附录10.8.2
QUIPt 家用医疗 CORP。
限制性股票单位协议
Quipt Home Medical Corp. 已授予通知中名列的参与者 限制性股票单位的授予通知 ( “授予通知书”) 本受限股票单位协议附带的, “协议”) 是由受限股票单位组成的奖励(每个奖励均为一个, “单位”) 受限于授予通知和本协议中规定的条款和控件。奖励是根据Quipt Home Medical Corp. 2024年股权激励计划( “计划”)授予的,在授予日期进行了修订,其条款在此以引用方式纳入。通过签署授予通知,参与者:(a)确认收到并表示参与者已阅读并熟悉授予通知、此协议、计划和 与证券交易委员会注册公司普通股有关的计划招股说明书(“普通股”)根据奖励可发行的 “计划招募说明书”),(b) 在接受授予通知、此协议和计划的所有条款和条件的前提下接受奖励,(c) 同意接受委员会在授予通知、此协议或计划下任何问题上的所有决定或解释为具有约束力、结论性和最终的。
关于授予通知、本协议、计划或公司在计划或奖励管理中使用的任何其他形式的协议或其他文件的所有解释问题应由委员会判断。委员会的所有此类判断均为最终、具有约束力和决定性的,适用于所有对奖励有利益的人,除非存在欺诈或不善意行为。委员会在行使自由裁量权时所作出的任何和所有行动、决定和判断(除非是根据前述句子判断解释问题)均为最终、具有约束力和决定性的,适用于所有对奖励有利益的人。任何官员应有权代表公司处理本协议中规定的任何事项、权利、义务或选择,前提是该官员在有关事项、权利、义务或选择上具有明显的权威。
根据本协议获得的单位应根据授予通知成为归属单位。为了在所有权变更事件后确定归属单位的数量,计算的服务应包括在服务提供时任职为参与公司的任何公司的所有服务,无论该公司在所有权变更事件之前和之后是否为参与公司。尽管本协议或授予通知中包含相反条款,授予给加拿大参与者的单位必须在参与者因提供服务而授予单位的年度的第三个日历年的12月15日之前结算。
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在发生控制权变更的情况下,奖励应受公司在与控制权变更相关的最终协议的约束。除非委员会根据计划第13(d)条的规定决定取消奖励或根据计划第13.1(e)条规定兑现奖励,否则存续、继续、接替或购买实体或其母公司可以在不征得参与者同意的情况下,完全行使和继续公司的所有或部分权利和义务,或为所有或部分的未结单位替代实质上等同的权利,涉及收购方的股票。收购方在本条款中,单位在控制权变更后,如果该单位根据计划和本协议的条款和条件,赋予权利人接收在控制权变更生效日普通股持有者应得的对价(无论是股票、现金、其他证券或财产或其组合)的权利,则该单位被视为被假定;如果持有者被提供了对价的选择,则以大多数普通股持有者所选择的对价类型为准。
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however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Committee may provide for the consideration to be received upon settlement of the Unit to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change in Control; provided further that the Committee may, in its discretion, determine that a Unit shall or shall not be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms, offset rights, holdback terms, earnouts and similar conditions as the other holders of the Common Shares, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A or Section 424 of the Code. The Award shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control to the extent that Units subject to the Award are neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor settled as of the time of the Change in Control.
Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, and, in the case of a U.S. Participant, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, in each case, to the extent applicable, in the event of any change in the Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the shareholders of the Company in a form other than Stock (other than regular, periodic cash dividends paid on Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend policy) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of Common Shares, appropriate and proportionate adjustments shall be made in the number of Units subject to the Award and/or the number and kind of shares or other property to be issued in settlement of the Award, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s rights under the Award. For purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.” Any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends paid on Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend policy) to which the Participant is entitled by reason of ownership of Units acquired pursuant to this Award will be immediately subject to the provisions of this Award on the same basis as all Units originally acquired hereunder. Any fractional Unit or share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Such adjustments shall be determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
The Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Common Shares which may be issued in settlement of this Award until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the Common Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is for no specified term and, in the case of a U.S. Participant, is “at will”. Nothing in this Agreement shall
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confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service as a Director, an Employee or Service Provider, as the case may be, at any time. If the Participant is a Canadian Participant, the Participant’s participation in the Plan is “voluntary”, in the sense that the Participant is not required to purchase or participate in the Plan with the expectation of (i) employment or continued employment, in the case that the Participant that is an Employee, (ii) appointment, employment, continued appointment or continued employment, in the case that the Participant that is an Officer, or (iii) engagement or continued engagement, in the case that the Participant that is a Service Provider.
The Company may at any time place legends referencing any applicable federal, provincial, state or foreign securities law restrictions on all certificates representing Common Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement. The Participant shall, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing Common Shares acquired pursuant to this Award in the possession of the Participant in order to carry out the provisions of this Section.
本第12节的全部内容仅适用于参与者为美国参与者的情况。目的是确保根据本授予而作出的任何选择、付款或福利,若可能导致第409A节延期补偿,均应在各方面符合第409A节的适用要求(包括委员会善意判断下适用的规定或其他行政指导),以避免不合规所带来的不利税务后果。为了实现对第409A节的合规,以下条款适用:
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