Document:

HDS Investment Holdings, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.37 
 As Amended Effective April 11, 2011 
 HDS
INVESTMENT HOLDING, INC. 
 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 

Article I 

Purpose 

HDS Investment Holding, Inc. has established this stock incentive plan to foster and promote its long-term financial success. Capitalized
terms have the meaning given in Article XI. 
 Article II 
 Powers of the Board 
 Section 2.1 Power to Grant Awards. The Board
shall select Employees and Eligible Directors to receive Awards. The Board shall determine the terms of each Award, consistent with the Plan. 
 Section 2.2 Administration. The Board shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan. The Board may prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the administration of the
Plan, provide for conditions and assurances it deems necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Company and make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration and interpretation of the Plan. Any authority
exercised by the Board under the Plan shall be exercised by the Board in its sole discretion. Determinations, interpretations or other actions made or taken by the Board under the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon
all persons. 
 Section 2.3 Delegation by the Board. All of the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board
specified in this Plan may be exercised and performed by any duly constituted committee thereof to the extent authorized by the Board to exercise and perform such powers, duties and responsibilities, and any determination, interpretation or other
action taken by such committee shall have the same effect hereunder as if made or taken by the Board. 
 Article III 

Shares Subject to Plan 
 Section 3.1 Number. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan or be subject to Awards may not exceed 55,646,511 shares, of which a maximum of 30,930,722 shares
may be issued in 

 
respect of Options granted under the Plan. The shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized but unissued Common Stock that are not
reserved for any other purpose, of shares of such stock which have been reacquired by the Company, of shares of such stock which have been paid to the Company pursuant to the exercise of Awards under the Plan, or of shares of such stock which have
been withheld by the Company for the payment of taxes. 
 Section 3.2 Canceled, Terminated or Forfeited Awards. If any
Award or portion thereof is for any reason forfeited, canceled or otherwise terminated without exercise, the Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof shall again be available for grant under the Plan. 

Section 3.3 Adjustment in Capitalization. If and to the extent necessary or appropriate to reflect any Common Stock dividend,
extraordinary dividend, stock split or share combination or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, spin-off liquidation or dissolution of the Company or other similar transaction affecting the Common Stock, the Board shall
proportionately adjust the number of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan and the number, class, exercise price or other terms of any outstanding Award and/or make other provisions with respect to the holder or holders of an
outstanding Award. 
 Article IV 
 Stock Purchase or Grant; Deferred Share Units 
 Section 4.1 Awards and
Administration. The Board may offer and sell or otherwise grant Common Stock to Participants at such time or times and subject to such vesting or other conditions as it shall determine, the terms of which shall be set forth in a Subscription
Agreement, or, in the case of a Deferred Share Unit, a Deferred Share Unit Agreement. 
 Section 4.2 Minimum Purchase
Price. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the purchase price for any Common Stock to be offered and sold pursuant to this Article IV shall not be less than the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date. 

Section 4.3 Payment. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the purchase price with respect to any Common Stock offered and
sold pursuant to this Article IV shall be paid in cash or other readily available funds simultaneously with the closing of the purchase of such Common Stock. 

  
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 Article V 
 Terms of Options 
 Section 5.1 Grant of Options. The Board may grant
Options to Participants at such time or times as it shall determine. Options granted pursuant to the Plan will not be “incentive stock options” as defined in the Code. Each Option granted to a Participant shall be evidenced by an Option
Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased pursuant to such Option, the exercise price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased pursuant to such Option, the duration of such Option (not to exceed
the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date), and such other terms as the Board shall determine. 
 Section 5.2 Exercise
Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of an Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date. 
 Section 5.3 Vesting and Exercise of Options. Options shall become vested or exercisable in accordance with the vesting schedule or upon the attainment of such performance criteria as shall be
specified by the Board on or before the Grant Date. The Board may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of any Option, all Options or any class of Options at any time and from time to time. 

Section 5.4 Payment. The Board shall establish procedures governing the exercise of Options, which procedures shall generally
require that prior written notice of exercise be given and that the exercise price (together with any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees) be paid in full in cash, cash equivalents or other readily available funds at
the time of exercise; provided that, in the case of an Employee whose employment terminates in a Special Termination, the Board may determine in its sole discretion to permit such Employee (or his or her estate) to elect a “cashless
exercise” of all or a portion of the vested Options held by such Employee following the effective date his or her termination of employment, pursuant to which the aggregate exercise price of the vested Options so exercised, plus any required
withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees, shall be paid by the Company withholding a number of shares of Common Stock subject to such vested Options sufficient to cover such obligations, as determined by the Company in its sole
discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on such terms as the Board may establish from time to time following a Public Offering (i) the Board may permit a Participant to tender any Common Stock such Participant has owned for at least
six months and one day for all or a portion of the applicable exercise price or minimum required withholding taxes, and (ii) the Board may authorize the Company to establish a broker-assisted

  
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exercise program. In connection with any Option exercise, the Company may require the Participant to furnish or execute such other documents as it shall reasonably deem necessary to
(a) evidence such exercise, (b) determine whether registration is then required under the U.S. federal securities laws or similar non-U.S. laws, or (c) comply with or satisfy the requirements of the U.S. federal
securities laws, applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws or any other law. As a condition to the exercise of any Option before a Public Offering, a Participant shall enter into a Subscription Agreement. 

Article VI 

Termination of Employment 
 Section 6.1 Expiration of Options Following Termination of Employment. Unless otherwise determined by the Board on or before the Grant Date, if a Participant’s employment with the Company
terminates, such Participant’s Options shall be treated as follows: 
 (a) any unvested Options shall
terminate effective as of such termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period); provided that if the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated in a Special
Termination (i.e., by reason of the Employee’s death or Disability), any unvested Options held by the Employee that by their terms would vest solely based on continued employment shall immediately vest as of the effective date of such Special
Termination; 
 (b) except in the case of a termination for Cause, vested Options shall remain exercisable
through the earliest of (i) the normal expiration date, (ii) the 90-day anniversary of the effective date of the Participant’s termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express
contractual notice period), (iii) the 180-day anniversary in the case of a Special Termination or a retirement at normal retirement age or later), and (iv) any cancellation pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section 7.1;
and 
 (c) in the case of a termination for Cause, any and all Options held by such Participant (whether or not
then vested or exercisable) shall terminate immediately upon such termination of employment. 
 Section 6.2 Certain Rights
upon Termination of Employment Prior to a Public Offering. Each Subscription Agreement governing shares of Common 

  
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Stock acquired upon the exercise of Options shall provide that the Company and one or more of the Investors shall have successive rights prior to a Public Offering to purchase all or any portion
of a Participant’s Common Stock upon any termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period), at such time and at a purchase price per share equal to the Fair Market Value as of
the date specified in the Subscription Agreement (or, if the Participant’s employment termination qualifies as a termination for Cause, for a purchase price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value as of the date
specified in the Subscription Agreement and (ii) such Participant’s per share purchase price). 
 Article VII

 Change in Control 
 Section 7.1 Accelerated Vesting and Payment. Except as otherwise provided in this Article VII, and unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, upon a Change in Control, (a) each
Award that by its terms would otherwise vest based solely on continued employment shall vest in full in connection with such Change in Control and each other Award shall, to the extent it has not or will not by its terms vest before or in connection
with such Change in Control, be canceled, and (b) the holder of any vested Award (including any Award that vests in connection with such Change in Control) shall be entitled to receive, in complete satisfaction of such Award, a payment
in an amount or with a value equal to the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such vested Award times the excess, if any, of the Change in Control Price over any applicable exercise price or reference price, if any, for such Award.

 Section 7.2 Alternative Award. No cancellation, acceleration or other payment shall occur with respect to any Award or
class or type of Award if the Board determines, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, that such Award shall be honored or assumed, or new rights substituted therefor following the Change in Control (such honored, assumed or substituted
award, an “Alternative Award”). 
 Section 7.3 Limitation of Benefits. If, whether as a result of
accelerated vesting, the grant of an Alternative Award or otherwise, a Participant would receive any payment, deemed payment or other benefit as a result of the operation of Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 that, together with any other payment,
deemed payment or other benefit a Participant may receive under any other plan, program, policy or arrangement, would constitute an “excess parachute payment” under section 280G of the Code, then, notwithstanding anything in this Plan to
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contrary, the payments, deemed payments or other benefits such Participant would otherwise receive under Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 shall be reduced to the extent necessary to eliminate
any such excess parachute payment and such Participant shall have no further rights or claims with respect thereto. If the preceding sentence would result in a reduction of the payments, deemed payments or other benefits a Participant would
otherwise receive in more than an immaterial amount, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to seek the approval of the Company’s shareholders in the manner provided for in section 280G(b)(5) of the Code and the
regulations thereunder with respect to such reduced payments or other benefits (if the Company is eligible to do so), so that such payments would not be treated as “parachute payments” for these purposes (and therefore would cease to be
subject to reduction pursuant to this Section 7.3). 
 Article VIII 

Director Awards 
 Director Awards may have such terms as the Board shall determine from time to time, and may be granted as part of the retainer or other fees payable to an Eligible Director or as part of an arrangement
that permits the deferral of payment of such fees, on a mandatory or elective basis, into the right to receive Common Stock and distributions thereon in the future (or a cash payment measured by reference to the value therof). 

Article IX 

Authority to Vary Terms or Establish Local Jurisdiction Plans 

The Board may vary the terms of Awards under the Plan, or establish sub-plans under this Plan to authorize the grant of awards that have
additional or different terms or features from those otherwise provided for in the Plan, if and to the extent the Board determines necessary or appropriate to permit the grant of awards that are best suited to further the purposes of the Plan and to
comply with applicable securities laws in a particular jurisdiction or provide terms appropriately suited for Employees in such jurisdiction in light of the tax laws of such jurisdiction while being as consistent as otherwise possible with the terms
of Awards under the Plan; provided that this Article IX shall not be deemed to authorize any increase in the number of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan set forth in Section 3.1. 

  
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 Article X 
 Amendment, Modification, and Termination of the Plan 
 The Board may
terminate or suspend the Plan at any time, and may amend or modify the Plan from time to time. No amendment, modification, termination or suspension of the Plan shall in any manner adversely affect any Award theretofore granted under the Plan
without the consent of the Participant holding such Award or the consent of a majority of Participants holding similar Awards (such majority to be determined based on the number of shares covered by such Awards). Shareholder approval of any such
amendment, modification, termination or suspension shall be obtained to the extent mandated by applicable law, or if otherwise deemed appropriate by the Board. 
 Article XI 
 Definitions 

Section 11.1 Definitions. Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person; provided that a director, member of management or other Employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Investors. For
these purposes, “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a
Person by reason of ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 
 “Alternative
Award” has the meaning given in Section 7.2. 
 “Award” shall mean an Option, a
Deferred Share Unit, a Director Award or an offer and sale of Common Stock pursuant to Article IV, in each case granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan. 
 “Award Agreement” means a Subscription Agreement, an Option Agreement or any other agreement evidencing an Award. 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

“Cause” means, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, any of the following:
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fraud, theft, false statements or other similar acts or commission of any crime that is a felony (or a comparable classification in a jurisdiction that does not use these terms);
(ii) the Participant’s willful or grossly negligent failure to perform his or her employment-related duties for the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) the Participant’s material violation of any Company policy as
in effect from time to time; (iv) the Participant’s engaging in any act or making any statement that impairs, impugns, denigrates, disparages or negatively reflects upon the name, reputation or business interests of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or any of the Investors; (v) the Participant’s material breach of any Award Agreement, employment agreement, or noncompetition, nondisclosure or nonsolicitation agreement to which the Participant is a party or by which
the Participant is bound or (vi) the Participant’s engaging in any conduct injurious or detrimental to the Company or its any of its Subsidiaries. The determination as to whether “Cause” has occurred shall be made by the
Board, which shall have the authority to waive the consequences under the Plan of the existence or occurrence of any of the events, acts or omissions constituting “Cause.” It shall constitute termination for Cause if, following a
Participant’s termination of employment for any reason, the Board determines that the Company or one of its Subsidiaries could have terminated such Participant’s employment for Cause. 

“Change in Control” means the first to occur of the following events after the Effective Date:

 (i) the acquisition by any person, entity or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities, other than any such acquisition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or by the Investors, or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing; 
 (ii)
the merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company, as a result of which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other similar transaction do not, immediately
thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged or consolidated company; or 

  
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 (iii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer or other disposition, Affiliates of the Company. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Public Offering shall not constitute a Change in Control. 
 “Change in Control Price” means the price per Common Share offered in conjunction with any transaction resulting in a Change in Control. If any part of the offered price is payable other
than in cash, the Change in Control price shall be determined in good faith by the Board as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control. 
 “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value U.S. $.01 per share, of the Company. 

“Company” means HDS Investment Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto, and, for
purposes of determining the status of a Participant’s employment with the “Company” shall include the Company’s Subsidiaries. 
 “Deferred Share Unit” means the right granted pursuant to the Plan to receive a share of Common Stock (or a cash payment with respect thereto). 

“Deferred Share Unit Agreement” between the Company and a Participant embodying the terms of any Deferred
Share Unit in the form approved by the Board from time to time for such purpose. 
 “Director
Award” means an award granted pursuant to Article VIII to an Eligible Director of Common Stock, a Deferred Share Unit, an Option or any similar Award or a payment measured by reference to a share of Common Stock and/or distributions
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 “Disability” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award
Agreement, a Participant’s long-term disability within the meaning of the long-term disability insurance plan or program of the Company or any Subsidiary then covering the Participant, or in the absence of such a plan or program, as determined
by the Board. The Board’s reasoned and good faith judgment of Disability shall be final and shall be based on such competent medical evidence as shall be presented to it by the Participant or by any physician or group of physicians or other
competent medical expert employed by the Participant or the Company to advise the Board. 
 “Effective
Date” has the meaning given in Section 12.10. 
 “Eligible Director” means a
member of the Board other than an employee or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 

“Employee” means any executive, officer or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary. 

“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date of determination prior to a Public Offering, the per share fair
market value on such date of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board. In making a determination of Fair Market Value, the Board shall give due consideration to such factors as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited
to, the earnings and other financial and operating information of the Company in recent periods, the potential value of the Company as a whole, the future prospects of the Company and the industries in which it competes, the history and management
of the Company, the general condition of the securities markets, the fair market value of securities of companies engaged in businesses similar to those of the Company, and any recent valuation of the Common Stock that shall have been performed by
an independent valuation firm (although nothing herein shall obligate the Board to obtain any such independent valuation). The determination of Fair Market Value will not give effect to any restrictions on transfer of the Common Stock or take into
account any control premium, but may take into account the fact that such shares would represent a minority interest in the Company and are illiquid. Following a Public Offering, “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date of
determination, the mid-point between the high and the low trading prices for such date per share of Common Stock as reported on the principal stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed. 

  
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 “Grant Date” means, with respect to any Award, the date as
of which such Award is granted pursuant to the Plan. 
 “Investor” means any of
(i) Bain Capital Integral Investors 2006, LLC, (ii) Carlyle Partners V, L.P., (iii) Carlyle Partners V-A, L.P., (iv) CP V Coinvestment A, L.P., (v) CP V Coinvestment B, L.P.,
(vi) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., (vii) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII (Co-Investment), L.P., (viii) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P., (ix) any affiliate of any of the
foregoing that acquires shares of Common Stock, and (x) any successor in interest to any thereof. 

“Option” means the right granted pursuant to the Plan to purchase one share of Common Stock. 

“Option Agreement” means an agreement between the Company and a Participant embodying the terms of any
Options granted pursuant to the Plan and in the form approved by the Board from time to time for such purpose. 

“Participant” means any Employee or Eligible Director who is granted an Award. 

“Person” means any natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association,
corporation, company, trust, business trust, governmental authority or other entity. 
 “Plan”
means this HDS Investment Holding, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan. 
 “Public Offering” means the
first day as of which (i) sales of Common Stock are made to the public in the United States pursuant to an underwritten public offering of the Common Stock led by one or more underwriters at least one of which is an underwriter of
nationally recognized standing or (ii) the Board has determined that shares of the Common Stock otherwise have become publicly-traded for this purpose. 

“Special Termination” means a termination by reason of the Participant’s death or Disability.

 “Subscription Agreement” means a stock subscription agreement between the Company and a
Participant embodying the terms of any stock purchase made pursuant to the Plan and in the form approved by the Board from time to time for such purpose. 

  
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 “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability
company or other entity, a majority of whose outstanding voting securities is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company. 

Section 11.2 Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender used in the Plan
shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. 
 Article
XII 
 Miscellaneous Provisions 
 Section 12.1 Nontransferability of Awards. Except as otherwise provided herein or as the Board may permit on such terms as it shall determine, no Awards granted under the Plan may be sold,
transferred, pledged, assigned, hedged, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable
during the Participant’s lifetime by such Participant only (or, in the event of the Participant’s Disability, such Participant’s legal representative). Following a Participant’s death, all rights with respect to Awards that were
outstanding at the time of such Participant’s death and have not terminated shall be exercised by his designated beneficiary or by his estate in the absence of a designated beneficiary. 

Section 12.2 Tax Withholding. The Company or the Subsidiary employing a Participant shall have the power to withhold up to the
minimum statutory requirement, or to require such Participant to remit to the Company or such Subsidiary, an amount sufficient to satisfy all U.S. federal, state, local and any non-U.S. withholding tax or other governmental tax, charge or fee
requirements in respect of any Award granted under the Plan. 
 Section 12.3 Beneficiary Designation. Pursuant to such
rules and procedures as the Board may from time to time establish, a Participant may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) by whom any right under the Plan is to be exercised in case of such
Participant’s death. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form reasonably prescribed by the Board, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Board during
his lifetime. 

  
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 Section 12.4 No Guarantee of Employment or Participation. Nothing in the Plan or in
any agreement granted hereunder shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participant’s employment or retention at any time, or confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the
employ or retention of the Company or any Subsidiary. No Employee or Eligible Director shall have a right to be selected as a Participant or, having been so selected, to receive any Awards. 

Section 12.5 No Limitation on Compensation; No Impact on Benefits. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of
the Company or any Subsidiary to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its Employees or Eligible Directors, in cash or property, in a manner that is not expressly authorized under the Plan. Except as may otherwise be specifically and
unequivocally stated under any employee benefit plan, policy or program, no amount payable in respect of any Award shall be treated as compensation for purposes of calculating a Participant’s rights under any such plan, policy or program. The
selection of an Employee as a Participant shall neither entitle such Employee to, nor disqualify such Employee from, participation in any other award or incentive plan. 
 Section 12.6 No Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law, no Participant holding any Awards granted under the Plan shall have any right in respect of such Awards to vote on any matter
submitted to the Company’s stockholders until such time as the shares of Common Stock underlying such Awards have been issued, and then, subject to the voting restrictions contained in the Subscription Agreement. 

Section 12.7 Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan shall be
subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan, and no Common Stock shall be issued under the
Plan, if such grant or issuance would result in a violation of applicable law, including U.S. federal securities laws and any applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws. 
 Section 12.8 Freedom of Action. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement evidencing an Award shall be construed as limiting or preventing the Company or any Subsidiary from taking any action that
it deems appropriate or in its best interest (as determined in its sole and absolute discretion) and no Participant (or person claiming by or through a Participant) shall have any right relating to the diminishment in the value of any Award as a
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 Section 12.9 Unfunded Plan; Plan Not Subject to ERISA. The Plan is an unfunded plan
and Participants shall have the status of unsecured creditors of the Company. The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

Section 12.10 Term of Plan. The Plan shall be effective as of December 4, 2007, (the “Effective Date”) and
shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated pursuant to Article X, until the tenth anniversary of such date. The provisions of the Plan shall continue thereafter to govern all outstanding Awards. 

Section 12.11 Governing Law. The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law
of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction. 

  
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 Exhibit 10.43 

 

 

 HD Supply 

Global Support Center 
 3100 Cumberland
Blvd., Suite 1700 
 Atlanta, GA 30339 

t 770.852.9000 
 March 26, 2010 

Mr. Joseph C. Izganics 
 28 Hawks
Branch Lane 
 White, GA 30184 
 Dear
Joe, 
 Congratulations! This will confirm HD Supply, Inc.’s offer of employment effective March 31, 2010 in the position Senior Vice
President in charge of CTI, Repair & Remodel, and Crownbolt. You will report directly to me. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Your initial base annual salary will be $375,000 payable in equal bi-weekly installments. Concurrent
with the next salary increase effective date in April 2011, your base annual salary will be increased to $425,000 with salary reviews held annually thereafter. 
 In addition to your base salary, you will participate in the Management Incentive Program, which provides a target incentive of 60% of your base salary based upon achieving established goals. Your actual
payout will be calculated based on performance which may include Company performance, line of business performance and/or individual performance. The incentive if any will be prorated based on the number of full months in your new position. To be
eligible for payment of any incentive, you must be employed on the day on which the incentive is paid. The Company reserves the right to change these plans at anytime. 
 In addition to the compensation outlined above, we will award you a $100,000 gross signing bonus. This will be payable to you within 30 days of your hire date. In the event that you voluntarily terminate
your service with HD Supply within your first two years of employment, you will, at the Company’s discretion, be required to repay a prorated portion of the signing bonus outlined in this paragraph. 

In addition to your base salary and your Annual Bonus Plan, you have been selected and will participate in the Management Equity Plan (MEP), subject to
Board approval. You will be provided an opportunity to receive a Stock Option Award of 650,000 options at the time the Board reviews and approves your Offering. You will also be given the opportunity to purchase up to 24,100 shares at $4.15 per
share at the time the Board approves your Offering. 
 Our standard vacation policy will be waived and you will be entitled to up to four
(4) weeks of vacation during your first through fourth year of employment with HD Supply. Your vacation will accrue each pay period. Thereafter, you will receive vacation in accordance with the HD Supply standard vacation policy. Should you
leave the employment of the Company at any time you will be paid for accrued but unused vacation strictly in accordance with HD Supply’s standard vacation policy. 
 HD Supply offers a competitive benefits package of health & welfare, financial, paid time-off and work/life benefit programs for our associates and their eligible dependents that support our
focus as an employer of choice. When you start work with the Company you will be immediately eligible to participate in the HD Supply Health and Welfare Plan - which includes Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Vision, Spending Accounts, Life, AD&D,
Disability and voluntary group benefit programs. You will receive more information about all benefits the Company offers during 

  
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your orientation and in your personalized enrollment kit, which will be mailed to your home within 2-3 weeks after your first day of active employment. Please be advised that you must enroll
within 30 days from the date indicated on your personalized enrollment worksheet. 
 In addition to the standard benefits package for salaried
associates, as an executive of the Company, you will be eligible to participate in the Supplemental Executive Benefits Program. This will include immediate eligibility for the Executive Vehicle Program. Further information will be available upon
your acceptance of employment. 
 If you accept the Company’s offer of employment, and the Company notifies you of its intention to
terminate your employment involuntarily and without cause at any time during your employment, you will be eligible to receive, in exchange for your execution of a general release in a form acceptable to HD Supply’s legal counsel, twelve
(12) months of base salary continuation, with such payments to commence within 45 days after the expiration of any revocation period contained in the general release. 
 You will not be entitled to receive these payments and benefits, or any other type of payment or benefit, if you voluntarily resign for the Company, regardless of when or why you have resigned from your
employment. You are also not entitled to receive these payments of benefits or any other type of payment of benefit, if you are terminated from the Company “for cause”. Termination “for cause” includes, but is not limited to,
termination for: 
  

	 	•	 	 Willful or gross neglect of your duties 

  

	 	•	 	 Your conviction of any felony, or of any lesser crime or offense that involves theft or moral turpitude of that materially and adversely affects the
property, reputation or goodwill of the Company 

  

	 	•	 	 Willful or gross misconduct in connection with the performance of your duties 

 

	 	•	 	 Your theft or misappropriation of business assets of the Company or of any existing or prospective customer of the Company

  

	 	•	 	 Your poor or inadequate work performance, which has not been cured within 30 days following written notice 

 

	 	•	 	 Your violation of any securities laws as determined by the Company’s general counsel in his or her sole and absolute discretion

  

	 	•	 	 Breach of your covenants to the Company relating to confidential and proprietary information or non-competition 

 

	 	•	 	 Any other conduct by you detrimental to the business of the Company or conduct that constitutes a violation by you of policies and procedures
applicable to you which may be in effect at the time of the occurrence which has not been cured within 30 days following written notice. 

 You agree that you shall not, without the prior express written consent of an officer of the Company, engage in or have any financial or other interests in, or render any service in any capacity to any
competitor or supplier of the Company during the course of your employment with the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be restricted from owning securities of corporations listed on a national securities exchange or regularly
traded by national securities dealers, provided that such investment does not exceed 1% of the market value of the outstanding securities of such corporation. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to you and your immediate family. 

You have stated that you have not agreed to and are not subject to any covenant not to compete with any prior employer. You understand that it is not the
intention of HD Supply to receive or obtain any trade secrets of others. Accordingly, you agree that you will not disclose or use during the period of your employment with HD Supply any proprietary information or confidential information which you
may have acquired because of employment with an employer other than HD Supply. Further, you agree that you will not bring HD Supply any documents in any form containing proprietary or confidential information from a prior employer. In the event your
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Supply is terminated for any reason, you agree not to disclose any HD Supply proprietary or confidential information to any future employer or third party or to take copies in any form of any
documents containing such information. 
 You also agree that for a period of two years following your Termination Date, you will not directly
or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit any business related to the business of the Company existing as of your Termination Date from any of the Company’s customers or suppliers with whom you had business contact or about whom you received
Confidential Information during the one year period prior to your Termination Date. 
 Further, you agree that for a period of two years
following your Termination Date, you will not directly or indirectly solicit any person who is an employee of the Company to terminate his or her relationship with the Company without prior written approval from the SVP of Human Resources of the
Company. 
 You agree that you will not, for a period of 12 months following the Termination Date (“Non-competition Period”), enter
into or maintain an employment, contractual, or other relationship, either directly or indirectly, to provide services in the same or similar manner as you perform for the Company to any company or entity engaged in any way in a business that
competes directly or indirectly with the Company, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates or related entities, in any state in which you have worked for the Company prior to the Termination Date. Consult your Line of Business Attorney regarding any
applicable geographic restrictions. 
 This is a conditional offer of employment contingent on a background check and drug test results. As a
condition to your employment, you must take and pass a drug test and pass the background check. A positive test result or failure to pass the background check will result in the denial of your employment. Testing must be done within 48 hours from
receipt of this letter. Enclosed is information regarding your drug test. 
 Please note that you will also be required to complete an
I-9 form at the commencement of your employment and that your continued employment will be conditioned upon your satisfactory completion of that form. 
 This letter should not be construed, nor is it intended to be a contract of employment for a specified period of time. 
 We are pleased to welcome you to the HD Supply team. 
 Sincerely, 

 

 

 Joe DeAngelo 

Chief Executive Officer 
 JD/me 

Enclosures 

	pc:	Deirdre Force 

  

			
	I accept this offer of employment.	  	
		
	
 

	  	 3.26.10

	Joe Izganics	  	Date

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