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REXNORD CORPORATION EXECUTIVE CHANGE IN CONTROL PLAN Effective May 18, 2016 As
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Table of Contents Page ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
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ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS
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1 2.1 Accelerated Vesting
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1 2.2 Base
Salary.............................................................................................................
1 2.3 Board
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1 2.4 Cause
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1 2.5 Change in Control
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2 2.6 CIC Severance Pay
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3 2.7 Code
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3 2.8 Company
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3 2.9 Disability
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3 2.10 Eligible Executive
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3 2.11 Employer
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3 2.12
Executive................................................................................................................
3 2.13 Good Reason
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3 2.14 Plan
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4 2.15 Plan Administrator
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4 2.16 Protection Period
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4 2.17 Qualifying Termination
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4 2.18 Subsidized COBRA
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4 ARTICLE 3 ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS
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Eligibility for Benefits
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4 3.2 CIC Severance Payment
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4 3.3 Subsidized COBRA Coverage
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5 3.4 Accelerated Vesting
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5 3.5 Death of Executive
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6 3.6 Compliance with Code Section 409A
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Duplication of Benefits
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7 ARTICLE 4 CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT AND RIGHT TO TERMINATE CIC SEVERANCE BENEFITS
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Conditions for Payment of Benefits
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Table of Contents (continued) Page 4.2 Right to Terminate Severance Benefits
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Clawback................................................................................................................
8 ARTICLE 5 EXECUTIVE COVENANTS
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Reasonableness of Restrictions
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5.2 Restricted Services Obligation
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9 5.3 Customer Non-Solicitation
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9 5.4 Non-Solicitation of Employees
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5.5 Non-Disparagement
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9 5.6 Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information
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Property
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10 5.8 Injunctive
Relief...................................................................................................
10 ARTICLE 6 GENERAL RULES
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11 6.1 Right to Withhold Taxes
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11 6.2 Assignment
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11 6.3 Unfunded Plan
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11 6.4 Code Section 409A
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11 6.5 Governing Laws; Other Obligations
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7 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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ADMINISTRATION
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13 8.1 Powers and
Duties................................................................................................
13 8.2 Finality of Action
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13 8.3 Claim
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Rexnord Corporation Executive Change in Control Plan ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE OF THE
PLAN The Rexnord Corporation Executive Change in Control Plan (the “Plan”)
outlines certain benefits available to eligible Executives whose employment with
the Company is involuntarily terminated in connection with a Change in Control
under the conditions described below. The Board considers the maintenance of a
sound management team to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Company recognizes that the
possibility of a Change in Control may exist from time to time, and that this
possibility, and the uncertainty and questions it may raise among management,
may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the
detriment of the Company and its stockholders. Accordingly, the Board has
determined that appropriate steps should be taken to encourage the continued
attention and dedication of the Executives to their assigned duties without the
distraction that may arise from the possibility of a Change in Control. ARTICLE
2 DEFINITIONS As used in the Plan, the following words and phrases shall have
the following respective meanings: 2.1 Accelerated Vesting is defined in Section
3.4 of the Plan. 2.2 Base Salary means an Eligible Executive’s annual base
salary in effect on the date of his or her Qualifying Termination. 2.3 Board
means the Board of Directors of the Company. 2.4 Cause means any of the
following: (a) An Executive’s willful and continued failure to perform
substantially his or her duties owed to the Employer after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to the Executive specifically identifying
the nature of such unacceptable performance and is not cured by the Executive
within a reasonable period, not to exceed 30 days; (b) An Executive is convicted
of (or pleads guilty or no contest to) a felony or any crime involving moral
turpitude; (c) An Executive has engaged in conduct that constitutes gross
misconduct in the performance of his or her employment duties; or (d) An
Executive's breach of any representation, warranty or covenant under this Plan,
an award agreement or an employment agreement or other agreement or arrangement
with an Employer. 4811-1906-7992.2

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An act or omission by an Executive shall not be “willful” if conducted in good
faith and with the Executive’s reasonable belief that such conduct is in the
best interests of the Employer. 2.5 Change in Control means the occurrence of
any of the following events: (a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or
group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of more than 50% of either (i) the then-outstanding shares of
common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (ii) the
combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding
Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this
subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in
Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2) any acquisition by
the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the
Company, or (4) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction
which complies with clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of this definition;
(b) The cessation for any reason of individuals who, as of May 18, 2016,
constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) to constitute at least a majority
of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director
subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this
purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; (c) The consummation
of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in
each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners,
respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company
Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially
own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the
then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a
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result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such
Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding
Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, and (2) at least a majority of
the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such
Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the
execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for
such Business Combination; or (d) The approval by the stockholders of the
Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 2.6 CIC
Severance Pay is defined in Section 3.2 of the Plan. 2.7 Code means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 2.8 Company means Rexnord Corporation. 2.9
Disability means disability as defined under the Employer's then-current long
term disability insurance plan in which the Executive participates. 2.10
Eligible Executive is defined in Section 3.1 of this Plan. 2.11 Employer means
Rexnord Corporation or any of its subsidiaries that employs an Eligible
Executive on the applicable date. 2.12 Executive means the Company's officers as
designated in accordance with Rule 16a-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, members of the Company's Executive Council and any other executive,
officer or key employee of an Employer designed by the Chief Executive Officer
of the Company as eligible to participate in the Plan. 2.13 Good Reason means,
without the express written consent of an Executive, the occurrence of any of
the following events during a Protection Period: (a) An Executive's Base Salary
or target annual bonus opportunity under the Company's Management Incentive
Compensation Plan or other similar annual bonus plan of the Company or any other
Employer is materially reduced; (b) An Executive’s duties or responsibilities
are negatively and materially changed in a manner inconsistent with the
Executive’s position (including status, offices, titles, and reporting
responsibilities) or authority; or (c) The Company requires an Executive's
principal office to be relocated more than 50 miles from its location as of the
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Good Reason shall not exist unless the Executive
provides the Board of Directors of the Company not less than 30 nor more than 90
days’ written notice, with specificity, of the grounds constituting Good Reason
and an opportunity within such notice period for the Company to cure such
grounds, and the Company fails to cure such grounds within the prescribed time
period. Such notice shall be given within 90 days following the initial
existence of such grounds constituting Good Reason for such notice and
subsequent termination, if not so cured above, to be effective. 2.14 Plan means
this Rexnord Corporation Executive Change in Control Plan. 2.15 Plan
Administrator means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other person
or committee appointed from time to time by the Plan Administrator to administer
the Plan. 2.16 Protection Period means the period commencing 90 days prior to
the occurrence of a Change in Control and ending on the second anniversary of
the date of the Change in Control. 2.17 Qualifying Termination means a
termination of an Executive's employment with all Employers (i) involuntarily by
the Company without Cause (and other than due to his or her death or Disability)
or (ii) voluntarily by an Executive for Good Reason, and in either case only
during a Protection Period. 2.18 Subsidized COBRA is defined in Section 3.3 of
the Plan. ARTICLE 3 ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFITS 3.1 Eligibility for Benefits. An
Executive (i) whose employment with the Employer ends due to a Qualifying
Termination and (ii) who satisfies the "Conditions for Payment of Benefits" set
forth in Article 4 below (an "Eligible Executive") shall be eligible for the
benefits described in this Article 3. For avoidance of doubt, an Executive shall
not be eligible to receive the benefits under the Plan if the Company, in its
sole discretion, determines that the Executive’s employment is terminated due to
a resignation or voluntary termination of employment, due to the Executive's
death or Disability, for Cause or for any reason other than a Qualifying
Termination. Further, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Article
3 shall not apply unless a Change in Control actually occurs. 3.2 CIC Severance
Payment. An Eligible Executive shall receive a lump sum payment in the aggregate
amount equal to the product of the Eligible Executive's Base Salary multiplied
by 1.5 ("CIC Severance Pay"). The CIC Severance Pay will be paid within 10
business days after Executive’s Qualifying Termination or, in the event of a
termination of employment occurring prior to the Change in Control, within 10
business days after the Change in Control; provided, unless the Change of
Control occurring on or preceding such termination also meets the requirements
of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-3(i)(5) (or any successor provision) thereunder, the amount payable to an
Eligible Executive under this Section 3.2 shall be paid to such Eligible
Executive in equal bi-weekly payroll installments over a period of 18 months,
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necessary to avoid the application of Section 409A(a)(1)(A) and (B) (and in the
event that CIC Severance Pay is payable in installments, each installment
payment shall be treated as a separate payment within the meaning of Code
Section 409A). 3.3 Subsidized COBRA Coverage. Subject to the Eligible
Executive’s continued co- payment of premiums, an Eligible Executive may
continue participation for 18 months in the medical, dental and vision coverage
under the Company’s health benefits plan which covers the Eligible Executive
(and his or her eligible dependents) upon the same terms and conditions (except
for the requirement of the Eligible Executive’s continued employment) in effect
for active employees of the Employer ("Subsidized COBRA"). In the event the
Eligible Executive obtains other employment that offers substantially similar or
more favorable medical benefits, such continuation of Subsidized COBRA coverage
by the Employer under this subsection shall immediately cease. The continuation
of health benefits under this Section shall reduce the period of coverage and
count against the Eligible Executive’s right to healthcare continuation benefits
under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended
("COBRA"). 3.4 Accelerated Vesting. The following terms shall apply to an
Eligible Executive's options and other long-term incentive awards: (a) All of an
Eligible Executive’s unvested options and other long-term incentive awards
granted to the Eligible Executive through the date of termination shall vest
upon the Qualifying Termination or, in the event of a Qualifying Termination
prior to the Change in Control, upon the Change in Control (and if such options
and awards would otherwise be forfeited and the Qualifying Termination occurs
during the 90-day period preceding the Change in Control in the absence of a
Change in Control, such awards shall remain outstanding for up to 90 days solely
for the purpose of determining whether Eligible Executive becomes entitled to
vest in such awards pursuant to this Section but otherwise shall not be payable
or exercisable following the date on which they would have otherwise been
forfeited (unless the Change in Control subsequently occurs during such 90-day
period)) (the vesting described in this clause (a) being referred to as
"Accelerated Vesting"); (b) All of the Eligible Executive's options shall
continue to be exercisable following a Qualifying Termination until the earlier
of (i) one year after the date of termination and (ii) the expiration of the
original scheduled term of such options; (c) Any limitation on the acceleration
of the vesting of options (that would otherwise be applicable pursuant to
Section 7.5 of Rexnord Corporation Performance Incentive Plan or otherwise) to
reduce or eliminate the effects of Section 280G and/or Section 4999 of the Code,
shall not be implemented unless the after-tax amount the Eligible Executive
receives would be increased (as compared to the after-tax amount the Eligible
Executive would receive in the absence of such limitation on acceleration of
vesting), and in such event such limitation on acceleration of vesting
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shall be implemented to the minimum extent necessary to maximize the Eligible
Executive's after-tax amount, provided that the Eligible Executive shall
determine the order in which such limitation on acceleration of vesting is
applied or, solely if required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, the
option acceleration limitation shall be applied in the reverse order of
scheduled vesting dates (i.e., the option tranche that would have vested first
in the absence of a Change in Control will be the last tranche to have its
acceleration limited); and (d) All of an Eligible Executive’s unvested long-term
incentive awards where the number of shares that are earned upon vesting or the
amount of payment varies dependent upon attainment of a performance level will
be deemed earned at the greater of: (i) the “target” performance level (i.e.,
100% payout) or (ii) the actual performance measured through the date of the
Qualifying Termination or, in the event of a Qualifying Termination prior to the
Change in Control, upon the Change in Control. 3.5 Death of Executive. In the
event of an Eligible Executive's death prior to receipt of all CIC Severance
Pay, the balance of such benefits shall be paid in a lump sum to the Eligible
Executive’s spouse, if any, or if none, to the Eligible Executive's estate. 3.6
Compliance with Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, to the extent that the CIC Severance Pay
hereunder constitutes a "deferral of compensation" under a "nonqualified
deferred compensation plan" under Code Section 409A and regulations thereunder
and does not qualify as a "short-term deferral" under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), the following provisions shall apply: (a) If such CIC
Severance Pay is payable on account of an Executive’s “involuntary separation
from service” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(n) (an
"Involuntary Separation from Service"), the Executive shall receive such amount
of his or her CIC Severance Pay during the 6-month period immediately following
the date of termination as equals the lesser of: (x) such CIC Severance Pay
amount due Executive under Section 4.2 during such 6-month period or (y) two
multiplied by the compensation limit in effect under Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code for the calendar year in which the date of termination occurs and as
otherwise provided under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) and
shall be entitled to such of his or her CIC Severance Pay benefits as satisfy
the exception under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) (the
“Limitation Amount”). (b) To the extent that, upon such Involuntary Separation
from Service, the amount of CIC Severance Pay that would have been payable to
the Executive during the 6-month period following the last day of his or her
employment exceeds the Limitation Amount, such excess shall be paid on
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the first regular bi-weekly payroll date following the expiration of such 6-
month period. (c) If the Company reasonably determines that such employment
termination is not an Involuntary Separation from Service, all CIC Severance Pay
that would have been payable to the Executive under the Plan during the 6- month
period immediately following the date of termination, but for such
determination, shall be paid on the first regular bi-weekly payroll date
immediately following the expiration of such 6-month period following the date
of termination. (d) Any CIC Severance Pay payments that are postponed shall
accrue interest at an annual rate (compounded monthly) equal to the short-term
applicable federal rate (as in effect under Section 1274(d) of the Code on the
last day of the Executive’s employment) plus 100 basis points, which interest
shall be paid on the first regular bi-weekly payroll date immediately following
the expiration of the 6-month period following the date of termination. 3.7 No
Duplication of Benefits. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 or any
other provision of the Plan to the contrary, any benefits provided under this
Plan to an Eligible Executive shall be in lieu of any termination or severance
payments or benefits for which such Executive may be eligible under any plan of
or agreement or arrangement with an Employer, including but not limited to the
Rexnord LLC Severance Pay Plan or the Rexnord Corporation Executive Severance
Plan. For avoidance of doubt, upon a Qualifying Termination, an Executive shall
only be entitled to CIC Severance Pay and Subsidized COBRA under this Plan and
shall not be entitled to severance benefits, change in control benefits or
subsidized COBRA under another plan of or arrangement with an Employer. ARTICLE
4 CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT AND RIGHT TO TERMINATE CIC SEVERANCE BENEFITS 4.1
Conditions for Payment of Benefits. An Executive who has a Qualifying
Termination will not be eligible for CIC Severance Pay, Subsidized COBRA or
Accelerated Vesting unless the Company determines that the Executive has
satisfied all of the following conditions: (a) Consent to and compliance with
the "Executive Covenants" in Article 5 below; (b) Delivery, within 21 days after
presentation thereof by the Company to the Executive, to the Company of an
executed Agreement and general release (the “General Release”) in the form
determined by the Company, and which may be revised by the Company in its sole
discretion; and (c) Delivery to the Company of a resignation from all offices,
directorships and fiduciary positions with the Company, its affiliates and
employee benefit plans. 4811-1906-7992.2

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Notwithstanding the due date of any benefits or payments under Article 3, any
amounts due following a Qualifying Termination under the Plan shall not be
payable until after the expiration of any statutory revocation period applicable
to the General Release without Executive having revoked such General Release
which must occur by the 53rd day after the later of the Executive’s termination
of employment or the Change in Control (the “Release Condition”) and any such
amounts shall commence on the later of the applicable due date or five (5)
business days after the Release Condition is satisfied, provided that, if the
60-day period following termination of employment spans two calendar years, then
any payments and benefits subject to Code Section 409A shall commence on the
later of the applicable due date or on a date during that portion of such 60-day
period occurring in the calendar year following the year of termination of
employment, provided that the Release Condition is satisfied. 4.2 Right to
Terminate Severance Benefits. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the
contrary, the Company shall have the right to terminate the benefits payable
under this Plan at any time in the event that the Company determines that a
former Executive receiving benefits under this Plan has breached any of the
terms and conditions set forth in any agreement executed by the former Executive
as a condition to receiving benefits under the Plan, including, but not limited
to, the General Release, or violation of any non-disclosure, non-competition or
non- solicitation or provisions contained in such other plans or agreements. 4.3
Clawback. The benefits under this Plan are subject to the terms of the Company's
or any other Employer's recoupment, clawback or similar policies as may be in
effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law,
any of which could in certain circumstances require repayment or forfeiture of
any cash or other property received under this Plan. ARTICLE 5 EXECUTIVE
COVENANTS 5.1 Reasonableness of Restrictions. Each Executive shall acknowledge
that he or she has had and will continue to have access to Confidential
Information (as defined below), that such Confidential Information is of
economic value to the Employer, that such Confidential Information would be of
value to a competitor of the Employer in competing against the Employer, and
that it would be unfair for the Executive to exploit such Confidential
Information for the Executive’s personal benefit or for the benefit of a
competitor. Each Executive shall further acknowledge that he or she has had
and/or will have an opportunity to learn about, and develop relationships with,
customers of the Employer and that the Employer have a legitimate interest in
protecting relationships with such customers, and that it would be unfair for
the Executive to exploit information the Executive has learned about such
customers and relationships that the Executive has developed with such customers
for the Executive’s personal benefit or for the benefit of a competitor. The
Executive further acknowledges that the Employer currently markets and sells
products and services to customers throughout the world and that the Executive’s
job duties have included and/or will include contact with products that are
marketed throughout the United States or, for an Executive employed outside the
United States, the country in which the Executive is employed and that the
Confidential Information to which the Executive has had and/or and will have
access to, and the Executive’s customer knowledge and contacts and
relationships, would be of value to a competitor in competing against the
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anywhere in the country in which the Executive is employed. Accordingly, each
Executive shall acknowledge that the protections provided to the Employer in
this Article 5 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests
of the Employer and that abiding by the Executive’s obligations under this
Article 5 will not impose an undue hardship on the Executive. 5.2 Restricted
Services Obligation. For a period of two years following the end, for whatever
reason, of an Executive’s employment with the Employer, the Executive shall
agree not to directly or indirectly provide Restricted Services to any
Competitor respecting its operations in the country in which the Executive was
employed. For purposes of this Section, (i) “Restricted Services” means services
of any kind or character comparable to those the Executive provided to the
Employer during the one year period preceding the end of the Executive’s
employment with the Employer, and (ii) “Competitor” means any business located
in the country in which the Executive was employed that is engaged in the
development and/or sale of any product line or service offering that is
substantially similar (and thus competitive with) to a product line or service
offering sold by the Employer for which the Executive had direct managerial
responsibility during the last year of the term of the Executive’s employment
with the Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5.2 shall not
apply to an Executive whose principal place of employment with an Employer is in
the State of California. 5.3 Customer Non-Solicitation. For a period of two
years following the end, for whatever reason, of the Executive's employment with
the Employer, the Executive shall agree not to directly or indirectly attempt to
sell or otherwise provide to any Restricted Customer any goods, products or
services of the type or substantially similar to the type sold or otherwise
provided by the Employer (and thus competitive with such goods, products or
services) for which the Executive was employed during the twelve months prior to
termination of the Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Section 5.3,
“Restricted Customer” means any individual or entity (i) for whom/which the
Employer provided goods, products or services, and (ii) with whom/which the
Executive was the primary contact on behalf of the Company during the
Executive’s last twelve months of employment or about whom/which the Executive
acquired non-public information during the Executive’s last twelve months of
employment that would be of benefit to the Executive in selling or attempting to
sell such goods, products or services in competition with the Employer. 5.4
Non-Solicitation of Employees. During the term of the Executive’s employment
with the Employer and for a period of one year thereafter, the Executive shall
agree not to directly or indirectly encourage any employee of the Employer with
whom the Executive has worked to terminate his or her employment with the
Employer or solicit such an individual for employment outside the Employer in a
manner which would end or diminish that employee’s services to the Employer. 5.5
Non-Disparagement. During the term of the Executive’s employment with the
Employer and thereafter in perpetuity, the Executive shall not knowingly
disparage, criticize, or otherwise make derogatory statements regarding the
Employer or any of its affiliates, successors, directors, officers, customers or
suppliers. During the term of the Executive’s employment with the Employer and
thereafter in perpetuity, none of the Company, Rexnord LLC, or any other
Employer nor any of their respective officers shall knowingly disparage,
criticize, or otherwise make derogatory statements regarding the Executive. The
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not apply to any statements that are made truthfully in response to a subpoena
or other compulsory legal process. 5.6 Non-Disclosure of Confidential
Information. (a) The Executive shall maintain in confidence and shall not
directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose, publish or
otherwise misappropriate, or use for the Executive’s benefit or the benefit of
any Person, or deliver to any Person any Confidential Information (as defined
herein) or trade secrets of the Company. "Confidential Information" means any
document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or
containing, any confidential or proprietary information of or relating to the
Employer, including, without limitation, information with respect to the
Employer’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices,
finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers,
marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status,
compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment. Confidential
Information shall be defined to exclude information which is or becomes public
knowledge through no fault of the Executive, or which was known to the Executive
before the start of the Executive’s earliest relationship with the Employer, or
which is otherwise not subject to protection under applicable law. The
Executive’s obligations under this Section 5.6 shall apply for so long as the
Executive continues in the employment of the Employer and for two years
following the termination of such employment, for whatever reason, as to any
Confidential Information that does not constitute a trade secret under
applicable law. As to any Confidential Information that does constitute a trade
secret under applicable law, the Executive shall agree that the Executive's
obligations under this Section 5.6 shall apply for so long as the item qualifies
as a trade secret. (b) The Executive is advised that he or she may not be held
criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the
disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (i) in confidence to a federal,
state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an
attorney, and provided that such disclosure is solely for the purpose of
reporting or investigating a suspected violation of the law, or (ii) in a
complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, provided
that such filing is made under seal. Additionally, in the event the Executive
files a lawsuit against the Employer for retaliation by the Employer against the
Executive for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive has the
right to provide trade secret information to the Executive's attorney and use
the trade secret information in the court proceeding, although the Executive
must file any document containing the trade secret under seal and may do not
disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. 5.7 Return of Company
Property. All correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks,
reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents
concerning the Employer’s customers, business plans, marketing strategies,
products or processes, whether confidential or not, is the property of the
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Property”). Accordingly, upon the Executive’s Termination of Employment for any
reason, the Executive shall promptly deliver to the Company all such Company
Property, including any and all copies of any such Company Property, and shall
not make any notes of or relating to any information contained in any such
Company Property. The Executive may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or
other legal process but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice
thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make
available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information
sought and shall assist such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to
such process. 5.8 Injunctive Relief. The Executive shall acknowledge that a
breach of the covenants contained in this Article 5 will cause irreparable
damage to the Company and its goodwill, the exact amount of which will be
difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such
breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Executive shall agree that, in the
event of an actual or threatened breach of any of the covenants contained in
this Article 5, in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or
in equity, the Company shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive
relief. The Company acknowledges that a breach of the Company’s covenant
contained in Section 5.5 will cause irreparable damage to the Executive, the
exact amount of which will be difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that the
remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Company
agrees that, in the event of an actual or threatened breach of the Company’s
covenant contained in Section 5.5, in addition to any other remedy which may be
available at law or in equity, the Executive shall be entitled to specific
performance and injunctive relief. ARTICLE 6 GENERAL RULES 6.1 Right to Withhold
Taxes. The Employer shall withhold such amounts from payments under the Plan as
it determines necessary to fulfill any country, federal, state, or local wage or
compensation withholding requirements. 6.2 Assignment. Benefits under the Plan
may not be assigned. 6.3 Unfunded Plan. The Employer will make all payments
under the Plan, and pay all expenses of the Plan, from its general assets.
Nothing contained in the Plan shall give any eligible Executive any right, title
or interest in any property of the Employer. 6.4 Code Section 409A. It is
intended that any amounts payable under the Plan shall comply with the
provisions of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations relating thereto so
as not to subject an Executive to the payment of interest and tax penalty which
may be imposed under Code Section 409A. In furtherance of this interest,
anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, no amounts shall be payable to
an Eligible Executive before such time as such payment fully complies with the
provisions of Code Section 409A and, to the extent that any regulations or other
guidance issued under Code Section 409A after the date of this Agreement would
result in the Executive being subject to payment of interest and tax penalty
under Code Section 409A, the parties agree to amend this Agreement in order to
bring this Agreement into compliance with Code Section 409A. In addition, solely
for purposes of compliance with Code Section 409A, Qualifying Termination shall
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Plan unless such termination is also a separation from service (within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h) (applying the 20% default
post-separation limit thereunder)) as an employee and references to a
“termination” or “termination of employment” shall mean separation from service
as an employee. 6.5 Governing Laws; Other Obligations. The provisions of the
Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Wisconsin and any applicable federal laws. The obligations and
restrictions set forth in this Plan are in addition to and not in lieu of any
obligations or restrictions imposed upon Executive under any other agreement or
any other law or statute including, but not limited to, any obligations
Executive may owe under any law governing trade secrets, any common law duty of
loyalty, or any fiduciary duty. No time or geographic restriction provided above
shall affect the availability or scope of protection afforded to the Company’s
trade secrets. ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION The Compensation Committee
may modify, amend, or terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice, and
the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Chief Human Resources Officer may also
amend or modify the plan to reflect administrative or other changes that do not
have a material effect on the amount of benefits provided under the Plan.
However, the Company will pay or continue to pay benefits in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan to the Executives whose employment is terminated prior to
any modification, amendment or termination of the Plan. ARTICLE 8 ADMINISTRATION
8.1 Powers and Duties. The Plan Administrator shall have sole authority and
discretion to administer and construe the terms of the Plan, subject to
applicable requirements of law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Plan
Administrator shall have power to: (a) Provide rules and regulations for the
administration of the Plan and, from time to time, to amend or supplement such
rules and regulations; (b) Construe the Plan, which construction shall be final
and binding; (c) Correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as it shall deem
expedient to effect the purpose of the Plan; and (d) Delegate to such other
parties as are appropriate all or any part of the responsibilities specifically
required of the Plan Administrator under the terms of the Plan. No benefits
shall be paid under the Plan unless the Plan Administrator, in its sole
discretion, determines that an Eligible Executive is entitled to such benefits.
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8.2 Finality of Action. Except as provided in Section 9.3, the acts and
determinations of the Compensation Committee and Company within the powers
conferred by the Plan shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the
Plan. 8.3 Claim Procedure. An Executive who believes that he or she is entitled
to benefits under the Plan in an amount greater than what the Executive is
receiving or has received may file a claim within 12 months of his or her
termination of employment for such benefits by writing directly to the corporate
offices of the Company, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Such claims shall be
referred to a person designated by the Company, who shall prepare an appropriate
written response. Every claim that is filed timely shall be answered in writing
stating whether the claim is granted or denied. If the claim is denied, the
reasons for denial and reference to the relevant plan provisions shall be set
forth in a written notice to the claimant. Such notice shall also describe
information necessary for the claimant to perfect an appeal and include an
explanation of the Plan’s claim appeal procedure. Within 90 days of notice that
a claim is denied, the claimant may file a written appeal to the Company,
including any comments, statements or documents the claimant may wish to
provide. Appeals shall be considered by the Compensation Committee or a
committee of not less than three persons designated by the Compensation
Committee, none of whom shall be the person who responded to the initial claim.
In the event the claim is denied upon appeal, the Compensation Committee or its
designee shall set forth in writing the reasons for denial and the relevant
provisions of the Plan. The Company shall comply with any reasonable written
request from a claimant for documents or information relevant to this claim
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