5. Delivery of Restricted Stock. Entry of the Restricted Stock in a book entry account maintained by the Transfer Agent, pursuant to this Agreement may be postponed by the Company for such period as may be required for it with reasonable diligence to comply with any applicable requirements of any federal, state or local law or regulation or any administrative or quasi-administrative requirement applicable to the sale, issuance, delivery or distribution of the Restricted Stock. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, require Knapper to furnish the Company with appropriate representations and a written investment letter prior to the entry of the Restricted Stock in a book entry account maintained by the Transfer Agent.
本协议(以下简称“协议”)于2024年8月15日签订并生效(以下简称“生效日期。在Orthofix Medical Inc.,一家特拉华州公司(以及其直接和间接子公司,“公司),以及Patrick Fisher(“高管”).
“权力变更期“Change in Control(权力变更)”指24个(24)月的期间,自任何权力变更日期起算;但是,如果公司在权力变更日期之前终止执行董事的雇佣关系,但在潜在的权力变更日期之后,且可以合理证明(i)雇佣是应非关联第三方的要求而终止,该第三方已采取合理措施以实现权力变更,或(ii)雇佣终止是与权力变更有关或预期有关的,则“权力变更期”将指执行董事与公司终止雇佣关系的前一日起24个(24)月的期间。
“权力变更期 合理理由” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following without the written consent of the Executive: (i) a requirement that the Executive work principally from a location that is more than thirty (30) miles from his or her then-current principal place of employment (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not preclude the Executive from being required by the Company to travel to Company office locations more than thirty (30) miles from his or her then-current principal place of employment during CiC Periods), (ii) any reduction in the Executive’s Total Compensation (other than any reduction of the Executive’s equity-based compensation occurring on or prior to January 4, 2025 solely as a result of across-the-board reductions to equity-based compensation levels that apply the applicable reduction percentage substantially similarly to similarly situated Parent executives), (iii) any material breach of this Agreement, any written communication offering employment to the Executive (the “Offer Letter”) or any other material agreement with the Executive by the Company or any successor entity, or (iv) any diminution after the Effective Date in the Executive’s employment position, authority, duties, responsibilities or line of reporting structure, or the assignment to the Executive of any duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position and title immediately prior to consummation of the Change in Control (including, for example, if the Executive was the Chief Financial Officer of the Company immediately prior to consummation of a Change in Control and is not the Chief Financial Officer of the Company immediately following consummation of the Change in Control, then a diminution in the Executive’s responsibilities will have occurred), in each case excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action taken in good faith and which is promptly remedied by employer. The Executive shall only have CiC Period Good Reason if (A) the Executive has provided notice of termination to the Company of any of the foregoing conditions within ninety (90) days of the Executive’s initial awareness of the existence of the condition, (B) the Company does not cure such condition within thirty (30) days following receipt of such notice of termination, and (C) if such condition is not cured within such thirty (30) day period, the Executive actually terminates employment within sixty (60) days after the notice of termination. The Executive’s mental or physical incapacity following the occurrence of an event described above in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall not affect the Executive’s ability to terminate employment for CiC Period Good Reason, and the Executive’s death following delivery of a notice of termination for CiC Period Good Reason shall not affect the Executive’s estate’s entitlement to the severance benefits provided hereunder upon a termination of employment for CiC Period Good Reason.
协议期. The term of this Agreement (the “术语”) shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue in effect until the earlier of (i) the parties’ satisfaction of their respective obligations under this Agreement or (ii) the execution of a written agreement between the Company and the Executive terminating this Agreement.
3.
Certain Terminations of Employment During a Non-CiC Period. If, during a Non-CiC Period, the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates as a result of death, the Executive terminates his or her employment as a result of Disability or for Good Reason, or the Company terminates the Executive’s employment without Cause, the Company shall pay or provide to the Executive (i) the Executive’s outstanding base salary due through the Executive’s date of termination, (ii) any amounts or benefits owing to the Executive as of the Executive’s date of termination under the then applicable benefit plans of the Company, at the time such amounts or benefits are due (including any accrued vacation payable), (iii) any amounts owing to the Executive for reimbursement of expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior to the Executive’s date of termination, which shall be subject to and paid in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy, (iv) if, for the calendar year prior to the Executive’s termination, the Company and/or the Executive has achieved performance goals (whether or not such achievement has been determined formally) such that the Executive has earned (or would have earned, had the Executive been employed in good standing by the Company on the date on which a bonus otherwise would have been paid) a bonus under any annual cash incentive program of the Company (an “Annual Cash Incentive Program”) and such Annual Cash Incentive Program bonus with respect to such prior calendar
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年度奖金尚未支付,应支付等额的奖金,与其他参与者在年度现金激励计划下支付的款项同时支付,并且 (v) 终止年度现金激励计划奖金金额的任何部分(基于高管在此终止年度期间受雇于公司的天数),假设高管当前年度目标现金奖金金额在年度现金激励计划下达到100%的完成情况,与本第3节中规定的支付给高管的款项同时支付,除了关于根据第3(iv)节所涉及的年度现金激励计划中支付的奖金(合称“ 按比例 ”)。在执行第9节约定的条款(包括但不限于第9节中定义的CIAA条款)并且高管签署并未撤销第5节中描述的授权后,公司还应在解除生效日期之后十(10)天内一次性现金支付给高管一个金额,其数额等于(A)高管在解除生效日期的基本工资,且不考虑在其就任前12个月内发生的基本工资减少,(B)高管在年度现金激励计划下的当前年度目标现金奖金金额,且不考虑在其就任前12个月内发生的该年度目标金额的减少,和(C)12,500美元,以供高管用于安置服务(该款项提供的金额总和,为“应计金额离职基本金额”,以及由此乘积规定的金额,“固定离职金额”,以及由该乘积提供的金额,“Non-CiC Severance Amount”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Non-CiC Severance Amount could be paid to the Executive during the subsequent taxable year of the Executive rather than the Executive’s taxable year in which the Executive’s date of termination occurs based on when the Executive executes and delivers the release described in Section 5 hereof to the Company, then, to the extent that the Non-CiC Severance Amount constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “代码”), the Non-CiC Severance Amount shall not be paid earlier than the first business day of the later of such taxable years. In addition, subject to the Executive’s compliance with the covenants in Section 9 (including but not limited to the CIAA Covenants) and the Executive’s execution and non-revocation of the release described in Section 5 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Executive on a monthly basis for the Executive’s monthly premium payments for health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“ ”) for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents for a period of 12 months, provided that the Executive and, if applicable, the Executive’s eligible dependents are currently enrolled in the applicable plan(s) of the Company at the time of the Executive’s termination and that the Executive timely elects to continue the Executive’s coverage under COBRA; provided, however, that the Company’s obligation to reimburse the Executive for such premiums shall cease on the date the Executive is no longer eligible to receive COBRA coverage and (ii) if the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that the payment of the COBRA reimbursements (in whole or in part) would result in a violation of the nondiscrimination rules of Section 105(h)(2) of the Code or any statute or regulation of similar effect, then in lieu of providing the COBRA reimbursements (in whole or in part), the Company may elect instead to pay the Executive on the first day of each month of such coverage period, a fully taxable cash payment equal, on an after-tax basis, to the applicable COBRA premiums (in whole or in part) for the prior month. The Executive must advise the Company as soon as the Executive becomes eligible for health care coverage from a third party (e.g., spouse’s employer, the Executive’s subsequent employer, or any other party with a relationship with the Executive).
基于时间的股票期权、基于时间的受限股票以及基于时间的受限股票单位的归属和行使权。以下第6条(a)、(b)、(c)和(d)款规定适用于:(a) 公司授予执行官的所有股票期权的基于时间的归属部分(“基于时间的股票期权“”或“”Options”),(b) 公司的所有基于时间归属的受限股票(“以时间为基础的限制性股票“”或“”首席财务官)授予执行官的所有限制股单位(“基于时间的 RSU“”或“”TBRSU)授予执行官的时间性股票限制股单位,无论是否适用于2012年LTIP下发的期权、TBRS和/或TRBSU, (ii) SeaSpine 2015计划,或(三)任何未来或继任公司计划或独立奖励协议。此类规定应取代并覆盖公司适用的奖励协议中规定的任何冲突规定,并应通过引用纳入到此类奖励协议的条款中。尽管前述,根据纳斯达克规则5635(c)(4)发放给执行官的基于股权的薪酬不适用6(a)、(b)、(c)和(d)节的规定,因为这些股权奖励是为了诱使执行官受雇于公司。
(a)
非加速终止服务情况. If, prior to vesting, the Executive’s Service is terminated for any reason other than a circumstance providing for accelerated vesting pursuant to any of Sections 6(b)-(f) below, the unvested portion of the applicable Option, TBRS, or TBRSU shall be cancelled and revert back to the Company as of the date of such termination of Service, and the Executive shall have no further right or interest therein unless the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise. In such event, the Executive shall have the right, subject to the other terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the applicable plan, to exercise such Option, to the extent it has vested as of the date of such termination of Service, at any time within three (3) months after the date of such termination of Service, subject to the earlier expiration of the Option on the ten (10)-year anniversary of grant or such other term as is provided in the applicable equity award agreement otherwise governing such grant (the “Expiration Date”). To the extent the vested portion of the Option is not exercised within such three (3)-month period, such Option shall be cancelled and revert back to the Company, and the Executive or any permitted transferee pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement, as applicable, shall have no further right or interest therein.
(b)
Termination of Service for Death or Disability. If the Executive’s Service terminates by reason of death or the Executive terminates his or her employment as a result of Disability, as of the date of such termination of Service (i) the unvested portion of any Option shall automatically vest
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and become immediately exercisable in full and (ii) any TBRS and any TBRSU shall automatically vest in full. The full portion of any unexercised Option shall remain exercisable by the Executive (or any person entitled to do so) at any time within eighteen (18) months after the date of such termination of Service, subject to the earlier expiration of such Option on the Expiration Date. To the extent such Option is not exercised within such period, such Option shall be cancelled and revert back to the Company, and the Executive or any permitted transferee pursuant to the terms of the applicable award agreement, as applicable, shall have no further right or interest therein. The shares subject to any such TBRSU shall be delivered no later than sixty (60) days following such termination of Service.
生存. All of the provisions in this Section 6 shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason (unless such termination is as a result of a future novation of such provisions entered into by each of the parties).
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7.
第280G条款. In the event that any of the severance payments and other benefits provided by this Agreement or otherwise payable to the Executive (a) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and (b) but for this Section 7, would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (“消费税”), then the Executive’s severance payments and benefits under this Agreement or otherwise shall be payable either in full or in such lesser amount which would result in no portion of such severance payments or benefits being subject to the Excise Tax, whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax, results in the receipt by the Executive, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of severance payments and benefits under this Agreement or otherwise, notwithstanding that all or some portion of such severance payments or benefits may be taxable under Section 4999 of the Code. Any reduction in the severance payments and benefits required by this Section 7 shall be made in the following order: (i) reduction of cash payments; (ii) reduction of accelerated vesting of equity awards other than stock options; (iii) reduction of accelerated vesting of stock options; and (iv) reduction of other benefits paid or provided to the Executive. The calculations and establishment of assumptions in this Section 7 will be performed by a professional tax firm engaged by the Company as of the day prior to the applicable CiC Date. If the tax firm so engaged by the Company is serving as accountant or auditor for the acquiring company, the Company shall appoint a nationally recognized tax firm to make the determinations required by this Section 7. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such firm required to be made by this Section 7. The Company and the Executive shall furnish such tax firm such information and documents as the tax firm may reasonably request in order to make its required determination. The tax firm will provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and the Executive as soon as practicable following its engagement. Any good faith determinations of the tax firm made hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and the Executive. However, the Executive shall have the final authority to make any good faith determination(s) associated with the assumptions used by the tax firm in providing its calculations, and such good faith determination by the Executive shall be binding on the Company. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Sections 409A, 280G or 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the professional tax firm described in this Section 7, it is possible that the Internal Revenue Service (the “美国国家税务局(“IRS”))或其他机构将声称,根据本第7条的目的,由专业公司确定的金额(如果有)超过了所需的消费税(“额外消费税额外消费税)。执行人应以书面形式通知公司,若成功,将需要支付额外消费税。执行人和公司应合理配合对方与有关支付给执行人的消费税的存在或金额有关的任何行政或司法程序。公司应支付执行人与由IRS或其他机构提出的索赔相关的所有合理费用、开支和罚款。如果最终确定根据本第7条需要进一步减少金额,以使执行人处于更佳的税后状况,则执行人应在此后30天内偿还公司该金额,以达到此目的。
Any expense reimbursements or in kind benefits under this Agreement that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A, including, without limitation, that: (i) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year; (ii) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made no later than the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (iii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.
9.
附加盟约.
(a)
Confidentiality, Inventions Assignment and Other Matters. The parties hereby incorporate by reference the CIAA into this Agreement. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the CIAA Covenants are material provisions of this Agreement and that a material breach of the CIAA Covenants shall be a material breach of this Agreement, and that the payment rights set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement are subject to compliance with the CIAA Covenants, as further described in such respective sections.
(b)
确保性条款. The Executive agrees that the Company’s reputation and goodwill in the marketplace is of utmost importance and value to the Company. The Executive further agrees that during, and for 18 months after, the term of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive will not purposefully make or publish, directly or indirectly, any public statement disparaging the Company or any of its directors or officers who held such offices at the time of Executive’s termination. A disparaging statement is any written communication (including via an online, digital, or social media
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platform) that attacks the Company’s products, services, or business policies and/or is intended to undermine the Company’s reputation. The Executive further understands and agrees that this Section 9(b) is a material provision of this Agreement and that any material breach of this Section 9(b) shall be a material breach of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Executive from (i) discussing or disclosing information about unlawful, unethical or improper acts in the workplace, such as harassment or discrimination or any other conduct that the Executive has reason to believe is unlawful, unethical or improper, (ii) cooperating in any investigation or providing testimony in legal proceedings (whether administrative or judicial), or (iii) making truthful statements in connection with the Executive’s enforcement of his rights against the Company, whether under contract, statutory, or common law. Further, and consistent with Section 10(b), this Section 9(b) is not intended to prevent Executive from exercising any other rights protected by law, including the right to communicate with former coworkers and/or third parties about terms and conditions of employment or labor disputes, unrelated to the amount of severance pay under this Agreement, when the communication is not so disloyal, reckless, or maliciously untrue as to lose the protection of the law.
(c)
合作. The Executive agrees that, for 18 months after the Executive’s date of termination, the Executive shall make himself of herself available at reasonable times, intervals and places for interviews, consultations, internal investigations and/or testimony during which the Executive shall provide to the Company, or its designated attorneys or agents, any and all information known to the Executive regarding or relating to the Company or the Executive’s activities on behalf of the Company pertaining to the subject matter on which the Executive’s cooperation is sought.
10.
其他.
(a)
雇佣关系自由. The Executive agrees and understands that nothing in this Agreement shall change the Executive’s “at-will” employment status or confer any right with respect to continuation of employment with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the Executive’s right or the Company’s right to terminate the Executive’s employment at any time, with or without cause, either at the Executive’s or the Company’s option, with or without notice.
(b)
。不过,任何一方可以向其子公司或其子公司的现有或真诚潜在投资者、雇员、投资银行家、贷方、合作伙伴、会计师、专业顾问和律师或,在投资者的情况下,符合本协议条款的转让人,在
这种情况下,只有这些人需要知道这些信息并且受到适当的保密义务约束。不排除上述表示的范围,投资者有权披露融资条款,以用于基金报告或基金间报告,或者提供给其基金经理、由其基金经理管理的其他基金以及其相应的审计师、法律顾问、董事、官员、员工、股东或投资者。 . The Executive understands that nothing contained in this Agreement restricts or limits the Executive’s right to discuss the Executive’s employment or report possible violations of law or regulation with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or other federal government agency or similar state or local agency or to discuss the terms and conditions of the Executive’s employment with others to the extent permitted by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act or to the extent that such disclosure is protected under the applicable provisions of law or regulation, including but not limited to “whistleblower” statutes or other similar provisions that protect such disclosure. Additionally, the Executive understands that, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1833(b), the Executive shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: (1) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. If the Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose such trade secret to the Executive’s attorney and use the trade secret information in related court proceedings, provided that Employee files any document containing the trade secret information under seal and does not further disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.