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EX-10.5

 Exhibit 10.5 

MASTERBRAND, INC. 

ANNUAL EXECUTIVE 

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 

ARTICLE I 
 GENERAL

 SECTION 1.1 Purpose. The purpose of this Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of
the stockholders of MasterBrand, Inc. (the “Company”) by providing performance-based incentives to senior executives of the Company. 
 SECTION
1.2 Definitions.  
  

	(a)	 “Award” means a right, contingent upon the attainment of specified Performance Measures within a
specified Performance Period, to receive payment in cash of a specified amount, subject to the Committee’s discretion pursuant to Section 2.2(a) of the Plan. 

 

	(b)	 “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

 

	(c)	 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

 

	(d)	 “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. 

 

	(e)	 “Participant” means each senior executive of the Company or its subsidiaries designated by the
Committee to participate in the Plan, in any event to include those individuals designated as “named executive officers” in the Company’s proxy statement for the year prior to the start of a Performance Period. 

 

	(f)	 “Performance Measures” means the criteria and objectives, established by the Committee, which may
include one or more of the following corporate-wide or subsidiary, division, joint venture, operating unit or individual measures: (i) net earnings; (ii) operating earnings or income; (iii) earnings growth; (iv) net income;
(v) net income applicable to shares; (vi) gross revenue or revenue by pre-defined business segment; (vii) ratio of operating expenses to operating revenues; (viii) margins realized on
delivered services; (ix) cash flow, including operating cash flow, free cash flow, discounted cash flow return on investment, and cash flow in excess of cost of capital; (x) earnings per share; (xi) return on stockholders’
equity; (xii) stock price; (xiii) return on common stockholders’ equity; (xiv) return on capital; (xv) return on assets; (xvi) economic value added (income in excess of cost of capital); (xvii) customer satisfaction;
(xviii) cost control or expense reduction; (xix) operating company contribution; (xx) income before income taxes; (xxi) total return to stockholders, in each case, absolute or relative to peer-group comparative;
(xxii) earnings before interest, depreciation and/or amortization and (xxiii) strategic business criteria, which may consist of one or more objectives based on meeting goals relating to market penetration, geographic business expansion,
cost targets, customer satisfaction, reductions in errors and omissions, reductions in lost business, management of employment practices and employee benefits, supervision of litigation and information technology, quality and quality audit scores,
acquisitions or divestitures, and such other goals as the Committee may determine whether or not listed herein, or any combination of the foregoing. Such Performance Measures may also be based upon the attainment by the Company, a subsidiary
division, joint venture or operating unit of specified levels of performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other companies. The applicable Performance Measures may be applied on a pre- or post-tax basis and may be adjusted to include or exclude components of any performance measure, including, without limitation: extraordinary, unusual, infrequently
occurring or non-recurring items; changes in law or accounting principles; currency fluctuations; financing activities (e.g., effect on earnings per share of issuance of convertible debt securities); realized
or unrealized gains and losses on securities; expenses, charges or credits for restructuring initiatives, productivity initiatives or for impaired assets; non-cash items (e.g., amortization, depreciation or
reserves); other non-operating items; write downs of intangible assets, property, plant or 

	 	
equipment, investments in business units and securities resulting from the sale of business units; spending for acquisitions; and effects of any recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
acquisition, divestiture, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, combination, liquidation, dissolution, sale of assets, or other similar items determined by the Committee
(“Adjustment Events”). In the sole discretion of the Committee, the Committee may amend or adjust the Performance Measures or other terms and conditions of an outstanding award in recognition of any Adjustment Events. Performance goals
shall be subject to such other special rules and conditions as the Committee may establish. 

  

	(g)	 “Performance Period” means the Company’s fiscal year or such other period as determined by the
Committee. 

 SECTION 1.3 Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee; provided, however,
that the number of directors on the Committee shall not be less than two. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, but subject to the terms of the Plan, select eligible persons for participation in the Plan and determine the form, amount and
timing of each Award to such persons, the time and conditions of payment of the Award and all other terms and conditions of the Award. The Committee may adopt its own rules of procedure, and the action of a majority of the Committee, taken at a
meeting, or taken without a meeting by unanimous written consent of the members of the Committee, shall constitute action by the Committee. The Committee shall have the power and authority to administer, construe and interpret the plan, to make
rules for carrying it out and to make changes in such rules. All such interpretations, rules, regulations and conditions shall be conclusive and binding on all parties. 

ARTICLE II 
 AWARDS

 SECTION 2.1 Awards. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, make Awards to Participants with respect to each Performance Period, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, the Participant’s Award or resolutions adopted by the Committee. The Committee shall establish the applicable Performance Measures in writing. 

SECTION 2.2 Determination and Payment of Awards. 
  

	(a)	 For each Performance Period, promptly after the date on which all necessary financial or other information
becomes available, the Committee shall certify the degree to which the applicable Performance Measures have been attained. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, adjust the amount of a
Participant’s Award. Any adjustments so made by the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding. 

  

	(b)	 Amounts to which Participants are entitled shall be payable in a single lump sum cash payment as promptly as
practicable after the certifications and adjustments (if any) described in this Section 2.2 have been made by the Committee; but in no event later than the later of (1) the 15th day of the third month of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Participant’s right to payment ceased being subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and (2) the 15th day of the third month of the Company’s fiscal year following the Company’s fiscal year in which
the Participant’s right to payment ceased being subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. 

 SECTION 2.3 Deferral of Payment of
Awards. At the request of a Participant, the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion, payment with respect to an Award made hereunder to be deferred pursuant to a deferral election made by the Participant. All deferrals shall be for such
periods and upon such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, subject to Code Section 409A and may include the payment of an amount equivalent to interest, at such rate or rates fixed by the Committee or based on one or
more predetermined investments selected by the Committee. 
 SECTION 2.4 Termination of Employment. A Participant whose employment terminates for any
reason other than death, disability or retirement prior to the last day of the Performance Period shall not be entitled to receive any amounts pursuant to the Award, and any Award held by such Participant with respect to such Performance Period
shall be forfeited and cancelled, except as otherwise expressly provided by pursuant to the terms of the Award or any other agreement between the Participant and the Company. If a Participant’s employment terminates before the end of a
Performance Period as a result of death, disability, or retirement, the Participant (or in the event of death, the Participant’s designated beneficiary) shall be entitled to receive an amount under the Award equal to the payment the Participant
would have received had such Participant remained employed through the last day of the 

 
Performance Period, prorated for the portion of the Performance Period during which the Participant was employed. Such prorated Award shall be paid at the time and in the manner described in
Section 2.2(b) above. If a Participant dies without a valid, written beneficiary designation on file with the Company, payments under the Plan shall be made to the Participant’s estate. For purposes of the Plan, “retirement”
shall mean either (1) termination of employment on or after attaining age 55 and completion of at least five (5) years of service with the Company or a subsidiary (provided that retirement shall not include termination of employment for
cause), or (2) retirement within the meaning of the Company’s non-qualified supplemental retirement plan; “disability” shall mean the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months within the meaning of Code
Section 22(e)(3); and “cause” shall have the meaning set forth in any employment, severance or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or its subsidiaries. 

ARTICLE III 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 3.1 Restriction
on Transfer. No Award shall be transferable other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution. Any attempt to transfer or otherwise dispose of an Award shall be null and void. 

SECTION 3.2 Tax Withholding. The Company shall deduct from all payments made under the Plan to a Participant (or, in the event of the
Participant’s death, to the Participant’s beneficiary or estate, as applicable) any Federal, state or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments. Participants shall be solely responsible for all other taxes
associated with the amounts payable under an Award or the Plan. 
 SECTION 3.3 Source of Payments. This Plan shall be unfunded and constitutes a an
unvested promise by the Company to make payments in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The Company shall not have any obligation to establish any separate fund or trust or other segregation of assets to provide for payments under the Plan. To
the extent any person acquires any rights to receive payments hereunder from the Company, such rights shall be no greater than those of an unsecured creditor. 

SECTION 3.4 Employment Rights and Other Benefit Programs. The provisions of the Plan shall not give any Participant any right to be retained in the
employment of the Company. In the absence of any specific agreement to the contrary, the Plan shall not affect any right of the Company, or of any affiliate of the Company, to terminate, with or without cause, any Participant’s employment at
any time. The Plan shall not replace any contract of employment between the Company and any Participant, but shall be considered a supplement thereto. The Plan is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other employee benefit plan or program in
which any Participant may be or become eligible to participate by reason of employment with the Company. 
 SECTION 3.5 Amendment and Termination.
The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, subject to any requirement of stockholder approval required by applicable law, rule or regulation. No termination or
amendment of the Plan or an Award may, without the consent of the Participant, adversely affect the rights of a Participant with respect to an Award for which the certifications and adjustments (if any) described in Section 2.2(a) have been
determined, nor shall any amendment increase the amount payable to a Participant under an outstanding Award after the date on which the terms of the Award have been determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 2.1. 

SECTION 3.6. Governing Law. The Plan and all rights and Awards hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. The jurisdiction and venue for any disputes arising under, or any action brought to enforce (or otherwise relating to), this Plan shall be exclusively in the courts in the State of
Illinois, County of Cook, including the Federal Courts located therein (should Federal jurisdiction exist). 
 SECTION 3.7 Severability. If any
provision of the Plan is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended
without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the purpose or intent of the Plan, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, and the remainder of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect. 

 SECTION 3.8 Effective Date. The Plan shall be effective as of the date the Board approves the Plan.EX-10.6

 Exhibit 10.6 

AGREEMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS 

FOLLOWING TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 

AGREEMENT dated as of             , 2022 (the “Effective
Date”) between MasterBrand Cabinets, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and                      (the
“Executive”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Executive is employed by the Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MasterBrand, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“MasterBrand”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to set forth the benefits to be
provided to the Executive in the event that his or her employment terminates under the circumstances described herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree as follows: 
 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below: 
 (a) Cause. “Cause” shall mean: 

(i) the Executive’s willful and continuous failure to substantially perform his or her material duties (other than a
failure due to a Disability); 
 (ii) the commission of any activities constituting a violation or breach under any federal,
state or local law or regulation applicable to the activities of MasterBrand, the Company or their respective affiliates, as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Company; 

(iii) fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, dishonesty, misappropriation or other actions that cause significant damage to the
property or business of MasterBrand, the Company or their respective affiliates; 
 (iv) repeated absences from work such
that the Executive is unable to perform his or her employment or other duties in all material respects, other than due to Disability; 

(v) admission or conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere, to any felony that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company,
adversely affects MasterBrand’s, the Company’s or their respective affiliates’ reputation or the Executive’s ability to carry out the obligations of his or her employment or services; 

(vi) loss of any license or registration that is necessary for the Executive to perform his or her duties for the Company; 

 (vii) failure to cooperate with the Company in any internal investigation or
administrative, regulatory or judicial proceeding, as determined in the reasonable judgment of the Company; 
 (viii) any act
or omission in violation or disregard of policies of MasterBrand, the Company or their respective affiliates which are applicable to the Executive, including but not limited to the Company’s harassment and discrimination policies and Standards
of Conduct then in effect, in such a manner as to cause significant loss, damage or injury to the property, reputation or employees of MasterBrand, the Company or their respective affiliates; 

provided, however, that no act or failure to act on the Executive’s part shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be
done, by him or her in bad faith or without reasonable belief that his or her action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act or failure to act (A) based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company, (B) implementing in good faith the advice of counsel for the Company or (C) that meets the applicable standard of conduct prescribed for indemnification or reimbursement or payment of expenses under the By-laws of MasterBrand or the Company or the laws of the state of its incorporation or the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance of MasterBrand or the Company, in each case as in effect at the time
Cause would otherwise arise, shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. 

(b) Change in Control. A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, prior to the
Executive’s Termination of Employment: 
  

	 	(1)	 with respect to the Company: 

 

	 	(A)	 any person (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”) as in effect on the date of this Agreement) (i) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in
effect on the date of this Agreement) of 50% or more of the total fair market value or total voting power (“Voting Securities”) of the Company or (ii) acquires (or has acquired during the
12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person) ownership of the stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the Voting Securities, excluding, in each case, however, the
following: (x) MasterBrand, (y) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by MasterBrand or any entity controlled by MasterBrand (including the Company); and (z) any acquisition by an entity
controlled by MasterBrand; or 

  
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	 	(B)	 the Company shall be merged or consolidated with, or, in any transaction or series of transactions,
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company shall be sold or otherwise acquired by, another corporation or entity unless, as a result thereof, (i) the stockholders of MasterBrand or MasterBrand shall beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, at least 60% of the combined Voting Securities of the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation or entity (including, without limitation, a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or MasterBrand or all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or MasterBrand, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“Newco”) immediately thereafter in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such
corporate transaction or (ii) no person beneficially owns (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as in effect on the date hereof)), directly or indirectly,
30% of more of the combined Voting Securities of Newco immediately after such corporate transaction except to the extent that such ownership of the Company or MasterBrand existed prior to such corporate transaction. 

 

	 	(2)	 with respect to MasterBrand: 

 

	 	(A)	 any person (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of
this Agreement) (i) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect on the date of this Agreement) of 50% or more of the
total fair market value or total voting power of the Voting Securities of MasterBrand or (ii) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such
person) ownership of the stock of MasterBrand possessing 30% or more of the Voting Securities, excluding, in each case, however, the following: (x) any acquisition directly from MasterBrand, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise
of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from MasterBrand; (y) any acquisition by MasterBrand; (z) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained
by MasterBrand or any entity controlled by MasterBrand; (xx) the acquisition of additional stock or voting power by a person considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or Voting Securities in the case of clause (i) of this
clause (A) or by a person considered to own more than 30% of the Voting Securities in the case of clause (ii) of this clause (A); or (yy) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of
clause (C) below; 

  
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	 	(B)	 more than 50% of the members of the Board of Directors of MasterBrand (the “MasterBrand Board”)
shall, during a 12-month period, cease to be Continuing Directors (which term, as used herein, means the directors of MasterBrand: (i) who were members of the MasterBrand Board on the date hereof; or
(ii) who subsequently became directors of MasterBrand and who were elected or designated to be candidates for election as nominees of the MasterBrand Board, or whose election or nomination for election by MasterBrand’s stockholders was
otherwise approved, by a vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors then on the MasterBrand Board but shall not include, in any event, any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of either an actual or threatened
election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14(a)-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person
other than the MasterBrand Board); or 

  

	 	(C)	 MasterBrand shall be merged or consolidated with, or, in any transaction or series of transactions,
substantially all of the business or assets of MasterBrand shall be sold or otherwise acquired by, another corporation or entity unless, as a result thereof: (i) the stockholders of MasterBrand immediately prior thereto shall beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the combined Voting Securities of the surviving, resulting or transferee corporation or entity (including, without limitation, a corporation that as a result of such transaction owns MasterBrand or all or
substantially all of the assets of MasterBrand, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“MasterBrand Newco”) immediately thereafter in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such corporate
transaction; (ii) no person beneficially owns (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (as in effect on the date hereof)), directly or indirectly, 30% or more
of the combined Voting Securities of MasterBrand Newco immediately after such corporate transaction except to the extent that such ownership of MasterBrand existed prior to such corporate transaction, and (iii) more than 50% of the members of
the Board of Directors of MasterBrand Newco shall be Continuing Directors. 

 (c) Change in Control Benefit.
“Change in Control Benefit” shall refer to any special or enhanced benefits described in Section 3 below to which the Executive may become entitled if his or her employment terminates for one of the reasons listed in Section 2(a)
within the 24-month period following a Change in Control. 
 (d) Code. “Code” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

  
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 (e) Disability. “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental illness that
results in the Executive’s absence from the full-time performance of his or her duties for 180 consecutive calendar days and within 30 days after the Notice of Termination is given to the Executive by the Company, the Executive shall not have
returned to full-time performance of his or her duties. 
 (f) Good Reason. Termination of employment by the Executive for Good
Reason shall be deemed to have occurred only if the Executive terminates his or her employment and provides a Notice of Termination to the Company prior to such date for any of the following reasons: 

(i) a material change in the Executive’s duties, responsibilities and status, or, in the event of a Change in Control, a
material change in Executive’s reporting responsibilities, titles or offices as in effect at the time of a Change in Control; 

(ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s then current base salary; 

(iii) material reduction in the value of the benefits provided to the Executive (other than those plans or improvements that
have expired in accordance with their original terms); provided that Good Reason shall not exist to the extent such benefits are similarly reduced or eliminated with respect to similarly situated senior executives of the Company or MasterBrand, as
applicable; 
 (iv) after a Change in Control, the target annual bonus awarded by the Compensation Committee of the
MasterBrand Board to Executive under MasterBrand’s Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan or similar annual cash incentive program (“Incentive Plan”) subsequent to a Change in Control is materially less than such amount last
awarded to Executive prior to a Change in Control; 
 (v) after a Change in Control, the sum of the Executive’s base
salary and amount paid to him or her as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year in which the Change in Control occurs or any subsequent year is materially less than the sum of the Executive’s base salary and the
amount awarded (whether or not fully paid) to him or her as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year prior to the Change in Control or any subsequent calendar year in which the sum of such amounts was materially greater;
provided, however, that the amount paid to the Executive as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan shall not be deemed materially less for purposes of this subsection in the event such amount is not paid based on the failure to achieve the
performance goals established for the incentive compensation program for such year; 
 (vi) the relocation of the offices at
which Executive is employed to a location more than 35 miles away or the Company requiring Executive to be based anywhere other than at a Company office within 35 miles of the offices at which the Executive is employed, except for required travel on
Company business to an extent substantially consistent with Executive’s position or for remote work; 
 (vii) any
failure of the Company or MasterBrand to comply with and satisfy Section 8; 

  
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 (viii) any purported termination of the Executive’s employment which
does not comply with Section 1(g) below. For the avoidance of doubt, such purported termination shall not be effective, but shall constitute Good Reason entitling the Executive to terminate his or her employment in accordance with this
Section 1(f); 
 provided, further, that the Executive must provide written notice to the Company of the existence of Good Reason no later than 90 days
after its initial existence, the Company shall have a period of 30 days following its receipt of such written notice during which it may remedy in all material respects the Good Reason condition identified in such written notice, and the Executive
must terminate employment no later than two (2) years following the initial existence of the Good Reason condition identified in such written notice. 

(g) Notice of Termination. “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice sent by the Executive or the Company to the
other party, describing the reasons for the termination of the Executive’s employment and including specific reference to the provision(s) of this Agreement at issue. Such Notice of Termination must be provided by the party seeking to terminate
the Executive’s employment within 90 days of the existence of either Cause or Good Reason, as applicable, and the party receiving the Notice of Termination shall be given 30 days to remedy such situation (to the extent applicable). 

(h) Termination Date. “Termination Date” shall mean: 

(i) in the case of Disability, 30 days after Notice of Termination is given, provided that the Executive shall not have
returned to the performance of his or her duties on a full-time basis during such 30-day period; 

(ii) in the case of Cause, the date on which Notice of Termination is given; 

(iii) in the case of Good Reason, the date on which the Executive ceases to perform his or her duties for the Company, provided
that the Executive has complied with the procedural requirements set forth in Section 1(f) and 1(g) of this Agreement and provided the Executive terminates employment no later than two (2) years following the initial existence of the Good
Reason condition identified in the required written notice; and 
 (iv) in the event that employment is terminated for any
other reason, the date on which the Executive ceases to perform his or her duties for the Company; 
 provided, however, that, if within 30 days after any
Notice of Termination is given, the receiving party notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the reasons for such termination of employment, the Termination Date shall be the date finally determined, either by written agreement of
the parties or by a final judgment, order or decree of court of competent jurisdiction (the time for appeal having expired and no appeal having been perfected), to be the date that the Executive’s employment terminated; provided further,
however, that if such dispute is resolved in favor of the Company, the Termination Date shall be the date determined under clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 1(h). 

  
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 2. Entitlement to Benefits. The Executive shall be
entitled to the benefits described in Section 3 below if: 
 (a) the Executive’s employment is terminated either by the Company for
reasons other than Disability or Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason; provided, however, that, in order for the Executive to be eligible for any Change in Control Benefits, such termination of employment must occur within 24 months after a
Change in Control of either the Company or MasterBrand; 
 (b) the Executive’s Termination Date occurs while this Agreement is in
effect; and 
 (c) a Notice of Termination is provided in a timely manner (as described in Section 1(g)) prior to the Executive’s
Termination Date by the Company (in the case of termination other than for Disability or Cause) or the Executive (in the case of termination for Good Reason). 

The Executive’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated for Cause if, after the Executive’s Termination Date, facts and
circumstances are discovered that would have justified a termination for Cause. In such event, the Company shall immediately cease any and all payments and benefits being paid or provided to the Executive under Section 3 and the Executive shall
repay to the Company within thirty (30) days all amounts previously paid to him or her pursuant to Section 3. 
 Nothing in this
Agreement is intended to create or imply a promise or contract of employment for a specified term and either Executive or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without Cause or Good Reason, and with or without
notice; provided, however, that the Executive shall not be entitled to any benefits under this Agreement in the event his or her employment is terminated by the Company for Disability or Cause, by the Executive other than for Good Reason or
following the Executive’s death or the expiration of this Agreement. This Agreement shall have no effect on any obligations that the Company may have to the Executive if his or her employment terminates under circumstances not described herein.

 3. Benefits Upon Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 above, in order to receive the
benefits described in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) below, the Executive must timely deliver and not revoke an executed release of legal claims against MasterBrand, the Company and their respective affiliates within the timelines set
forth therein (but in no event shall such release become effective later than the 60th day following the Termination Date). 
 (a)
Accrued Pay. The Company shall pay the Executive any base salary or vacation accrued but unpaid through his or her Termination Date. 

  
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 (b) Severance Pay. The Company shall pay severance benefits to the Executive equal to
the product of [INSERT MULTIPLE] times the sum of the following amounts, subject to any applicable limitations in Sections 3(g) and 3(h) below: 

(i) his or her annual base salary as in effect on the Effective Date, or, if applicable, the date of a Change in Control (or,
if higher, the amount of annual base salary in effect prior to a Good Reason event resulting in the reduction of his or her annual base salary), plus 

(ii) his or her target annual bonus under the Incentive Plan in effect in the calendar year in which the Termination Date
occurs (or, if higher, the target annual bonus in effect prior to a Good Reason event resulting in the reduction of his or her target annual bonus), plus 

(iii) the amount that would have been required to be allocated to the Executive’s account (assuming that he elected the
maximum employee contribution) for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs under the 401(k) retirement plan in which the Executive is participating on his or her Termination Date, including the matching
contribution and profit-sharing contribution of any supplemental non-qualified defined contribution plan in which the Executive is participating on his or her Termination Date (the “Supplemental
Plan”). 
 Such severance amounts described above shall be paid to the Executive in regular installments for [INSERT PAYMENT PERIOD]
following the Termination Date through the Company’s normal payroll process and on the Company’s normal payroll dates commencing within 60 days following his or her Termination Date and with the first installment including the installment
amounts that would have been paid during such 60-day period; provided, however, that if such 60-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable
year, such severance amounts shall commence no earlier than the first payroll date of the second taxable year. 
 Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Section 3(b), (i) for purposes of calculating a Change in Control Benefit, the multiplier in Section 3(b) above shall be changed to [INSERT MULTIPLIER] and (ii) the severance benefit shall be paid to the
Executive in a single lump sum payment within 60 days following the Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 60-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable
year, such lump sum payment shall be paid to the Executive in the second taxable year; provided, further, if the Change in Control Benefit is deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code
and the Change in Control is not a “change in control” event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then the Change in Control Benefit shall be paid in regular installments for [INSERT PAYMENT PERIOD] as provided in the prior
paragraph to the extent required under Section 409A of the Code. 
 (c) Continued Benefits Coverage. The Company (or, if
applicable, MasterBrand) shall maintain for the Executive’s benefit all employee life, health, and accident plan coverage(s) that Executive was receiving immediately prior to his or her Termination Date, provided that his or her continued
participation is allowed under the terms of such plans. The Company (or, if applicable, MasterBrand) shall maintain such coverage(s) following the Executive’s Termination Date for [INSERT COVERAGE PERIOD], or, if the Executive is entitled to a
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 continued health coverage (medical, dental and vision), the Executive shall be required to pay the
applicable active employee rate of coverage for similar coverage, and such coverage shall run concurrent with coverage required to be provided under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”). If the Company (or,
if applicable, MasterBrand) continues to provide the continued health coverage described in this Section 3(c) after the applicable period of COBRA coverage would have otherwise expired, the Executive may be taxed on the value of such coverage.
No other welfare or fringe benefits shall be provided except as specifically provided in this Section 3(c). 
 (d) Incentive
Compensation. The following amounts shall become payable to the Executive following his or her Termination Date, as of the date that annual incentive awards are normally paid by the Company (but in any event no later than the March 15th
immediately following the year in which the substantial risk of forfeiture with respect to the incentive compensation lapses): 

(i) any unpaid amounts awarded to the Executive as incentive compensation under the Incentive Plan for the calendar year
immediately preceding the year in which the Termination Date occurs; and 
 (ii) an amount equal to the award the Executive
would have received under the Incentive Plan based upon the actual performance of the Company and MasterBrand for the calendar year in which the Termination Date occurs, prorated for the portion of the calendar year during which the Executive was
employed; provided that for purposes of calculating a Change in Control Benefit, such amount shall be calculated based upon target rather than actual performance. 

(e) Unvested Retirement Savings Benefits. If the Executive is entitled to a Change in Control Benefit, the Company shall pay to the
Executive as additional severance pay in a lump sum an amount, if any, equal to the nonvested portion of his or her account balances under the 401(k) retirement plan in which the Executive is participating on his or her Termination Date and the
defined contribution plan of any affiliate of the Company in which there is maintained for him or her an account balance which is not fully vested. Such payment shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum payment within 60 days following the
Executive’s Termination Date; provided, however, that if such 60-day period begins in a first taxable year and ends in a second taxable year, such lump sum payment shall be paid to the Executive in the
second taxable year. 
 (f) Outplacement Services. Following the Termination Date, the Executive shall receive outplacement
assistance services, the scope and provider of which shall be selected by the Company, for the period beginning on the Termination Date and ending on the date the Executive is first employed elsewhere or otherwise is providing compensated services
of any type, whether as an employee, independent contractor, owner-employee or otherwise, provided that in no event shall such outplacement services be provided for a period greater than twelve (12) months following the Termination Date. 

(g) Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any benefits payable under this Agreement any applicable federal,
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 (h) Time of Payment for Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Section 3 to the contrary, if the Executive is a “specified employee” of the Company (as defined in Section 409A of the Code), amounts that would otherwise have been paid to or on behalf of the Executive under the foregoing
provisions of this Section 3 (but excluding amounts described in paragraph 3(c) above) during the six-month period immediately following the Termination Date shall, to the extent such amounts constitute
“nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, be paid on the first regular payroll date immediately following the six-month anniversary of the Termination Date. 

(i) No Duty to Mitigate. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 3
by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 3 be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer after the Termination Date or by
any other compensation. 
 (j) No Other Severance Benefits. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of the Company,
MasterBrand, their affiliates or any of their predecessors, including but not limited to the Prior Agreement and any severance pay program or other documents covering salaried or executive employees generally maintained by the Company, MasterBrand
or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries. To the extent severance payments or benefits are required under any applicable local law or otherwise, benefits payable under this Agreement shall be reduced to the extent of any such severance payments or
benefits (including, but not limited to, any laws requiring payment in lieu of notice upon the Executive’s termination of employment). 

4. Certain Reductions Due to Section 280G. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event it shall be (or is subsequently) determined that any payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting by MasterBrand or the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (any such
payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting being referred to as a “Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the Change in Control Benefit payable to the
Executive under this Agreement shall be reduced (or appropriately adjusted) to an amount that is one dollar less than the smallest amount that would give rise to the Excise Tax (the “Reduced Amount”) if such Reduced Amount would be greater
than the net after-tax proceeds (taking into account both the Excise Tax and any interest or penalties payable with respect to the Excise Tax) of the unreduced Change in Control Benefit payable to the
Executive. If the Change in Control Benefit is required to be reduced pursuant to this Section 4, there shall be no discretion in the ordering of the Payments payable under this Agreement so reduced, and such reductions shall be applied in the
order which results in the best economic benefit to Executive; and to the extent such ordering of reductions is economically equivalent, such Payments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis. 

  
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 5. Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be interpreted and construed consistently with such intent. The payments to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement are also intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code to the
maximum extent possible, under either the separation pay exemption pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) or as short-term deferrals pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4), and for this purpose each payment shall constitute a “separately identified” amount within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §1.409A- 2(b)(2). Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, in the event that any amounts payable (or benefits provided) under this Agreement are subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent determined necessary, the parties agree to amend this
Agreement in the least restrictive manner necessary to avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition on the Executive under Section 409A of the Code, the final Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance
thereunder (“409A Penalties”); provided, that in no event shall the Company be responsible for any 409A Penalties that arise in connection with any amounts payable under this Agreement. In addition, to the extent necessary to comply with
Section 409A of the Code, references to termination of employment (and similar phrases) in this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the term “separation from service” under Section 409A(a) (2)(A)(i)
of the Code and final Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder. 
 To the extent that any right to
reimbursement of expenses or payment of any benefit in- kind under this Agreement constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (i) any such
expense reimbursement shall be made by the Company no later than the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expense was incurred by Executive, (ii) the right to reimbursement or
in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (iii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind
benefits provided during any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, if any payment or benefit provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement is a direct payment or a substitute or replacement for a right to payment that constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, including, to the extent applicable, amounts payable under another plan or agreement between the Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates or predecessors (the “Protected Amount”),
then the applicable payment or benefit to be paid or provided under this Agreement shall be paid or provided at the same time and in the same form as the corresponding Protected Amount. 

6. Restrictive Covenants. 

(a) State Specific Modifications. Employees in Illinois are directed to Exhibit A for important limitations
on the scope of this Agreement. 
 (b) Confidential Information. The Executive acknowledges that he or she will have
access to highly confidential information of the Company, MasterBrand and their affiliates, including, but not limited to: financial information, supply and service information, marketing information, personnel data, customer lists, business and
financial plans and strategies, and product costs, sources and pricing. The Company and the Executive consider it imperative that all such information (“Confidential Trade Secrets”) be held in complete confidence and trust. Accordingly,
the Executive agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, during and following the Executive’s Termination Date with the Company, regardless of the reasons that such employment might end, the Executive
will: 
 (i) hold all Confidential Trade Secrets in confidence and not discuss, communicate, disclose or transmit to others,
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 (ii) use the Confidential Trade Secrets only in furtherance of proper
Company employment related business reasons; and 
 (iii) take all reasonable action that the Company deems necessary and
appropriate to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of or to protect the Confidential Trade Secrets. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood
and agreed that the Executive’s obligations under this Section 6(b) do not extend to any knowledge or information which is or may become available to the public or to competitors other than by disclosure by the Executive in breach of this
Agreement nor to any information the Executive may learn or develop independent of the Confidential Trade Secrets, nor to disclosure compelled by judicial or administrative proceeding after the Executive diligently tries to avoid each disclosure and
affords the Company the opportunity to obtain assurance that compelled disclosures will receive confidential treatment. 
 (c) Loyalty; Non-Solicitation. The Executive further acknowledges that the loyalty and dedicated service of the Company’s, MasterBrand’s and their affiliates’ employees is critical to the Company’s
business. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that during and for a period of twelve (12) months after the Executive’s Termination Date, regardless of the reasons for the termination of employment, he or she will not, without the prior
written consent of the Company, induce or attempt to induce any employee or agency representative of the Company, MasterBrand or any of their affiliates to leave the employment or representation of MasterBrand, the Company or of any affiliate. The
Executive also agrees that during and after his or her employment, he will not take any action, or make any statements, that discredit or disparage the Company, MasterBrand or their affiliates, or its or their officers, directors, employees or
products. The Company and MasterBrand agree that they will not take any action or make any statements during and after Executive’s employment that discredit or disparage the Executive. The two preceding sentences shall not apply to statements
made in papers filed in good faith with a court of law in connection with a lawsuit between the Executive and the Company or any of its affiliates. 

(d) Non-Competition. The Executive acknowledges that the Company, MasterBrand and their
affiliates have invested time and money in establishing or planning to establish one or more aspects of their business throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Mexico. Therefore, the Executive agrees that during his or her employment by the
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 (i) directly or indirectly, individually engage in nor be competitively
employed or retained by, or render any competing services for, or be financially interested in, any firm or corporation engaged in any business in the United States, Canada, Asia and Mexico which competes with any business in which the Company,
MasterBrand or any of their affiliates were engaged during the two-year period preceding the Executive’s Termination Date, including, but not limited to any business in which, during such two-year period, the Executive was involved in the Company’s, MasterBrand’s or any of their affiliates’ planning to enter such business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this restriction shall not apply
to: 
 (A) the purchase by the Executive of stock not to exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of capital stock or any
corporation whose securities are listed on any national securities exchange; or 
 (B) the employment of the Executive by a non-competitive subsidiary or non-competitive affiliated entity of a competitor of the Company or MasterBrand upon the Company’s written consent, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld. 
 (ii) solicit business from nor directly or indirectly cause others to solicit business that
competes with the Company’s or MasterBrand’s line of products from any entities which have been customers of the Company during the Executive’s employment or which were targeted as potential customers during the twelve
(12) months preceding the Executive’s Termination Date; 
 provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 6(d) shall not apply if the
Executive’s Termination Date occurs after a Change in Control. 
 (e) Remedies. The Executive recognizes and agrees: 

(i) that the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 6 are reasonable and valid and
all defenses to the strict enforcement of such sections by the Company and MasterBrand are waived by the Executive to the full extent permitted by law. In the event, however, that a court of competent jurisdiction should determine in any case that
the enforcement of any provision contained in such paragraphs would not be reasonable, it is intended that enforcement of a provision which is determined by such court to be reasonable shall be given effect; and 

(ii) that a breach of the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6 would result in
irreparable harm to the Company and MasterBrand which could not be compensated by money damages alone. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that should there be a breach of any or all of these provisions or a threatened breach, the Company shall be
entitled to cease paying amounts under Section 3 and to offset any amounts it owes to Executive against any damage that it has suffered as a result of the breach of any of the covenants and restrictions in paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of
this Section 6 and, in addition to its other remedies, to an order enjoining any such breach or threatened breach without bond. In addition, the Executive agrees that, in the event he or she 

  
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breaches any of the covenants or restrictions of paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6, he will promptly repay to the Company upon demand any amounts paid to him or her pursuant
to Section 3. The Executive further agrees that if the Company or MasterBrand prevails in any action to enforce these provisions, he or she will reimburse the Company or MasterBrand for its attorney fees and costs incurred in pursuing such
action. 
 The Company and MasterBrand agree that they will seek enforcement of paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6 only in a good faith,
reasonable manner and will not seek to enforce such sections solely for malicious and punitive reasons. 
 7. Application of
Agreement. The Executive understands that nothing contained in this Agreement limits the Executive’s ability to report possible violations of law or regulation to, or file a charge or complaint with, the Securities and Exchange Commission,
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Justice, the Congress, any Inspector General, or any other federal, state or local governmental
agency or commission (“Government Agencies”). The Executive further understands that this Agreement does not limit the Executive’s ability to communicate with any Government Agencies or otherwise participate in any investigation or
proceeding that may be conducted by any Government Agency, including providing documents or other information, without notice to the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit Executive’s ability under applicable United States federal law
to (i) disclose in confidence trade secrets to federal, state, and local government officials, or to an attorney, for the sole purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (ii) disclose trade secrets in a document
filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, but only if the filing is made under seal and protected from public disclosure. 
 8.
Disputes. In the event that the Executive prevails in any action to obtain or enforce any right under this Agreement, the Company shall pay the cost of legal fees and expenses incurred by Executive in such action, which payment shall be made
directly to the provider of services within the time period required by Section 409A of the Code; provided, however that the Executive shall be required to deliver and not revoke an executed release of claims in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (as such release may be updated from time to time to reflect legal requirements). If a dispute arises concerning the Executive’s entitlement to benefits under this Agreement following a Change in Control, the Company shall continue to
pay Executive’s full base salary through the date finally determined to be his or her Termination Date. 
 9. Successors;
Binding Agreement. 
 (a) Upon a Change in Control, the Company shall require any successor to its business or
assets (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise), that employs the Executive and any parent company thereof, to expressly assume and agree to perform the Company’s obligations under this Agreement. 

(b) This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive and his or her personal or legal representatives and successors in interest. 

  
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 10. Term. Unless otherwise earlier terminated in writing by both parties, this
Agreement shall be effective for the three (3) year period commencing on the Effective Date. At the close of such three (3) year period and on each subsequent third anniversary of the Effective Date, the Agreement shall automatically renew
for an additional three (3) year period unless either party hereto shall notify the other party in writing of its intent not to renew the Agreement no less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the pending term; provided,
however, that if within six (6) months following the non-renewal of the Agreement by the Company, the Company executes a definitive agreement which would lead to a Change in Control, then notwithstanding
any other term or provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed not to have been terminated and will be effective in accordance with its terms through and including the date of such Change in Control (or the date on which such
definitive agreement is terminated, if earlier); and provided further, that if a Change in Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, the Agreement shall remain in effect for no less than 24 months following such Change in Control.
Notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Restrictive Covenants provisions of Section 6 hereof shall remain in full force and effect as provided above. 

11. Notice. Any notice, demand or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be effective only if it is in
writing and delivered personally or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 

If to the Company: 

MasterBrand Cabinets, LLC 

Attention: Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer 

1 MasterBrand Cabinets Drive 

Jasper, Indiana 47546 

If to the Executive: 

At the address most recently on file with the Company 

or to such other address as either party may designate by written notice to the other and shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so personally
delivered or mailed. 
 12. Miscellaneous. 

(a) This Agreement cannot be modified or any term or condition waived in whole or in part except by a writing signed by the party against whom
enforcement of the modification or waiver is sought. 
 (b) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
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 (c) No waiver by either party at any time of any breach of this Agreement by the other party
shall be deemed a waiver of such provisions or conditions at any prior or subsequent time. 
 (d) The headings in this Agreement are included
for convenience and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 
 (e) The invalidity or unenforceability of one or
more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the enforceability any other provision of this Agreement. 
 (f) This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and such counterparts will together constitute one Agreement. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer and attested to and the Executive has set
his or her hand as of the date first above written. 
  

					
		 		 	 MASTERBRAND CABINETS, LLC
  

		 		 	 Name:
 Title:

			
	 ATTEST:
  

Secretary
	 		 	
			
		 		 	 EXECUTIVE
  

Name:
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