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Exhibit 10.8

 

YETI HOLDINGS, INC.

2012 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

(Amended and Restated June 20, 2018)

 

1.                                      Purpose.  The purpose of this YETI Holdings, Inc. 2012 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), is to attract and retain directors, consultants, officers and other key employees for YETI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its Subsidiaries (as defined below) and to provide to such persons incentives and rewards for superior performance.  The Plan is hereby amended and restated on June 20, 2018 to allow for the grant of Restricted Stock Units (as defined below).

 

2.                                      Definitions.  As used in this Plan,

 

“Affiliate” of a Person means any Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person.

 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company and, to the extent of any delegation by the Board to a committee (or subcommittee thereof) pursuant to Section 13 of this Plan, such committee (or subcommittee).

 

“Change of Control” has the meaning provided in Section 9 of this Plan.

 

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

 

“Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company or any security into which such shares of common stock may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in Section 8 of this Plan.

 

“Company” means YETI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Date of Grant” means the date specified by the Board on which a grant of Option Rights or a grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, shall become effective (which date shall not be earlier than the date on which the Board takes action with respect thereto).

 

“Director” means a member of the Board.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as such law, rules and regulations may be amended from time to time.

 

“Incentive Stock Options” means Option Rights that are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

 

“Management Objectives” means the measurable performance objective or objectives established, when so determined by the Board, pursuant to this Plan for Participants who have received grants of Option Rights or Restricted Stock Units pursuant to this Plan.  Management Objectives may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or of the Subsidiary, division,

 

 

department, region or function within the Company or Subsidiary in which the Participant is employed.  The Management Objectives may be made relative to the performance of other corporations.

 

If the Board determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company, or the manner in which it conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render the Management Objectives unsuitable, the Board may in its discretion modify such Management Objectives or the related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Board deems appropriate and equitable.

 

“Market Value per Share” means, as of any particular date, the fair market value of the shares of Common Stock as determined by the Board.

 

“Non-Employee Director” means a director who is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

“Optionee” means the optionee named in an agreement evidencing an outstanding Option Right.

 

“Option Price” means the purchase price payable on exercise of an Option Right.

 

“Option Right” means the right to purchase shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an option granted pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.

 

“Participant” means a person who is selected by the Board to receive awards under this Plan and who is at the time an officer or other employee or consultant of the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or who has agreed to commence serving in any of such capacities within 90 days of the Date of Grant, and shall also include each Non-Employee Director who receives an award of Option Rights or Restricted Stock Units.

 

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated society or association, trust or other entity.

 

“Restricted Stock Units” means an award made pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan of the right to receive shares of Common Stock at the end of a specified Restriction Period.

 

“Restriction Period” means the period of time during which Restricted Stock Units are subject to restrictions under Section 5 of this Plan.

 

“Subsidiary” means a corporation, company or other entity (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or unincorporated association), but more than fifty percent (50%) of whose ownership interest representing the right generally to make decisions for such other entity is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company except that for purposes of determining whether any person may be a Participant for purposes of any grant of Incentive Stock Options, “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which at the time the Company owns or controls, directly

 

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or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

 

“Ten Percent Employee” means an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who owns Common Stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company.

 

3.                                      Shares Available Under this Plan.  (a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b) and Section 8 of this Plan, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred (i) upon the exercise of Option Rights or (ii) as Restricted Stock Units shall not exceed in the aggregate 22,112,000 shares of Common Stock, plus any shares described in Section 3(b).  Such shares may be shares of original issuance or treasury shares or a combination of the foregoing.

 

(b)                                 The number of shares available in Section 3(a) above shall be adjusted to account for shares relating to awards that expire, are forfeited or are transferred, surrendered or relinquished upon the payment of any Option Price by the transfer to the Company of shares of Common Stock or upon satisfaction of any withholding amount shall again be available for issuance pursuant to Section 3(a).  Upon payment in cash of the benefit provided by any award granted under this Plan, any shares that were covered by that award shall again be available for issue or transfer hereunder.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3, or elsewhere in this Plan, to the contrary and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 of this Plan, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock actually issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed 22,112,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

4.                                      Option Rights.  The Board may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to Participants of options to purchase shares of Common Stock.  Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and shall be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)                                 Option Rights granted under this Plan may be (i) options, including, without limitation, Incentive Stock Options, that are intended to qualify under particular provisions of the Code, (ii) options that are not intended to so qualify, or (iii) combinations of the foregoing.

 

(b)                                 Each grant shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to which it pertains subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 of this Plan.

 

(c)                                  Each grant shall specify an Option Price per share.  Except as otherwise determined by the Board, the Option Price of an Option Right may not be less than 100% of the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant, except that with respect to (i) Incentive Stock Options issued to a Ten Percent Employee, the Option Price of such Incentive Stock Option may not be less than 110% of the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant and (ii) Incentive Stock Options issued to all other Participants, the Option Price of such Incentive Stock Option may not be less than 100% of the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

 

(d)                                 The Option Price shall be payable in (i) cash in the form of currency or

 

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check or by wire transfer as directed by the Company or (ii) such other form of consideration as is deemed acceptable by the Board.

 

(e)                                  Any grant may provide for payment of the Option Price, at the election of the Optionee, in installments, with or without interest, upon terms determined by the Board.

 

(f)                                   Successive grants may be made to the same Participant whether or not any Option Rights previously granted to such Participant remain unexercised.

 

(g)                                  Each grant shall specify the period or periods of continuous service by the Optionee with the Company or any Subsidiary that is necessary before the Option Rights or installments thereof will become exercisable and may provide for the earlier exercise of such Option Rights in the event of a Change of Control.

 

(h)                                 Any grant of Option Rights may specify Management Objectives that must be achieved as a condition to the exercise of such rights.

 

(i)                                     The Board may, at or after the Date of Grant of any Option Rights (other than Incentive Stock Options), provide for the payment of dividend equivalents to the Optionee or may provide that such equivalents shall be credited against the Option Price.

 

(j)                                    No Option Right shall be exercisable more than 10 years from the Date of Grant (5 years with respect to Incentive Stock Options granted to a Ten Percent Employee).

 

(k)                                 Each grant of Option Rights shall be evidenced by an agreement executed on behalf of the Company by an officer and delivered to the Optionee and containing such terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Board may approve.

 

5.                                      Restricted Stock Units.  The Board may also authorize the granting or sale of Restricted Stock Units to Participants.  Each such grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and shall be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

 

(a)                                 Each such grant or sale shall constitute the agreement by the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Participant in the future in consideration of the performance of services, but subject to the fulfillment of such conditions (which may include the achievement of Management Objectives) during the Restriction Period as the Board may specify.

 

(b)                                 Each such grant or sale may be made without additional consideration.

 

(c)                                  Each such grant or sale shall be subject to a Restriction Period, as determined by the Board at the Date of Grant, and may provide for the lapse or other modification of such Restriction Period in the event of a Change of Control.

 

(d)                                 During the Restriction Period, the Participant shall have no right to transfer any rights under his or her award and shall have no rights of ownership in the Restricted Stock Units and shall have no right to vote them, but the Board may, at or after the Date of Grant, authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on such units on either a current or deferred or

 

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contingent basis, either in cash or in additional shares of Common Stock.

 

(e)                                  Each grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an agreement executed on behalf of the Company by any officer and delivered to and accepted by the Participant and shall contain such terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Board may approve.

 

6.                                      Awards to Non-Employee Directors.  The Board may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to Non-Employee Directors of Option Rights, and may also authorize the grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units to Non-Employee Directors.

 

(a)                                 Each grant of Option Rights awarded pursuant to this Section 6 shall be upon terms and conditions consistent with Section 4 of this Plan and shall be evidenced by an agreement in such form as shall be approved by the Board.  Each grant shall specify an Option Price per share, which shall not be less than 100% of the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.  Each such Option Right granted under the Plan shall expire not more than 10 years from the Date of Grant and shall be subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board, such Option Rights shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                     Each grant shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to which it pertains subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 of this Plan.

 

(ii)                                  In the event of the termination of service on the Board by the holder of any such Option Rights, other than by reason of disability or death, the then outstanding Options Rights of such holder may be exercised to the extent that they would be exercisable on the date that is ninety days after the date of such termination and shall expire ninety days after such termination, or on their stated expiration date, whichever occurs first.

 

(iii)                               In the event of the death or disability of the holder of any such Option Rights, each of the then outstanding Option Rights of such holder may be exercised at any time within 1 year after such death or disability, but in no event after the expiration date of the term of such Option Rights.

 

(iv)                              If a Non-Employee Director subsequently becomes an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary while remaining a member of the Board, any Option Rights held under the Plan by such individual at the time of such commencement of employment shall not be affected thereby.

 

(v)                                 Option Rights may be exercised by a Non-Employee Director only upon payment to the Company in full of the Option Price of the shares of Common Stock to be delivered.  Such payment shall be made in (i) cash in the form of currency or check or by wire transfer as directed by the Company or (ii) such other form of consideration as is deemed acceptable by the Board.

 

(b)                                 Each grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units pursuant to this Section 6 shall be upon terms and conditions consistent with Section 5 of this Plan.

 

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7.                                      Transferability.  (a)  Except as otherwise determined by the Board or as set forth in the Stockholders Agreement entered into by and between the Company and certain of its stockholders, dated June 15, 2012 (as the same may be amended from time to time), no Option Right or Restricted Stock Unit granted under this Plan shall be transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  Except as otherwise determined by the Board, Option Rights shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by him or her or by his or her guardian or legal representative.

 

(b)                                 The Board may specify at the Date of Grant that part or all of the shares of Common Stock that are to be issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Option Rights or upon termination of the Restriction Period applicable to Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to further restrictions on transfer.

 

8.                                      Adjustments.  The Board shall make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding Option Rights and Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder, in the Option Price applicable to any Option, and in the kind of shares covered thereby, as the Board, in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants or Optionees that otherwise would result from (a) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, or (b) any merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or (c) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.  Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event or in the event of a Change of Control, the Board, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding awards under this Plan such alternative consideration as it, in good faith, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all awards so replaced; provided, however, that if the Option Price is greater than or equal to the Market Value per Share as of the date of the consummation of a Change of Control, the Option shall immediately terminate upon such Change of Control.  The Board may also make or provide for such adjustments in the number of shares specified in Section 3 of this Plan as the Board in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in this Section 8; provided, however, that any such adjustment to the number specified in Section 3(c) shall be made only if and to the extent that such adjustment would not cause any Option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option to fail to so qualify.

 

9.                                      Change of Control.  For purposes of this Plan, except as may be otherwise prescribed by the Board in an agreement evidencing a grant made under the Plan, a “Change of Control” shall mean if at any time any of the following events shall have occurred:

 

(a)                                 The Company is merged or consolidated or reorganized into or with another corporation or other legal person, and as a result of such merger, consolidation or reorganization less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person immediately after such transaction are held in the aggregate by the holders of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction;

 

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(b)                                 The Company sells or otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation (other than a Subsidiary) or other legal person, and less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of such corporation or person immediately after such sale or transfer is held in the aggregate by the holders of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such sale or transfer;

 

(c)                                  If Cortec Group Fund V, L.P. together with its Affiliates cease for any reason other than a public offering of the Company’s equity securities to own a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the Company;

 

(d)                                 If, at any time after any public offering of any of the Company’s equity securities, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) becomes a “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities or (ii) if Cortec Group Fund V, L.P. together with its Affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes Cortec Group Fund V (Parallel), L.P. and Cortec Co-Investment Fund V, L.L.C.) cease for any reason to own 35% or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the Company; or

 

(e)                                  The stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

10.                               Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Plan.  The Board may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions in cash.

 

11.                               Withholding Taxes.  To the extent that the Company is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment made or benefit realized by a Participant or other person under this Plan, and the amounts available to the Company for such withholding are insufficient, it shall be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such benefit that the Participant or such other person make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes required to be withheld.  The Company and a Participant or such other person may also make similar arrangements with respect to the payment of any taxes with respect to which withholding is not required.

 

12.                               Foreign Employees.  In order to facilitate the making of any grant or combination of grants under this Plan, the Board may provide for such special terms for awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or any Subsidiary outside of the United States of America as the Board may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom.  Moreover, the Board may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of this Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Company may certify any such

 

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document as having been approved and adopted in the same manner as this Plan.  No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, shall include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of this Plan as then in effect unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the stockholders of the Company.

 

13.                               Administration of this Plan.  (a)  This Plan shall be administered by the Board, which may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority under this Plan to a committee of the Board (or subcommittee thereof) consisting of not less than two Directors appointed by the Board.  A majority of the committee (or subcommittee) shall constitute a quorum, and the action of the members of the committee (or subcommittee) present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the acts of the committee (or subcommittee).  To the extent of any such delegation, references in this Plan to the Board shall be deemed to be references to any such committee or subcommittee.

 

(b)                                 The interpretation and construction by the Board of any provision of this Plan or of any agreement, notification or document evidencing the grant of Option Rights or Restricted Stock Units and any determination by the Board pursuant to any provision of this Plan or of any such agreement, notification or document shall be final and conclusive.  No member of the Board shall be liable for any such action or determination made in good faith.

 

14.                               Amendments, Etc.  (a)  The Board may at any time and from time to time amend this Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that any amendment which must be approved by the stockholders of the Company in order to comply with applicable law shall not be effective unless and until such approval has been obtained.  Presentation of this Plan or any amendment hereof for stockholder approval shall not be construed to limit the Company’s authority to offer similar or dissimilar benefits under other plans without stockholder approval.

 

(b)                                 The Board may, with the concurrence of the affected Participant, cancel any agreement evidencing Option Rights or any other award granted under this Plan.  In the event of such cancellation, the Board may authorize the granting of new Option Rights or other such awards under this Plan (which may or may not cover the same number of shares of Common Stock that had been the subject of the prior award) in such manner, at such Option Price and subject to such other terms, conditions and discretions as would have been applicable under this Plan had the canceled Option Rights or other awards not been granted.

 

(c)                                  In case of termination of employment or, if the Participant is a Non-Employee Director, termination of service on the Board by reason of death, disability or normal or early retirement, or in the case of hardship or other special circumstances, of a Participant who holds an Option Right not immediately exercisable in full or any Restricted Stock Units as to which the Restriction Period has not been completed, or who holds shares of Common Stock subject to any transfer restriction imposed pursuant to Section 7(b) of this Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time at which such Option Right may be exercised or the time when such Restriction Period will end or the time when such transfer restriction will terminate or may waive any other limitation or requirement under any such award.

 

(d)                                 This Plan shall not confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, nor shall it

 

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interfere in any way with any right the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate such Participant’s employment or other service at any time.

 

(e)                                  To the extent that any provision of this Plan would prevent any Option Right that was intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option from qualifying as such, that provision shall be null and void with respect to such Option Right.  Such provision, however, shall remain in effect for other Option Rights and there shall be no further effect on any provision of this Plan.

 

(f)                                   Any grant of Option Rights or grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units may require, as a condition to the exercise, grant or sale thereof, that the Participant agree to be bound by (i) any stockholders agreement among all or certain stockholders of the Company that may be in effect at the time of exercise, grant or sale or certain provisions of any such agreement that may be specified by the Company or (ii) any other agreement requested by the Company.

 

15.                               Termination.  No grant shall be made under this Plan more than 10 years after the date on which this Plan is first approved by the stockholders of the Company, but all grants made on or prior to such date shall continue in effect thereafter subject to the terms thereof and of this Plan.

 

9Exhibit 10.9

 

YETI HOLDINGS, INC.
 AMENDED AND RESTATED NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of March 31, 2016 (the “Amendment Date”) by and between YETI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Roy Seiders (“Optionee”).  As a condition precedent to the Company’s grant of the Option (as defined in Section 3 of this Agreement) to Optionee, (1) Optionee executed and delivered a counterpart of the Stockholders Agreement between the Company and certain of its stockholders, dated June 15, 2012, as amended by that certain amended and restated letter agreement by and among the Company, the Optionee and the other parties named thereto, dated as of September 14, 2015, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Stockholders Agreement”) and thereby agreed to be bound by the Stockholders Agreement as an “Employee Investor” thereunder and (2) Optionee is executing the letter agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Letter Agreement”).

 

1.                                      Acknowledgement and Agreement.  The Company and Optionee are parties to a Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Prior Agreement”), made as of June 15, 2012 (the “Date of Grant”).  The parties acknowledge that the purpose of this Agreement, which is an amendment and restatement of the Prior Agreement, is to modify the vesting provisions of the Prior Agreement to read as set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement, provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall (a) constitute a new grant of the option granted to Optionee under the Prior Agreement or (b) otherwise affect the Date of Grant.  In consideration of the modified vesting provisions as set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement, Optionee releases the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and Cortec, and each of their respective successors or assigns, and each partner, officer, director and employee of each of them, from any claim, liability or obligation arising out of or relating to the Prior Agreement.  This Agreement shall completely amend, restate and replace the Prior Agreement as of the date hereof.

 

2.                                      Certain Definitions.  Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Agreement will have the meanings given to such terms in the Company’s 2012 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  As used in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 “Cortec” means Cortec Group Fund V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and its Affiliates.

 

(b)                                 “Permanent Disability” means that Optionee, because of accident, disability, or physical or mental illness, is incapable of performing Optionee’s duties to the Company or any Subsidiary, as determined by the Board.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Optionee will be deemed to have become incapable of performing Optionee’s duties to the Company or any Subsidiary, if, and only if, Optionee is incapable of so doing for (i) a continuous period of 90 days and remains so incapable at the end of such 90 day period or (ii) periods amounting in the aggregate to 180 days within any one period of 365 days and remains so incapable at the end of such aggregate period of 180 days.

 

(c)                                  “Public Offering” means the initial sale of common stock of the Company to the general public pursuant to a registration statement filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

(d)                                 “Termination For Cause” shall have the meaning set forth in any employment agreement between Optionee and the Company or any Subsidiary or, if Optionee is employed by the Company or any Subsidiary other than pursuant to an employment agreement, means the termination by the Company or any Subsidiary of Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of (i) the commission by Optionee of a felony or a fraud, (ii) conduct by Optionee that brings the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company into substantial public disgrace or disrepute, (iii) gross negligence or gross misconduct by Optionee with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, (iv) repudiation by Optionee of Optionee’s employment agreement, if any, with the Company or any Subsidiary or Optionee’s abandonment of Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, (v) Optionee’s insubordination or failure to follow the directions of the Board of Directors of the Company or any Subsidiary, which is not cured within three days after written notice thereof to Optionee, (vi) Optionee’s violation of (A) Optionee’s confidentiality obligations with respect to the Company’s and any Subsidiary’s confidential information, knowledge or data or (B) Optionee’s agreement to not engage in competition, if any, with the Company or any Subsidiary, (vii) Optionee’s breach of a material employment policy of the Company which is not cured within three days after written notice thereof to Optionee, or (viii) any other breach by Optionee of this Agreement or any other agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary which is material and which is not cured within thirty days after written notice thereof to Optionee.

 

(e)                                  “Termination For Good Reason” shall have the meaning set forth in any employment agreement between Optionee and the Company or any Subsidiary or, if Optionee is employed by the Company or any Subsidiary other than pursuant to an employment agreement, means Optionee’s termination of Optionee’s employment as a result of (i) a material decrease in Optionee’s base salary, other than in connection with a general cost-reduction program imposed by the Board on all senior officers because of deteriorating performance of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) any material breach of this Agreement by the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no termination of employment by Optionee shall constitute a “Termination For Good Reason” unless (A) Optionee gives the Company or any Subsidiary notice of the existence of an event described in clause (i) or (ii) above, within fifteen (15) days following the occurrence thereof, (B) the Company or any Subsidiary does not remedy such event described in clause (i) or (ii) above, as applicable, within thirty (30) days  of receiving the notice described in the preceding clause (A), and (C) Optionee terminates employment within five (5) days of the end of the cure period specified in clause (B), above.

 

(f)                                   “Termination Without Cause” means the termination by the Company or any Subsidiary of Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary for any reason other than a termination for Permanent Disability or a Termination For Cause.

 

(g)                                  “Voluntary Termination” means Optionee’s termination of Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary for any reason, other than a Termination For Good Reason.

 

3.                                      Grant of Stock Option.  The Company granted to Optionee an option (the “Option”) to purchase 1,396 shares of Common Stock on the Date of Grant (the “Option Shares”), pursuant to the terms of the Prior Agreement and the Plan.  Prior to the Amendment Date, Optionee exercised 348 Option Shares.  As of the Amendment Date, 1,048 Option Shares

 

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remain outstanding, all of which are not exercisable.  Optionee acknowledges and agrees that, pursuant to this Agreement, the future exercisability of the 1,048 Option Shares that remain outstanding as of the Amendment Date shall be governed by Section 5 of this Agreement.  The Option to purchase the Option Shares may be exercised from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The Option Shares may be purchased pursuant to this Option at a price of $1,000 per share, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided (the “Option Price”).  The Option is intended to be a nonqualified stock option and shall not be treated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of that term under Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

 

4.                                      Term of Option.  The term of the Option commenced on the Date of Grant and, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 8 hereof, shall expire ten (10) years from the Date of Grant.

 

5.                                      Right to Exercise.  Unless terminated as hereinafter provided, the remaining 1,048 Option Shares under this Option shall vest and become exercisable only as follows:

 

(a)                                 The Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 699 Option Shares on the Amendment Date, and shall vest and become exercisable with respect to an additional 174 Option Shares on the earlier of (i) July 31, 2017 or (ii) the first anniversary of a Public Offering (the “Second Vesting Date”), if Optionee remains in the continuous employ of the Company or any Subsidiary as of such date, and shall vest and become exercisable with respect to the remaining 175 Option Shares on the first anniversary of the Second Vesting Date, if Optionee remains in the continuous employ of the Company or any Subsidiary as of such date.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5(a), if (i) a Change of Control occurs and the Option Shares have not become exercisable under Section 5(a), and (ii) Optionee remains in the continuous employ of the Company or any Subsidiary until the date of the consummation of such Change of Control, the Option shall become exercisable immediately prior to the date of the Change of Control with respect to any Option Shares that have not become exercisable as of the date of the Change of Control.  The Company shall provide Optionee at least ten (10) business days advance written notice of the anticipated date of any such Change of Control.

 

(c)                                  Any Option Shares with respect to which Optionee does not earn the right to exercise prior to the termination of Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary shall expire and terminate upon such termination of employment.  Any portion of the Option Shares as to which Optionee earns the right to exercise shall remain exercisable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement until terminated as provided herein.

 

(d)                                 Optionee shall not be entitled to acquire a fraction of one Option Share pursuant to this Option.  Optionee shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership with respect to Option Shares purchased and delivered to Optionee upon the exercise of all or part of this Option.

 

6.                                      Option Nontransferable.  Optionee may not transfer or assign all or any part of the Option other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.  This Option may be exercised, during the lifetime of Optionee, only by Optionee, or in the event of Optionee’s legal incapacity, by Optionee’s guardian or legal representative acting on behalf of Optionee in a fiduciary capacity under state law and court supervision.

 

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7.                                      Notice of Exercise; Payment.

 

(a)                                 To the extent then exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or in part by written notice to the Company stating the number of Option Shares for which the Option is being exercised and the intended manner of payment.  The date of such notice shall be the exercise date.  Payment equal to the aggregate Option Price of the Option Shares being purchased pursuant to an exercise of the Option must be tendered in full with the notice of exercise to the Company in cash in the form of currency or check or by wire transfer as directed by the Company.

 

(b)                                 As soon as practicable upon the Company’s receipt of Optionee’s notice of exercise and payment, the Company shall direct the due issuance of the Option Shares so purchased.

 

(c)                                  As a further condition precedent to the exercise of this Option in whole or in part, Optionee shall comply with all regulations and the requirements of any regulatory authority having control of, or supervision over, the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and in connection therewith shall execute any documents which the Board shall in its sole discretion deem necessary or advisable.

 

8.                                      Termination of Agreement.  The Agreement and the Option granted hereby shall terminate automatically and without further notice on the earliest of the following dates:

 

(a)                                 One (1) year after Optionee’s death if such death occurs while Optionee is employed by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that it shall be a condition to the exercise of the Option in the event of Optionee’s death that the Person exercising the Option shall (i) have agreed in a form satisfactory to the Company to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and, if applicable, the Stockholders Agreement and (ii) comply with all regulations and the requirements of any regulatory authority having control of, or supervision over, the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and in connection therewith shall execute any documents which the Board shall in its sole discretion deem necessary or advisable;

 

(b)                                 One (1) year after Optionee’s termination of employment due to Permanent Disability;

 

(c)                                  Ninety (90) calendar days after Optionee’s Termination Without Cause or Termination For Good Reason;

 

(d)                                 The date of Optionee’s Termination For Cause;

 

(e)                                  Thirty (30) calendar days after Optionee’s Voluntary Termination;

 

(f)                                   The date on which Optionee violates any restrictive covenant agreement between Optionee and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates;

 

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(g)                                  Immediately following the consummation of a Change of Control (or, if  later, ten (10) business days after notice from the Company of the anticipated date of such Change of Control); or

 

(h)                                 Ten (10) years from the Date of Grant.

 

In the event that Optionee’s employment is terminated in the circumstances described in Section 8(d) hereof, this Agreement shall terminate at the time of such termination notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and Optionee’s option will cease to be exercisable to the extent exercisable as of such termination and will not be or become exercisable after such termination.  Optionee shall be deemed to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary if on a leave of absence approved by the Board.

 

9.                                      No Employment Contract.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall (a) confer upon Optionee any right to be employed by or remain employed by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (b) limit or affect in any manner the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment or adjust the compensation of Optionee.

 

10.                               Taxes and Withholding.  If the Company or any Subsidiary is required to withhold any federal, state, local or foreign tax in connection with the exercise of the Option, and the amounts available to the Company or such Subsidiary for such withholding are insufficient, it shall be a condition to the exercise of the Option that Optionee pay the tax or make provisions that are reasonably satisfactory to the Company for the payment thereof.

 

11.                               Compliance with Law.  The Company shall make reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Option shall not be exercisable if the exercise thereof would result in a violation of any such law.

 

12.                               Adjustments.  In accordance with the Plan, the Board shall make or provide for such adjustments in the number of Option Shares covered by this Option, in the Option Price applicable to such Option, and in the kind of shares covered thereby, or take such other actions as the Board deems appropriate, as the Board may determine is equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of Optionee’s rights that otherwise would result from (a) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization, or other change in the capital structure of the Company, (b) any merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or (c) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.  In the event of any such transaction or event or upon a Change of Control, the Board may, but shall not be obligated to, provide in substitution for this Option such alternative consideration as it may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of this Option; provided, however, that if the Option Price is greater than the Market Value per Share as of the date of the consummation of a Change of Control, the Option shall immediately terminate upon such Change of Control.

 

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13.                               Relation to Other Benefits.  Any economic or other benefit to Optionee under this Agreement shall not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which Optionee may be entitled under any profit-sharing, retirement or other benefit or compensation plan maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary and shall not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage available to any beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

14.                               Amendments.  Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no amendment shall adversely affect the rights of Optionee under this Agreement without Optionee’s written consent.

 

15.                               Severability.  If one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

 

16.                               Relation to Plan.  This Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.  In the event of any inconsistent provisions between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.  The Board acting pursuant to the Plan, as constituted from time to time, shall, except as expressly provided otherwise herein, have the right to determine any questions which arise in connection with the Option or its exercise.

 

17.                               Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of Optionee, and the successors and assigns of the Company.

 

18.                               Governing Law.  The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof and all parties, including their successors and assigns, consent to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts of Delaware.

 

19.                               Notices.  Any notice to the Company provided for herein shall be in writing to the Company, marked Attention:  General Counsel, and any notice to Optionee shall be in writing addressed to said Optionee at Optionee’s address on file with the Company at the time of such notice, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Miller, Egan, Molter & Nelson LLP, 221 West Sixth Street, Suite 700, Austin, Texas 78701, Attention: Kyle K. Fox.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any written notice shall be deemed to be duly given if and when delivered personally or deposited in the United States mail, first class registered mail, postage and fees prepaid, and addressed as aforesaid.  Any party may change the address to which notices are to be given hereunder by written notice to the other party as herein specified (provided that for this purpose any mailed notice shall be deemed given on the third business day following deposit of the same in the United States mail).

 

20.                               Lock-Up Agreement.  Concurrent with the execution, and as a condition to the effectiveness, of this Agreement, Optionee has executed the Lock-Up Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.  Optionee further agrees, if requested by the Company and/or any underwriters managing the Company’s Public Offering of the Common Stock (but only if the Lock-Up Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B is no longer in effect) or any subsequent

 

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offering of securities of the Company (an “Offering”), to enter into a lock-up agreement in the form prepared by the Company and/or the underwriters pursuant to which Optionee will not (a) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the Common Stock or any securities of the Company convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Common Stock (and excluding any shares subsequently purchased by Optionee on the open market or in such offering), or (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (a) or (b) above is to be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior consent of the Company or the underwriter, provided that such lock-up time period shall not exceed 180 days from the effective date of such initial public offering, or, in the case of subsequent offerings of securities, 90 days from the effective date of such subsequent offering and any extension required by rules and regulations applicable to the underwriters; provided that with respect to any initial public offering or any such subsequent offering, the Company’s executive officers, directors and Cortec also enter into such a lock-up agreement; and provided further that no lock-up shall be required with respect to any filing of a registration statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the filing of a Form S-8 or other applicable form under the Securities Act for the purpose of registering shares of common stock issuable under any Company equity incentive plan.  In addition, Optionee waives any registration rights he or she may have with respect to any Offering of the Common Stock, whether pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement or otherwise.

 

21.                               Complete Agreement.  This Agreement and the Letter Agreement, along with the Plan, embodies the complete agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and effective as of its date supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral (including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement), which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer and Optionee has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
YETI   HOLDINGS, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ David L. Schnadig
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
David L.   Schnadig
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/ Roy Seiders
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Roy Seiders
    
				

 

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