As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2019

 

Registration No. 333-_______

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ORTHOFIX MEDICAL INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

98-1340767

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

3451 Plano Parkway

Lewisville, Texas

 

75056

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Jon Serbousek

Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Jon Serbousek

 

(Full title of the plan)

 

Orthofix Medical Inc.

3451 Plano Parkway

Lewisville, Texas 75056

(214) 937-2000

 

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Joseph E. Gilligan

Brian C. O’Fahey

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth St., NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 637-5600

 

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

 

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

 

  

Smaller reporting 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.  

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be

Registered

 

Amount to be

Registered

 (1)

 

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price Per

Share

 

 

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate Offering

Price

 

 

Amount of

Registration

Fee

 

Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (“ Common Stock ”)

 

 

50,711

(2)

 

$

50.87

(4)

 

$

2,579,668.57

(4)

 

$

312.66

 

Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share

 

 

14,743

(3)

 

$

49.75

(5)

 

$

733,464.25

(5)

 

$

88.90

 

 

(1)

In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), this Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock.  

 

 

(2)

Represents shares of Common Stock of Orthofix Medical Inc. (the “Company”) issuable upon the exercise of stock options being granted pursuant to an Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement, dated August 5, 2019, between the Company and Jon Serbousek.

 

 

(3)

Represents shares of Common Stock of the Company issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units being granted pursuant to an Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, dated August 5, 2019, between the Company and Jon Serbousek.    

 

 

(4)

The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price are calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the price at which the inducement option described herein may be exercised.

 

(5)

The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the shares of Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 29, 2019.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement on Form S-8 registers 65,454 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon the exercise and vesting of a stock option grant and upon the vesting of a restricted stock unit grant, in each case granted by the Company to Jon Serbousek in reliance on the employment inducement award exemption under Rule 5635(c)(4) of The Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.

Plan Information.*

 

Item 2.

Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

 

_________________________

 

*  Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the “Note” to Part I of Form S-8.

 

 


 


 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference .

 

The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished pursuant to either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (including any corresponding exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01) of any Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

 

(a)

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018;

 

 

(b)

The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019;

 

 

(c)

The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on  February 25, 2019, May 2, 2019, June 11, 2019 and July 15, 2019; and

 

 

(d)

The description of the Company’s Common Stock included in the final prospectus dated June 1, 2018, which was filed with the Commission on May 30, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3), under the caption “Description of Orthofix Capital Stock” therein.

 

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (including any corresponding exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01) of any Current Report on Form 8-K), on or after the date of this Registration Statement but before the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicate that all securities offered have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 other subsequently filed document which also is or 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.

 

Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) and the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the DGCL.

 

 


 

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation, in its certificate of incorporation, to limit or eliminate, subject to certain statutory limitations, the liability of directors to the corporation or its stockh olders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional miscondu ct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Section 145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or his service, at the corporation’s request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 145(a) or Section 145(b) of the DGCL or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, provided that indemnification provided for by Section 145 of the DGCL or granted pursuant thereto shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under Section 145 of the DGCL.

 

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Company shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may hereafter be amended. This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the directors’ fiduciary duties, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of nonmonetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will be subject to liability for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director’s responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.

 

 


 

The Bylaws also provide that the Company shall indemnify and advan ce expenses to its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

As permitted by the DGCL, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. These agreements, among other things, will require us to indemnify each of the Company’s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and advance expenses to each indemnitee in connection with any proceeding in which indemnification is available.

 

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

 

3.1

 

Orthofix Medical Inc. Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2018)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Orthofix Medical Inc. Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2018)

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2018)

 

 

 

5.1*

 

Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP

 

 

 

10.1*

 

Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Jon Serbousek

 

 

 

10.2*

 

Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Jon Serbousek

 

 

 

23.1*

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm

 

 

 

23.2*

 

Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

24.1*

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)

 

 

 

*

Filed herewith  

 

Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

 

(a)

Rule 415 offering.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

 

(1)

To file, during any period in which any offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

 

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

 


 

 

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective

amendment thereof) which, individually or in aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or hig h end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggrega te offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective 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 other 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 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

(2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

 

(3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

 

(4) 

That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

 

(i)

If the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

 

 

(A) 

Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

 


 

 

(B) 

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(l)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that

prospectus relates, and the offering o f such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated o r deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was mad e in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

 

 

(ii) 

If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness.   Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

 

(5)

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

 

The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

 

(i)

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

 

(ii)

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

 

 

(iii)

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

 

 

(iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

 

 

(b)

Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference.

 

 


 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where a pplicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

 

(c)

Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 


 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 the City of Lewisville, State of Texas, on the 5 th day of August, 2019.

 

 

ORTHOFIX MEDICAL INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bradley R. Mason

 

 

 

Bradley R. Mason

 

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned directors and officers of Orthofix Medical Inc. hereby appoints each of Bradley R. Mason, Douglas C. Rice and Kimberley A. Elting, jointly and severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, with full power to act alone, to sign on his or her behalf and in the capacity set forth below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file each such amendment and post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 5 th day of August, 2019.

 

Name and Signature

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Bradley R. Mason

 

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal

Executive Officer) and Director

 

Bradley R. Mason

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Douglas C. Rice

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

Douglas C. Rice

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ronald A. Matricaria

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Ronald A. Matricaria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James F. Hinrichs

 

Director

 

James F. Hinrichs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Alexis V. Lukianov

 

Director

 

Alexis V. Lukianov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lilly Marks

 

Director

 

Lilly Marks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael E. Paolucci

 

Director

 

Michael E. Paolucci

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Maria Sainz

 

Director

 

Maria Sainz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John Sicard

 

Director

 

John Sicard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

T  +1 202 637 5600

F  +1 202 637 5910

www.hoganlovells.com

 

 

 

 

August 5, 2019

 

Board of Directors

Orthofix Medical Inc.

3451 Plano Parkway

Lewisville, Texas 75056

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Orthofix Medical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with its registration statement on Form S‑8 (the “ Registration Statement ”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”) relating to the proposed offering of up to 65,454 newly issued shares of the common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company (the “ Shares ”), which shares are issuable pursuant to (i) the Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between Jon Serbousek and the Company (the “ Option Agreement ”) and (ii) the Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement between Jon Serbousek and the Company (the “ RSU Agreement ”).  This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs). As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on.   This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other statutes, rules or regulations.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that following (i) effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (ii) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement and the RSU Agreement, and (iii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified in the applicable resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof and in the Option Agreement and the RSU Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

 

 

Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia.  “Hogan Lovells” is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in:  Alicante   Amsterdam   Baltimore   Beijing   Birmingham   Boston   Brussels   Colorado Springs   Denver   Dubai   Dusseldorf   Frankfurt   Hamburg   Hanoi   Ho Chi Minh City   Hong Kong   Houston   Johannesburg   London   Los Angeles   Luxembourg   Madrid   Mexico City   Miami   Milan   Minneapolis   Monterrey   Moscow   Munich   New York   Northern Virginia   Paris   Perth   Philadelphia   Rio de Janeiro   Rome   San Francisco   São Paulo   Shanghai   Silicon Valley   Singapore   Sydney   Tokyo   Warsaw   Washington DC   Associated offices: Budapest   Jakarta   Shanghai FTZ   Ulaanbaatar   Zagreb.  Business Service Centers:  Johannesburg   Louisville.  For more information see www.hoganlovells.com


Board of Directors

Orthofix Medical Inc.

- 2 -

August 5, 2019

 

 

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement.  We assume no obligation to advise of any changes in the foregoing su bsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP

 

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement

 

This Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made this 5th day of August 2019 (the “ Grant Date ”) between Orthofix Medical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Jon Serbousek (the “ Optionee ”).

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement for the Optionee to accept employment with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, the Company desires to afford the Optionee the opportunity to purchase shares of Stock on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, the Option (as defined below) is intended to be granted pursuant to the exception for inducement grants pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and therefore is not granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated Orthofix Medical Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it may be further amended from time to time, the “ 2012 Plan ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in connection with the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.   Grant of Option . Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option (the “ Option ”) to purchase 50,711 shares of Stock at an exercise price of $50.87 per share (the “ Exercise Price ”), which Exercise Price is 100% of the Fair Market Value per share as of the Grant Date.

 

2.   Non-Qualified Stock Option . The Option is not intended to be an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code and will be interpreted accordingly.

 

3.   Vesting . Subject to earlier termination in accordance with this Agreement and the terms and conditions herein, the Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 25% of the shares covered hereby on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date (each, a “ Vesting Date ”); provided that the Optionee continues in Service on each such Vesting Date; provided, further, fractional shares shall be rounded to the nearest whole share but, if applicable, shall be rounded up or down on the last applicable Vesting Date so that the Optionee is eligible to vest in the total number of shares of Stock covered by the Option (but in no event more than the total number of shares of Stock covered by the Option).

 

4.    Term . The Option shall expire and no longer be exercisable 10 years from the Grant Date, subject to earlier termination in accordance with this Agreement.

 

5.   Termination of Service .

 

(a)            Certain Terminations of Service .  If, prior to vesting, the Optionee’s Service is terminated for any reason other than (i) death, (ii) Disability (iii) Qualified Retirement occurring no less than six months after the Grant Date, or (iv) a

  


 

circumstance providing for accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the unvested portion of the Option shall be cancelled and revert back to the Company as of the date of such termination of Service, and the Optionee shall have no further right or interest therein unless the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise. In such event, the Optionee shall have the right, subject to the other terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to exercise the Option, to the extent it has vested as of the date of such termination of Service, at any time wi thin 3 months after the date of such termination of Service, subject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 4 hereof. To the extent the vested portion of the Option is not exercised within such 3-month period, the Option shall be ca ncelled and revert back to the Company, and the Optionee shall have no further right or interest therein.

 

(b)            Termination of Service for Death or Disability . If the Optionee’s Service terminates by reason of death or Disability, the Option shall automatically vest and become immediately exercisable in full as of the date of such termination of Service.  The Option shall remain exercisable by the Optionee (or any person entitled to do so) at any time within 18 months after the date of such termination of Service, subject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 4 hereof. To the extent the Option is not exercised within such 18-month period, the Option shall be cancelled and revert back to the Company and the Optionee or any permitted transferee pursuant to Section 11, as applicable, shall have no further right or interest therein.

 

(c)             Termination of Service for Certain Qualified Retirements . If the Optionee’s Service terminates by reason of a Qualified Retirement occurring no less than six months after the Grant Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Grant Date, the Option shall automatically vest and become immediately exercisable as of the date of such termination of Service with respect to the aggregate number of shares of Stock as to which the Option would have been vested as of such second anniversary of the Grant Date. If the Optionee’s Service terminates by reason of a Qualified Retirement after the second anniversary of the Grant Date but before the third anniversary of the Grant Date, the Option shall automatically vest and become immediately exercisable as of the date of such termination of Service with respect to the aggregate number of shares of Stock as to which the Option would have been vested as of the third anniversary of the Grant Date. If the Optionee’s Service is terminated by reason of a Qualified Retirement after the third anniversary of the Grant Date but before the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date, the Option shall automatically vest and become immediately exercisable in full as of the date of such termination of Service. In each of the circumstances described in the preceding three sentences, the Option shall remain exercisable by the Optionee (or any person entitled to do so) at any time within 18 months after the date of such termination of Service, subject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 4 hereof. To the extent the Option is not exercised within such 18-month period, the Option shall be cancelled and revert back to the Company and the Optionee or any permitted transferee pursuant to Section 11, as applicable, shall have no further right or interest therein.

 

6.   Corporate Transaction . In the event that the Option is assumed or continued, or substituted for new stock options or another equity-based award of a

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successor entity, or parent or subsidiary thereof (with appropriate adjustments as to the number of shares and option exercise p rices), in each case upon the consummation of any Corporate Transaction, and the employment of Optionee with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated within 24 months following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction by the employer without Cause o r by the Optionee for Good Reason, the Option shall be fully vested and may be exercised in full, to the extent applicable, beginning on the date of such termination and for the 12-month period immediately following such termination (subject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 4 hereof) or for such longer period as the Committee shall determine. (Nothing in the preceding sentence shall limit or alter the Optionee’s rights under Section 5(c) hereof in the event that Optionee instea d terminates his or her Service by reason of a Qualified Retirement.) In the event a Corporate Transaction occurs in which the Option is not being assumed, continued or substituted (as contemplated by the preceding sentence), the Option shall become fully vested as of immediately prior to the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction, and the Committee may either (a) require Optionee to exercise the Option prior to the consummation of the Corporate Transaction by providing notice at least 15 days prior to the s cheduled consummation of the Corporation Transaction that the Option (including the any unvested portion of the Option that becomes vested immediately prior to the occurrence of the Corporate Transaction) shall remain exercisable for a period of 15 days, s ubject to the earlier expiration of the Option as provided in Section 4 and Section 5 hereof, and shall thereafter be terminated or (b) provide that the portion of the Option that remains outstanding as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Corpo ration Transaction shall be cancelled upon consummation of the Corporate Transaction, and that Optionee shall receive an amount in cash or securities having a value (as determined by the Committee acting in good faith) equal to the product of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option at such time multiplied by the amount, if any, by which (x) the formula or fixed price per share payable to holders of shares of Stock pursuant to such transaction exceeds (y) the Exercise Price. With respect to the C ommittee’s establishment of an exercise window pursuant to clause (a) of the preceding sentence, (i) any exercise during the 15-day period shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction and shall be effective only immediately befor e the consummation thereof, and (ii) upon the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, any unexercised portion of the Option shall terminate.

 

7.   Effect of Severance Agreements Generally .  The Company and the Optionee agree that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the terms of a Severance Agreement expressly defining whether and in what manner (including upon termination of employment) the unvested portion of a stock option shall vest, be exercisable or be cancelled shall control over the terms of this Agreement (including the vesting, exercise period forfeiture and other provisions contained in Section 5 and Section 6 hereof), and shall not be disregarded with respect to the terms of the Option.

 


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8.   Method of Exercising the Option .

 

(a)     Notice of Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Option may be exercised by written or electronic notice to the Company, from the Optionee or a person who proves to the Company’s satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so, stating the number of share of Stock in respect of which the Option is being exercised and specifying how such shares of Stock should be registered (e.g., in the Optionee’s name only or in the Optionee’s and his or her spouse’s names as joint tenants with right of survivorship). Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price for all shares of Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option. The date of exercise of the Option shall be the later of (i) the date on which the Company receives the notice of exercise or (ii) the date on which the conditions set forth in Sections 8(b) and 8(d) are satisfied. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Optionee may not exercise the Option and no shares of Stock will be issued by the Company with respect to any attempted exercise when such exercise is prohibited by law or any Company policy then in effect. The Option may not be exercised at any one time as to less than 100 shares (or such number of shares as to which the Option is then exercisable if less than 100). In no event shall the Option be exercisable for a fractional share.

 

(b)     Payment . Prior to the issuance of the shares of Stock pursuant to Section 8(e) hereof in respect of which all or a portion of the Option shall have been exercised, the Optionee shall have paid to the Company the Exercise Price for all shares of Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option. Payment may be made by personal check, bank draft or postal or express money order (such modes of payment are collectively referred to as “cash”) payable to the order of the Company in U.S. dollars. Payment may also be made in mature shares of Stock owned by the Optionee, or in any combination of cash or such mature shares as the Committee in its sole discretion may approve. The Company may also permit the Optionee to pay for such shares of Stock by directing the Company to withhold shares of Stock that would otherwise be received by the Optionee, pursuant to such rules as the Committee may establish from time to time. In the discretion of the Committee, and in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee, the Optionee may be permitted to make a “cashless” exercise of all or a portion of the Option.

 

(c)     Shareholder Rights . The Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of the Option until the Optionee shall become the holder of record thereof, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of any shares of Stock for which the record date is prior to the date upon which the Optionee shall become the holder of record thereof.

 

(d)     Limitation on Exercise . The Option shall not be exercisable unless the offer and sale of shares of Stock pursuant thereto has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), and qualified under applicable state “blue sky” laws or the Company has determined that an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act and from qualification under such state “blue sky” laws is available.

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All certificates for shares of Stock delivered unde r this Agreement shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange upon which the shares of Stock are then listed, and any applicable securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

 

(e)     Issuance of Stock . The issuance of all shares of Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option shall be evidenced in such a manner as the Company, in its discretion, will deem appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of one or more certificates.

 

9.     Recapitalization or Reorganization .

 

(a)     Authority of the Company and Shareholders . The existence of this Agreement and the Option granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the shares of Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

(b)     Change in Capitalization . If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number of shares or kind of capital stock or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, combination of stock, exchange of stock, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in share of Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Grant Date, the number and kind of shares of stock subject to the Option shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly by the Committee so that the proportionate interest of the Optionee therein immediately following such event shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before such event. Any such adjustment shall not change the aggregate Exercise Price payable with respect to shares that are subject to the unexercised portion of the Option but shall include a corresponding proportionate adjustment in the per share Exercise Price.  The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any distribution to the Company’s shareholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (including an extraordinary dividend, but excluding a non-extraordinary dividend, declared and paid by the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Committee shall, in such manner as it deems appropriate, adjust (a) the number and kind of shares of stock subject to the Option and/or

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(b) the aggregate and per share Exercise Price of the Option as required to reflect such distribution.

 

10.     Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the right, prior to the issuance of any shares of Stock upon full or partial exercise of the Option (whether by the Optionee or any person entitled to do so), to require the Optionee to remit to the Company any and all amounts sufficient to satisfy any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the Option exercise.  At the time of such exercise, the Optionee shall pay in cash to the Company any amount that the Company may reasonably determine to be necessary to satisfy such withholding or other tax obligation. The Company may permit the Optionee to satisfy, in whole or in part, such obligation to remit withholding or other taxes, (a) by directing the Company to withhold sharers of Stock that would otherwise be received by the Optionee, (b) by delivering to the Company shares of Stock already owned by the Optionee and not then subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting, or similar requirements, in each case pursuant to such rules as the Committee may establish from time to time, or (c) by permitting or requiring the Optionee to enter into a “same day sale” commitment with a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (a “ FINRA Dealer ”) whereby the Optionee irrevocably elects to sell a portion of the shares of Stock to be delivered in connection with the exercise to satisfy withholding obligations and whereby the FINRA Dealer irrevocably commits to forward the proceeds necessary to satisfy the withholding obligations directly to the Company or any Affiliate in each case pursuant to such rules as the Committee may establish from time to time. The Company shall also have the right to deduct from all cash payments made pursuant to, or in connection with, the Option, the federal, state, or local taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payments.  The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be withheld from the Option to satisfy any federal, state, or local tax requirements upon the exercise of the Option may not exceed such number of shares of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory amount required by the Company to be withheld and paid to any such federal, state, or local taxing authority with respect to such exercise; provided, however, for so long as Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 or a similar rule remains in effect, the Committee has full discretion to choose, or to allow the Optionee to elect, to withhold a number of shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding obligation (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum required statutory withholding obligation in the Optionee’s relevant tax jurisdiction).

 

11.     Transfers . Except as provided in this Section 11, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only the Optionee (or in the event of the Optionee’s legal incapacity or incompetency, his or her guardian or legal representative) may exercise the Option, and the Option shall not be assignable or transferable by the Optionee, other than by designation of beneficiary, will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Optionee may transfer all or part of the Option, not for value, to any Family Member, provided that the Optionee provides prior written notice to the Company, of such transfer. For the purpose of this section, a “not for value” transfer is a transfer which is (i) a gift, (ii) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights, or (iii) a transfer

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to an entity in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Optionee) in exchange for an interest in such entity. Subsequent transfers of transferred portions of the Option are prohibited except to the Optionee’s Family Member s in accordance with this Section 11 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. In the event of the Optionee’s termination of service, this Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Optionee, following which the Option shall be ex ercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and for the periods specified herein.

 

12.       Prohibition on Repricing .  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except in connection with a Corporate Transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the Company may not (a) amend the terms of the Option to reduce the Exercise Price; (b) cancel or assume the Option in exchange for or substitution of options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price or strike price, as applicable, that is less than the Exercise Price of the Option; or (c) cancel or assume the Option if the Exercise Price is above the then-current Fair Market Value in exchange for cash, other equity or equity-based awards, or other securities, in each case, unless such action (i) is subject to and approved by the Company’s shareholders, or (ii) is an appropriate adjustment pursuant Section 9(b).

 

13.       Clawback .  The Option is subject to mandatory repayment by the Optionee to the Company to the extent the Optionee is or in the future become subject to any Company “clawback” or recoupment policy or Applicable Laws that require the repayment by the Optionee to the Company of compensation paid to the Optionee in the event that the Optionee fails to comply with, or violates, the terms or requirements of such policy or Applicable Laws.

 

14.     Parachute Limitations . If the Optionee is a “disqualified individual,” as defined in Code Section 280G(c), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by the Optionee with the Company or an Affiliate, except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly addresses Code Section 280G or Code Section 4999 (an “ Other Agreement ”), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Optionee (including groups or classes of grantees or beneficiaries of which the Optionee is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Optionee (a “ Benefit Arrangement ”), any right of the Optionee to any exercise, vesting, payment or benefit under this Agreement shall be reduced or eliminated: (a) to the extent that such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Optionee under this Agreement, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit to the Optionee under this Agreement to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2) as then in effect (a “ Parachute Payment ”); and (b) if, as a result of receiving such Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Optionee from the Company

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under this Agreement, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the Optionee without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Paymen t.  Except as required by Code Section 409A or to the extent that Code Section 409A permits discretion, the Committee shall have the right, in the Committee’s sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments, or benefits under this Agreement, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having such rights, payments, or benefits be considered a Parachute Payment; provided, however, to the extent any payment or benefit constitutes deferred compensa tion under Code Section 409A, in order to comply with Code Section 409A, the Company shall instead accomplish such reduction by first reducing or eliminating any cash payments (with the payments to be made furthest in the future being reduced first), then by reducing or eliminating any accelerated vesting of stock options or stock appreciation rights, then by reducing or eliminating any accelerated vesting of restricted stock or restricted stock units, then by reducing or eliminating any other remaining Par achute Payments.

 

15.     Miscellaneous Provisions .

 

(a)     Notices . Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be delivered or made electronically, over the Internet or otherwise (with request for assurance of receipt in a manner typical with respect to communications of that type), or given in writing.  Any notice given in writing shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit with the United States Postal Service, by registered or certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid, and shall be addressed to the Company at its principal executive office and to the Optionee at the address that he has most recently provided to the Company.   Any notice given electronically shall be deemed effective on the date of transmission.

 

(b)     Headings . The headings of sections and subsections are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(c)     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(d)     Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) that relate to the subject matter hereof. In the event the Optionee has a Severance Agreement, any conflicts or ambiguities shall be resolved first by reference to the Severance Agreement and then to this Agreement.    

 

(e)     Amendments . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board and the Committee shall have the power to amend or modify this Agreement;

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provided, however, that no amendment or modification of this Agreement shall materially and adversely alter or impair the rights of the Optionee without the consent of the Optionee, except as otherwise provided in Section 15(i), and any such a mendment or modification of the terms of this Agreement by the Board or the Committee shall, upon adoption, become and be binding on all persons affected thereby without requirement for consent or other action with respect thereto by any such person. The C ommittee shall give notice to the Optionee of any such amendment or modification as promptly as practicable after the adoption thereof. The foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Optionee and the Board or the Committee by mutual written consent to alter or amend the terms of this Agreement.

 

(f)       Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, and successors of the parties hereto and may only be amended by written agreement of the parties hereto.

 

(g)     Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof.

 

(h)     No Employment or Other Rights . This Agreement grant does not confer upon the Optionee any right to be continued in the employment of, or otherwise provide services to, the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof, or interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof to terminate the Optionee’s employment at any time.  For purposes of this Agreement only, the term “employment” shall include circumstances under which the Optionee provides consulting or other services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an independent contractor, but the Optionee is not, nor shall be considered, an employee; provided, however, nothing in this Section 15(h) or this Agreement shall create an employment relationship between such person and the Company or its applicable Subsidiary, as the usages described in this Section are for convenience only.

 

(i)     Compliance with Code Section 409A . It is the intent of the parties that this Agreement incorporates the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the consequences specified in Code Section 409A(a)(1). To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in compliance with Code Section 409A and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Committee or the Board determines that the Option may be subject to Code Section 409A, the Committee or the Board may, without the consent of the Optionee, adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies, and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Committee or the Board determines are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Option from Code Section 409A or (ii) comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder.

 

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(j)     Administration . The Committee shall administer this Agreement and the related Op tion, and shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions hereof, to: (i) construe and interpret this Agreement, (ii) proscribe, amend and rescind rules and procedures relating to this Agreement, (iii) employ such legal counsel, inde pendent auditors and consultants as it deems desirable for such administration and to rely upon any opinion or computation received therefrom, (iv) vary the terms of this Agreement to take account of tax, securities law and other regulatory requirements of foreign jurisdictions, and (v) make all other determinations and take any other action desirable or necessary to interpret, construe or implement properly the provisions of this Agreement.  All determinations by the Committee in carrying out and administe ring this Agreement and in construing and interpreting this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons interested herein.

 

(k)       Liability; Board Action . No member of the Board or Committee, or any officer or employee of the Company to whom any duties or responsibilities are delegated hereunder shall be liable for any action or determination made in connection with the operation, administration or interpretation of this Agreement and the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each such person from any liability arising from or in connection with this Agreement, except where such liability results directly from such person’s fraud, willful misconduct or failure to act in good faith. In the performance of its responsibilities with respect to this Agreement, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice furnished by the Company’s officers, the Company’s accountants, the Company’s counsel and any other party the Committee deems necessary, and no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such advice.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any authority or responsibility that, under the terms of this Agreement may be exercised by the Committee, may alternatively be exercised by the Board.

 

(l)     Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act . This Agreement is intended to comply in all respects with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the consummation of any transaction under this Agreement, or the taking of any action by the Committee in connection with a change in control of the Company, would result in the possible imposition of liability on the Optionee pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated, to defer such transaction or the effectiveness of such action to the extent necessary to avoid such liability, but in no event for a period longer than 180 days.

 

15.     Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized words shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

Affiliate ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Applicable Laws ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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Cause ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Severance Agreement.

 

Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee appointed by the Board to administer equity compensation plan-related matters.

 

Corporate Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Disability ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Exchange Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan

 

Fair Market Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Family Member ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Good Reason ” shall mean the Optionee voluntarily terminating his employment, following a Corporate Transaction, after the occurrence of any of the following circumstances (in each case, after notice by the Optionee to employer of the circumstance, and failure by the employer to cure and eliminate such circumstance within 15 calendar days of such notice:  (i) a requirement that the Optionee work principally from a location that is more than fifty (50) miles from his or her principal place of employment immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, or (ii) a ten percent or greater reduction in Optionee’s Total Compensation from the amount of such Total Compensation immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.

 

Qualified Retirement ” shall mean a retirement from Service by the Optionee in which, at the time of such retirement, the sum of the Optionee’s age and aggregate 12-month completed periods of Service (whether or not such completed 12-month periods are consecutive), in each case without giving credit for any partial years, equals or exceeds 75.

 

Service ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Severance Agreement ” shall mean a written change in control and severance agreement between the Optionee and the Company.

 

Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

 

Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

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Total Compensation ” shall mean aggregate of base salary, target bonus opportunity, employee benefits (retirement plan, welfare plans, and fringe benefits), and grant date fair value of equity-based compensation, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any reductions caused by the failure to achieve performance targets) taken as a whole.

 

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EXECUTED as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

COMPANY: ORTHOFIX MEDICAL INC.

 

 

By:  /s/ Bradley R. Mason

Name:  Bradley R. Mason

Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

OPTIONEE:

/s/ Jon Serbousek

Jon Serbousek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement - Signature Page

Exhibit 10.2

Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement

 

This Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made this 5 th day of August 2019 (the “ Grant Date ”) between Orthofix Medical Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Jon Serbousek (the “ Award Recipient ”).  

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement for the Award Recipient to accept employment with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, the Company desires to afford the Award Recipient the opportunity to acquire shares of Stock on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the Award (as defined below) is intended to be granted pursuant to the exception for inducement grants pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and therefore is not granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated Orthofix Medical Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it may be further amended from time to time, the “ 2012 Plan ”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in connection with the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.     Grant of Restricted Stock Units .

(a)     Number of Shares/Vesting .  The Company hereby grants to the Award Recipient, on the Grant Date, Restricted Stock Units relating to 14,743 shares of Stock, subject to the vesting schedule and terms and conditions set forth below (the “ Award ).  Subject to earlier termination in accordance with this Agreement and the terms and conditions herein, Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement shall vest with respect to 25% of the shares of Stock covered hereby on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date (each, a “ Vesting Date ”); provided, that the Award Recipient continues in Service and has not had a Separation from Service on each such Vesting Date; provided, further, for the avoidance of doubt, that there shall be no proportionate or partial vesting in the periods prior to or between each Vesting Date unless otherwise provided under this Agreement, and fractional shares shall be rounded to the nearest whole share but, if applicable, shall be rounded up or down on the last applicable Vesting Date so that the Award Recipient is eligible to vest in the total number of Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement (but in no event more than the total number of Restricted Stock Units granted under this Agreement); provided, further, for the avoidance of doubt, that no additional Restricted Stock Units shall vest following the Award Recipient’s Separation from Service.

(b)     Additional Documents .  The Award Recipient agrees to execute such additional documents and complete and execute such forms as the Company may require for purposes of this Agreement.

(c)     Issuance of Stock .  The shares of Stock underlying the Award Recipient’s vested Restricted Stock Units will be issued as soon as practicable following the earlier of (i) the date that the Restricted Stock Units vest pursuant to the vesting schedule, or (ii) the date of the Award Recipient’s Separation from Service, but in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year that immediately follows the first of such events (the date or dates such

 

 


 

shares of Stock are delivered, the “ Settlement Date ”).  The issuance of shares of Stock under this grant shall be evidenced in such a manner as the Company, in its discretion, will deem appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates.  On the Settlement Date, the Company shall also deliver to the Award Recipient the number of add itional shares of Stock, the number of any other securities of the Company and the amount of any other property (in the case of cash dividends, assuming such dividends had been reinvested in shares of Stock as of the ex-dividend date thereof), in each case that the Company distributed per share of Stock to holders generally during the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on the applicable Settlement Date, multiplied by the number of shares of Stock that are being delivered to the Award Recipient u nder this paragraph, without interest, and less any tax withholding amount applicable to such distribution.  To the extent that the Restricted Stock Units are forfeited prior to vesting, the right to receive such distributions shall also be forfeited.

(d)      Shareholder Rights .  The Award Recipient has no rights as a shareholder with respect to the shares of Stock underlying the Restricted Stock Units unless and until the Stock relating to the Restricted Stock Units has been delivered.  No adjustments are made for dividends, distributions, or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before the certificate is issued (or appropriate book entry is made), except as otherwise provided herein.

(e)     Limitation on Settlement . The Award shall not be settled unless the offer and sale of the shares of Stock pursuant thereto has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), and qualified under applicable state “blue sky” laws or the Company has determined that an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act and from qualification under such state “blue sky” laws is available. All certificates for shares of Stock delivered under this Agreement shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange upon which the shares of Stock are then listed, and any applicable securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

2.     Effect of Severance Agreements Generally .  The Company and the Award Recipient agree that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the terms of a Severance Agreement expressly defining whether and in what manner (including upon termination of employment) the unvested portion of an award of restricted stock units shall vest, be exercisable or be cancelled shall control over the terms of this Agreement (including the vesting, exercise period forfeiture and other provisions contained in Section 4 hereof), and shall not be disregarded with respect to the terms of the Award.

3.     Restrictions on Transfer .  To the extent not yet vested, the Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, transferred, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered or disposed of, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the Restricted Stock Units be made subject to execution, attachment, or similar process.  If the Award Recipient attempts to do any of these things, he will immediately and automatically forfeit the Restricted Stock Units.

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4.     Termination of Service; Corporate Transactions .

(a)     Certain Terminations of Service .  If, prior to vesting, the Award Recipient’s Service is terminated for any reason other than (i) death, (ii) Disability, or (iii) termination by the Company without Cause, the unvested portion of the Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited by the Award Recipient and cancelled by the Company as of the date of the Award Recipient’s termination of Service, and the Award Recipient shall have no further right or interest therein unless the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise.

(b)     Termination of Service for Death or Disability . If the Award Recipient’s Service terminates by reason of death or Disability, the Restricted Stock Units shall automatically vest in full as of the date of the Award Recipient’s termination of Service.

(c)     Termination of Service by Company without Cause . If the Award Recipient’s Service is terminated by the Company without Cause, the Restricted Stock Units shall automatically vest in full as of the date of the Award Recipient’s termination of Service.

(d)     Corporate Transaction . In the event that the unvested portion of this Award is assumed or continued, or substituted for new restricted stock units or another equity-based award of a successor entity, or parent or subsidiary thereof (with appropriate adjustments as to the number of shares), in each case upon the consummation of any Corporate Transaction, and the employment of the Award Recipient with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated within 24 months following the consummation of such Corporate Transaction by the employer without Cause, the unvested portion of the Restricted Stock Units shall be fully vested on the date of such termination of employment with the Company.   In the event a Corporate Transaction occurs in which this Award is not being assumed, continued or substituted (as contemplated by the preceding sentence), the unvested portion of the Award shall be deemed to have vested and the shares of Stock subject thereto shall be delivered immediately prior to the consummation of such Corporate Transaction.

5.     Tax Withholding .  The Company shall have the right to require the Award Recipient to remit to the Company any and all amounts sufficient to satisfy any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the issuance of shares of Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Units.  At the time of the Settlement Date (or, in the event that tax withholding is required as of an earlier date, then such earlier date), the Award Recipient shall pay in cash to the Company any amount that the Company may reasonably determine to be necessary to satisfy such withholding or other tax obligation. The Company may permit the Award Recipient to satisfy, in whole or in part, such obligation to remit withholding or other taxes, (a) by directing the Company to withhold shares of Stock that would otherwise become vested, (b) by delivering to the Company shares of Stock already owned by the Award Recipient and not then subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting, or similar requirements, or (c) by permitting or requiring the Award Recipient to enter into a “same day sale” commitment with a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (a “ FINRA Dealer ”) whereby the Award Recipient irrevocably elects to sell a portion of the shares of Stock to be delivered in connection with the Restricted Stock Units to satisfy withholding obligations and whereby the FINRA Dealer irrevocably commits to forward the proceeds necessary to satisfy the withholding obligations directly to the Company or any Affiliate in each case pursuant

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to such rules as the Committee may establish from time to time.  The Company shall also have the right to deduct from all cash payments made pursuant to, or in connection with, the Restricted Stock Units, the fede ral, state, or local taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payments.  The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be withheld to satisfy any federal, state, or local tax requirements may not exceed such number of shares of Stock having a Fa ir Market Value equal to the minimum statutory amount required by the Company to be withheld and paid to any such federal, state, or local taxing authority with respect to such vesting or payment; provided, however , for so long as Accounting Standards Upda te 2016-09 or a similar rule remains in effect, the Committee has full discretion to choose, or to allow the Award Recipient to elect, to withhold a number of shares of Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding obligation (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum required statutory withholding obligation in such Award Recipient’s relevant tax jurisdiction).

6.     No Employment or Other Rights .  This Award does not confer upon the Award Recipient any right to be continued in the employment of, or otherwise provide Services to, the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof, or interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof to terminate such Award Recipient’s employment or other service relationship at any time.  For purposes of this Agreement only, the term “employment” shall include circumstances under which Award Recipient provides consulting or other Services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an independent contractor, but such Award Recipient is not, nor shall be considered, an employee; provided, however, nothing in this Section 6 or this Agreement shall create an employment relationship between such person and the Company or its applicable Subsidiary, as the usages described in this Section are for convenience only.

7.     Recapitalization or Reorganization.

(a)     Authority of the Company and Shareholders . The existence of this Agreement and the Award granted hereunder shall not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the shareholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the shares of Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

(b)     Change in Capitalization . If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number of shares or kind of capital stock or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, combination of stock, exchange of stock, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in shares of Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Grant Date, the number and kind of shares of stock subject to the Award shall be adjusted proportionately and accordingly by the Committee so that the proportionate interest

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of the Award Recipient therein immediately following such event shall, to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before such event.  The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any distribution to the Company’s shareholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (including an extraordinary dividen d, but excluding a non-extraordinary dividend, declared and paid by the Company) without receipt of consideration by the Company, the Committee shall, in such manner as it deems appropriate, adjust the number and kind of shares of stock subject to the Awar d.

8.     Section 409A .   The grant of Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement is intended to comply with Code Section 409A to the extent subject thereto, and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement will be interpreted and administered to be in compliance with Code Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, neither the Company, its Affiliates, the Board, nor the Committee will have any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any tax or penalty on Award Recipient under Code Section 409A, and neither the Company, its Affiliates, the Board, nor the Committee will have any liability to Award Recipient for such tax or penalty.  For purposes of this Agreement, a termination of Service occurs only upon an event that would be a Separation from Service within the meaning of Section 409A.  If, at the time of Award Recipient’s Separation from Service, (1) Award Recipient is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A, and (2) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable on account of Award Recipient’s Separation from Service constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Code Section 409A), the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six (6)-month delay rule set forth in Code Section 409A to avoid taxes or penalties under Code Section 409A (the “ Delay Period ”), then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it in a lump sum on the first business day after the Delay Period (or upon Award Recipient’s death, if earlier), without interest.  Each installment of Restricted Stock Units that vest under this Agreement (if there is more than one installment) will be considered one of a series of separate payments for purposes of Code Section 409A.

9.      Clawback .  The Award is subject to mandatory repayment by the Award Recipient to the Company to the extent the Award Recipient is or in the future become subject to any Company “clawback” or recoupment policy or Applicable Laws that require the repayment by the Award Recipient to the Company of compensation paid to the Award Recipient in the event that the Award Recipient fails to comply with, or violates, the terms or requirements of such policy or Applicable Laws.

10.     Parachute Limitations . If the Award Recipient is a “disqualified individual,” as defined in Code Section 280G(c), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or of any other agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by the Award Recipient with the Company or an Affiliate, except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly addresses Code Section 280G or Code Section 4999 (an “ Other Agreement ”), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Award Recipient (including groups or classes of grantees or beneficiaries of which the Award Recipient is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Award

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Recipient (a “ Benefit Arrangement ”), any right of the Award Recipient to any exercise, vesting, payment or benefit under this Agreement shall be reduced or el iminated: (a) to the extent that such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Award Recipient under this Agreement, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit to the Award Recipient under this Agreement to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2) as then in effect (a “ Parachute Payment ”); and (b) if, as a result of receivi ng such Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Award Recipient from the Company under this Agreement, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by t he Award Recipient without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment.  Except as required by Code Section 409A or to the extent that Code Section 409A permits discretion, the Committee shall have the right, in the Committee’s sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments, or benefits under this Agreement, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having such rights, payments, or benefits be considered a Parach ute Payment; provided, however, to the extent any payment or benefit constitutes deferred compensation under Code Section 409A, in order to comply with Code Section 409A, the Company shall instead accomplish such reduction by first reducing or eliminating any cash payments (with the payments to be made furthest in the future being reduced first), then by reducing or eliminating any accelerated vesting of stock options or stock appreciation rights, then by reducing or eliminating any accelerated vesting of r estricted stock or restricted stock units, then by reducing or eliminating any other remaining Parachute Payments.

11.     Miscellaneous Provisions .

(a)     Notices . Any notice required by the terms of this Agreement shall be delivered or made electronically, over the Internet or otherwise (with request for assurance of receipt in a manner typical with respect to communications of that type), or given in writing.  Any notice given in writing shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or upon deposit with the United States Postal Service, by registered or certified mail, with postage and fees prepaid, and shall be addressed to the Company at its principal executive office and to the Award Recipient at the address that he has most recently provided to the Company.   Any notice given electronically shall be deemed effective on the date of transmission.

(b)     Headings . The headings of sections and subsections are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of the provisions of this Agreement.

(c)     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

(d)     Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) that relate to the subject matter hereof. In the event the Award Recipient has a

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Severance Agreement, any conflicts or ambiguities shall be resolved first by reference to the Severance Agreement and then to this Agreement.

(e)     Amendments . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Board and the Committee shall have the power to amend or modify this Agreement; provided, however, that no amendment or modification of this Agreement shall materially and adversely alter or impair the rights of the Award Recipient without the consent of the Award Recipient and any such amendment or modification of the terms of this Agreement by the Board or the Committee shall, upon adoption, become and be binding on all persons affected thereby without requirement for consent or other action with respect thereto by any such person. The Committee shall give notice to the Award Recipient of any such amendment or modification as promptly as practicable after the adoption thereof. The foregoing shall not restrict the ability of the Award Recipient and the Board or the Committee by mutual written consent to alter or amend the terms of this Agreement.

(f)       Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, and successors of the parties hereto and may only be amended by written agreement of the parties hereto.

(g)     Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof.

(h)     No Employment or Other Rights . This Agreement grant does not confer upon the Award Recipient any right to be continued in the employment of, or otherwise provide services to, the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof, or interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or other affiliate thereof to terminate the Award Recipient’s employment at any time.  For purposes of this Agreement only, the term “employment” shall include circumstances under which the Award Recipient provides consulting or other services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as an independent contractor, but the Award Recipient is not, nor shall be considered, an employee; provided, however, nothing in this Section 11(h) or this Agreement shall create an employment relationship between such person and the Company or its applicable Subsidiary, as the usages described in this Section are for convenience only.

(i)     Administration . The Committee shall administer this Agreement and the related Award, and shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions hereof, to: (i) construe and interpret this Agreement, (ii) proscribe, amend and rescind rules and procedures relating to this Agreement, (iii) employ such legal counsel, independent auditors and consultants as it deems desirable for such administration and to rely upon any opinion or computation received therefrom, (iv) vary the terms of this Agreement to take account of tax, securities law and other regulatory requirements of foreign jurisdictions, and (v) make all other determinations and take any other action desirable or necessary to interpret, construe or implement properly the provisions of this Agreement.  All determinations by the Committee in carrying out and administering this Agreement and in construing and interpreting this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons interested herein.

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(j)       Liability; Board Action . No member of the Board or Committee, or any officer or employee of the Company to whom any duties or responsibilities are delegated hereunder shall be liable for any action or determination made in connection with the operation, administration or interpretation of this Agreement and the Company shall indemnify , defend and hold harmless each such person from any liability arising from or in connection with this Agreement, except where such liability results directly from such person’s fraud, willful misconduct or failure to act in good faith. In the performance of its responsibilities with respect to this Agreement, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice furnished by the Company’s officers, the Company’s accountants, the Company’s counsel and any other party the Committee deems necess ary, and no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon any such advice.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, any authority or responsibility that, under the terms of this Agreement may be exercised by the Committee, may alternatively be exercised by the Board.

(k)     Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act . This Agreement is intended to comply in all respects with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, if the consummation of any transaction under this Agreement, or the taking of any action by the Committee in connection with a change in control of the Company, would result in the possible imposition of liability on the Award Recipient pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated, to defer such transaction or the effectiveness of such action to the extent necessary to avoid such liability, but in no event for a period longer than 180 days.

12.     Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized words shall have the meanings set forth below.

Affiliate ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

Applicable Laws ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Cause ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Severance Agreement.

Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee appointed by the Board to administer equity compensation plan-related matters.

Corporate Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

Disability ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

Exchange Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan

Fair Market Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

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Restricted Stock Units” means a bookkeeping entry representing the equivalen t of one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company, awarded to the Award Recipient pursuant to this Agreement.

Separation from Service” shall have the meaning given such term in Code Section 409A.

Service ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

Severance Agreement ” shall mean a written change in control and severance agreement between the Award Recipient and the Company.

Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in the 2012 Plan.

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EXECUTED as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPANY:

 

ORTHOFIX MEDICAL INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:  

/s/ Bradley R. Mason

 

 

Name:  Bradley R. Mason

 

 

Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

AWARD RECIPIENT:

 

 

 

 

By:  

 /s/ Jon Serbousek

 

 

Name: Jon Serbousek

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Signature Page

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Employee Inducement Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement for Jon Serbousek and the Employee Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Jon Serbousek of Orthofix Medical Inc. of our reports dated February 25, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Orthofix Medical Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Orthofix Medical Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Dallas, Texas

August 5, 2019