SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2017-08-30

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<div><a name="s701CCDF5A680764414875C07B7BA928B"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.3</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Officer Version</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">ANALOG DEVICES, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Employee Retention Agreement</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Steve Pietkiewicz <br>c/o Analog Devices, Inc.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Three Technology Way</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Norwood, Massachusetts 02062</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Dear Steve:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Analog Devices, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly&#8209;held corporations, the possibility of a change in control may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among key personnel, may result in the departure or distraction of key personnel to the detriment of the Company, its stockholders and its customers.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of the Company&#8217;s key personnel, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change in control of the Company.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In order to induce you to remain in its employ, the Company agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this letter agreement (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) in the event your employment with the Company is terminated under the circumstances described below subsequent to a &#8220;Change in Control&#8221; of the Company (as defined below).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Certain Definitions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">A &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Change in Control</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall occur or be deemed to have occurred only if any of the following events occur: (i) any &#8220;person,&#8221; as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of stock of the Company) is or becomes the &#8220;beneficial owner&#8221; (as defined in Rule 13d&#8209;3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#8217;s then outstanding securities; (ii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 80% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1</font></div><div style="li