Document:

EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE 

RESTATED BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN OF ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. AND 

ITS SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE 

ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

This First Amendment to the Restated Benefit Equalization Plan of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. and its Subsidiary or Affiliated Corporations Participating in the
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Savings and Investment Program (the “Plan”) is hereby adopted by Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) effective as of December 31, 2015. 

WHEREAS, the Company, formerly known as Zimmer Holdings, Inc., maintains the Plan, a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, for the benefit of a select
group of eligible executives of the Company and its subsidiary and affiliated corporations; and 
 WHEREAS, the Plan was amended and restated in its
entirety effective as of January 1, 2009; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan. 

NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of December 31, 2015, the Plan is hereby amended as follows: 

 

	 	1.	The name of the Plan is changed to the Restated Benefit Equalization Plan of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. and its Subsidiary or Affiliated Corporations Participating in the Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Savings and
Investment Program. 

  

	 	2.	Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, with respect to any Participant who dies after December 31, 2015, any Beneficiary designation made with respect to the Plan prior to January 1, 2016 (other than
beneficiary designations completed in connection with the enrollment and beneficiary designation process for 2016 under the nonqualified deferred compensation plans sponsored by Zimmer Biomet) shall be nullified. A Participant who dies after
December 31, 2015, and who does not designate a Beneficiary, in accordance with the terms of the Plan, after December 31, 2015 (or in connection with the enrollment and beneficiary designation process for 2016), shall be treated as having
died without a valid Beneficiary designation. 

  

	 	3.	All references in the Plan to “Zimmer Holdings, Inc.” or “Zimmer” shall be replaced with references to “Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.” and “Zimmer Biomet,” respectively.

  

	 	4.	All references to the Committee shall mean the Benefits Committee of Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 

	 	5.	Section 2.1 is amended by adding the following subsection (d): 

  

	 	(d)	Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan, no additional individuals shall become Eligible Executives or Participants after December 31, 2015. 

 

	 	6.	Subsection 2.3(b) is deleted, effective as of December 31, 2015. 

  

	 	7.	Section 3.1 is amended by adding the following subsection (c): 

  

	 	(c)	Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, no individual may file a Salary Deferral Agreement for any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2015, and no further deferrals can be elected
under the Plan with respect to Compensation for periods of service after December 31, 2015. 

  

	 	8.	Section 4.1 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end of that section: 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan, no matching contributions can be credited to a Participant’s Account
with respect to periods of service after December 31, 2015. 
  

	 	9.	Section 4.2 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end of that section: 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan, no fixed contributions can be credited to a Participant’s Account with
respect to periods of service after December 31, 2015. 
  

	 	10.	Section 4.3 is hereby amended to read as follows, effective as of January 1, 2016: 

Vesting. Employer Contributions shall become vested in accordance with the following schedule, based on completed Years of Service (as
defined in the Program): 
  

			
	Years of Service Completed	  	Vested Percentage
	 Less than 1
	  	-0-
	 1
	  	25%
	 2
	  	50%
	 3
	  	75%
	 4
	  	100%

  

	 	11.	The first sentence of Section 7.2 is amended to read as follows: 

 The Board or its
designee may, in its sole discretion, amend this Plan and the related Salary Deferral Agreements on 30 days’ prior notice to the Participants and, where applicable, former Participants. 

  
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	 	12.	All other terms of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 

  

	
	Certified as final:
	
	 /s/ Bill P. Fisher

	Bill P. Fisher
	Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources
	
	 /s/ Daniel P. Florin

	Daniel P. Florin
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

  
 3EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 

ZIMMER BIOMET 
 DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN 
 Effective as of January 1, 2016 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
	  	 	1	  
			
	 Section 1.1.
	 	 Definitions.
	  	 	1	  
	 Section 1.2.
	 	 Rules of Construction.
	  	 	5	  
		
	 ARTICLE II. PARTICIPATION
	  	 	6	  
			
	 Section 2.1.
	 	 In General.
	  	 	6	  
	 Section 2.2.
	 	 Participation.
	  	 	6	  
	 Section 2.3.
	 	 Transferred Employees.
	  	 	6	  
	 Section 2.4.
	 	 Amendment of Eligibility Criteria.
	  	 	6	  
		
	 ARTICLE III. DEFERRAL ELECTIONS AND COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS
	  	 	6	  
			
	 Section 3.1.
	 	 Elections to Defer Compensation and/or Performance Bonuses.
	  	 	6	  
	 Section 3.2.
	 	 Elections as to Timing and Form of Payment of Benefits.
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 3.3.
	 	 No Subsequent Elections Regarding Timing and Form of Payment.
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 3.4.
	 	 Deemed Investment Elections.
	  	 	8	  
	 Section 3.5.
	 	 Company Matching Contribution Amounts
	  	 	9	  
		
	 ARTICLE IV. PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS AND UNFUNDED NATURE OF THE PLAN
	  	 	10	  
			
	 Section 4.1.
	 	 Deferral Accounts
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 4.2.
	 	 Company Matching Contribution Accounts.
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 4.3.
	 	 Adjustment for Earnings and Losses
	  	 	10	  
	 Section 4.4.
	 	 Accounts are Unfunded.
	  	 	11	  
		
	 ARTICLE V. VESTING
	  	 	11	  
			
	 Section 5.1.
	 	 Participant Contributions
	  	 	11	  
	 Section 5.2.
	 	 Company Contributions.
	  	 	11	  
	 Section 5.3.
	 	 Termination for Cause.
	  	 	11	  
		
	 ARTICLE VI. DISTRIBUTIONS
	  	 	12	  
			
	 Section 6.1.
	 	 Distribution of Participants’ Accounts
	  	 	12	  
	 Section 6.2.
	 	 Designation of Beneficiary.
	  	 	13	  
	 Section 6.3.
	 	 Hardship Distribution
	  	 	13	  
	 Section 6.4.
	 	 Distribution Upon Adverse Finding by the Internal Revenue Service
	  	 	14	  
	 Section 6.5.
	 	 Inability to Locate Participant
	  	 	14	  

  
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	 ARTICLE VII. ADMINISTRATION
	  	 	14	  
			
	 Section 7.1.
	 	 Plan Administrator.
	  	 	14	  
	 Section 7.2.
	 	 Committee Action
	  	 	14	  
	 Section 7.3.
	 	 Powers of the Committee as Administrator.
	  	 	15	  
	 Section 7.4.
	 	 Construction and Interpretation.
	  	 	15	  
	 Section 7.5.
	 	 Information
	  	 	15	  
	 Section 7.6.
	 	 Compensation, Expenses and Indemnity.
	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.7.
	 	 Account Statements
	  	 	16	  
	 Section 7.8.
	 	 Claims and Appeals Procedures.
	  	 	16	  
		
	 ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	17	  
			
	 Section 8.1.
	 	 Unsecured General Creditor
	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.2.
	 	 Restriction Against Assignment.
	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.3.
	 	 Withholding
	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.4.
	 	 Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination
	  	 	17	  
	 Section 8.5.
	 	 Rules and Procedures Relating to Payments
	  	 	18	  
	 Section 8.6.
	 	 Limitation of Rights and Employment Relationship
	  	 	18	  
	 Section 8.7.
	 	 Code Section 409A
	  	 	19	  

  
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 ZIMMER BIOMET 

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 

PREAMBLE 
 1.
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. hereby establishes the Zimmer Biomet Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of January 1, 2016. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a select group of the Company’s key management and highly compensated
employees an opportunity, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, to defer the receipt of Compensation and have a portion of their Deferrals matched by the Company. By offering this Plan, the Company intends to build management
loyalty and its business; provide a tax deferral alternative; permit deferral of amounts beyond the limits of its qualified plans; and further enhance its benefit plans. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, this Plan supersedes
all Prior Plans with respect to deferrals and Company contributions made with respect to compensation earned on or after January 1, 2016, and it is intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A. 

2. The Plan is an unfunded benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA sections 201, 301, and 401 and the Code. Benefits payable under the Plan
with respect to a Participant or Beneficiary will be paid from the general assets of the Company. The right of a Participant or Beneficiary to receive payment under the Plan is merely a contractual right to payment from the Company, and the Plan
does not give Participants or Beneficiaries any interest in, or right to, any of the assets of the Company or any Affiliated Company other than as a general creditor of his or her employer. 

3. Participation in the Plan is voluntary. A Participant may elect to defer a portion of his or her Compensation under the Plan and, at all
times, will be 100% Vested in amounts credited to his or her Deferral Account. Amounts credited to a Participant’s Company Matching Contribution Account will become Vested as provided in the Plan. 

ARTICLE I. 

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION 

Section 1.1. Definitions. Whenever the following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the first letter capitalized, they
will have the meanings specified below. 
 (a) “Account” or “Accounts” means the bookkeeping accounts
maintained for each Participant to record his or her Deferrals and any Company Matching Contribution Amounts allocated to him or her, as adjusted pursuant to Section 4.3. 

(b) “Affiliated Company” means any company or corporation directly or indirectly controlled by Zimmer Biomet. 

(c) “Base Salary” means that portion of a Participant’s compensation for services to the Company that is his or
her annual base salary, excluding bonuses, Performance Bonuses, Commissions, incentive and all other remuneration for services rendered to the Company or any Affiliated Company. 

 (d) “Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” means the person or
persons, including a trustee, personal representative or other fiduciary, last designated in writing by a Participant in accordance with procedures established by the Committee (or its designee), in accordance with Section 6.2, to receive any
benefits that may be payable under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s death. 
 (e) “Board of
Directors” or “Board” means the Board of Directors of Zimmer Biomet. 
 (f) “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 (g) “Commissions” means any compensation, in addition to Base Salary
and Performance Bonus, paid to a Participant as an employee of the Company under any employment or compensation agreement or incentive arrangement in connection with the sales of the products of the Company or an Affiliated Company, provided:
(1) a substantial portion of the Participant’s services to the Company consists of the direct sale of a product or a service to a customer that is not related or treated as related to the Company or to the Participant (under Treasury
regulation 1.409A-1(f)(2)(ii) and (iv)); (2) the amount the Company pays to the Participant consists either of a portion of the purchase price of the product or service or of an amount substantially all of which is calculated by referenced to
volume of sales; and (3) payment is either contingent upon the Company receiving payment from an unrelated customer (as described in clause (1)) or, if consistently applied to all similarly situated service providers, is contingent upon
the closing of a sales transaction and such other requirements as the Company may specify before the closing of the sales transaction. 

(h) “Committee” means the Benefits Committee of Zimmer Biomet, which administers the Plan as provided in Article VII.

 (i) “Company” means Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. and all Affiliated Companies designated by the Committee as
Participating Companies. 
 (j) “Company Matching Contribution Account” means the Account maintained by the Company
for each Participant that is credited with Company Matching Contribution Amounts, if any, allocated to the Participant, and net earnings and losses on those amounts, as provided in Section 4.2. 

(k) “Company Matching Contribution Amount” means an amount, if any, credited by the Company to a Participant’s
Company Matching Contribution Account for a Plan Year pursuant to Section 4.2. 
 (l) “Compensation” means,
with respect to a Participant for a Plan Year, the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary and Performance Bonus included in the Participant’s wages for income tax purposes for the Plan Year, increased by amounts of Base Salary and
Performance Bonus that would have been included in the Participant’s wages for the 

  
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year but for the Participant’s election pursuant to Code section 125 or 401(k), this Plan or the Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Executive Performance Incentive Plan. Amounts distributed from a
Participant’s Accounts in any Plan Year will not be considered Compensation again in the year of distribution. 
 (m)
“Deferral Account” means the Account maintained by the Company for each Participant that is credited with the Participant’s Deferrals, and net earnings and losses on those amounts, as provided in Section 4.1. 

(n) “Deferrals” means the portion of a Participant’s Compensation that he or she elects to defer pursuant to
Section 4.1. 
 (o) “Disability” means a condition of a Participant who is, by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, (1) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or
(2) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan maintained by the Company for employees, within the meaning of Code section 409A(a)(2)(C) and Treasury regulation
section 1.409A-3(i)(4). 
 (p) “Distributable Amount” means the Vested balance in the Participant’s
Accounts. 
 (q) “Distribution Event” means, with respect to a Participant, the earliest to occur of (1) the
Participant’s Separation from Service, (2) the Participant’s Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, (3) the Participant’s Disability, (4) approval of a Hardship Distribution, or (5) the Participant’s death. 

(r) “Effective Date” means January 1, 2016. 

(s) “Eligible Employee” means any common law employee of Zimmer Biomet or a Participating Company who is in salary
grade Z07 or higher (which ensures that the employee is a key management or highly compensated employee of the Company). Eligible Employee shall include an employee who was actively participating in the Biomet, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
(“Biomet Plan”) on December 31, 2015; provided, however, that the Committee may terminate the employee’s participation in the Plan in the event of a decrease in salary or salary grade. 

(t) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. 

(u) “Hardship Distribution” means a distribution due to an “Unforeseeable Emergency” pursuant to
Section 6.3. 

  
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 (v) “Initial Election Period” means the period selected by the
Committee or its designee immediately preceding the Plan Year beginning after the date on which an individual first becomes an Eligible Employee. 

(w) “Measurement Fund” means one of the mutual funds, insurance company separate accounts, indexed rates, or other
measurements of investment performance selected from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, for the purpose of providing the basis on which investment gains and losses will be attributed to Participant’s Accounts, as provided in
Section 3.4. 
 (x) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who becomes a participant in this Plan in
accordance with Article II. 
 (y) “Participating Company” means an Affiliated Company that the Committee has
designated for participation in the Plan and whose Eligible Employees are thereby eligible to participate in the Plan. 
 (z)
“Payment Date” means, with respect to a Distribution Event, a date within the 90-day period immediately following the date on which the Distribution Event occurs; provided, however, that if the Distribution Event is the Participant’s
Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, the Payment Date will be the 15th day of the month and year as elected by the participant. If the Distribution Event is the Participant’s Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, the Payment Date will be the 15th day of the month following that Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, or if the Distribution Event is the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Payment Date will be the 15th day of the month following a six-month delay following Separation from Service. 

(aa) “Performance Bonus” means, with respect to a Participant, any bonus intended to qualify as
“performance-based compensation” under Code section 409A and Treasury regulation section 1.409A-1(e) and for which the Participant must be employed on the last day of the 12-month performance period and the date of payment to be
entitled to receive the bonus. Amounts distributed from a Participant’s Accounts in any Plan Year are not considered a Performance Bonus again in the year of distribution. 

(bb) “Plan” means this Zimmer Biomet Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time. 

(cc) “Plan Year” means the calendar year. 

(dd) “Prior Plans” means the Biomet, Inc. Deferred Savings Plan, the Biomet, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, the
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Benefit Equalization Plan, the Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Executive Performance Incentive Plan, and the Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan. 

(ee) “Retirement” means a Participant’s voluntary Separation from Service after reaching age 65, or 55 with 10
years of service from the Company. 

  
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 (ff) “Savings Plan” means the Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 401(k)
Savings Plan. 
 (gg) “Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date” means the date elected by the Participant pursuant to
Section 3.2(a) for payment of amounts from his Accounts that will be deferred in a given Plan Year, as adjusted for attributable earnings and losses, to be made or to commence as set forth on the Participant’s election form (electronically
or otherwise) for that Plan Year. A Participant’s Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date can be no earlier than two years from the last day of the Plan Year for which the applicable Deferrals are credited to the Participant’s Account. 

(hh) “Separation from Service” means, with respect to a Participant, the complete termination of the employment
relationship between the Participant and the Company and all Affiliated Companies for any reason other than death. Whether a Separation from Service has occurred will be determined in accordance with Code section 409A(2)(A)(i) and Treasury
regulation section 1.409A-1(h). 
 (ii) “Unforeseeable Emergency” has the meaning given to that term in
Section 6.3. 
 (jj) “Vested” means, with respect to an Account, that portion of the Participant’s
interest in the Account that is nonforfeitable, as determined under Article V. 
 (kk) “Year of Service” means each
12 calendar months of service with the Company from the Participant’s employment date. 
 (ll) “Zimmer RIP”
means the Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan (formerly known as the Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Retirement Income Plan). 

Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. 

(a) The Plan is intended to comply with (i) Code section 409A and (ii) the applicable provisions of ERISA, and it
will be interpreted and administered accordingly. Except as provided in the preceding sentence or as otherwise expressly provided in this document, the Plan will be construed, enforced, and administered, and its validity determined, in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to conflict of law principles, and the following provisions of this Section. 

(b) Words used in the masculine gender will be construed to include the feminine gender where appropriate, and vice versa. 

(c) Words used in the singular will be construed to include the plural where appropriate, and vice versa. 

(d) The headings and subheadings in the Plan are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in
the construction of any provision of the Plan. 

  
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 ARTICLE II. 

PARTICIPATION 

Section 2.1. In General. An Eligible Employee will become a Participant only after completing such forms (electronically or
otherwise) and making such elections as the Committee (or its designee) may prescribe, including an agreement to be bound by the terms of the Plan and all determinations of the Committee. 

Section 2.2. Participation. An Eligible Employee will become a Participant by electing to defer Compensation in accordance with
Section 3.1 and such procedures as may be established from time to time by the Committee (or its designee). An Eligible Employee who is hired during a Plan Year may not participate in the Plan until the commencement of the next Plan Year. An
individual who, at any time, ceases to be an Eligible Employee, other than an Eligible Employee who (a) becomes employed by an Affiliated Company that is not a Participating Company or (b) is transferred to an international assignment,
will continue to be eligible to defer Compensation until the end of the Plan Year in which he or she ceases to be an Eligible Employee, and no future Deferrals will be allowed until such time as the individual again becomes an Eligible Employee. In
such a case, the individual will remain a Participant with respect to amounts already deferred but not yet withdrawn or distributed. A Participant will remain a Participant until all amounts to which he or she is entitled under the Plan have been
paid. 
 Section 2.3. Transferred Employees. An Eligible Employee who (a) becomes employed by an Affiliated Company that is
not a Participating Company, or (b) is transferred to an international assignment, will not be eligible to make any further Deferrals under the Plan; however, he or she will remain a Participant in the Plan with respect to amounts already
deferred but not yet withdrawn or distributed. Any Deferrals for the current Plan Year will terminate as of the date of transfer. 

Section 2.4. Amendment of Eligibility Criteria. The Committee (or its designee) may, in its discretion, change the criteria for
eligibility to comply with all applicable laws relating to salary grade and compensation levels; provided, however, that no change in the criteria for eligibility of any executive officer of the Company will be effected unless those changes are
(a) within parameters established by the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board, or (b) approved by the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board. 

ARTICLE III. 

DEFERRAL ELECTIONS AND COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS 

Section 3.1. Elections to Defer Compensation and/or Performance Bonuses. 

(a) Initial Election Period. Subject to the provisions of Article II, each Participant may elect to defer Compensation
by filing with the Committee (or its designee) an election that conforms to the requirements of this Section 3.1, on a form (electronically or otherwise) provided by the Committee (or its designee), no later than the last day of his or her
Initial Election Period. 

  
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 (b) Deferral of Base Salary - General Rule. The amount of Base Salary that
a Participant may elect to defer is limited to Base Salary earned on or after the time at which the Participant makes an election to defer in accordance with subsection (a). A Participant may defer up to 50% of his or her Base Salary, provided that
the total amount deferred by the Participant will be limited in any calendar year, if necessary, to satisfy Social Security tax (including Medicare), income tax, and employee benefit plan withholding requirements, each as applicable, as determined
in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee (or its designee). The Committee (or its designee) may establish certain minimum contribution amounts from time to time with respect to particular Plan Years. 

(c) Duration of Election to Defer Base Salary A Participant’s initial election to defer Base Salary must be
received by the Committee (or its designee) prior to the last day of the Participant’s Initial Election Period and will be effective with respect to Base Salary received in the Plan Year after the deferral election is processed and for the
duration of that Plan Year. Except as provided in subsection (e), a Participant’s deferral election will continue in effect for the entire Plan Year. A Participant must make a new deferral election for each Plan Year by filing a new election on
or before the end of the election period (as established by the Committee or its designee) prior to the beginning of the next Plan Year, which election will be effective on the first day of the next Plan Year. 

(d) Deferral of Performance Bonuses – Special Rule. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section, a
Participant may elect to defer up to 95% of his or her Performance Bonus in accordance with the special rules applicable to performance-based compensation under Code section 409A and Treasury regulation section 1.409A-2(a)(8). Any such election with
respect to the performance period for the Performance Bonus must be received by the Committee or its designee not later than the December 31st immediately preceding that performance period.
Any such election will become irrevocable as of January 1 of the performance period for the Performance Bonus. Any election made under this subsection (d) will be effective only for the performance period to which it relates. 

(e) Suspension of Deferral Election Due to Unforeseeable Emergency. A Participant’s Deferrals may be suspended for
the remainder of a Plan Year if the Participant applies for a Hardship Distribution and the Committee (or its designee) determines, pursuant to Section 6.3, that the Unforeseeable Emergency giving rise to the Participant’s Hardship
Distribution request can be relieved, in whole or in part, through the cessation of Deferrals under the Plan. 
 (f)
Separation from Service; Re-employment. A Participant’s Deferrals will cease upon the Participant’s Separation from Service. Upon re-employment with the Company as an Eligible Employee following a Separation from Service, a
Participant (or former Participant) may make a new election in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a). 

  
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 Section 3.2. Elections as to Timing and Form of Payment of Benefits. 

(a) Election of Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date. At the time a Participant makes a deferral election pursuant to
Section 3.1, the Participant will also elect his Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, if any, for the payment of the Participant’s Vested Accounts attributable to those Deferrals. The Participant will communicate this timing decision by
submitting an applicable form (electronically or otherwise) to the Committee or its designee. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary under the Plan, if installments for a Participant’s Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date have
not commenced prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the form of the distribution will follow the form elected as of the Participant’s Separation from Service, and if the installments for a Participant’s Scheduled
Withdrawal Payment Date have commenced prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the form of the distribution will follow the installment form elected with respect to that Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date. 

(b) Election of Form of Payment. At the time a Participant makes a deferral election pursuant to Section 3.1, the
Participant will also elect the form of the distribution for those Deferrals, as described in subsection (c). The Participant will communicate this form of payment decision by submitting an applicable form (electronically or otherwise) to the
Committee (or its designee). 
 (c) Forms of Payment. A Participant may elect either (i) a lump sum payment on
the Participant’s Payment Date, or (ii) substantially equal annual installment payments over a period of (A) two (2) to five (5) years as the form of distribution for a Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, or (B) five
(5) to fifteen (15) years as the form of distribution for a Separation from Service, provided that any minimum balance established by the Committee (or its designee) for installments is met. If all or any portion of an Account is payable
in installments, the first installment will be paid as of the Participant’s Payment Date, and the remaining installments will be paid on each applicable anniversary of the Payment Date. Each installment will consist of a percentage of the
Account, which will be equal to (i) one, divided by (ii) one plus the number of installments remaining after the installment for which the calculation is being made. If the Participant does not elect a form of payment pursuant to this
subsection (c), he or she will be deemed to have elected a lump sum. 
 Section 3.3. No Subsequent Elections Regarding Timing and
Form of Payment. Except as provided in Article VI of this Plan, a Participant may not revoke or revise a prior election as to the timing and form of payment under the Plan. 

Section 3.4. Deemed Investment Elections. 

(a) At the time of making the deferral elections described in this Article III, the Participant will designate, on a form
(electronically or otherwise) provided by the Committee (or its designee), the Measurement Fund(s) in which the Participant’s Accounts will be deemed to be invested for purposes of determining the amount of earnings and losses to be credited to
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otherwise) provided by the Committee (or its designee), a Participant may change each of his or her deemed investment allocations at least monthly or more frequently as permitted by the Committee
or its designee. If a Participant fails to elect a Measurement Fund under this Section, he or she will be deemed to have elected the Measurement Fund selected by the Committee to be the default Measurement Fund pursuant to subsection (b). 

(b) The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, will select the Measurement Funds to be available under the Plan. The
Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, discontinue, substitute, or add a Measurement Fund at any time for any reason. The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, will select one of the Measurement Funds as the default
Measurement Fund, to serve as the measure of investment earnings and losses on the Accounts of Participants who fail to elect a Measurement Fund pursuant to subsection (a), and the Committee may change its selection of the default Measurement Fund
from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 (c) Although a Participant may designate the type of investments in
which his or her Accounts will be deemed to be invested for earnings calculation purposes, the Committee will not be bound by such a designation; that is, the amounts credited to a Participant’s Accounts might not actually be invested in the
underlying designated Measurement Fund(s). The designation of a Measurement Fund will not require the Company to invest or earmark its general assets in any particular manner. The Accounts will be hypothetically invested in the designated
Measurement Fund(s), and net gains and losses associated with the Measurement Fund(s) will be credited or debited to the Accounts, as applicable, as provided in Section 4.3. 

Section 3.5. Company Matching Contribution Amounts 

(a) In General. If a Participant makes Deferrals of Compensation during a Plan Year, the Participant’s Company
Matching Contribution Account will be credited with Company Matching Contribution Amounts as provided in this Section 3.5 if the Participant meets the eligibility requirements described in subsection (b). A Participant’s Company Matching
Contribution Amounts for a Plan Year will be determined under subsection (c) or (d), whichever is applicable. 
 (b)
Eligibility for Company Matching Contribution Amounts. 
 (i) To be credited with Company Matching Contribution
Amounts for a Plan Year, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of the Plan Year. Matching Contributions Amounts will be credited to respective Participants’ Accounts by the last day of January following the Plan Year.

 (ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who is not employed by the Company on the last day of the Plan Year
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if the Participant (A) had a Separation from Service during the Plan Year by reason of the Participant’s Retirement or Disability, or (B) died during the Plan Year while he or she
was employed by the Company or an Affiliated Company. In this case, the Company Matching Contribution Amounts will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the Participant’s Scheduled Payment Date. 

(c) Company Matching Contribution Amounts for Participants Accruing Benefits Under the Zimmer RIP. If a Participant who
is eligible to be credited with a Company Matching Contribution Amount for a Plan Year was also accruing benefits under the Zimmer RIP during all or part of the Plan Year, the Participant’s Company Matching Contribution Amount for the Plan Year
will be equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the first three percent (3%) of Compensation that the Participant deferred under the Plan for the Plan Year, less any match under the Savings Plan for the same Plan Year. 

(d) Company Matching Contribution Amounts for Participants Not Accruing Benefits Under the Zimmer RIP. If a Participant
who is eligible to be credited with a Company Matching Contribution Amount for a Plan Year did not accrue any benefits under the Zimmer RIP during the Plan Year, the Participant’s Company Matching Contribution Amount for the Plan Year will be
equal to the lesser of (i) the Deferrals credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account for the Plan Year, or (ii) six percent (6%) of the Participant’s Compensation deferred under the Plan for the Plan Year, and less any
match under the Savings Plan for the same Plan Year. 
 ARTICLE IV. 

PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS AND UNFUNDED NATURE OF THE PLAN 

Section 4.1. Deferral Accounts. The Committee (or its designee) will establish and maintain a Deferral Account for each
Participant under the Plan. As soon as administratively feasible after amounts are withheld and deferred from a Participant’s Base Salary and Commissions and/or Performance Bonus, the Committee (or its designee) will credit the
Participant’s Deferral Account with an amount equal to the Base Salary and Commissions and/or Performance Bonus deferred by the Participant in accordance with the Participant’s election(s) pursuant to Section 3.1 

Section 4.2. Company Matching Contribution Accounts. The Committee (or its designee) will establish and maintain a Company
Matching Contribution Account for each Participant who is credited with a Company Matching Contribution Amount under Section 3.5. As soon as practicable after the end of a Plan Year, the Company Matching Contribution Amount, if any, credited to
a Participant for that Plan Year will be credited to the Participant’s Company Matching Contribution Account. 
 Section 4.3.
Adjustment for Earnings and Losses. Pursuant to rules and procedures acceptable to the Committee, for each day on which the securities markets in the United States are open for trading, the Committee’s designated record keeper for the
Plan will adjust each Participant’s Account(s) to reflect investment returns or losses of the Measurement Funds selected by the Participant pursuant to Section 3.4. 

  
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 Section 4.4. Accounts are Unfunded. The Plan is unfunded. The maintenance of
individual accounts is for bookkeeping purposes only. The Company is not obligated to acquire, segregate, or set aside, in trust or otherwise, any assets of any kind for the discharge of its obligations under the Plan, nor will any Participant have
any property rights in any particular assets held by the Company, whether or not held for the purpose of funding the Company’s obligations under the Plan. 

ARTICLE V. 
 VESTING

 Section 5.1. Participant Contributions. A Participant’s interest in his or her Deferral Account will be 100%
Vested at all times. 
 Section 5.2. Company Contributions. A Participant’s interest in his or her Company Matching
Contribution Account will become Vested in accordance with the following vesting schedule: 
  

			
	 Years of Service
	  	Percentage Vested
	 Less than 1
	  	0%
	 1
	  	25%
	 2
	  	50%
	 3
	  	75%
	 4 or more
	  	100%

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant was a participant under the Biomet Plan on December 31,
2015 and an Eligible Employee in this Plan on January 1, 2016, then that Participant shall be deemed to be 100% vested in all accounts. 

If a Participant has a Separation from Service before his or her Company Matching Contribution Account is fully Vested, the Participant will
irrevocably forfeit the portion of his or her Company Matching Contribution Account that is not Vested, and in no event will a portion of a Participant’s Company Matching Contribution Account be distributed before it is Vested. Any forfeitures
of Company Matching Contribution Accounts will be retained by the Company. 
 Section 5.3. Termination for Cause.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, if an Executive is terminated for “Cause,” as defined below, or information is discovered after the Executive’s separation that would have allowed the Company to terminate for
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then the Executive shall forfeit any and all amounts in his Company Matching Contribution Account. For Purposes herein, “Cause” means (1) the willful and continued failure by the
Executive to substantially perform the Executive’s duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) for a period of at least 30 consecutive days after a
written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties;
(2) the Executive willfully engages in conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company or its subsidiaries, monetarily or otherwise; or (3) the Executive is convicted of, or has entered a plea of no contest to, a
felony. 
 ARTICLE VI. 

DISTRIBUTIONS 

Section 6.1. Distribution of Participants’ Accounts. 

(a) Distribution of Small Accounts Due to Separation from Service. In the case of a Participant who incurs a
Distribution Event due to Separation from Service and has a total Vested Account balance less than the applicable dollar amount under Code section 402(g)(1)(B), the Distributable Amount will be paid to the Participant in a lump sum distribution on
the Participant’s Payment Date; provided, however, that no such acceleration will be permitted under this Section to the extent that (i) the payment would not otherwise result in the complete liquidation of the Participant’s entire
interest under the Plan, including all agreements, methods, programs or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Treasury
regulation section 1.409A-1(c)(2), and (ii) the sum of all such payments would exceed the applicable dollar amount under Code section 402(g)(1)(B). 

(b) Distribution Due to Separation from Service or Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date of all other Accounts. In the case
of a Participant who incurs a Distribution Event due to Separation from Service and has a Vested Account balance, including amounts deferred under all agreements, methods, programs or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of
compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Treasury regulation section 1.409A-1(c)(2), of more than the applicable dollar amount under Code section 402(g)(1)(B), or has elected
Scheduled Withdrawal Payment Date, the Participant will receive, or will begin to receive if payable in installments, his or her Distributable Amount, in the form elected by the Participant as of his or her Payment Date. 

(c) Distribution Due to Death. In the case of a Participant who dies before his or her Accounts have been distributed in
full, the Participant’s Beneficiary will receive the total undistributed Vested balance in the Participant’s Accounts in a lump sum distribution within 90 days following the date of the Participant’s death. 

  
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 (d) Distribution Due to Disability. In the case of a Participant who
incurs a Distribution Event due to Disability, the Participant will receive the total undistributed Vested balance in the Participant’s Accounts in a lump sum distribution within 90 days following the date on which the Committee (or its
designee) determines that the Participant has incurred a Disability. The determination of Disability will be made in accordance with the Company’s long-term disability plan in effect at the time of the Participant’s claim of Disability,
provided the definition of disability applied under that disability plan complies with this Plan’s definition of Disability. 

(e) Earnings. A Participant’s Accounts will continue to be adjusted for earnings and losses pursuant to
Section 4.3 until all amounts credited to his or her Accounts under the Plan have been distributed. 
 Section 6.2. Designation
of Beneficiary. A Participant may, in a time and manner determined by the Committee, designate a Beneficiary (including one or more contingent Beneficiaries) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan in the event of the Participant’s
death. No Beneficiary designation will become effective until it is filed with the Committee (or its designee). Any Beneficiary designation will be revocable at any time through a written instrument filed by the Participant with the Committee (or
its designee) with or without the consent of the previous Beneficiary. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary, or if there is no surviving designated Beneficiary, then the Participant’s estate will be the
Participant’s Beneficiary. If there is no surviving spouse to receive any benefits payable in accordance with the preceding sentence, then the Participant’s estate will be the Participant’s Beneficiary. Payment by the Company pursuant
to any unrevoked Beneficiary designation, or to the Participant’s estate if no such designation exists, of all benefits owed under the Plan will terminate any and all liability of the Company with respect to the deceased Participant. 

Section 6.3. Hardship Distribution. In the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant will be permitted to elect a
Hardship Distribution from his or her Vested Accounts prior to his or her Payment Date, subject to the following restrictions: 

(a) The election to take a Hardship Distribution must be made by filing a form (electronically or otherwise) provided by and
filed with the Committee (or its designee) in the time and manner determined by the Committee (or its designee). 
 (b) A
Hardship Distribution may not be made unless the Committee (or its designee), in its discretion, determines that the distribution is necessary to alleviate an “Unforeseeable Emergency” within the meaning given to that term under Code
section 409A and Treasury regulation section 409A-3(i)(3). In general, “Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or of
his or her dependent (as defined in Code section 152(a)), loss of a Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar or extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the Participant’s control.
The circumstances that would constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, a Hardship Distribution may not be made to the extent that the financial hardship resulting

  
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from the Unforeseeable Emergency is or may be relieved (1) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (2) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the
extent the liquidation of assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or (3) by cessation of Deferrals under this Plan. 

(c) The amount determined by the Committee (or its designee) as a Hardship Distribution will be paid in a single cash lump sum
as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar month in which the Hardship Distribution is approved by the Committee (or its designee). The Hardship Distribution will be treated as taken pro rata from each of the Measurement Funds in which the
Participant’s Accounts are deemed invested under Section 3.4. 
 (d) If a Participant receives a Hardship
Distribution during a Plan Year, the Participant will be ineligible to defer Compensation under the Plan for the balance of the Plan Year and the following Plan Year. 

Section 6.4. Distribution Upon Adverse Finding by the Internal Revenue Service. If the Internal Revenue Service asserts that
amounts deferred by a Participant pursuant to the Plan are included in the Participant’s income for federal income taxes before distribution, the Committee (or its designee) will cause to be distributed to the Participant from his or her Vested
Account an amount equal to all taxes, interest and penalties owed by the Participant as a result of that inclusion in taxable income. 

Section 6.5. Inability to Locate Participant. In the event that the Committee (or its designee) is unable to locate a Participant
or Beneficiary within two (2) years following the required Payment Date, the amounts credited to the Participant’s Accounts will be forfeited. If the Participant or Beneficiary later claims a benefit after it has been forfeited pursuant to
the preceding sentence, the benefit will be reinstated without interest or earnings. 
 ARTICLE VII. 

ADMINISTRATION 

Section 7.1. Plan Administrator. The Committee will be the administrator of the Plan and will have full discretionary power and
authority to administer the Plan in all its details. 
 Section 7.2. Committee Action. The Committee may act at meetings by
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Committee. Any action permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if, prior to the action, a written consent to the action is executed (manually or electronically) by all
members of the Committee and filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee. A member of the Committee cannot vote or act upon any matter that relates solely to himself or herself as a Participant. Any member or members of the Committee
may execute any certificate or other written direction on behalf of the Committee. 

  
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 Section 7.3. Powers of the Committee as Administrator. 

The Committee’s powers as administrator of the Plan will include, but will not be limited to, the following: 

(a) To select the Measurement Funds in accordance with Section 3.4(b); 

(b) To construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and to decide any and all questions arising under the Plan,
including, without limitation, the power to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies, or omissions by a general rule or particular decision; 

(c) To determine the amounts to be distributed to any Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the Plan and
determine the person or persons to whom the amounts will be distributed; 
 (d) To maintain all records that may be necessary
for the administration of the Plan; 
 (e) To provide for the disclosure of all information and the filing or provision of
all reports and statements to Participants, Beneficiaries or governmental agencies as required by law; 
 (f) To make,
publish, and enforce such rules for the regulation of the Plan and procedures for the administration of the Plan that are not inconsistent with the written terms of the Plan, as the Committee deems necessary or advisable for the efficient
administration of the Plan; 
 (g) To allocate or delegate its powers to other persons; 

(h) To appoint persons to carry out administrative and recordkeeping functions with respect to the Plan; and 

(i) To take all other actions necessary for the administration of the Plan. 

Section 7.4. Construction and Interpretation. The Committee will have full discretionary authority to construe and interpret the
terms and provisions of the Plan, and the Committee’s interpretations or construction will be final and binding on all parties, including but not limited to the Company and any Participant or Beneficiary. The Committee will administer the
Plan’s terms and provisions in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner and in full accordance with any and all applicable laws. 

Section 7.5. Information. To enable the Committee to perform its functions, the Company will supply full and timely information to
the Committee or its designee on all matters relating to the Compensation of all Participants, their death or other events that cause termination of their participation in this Plan, and such other pertinent facts as the Committee may require. 

  
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 Section 7.6. Compensation, Expenses and Indemnity. 

(a) The members of the Committee will serve without compensation for their services under the Plan. 

(b) The Committee is authorized at the expense of the Company to employ such legal counsel as it may deem advisable to assist
in the performance of its duties with respect to the Plan. Expenses and fees in connection with the administration of the Plan will be paid by the Company. 

(c) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Committee and each Committee
member, the Board, and any delegate of the Committee who is an employee of the Company, against any and all expenses, liabilities and claims, including legal fees to defend against liabilities and claims arising out of their discharge in good faith
of responsibilities under or incident to the Plan, other than expenses and liabilities arising out of willful misconduct. This indemnity will not preclude further indemnities that may be available under insurance purchased by the Company or provided
by the Company under any bylaw, agreement or otherwise, as permitted under applicable law. 
 Section 7.7. Account Statements.
At least once each year, each Participant will be furnished (electronically or otherwise) a statement setting forth the value of his or her Accounts. 

Section 7.8. Claims and Appeals Procedures. Any person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit to which he or she is
entitled under the Plan must file a written claim for the benefit with the Committee (or its designee). If the Committee (or its designee) denies the claim in whole or in part, it will issue to the claimant a written notice explaining the reason(s)
for the denial (with specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based), and describing any additional information or documentation that might enable the claimant to perfect his or her claim (with an explanation of why the
information or documentation is necessary). The written notice will also include appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to request a review of the claim denial (including the time limits for requesting a review).
Within sixty (60) days after receiving a written notice of denial, the claimant may submit a written request for a review of the initial denial to the Committee (or its designee), together with a written explanation of the basis for the
request. The claimant or his or her duly authorized representative may, but need not, review pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing for consideration by the Committee (or its designee). If the claimant does not request a
review within that sixty (60) day period, he or she will be barred from challenging the Committee’s (or its designee’s) determination. Within sixty (60) days after the Committee’s (or its designee’s) receipt of a
request for review, the Committee (or its designee) will consider the request and provide the claimant with a written decision, which will include a written explanation of the reasons for the decision (with reference to the specific Plan provisions
on which the decision is based). If special circumstances require an extension of the sixty (60) day time period for considering the claimant’s request for review, the Committee (or its designee) may extend that period by up to an
additional sixty (60) days by notifying the claimant in writing, before the end of the original sixty day decision period, of the extension, the reasons for it, and when a decision can be expected. All interpretations, determinations, and
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Committee (or its designee) with respect to any claim will be final and conclusive in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that the interpretation, determination, or decision was made
arbitrarily or capriciously. 
 ARTICLE VIII. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 8.1. Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns will have no legal
or equitable rights, claims, or interest in any specific property or assets of the Company. No assets of the Company will be held in any way as collateral security for fulfilling the Company’s obligations under the Plan. Any and all of the
Company’s assets will be, and remain, the general unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Company. The Company’s obligations under the Plan are merely an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to pay money in the future, and the
rights of the Participants and Beneficiaries will be no greater than those of unsecured general creditors. It is the Company’s intention the Plan be unfunded for purposes of the Code and for purposes of Title I of ERISA, and the Plan will be
interpreted to effectuate this result. 
 Section 8.2. Restriction Against Assignment. The Company will pay all amounts payable
under the Plan only to the person or persons designated by the Plan and not to any other person or corporation. No part of a Participant’s Accounts will be liable for the debts, contracts, or engagements of any Participant, his or her
Beneficiary, or successors in interest, nor will a Participant’s Accounts be subject to execution by levy, attachment, or garnishment or by any other legal or equitable proceeding, nor will any Participant or Beneficiary have any right to
alienate, anticipate, sell, transfer, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any benefits or payments under the Plan in any manner whatsoever (including, without limitation, under a domestic relations order). Any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell,
transfer, commute, assign, pledge, encumber or charge any distribution or payment from the Plan, voluntarily or involuntarily, will be null and void in all respects. 

Section 8.3. Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all payments under the Plan will be
subject to reduction for all applicable tax withholdings and other legally or contractually required withholdings. To the extent that amounts credited under the Plan are includable in “wages” for purposes of Chapter 21 of the Code, or are
otherwise includable in taxable income, prior to distribution the Company may deduct the required withholding with respect to the wages or income from compensation currently payable to the Participant, or the Committee or its designee may reduce the
Participant’s Accounts under the Plan or require the Participant to make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of the Company’s withholding obligations. 

Section 8.4. Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination. The Board (or its designee), in its sole discretion, may amend or
terminate the Plan at any time, in whole or in part, except that no amendment or termination will operate (a) to reduce or deprive a Participant or Beneficiary of any benefit accrued prior to the time of the amendment or termination,
(b) to result in an acceleration of the distribution of benefits under the Plan (due to a termination of the Plan or any other reason), unless the acceleration complies with Code section 409A and its

  
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interpretive regulations, or (c) to cause any other violation of Code section 409A or the guidance thereunder. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary or any election of a
Participant to the contrary, in the event that the Company, by action of the Board or its designee, terminates the Plan and all other agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements sponsored by the Company with respect to which deferrals of
compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single plan with this Plan under Treasury regulation section 1.409A-1(c)(2), the Company will have the discretion to accelerate the time of payment under the Plan, provided that no payments
occur within twelve (12) months of the termination of those plans or agreements (other than payments that would be payable under the plans or agreements absent termination), all payments are made within twenty-four (24) months of
termination of the plans or agreements, and for three (3) years following the date of termination of the Plan the Company does not adopt a new plan or agreement that would be aggregated with the Plan if the same participants participated in the
new plan or agreement. 
 Section 8.5. Rules and Procedures Relating to Payments. Any payment to a Participant or Beneficiary in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan will, to the extent of that payment, be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Committee and the Company. The Committee (or its designee) may require a Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition
precedent to payment, to execute a receipt and release to that effect; provided, however, that in the event any review and rescission period extends into a new calendar year, any distribution will not be made until the last business day of February
of such new year or, if earlier, 90 days from the event giving rise to the distribution; provided, however, that this provision shall not modify the 6-month delay provision in Section 6.6. Also, prior to paying any benefit under the Plan, the
Committee (or its designee) may require a Participant or Beneficiary to provide such information or documentation as the Committee (or its designee), in its sole discretion, deems necessary for it to make any determination required under the Plan.
To the extent permitted under Code section 409A, the Committee or its designee may delay payment until satisfied as to the correctness of the payment or the person to receive the payment or to allow the filing in any court of competent jurisdiction
for a legal determination of the benefits to be paid and the person to receive them. The Committee specifically reserves the right to correct errors of every sort, and each Participant agrees, on his or her own behalf and on behalf of any
Beneficiary, to any method of error correction specified by the Committee or its designee. The Committee is authorized to recover any payment made in error. 

In the event that any amount becomes payable under the Plan to a minor or other person who, in the sole judgment of the Committee (or its
designee), is considered by reason of physical or mental condition to be unable to give a valid receipt for the payment, the Committee (or its designee) may direct that the payment be made to the person’s spouse, parent, or other party found by
the Committee (or its designee), in its sole judgment, to have assumed the care of the payee, unless a duly qualified guardian or other legal representative has been appointed, in which case payment will be made to that guardian or legal
representative. Any payment made pursuant to the preceding sentence will constitute a full release and discharge of the Committee (or its designee) and the Company. 

Section 8.6. Limitation of Rights and Employment Relationship. Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any amendment of it, nor
the creating of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits will be construed as giving to any Participant, Beneficiary, or other 

  
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person any legal or equitable right against the Company except as provided in the Plan; and in no event will the terms of employment of any employee or Participant be modified or in any way be
affected by the provisions of the Plan. 
 Section 8.7. Code Section 409A. The Company intends that all benefits and
payments to be made to a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan will be provided or paid in compliance with all applicable provisions of Code section 409A and its interpretive regulations, and the rulings, notices and other guidance issued by the
Internal Revenue Service interpreting Code section 409A, and the Plan will be construed and administered in accordance with this intent. The Plan may be modified to the extent necessary to comply with all applicable requirements of, and to avoid the
imposition of any additional tax, interest and penalties under, Code section 409A in connection with, or the benefits and payments to be provided or paid to a Participant or Beneficiary under, the Plan. Any such modification will maintain the
original intent and benefit to the Company and the Participant of the applicable Plan provision, to the maximum extent possible without violating Code section 409A. All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under the Plan may only be
made upon a “separation from service” under Code section 409A. Any payments that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception or another exception under Code section 409A will be paid under the applicable exception. Further,
for purposes of the limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation under Code section 409A, each payment of compensation under the Plan will be treated as a separate payment. In no event may a Participant, directly or indirectly, designate the
calendar year of a payment. Although the Committee intends to administer the Plan in accordance with Code section 409A, the Company and the Committee make no guarantee of the tax consequences of participating in the Plan and will not be liable for
income tax, interest, or additional taxes or penalties assessed against a Participant or Beneficiary for any reason. 
 Zimmer Biomet
Holdings, Inc. has caused this Zimmer Biomet Deferred Compensation Plan to be signed by its duly authorized officers as of this 1st day of January, 2016. 
  

	
	ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
	
	 /s/ Bill P. Fisher

	Bill P. Fisher
	Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources
	
	 /s/ Daniel P. Florin

	Daniel P. Florin
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

  
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