SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-02-19

Document Content:
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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge 9.9.1.77--><!--Created on: 2/19/2021 08:45:19 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.18%;padding-right:11.18%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:30pt;min-height:36pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><u style="text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Exhibit 10.37</u></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">[Non-Employee Directors&#8211; 2020]</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">2015 STOCK PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Restricted Stock Unit Agreement</b></p><p style="display:none;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:0pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</b>, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. maintains the Company&#8217;s 2015 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, and as may be further amended from time to time (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), pursuant to which the Company may award Restricted Stock Units (&#8220;RSUs&#8221;) to non-employee Directors of the Company;</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</b>, the Grantee, whose name is set forth on the &#8220;Dashboard&#8221; tab on the Morgan Stanley StockPlan Connect portal, a secure third-party vendor website used by the Company (to be referred to herein as the &#8220;Grant Summary&#8221;), is a non-employee Director of the Company;</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><a name="_DV_M10"></a><b style="font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</b><a name="_DV_C10"></a><a name="_DV_M11"></a><a name="_DV_C11"></a>, the Grantee was awarded RSUs under the Plan by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;) of the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of the Company on the Date of Grant in 2020, as set forth on the Grant Summary (the &#8220;Date of Grant&#8221;), and the execution of an Evidence of Award in the form hereof (this &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) has been authorized by a resolution of the Committee duly adopted on such date.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><a name="_DV_M13"></a><b style="font-weight:bold;">NOW, THEREFORE</b>, pursuant to the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby confirms to the Grantee the award of the number of RSUs set forth on the Grant Summary.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">1.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><u style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:justify;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Definitions</u><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:justify;">. &#160;Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement (including on Exhibit A hereto), terms used in this Agreement with initial capital letters will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan. &#160;Certain terms used herein with initial capital letters will have the meanings set forth on Exhibit A hereto.</font></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;table-layout:fixed;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">2.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><u style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:justify;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Issuance of RSUs</u><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:justify;">. &#1