GARMIN LTD.
2005
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
as
amended and restated on June 27, 2010
To: _______________________
("you" or the "Grantee")
Date of Grant: _______________________
NOTICE OF
GRANT:
You have
been granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") relating to the shares, CHF 10 par
value per share, of Garmin Ltd. ("Shares"), subject to the terms and conditions
of the Garmin Ltd. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on June
5, 2009 and on June 27, 2010 (the "Plan") and the Award Agreement between you
and Garmin Ltd. (the "Company"), attached as Exhibit A. Accordingly,
provided you satisfy the conditions set forth in this Notice of Grant and
Exhibit A, the Company agrees to pay you Shares as follows:
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Number
of RSUs Granted
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Dates
Payable
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Date
Grantee Must Be
Employed
To Receive Award
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__________
Shares
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__________,
2010
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2010
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Shares
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__________,
2011
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2011
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__________
Shares
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__________,
2012
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2012
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__________
Shares
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__________,
2013
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2013
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Shares
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__________,
2014
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2014
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In order
to fully understand your rights under the Plan (a copy of which is attached) and
the Award Agreement (the "Award Agreement"), attached as Exhibit A, you are
encouraged to read the Plan and this document carefully. Please refer
to the Plan document for the definition of capitalized terms used in this
Agreement.
By accepting these RSUs, you
are also agreeing to be bound by Exhibit A, including the restrictive covenants
in Section 6 of Exhibit A.
By: /s/ Xxx
X.
Xxx
Name: Xxx
X. Xxx
Title: Chairman
and CEO
Grantee:
__________________________
Date:______________________
EXHIBIT
A
AGREEMENT:
In
consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration paid by the Grantee to the Company, the Grantee
and the Company agree as follows:
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Section 1.
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Incorporation of
Plan
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All
provisions of this Award Agreement and the rights of the Grantee hereunder are
subject in all respects to the provisions of the Plan and the powers of the
Board therein provided. Capitalized terms used in this Award
Agreement but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the
Plan.
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Section 2.
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Grant of
RSUs
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As of the
Date of Xxxxx identified above, the Company grants to you, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the opportunity to receive that
number of unrestricted Shares identified below the heading "Number of RSUs
Granted" on the Notice of Grant (the "RSUs"). Provided you are
employed (and at all times since the Date of Grant have been employed) by the
Company on a Full-Time Basis (which, for purposes of this Award Agreement, means
regularly scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week) and unless your right to
receive the RSUs has been forfeited pursuant to Section 3 below, then (subject
to Section 12 below) you will be paid a number of unrestricted Shares equal to
the aggregate number of your remaining RSUs on the dates above identified below
the heading "Dates Payable" on the Notice of Grant. If a date under
“Dates Payable” is a Saturday or Sunday or any other non-business day, then you
will be paid the Shares payable on that date on the next business
day. For purposes of this Agreement, except where the Board otherwise
determines, a Grantee who, immediately before taking a Company-approved leave of
absence, was employed on a Full-Time Basis will be considered employed on a
Full-Time Basis during the period of such Company-approved leave.
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Section 3.
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Effect of Termination
of Affiliation or Cessation as Full-Time
Employee
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If you
have a Termination of Affiliation or cease to be employed on a Full-Time Basis
for any reason, including termination by the Company with or without Cause,
voluntary resignation, change in employment status from full-time to part-time,
death, or Disability, the effect of such Termination of Affiliation or ceasing
to be employed on a Full-Time Basis on all or any portion of the RSUs is as
provided below.
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(a)
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If
you have a Termination of Affiliation on account of death or Disability,
your RSUs that were forfeitable immediately before such Termination of
Affiliation, if any, shall thereupon become nonforfeitable and the Company
shall, promptly settle all RSUs by delivery to you (or, after your death,
to your personal representative or designated beneficiary) a number of
unrestricted Shares equal to the aggregate number of your remaining
RSUs;
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(b)
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If
you have a Termination of Affiliation during the period ("Change of
Control Period") commencing on a Change of Control and ending on the first
anniversary of the Change of Control, which Termination of Affiliation is
initiated by the Company or a Subsidiary other than for Cause, or
initiated by the Grantee for Good Reason, then your RSUs that were
forfeitable shall thereupon become nonforfeitable and the Company shall
immediately settle all RSUs by delivery to you a number of unrestricted
Shares equal to the aggregate number of your remaining
RSUs;
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(c)
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If
you have a Termination of Affiliation for Cause or for any reason other
than for, death or Disability, or under the circumstances described in
immediately above in Section 3(b), your RSUs, to the extent forfeitable
immediately before such Termination of Affiliation, shall thereupon
automatically be forfeited and you shall have no further rights under this
Award Agreement;
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(d)
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If
you cease to be employed on a Full-Time Basis for any reason other than
for death or Disability, your RSUs, to the extent forfeitable immediately
before such cessation of employment on a Full-Time Basis, shall thereupon
automatically be forfeited and you shall have no further rights under this
Award Agreement.
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Section 4.
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Investment
Intent
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The
Grantee agrees that the Shares acquired pursuant to the vesting of one or more
tranches of RSUs shall be acquired for his/her own account for investment only
and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or
public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"1933 Act") or other applicable securities laws. The Company may, but in no
event shall be required to, bear any expenses of complying with the 1933 Act,
other applicable securities laws or the rules and regulations of any national
securities exchange or other regulatory authority in connection with the
registration, qualification, or transfer, as the case may be, of this Award
Agreement or any Shares acquired hereunder. The foregoing restrictions on the
transfer of the Shares shall be inoperative if (a) the Company previously shall
have been furnished with an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to it, to the
effect that such transfer will not involve any violation of the 1933 Act and
other applicable securities laws or (b) the Shares shall have been duly
registered in compliance with the 1933 Act and other applicable state or federal
securities laws. If this Award Agreement, or the Shares subject to this Award
Agreement, are so registered under the 1933 Act, the Grantee agrees that he will
not make a public offering of the said Shares except on a national securities
exchange on which the shares of the Company are then listed.
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Section 5.
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Nontransferability of
RSUs
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No rights
under this Award Agreement relating to the RSUs may be sold, transferred,
pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, including, unless
specifically approved by the Company, any purported transfer to a current spouse
or former spouse in connection with a legal separation or divorce proceeding.
All rights with respect to the RSUs granted to the Grantee shall be available
during his or her lifetime only to the Grantee.
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Section 6.
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Restrictive
Covenants
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As a
condition of this Award Agreement, the Grantee's right to the RSUs, and in
addition to any restrictive agreements the Grantee may have entered into with
the Company, the Grantee accepts and agrees to be bound as follows:
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(a)
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Nondisclosure
of Award Agreement Terms. The Grantee
agrees not to disclose or cause to be disclosed at any time, nor authorize
anyone to disclose any information concerning this Award Agreement except
(i) as required by law, or (ii) to the Grantee's legal and financial
advisors who agree to be bound by this Paragraph
6(a).
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(b)
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Noncompetition. During
the Grantee's employment and until one year after the Grantee ceases being
employed by or acting as a consultant or independent contractor to the
Company or any Subsidiary, the Grantee will not perform services as an
employee, director, officer, consultant, independent contractor or
advisor, or invest in, whether in the form of equity or debt, or otherwise
have an ownership interest in any company, entity or person that directly
competes anywhere in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, or in
any other location outside the United States, the United Kingdom or Taiwan
where the Company or a Subsidiary conducts or (to the Grantee's knowledge)
plans to conduct business. Nothing in this Section 6(b) shall,
however, restrict the Grantee from making an investment in and owning up
to one-percent (1%) of the common stock of any company whose stock is
listed on a national securities exchange or actively traded in an
over-the-counter market; provided that such investment does not give the
Grantee the right or ability to control or influence the policy decisions
of any direct competitor of the Company or a
Subsidiary.
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(c)
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Noninterference. During
the Grantee's employment and until one year after the Grantee ceases being
employed by or acting as a consultant or independent contractor to the
Company or any Subsidiary, the Grantee will not, either directly or
indirectly through another business or person, solicit, entice away, or
otherwise interfere with any employee, customer, prospective customer,
vendor, prospective vendor, supplier or other similar business relation or
(to the Grantee's knowledge) prospective business relation of the Company
or any Subsidiary.
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(d)
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Nonsolicitation. During
the Grantee's employment and until one year after the Grantee ceases being
employed by or acting as a consultant or independent contractor to the
Company or any Subsidiary, the Grantee will not, either directly or
indirectly through another business or person, hire, recruit, employ, or
attempt to hire, recruit or employ, or facilitate any such acts by others,
any person then currently employed by the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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(e)
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Confidentiality. The
Grantee acknowledges that it is the policy of the Company and its
subsidiaries to maintain as secret and confidential all valuable and
unique information and techniques acquired, developed or used by the
Company and its Subsidiaries relating to their businesses, operations,
employees and customers ("Confidential Information"). The
Grantee recognizes that the Confidential Information is the sole and
exclusive property of the Company and its subsidiaries, and that
disclosure of Confidential Information would cause damage to the Company
and its Subsidiaries. The Grantee shall not at any time
disclose or authorize anyone else to disclose any Confidential Information
or proprietary information that (A) is disclosed to or known by the
Grantee as a result or as a consequence of or through the Grantee's
performance of services for the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) is not
publicly or generally known outside the Company and (C) relates in any
manner to the Company's business. This obligation will continue
even though the Grantee's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary may
have terminated. This paragraph 6(e) shall apply in addition
to, and not in derogation of any other confidentiality agreements that may
exist, now or in the future, between the Grantee and the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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(f)
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No
Detrimental Communications. The Grantee agrees not to
disclose or cause to be disclosed at any time any untrue, negative,
adverse or derogatory comments or information about the Company or any
Subsidiary, about any product or service provided by the Company or any
Subsidiary, or about prospects for the future of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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(g)
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Remedy. The
Grantee acknowledges the consideration provided herein (absent the
Grantee's agreement to this Section 6) is more than the Company is
obligated to pay, and the Grantee further acknowledges that irreparable
harm would result from any breach of this Section and monetary damages
would not provide adequate relief or remedy. Accordingly, the Grantee
specifically agrees that, if the Grantee breaches any of the Grantee's
obligations under this Section 6, the Company and any Subsidiary shall be
entitled to injunctive relief therefor, and in particular, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary shall be precluded from pursuing any and all remedies they may
have at law or in equity for breach of such obligations. In
addition, this Award Agreement and all of Xxxxxxx's right hereunder shall
terminate immediately the first date on which the Grantee engages in such
activity and the Board shall be entitled on or after the first date on
which the Grantee engages in such activity to require the Grantee to
return any Shares obtained by the Grantee's upon vesting of any RSUs to
the Company and to require the Grantee to repay any proceeds received at
any time from the sale of Shares obtained by the Grantee pursuant to the
vesting of any RSUs (plus interest on such amount from the date received
at a rate equal to the prime lending rate as announced from time to time
in The Wall Street
Journal) and to recover all reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses
incurred in terminating this Award Agreement and recovering such Shares
and proceeds.
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Section 7.
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Status of the
Grantee
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The
Grantee shall not be deemed a shareholder of the Company with respect to any of
the Shares subject to this Award Agreement until such time as the underlying
Shares shall have been issued to him or her. The Company shall not be required
to issue or transfer any Shares pursuant to this Award Agreement until all
applicable requirements of law have been complied with and such Shares shall
have been duly listed on any securities exchange on which the Shares may then be
listed. Grantee (i) is not entitled to receive any dividends or
dividend equivalents, whether such dividends would be paid in cash or in kind,
or receive any other distributions made with respect to the RSUs and (ii) does
not have nor may he or she exercise any voting rights with respect to any of the
RSUs, in both cases (i) and (ii) above, unless and until the actual Shares
underlying the RSUs have been delivered pursuant to this Award
Agreement.
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Section 8.
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No Effect on Capital
Structure
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This
Award Agreement shall not affect the right of the Company to reclassify,
recapitalize or otherwise change its capital or debt structure or to merge,
consolidate, convey any or all of its assets, dissolve, liquidate, windup, or
otherwise reorganize.
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Section 9.
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Adjustments
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Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, in the event of any change in the number
of outstanding Shares effected without receipt of consideration therefor by the
Company, by reason of a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization,
separation, liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, share combination or other
change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares, the
aggregate number and class of Shares subject to this Award Agreement shall be
automatically adjusted to accurately and equitably reflect the effect thereon of
such change; provided, however, that any fractional share resulting from such
adjustment shall be eliminated. In the event of a dispute concerning such
adjustment, the decision of the Board shall be conclusive.
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Section
10.
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Amendments
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This
Award Agreement may be amended only by a writing executed by the Company and the
Grantee which specifically states that it is amending this Award Agreement;
provided that this Award Agreement is subject to the power of the Board to amend
the Plan as provided therein. Except as otherwise provided in the
Plan, no such amendment shall materially adversely affect the Grantee's rights
under this Award Agreement without the Grantee's consent.
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Section
11.
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Board
Authority
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Any
questions concerning the interpretation of this Award Agreement, any adjustments
required to be made under Sections 9 or 10 of this Award Agreement, and any
controversy which arises under this Award Agreement shall be settled by the
Board in its sole discretion.
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Section
12.
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Withholding
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At the
time the RSUs are delivered to you pursuant to this Award Agreement, the Company
will be obligated to pay withholding and social taxes on your
behalf. Accordingly, the Company shall have the power to withhold, or
require you to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy any such
federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax or social tax
requirements. At the Company's discretion, withholding may be taken
from other compensation payable to you or may be satisfied by reducing the
number of RSUs deliverable to you. If the Company elects to reduce
the number of RSUs deliverable to you and less than the full value of an RSU is
needed to satisfy any applicable withholding taxes, the Company will distribute
to you the value of the remaining fractional share in cash in an amount equal to
the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the Settlement Date multiplied by the
remaining fractional RSU.
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Section
13.
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Notice
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Whenever
any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such notice must be given in
writing by (a) personal delivery, or (b) expedited, recognized delivery service
with proof of delivery, or (c) United States Mail, postage prepaid, certified
mail, return receipt requested, or (d) telecopy or email (provided that the
telecopy or email is confirmed). Any notice required or permitted to
be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be delivered on the date which it was
personally delivered, sent to the intended addressee, or, whether actually
received or not, on the third business day after it is deposited in the United
States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person
who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified
by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. The Company or the Grantee
may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other,
the address specified for receiving notices. Until changed in
accordance herewith, the Company's address for receiving notices shall be Garmin
Ltd., Attention: General Counsel, Vorstadt 00/00, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx. Unless changed, the Grantee's address for receiving
notices shall be the last known address of the Grantee on the Company's
records. It shall be the Grantee's sole responsibility to notify the
Company as to any change in his or her address. Such notification
shall be made in accordance with this Section 13.
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Section
14.
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Severability
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If any
part of this Award Agreement is declared by any court or governmental authority
to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not serve to
invalidate any part of this Award Agreement not declared to be unlawful or
invalid. Any part so declared unlawful or invalid shall, if possible,
be construed in a manner which gives effect to the terms of such part to the
fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and
valid. Additionally, if any of the covenants in Section 6 are
determined by a court to be unenforceable in whole or in part because of such
covenant's duration or geographical or other scope, such court shall have the
power to modify the duration or scope of such provision as the case may be, so
as to cause such covenant, as so modified, to be enforceable.
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Section
15.
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Binding
Effect
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This
Award Agreement shall bind, and, except as specifically provided herein, shall
inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, legal representatives, successors
and assigns of the parties hereto.
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Section
16.
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Governing Law and
Jurisdiction
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This Award Agreement and the rights of
all persons claiming hereunder shall be construed and determined in accordance
with the laws of the State of Kansas without giving effect to the principles of
the Conflict of Laws to the contrary. . Except as otherwise provided by
mandatory forum requirements of the applicable law, the courts of the State of
Kansas shall have exclusive jurisdiction with regard to any disputes under the
Plan. The
Company shall retain, however, in addition the right to bring any claim in any
other appropriate forum.
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