity provision. |
(2) | Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity against liability incurred by the director to a person other than the company or an associated company. |
Such provision is qualifying third party indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.
(3) | The provision must not provide any indemnity against— |
(a) any liability of the director to pay—
(i) a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
(ii) a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
(b) any liability incurred by the director—
(i) in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or
(ii) in defending civil proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment is given against him, or
(iii) in connection with an application for relief (see subsection (6)) in which the court refuses to grant him relief.
(4) | The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are the final decision in the proceedings. |
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(5) | For this purpose— |
(a) a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final—
(i) if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
(ii) if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of; and
(b) an appeal is disposed of—
(i) if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or
(ii) if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.
(6) | The reference in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for relief is to an application for relief under section 661(3) or (4) (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee), or section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct). |
235. Qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision
(1) | Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to a qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision. |
(2) | Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying a director of a company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of the scheme. |
Such provision is qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.
(3) | The provision must not provide any indemnity against— |
(a) any liability of the director to pay—
(i) a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or
(ii) a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature (however arising); or
(b) any liability incurred by the director in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted.
(4) | The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the proceedings. |
(5) | For this purpose— |
(a) a conviction becomes final—
(i) if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or
(ii) if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of; and
(b) an appeal is disposed of—
(i) if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or
(ii) if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect.
(6) In this section “occupational pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme as defined in section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004 (c 12) that is established under a trust.
236. Qualifying indemnity provision to be disclosed in a directors’ report
(1) | This section requires disclosure in directors’ report of— |
(a) qualifying third party indemnity provision, and
(b) qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.
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Such provision is referred to in this section as “qualifying indemnity provision”.
(2) | If when a directors’ report is approved any qualifying indemnity provision (whether made by the company or otherwise) is in force for the benefit of one or more directors of the company, the report must state that such provision is in force. |
(3) | If at any time during the financial year to which a directors’ report relates any such provision was in force for the benefit of one or more persons who were then directors of the company, the report must state that such provision was in force. |
(4) | If when a directors’ report is approved qualifying indemnity provision made by the company is in force for the benefit of one or more directors of an associated company, the report must state that such provision is in force. |
(5) | If at any time during the financial year to which a directors’ report relates any such provision was in force for the benefit of one or more persons who were then directors of an associated company, the report must state that such provision was in force.” |
Section 1157 of the Companies Act 2006 provides as follows:
“1157. Power of court to grant relief in certain cases
(1) | If in proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against— |
(a) an officer of a company, or
(b) a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company),
it appears to the court hearing the case that the officer or person is or may be liable but that he acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances of the case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused, the court may relieve him, either wholly or in part, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
(2) | If any such officer or person has reason to apprehend that a claim will or might be made against him in respect of negligence, default breach of duty or breach of trust— |
(a) he may apply to the court for relief, and
(b) the court has the same power to relieve him as it would have had if it had been a court before which proceedings against him for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought.
(3) | Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge, after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant (in Scotland, the defender) ought in pursuance of that subsection to be relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case from the jury and forthwith direct judgment to be entered for the defendant (in Scotland, grant decree of absolvitor) on such terms as to costs (in Scotland, expenses) or otherwise as the judge may think proper.” |
The Plans provide that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Registrant will indemnify each director or employee of the Registrant to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plans has been given against any cost or expense or liability arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plans.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
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Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
4.1(1) | Articles of Association of the Registrant, initially filed with the SEC on December 2, 2011 and as amended on May 22, 2018 and as amended on May 15, 2019. | |
4.2 | Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on June 8, 2022. | |
4.3 | ||
5.1 | Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
23.2 | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. | |
24.1 | Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto). | |
107 | Calculation of Filing Fee Tables |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-35370), filed with the Commission on February 24, 2022. |
Item 9. | Undertakings. |
A. | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) | to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
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(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) | to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and |
(iii) | to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) | that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
B. | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
C. | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Manchester, United Kingdom, on the 8th day of June, 2022.
LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC | ||
Date: June 8, 2022 | By: | /s/ Andrew Butcher |
Andrew Butcher | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
The Registrant and each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Megan E. Glise, his, her or its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him, her or it and in his, her, or its name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he, she, or it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Andrew Butcher | Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | June 8, 2022 | ||
Andrew Butcher | ||||
/s/ Patrick Mullen | June 8, 2022 | |||
Patrick Mullen | Director | |||
/s/ Clive Snowdon | June 8, 2022 | |||
Clive Snowdon | Director | |||
/s/ Richard Hipple | June 8, 2022 | |||
Richard Hipple | Director | |||
/s/ Lisa Trimberger | June 8, 2022 | |||
Lisa Trimberger | Director | |||
/s/ Stephen Webster | June 8, 2022 | |||
Stephen Webster | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Andrew Butcher | June 8, 2022 | |||
Andrew Butcher | Authorized U.S. Representative | |||
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Exhibit 4.2
LUXFER HOLDINGS
PLC
lonG-TERM UMBRELLA INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of June 8, 2022)
1. | Purpose of the Plan |
The purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain high-quality senior employees in an environment where compensation levels are based on global market practice, to align rewards of employees with returns to shareholders and to reward the achievement of business targets and key strategic objectives. The Plan is designed to serve these goals by providing such employees with a proprietary interest in pursuing the long-term growth, profitability and financial success of the Company. Award grants are intended to be determined annually, but may be made on other occasions, such as recruitments.
2. | Definitions |
As used in the Plan or in any instrument governing the terms of any Award, unless stated otherwise, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated below:
(a) “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, or Other Stock Based Award, or Cash Incentive Award granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan.
(b) “Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award.
(c) “Beneficiary” means a Person designated in writing by the Participant to receive any amounts due to the Participant hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death or, absent any such designation, the Participant’s estate. Such designation, if any, must be on file with the Company prior to the Participant’s death.
(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of Luxfer.
(e) “Cash Incentive Award” means an award granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.
(f) “Cause” means (i) if the Participant is a party to an employment agreement with the Company and such agreement provides for a definition of Cause or the grounds for summary dismissal, the definition of Cause contained therein or such grounds for summary dismissal, as applicable, or (ii) if no such agreement exists or if such agreement does not define Cause and does not provide for the grounds for summary dismissal, such conduct of a Participant that constitutes grounds for summary dismissal, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, grounds for summary dismissal will include, without limitation, (i) gross misconduct, gross incompetence or any other material breach of obligations to the Company; (ii) commission of any criminal offence other than a road traffic offence or any other offence which does not result in a custodial sentence and in the reasonable opinion of the Company does not affect the Participant’s employment; (iii) becoming bankrupt or making any formal arrangement or composition with the Participant’s creditors generally; (iv) disqualification from being a director of any company by reason of an order made by any competent court other than by reason of mental or physical disability; or (v) engaging in any conduct which brings the Participant or the Company into disrepute.
(g) “Change in Control” means, unless otherwise defined in the Award Agreement, the occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date: (i) any Person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities (other than any Person who was a “beneficial owner” of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities prior to the Effective Date); or (ii) dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or (iii) material reconstruction or significant demerger; or (iv) individuals who constitute the Board on the Effective Date (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board, provided that any Person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose appointment to fill a vacancy or to fill a new Board position was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by the same nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (iv), considered as though he or she were a member of the Incumbent Board; or (v) the occurrence of any of the following of which the Incumbent Board does not approve: (A) merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (B) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (vi) consummation of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject to the plan of reorganization are exchanged or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Company, which was approved by shareholders pursuant to a proxy statement soliciting proxies from shareholders of the Company, by someone other than the then current management of the Company.
(h) “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and all regulations, interpretations and administrative guidance issued thereunder.
(i) “Committee” means the Remuneration Committee of the Board or such other committee as the Board shall appoint from time to time to administer the Plan and to otherwise exercise and perform the authority and functions assigned to the Committee under the terms of the Plan.
(j) “Company” means Luxfer and all of its Subsidiaries, collectively.
(k) “Disability” means any physical or mental impairment which qualifies a Participant for (i) disability benefits under any long-term disability plan maintained by the Company, (ii) workers’ compensation total disability benefits, (iii) Social Security disability benefits, or (iv) as otherwise determined by the Board. For purposes of the Plan, a Participant’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated as a result of Disability on the date as of which he or she is first entitled to receive disability benefits under such policy, law or regulation or such other date as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion; provided that with respect to any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, if such Award provides for any payment or distribution upon a Participant’s (i) Disability, then “Disability” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 1.409A-3(i)(4) of the Treasury Regulations or (ii) termination of employment as a result of Disability, then such Participant’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated as a result of Disability on the date on which such Participant experiences a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(l) “Effective Date” means October 2, 2012.
(m) “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
(n) “Exercise Price” means the price per Share at which a holder of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right may purchase Shares or exercise a Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable.
(o) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a Share, as of the applicable date of determination, (i) the closing price per Share on that date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (or if not reported, the closing price per Share on the trading day immediately preceding such date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange) or (ii) if not so reported, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion using a reasonable valuation method taking into account, to the extent applicable, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
(p) “Luxfer” means Luxfer Holdings PLC, incorporated in England and Wales, and any successor thereto.
(q) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or that otherwise does not meet such requirements.
(r) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 6 to purchase a specified amount of Shares at an Exercise Price.
(s) “Ordinary Shares” means Luxfer’s ordinary shares, nominal value £0.50 per share, or any other security into which the ordinary shares shall be changed pursuant to the adjustment provisions of Section 12 of the Plan.
(t) “Other Stock Based Award” means an equity-based or equity-related award, other than an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Unit, granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 10, including a nil or nominal cost right to acquire Shares.
(u) “Participant” means an employee of the Company who is eligible to participate in the Plan and to whom one or more Awards have been granted pursuant to the Plan.
(v) “Performance-Based” means, with respect to an Award, an Award that vests, in whole or in part, on the basis of one or more Performance Targets.
(w) “Performance Measures” means such measures on which Performance Targets are based in respect of Performance-Based Awards.
(x) “Performance Percentage” means the factor determined pursuant to a Performance Schedule that is to be applied to a Target Award and that reflects actual performance compared to the Performance Target.
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(y) “Performance Period” means the period of time during which the Performance Targets must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to a Performance-Based Award. Performance Periods for different Awards may be overlapping.
(z) “Performance Schedule” means a schedule or other objective method for determining the applicable Performance Percentage to be applied to each Target Award.
(aa) “Performance Target” means performance goals and objectives with respect to Performance Measures for a Performance Period.
(bb) “Person” means a “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including any “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act.
(cc) “Plan” means this Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.
(dd) “Restricted Stock” means Shares awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.
(ee) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a right to receive a number of Shares subject to the Award or the value thereof as of the specified date granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.
(ff) “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(gg) “Share” means an Ordinary Share.
(hh) “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right granted to a Participant under Section 6.
(ii) “Subsidiary” means any entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting shares or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by Luxfer.
(jj) “Target Award” means a target Award determined by the Committee to be payable upon satisfaction of any applicable Performance Targets.
(kk) “Time-Based” means, with respect to an Award, an Award that vests solely on the basis of continued employment.
(ll) “Transfer” means, with respect to any Award, a transfer, sale, exchange, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or disposition of such Award, whether for or without consideration. “Transferee”, “Transferred” and “Transferability” shall have correlative meanings.
(mm) “U.S.” means the United States of America.
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3. | Term; Stock Subject to the Plan |
(a) Term of the Plan
Unless the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time in the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on June 8, 2032. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan.
(b) Stock Subject to the Plan
The maximum number of Shares that may be available for Awards under the Plan on or after June 8, 2022, in the aggregate, shall be 1,400,000 Shares. The maximum referred to in the preceding sentence of this paragraph shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12. The Board may, subject to any applicable law and approval by the shareholders of Luxfer to the extent required by law or listing conditions of the New York Stock Exchange, from time to time increase the maximum number of Shares that may be available for Awards under the Plan. The Company may satisfy its obligation to deliver Shares under the Plan in any manner permitted by law, including without limitation, by issuing new Shares that are authorized for issuance, using treasury shares or causing an employee benefit trust or any other trust to deliver Shares.
For purposes of the preceding paragraph, if any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited, if any Award or any portion of an Award lapses or expires (including the unvested portion of any Award granted subject to Performance Targets, which fails to achieve its Performance Targets in full) or if any Award is settled for cash (in whole or in part) in accordance with its terms, the Shares subject to such Award shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, lapse, expiration or cash settlement, again be available for future grants of Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the following Shares shall not be added to the Shares authorized for grant under this Section 3(b) and shall not be available for future grants of Awards: (i) Shares tendered by a Participant or withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price of an Option; (ii) Shares tendered by the Participant or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to any Award; (iii) Shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the settlement of the Stock Appreciation Right in Shares upon exercise thereof; and (iv) Shares purchased on the open market with the cash proceeds from the exercise of Options. The payment of dividend equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards shall not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Shares covered by Awards granted pursuant to the Plan in connection with the assumption, replacement, conversion or adjustment of outstanding equity-based awards in the context of a corporate acquisition or merger (within the meaning of Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual) shall not count as used under the Plan for purposes of this Section 3(b).
For the sake of clarity, no Shares that remained available under the Plan for issuance prior to June 8, 2022 will be issued on or after June 8, 2022, and no Shares underlying Awards granted prior to June 8, 2022 will be or become available for grants of Awards under the Plan on or after June 8, 2022.
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4. | Administration of the Plan |
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall, consistent with the terms of the Plan, from time to time designate those employees of the Company who shall be granted Awards under the Plan and the amount, type and other terms and conditions of such Awards. The Committee, in its discretion and consistent with applicable law and regulations, may delegate its authority and duties under the Plan to any other individual or committee as it deems to be advisable, under any conditions and subject to applicable law and any limitations that the Committee may establish, except that the Committee may not delegate its authority with respect to establishing the terms and conditions of Awards made to any employee of the Company who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The Committee shall have full discretionary authority to administer the Plan, including discretionary authority to interpret and construe any and all provisions of the Plan and the terms of any Award (and any Award Agreement) granted thereunder and to adopt and amend from time to time such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate. The employment of a Participant with the Company shall be deemed to have terminated for all purposes of the Plan if such Participant is employed by a Subsidiary of Luxfer and such Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary of Luxfer, unless the Committee determines otherwise.
On or after the date of grant of an Award under the Plan, the Committee may (i) accelerate the date on which any such Award becomes vested, exercisable or Transferable, or waive any condition relating to such Award becoming vested, exercisable or Transferable, as the case may be, in the event of death or Disability or in the event that the Committee determines the conditions to such vesting, exercisability or Transferability to be impractical or unachievable; (ii) extend the term of any such Award, including, without limitation, extending the period following a termination of a Participant’s employment during which any such Award may remain outstanding; or (iii) provide for the crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to any such Award as set forth herein; provided that the Committee shall not have any such authority to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code or any other applicable law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in order to assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed in various jurisdictions, the Committee may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy, or custom applicable in the jurisdiction in which the Participant resides or is employed. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative version of, the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan for any other purpose.
Decisions of the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and (ii) the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan.
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5. | Eligibility; Award Agreements; Non-Transferability; Vesting; Clawback |
(a) The Committee shall select from time to time the employees of the Company who are eligible to receive Awards pursuant to the Plan, including those key employees who are largely responsible for the management, growth and protection of the business of the Company.
(b) Employees of Subsidiaries may participate in the Plan upon approval of Awards to such employees by the Committee. A Subsidiary’s participation in the Plan may be conditioned upon the Subsidiary’s agreement to reimburse Luxfer for costs and expenses of such participation, as determined by Luxfer. The Committee may terminate the Subsidiary’s participation in the Plan at any time and for any reason. If a Subsidiary’s participation in the Plan shall terminate, such termination shall not relieve it of any obligations theretofore incurred by it under the Plan, except with the approval of the Committee, and the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the extent to which employees of the Subsidiary may continue to participate in the Plan with respect to previously granted Awards. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Subsidiary’s participation in the Plan shall terminate upon the occurrence of any event that results in such entity no longer constituting a Subsidiary as defined herein; provided, however, that such termination shall not relieve such Subsidiary of any of its obligations to Luxfer theretofore incurred by it under the Plan, except with the approval of the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Committee, upon any such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as defined herein, the Participants employed by such Subsidiary shall be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of the Plan. With respect to Awards subject to Section 409A of the Code, for purposes of determining whether a distribution is due to a Participant, such Participant’s employment shall be deemed terminated as described in the preceding sentence only if the Committee determines that a separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and regulations promulgated thereunder) has occurred.
(c) Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in form and substance approved by the Committee, which may provide that (i) an Award may not be Transferred and (ii) following the vesting, exercise or lapse of Transfer restrictions in respect of an Award, Shares must be held by the Participant for at least 12 months.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, no Award granted to a Participant shall vest, become exercisable or become Transferable earlier than the first (1st) anniversary of the grant date; provided, however, up to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Section 3(b) may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan without regard for any limitations or other requirements for vesting or Transferability under the Plan.
(e) Each Award granted under the Plan shall be subject to the Clawback Policies and Procedures as set forth in Luxfer’s Directors’ Remuneration Policy and the applicable Award Agreement.
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6. | Options and Stock Appreciation Rights |
The Committee may from time to time grant Time-Based and Performance-Based Options that are Nonqualified Stock Options and Time-Based and Performance-Based Stock Appreciation Rights, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Evidence of Grant
The Award Agreement evidencing the grants of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall include the amount of Shares subject to an Award, the Exercise Price, vesting conditions (as set forth below) and such additional provisions as may be specified by the Committee. The Exercise Price per Share covered by any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date on which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is granted with respect to any Option granted to a Participant who is a U.S. taxpayer.
(b) Vesting
Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, each Time-Based Option or Time-Based Stock Appreciation Right shall become vested and exercisable with respect to one quarter of the Shares subject to the Award on each of the first four anniversaries from the date of grant provided the Participant is continuously employed through each such respective anniversary.
(c) Exercise Period
No Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is granted.
(d) Exercise of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
Each Option or Stock Appreciation Right may, to the extent vested and exercisable, be exercised in whole or in part. The partial exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall not cause the expiration, termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof. An Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercised by such methods and procedures as the Committee determines from time to time, including without limitation, in the case of an Option, through net physical settlement or other method of cashless exercise. The Exercise Price of an Option must be paid in full when the Option is exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence will not prevent the Exercise Price being paid from the proceeds pursuant to the prompt sale of Shares acquired upon exercise or the Participant entering into other permissible arrangements, agreed by the Committee, for procuring payment of the aggregate Exercise Price.
(e) Payment in Cash or Shares.
Upon exercise, a Stock Appreciation Right may be settled for cash or Shares or a combination of cash and Shares, in the discretion of the Committee, and as described in the Award Agreement. If a Stock Appreciation Right is settled for cash, the Company shall make a payment to the Participant equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price, for each Share for which a Stock Appreciation Right was exercised. If the Stock Appreciation Right is settled for Shares, the Company shall deliver to the Participant a number of Shares in the amount equal to the cash payment amount that would have been payable if the Stock Appreciation Right was settled in cash divided by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.
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(f) Termination of Employment.
Subject to the Committee’s discretion, upon the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason other than for Cause, (i) the portion of any Time-Based Option or Time-Based Stock Appreciation Right that has not become vested or exercisable as of the date of such termination shall immediately lapse and (ii) any Performance-Based Option or Performance-Based Stock Appreciation Right shall vest with respect to the number of Shares underlying such Award equal to (a) the number of Shares underlying such Award that would have been vested in the Participant for the full Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, taking into account actual performance results as of the date of termination multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during such Performance Period that have elapsed prior to (and including) the date of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Performance Period, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares. Any portion of a Performance-Based Option or Performance-Based Stock Appreciation Right that does not vest pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant as of the termination and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the applicable Award Agreement, the portion of any Option or a Stock Appreciation Right that is or becomes vested or exercisable as of the date of termination of employment will lapse on the first anniversary of the date of termination of employment to the extent not theretofore exercised. In the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment for Cause, all Shares subject to an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, whether then vested or exercisable or not, shall immediately lapse on such termination.
7. | Restricted Stock |
The Committee may from time to time grant Time-Based and Performance-Based Restricted Stock, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Grant of Restricted Stock
At the time of grant, the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, the terms and conditions that will apply to Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Section 7. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Time-Based Restricted Stock shall vest with respect to one quarter of the Shares subject to the Award on each of the first four anniversaries from the date of grant provided the Participant is continuously employed through each such respective anniversary.
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(b) Issuance of Restricted Stock; Rights of Participants
As soon as practicable after Restricted Stock has been granted, Restricted Stock shall be transferred to the Participant. Shares of Restricted Stock may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the Participant will have all rights of a shareholder with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock, including the right to vote and, subject to Section 7(c), to receive dividends or other distributions, except that the Shares may be subject to a vesting schedule and forfeiture and may not be Transferred until the restrictions are satisfied or lapse. The Committee may enforce any restrictions that the Committee may impose on Restricted Stock in such manner as the Committee shall determine, including legends, custody accounts or any other restrictions on Transfer.
(c) Dividends
No dividends will be paid to a Participant with respect to unvested Shares of Restricted Stock. The Committee may provide in its sole discretion that any dividends declared on the Shares of Restricted Stock before they are vested shall either (i) be reinvested in the form of additional Shares, which shall be subject to the same vesting provisions that apply to the Shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate, or (ii) be credited by the Company to an account for the Participant and accumulated with or without interest until the date upon which the Shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate become vested, and any dividends accrued with respect to forfeited Restricted Stock will be reconveyed to the Company without further consideration or any act or action by the Participant. In cases where dividends are reinvested, the number of additional Shares shall be determined by first (i) multiplying the number of Shares of Restricted Stock subject to an Award on the dividend payment date by the per-Share dollar amount of the dividend so paid, and then (ii) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value of Shares on the dividend payment date, with the number of Shares rounded down to the nearest whole number and the cash balance remaining being carried forward and added to the dividend amounts (if any) paid on the next occasion. If Shares of Restricted Stock subject to an Award are forfeited, the additional Shares (or credited cash amounts) that relate to such Restricted Stock shall also be forfeited.
(d) Termination of Employment.
Subject to the Committee’s discretion, upon the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason other than for Cause, (i) all Shares underlying Time-Based Restricted Stock that have not yet become vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto and (ii) the Performance-Based Restricted Stock shall vest with respect to the number of Shares underlying such Award equal to (a) the number of Shares underlying such Award that would have been vested in the Participant for the full Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, taking into account actual performance results as of the date of termination multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during such Performance Period that have elapsed prior to (and including) the date of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Performance Period, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares. Any portion of a Performance-Based Restricted Stock that does not vest pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant as of the termination and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto. In the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment for Cause, all unvested Restricted Stock shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant as of the termination and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
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8. | Restricted Stock Units |
The Committee may from time to time grant Time-Based and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Grant of Restricted Stock Units
At the time of grant, the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, the terms and conditions that will apply to Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Section 8. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Time-Based Restricted Stock Units shall vest with respect to one quarter of the Shares subject to the Award on each of the first four anniversaries from the date of grant provided the Participant is continuously employed through each such respective anniversary.
(b) Dividend Equivalents
No dividends or dividend equivalents will be paid to a Participant with respect to unvested Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may in its sole discretion provide for the payment of dividend equivalents with respect to Restricted Stock Units. If dividend equivalents will be paid, the Company shall credit the Participant with additional Restricted Stock Units as of each date on which the Company pays a cash dividend on Shares, the number of which shall be determined by first (i) multiplying the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to an Award on the dividend payment date by the per-Share dollar amount of the dividend so paid, and then (ii) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value of Shares on the dividend payment date. Any additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same restrictions, including but not limited to vesting, Transferability and payment restrictions, that apply to the Restricted Stock Units to which they relate. If the Restricted Stock Units subject to an Award are forfeited, the additional Restricted Stock Units that relate to such Restricted Stock Units shall also be forfeited.
(c) Form and Timing of Settlement
Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as practicable after the date(s) determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, provided that with respect to any Restricted Stock Units subject to Section 409A of the Code, such payment will occur in a manner that would not cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Restricted Stock Units may be settled for cash, Shares, or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee may permit Participants to request the deferral of payment of vested Restricted Stock Units (including the value of related dividend equivalents, if any) to a date later than the payment date specified in the Award Agreement, provided that with respect to any Restricted Stock Units subject to Section 409A of the Code such deferral will be made in a manner that would not cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code.
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(d) Termination of Employment.
Subject to the Committee’s discretion, upon the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason other than for Cause, (i) all Shares underlying Time-Based Restricted Stock Units that have not yet become vested as of the date of the Participant’s termination shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and (ii) the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall vest and be settled in cash or Shares with respect to the number of Shares underlying such Award equal to (a) the number of Shares underlying such Award that would have been delivered to the Participant for the full Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, taking into account actual performance results as of the date of termination multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during such Performance Period that have elapsed prior to (and including) the date of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Performance Period, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares. Any portion of a Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Award that does not vest pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant as of the termination and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto. In the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment for Cause, all Restricted Stock Units shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant as of the termination and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
9. | Cash Incentive Awards |
The Committee may from time to time grant Cash Incentive Awards. At the time of grant, the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, the terms and conditions that will apply to Cash Incentive Awards granted pursuant to this Section 9. Cash Incentive Awards may be settled in cash or in other property, including Shares, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, all Cash Incentive Awards shall be granted upon satisfaction of applicable performance conditions and shall be deferred for at least two years, subject to continued service of the Participant. If during such deferral period the Company restates its financial results based on which the Cash Incentive Award was computed, the Participant shall forfeit the excess of the amount of the Cash Incentive Award over what he or she would have received based on the restated financial results. Upon the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason other than for Cause, the Cash Incentive Award held by the Participant shall become vested in full and payable within 30 days after the termination of the Participant’s employment, except (i) if the Participant is subject to U.S. taxation and the Cash Incentive Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the payment of the Cash Incentive Award shall not be accelerated and (ii) if the Committee, in its sole discretion, reasonably believes that there is more than minimal risk of a restatement of the Company’s financial results during the original deferral period, the Cash Incentive Award shall be treated as if the Participant remained employed through the original payment date set forth in the Award. In the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment for Cause, all outstanding Cash Incentive Awards shall be forfeited by the Participant and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
10. | Other Stock Based Awards |
The Committee may grant Other Stock Based Awards not otherwise described herein in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, each such Other Stock Based Award may (i) involve the transfer of Shares to Participants, either at the time of grant or thereafter, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares, (ii) be Time-Based or Performance-Based and (iii) be in the form of Stock Appreciation Rights, phantom stock, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, performance shares, deferred share units or share-denominated performance units; provided that each Other Stock Based Award shall be denominated in, or shall have a value determined by reference to, a number of Shares that is specified at the time of the grant of such award. The applicable Award Agreement shall specify the consequences, if any, on the Award of the Participant’s termination of employment; provided that in the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment for Cause, all outstanding Other Stock Based Awards shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
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11. | Performance-Based Awards |
(a) Performance Targets, Target Awards and Performance Schedules
The Committee may establish for any Award (a) a Performance Period, (b) Performance Targets for such Performance Period, (c) Target Awards for each Participant, and (d) Performance Schedules for such Performance Period. The Performance Targets may be with respect to corporate performance, operating group or subgroup performance, individual company performance, other group or individual performance, or division performance.
(b) Performance Measures
The Performance Targets upon which the payment or vesting of any Performance-Based Award depends shall relate to one or more Performance Measures, including without limitation: (i) net income or operating net income (before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, amortization, and/or nonrecurring/unusual items); (ii) return on assets, return on capital, return on equity, return on economic capital, return on other measures of capital, return on sales or other financial criteria; (iii) revenue or net sales; (iv) gross profit or operating gross profit; (v) cash flow; (vi) productivity or efficiency ratios; (vii) share price or total shareholder return; (viii) earnings per share; (ix) budget and expense management; (x) customer and product measures, including market share, high value client growth, and customer growth; (xi) working capital turnover and targets; (xii) margins; and (xiii) economic value added or other value added measurements, in any such case (x) considered absolutely or relative to historic performance or relative to one or more other businesses and (y) determined for the Company or any business unit or division thereof.
The measurement of any Performance Measure(s) may exclude the impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, unusual or non-recurring items, fluctuations in currency exchange rates and the cumulative effects of accounting changes, or such other factors as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate .
Each Performance Measure may be expressed on an absolute and/or relative basis and may be used to measure the performance of any Participant or group of Participants, or Luxfer, the Company or a Subsidiary as a whole or any business unit of Luxfer or any Subsidiary or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Measures as compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
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(c) Payout
Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no distribution shall be made under this Plan until after the Committee has determined the attainment of the Performance Targets and the amount to be paid to each Participant.
12. | Adjustment upon Certain Changes |
(a) Adjustment of Shares
If the number of outstanding Shares is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of Luxfer, without fair market value consideration, or an extraordinary cash dividend or distribution is made, then (i) the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan set forth in Section 3, (ii) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, and (iii) the nominal value per Share, if applicable, and the number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards, may be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the Board or the shareholders of the Company and in compliance with applicable securities laws and, to the extent applicable, Section 409A of the Code. In addition, except insofar as the Board (on behalf of Luxfer) agrees to capitalize Luxfer’s reserves and apply the same in paying up any difference between the Exercise Price (or any amount payable per Share in relation to an Award) and the nominal value of the Shares, the Exercise Price (or other amount payable per Share in relation to an Award) of any Award over Shares that are to be newly issued by Luxfer in satisfaction of the Award shall not be reduced below a Share’s nominal value.
(b) Certain Mergers
Subject to any required action by the shareholders of Luxfer, in the event that the Company shall be the surviving corporation in any merger, consolidation or similar transaction as a result of which the holders of Shares receive consideration consisting exclusively of securities of such surviving corporation, the Committee may, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, adjust each Award outstanding on the date of such merger or consolidation so that it pertains and applies to the securities which a holder of the number of Shares subject to such Award would have received in such merger or consolidation.
(c) Certain Other Transactions
In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of Luxfer, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of Luxfer’s assets (on a consolidated basis), (iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving Luxfer in which Luxfer is not the surviving corporation or (iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving Luxfer in which Luxfer is the surviving corporation but the holders of Shares receive securities of another corporation and/or other property, including cash, the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have the power to:
(i) cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, each Award (whether or not then exercisable), and, in full consideration of such cancellation, pay to the Participant to whom such Award was granted an amount in cash, for each Share subject to such Award equal to the value, as determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion, of such Award, provided that with respect to any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right, such value shall be equal to the excess of (A) the value, as determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion, of the property (including cash) received by the holder of a Share as a result of such event over (B) the Exercise Price of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right (which value may be zero); or
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(ii) provide for the exchange of each Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested) for an award with respect to, as appropriate, some or all of the property which a holder of the number of Shares subject to such Award would have received in such transaction and, incident thereto, make an equitable adjustment as determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion in the Exercise Price of the Award, or the number of Shares or amount of property subject to the Award or, if appropriate, provide for a cash payment to the Participant to whom such Award was granted in partial consideration for the exchange of the Award.
(d) Notice
The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment, substitution, cancellation or other action hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment, substitution, cancellation or other action shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, decline to take action under this Section 12 with respect to any Award if the Committee determines that such action would violate (or cause the Award to violate) applicable law or result in adverse tax consequences to the Participant or to the Company.
(e) Changes to Awards Subject to Performance Conditions
In the event of any transaction or event described in this Section 12, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, make such adjustments in any Performance Schedule, Performance Targets or Target Award, and in such other terms of any Award, as the Committee may consider appropriate in respect of such transaction or event.
(f) No Repricing
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall (i) any repricing (within the meaning of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or any applicable stock exchange rule) of Awards granted under the Plan be permitted at any time under any circumstances or (ii) any new Awards be granted in substitution for outstanding Awards previously granted to Participants if such action would be considered a repricing (within the meaning of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or any applicable stock exchange rule).
(g) No Other Rights
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any dividend, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation of Luxfer or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by Luxfer of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of Shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Award.
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(h) Savings Clause
No provision of this Section 12 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code.
13. | Rights under the Plan |
No Person shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by or relating to any Award granted pursuant to the Plan until the date of the transfer or delivery of Shares. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 12, no adjustment of any Award shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date such Shares are transferred or delivered. Nothing in this Section 13 is intended, or should be construed, to limit authority of the Committee to cause the Company to make payments based on the dividends that would be payable with respect to any Share if it were transferred or delivered or outstanding, or from granting rights related to such dividends; provided, however, that no dividends or dividend equivalents will be paid to a Participant with respect to unvested Awards.
The Company may, but shall not have any obligation to, establish any separate fund or trust or other segregation of assets to provide for the satisfaction of Awards under the Plan.
14. | No Special Employment Rights; No Right to Award |
Nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment by or service to the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company at any time to terminate such employment or service or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Participant from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an Award.
No Person shall have any claim or right to receive an Award hereunder. The Committee’s granting of an Award to a Participant at any time shall neither require the Committee to grant an Award to such Participant or any other Participant or other Person at any time nor preclude the Committee from making subsequent grants to such Participant or any other Participant or other Person.
15. | Securities Matters |
The Company shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act or any federal, state or non-U.S. securities laws of any Shares to be transferred or delivered hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state laws. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be transferred or delivered any Shares pursuant to the Plan unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that the transfer and delivery of Shares is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition to the transfer and delivery of Shares pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such Shares make such covenants, agreements and representations, and that certificates, if any, evidencing such Shares, bear such legends, as the Committee deems necessary or desirable.
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The exercise of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right that is settled in Shares granted hereunder shall only be effective at such time as counsel to the Company shall have determined that the transfer or delivery of Shares pursuant to such exercise is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Company may, in its sole discretion, defer the effectiveness of an exercise of an Award hereunder or the delivery or transfer of Shares pursuant to any Award pending or to ensure compliance under federal, state, or non-U.S. securities laws and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Company shall inform the Participant in writing of its decision to defer the effectiveness of the exercise of an Award or the delivery or transfer of Shares pursuant to any Award. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Award has been deferred, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.
The issue or transfer of any Shares under the Plan shall be subject to Luxfer’s Articles of Association and to any necessary consents of any governmental or other authorities (in any jurisdiction) under any enactments or regulations from time to time in force. The Participant shall comply with any requirements to be fulfilled in order to obtain or obviate the necessity of any such consent.
16. | Withholding Taxes |
(a) Payment of Taxes
Participants shall be solely responsible for any applicable taxes imposed on the Participant by applicable law (including without limitation income, social security and excise taxes but excluding any taxes imposed in connection with the issuance of Shares) and penalties, and any interest that accrues thereon, which they incur in connection with the receipt, vesting, settlement or exercise of any Award. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Company or the Committee be liable to a Participant on account of an Award’s failure to (i) qualify for favorable U.S. or non-U.S. tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment under U.S. or non-U.S. law, including, without limitation, under Section 409A of the Code.
(b) Cash Remittance
Whenever Shares are to be transferred or delivered upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Award, and whenever any cash amount shall become payable in respect of any Award, the Company shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant, vesting or payment prior to the delivery of Shares or recordation by the Company of the Participant or his or her nominee as the owner of such Shares or the effectiveness of the lapse of such restrictions or making of such payment. In addition, upon the exercise or settlement of any Award in cash, or any payment (including in Shares) with respect to any Award, the Company shall have the right to withhold from any payment required to be made pursuant thereto an amount sufficient to satisfy the federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, settlement or payment.
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(c) Share Remittance
At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, when Shares are to be transferred or delivered upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Award, the Participant may tender to the Company a number of Shares that have been owned by the Participant for at least six months (or such other period as the Committee may determine) having a Fair Market Value at the tender date determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting, but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 16(a) hereof, if any.
(d) Share Withholding
At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, when Shares are to be transferred or delivered upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Award, the Company shall withhold a number of such Shares determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting, but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 16(a) hereof, if any.
17. | Amendment or Termination of the Plan |
(a) The Board may at any time suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that to the extent that any applicable law, regulation or rule of a stock exchange requires shareholder approval in order for any such revision or amendment to be effective, such revision or amendment shall not be effective without such approval. The preceding sentence shall not restrict the Committee’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority hereunder pursuant to Section 4 hereof, which discretion may be exercised without amendment to the Plan. No provision of this Section 17 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no action hereunder may, without the consent of a Participant, reduce the Participant’s rights under any previously granted and outstanding Award. Nothing in the Plan shall limit the right of the Company to pay compensation of any kind outside the terms of the Plan.
(b) The Committee may amend or modify the terms and conditions of an Award to the extent that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the terms and conditions of the Award violate or may violate Section 409A of the Code; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment or modification shall be made without the Participant’s written consent if such amendment or modification would violate the terms and conditions of any other agreement between the Participant and the Company and (ii) unless the Committee determines otherwise, any such amendment or modification of an Award made pursuant to this Section 17(b) shall maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable Award provision without contravening the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. The amendment or modification of any Award pursuant to this Section 17(b) shall be at the Committee’s sole discretion and the Committee shall not be obligated to amend or modify any Award or the Plan, nor shall the Company be liable for any adverse tax or other consequences to a Participant resulting from such amendments or modifications or the Committee’s failure to make any such amendments or modifications for purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code or for any other purpose. To the extent the Committee amends or modifies an Award pursuant to this Section 17(b), the Participant shall receive notification of any such changes to his or her Award and, unless the Committee determines otherwise, the changes described in such notification shall be deemed to amend the terms and conditions of the Award and the applicable Award Agreement.
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18. | Transfers upon Death |
Upon the death of a Participant, to the extent provided in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) any outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted to such Participant may be exercised only by the Beneficiary and (ii) any Award granted to such Participant may only be Transferred to the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary, as a condition of such exercise or Transfer, as the case may be, shall be bound in all respects by the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement as if the Beneficiary were an original party thereto and by the acknowledgements made by the Participant in connection with the grant of the Award and all references in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement to the Participant shall be deemed to refer to such Beneficiary. Any attempt to Transfer an Award in violation of the Plan shall render such Award null and void.
19. | Change in Control |
(a) Treatment of the Awards
Upon a Change in Control,
(i) each outstanding Time-Based Award shall become fully vested and (a) with respect to Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, exercisable or (b) with respect to all other Awards hereunder, settled in cash or Shares, as applicable, and all restrictions thereon shall lapse, and except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the applicable Award Agreement or as otherwise communicated to the Participants by the Committee in connection with the Change in Control, an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right shall lapse on the first anniversary of the Change in Control to the extent not theretofore exercised.
(ii) each outstanding Performance-Based Award shall become vested and exercisable and/or settled in cash or Shares, as applicable, and the restrictions thereon shall lapse, in each case, with respect to the number of Shares underlying such Award or the amount of cash that is equal to (x) the number of Shares underlying such Award or cash amount under an Award that would have been vested in or delivered to the Participant, as applicable, for the full Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, taking into account actual performance results as of the date of a Change in Control multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during such Performance Period that have elapsed prior to (and including) the date of the Change in Control and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such Performance Period, rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares. Any portion of a Performance-Based Award that does not vest pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be forfeited or lapse, as applicable, as of the date of the Change in Control and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
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(b) 409A Savings Clause
Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the purposes of timing of payment, distribution or settlement only, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur under this Section 19 of the Plan with respect to any Award that constitutes “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and is granted to a Participant subject to U.S. taxation, unless the events that have occurred would also constitute a “Change in the Ownership or Effective Control of a Corporation or in the Ownership of a Substantial Portion of the Assets of a Corporation” under Treasury Department Final Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5), or any successor thereto.
(c) 280G Cutback
In the event that it shall be determined by the Committee that any benefit provided or payment made by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Plan or any other agreement, plan, program, arrangement or otherwise (“Parachute Payments”), would subject the Participant to an obligation to pay an excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties related to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), the amount of Parachute Payments payable to such Participant shall be reduced in the manner determined by the Committee, to the extent and only to the extent that such reduction would result in a greater after-tax benefit for such Participant than if the Parachute Payments were not reduced; provided, however, that in no event shall such reduction be effected through a delay in the timing of any Parachute Payment that is subject to Section 409A of the Code (or that would become subject to 409A of the Code as a result of such delay).
20. | Fractional Shares |
The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Shares pursuant to the Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement thereof in cash.
21. | Nominal Value |
If determined by the Committee, the vesting/exercise of an Award over Shares and the issue of Shares pursuant to the Award will be subject to the payment of the aggregate nominal value of the underlying Shares by the Participant. Any cash payment to be made to a Participant pursuant to Section 12(c)(i) of the Plan in consideration of the cancellation of an Award, or an award that is provided in exchange for an Award pursuant to Section 12(c)(ii) of the Plan, shall where appropriate and if determined by the Committee, take account of the nominal value of the Shares subject to the Award.
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22. | Data Protection |
Any agreements and consents in respect of any personal data of a Participant shall be as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
23. | Service of Documents |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, any written notice or document to be given by, or on behalf of, the Company or any administrator of the Plan to a Participant in accordance or in connection with the Plan may be given by hand or sent by pre-paid first class mail (airmail if overseas), facsimile transmission or email to the Participant's home or work address, facsimile number or email address last known to the Company to be the Participant’s address, facsimile number or email address. Subject to clause (d) of this Section 23 any notice or document given in accordance with this Section 23 shall be deemed to have been given: (i) upon delivery, if delivered by hand; (ii) after 24 hours, if sent by mail; (iii) after 4 hours, if sent by facsimile transmission; and (iv) at the time of transmission, if sent by email except that a notice or document shall not be duly given by email unless that Person is known by his employer company to have personal access during his normal business hours to information sent to him by email.
(b) Any notice or document so sent to a Participant shall be deemed to have been duly given notwithstanding that such Person is then deceased (and whether or not the Company has notice of his death) except where his or her personal representatives have supplied an alternative address to which documents are to be sent to the Company.
(c) Any written notice or document to be submitted or given to the Company or any administrator of the Plan in accordance or in connection with the Plan may be given by hand or sent by pre-paid first class post (airmail if overseas), facsimile transmission or email but shall not in any event be duly given unless it is actually received by the Secretary of the Company or such other individual as may from time to time be nominated by the Company and whose name and address, facsimile number or email address is notified to the Participant.
(d) For the purposes of the Plan, an email shall be treated as not having been duly sent or received if the recipient of such email notifies the sender that it has not been opened because it contains or is accompanied by a warning or caution that it could contain or be subject to, a virus or other computer program which could alter, damage or interfere with any computer software or email.
24. | Third Party Rights |
Except as otherwise expressly stated to the contrary, neither the Plan nor the making of any Award shall have the effect of giving any third party any rights under the Plan pursuant to the UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise and that Act shall not apply to the Plan or to the terms of any Award under it.
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25. | Governing Law |
(a) This Plan and any Award shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
(b) Any Person or Persons referred to in the Plan shall:
(i) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards to any claim, legal action, dispute, difference or proceedings concerning an Award or any matter arising from, or in relation to, the Plan;
(ii) waive personal service of any proceedings;
(iii) agree that service on him, her or it of proceedings may be effected by registered mail to his, her or its address for service of notices under the Plan; and
(iv) waive any objection to proceedings taking place in the English courts on the grounds of venue or that proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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Exhibit 4.3
LUXFER HOLDINGS PLC
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of June 8, 2022)
1. | Purpose of the Plan |
The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders, by allowing the Company to attract and retain highly qualified Non-Executive Directors by permitting them to obtain or increase their proprietary interest in the Company.
2. | Definitions |
As used in the Plan or in any instrument governing the terms of any Award, unless stated otherwise, the following definitions apply to the terms indicated below:
(a) “Award” means any Option, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan.
(b) “Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award.
(c) “Beneficiary” means a Person designated in writing by the Participant to receive any amounts due to the Participant hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death or, absent any such designation, the Participant’s estate. Such designation, if any, must be on file with the Company prior to the Participant’s death.
(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of Luxfer.
(e) “Cause” means (i) absence without the permission of the Board from meetings of the Board for three consecutive full meetings; (ii) any prohibition by law from being a director; (iii) becoming bankrupt or making any formal arrangement or composition with the Participant’s creditors generally; (iv) commission of any serious or repeated breach or non-observance of the Participant’s obligations to the Company (which include an obligation not to breach directors’ statutory, fiduciary or common-law duties); or (v) any conduct involving fraud or dishonesty or acting in any manner which, in the opinion of the Company, brings or is likely to bring the Company into disrepute or is materially adverse to the interests of the Company.
(f) “Change in Control” means, unless otherwise defined in the Award Agreement, the occurrence of any of the following after the Effective Date: (i) any Person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities (other than any Person who was a “beneficial owner” of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities prior to the Effective Date); or (ii) dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or (iii) material reconstruction or significant demerger; or (iv) individuals who constitute the Board on the Effective Date (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board, provided that any Person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose appointment to fill a vacancy or to fill a new Board position was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by the same nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (iv), considered as though he or she were a member of the Incumbent Board; or (v) the occurrence of any of the following of which the Incumbent Board does not approve: (A) merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or (B) sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (vi) consummation of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Company with one or more corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject to the plan of reorganization are exchanged or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Company, which was approved by shareholders pursuant to a proxy statement soliciting proxies from shareholders of the Company, by someone other than the then current management of the Company.
(g) “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and all regulations, interpretations and administrative guidance issued thereunder.
(h) “Committee” means the Board or such other committee as the Board may designate from time to time to administer the Plan and to otherwise exercise and perform the authority and functions assigned to the Committee under the terms of the Plan.
(i) “Company” means Luxfer and all of its Subsidiaries, collectively.
(j) “Effective Date” means October 2, 2012.
(k) “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
(l) “Exercise Price” means the price per Share at which a holder of an Option may purchase Shares.
(m) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a Share, as of the applicable date of determination, (i) the closing price per Share on that date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (or if not reported, the closing price per Share on the trading day immediately preceding such date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange) or (ii) if not so reported, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion using a reasonable valuation method taking into account, to the extent applicable, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
(n) “Luxfer” means Luxfer Holdings PLC, incorporated in England and Wales, and any successor thereto.
(o) “Non-Executive Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company.
(p) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 7 to purchase a specified amount of Shares at an Exercise Price.
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(q) “Ordinary Shares” means Luxfer’s ordinary shares, nominal value £0.50 per share, or any other security into which the ordinary shares shall be changed pursuant to the adjustment provisions of Section 10 of the Plan.
(r) “Participant” means a Non-Executive Director to whom one or more Awards have been granted pursuant to the Plan.
(s) “Person” means a “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including any “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act.
(t) “Plan” means this Luxfer Non-Executive Directors Equity Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.
(u) “Restricted Stock” means Shares awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section 8 subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.
(v) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a right to receive a number of Shares subject to the Award or the value thereof as of the specified date granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 9.
(w) “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(x) “Share” means an Ordinary Share.
(y) “Subsidiary” means any entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting shares or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by Luxfer.
(z) “Transfer” means, with respect to any Award, a transfer, sale, exchange, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or disposition of such Award, whether for or without consideration. “Transferee”, “Transferred” and “Transferability” shall have correlative meanings.
(aa) “U.S.” means the United States of America.
3. | Term; Stock Subject to the Plan |
(a) Term of the Plan
Unless the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time in the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on June 8, 2032. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan.
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(b) Stock Subject to the Plan
The maximum number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan on or after June 8, 2022, in the aggregate, shall be 150,000. The maximum referred to in the preceding sentence of this paragraph shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10. The Board may, subject to any applicable law and approval by the shareholders of Luxfer to the extent required by law or listing conditions of the New York Stock Exchange, from time to time increase the maximum number of Shares that may be available for Awards under the Plan. The Company may satisfy its obligation to deliver Shares under the Plan in any manner permitted by law, including without limitation, by issuing new Shares that are authorized for issuance, using treasury shares or causing any trust to deliver Shares.
For purposes of the preceding paragraph, if any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited, if any Award or any portion of an Award lapses or expires or if any Award is settled for cash (in whole or in part) in accordance with its terms, the Shares subject to such Award shall, to the extent of such forfeiture, lapse, expiration or cash settlement, again be available for future grants of Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the following Shares shall not be added to the Shares authorized for grant under this Section 3(b) and shall not be available for future grants of Awards: (i) Shares tendered by a Participant or withheld by the Company in payment of the Exercise Price of an Option; (ii) Shares tendered by the Participant or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to any Award; and (iii) Shares purchased on the open market with the cash proceeds from the exercise of Options. The payment of dividend equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards shall not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Shares covered by Awards granted pursuant to the Plan in connection with the assumption, replacement, conversion or adjustment of outstanding equity-based awards in the context of a corporate acquisition or merger (within the meaning of Section 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual) shall not count as used under the Plan for purposes of this Section 3(b).
For the sake of clarity, no Shares that remained available under the Plan for issuance prior to June 8, 2022 will be issued on or after June 8, 2022, and no Shares underlying Awards granted prior to June 8, 2022 will be or become available for grants of Awards under the Plan on or after June 8, 2022.
4. | Administration of the Plan |
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall, consistent with the terms of the Plan, designate the type and other terms and conditions of Awards under the Plan.
The Committee shall have full discretionary authority to administer the Plan, including discretionary authority to interpret and construe any and all provisions of the Plan and the terms of any Award (and any Award Agreement) granted thereunder and to adopt and amend from time to time such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate.
On or after the date of grant of an Award under the Plan, the Committee may (i) accelerate the date on which any such Award becomes vested, exercisable or Transferable, as the case may be, (ii) extend the term of any such Award, including, without limitation, extending the period following a termination of a Participant’s directorship during which any such Award may remain outstanding, (iii) provide for the crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to any such Award, or (iv) waive any conditions to the vesting, exercisability or Transferability, as the case may be, of any such Award; provided that the Committee shall not have any such authority to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code or any other applicable law.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in order to assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants acting as a director of Luxfer in various jurisdictions, the Committee may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy, or custom applicable in the jurisdiction in which the Participant resides or acts as a director of Luxfer. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative version of, the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan for any other purpose.
Decisions of the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and (ii) the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan.
5. | Eligibility; Award Agreements; Non-Transferability |
(a) Non-Executive Directors of the Company shall be eligible to receive Awards pursuant to the Plan.
(b) Each Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement (which in the case of Options may be a simplified certificate of entitlement), in form and substance approved by the Committee. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, an Award may not be Transferred.
6. | Non-Discretionary Grants. |
Each calendar year during the term of the Plan, within 10 days of the Annual General Meeting, on a date determined by the Committee (the “Award Grant Date”), each Non-Executive Director who is acting as a director of Luxfer on the Award Grant Date and who has at the Award Grant Date been acting as a director of Luxfer for at least six months after his or her initial appointment or election shall receive up to 100% of such director’s annual fee in Awards. In the event a Non-Executive Director has not been acting as a director of Luxfer for at least six months on the Award Grant Date, the annual fee earned in that year and payable in Awards shall be included in the Awards in respect of the following calendar year.
Subject to the Committee’s discretion, for purposes of the Plan, the Awards shall be valued as follows: (i) Options shall be valued at one-third of the Fair Market Value of Shares subject to the Award on the date of grant and (ii) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be valued at the Fair Market Value of Shares subject to the Award on the date of grant.
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7. | Options |
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, each Award of an Option granted under the Plan shall have the following terms and conditions:
(a) Evidence of Grant
The Award Agreement evidencing the grants of Options shall include the amount of Shares subject to an Award, the Exercise Price, vesting conditions and such additional provisions as may be specified by the Committee. The Exercise Price per Share covered by any Option shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant with respect to any Option granted to a Participant who is a U.S. taxpayer.
(b) Exercise Period
No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date it is granted.
(c) Exercise of Options
Each Option may, to the extent vested and exercisable, be exercised in whole or in part. The partial exercise of an Option shall not cause the expiration, termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof. An Option shall be exercised by such methods and procedures as the Committee determines from time to time, including without limitation through net physical settlement or other method of cashless exercise. The Exercise Price of an Option must be paid in full when the Option is exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence will not prevent the Exercise Price being paid from the proceeds pursuant to the prompt sale of Shares acquired upon exercise or the Participant entering into other permissible arrangements, agreed by the Committee, for procuring payment of the aggregate Exercise Price.
(d) Cessation of Directorship
Subject to the discretion of the Committee, if the Participant ceases to be a director of Luxfer for any reason other than for Cause, (i) the portion of the Option that has not become vested or exercisable as of the date when the Participant ceases to be a director shall immediately lapse and (ii) except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the applicable Award Agreement, the portion of the Option that is vested or exercisable as of the date when the Participant ceases to be a director will lapse on the first anniversary of such date to the extent not theretofore exercised. If the Participant ceases to be a director of Luxfer because of removal or vacation of office for Cause, the Option, whether then vested or exercisable or not, shall immediately lapse on such cessation of directorship.
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8. | Restricted Stock |
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, each Award of Restricted Stock granted under the Plan shall have the following terms and conditions:
(a) Grant of Restricted Stock
At the time of grant, the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, the terms and conditions that will apply to Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Section 8.
(b) Issuance of Restricted Stock; Rights of Participants
As soon as practicable after Restricted Stock has been granted, Restricted Stock shall be transferred to the Participant. Shares of Restricted Stock may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the Participant will have all rights of a shareholder with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock, including the right to vote and, subject to Section 8(c), to receive dividends or other distributions, except that the Shares may be subject to a vesting schedule and forfeiture and may not be Transferred until the restrictions are satisfied or lapse. The Committee may enforce any restrictions that the Committee may impose on Restricted Stock in such manner as the Committee shall determine, including legends, custody accounts or any other restrictions on Transfer.
(c) Dividends
No dividends will be paid to a Participant with respect to unvested Shares of Restricted Stock. The Committee may provide in its sole discretion that any dividends declared on the Shares of Restricted Stock before they are vested shall either (i) be reinvested in the form of additional Shares, which shall be subject to the same vesting provisions that apply to the Shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate, or (ii) be credited by the Company to an account for the Participant and accumulated with or without interest until the date upon which the Shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate become vested, and any dividends accrued with respect to forfeited Restricted Stock will be reconveyed to the Company without further consideration or any act or action by the Participant. In case dividends are reinvested, the number of additional Shares shall be determined by first (i) multiplying the number of Shares of Restricted Stock subject to an Award on the dividend payment date by the per-Share dollar amount of the dividend so paid, and then (ii) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value of Shares on the dividend payment date, with the number of Shares rounded down to the nearest whole number and the cash balance remaining being carried forward and added to the dividend amounts (if any) paid on the next occasion. If Shares of Restricted Stock subject to an Award are forfeited, the additional Shares (or credited cash amounts) that relate to such Restricted Stock shall also be forfeited.
(d) Cessation of Directorship
Subject to the discretion of the Committee, if the Participant ceases to be a director of Luxfer for any reason, all Shares underlying Restricted Stock that have not yet become vested as of the date the Participant ceases to be a director shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
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9. | Restricted Stock Units |
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, each Award of Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan shall have the following terms and conditions:
(a) Grant of Restricted Stock Units
At the time of grant, the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, the terms and conditions that will apply to Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Section 9.
(b) Dividend Equivalents
No dividend or dividend equivalents will be paid to a Participant with respect to unvested Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may in its sole discretion provide for the payment of dividend equivalents with respect to Restricted Stock Units. If dividend equivalents will be paid, the Company shall credit the Participant with additional Restricted Stock Units as of each date on which the Company pays a cash dividend on Shares, the number of which shall be determined by first (i) multiplying the number of Restricted Stock Units subject to an Award on the dividend payment date by the per-Share dollar amount of the dividend so paid, and then (ii) dividing the resulting amount by the Fair Market Value of Shares on the dividend payment date. Any additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same restrictions, including but not limited to vesting, Transferability and payment restrictions, that apply to the Restricted Stock Units to which they relate. If the Restricted Stock Units subject to an Award are forfeited, the additional Restricted Stock Units that relate to such Restricted Stock Units shall also be forfeited.
(c) Form and Timing of Settlement
Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made as soon as practicable after the date(s) determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, provided that with respect to any Restricted Stock Units subject to Section 409A of the Code such payment will occur in a manner that would not cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Restricted Stock Units may be settled for cash, Shares, or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee may permit Participants to request the deferral of payment of vested Restricted Stock Units (including the value of related dividend equivalents, if any) to a date later than the payment date specified in the Award Agreement, provided that with respect to any Restricted Stock Units subject to Section 409A of the Code such deferral will be made in a manner that would not cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code.
(d) Cessation of Directorship.
Subject to the discretion of the Committee, if the Participant ceases to be a director of Luxfer for any reason, all Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units that have not yet become vested as of the date the Participant ceases to be a director shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and the Participant shall have no further rights with respect thereto.
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10. | Adjustment upon Certain Changes |
(a) Adjustment of Shares
If the number of outstanding Shares is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of Luxfer, without fair market value consideration, or an extraordinary cash dividend or distribution is made, then (i) the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan set forth in Section 3, (ii) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options, (iii) the nominal value per Share, if applicable, and (iv) the number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards, may be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the Board or the shareholders of Luxfer and in compliance with applicable securities laws and, to the extent applicable, Section 409A of the Code. In addition, except insofar as the Board (on behalf of Luxfer) agrees to capitalize Luxfer’s reserves and apply the same in paying up any difference between the Exercise Price (or any amount payable per Share in relation to an Award) and the nominal value of the Shares, the Exercise Price (or other amount payable per Share in relation to an Award) of any Award over Shares that are to be newly issued by Luxfer in satisfaction of the Award shall not be reduced below a Share’s nominal value.
(b) Certain Mergers
Subject to any required action by the shareholders of Luxfer, in the event that the Company shall be the surviving corporation in any merger, consolidation or similar transaction as a result of which the holders of Shares receive consideration consisting exclusively of securities of such surviving corporation, the Committee may, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, adjust each Award outstanding on the date of such merger or consolidation so that it pertains and applies to the securities which a holder of the number of Shares subject to such Award would have received in such merger or consolidation.
(c) Certain Other Transactions
In the event of (i) a dissolution or liquidation of Luxfer, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of Luxfer’s assets (on a consolidated basis), (iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving Luxfer in which Luxfer is not the surviving corporation or (iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving Luxfer in which Luxfer is the surviving corporation but the holders of Shares receive securities of another corporation and/or other property, including cash, the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, have the power to:
(i) cancel, effective immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, each Award (whether or not then exercisable), and, in full consideration of such cancellation, pay to the Participant to whom such Award was granted an amount in cash, for each Share subject to such Award equal to the value, as determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion, of such Award, provided that with respect to any outstanding Option, such value shall be equal to the excess of (A) the value, as determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion, of the property (including cash) received by the holder of a Share as a result of such event over (B) the Exercise Price of such Option (which value may be zero); or
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(ii) provide for the exchange of each Award (whether or not then exercisable or vested) for an award with respect to, as appropriate, some or all of the property which a holder of the number of Shares subject to such Award would have received in such transaction and, incident thereto, make an equitable adjustment as determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion in the Exercise Price of the Award, or the number of Shares or amount of property subject to the Award or, if appropriate, provide for a cash payment to the Participant to whom such Award was granted in partial consideration for the exchange of the Award.
(d) Notice
The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment, substitution, cancellation or other action hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment, substitution, cancellation or other action shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, decline to take action under this Section 10 with respect to any Award if the Committee determines that such action would violate (or cause the Award to violate) applicable law or result in adverse tax consequences to the Participant or to the Company.
(e) No Repricing
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall (i) any repricing (within the meaning of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or any applicable stock exchange rule) of Awards granted under the Plan be permitted at any time under any circumstances or (ii) any new Awards be granted in substitution for outstanding Awards previously granted to Participants if such action would be considered a repricing (within the meaning of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or any applicable stock exchange rule).
(f) No Other Rights
Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no Participant shall have any rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any dividend, any increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class or any dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation of Luxfer or any other corporation. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no issuance by Luxfer of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of Shares or amount of other property subject to, or the terms related to, any Award.
(g) Savings Clause
No provision of this Section 10 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code.
11. | Rights under the Plan |
No Person shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by or relating to any Award granted pursuant to the Plan until the date of the transfer or delivery of Shares. Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 10, no adjustment of any Award shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date such Shares are transferred or delivered. Nothing in this Section 11 is intended, or should be construed, to limit authority of the Committee to cause the Company to make payments based on the dividends that would be payable with respect to any Share if it were transferred or delivered or outstanding, or from granting rights related to such dividends; provided, however, that no dividend or dividend equivalents will be paid to a Participant with respect to unvested Awards.
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The Company may, but shall not have any obligation to, establish any separate fund or trust or other segregation of assets to provide for the satisfaction of Awards under the Plan.
12. | No Special Rights to Continue as a Director; No Right to Awards |
Neither the Plan, nor any Award Agreement nor action taken under the Plan, shall be construed as conferring upon a Participant any right to continue as a director of Luxfer, to be renominated by the Board or re-elected by the shareholders of Luxfer or shall interfere in any way with the right of Luxfer or its shareholders at any time to remove such Participant from his or her position as director or to increase or decrease the annual fees of any Non-Executive Director or change the portion thereof paid in cash or Awards.
13. | Securities Matters |
The Company shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act or any federal, state or non-U.S. securities laws of any Shares to be transferred or delivered hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state laws. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be transferred or delivered any Shares pursuant to the Plan unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that the transfer and delivery of Shares is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition to the transfer and delivery of Shares pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such Shares make such covenants, agreements and representations, and that certificates, if any, evidencing such Shares, bear such legends, as the Committee deems necessary or desirable.
The exercise of any Option granted hereunder shall only be effective at such time as counsel to the Company shall have determined that the transfer or delivery of Shares pursuant to such exercise is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Company may, in its sole discretion, defer the effectiveness of an exercise of an Award hereunder or the delivery or transfer of Shares pursuant to any Award pending or to ensure compliance under federal, state, non-U.S. securities laws and the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Company shall inform the Participant in writing of its decision to defer the effectiveness of the exercise of an Award or the delivery or transfer of Shares pursuant to any Award. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Option has been deferred, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto.
The issue or transfer of any Shares under the Plan shall be subject to Luxfer’s Articles of Association and to any necessary consents of any governmental or other authorities (in any jurisdiction) under any enactments or regulations from time to time in force. The Participant shall comply with any requirements to be fulfilled in order to obtain or obviate the necessity of any such consent.
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14. | Withholding Taxes |
(a) Payment of Taxes
Participants shall be solely responsible for any applicable taxes imposed on the Participant by applicable law (including without limitation income, social security and excise taxes) and penalties, and any interest that accrues thereon, which they incur in connection with the receipt, vesting, settlement or exercise of any Award. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Company or the Committee be liable to a Participant on account of an Award’s failure to (i) qualify for favorable U.S. or non-U.S. tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment under U.S. or non-U.S. law, including, without limitation, under Section 409A of the Code.
(b) Cash Remittance
Whenever Shares are to be transferred or delivered upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Award, and whenever any cash amount shall become payable in respect of any Award, the Company shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant, vesting or payment prior to the delivery of Shares or recordation by the Company of the Participant or his or her nominee as the owner of such Shares or the effectiveness of the lapse of such restrictions or making of such payment. In addition, upon any payment (including in Shares) with respect to any Award, the Company shall have the right to withhold from any payment required to be made pursuant thereto an amount sufficient to satisfy the federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, settlement or payment.
(c) Share Remittance
At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, when Shares are to be transferred or delivered upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Award, the Participant may tender to the Company a number of Shares that have been owned by the Participant for at least six months (or such other period as the Committee may determine) having a Fair Market Value at the tender date determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting, but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 14(a) hereof, if any.
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(d) Share Withholding
At the election of the Participant, subject to the approval of the Committee, when Shares are to be transferred or delivered upon the exercise, grant or vesting of an Award, the Company shall withhold a number of such Shares determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy the minimum federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. withholding tax requirements, if any, attributable to such exercise, grant or vesting, but not greater than the minimum withholding obligations. Such election shall satisfy the Participant’s obligations under Section 14(a) hereof, if any.
15. | Amendment or Termination of the Plan |
(a) The Board may at any time suspend or discontinue the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that to the extent that any applicable law, regulation or rule of a stock exchange requires shareholder approval in order for any such revision or amendment to be effective, such revision or amendment shall not be effective without such approval. The preceding sentence shall not restrict the Committee’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority hereunder pursuant to Section 4 hereof, which discretion may be exercised without amendment to the Plan. No provision of this Section 15 shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. Except as expressly provided in the Plan, no action hereunder may, without the consent of a Participant, reduce the Participant’s rights under any previously granted and outstanding Award. Nothing in the Plan shall limit the right of the Company to pay compensation of any kind outside the terms of the Plan.
(b) The Committee may amend or modify the terms and conditions of an Award to the extent that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the terms and conditions of the Award violate or may violate Section 409A of the Code; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment or modification shall be made without the Participant’s written consent if such amendment or modification would violate the terms and conditions of any other agreement between the Participant and the Company and (ii) unless the Committee determines otherwise, any such amendment or modification of an Award made pursuant to this Section 15(b) shall maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable Award provision without contravening the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. The amendment or modification of any Award pursuant to this Section 15(b) shall be at the Committee’s sole discretion and the Committee shall not be obligated to amend or modify any Award or the Plan, nor shall the Company be liable for any adverse tax or other consequences to a Participant resulting from such amendments or modifications or the Committee’s failure to make any such amendments or modifications for purposes of complying with Section 409A of the Code or for any other purpose. To the extent the Committee amends or modifies an Award pursuant to this Section 15(b), the Participant shall receive notification of any such changes to his or her Award and, unless the Committee determines otherwise, the changes described in such notification shall be deemed to amend the terms and conditions of the Award and the applicable Award Agreement.
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16. | Transfers upon Death |
Upon the death of a Participant, to the extent provided in the applicable Award Agreement, (i) any outstanding Options granted to such Participant may be exercised only by the Beneficiary and (ii) any Restricted Stock granted to such Participant may only be Transferred to the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary, as a condition of such exercise or Transfer, as the case may be, shall be bound in all respects by the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement as if the Beneficiary were an original party thereto and by the acknowledgements made by the Participant in connection with the grant of the Award and all references in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement to the Participant shall be deemed to refer to such Beneficiary. Any attempt to Transfer an Award in violation of the Plan shall render such Award null and void.
17. | Change in Control |
(a) Treatment of the Awards
Upon a Change in Control, each outstanding Award shall become fully vested and exercisable, as applicable, and all restrictions thereon shall lapse. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in the applicable Award Agreement or as otherwise communicated to the Participants by the Committee in connection with the Change in Control, an Option shall lapse on the first anniversary of the Change in Control to the extent not theretofore exercised.
(b) 409A Savings Clause
Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the purposes of timing of payment, distribution or settlement only, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur under this Section 17 of the Plan with respect to any Award that constitutes “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and is granted to a Participant subject to U.S. taxation, unless the events that have occurred would also constitute a “Change in the Ownership or Effective Control of a Corporation or in the Ownership of a Substantial Portion of the Assets of a Corporation” under Treasury Department Final Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5), or any successor thereto.
18. | Fractional Shares |
The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Shares pursuant to the Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement thereof in cash.
19. | Nominal Value |
If determined by the Committee, the vesting/exercise of an Award and the issue of Shares pursuant to the Award will be subject to the payment of the aggregate nominal value of the underlying Shares by the Participant. Any cash payment to be made to a Participant pursuant to Section 10(c)(i) of the Plan in consideration of the cancellation of an Award or an award that is provided in exchange for an Award pursuant to Section 10(c)(ii) of the Plan, shall where appropriate and if determined by the Committee, take account of the nominal value of the Shares subject to the Award.
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20. | Section 409A Exemption |
All Awards under the Plan are intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code and shall be construed in accordance with the foregoing.
21. | Data Protection |
Any agreements and consents in respect of any personal data of a Participant shall be as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
22. | Service of Documents |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, any written notice or document to be given by, or on behalf of, the Company or any administrator of the Plan to a Participant in accordance or in connection with the Plan may be given by hand or sent by pre-paid first class mail (airmail if overseas), facsimile transmission or email to the Participant’s home or work address, facsimile number or email address last known to the Company to be the Participant’s address, facsimile number or email address. Subject to clause (d) of this Section 22 any notice or document given in accordance with this Section 22 shall be deemed to have been given: (i) upon delivery, if delivered by hand; (ii) after 24 hours, if sent by mail; (iii) after 4 hours, if sent by facsimile transmission; and (iv) at the time of transmission, if sent by email except that a notice or document shall not be duly given by email unless that Person is known by the Company to have personal access during his normal business hours to information sent to him by email.
(b) Any notice or document so sent to a Participant shall be deemed to have been duly given notwithstanding that such Person is then deceased (and whether or not the Company has notice of his death) except where his or her personal representatives have supplied an alternative address to which documents are to be sent to the Company.
(c) Any written notice or document to be submitted or given to the Company or any administrator of the Plan in accordance or in connection with the Plan may be given by hand or sent by pre-paid first class post (airmail if overseas), facsimile transmission or email but shall not in any event be duly given unless it is actually received by the Secretary of the Company or such other individual as may from time to time be nominated by the Company and whose name and address, facsimile number or email address is notified to the Participant.
(d) For the purposes of the Plan, an email shall be treated as not having been duly sent or received if the recipient of such email notifies the sender that it has not been opened because it contains, or is accompanied by a warning or caution that it could contain or be subject to, a virus or other computer program which could alter, damage or interfere with any computer software or email.
23. | Third Party Rights |
Except as otherwise expressly stated to the contrary, neither the Plan nor the making of any Award shall have the effect of giving any third party any rights under the Plan pursuant to the UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise and that Act shall not apply to the Plan or to the terms of any Award under it.
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24. | Governing Law |
(a) This Plan and any Award shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
(b) Any Person or Persons referred to in the Plan shall:
(i) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts as regards any claim, legal action, dispute, difference or proceedings concerning an Award or any matter arising from, or in relation to, the Plan;
(ii) waive personal service of any proceedings;
(iii) agree that service on him, her or it of proceedings may be effected by registered mail to his, her or its address for service of notices under the Plan; and
(iv) waive any objection to proceedings taking place in the English courts on the grounds of venue or that proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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Exhibit 5.1
June 8, 2022
Luxfer Holdings PLC
Lumns Lane
Manchester M27 8LN
United Kingdom
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special English counsel to Luxfer Holdings PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules”), on or about June 8, 2022 relating to the registration of (i) an aggregate of 1,400,000 ordinary shares in the Company, each having a nominal value of £0.50 per ordinary share (the “Shares”), which may be issued under the Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of June 8, 2022 (the “LTIP”) and (ii) an aggregate of 150,000 Shares, which may be issued under the Luxfer Holdings PLC Non-Executive Directors Equity Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of June 8, 2022 (the “EIP” and, together with the LTIP, the “Plans”).
We understand that the Shares are not and are not intended to be admitted to trading on any market or exchange, or otherwise listed, in the United Kingdom.
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the following documents:
(a) | the Registration Statement; |
(b) | the Plans; |
(c) | a certificate dated June 8, 2022, signed by an authorised signatory of the Company (the “Company Certificate”) relating to certain factual matters and having annexed thereto the following documents: |
(i) | the certificate of incorporation, the certificate of incorporation on change of name and re-registration of a private company as a public company, and the Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles”); and |
(ii) | the board resolutions passed at the meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors held on September 29, 2011, November 10, 2011, November 30, 2011, January 23, 2013, March 28, 2013, January 23, 2018, March 13, 2018, July 31, 2018, March 5, 2019 and March 2, 2022 (the “Corporate Approvals”). |
In addition, we have reviewed the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of all such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.
In rendering the opinions expressed below we have assumed and not verified:
(a) | the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals, the authenticity and completeness of all documents supplied to us and the conformity to the originals of all documents supplied to us as photocopies, facsimile or electronic copies; |
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(b) | that, where a document has been examined by us in draft, specimen or certificated form, it has been or will be executed in the form of that draft, specimen or certificate; |
(c) | the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed, including, without limitation, the accuracy and completeness of all statements in the Company Certificate; |
(d) | that the Company has fully complied with its obligations under all applicable money laundering legislation; |
(e) | no document has been entered into by the Company in connection with any unlawful activity; |
(f) | that all consents, approvals, notices, filings and registrations that are necessary under any applicable laws or regulations (other than laws or regulations of the United Kingdom) in order to permit the performance of the actions to be carried out pursuant to the Corporate Approvals have been or will be duly made or obtained; |
(g) | that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales that would have any implication for the opinions we express and that, insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales may be relevant to this opinion letter, such laws have been and will be complied with; |
(h) | that the Company has complied with all applicable provisions of (i) Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129 of the European Parliament as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020) (“EUWA”), (ii) Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA, (iii) the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, (“FSMA”), and the Financial Services Act 2012, as amended, and any applicable secondary legislation made thereunder with respect to anything done by the Company in relation to the offer of the Shares in, from, or otherwise involving the United Kingdom (including Sections 19 (carrying on a regulated activity), 21 (financial promotion), 85 (public offers) and 118 (market abuse) of FSMA); |
(i) | that the information relating to the Company disclosed by our searches on June 8, 2022 at Companies House at their website at www.companieshouse.gov.uk and by telephone at the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions at the Companies Court in London in relation to the Company was then complete, up to date and accurate and has not since then been materially altered, and that such searches did not fail to disclose any material information which had been delivered for registration but did not appear on the file in London at the time of our search, and that such oral disclosures did not fail to disclose any material information or any petition for an administration order, dissolution or winding-up order in respect of the Company that has been presented in England and Wales; |
(j) | that each director of the Company has disclosed any interest which he may have in the transactions contemplated by each of the Corporate Approvals in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Companies Act”) and the Articles, and that none of the relevant directors of the Company have any interest in such transactions except to the extent permitted by the Articles; |
(k) | that the actions to be carried out pursuant to the Corporate Approvals by the Company and the exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations thereunder will materially benefit the Company, and that the directors of the Company acted in good faith and in the interests of the Company in approving each of the Corporate Approvals and the transactions contemplated thereby; |
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(l) | that the Plans were validly adopted, the awards under the Plans are validly granted and exercised and the Company complies with its obligations under the Plans; |
(m) | that the Shares are allotted and issued in accordance with the Corporate Approvals, the Articles and the Plans and the issue price per Share is not less than the nominal value of each Share; |
(n) | that the transactions, dealings or arrangements in connection with the Plans and any actions to be carried out pursuant to the Corporate Approvals are not restricted or prohibited by any sanctions regime or any restrictive measures implemented or effective in the United Kingdom, such that any such transactions, dealings, arrangements or actions may be unenforceable or void; |
(o) | that, at the time the Board of Directors allots any Shares, or grants any rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into Shares, under the LTIP, it: (i) is authorized to do so for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act pursuant to the exception for employees’ share schemes provided by section 549(2)(a) of the Companies Act; and (ii) as may be required, has the power to do so free of the restrictions in section 561 of the Companies Act pursuant to the exception for employees’ share schemes provided by section 566 of the Companies Act, and in each case where relevant such exemptions remaining in full force and effect and not having ceased to apply; |
(p) | that, at the time the Board of Directors allots any Shares under the EIP, it: (i) is authorized to do so for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act pursuant to an ordinary resolution validly passed by the Company’s shareholders or the Company’s articles of association in force at that time; and (ii) as may be required, has the power to do so free of the restrictions in section 561 of the Companies Act pursuant to a special resolution validly passed by the Company’s shareholders or the Company’s articles of association in force at that time for the purposes of sections 570 or 571 of the Companies Act, and in each case where relevant such resolutions and authorities (together, the “Authorities”) remaining in full force and effect and not having expired, been rescinded or amended; and |
(q) | that no award shall be granted by the Board of Directors under the EIP which constitutes the grant of an unconditional right to subscribe for or to convert any security into Shares, and any awards under the EIP constituting the grant of a conditional right to subscribe for or to convert any security into Shares under the EIP, shall be subject to and conditional inter alia upon the Authorities having been passed, remaining in full force and effect and not having expired, been rescinded or amended. |
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further qualifications and limitations set forth below, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated as a public limited company under the laws of England and Wales. A search of the records of the Registrar of Companies as made public through the www.companieshouse.gov.uk website on June 8, 2022 and an oral enquiry made to the Central Registry of Winding up Petitions at the Companies Court at approximately 10:14 am BST on June 8, 2022 revealed no petition, order or resolution for the winding up of the Company and no petition for, and no notice of appointment of, a receiver or administrator, provided that:
(a) the searches with Companies House referred to above are not conclusively capable of revealing whether or not (i) a winding-up order has been made in respect of a company or a resolution passed for the winding up of a company, or (ii) an administration order has been made in respect of a company, or (iii) a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or liquidator has been appointed in respect of a company, since notice of these matters might not be filed with Companies House immediately and, when filed, might not be made available through the website or entered on the files of Companies House relating to insolvency details with respect to the relevant company immediately. In addition, such searches are not capable of revealing, prior to the making of the relevant order, whether or not a winding-up petition or a petition for an administration order has been presented; and
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(b) the enquiry at the Central Registry of Winding up Petitions at the Companies Court referred to above relates only to a compulsory winding up and is not capable of revealing conclusively whether or not a winding-up petition in respect of a compulsory winding up has been presented since details of the petition may not have been entered on the records of the Central Registry of Winding up Petitions immediately or, in the case of a petition presented to a County Court, may not have been notified to the Central Registry and entered on such records at all, and the response to an enquiry only relates to the period of six months prior to the date when the enquiry was made. We have not made enquiries of any County Court as to whether a petition for the appointment of an administrator has been presented to, or an administration order has been made by, any County Court against the Company.
2. When the names of the holders of the Shares issued pursuant to the Plans are entered in the Company’s register of members and subject to the receipt by the Company of the aggregate issue price in respect of such Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and no further contributions in respect thereof will be required to be made to the Company by the holders thereof, by reason solely of their being such holders.
The foregoing opinion is subject to the following:
(a) | The opinion set forth above is subject to all limitations resulting from the laws of bankruptcy, administration, liquidation, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganisation, moratorium, suretyship or any similar laws of general application affecting creditors’ rights. |
(b) | Enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity. For example, equitable remedies may not be available where damages are considered to be an adequate remedy. |
(c) | Any question as to whether or not any provision of any agreement or instrument which is illegal, invalid, not binding, unenforceable or void may be severed from the other provisions thereof in order to save those other provisions would be determined by an English court in its discretion. |
(d) | There is some possibility that an English court would hold that a judgment on a particular agreement or instrument, whether given in an English court or elsewhere, would supersede such agreement or instrument to all intents and purposes, so that any obligation thereunder which by its terms would survive such judgment might not be held to do so. |
Other than as set out above, we express no opinion as to any agreement, instrument or other document that may be entered into, or as to any liability to tax or obligation to report to any tax authority that may arise or be incurred as a result of or in connection with the Shares or their creation, issue, offer or any other transaction.
The opinions set out above are given on the basis of, and are limited to, the laws of England and Wales in force as at the date of this opinion letter, as currently applied by the courts of England and Wales. The opinions set out above are given on the basis that this opinion letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules.
We assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.
Very truly yours,
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
By: | /s/ Sam Bagot | ||
Sam Bagot, a Partner |
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Luxfer Holdings PLC of our report dated February 24, 2022, relating to the financial statements, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Luxfer Holdings PLC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Manchester, United Kingdom
June 8, 2022
Exhibit 107
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES
Form S-8
(Form Type)
Luxfer Holdings PLC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (2) |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Registration Fee |
Equity | Ordinary Shares, nominal value of £0.50 each, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan | 457(c) & 457(h) | 1,400,000 | $16.74 | $23,436,000 | .0000927 | $2,173 |
Equity |
Ordinary Shares, nominal value of £0.50 each, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Luxfer Holdings PLC Non-Executive Directors Equity Incentive Plan
|
457(c) & 457(h) | 150,000 | $16.74 | $2,511,000 | .0000927 | $233 |
Total Offering Amounts | $25,947,000 | $2,406 | |||||
Total Fee Offsets | N/A | ||||||
Net Fee Due | $2,406 |
(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares, nominal value of £0.50 each (“Ordinary Shares”) that become issuable under the Luxfer Holdings PLC Long-Term Umbrella Incentive Plan and the Luxfer Holdings PLC Non-Executive Directors Equity Incentive Plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares. |
(2) | Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sales prices per Ordinary Share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2022. |