MPM HOLDINGS INC. DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT CERTIFICATE
Exhibit 10.39
MPM HOLDINGS INC.
DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT
GRANT CERTIFICATE
THIS DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT CERTIFICATE (this “Agreement”), dated as of [________], 2015 (the “Date of Grant”), is made by and between MPM Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [_______] (the “Grantee”).
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the MPM Holdings Inc. Management Equity Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”), pursuant to which Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) may be granted; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant the RSUs provided for herein to the Grantee, subject to the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants of the parties contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves, their successors and assigns, hereby agree as follows:
1. | Grant of Restricted Stock Units. |
(a)Grant. The Company hereby grants to the Grantee a total of [______] RSUs, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise provided in the Plan. The RSUs shall be credited to a separate book-entry account maintained for the Grantee on the books of the Company.
(b)Incorporation by Reference, Etc. The provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and any interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee from time to time pursuant to the Plan. Any capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the definitions set forth in the Plan. The Committee shall have final authority to interpret and construe the Plan and this Agreement and to make any and all determinations under them, and its decision shall be binding and conclusive upon the Grantee and his or her legal representative in respect of any questions arising under the Plan or this Agreement. The Grantee acknowledges that the Grantee has received a copy of the Plan and has had an opportunity to review the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantee acknowledges that the RSUs and any Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs are subject to provisions of the Plan under which (a) in certain circumstances an adjustment may be made to the number of the RSUs and any Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs; and (b) the Grantee may be required to sell any Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs or otherwise participate in a transaction where other stockholders of the Company are selling (a “drag-along”).
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2. | Vesting; Settlement. |
(a)Vesting, Generally. The RSUs shall become 100% vested upon the first anniversary of the Date of Grant (the “Scheduled Vesting Date”), provided that the Grantee provides services to the Company as a member of the Board through the Scheduled Vesting Date.
(b)Sale. Upon a Sale occurring prior to the Scheduled Vesting Date, the RSUs, to the extent unvested, shall become fully vested, provided that the Grantee provides services to the Company as a member of the Board through the effective date of such Sale.
(c)Settlement. Except as otherwise provided herein, each vested RSU shall be settled in Shares within sixty (60) days following the Applicable Vesting Date. The “Applicable Vesting Date” means the Scheduled Vesting Date or the effective date of the Sale, as applicable.
3.Dividend Equivalents. Each RSU shall be credited with Dividend Equivalents, which shall be withheld by the Company for the Grantee’s account. Dividend Equivalents credited to the Grantee’s account and attributable to a RSU shall be distributed (without interest) to the Grantee at the same time as the underlying Share is delivered upon settlement of such RSU and, if such RSU is forfeited, the Grantee shall have no right to such Dividend Equivalents. Any adjustments for Dividend Equivalents shall be in the sole discretion of the Committee and may be payable (x) in cash, (y) in Shares with a Fair Market Value as of the Applicable Vesting Date equal to the Dividend Equivalents, or (z) in an adjustment to the underlying number of Shares subject to the RSUs.
4.Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes that may be imposed on or for the account of the Grantee in connection with the RSUs or this Agreement, and none of the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Grantee (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes. To the extent applicable, vesting and settlement of the RSUs shall be subject to the Grantee satisfying any applicable U.S. federal, state and local tax withholding obligations and non-U.S. tax withholding obligations, and the Company shall have the right and is hereby authorized to (a) withhold from any amounts payable to the Grantee in connection with the RSUs or otherwise the amount of any required withholding taxes in respect of the RSUs, its settlement or any payment or transfer of the RSUs or under the Plan and to take any such other action as the Committee or the Company deem necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes, (b) require the Grantee to satisfy, in whole or in part, the tax obligations by withholding Shares that would otherwise be deliverable to the Grantee upon settlement of the RSUs with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability, and (c) after an IPO, permit the Grantee to elect to satisfy, in whole or in part, the tax obligations by withholding Shares that would otherwise be deliverable to the Grantee upon settlement of the RSUs with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability.
5.Termination of Services. If, on or prior to an Applicable Vesting Date, the Grantee’s services with the Company as a member of the Board is terminated for any reason, all unvested RSUs shall be cancelled immediately and the Grantee shall not be entitled to receive any payments with respect thereto. Any Shares delivered to the Grantee in respect of vested RSUs shall be subject to the Company’s repurchase right set forth in Section 6 below.
6.Repurchase Right. In the event of the termination of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board for any reason, the RSUs and any Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs shall be subject to repurchase by the Company as set forth in this Section 6.
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(a)Repurchase Right, Generally.
(i)From and after any termination of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board for any reason (the “Repurchase Event”), the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase all or any portion of the vested RSUs and any Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs held by the Grantee (the “Repurchase Right”). The Company may exercise the Repurchase Right by written notice (a “Repurchase Notice”) delivered to the Grantee within six (6) months after the Repurchase Event. Any repurchase described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be for Fair Market Value, except as set forth in Section 6(b) below. The determination date for purposes of determining the Fair Market Value in the preceding sentence shall be the closing date of the purchase of the subject vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs (the “Repurchase Date”).
(ii)Except as provided in subsection (iii) below, the Repurchase Date with respect to any sale and repurchase of the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs pursuant to the exercise of the Repurchase Right shall take place on the later of (x) the date specified by the Company, which shall in no event be later than thirty (30) days following the date of the Repurchase Notice, and (y) ten (10) days following the receipt by the Company of all necessary governmental and other approvals.
(iii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the Board, in its good faith judgment, reasonably determines that a Financing Restriction (as defined below) exists, then the Company may elect (x) to suspend its repurchase of the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs (as the case may be) until the Financing Restriction has ceased to exist, in accordance with subsection (iv) below, (y) to cause its assignee or designee to repurchase the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs, as the case may be, while any Financing Restrictions continue to exist, or (z) to pay all or any portion of the purchase price due in respect of the repurchase by way of a promissory note. In such event, the Company shall furnish written notification to the Grantee specifying the Company’s election and the nature of the Financing Restriction. A “Financing Restriction” exists if: (A) such repurchase would render the Company or its Affiliates unable to meet their obligations in the ordinary course of business at any time during the one (1) year period commencing on the date on which such repurchase would be required, taking into account any pending or proposed transactions, capital expenditures or other
budgeted cash outlays by the Company or any of its Affiliates which are reasonably likely to be consummated or paid, as the case may be, within such one (1) year period, including, without limitation, any corporate reorganization or proposed acquisition of any other Person by the Company or any of its Affiliates which is reasonably likely to be consummated within such one (1) year period; (B) the Company is prohibited from such repurchase by applicable law restricting the purchase by a corporation of its own shares; or (C) such repurchase would (with or without notice or lapse of time) constitute a breach of, default or event of default under, or is otherwise prohibited by, the terms of any loan agreement or other agreement or instrument representing indebtedness to which the Company or any of its Affiliates is a party, or the Company or its applicable Affiliates is not able to obtain the requisite consent of any of its senior lenders for such repurchase.
(iv)If, in the event of a Financing Restriction, the Company elects to suspend its repurchase of the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs (as the case may be) until the Financing Restriction has ceased to exist, then (A) the Company shall repurchase the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs (as the case may be) as soon as reasonably practicable after all Financing Restrictions cease to exist; provided, however, that if
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some, but not all of the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs can be so repurchased without creating a Financing Restriction, then the Company may consummate such repurchase to the fullest extent it is able without causing a Financing Restriction, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable law, (B) the Company shall provide written notice to the Grantee as soon as practicable after all Financing Restrictions cease to exist (the “Reinstatement Notice”), (C) the applicable purchase price shall be determined in accordance with Section 6(a)(i), except that “Fair Market Value” shall be equal to the greater of the Fair Market Value as of the date of the Repurchase Notice and the Fair Market Value calculated as of the date of the Reinstatement Notice, and (D) such repurchase shall occur on a date specified by the Company within ten (10) days following the determination of the Fair Market Value as provided in clause (C) above.
(b)Company’s Repurchase Right upon Certain Terminations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event the Grantee is removed from the Board for Cause, then the Company may exercise the Repurchase Right by delivering a Repurchase Notice to the Grantee within the time periods set forth in Section 6(a) above at a price equal to, for each Share underlying the vested RSUs and for each Share acquired upon settlement of the RSUs (as the case may be), zero, such that (i) the RSUs (whether vested or unvested) shall be cancelled effective as of the date of termination without payment therefor, and (ii) any Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs shall be repurchased effective as of the date of termination without payment therefor. As used herein, “Cause” means a finding by the Board of: (A) the Grantee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, or willful failure to attempt in good faith to substantially perform his or her duties (other than due to physical or mental illness or incapacity), (B) the Grantee’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, or confession to, (1) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or (2) a felony (or the equivalent of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or felony in a jurisdiction other than the United States), (C) the Grantee’s knowingly willful violation of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s written policies that the Board determines is
detrimental to the best interests of the Company and its Affiliates, (D) the Grantee’s fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or material misuse of funds or property belonging to the Company or any of its Affiliates, (E) the Grantee’s use of alcohol or drugs that materially interferes with the performance of his or her duties, or (F) willful or reckless misconduct in respect of the Grantee’s obligations to the Company or its Affiliates or other acts of misconduct by the Grantee occurring during the course of the Grantee’s services to the Company and its Affiliates, which in either case results in or could reasonably be expected to result in material damage to the property, business or reputation of the Company or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the Grantee shall be provided a single 10-day period to cure any of the events or occurrences described in the immediately preceding clauses (A), (C), (E) or (F) hereof, to the extent curable.
(c)Closing. The Repurchase Date shall take place on a date designated by the Company in accordance with Section 6(a); provided, however, that the Repurchase Date may be deferred to a date designated by the Company or, to the extent required to avoid liability under applicable securities laws, by the Grantee, until such time as the Grantee has held the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs, as applicable, for a period of at least six (6) months and one (1) day. The purchase price shall be paid at the closing in the form of a check, wire transfer of immediately available funds or by cancellation of money purchase indebtedness of the Grantee, as determined in the sole discretion of the Company; provided, that all or any portion of the purchase price may be paid by way of a promissory note if a Financing Restriction exists, as set forth in Section 6(a)(iii). The Company may effect repurchase of the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs and the Company shall record such Transfer on its books whether or not the Grantee attends such closing or delivers certificates representing the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs to
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the Company. The Grantee hereby grants an irrevocable proxy and power of attorney which, it is agreed, is coupled with an interest to any nominee of the Company to take all necessary actions and execute and deliver all documents deemed necessary and appropriate by such nominee to effect the sale and purchase of the vested RSUs and/or Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs. If the Grantee fails to take all necessary actions and execute and deliver all documents necessary and appropriate to fulfill his or her obligations under this Section 6, the Grantee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, defend and hold harmless such nominee, its officers, directors, employees, counsel, representatives, agents and partners against all claims, liability, loss or damage (or actions in respect thereof), together with all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses, and expenses incurred in settlement of any litigation commenced or threatened), relating to or arising from such nominee’s exercise of the proxy and power of attorney granted hereby.
7. | Restrictive Covenants. |
(a)Confidentiality of this Agreement. The Grantee hereby agrees that (i) except as required by law, the Grantee will not disclose to any Person other than the Grantee’s spouse and legal, financial and other advisors (if any) the grant of the RSUs or any of the terms or provisions hereof without the prior approval of the Committee, and (ii) in the discretion of the Committee, the RSUs (whether or not vested) shall be forfeited if the Grantee violates the non-disclosure provisions of this Section 7(a).
(b)Non-Solicitation; Non-Hire. During the term of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, the Grantee shall not (without the prior written consent of the Company) directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, induce or attempt to solicit or induce any officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates to terminate their relationship with or leave the employ of the Company or any such Affiliate, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any such Affiliate, on the one hand, and any officer, director or employee thereof, on the other hand, (ii) hire (or other similar arrangement) any Person (in any capacity whether as an officer, director, employee or consultant) who is or at any time was an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates until six (6) months after such individual’s relationship (whether as an officer, director or employee) with the Company or such Affiliate has ended, or (iii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, prospect licensee or other business relation of the Company or any of its Affiliates to cease doing business with the Company or such Affiliate, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, prospect licensee or business relation, on the one hand, and the Company or any such Affiliate, on the other hand; provided, that none of (A) the Grantee’s acting as a reference for employees, (B) any generic, nontargeted advertising affiliated directly or indirectly with the Grantee or (C) the Grantee’s good faith and proper performance of his or her duties and responsibilities for the Company and its Affiliates shall be deemed a breach of this Section 7(b).
(c)Non-Disparagement. During the term of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board and thereafter in perpetuity, the Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly, knowingly disparage, criticize, or otherwise make derogatory statements regarding the Company or any of its Affiliates, successors, directors or officers. The foregoing shall not be violated by the Grantee’s truthful responses to legal process or inquiry by a governmental authority.
(d)Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information; Return of Property. During the term of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board and thereafter in perpetuity, the Grantee shall maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for the Grantee’s benefit or the benefit of any Person, any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, information with respect to the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ operations, processes, products, inventions,
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business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment, or deliver to any Person any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets; provided, that the Grantee’s good faith performance of his or her duties and responsibilities for the Company and its Affiliates during the course of his services as a member of the Board shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 7(d). Upon the Grantee’s cessation of services as a member of the Board for any reason, the Grantee shall promptly deliver to the Company all correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products or processes. The Grantee may nonetheless retain copies of documents relating to the Grantee’s compensation; the Grantee’s personal entitlements and obligations; the Grantee’s rolodex (and electronic
equivalents); and the Grantee’s cell phone number. The Grantee may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought and, if requested by the Company, shall reasonably assist such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
(e)Intellectual Property Rights.
(i)The Grantee agrees that the results and proceeds of the Grantee’s services for the Company or its subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, without limitation, any trade secrets, products, services, processes, know-how, designs, developments, innovations, analyses, drawings, reports, techniques, formulas, methods, developmental or experimental work, improvements, discoveries, inventions, ideas, source and object codes, programs, matters of a literary, musical, dramatic or otherwise creative nature, writings and other works of authorship) resulting from services performed while a member of the Board and any works in progress, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, that were made, developed, conceived or reduced to practice or learned by the Grantee, either alone or jointly with others (collectively, “Inventions”), shall be works-made-for-hire and the Company (or, if applicable or as directed by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates) shall be deemed the sole owner throughout the universe of any and all trade secret, patent, copyright and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “Proprietary Rights”) of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized or developed, with the right to use the same in perpetuity in any manner the Company determines in its sole discretion, without any further payment to the Grantee whatsoever. If, for any reason, any of such results and proceeds shall not legally be a work-made-for-hire and/or there are any Proprietary Rights which do not accrue to the Company (or, as the case may be, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates) under the immediately preceding sentence, then the Grantee hereby irrevocably assigns and agrees to assign any and all of the Grantee’s right, title and interest thereto, including, without limitation, any and all Proprietary Rights of whatsoever nature therein, whether or not now or hereafter known, existing, contemplated, recognized or developed, to the Company (or, if applicable or as directed by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates), and the Company or such subsidiaries or Affiliates shall have the right to use the same in perpetuity throughout the universe in any manner determined by the Company or such subsidiaries or Affiliates without any further payment to the Grantee whatsoever. As to any Invention that the Grantee is required to assign, the Grantee shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company all information known to the Grantee concerning such Invention. The Grantee hereby waives and quitclaims to the Company any and all claims, of any
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nature whatsoever, that the Grantee now or may hereafter have for infringement of any Proprietary Rights assigned hereunder to the Company.
(ii)The Grantee agrees that, from time to time, as may be requested by the Company and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, the Grantee shall do any and all things that the Company may reasonably deem useful or desirable to establish or document the Company’s
exclusive ownership throughout the United States of America or any other country of any and all Proprietary Rights in any such Inventions, including, without limitation, the execution of appropriate copyright and/or patent applications or assignments. To the extent the Grantee has any Proprietary Rights in the Inventions that cannot be assigned in the manner described above, the Grantee unconditionally and irrevocably waives the enforcement of such Proprietary Rights. This Section 7(e) is subject to and shall not be deemed to limit, restrict or constitute any waiver by the Company of any Proprietary Rights of ownership to which the Company may be entitled by operation of law. The Grantee further agrees that, from time to time, as may be requested by the Company and at the Company’s sole cost and expense, the Grantee shall assist the Company in every proper and lawful way to obtain and from time to time enforce Proprietary Rights relating to Inventions in any and all countries. To this end, the Grantee shall execute, verify and deliver such documents and perform such other acts (including appearances as a witness) as the Company may reasonably request for use in applying for, obtaining, perfecting, evidencing, sustaining, and enforcing such Proprietary Rights and the assignment thereof. In addition, the Grantee shall execute, verify, and deliver assignments of such Proprietary Rights to the Company or its designees. The Grantee’s obligation to assist the Company with respect to Proprietary Rights relating to such Inventions in any and all countries shall continue beyond the cessation of the Grantee’s services with the Company.
(f)Grantee Acknowledgements. The Grantee understands that this Section 7 may limit his or her ability to earn a livelihood in a business competitive to the business of the Company and its Affiliates. The Grantee expressly acknowledges and agrees that this Section 7 is reasonable and necessary for the protection of the legitimate business interests of the Company and is reasonable in scope.
(g)Forfeiture; Other Relief. In the event of a material breach by the Grantee of the restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 7, then in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the RSUs shall be automatically forfeited effective as of the date on which such violation first occurs, and, in the event that the Grantee has received settlement of RSUs within the three (3) year period immediately preceding such breach, the Grantee will forfeit any Shares received upon settlement thereof without consideration and be required to forfeit any compensation, gain or other value realized thereafter on the sale or other transfer of such Shares, and must promptly repay such amounts to the Company. The foregoing rights and remedies are in addition to any other rights and remedies that may be available to the Company and shall not prevent (and the Grantee shall not assert that they shall prevent) the Company from bringing one or more actions in any applicable jurisdiction to recover damages as a result of the Grantee’s breach of such restrictive covenants to the full extent of law and equity. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that irreparable injury will result to the Company and its goodwill if the Grantee breaches any of the terms of the covenants set forth in this Section 7, the exact amount of which will be difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that remedies at law would be an inadequate remedy for any breach. Accordingly, the Grantee hereby agrees that, in the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 7, in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief.
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(h)Severability; Blue Pencil. The invalidity or nonenforceability of any provision of this Section 7 in any respect shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Section 7 in any other respect, or of any other provision of this Agreement. In the event that any provision of this Section 7 shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part) by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, and the remaining provisions (and part of such provision, as the case may be) shall not be affected thereby; provided, however, that if any provision of this Section 7 is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder.
8.Rights as a Stockholder. The Grantee shall not be deemed for any purpose, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares underlying the RSUs unless, until and to the extent that (i) the Company shall have issued and delivered to the Grantee the Shares underlying the vested RSUs and (ii) the Grantee’s name shall have been entered as a stockholder of record with respect to such Shares on the books of the Company. The Company shall cause the actions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence to occur promptly following settlement as contemplated by this Agreement, subject to compliance with applicable laws.
9.Compliance with Legal Requirements. The granting and settlement of the RSUs, and any other obligations of the Company under this Agreement, shall be subject to all applicable federal, provincial, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The Committee shall have the right to impose such restrictions on the RSUs as it deems reasonably necessary or advisable under applicable federal securities laws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or market upon which Shares are then listed or traded, and/or any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares. In the event of the settlement of the RSUs at a time when there is not in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the Shares, the Grantee hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the Shares are being acquired for investment only and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and the Grantee shall provide the Company with such further representations and warranties as the Company may reasonably require in order to ensure compliance with applicable federal and state securities, “blue sky” and other laws. In no event shall the Company be obligated to register Shares under state or Federal securities laws, to comply with the requirements of any exemption from registration requirements or to take any other action that may be required in order to permit, or to remove any prohibition or limitation on, the issuance of Shares pursuant to the settlement of the RSUs which may be imposed by any applicable law, rule or regulation. It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe, and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon the Grantee. The Grantee agrees to take all steps the Committee or the Company determines are reasonably necessary to comply with all applicable provisions of federal and state securities law in exercising his or her rights under this Agreement.
10.Clawback. The RSUs and/or the Shares acquired upon settlement of the RSUs shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements (and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Agreement) to the extent required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and Section 954 of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and/or the rules and regulations of any applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Shares may be listed or quoted, or if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company.
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11.Litigation Cooperation. The Grantee agrees that during and after his or her services as a member of the Board, the Grantee will assist the Company and its Affiliates in the defense of any claims, or potential claims that may be made or threatened to be made against the Company or any of its Affiliates in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, which are not adverse to the Grantee (an “Action”), and will assist the Company and its Affiliates in the prosecution of any claims that may be made by the Company or any of its Affiliates in any Action, to the extent that such claims may relate to the Grantee’s services or the period of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board. The Grantee agrees, unless precluded by law, to promptly inform the Company if the Grantee is asked to participate (or otherwise become involved) in any Action involving such claims or potential claims. The Grantee also agrees, unless precluded by law, to promptly inform the Company if the Grantee is asked to assist in any investigation (whether governmental or otherwise) of the Company or any of its Affiliates (or their actions) to the extent that such investigation may relate to the Grantee’s services or the period of the Grantee’s services as a member of the Board, regardless of whether a lawsuit has then been filed against the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to such investigation. The Company or one of its Affiliates shall reimburse the Grantee for all of the Grantee’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with such assistance. Any reimbursement that is taxable income to the Grantee shall be subject to applicable withholding taxes.
12. | Miscellaneous. |
(a)Transferability. The RSUs may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered (a “Transfer”) by the Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or as otherwise permitted under Section 9(f) or 9(g) of the Plan. Any attempted Transfer of the RSUs contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the RSUs, shall be null and void and without effect.
(b)Amendment. The Committee at any time, and from time to time, may amend the terms of this Agreement, provided, however, that the rights of the Grantee shall not be materially adversely affected without the Grantee’s written consent.
(c)Waiver. Any right of the Company contained in this Agreement may be waived in writing by the Committee. No waiver of any right hereunder by any party shall operate as a waiver of any other right, or as a waiver of the same right with respect to any subsequent occasion for its exercise, or as a waiver of any right to damages. No waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other breach or a waiver of the continuation of the same breach.
(d)Section 280G.
(i)In the event that the Grantee becomes entitled to payments or benefits under this Agreement, the Plan and/or any other payments or benefits by reason of a “change of control” as defined in Section 280G of the Code and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Payments”), and any such Payment would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code, or would otherwise be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, or any similar federal or state law (an “Excise Tax”), as determined by an independent certified public accounting firm selected by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”), the amount of the Grantee’s Payments shall be limited to the largest amount payable, if any, that would not result in the imposition of any Excise Tax to the Grantee, but only if,
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notwithstanding such limitation, the total Payments, net of all taxes imposed on the Grantee with respect thereto, would be greater if no Excise Tax were imposed.
(ii)If a reduction in the Payments is necessary, reduction shall occur in the following order: first, a reduction of cash payments not attributable to equity awards which vest on an accelerated basis; second, the cancellation of accelerated vesting of stock awards; third, the reduction of benefits; and fourth, a reduction in any other “parachute payments” (as defined in Section 280G of the Code). If acceleration of vesting of stock award compensation is to be reduced, such acceleration of vesting shall be cancelled in the reverse order of the date of grant of the Grantee’s stock awards, and the acceleration of the vesting of full shares shall be cancelled before the acceleration of the vesting of options.
(iii)All determinations required to be made under this Section 12(d) will be made by the Accounting Firm. Any determination by the Accounting Firm will be binding upon the Company and the Grantee. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm for its services in connection with the determinations and calculations contemplated by this Section 12 shall be borne by the Company.
(e)Section 409A. The RSUs are intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if any provision of the Plan or this Agreement contravenes Section 409A of the Code or could cause the Grantee to incur any tax, interest or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole reasonable discretion and with the Grantee’s consent, modify such provision to (i) comply with, or avoid being subject to, Section 409A of the Code, or to avoid the incurrence of taxes, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent and economic benefit to the Grantee of the applicable
provision without materially increasing the cost to the Company or contravening the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. This Section 12(e) does not create an obligation on the part of the Company to modify the Plan or this Agreement and does not guarantee that the RSUs or the Shares underlying the RSUs will not be subject to interest and penalties under Section 409A.
(f)General Assets. All amounts credited in respect of the RSUs to the book-entry account under this Agreement shall continue for all purposes to be part of the general assets of the Company. The Grantee’s interest in such account shall make the Grantee only a general, unsecured creditor of the Company.
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(g)Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications to be given hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, by telecopy, by nationally-recognized overnight courier, or by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by the addressee to the addresser:
(i)if to the Company, to:
MPM Holdings Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
and
Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
(ii)if to the Grantee, to the Grantee’s home address on file with the Company.
All such notices, requests, consents and other communications shall be deemed to have been delivered in the case of personal delivery or delivery by telecopy, on the date of such delivery, in the case of nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day, and in the case of mailing, on the third business day following such mailing if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(h)Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and each other provision of this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law.
(i)No Rights to Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Grantee any right to be retained, in any position, as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or its Affiliates or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to remove, terminate or discharge the Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever.
(j)Fractional Shares. In lieu of issuing a fraction of a Share resulting from an adjustment of the RSUs pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan or otherwise, the Company shall be entitled to pay to the Grantee an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such fractional share.
(k)Beneficiary. The Grantee may file with the Committee a written designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no designated beneficiary survives the Grantee, the Grantee’s estate shall be deemed to be the Grantee’s beneficiary.
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(l)Successors. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and of the Grantee and the beneficiaries, executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Grantee.
(m)Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersede all prior communications, representations and negotiations in respect thereto.
(n)Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof, or principles of conflicts of laws of any other jurisdiction which could cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
(o)Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Grantee and the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) each consents to jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or if that court is unable to exercise jurisdiction for any reason, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and each waives any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process and waives any objection to jurisdiction based on improper venue or improper jurisdiction. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLAN OR THIS AGREEMENT.
(p)Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction, and shall not constitute a part, of this Agreement.
(q)Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including via facsimile and electronic image scan (pdf)), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
MPM HOLDINGS INC.
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
____________________________________
[Grantee Name]
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