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Exhibit 10.9

 

 

LSI CORPORATION

 

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

 

 

On the grant date (the “Grant Date”) shown on the attached Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Notice of Grant”), LSI Corporation (“LSI” or the “Company”) granted you the number of Restricted Stock Units under the LSI Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), indicated on the Notice of Grant. The Notice of Grant and this agreement collectively are referred to as the “Agreement.” Capitalized terms that are not defined in this agreement or the Notice of Grant have the same meaning as in the Plan.

 

 

1. Grant. LSI has granted to you the number of restricted stock units indicated in the Notice of Grant.  We refer to the restricted stock units subject to this award as the “Restricted Stock Units”.

 

 

2. LSI’s Obligation to Pay. Unless and until the Restricted Stock Units vest, you will have no right to payment of them. Prior to actual payment of any vested Restricted Stock Units, those Restricted Stock Units will represent an unsecured obligation of LSI.

 

 

3. Vesting Schedule. The Restricted Stock Units are scheduled to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule in the Notice of Grant. Restricted Stock Units scheduled to vest on any date actually will vest only if you have not incurred a Termination of Service prior to that date and any performance goals required to be met have been met. Unless the Board determines otherwise, which determination shall be in a manner that is exempt from or compliant with, Section 409A, vesting will continue during any LSI-approved leave of absence.

 

 

4. Payment after Vesting. Any Restricted Stock Units that vest will be paid to you in whole Shares, subject to you satisfying any applicable tax withholding obligations. Subject to paragraph 8(b), any Restricted Stock Units that vest will be paid in shares as soon as practicable after vesting, but in each such case no later than 60 days following the vesting date.  In no event will you be permitted, directly or indirectly, to specify the taxable year of the payment of any Shares payable under this Agreement.

 

 

5. Forfeiture. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested at the time of your Termination of Service will be cancelled.

 

 

6. Death. Any distribution or delivery to be made to you under this Agreement will, if you are then deceased, be made to the administrator or executor of your estate. Before distribution or delivery, the administrator or executor must furnish LSI with (a) written notice of his or her status as transferee, and (b) evidence satisfactory to LSI to establish the validity of the transfer and compliance with any laws or regulations pertaining to the transfer.

 

 

7. Withholding of Taxes.

 

 

(a)  Whenever Restricted Stock Units vest, you will recognize immediate U.S. taxable income if you are a U.S. taxpayer. If you are a non-U.S. taxpayer, you will be subject to applicable taxes in your jurisdiction.

 

  

  

  

 

 

 

(b)  As of the Grant Date, LSI is not required to withhold, and does not withhold, any shares when restricted stock units held by members of the Board who are U.S. residents vest and you will be responsible for the full amount of Tax Obligations applicable to your Restricted Stock Units. However, if LSI determines to withhold when Restricted Stock Units vest, then whenever Restricted Stock Units vest, LSI will withhold a portion of the shares otherwise issuable that have an aggregate market value sufficient to pay Tax Obligations determined by LSI to be applicable in connection with such vesting. If LSI determines Tax Obligations are applicable in connection with your Restricted Stock Units at any other time, LSI may, in its sole discretion, collect from you an amount equal to such Tax Obligations in any of the following ways: (i) by withholding a portion of the proceeds from your sale of the shares issued to you upon vesting of Restricted Stock Units, (ii) by withholding, or having any Affiliate that employs you withhold, such amount from salary or other amounts payable to you, or (iii) requiring you to pay such amount to LSI.  LSI may require or otherwise allow you to make alternate arrangements to satisfy such Tax Obligations.

 

 

(c)  LSI will not withhold or issue any fractional shares.  LSI will not deliver shares unless and until arrangements satisfactory to LSI have been made for the satisfaction of Tax Obligations.

 

 

(d)  To the maximum extent permitted by law, LSI (or any employing Affiliate) has the right to retain without notice from salary or other amounts payable to you, amounts sufficient to satisfy any Tax Obligations that LSI determines cannot be satisfied through the withholding of shares.  All Tax Obligations related to the Restricted Stock Units and any shares delivered upon vesting are your sole responsibility. By [signing the Notice of Grant] [accepting this Award], you expressly consent to the withholding of shares and to any additional cash withholding under this paragraph 7.

 

 

8. Committee Discretion.

 

 

(a)  The Committee, in its discretion, may accelerate the vesting of some or all of the Restricted Stock Units at any time. If so accelerated, those Restricted Stock Units will be considered as having vested as of the date specified by the Committee.  Subject to this paragraph 8, if the Committee accelerates the vesting of any Restricted Stock Units, the payment of such accelerated Restricted Stock Units will be made no later than 60 days following the accelerated vesting date. However, if the Restricted Stock Units are “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, then, to the extent necessary to avoid additional taxation under Section 409A, the payment of the accelerated portion of those Restricted Stock Units will be made at the same time or times as if such Restricted Stock Units had vested in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in paragraph 3 (whether or not you have incurred a Termination of Service on or before such date(s)), including any necessary delay under paragraph 8(b).

 

 

(b)  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, if the vesting of any Restricted Stock Units is accelerated in connection with your Termination of Service (provided that such termination is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, as determined by LSI), other than due to death, and if (x) you are a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such Termination of Service and (y) the payment of such accelerated Restricted Stock Units will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if paid to you on or within the six (6) month period following your Termination of Service, then the payment of such accelerated Restricted Stock Units will not be made until at least six (6) months and one (1) day following the date of your Termination of Service, unless you die following your Termination of Service, in which case the Restricted Stock Units will be paid in shares to your estate or beneficiary as soon as practicable following your death.  Each payment or benefit under the Plan or this Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.  It is the intent of this Agreement to be exempt from or comply with the

 

  

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requirements of Section 409A so that none of the Restricted Stock Units or shares issuable thereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to be so exempt or so comply.

 

 

9. Rights as Stockholder. You will not have any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any shares deliverable hereunder until those shares have been delivered to you or deposited in your account at LSI’s designated broker. After you receive the shares, you will have all the rights of a stockholder of LSI with respect to voting those shares and receipt of dividends and distributions on those shares.

 

 

10. No Effect on Employment or Future Awards.

 

 

(a) If you have become an employee of LSI, then subject to applicable law and any employment agreement you may have, the terms of your employment will be determined from time to time by LSI, or the subsidiary that employs you, and your employer can terminate or change the terms of your employment at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without good cause. Neither the grant to you of the Restricted Stock Units nor the vesting schedule set forth in the Notice of Grant constitute an express or implied promise of continued employment or service on the Board for any period of time.

 

 

(b) LSI does not intend by granting this Award to you to confer upon you the right to be selected to receive any future Award under the Plan.

 

 

11. Address for Notices. Any notice to be given to LSI under this Agreement must be in writing and addressed to LSI Corporation, Attn: Stock Administration Department, Mailstop D-206, 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035, or such other address as LSI may designate in writing.

 

 

12. Award is Not Transferable. You may not transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) the Restricted Stock Units and the Restricted Stock Units will not be subject to sale under execution, attachment or similar process. If you attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the Restricted Stock Units, or upon any attempted sale under any execution, attachment or similar process, the Restricted Stock Units immediately will be cancelled.

 

 

13. Restrictions on Sale of Securities. The shares you receive as payment for vested Restricted Stock Units are expected to be free of any restriction under the Plan. However, your subsequent sale of the shares may be subject to Rule 144 under the 1934 Act, and will be subject to any market blackout-period that may be imposed by LSI and must comply with LSI’s Stock Trading Policy and any applicable securities laws.

 

 

14. Additional Conditions to Issuance of Shares. LSI will not be required to issue any shares pursuant to this Agreement until (i) the lapse of a reasonable period of time following the date of vesting of the Restricted Stock Units based on the extent of the processes followed by LSI when issuing such shares, which period may vary based on the circumstances, and (ii) any Compliance that LSI determines is necessary or desirable as a condition of the issuance of Shares hereunder shall have been completed free of any conditions not acceptable to LSI. For purposes of this paragraph, “Compliance” means: (i) compliance with any applicable rules of, or the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares upon, any securities exchange, (ii) compliance with, or registration or qualification of the Shares under, any state, federal or foreign law (including corporate and securities laws and any applicable tax code and related regulations) and (iii) obtaining the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory authority.

 

 

15. Plan Governs. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan will govern.

 

  

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16. Captions. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

 

17. Agreement Severable. If any provision in this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed to have any effect on the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

18. Modifications. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties on the subjects covered. Modifications to this Agreement can be made in writing only by an authorized officer of the Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, LSI reserves the right to revise this Agreement as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion and without your consent, to avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition under Section 409A prior to the actual payment of Shares under this Award.

 

 

19.  Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

 

 

20. Electronic Delivery.  LSI may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to this Award, including materials relating to its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, by electronic means or request your consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means.  You hereby consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agree to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by LSI or another third party designated by LSI.

 

 

21. Committee Actions. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Board or its delegate will be final and binding on you, LSI and all other interested persons. No member of the Board and no delegate will have any personal liability for any action, determination or interpretation made with respect to the Plan or this Agreement.

 

22. Data Privacy. If you reside outside the United States:

 

(a) You understand that LSI may hold certain personal information about you, including but not limited to your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares or directorships held in LSI, details of all Restricted Stock Units or any other entitlements to shares awarded, canceled, purchased, or outstanding in your favor, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan ("Personal Data");

 

(b) You consent to the collection, use, processing, and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Personal Data by LSI and its Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering or managing your participation in the Plan and to the extent required in connection with LSI’s financial reporting.

 

(c) You understand that Personal Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting LSI in the administration of the Plan or involved in LSI’s financial reporting.

 

(d) You understand that the recipients of Personal Data may be located outside your country of residence, and that the recipient’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than your country of residence.

 

  

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(e) You authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Personal Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering or managing your participation in the Plan, including any transfer of Personal Data as may be required for the administration of the Plan and/or any subsequent transfer of Shares to your account at a brokerage firm and in connection with LSI’s financial reporting.

 

(f) You understand that Personal Data will be held only as long as necessary to implement, administer or manage your participation in the Plan.

 

(g) You understand that you may, at any time, review the Personal Data, require any necessary amendments to Personal Data or withdraw the consents herein in writing by contacting LSI.

 

(h) You understand that withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.

 

23.  Translation.  If this Agreement or any other document related to the Plan is translated into a language other than English, and if the translated version is different from the English language version, the English language version will take precedence.

 

  

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Exhibit 4.3
MAGNETEK, INC.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND DEFERRAL INVESTMENT PLAN
Article 1.    Background, Establishment and Purposes
1.1    Background.  Magnetek, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), established, effective as of October 21, 1997, an amended and restated director pay and deferred compensation plan, known as the “Magnetek, Inc. Amended and Restated Director and Officer Compensation and Deferral Investment Plan” (the “DOCDIP”), in part for Directors (as defined below).  The DOCDIP was amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2005 (the “2005 Restatement”), which amendment and restatement was intended as good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code (as defined below) and the regulations and other Treasury Department guidance promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”). In addition, the 2005 Restatement extended participation in the DOCDIP, with respect to compensation earned on or after January 1, 2006, to certain key executives.  The 2005 Restatement only applied to (i) “amounts deferred” (within the meaning of Section 409A) by Directors in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, and any earnings thereon, and (ii) all amounts deferred by key executives under the DOCDIP and any earnings thereon (collectively, “Section 409A Deferrals”). The provisions of the DOCDIP in existence prior to the 2005 Restatement continue to govern “amounts deferred” (within the meaning of Section 409A) by Directors in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2005, and any earnings thereon (collectively, “Grandfathered Deferrals”). From and after January 1, 2006, the DOCDIP comprised two separate sub-plans, one for the benefit of Directors (the “Director Plan”) and one for the benefit of key executives (the “Key Executive Plan”).  From January 1, 2005 until January 1, 2009, the Company treated Section 409A Deferrals in good faith compliance with Section 409A. The Company further amended and restated the DOCDIP, effective January 1, 2009, in order to comply with Section 409A and the regulations (including the final regulations) and other Treasury Department guidance promulgated thereunder.
1.2    Establishment.  Effective as of August 5, 2011, the DOCDIP is being succeeded by this Director Compensation and Deferral Investment Plan (the “Plan”), mirroring the Director Plan and governing all Participant accounts to the extent attributable to deferrals made under the Director Plan and earnings thereon, and eliminating the Key Executive Plan.  Accordingly, the Company now wishes to establish the Plan as a successor to the Director Plan, in connection with the reservation of 140,000 shares of Stock (as defined below) for issuance under the Plan and in order to reflect recent changes in law and best practice.  The Plan is not subject to ERISA, as defined below.
1.3    Purposes.  The primary purposes of the Plan are (i) to provide a mechanism for Directors’ receipt of Stock in lieu of their annual cash Retainer Fees (as defined below), (ii) to provide Directors with the opportunity to defer voluntarily a portion of their Director’s Fees (as defined below), subject to the terms of the Plan, and (iii) to encourage ownership of common stock by Directors and thereby align their interests more closely with the interests of the stockholders of the Company. By adopting the Plan, the Company desires to enhance its ability to attract and retain Directors of outstanding competence.

Article 2.    Definitions
Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, and, when the defined meaning is intended, the term is capitalized:
(a)    “Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.  Any reference to a specific provision of the Code includes any successor provision and the regulations promulgated under such provision.
(c)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of two (2) or more Directors appointed by the Committee to administer the Plan pursuant to Article 3.
(d)    “Company” means Magnetek, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(e)    “Director” means a member of the Board who is neither an employee nor an officer of the Company.
(f)    “Director’s Fees” means a Director’s Retainer Fees and Meeting Fees, whether payable in cash or Stock or any combination thereof.
(g)    “Disability” means that a Participant would be considered to be disabled under Section 409A.
(h)    “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
(i)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.  Any reference to a specific provision of the Exchange Act includes any successor provision and the rules or regulations promulgated under such provision.
(j)    “Fair Market Value” means (i) the mean of the highest and lowest sales prices of a share of the Stock on the principal exchange on which shares of the Stock are then trading, if any, on the determination date, or, if shares were not traded on such date, then on the next preceding trading day during which a sale occurred, as such prices are quoted in The Wall Street Journal; or (ii) if such stock is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on a quotation system, the mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on the determination date as reported by such quotation system, or, if there were no closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on such date, on the next preceding day on which there were such prices; or (iii) if the Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not quoted on a quotation system, the mean between the closing bid and asked prices for the Stock on the determination date, or, if there were no closing bid and asked prices for the Stock on such day, on the next preceding day on which there were such prices, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board; or (iv) if the Stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value established by the Board in good faith by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method.
(k)    “Meeting” means any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof on which the Director serves and for which the Director is entitled to receive Meeting Fees.

(l)    “Meeting Fees” means the fees paid to a Director on a per meeting basis for attending a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
(m)    “Newly Eligible Director” means a Director who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan following the commencement of a given Year.
(n)    “Participant” means a Director who is actively participating in the Plan.
(o)    “Plan” means this Magnetek, Inc. Director Compensation and Deferral Investment Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.
(p)    “Retainer Fees” means annual retainer fees paid to a Director for serving as a member of the Board of Directors or as a Chairman of a committee thereof for a full year’s service on the Board or such lesser amount as may be payable to any Director in respect of services on the Board of less than a full year.
(q)    “Separation from Service” means a Participant’s “separation from service,” as determined by the Committee in accordance with the definition of “separation from service” under Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent required by Section 409A, a Participant who ceases to qualify as a Director as a result of his or her becoming an employee of the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be deemed to have had a Separation from Service for purposes of the Plan until such time as the Participant has a Separation from Service as both such an employee and a Director.
(r)    “Specified Employee” means any Participant who is a “specified employee” (as such term is defined under Section 409A) of the Company. The “identification date” (as defined under Section 409A) for purposes of identifying Specified Employees shall be September 30 of each calendar year. Individuals identified on any identification date shall be Specified Employees as of January 1 of the calendar year following the year of the identification date. In determining whether or not an individual is a Specified Employee as of an identification date, the rule of Treas. Reg. §1.415-2(g)(5)(ii) permitting exclusion of certain compensation attributable to individuals who are “nonresident aliens” (as defined under Section 409A) shall be applied for purposes of determining which individuals will be Specified Employees.
(s)    “Stock” means common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
(t)    “Value” means the fair market value of the cash and/or Stock a Director receives (or, absent deferrals hereunder, is entitled to receive) as Director’s Fees.
(u)    “Year” means a calendar year.
Article 3.    Administration
3.1    Authority of the Committee.  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. In addition, any power of the Committee hereunder may also be exercised by the full Board, except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Stock issued hereunder or other transaction with respect to the Plan to become subject to (or lose an exemption under) the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board may appoint a successor Committee to administer the Plan, provided that such Committee consists solely of two (2) or more non-employee directors within the meaning of Rule 

16b-3 under the Exchange Act. In addition, subject to the terms of the Plan, and to the extent permissible under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the exemptions thereunder, the Board or the Committee may delegate ministerial duties to any executive or executives of the Company.
Subject to the provisions herein, the Committee shall have full power and discretion to cause the Company to issue Stock to Participants in accordance with the terms of the Plan; to determine the terms and conditions of each Director’s participation in the Plan; to construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or instrument entered into under the Plan; to establish, amend, or waive rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration; to amend (subject to the provisions of Article 11 herein) the terms and conditions of the Plan and any agreement entered into under the Plan; and to make other determinations which may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
3.2    Decisions Binding.  All determinations and decisions of the Board and/or the Committee as to any disputed question arising under the Plan, including questions of construction and interpretation, shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all parties and shall be given the maximum possible deference allowed by law.
3.3    Claims Procedure.
(a)    Claims.  Any Director making a claim for benefits under this Plan may contest the Committee’s decision to deny such claim or appeal therefrom only by submitting the matter to binding arbitration before a single arbitrator. Any arbitration shall be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, unless otherwise agreed to by the Committee. The arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s authority shall be limited to the affirmation or reversal of the Committee’s denial of the claim or appeal, and the arbitrator shall have no power to alter, add to, or subtract from any provision of this Plan. The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding on all parties, if warranted on the record and reasonably based on applicable law and the provisions of this Plan. The arbitrator shall have no power to award any punitive, exemplary, consequential, or special damages, and under no circumstances shall an award contain any amount that in any way reflects any of such types of damages. Each party shall bear its own attorney’s fees and costs of arbitration. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
(b)    Service of Process.  The Secretary of the Company is hereby designated as agent of the Plan for the service of legal process.
3.4    Indemnification.  Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a defendant, or in which he or she may be a party by reason of any act or omission by such Board member in his or her capacity as an administrator of the Plan, and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf.

The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
Article 4.    Participation
4.1    Participation.  All Directors shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Each Year, the Committee shall notify Directors of their eligibility to participate in the Plan during the following Year.  Directors shall commence participation in the Plan automatically pursuant to Section 5.1, and may elect to defer amounts by completing the applicable forms provided by the Company and delivering such forms to the Company as provided in Article 6 herein.  Directors also may elect to receive Stock in lieu of cash Meeting Fees by completing the applicable forms provided by the Company and delivering such forms to the Company as provided in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 herein.
In the event a Participant no longer meets the requirements for participation in the Plan, such Participant shall become an inactive Participant, retaining all the rights described under the Plan, except the right to make any further deferrals or receive payment of Director’s Fees in Stock, until such time that the Participant again becomes an active Participant.
4.2    Partial Year Participation.  In the event that a Director first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan following the commencement of a given Year, such Director shall be notified by the Company of his or her eligibility to participate, and the Company shall provide each such Newly Eligible Director with applicable forms for electing to defer Director’s Fees, which must be completed by such Newly Eligible Director and delivered to the Company as provided in Article 6 herein and applicable forms for electing to receive Stock, which must be completed by such Newly Eligible Director and delivered to the Company as provided in Section 5.2 herein.
Article 5.    Stock in Lieu of Cash Director’s Fees
5.1    Payment in Stock.  Subject to Section 5.5 herein, a Director shall receive Stock in lieu of the annual cash Retainer Fees otherwise payable to each Director each Year for so long as this Plan is in effect, to the extent and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article 5.  In addition, a Director may elect to receive Stock in lieu of cash Meeting Fees payable to such Director each Year for so long as this Plan is in effect, to the extent and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article 5.
5.2    Method of Electing to Receive Stock in Lieu of Cash Meeting Fees.  In order to receive Stock in lieu of cash Meeting Fees under the Plan, the Director must complete and deliver to the Company the applicable form provided by the Company on which he or she designates the election to receive Stock. Participants shall make their elections to receive payment in Stock for their Meeting Fees under the Plan no later than the date immediately prior to the date of the Meeting to which such Meeting Fees relate. All elections to receive payment in Stock for Meeting Fees shall be made on the applicable form provided by the Company as described herein and shall be delivered by the Participant to the Committee (or its delegate) as described in Section 12.1 herein.
The election to receive payment in Stock for Meeting Fees shall automatically remain in effect for all periods in which the Participant participates in the Plan until revoked or changed by 

the Participant. The election may be revoked or changed with respect to future Meetings by filing with the Committee (or its delegate) a new election on the applicable form provided by the Company no later than the day immediately prior to the date of the next Meeting for which the Participant shall receive Meeting Fees.
5.3    Stock Payment Procedures.  The number of shares of Stock to be paid in lieu of cash Retainer Fees or cash Meeting Fees (in the event of an election by a Director to so receive Stock in lieu of cash Meeting Fees) on each payment date shall be equal to (i) the amount of the cash Retainer Fees or cash Meeting Fees, as applicable, payable to each Director at the rates then in effect divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value of Stock as determined on the most recent practicable date preceding the issuance date. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued; instead, the cash remainder shall be paid to the Participant. The Company shall deliver to each Participant on a quarterly or semiannual basis as payment of Retainer Fees one or more certificates representing the Stock, registered in the name of the Participant (or, if directed by the Participant, in the joint names of the Participant and his or her spouse). The Company shall deliver to each Participant who has properly filed the applicable form provided by the Company as payment of Meeting Fees one or more certificates representing the Stock, registered in the name of the Participant (or, if directed by the Participant, in joint names of the Participant and his or her spouse) at the times such Meeting Fees are customarily paid by the Company.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Company may, in lieu of delivering physical certificates representing Stock as described in this Section 5.3, make equivalent book entries.
5.4    Rights of the Participant.  Except for the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan, a Participant paid Stock in lieu of the cash Retainer Fees or cash Meeting Fees shall have all of the rights of a holder of the Stock, including the right to receive dividends paid on such Stock and the right to vote the Stock at meetings of stockholders of the Company. Upon delivery, such Stock will be nonforfeitable unless determined otherwise by the Board.
5.5    Special Circumstances.  The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to permit all or any portion of a Director’s Retainer Fees to be paid in cash, rather than in Stock, in the event that a Director establishes, to the satisfaction of the Committee, that special circumstances warrant such cash payment. The merits of the Director’s special circumstances shall be judged by the Committee. The Committee’s decision as to whether the Director’s special circumstances justify the cash payment of the Director’s Retainer Fees shall be final, conclusive, and not subject to appeal.
Article 6.    Deferral Opportunity
6.1    Amount Which May Be Deferred.  A Participant may elect to defer up to one hundred percent (100%) of his or her Retainer Fees for any Year and/or up to one hundred percent (100%) of his or her Meeting Fees during any Year. The amount of Retainer Fees and Meeting Fees to be deferred shall be expressed as a percentage of the Value of the fees otherwise payable (in cash or Stock) for the Participant’s service as a Director of the Company.
6.2    Deferral Election for Retainer and Meeting Fees.  Participants shall make their elections to defer their Retainer Fees and Meeting Fees under the Plan no later than December 31 prior to the beginning of each Year (or such earlier date as may be specified by the Committee), or, 

in the case of a Newly Eligible Director, no later than thirty (30) calendar days following the date such Newly Eligible Director first became eligible to participate in the Plan, and such elections to defer shall apply only with respect to Retainer Fees and Meeting Fees that are to be earned after the effective date of such elections. All elections to defer Retainer Fees and Meeting Fees shall be made on the applicable form provided by the Company as described herein and shall be delivered by the Participant to the Committee (or its delegate) as described in Section 12.1 herein. The deferral election with respect to Retainer Fees or Meeting Fees shall automatically remain in effect for the Year in question (for which it shall be irrevocable) and for all subsequent periods the Participant participates in the Plan; provided, however, that the deferral election may be revoked or changed with respect to Retainer Fees or Meeting Fees that are earned in a future Year, but only by delivering to the Committee (or its delegate) a new election on the applicable form provided by the Company no later than December 31 prior to the beginning of such future Year (or such earlier date as may be specified by the Committee).
Participants shall make the following elections on the applicable form provided by the Company:
(a)    The amount to be deferred with respect to his or her Retainer Fees and/or Meeting Fees for the Year, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1 herein; and
(b)    The form of payment to be made to the Participant at the end of the deferral period, pursuant to the terms of Section 6.4 herein.
6.3    Length of Deferral.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.6, the amounts deferred by each Participant and the accumulated earnings thereon shall be paid (or commence to be paid) to the Participant as provided in Sections 6.4 and 6.5 herein in the month of January of the Year following the Year in which the Participant’s Separation from Service occurs for any reason other than death. In the event of the Participant’s death, the payment of the amounts deferred and the accumulated earnings thereon (or, in the event of death following commencement of installment payments, the remaining unpaid balance thereof) shall be made in a single lump sum payment as soon as administratively practical (but in no event more than 90 days) after the Participant’s death.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent required under Section 409A, no distributions to a Specified Employee that are to be made as a result of the Specified Employee’s Separation from Service for any reason other than death or Disability shall be made or commence prior to the date that is six months after the date of such Separation from Service; provided that any distributions that otherwise would have been payable during such six-month period shall continue to accrue earnings under Section 7.2 and shall be distributed (together with any earnings thereon) in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the date of the Specified Employee’s Separation from Service.
6.4    Form of Payment of Deferred Amounts.  Subject to Section 6.6, Participants shall be entitled to elect to receive payment of amounts deferred in any Year, together with earnings accrued thereon, at the end of the deferral period in a single lump sum payment or by means of installments, pursuant to the form elected by the Participant on the applicable form provided by the Company at the time the Participant elected to defer such amounts. If no election is made with respect to amounts deferred in one or more Years (and earnings accrued thereon), the Participant 

will be paid such amounts in a single lump sum. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all of a Participant’s Grandfathered Deferrals shall be paid in the form specified by the Participant’s election that was in effect as of January 1, 2009 or, absent such an election, in a single lump sum.
(a)    Lump Sum Payment. Participants may elect to receive the payout of deferred amounts and earnings accrued thereon in a single lump sum.
(b)    Installment Payments.  Participants may elect to receive the payout of deferred amounts and earnings accrued thereon in annual installments, with a minimum number of installments of two (2), and a maximum number of installments of ten (10). The initial payment shall be made in the month of January of the Year following the Year in which the Participant’s Separation from Service occurs for any reason other than death, as set forth in Section 6.3 herein. The remaining installment payments shall be made in the month of January of each Year thereafter, until the Participant’s entire deferred account has been paid in full. Earnings shall continue to accrue on the deferred amounts in the Participant’s deferred account, as provided in Section 7.2 of this Plan. The amount of each installment payment shall be equal to the balance remaining in the Participant’s deferred account immediately prior to each such payment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1), and the denominator of which is the number of installment payments remaining.
Subject to the following rules, with respect to Grandfathered Deferrals a Participant may elect to change a form of benefit elected pursuant to this Section 6.4 by filing a revised election on the applicable form provided by the Company specifying the new form of distribution:
		
	(1)
	An election to change the form of distribution must be made no later than December 31 at least one (1) full Year prior to the payout commencement date as described in Section 6.3 herein. If a new election is submitted after this date, the election shall be null and void, and the form of distribution shall be determined under the Participant’s original election.

		
	(2)
	Any election to change the form of distribution from installments to a lump sum is subject in all cases to the approval of the Board.

		
	(3)
	No further election to change a form of distribution shall be permitted with respect to amounts already subject to a revised election submitted pursuant to this Section 6.4.

Participants shall not be permitted to change the form of their distributions with respect to Section 409A Deferrals.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the deferred amounts and accumulated earnings thereon to be paid to a Participant in the form of installments is less than $50,000 (measured as of the date the first installment is due), such amounts shall be paid to the Participant in a single lump sum as set forth in Section 6.4(a), notwithstanding the Participant’s election to receive such amounts in the form of installments.
6.5    Type of Payment of Deferred Amounts.  All payments of deferred amounts hereunder shall be made in shares of Stock, provided that cash in lieu of fractional shares of Stock may be paid.

6.6    Severe Financial Hardship.  If the Participant establishes, to the satisfaction of the Committee, that a “severe financial hardship” exists, then the Committee may, subject to the limitations imposed in this Section 6.6, in its sole discretion:
(a)    Cancel deferrals by such Participant under the Plan; or
(b)    Provide that all, or a portion, of the amount previously deferred by the Participant shall immediately be paid in a lump sum payment; or
(c)    Provide that all, or a portion, of the installments payable over a period of time shall immediately be paid in a lump sum payment.
For purposes of this Section 6.6, with respect to Grandfathered Deferrals, “severe financial hardship” shall mean any financial hardship resulting from extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of one or more recent events beyond the control of the Participant. For purposes of this Section 6.6, with respect to Section 409A Deferrals, “severe financial hardship” shall mean a severe financial hardship of the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s beneficiary, or the Participant’s “dependent” (as defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, not as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. Distribution on account of a severe financial hardship may not be made to the extent such severe financial hardship is or may be relieved: (i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise; (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship; or (iii) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan. The amount of a distribution made on account of a severe financial hardship shall be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need, including the amount needed to pay any Federal, state, local or foreign income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution. Examples of circumstances not considered to be severe financial hardships include the need to send a Participant’s child to college or the desire to purchase a home. In the event of a distribution on account of a severe financial hardship, the Participant’s account will be credited with earnings in accordance with the Plan up to the date of distribution.
The existence of a severe financial hardship and the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need created by such severe financial hardship shall be judged by the Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee’s decision as to the existence of a severe financial hardship, the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need created by such severe financial hardship, and the manner in which, if at all, the Participant’s future deferral opportunities shall be ceased, and/or the manner in which, if at all, the immediate payment of deferred amounts to the Participant shall be made, shall be final and conclusive.
Article 7.    Deferred Compensation Accounts
7.1    Participants’ Accounts.  The Company shall establish and maintain an individual bookkeeping account for deferrals made by each Participant under Article 6 herein. Each account shall be credited as of the date the amount deferred otherwise would have become due and payable 

to the Participant and as provided in Section 7.2. Each Participant’s account shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested at all times.
7.2    Gains and Losses on Deferred Amounts.  Each Participant’s account for deferrals will be deemed to be invested in Stock, including any dividends paid thereon (which will be deemed to be reinvested in such Stock). Each Participant’s account will thus be adjusted and increased or decreased by the results of such deemed investment from the time Plan deferrals are credited under Section 7.1 until distributed pursuant to Article 6 hereof.
7.3    Charges Against Accounts.  There shall be charged against each Participant’s deferred account any payments made to the Participant or to his or her beneficiary.
7.4    Designation of Beneficiary.  Each Participant shall designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries who, upon the Participant’s death, will receive the deferred amounts that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant under the Plan. All designations shall be signed by the Participant, and shall be in such form as prescribed by the Committee. Each designation shall be effective as of the date delivered to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company by the Participant.
Participants may change their designations of beneficiary on such form as prescribed by the Committee. The payment of amounts deferred under the Plan shall be in accordance with the last unrevoked written designation of beneficiary that has been signed by the Participant and delivered by the Participant to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company prior to the Participant’s death.
In the event that the Participant names more than one beneficiary pursuant to this Section 7.4 and one or more, but not all, of the beneficiaries predecease the Participant, the interest of the predeceased beneficiaries and the interest of their respective heirs will terminate and the percentage share of the remaining beneficiaries will be increased on a pro rata basis unless the beneficiary designation form provides otherwise.  In the event that all the beneficiaries named by a Participant pursuant to this Section 7.4 predecease the Participant, the deferred amounts that would have been paid to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiaries shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.
In the event a Participant does not designate a beneficiary, or for any reason such designation is ineffective, in whole or in part, the amounts that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiaries under the Plan shall be paid to the Participant’s estate to the extent of the failure to designate or the ineffectiveness of the designation.
Article 8.    Rights of Participants
8.1    Contractual Obligation.  The Plan shall create a contractual obligation on the part of the Company to make payments from the Participants’ accounts when due. Payment of account balances in cash shall be made out of the general funds of the Company.
8.2    Unsecured Interest.  No Participant or party claiming an interest in deferred amounts of a Participant shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific asset of the Company. To the extent that any party acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan, such right shall be equivalent to that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. The Company shall have no duty to set aside or invest any amounts credited to Participants’ accounts under this Plan.

Nothing contained in this Plan shall create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant. Nevertheless, the Company may establish one or more trusts, with such trustee as the Committee may approve, for the purpose of providing for the payment of deferred amounts and earnings thereon. Such trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but the assets thereof shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors in the event of the Company’s bankruptcy or insolvency. To the extent any deferred amounts and earnings thereon under the Plan are actually paid from any such trust, the Company shall have no further obligation with respect thereto, but to the extent not so paid, such deferred amounts and earnings thereon shall remain the obligation of, and shall be paid by, the Company.
8.3    No Guarantee of Principal or Earnings or Tax Treatment.  Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guarantee by the Company or any other person or entity that the amounts deferred hereunder will increase or shall not decrease in value due to the deemed investment of such amounts in Stock. The Stock may be a volatile investment and decreases in the value thereof may result in a loss of some or all of the principal amounts deferred hereunder. Thus, it is possible for the value of a Participant’s account to decrease as a result of its deemed investment in Stock, if the value of the Stock decreases.  The Company also does not guarantee to any Participant or any other person with an interest in the amounts deferred hereunder that the Plan or any amounts deferred hereunder will comply with Section 409A or that the Plan or any amounts deferred hereunder shall otherwise receive a specific tax treatment under any other applicable tax law, nor in any such case will the Company or any affiliate indemnify, defend or hold harmless any individual with respect to the tax consequences of any deferred amounts or participation in the Plan.
Article 9.    Number and Source of Shares Available Under the Plan
Subject to adjustments as provided in this Article 9, the shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan, plus the shares of Stock issued under the DOCDIP prior to the date of stockholder approval of the Plan, shall not exceed an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Stock. No shares of Stock may be issued under the DOCDIP following stockholder approval of the Plan. The Company shall reserve a sufficient number of shares of Stock for purposes of the Plan, as determined by the Committee. Such shares may be previously issued and outstanding shares of Stock reacquired by the Company and held in its treasury, or may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock, or may consist partly of each. If the Company shall at any time increase or decrease the number of outstanding shares of Stock or change in any way the rights and privileges of such shares by means of the payment of a stock dividend or any other distribution upon such shares payable in Stock, or through a stock split, subdivision, consolidation, combination, reclassification, or recapitalization involving the Stock, and in each case not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company, then the Committee shall, in such manner as shall be reasonably determined by the Committee, increase, decrease, or change in like manner the number, rights and privileges of the shares issuable under the Plan as if such shares had been issued and outstanding, fully paid, and nonassessable at the time of such occurrence in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a stock dividend (other than a stock dividend declared in lieu of an ordinary cash dividend), stock split, subdivision or combination (including a reverse stock split) involving the Stock, and in each case not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company, if no action is taken by the Committee, adjustments contemplated by this Article 

9 that are proportionate shall nevertheless automatically be made as of the date of such stock dividend, stock split, subdivision or combination involving the Stock.
Article 10.    Withholding of Taxes
The Company shall have the right to require Participants to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any Federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements, or to deduct from all payments made pursuant to the Plan amounts sufficient to satisfy any withholding tax requirements.
Article 11.    Amendment and Termination
The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time by action of the Board, with or without prior notice. No such amendment or termination shall in any material manner adversely affect any Participant’s rights to amounts already deferred or earned or earnings thereon up to the point of amendment or termination or any rights of such Participant under any Stock theretofore issued to him or her hereunder, without the consent of the Participant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent permissible under Section 409A without the imposition of the additional tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code or any other taxes or penalties imposed under Section 409A (the “Section 409A Taxes”), in the event of any irrevocable termination of the Plan, the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion may elect to liquidate the Plan and distribute to each Participant all amounts deferred under the Plan (and earnings thereon) in a lump sum; provided that all such distributions (i) commence no earlier than the date that is twelve (12) months following the date of such termination (or such earlier date permitted under Section 409A without the imposition of the Section 409A Taxes) and (ii) are completed by the date that is twenty-four (24) months following the date of such termination (or such later date permitted under Section 409A without the imposition of the Section 409A Taxes).  In addition, payments may be accelerated upon a Plan termination as provided above only if, to the extent required under Section 409A, (i) all other nonqualified deferred compensation “account balance plans” (as such term is defined under Section 409A), in which any Participant hereunder participates are terminated along with the Plan, and (ii) the Company does not adopt any new nonqualified deferred compensation “account balance plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A), for five years following the date of such Plan termination.
Article 12.    Miscellaneous
12.1    Notice.  Unless otherwise prescribed by the Committee, any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Company under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company. Notice to the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company, if mailed, shall be addressed to the principal executive offices of the Company. Notice mailed to a Participant shall be at such address as is given in the records of the Company. Notices shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.
12.2    Consideration for Stock Issued.  Stock will be issued under the Plan in consideration of the services of Participants as directors of the Company.

12.3    Compliance with Securities Laws, Listing Requirements, and Other Laws and Obligations.  The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Stock under this Plan, (a) until, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all applicable federal and state laws and regulations have been complied with, (b) if the outstanding Stock is at the time listed on any stock exchange, or quoted on any automated quotation system, until the shares to be delivered have been listed or authorized to be listed or quoted on such exchange or system upon official notice of issuance, and (c) until all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been approved by the Company’s counsel. If the sale of Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a condition to the payment of Stock, the Participant to make such representations or agreements as counsel for the Company may consider appropriate to avoid violation of such Act and may require that the certificates evidencing such Stock bear an appropriate legend, or that the book entry evidencing such Stock include an appropriate notation, restricting transfer.
12.4    No Stockholder Rights Conferred.  Nothing contained in the Plan or any agreement hereunder will confer upon any Participant any rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until shares of Stock are issued to such Participant.
12.5    No Right to Stock.  Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to give any Director any right to a grant of Stock under the Plan unless all conditions described within the Plan are met as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
12.6    Granted Shares Have Same Status as Issued Shares.  Any shares of Stock of the Company issued as a stock dividend, or as a result of stock splits, combinations, exchanges of shares, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations or otherwise with respect to shares of Stock granted pursuant to the Plan shall have the same status and be subject to the same restrictions as the shares granted.
12.7    Nontransferability.  Except as provided below, Participants’ rights to deferred amounts, contributions, and earnings accrued thereon under the Plan may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than pursuant to the beneficiary designation provisions of the Plan or by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, nor shall the Company make any payment under the Plan to any assignee or creditor of a Participant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall provide for distributions from a Participant’s deferred account to an individual other than Participant to the extent necessary to fulfill a court order that the Committee determines to satisfy the requirements of a domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 206(d)(3) of ERISA. The amounts assigned to an alternate payee under such an order shall be paid in a lump sum distribution as soon as administratively practical after the Committee determines that the order meets the requirements of a domestic relations order. All payments made pursuant to any such order shall be charged against the Participant’s deferred account.
12.8    Severability.  In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

12.9    Gender and Number.  Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural.
12.10    Costs of the Plan.  All costs of implementing and administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.
12.11    Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.
12.12    Applicable Law.  Except to the extent preempted by applicable federal law, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Wisconsin, without reference to the conflict of law principles thereof.
12.13    Effective Date.  The Plan shall become effective at the time that it is approved by stockholders.  [The Plan was approved by stockholders on November 9, 2011.]

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