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EXHIBIT 10.2

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

2011 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

NOTICE OF GRANT OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS OPTION AGREEMENT is between INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and _______________(the “Grantee”).  Pursuant to the International Rectifier Corporation 2011 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Corporation grants a nonqualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase authorized but unissued or treasury shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of the Corporation.  The Option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions of Nonqualified Stock Option (the “Terms”), which are attached and incorporated herein by this reference.

 

          Grant Date:                                                   _______________________ 

         

          Number of Shares:                                      _______________________ 1

 

   Exercise Price per Share:                           _______________________ 1

 

         Vesting Schedule:                               [331/3% per year on each of the first three anniversary dates of Grant Date]2

 

 

   Expiration Date:                                              _______________________ 2

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

1 Subject to adjustment under Section 7.1 of the Plan.

2 Subject to early termination under Section 7.2 of the Plan and Section 5 of the Terms.

 

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION                                                                                                           GRANTEE

(a Delaware Corporation)

 

By:           _______________________________                                                                                     _________________________

 

	
[___________]

	
(Signature)

 

Its:           General Counsel                                                                                     _________________________

 

(Address)

                                  _________________________

 

(City, State, Zip Code)

 

  

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INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

2011 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

 

	
1.  

	
General.

 

These Terms and Conditions of Nonqualified Stock Option (these “Terms”) apply to a particular stock option (the “Option”) if incorporated by reference in the Notice of Grant of Stock Option (the “Grant Notice”) corresponding to that particular grant.  The recipient of the Option identified in the Grant Notice is referred to as the “Grantee.”  The per share exercise price of the Option as set forth in the Grant Notice is referred to as the “Exercise Price.”  The effective date of grant of the Option as set forth in the Grant Notice is referred to as the “Award Date.”  The exercise price and the number of shares covered by the Option are subject to adjustment under Section 7.1 of the Plan.

 

The Option was granted under and subject to the International Rectifier Corporation 2011 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  Capitalized terms are defined in the Plan if not defined herein.  The Option has been granted to the Grantee in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other form of compensation otherwise payable or to be paid to the Grantee.  The Grant Notice and these Terms are collectively referred to as the “Option Agreement” applicable to the Option.

 

	
2.  

	
Vesting; Limits on Exercise; Incentive Stock Option Status.

 

The Option shall vest and become exercisable in percentage installments of the aggregate number of shares subject to the Option as set forth on the Grant Notice.  The Option may be exercised only to the extent the Option is vested and exercisable.

 

	
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Cumulative Exercisability.  To the extent that the Option is vested and exercisable, the Grantee has the right to exercise the Option (to the extent not previously exercised), and such right shall continue, until the expiration or earlier termination of the Option.

 

	
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No Fractional Shares.  Fractional share interests shall be disregarded, but may be cumulated.

 

	
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Minimum Exercise.  No fewer than 100 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment under Section 7.1 of the Plan) may be purchased at any one time, unless the number purchased is the total number at the time exercisable under the Option.

 

	
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Nonqualified Stock Option.  The Option is a nonqualified stock option and is not, and shall not be, an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

	
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Continuance of Employment/Service Required; No Employment/Service Commitment.

 

The vesting schedule applicable to the Option requires continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the Option and the rights and benefits under this Option Agreement.  Employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Grantee to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or services as provided in Section 5 below or under the Plan.

  

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Nothing contained in this Option Agreement or the Plan constitutes a continued employment or service commitment by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, affects the Grantee’s status, if he or she is an employee, as an employee at will who is subject to termination without cause, confers upon the Grantee any right to remain employed by or in service to the Corporation or any Subsidiary, interferes in any way with the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary at any time to terminate such employment or service, or affects the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to increase or decrease the Grantee’s other compensation.

 

	
4.  

	
Method of Exercise of Option.

 

The Option shall be exercisable by the delivery to the Secretary of the Corporation (or such other person as the Administrator may require pursuant to such administrative exercise procedures as the Administrator may implement from time to time) of:

 

	
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a written notice stating the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Option or by the completion of such other administrative exercise procedures as the Administrator may require from time to time;

 

	
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payment in full for the Exercise Price of the shares to be purchased in cash, check or by electronic funds transfer to the Corporation, or (subject to compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and listing requirements and further subject to such rules as the Administrator may adopt as to any non-cash payment) in shares of Common Stock already owned by the Grantee, valued at their fair market value (as determined under the Plan) on the exercise date;

 

	
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any written statements or agreements required pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Plan; and

 

	
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satisfaction of the tax withholding provisions of Section 8.5 of the Plan.

 

The Administrator also may, but is not required to, authorize a non-cash payment alternative by notice and third party payment in such manner as may be authorized by the Administrator, or, subject to such procedures as the Administrator may adopt, authorize a “cashless exercise” with a third party who provides simultaneous financing for the purposes of (or who otherwise facilitates) the exercise of the Option.

 

  

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5.  

	
Early Termination of Option.

 

    5.1 Expiration Date.  Subject to earlier termination as provided below in this Section 5, the Option will terminate on the “Expiration Date” set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Expiration Date”).

 

     5.2 Possible Termination of Option upon Certain Corporate Events.  The Option is subject to termination in connection with certain corporate events as provided in Section 7.2 of the Plan.

 

  5.3 Termination of Option upon a Termination of Grantee’s Employment or Services.  Subject to earlier termination on the Expiration Date of the Option or pursuant to Section 5.2 above, if the Grantee ceases to be employed by or ceases to provide services to the Corporation or a Subsidiary, the following rules shall apply (the last day that the Grantee is employed by or provides services to the Corporation or a Subsidiary is referred to as the Grantee’s “Severance Date”):

 

	
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other than as expressly provided below in this Section 5.3, (a) the Grantee will have until the date that is 90 days after his or her Severance Date to exercise the Option (or portion thereof) to the extent that it was vested on the Severance Date, (b) the Option, to the extent not vested on the Severance Date, shall terminate on the Severance Date, and (c) the Option, to the extent exercisable for the 90-day period following the Severance Date and not exercised during such period, shall terminate at the close of business on the last day of the 90-day period;

 

	
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if the termination of the Grantee’s employment or services is the result of the Grantee’s death, Total Disability (as defined below) or Retirement (as defined below), (a) the Grantee (or his beneficiary or personal representative, as the case may be) will have until the date that is 12 months after the Grantee’s Severance Date to exercise the Option (or portion thereof) to the extent that it was vested on the Severance Date, (b) the Option, to the extent not vested on the Severance Date, shall terminate on the Severance Date, and (c) the Option, to the extent exercisable for the 12-month period following the Severance Date and not exercised during such period, shall terminate at the close of business on the last day of the 12-month period;

 

	
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if the Grantee’s employment or services are terminated by the Corporation or a Subsidiary as a result of a Dismissal for Cause (as defined below), the Option (whether vested or not) shall terminate on the Severance Date.

 

For purposes of the Option, “Total Disability” means a “permanent and total disability” (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or as otherwise determined by the Administrator).

 

For purposes of the Option, “Retirement” means retirement with the consent of the Corporation.

 

  

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For purposes of the Option, “Dismissal for Cause” means that the Corporation or a Subsidiary has terminated the Grantee’s employment or service because of any of the following:

 

	
(1)  

	
any act that has resulted in the Grantee’s personal gain at the expense of the Corporation or a Subsidiary;

 

	
(2)  

	
the Grantee’s refusal to perform assigned duties;

 

	
(3)  

	
the Grantee’s incompetence, insubordination, gross negligence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty, or conviction of a crime (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses);

 

	
(4)  

	
any conduct that results in a substantial detriment to the business or reputation of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries; or

 

	
(5)  

	
the Grantee’s material violation of a policy or rule of the Corporation.

 

In all events the Option is subject to earlier termination on the Expiration Date of the Option or as contemplated by Section 5.2.  The Administrator shall be the sole judge of whether the Grantee continues to render employment or services for purposes of this Option Agreement.

 

	
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Non-Transferability.

 

The Option and any other rights of the Grantee under this Option Agreement or the Plan are nontransferable and exercisable only by the Grantee, except as set forth in Section 5.7 of the Plan.

 

	
7.  

	
Notices.

 

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Option Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal office to the attention of the Secretary, and to the Grantee at the address last reflected on the Corporation’s payroll records, or at such other address as either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other.  Any such notice shall be delivered in person or shall be enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified, and deposited (postage and registry or certification fee prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Government.  Any such notice shall be given only when received, but if the Grantee is no longer employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, shall be deemed to have been duly given five business days after the date mailed in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.

 

	
8.  

	
Plan.

 

The Option and all rights of the Grantee under this Option Agreement are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, incorporated herein by this reference.  The Grantee agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and this Option Agreement.  The Grantee acknowledges having read and understanding the Plan, the Prospectus for the Plan, and this Option Agreement.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in other sections of this Option Agreement, provisions of the Plan that confer discretionary authority on the Board or the Administrator do not and shall not be deemed to create any rights in the Grantee unless such rights are expressly set forth herein or are otherwise in the sole discretion of the Board or the Administrator so conferred by appropriate action of the Board or the Administrator under the Plan after the date hereof.

 

  

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9.  

	
Entire Agreement.

 

This Option Agreement and the Plan together constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior understandings and agreements, written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The Plan and this Option Agreement may be amended pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Plan.  Such amendment must be in writing and signed by the Corporation.  The Corporation may, however, unilaterally waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent such waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the Grantee hereunder, but no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent waiver of the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this document does not supersede any rights the Grantee may have to accelerated vesting under the terms of any written severance agreement entered into between Grantee and the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof.

 

	
10.  

	
Governing Law.

 

This Option Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of law principles thereunder.

 

	
11.  

	
Effect of this Agreement.

 

Subject to the Corporation’s right to terminate the Option pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Plan, this Option Agreement shall be assumed by, be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors to the Corporation.

 

	
12.  

	
Counterparts.

 

This Option Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

	
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Section Headings.

 

The section headings of this Option Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect any provision hereof.

 

	
14.  

	
Clawback Policy.

 

The Option is subject to the terms of the Corporation’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances require forfeiture of the Option and repayment or forfeiture of any shares of Common Stock or other cash or property received with respect to the Option (including any value received from a disposition of the shares acquired upon exercise of the Option).

 

  

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15.  

	
No Advice Regarding Grant.

 

The Grantee is hereby advised to consult with his or her own tax, legal and/or investment advisors with respect to any advice the Grantee may determine is needed or appropriate with respect to the Option (including, without limitation, to determine the foreign, state, local, estate and/or gift tax consequences with respect to the Option and any shares that may be acquired upon exercise of the Option).  Neither the Corporation nor any of its officers, directors, affiliates or advisors makes any representation (except for the terms and conditions expressly set forth in this Option Agreement) or recommendation with respect to the Option.  Except for the withholding rights contemplated by Section 4 above and Section 8.5 of the Plan, the Grantee is solely responsible for any and all tax liability that may arise with respect to the Option and any shares that may be acquired upon exercise of the Option.

 

  

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EXHIBIT 10.3

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION

2011 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

Participant Name:

	
Number of Stock Units:

	
1

	
Vesting Schedule:

	
[One-third of the Stock Units subject to the Award will vest on each of the first three anniversary dates of Award Date]1

	
Award Date:

	 

______________________________________________________________________________

1 All share and unit numbers are subject to adjustment under the terms of the Plan.  The Stock Units are subject to acceleration and termination prior to vesting as provided herein.

THIS AGREEMENT is among INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and the employee named above (the “Participant”), an employee of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, and is delivered under the International Rectifier Corporation 2011 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board has approved, and the Corporation has granted, effective as of the Award Date, to the Participant a restricted stock unit award under the Plan (the “Stock Unit Award” or “Award”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of services rendered by the Participant and the mutual promises made herein and the mutual benefits to be derived therefrom, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.           Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Stock Unit” means a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping purposes to be equivalent to one outstanding share of Common Stock of the Corporation.

 

2.           Grant.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, the Corporation grants to the Participant a Stock Unit Award with respect to an aggregate number of Stock Units set forth above.  The Corporation acknowledges that the consideration for the shares payable with respect to the Stock Units on the terms set forth in this Agreement shall be the services rendered to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries by the Participant prior to the applicable vesting date, the fair value of which is not less than the par value per share of the Corporation’s Common Stock.

 

3.           Vesting.  The Stock Units subject to the Award shall vest in installments as set forth in the “Vesting Schedule” set forth above, subject to earlier termination or acceleration and subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

4.           Continuance of Employment Required.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the vesting schedule applicable to the Stock Units requires continued service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the award and the rights and benefits under this Agreement.  Service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or service.

  

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5.           Limitations on Rights Associated with Units.

 

The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Corporation, no dividend rights  and no voting rights with respect to the Stock Units or any shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of such Stock Units, until shares of Common Stock are actually issued to and held of record by the Participant.  No adjustments will be made for dividends or other rights of a holder for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance of the stock certificate evidencing the shares.

 

6.           Restrictions on Transfer. Prior to the time the Stock Units are vested and paid, neither the Stock Units comprising the Award nor any other rights of the Participant under this Agreement or the Plan may be transferred, except as expressly provided in Section 5.7 of the Plan.  No specific exception to the general transfer prohibitions set forth in Section 5.7 of the Plan has been authorized by the Administrator.

 

7.           Timing and Manner of Payment with Respect to Stock Units. Stock Units subject to this Agreement will be paid in an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock promptly after (and in all events within two and one-half months after) the vesting of such Stock Units in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to adjustment as contemplated by Section 9.  The Participant or other person entitled under the Plan to receive the shares shall deliver to the Corporation any representations or other documents or assurances required pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Plan.

 

8.           Effect of Termination of Employment or Change in Control.

 

(a)           Forfeiture after Certain Events.  The Participant’s Stock Units shall be extinguished to the extent such Stock Units have not become vested upon the date the Participant is no longer employed by the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, regardless of the reason for such termination of employment, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily; provided, however, that if the Participant incurs a permanent and total disability (as determined by the Corporation) or dies while employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, then if the Stock Units subject to the Award are not then otherwise fully vested the next scheduled vesting installment of such Stock Units shall become vested upon such termination of employment and any remaining unvested Stock Units shall be extinguished upon such termination.

 

(b)           Termination of Stock Units.  If any Stock Units are extinguished hereunder, such unvested, extinguished Stock Units, without payment of any consideration by the Corporation or any Subsidiary, shall automatically terminate and be cancelled without any other action by the Participant, or the Participant’s beneficiary, as the case may be.

 

  

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(c)           Possible Acceleration Upon Change in Control.  Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary contained herein or in the Plan, in the event the Participant’s employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary is terminated by the Corporation or a Subsidiary other than for Cause (as defined below) (or the Participant resigns from his or her employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary for Good Reason (as defined below)) upon or any time during a Protected Period (as defined below), then any portion of the Stock Units subject to the Award that have not previously vested or terminated shall thereupon vest and shall be paid in accordance with Section 7.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means any one or more of the following committed (or omitted) by the Participant:  (i) conviction of, or guilty plea or plea of nolo contendre to, a felony crime; (ii) gross misconduct that is materially injurious to the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates; (iii) repeated failure to follow the reasonable and lawful directions of the Corporation after the Participant has received at least one written warning from the Corporation; (iv) any willful and/or intentional material violation of any written Corporation policy or procedure; or (v) a material breach of any agreement to which the Participant is a party with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.  Whether or not Cause exists in clauses (ii) through (v) shall in each case be determined in good faith by the Corporation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participant shall not be deemed to have been terminated for “Cause” under clauses (ii) through (v) unless and until the Corporation shall provide the Participant with written notice detailing why the Corporation believes a Cause event has occurred and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.  The Corporation shall also provide the Participant with ten days after his/her receipt of such notice to cure the Cause event(s) (if curable) and the opportunity, together with the Participant’s counsel (if the Participant chooses to have counsel present at such meeting), to be heard before the Board (or, in the Board’s discretion, the Administrator or their delegates) during such ten day period.  Nothing herein will limit the right of the Participant to contest the validity or propriety of any such determination.

 

The Administrator may accord the Participant a right to refuse any acceleration pursuant to this Agreement, in such circumstances as the Administrator may approve.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Plan; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, the percentages in paragraph (a) and in clause (2) of paragraph (c) of such definition shall be fifty percent (50%) instead of thirty percent (30%).

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means that any one or more of the following have occurred without the Participant’s prior written consent:  (i) the Participant has, except in connection with termination of employment for Cause or due to the Participant’s death or total disability, suffered a material and substantial diminution in the Participant’s job responsibilities as in effect immediately prior to the public announcement of a contemplated Change in Control (and where such Change in Control does occur); provided, however, that neither mere changes in title and/or reporting relationship, nor reassignment following a Change in Control to a position that is similar to the position held immediately prior to such public announcement of the contemplated Change in Control shall constitute a material and substantial diminution in job responsibilities; provided further, that if the Participant’s job title as of the Award Date is denoted as or is in effect an “Interim” or “Acting” position, then a subsequent reassignment to a position of the same level which the Participant held immediately prior to assuming such Interim or Acting position or to a higher level shall not constitute a Good Reason event; (ii) the Participant has incurred a material reduction in his or her annual rate of base pay or his or her annual target bonus opportunity; (iii) the Participant has been notified that his or her principal place of work will be relocated to a new location that is forty miles or more from the Participant’s principal work location as of immediately before the public announcement of a contemplated Change in Control (and where such Change in Control does occur); or (iv) the Corporation has materially breached any agreement to which the participant is a party.  Before “Good Reason” has been deemed to have occurred, the Participant must give the Corporation written notice detailing why the Participant believes a Good Reason event has occurred and such notice must be provided to the Corporation within sixty days of the initial occurrence of such alleged Good Reason event(s) or else such Good Reason event(s) will be deemed to have been irrevocably waived by the Participant.  The Corporation shall then have thirty days after its receipt of written notice to cure or remedy the items cited in the written notice so that “Good Reason” will not have formally occurred with respect to the event(s) in question.  If the Corporation does not timely remedy or cure the Good Reason events, then the Participant may terminate employment for “Good Reason” with respect to such event(s) only for a period of sixty days following the end of the Corporation’s thirty day cure period.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Protected Period” means the two-year period immediately following (and commencing on) a Change in Control.

  

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9.           Adjustments in Case of Changes in Common Stock.  Upon the occurrence of certain events relating to the Corporation’s stock contemplated by Section 7.1 of the Plan (including, without limitation, an extraordinary cash dividend on such stock), the Administrator shall make adjustments in accordance with such section in the number of Stock Units then outstanding and the number and kind of securities that may be issued in respect of the Award.

 

10.           Tax Withholding.  Subject to Section 8.1 of the Plan, upon any distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of the Stock Units, the Corporation shall automatically reduce the number of shares to be delivered by (or otherwise reacquire) the appropriate number of whole shares, valued at their then fair market value (with the “fair market value” of such shares determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan), to satisfy any withholding obligations of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries with respect to such distribution of shares at the minimum applicable withholding rates.  In the event that the Corporation cannot legally satisfy such withholding obligations by such reduction of shares, or in the event of a cash payment or any other withholding event in respect of the Stock Units, the Corporation (or a Subsidiary) shall be entitled to require a cash payment by or on behalf of the Participant and/or to deduct from other compensation payable to the Participant any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to such distribution or payment.

 

11.           Notices.  Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporation at its principal office located at 101 North Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245, to the attention of the Assistant Secretary and to the Participant at the address given beneath the Participant’s signature hereto, or at such other address as either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other.

 

12.          Plan and Program.  The Award and all rights of the Participant with respect thereto are subject to, and the Participant agrees to be bound by, all of the terms and conditions of the provisions of the Plan, incorporated herein by reference, to the extent such provisions are applicable to awards granted to employees.  The Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, which is made a part hereof by this reference, and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in other Sections of this Agreement, provisions of the Plan that confer discretionary authority on the Administrator do not (and shall not be deemed to) create any rights in the Participant unless such rights are expressly set forth herein or are otherwise in the sole discretion of the Administrator so conferred by appropriate action of the Administrator under the Plan after the date hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this document does not supersede any rights the Participant may have to accelerated vesting under the terms of any written severance agreement entered into between Participant and the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof.

13.           No Service Commitment by Corporation.  Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Plan constitutes an employment commitment by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, affects the Participant’s status as an employee at-will who is subject to termination without cause, confers upon the Participant any right to remain employed by the Corporation or any Subsidiary, interferes in any way with the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary at any time to terminate such employment, or affects the right of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to increase or decrease the Participant’s other compensation.

  

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14.           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the Plan together constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior understandings and agreements, written or oral, of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  The Plan and this Agreement may be amended pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Plan.  Such amendment must be in writing and signed by the Corporation.  The Corporation may, however, unilaterally waive any provision hereof in writing to the extent such waiver does not adversely affect the interests of the Participant hereunder, but no such waiver shall operate as or be construed to be a subsequent waiver of the same provision or a waiver of any other provision hereof.

 

15.           Limitation on Participant’s Rights. Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided.  This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation as to amounts payable and shall not be construed as creating a trust.  The Plan, in and of itself, has no assets.  The Participant shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Corporation (or applicable Subsidiary) with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the Stock Units, and rights no greater than the right to receive the Common Stock (subject to adjustments) as a general unsecured creditor with respect to Stock Units, as and when payable hereunder.

 

16.           Section Headings.  The section headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect any provision hereof.

 

17.           Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflict of law principles thereunder.

 

18.           Construction.  It is intended that the terms of the Award will not result in the imposition of any tax liability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent.

 

19.           Clawback Policy.  The Stock Units are subject to the terms of the Corporation’s recoupment, clawback or similar policy as it may be in effect from time to time, as well as any similar provisions of applicable law, any of which could in certain circumstances require repayment or forfeiture of the Stock Units or any shares of Common Stock or other cash or property received with respect to the Stock Units (including any value received from a disposition of the shares acquired upon payment of the Stock Units).

 

20.           Electronic Signature or Acknowledgement.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  The provision of photographic or facsimile copies, or electronic signature, confirmation or acknowledgement of or by a party, shall constitute an effective original signature of a party for all purposes under this Agreement, and  may be used with the same effect as manually signed originals of this Agreement for any purpose.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.  By the Participant’s execution of this Agreement, the Participant agrees to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Plan.

 

INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER                                                                                                PARTICIPANT

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation

	
  

	
By:

	 	
Signature by Electronic Acceptance or Confirmation

Signature

Print Name:  Tim Bixler                                                                                     

Address

Its:  General Counsel, Vice President, & Secretary                                                                                                

City, State, Zip Code

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