Company: FEAV
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-008828
Chunk: 576

Company: 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 576
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 of such Participant’s “separation from service” or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death. Unless the Award Agreement provides otherwise, following any applicable six (6) month delay, all such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.

Unless otherwise provided by the Board in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award (that would otherwise be considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code; or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of “Disability” pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

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DEFINITIONS

In addition to the capitalized terms defined throughout the Plan, the following capitalized terms shall have the corresponding meanings set forth in this Section:

“Affiliate” means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Award” means any Option, Restricted Share Unit, Performance Share Unit, Performance Cash Unit or Other Equity-Based Awards granted under the Plan.

“Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of each Award, and country-specific appendix thereto for grants to non-U.S. Participants, which will be in substantially a form that the Committee has from time to time approved and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

“Blackout Period” means a period in which the trading of Shares or other securities of the Company is restricted under the Company’s Corporate Disclosure, Confidentiality and Securities Trading Policy, or under any similar policy of the Company then in effect.

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