As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2022.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 13-2632319 | ||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
| Incorporation) | |||||
| 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000 | |||||
| Arlington, Virginia | 22202 | ||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
Leonardo DRS, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(Full Title of Plans)
William J. Lynn III
Chief Executive Officer
2345 Crystal Drive
Suite 1000
Arlington, Virginia 22202
(703) 416-8000
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Scott D. Miller Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 (212) 558-4000 | Mark A. Dorfman Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 2345 Crystal Drive Suite 1000 Arlington, Virginia 22202 (703) 416-8000 | ||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | ||||||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing information specified by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Leonardo DRS, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof), a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.Incorporation of Documents By Reference
The following documents that Leonardo DRS, Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) has filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
•The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on March 28, 2022;
•The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on May 16, 2022, the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 filed with the Commission on August 15, 2022, and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 filed with the Commission on November 7, 2022;
•The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 24, 2022 (as amended by the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on March 31, 2022), June 21, 2022, July 7, 2022, August 1, 2022, August 2, 2022, August 3, 2022 and November 28, 2022; and
•The description of the Company’s common stock contained under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Amendment No. 2) (File No. 333-266494) filed with the Commission on September 9, 2022.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission. Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is, or is deemed to be incorporated, by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
No document or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 4.Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Leonardo DRS, Inc. is Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL specifically allows a Delaware corporation to purchase liability insurance on behalf of its directors and officers and to insure against potential liability of such directors and officers regardless of
whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify such directors and officers under Section 145 of the DGCL.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. This provision, however, may not eliminate or limit a director’s liability (1) for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully and negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions permitted under the DGCL relating to the liability of directors. These provisions will eliminate a director’s personal liability for monetary damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty, except in circumstances involving:
•any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty;
•acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;
•unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases, redemptions or other distributions; or
•any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws require us to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL and other applicable law, except in the case of a proceeding instituted by the director without the approval of our board. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provide that we are required to indemnify our directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for all judgments, fines, settlements, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with pending or threatened legal proceedings because of the director’s or officer’s positions with us or another entity that the director or officer serves at our request, subject to various conditions, and to advance funds to our directors and officers to enable them to defend against such proceedings. To receive indemnification, the director or officer must have been successful in the legal proceeding or have acted in good faith and in what was reasonably believed to be a lawful manner in our best interest and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and certain of our officers. The indemnification agreements will provide the directors and certain of our officers with contractual rights to the indemnification and expense advancement rights provided under our amended and restated bylaws, as well as contractual rights to additional indemnification as provided in the indemnification agreements.
The indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.
Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance
We have obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures against certain liabilities that our directors and officers and the directors and officers of our subsidiaries may, in such capacities, incur.
Indemnification; Insurance for RADA Directors and Officers
For not less than seven years from and after the effective time (the “effective time”) of the merger (the “merger”) contemplated by the merger agreement, dated as of June 21, 2022 (the “merger agreement”), by and among the Company, RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (“RADA”) and Blackstart Ltd, the Company will cause its subsidiaries (including RADA) to honor and fulfill the obligations of RADA and its subsidiaries under their respective organizational documents in effect as of the date of the merger agreement (any such persons entitled to indemnification, the “indemnified parties”), all subject to applicable law.
RADA has obtained and fully paid the premium for run-off “tail” insurance policies for the extension of RADA’s directors’ and officers’ liability coverage and fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case providing for Side A, Side B and Side C coverage for a claims reporting or discovery period of seven years from and after the effective time from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as RADA’s insurance carrier as of the date of the merger agreement, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as RADA’s existing policies, with respect to acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the effective time (including in connection with the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement), and covering each person covered by such insurances in effect on the date of the merger agreement.
If RADA or any of its successors or permitted assigns consolidates with or merges into any other person and is not the continuing or surviving person of such consolidation or merger or transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper provisions will be made so that the successors and permitted assigns of the surviving corporation will assume all of the obligations regarding directors and officers indemnification and insurance set forth in the merger agreement.
The indemnification, exculpation and insurance provisions described in this section are intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the effective time will be enforceable by, each of the persons eligible for indemnification, exculpation or insurance as described in the merger agreement, who will be third-party beneficiaries of such provisions.
Item 7.Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.Exhibits
The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 4.1 | ||||||||
| 4.2 | ||||||||
| 5.1 | ||||||||
| 10.1 | ||||||||
| 10.2 | ||||||||
| 10.3 | ||||||||
| 23.1 | ||||||||
| 23.2 | ||||||||
| 107 | ||||||||
Item 9.Undertakings
(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement and
(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Arlington, State of Virginia on the 28th day of November, 2022.
| Leonardo DRS, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ William J. Lynn III | ||||
| Name: | William J. Lynn III | ||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors do hereby constitute and appoint Michael D. Dippold and Mark A. Dorfman, and any of them, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, as our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officers, and to execute any and all instruments for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, that such person may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission in connection with this Registration Statement, including specifically, but not limited to, power and authority to sign for us, any of us, in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments hereto (including post-effective amendments); and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Signature | Title | |||||||
| /s/ William J. Lynn III | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| William J. Lynn III | ||||||||
| /s/ Michael D. Dippold | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||
| Michael D. Dippold | ||||||||
| /s/ Pamela J. Morrow | Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||
| Pamela J. Morrow | ||||||||
| /s/ David W. Carey | Lead Independent Director | |||||||
| David W. Carey | ||||||||
| /s/ Gail Baker | Director | |||||||
| Gail Baker | ||||||||
| /s/ General George W. Casey, Jr. | Director | |||||||
| General George W. Casey, Jr. (Ret.) | ||||||||
| /s/ Mary E. Gallagher | Director | |||||||
| Mary E. Gallagher | ||||||||
| /s/ Kenneth J. Krieg | Director | |||||||
| Kenneth J. Krieg | ||||||||
| /s/ Peter A. Marino | Director | |||||||
| Peter A. Marino | ||||||||
| /s/ Eric C. Salzman | Director | |||||||
| Eric C. Salzman | ||||||||
| /s/ Frances F. Townsend | Director | |||||||
| Frances F. Townsend | ||||||||
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
FORM S-8
(Form Type)
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation Rule | Amount Registered(1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee | ||||||||||||||||
| Equity | Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | Other | 5,382,851(2) | $8.38(4) | $45,108,291.38(4) | 0.00011020 | $4,970.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Equity | Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | Other | 7,033,633(3) | $9.89(5) | $69,562,630.37(5) | 0.00011020 | $7,665.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Offering Amounts | 12,416,484 | $114,670,921.75 | $12,636.74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Fee Offsets | $12,636.74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Fee Due | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to which this exhibit relates shall also cover any additional shares of the common stock of Leonardo DRS, Inc. (the “Company,” and such shares, “Company Common Stock”) that become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock. | ||||
| (2) | Represents shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding under the Company's 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”). Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 21, 2022, by and among the Company, RADA Electronic Industries (“RADA”) and Blackstart Ltd. (“Merger Sub”), a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, effective as of November 28, 2022, Merger Sub merged with and into RADA (the “Merger”), with RADA surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. At the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding option to purchase shares of RADA common stock was converted into an option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock, subject to appropriate adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price of such award. The number of shares registered hereunder includes the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the vesting or exercise of such equity awards, subject to appropriate adjustments thereto. | ||||
| (3) | Represents shares of Company Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Omnibus Plan. | ||||
| (4) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon $8.38, which is the weighted-average exercise price (rounded to the nearest cent) of the outstanding option awards under the Omnibus Plan. | ||||
| (5) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee required by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act and calculated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) promulgated thereunder. The aggregate offering price is the average of the high and low prices of Ordinary Shares of RADA (the predecessor to the Company) as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on November 25, 2022. | ||||
Exhibit 107
Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources
| Registrant or Filer Name | Form or Filing Type | File Number | Initial Filing Date | Filing Date | Fee Offset Claimed | Security Type Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Security Title Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Unsold Securities Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Unsold Aggregate Offering Amount Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Fee Paid with Fee Offset Source | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rule 457(q) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fee Offset Claims | Leonardo DRS | S-1 | 333- 253583 | February 26, 2021 | $12,636.74 | Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 36,685,000 | $807,070,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fee Offset Claims | Leonardo DRS | S-1 | 333- 253583 | March 15, 2021 | $77,141.34(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | The registration fee previously paid in connection with Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on March 15, 2021 was $77,141.34, of which $29,228.94 is available to be claimed as a fee offset and $12,636.74 is being applied to this Registration Statement. | ||||
Exhibit 5.1
 TELEPHONE: 1-212-558-4000 FACSIMILE: 1-212-558-3588 WWW.SULLCROM.COM | 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004-2498 ______________________ LOS ANGELES • PALO ALTO • WASHINGTON, D.C. BRUSSELS • FRANKFURT • LONDON • PARIS BEIJING • HONG KONG • TOKYO MELBOURNE • SYDNEY | ||||
November 28, 2022
| Leonardo DRS, Inc., | ||
| 2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000, | ||
| Arlington, VA 22202. | ||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) of up to 12,416,484 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Leonardo DRS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued by the Company pursuant to the Leonardo DRS, Inc., 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), we, as your counsel, have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination, it is our opinion that when the registration statement relating to the Shares (the “Registration Statement”) has become effective under the Securities Act, the terms of the issuance of the Shares have been duly established in conformity with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Plan, and the Shares have been duly issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
In rendering the foregoing opinion, we are not passing upon, and assume no responsibility for, any disclosure in any registration statement or any related prospectus or other offering material relating to the issuance of the Shares.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible.
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| /s/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | ||
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Exhibit 10.1
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
2022 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the Leonardo DRS, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to help the Company (as hereinafter defined): (1) attract, retain and motivate key employees (including prospective employees), consultants and non-employee directors of Leonardo DRS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”); (2) align the interests of such persons with the Company’s stockholders; and (3) promote ownership of the Company’s equity.
1.2 Definitions of Certain Terms
For purposes of this Plan, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
1.2.1 “Acquisition Awards” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.1.
1.2.2 "Affiliate" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under section 12 of the Exchange Act.
1.2.3 “Award” means an award made pursuant to the Plan.
1.2.4 “Award Agreement” means the written document by which each Award is evidenced, and which may, but need not be (as determined by the Committee) executed or acknowledged (including any electronic acceptance or acknowledgement) by a Participant as a condition to receiving an Award, and which sets forth the terms and provisions applicable to Awards granted under the Plan to such Participant. Any reference herein to an agreement in writing will be deemed to include an electronic writing to the extent permitted by applicable law.
1.2.5 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.2.6 “Business Combination” has the meaning provided in Section 1.2.9(c).
1.2.7 “Cause” means (a) with respect to a Participant employed pursuant to a written employment agreement which agreement includes a definition of “Cause,” “Cause” as defined in that agreement or (b) with respect to any other Participant, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Participant’s repeated or continued failure to perform his or her duties to the Company’s satisfaction (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), as determined in the Company’s sole discretion; (ii) the Participant’s engagement in dishonesty, illegal conduct or misconduct; (iii) the Participant’s embezzlement, misappropriation or fraud, whether or not related to the Participant’s employment with the Company; (iv) the Participant’s conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a crime that constitutes a felony (or state law equivalent) or crime that constitutes a misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude; or (v) the Participant’s violations of the Company’s code of ethics and business conduct, as amended from time to time, as determined in the Company’s sole discretion.
1.2.8 “Certificate” means a stock certificate (or other appropriate document or evidence of ownership) representing Shares.
1.2.9 “Change in Control” means:
(a) during any period of 12 months, individuals who constitute the Board as of the date hereof (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such period, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) will be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or publicly threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or publicly threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any person other than the Board will be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; provided, further, that this Section 1.2.9(a) shall not be in effect until there are no Leonardo S.p.A “Proxy Holders” (as defined in the Proxy Agreement between Leonardo S.p.A, the Company and other parties thereto, dated as of October 26, 2017) on the Board;
(b) any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (“Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the event described in this paragraph (b) will not be deemed to be a Change in Control by virtue of the ownership, or acquisition, of Company Voting Securities: (A) by the Company, (B) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, (C) by any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in paragraph (c) of this definition), or (E) by Leonardo S.p.A or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries;
(c) the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business Combination”), excluding such a Business Combination with Leonardo S.p.A or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, unless immediately following such Business Combination: (A) more than 60% of the total voting power of (x) the entity resulting from such Business Combination (the “Surviving Entity”), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of at least 95% of the voting power, is represented by Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which such Company
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Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of such Company Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Business Combination, (B) no person (other than Leonardo S.p.A or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Entity or the parent), becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the parent (or, if there is no parent, the Surviving Entity) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the parent (or, if there is no parent, the Surviving Entity) following the consummation of the Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Business Combination (any Business Combination which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) of this paragraph (c) will be deemed to be a “Non-Qualifying Transaction”); or
(d) the consummation of a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than to Leonardo S.p.A or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or an Affiliate of the Company); or
(e) the Company’s stockholders approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control will not be deemed to occur solely because any person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 30% of the Company Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Company Voting Securities by the Company which reduces the number of Company Voting Securities outstanding; provided that if after such acquisition by the Company such person (other than Leonardo S.p.A or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries) becomes the beneficial owner of additional Company Voting Securities that increases the percentage of outstanding Company Voting Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control will then occur.
1.2.10 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rulings and regulations thereunder.
1.2.11 “Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.1.
1.2.12 “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and any other securities or property issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to Section 1.6.3.
1.2.13 “Company” means Leonardo DRS, Inc., and any successor entity thereto.
1.2.14 “Company Voting Securities” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.15 “Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.2.
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1.2.16 “Consultant” means any individual (other than a non-employee director), corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that provides bona fide consulting or advisory services to the Company.
1.2.17 “Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.4.
1.2.18 “Director” means a member of the Board.
1.2.19 “Disability” means, unless otherwise defined in an employment agreement between the Participant and the Company, a Participant’s inability to perform the duties of his or her employment on a full-time basis for six (6) consecutive months, as determined by the Committee.
1.2.20 “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25.
1.2.21 “Employee” means a regular, active employee or a prospective employee of the Company, but not including a non-employee director.
1.2.22 “Employment” means a Participant’s performance of services for the Company, as determined by the Committee. The terms “employ” and “employed” will have their correlative meanings. The Committee in its sole discretion may determine (a) whether and when a Participant’s leave of absence results in a termination of Employment, (b) whether and when a change in a Participant’s association with the Company results in a termination of Employment and (c) the impact, if any, of any such leave of absence or change in association on outstanding Awards. Unless expressly provided otherwise, any references in the Plan or any Award Agreement to a Participant’s Employment being terminated will include both voluntary and involuntary terminations.
1.2.23 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
1.2.24 “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a Share, the closing price reported for the Common Stock on the applicable date as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market or, if not so reported, as determined in accordance with a valuation methodology approved by the Committee, unless determined as otherwise specified herein. For purposes of the grant of any Award, the applicable date will be the trading day on which the Award is granted or, if the date the Award is granted is not a trading day, the trading day immediately prior to the date the Award is granted. For purposes of the exercise of any Award, the applicable date is the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company or, if such date is not a trading day, the trading day immediately following the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company.
1.2.25 “Good Reason” means, following a Change in Control, (a) with respect to a Participant employed pursuant to a written employment agreement which agreement includes a definition of “Good Reason,” “Good Reason” as defined in that agreement or (b) with respect to any other Participant, the occurrence of any of the following in the absence of the Participant’s written consent: (i) a material diminution in the Participant’s authority, duties, or responsibilities
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(other than temporarily while the Participant is physically or mentally incapacitated or as required by law), (ii) a material diminution in the Participant’s base salary, (iii) the relocation of the Participant’s principal place of employment to a location more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s principal place of employment immediately prior to the Change in Control, which constitutes a material adverse change in the geographic location with respect to such Participant or (iv) the Company’s material breach of any employment agreement to which the Company and the Participant are party at the time of such breach; provided that in any case such event is not cured by the Company (if susceptible to cure by the Company) within thirty (30) days after the Company has received written notice from the affected Participant within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the event or condition constituting Good Reason specifying the particular events or conditions which constitute Good Reason.
1.2.26 “Incentive Stock Option” means a stock option to purchase Shares that is intended to be an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Sections 421 and 422 of the Code, as now constituted or subsequently amended, or pursuant to a successor provision of the Code, and which is designated as an Incentive Stock Option in the applicable Award Agreement.
1.2.27 “Incumbent Directors” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.28 “Non-Qualifying Transaction” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.29 “Other Stock-Based or Cash-Based Awards” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.1.
1.2.30 “Participant” means an Employee, Consultant or non-employee director who receives an Award.
1.2.31 “Performance-Based Awards” means certain Other Stock-Based or Cash-Based Awards granted pursuant to Section 2.8.2.
1.2.32 “Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.2.
1.2.33 “Performance Goals” means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of Awards, which may or may not be based on Performance Criteria.
1.2.34 “Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
1.2.35 “Plan Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.
1.2.36 “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, including any amendments or successor provisions to that section, and any regulations and other administrative guidance thereunder, in each case as they may be from time to time amended or interpreted through further administrative guidance.
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1.2.37 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
1.2.38 “Share Limit” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.1.
1.2.39 “Shares” means shares of Common Stock.
1.2.40 “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns stock or other equity interests possessing 25% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of the then-outstanding stock or other equity interests.
1.2.41 “Surviving Entity” has the meaning provided in the definition of Change in Control.
1.2.42 “Ten Percent Stockholder” means a person owning stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company and of any Subsidiary or parent corporation of the Company.
1.2.43 “Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code by the United States Treasury Department, as amended.
1.3 Administration
1.3.1 The Compensation Committee of the Board (as constituted from time to time, and including any successor committee, the “Committee”) will administer the Plan. In particular, the Committee will have the authority in its sole discretion to:
(a) exercise all of the powers granted to it under the Plan;
(b) construe, interpret and implement the Plan and all Award Agreements;
(c) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules governing the Committee’s own operations;
(d) make all determinations necessary or advisable in administering the Plan;
(e) correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan;
(f) amend the Plan to reflect changes in applicable law;
(g) grant, or recommend to the Board for approval to grant, Awards and determine who will receive Awards, when such Awards will be granted and the terms of such Awards, including setting forth provisions with regard to the effect of a termination of Employment on such Awards and conditioning the vesting of, or the lapsing of any applicable
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vesting restrictions or other vesting conditions on, Awards upon the attainment of Performance Goals and/or upon continued service;
(h) amend any outstanding Award Agreement in any respect including, without limitation, to
(1) accelerate the time or times at which the Award becomes vested, unrestricted or may be exercised (and, in connection with such acceleration, the Committee may provide that any Shares acquired pursuant to such Award will be restricted Shares, which are subject to vesting, transfer, forfeiture or repayment provisions similar to those in the Participant’s underlying Award),
(2) accelerate the time or times at which Shares are delivered under the Award (and, without limitation on the Committee’s rights, in connection with such acceleration, the Committee may provide that any Shares delivered pursuant to such Award will be restricted Shares, which are subject to vesting, transfer, forfeiture or repayment provisions similar to those in the Participant’s underlying Award),
(3) waive or amend any goals, restrictions, vesting provisions or conditions set forth in such Award Agreement, or impose new goals, restrictions, vesting provisions and conditions or
(4) reflect a change in the Participant’s circumstances (e.g., a change to part-time employment status or a change in position, duties or responsibilities); and
(i) determine at any time whether, to what extent and under what circumstances and method or methods, subject to Section 3.14,
(1) Awards may be
(A) settled in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property (in which event, the Committee may specify what other effects such settlement will have on the Participant’s Award, including the effect on any repayment provisions under the Plan or Award Agreement),
(B) exercised or
(C) canceled, forfeited or suspended,
(2) Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award may be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant thereof or of the Committee,
(3) Awards may be settled by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of their designees and
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(4) the exercise price for any stock option (other than an Incentive Stock Option, unless the Committee determines that such a stock option will no longer constitute an Incentive Stock Option) or stock appreciation right may be reset subject to Section 3.20.
1.3.2 Actions of the Committee may be taken by the vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting (which may be held telephonically). Any action may be taken by a written instrument signed by a majority of the Committee members, and action so taken will be as fully effective as if it had been taken by a vote at a meeting. The determination of the Committee on all matters relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement will be final, binding and conclusive. The Committee may allocate among its members and delegate to any person who is not a member of the Committee, or to any administrative group within the Company, any of its powers, responsibilities or duties. Except as specifically provided to the contrary, references to the Committee include any administrative group, individual or individuals to whom the Committee has delegated its duties and powers.
1.3.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards or administer the Plan. In any such case, the Board will have all of the authority and responsibility granted to the Committee herein.
1.3.4 No member of the Committee, Board or any person to whom the Committee delegates its powers, responsibilities or duties in writing, including by resolution (each such person, a “Covered Person”), will have any liability to any person (including any Participant) for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award, except as expressly provided by statute. Each Covered Person will be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from:
(a) any loss, cost, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Covered Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Covered Person may be a party or in which such Covered Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award Agreement, in each case, in good faith and
(b) any and all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Covered Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Covered Person, provided that the Company will have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and, once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company will have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice.
The foregoing right of indemnification will not be available to a Covered Person to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final adjudication, in either case, not subject to further appeal, determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct. The foregoing right of indemnification will not be exclusive of any
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other rights of indemnification to which Covered Persons may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, pursuant to any individual indemnification agreements between such Covered Person and the Company, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such persons or hold them harmless.
1.4 Persons Eligible for Awards
Awards under the Plan may be made to Employees, Consultants and non-employee directors.
1.5 Types of Awards Under Plan
Awards may be made under the Plan in the form of cash-based or stock-based Awards. Stock-based Awards may be in the form of any of the following, in each case in respect of Common Stock:
(a) stock options,
(b) stock appreciation rights,
(c) restricted Shares,
(d) restricted stock units,
(e) dividend equivalent rights and
(f) other equity-based or equity-related Awards (as further described in Section 2.8), that the Committee determines to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan and the interests of the Company.
1.6 Shares of Common Stock Available for Awards
1.6.1 Shares Subject to the Plan. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 1.6, the total number of Shares that may be granted under the Plan will be 12,416,484 (the “Share Limit”). Shares of Common Stock subject to awards that are assumed, converted or substituted under the Plan as a result of the Company’s acquisition of another company (including by way of merger, combination or similar transaction) (“Acquisition Awards”) will not count against the number of Shares that may be granted under the Plan. Available Shares under a stockholder approved plan of an acquired company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction) may be used for Awards under the Plan and do not reduce the maximum number of Shares available for grant under the Plan, subject to applicable stock exchange requirements.
1.6.2 Replacement of Shares. Shares subject to an Award that is forfeited (including any restricted Shares repurchased by the Company at the same price paid by the Participant so that such Shares are returned to the Company), expires or is settled for cash (in whole or in part), to the extent of such forfeiture, expiration or cash settlement will be available for future grants of Awards under the Plan and will be added back in the same number of Shares as were deducted in
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respect of the grant of such Award. The payment of dividend equivalent rights in cash in conjunction with any outstanding Awards will not be counted against the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. In the case of stock appreciation rights, the difference between the number of Shares covered by the exercised portion of the stock appreciation right and the number of Shares actually delivered upon exercise shall not be restored or available for future issuance under the Plan. Shares tendered by a Participant or withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price of a stock option or to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Award will not again be available for Awards. Shares repurchased using stock option proceeds will not be made available for future issuance of Awards.
1.6.3 Adjustments. The Committee will:
(a) adjust the number and type of property or securities authorized pursuant to Section 1.6.1,
(b) adjust the individual Participant limitations set forth in Sections 1.6, 2.4.1 and 2.5.1,
(c) adjust the number and type of property or securities set forth in Section 2.3.2 that can be issued through Incentive Stock Options and
(d) adjust the terms of any outstanding Awards (including, without limitation, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, the type of property or securities to which the Award relates and the exercise or strike price of any Award),
in such manner as it deems appropriate (including, without limitation, by payment of cash) to prevent the enlargement or dilution of rights, as a result of any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares (or issuance of securities other than Shares) resulting from a recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, spinoff, split up, combination, reclassification or exchange of Shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering, separation, reorganization or liquidation or any other change in the corporate structure or Shares, including any extraordinary dividend or extraordinary distribution; provided that no such adjustment may be made if or to the extent that it would cause an outstanding Award to cease to be exempt from, or to fail to comply with, Section 409A of the Code.
ARTICLE II
AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN
2.1 Agreements Evidencing Awards
Each Award granted under the Plan will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will contain such provisions and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate. Unless otherwise provided herein, the Committee may grant Awards in tandem with or, subject to Section 3.14, in substitution for or satisfaction of any other Award or Awards granted under the Plan or any award granted under any other plan of the Company. By accepting an Award
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pursuant to the Plan, a Participant thereby agrees that the Award will be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
2.2 No Rights as a Stockholder
No Participant (or other person having rights pursuant to an Award) will have any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to Shares subject to an Award until the delivery of such Shares. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.6.3, no adjustments will be made for dividends, distributions or other rights (whether ordinary or extraordinary, and whether in cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property) for which the record date is before the date the Certificates for the Shares are delivered, or in the event the Committee elects to use another system, such as book entries by the transfer agent, before the date in which such system evidences the Participant’s ownership of such Shares.
2.3 Options
2.3.1 Grant. Stock options may be granted to eligible recipients in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that the maximum number of Shares as to which stock options may be granted under the Plan to any one individual in any fiscal year may not exceed the Share Limit (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.3).
2.3.2 Incentive Stock Options. At the time of grant, the Committee will determine:
(a) whether all or any part of a stock option granted to an eligible Employee will be an Incentive Stock Option and
(b) the number of Shares subject to such Incentive Stock Option; provided, however, that
(1) the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the option is granted) of the stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an eligible Employee during any fiscal year (under all such plans of the Company and of any Subsidiary or parent corporation of the Company) may not exceed $100,000 and
(2) no Incentive Stock Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option that may be assumed or issued by the Company in connection with a transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies) may be granted to a person who is not eligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code.
The form of any stock option which is entirely or in part an Incentive Stock Option will clearly indicate that such stock option is an Incentive Stock Option or, if applicable, the number of Shares subject to the Incentive Stock Option. No more than the Share Limit (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.3) that can be delivered under the Plan may be issued through Incentive Stock Options.
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2.3.3 Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share with respect to each stock option will be determined by the Committee but, except for Acquisition Awards or as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.3, may never be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, 110% of the Fair Market Value). Unless otherwise noted in the Award Agreement, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock will be its Fair Market Value on the date of grant of the Award of stock options.
2.3.4 Term of Stock Option. In no event will any stock option be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, 5 years) from the date on which the stock option is granted.
2.3.5 Vesting and Exercise of Stock Option and Payment for Shares. A stock option may vest and be exercised at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as will be determined by the Committee at the time the stock option is granted and set forth in the Award Agreement. Subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, any Shares not acquired pursuant to the exercise of a stock option on the applicable vesting date may be acquired thereafter at any time before the final expiration of the stock option.
To exercise a stock option, the Participant must give written notice or, to the extent permitted by the Company, electronic notice to the Company specifying the number of Shares to be acquired and accompanied by payment of the full purchase price therefor in cash or by certified or official bank check, or in another form as determined by the Company, which may include:
(a) personal check,
(b) Shares, based on the Fair Market Value as of the exercise date,
(c) any other form of consideration approved by the Company and permitted by applicable law and
(d) any combination of the foregoing.
The Committee may also make arrangements for the cashless exercise of a stock option. Any person exercising a stock option will make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or desirable to effect or assure compliance by the Company on terms acceptable to the Company with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable legal requirements. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates and issuing stop-transfer notices to agents and registrars. If a Participant so requests, Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a stock option may be issued in the name of the Participant and another jointly with the right of survivorship.
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2.4 Stock Appreciation Rights
2.4.1 Grant. Stock appreciation rights may be granted to eligible recipients in such number and at such times during the term of the Plan as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that the maximum number of Shares as to which stock appreciation rights may be granted under the Plan to any one individual in any fiscal year may not exceed the Share Limit (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6.3).
2.4.2 Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share with respect to each stock appreciation right will be determined by the Committee but, except for Acquisition Awards or as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.3, may never be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock. Unless otherwise noted in the Award Agreement, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock will be its Fair Market Value on the date of grant of the Award of stock appreciation rights.
2.4.3 Term of Stock Appreciation Right. In no event will any stock appreciation right be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years from the date on which the stock appreciation right is granted.
2.4.4 Vesting and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Right and Delivery of Shares. Each stock appreciation right may vest and be exercised at such time or times as may be determined in the Award Agreement at the time the stock appreciation right is granted. Subject to any limitations in the applicable Award Agreement, any stock appreciation rights not exercised on the applicable vesting date may be exercised thereafter at any time before the final expiration of the stock appreciation right.
To exercise a stock appreciation right, the Participant must give written notice to the Company specifying the number of stock appreciation rights to be exercised. Upon exercise of stock appreciation rights, Shares, cash or other securities or property, or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee, equal in value to:
(a) the excess of:
(1) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over
(2) the exercise price of such stock appreciation right
multiplied by
(b) the number of stock appreciation rights exercised, will be delivered to the Participant.
Any person exercising a stock appreciation right will make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or desirable to effect or assure compliance by the Company on terms acceptable to the Company with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable
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legal requirements. If a Participant so requests, Shares purchased may be issued in the name of the Participant and another jointly with the right of survivorship.
2.5 Restricted Shares
2.5.1 Grants. The Committee may grant or offer for sale restricted Shares in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. Upon the delivery of such Shares, the Participant will have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the restricted Shares, subject to any other restrictions and conditions as the Committee may include in the applicable Award Agreement. Each Participant of an Award of restricted Shares will be issued a Certificate in respect of such Shares, unless the Committee elects to use another system, such as book entries by the transfer agent, as evidencing ownership of such Shares. In the event that a Certificate is issued in respect of restricted Shares, such Certificate may be registered in the name of the Participant, and will, in addition to such legends required by applicable securities laws, bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, but will be held by the Company or its designated agent until the time the restrictions lapse.
2.5.2 Right to Vote and Receive Dividends on Restricted Shares. Each Participant of an Award of restricted Shares will, during the period of restriction, be the beneficial and record owner of such restricted shares and will have full voting rights with respect thereto. Unless the Committee determines otherwise in an Award Agreement, during the period of restriction, all ordinary cash dividends or other ordinary distributions paid upon any restricted Share will be retained by the Company and will be paid to the relevant Participant (without interest) when the Award of restricted Shares vests and will revert back to the Company if for any reason the restricted Share upon which such dividends or other distributions were paid reverts back to the Company (any extraordinary dividends or other extraordinary distributions will be treated in accordance with Section 1.6.3).
2.6 Restricted Stock Units
The Committee may grant Awards of restricted stock units in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. A Participant of a restricted stock unit will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company, until delivery of Shares, cash or other securities or property is made as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. On the delivery date specified in the Award Agreement, the Participant of each restricted stock unit not previously forfeited or terminated will receive one share of Common Stock, cash or other securities or property equal in value to a share of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee.
2.7 Dividend Equivalent Rights
The Committee may include in the Award Agreement with respect to any Award a dividend equivalent right entitling the Participant to receive amounts equal to all or any portion of the regular cash dividends that would be paid on the Shares covered by such Award if such Shares had been delivered pursuant to such Award. The grantee of a dividend equivalent right
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will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company until payment of such amounts is made as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. In the event such a provision is included in an Award Agreement, the Committee will determine whether such payments will be made in cash, in Shares or in another form, whether they will be conditioned upon the exercise of the Award to which they relate (subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code), the time or times at which they will be made, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee will deem appropriate; provided that in no event may such payments may be made unless and until the Award to which they relate vests.
2.8 Other Stock-Based or Cash-Based Awards
2.8.1 Grant. The Committee may grant other types of equity-based, equity-related or cash-based Awards (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares, performance share awards and performance units settled in cash) (“Other Stock-Based or Cash-Based Awards”) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine. The terms and conditions set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement may relate to the achievement of Performance Goals, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant. Such Awards may entail the transfer of actual Shares to Award recipients and may include Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.
2.8.2 Establishment of the Performance Period, Performance Goals and Certification. A Participant’s Performance-Based Award will be determined based on the attainment of written Performance Goals approved by the Committee for a performance period established by the Committee. The Committee may prescribe a formula to determine the amount of the Performance-Based Award that may be payable based upon the level of attainment of the Performance Goals during the performance period. The Performance Goals will be based on criteria determined by the Committee from time to time, and as may be adjusted, modified or amended by the Committee (“Performance Criteria”). Any Performance Goals may be measured in absolute terms or relative to historic performance or the performance of other companies or an index. Following the completion of each performance period, the Committee will have the sole discretion to determine whether the applicable Performance Goals have been met with respect to a given Participant and, if they have, will determine the amount of the applicable Performance-Based Award. The amount of the Performance-Based Award determined by the Committee for a performance period will be paid to the Participant at such time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion after the end of such performance period.
2.9 Repayment If Conditions Not Met
If the Committee determines that all terms and conditions of the Plan and a Participant’s Award Agreement were not satisfied, and that the failure to satisfy such terms and conditions is material, then the Participant will be obligated to pay the Company immediately upon demand therefor, (a) with respect to a stock option and a stock appreciation right, an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value (determined at the time of exercise) of the Shares that were delivered in respect of such exercised stock option or stock appreciation right,
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as applicable, over the exercise price paid therefor, (b) with respect to restricted Shares, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (determined at the time such Shares became vested) of such restricted Shares and (c) with respect to restricted stock units, an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (determined at the time of delivery) of the Shares delivered with respect to the applicable delivery date, in each case with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 2.9, without reduction for any amount applied to satisfy withholding tax or other obligations in respect of such Award.
2.10 Continuous Employment Requirement
Unless otherwise provided herein, in an Award Agreement, in an employment agreement or in other arrangement of the Company or its Affiliates, in the event of Participant’s termination of Employment prior to the vesting of all of the Awards, any unvested Awards will terminate automatically without any further action by the Company and be forfeited without further notice and at no cost to the Company.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS
3.1 Amendment of the Plan
3.1.1 Unless otherwise provided in the Plan or in an Award Agreement, the Board may at any time and from time to time suspend, discontinue, revise or amend the Plan in any respect whatsoever but, subject to Sections 1.3, 1.6.3 and 3.7, no such amendment may materially adversely impair the rights of the Participant of any Award without the Participant’s consent. Subject to Sections 1.3, 1.6.3 and 3.7, an Award Agreement may not be amended to materially adversely impair the rights of a Participant without the Participant’s consent.
3.1.2 Unless otherwise determined by the Board, stockholder approval of any suspension, discontinuance, revision or amendment will be obtained only to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or rules of a securities exchange or self-regulatory agency; provided, however, if and to the extent the Board determines it is appropriate for the Plan to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, no amendment that would require stockholder approval under Section 422 of the Code will be effective without the approval of the Company’s stockholders.
3.2 Tax Withholding
Participants will be solely responsible for any applicable taxes (including, without limitation, income and excise taxes) and penalties, and any interest that accrues thereon, that they incur in connection with the receipt, vesting or exercise of any Award. As a condition to the delivery of any Shares, cash or other securities or property pursuant to any Award or the lifting or lapse of restrictions on any Award, or in connection with any other event that gives rise to a
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federal or other governmental tax withholding obligation on the part of the Company relating to an Award (including, without limitation, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax),
(a) the Company may deduct or withhold (or cause to be deducted or withheld) from any payment or distribution to a Participant whether or not pursuant to the Plan (including Shares otherwise deliverable),
(b) the Committee will be entitled to require that the Participant remit cash to the Company (through payroll deduction or otherwise), or
(c) the Company may enter into any other suitable arrangements to withhold, in each case in the Company’s discretion the amounts of such taxes to be withheld based on the individual tax rates applicable to the Participant.
3.3 Required Consents and Legends
3.3.1 If the Committee at any time determines that any Consent (as hereinafter defined) is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of any Award, the delivery of Shares or the delivery of any cash, securities or other property under the Plan, or the taking of any other action thereunder (each such action a “Plan Action”), then, subject to Section 3.14 such Plan Action will not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until such Consent will have been effected or obtained to the full satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee may direct that any Certificate evidencing Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan will bear a legend setting forth such restrictions on transferability as the Committee may determine to be necessary or desirable, and may advise the transfer agent to place a stop transfer order against any legended Shares.
3.3.2 The term “Consent” as used in this Article III with respect to any Plan Action includes:
(a) any and all listings, registrations or qualifications in respect thereof upon any securities exchange or under any federal, state, or local law, or law, rule or regulation of a jurisdiction outside the United States,
(b) any and all written agreements and representations by the Participant with respect to the disposition of Shares, or with respect to any other matter, which the Committee may deem necessary or desirable to comply with the terms of any such listing, registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption from the requirement that any such listing, qualification or registration be made,
(c) any and all other consents, clearances and approvals in respect of a Plan Action by any governmental or other regulatory body or any stock exchange or self-regulatory agency,
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(d) any and all consents by the Participant to:
(i) the Company’s supplying to any third party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan,
(ii) the Company’s deducting amounts from the Participant’s wages, or another arrangement satisfactory to the Committee, to reimburse the Company for advances made on the Participant’s behalf to satisfy certain withholding and other tax obligations in connection with an Award
(iii) the Company’s imposing sales and transfer procedures and restrictions and hedging restrictions on Shares delivered under the Plan and
(e) any and all consents or authorizations required to comply with, or required to be obtained under, applicable local law or otherwise required by the Committee. Nothing herein will require the Company to list, register or qualify the Shares on any securities exchange.
3.4 Right of Offset
The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver Shares (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, relocation reimbursement, sign-on bonus, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to the Company and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award provides for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver Shares (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Participant to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code in respect of an outstanding Award.
3.5 Non-assignability; No Hedging
Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, no Award (or any rights and obligations thereunder) granted to any person under the Plan may be sold, exchanged, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or hedged, in any manner (including through the use of any cash-settled instrument), whether voluntarily or involuntarily and whether by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all such Awards (and any rights thereunder) will be exercisable during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit, under such terms and conditions that it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, a Participant to transfer any Award to any person or entity that the Committee so determines. Any sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other disposition in violation of the provisions of this Section 3.5 will be null and void and any Award which is hedged in any manner will immediately be forfeited. All of
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the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreements will be binding upon any permitted successors and assigns.
3.6 Change in Control
3.6.1 Unless the Committee determines otherwise or as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or the Company’s Executive Severance Plan, or successor thereof, if a Participant’s Employment is terminated by the Company or any successor entity thereto without Cause on or within one (1) year after a Change in Control, (i) each Award granted to such Participant prior to such Change in Control will become fully vested (including the lapsing of all restrictions and conditions) and, as applicable, exercisable, and (ii) any Shares deliverable pursuant to restricted stock units will be delivered promptly (but no later than 15 days) following such Participant’s termination of Employment.
3.6.2 Unless the Committee determines otherwise or as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or the Company’s Executive Severance Plan, or successor thereof, for any Participant who is an “Eligible Employee” under the Company’s Executive Severance Plan, if such Participant resigns his or her Employment for Good Reason, on or within one (1) year after a Change in Control, (i) each Award granted to such Participant prior to such Change in Control will become fully vested (including the lapsing of all restrictions and conditions) and, as applicable, exercisable, and (ii) any Shares deliverable pursuant to restricted stock units will be delivered promptly (but no later than 15 days) following such Participant’s termination of Employment.
3.6.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change in Control, a Participant’s Award will be treated, to the extent determined by the Committee to be permitted under Section 409A, in accordance with one or more of the following methods as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion: (i) settle such Awards for an amount of cash or securities equal to their value, where in the case of stock options and stock appreciation rights, the value of such awards, if any, will be equal to their in-the-money spread value (if any), as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee; (ii) provide for the assumption of or the issuance of substitute awards that will substantially preserve the otherwise applicable terms of any affected Awards previously granted under the Plan, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; (iii) modify the terms of such awards to add events, conditions or circumstances (including termination of Employment within a specified period after a Change in Control) upon which the vesting of such Awards or lapse of restrictions thereon will accelerate; (iv) deem any performance conditions satisfied at target, maximum or actual performance through closing or provide for the performance conditions to continue (as is or as adjusted by the Committee) after closing or (v) provide that for a period of at least 20 days prior to the Change in Control, any stock options or stock appreciation rights that would not otherwise become exercisable prior to the Change in Control will be exercisable as to all Shares subject thereto (but any such exercise will be contingent upon and subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control and if the Change in Control does not take place within a specified period after giving such notice for any reason whatsoever, the exercise will be null and void) and that any stock options or stock appreciation rights not exercised prior to the consummation of the Change in Control will terminate and be of
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no further force and effect as of the consummation of the Change in Control. In the event that the consideration paid in the Change in Control includes contingent value rights, earnout or indemnity payments or similar payments, then the Committee will determine if Awards settled under clause (i) above are (a) valued at closing taking into account such contingent consideration (with the value determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) or (b) entitled to a share of such contingent consideration. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Change in Control where all stock options and stock appreciation rights are settled for an amount (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) of cash or securities, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate any stock option or stock appreciation right for which the exercise price is equal to or exceeds the per Share value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction without payment of consideration therefor. Similar actions to those specified in this Section 3.6.2 may be taken in the event of a merger or other corporate reorganization that does not constitute a Change in Control.
3.7 No Continued Employment or Engagement; Right of Discharge Reserved
Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of any Award (or any provision in the Plan or Award Agreement) will confer upon any Participant any right to continued Employment, or other engagement, with the Company, nor will it interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate, or alter the terms and conditions of, such Employment or other engagement at any time.
3.8 Nature of Payments
3.8.1 Any and all grants of Awards and deliveries of Common Stock, cash, securities or other property under the Plan will be in consideration of services performed or to be performed for the Company by the Participant. Awards under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made in substitution in whole or in part for cash or other compensation otherwise payable to a Participant. Only whole Shares will be delivered under the Plan. Awards will, to the extent reasonably practicable, be aggregated in order to eliminate any fractional Shares. Fractional Shares may, in the discretion of the Committee, be forfeited or be settled in cash or otherwise as the Committee may determine.
3.8.2 All such grants and deliveries of Shares, cash, securities or other property under the Plan will constitute a special discretionary incentive payment to the Participant, will not entitle the Participant to the grant of any future Awards and will not be required to be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of the Participant for the purpose of determining any contributions to or any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, life insurance, severance or other benefit plan of the Company or under any agreement with the Participant, unless the Company specifically provides otherwise.
3.9 Non-Uniform Determinations
3.9.1 The Committee’s determinations under the Plan and Award Agreements need not be uniform and any such determinations may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan (whether or not such persons are
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similarly situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee will be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations under Award Agreements, and to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements, as to (a) the persons to receive Awards, (b) the terms and provisions of Awards and (c) whether a Participant’s Employment has been terminated for purposes of the Plan.
3.9.2 To the extent the Committee deems it necessary, appropriate or desirable to comply with foreign law or practices and to further the purposes of the Plan, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without amending the Plan, (a) establish special rules applicable to Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals, are employed outside the United States or both and grant Awards (or amend existing Awards) in accordance with those rules and (b) cause the Company to enter into an agreement with any local Subsidiary pursuant to which such Subsidiary will reimburse the Company for the cost of such equity incentives.
3.10 Other Payments or Awards
Nothing contained in the Plan will be deemed in any way to limit or restrict the Company from making any award or payment to any person under any other plan, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect.
3.11 Plan Headings
The headings in the Plan are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof.
3.12 Termination of Plan
The Board reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that in any case, the Plan will terminate on the day before the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, and provided further, that all Awards made under the Plan before its termination will remain in effect until such Awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements.
3.13 Clawback/Recapture Policy
Awards under the Plan will be subject to any clawback or recapture policy that the Company may adopt from time to time to the extent provided in such policy and, in accordance with such policy, may be subject to the requirement that the Awards be repaid to the Company after they have been distributed to the Participant.
3.14 Section 409A
3.14.1 All Awards made under the Plan that are intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A will be interpreted, administered and construed to comply with Section 409A, and all Awards made under the Plan that are intended to be exempt from Section 409A will be interpreted, administered and construed to comply with and preserve such exemption. The Board and the Committee will have full authority to give effect to the intent of the foregoing
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sentence. To the extent necessary to give effect to this intent, in the case of any conflict or potential inconsistency between the Plan and a provision of any Award or Award Agreement with respect to an Award, the Plan will govern.
3.14.2 Without limiting the generality of Section 3.14.1, with respect to any Award made under the Plan that is intended to be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A:
(a) any payment due upon a Participant’s termination of Employment will be paid only upon such Participant’s separation from service from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A;
(b) any payment due upon a Change in Control of the Company will be paid only if such Change in Control constitutes a “change in ownership” or “change in effective control” within the meaning of Section 409A, and in the event that such Change in Control does not constitute a “change in the ownership” or “change in the effective control” within the meaning of Section 409A, such Award will vest upon the Change in Control and any payment will be delayed until the first compliant date under Section 409A;
(c) any payment to be made with respect to such Award in connection with the Participant’s separation from service from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A (and any other payment that would be subject to the limitations in Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code) will be delayed until six months after the Participant’s separation from service (or earlier death) in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A;
(d) to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A, any other securities, other Awards or other property that the Company may deliver in lieu of Shares in respect of an Award will not have the effect of deferring delivery or payment beyond the date on which such delivery or payment would occur with respect to the Shares that would otherwise have been deliverable (unless the Committee elects a later date for this purpose in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A);
(e) with respect to any required Consent described in Section 3.3 or the applicable Award Agreement, if such Consent has not been effected or obtained as of the latest date provided by such Award Agreement for payment in respect of such Award and further delay of payment is not permitted in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A, such Award or portion thereof, as applicable, will be forfeited and terminate notwithstanding any prior earning or vesting;
(f) if the Award includes a “series of installment payments” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) of the Treasury Regulations), the Participant’s right to the series of installment payments will be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and not as a right to a single payment;
(g) if the Award includes “dividend equivalents” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(e) of the Treasury Regulations), the Participant’s right to the dividend equivalents will be treated separately from the right to other amounts under the Award; and
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(h) for purposes of determining whether the Participant has experienced a separation from service from the Company within the meaning of Section 409A, “subsidiary” will mean a corporation or other entity in a chain of corporations or other entities in which each corporation or other entity, starting with the Company, has a controlling interest in another corporation or other entity in the chain, ending with such corporation or other entity. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “controlling interest” has the same meaning as provided in Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i) of the Treasury Regulations, provided that the language “at least 20 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Section 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i) of the Treasury Regulations.
3.15 Governing Law
The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of the Plan and all Awards regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.
3.16 Disputes; Choice of Forum
3.16.1 The Company and each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, agree that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan shall be brought to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Arlington County (Virginia) or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division). The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection a party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. If any one or more provisions of the Plan shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable. The Company and each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, acknowledge that the forum designated by this Section 3.16.1 has a reasonable relation to the Plan and to the relationship between such Participant and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein will preclude the Company from bringing any action or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Section 3.16.1.
3.16.2 The agreement by the Company and each Participant as to forum is independent of the law that may be applied in the action, and the Company and each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, (i) agree to such forum even if the forum may under applicable law choose to apply non-forum law, (ii) hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which the Company or such Participant now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any court referred to in Section 3.16.1, (iii) undertake not to commence any action arising out of or relating to or concerning the Plan in any forum other than the forum described in this Section 3.16 and (iv) agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court will be conclusive and binding upon the Company and each Participant.
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3.16.3 Each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, hereby irrevocably appoints the General Counsel of the Company as such Participant’s agent for service of process in connection with any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to or concerning the Plan, who will promptly advise such Participant of any such service of process.
3.16.4 Each Participant, as a condition to such Participant’s participation in the Plan, agrees to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute, controversy or claim described in Section 3.18, except that a Participant may disclose information concerning such dispute, controversy or claim to the court that is considering such dispute, controversy or claim or to such Participant’s legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute, controversy or claim).
3.17 Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH PARTICIPANT WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN.
3.18 Waiver of Claims
Each Participant of an Award recognizes and agrees that before being selected by the Committee to receive an Award the Participant has no right to any benefits under the Plan. Accordingly, in consideration of the Participant’s receipt of any Award hereunder, the Participant expressly waives any right to contest the amount of any Award, the terms of any Award Agreement, any determination, action or omission hereunder or under any Award Agreement by the Committee, the Company or the Board, or any amendment to the Plan or any Award Agreement (other than an amendment to the Plan or an Award Agreement to which his or her consent is expressly required by the express terms of an Award Agreement). Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, will create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant. The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.
3.19 Shortened Statute of Limitations
Each Participant agrees to shorten the applicable statute of limitations and agrees that no claims or causes of actions may be brought against the Company or any its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of their directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents or representatives based upon, directly or indirectly, any claim that arises under this Plan or any Award Agreement more than twelve (12) months after the date of the action that is the subject of the claim or lawsuit. Each Participant agrees to waive any statute of limitations to the contrary.
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3.20 No Repricing or Reloads
Except as otherwise permitted by Section 1.6.3, reducing the exercise price of stock options or stock appreciation rights issued and outstanding under the Plan, including through amendment, cancellation in exchange for the grant of a substitute Award or repurchase for cash or other consideration (in each case that has the effect of reducing the exercise price), will require approval of the Company’s stockholders. The Company will not grant any stock options or stock appreciation rights with automatic reload features.
3.21 Severability; Entire Agreement
If any of the provisions of the Plan or any Award Agreement is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision will be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions will not be affected thereby; provided that if any of such provisions 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 will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan and any Award Agreements contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.
3.22 No Liability with Respect to Tax Qualification or Adverse Tax Treatment
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event will the Company be liable to a Participant on account of an Award’s failure to (a) qualify for favorable United States federal, state or local, or foreign, tax treatment or (b) avoid adverse tax treatment under United States or foreign law, including, without limitation, Section 409A.
3.23 No Third-Party Beneficiaries
Except as expressly provided in an Award Agreement, neither the Plan nor any Award Agreement will confer on any person other than the Company and the Participant of any Award any rights or remedies thereunder. The exculpation and indemnification provisions of Section 1.3.4 will inure to the benefit of a Covered Person’s estate and beneficiaries and legatees.
3.24 Successors and Assigns of the Company
The terms of the Plan will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor entity, including as contemplated by Section 3.6.
3.25 Date of Adoption and Approval of Stockholders
This Plan was adopted by the Board on November 23, 2022 and was approved by the Company’s stockholders on November 23, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) and amends and restates the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan in its entirety.
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3.26 Limits on Compensation to Non-Employee Directors.
No non-employee director of the Company may be granted (in any calendar year) compensation with a value in excess of $500,000, with the value of any equity-based awards based on the accounting grant date value of such award.
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Exhibit 10.2
Final
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
2022 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
Leonardo DRS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the participant listed below (“Participant”), an award of restricted stock units (“Restricted Stock Units” or “RSUs”) with respect to the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Shares”) indicated below. This award for Restricted Stock Units (this “Award”) is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein, in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Restricted Stock Unit Agreement”) and in the Plan, each of which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Grant Notice and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.
| Participant: | |||||
| Grant Date: | |||||
| Total Number of RSUs: | |||||
| Distribution Schedule: | Subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the RSUs shall be distributable in accordance with Section 1.1 of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. | ||||
| Vesting Schedule: | Subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the RSUs shall vest as set forth on Exhibit B to this Grant Notice. | ||||
By electronically accepting this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”), Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and this Grant Notice. In addition, Participant explicitly acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 3.6 of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. Participant has reviewed the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Plan. Participant has been provided with a copy or electronic access to a copy of the prospectus for the Plan. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. The
Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.
Participant acknowledges that his or her acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and this Grant Notice by his or her signature or electronic acceptance of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement is a condition to the receipt of this Award. As a result, unless otherwise determined by the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board), in the event Participant does not sign or electronically accept this Grant Notice within thirty (30) days of the Grant Date, this Award shall be forfeited and Participant shall have no further rights thereto.
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EXHIBIT A
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) to which this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, the Company has granted to Participant the right to receive the number of RSUs set forth in the Grant Notice, subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Grant Notice and the Plan.
ARTICLE I
AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
1.1Award of Restricted Stock Units.
(a)Award. In consideration of Participant’s continued employment or service with the Company and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company hereby grants to Participant the right to receive the number of RSUs set forth in the Grant Notice, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Grant Notice and the Plan. Prior to actual issuance of any Shares, the Award represents an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.
(b)Vesting. The RSUs subject to the Award shall vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice. Unless and until the RSUs have vested in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice, Participant will have no right to any distribution with respect to such RSUs. Unless otherwise provided in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice or in an employment agreement or other arrangement of the Company, in the event of Participant’s termination of Employment prior to the vesting of all of the RSUs, any unvested RSUs will terminate automatically without any further action by the Company and be forfeited without further notice and at no cost to the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice, in the event Participant’s Employment is terminated due to death or Disability, the RSUs shall fully vest on the date of Participant’s death or Disability, as applicable.
(c)Distribution of RSUs.
(i) Shares or cash equivalents, as determined by the Committee, shall be distributed to Participant (or in the event of Participant’s death, to his or her estate) with respect to Participant’s vested RSUs within sixty (60) days following the date on which such RSUs vest as specified in the Vesting Schedule set forth in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice, subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement.
(ii) Neither the time nor form of distribution of Shares with respect to the RSUs may be changed, except as may be permitted by the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) in accordance with the Plan and Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
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1.2Tax Withholding.
The Company shall have the right to withhold from any delivery of Shares or cash due under the Plan and this Agreement an amount equal to the applicable required withholding obligation in respect of any federal, state or local tax and may satisfy such withholding obligation through any other method contemplated by Section 3.2 of the Plan.
ARTICLE II
[RESERVED.]
ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS
3.1Award and Interests Not Transferable. This Award, including the RSUs awarded hereunder, may not be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and until the Shares issuable pursuant to the Award have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such Shares have lapsed. This Award and the rights and privileges conferred hereby, including the RSUs awarded hereunder, shall not be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of Participant or his or her successors in interest and shall not be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the preceding sentence.
3.2Rights as Stockholder. Neither Participant nor any person claiming under or through Participant shall have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares issuable hereunder unless and until certificates representing such Shares (which may be in uncertificated form) will have been issued and recorded on the books and records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars and delivered to Participant (including through electronic delivery to a brokerage account). After such issuance, recordation and delivery, Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including with respect to the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any cash or share dividends or other distributions paid to or made with respect to the Shares.
3.3Trading Restrictions. The Company may establish periods from time to time during which Participant’s ability to engage in transactions involving the Company’s Shares is subject to specific restrictions (“Restricted Periods”). Participant may be subject to restrictions giving rise to a Restricted Period for any reason that the Company determines appropriate, including restrictions generally applicable to employees or groups of employees or restrictions applicable to Participant during an investigation of allegations of misconduct or conduct detrimental to the Company by Participant.
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3.4Award Subject to Company’s Policies. This Award, including the RSUs awarded hereunder, and any Shares issuable upon vesting of the RSUs, are subject to any policies, including any clawback, recoupment or stock ownership policies, that are in effect from time to time. Any portion of your Award is subject to forfeiture, recovery by the Company or other action pursuant to, in addition to the provisions set forth in Section 3.6 of this Agreement, any such policies which the Company may adopt from time to time pursuant to laws or regulations, including without limitation, any such policy which the Company may be required to adopt under applicable law.
3.5Conditions to Issuance of Shares or Settlement of Award. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Shares issuable upon the vesting of the RSUs prior to the fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (a) the admission of the Shares to listing on all stock exchanges on which such Shares are then listed, (b) the completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any state or federal law or under rulings or regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental regulatory body, which the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary and advisable, (c) the obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency that the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable, (d) the lapse of any such reasonable period of time following the date the RSUs vest as the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience, and (e) the satisfaction of any applicable withholding tax.
3.6Restrictive Covenants.
(a)Certain Covenants. Participant acknowledges that, to assist Participant in the performance of Participant’s duties, the Company agrees to provide and shall provide and has provided Participant with Confidential Information (as defined below) and materials. Due to the sensitive nature of this Confidential Information, Participant acknowledges that the Company has legitimate business and competitive interests and legal rights to require non-disclosure of the Confidential Information to other companies and/or individuals and to require that the Confidential Information be used only for the benefit of the Company. Therefore, in order to protect the Company’s Confidential Information and the Company’s business goodwill and competitive position, and in exchange for the Company providing Participant the consideration set forth herein, and in order to protect the value of the equity-based compensation provided to Participant in this Agreement, Participant agrees, regardless of any future changes in Participant’s duties, job title, compensation or scope of responsibility:
(i)At any time during the term of Participant’s service to the Company and thereafter for so long as such Confidential Information remains confidential, other than by reason of its wrongful disclosure (whether directly or indirectly) by Participant, Participant will not use, disclose or allow to be disclosed to any person, firm, or corporation, the
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Company’s Confidential Information, unless previously authorized by the Company for use in the pursuit of Company business.
(ii)During the term of Participant’s service to the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination of Employment, the Participant will not, directly or indirectly, either on Participant’s own behalf or on behalf of any other individual or commercial enterprise: (i) Solicit, induce or assist any third party in Soliciting or inducing any individual or entity who is then (or was at any time within the preceding twelve (12) months) an employee, consultant, independent contractor or agent of Company (collectively, “Covered Employee”) to leave the employment of the Company or cease performing services for the Company; (ii) hire or engage or assist any third party in hiring or engaging, any Covered Employee; or (iii) Solicit, induce or assist any third party in Soliciting or inducing any other person or entity (including, without limitation, any third-party service provider or distributor) to terminate its relationship with the Company or otherwise interfere with such relationship. This non-solicitation provision explicitly covers all forms of oral, written, or electronic communication, including, but not limited to, communications by email, regular mail, express mail, telephone, fax, instant message, and social media, including, but not limited to, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and any other social media platform, whether or not in existence at the time of entering into the Plan. However, it will not be deemed a violation of this section if the Participant merely updates the Participant’s LinkedIn profile or connects with a Covered Employee on Facebook, LinkedIn, or other social media platform without engaging in any other substantive communication, by social media or otherwise, that is prohibited by this Section.
(iii)During the term of Participant’s service to the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination of Employment, the Participant will not, directly or indirectly, either on Participant’s own behalf or on behalf of any other individual or commercial enterprise (i) Solicit any Client to transact business with a Competitive Enterprise or to reduce or refrain from doing any business with the Company; (ii) transact business with any Client that would cause you to be a Competitive Enterprise or (iii) interfere with or damage any relationship between the Company and a Client, provided, that this Section 3.6(a)(iii) shall not apply to any non-employee directors.
(b)Return of Company Property. Immediately upon the Participant’s termination of Employment for any reason, or upon Company’s request at any other time, Participant will deliver to Company all Company Property. Following Participant’s termination of Employment, Participant shall not retain, copy, or remove (either physically or electronically) any Company Property from Company premises, computers, or other electronic equipment or storage devices.
(c)Definitions. For purposes of this Section 3.6:
(i)The term “Client” means, in the past twenty-four (24) months, any client or prospective client of the Company to whom Participant provided services, or for whom Participant transacted business, or whose identity became known to Participant in connection
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with Participant’s relationship with or employment by the Company with which the Company wanted or intended to do business with.
(ii)The term “Company” means the Company, its subsidiaries and its Affiliates.
(iii)The term “Company Property” means any and all documents, computer and computer-related hardware and software items, disks, telephones, customer and prospect lists, marketing, planning, financial and business strategy materials and all other materials or other things in your possession, custody or control that were produced by, received by or otherwise submitted to you by anyone during your employment by the Company relating to the Company’s business or a customer of the Company or that otherwise are the property of the Company.
(iv)The term “Competitive Enterprise” means any business enterprise that engages in any activity that competes anywhere with any activity in which the Company is engaged.
(v)The term “Confidential Information” means all non-public information of the Company's business and its customers and affiliates of such customers, including but not limited to, the pendency or contemplation of certain transactions, the identity of the Company's customers, the kinds of services provided by the Company to customers and offered to be performed for potential customers, computer software applications and other programs, personnel information and other trade secrets. “Confidential Information” does not include information that (i) is or becomes available to the public generally (other than as a result of the Participant’s disclosure) or (ii) becomes available to the Participant on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company.
(vi)The term “Restrictive Covenants” means the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.6 and, if Participant is a party to, or participant in, an employment agreement, severance agreement or other agreement or plan with the Company, which agreement sets forth provisions regarding Confidential Information, non-solicitation or non-competition, the provisions set forth in such employment agreement, severance agreement or other agreement or plan.
(vii)The term “Solicit” means any direct or indirect communication of any kind, regardless of who initiates it, that in any way invites, advises, encourages or requests any person to take or refrain from taking any action.
(d)Reasonableness of Restrictions. Participant has carefully read and considered the Restrictive Covenants, and, having done so, agrees and acknowledges that the Restrictive Covenants limit Participant’s ability to engage in competition during the period provided for above. Participant expressly warrants and represents that these restrictions with respect to time and scope of activity are reasonable and necessary to protect the Confidential Information and the Company’s business goodwill and competitive position.
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(e)Forfeiture for Violation of Restrictive Covenants. The grant of the RSUs provided herein and Participant’s agreement to the Restrictive Covenants are intended to be mutually dependent promises and in the event Participant breaches or threatens to breach the Restrictive Covenants, then to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) RSUs that have not yet been settled (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately be cancelled; (ii) any Shares issued upon settlement of the RSUs during the time period that is twelve (12) months prior to and twelve (12) months following Participant’s termination of Employment that have not yet been sold by Participant shall be forfeited back to the Company for no consideration; and (iii) if Participant received Shares upon settlement of the RSUs during the time period that is twelve (12) months prior to and twelve (12) months following Participant’s termination of Employment and subsequently sold the received Share(s), any gain represented by the fair market value of the Shares issued upon settlement of the RSUs on the settlement date multiplied by the number of Shares issued to Participant upon settlement of the RSUs shall be paid by Participant to the Company, in cash, without regard to any market price decrease or increase subsequent to the settlement of the RSUs.
(f)Remedies for Breach. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of the Restrictive Covenants, in addition to the forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 3.6(e), the Company shall have the right to seek monetary damages for any such breach. In addition, in the event of breach or threatened breach of any of the Restrictive Covenants, the Company shall have a right to seek equitable relief, including specific performance by means of an injunction against Participant or against Participant’s partners, agents, representatives, servants, employers, employees, and/or any and all persons acting directly or indirectly by or with him or her, to prevent or restrain any such breach.
(g)Blue Penciling. In the event a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the geographic area, duration, or scope of activity of any restriction under this Agreement is more extensive than is necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the Company and its affiliates or are otherwise unenforceable, the Company may, in its sole discretion, reform and modify the restrictions under this Agreement to the minimum extent required to render them valid and enforceable under applicable law.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PROVISIONS
4.1No Right to Continued Employment, Service or Awards.
Nothing in the Plan, the Grant Notice, or this Agreement shall confer upon Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company and Participant.
The grant of the Award is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Awards or benefits in lieu of Awards in the future. Future grants, if
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any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company. In addition, the value of the Award is an extraordinary item of compensation outside the scope of any employment contract. As such, the Award is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments. The future value of the underlying Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.
4.2Adjustments. Participant acknowledges that the Award, including the vesting of the Award and the number of Shares subject to the Award, is subject to adjustment in the discretion of the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) upon the occurrence of certain events as provided in this Agreement and Section 1.6.3 of the Plan.
4.3Headings. Headings are provided herein for convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof. to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
4.4Governing Law; Venue. The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws. The parties agree that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan or this Agreement shall be brought to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Arlington County (Virginia) or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division). The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection a party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.
4.5Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to comply with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated thereunder by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
4.6Tax Representations. Participant has reviewed with Participant’s own tax advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by the Grant Notice and this Agreement. Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Participant understands that Participant (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Participant’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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4.7Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
4.8Amendment. To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board); provided that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Agreement shall impair any rights or obligations of the Participant under this Agreement in any material way without the prior written consent of Participant.
4.9Paperless Administration. By accepting this Award, Participant hereby agrees to receive documentation related to the Award by electronic delivery, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company.
4.10Severability; Entire Agreement. If any of the provisions of the Plan, the Grant Notice, or this Award Agreement is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision will be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions will not be affected thereby; provided that if any of such provisions 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 will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement and any Award Agreements contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.
4.11Section 409A.
(a)This Agreement is not intended to provide for any deferral of compensation subject to Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, this Agreement or the Grant Notice, the Plan, this Agreement and the Grant Notice shall be interpreted in accordance with, and incorporate the terms and conditions required by, Section 409A. The Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) may, in its discretion, adopt such amendments to the Plan, this Agreement or the Grant Notice or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) determines are necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
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(b)For purposes of Section 409A (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), each payment that Participant may be eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment.
4.12Shortened Statute of Limitations. Each Participant agrees to shorten the applicable statute of limitations and agrees that no claims or causes of actions may be brought against the Company or any of their directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents or representatives based upon, directly or indirectly, any claim that arises under this Agreement or the Plan more than twelve (12) months after the date of the action that is the subject of the claim or lawsuit. Each Participant agrees to waive any statute of limitations to the contrary.
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EXHIBIT B
TO RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
VESTING SCHEDULE
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Exhibit 10.3
Final
Leonardo DRS, Inc.
2022 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
Leonardo DRS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2022 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the participant listed below (“Participant”), an award of performance based restricted stock units (“Performance Restricted Stock Units” or “PRSUs”) with respect to the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Shares”) indicated below. This award for Performance Restricted Stock Units (this “Award”) is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein, in the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement”) and in the Plan, each of which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Grant Notice and the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.
| Participant: | |||||
| Grant Date: | |||||
| Target Number of PRSUs (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Article II and Section 4.2 of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement): | [total PRSU shares granted] | ||||
| Maximum % of PRSUs (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Article II and Section 4.2 of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement): | 200% of Target Number of PRSUs | ||||
| Distribution Schedule: | Subject to the terms of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the PRSUs shall be distributable in accordance with Section 1.1 of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. | ||||
| Vesting Schedule: | Subject to the terms of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the PRSUs shall vest as set forth on Exhibit B to this Grant Notice. | ||||
By electronically accepting this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”), Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and this Grant Notice. In addition, Participant explicitly acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the Restrictive Covenants set
forth in Section 3.6 of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. Participant has reviewed the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Grant Notice, the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and the Plan. Participant has been provided with a copy or electronic access to a copy of the prospectus for the Plan. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. The Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.
Participant acknowledges that his or her acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and this Grant Notice by his or her signature or electronic acceptance of the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement is a condition to the receipt of this Award. As a result, unless otherwise determined by the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board), in the event Participant does not sign or electronically accept this Grant Notice within thirty (30) days of the Grant Date, this Award shall be forfeited and Participant shall have no further rights thereto.
EXHIBIT A
PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
Pursuant to the Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) to which this Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, the Company has granted to Participant the right to receive the number of PRSUs set forth in the Grant Notice, subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Grant Notice and the Plan.
ARTICLE I
AWARD OF PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
1.1 Award of Performance Restricted Stock Units.
(a) Award. In consideration of Participant’s continued employment or service with the Company and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company hereby grants to Participant the right to receive the number of PRSUs set forth in the Grant Notice, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Grant Notice and the Plan. Prior to actual issuance of any Shares, the Award represents an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.
(b) Vesting. The PRSUs subject to the Award shall vest in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice. Unless and until the PRSUs have vested in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice, Participant will have no right to any distribution with respect to such PRSUs. Unless otherwise provided in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice or in an employment agreement or other arrangement of the Company, in the event of Participant’s termination of Employment prior to the vesting of all of the PRSUs, any unvested PRSUs will terminate automatically without any further action by the Company and be forfeited without further notice and at no cost to the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice, in the event Participant’s Employment is terminated due to death or Disability, the PRSUs shall fully vest on the date of Participant’s death or Disability, as applicable, with any applicable performance conditions deemed achieved at target performance.
(c) Distribution of PRSUs.
(i) Shares or cash equivalents, as determined by the Committee, shall be distributed to Participant (or in the event of Participant’s death, to his or her estate) with respect to Participant’s vested PRSUs within sixty (60) days following the date on which such PRSUs vest as specified in the Vesting Schedule set forth in Exhibit B to the Grant Notice, subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement.
(ii) Neither the time nor form of distribution of Shares with respect to the PRSUs may be changed, except as may be permitted by the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) in accordance with the Plan and Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
1.2 Tax Withholding.
(a) The Company shall have the right to withhold from any delivery of Shares or cash due under the Plan and this Agreement an amount equal to the applicable required withholding obligation in respect of any federal, state or local tax and may satisfy such withholding obligation through any other method contemplated by Section 3.2 of the Plan.
ARTICLE II
[RESERVED.]
ARTICLE III
RESTRICTIONS
3.1 Award and Interests Not Transferable. This Award, including the PRSUs awarded hereunder, may not be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and until the Shares issuable pursuant to the Award have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such Shares have lapsed. This Award and the rights and privileges conferred hereby, including the PRSUs awarded hereunder, shall not be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of Participant or his or her successors in interest and shall not be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the preceding sentence.
3.2 Rights as Stockholder. Neither Participant nor any person claiming under or through Participant shall have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares issuable hereunder unless and until certificates representing such Shares (which may be in uncertificated form) will have been issued and recorded on the books and records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to Participant (including through electronic delivery to a brokerage account). After such issuance, recordation and delivery, Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including with respect to the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any cash or share dividends or other distributions paid to or made with respect to the Shares.
3.3 Trading Restrictions. The Company may establish periods from time to time during which Participant’s ability to engage in transactions involving the Company’s Shares is subject to specific restrictions (“Restricted Periods”). Participant may be subject to restrictions giving rise to a Restricted Period for any reason that the Company determines appropriate, including, restrictions generally applicable to employees or groups of employees or restrictions applicable to Participant during an investigation of allegations of misconduct or conduct detrimental to the Company by Participant.
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3.4 Award Subject to Company’s Policies. This Award, including the PRSUs awarded hereunder, and any Shares issuable upon vesting of the PRSUs, are subject to any policies, including any clawback, recoupment or stock ownership policies, that are in effect from time to time. Any portion of your Award is subject to forfeiture, recovery by the Company or other action pursuant to, in addition to the provisions set forth in Section 3.6 of this Agreement, any such policies which the Company may adopt from time to time pursuant to laws or regulations, including without limitation, any such policy which the Company may be required to adopt under applicable law.
3.5 Conditions to Issuance of Shares or Settlement of Award. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Shares issuable upon the vesting of the PRSUs prior to the fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (a) the admission of the Shares to listing on all stock exchanges on which such Shares are then listed, (b) the completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any state or federal law or under rulings or regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental regulatory body, which the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary and advisable, (c) the obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency that the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable, (d) the lapse of any such reasonable period of time following the date the PRSUs vest as the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience, and (e) the satisfaction of any applicable withholding tax.
3.6 Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Certain Covenants. Participant acknowledges that, to assist Participant in the performance of Participant’s duties, the Company agrees to provide and shall provide and has provided Participant with Confidential Information (as defined below) and materials. Due to the sensitive nature of this Confidential Information, Participant acknowledges that the Company has legitimate business and competitive interests and legal rights to require non-disclosure of the Confidential Information to other companies and/or individuals and to require that the Confidential Information be used only for the benefit of the Company. Therefore, in order to protect the Company’s Confidential Information and the Company’s business goodwill and competitive position, and in exchange for the Company providing Participant the consideration set forth herein, and in order to protect the value of the equity-based compensation provided to Participant in this Agreement, Participant agrees, regardless of any future changes in Participant’s duties, job title, compensation or scope of responsibility:
(i) At any time during the term of Participant’s service to the Company and thereafter for so long as such Confidential Information remains confidential, other than by reason of its wrongful disclosure (whether directly or indirectly) by Participant, Participant will not use, disclose or allow to be disclosed to any person, firm, or corporation, the
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Company’s Confidential Information, unless previously authorized by the Company for use in the pursuit of Company business.
(ii) During the term of Participant’s service to the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination of Employment, the Participant will not, directly or indirectly, either on Participant’s own behalf or on behalf of any other individual or commercial enterprise: (i) Solicit, induce or assist any third party in Soliciting or inducing any individual or entity who is then (or was at any time within the preceding twelve (12) months) an employee, consultant, independent contractor or agent of Company (collectively, “Covered Employee”) to leave the employment of the Company or cease performing services for the Company; (ii) hire or engage or assist any third party in hiring or engaging, any Covered Employee; or (iii) Solicit, induce or assist any third party in Soliciting or inducing any other person or entity (including, without limitation, any third-party service provider or distributor) to terminate its relationship with the Company or otherwise interfere with such relationship. This non-solicitation provision explicitly covers all forms of oral, written, or electronic communication, including, but not limited to, communications by email, regular mail, express mail, telephone, fax, instant message, and social media, including, but not limited to, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and any other social media platform, whether or not in existence at the time of entering into the Plan. However, it will not be deemed a violation of this section if the Participant merely updates the Participant’s LinkedIn profile or connects with a Covered Employee on Facebook, LinkedIn, or other social media platform without engaging in any other substantive communication, by social media or otherwise, that is prohibited by this Section.
(iii) During the term of Participant’s service to the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination of Employment, the Participant will not, directly or indirectly, either on Participant’s own behalf or on behalf of any other individual or commercial enterprise (i) Solicit any Client to transact business with a Competitive Enterprise or to reduce or refrain from doing any business with the Company; (ii) transact business with any Client that would cause you to be a Competitive Enterprise or (iii) interfere with or damage any relationship between the Company and a Client, provided, that this Section 3.6(a)(iii) shall not apply to any non-employee directors.
(b) Return of Company Property. Immediately upon the Participant’s termination of Employment for any reason, or upon Company’s request at any other time, Participant will deliver to Company all Company Property. Following Participant’s termination of Employment, Participant shall not retain, copy, or remove (either physically or electronically) any Company Property from Company premises, computers, or other electronic equipment or storage devices.
(c) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 3.6:
(i) The term “Client” means, in the past twenty-four (24) months, any client or prospective client of the Company to whom Participant provided services, or for whom Participant transacted business, or whose identity became known to Participant in connection
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with Participant’s relationship with or employment by the Company with which the Company wanted or intended to do business with.
(ii) The term “Company” means the Company, its subsidiaries and its Affiliates.
(iii) The term “Company Property” means any and all documents, computer and computer-related hardware and software items, disks, telephones, customer and prospect lists, marketing, planning, financial and business strategy materials and all other materials or other things in your possession, custody or control that were produced by, received by or otherwise submitted to you by anyone during your employment by the Company relating to the Company’s business or a customer of the Company or that otherwise are the property of the Company.
(iv) The term “Competitive Enterprise” means any business enterprise that engages in any activity that competes anywhere with any activity in which the Company is engaged.
(v) The term “Confidential Information” means all non-public information of the Company's business and its customers and affiliates of such customers, including but not limited to, the pendency or contemplation of certain transactions, the identity of the Company's customers, the kinds of services provided by the Company to customers and offered to be performed for potential customers, computer software applications and other programs, personnel information and other trade secrets. “Confidential Information” does not include information that (i) is or becomes available to the public generally (other than as a result of the Participant’s disclosure) or (ii) becomes available to the Participant on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company.
(vi) The term “Restrictive Covenants” means the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.6 and, if Participant is a party to, or participant in, an employment agreement, severance agreement or other agreement or plan with the Company, which agreement sets forth provisions regarding Confidential Information, non-solicitation or non-competition, the provisions set forth in such employment agreement, severance agreement or other agreement or plan.
(vii) The term “Solicit” means any direct or indirect communication of any kind, regardless of who initiates it, that in any way invites, advises, encourages or requests any person to take or refrain from taking any action.
(d) Reasonableness of Restrictions. Participant has carefully read and considered the Restrictive Covenants, and, having done so, agrees and acknowledges that the Restrictive Covenants limit Participant’s ability to engage in competition during the period provided for above. Participant expressly warrants and represents that these restrictions with respect to time and scope of activity are reasonable and necessary to protect the Confidential Information and the Company’s business goodwill and competitive position.
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(e) Forfeiture for Violation of Restrictive Covenants. The grant of the RSUs provided herein and Participant’s agreement to the Restrictive Covenants are intended to be mutually dependent promises and in the event Participant breaches or threatens to breach the Restrictive Covenants, then to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) RSUs that have not yet been settled (whether vested or unvested) shall immediately be cancelled; (ii) any Shares issued upon settlement of the RSUs during the time period that is twelve (12) months prior to and twelve (12) months following Participant’s termination of Employment that have not yet been sold by Participant shall be forfeited back to the Company for no consideration; and (iii) if Participant received Shares upon settlement of the RSUs during the time period that is twelve (12) months prior to and twelve (12) months following Participant’s termination of Employment and subsequently sold the received Share(s), any gain represented by the fair market value of the Shares issued upon settlement of the RSUs on the settlement date multiplied by the number of Shares issued to Participant upon settlement of the RSUs shall be paid by Participant to the Company, in cash, without regard to any market price decrease or increase subsequent to the settlement of the RSUs.
(f) Remedies for Breach. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of the Restrictive Covenants, in addition to the forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 3.6(e), the Company shall have the right to seek monetary damages for any such breach. In addition, in the event of breach or threatened breach of any of the Restrictive Covenants, the Company shall have a right to seek equitable relief, including specific performance by means of an injunction against Participant or against Participant’s partners, agents, representatives, servants, employers, employees, and/or any and all persons acting directly or indirectly by or with him or her, to prevent or restrain any such breach.
(g) Blue Penciling. In the event a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the geographic area, duration, or scope of activity of any restriction under this Agreement is more extensive than is necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the Company and its affiliates or are otherwise unenforceable, the Company may, in its sole discretion, reform and modify the restrictions under this Agreement to the minimum extent required to render them valid and enforceable under applicable law.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PROVISIONS
4.1 No Right to Continued Employment, Service or Awards.
Nothing in the Plan, the Grant Notice, or this Agreement shall confer upon Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company and Participant.
The grant of the Award is a one-time benefit and does not create any contractual or other right to receive a grant of Awards or benefits in lieu of Awards in the future. Future grants, if
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any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company. In addition, the value of the Award is an extraordinary item of compensation outside the scope of any employment contract. As such, the Award is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments. The future value of the underlying Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty.
4.2 Adjustments. Participant acknowledges that the Award, including the vesting of the Award and the number of Shares subject to the Award, is subject to adjustment in the discretion of the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) upon the occurrence of certain events as provided in this Agreement and Section 1.6.3 of the Plan.
4.3 Headings. Headings are provided herein for convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof. to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
4.4 Governing Law; Venue. The laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws. The parties agree that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Plan or this Agreement shall be brought to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Arlington County (Virginia) or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division). The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection a party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court. THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific intent of the parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.
4.5 Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to comply with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated thereunder by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
4.6 Tax Representations. Participant has reviewed with Participant’s own tax advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by the Grant Notice and this Agreement. Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Participant understands that Participant (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Participant’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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4.7 Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
4.8 Amendment. To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board); provided that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Agreement shall impair any rights or obligations of the Participant under this Agreement in any material way without the prior written consent of Participant.
4.9 Paperless Administration. By accepting this Award, Participant hereby agrees to receive documentation related to the Award by electronic delivery, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company.
4.10 Severability; Entire Agreement. If any of the provisions of the Plan, the Grant Notice, or this Award Agreement is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision will be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions will not be affected thereby; provided that if any of such provisions 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 will be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement and any Award Agreements contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.
4.11 Section 409A.
(a) This Agreement is not intended to provide for any deferral of compensation subject to Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, this Agreement or the Grant Notice, the Plan, this Agreement and the Grant Notice shall be interpreted in accordance with, and incorporate the terms and conditions required by, Section 409A. The Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) may, in its discretion, adopt such amendments to the Plan, this Agreement or the Grant Notice or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Board (or any Committee to which administration of the Plan has been delegated by the Board) determines are necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
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(b) For purposes of Section 409A (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), each payment that Participant may be eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment.
4.12 Shortened Statute of Limitations. Each Participant agrees to shorten the applicable statute of limitations and agrees that no claims or causes of actions may be brought against the Company or any of their directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, agents or representatives based upon, directly or indirectly, any claim that arises under this Agreement or the Plan more than twelve (12) months after the date of the action that is the subject of the claim or lawsuit. Each Participant agrees to waive any statute of limitations to the contrary.
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EXHIBIT B
PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
VESTING SCHEDULE
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Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the use of our report dated March 28, 2022, except as to Notes 1A, 1T, 2, 7, 13, 15, 17, and 18, as to which the date is August 2, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Leonardo DRS, Inc., incorporated herein by reference.
| /s/ KPMG LLP | ||
| McLean, Virginia | ||
| November 28, 2022 | ||