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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

Kaiser Aluminum 
2016 Short-Term Incentive Plan for Key Managers

This is a summary of the Kaiser Aluminum short-term incentive program (“STIP”) effective January 1, 2016. The STIP performance period is the 2016 calendar year. The 2016 STIP rewards participants for performance based on adjusted pre-tax operating income in excess of a capital charge calculated as a percentage of net assets (excluding cash equivalents) and expressed in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization as reported to investors (“Adjusted EBITDA”) with modifiers for safety, quality, delivery and manufacturing cost efficiency, with the possibility of adjustments to individual awards based on actual performance, including individual, facility, and/or functional.
Purpose of the 2016 Kaiser Aluminum STIP
		
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	Focus attention on value creation within Fabricated Products, our core business segment, and Corporate.

		
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	Reward the achievement of aggressive performance goals.

		
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	Provide incentive opportunities that are consistent with competitive market.

		
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	Link incentive pay to performance as well as our success and ability to pay.

STIP Philosophy
Compensation should (i) reward management for value creation, the safe and efficient operation of our business and customer satisfaction, (ii) stand the test of time to provide continuity in compensation philosophy, (iii) recognize the cyclical nature of our business, and (iv) provide a retention incentive. In order to achieve success, participants must continue to seek out and find ways to create value, operate safely and efficiently and provide customer satisfaction.
Primary Performance Measures
The performance goals will be based on Adjusted EBITDA, as reflected in the Company’s Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures - Consolidated, as reported in the Company’s earnings materials.    

		
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	Safety performance will be measured by Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR).

		
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	Quality performance will be measured by the no fault claim rate.

		
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	Delivery performance will be measured by the on-time delivery rate.

		
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	Manufacturing cost efficiency will be measured by the Company’s manufacturing cost (excluding benefit costs) compared to plan.

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Target Incentive
		
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	A monetary target incentive amount for each participant is established for the STIP based on the competitive market, internal compensation balance and position responsibilities.

		
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	Participants’ monetary incentive targets are set at the beginning of the STIP performance period.

		
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	The participant’s monetary incentive target amount represents the incentive opportunity based on the Adjusted EBITDA, safety, quality, delivery and cost performance results.

How The Award Multiplier Is Determined
		
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	At the end of the year Adjusted EBITDA will be determined and used to calculate the Award Multiplier.

		
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	The Award Multiplier is adjusted within a range as follows:

		
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	Up to ±10% based upon TCIR

		
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	Up to ±10% based upon no fault claim rate  

		
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	Up to ±10% based upon on-time delivery rate  

		
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	Up to ±20% based on manufacturing cost efficiency, excluding benefits costs 

		
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	Individual participant awards are modified to reflect any adjustments permitted by the STIP and subject to a maximum final Award Multiplier of 3.0 times target.

STIP Award
Each participant’s base award is determined as the vested monetary incentive target times the Award Multiplier modified to reflect any adjustments permitted by the STIP.

		
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	Individual payouts may be adjusted up or down 100% based on actual performance, including individual, facility, and/or functional area.

		
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	Adjustments to awards for senior executives and managers, including our CEO and named executive officers, require approval by the Compensation Committee.  All other adjustments require the approval of our CEO.

Form and Timing of Payment
		
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	STIP awards are paid, at the Company’s election, in cash, non-restricted shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and non-restricted shares no later than March 15 following the end of the year.

		
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	Except as set forth in this STIP, Awards are conditioned on employment on date of payment. 

Detrimental Activity
		
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	If a participant, either during employment by the Company or any affiliate or within one year after termination of such employment (or, if termination of such employment results from retirement at or after age 65, within the period ending one year after the date the Company paid the STIP award to the participant), shall engage in any Detrimental Activity (as defined below), and the Compensation Committee shall so find, forthwith upon notice of such finding, the participant shall forfeit to the Company any payment received under this STIP.

		
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	To the extent that such amounts are not paid to the Company, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, set off the amounts so payable to it against any amounts that may be owing from time to time by the Company or any affiliate to the participant, whether as wages or vacation pay or in the form of any other benefit or for any other reason; provided, however, that, except to the extent permitted 

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by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4), such offset shall not apply to amounts that are “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.  
		
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	“Detrimental Activity” means any conduct or act determined by the Committee to be injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any significant interest of the Company or any affiliate, including, without limitation, any one or more of the following types of activity: 

		
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	Conduct resulting in an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the U.S. federal securities laws.

		
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	Engaging in any activity, as an employee, principal, agent, or consultant for another entity that competes with the Company in any actual, researched, or prospective product, service, system, or business activity for which the Participant has had any direct responsibility during the last two years of the participant’s employment with the Company or an affiliate, in any territory in which the Company or an affiliate manufactures, sells, markets, services, or installs such product, service, or system, or engages in such business activity.

		
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	Soliciting any employee of the Company or an affiliate to terminate the employee’s employment with the Company or an affiliate.

		
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	The disclosure to anyone outside the Company or an affiliate, or the use in other than the Company’s or an affiliate’s business, without prior written authorization from the Company, of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information or material relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries acquired by the participant during the participant’s employment with the Company or its subsidiaries or while acting as a consultant for the Company or its subsidiaries.

		
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	The failure or refusal to disclose promptly and to assign to the Company upon request all right, title and interest in any invention or idea, patentable or not, made or conceived by the participant during employment by the Company or any affiliate, relating in any manner to the actual or anticipated business, research or development work of the Company or any affiliate or the failure or refusal to do anything reasonably necessary to enable the Company or any affiliate to secure a patent where appropriate in the U.S. and in other countries.

		
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	Activity that results in termination for Cause (as defined below).

		
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	“Cause” means (i) the participant’s engaging in fraud, embezzlement, gross misconduct or any act of gross dishonesty with respect to the Company or its affiliates, (ii) the participant’s habitual drug or alcohol use which impairs the ability of the participant to perform the participant’s duties with the Company or its affiliates, (iii) the participant’s indictment with respect to, conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, any felony, or other comparable crime under applicable local law (except, in any event, for motor vehicle violations not involving personal injuries to third parties or driving while intoxicated), or the participant’s incarceration with respect to any of the foregoing that, in each case, impairs the participant’s ability to continue to perform the participant’s duties with the Company and its affiliates, or (iv) the participant’s material breach of any written employment agreement or other agreement between the Company and the participant, or of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct, or failure by the participant to substantially perform the participant’s duties for the Company which remains uncorrected or reoccurs after written notice has been delivered to the participant demanding substantial performance and the participant has had a reasonable opportunity to correct such breach or failure to perform.

Other Administrative Provisions
		
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	The STIP will be reviewed annually.

		
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	Annual incentive awards paid from the STIP count as additional compensation for purposes of the Company’s Defined Contribution and Restoration Plans but not for other Company benefits.

		
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	All applicable federal, state, local and FICA taxes will be withheld from all incentive award payments.

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	Retirement or termination: If a participant dies, or retires at or after age 65, or becomes disabled, the participant’s award shall be determined based on the Company’s actual performance and prorated for the actual number of days of the participant’s employment during 2016.

		
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	Leave of absence participants earn a prorated award based on the number of months of active employment.

		
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	Beneficiary designation: In the event of death the deceased participant’s designated beneficiary will receive any payments due under the STIP. If there is no designated beneficiary on file with Human Resources, any amounts due will be paid to the surviving spouse or, if no surviving spouse, to the participant’s estate.

		
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	Non transferability: No amounts earned under the STIP may be sold, transferred, pledged or assigned, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution until the termination of the applicable performance period. All rights to benefits under the STIP are exercisable only by the participant or, in the case of death, by the participant’s beneficiary.

		
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	The STIP may be modified, amended or terminated by the Compensation Committee at any time. If the plan is terminated, modified or amended, then future payments from the STIP are governed by such modifications or amendments. If terminated, then a prorated award will be determined based on number of months up to termination, and paid before March 15 following the end of the year.

		
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	The annual incentive award earned by any covered employee under the STIP will be subject to any “umbrella plan” adopted by the Company in order to improve the tax efficiency of the annual incentive award earned by any covered employee under the STIP.

		
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	The STIP constitutes no right to continued employment.

		
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	The Chairman and CEO, with oversight from the Compensation Committee, has the discretionary authority to interpret the terms of the plan and those decisions shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons affected.

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Exhibit 10.2

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation

You have been selected to receive a grant of Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Amended and Restated 2006 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as specified below:

Participant:  
Global ID:  
Award Type:  Restricted Stock Units
Plan Name:  2016 Restricted Stock Units - Tier I

Award Date:  
Expiration Date:  N/A

Total Granted:  
Award Price:  $0.0000 (USD)

Vesting Schedule

	
		
	Shares/Options Awarded
	Vest Date

	 
	 

Attached to this electronic cover page is a copy of the Restricted Stock Award Unit Agreement, which, together with this electronic cover page and the Plan, sets forth the terms and conditions governing this grant of Restricted Stock Units.  

Separately, you have been provided copies of the Plan, the Company’s most recent prospectus describing the Plan and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which contains the Company’s most recent audited financial statements.  

Please acknowledge your receipt and acceptance of this grant of Restricted Stock Units on the terms and conditions set forth in this electronic cover page, the attached Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Plan (including your obligations thereunder) by clicking on “I Accept” below. Please respond no later than __________, 2016.

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Amended and Restated 2006 Equity
and Performance Incentive Plan
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), effective as of the Date of Grant (referred to as “Award Date” on the electronic cover page), represents the grant of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) by Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to the Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation Amended and Restated 2006 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). 
The Date of Grant of the RSUs granted hereunder, the number of RSUs granted hereunder and the date on which the RSUs granted hereunder vest are specified on the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached.  Such electronic cover page is incorporated herein by reference.
This Agreement, the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached and the Plan collectively provide a complete description of the terms and conditions governing the RSUs granted hereunder.  If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement or the electronic cover page to which it is attached, on the one hand, and the terms of the Plan, on the other hand, the Plan’s terms shall completely supersede and replace the conflicting terms of this Agreement or the electronic cover page to which it is attached.  All capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan unless specifically set forth otherwise herein.
1.    Employment with the Company.  Except as may otherwise be provided in Sections 5 or 6 of this Agreement, RSUs granted hereunder are granted on the condition that the Participant remains an Employee of the Company from the Date of Grant through (and including) the date(s) on which the RSUs vest (referred to as “Vest Date” on the electronic cover page) set forth under the “Vesting Schedule” on the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached (such applicable periods each being referred to herein as a “Period of Restriction”).

This grant of RSUs shall not confer any right to the Participant (or any other Participant) to be granted RSUs or other Awards in the future under the Plan.
2.    Account for RSUs.  The RSUs covered by this Agreement are granted to the Participant effective on the Date of Grant and are subject to, and granted upon, the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement, the electronic cover page to which it is attached and the Plan.  The RSUs granted hereunder shall vest on the date(s) and in the number(s) set forth under the “Vesting Schedule” on the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  The RSUs granted hereunder shall be credited to a bookkeeping entry in the Participant’s name established and maintained by the Company until payment or forfeiture of such RSUs in accordance with this Agreement.

3.    Issuance of the Common Shares.

		
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	Each RSU granted hereunder that vests shall entitle the Participant to receive one (1) Common Share.  

		
	(b)
	The Company shall issue or deliver Common Shares to the Participant to settle vested RSUs granted hereunder as soon as practicable following the applicable date set forth under the “Vesting Schedule” on the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached or, if the RSUs vest as a result of an event contemplated by Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, as soon as practicable following the date of such event, with the applicable vesting date referred to herein as the “Vesting Date.”  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Vesting Date is a date when trading in the Common Shares is subject to a “blackout period” or any other restriction on trading under the Company’s trading policy, the issuance or delivery to the Participant of the Common Shares underlying the vested RSUs will be deferred until the end of such “blackout period” or other restriction on trading, provided that in all cases the Common Shares underlying the vested RSUs will be issued or delivered to the Participant no later than 2‐1⁄2 months after the end of the calendar year in which they become vested.

		
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	Except to the extent determined by the Committee and permitted by the Plan, the Company may not issue or deliver Common Shares to the Participant in respect of the RSUs granted hereunder at a time earlier than otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

		
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	The Company’s obligations to the Participant with respect to this Agreement and the RSUs granted and vested hereunder shall be satisfied in full upon the issuance or delivery of Common Shares in respect of such RSUs.

4.    No Rights as Stockholder; Dividend Equivalents.

		
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	The Participant shall have no rights of ownership in the RSUs granted hereunder and shall have no voting or other ownership rights in respect of the Common Shares underlying the RSUs granted hereunder until the date on which such Common Shares underlying the RSUs, if any, are issued or delivered to the Participant pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement.

		
	(b)
	If the Company declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Shares payable other than in shares of the Company’s capital stock and the record date for such dividend or distribution occurs during a Period of Restriction, the Participant shall be paid, on or as promptly as practicable after the payment date for such dividend or distribution (and, in any event, within the same calendar quarter in which such dividend or distribution is paid), the amount and type of dividend or distribution that the Participant would have received if the RSUs to which such Period of Restriction relates had vested and the number of Common Shares underlying such RSUs had been issued and outstanding and held of record by the Participant on such record date.  If the Company declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Shares payable other than in shares of the Company’s capital stock and the record date for such dividend or distribution occurs after a Vesting Date but before Common Shares are issued or delivered to the Participant in settlement of any RSUs that vested on such Vesting Date, the Participant shall be paid, on or as promptly as practicable after the later of the payment date for such dividend or distribution and the date on which such Common Shares, if any, are so issued or delivered (and, in any event, within the same calendar year in which such dividend or distribution is paid), the amount and type of dividend or distribution that the Participant would have received if such Common Shares had been issued and outstanding and held of record by the Participant on such record date. 

For purposes of the time and form of payment requirements of Section 409A of the Code, such dividend and distribution equivalents shall be treated separately from the RSUs.

		
	(c)
	The obligations of the Company under this Agreement are unfunded and unsecured, and the rights of the Participant hereunder will be no greater than those of an unsecured general creditor.  No assets of the Company will be held or set aside as security for the obligations of the Company under this Agreement.

		
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	In the event that (i) the Participant ceases to be an Employee of the Company during a Period of Restriction and forfeits RSUs pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement or (ii) the Participant forfeits RSUs pursuant to Section 7 or 8 of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right to demand that all or any portion of dividend or distribution equivalents theretofore received by the Participant in respect of such forfeited RSUs be repaid to the Company. Furthermore, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, set off the amounts payable to it as a result of any such demand against any amounts that may be owing from time to time by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Participant, whether as wages or vacation pay or in the form of any other benefit or for any other reason; provided, however, that except to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4), such offset shall not apply to amounts that are “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

5.    Termination of Employment. 

		
	(a)
	By Death.  In the event the Participant ceases to be an Employee of the Company by reason of death during a Period of Restriction, all RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of death shall no longer be subject to the Period of Restriction and shall become 100% vested and the Company shall issue or deliver the Common Shares underlying such RSUs to the Person or Persons that have been named as the Participant’s beneficiary as contemplated by Section 9 of this Agreement or to the Person or Persons that have acquired the Participant’s rights to such RSUs by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  

		
	(b)
	By Disability.  In the event the Participant ceases to be an Employee of the Company by reason of Disability (as defined in this Section 5(b)) during a Period of Restriction, all RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of employment termination shall no longer be subject to the Period of Restriction and shall become 100% vested and the Company shall issue or deliver the Common Shares underlying such RSUs to the Participant. 

“Disability” shall be defined as a total and permanent disability as a result of bodily injury, disease or mental disorder which results in the Participant’s entitlement to long-term disability benefits under the Kaiser Aluminum Self-Insured Health and Welfare Plan. 

		
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	Involuntary Termination Other Than For Cause or Detrimental Activity; Termination For Good Reason.  In the event the Participant ceases to be an Employee of the Company during a Period of Restriction because either (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates such employment for any reason other than for Cause or other Detrimental Activity or (ii) the Participant terminates his or her employment for Good Reason, all RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of such employment termination shall no longer be subject to the Period of Restriction and shall become 100% vested and the Company shall issue or deliver the Common Shares underlying such RSUs to the Participant. 

		
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	Retirement.  In the event the Participant ceases to be an Employee of the Company as a result of retirement at or after age 65 during a Period of Restriction, a pro rata portion, determined in accordance with the next following sentence, of all RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of such retirement shall, subject to the forfeiture provisions contained in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement, remain outstanding and vest on the date(s) set forth under the “Vesting Schedule” on the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached; provided, however, that in the event of the Participant’s death following retirement, such pro rata portion of RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of death shall no longer be subject to the Period of Restriction and shall become 100% vested and the Company shall issue and deliver the Common Shares underlying such RSUs to the Person or Persons that have been named as the Participant’s beneficiary as contemplated by Section 9 of this Agreement or to the Person or Persons that have acquired the Participant’s rights to such RSUs by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Such pro rata portion shall be determined based on a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days employed during a Period of Restriction and the denominator of which shall be the total number of days in such Period of Restriction.  RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of an employment termination contemplated by this Section 5(d) that do not remain outstanding and vest as provided above shall be forfeited by the Participant to the Company upon such employment termination.

		
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	For Other Reasons.  In the event the Participant ceases to be an Employee of the Company for any reason other than the reasons set forth in Section 5(a), 5(b), 5(c) or 5(d) of this Agreement during a Period of Restriction, all RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of employment termination shall be forfeited by the Participant to the Company.  The Company shall have the right, at the sole discretion of the Committee, to vest all or any portion of the RSUs held by the Participant that would otherwise be forfeited.

6.    Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control of the Company during a Period of Restriction and while the Participant continues to be an Employee of the Company (unless the Participant has ceased to be an Employee of the Company as a result of retirement at or after age 65 as contemplated by Section 5(d) of this Agreement), the Period of Restriction shall immediately lapse, with all RSUs granted hereunder and held by the Participant at the time of such Change in Control of the Company no longer being subject to any Period of Restriction and becoming 100% vested and the Company shall issue and deliver the Common Shares underlying such RSUs to the Participant. 

7.    Restrictions on Transfer.  Except as may otherwise be provided herein and in the Plan, neither the RSUs granted hereunder nor any right or interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any interest in the Common Shares underlying such RSUs) shall be transferable prior to payment in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement other than as contemplated by Section 9 of this Agreement or by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  If, during a Period of Restriction, RSUs granted hereunder or any right or interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any interest in the Common Shares underlying RSUs) are sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan, or if any attachment, execution, garnishment or lien shall be issued against or placed upon RSUs granted hereunder or any right or interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any interest in the Common Shares underlying RSUs), all RSUs shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall terminate.

8.    Detrimental Activity.  If the Participant, either during employment by the Company or any Subsidiary or within one (1) year after termination of such employment (or, if termination of such employment results from retirement at or after age 65 as contemplated by Section 5(d) of this Agreement, within the period ending one (1) year after the latest date set forth under the “Vesting Schedule” on the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached), shall engage in any Detrimental Activity, and the Committee shall so find, the Participant upon notice of such finding shall be obligated to: 

(a)    Forfeit to the Company any RSUs granted hereunder then held by the Participant;

		
	(b)
	Return to the Company, in exchange for payment by the Company of any cash amount actually paid therefor by the Participant (unless such payment is prohibited by law), all Common Shares that the Participant has not disposed of that were acquired pursuant to this Agreement since the date that is one (1) year prior to the date of the commencement of such Detrimental Activity; and 

		
	(c)
	With respect to any Common Shares so acquired that the Participant has disposed of, pay to the Company in cash the aggregate Market Value per Share of the Common Shares on the date of such acquisition.

To the extent that such amounts are not paid to the Company, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, set off the amounts so payable to it against any amounts that may be owing from time to time by the Company or any Subsidiary to the Participant, whether as wages or vacation pay or in the form of any other benefit or for any other reason; provided, however, that except to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4), such offset shall not apply to amounts that are “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.  For purposes of this Section 8, Common Shares shall be deemed to be acquired pursuant to this Agreement at such time as they are issued or delivered to the Participant to settle vested RSUs.

9.    Beneficiary Designation.  The Participant may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under this Agreement is to be paid in case of the Participant’s death before the Participant receives all of such benefit.  Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and shall be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Vice President Human Resources of the Company during the Participant’s lifetime.  In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid in accordance with the Participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution.

10.    Continuation of Employment.  This Agreement shall not confer upon the Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, nor shall this Agreement interfere in any way with any right that the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate the Participant’s employment or other service at any time.

11.    Miscellaneous.

		
	(a)
	This Agreement and the rights of the Participant hereunder are subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time, as well as to such rules and regulations as the Committee may adopt for administration of the Plan.  It is expressly understood that the Committee is authorized to administer, construe and make all determinations necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and this Agreement, all of which shall be binding upon the Participant.

		
	(b)
	In accordance with Section 19 of the Plan, the Board may terminate, amend or modify the Plan.

		
	(c)
	The Participant shall be obligated to pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee for payment of any federal, state and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation), whether domestic or foreign, required by law to be withheld on account of any event under this Agreement.

The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold from the Participant’s compensation an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation), whether domestic or foreign, required by law to be withheld with respect to any event under this Agreement should the Participant fail to make timely payment of all taxes due.
The Participant may elect, subject to the Plan, the approval of the Committee and any procedural rules adopted by the Committee, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold vested shares having an aggregate Market Value per Share on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the amount required to be withheld. 
        

		
	(d)
	The Participant shall be obligated to take all steps necessary to comply with all applicable provisions with respect to transfers of the Company’s securities imposed by the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws and insider trading policies and federal and state securities laws, each as in effect from time to time, in exercising his or her rights under this Agreement.

		
	(e)
	All obligations of the Company under the Plan and this Agreement shall be binding on any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.

		
	(f)
	This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Delaware.

		
	(g)
	Notice hereunder shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business or such other address as the Company may subsequently furnish to the Participant in writing, and shall be given to the Participant at the address of such Participant that is specified in the Company’s records.

		
	(h)
	If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a written employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or any Subsidiary (the “Employment Agreement”) relating to the vesting of RSUs granted hereunder, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall completely supersede and replace the conflicting terms of this Agreement, provided that such terms of the Employment Agreement are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

		
	(i)
	The Participant is deemed to be bound by the terms and conditions governing the RSUs granted hereunder as the same are set forth in this Agreement, the electronic cover page to which this Agreement is attached and the Plan, regardless of whether the Participant acknowledges acceptance of such grant by electronic communication or other written communication.

		
	(j)
	To the extent applicable, this Agreement and the Plan are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and all provisions of this Agreement and the Plan shall be administered, construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code.  To the extent that the RSUs, or the issuance or delivery of the Common Shares underlying the RSUs or the payment of dividend or distribution equivalents, are subject to Section 409A of the Code, the RSUs shall be awarded, any Common Shares in respect thereof shall be issued or delivered and the payment of dividend or distribution equivalents shall be paid, in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including proposed, temporary or final regulations or any other guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service with respect thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A of the Code, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Agreement as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code.  In any case, the Participant shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed in connection with this Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409 of the Code), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold the Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.  Each payment under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

12.    Definitions.
		
	(a)
	“Beneficial Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the general rules and regulations under the Exchange Act.

		
	(b)
	“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

		
	(c)
	“Business Combination” means a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another corporation or entity, or other similar transaction. 

		
	(d)
	“Cause” means (i) the Participant’s engaging in fraud, embezzlement, gross misconduct or any act of gross dishonesty with respect to the Company or its affiliates, (ii) the Participant’s habitual drug or alcohol use which impairs the ability of the Participant to perform his duties with the Company or its affiliates, (iii) the Participant’s indictment with respect to, conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, any felony, or other comparable crime under applicable local law (except, in any event, for motor vehicle violations not involving personal injuries to third parties or driving while intoxicated), or the Participant’s incarceration with respect to any of the foregoing that, in each case, impairs the Participant’s ability to continue to perform his duties with the Company and its affiliates, or (iv) the Participant’s material breach of any written employment agreement or other agreement between the Company and the Participant, or of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or failure by the Participant to substantially perform his or her duties for the Company which remains uncorrected or reoccurs after written notice has been delivered to the Participant demanding substantial performance and the Participant has had a reasonable opportunity to correct such breach or failure to perform.

		
	(e)
	“Change in Control” means the occurrence on or after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

		
	(i)
	the acquisition by any Person of Beneficial Ownership of 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; provided, however, that:

		
	(A)
	for purposes of this Section 12(e)(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (1) any acquisition of Voting Stock of the Company directly from the Company that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors, (2) any acquisition of Voting Stock of the Company by the Company or any Subsidiary, (3) any acquisition of Voting Stock of the Company by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, and (4) any acquisition of Voting Stock of the Company by any Person pursuant to a Business Combination that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 12(e)(iii) below;

		
	(B)
	if any Person acquires Beneficial Ownership of 35% or more of combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of the Company as a result of a transaction described in clause (A)(1) of Section 12(e)(i) and such Person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of the Company representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, other than in an acquisition directly from the Company in a transaction that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors or other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by the Company in which all holders of Voting Stock are treated equally, such subsequent acquisition shall be deemed to constitute a Change in Control;

		
	(C)
	a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred if a Person acquires beneficial ownership of 35% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Voting Stock of the Company outstanding unless and until such Person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of the Company representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of the Company, other than in an acquisition directly from the Company in a transaction that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors or other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by the Company in which all holders of Voting Stock are treated equally; and

		
	(D)
	if at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors determine in good faith that a Person has acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares so that such Person beneficially owns less than 35% of the Voting Stock of the Company, then no Change in Control shall have occurred as a result of such Person’s acquisition; or

		
	(ii)
	a majority of the Directors are not Incumbent Directors; or

		
	(iii)
	the consummation of a Business Combination, unless, in each case, immediately following such Business Combination (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including without limitation an entity which 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), (B) no Person (other than the Company, such entity resulting from such Business Combination, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, any Subsidiary or such entity resulting from such Business Combination or any Person that immediately prior to such Business Combination owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company so long as such Person does not at such time own, directly or indirectly, more than 1% of the securities of the other corporation or other entity involved in such Business Combination to be converted into or exchanged for shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination pursuant to such Business Combination)) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination, and 

(C) at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or
		
	(iv)
	approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, except pursuant to a Business Combination that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 12(e)(iii).

		
	(f)
	“Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

		
	(g)
	“Employee of the Company” means an officer or employee of the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries.

		
	(h)
	“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.

		
	(i)
	“Good Reason” means, without a Participant’s consent, the occurrence of any of the following events which is not cured by the Company within ten (10) business days following the Participant’s written notice to the Company of the event constituting Good Reason; provided, however, that, if such written notice is not received by the Company within the thirty (30) day period after the date on which the Participant first had knowledge of the occurrence of such event giving rise to Good Reason (or, in the case of multiple events, the latest to occur of such events), any such written notice shall not be effective and the Participant shall be deemed to have waived his/her right to terminate employment for Good Reason with respect to such event:

		
	(i)
	Demotion, reduction in title, reduction in position or responsibilities, or change in reporting responsibilities or reporting level that is materially and adversely inconsistent with the Participant’s then position or the assignment of duties and/or responsibilities materially and adversely inconsistent with such position; or

		
	(ii)
	Relocation of the Participant’s primary office location more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s then current office location; or

		
	(iii)
	Reduction of greater than 10% in the Participant’s then base salary or reduction of greater than 10% in the Participant’s then long term or short term incentive compensation opportunity or a reduction in the Participant’s eligibility for participation in the Company’s benefit plans that is not commensurate with a similar reduction among similarly situated employees.

		
	(j)
	“Incumbent Directors” means the individuals who, as of the date hereof, are Directors and any individual becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, or appointment was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the then Incumbent Directors (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director without objection to such nomination); provided, however, that an individual shall not be an Incumbent Director if such individual’s election or appointment to the Board occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in Rule 14a-12(c) of the Exchange Act) 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.

		
	(k)
	“Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

		
	(i)
	“Voting Stock” means securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or similar governing bodies).

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