UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
August 10, 2018
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
 
Insignia Systems, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Minnesota
 
001-13471
 
41-1656308
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
8799 Brooklyn Blvd.Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
55445
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(763) 392-6200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):
 
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter):
 
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
 
  
 
 
 
 
Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Executive Compensatory Arrangements
 
On August 10, 2018, the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Insignia Systems, Inc. (the C ompany ), recommended, and the Board approved, long-term incentive  ( LTI ) awards for our named executive officers in the form of (i) non-qualified stock option s ( Options ) to purchase up to 53,985 shares of Company common stock to Kristine Glancy, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and up to 13,570 shares of Company common stock to Jeffrey Jagerson, our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and (ii) restricted stock units ( RSUs ) representing a contingent right to receive 53,985 shares of Company common stock to Ms. Glancy and 13,570 shares of Company common stock to Mr. Jagerson. The Options and RSUs were granted pursuant to the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”), and vest in three substantially equal installments on August 10, 2020, 2021 and 2022, subject to possible acceleration in accordance with the terms of the 2018 Plan.
 
The awards to Ms. Glancy and Mr. Jagerson reflect our Board and the Committee’s objective of designing LTI awards intended to:
retain and motivate the Company’s senior executives most able to influence strategy and performance to drive transformational change and sustainable long-term shareholder value creation in a rapidly evolving industry;
align the interests of our executives and our shareholders by selecting a vesting schedule intended to provide a reasonable time frame to measure sustainable value creation
place a significant portion of the LTI compensation opportunity “at risk” and linked directly to an increase in share price through stock options; and
provide a competitive level of compensation to enable the Company to recruit and retain high-quality executives in a Company and industry experiencing transformational change.
 
In connection with the grants of Options and RSUs, the Committee also approved forms of award agreement for issuances of non-qualified stock options and time-vested restricted stock units to employees pursuant to the 2018 Plan. The text of the forms of award agreements is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
 
Certain statements made in this Form 8-K that are not statements of historical or current facts, are “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results or performance of the Company to be materially different from the results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “seeks, “intends” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements expressing the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and members of our management team regarding, for instance: (i) our belief that our compensation program will create a substantial incentive for executives to execute the Company’s turn-around strategy; (ii) that our compensation program will cause the Company to realize dramatic growth in its value with shareholders; and (iii) that as the value delivered to our shareholders increases, so does the compensation of our executives. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this statement was made. These forward-looking statements are based on current information, which we have assessed and which by its nature is dynamic and subject to rapid and even abrupt changes.
 
Factors that could cause our estimates and assumptions as to future performance, and our actual results, to differ materially include the following: (i) the risk that management may be unable to fully or successfully implement its business plan to achieve and maintain increased sales and resultant profitability in the future; (ii) the risk that the Company will not be able to develop and implement new product offerings, including mobile, digital or other new offerings, in a successful manner; (iii) prevailing market conditions, including pricing and other competitive pressures, in the in-store advertising industry and, intense competition for agreements with retailers and consumer packaged goods manufacturers; (iv) potentially incorrect assumptions by management with respect to the financial effect of current strategic decisions, the effect of current sales trends on fiscal year 2018 results and the benefit of our relationship with News America; (v) termination of all or a major portion of, or a significant change in terms and conditions of, a material agreement with a consumer packaged goods manufacturer, retailer, or News America; (vi) other economic, business, market, financial, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting the Company’s business generally; (vii) our ability to successfully implement our new IT operating infrastructure; and (viii) our
 
 
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ability to attract and retain highly qualified managerial, operational and sales personnel. Our risks and uncertainties also include, but are not limited to, the risks presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, any additional risks presented in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K. We undertake no obligation (and expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-Q or to update reasons why actual results would differ from those anticipated in any such forward-looking statements, other than as required by law.
 
 
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
 
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
Method of Filing
 
 
 
 
 
 
    10.1  
 
Filed Herewith
    10.2  
 
Filed Herewith
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
  INSIGNIA SYSTEMS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 14, 2018
By:
/s/ Jeffrey A. Jagerson
 
 
 
 
Name: Jeffrey A. Jagerson
 
 
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT 10.1
 
INSIGNIA SYSTEMS, INC.
2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
 
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
 
Insignia Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants an Option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to you, the Participant named below. The terms and conditions of the Option are set forth in this Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement, consisting of this cover page and the Terms and Conditions on the following pages, and in the Plan document, a copy of which has been provided to you. Any capitalized term that is not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan as it currently exists or as it is amended in the future.
 
Name of Participant:
 
 
Number of Shares Covered:
 
Grant Date:
 
 
Exercise Price Per Share:                                                       $
 
Expiration Date:
 
 
Vesting and Exercise Schedule:
 
 
Dates
 
 
 
 
 
Portion of Shares as to Which
Option Becomes Vested and Exercisable
 
 
 
By signing below or otherwise evidencing your acceptance of this Agreement in a manner approved by the Company, you agree to all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and in the Plan document. You acknowledge that you have received and reviewed these documents and that they set forth the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding your right to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to this Option.
 
 PARTICIPANT:
 
 INSIGNIA SYSTEM, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 By:
 
 
 
     Name:
 
 
 
 Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INSIGNIA SYSTEMS, INC.
2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
 
Terms and Conditions
 
1.             Non-Qualified Stock Option . This Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code and will be interpreted accordingly.
 
2.             Vesting and Exercisability of Option .
 
(a)            Scheduled Vesting . This Option will vest and become exercisable as to the number of Shares and on the dates specified in the Vesting and Exercise Schedule on the cover page to this Agreement, so long as your Service to the Company does not end. The Vesting and Exercise Schedule is cumulative, meaning that to the extent the Option has not already been exercised and has not expired or been terminated or cancelled, you or the person otherwise entitled to exercise the Option as provided in this Agreement may at any time purchase all or any portion of the Shares subject to the vested portion of the Option.
 
(b)            Accelerated Vesting . Vesting and exercisability of this Option may be accelerated during the term of the Option under the circumstances described in Sections 3(b)(2), 12(b) and 12(c) of the Plan.
 
3.             Expiration . This Option will expire and will no longer be exercisable at 5:00 p.m. Central Time on the earliest of:
 
(a)   The expiration date specified on the cover page of this Agreement;
 
(b)   Upon your termination of Service for Cause;
 
(c)   Upon the expiration of any applicable period specified in Section 6(d) of the Plan or Section 2 of this Agreement during which this Option may be exercised after your termination of Service; or
 
(d)           The date (if any) fixed for termination or cancellation of this Option pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan.
 
4.             Service Requirement . Except as otherwise provided in Section 6(d) of the Plan or Section 2 of this Agreement, this Option may be exercised only while you continue to provide Service to the Company or any Affiliate, and only if you have continuously provided such Service since the Grant Date of this Option.
 
5.             Exercise of Option . Subject to Section 4, the vested and exercisable portion of this Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the Option term by delivering a written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer or to such other party as may be designated by such officer, and by providing for payment of the exercise price of the Shares being acquired and any related withholding taxes. The notice of exercise must be in a form approved by the Company and state the number of Shares to be purchased, the method of payment of the aggregate exercise price and the directions for the delivery of the Shares to be acquired, and must be signed or otherwise authenticated by the person exercising the Option. If you are not the person exercising the Option, the person submitting the notice also must submit appropriate proof of his/her right to exercise the Option.
 
6.             Payment of Exercise Price . When you submit your notice of exercise, you must include payment of the exercise price of the Shares being purchased through one or a combination of the following methods:
 
                                      
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(a)   Cash (including personal check, cashier’s check or money order);
 
(b)   By means of a broker-assisted cashless exercise in which you irrevocably instruct your broker to deliver proceeds of a sale of all or a portion of the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise to the Company in payment of the exercise price of such Shares; or
 
(c)   By delivery to the Company of Shares (by actual delivery or attestation of ownership in a form approved by the Company) already owned by you that are not subject to any security interest and that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price of the Shares being purchased; or
 
(d)   By authorizing the Company to retain, from the total number of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised, that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price for the total number of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.
 
7.             Withholding Taxes . You may not exercise this Option in whole or in part unless you make arrangements acceptable to the Company for payment of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes that may be due as a result of the exercise of this Option. You hereby authorize the Company (or any Affiliate) to withhold from payroll or other amounts payable to you any sums required to satisfy such withholding tax obligations, and otherwise agree to satisfy such obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of the Plan. You may satisfy such withholding tax obligations by delivering Shares you already own or by having the Company retain a portion of the Shares being acquired upon exercise of the Option, provided you notify the Company in advance of any exercise of your desire to pay withholding taxes in this manner. Delivery of Shares upon exercise of this Option is subject to the satisfaction of applicable withholding tax obligations.
 
8.             Delivery of Shares . As soon as practicable after the Company receives the notice of exercise and payment of the exercise price as provided above, and has determined that all other conditions to exercise, including satisfaction of withholding tax obligations and compliance with applicable laws as provided in Section 16(c) of the Plan, have been satisfied, it shall deliver to the person exercising the Option, in the name of such person, the Shares being purchased, as evidenced by issuance of a stock certificate or certificates, electronic delivery of such Shares to a brokerage account designated by such person, or book-entry registration of such Shares with the Company’s transfer agent. The Company shall pay any original issue or transfer taxes with respect to the issue or transfer of the Shares and all fees and expenses incurred by it in connection therewith. All Shares so issued shall be fully paid and nonassessable.
 
9.             Transfer of Option . During your lifetime, only you (or your guardian or legal representative in the event of legal incapacity) may exercise this Option. You may not assign or transfer this Option except for a transfer upon your death in accordance with your will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The Option held by any such transferee will continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to the Option immediately prior to its transfer and may be exercised by such transferee as and to the extent that the Option has become exercisable and has not terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement.
 
10.             No Shareholder Rights Before Exercise . Neither you nor any permitted transferee of this Option will have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares subject to this Option until a certificate evidencing such Shares has been issued, electronic delivery of such Shares has been made to your designated brokerage account, or an appropriate book entry in the Company’s stock register has been made. No adjustments shall be made for dividends or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your stock certificate has been issued, electronic delivery of your Shares has been made to your
 
                                          
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designated brokerage account, or an appropriate book entry in the Company’s stock register has been made, except as otherwise described in the Plan.
 
11.             Notices . Every notice or other communication relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be mailed to or delivered (including electronically) to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided. Unless and until some other address is so designated, all notices or communications by you to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company, to the attention of its Chief Financial Officer, at its offices at 8799 Brooklyn Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55445, [email address], and all notices or communications by the Company to you may be given to you personally or may be mailed or, if you are still a Service Provider, emailed to you at the address indicated in the Company’s records as your most recent mailing or email address.
 
12.             Additional Provisions .
 
(a)            No Right to Continued Service . This Agreement does not give you a right to continued Service with the Company or any Affiliate, and the Company or any such Affiliate may terminate your Service at any time and otherwise deal with you without regard to the effect it may have upon you under this Agreement.
 
(b)            Governing Plan Document . This Agreement and Option are subject to all the provisions of the Plan, and to all interpretations, rules and regulations which may, from time to time, be adopted and promulgated by the Committee pursuant to the Plan. If there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will govern.
 
(c)            Governing Law . This Agreement, the parties’ performance hereunder, and the relationship between them shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to the choice of law principles thereof.
 
(d)            Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable and if any provision of this Agreement is found by any court to be unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remainder of this Agreement shall nevertheless be enforceable and binding on the parties. You also agree that any trier of fact may modify any invalid, overbroad or unenforceable provision of this Agreement so that such provision, as modified, is valid and enforceable under applicable law.
 
(e)            Binding Effect . This Agreement will be binding in all respects on your heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and on the successors and assigns of the Company.
 
(f)            Other Agreements . You agree that in connection with the exercise of this Option, you will execute such documents as may be necessary to become a party to any shareholder, voting or similar agreements as the Company may require.
 
(g)            Restrictive Legends . The Company may place a legend or legends on any certificate representing Shares issued upon the exercise of this Option summarizing transfer and other restrictions to which the Shares may be subject under applicable securities laws, other provisions of this Agreement, or other agreements contemplated by Section 16 of this Agreement. You agree that in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to in this Agreement, the Company may issue appropriate “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent.
 
(h)            Compensation Recovery Policy . To the extent that any compensation paid or payable pursuant to this Agreement is considered “incentive-based compensation” within the meaning and subject
 
                                               
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to the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act, such compensation shall be subject to potential forfeiture or recovery by the Company in accordance with any compensation recovery policy adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof in response to the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any implementing rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s Shares are then listed. This Agreement may be unilaterally amended by the Company to comply with any such compensation recovery policy.
 
(i)            Electronic Delivery and Acceptance . The Company may deliver any documents related to this Option Award by electronic means and request your acceptance of this Agreement by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive all applicable documentation by electronic delivery and to participate in the Plan through an on-line (and/or voice activated) system established and maintained by the Company or the Company’s third-party stock plan administrator.
 
By signing the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise accepting this Agreement in a manner approved by the Company, you agree to all the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan document.
 
 
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EXHIBIT 10.2
INSIGNIA SYSTEMS, INC.
2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
 
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
(For Employees)
 
Insignia Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants an award of Restricted Stock Units to you, the Participant named below. The terms and conditions of this Award are set forth in this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (the “Agreement”), consisting of this cover page and the Terms and Conditions on the following pages, and in the Plan document, a copy of which has been provided to you. Any capitalized term that is used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Plan as it currently exists or as it is amended in the future.
 
Name of Participant:
 
 
Number of Restricted Stock Units:
 
Grant Date:
 
 
Vesting Schedule:
 
 
Scheduled Vesting Dates
 
 
 
 
 
Number of Restricted Stock Units that Vest
 
 
 
 
By signing below or otherwise evidencing your acceptance of this Agreement in a manner approved by the Company, you agree to all of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and in the Plan document. You acknowledge that you have received and reviewed these documents and that they set forth the entire agreement between you and the Company regarding this Award of Restricted Stock Units.
 
 PARTICIPANT:
 
 INSIGNIA SYSTEM, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 By:
 
 
 
     Name:
 
 
 
 Title:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
INSIGNIA SYSTEMS, INC.
2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
 
(For Employees)
 
Terms and Conditions
 
1.             Grant of Restricted Stock Units . The Company hereby confirms the grant to you, as of the Grant Date and subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement and the Plan, of the number of Restricted Stock Units specified on the cover page of this Agreement (the “Units”). Each Unit represents the right to receive one Share of the Company’s common stock. Prior to their settlement or forfeiture in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Units granted to you will be credited to an account in your name maintained by the Company. This account shall be unfunded and maintained for book-keeping purposes only, with the Units simply representing an unfunded and unsecured contingent obligation of the Company.
 
2.             Restrictions Applicable to Units . Neither this Award nor the Units subject to this Award may be sold, assigned, transferred, exchanged or encumbered, voluntarily or involuntarily, other than a transfer upon your death in accordance with your will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following any such transfer, this Award shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to this Award immediately prior to its transfer. Any attempted transfer in violation of this Section 2 shall be void and without effect. The Units and your right to receive Shares in settlement of the Units under this Agreement shall be subject to forfeiture as provided in Section 5 until satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Section 4.
 
3.             No Shareholder Rights . The Units subject to this Award do not entitle you to any rights of a holder of the Company’s Shares. You will not have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company in connection with the grant of Units subject to this Agreement unless and until Shares are issued to you upon settlement of the Units as provided in Section 6.
 
4.             Vesting of Units . For purposes of this Agreement, “Vesting Date” means any date, including the Scheduled Vesting Dates specified in the Vesting Schedule on the cover page of this Agreement, on which Units subject to this Agreement vest as provided in this Section 4.
 
(a)   Scheduled Vesting . If you remain a Service Provider continuously from the Grant Date specified on the cover page of this Agreement, then the Units will vest in the amounts and on the Scheduled Vesting Dates specified in the Vesting Schedule.
 
(b)   Accelerated Vesting . Vesting of the Units may be accelerated during the term of the Award under the circumstances described in Sections 3(b)(2), 12(b) and 12(c) of the Plan.
 
5.             Effect of Termination of Service . Except as otherwise provided in accordance with Section 4(b) above, if you cease to be a Service Provider, you will forfeit all unvested Units.
 
6.             Settlement of Units . After any Units vest pursuant to Section 4, the Company shall, as soon as practicable (but no later than the 15 th day of the third calendar month following the Vesting Date), cause to be issued and delivered to you (or to your personal representative or your designated beneficiary or estate in the event of your death, as applicable) one Share in payment and settlement of each vested Unit. Delivery of the Shares shall be effected by the issuance of a stock certificate to you, by an appropriate entry in the stock register maintained by the Company’s transfer agent with a notice of issuance provided to you, or by the electronic delivery of the Shares to a brokerage account you designate, and shall be subject to the tax
 
 
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withholding provisions of Section 7 and compliance with all applicable legal requirements as provided in Section 16(c) of the Plan, and shall be in complete satisfaction and settlement of such vested Units. The Company will pay any original issue or transfer taxes with respect to the issue and transfer of Shares to you pursuant to this Agreement, and all fees and expenses incurred by it in connection therewith. If the Units that vest include a fractional Unit, the Company shall round the number of vested Units to the nearest whole Unit prior to issuance of Shares as provided herein.
 
7.             Tax Consequences and Withholding . No Shares will be delivered to you in settlement of vested Units unless you have made arrangements acceptable to the Company for payment of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes that may be due as a result of the delivery of the Shares. You hereby authorize the Company (or any Affiliate) to withhold from payroll or other amounts payable to you any sums required to satisfy such withholding tax obligations, and otherwise agree to satisfy such obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of the Plan. You may elect to satisfy such withholding tax obligations by having the Company withhold a number of Shares that would otherwise be issued to you in settlement of the Units and that have a fair market value equal to the amount of such withholding tax obligations by notifying the Company of such election prior to the Vesting Date.
 
8.             Notices . Every notice or other communication relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be mailed to or delivered (including electronically) to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided. Unless and until some other address is so designated, all notices or communications by you to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company, to the attention of its Chief Financial Officer, at its offices at 8799 Brooklyn Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55445, [email address], and all notices or communications by the Company to you may be given to you personally or may be mailed or, if you are still a Service Provider, emailed to you at the address indicated in the Company’s records as your most recent mailing or email address.
 
9.             Additional Provisions .
 
(a)            No Right to Continued Service . This Agreement does not give you a right to continued Service with the Company or any Affiliate, and the Company or any such Affiliate may terminate your Service at any time and otherwise deal with you without regard to the effect it may have upon you under this Agreement.
 
(b)            Governing Plan Document . This Agreement and the Award are subject to all the provisions of the Plan, and to all interpretations, rules and regulations which may, from time to time, be adopted and promulgated by the Committee pursuant to the Plan. If there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will govern.
 
(c)            Governing Law . This Agreement, the parties’ performance hereunder, and the relationship between them shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to the choice of law principles thereof.
 
(d)            Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable and if any provision of this Agreement is found by any court to be unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remainder of this Agreement shall nevertheless be enforceable and binding on the parties. You also agree that any trier of fact may modify any invalid, overbroad or unenforceable provision of this Agreement so that such provision, as modified, is valid and enforceable under applicable law.
 
(e)            Binding Effect . This Agreement will be binding in all respects on your heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and on the successors and assigns of the Company.
 
 
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(f)            Section 409A of the Code . The award of Units as provided in this Agreement and any issuance of Shares or payment pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code under the short-term deferral exception specified in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-l(b)(4).
 
(g)            Compensation Recovery Policy . To the extent that this Award and any compensation associated therewith is considered “incentive-based compensation” within the meaning and subject to the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act, this Award and any compensation associated therewith shall be subject to potential forfeiture or recovery by the Company in accordance with any compensation recovery policy adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof in response to the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any implementing rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s Shares are then listed. This Agreement may be unilaterally amended by the Company to comply with any such compensation recovery policy.
 
(h)            Electronic Delivery and Acceptance . The Company may deliver any documents related to this Restricted Stock Unit Award by electronic means and request your acceptance of this Agreement by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive all applicable documentation by electronic delivery and to participate in the Plan through an on-line (and/or voice activated) system established and maintained by the Company or the Company’s third-party stock plan administrator.
 
By signing the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise accepting this Agreement in a manner approved by the Company, you agree to all the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan document.
 
 
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