Exhibit 10.1

 

Resideo Deferred Compensation Plan

For Non-Employee Directors

(Effective SEPTEMBER 4, 2019)

 

Article 1 - Purpose

 

The purpose of the Resideo Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(the “Plan”) is to provide non-employee directors on the Board of Directors of
Resideo Technologies, Inc. with the opportunity to defer a portion of the
compensation for Board service.

 

Article II – Definitions

 

2.1

“Account” means the separate bookkeeping account maintained on the books of the
Company for each Participant.

 

2.2

“Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated as such under Article VII
of the Plan.

 

2.3

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.4

“Cash Sub-Account” means the portion of the Participant’s Account, if any, that
is deemed invested in notional investments other than Company stock.

 

2.5

“Change in Control” means (a) any one person, or more than one person acting as
a group (as defined under U.S. Department of Treasury Regulations
§1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together
with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the
total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company; or
(b) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined under
Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires (or has acquired during the
12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person
or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30 percent or more of
the total voting power of the stock of the Company; or (c) a majority of members
of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose
appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the
Board before the date of the appointment or election; or (d) any one person, or
more than one person acting as a group (as defined in Treasury Regulation §
1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period
ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons)
assets from the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that have a
total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total
gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions. For
purposes of clause (d), “gross fair market value” means the value of the assets
of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or the value of the
assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities
associated with such assets. The foregoing clauses (a) through (d) shall be
interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the Treasury Regulations
promulgated pursuant to Section 409A of the Code so that all, and only, such
transactions or events that could qualify as a “change in control event” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i) shall be deemed to be a
Change in Control for purposes of this Plan.  

 

 

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2.6

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.7

“Committee” means the compensation committee of the Board or any successor
committee or subcommittee of the Board or other committee or subcommittee
designated by the Board.

 

2.8

“Company” means Resideo Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors.

 

2.9

“Deferred Stock Unit” means a deferred stock unit credited to a Participant’s
Equity Sub-Account.

 

2.10

“Director” means any member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

2.11

“Effective Date” means September 4, 2019.

 

2.12

“Equity Sub-Account” means the portion of the Participant’s Account, if any,
that is allocated to Deferred Stock Units.

 

2.13

“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, (i) the average (mean) of the highest
and lowest sales prices of a share of Stock, as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange (or any other reporting system selected by the Committee, in its sole
discretion) on the date as of which the determination is being made or, if no
sale of Stock is reported on this date, on the most recent preceding day on
which there were sales of Stock reported or (ii) in the event there shall be no
public market for the Stock on such date, the fair market value of the Stock as
determined in good faith by the Committee.

 

2.14

“Participant” means a Director who makes a deferred election under Section 4.1
of the Plan and has an Account under the Plan.

 

2.15

“Plan” means the Resideo Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

 

2.16

“Retainer Fees” means the cash retainer fees and any cash committee fees or
other ancillary fees other than reimbursements paid to a Director.  

 

2.17

“Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” from the Company,
within the meaning of Code Section 409A, as applicable to the Participant.

 

2.18

“Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

2.19

“Stock Plan” means the 2018 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Resideo
Technologies, Inc., as may be amended from time to time, or any successor equity
plan applicable to non-employee directors of the board adopted by the Company.  

 

 

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Article III – Participation

 

3.1

Each Director shall be eligible to become a Participant in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.  

 

3.2

A Participant shall remain a Participant until he or she has received all
payments to which he or she is entitled under the terms of the Plan.

 

Article IV – Deferral Elections

 

4.1

Deferral Elections.

 

 

(a)

Generally.  Prior to the first day of each calendar year beginning on or after
January 1, 2020, each Director may elect to defer payment of 100% of the
Director’s Retainer Fees to be earned in such calendar year, that will be
credited to the Participant’s Account.  The election may also designate whether
the Director’s Retainer Fees will be deferred into the Cash Sub-Account or the
Equity Sub-Account. If such a choice is provided and a Director elects to defer
his or her Director Retainer Fees into the Equity Sub-Account, the amount of
such equity deferral shall be capped at the maximum annual individual share
limit set forth in the Stock Plan, if any, and any Director Retainer Fees in
excess of such cap automatically shall be deferred into the Cash
Sub-Account.  To be effective, such election must be completed and delivered to
the Company prior to the first day of the calendar year in which the services
relating to the Retainer Fees are performed. Any election made under this
Section shall become irrevocable as of December 31 of the year prior to the year
in which the services relating to the Retainer Fees are performed.

 

 

(b)

Effect of Elections.  Any election made pursuant to this Article IV shall remain
in effect for Retainer Fees earned and paid in the following year and for all
subsequent years, until the Director makes a new election during the annual
election period.  

 

 

(c)

Initial Participant Elections.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, when a Director
first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the Director may file an
initial election to defer Retainer Fees at any time during the 30-day period
beginning on the date such Director first becomes a Director. Such election
shall apply to Retainer Fees earned for services performed after the date such
election is filed.  

 

(d)

Election Procedures.  An election (or the modification or revocation of an
election) must be made in such manner and in accordance with such rules (such as
timing of election period, method of electing, etc.) as may be prescribed for
this purpose by the Company.

4.2

Vesting.  The Participant’s Account shall be 100% vested at all times.

 

 

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4.3

Relation to Stock Plan.  Deferred Stock Units granted or credited in accordance
with this Plan shall be considered Restricted Stock Units issued pursuant to
Section 6(g) of the Stock Plan. The Deferred Stock Units subsequently credited
in lieu of dividends relating to Deferred Stock Units granted under  this Plan
also shall be considered Restricted Stock Units issued pursuant to the Stock
Plan. The Deferred Stock Units referred to in this paragraph, and Stock issued
thereunder, will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Plan, as
well as the provisions of this Plan.  In the event of a conflict between the
Stock Plan and this Plan, the terms of this Plan will control. The Deferred
Stock Units referred to in this paragraph, and Stock issued thereunder, will
reduce the authorized share number under Section 5(a) of the Stock Plan to the
extent provided in the Stock Plan.  

 

Article V – Accounts

 

5.1

Accounts Generally. An Account will be established for each
Participant.  Accounts are for bookkeeping purposes only and the maintenance of
Accounts will not require any segregation of assets by the Company.  The Company
will not have any obligation whatsoever to set aside funds for the Plan or for
the benefit of any Participant or Beneficiary, and no Participant or Beneficiary
will have any rights to any amounts that may be set aside other than the rights
of an unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

5.2

Adjustments to Accounts.  Accounts will be adjusted for deferrals of Retainer
Fees, effective as of the dates that the Retainer Fees earned by the Participant
would otherwise have been payable to the Participant, in accordance with normal
Company procedures.  Cash Sub-Accounts will be adjusted for any earnings under
Section 5.3 at such times as provided by the Company.  

 

5.3

Hypothetical Earnings on Accounts.  

 

 

(a)

Cash Sub-Account.  Any Cash Sub-Accounts will be adjusted for earnings credits
based on the measuring investment selected by the Company, in its sole
discretion, for this purpose.  Amounts credited to a Cash Sub-Account will be
treated as if they were invested in the selected measuring investment and shall
be credited with earnings based on the performance of such measuring
investment.  The measuring investment is solely a device for computing the
amount of benefits to be paid to the Participant under the Plan and Participants
have no claim or right to any actual investment.  

 

Until a new measuring investment is selected, the measuring investment for the
Cash Sub-Accounts shall be the Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund.  

 

 

(b)

Equity Sub-Account.  Subject to Section 4.1(a), any Retainer Fees directed to
the Equity Sub-Account shall be credited to the Participant’s Account as of the
dates that the associated Retainer Fees earned by the Participant during the
applicable Plan Year would otherwise have been payable to the Participant.  The
number of Deferred Stock Units to be credited shall be equal to the result of
dividing the

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

cash amount deferred as of each such date by the Fair Market Value of one share
of Common Stock on such date. Only full Deferred Stock Units shall be credited
to a Participant’s Equity Sub-Account.  For the first three quarters of the Plan
Year, any Retainer Fees remaining due to a fractional Deferred Stock Unit shall
carry forward to the next quarter and be added to the deferred Retainer Fees
directed to the Equity Sub-Account for such quarter.  For the final quarter of
the Plan Year, any Retainer Fees remaining due to a fractional Deferred Stock
Unit shall be forfeited. However, if the Participant’s equity deferral for the
Plan Year was limited due to the maximum annual individual share limit set forth
in the Stock Plan, if any, any Director Retainer Fees in excess of such cap
automatically shall be deferred into the Cash Sub-Account.

 

 

(c)

Cash Dividends.  Whenever any cash dividends are declared on the Stock, the
Company will credit the Equity Sub-Account of each Participant on the date such
dividend is paid with a number of additional Deferred Stock Units equal to the
result of dividing (i) the product of (x) the total number of Deferred Stock
Units credited to the Participant’s Sub-Account on the record date for such
dividend and (y) the per share amount of such dividend by (ii) the Fair Market
Value of one share of Stock on the date such dividend is paid by the Company to
the holders of

Stock.

 

5.4

Statement of Account.  Each Director will be provided access to review his or
her Account balance through electronic and such other means as determined by the
Committee.

 

Article VI – Distributions from Accounts

 

6.1

Separation from Service.  A Participant will receive payment of his or her
Account in a lump sum payment as of the first day of the seventh (7th) calendar
month following the Participant’s Separation from Service, subject to
acceleration, if applicable under Section 6.2 or Section 6.3.  

 

6.2

Death of Participant.  If a Participant dies before receiving payment of the
full balance of the Participant’s Account, then the balance of the Participant’s
Account shall be paid in a lump sum payment to the Participant’s
Beneficiary.  The lump sum payment will be made as soon as practicable following
the Company’s receipt of notification of the Participant’s death.  However, if
the identity of the Beneficiary cannot be determined, or if the Beneficiary
cannot be located, payment to the Beneficiary may be delayed to the extent
allowed under Code Section 409A and applicable guidance.

 

6.3

Change in Control.  In the event of a Change in Control, each Participant will
receive payment of his or her full Account in a lump sum payment within sixty
(60) days following the Change in Control event.  

 

 

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6.4

Medium of Payment.

 

 

(a)

Cash Sub-Account.  A Participant’s Cash Sub-Account, if any, will be paid in
cash.

 

 

(b)

Equity Sub-Account.  A Participant’s Equity Sub-Account, if any, will be paid in
shares of Stock equal to the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to the
Participant’s Equity Sub-Account on the payment date, provided that any
fractional Deferred Stock Unit shall be paid in cash based on the Fair Market
Value of one share of Stock on the payment processing date.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon a Change in Control, the Equity Sub-Account, if any, will be
paid in cash.

 

 

(c)

Payments from Sub-Accounts.  For administrative reasons, it is possible that
payments from a Participant’s Cash Sub-Account and Equity Sub-Account may be
made separately, but each such payment will be made within the applicable time
frame stated above.

 

Article VII - Beneficiary

 

A Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate.  

 

Article VIII – Administration

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall, subject to
the terms of this Plan, interpret this Plan and the application thereof as well
as any agreement or instrument entered into hereunder; and establish, amend,
waive and revoke rules and regulations as it deems necessary or desirable for
the administration of the Plan. Further, the Committee shall have full power to
make any other determination which may be necessary or advisable for the Plan’s
administration. All such interpretations, rules, regulations and conditions
shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Participants and all other
persons having or claiming any right or interest in the Plan or the Deferred
Stock Units.  

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the ministerial functions of the Plan shall be
handled by employees of the Company, in accordance with the rules and
regulations established by the Committee.

 

No member of the Board or Committee, and no officer or employee of the Company
to whom the Committee delegates any of its power and authority hereunder or who
otherwise assists in the administration of the Plan, shall be liable for any
act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in connection
with this Plan in good faith, and the members of the Board and the Committee and
such officers and employees shall be entitled to indemnification and
reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense
(including attorneys’ fees) arising therefrom to the full extent permitted by
law (except as otherwise may be provided in the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation and/or By-laws) and under any directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance that may be in effect from time to time.

 

 

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Article IX – Amendment and Termination

 

The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time in whole or in part;
provided, however, that no amendment or termination shall directly or indirectly
reduce the balance of Participant’s Account held hereunder as of the effective
date of such amendment or termination; provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Plan may be amended at any time, without the consent of any Participant (or
beneficiary) if necessary or desirable, as determined by the Corporation, to
comply with the requirements, or avoid the application, of Code Section 409A.

 

A termination of the Plan will not be effective to cause a deferral election in
place under the Plan for the applicable year to be modified or discontinued
prior to the end of such year, if such modification or discontinuation would
violate Code Section 409A.  The Board may terminate the Plan and provide for the
acceleration and liquidation of all benefits remaining due under the Plan
pursuant to Treasury Regulations § 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix). If such a termination and
liquidation occurs, all deferrals and credits under the Plan will be
discontinued as of the termination date established by the Board, and benefits
remaining due will be paid in a lump-sum at the time specified by the Board as
part of the action terminating the Plan and consistent with Treasury Regulations
§ 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).  

 

The Board may terminate the Plan other than pursuant to Treasury Regulations
§ 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).  In the event of such other termination, all deferral and
credits under the Plan will be discontinued as of the end of the Plan Year, but
all benefits remaining payable under the Plan will be paid at the same time and
in the same form as if the termination had not occurred – that is, the
termination will not result in any acceleration of any distribution under the
Plan.

 

Article X - Miscellaneous

 

10.1

Unfunded Plan. The Plan at all times shall be entirely unfunded and no provision
shall at any time be made with respect to segregating any assets of the Company
for payment of any benefits hereunder. No Participant, Beneficiary or any other
person shall have any interest in any particular assets of the Company by reason
of the right to receive a benefit under the Plan and any such Participant,
Beneficiary or other person shall have only the rights of a general unsecured
creditor of the Company with respect to any rights under the Plan. All payments
hereunder shall be made by the Company from its general assets at the time and
in the manner provided for in the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan shall
constitute a guaranty by the Company or any other person or entity that the
assets of the Company will be sufficient to pay any benefit hereunder.

 

10.2

Non-Alienation of Benefits. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall
have any rights to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, or otherwise
encumber the amounts, if any, payable under the Plan to the Participant or any
other person. Any attempted sale, assignment, transfer or pledge shall be null
and void and without any legal effect. No part of the amounts payable under the
Plan shall be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts,
judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other
person, nor be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s
or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency.  

 

 

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10.3

Code Section 409A. This Plan is subject to Code Section 409A and is intended to
be maintained in compliance with Code Section 409A and the regulations
thereunder applicable to nonqualified deferred compensation plans. To the extent
any provision of this Plan does not satisfy the requirements of Code Section
409A or any regulations or other guidance issued by the Treasury Department or
the Internal Revenue Service under Code Section 409A, such provision will be
applied in a manner consistent with such requirements, regulations or guidance,
notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, and to the extent not
prohibited by Code Section 409A, the provisions of the Plan and the rights of
Participants and Beneficiaries hereunder shall be deemed to have been modified
accordingly. Each payment and benefit hereunder shall constitute a “separately
identified” amount within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2).
The Committee, in its sole discretion shall determine the requirements of Code
Section 409A that are applicable to the Plan and shall interpret the terms of
the Plan in a manner consistent therewith. Under no circumstances, however,
shall the Company or any affiliate or any of its or their employees, officers,
directors, service providers or agents have any liability to any person for any
taxes, penalties or interest due on amounts paid or payable under the Plan,
including any taxes, penalties or interest imposed under Code Section 409A.

 

10.4

Severability. If any term or provision of this Plan or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances shall, to any extent, be invalid or
unenforceable, then the remainder of the Plan, or the application of such term
or provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it was
held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term and
provision hereof shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law.

 

10.5

Successors in Interest. The obligation of the Company under the Plan shall be
binding upon any successor or successors of the Company, whether by merger,
consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise, and for this purpose reference
herein to the Company shall be deemed to include any such successor or
successors.

 

10.6

Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation, administration and
effect of the Plan and of its rules and regulations, and rights relating to the
Plan, shall be determined solely in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.

 

10.7

No Stockholder Rights.  Neither the Participant or any other person shall have
any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Deferred Stock
Units credited to the Participant’s Account until the share of Stock are issued
to the Participant (or the Beneficiary of the Participant).