Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

 EXECUTION VERSION  

 

Arconic Inc.

390 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

 

February 2, 2018

 

Elliott Associates, L.P.

Elliott International, L.P.

40 West 57th Street

New York, New York 10019

Facsimile No: (212) 478-2401

	Attention:	Dave Miller
	 	Austin Camporin

 

Re:  Registration Rights Agreement Amendment

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made
to that certain letter agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated December 19, 2017, by and among
Arconic Inc., a Delaware corporation, as successor-in-interest to Arconic Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”),
Elliott Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Elliott Associates”), Elliott International, L.P.,
a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Elliott International”), and Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“EICA” and collectively with Elliott Associates and Elliott International, “Elliott”;
each of Elliott Associates, Elliott International and EICA is an “Elliott Party”). Each of the Company and the
Elliott Parties is referred to herein as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.” Capitalized
terms used in this amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Rights Agreement and not defined herein shall
have the respective meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Pursuant to paragraph
13 of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Parties hereby amend the Registration Rights Agreement as follows:

 

1.             The
first sentence of paragraph 1(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “Subject
to paragraph 4 of this letter agreement, and provided that the Company is eligible to register the resale of Eligible Securities
on Form S-3, until the earlier of the first date on which there are no longer any Eligible Securities and the End Date, the Company
shall, within twelve (12) Business Days of receipt of a written request from the Elliott Parties, use reasonable best efforts to
file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any
successor form or other appropriate form under the Securities Act) for an offering to be made on a continuous or delayed basis
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, covering the resale of all of the Eligible Securities (the “Shelf Registration
Statement”) and no other securities.”

 

2.             The
second-to-last sentence of paragraph 4(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“The date referenced in clause (A) of the definition of “End Date” shall be increased by the length of time of
the aggregate duration of any Blackout Periods which occur prior to the End Date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, only those Blackout
Periods which occur after the receipt of the written requested contemplated by the first sentence of paragraph 1(a) of this Agreement).”

 

     

     

    

  

3.             To
correct a scrivener’s error, paragraph 9(j) of the Registration Rights Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety
as follows: “Eligible Securities” means Common Shares held by the Elliott Parties on the date of this letter
agreement; provided, that any such Common Shares shall cease to be Eligible Securities upon the earliest of (A) the first
date when a registration statement with respect to the sale of such security shall have become effective under the Securities Act
and such security shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (B) the first date when such security
shall have been transferred or otherwise disposed of to any Person other than a Permitted Transferee, (C) the first date when such
security is no longer outstanding and (D) the first date when such security is eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act without volume limitations thereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this letter agreement, all securities
shall forever cease to be Eligible Securities, and the Company’s obligations hereunder shall cease, on the End Date.”

 

4.             Except
as expressly amended by this Amendment, all terms, conditions and provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement shall remain
unmodified and in full force and effect. This Amendment shall form a part of the Registration Rights Agreement for all purposes,
and from and after the date of this Amendment, any reference in the Registration Rights Agreement to “this letter agreement”,
“hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words or expressions of similar import shall refer
to the Registration Rights Agreement as amended by this Amendment. The provisions of paragraphs 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and
19 of the Registration Rights Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Amendment. This Amendment, together with the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Settlement Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties
and supersedes any prior understandings and/or written or oral agreements among them respecting the subject matter herein and therein.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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Please confirm your agreement
with the foregoing by signing and returning this Amendment to the undersigned, whereupon this Amendment shall become a binding
agreement between the Elliott Parties and the Company.

 

	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 
	 	ARCONIC INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Katherine H. Ramundo
	 	 	Name:	Katherine H. Ramundo
	 	 	Title:	Executive Vice President,
	 	 	 	Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

Accepted and agreed as of the date first written above:

 

ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.

 

	By:	Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P., as general partner	 
	 	 	 
	By:	Braxton Associates, Inc., as general partner	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Elliot Greenberg	 
	 	Name: Elliot Greenberg	 
	 	Title:   Vice President	 

 

ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.

 

	By:	Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc., as attorney-in-fact
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Elliot Greenberg	 
	 	Name: Elliot Greenberg	 
	 	Title:  Vice President	 

 

ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL ADVISORS INC.

 

	By:	/s/ Elliot Greenberg	 
	 	Name: Elliot Greenberg	 
	 	Title:  Vice President	 

 

[Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement]Exhibit 10.3

 

ARCONIC INC.

CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN

 

The Company hereby
amends and restates, effective as of February 1, 2018, the Arconic Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan (this “Plan”),
which was originally adopted on January 11, 2002 (the “Effective Date”), subsequently amended on January 1,
2010, and subsequently amended and restated on February 27, 2017. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are
defined in Section 1 hereof.

 

SECTION 1.   
DEFINITIONS. As hereinafter used:

 

1.1             
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

1.2             
“Applicable Multiplier” shall mean (a) in the case of a Tier I Employee, three (3), (b) in
the case of a Tier II Employee, two (2), and (c) in the case of a Tier III Employee, one and one-half (1.5); provided,
however, that, with respect to an Eligible Employee who incurs a Severance Event during the three-year period immediately
preceding such individual’s Mandatory Retirement Age, such multiplier shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of full and partial months remaining until such Eligible Employee attains Mandatory Retirement Age, and the
denominator of which is thirty-six (36).

 

1.3             
“Applicable Period” shall mean (a) in the case of a Tier I Employee, the thirty-six (36)-month period
immediately following such Tier I Employee’s Severance Date, (b) in the case of a Tier II Employee, the twenty-four
(24)-month period immediately following such Tier II Employee’s Severance Date, and (c) in the case of a Tier III Employee,
the eighteen (18)-month period immediately following such Tier III Employee’s Severance Date; provided, however,
that, with respect to an Eligible Employee who incurs a Severance Event during the three-year period immediately preceding such
individual’s Mandatory Retirement Age, such period shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of full and partial months remaining until such Eligible Employee attains Mandatory Retirement Age, and the denominator of which
is thirty-six (36).

 

1.4             
“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

 

1.5             
“Board” means (a) prior to a Change in Control, the Board of Directors of the Company and (b) following
a Change in Control, if the Company is not the ultimate parent corporation of the group that includes the Company and all of its
Affiliates and is not publicly traded, the board of directors of the ultimate parent company of such group.

 

1.6             
“Business Combination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(c).

 

     

     

    

 

1.7             
“Cause” means: (a) the willful and continued failure by the Eligible Employee to substantially perform
the Eligible Employee’s duties with the Employer that has not been cured within thirty (30) days after a written demand
for substantial performance is delivered to the Eligible Employee by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner
in which the Board believes that the Eligible Employee has not substantially performed the Eligible Employee’s duties, or
(b) the willful engaging by the Eligible Employee in conduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company,
monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of this definition, (i) no act, or failure to act,
on the Eligible Employee’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Eligible
Employee not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the Eligible Employee’s act, or failure to act, was in the
best interest of the Company and (ii) in the event of a dispute concerning the application of this provision, no claim by
the Company that Cause exists shall be given effect unless the Board determines that it has been established by clear and convincing
evidence that Cause exists and a resolution to that effect is adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three quarters (3/4) of
the entire membership of the Board (after reasonable notice to the Eligible Employee and an opportunity for the Eligible Employee,
together with the Eligible Employee’s counsel, to be heard by the Board).

 

1.8             
“Change in Control” means the occurrence of an event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs:

 

(a)              
any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”)
becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either (A) the
then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the
combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors
(the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however,
that, for purposes of this Section 1.8, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any
acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit
plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates or (iv) any acquisition pursuant to
a transaction that complies with Sections 1.8(c)(i), 1.8(c)(ii) and 1.8(c)(iii);

 

(b)              
individuals who, as of May 24, 2017, constituted the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason
to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director
subsequent to May 24, 2017 whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds ( 2/3) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as
though such individual was a member of the Incumbent Board; but, provided, further, that any such individual
whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than
the Board shall not be considered a member of the Incumbent Board unless and until such individual is elected to the Board at an
annual meeting of the Company occurring after the date such individual initially assumed office, so long as such election occurs
pursuant to a nomination approved by a vote of at least two-thirds ( 2/3) of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Board, which nomination is not made pursuant to a Company contractual obligation;

 

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(c)              
consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar transaction involving the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the
acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Business Combination”),
in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that
were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior
to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 55% or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock
(or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body), as the case
may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such
transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more
Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding
Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any corporation
resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting
from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares
of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination
or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such entity entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors (or, for a non-corporate entity, equivalent securities), except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to
the Business Combination, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or, for a non-corporate
entity, equivalent governing body) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at
the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or

 

(d)              
the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

1.9            
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.10         
“Committee” means the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board.

 

1.11         
“Company” means Arconic Inc. or any successors thereto.

 

1.12         
“DB Pension Plan” means any tax-qualified, supplemental or excess defined benefit pension plan maintained
by the Company or any of its Affiliates and any other defined benefit plan or agreement entered into between the Eligible Employee
and the Company or any of its Affiliates which is designed to provide the Eligible Employee with supplemental defined benefit retirement
benefits.

 

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1.13         
“DC Pension Plan” means any tax-qualified, supplemental or excess defined contribution plan maintained
by the Company or any of its Affiliates and any other defined contribution plan or agreement entered into between the Eligible
Employee and the Company or any of its Affiliates which is designed to provide the Eligible Employee with supplemental defined
contribution retirement benefits.

 

1.14         
“Delayed Payment Date” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(g).

 

1.15         
“Eligible Employee” means any Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III Employee. An Eligible Employee becomes a “Severed
Employee” once he or she incurs a Severance Event.

 

1.16         
“Employer” means the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that employs the applicable Eligible Employee.

 

1.17         
“Entity” means any individual, entity, person (within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act), or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than (a) an employee plan
of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (b) any Affiliate of the Company, (c) an underwriter temporarily holding securities
pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (d) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by shareholders of the Company
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company.

 

1.18         
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

1.19         
“Excise Tax” shall mean any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code.

 

1.20         
“Good Reason” in respect of an Eligible Employee means the occurrence, after a Change in Control (or
prior to a Change in Control, under the circumstances described in the second sentence of Section 1.29 hereof, treating all
references below to a “Change in Control” as references to the date that the Company enters into an agreement the consummation
of which would constitute a Change in Control), of:

 

(a)              
the assignment to the Eligible Employee of any duties inconsistent with the Eligible Employee’s employment status
with the Employer immediately prior to the Change in Control or a substantial adverse alteration in the nature or status of the
Eligible Employee’s responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, including, but not
limited to, (i) with respect to a Tier I Employee, the Eligible Employee’s ceasing to hold the office as the sole chief
executive officer of the Company (or its parent or successor) and to function in that capacity, reporting directly to the board
of directors of a public company, and (ii) with respect to a Tier II Employee, the Eligible Employee’s ceasing to report
directly to the chief executive officer of a public company;

 

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(b)              
a reduction by the Company in the Eligible Employee’s total compensation and benefits in the aggregate from that in
effect immediately prior to the Change in Control. Total compensation and benefits includes, but is not limited to (i) annual
base salary, annual variable compensation opportunity (taking into account applicable performance criteria and the target bonus
amount of annual variable compensation); (ii) long-term stock-based and cash incentive opportunity (taking into account applicable
performance criteria and the target equity compensation amount); and (iii) benefits and perquisites under pension, savings,
life insurance, medical, health, disability, accident and material fringe benefit plans of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
in which the Eligible Employee was participating immediately before the Change in Control;

 

(c)              
the relocation of the Eligible Employee’s principal place of employment to a location more than fifty (50) miles
from the Eligible Employee’s principal place of employment immediately prior to the Change in Control; or

 

(d)              
the failure by the Employer to pay to the Eligible Employee any portion of the Eligible Employee’s compensation, within
fourteen (14) days of the date such compensation is due.

 

The Eligible Employee’s
right to terminate the Eligible Employee’s employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by the Eligible Employee’s
incapacity due to physical or mental illness. The Eligible Employee’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to,
or a waiver of rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good Reason hereunder. For purposes of any determination
regarding the existence of Good Reason, any good faith determination by the Eligible Employee that Good Reason exists shall be
conclusive.

 

1.21         
“Incumbent Board” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(b).

 

1.22         
“Mandatory Retirement Age” means, solely for purposes of this Plan, age seventy-five (75).

 

1.23         
“Notice of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

 

1.24         
“Outstanding Company Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a).

 

1.25         
“Outstanding Company Voting Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a).

 

1.26         
“Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a).

 

1.27         
“Plan Payments” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2(a).

 

1.28         
A “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).

 

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1.29         
“Severance Event” means an Eligible Employee’s Separation from Service on or within two (2) years
immediately following the date of a Change in Control, (a) by the Employer other than for Cause, or (b) by the Eligible
Employee for Good Reason. In addition, for purposes of this Plan, the Eligible Employee shall be deemed to have incurred a Severance
Event, if (i) the Eligible Employee’s Separation from Service occurs because his employment is terminated by the Employer
without Cause prior to a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and such termination was at the request
or direction of an Entity that has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a Change
in Control or (ii) the Eligible Employee’s Separation from Service occurs because he terminates his employment for Good
Reason prior to a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and the circumstance or event which constitutes
Good Reason occurs at the request or direction of such an Entity. For purposes of any determination regarding the applicability
of the immediately preceding sentence, any position taken by the Eligible Employee shall be presumed to be correct unless the Board
affirmatively determines that it has been established by clear and convincing evidence that such position is not correct. An Eligible
Employee will not be considered to have incurred a Severance Event if his or her employment is discontinued by reason of the Eligible
Employee’s death or a physical or mental condition causing such Eligible Employee’s inability to substantially perform
his or her duties with the Employer, including, without limitation, such condition entitling him or her to benefits under any sick
pay or disability income policy or program of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

1.30         
“Severance Date” means the date on which an Eligible Employee’s Severance Event takes place.

 

1.31         
“Severance Pay” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

1.32         
“Severed Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.15.

 

1.33         
“Subsidiary” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

1.34         
“Tier I Employee” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

 

1.35         
“Tier II Employee” means any Executive Vice President of the Company.

 

1.36         
“Tier III Employee” means each Board-elected officer who is not a Tier I Employee or Tier II Employee.

 

1.37         
“Transitional Contributions” means 2018 Transitional Employer Retirement Income Contributions (as defined in
the Company’s Salaried Retired Savings Plan) and any corresponding contributions to supplemental or excess defined contribution
plans.

 

SECTION 2.   
BENEFITS.

 

2.1             
Severance Payments and Benefits. Each Severed Employee shall be entitled, subject to Section 2.4, to receive
the following payments and benefits from the Company.

 

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(a)              
Severance Pay. A lump sum cash amount (the “Severance Pay”) equal to the sum of (i) the product
of (A) the sum of (1) the Severed Employee’s annual base salary, and (2) the Severed Employee’s target
annual cash incentive compensation as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, and (B) the Applicable Multiplier,
and (ii) the product of (A) such target annual cash incentive compensation and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of days elapsed through the Severance Date in the fiscal year during which the Severance Date occurs and the denominator of which
is 365 (or 366, if such fiscal year is a leap year). For purposes of this Section 2.1(a), annual base salary shall be the
higher of the Severed Employee’s (x) base monthly salary in the calendar month immediately preceding a Change in Control
and (y) base monthly salary in the calendar month immediately preceding the Severed Employee’s Severance Date (in each
case, without regard to any reductions therein which constitute Good Reason), multiplied by twelve (12).

 

(b)              
Benefits. During the Applicable Period, the Company shall arrange to provide the Severed Employee and anyone entitled
to claim through the Severed Employee life, accident and health (including medical, behavioral, prescription drug, dental and vision)
benefits substantially similar to those provided to the Severed Employee and anyone entitled to claim through the Severed Employee
immediately prior to the Severed Employee’s Severance Date or, if more favorable to the Severed Employee, those provided
to the Severed Employee and those entitled to claim through the Severed Employee immediately prior to the first occurrence of an
event or circumstance constituting Good Reason, at no greater after-tax cost to the Severed Employee than the after tax cost to
the Severed Employee immediately prior to such Severance Date or occurrence.

 

(c)              
DC Pension Plans. In addition to the retirement benefits to which the Severed Employee is entitled under each DC
Pension Plan, the Company shall pay the Severed Employee a lump sum cash amount equal to the product of (i) the annual value
of Company contributions or allocations (excluding any employee deferrals or contributions, Transitional Contributions, and earnings)
to all DC Pension Plans, on behalf of the employee (determined based on the rate of contributions and allocations in effect as
of immediately prior to such Change in Control, but assuming such contributions and allocations are applied to the annualized base
salary plus target annual cash incentive compensation as determined in Section 2.1(a)) and (ii) the Applicable Multiplier.

 

(d)              
DB Pension Plans. If the Severed Employee would have become eligible for an early retirement subsidy with respect
to such Severed Employee’s retirement benefits under any DB Pension Plan had the Severed Employee remained employed through
the end of the Applicable Period, in addition to the retirement benefits to which the Severed Employee is entitled under each DB
Pension Plan, the Company shall pay the Severed Employee a lump sum cash amount equal to the excess of the actuarial equivalent
of the aggregate retirement pension (taking into account any early retirement subsidies associated therewith and determined in
accordance with the normal form of payment under each DB Pension Plan, commencing at the date on or after the last day of the Applicable
Period as of which the actuarial equivalent of such form of payment is greatest) which the Severed Employee would have accrued
and vested in under the terms of all DB Pension Plans determined:

 

(i)                
without regard to any amendment to any DB Pension Plan made subsequent to a Change in Control and on or prior to the date
of the Severed Employee’s Severance Date, which amendment adversely affects in any manner the computation of retirement benefits
thereunder, and

 

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(ii)             
solely for purposes of determining eligibility for pension benefits, including all applicable retirement subsidies, as if
the Severed Employee had accumulated (after the Severed Employee’s Severance Date) the number of additional months of age
and service credit thereunder that the Severed Employee would have accumulated had the Severed Employee remained employed by the
Company during the Applicable Period;

 

over the actuarial equivalent of the aggregate
retirement pension (taking into account any early retirement subsidies associated therewith and determined in accordance with the
normal form of payment under each DB Pension Plan, commencing at the date on or after the Severed Employee’s Severance Date
as of which the actuarial equivalent of such form of payment is greatest) that the Severed Employee had accrued and vested in pursuant
to the provisions of the DB Pension Plans as of the Severed Employee’s Severance Date.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.1(d),
“actuarial equivalent” shall be determined based upon the Severed Employee’s age as of the Severed Employee’s
Severance Date using the same assumptions utilized under the Arconic Retirement Plan I, Section 8.3(d)(ii) or the successor
to such provision (without regard to applicable dollar limitations ($5,000 as of the Effective Date)) immediately prior to the
Severed Employee’s Severance Date or, if more favorable to the Severed Employee, immediately prior to the first occurrence
of an event or circumstance constituting Good Reason.

 

(e)              
Post-Retirement Benefit Plans. If the Severed Employee would have become entitled to benefits under the Company’s
post-retirement health care plans, as in effect immediately prior to the Severed Employee’s Severance Date or, if more favorable
to the Severed Employee, as in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of an event or circumstance constituting Good Reason,
had the Severed Employee’s employment terminated at any time during the Applicable Period, the Company shall provide such
post-retirement health care benefits to the Severed Employee and the Severed Employee’s dependents commencing on the later
of (i) the date on which such coverage would have first become available in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan
and (ii) the date on which benefits described in Section 2.1(b) terminate, and ending upon the death of the Eligible Employee.
Any such benefit that is dependent on service or compensation shall be determined as if the Severed Employee had accumulated (after
the Severed Employee’s Severance Date) the number of additional months of age and service credit thereunder that the Severed
Employee would have accumulated had the Severed Employee remained employed by the Company through the end of the Applicable Period,
and as if the Severed Employee had been credited with compensation for each full calendar month following the calendar month of
the Severed Employee’s Severance Date up to the end of the Applicable Period equal to the Severed Employee’s annualized
based salary as determined in Section 2.1(a), plus the Severed Employee’s target annual cash incentive compensation
as determined in Section 2.1(a), divided by twelve (12). Except for the additional service and compensation credit during
the Applicable Period, nothing herein is intended to provide the Severed Employee with benefits that exceed the benefits provided
to other participants in the applicable post-retirement health care plans, as in effect from time to time.

 

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(f)               
The Company shall provide the Severed Employee with reasonable outplacement services suitable to the Severed Employee’s
position through the date that is six (6) months following the Severed Employee’s Severance Date or, if earlier, the
date on which the Severed Employee first accepts an offer of employment from a new employer.

 

(g)              
The amounts described in Sections 2.1(a), (c) and (d) shall be paid to the Eligible Employee in a cash lump sum
as soon as practicable after the Severance Date but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the Severance Date; provided
that, if the Severed Employee is, as of the Severance Date, a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A
of the Code as determined in accordance with the methodology duly adopted by the Company as in effect on the Severance Date, then
such lump sum amounts shall instead be paid on the first business day that is at least six (6) months after the Severance Date
(or if sooner, upon the death of the Severed Employee) (the “Delayed Payment Date”), with interest at the applicable
federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code, from the first business day after the Severance Date through
the Delayed Payment Date.

 

2.2             
Reduction of Certain Payments.

 

(a)              
Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Accounting Firm (as defined below) shall determine that receipt
of all Payments (as defined below) of any Severed Employee would subject the Severed Employee to the Excise Tax, the Accounting
Firm shall determine whether to reduce any of the Payments paid or payable pursuant to this Plan (the “Plan Payments”)
so that the Parachute Value (as defined below) of all Payments, in the aggregate, equals the Safe Harbor Amount (as defined below).
The Plan Payments shall be so reduced only if the Accounting Firm determines that the Severed Employee would have a greater Net
After-Tax Receipt (as defined below) of aggregate Payments if the Plan Payments were so reduced. If the Accounting Firm determines
that the Severed Employee would not have a greater Net After-Tax Receipt of aggregate Payments if the Plan Payments were so reduced,
the Severed Employee shall receive all Plan Payments to which the Participant is entitled hereunder.

 

(b)              
If the Accounting Firm determines that aggregate Plan Payments should be reduced so that the Parachute Value of all Payments,
in the aggregate, equals the Safe Harbor Amount, the Company shall promptly give the Severed Employee notice to that effect and
a copy of the detailed calculation thereof. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this Section 2.2 shall be
binding upon the Company, its Affiliates and the Severed Employee and shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable and in no
event later than fifteen (15) days following the Severance Date. For purposes of reducing the Plan Payments so that the Parachute
Value of all Payments, in the aggregate, equals the Safe Harbor Amount, only amounts payable under the Plan (and no other Payments)
shall be reduced. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing the Plan Payments that
have a Parachute Value in the following order: Section 2.1(c), Section 2.1(d), Section 2.1(a), Section 2.1(b), Section 2.1(e),
Section 2.1(f), in each case, beginning with payments or benefits that do not constitute non-qualified deferred compensation and
reducing payments or benefits in reverse chronological order beginning with those that are to be paid or provided the farthest
in time from the Severance Date, based on the Accounting Firm’s determination. All reasonable fees and expenses of the Accounting
Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.

 

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(c)              
To the extent requested by the Severed Employee, the Company and its Affiliates shall cooperate with the Severed Employee
in good faith in valuing, and the Accounting Firm shall take into account the value of, services provided or to be provided by
the Severed Employee (including, without limitation, the Severed Employee’s agreeing to refrain from performing services
pursuant to a covenant not to compete or similar covenant, before, on or after the date of a change in ownership or control of
the Company (within the meaning of Q&A-2(b) of the final regulations under Section 280G of the Code)), such that payments in
respect of such services may be considered reasonable compensation within the meaning of Q&A-9 and Q&A-40 to Q&A-44
of the Treasury Regulations under Section 280G of the Code and/or exempt from the definition of the term “parachute payment”
within the meaning of Q&A-2(a) of the Treasury Regulations under Section 280G of the Code in accordance with Q&A-5(a) of
the Treasury Regulations under Section 280G of the Code.

 

(d)              
The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Section 2.2:

 

“Accounting
Firm” shall mean a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm or other professional organization that is
a certified public accounting firm recognized as an expert in determinations and calculations for purposes of Section 280G of the
Code that is selected by the Company prior to a Change in Control for purposes of making the applicable determinations hereunder.

 

“Net
After-Tax Receipt” shall mean the present value (as determined in accordance with Sections 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4)
of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on the Participant with respect thereto under Sections 1 and 4999 of the Code
and under applicable state and local laws, determined by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code and
under state and local laws which applied to the Severed Employee’s taxable income for the immediately preceding taxable year,
or such other rate(s) as the Accounting Firm determines to be likely to apply to the Severed Employee in the relevant tax year(s).

 

“Parachute
Value” of a Payment shall mean the present value as of the date of the change in control for purposes of Section 280G
of the Code of the portion of such Payment that constitutes a “parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code,
as determined by the Accounting Firm for purposes of determining whether and to what extent the Excise Tax will apply to such Payment.

 

“Payment”
shall mean any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) to
or for the benefit of the Severed Employee, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Plan or otherwise.

 

“Safe
Harbor Amount” shall mean the maximum Parachute Value of all Payments that the Severed Employee can receive without any
Payments being subject to the Excise Tax.

 

The provisions of this
Section 2.2 shall survive the expiration or termination of the Plan.

 

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2.3             
Legal Fees. The Company shall pay to any Eligible Employee all legal fees and expenses incurred by such Eligible
Employee in disputing in good faith any issue hereunder or in seeking in good faith to obtain or enforce any benefit or right provided
by this Plan; provided, that the payment
of legal fees hereunder by the Company shall not be required if the Eligible Employee pursues such dispute in a manner inconsistent
with the provisions of Section 3.3 hereof; and provided
further, that the Eligible Employee shall be required to repay any such amounts to the Company to the extent that an arbitrator
issues a final, unappealable order setting forth a determination that the position taken by the Eligible Employee was frivolous
or advanced in bad faith. The Company shall pay to the Eligible Employee all legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with
any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit
provided hereunder. All payments for legal fees and expenses shall be made within fourteen (14) business days after delivery
of the Eligible Employee’s written requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the
Company reasonably may require. In order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, in no event shall the payments by the Company
under this Section 2.3 be made later than the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such fees
and expenses were incurred, provided, that the Eligible Employee shall have submitted an invoice for such fees and expenses
at least fourteen (14) business days before the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which such fees
and expenses were incurred. The amount of such legal fees and expenses that the Company is obligated to pay in any given calendar
year shall not affect the legal fees and expenses that the Company is obligated to pay in any other calendar year, and the Eligible
Employee’s right to have the Company pay such legal fees and expenses may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

 

2.4             
Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from amounts to be paid to any Eligible Employee hereunder
any federal, state or local withholding or other taxes or charges (or foreign equivalents of such taxes or charges) which it is
from time to time required to withhold under applicable law or regulation.

 

2.5             
Status of Plan Payments. No payments or benefits pursuant to this Plan shall constitute “compensation”
(or similar term) under any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates, including any
DB Pension Plan or DC Pension Plan.

 

2.6             
Mitigation; Setoff. A Severed Employee is not required to seek other employment or attempt in any way to reduce any
amounts payable to the Severed Employee under the Plan. Further, no payment or benefit provided for in this Plan shall be reduced
by any compensation earned by the Severed Employee as a result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset
against any amount claimed to be owed by the Severed Employee to the Company or its Affiliates, or otherwise.

 

SECTION 3.   
PLAN ADMINISTRATION; CLAIMS PROCEDURES.

 

3.1             
The Committee shall administer the Plan and, prior to a Change in Control:

 

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(a)              
the Committee may interpret and construe the terms of the Plan, prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations under
the Plan and make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan, subject to all of the provisions
of the Plan;

 

(b)              
any determination by the Committee shall be final and binding with respect to the subject matter thereof on all Eligible
Employees and all other persons;

 

(c)              
the Committee may delegate any of its duties hereunder to such person or persons from time to time as it may designate.

 

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to
the contrary, after a Change in Control, neither the Committee nor any other person shall have discretionary authority in the administration
of the Plan, and any arbitrator, court or tribunal that adjudicates any dispute, controversy, or claim in connection with benefits
under Section 2 will apply a de novo standard of review to any determinations made by the Committee or the Company. Such
de novo standard shall apply notwithstanding the grant of full discretion hereunder to the Committee or any person or characterization
of any decision by the Committee or by such person as final, binding or conclusive on any party.

 

3.2             
The Committee is empowered, on behalf of the Company, to engage accountants, legal counsel and such other personnel as it
deems necessary or advisable to assist it in the performance of its duties under the Plan. The functions of any such persons engaged
by the Committee shall be limited to the specified services and duties for which they are engaged, and such persons shall have
no other duties, obligations or responsibilities under the Plan. Such persons shall exercise no discretionary authority or discretionary
control respecting the management of the Plan. All reasonable expenses thereof shall be borne by the Company.

 

3.3             
Claims Procedure.

 

(a)              
In the event of a claim by an Eligible Employee, such Eligible Employee shall present the reason for his or her claim in
writing to the Committee. The Committee shall, within ninety (90) days after receipt of such written claim (unless special
circumstances require an extension of up to ninety (90) days, in which case written notice of the extension shall be furnished
to the Eligible Employee prior to the end of the initial ninety (90)-day period, indicating the special circumstances requiring
an extension and the date by which the Committee expects to render its decision), send a written notification to the Eligible Employee
as to its disposition. In the event the claim is wholly or partially denied, such written notification shall (i) state the
specific reason or reasons for the denial, (ii) make specific reference to the relevant Plan provisions on which the denial
is based, (iii) provide a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Eligible Employee to perfect
the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (iv) describe the Plan’s review procedures
and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including the Eligible Employee’s right to bring a civil action under
Section 502(a) of ERISA following a full or partial denial of the claim on review.

 

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(b)              
In the event that an Eligible Employee wishes to appeal the denial of his or her claim he or she may request a review of
such denial by making application in writing to the Committee within sixty (60) days after receipt of such denial. An Eligible
Employee (or his or her duly authorized legal representative) shall be provided, upon written request to the Committee and free
of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records or other information in the Company’s possession relevant
to his or her claim and may submit comments, documents, records and other information relating to the claim, which shall be taken
into account by the Committee in reviewing its denial of the Eligible Employee’s claim, without regard to whether such information
was submitted or considered in the initial claim.

 

(c)              
Within sixty (60) days after receipt of a written appeal (unless special circumstances require an extension of up to
sixty (60) days, in which case written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Eligible Employee prior to the end of
the initial sixty (60)-day period, indicating the special circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which the Committee
expects to render its decision on review), the Committee shall notify the Eligible Employee of the final decision in writing. In
the event the claim is wholly or partially denied on review, such written notification shall (i) state the specific reason
or reasons for the denial, (ii) make specific reference to the relevant Plan provisions on which the denial is based, (iii) a
statement of the Eligible Employee’s entitlement, upon written request to the Committee and free of charge, reasonable access
to, and copies of, all documents, records or other information in the Company’s possession relevant to his or her claim,
and (iv) describe the Eligible Employee’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

 

(d)              
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the mutual agreement of the Eligible Employee and the Committee, any claim, dispute
or controversy that has been submitted by the Eligible Employee in writing to the Committee may be submitted directly to arbitration
in accordance with Section 3.4.

 

3.4             
Any claim, dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with the Plan, and which is not resolved in accordance
with Section 3.3, shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in New York City. All claims, disputes and controversies shall be
submitted to the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (“CPR”) in accordance with the CPR’s rules then
in effect; provided, however, that the evidentiary standards set forth in this Agreement shall apply. The claim, dispute or controversy
shall be heard and decided by three (3) arbitrators selected from CPR’s employment panel. The arbitrators’ decision
shall be final and binding on all parties. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators’ award in any court having jurisdiction.

 

3.5             
Any purported termination of an Eligible Employee’s employment shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination
from one party hereto to the other party in accordance with Section 4.7. For purposes of this Plan, a “Notice of
Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Plan relied upon, shall
set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Eligible Employee’s
employment under the provision so indicated, and shall specify the Severance Date (which, in the case of a termination by the Company,
shall not be less than thirty (30) days, and, in the case of a termination by the Eligible Employee, shall not be less than fifteen
(15) days nor more than sixty (60) days, respectively, after the date such Notice of Termination is given).

 

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3.6             
PLAN MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION.

 

The Plan may be amended
or terminated by the Board at any time; provided, however, that the Committee may make amendments to the Plan (a) that
are required by applicable law, (b) that will have minimal effect upon the Company’s cost of providing benefits under
the Plan, or (c) that do not change or alter the character and intent of the Plan; and provided, further that
the Plan may not be terminated, or amended in any manner that adversely affects any Eligible Employee (other than an Eligible Employee
whose employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries commences subsequent to the applicable Change in Control), (i) within
two (2) years immediately following a Change in Control, or (ii) in anticipation of a specific contemplated Change in Control.

 

SECTION 4.   
GENERAL PROVISIONS.

 

4.1             
Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, no right or interest of any Eligible Employee under the Plan shall be assignable
or transferable, in whole or in part, either directly or by operation of law or otherwise, including, without limitation, by execution,
levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or in any manner. No attempted assignment or transfer of any such right or interest shall
be effective, and no right or interest of any Eligible Employee under the Plan shall be liable for, or subject to, any obligation
or liability of such Eligible Employee. The Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors
and assigns. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform the obligations
set forth in the Plan in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to do so.

 

4.2             
Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any modification thereof, nor the creation of any fund, trust or account, nor
the payment of any benefits shall be construed as giving any Eligible Employee, or any person whomsoever, the right to be retained
in the service of the Company, and all Eligible Employees shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if the Plan had
never been adopted.

 

4.3             
If any provision of this Plan shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provisions hereof, and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had not been included.

 

4.4             
If a Severed Employee dies while any amount is still payable to such Severed Employee, all such amounts, unless otherwise
provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Plan to the executor, personal representative or administrators
of the Severed Employee’s estate.

 

4.5             
The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of the Plan,
and shall not be employed in the construction of the Plan.

 

4.6             
The Plan shall not be funded. No Eligible Employee shall have any right to, or interest in, any assets of the Company which
may be applied by the Company to the payment of benefits or other rights under this Plan.

 

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4.7             
Any notice or other communication required or permitted pursuant to the terms hereof shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given when personally delivered or when mailed by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, or
by overnight courier, postage prepaid, to the Company at its corporate headquarters address, to the attention of the Chief Legal
Officer of the Company, or to the Eligible Employee at the Eligible Employee’s most recent home address reflected on the
books and records of the Company.

 

4.8             
This Plan shall be construed and enforced according to the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its principles
of conflicts of law.

 

4.9             
Payments to a Severed Employee under this Plan shall be in lieu of any severance or similar payments that otherwise might
be payable under any plan, program, policy or agreement sponsored or maintained by the Company that provides severance benefits
to employees upon termination of employment, except that the payment or acceleration of equity or equity-based awards shall be
in addition to, rather than in lieu of, any payment or benefits due under the Plan.

 

4.10         
The obligations under this Plan are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an exemption
or exclusion therefrom and shall in all respects be administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment of compensation
under this Plan shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation for purposes of applying Section 409A of the Code. All payments
to be made upon a termination of employment under this Plan may only be made upon a “separation from service” under
Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary in order to avoid the imposition of penalty taxes on a Severed Employee pursuant
to Section 409A of the Code. In no event may a Severed Employee, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment
under this Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, all reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under
this Plan that are subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code, including without limitation, where applicable, the requirement that (a) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement,
or in-kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits
to be provided, in any other calendar year; (b) the reimbursement of any eligible fees and expenses shall be made no later
than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the applicable fees and expenses were incurred; and (c) the
right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEROF,
the undersigned has caused this Plan to be effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

	 	ARCONIC INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ Vas Nair	 
	 	 	Name: Vas Nair	 
	 	 	Title:  Executive Vice President, Human Resources

  

 

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