Company: FEAV
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-008828
Chunk: 575

Company: 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-24
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 575
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 to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Board, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 409A of the Code .

Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan comply with, or be exempt from, Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan and Award Agreements shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the

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satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan and Award Agreements (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment” (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as a separate payment.

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code and which would otherwise be payable on the date of or a date or period that is by reference to the Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date