Company: ATLN
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001605888-25-000017
Chunk: 69

Company: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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; provided that any exercise of authority in conjunction with a determination of whether a Change in Control constitutes a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5), shall be consistent with such regulation.

11.9 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.

11.10 “ Committee ” means one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board or otherwise consisting of one or more Directors (or executive officers, to the extent Applicable Laws permit). To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3, it is intended that each member of the Committee will be, at the time the Committee takes any action with respect to an Award that is subject to Rule 16b-3, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3; however, a Committee member’s failure to qualify as a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 will not invalidate any Award that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.

11.11 “ Common Stock ” means the common stock, $0.00001 par value per share, of the Company, or such other securities of the Company as may be designated by the Administrator from time to time in substitution thereof.

11.12 “ Company ” means Atlantic International Corp., a Delaware corporation, or any successor.

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11.13 “ Consultant ” means any person, including any adviser, engaged by the Company or its parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity if the consultant or adviser: (a) renders bona fide services to the Company (or its parent or Subsidiary); (b) renders services not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and does not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities; and (c) is a natural person.

11.14 “ Designated Beneficiary ” means the beneficiary or beneficiaries the Participant designates, in a manner the Administrator determines, to receive amounts due or exercise the Participant’s rights if the Participant dies or becomes incapacitated. Without a Participant’s effective designation, “Designated Beneficiary” will mean the Participant’s estate.

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11.16 “ Disability ” means, unless the applicable Award Agreement says otherwise, that the