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   Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  DRAFTING NOTES  SPECIMEN DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN  (These drafting notes do not constitute part of the Plan document)    SPECIMEN FORM:  There are many possible forms that could be used to implement a nonqualified deferred  compensation plan that is subject to Section 409A.  The advisability of using this form and the tax implications  resulting from its adoption in its existing form should be determined by each company's attorney and other  tax advisers in light of circumstances, laws and regulations then applicable to the adopting company.  This  specimen is NOT a qualified plan for ERISA nor income tax purposes.    General:  This specimen form is intended to be used only for employees who are members of a select group of  management or highly compensated employees who contribute materially to the management of the Company, so as  to qualify for certain exemptions from the provisions of Title I of ERISA.  Because of the limitations of these  exemptions, this plan is not suitable for use for other personnel nor purposes.    Neither Deferral.com Plan Services nor any of its affiliates or personnel are practicing attorneys.   Deferral.com Plan Services cannot provide you with legal or tax advice on how to design your plan to comply  with Section 409A and all applicable guidance thereunder.  You should consult with your counsel and  professional tax advisers before deciding to adopt this specimen form as your plan document.  The following  draft notes, sample DOL letter and sample Board Resolution are included solely to assist you in consulting  with your attorney or tax adviser.  They are not intended as recommendations and do not reflect all available  plan design options that a plan sponsor may want to consider in adopting this specimen form as your plan  document.    Deferral Elections and Section 401(k) Plans:  The following discussion relates to plan sponsors that maintain  a 401(k) plan.    In light of final IRS regulations under Section 401(k) and Section 409A, the ability to coordinate employees’ elective  deferrals under a 401(k) plan and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan is quite complicated.  Deferral.com Plan  Services cannot provide you with legal nor tax advice on how to design your plans to comply with these complex  rules.  However, the following guidelines may be helpful:    1. If this specimen form only allows employees to defer out of a type of compensation that is not covered  by your 401(k) plan (e.g., this plan allows deferrals out of employee bonuses and the 401(k) plan does  not), the two plans likely can operate independently of each other.    2. If this specimen form only allows employees to defer out of compensation in excess of the statutory limit  on compensation that counts for 401(k) purposes then the two plans likely can operate independently of  each other.    3. However, if you intend to use this specimen form as an “excess 401(k) plan” under which amounts  deferred under this specimen form will be used to make up for what cannot otherwise be contributed  under the 401(k) plan due to IRS nondiscrimination tests, or you otherwise want this specimen form to  operate in tandem with your 401(k) plan, you need to consult with your counsel or professional tax  advisors before using this specimen form.    Notional Investment:  This specimen form contemplates that benefits will be based on the amounts of certain  credits, adjusted by contract formula based on the performance of certain indices (either published indices or indices  that track the performance of securities or other assets).  Because these are index adjustments that are applied to  benefit calculations, rather than actual investments, they are referred to as "Notional Investments."  The list of  Notional Investments (indices) that may be used for this purpose are designated by the Plan Committee.    Change in Control:  Section 409A defines Change in Control by reference to changes in ownership, board control  and corporate assets.  The definition is applied with reference to both the employing entity and, in certain contexts, its  holding companies.  Final regulations issued under Section 409A add a number of detailed provisions regarding  attribution of stock ownership among related persons and entities.  If a sponsor wants to have benefits payable upon  a Change in Control or wants to retain discretion to terminate the plan and pay benefits upon a Change in Control,  the plan document must reflect the Section 409A definition and the sponsor must apply this definition objectively, but  may elect to use less than all of the three basic types of Change in Control, if desired.  The specimen form uses  Change in Control for the limited purposes of triggering a company’s discretionary right to terminate the plan and  cash out benefits (see Section 6.10) and to trigger participant rights to have legal fees paid to cover enforcement  costs.  A number of other approaches can be used, including a provision that makes benefit payments mandatory  

 

   -ii-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  upon a Change in Control.  The implications of this provision should be carefully considered, bearing in mind that  Section 409A imposes a number of restrictions on how particular approaches may be applied.  It is your responsibility  to inform Deferral.com Plan Services if there is a Change in Control.    Permissible Change Election:  Final Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii) allows a plan to take one of two approaches  with respect to elections to change a previously elected series of payments (other than a life annuity, which is  considered to be a single payment as of the first annuity payment date).  As long as the payments are equal in  amount (other than for Notional Investment Adjustments), a series of installment payments can be treated as a single  payment scheduled on the date of the first payment in the series.  For example, under this approach, if a participant  first elected to receive a deferral amount in ten scheduled installments, as long as he or she elected to change that  election more than a year in advance of the first payment in the series, the series of payments could be collapsed into  a lump sum payable at least five years after the first originally scheduled payment.  In effect, the five year  postponement requirement is satisfied as long as the new payment (or series of payments) is made (or starts) at least  five years after the first payment would have been made under the original schedule.  Alternatively, except for an  annuity (for which the previous approach is required), a plan may provide that each payment within a series of  payments will be treated as a separate payment.  In that case, individual payments could be changed without  affecting the others, but the Permissible Change Election requirements would have to be satisfied in each case.  This  specimen form treats series of payments as a single payment for the foregoing purposes.    Specified Employee (Public Companies): With respect to companies having stock that is publicly traded on an  established securities exchange or otherwise, Section 409A generally provides that payments under a nonqualified  deferred compensation plan to a “Specified Employee” due to a separation from service be delayed for six months  and a day.  Final regulations under Section 409A provide detailed rules for determining who is a Specified Employee,  which include optional elections that can be made by the employer.  The identity of persons who are Specified  Employees is determined as of a set date in each year for the twelve months then-ended (December 31 is presumed  by the regulation to be the determination date, but a different date, such as a fiscal year end, may be selected by the  Committee in a separate written document).  The final regulations provide the employer 90 days after the  determination date to compile the relevant data and decide who the Specified Employees are.  Once identified, the  relevant persons are treated as Specified Employees throughout the 12-month period that commences after the 90- day calculation period – i.e., beginning with the 1st day of the 4th month immediately following the determination  date.  Section 409A final regulations impose restrictions on when and how a determination date may be changed,  and provide more detailed information on how the determination is to be made (dealing with issues such as spin-offs,  mergers, inclusion of foreign employees, etc.).  It is your responsibility to elect which rules under Section 409A shall  apply when determining who is a Specified Employee, to determine annually who the Specified Employees are, and  to provide in a timely manner a list of Specified Employees to Deferral.com Plan Services.    Section 6.4:  Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(h)(2) requires a plan to provide how the six-month and a day delay  described above will be implemented.  Under this specimen form, the determination of the amount to be distributed  from a Participant’s Account Balance is delayed until the end of the six-month period.    Participating Affiliates:  If any Affiliate other than the Company desires to have its employees’ participate in the Plan  it must become a “Participating Employer” by having its Board of Directors approve resolutions which adopt the plan  and appoint the company and the Committee to act on its behalf in adoption and administration of the plan.    Section 457A:  As part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Congress enacted additional  limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation plans of a “nonqualified entity” when compensation is no longer  subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.  In general, a nonqualified entity is a foreign corporation unless substantially  all of the corporation’s income is effectively connected with a U.S. business or is subject to a comprehensive foreign  income tax.  §457A applies in addition to the restrictions under Section 409A.  Failure to comply with §457A results in  an interest charge and a 20% penalty tax.  You should consult with your attorney and other tax advisers to  evaluate whether §457A might apply to your nonqualified deferred compensation plan.    -----End of Drafting Notes-----  

 

   Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001        ADOPTION AGREEMENT      DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN        The undersigned Company acting on behalf of itself and each Participating Employer, having been duly advised by its  own counsel as to the legal and tax consequences of adopting this Deferred Compensation Plan, and having  determined that adoption of this Plan as an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan (intending that the  same comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended)  would better enable the Company to attract and retain key personnel, HEREBY ADOPTS the attached Deferred  Compensation Plan, subject to the following terms, conditions and elections, all of which are integral parts of the Plan  adopted hereby:            Company Name:   Mission Produce, Inc.      Company Address:  2710 Camino del Sol, Oxnard CA 93030      Plan Name:   Equity Deferral Plan      Effective Date of the Plan: March 1, 2021      Additional Participating Employers:  __________________________________________________________        __________________________________________________________        Capitalized terms used in this Adoption Agreement that are defined in the Plan document attached hereto and not  separately defined herein shall have the respective defined meanings set forth in the attached Plan document.     The Company acting on behalf of itself and each Participating Employer hereby elects, for purposes of this Plan, as  follows (insert check mark or "X" for each desired election and fill in appropriate blanks):       

 

   -2-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  I. Pay Types from which Annual Deferral Amounts may be deferred by Participants are as follows:      Pay Type Maximum  Percentage    Base Salary N/A    Bonus (non-performance based) N/A    Bonus (performance based) N/A    Commissions N/A      II. Annual Company Matching Amounts:  The Company may credit Annual Company Matching Amounts for  selected Participants:     Yes    No      a. Matching Contribution Formula:  (select (i) or (ii) below)    (i)  Percent of Participant deferrals formula, subject to a specified limit, as follows:    (a)  Matching Contribution Rate: _____% of (specify paytype names):     _______________________________________________     _______________________________________________     _______________________________________________     (b)  Matching Contribution Limit: ______% of each applicable Pay Type    (ii)  Other matching formula: ___________________________________      III. Discretionary Contributions.  The Company may credit Annual Company Discretionary Amounts for selected  Participants.  The amounts to be calculated in one of the following manners (select one):  a.  No Discretionary Contributions  b.  Permissible but amount discretionary   c.  Annual contribution amount or formula:  _____________________________________________      IV. Vesting.  TBD at time of Award  a. The following Vesting Schedule shall apply to all Annual Company Discretionary Amounts and to all  Annual Company Matching Amounts, as follows (select one):    Immediate vesting (100%) as amounts are credited     Cliff vesting:  100% at the end of ____ years (commencing as specified below)    Incremental annual vesting, as follows (complete chart below):    

 

   -3-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001    Years Completed  % of Contribution  Vested  Year 0 %  Year 1 %  Year 2 %  Year 3 %  Year 4 %  Year 5 %  Year 6 %  Year 7 %  Year 8 %  Year 9 %  Year 10 %      EXAMPLE (TBD based on specs below):                                                b. The Vesting Commencement Date – TBD at time of Award       Contribution Date     Years of participation – based on plan participation date   Years of service – based on date of hire   Age – based on date of birth    Class year - (all employer contributions for the same deferral year vest at the same time  regardless of crediting date)    c. The Vesting Increase timing – TBD at time of Award    Not Applicable      On the last day of the vesting year     On the first day of the vesting year (the anniversary of the Commencement Date)      d. The Vesting Acceleration events that will automatically vest 100% shall be determined as follows  (select all that apply):    Not Applicable      Retirement eligibility      Disability    Death    Change in Control    Other _____________________________________________________      e. Rehires: A former Participant who is rehired following a Termination of Employment, and who is  selected for participation in accordance with the terms of the Plan, shall be treated as a new employee  and new participant for purposes of determining such individual’s Vesting Commencement Date,  without regard to earlier dates of hire or enrollment prior to such Termination of Employment.    

 

   -4-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001    V. Retirement Eligibility Date (select all that apply):    Not Applicable      Age _____    Age _____ plus ____ years of cumulative service     Age _____ plus ____ years of plan participation    Age _____ plus ____ years of cumulative service and _____ years of plan participation       

 

   -5-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001    VI. Distributions.  a. In-Service Distributions   Yes      No  (trumped by all other distribution events)  (i) May include employer contributions:  Company Match:   Yes      No    N/A  Company Discretionary:   Yes      No      N/A    (ii) Type of election is (select one):    Class year - each year’s balance may have a different distribution election    User-created accounts (max number of accounts: _______ ) - each year’s balance is          directed to one or more date-specific accounts.    (iii) Alternative forms of distribution (select all that apply):   Lump Sum   Annual installments for any whole number of years up to  5   Other: ___________________________    (iv) The Minimum Deferral Period for vested balances, is _2__ years* measured from the  beginning of the Plan Year  For example: when enrolling for the  2021  plan year, the earliest  allowable In-Service Distribution date is   1/1/2023     (*Recommend no earlier than the time at which company contributions are 100% vested. Unvested  portions at the time of the scheduled payments would be paid out upon separation from service.)      b. Retirement Distribution – N/A      c. Separation from Service Distribution   (i) Type of election applies as (select one):    Default only (recommended)    A one-time election    Class year – each year’s balance may have a different distribution election          (not recommended if user-created accounts is selected for In-service distributions)    (ii) Alternative forms of distribution (select all that apply):   Lump Sum (recommended)   Annual installments for any whole number of years up to 10      Other: __________________________    d. Separation from Service upon a Change in Control Distribution   (iii) Type of election applies as (select one):    Default only (recommended)    A one-time election    Class year – each year’s balance may have a different distribution election          (not recommended if user-created accounts is selected for In-service distributions)    (iv) Alternative forms of distribution (select all that apply):   Lump Sum (recommended)   Annual installments for any whole number of years up to 10      Other: __________________________  

 

   -6-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  e. Disability Distribution – N/A  (i)   In accordance with the participant Retirement election (recommended),     Or if different from participant’s Retirement election:    (ii) Type of distribution election applies as (select one):    Default only     A one-time election     Class year – each year’s balance may have a different distribution election           (not recommended if user-created accounts is selected for In-service distributions)     Alternative forms of distribution (select all that apply):    Lump Sum    Annual installments for any whole number of years up to _____    Other: ___________________________      f. Death Benefit Distribution (pre-commencement vs. post-commencement)     (i) Alternative forms of distribution pre-commencement of separation distribution   In accordance with Participant’s separation elections, or          Or if different from Participant’s separation elections (select all that apply):     Lump Sum (recommended)   Annual installments for any whole number of years up to _____   Other: ___________________________    (ii) Alternative forms of distribution post-commencement of separation distribution   Continue in accordance with Participant’s elections (recommended)       Or if different from Participant’s separation elections (select all that apply):     Lump Sum    Annual installments for any whole number of years up to _____   An amount to be determined by the Committee    Other: ___________________________      g. Additional Supplemental Death Benefit (may require consent for life insurance)      None      Discretionary amount to be determined by the Committee    Specified amount: _______________________________      h. Change in Control Distribution   Yes      No  (i) Distribution is (select one):    Mandatory    Optional (declinable)    (ii) Alternative forms of distribution (select all that apply):   Lump Sum    Annual installments for any whole number of years up to _____   Other: ___________________________  

 

   -7-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  i. Default Distribution (if none selected then the Default Distribution election for all events will be Lump  Sum at separation from service)    (i) Alternative forms of distribution (select one):   Lump Sum (recommended)   Annual installments for _______ years   Other: ___________________________    (ii) Time of Distribution:   Separation from service (recommended)   Other: ___________________________      j. Small Accounts payment    (NOTE: this is in addition to the default deminimis provision in Section 6.10 that allows the Company to  pay the Participant’s vested Account Balance at any time if it does not exceed the then applicable limit  of §402(g)(1)(B) of the Code and results in the termination of the Participant’s entire interest in the  Plan.)     None (recommended)    Notwithstanding any payment election made by the Participant, if at the time any distribution  becomes due and the vested balance of all installments associated with that distribution does  not exceed $_______________________ then the balance will be paid in a single lump sum,  subject to compliance with Section 409A.       k. The Plan’s Identification Date for purposes of determining Specified Employee status is December 31  unless a different date is specified: _____________________  (for public companies only)      VII. Cause:  If the definition for "Cause" is different than that specified in the Plan, specify the alternative definition   that shall apply for purpose of this Plan: (if blank, Plan definition will apply):   _________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________   _________________________________________________________________      VIII. Rabbi Trust:  The Sponsor elects to establish a grantor trust (rabbi trust) under the Plan:       Yes    No      IX. Governing Law:  The Plan will generally be governed by federal law but the governing state law, to the extent  not preempted by federal law, and in any case subject to the choice of law rules of any court before which any  suit or proceeding affecting this Plan may be heard, shall be the laws of the following state (specify state):    California  (if none specified, the state under which laws the Company was formed).      

 

   -8-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, on behalf of itself and each Participating Employer, has caused its duly  authorized representative to execute this Adoption Agreement, under seal, as of the Effective Date set forth above,  intending that the Company shall be bound hereby, and that each Participant, Committee Member and Record  Keeper may rely hereon.          COMPANY: Mission Produce, Inc.                     By: ____________________________________________            Print Name: _____________________________________            Title: ___________________________________________         Duly authorized            Date:___________________________________________ 

 

   Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  SPECIMEN FORM:   There are many possible forms that could be used to implement a nonqualified deferred  compensation plan that is subject to Section 409A.  The advisability of using this form and the tax implications  resulting from its adoption in its existing form should be determined by each company's attorney and other  tax advisers in light of circumstances, laws and regulations then applicable to the adopting company.  This  specimen is NOT a qualified plan for ERISA nor income tax purposes.      DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN    Preamble    This Plan is adopted as of the date and by the Company, on behalf of itself and any Participating Employers, as set  forth in the attached Adoption Agreement, which is an integral part of this Plan. The Company, having been duly  advised by its own counsel as to the legal and tax consequences of adopting this Plan, intends that the Plan shall at  all times be administered and interpreted in such a manner as to constitute an unfunded plan maintained primarily for  a select group of management or highly compensated employees who contribute materially to the management of the  Company or Participating Employer, so as to qualify for all available exemptions from the provisions of Title I of  ERISA and to fulfill the applicable requirements of Section 409A.      ARTICLE 1  DEFINITIONS    1.1 DEFINED TERMS. Certain words and phrases are defined when first used in later paragraphs of this Plan or  in the Adoption Agreement pursuant to which this Plan was adopted.  In addition, the following words and  phrases when used herein, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, shall have the following respective  meanings:    "Account" means, with respect to any Participant, a bookkeeping entry used as a measurement and  determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to  this Plan and subject to such limits, rules and procedures as the Committee from time to time may adopt  under this Plan.  The Committee and the Record Keeper may establish and use sub-accounts and other  record keeping entries with respect to any Participant's Account, including without limitation any Deferral  Account, Company Contribution Account and Company Discretionary Account applicable to such  Participant.    “Account Balance” means, with respect to any Participant at any particular time, the sum at such time of  such Participant's (i) Deferral Account balance, (ii) Company Matching Account balance and (iii) Company  Discretionary Account balance.  The Account Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be  utilized solely as a measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her  designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.    “Adoption Agreement” means the agreement pursuant to which the Company has adopted this Plan, which  Adoption Agreement is incorporated herein by reference, including without limitation any terms defined  therein.  Adoption Agreements may be completed and/or signed using such online systems and other  electronic means as the Committee or Record Keeper from time to time may designate for such purpose.     “Affiliate” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that is required to be  considered, together with the Company, as a single employer under §414(b) of the Code (employees of  controlled group of Companies) or §414(c) of the Code (employees of partnerships or limited liability  companies under common control).  For purposes of determining a controlled group of Companies under  §414(b) of the Code, the language “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each  place it appears in §1563(a)(1), (2), and (3) of the Code.   For purposes of determining trades or businesses  that are under common control for purposes of §414(c) of the Code, “at least 50 percent” shall be used  instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Treasury Regulation §1.414(c)-2.  An entity shall not  be considered an “Affiliate” for any period of time prior to satisfying the controlled group or common control  tests described above.    “Annual Company Discretionary Amount” means the benefit amount, if any, for any one Plan Year that is  determined for a Participant in accordance with Section 3.5.    

 

   -2-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  “Annual Company Matching Amount” means the benefit amount, if any, for any one Plan Year that is  determined for a Participant in accordance with Section 3.4.    “Annual Deferral Amount” means that portion of a Participant's Pay Type(s) that a Participant elects to  have deferred, and is deferred, in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year.  In the event of a  Participant's Retirement, Disability, death or a Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year,  such year's Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount deferred in such Plan Year prior to such  event.    “Base Salary” means base salary earned with respect to services performed and payable in cash, exclusive  of any of the following: Bonuses, Commissions, overtime, incentive payments and other performance-based  forms of compensation, director and other special fees, expense allowances and reimbursements,  severance, and any other forms of compensation, earnings or payments that are not regular in frequency  and form (before reductions for, contributions to or deferrals under this Plan or any other profit sharing,  401(k), pension, deferred compensation or benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any Affiliate).    “Beneficiary” means one or more persons, trusts, estates, or other entities, designated in accordance with  Article 8 that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant.    “Beneficiary Designation Form” means the form established from time to time by the Committee that a  Participant completes, signs and returns to the Company to designate one or more Beneficiaries.   Beneficiary Designation Forms may be completed and/or signed using such online systems and other  electronic means as the Committee or Record Keeper from time to time may designate for such purpose.    “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors, Managers, Trustees or other group having the  legal authority to act as the governing body of the Company.    “Bonus” means any compensation relating to services performed that is granted or awarded apart from  Base Salary and Commissions and that is identified by the applicable Company or Affiliate as a “bonus”  (before reductions for, contributions to or deferrals under this Plan or any other profit sharing, 401(k),  pension, deferred compensation or benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any Affiliate).    “Calendar Year” means the annual period measured from January 1 to December 31.    "Cause", unless otherwise defined in the Adoption Agreement, means: (a) with respect to each Participant  who has an employment agreement containing a definition of "cause" or "for cause", said definition as set  forth in his or her employment agreement; and (b) with respect to all other Participants, and as determined in  good faith by the Committee, willfully engaging in misconduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious  to the Company or any Affiliate, unless the act or omission giving rise to such misconduct is done, or omitted  to be done, by a Participant in good faith and with a sound reason to believe that such action or omission  was in the best interest of the Company and its Affiliates.    “Change in Control” means, with respect to the applicable Participating Employer, a change in the  ownership or effective control of the Participating Employer, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of  the assets of the Participating Employer.  Unless otherwise specified in the Adoption Agreement, a Change  in Control shall be defined as follows:    (a) For purposes of this section, a change in the ownership of the Participating Employer occurs on the  date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock  of the Participating Employer that, together with stock held by such person or group constitutes more  than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Participating Employer.     (b) A change in the effective control of the Participating Employer occurs on the date on which either: (i) a  person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Participating  Employer possessing 30%  or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Participating Employer,  taking into account all such stock acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most  recent acquisition, or (ii) a majority of the members of the Participating Employer’s Board of Directors is  replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a  majority of the members of such Board of Directors prior to the date of the appointment or election, but  only if no other corporation is a majority shareholder of the Participating Employer.     

 

   -3-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001   (c) A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of assets occurs on the date on which any one  person, or more than one person acting as a group, other than a person or group of persons that is  related to the Participating Employer, acquires assets from the Participating Employer that have a total  gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets  of the Participating Employer immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions, taking into account  all such assets acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition.    An event constitutes a Change in Control with respect to a Participant only if the Participant’s  relationship to the affected Participating Employer satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulation  §1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii).     To qualify as a Change in Control event, the occurrence of the event must be objectively determinable  and any requirement that any other person or group, such as a plan administrator or compensation  committee, certify the occurrence of a Change in Control must be strictly ministerial and not involve any  discretionary authority.  If the Adoption Agreement provides for a payment on a Change in Control, such  payment shall only be made if the event specified in the Adoption Agreement also qualifies as a change  in control event within the meaning of Code Section 409A (Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)).      To the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Service, a Change of Control may also occur in the  event of changes in ownership of a partnership and change in the ownership of a substantial portion of  the assets of a partnership and the provisions set forth above respecting such changes relative to a  corporation shall be applied by analogy.  It is the Company's responsibility to determine whether a  Change in Control has occurred and to advise the Committee and the Record Keeper accordingly.     "Change in Control Distribution" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4    “Claimant” shall have the same meaning set forth in Section 10.1.    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended from time to time.    “Commissions”     (a) Sales Commission Compensation.  A Participant earning sales commission compensation (as defined  in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(a)(12)) is treated as providing the services to which such  compensation relates only in the Company’s taxable Year in which the customer remits payment to the  Company or, if applied consistently to all similarly situated Participants, the Company’s taxable Year in  which the sale occurs.    (b) Investment Commission Compensation.  A Participant earning investment commission compensation  (as defined Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(a)(12)) is treated as providing the services to which such  compensation relates over the 12 months preceding the date as of which the overall value of the assets  or asset accounts is determined for purposes of the calculation of the investment commission  compensation.    It is the Company's responsibility to determine whether a Pay Type qualifies as Commissions in accordance  with the foregoing requirements with respect to any Participant and to advise the Record Keeper  accordingly.    "Committee" means the person(s) designated as Committee members or such other persons as the  Company's Board of Directors from time to time may designate to serve as members of the Committee  hereunder.  In the absence of any Committee, or should the Committee be unable or unwilling to serve, the  Company shall perform the duties of the Committee under this Plan.    “Company” means the entity identified as the “Company” in the Adoption Agreement pursuant to which this  Plan has been adopted and may include the applicable Participating Employer as the context requires.    “Company Discretionary Account” means, with respect to any Participant (but subject in the case of each  Participant to Section 3.7), an Account consisting of the sum of (i) all of the Participant's Annual Company  Discretionary Amounts, plus (ii) Notional Investment Adjustments in value credited or debited thereon in  accordance with Article 4 of this Plan, less (iii) all distributions from such account.    

 

   -4-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  “Company Matching Account” means, with respect to any Participant (but subject in the case of each  Participant to Section 3.7), an Account consisting of the sum of (i) all of the Participant's Annual Company  Matching Amounts, plus (ii) Notional Investment Adjustments in value credited or debited thereon in  accordance with Article 4 of this Plan, less (iii) all distributions from such account.    “Day” means a calendar day or any part thereof.    “Deferral Account” means an Account consisting of the sum of (i) all of a Participant's Annual Deferral  Amounts, plus (ii) Notional Investment Adjustments in value credited or debited thereon in accordance with  Article 4 of this Plan, less (iii) all distributions from such account.    “Deferral Election Form” means notice filed by a Participant with the Record Keeper specifying the amount  of the Participant's Pay Type(s) to be deferred, and the time and form of distribution payments as defined in  the Adoption Agreement.  Deferral Election Forms may be completed and/or signed using such online  systems and other electronic means as the Committee or Record Keeper from time to time may designate  for such purpose.    “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean the Participant is: (i) unable to engage in any substantial gainful  activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to  result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by  reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in  death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income  replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering  employees of the Participant’s employer.  The Adoption Agreement may also provide that a Participant will  be deemed to be Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or  Railroad Retirement Board.  The determination of Disability shall be made by the Committee in accordance  with Section 409A Requirements.  The Committee may require that the Participant submit to an examination  by the Company or its agent to determine the existence of a Disability.      “Disability Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Section 6.3.    “Eligible Employee” means any employee of the Company or other Participating Employer who is selected  to participate herein in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 hereof, and is one of a select group of  management or highly compensated employees. Eligible Employee may also include selected Independent  Contractors as determined in the complete and sole discretion of the Committee.    “Employee” means any individual who is employed by or providing services to the Employer.  Employee  means “service provider” as used in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(f).    “Employer” or “Participating Employer” means the Company or Affiliate who is the legal employer of the  Employee or service recipient in the case of an Independent Contractor.    “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from  time to time.    “First Plan Year” means the period beginning on the Effective Date set forth in the Adoption Agreement and  ending on December 31 immediately following the Effective Date.    "Hardship Distribution" means any distribution or waiver of deferral granted by the Committee pursuant to  Article 7.    “Identification Date” for the purpose of identifying Specified Employees means each December 31 or such  other date as defined in the Adoption Agreement.    “Independent Contractor” means a non-employee director or an independent contractor for whom  deferred amounts will be subject to Section 409A as provided in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(f)(2).    "In-Service Distribution" means a distribution made pursuant to Section 6.5.    "Matching Contribution Limit" means, with respect to each Pay Type, the Maximum Contribution Limit set  forth for such Pay Type in the Adoption Agreement, to be used and calculated as a limit on Annual Company  Matching Amounts pursuant to Section 3.4.  

 

   -5-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001    "Matching Contribution Rate" means, with respect to each Pay Type, the respective percentage rate, if  any, set forth in the Adoption Agreement for such Pay Type, which rate shall be used to calculate Annual  Company Matching Amounts pursuant to Section 3.4, subject to the Matching Contribution Limit, if any,  applicable to such Pay Type.    "Notional Investment" means any security, fund, account, sub-account, index, formula or other instrument,  asset, measure or method from time to time designated by the Committee as a means to calculate the  amount of any Notional Investment Adjustment.    "Notional Investment Adjustment" means earnings, gains, losses and any other adjustments made with  respect to any Annual Deferral Amount, Annual Company Matching Amount or Annual Company  Discretionary Amount, which adjustments are made based on the performance of a Notional Investment  pursuant to Article 4.    “Notional Investment Election Form” means notice filed with the Record Keeper by or on behalf of a  Participant (or his or her Beneficiaries, as provided below) specifying the allocation of the Participant's  Annual Deferral Amount and how the Participant's Annual Deferral Amount, Annual Company Matching  Amount and Annual Company Discretionary Amount, if any, are to be allocated under the Plan among the  Notional Investments provided under the Plan.  Notional Investment Election Forms may be completed  and/or signed using such online systems and other electronic means as the Committee or Record Keeper  from time to time may designate for such purpose.  Upon the death of a Participant, for so long as such  Participant's Beneficiaries retain an interest in such Participant's Account hereunder, such Beneficiaries may  file Notional Investment Election Forms with respect to such Account in accordance with such policies and  procedures as the Committee from time to time may specify for such purpose.    “Participant” means any Eligible Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to  participate in the Plan, (iii) who signs a Participation Agreement, a Deferral Election Form, a Notional  Investment Election Form, (iv) whose signed Participation Agreement, Deferral Election Form, and Notional  Investment Election Form are accepted by the Committee, and (v) who commences participation in the Plan.   A spouse or former spouse (or beneficiary) of a Participant shall not be treated as a Participant in the Plan,  even if he or she has an interest in the Participant's benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or  property settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.    "Participation Agreement" means the form established from time to time by the Committee that a  Participant completes, signs and returns to the Company to become a Participant in this Plan.  Participation  Agreements may be completed and/or signed using such online systems and other electronic means as the  Committee or Record Keeper from time to time may designate for such purpose.    “Pay Type” means the forms of compensation selected in the Adoption Agreement as eligible for deferral  and for inclusion in the calculation of Annual Deferral Amounts under the Plan.  References to one or more  “Pay Types” with respect to any particular Calendar Year means said forms of compensation relating to  services performed during such Calendar Year, whether or not paid in such Calendar Year or included on a  Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such Calendar Year (except and to the extent otherwise required under  any applicable Section 409A Requirements).  The Committee from time to time may adopt and amend such  rules and procedures as it deems appropriate to more particularly define or classify any particular Pay Type  for further clarification in the administration of this Plan.    “Permissible Change Election” means an election to change the time or form of payment of any benefit  under the Plan that:    a) does not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such election to delay or change is  made;    b) is made at least 12 months prior to the date previously scheduled for the payment affected thereby;    c) postpones the payment affected thereby for a period of not less than 5 years from the date when such  payment otherwise would have been made; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply in the  case of a payment on account of a Disability, death or an Unforeseeable Emergency; and    d) does not accelerate the scheduled time for payment of any distribution, except as permitted under  Section 409A Requirements.  

 

   -6-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001     For purposes of the foregoing, unless otherwise provided in the Adoption Agreement or otherwise required  under applicable Section 409A Requirements, any distribution that a Participant elects to receive in a series  of installments shall be treated as being a single payment on the date of the first installment of such series.    “Plan” means this Plan, as evidenced by the Adoption Agreement and this document, each as amended and  in effect from time to time.    “Plan Year” means each Calendar Year except that the first Plan Year shall commence on the Effective  Date of the Plan specified in the Adoption Agreement and end on December 31 of the same Calendar Year.    "Pre-Commencement Death Benefit" means the death benefit payable under Section 6.6.1.     "Post-Commencement Death Benefit" means the death benefit payable under Section 6.6.2.       “Record Keeper” means the party designated as the Record Keeper, as such designation may be amended  from time to time in the discretion of the Committee.  In the absence of any such designation, or should the  Record Keeper be unable or unwilling to serve, the Company shall perform the duties of the Record Keeper  under this Plan.    “Retirement” means the Termination of Employment of a Participant on or after such Participant’s  Retirement Eligibility Date.    “Retirement Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Section 6.1.    “Retirement Eligibility Date” means the date when the Participant satisfies the requirements of Retirement  Eligibility Date as designated in the Adoption Agreement.     “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code, as the same may be amended from time to time, and  any successor statute thereto.  References to Section 409A or any requirement under Section 409A, as the  same may be interpreted, construed or applied to this Plan at any particular time, shall be deemed to mean  and include, to the extent then applicable and then in force and effect (but not to the extent overruled, limited  or superseded), published guidance, regulations, notices, rulings and similar announcements issued by the  Internal Revenue Service or by the Secretary of the Treasury under or interpreting Section 409A, decisions  by any court of competent jurisdiction involving a Participant or a beneficiary and any closing agreement  made under §7121 of the Code that is approved by the Internal Revenue Service and involves a Participant,  all as determined by the Committee in good faith, which determination may (but shall not be required to) be  made in reliance on the advice of such tax counsel or other tax professional(s) with whom the Committee  from time to time may elect to consult with respect to any such matter.    “Section 409A Discretionary Payment Period” means with respect to any designated payment date, the  period during which payments will be treated as having been made upon such designated payment date  under Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(d), providing for payments to be treated as timely if made no earlier  than thirty (30) days prior to such designated payment date and no later than the end of the Calendar Year  in which such designated payment date occurs, or if later, by the 15th day of the third calendar month  following such designated payment date.       “Section 409A Requirement” means any requirement under Section 409A, the failure of which would result  in the imposition or accrual of interest or additional taxes under Section 409A on or with respect to any  income intended to be deferred under the Plan.    “Specified Employee” means, at any time when stock of the Company (or other Participating Employer as  applicable) is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise (as determined in accordance  with Section 409A Requirements), those service providers who are “specified employees” within the  meaning of Section 409A.  The determination shall be made consistent with all Section 409A Requirements  as follows: (a) a key employee of the Company (within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)) any  stock of which is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise will be considered a key  employee if the service provider meets the requirements of Code §416(i)(1)(A)(i),(ii) or (iii) (applied in  accordance with the regulations thereunder and disregarding Code §416(i)(5)) at any time during the 12- month period ending on an Identification Date specified in the Adoption Agreement; (b) if a person is a key  employee as of an Identification Date, the person is treated as a Specified Employee for the 12-month  period beginning on the first day of the fourth month following the Identification Date; (c) if no alternative  

 

   -7-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  Identification Date is designated in the Adoption Agreement, the Identification Date shall be December 31.   Whether any stock of the Company is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise must  be determined as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service.  The application of rules regarding  “Specified Employees” to spinoffs and mergers and nonresident alien employees shall be determined  pursuant to applicable guidance. It is the Company’s responsibly to elect which rules under Section 409A  shall apply when determining who is a Specified Employee, to annually determine who are the Specified  Employees, and to timely provide a list of Specified Employees to the Record Keeper.     “Termination Benefit” means the benefit set forth in Section 6.2.    “Termination”, “Termination of Employment” or "Separation from Service" shall be interpreted  consistently with all Section 409A Requirements according to the following specifications:    (a) Employee.  Any absence from service that ends the employment of an individual with the employer shall  be deemed to be a Termination of Employment.  However, the employment relationship is treated as  continuing intact while the individual is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence  (such as temporary employment by the government) if the period of such leave does not exceed six  months, or if longer, so long as the individual’s right to reemployment with the Company is provided  whether by statute or by contract.  If the period of leave exceeds six months and the individual’s right to  reemployment is not provided either by statue or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to  terminate on the first date immediately following such six month period.  The determination of whether  an Employee has a Termination of Employment shall be determined pursuant to the Adoption  Agreement and Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h).  If the Adoption Agreement does not specify the  percentage of average level of bona fide services to constitute a Termination of Employment, a  Termination of Employment will occur once an Employee’s services decrease to 20% or less of the  average level of bona fide services compared to services performed over the preceding 36 month  period.    (b) Independent Contractor.  An Independent Contractor is considered to have a Termination or Separation  from Service upon (i) retirement as a director, or (ii) the expiration of the contract (or in the case of more  than one contract, all contracts) under which services are performed if the expiration constitutes a good- faith and complete termination of the contractual relationship.        It is the Company's responsibility to determine whether there is a Termination of Employment/Separation  from Service in accordance with Section 409A with respect to any Participant and to advise the Record  Keeper accordingly.    “Unforeseeable Emergency” means, with respect to any particular Participant, (i) a severe financial  hardship of such Participant resulting from an illness or accident suffered by such Participant, by such  Participant’s spouse or by a dependent (within the meaning of §152 of the Code without regard to  §152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B) of the Code) of such Participant; (ii) a Participant's loss of property due to  casualty; or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events  beyond the control of the Participant.  It is the Company's responsibility to determine whether there is an  Unforeseeable Emergency in accordance with Section 409A with respect to any Participant and to advise  the Record Keeper accordingly.    * * * * * *    It is intended that the Plan shall conform with all applicable Section 409A Requirements.  Accordingly, in  interpreting, construing or applying any of the foregoing definitions or any of the terms, conditions or  provisions of the Plan, the same shall be construed in such manner as shall meet and comply with Section  409A Requirements then applicable thereto, and in the event of any inconsistency with any Section 409A  Requirements, the same shall be reformed so as to meet such Section 409A Requirements to the fullest  extent then permitted without penalty (and without imposition or accrual of interest or additional taxes) under  Section 409A.    

 

   -8-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001    ARTICLE 2  ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION    2.1 SELECTION. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Employees, as determined by the  Committee in its sole discretion.  Any action so taken with respect to any particular Participant or group of  Participants shall not imply a right on the part of any other Participant or group of Participants to enroll for or  receive additional benefits or amounts of benefits.  The Committee may terminate the right of any existing  Participant to file additional Deferral Election Forms under this Plan, and shall terminate any such right for a  Participant who ceases to be one of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, or  otherwise ceases to meet any of the requirements applicable to participation in this Plan.    2.2 ENROLLMENT. As a condition to participate, each Eligible Employee shall complete, execute and return to  the Record Keeper a Participation Agreement, a Deferral Election Form and a Notional Investment Election  Form within 30 days after he or she is selected to participate in the Plan.  The Committee may establish  from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary,  convenient or appropriate to carry out any of the purposes or intent of the Plan or to better assure the Plan’s  compliance with Section 409A Requirements.  Eligible Employees also shall submit to the Record Keeper a  Beneficiary Designation Form, but receipt of the Beneficiary Designation Form within 30 days of eligibility  shall not be a condition to enrollment in this Plan.    2.3 ELIGIBILITY. An Eligible Employee shall commence participation in the Plan as soon as practicable  following the completion of the applicable enrollment period, assuming all enrollment requirements have  been completed, including timely submission of all required enrollment documents to the Record Keeper;  provided, however, that if an Eligible Employee is a former employee that has been rehired following a  Termination of Employment or is a participant in another nonqualified deferred compensation plan  aggregated with this Plan for purposes of Code Section 409A, such employee may not commence  participation in the Plan until the first day of the following Plan Year.  If an Eligible Employee fails to meet all  such requirements within the period required in accordance with Section 2.2, that Eligible Employee shall  not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and  acceptance by the Committee (or its designee) of the required documents.    2.4 REHIRED EMPLOYEES.  Except as otherwise required under Section 409A Requirements (or as otherwise  approved by the Committee if permitted under Section 409A Requirements), a Participant who is rehired  following a Termination of Employment will be treated as a new employee, without affecting or suspending  any benefit payment resulting from any previous participation in this Plan or previous Termination of  Employment, and without implying any right to participate further in this Plan as a result of his or her  reemployment.  Except as otherwise noted in the Adoption Agreement, if such former  Participant is selected  to become an Eligible Employee under the Plan following his or her rehiring, such Participant may not  commence participation in the Plan until the first day of the Plan Year following his or her submission of all  required enrollment documents to the Record Keeper, and for purposes of any applicable vesting, he or she  shall be treated as a new employee and new enrollee based on his or her most recent date of hire and  participation as a new Participant in this Plan.      ARTICLE 3  CONTRIBUTIONS AND CREDITS    3.1 DEFERRAL AMOUNT. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer amounts of those Pay Type(s)  designated in the Adoption Agreement, using a Deferral Election Form.  Any deferral election shall be  subject to such limits, rules and procedures from time to time established by the Committee prior to the  applicable Plan Year.  In no event will the Annual Deferral Amount or the Matching Contribution Amount (if  any) for any Pay Type, or for all Pay Types combined, for any particular Participant exceed the maximum  amounts permitted under any applicable law.    3.2 ELECTION TO DEFER.    3.2.1 FIRST PLAN YEAR. When a Participant first enrolls to participate in the Plan, except as otherwise  provided in Section 2.4 above, the Participant shall make an irrevocable deferral election by  completing a Deferral Election Form for the remainder of the Plan Year in which the Participant first  enrolls, along with such other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the  Plan.  For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the  

 

   -9-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  Participant, timely delivered to the Record Keeper in accordance with Section 2.2 above and  accepted by the Committee or its designee. Any election under this paragraph shall apply only on a  prospective basis, and only with respect to compensation for services to be performed after the  date when the election is made and final.  To the extent that Bonus is included within the Pay  Types available for deferrals under this Plan, such elections may include a pro-rata portion of the  then-current Plan Year's Bonus, based on the number of days remaining in the applicable Bonus  performance period after such election irrevocably takes effect, divided by the total number of days  in said performance period.  Despite the foregoing, if a Participant already is a participant under  any other nonqualified account balance plan aggregated with this Plan under Code Section 409A,  or if such Participant is subject to the terms of Section 2.4 above, then such Participant's first  Deferral Election Form under this Plan shall contain elections only with respect to Plan Years after  the date when such Deferral Election Form is filed, in the same manner as contemplated for  subsequent Plan Years in Section 3.2.2 below.    3.2.2 SUBSEQUENT PLAN YEARS. For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable deferral election  shall be made by completing a new Deferral Election Form for that Plan Year, and such other  elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan, which elections shall be  made by timely filing with the Committee or its designee, in accordance with its and the  Committee's rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for  which the election is made.    3.2.3 PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION.  Despite the foregoing, in the case of any  Performance-Based Compensation (defined below) based on services performed over a period of  at least 12 consecutive months, such election may be made no later than 6 months before the end  of such performance period.  Amounts to be treated as “Performance-Based Compensation” under  Section 3.2.3 of this Plan must meet the following criteria at the time the election is made:    (i) The performance period is at least 12 months in length  (ii) Such compensation has not become readily ascertainable.  Compensation is readily  ascertainable when the amount is first both calculable and substantially certain to be paid.  The  performance-based compensation is bifurcated between the portion that is readily  ascertainable and the amount that is not readily ascertainable.  Accordingly, in general any  minimum amount that is both calculable and substantially certain to be paid will be treated as  readily ascertainable;  (iii) The compensation must be contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or  individual performance criteria (established no later than 90 days after the beginning of the  service period);  The term Performance-Based Compensation includes payments based upon subjective  performance criteria, provided that the subjective performance criteria are bona fide and relate to  the performance of the Eligible Employee, a group of employees that includes the Eligible  Employee, or a business unit for which the Eligible Employee provides services (which may include  the entire organization), and the determination that any subjective performance criteria have been  met is not made by the Eligible Employee or a family member of the Eligible Employee (as defined  in §267(c)(4) of the Code applied as if the family of an individual includes the spouse or any  member of the family), or a person under the effective control of the Eligible Employee or such a  family member, and no amount of the compensation of the person making such determination is  effectively controlled in whole or in part by the Eligible Employee or such a family member.  It is the Company's responsibility to determine whether a Pay Type qualifies as Performance-Based  Compensation in accordance with the foregoing requirements with respect to any Participant and to  advise the Record Keeper accordingly.    3.2.4 CHANGES.  Deferral Election Forms filed prior to their applicable filing deadline hereunder may be  changed, until such filing deadline occurs, by filing an updated or amended Deferral Election Form  in accordance with the foregoing requirements.    3.3 WITHHOLDING OF ANNUAL DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. For each Plan Year, the Base Salary portion of the  Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Salary payroll in  approximately equal amounts, as adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Salary,  

 

   -10-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  unless otherwise determined in the complete and sole discretion of the Committee.  Deferrals of all other  Pay Types that are included in the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time each such Pay  Type is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, as determined in the complete and sole discretion of  the Committee, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself, subject to compliance with all  applicable Section 409A Requirements.    3.3.1 FINAL PAYROLL PERIOD.  Compensation payable after the last day of the Plan Year solely for  services performed during the payroll period containing the last day of the Plan Year (the final  payroll period) is treated as compensation for services performed in the subsequent Plan Year in  which the payment is made.  This subsection does not apply to any Compensation paid during  such period for services performed during any period other than such final payroll period, such as a  payment of an annual bonus.    3.4 ANNUAL COMPANY MATCHING AMOUNT.  If the Company shall elect in the Adoption Agreement to make  Annual Company Matching Amounts, then in each Plan Year, for so long as a Participant remains actively  employed by the Company or other Participating Employer and continues to be a Participant in this Plan, the  Company shall credit to such Participant's Account an Annual Company Matching Amount, such amount to  be calculated in the manner and on the Match Crediting Dates set forth in the Adoption Agreement, up to  (and not exceeding) in each Plan Year the Matching Contribution Limit, if any, applicable thereto.  Annual  Company Matching Amounts shall be credited in each instance as of the applicable Match Crediting Date  designated in the Adoption Agreement, such amounts to be determined by the Company as soon as  practicable, but not later than 60 days after each applicable Match Crediting Date.    3.5 ANNUAL COMPANY DISCRETIONARY AMOUNTS.  The Company, in its discretion, may credit additional  amounts to the Company Discretionary Account of any Participant or group of Participants.  No such  contribution to a Participant or group of Participants shall imply any right on the part of other Participants to  receive a similar contribution, nor are such contributions required to be uniform with respect to the  Participants for whom they are made.    3.6 FICA/FUTA AND OTHER TAXES.  For each Plan Year in which a Participant elects an Annual Deferral  Amount, the Participant's Employer shall ratably withhold, from that portion of the Participant's wages,  salary, bonus or other compensation that is not being deferred, the Participant's share of taxes under the  Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act ("FICA/FUTA Taxes") and any  other taxes on deferred amounts which may be required or appropriate.  If necessary, the Committee shall  reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this paragraph.  In addition, as balances with  Company Matching Accounts and Company Discretionary Accounts, if any, become vested pursuant to  Article 5, to the extent that such amounts are subject to FICA/FUTA Taxes or any other taxes, the  Participant’s Employer shall withhold from the Participant’s wages, salary, bonus or other compensation for  the year in which such vesting occurs the Participant’s share of FICA/FUTA taxes and such other taxes on  the amounts that have vested in such year, all to the extent necessary and appropriate to satisfy such tax  obligations.  If necessary, the Committee shall reduce the Annual Deferral Amount for the year in which  FICA/FUTA or other taxes are due or the Participant’s Account, if other payments or deferrals are  insufficient, in order to comply with this paragraph.    3.7 FOR CAUSE TERMINATIONS.  Despite anything to the contrary in this Plan, if the Committee in good faith  determines that a Participant has caused or incurred a Termination of Employment for Cause, then such  Participant's Company Discretionary Account and such Participant's Company Matching Account (including  both vested and unvested balances thereof) automatically shall be forfeited in their entirety, subject to  compliance with all applicable laws.      ARTICLE 4  ALLOCATION OF FUNDS    4.1 CREDITING/DEBITING OF ACCOUNT BALANCES. In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and  procedures that are established from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be  credited or debited to a Participant's Account in accordance with this Article 4.    4.2 NOTIONAL INVESTMENT CALCULATIONS.  The Committee shall designate in its sole discretion one or  more Notional Investments to be used to calculate Notional Investment Adjustments to be credited or  debited to Participants' Accounts, as if each Participant were making an actual investment in Notional  Investments with his or her Account Balance.  Notional Investments shall be used to calculate bookkeeping  

 

   -11-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  entries in each Participant's respective Account, and shall be utilized solely as a means to calculate and  adjust Account Balances pursuant to this Plan.  The Committee from time to time may delete, modify,  substitute or otherwise change any Notional Investment under the Plan for any reason with respect to any  future Account Balance calculations, and the Committee may impose such limits, rules and procedures  governing the frequency, timing, methods and other matters pertaining to the calculation of Notional  Investment Adjustments, and the use, effectiveness and application thereof, as the Committee from time to  time may deem to be necessary, convenient or appropriate for purposes of administering the Plan.      4.3 ELECTION OF NOTIONAL INVESTMENTS.  If the Committee shall approve more than one Notional  Investment to be used with respect to any Plan Year, then each Participant shall elect, on a Notional  Investment Election Form duly filed with the Record Keeper for such Plan Year, one or more Notional  Investment(s) to be used to calculate the Notional Investment Adjustments to be credited or debited, as the  case may be, to his or her Account under this Article 4.  Each Participant shall specify, on each Notional  Investment Election Form, the portions of his or her Account to be allocated to one or more Notional  Investments, as if the Participant was making an actual investment in that Notional Investment with that  portion of his or her Account Balance.  The Committee may impose such limits, rules and procedures  governing the frequency of permitted changes, timing of effectiveness, minimum and maximum amounts (if  any) and other matters pertaining to Notional Investments, and the use, effectiveness and application  thereof, as the Committee from time to time may deem to be necessary, convenient or appropriate for  purposes of administering the Plan, including the designation of a default option in the event a Participant  fails to make a valid election.    4.4 CREDITING OR DEBITING METHOD. The Participant's Account will be credited or debited, as the case  may be, with the increase or decrease in the performance of each Notional Investment selected by the  Participant, as though the portion of the Participant's Account Balance then was actually invested in the  Notional Investments selected by the Participant, in the percentages (if more than one Notional Investment  is available under this Plan) then applicable to each portion of the Participant's Account.  The value of each  Notional Investment shall be calculated under the Plan as of the close of business on the business day  when the published or calculated value of such Notional Investment becomes effective generally, but not  more frequently than once per business day.  The Committee from time to time may specify such times,  frequencies, methods, rules and procedures for calculating the value of any particular Notional Investment  (for example, specifying that interest on money market funds shall be calculated and credited on a monthly  basis).    4.5 NO ACTUAL INVESTMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the  contrary, each Notional Investment is to be used for measurement purposes only.  A Participant's election of  any Notional Investment(s), the allocation of any portion of his or her Account thereto and the use of any  Notional Investment(s) to calculate any Notional Investment Adjustment in value to be credited or debited to  his or her Account shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her  Account in any such Notional Investment.  In the event that the Company, in its own discretion, decides to  invest funds in any or all of the Notional Investments, no Participant shall have any rights or interests in or to  any such investment.  Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant's Account Balance shall at all times be a  bookkeeping entry only, and shall not represent any actual investment made on his or her behalf by the  Company.  The Participant at all times shall remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.      ARTICLE 5  VESTING    5.1 VESTING OF BENEFITS.  The Participant's Account Balance attributable to his or her Deferral Accounts,  and Notional Investment Adjustments thereto, will always be 100% vested.  Subject to Section 3.7, credits to  each Participant's Company Matching Accounts, and Notional Investment Adjustments thereto, and credits  to each Participant's Company Discretionary Accounts, and Notional Investment Adjustments thereto, will be  vested in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Adoption Agreement.        ARTICLE 6  DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS    6.1 RETIREMENT BENEFIT. If a Participant shall remain (other than for intervening authorized leaves of  absence) an active employee of the Company or any Affiliate until such Participant’s Retirement Eligibility  Date, then upon such Participant's Retirement, the Company shall pay to such Participant a Retirement  

 

   -12-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  Benefit to be calculated and paid in accordance with the Adoption Agreement and the terms and conditions  of this Plan.    6.2  TERMINATION BENEFIT.  In the event of a Participant's Termination of Employment, either voluntarily or  involuntarily the Company shall pay to the Participant a Termination Benefit to be calculated and paid in  accordance with the Adoption Agreement and the terms and conditions of this Plan.    6.3  DISABILITY BENEFIT.  In the event of a Participant's Disability, then upon such Participant's Disability, the  Company shall, to the extent consistent with the Participant’s Deferral Election Form, pay to such Participant  a Disability Benefit subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Adoption Agreement.  In the  event of a Participant's Disability, to the extent permitted under applicable Section 409A Requirements, all  deferrals following the date of Disability will cease.  The Committee may require, as a condition to any right  or action under this paragraph, that the Participant be examined by a duly licensed physician selected by the  Company to determine or confirm the existence of such Participant's Disability.    6.4  CHANGE IN CONTROL DISTRIBUTION.  If the Adoption Agreement allows for a Change in Control  Distribution then in the event of a Change in Control, the Company shall, to the extent consistent with the  Participant’s Deferral Election Form, pay to the Participant a Change in Control Distribution to be calculated  and paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Plan as specified in the Adoption Agreement.     6.5 IN-SERVICE DISTRIBUTIONS.  If the Adoption Agreement allows for In-Service Distributions under this  Plan, then a Participant may allocate in the Deferral Election Form a portion of his or her Account Balance to  be paid as a scheduled In-Service Distribution, such payment to be made at a date designated on the form  in accordance with the limits defined in the Adoption Agreement. The In-Service Distribution shall be  calculated and paid in accordance with the Adoption Agreement and the terms and conditions of this Plan.   Despite the foregoing, if another distribution event occurs that would result in the payment of any benefit  prior to an In-Service Distribution, then such other form of benefit shall be paid in lieu of such In-Service  Distribution. A Participant may elect to delay the scheduled time for payment of an In-Service Distribution  under this paragraph, but only if such election constitutes a Permissible Change Election.  If any amount of  the Account Balance that has been designated for an In-Service Distribution shall be unvested at the time an  In-Service Distribution is scheduled to occur, such unvested amount instead shall remain in such  Participant's Account, to be included, when and if it vests, with other amounts payable by reason of the  Participant's Separation from Service.    6.6 DEATH BENEFIT      6.6.1 PRE-COMMENCEMENT DEATH BENEFIT.  If a Participant dies prior to the commencement of his  or her Separation from Service payment then the Company shall pay the Participant’s vested  Account Balance as a Pre-Commencement Death Benefit to such Participant's Beneficiary subject  to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Adoption Agreement.    6.6.2 POST COMMENCEMENT DEATH BENEFIT.  If a Participant dies after the commencement of his  or her Separation from Service payment then the Company shall pay the Participant’s vested  Account Balance as a Post-Commencement Death Benefit to such Participant’s Beneficiary subject  to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Adoption Agreement.    6.7 SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.  If specified in the Adoption Agreement, in the event that a Participant  dies while actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate, in addition to the Participant’s vested Account  Balance, the Company may pay an extra amount (a “Supplemental Death Benefit”) to such Participant’s  Beneficiary, provided, however, that (a) the Company subsequently may elect to amend, revoke or eliminate  any such Supplemental Death Benefit at any time in its discretion prior to the Participant’s death, by giving  notice of such subsequent election to such Participant, (b) the Company shall have no obligation to specify  any Supplemental Death Benefit with respect to any Participant, regardless of whether the Company has  elected to specify any Supplemental Death Benefit with respect to any other Participant or group of  participants, and (c) no Supplemental Death Benefit shall be paid with respect to a Participant if such  Participant’s death occurs as a result of suicide during the twenty-four (24) calendar months beginning with  the calendar month following commencement of a Participant’s enrollment in this Plan or if such Participant  has made a material misrepresentation in any form or document provided by the Participant to or for the  benefit of the Company or in connection with the administration of this Plan.  The Committee may impose  such conditions on its approval of any Supplemental Death Benefit as the Committee from time to time may  elect, including without limitation requirements that the Participant consent to the Company’s purchase and  ownership of insurance on his or her life (and to the naming of the Company and/or its designees as a  

 

   -13-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  beneficiary on any such policy), that the Participant complete an application for life insurance and submit to  medical examinations relating to the underwriting of any such insurance policy , and that any such policy be  underwritten and issued on terms satisfactory to the Committee. In the event that the service of the  Participant is terminated by the applicable Employer for any reason other than his or her death, any right to  a Supplemental Death Benefit shall thereupon terminate, and neither the Company nor the Participating  Employer shall have any further obligation under this section.     6.8 PAYMENTS.  A Participant's vested Account Balance shall be distributed in one or more annual installments  as set forth in the Participant’s Deferral Election Form, in accordance with definitions and subject to  limitations set forth in the Adoption Agreement.  The amount shall be calculated by taking the amount of the  Participant's vested Account Balance divided by the total number of installments (in the case of a lump sum  distribution, divided by one). This amount to be valued as of the end of the day (the "Valuation Date") that is  the date of the event giving rise to the distribution or such other date as reasonably determined by the  Committee; provided, however, that in the case of a Specified Employee's Separation from Service, to the  extent required by Section 409A, the Valuation Date for payments that would have otherwise been paid  during the first six months after Separation from Service shall be delayed for a minimum of six months  following Separation from Service. Payments shall be made as soon as practicable, but, in any event, within  60 days after the Valuation Date (extended, in the case of Disability or Death, by such reasonable period of  time as the Committee may require to confirm the existence of such Disability or Death within the Section  409A Discretionary Payment Period).  If there shall be more than one installment to be paid, then each  subsequent installment shall be calculated on the anniversary of the Valuation Date (not including the six  month delay for Specified Employees), by taking the Participant's Account Balance as of the close of  business on such anniversary, and dividing such amount by the number of installments then remaining, with  payment to be made as soon as practical, but in any event within 60 days of said anniversary.  The final  installment payment shall be equal to the remaining Account Balance of the Participant.  In no event shall  the amount of any lump sum or installment payment to a Participant exceed the remaining vested Account  Balance of such Participant. For purposes of the foregoing, unless otherwise provided in the Adoption  Agreement or otherwise required under applicable Section 409A Requirements, any distribution that a  Participant elects to receive in a series of installments shall be treated as being a single payment on the  date of the first installment of such series.     6.9 NO ACCELERATION; CHANGES; CERTAIN DELAYS.  The time or schedule for payment of any  distribution under the Plan may not be accelerated, except as set forth in this Plan and as permitted under  applicable Section 409A Requirements.  No election may be made to change the time or form of payment of  any distribution under this Plan, or any installment thereof, except for a Permissible Change Election.   Despite the foregoing, to the extent consistent with applicable Section 409A Requirements, the Committee  may elect to delay payment of any benefit hereunder if such benefit would be fully or partially non-deductible  under §162(m) of the Code, would violate securities laws, or if there is a bona fide payment dispute (but only  if the applicable Participant or Beneficiary is diligently attempting to collect the applicable benefit and does  not control the Company or the Committee, or control the Company's or the Committee's decisions with  respect thereto); and to the extent permitted under Section 409A Requirements, the time or schedule of  payment of a benefit hereunder may be accelerated:     6.9.1 to the extent that such benefit (or this Plan as it pertains thereto in the case of any particular  Participant) fails to meet Section 409A Requirements, but only in an amount equal to the amount  required to be included in income as a result of the failure to comply with Section 409A  Requirements;    6.9.2 for payment to an individual other than a Participant, to the extent necessary to fulfill a domestic  relations order as provided in Section 11.6;    6.9.3 to pay Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax imposed under §3101, §3121(a) and §3121(v)(2) of  the Code, where applicable, on compensation deferred under this Plan (hereinafter, the "FICA  Amount"), or to pay the income tax at source on wages imposed under §3401 of the Code or the  corresponding withholding provisions of applicable state, local or foreign tax laws as a result of the  payment of the FICA Amount, and to pay additional income tax at source on wages attributable to  the pyramiding §3401 wages and taxes, but not in excess of the FICA Amount and the income tax  withholding related to such FICA Amount; or    6.9.4 as more particularly provided in Section 6.10, Article 7 or Section 11.8.    

 

   -14-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  6.10 DEMINIMIS AMOUNTS.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, the Company  may distribute a Participant’s vested Account Balance in a lump sum at any time if the balance does not  exceed the then current limit (as indexed) under §402(g)(1)(B) of the Code and results in the termination of  the Participant’s entire interest in this Plan and all other similar plans in compliance with all Section 409A  Requirements.    6.11  NO DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.  This Plan is intended to provide benefits based on a Participant's  Account Balance, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.  Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to  express or imply the right of any Participant to receive, or to have his or her Beneficiary(ies) receive, benefits  in amounts exceeding in the aggregate his or her vested Account Balance, except as may be provided in  Section 6.7 as a Supplemental Death Benefit.    6.12  DATE OF PAYMENT.   The timing of payment hereunder shall in all events comply with all Code Section  409A Requirements.  All designated payment events shall be interpreted so as to be limited to permissible  payment events under Code Section 409A.  Any discretion exercised by the Committee with respect to the  timing of payments hereunder shall come within the Section 409A Discretionary Payment Period.    6.13 TAX WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING.  The Company shall have the right to deduct any required  withholding taxes from any payment made under this Plan.      ARTICLE 7  UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCIES    7.1 APPLICATION FOR HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTION OR DEFERRAL ELECTION TERMINATION.  In the event  that any Participant incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency, if consistent with applicable Section 409A  Requirements, such Participant may apply to the Committee for a Hardship Distribution in the form of (i)  cancellation of existing Annual Deferral Amount elections for Pay Types not yet earned by such Participant,  and (ii) to the extent cancellation of all such elections is insufficient to satisfy the needs resulting from such  Unforeseeable Emergency, an accelerated payment (“Hardship Distribution”) of some or all of such  Participant’s vested Account Balance.  The Committee shall consider the circumstances of each such case,  and the best interests of the Participant and his or her family, and shall have the right, in its sole discretion,  to allow such application, in full or in part, or to refuse to make a Hardship Distribution.  In the event that any  Participant receives a distribution from a plan due to an unforeseeable emergency or a hardship pursuant to  Treasury Regulation §1.401(k)-1(d)(3) (or successor regulation thereto, to the extent recognized for these  purposes under Section 409A Requirements), such Participant’s existing Annual Deferral Amount elections  for Pay Types not yet earned by such Participant shall be cancelled for the remainder of the Plan Year.    7.2 AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION.  In no event shall the amount of any Hardship Distribution payment exceed  the lesser of: (a) the Participant's vested Account Balance, or (b) the amount determined by the Committee  to be necessary to alleviate the hardship, including any taxes payable by the Participant as a result of  receiving such Hardship Distribution, and which is not reasonably available from other resources of the  Participant, including reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the  Participant's assets (unless liquidation of such assets would cause severe financial hardship) or by  cessation of deferrals under this Plan or other nonqualified plans in which such Participant participates, all in  a manner consistent with any applicable Section 409A Requirements.    7.3 RULES ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE.  The Committee shall have the authority to adopt additional rules and  procedures relating to Hardship Distributions. The request to take a Hardship Distribution shall be made by  filing a form provided by and filed with the Committee and shall be accompanied by appropriate  documentation evidencing the existence and extent of the hardship consistent with Section 409A  Requirements.      ARTICLE 8  BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION    8.1 BENEFICIARY.  Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies)  (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefit under this Plan after the Participant's death.  The  Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the beneficiary designation  under any other plan of the Company in which the Participant participates.    

 

   -15-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  8.2 BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION; CHANGE; SPOUSAL CONSENT. A Participant shall designate his or her  Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form and returning it to the Record  Keeper.  A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise  complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee's rules and procedures, as  in effect from time to time.  If the Participant names someone other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary,  then to the extent required by applicable law, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the Committee,  must be signed by that Participant's spouse and returned to the Record Keeper.  The Committee and the  Record Keeper shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and  accepted by the Committee prior to his or her death.    8.3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.  No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until  received and accepted by the Committee.    8.4 NO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.  If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if  all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the  Participant's benefits, then the Participant's designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her  surviving spouse.  If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be  paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the Participant's estate.    8.5 DOUBT AS TO BENEFICIARY.  If the Record Keeper has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive  payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the  Company to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committee's satisfaction.    8.6 DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATION.  The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and  completely discharge the Company and the Committee from all further obligations under the Plan with  respect to the Participant, and that Participant's Participation Agreement shall terminate upon such full  payment of benefits.      ARTICLE 9  MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PLAN     9.1 THE COMMITTEE.     9.1.1 The Committee shall be responsible for the management, operation and administration of the Plan,  and for processing claims under Article 10 of this Plan.  The Committee shall administer the Plan in  accordance with its terms and shall have the discretion, power and authority to determine all questions  arising in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan.  Any such  determination shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons.  The Committee shall have all powers  necessary or appropriate to accomplish its duties under the Plan.  The Committee from time to time may  employ others to render advice with regard to its responsibilities under this Plan and to perform services  under this Plan, including the services contemplated to be performed by the Record Keeper.  The  Committee may also allocate its responsibilities to others and may exercise any other powers necessary for  the discharge of its duties.     9.1.2 No member of the Committee will have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to  such member under the Plan or to vote in any case in which such member’s individual right to claim any  benefit under the Plan is particularly involved.  In any case in which a Committee member is so disqualified  to act and a majority of the remaining members cannot agree, the Company’s Board of Directors will appoint  a temporary substitute member to exercise all the powers of the disqualified member concerning the matter  in which such member is disqualified.      9.2 INFORMATION FROM COMPANY.  The Company and each Affiliate shall supply full and timely information  to the Committee and the Record Keeper on all matters as may be required properly to administer the Plan.   The Committee and the Record Keeper may rely upon the correctness of all such information as is so  supplied and shall have no duty or responsibility to verify such information.  The Committee and the Record  Keeper shall also be entitled to rely conclusively upon all tables, valuations, certifications, opinions and  reports furnished by any actuary, accountant, controller, counsel or other person employed or engaged by or  on behalf of the Company or the Committee with respect to the Plan.    9.3 INDEMNIFICATION.  The Company, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall indemnify and  hold harmless the members of the Committee, the Record Keeper and their respective employees, officers,  

 

   -16-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  directors, partners, agents, affiliates and representatives, from and against any and all claims, losses,  liabilities, costs, damages and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from  any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan on account of such party's services hereunder, except in  the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct.    9.4 SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE.  The Company intends that this Plan will be established, construed,  administered and applied in compliance with all Section 409A Requirements, but in light of uncertainty with  respect to such requirements and limits, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally interpret or amend  the Plan and/or any Participation Agreement or Deferral Election Form without the consent of the  Participants and to take any actions that may be appropriate to comply with the Section 409A Requirements.    ARTICLE 10  CLAIMS PROCEDURES    10.1 PRESENTATION OF CLAIM.  A Participant or a Participant’s Beneficiary after a Participant’s death (such  Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written  claim for a determination under this Article with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant. The  claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant. If the claim relates to disability  benefits, the Committee shall ensure that all claims and appeals for disability benefits are adjudicated in a  manner designed to ensure the independence and impartiality of the persons involved in making the  decision.    10.2 NOTIFICATION OF DECISION. The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time,  but no later than ninety (90) days after receiving the claim. If the Committee determines that special  circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, written notice of the extension shall be  furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial ninety (90) day period. In no event shall such  extension exceed a period of ninety (90) days from the end of the initial period. Notwithstanding the forgoing,  if the claim relates to a Disability determination the decision shall be rendered within forty-five (45) days  which may be extended up to an additional thirty (30) days if due to matters beyond the control of the Plan,  the Committee needs additional time to process a claim, which may be further extended up to an additional  thirty (30) days if due to matters beyond the control of the Plan, the Committee needs additional time to  process a claim. The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of  time, the date by which the Committee expects to render the benefit determination, the standards on which  entitlement to a disability benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision on the claim and  the additional information needed from the Claimant to resolve those issues, and the Claimant shall be  afforded at least forty-five (45) days within which to provide the specified information.  The Committee shall  notify the Claimant in writing either that the Claimant’s request has been allowed in full or denied in part or in  full. In the case of an adverse benefit determination with respect to Disability benefits, on the basis of the  Committee’s independent determination of the Participant’s disability status, the Committee will provide a  notification in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner (as described in Department of Labor  Regulation Section 2560.503-1(o)).  If the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part,  to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be  understood by the Claimant:    (i) the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;  (ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of this Plan upon which such denial was based;  (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim,  and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;  (iv) notice that the Claimant has a right to request a review of the claim denial and an explanation of the  claim review procedure and the time limits applicable to such procedures set forth in Section 10.3  below;   (v) a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA §502(a) following an adverse  benefit determination on review, and a description of any time limit that applies under the Plan for  bringing such an action; and  (vi)  in addition, with respect to a claim that related to Disability benefits:    (a) a discussion of the decision, including an explanation or basis for disagreeing with or not following:    (1) the views presented by the Claimant of health care professionals treating the Claimant and  vocational professionals who evaluated the Claimant;  

 

   -17-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  (2) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in  connection with a Claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the  advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and  (3) a disability determination regarding the Claimant presented by the Claimant made by the  Social Security Administration.   (b) if the adverse benefit determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or   similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the   determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the Claimant’s medical circumstances, or a   statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request;   (c) either the specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan   relied upon in making the adverse determination or, alternatively, a statement that such rules,   guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan do not exist; and   (d) a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable   access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s   claim for benefits. Whether a document, record, or other information is relevant to a claim for   benefits shall be determined by Department of Labor Regulation Section 2560.503-1(m)(8).    10.3 REVIEW OF A DENIED CLAIM.  On or before sixty (60) days after receiving a notice from the Committee  that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, (180 days in the case of a Disability claim) a Claimant (or  the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Company a written request for a review of  the denial of the claim.  The Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):    10.3.1 may, upon request and free of charge, have reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents,  records and other information relevant to the claim for benefits;    10.3.2 may submit written comments or other documents; and/or    10.3.3 may request a hearing, which the Company, in its sole discretion, may grant.    10.3.4 If the initial claim is for disability benefits, and the claim requires an independent determination by  the Committee of a Participant’s Disability status, and the Committee denies the claim, in whole or  in part, the Claimant shall have the opportunity for a full and fair review by the Committee of the  denial, as follows:     (i) Prior to such review of the denied claim, the Claimant shall be given, free of  charge, any new or additional evidence considered, relied upon, or generated by the Plan, insurer,  or other person making the benefit determination in connection with the claim, or any new or  additional rationale, as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the date on which the notice  of adverse benefit determination on review is required to be provided, to give the Claimant a  reasonable opportunity to respond prior to that date.      (ii) The Committee shall respond in writing to such Claimant within forty-five (45)  days after receiving the request for review.  If the Committee determines that special circumstances  require additional time for processing the claim, the Committee can extend the response period by  an additional forty-five (45) days by notifying the Claimant in writing, prior to the end of the initial  45-day period that an additional period is required. The notice of extension must set forth the  special circumstances and the date by which the Committee expects to render its decision.      (iii) The Claimant shall be given the opportunity to submit issues and written  comments to the Committee, as well as to review and receive, without charge, all relevant (as  defined in applicable ERISA regulations) documents, records and other information relating to the  claim. The reviewer shall take into account all comments, documents, records and other  information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim regardless of whether the information  was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.      (iv)  In considering the review, the Committee shall take into account all comments,  documents, records and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without  regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.  Additional considerations shall be required in the case of a claim for disability benefits. For  

 

   -18-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  example, the claim will be reviewed by an individual or committee who did not make the initial  determination that is subject of the appeal, nor by a subordinate of the individual who made the  determination, and the review shall be made without deference to the initial adverse benefit  determination. If the initial adverse benefit determination was based in whole or in part on a  medical judgment, the Committee will consult with a health care professional with appropriate  training and experience in the field of medicine involving the medical judgment. The health care  professional who is consulted on appeal will not be the same individual who was consulted during  the initial determination or the subordinate of such individual. If the Committee obtained the advice  of medical or vocational experts in making the initial adverse benefits determination (regardless of  whether the advice was relied upon in making the adverse benefit determination).    10.4 DECISION ON REVIEW. The review committee appointed by the Company shall render a decision on  review promptly, and no later than sixty (60) days after the Company receives the Claimant’s written request  for a review of the denial of the claim (45 days in the case of a Disability claim). If the Company determines  that special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, written notice of the  extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the termination of the initial sixty (60) day period. In no  event shall such extension exceed a period of sixty (60) days from the end of the initial period (45 days in  the case of a Disability claim). The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an  extension of time and the date by which the Company expects to render the benefit determination. In  rendering its decision, the Company shall take into account all comments, documents, records and other  information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was  submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. In the case of an adverse benefit determination  with respect to disability benefits, on the basis of the Committee’s independent determination of the  Participant’s disability status, the Committee will provide a notification in a culturally and linguistically  appropriate manner (as described in Department of Labor Regulation Section 2560.503-1(o)).  The decision  must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:    10.4.1 specific reasons for the decision;    10.4.2 specific reference(s) to the pertinent provisions of this Plan upon which the decision was based;    10.4.3 a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable  access to and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant (as defined in  applicable ERISA regulations) to the Claimant’s claim for benefits; and    10.4.4  a statement describing any voluntary appeal procedures offered by the Plan and the Claimant’s  right to obtain the information about such procedures;    10.4.5 a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) which shall  describe any applicable contractual limitations period that applies to the Claimant’s right to bring  such an action, including the calendar date on which the contractual limitations period expires for  the claim;    10.4.6 a discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not  following:     (i)  the views presented by the Claimant of health care professionals treating the Claimant and  vocational professionals who evaluated the Claimant;     (ii)  the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in  connection with a Claimant’s adverse benefit determination, without regard to whether the advice  was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and     (iii)  a disability determination regarding the Claimant presented by the Claimant made by the  Social Security Administration.    10.4.7 If the adverse benefit determination is based on a medical necessity or experimental treatment or  similar exclusion or limit, either an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the  determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the Claimant’s medical circumstances, or a  statement that such explanation will be provided free of charge upon request; and    

 

   -19-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  10.4.8 Either the specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan  relied upon in making the adverse determination or, alternatively, a statement that such rules,  guidelines, protocols, standards or other similar criteria of the Plan do not exist.    10.5 FAILURE OF PLAN TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES. In the case of a claim for Disability benefits, if the Plan  fails to strictly adhere to all the requirements of this claims procedure with respect to a disability claim, the  Claimant is deemed to have exhausted the administrative remedies available under the Plan, and shall be  entitled to pursue any available remedies under ERISA Section 502(a) on the basis that the Plan has failed  to provide a reasonable claims procedure that would yield a decision on the merits of the claim, except  where the violation was: (a) deminimis; (b) non-prejudicial; (c) attributable to good cause or matters beyond  the Plan’s control; (d) in the context of an ongoing good-faith exchange of information; and (e) not reflective  of a pattern or practice of noncompliance. The Claimant may request a written explanation of the violation  from the Plan, and the Plan must provide such explanation within ten (10) days, including a specific  description of its basis, if any, for asserting that the violation should not cause the administrative remedies to  be deemed exhausted. If a court rejects the Claimant’s request for immediate review on the basis that the  Plan met the standards for the exception, the claim shall be considered as re-filed on appeal upon the Plan’s  receipt of the decision of the court. Within a reasonable time after the receipt of the decision, the Plan shall  provide the claimant with notice of the resubmission.    ARTICLE 11  MISCELLANEOUS    11.1 TRUST. Except as set forth below, nothing contained in this Plan, nor any action taken pursuant to its  provisions by any person, shall create, or be construed to create, a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary  relationship between the Company and any other person.  Despite the foregoing, if the Company, pursuant  to the Adoption Agreement or otherwise, elects to establish a grantor trust for the purpose of holding any  assets intended to fund the payment of any benefits under this Plan, the Company shall have no obligation  to make any contributions or deposits into such trust and all assets of such trust shall remain subject to the  claims of the Company's creditors generally in the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company,  and except as permitted under applicable Section 409A Requirements, no such assets shall be located  outside of the United States of America.  No trust or restriction shall be imposed on any assets intended to  fund the payment of any benefits under this Plan as a result of any change in Company's financial health.   The creation of any trust shall not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Plan.    11.2 NO RIGHT TO COMPANY ASSETS UNSECURED CLAIM.  Payments to any Participant or Beneficiary  hereunder shall be made from assets which shall continue, for all purposes, to be part of the general,  unrestricted assets of the Company.  No person shall have any interest in any such asset by virtue of any  provision of this Plan.  The Company's obligation hereunder shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to  pay money in the future.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the  Company under the provisions hereof, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general  creditor of the Company; no such person shall have or acquire any legal or equitable right, interest or claim  in or to any property or assets of the Company.    In the event that, in its discretion, the Company purchases an insurance policy or policies insuring the life of  a Participant or any other property, to allow the Company to recover or meet the cost of providing benefits,  in whole or in part, hereunder, no Participant or Beneficiary shall have any rights whatsoever therein or in  the proceeds therefrom.  The Company shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such insurance policy  or property and shall possess and may exercise all incidents of ownership therein.    11.3 CAPTIONS. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and  shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.    11.4 FURNISHING INFORMATION. Each Participant and his or her Beneficiary(ies) shall cooperate with the  Committee and the Record Keeper by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee or the  Record Keeper and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of  the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical  examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.    11.5 NO CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed to be a contract of  employment for any term of years, nor as conferring upon any Participant the right to continue to be  employed by the Company or any Affiliate in his or her present capacity or in any capacity.  It is expressly  

 

   -20-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  understood that this Plan relates to the payment of deferred compensation for each Participant's services,  and is not intended to be an employment contract.    11.6 BENEFITS NOT TRANSFERABLE.  No Participant or beneficiary under this Plan shall have any power or  right to transfer, assign, anticipate, hypothecate or otherwise encumber any part or all of the amounts  payable hereunder.  No such amounts shall be subject to seizure by any creditor of any such Participant or  Beneficiary, by a proceeding at law or in equity, nor shall such amounts be transferable by operation of law  in the event of bankruptcy, insolvency or death of the Participant or Beneficiary.  Any such attempted  assignment shall be void.      The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who predeceases the Participant shall  automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including  but not limited to such spouse's will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.      Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with the terms of a "domestic relations  order" (as defined in §414(p)(1)(B) of the Code) the Committee may cause all or a portion of a Participant's  Account balance to be segregated into a sub-Account for the benefit of the Participant's spouse, child or  other dependent identified in such order as the alternative payee and give such alternative payee (or their  legal representative if such alternative payee is incompetent or a minor), as applicable (i) the same Notional  Investment alternatives as are available to the Participant under the Plan with respect to such sub-Account  until distributed, and (ii) the same distribution form and timing options as are available to the Participant  under the Plan or an immediate lump sum payment, all as directed by the domestic relations order and  subject to compliance with Code Section 409A Requirements.    11.7 SUCCESSORS. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant's employer  and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant's designated Beneficiaries.    11.8 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION.  To the extent consistent with Section 409A Requirements, this Plan  may be amended or terminated by the Company at any time, without notice to or consent of any person,  pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Company.  Any such amendment or termination shall take effect as  of the date specified therein and, to the extent permitted by law and Section 409A Requirements, may have  retroactive effect.  However, no such amendment or termination shall reduce the vested balance then  credited to the Participant's Account Balance under Article 4.      The Company and each participating Employer reserve the right to terminate its participation in this Plan.   Except as otherwise provided below, the termination of the Plan shall not affect the distribution provisions in  effect for the Accounts maintained under the Plan, and all amounts deferred prior to the date of any such  Plan termination shall continue to become due and payable in accordance with the distribution provisions in  effect immediately prior to such Plan termination.  Payment of the Account Balances may be accelerated  upon Plan termination and liquidation of the Plan only in compliance with all Section 409A Requirements as  then in effect.  Section 409A regulations currently permits acceleration of distributions under the following  circumstances:    11.8.1   Dissolution/Bankruptcy.  The Plan may be terminated and liquidated within 12 months of a  corporate dissolution taxed under Code §331, or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant  to 11 U.S.C. §503(b)(1)(A), provided that the amounts deferred under the Plan are included in the  Participants’ gross incomes in the latest of:    (i) The calendar year in which the plan termination and liquidation occurs    (ii) The calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; or     (iii) The first calendar year in which the payment is administratively practicable.    11.8.2   Change in Control.  The Plan may be terminated and liquidated pursuant to irrevocable action  taken by the Company within the 30 days preceding or the 12 months following a change in control  event (as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)).  For purposes of this subsection, an  arrangement will be treated as terminated only if all substantially similar agreements, methods,  programs, and other arrangements sponsored by the Company immediately after the time of the  change in control event with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been  deferred under a single plan under Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(c)(2) are terminated and  liquidated with respect to each participant that experienced the change in control event, so that  

 

   -21-  Adopt Agmt_Plan Doc_Mission Produce_Equity Deferral Plan  14998361.2  223551-10001  under the terms of the termination and liquidation all such participants are required to receive all  amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated agreements, methods, programs, and  other arrangements within 12 months of the date the Company irrevocably takes all necessary  action to terminate and liquidate the agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements.     11.8.3 Termination of All Plans.  The Plan may be terminated and liquidated at any time provided that:    (i) The termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health  of the Company or applicable Participating Employer.  (ii) All agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements sponsored by the Company that  would be aggregated with any terminated and liquidated agreements, methods, programs, and  other arrangement under Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(c) if the same Participant had  deferrals of compensation under all of the agreements, methods, programs, and other  arrangements that are terminated and liquidated;  (iii) No payments are made other than payments that would be payable under the terms of the  plans if the termination and liquidation had not occurred are made within 12 months of the  termination date;  (iv) All payments are made within 24 months of the date the Company takes all necessary action  to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the plan; and  (v) The Company does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated with the plan  under Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(c) provision for the deferral of compensation at any time  within 3 years following the date of termination of the Plan.    11.9 NOTICE.  Either the Committee or the Record Keeper may specify that any election, form,  designation, agreement or communication by a Participant under the Plan shall be made or  submitted online at a site on the World Wide Web designated for such purpose, or by other  reasonable electronic means.  Subject to the foregoing, any notice, consent or demand required or  permitted to be given under the provisions of this Plan shall be in writing, and shall be signed by the party  giving or making the same.  If such notice, consent or demand is mailed, it shall be sent by United States  certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed, if to the Company or the Committee, to the Company Address  set forth in the Adoption Agreement, and if to the Record Keeper, to the Record Keeper Address set forth in  the Adoption Agreement, and if to any Participant, to such Participant's address most recently submitted by  him or her to the Record Keeper (and in the absence of such submission, as most recently appearing on the  records of the Company).  The date of such mailing shall be deemed the date of notice, consent or demand.   Any person may change the address to which notice is to be sent by giving notice of the change of address  in the manner aforesaid.    11.10 FACILITY OF PAYMENT.  If a distribution is to be made to a minor, or to a person who is otherwise  incompetent, then the Committee may, in its discretion, make such distribution (i) to the legal guardian, or if  none, to a parent of a minor payee with whom the payee maintains his or her residence, or (ii) to the  conservator or committee or, if none, to the person having custody of an incompetent payee.  Any such  distribution shall fully discharge the Committee, the Record Keeper, the Company and the Plan from further  liability on account thereof.    11.11 GOVERNING LAW.  The Plan and the right and obligations of all persons hereunder shall be governed by  and construed in accordance with the laws of the state set forth in the Adoption Agreement, other than its  laws regarding choice of law, to the extent that such state law is not preempted by federal law.  

 

    14998361.2  223551-10001  SPECIMEN RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED  AT THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS  OF    ______________________________________________    Date:  _____________________  WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of ______________________, a _____________ Company (the  "Company”), believes that it is in the best interests of the Company to create a benefit plan for a select  group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company, and the Board of Directors  intends such plan to be considered an unfunded arrangement for purposes of the Employment  Retirement Income Securities Act of 1974;  NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby  RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors hereby approves and adopts the attached  _________________________  Plan (the "Plan") and the Adoption Agreement attached thereto, and in  connection therewith, that the President, the Treasurer and the ___________________ [insert titles of  other officers, if any] of the Company hereby are, and each such officer acting singly hereby is,  authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of this Company, to execute and deliver, under seal, if  desired, and to acknowledge and make oath with respect to, if desired, said Adoption Agreement and  Plan, together with any record keeping or other similar service agreement and such other instruments,  documents, filings and agreements as any such officer, acting singly, from time to time may determine to  be necessary, convenient or appropriate to carry out any of the purposes or intent of the Plan or any of  the resolutions adopted hereby;  RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors hereby appoints the following individuals to serve as members  of the Committee of the Plan, each such person to serve in such capacity in accordance with the Plan's  terms and conditions until his or her successor shall have been duly elected by this Board and qualified,  and such Committee shall have full power and authority to designate and appoint key employees and  other qualified persons as participants under the Plan, and to designate and appoint such record keepers,  agents and representatives, to retain such consultants and professional advisers, to incur such fees and  to make and enter into (and authorize one or more of its representative to do the same) such instruments,  documents, filings and agreements as a majority of such Committee from time to time may determine to  be necessary, convenient or appropriate to carry out any of the purposes or intent of the Plan or any of  the resolutions adopted hereby:      ______________________________  RESOLVED: That no executive or manager who is a Participant in the Plan and is delegated authority to  act on behalf of the Company or as a member of the Committee shall vote or otherwise participate  directly in any decision that may affect the amount or timing of payments of his or her own benefits made  under the Plan.  RESOLVED: That any person may rely on the foregoing resolutions, appointments and authorizations  until receipt of notice by the Company or Committee that any such resolution, appointment or authority  has been terminated, revoked or amended, and no such termination, revocation or amendment shall  serve to eliminate any benefit theretofore granted or any action theretofore taken in good faith in reliance  on any such resolution, appointment or authority.  

 

      14998361.2  223551-10001  SPECIMEN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NOTICE LETTER      [EXPLANATORY NOTE:  IT IS THE EMPLOYER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO LIMIT PARTICIPATION IN  THE PLAN TO A SELECT GROUP OF MANAGEMENT AND HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES  AND TO FILE THIS LETTER WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WITHIN 120 DAYS AFTER  ESTABLISHING THE PLAN.]    OR FILE ELECTRONICALLY:   http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/efiletophatplanfilinginstructions.html?_cldee=bXJvc2NoZW5AZGVmZXJy YWwuY29t       U.S. Department of Labor   Employee Benefits Security Administration  Top Hat Plan Exemption  200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Suite N-1513   Washington, D.C. 20210     The following employer hereby supplies the following information pursuant to Department of Labor  Regulations Section 2520.104-23:     Name and Address of Employer:    _____________________________________________   ______________________________________________   ______________________________________________     Employer Identification Number:__________________       The Employer identified above maintains the following plan(s) for a select group of management or highly  compensated employees:     Number of Plans   _____    [Name of Plan]__________________________________________________________________     Number of Participants:________________     [Name of Plan]__________________________________________________________________     Number of Participants:________________      Very truly yours,   [Name of Employer]      By______________________________     Title______________________________    Date: ______________Document

MISSION PRODUCE, INC.
2020 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
PERFORMANCE-VESTING RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE (XXXX – XXXX)
Mission Produce, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has granted to the participant listed below (“Participant”) the performance-vesting Restricted Stock Units (the “PSUs”) described in this Performance-Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice (this “Grant Notice”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Mission Produce, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) and the Performance-Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”), both of which are incorporated into this Grant Notice by reference. Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Grant Notice or the Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan.
 
									
			
		
	Participant:	  	[Insert Participant Name]

		
	Grant Date:	  	[Insert Grant Date]

		
	Target Number of PSUs:	  	[Insert Target Number of PSUs]

		
	Maximum Number of PSUs:	  	[Insert 200% of Target Number of PSUs]

		
			
		
	Vesting Schedule:	  	The PSUs shall vest as provided in Article II of the Agreement.
		

By accepting (whether in writing, electronically or otherwise) the PSUs, Participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan and the Agreement. Participant has reviewed the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Agreement.
 
																					
							
	MISSION PRODUCE, INC.	 		  	PARTICIPANT
				
	By:	 	 	 		  	 
	Name:	 	 	 		  	[Participant Name]
	Title:	 	 	 		  	

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EXHIBIT A
PERFORMANCE-VESTING RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT
Capitalized terms not specifically defined in this Performance-Vesting Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this “Agreement”) have the meanings specified in the Grant Notice or, if not defined in the Grant Notice, in the Plan.  Except as the context may otherwise require, references to the “Company” shall be deemed to include its Subsidiaries and affiliates.
Article I.
GENERAL
1.1Award of PSUs. The Company has granted the PSUs to Participant effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Grant Date”). Each PSU represents the right to receive one Share as set forth in this Agreement. Participant will have no right to the distribution of any Shares until the time (if ever) the PSUs have vested.
1.2Incorporation of Terms of Plan. The PSUs are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan will control.
1.3Unsecured Promise. The PSUs will at all times prior to settlement represent an unsecured Company obligation payable only from the Company’s general assets.
1.4Certain Definitions. 
(a)“Adjusted Net Income per Share” means the Company’s net income on a per share basis, as determined pursuant to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board, adjusted to mitigate the impact of each of the following: (i) gains or losses on interest rate swaps, (ii) foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) stock-based compensation expense, (iv) changes to tax rates, GAAP or Applicable Laws during the Performance Period, (v) settlements and expenses of non-ordinary course litigation or administrative proceedings, and (vi) other non-recurring events that are unusual or extraordinary in nature, in each case, as determined in the good faith discretion of the Board.
(b)“Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following events, as determined by the Board in good faith: (i) Participant’s failure to substantially perform Participant’s duties (other than a failure resulting from Participant’s Disability), including Participant’s failure to follow any lawful directive from the Board or Participant’s immediate supervisor; (ii) Participant’s material breach of any employment or other written agreement with the Company or its affiliate, or material violation of any code or standard of behavior generally applicable to Employees or executives of the Company; (iii) engaging in conduct that may reasonably result in reputational, economic or financial injury to the Company or its affiliates; (iv) Participant’s commission of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere to a felony, any crime involving fraud or embezzlement under federal, state or local laws or a crime involving moral turpitude; (v) Participant’s failure to devote substantially all of Participant’s working time to the business of the Company and its affiliates; (vi) Participant’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the premises of the Company or any of its affiliates or while performing Participant’s duties and responsibilities for the Company or any of its affiliates; (vii) Participant’s commission of an act of fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence with respect to the Company or its affiliates, or Participant’s material breach of fiduciary duty against the Company or any of its affiliates; (viii) Participant’s engaging in misconduct in connection with the performance of any of Participant’s duties, including by embezzlement or theft from the Company or its affiliates, misappropriating funds from the Company or its affiliates or securing or attempting to secure personally any profit in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Company or its affiliates; or (ix) Participant’s disloyalty to the Company or its affiliates, including willfully aiding a competitor or improperly disclosing confidential information.
(c)“Cumulative Adjusted Net Income per Share” means the sum of the Company’s Adjusted Net Income per Share for each of the three years, or such shorter period due to the occurrence of a Change in Control as provided in Section 2.2 hereof, comprising the Performance Period.
(d)“Disability” means Participant is considered “disabled” as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(4) and any successor provision thereto.
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(e)“Good Reason” means any of the following actions taken without Cause by the Company and without Participant’s consent: (i) material reduction of Participant’s base compensation; or (ii) material reduction of Participant’s authority, duties, or responsibilities; provided, however, that a change in job position (including a change in title) will not be deemed a “material reduction” unless Participant’s new authority, duties, or responsibilities are materially reduced from the prior authority, duties, or responsibilities and, for clarity, in no event shall a Change in Control as a result of which the Company becomes a subsidiary or division of a larger organization and/or ceases to be a Publicly-Listed Company, in and of itself, constitute Good Reason, if Participant’s authority, duties and responsibilities within the Company (however the Company may be held following such Change in Control) are not materially reduced.  In order to resign for Good Reason, Participant must notify the Company of the condition that Participant believes constitutes Good Reason no more than 60 days after the condition arose, and allow the Company 30 days to cure such condition. If the Company fails to cure the condition within such period, then Participant’s resignation from all positions Participant then holds with the Company must be effective no later than 60 days after the end of the cure period.
(f)“Performance Period” means the period commencing on [XX-XX-XXXX] and ending on [XX-XX-XXXX] (or, if earlier, upon the consummation of a Change in Control).
(g)“Qualifying Termination” means a Termination of Service by the Company without Cause or by Participant for Good Reason. 
Article II.
VESTING; FORFEITURE AND SETTLEMENT 
1.1Performance Vesting.  Subject to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof, a number of PSUs shall vest on the Determination Date (as defined below) equal to (i) the Target Number of PSUs, multiplied by (ii) the “Earning Percentage” set forth in the table below based on the Company’s Cumulative Adjusted Net Income per Share for the Performance Period. As soon as reasonably practicable after the completion of the Performance Period, but in no event later than 90 days following the end of the Performance Period (including upon the consummation of a Change in Control, as applicable), the Administrator shall determine the Company’s Cumulative Adjusted Net Income per Share for the Performance Period (such date of determination, the “Determination Date”).  Subject to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof, the number of PSUs that are earned shall be determined and shall vest on the Determination Date, subject to Participant’s continued status as a Service Provider with the Company (“Continuous Service”) through the Determination Date (except as otherwise provided below).  Any PSUs granted hereby which remain outstanding as of the Determination Date, but do not vest as of the Determination Date, shall automatically be cancelled and forfeited on the Determination Date without payment of any consideration therefor, and Participant shall have no further right to or interest in such PSUs.
									
	

	Cumulative Adjusted Net Income per Share
	Earning Percentage*

		Below $[_____]
	0%

	Threshold	$[_____]
	50%

	Target	$[_____]
	100%

	Maximum	$[_____]
	200%

* In the event that the Company’s Cumulative Adjusted Net Income per Share falls between performance ranges, the applicable Earning Percentage shall be determined by linear interpolation.  
1.2Change in Control.  In the event of a Change in Control during the Performance Period, subject to Participant’s Continuous Service until immediately prior to such Change in Control (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.3), the date of the most recent fiscal quarter end shall be the last day of the Performance Period, and the number of PSUs vested hereunder will be determined as of immediately prior to the Change in Control and will equal the greater of (i) the number of PSUs that Participant would vest in as provided in Section 2.1 hereof based on actual performance of the Company through the most recent fiscal quarter end, as determined and certified by the Administrator and (ii) the Target Number of PSUs.  No unvested PSUs as of the date of the Change in Control, after taking into account vesting that occurs in connection with such Change in Control pursuant to this Section 2.2, shall thereafter become vested.
1.3Effect of Termination of Service.
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(a)Termination of Service.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in Sections 2.3(b) and 2.3(c) hereof, in the event of Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason, all unvested PSUs as of the date of such Termination of Service shall automatically and without further action be cancelled and forfeited without payment of any consideration therefor, and Participant shall have no further right to or interest in such PSUs.  Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b) hereof, no unvested PSUs as of the date of Participant’s Termination of Service shall thereafter become vested.
(b)Qualifying Termination.  If Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination prior to the Determination Date, Participant will vest on the Determination Date in a number of PSUs determined by multiplying (i) the number of PSUs that Participant would vest in as provided in Section 2.1 hereof had he/she not incurred a Termination of Service prior to the Determination Date, by (ii) (A) the number of full calendar months that have elapsed during the Performance Period through and including the date of termination (not to exceed 36), divided by (B) 36. Partial months shall be rounded to the nearest whole calendar month for purposes of the numerator in this calculation (rounding up for any termination occurring after the 15th day of the calendar month).  If the calculation results in a fractional PSU, any fractional PSU will be rounded to the nearest whole PSU.
(c)Death or Disability.  If Participant experiences a Termination of Service due to death or Disability, in either case, prior to the Determination Date, Participant will vest on the date of termination in a number of PSUs determined by multiplying (i) the Target Number of PSUs, by (ii) (A) the number of full calendar months that have elapsed during the Performance Period through and including the date of termination (not to exceed 36), divided by (B) 36. Partial months shall be rounded to the nearest whole calendar month for purposes of the numerator in this calculation (rounding up for any termination occurring after the 15th day of the calendar month).  If the calculation results in a fractional PSU, any fractional PSU will be rounded to the nearest whole PSU.
1.4Settlement.
(a)PSUs that vest and are earned on the Determination Date will be paid in Shares as soon as administratively practicable after the Determination Date, and in no event after the earlier of (i) 90 days after the Determination Date or (ii) March 15th of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Performance Period ends.  PSUs that vest and are earned upon a Termination of Service due to death or Disability will be paid in Shares as soon as administratively practicable after the date of Termination of Service, and in any event within 60 days thereafter.  PSUs that vest and are earned upon a Change in Control will be paid in Shares or cash, as the Administrator may determine, as soon as administratively practicable after the Change in Control, and in any event within 30 days thereafter.
(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may delay any payment under this Agreement that the Company reasonably determines would violate Applicable Law until the earliest date the Company reasonably determines the making of the payment will not cause such a violation (in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii)); provided the Company reasonably believes the delay will not result in the imposition of excise taxes under Section 409A.
Article III.
TAXATION AND TAX WITHHOLDING
1.1Representation. Participant represents to the Company that Participant has reviewed with Participant’s own tax advisors the tax consequences of this Award and the transactions contemplated by the Grant Notice and this Agreement. Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents.
1.2Tax Withholding.
(a)Unless the Administrator otherwise determines, the Company shall withhold, or cause to be withheld, Shares otherwise vesting or issuable under this Award (including the PSUs) in satisfaction of any applicable withholding tax obligations. The number of Shares which may be so withheld or surrendered shall be limited to the number of Shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding no greater than the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the maximum individual statutory withholding rates in Participant’s applicable jurisdictions for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such taxable income.
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(b)Participant acknowledges that Participant is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the PSUs, regardless of any action the Company or any Subsidiary takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the PSUs. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the awarding, vesting or payment of the PSUs or the subsequent sale of Shares. The Company and its Subsidiaries do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the PSUs to reduce or eliminate Participant’s tax liability.
Article IV.
OTHER PROVISIONS
1.1Adjustments. Participant acknowledges that the PSUs and the Shares subject to the PSUs are subject to adjustment, modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and the Plan.
1.2Notices. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company must be in writing and addressed to the Company in care of the Company’s Secretary at the Company’s principal office or the Secretary’s then-current email address or facsimile number. Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to Participant must be in writing and addressed to Participant (or, if Participant is then deceased, to the Designated Beneficiary) at Participant’s last known mailing address, email address or facsimile number in the Company’s personnel files. By a notice given pursuant to this Section, either party may designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice will be deemed duly given when actually received, when sent by email, when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited with postage prepaid in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, when delivered by a nationally recognized express shipping company or upon receipt of a facsimile transmission confirmation.
1.3Titles. Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
1.4Conformity to Securities Laws. Participant acknowledges that the Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all Applicable Laws and, to the extent Applicable Laws permit, will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to Applicable Laws.
1.5Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement will inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement or the Plan, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
1.6Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the PSUs will be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent Applicable Laws permit, this Agreement will be deemed amended as necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.
1.7Entire Agreement. The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including any exhibit hereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.
1.8Agreement Severable. In the event that any provision of the Grant Notice or this Agreement is held illegal or invalid, the provision will be severable from, and the illegality or invalidity of the provision will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of the Grant Notice or this Agreement.
1.9Limitation 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 Company as to amounts payable and may not be construed as creating a trust. Neither the Plan nor any underlying program, in and of itself, has any assets. Participant will have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the PSUs, and rights no greater than the right to receive cash or the Shares as a general unsecured creditor with respect to the PSUs, as and when settled pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
1.10Not a Contract of Employment. Nothing in the Plan, the Grant Notice or this Agreement confers upon Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or interferes with 
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or restricts in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary and Participant.
1.11Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by way of any electronic signature, subject to Applicable Law, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one instrument.
1.12Section 409A.  
(a)General.  This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Company may adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, that the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A, provided, however, that this Section 4.12 shall not create an obligation on the part of the Company to adopt any such amendment, policy or procedure or take any such other action, nor shall the Company have any liability for failing to do so.  To the extent that any payment window spans two calendar years, Participant shall have no discretion over or ability to control the actual year in which payment is made.
(b)Potential Six-Month Delay.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no amounts shall be paid to Participant under this Agreement during the six-month period following Participant’s “separation from service” to the extent that the Administrator determines that Participant is a “specified employee” (each within the meaning of Section 409A) at the time of such separation from service and that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in this Agreement would be a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(b)(i) of the Code.  If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first business day following the end of such six-month period (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A without being subject to such additional taxes), the Company shall pay to Participant in a lump-sum all amounts that would have otherwise been payable to Participant during such six-month period under this Agreement. 

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