SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2022-04-26

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ifa2118146597497e9650b8ad44a9975c_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECOND AMENDMENT TO SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2004 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;This Second Amendment to the Sun Communities, Inc. First Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Employee Director Option Plan (this &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) is effective as of March 29, 2022 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;). All capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Amendment have the same meanings as in the Sun Communities, Inc. First Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Employee Director Option Plan, as amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Recitals</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">A.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:24.34pt">The Plan was approved by the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Sun Communities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) on April 24, 2012 and by the Company&#8217;s stockholders on July 19, 2012.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">B.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:25pt">The Plan was amended by that certain First Amendment to Sun Communities, Inc. First Amended and Restated 2004 Non-employee Director Option Plan on May 17, 2018 the date it was approved by the Company&#8217;s stockholders (the &#8220;First Amendment&#8221;).</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">C.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:25pt">Pursuant to Section 9.01(a) of the Plan, the Board has approved this Amendment as of the Effective Date. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amendments</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Plan is hereby amended as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:27pt">Section 2.29 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;padding-right:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">&#8220;2.29&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Retirement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">means the retirement of a Director from the Board.&#8221;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;After the date of this Amendment, all references in the Plan to the &#8220;Plan&#8221; shall mean the Plan, as amended by this Amendment. The Plan is hereby amended accordingly.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font