TERMS OF PERFORMANCE SHARE
AWARDS
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Generally. This document sets forth the terms
and conditions under which an award (an “Award”) of
forfeitable shares of Ferro Common Stock (“Performance
Shares”) are made under paragraph 4(d) of the 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which was approved by
Ferro Corporation shareholders on November 3, 2006. (The
recipient of an Award is called the “Performance Share
Recipient” below. The term “Ferro” below includes
Ferro Corporation and its subsidiary and affiliated
companies.)
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Precedence of the Plan.
The terms of this
document are in all events subject to the terms and conditions of
the Plan. If there is any inconsistency between this document and
the Plan, then the Plan, and not this document, will govern. The
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (or such other
committee as the Board may from time to time designate) (the
“Committee”) administers awards under the Plan and has
the authority to determine the terms and conditions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, of any Award granted
under this Plan. In this capacity, the Committee also has the
authority to construe and interpret the provisions of the Plan and
all awards under the Plan and to establish, amend, and rescind
rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, all of
which will be binding on the Performance Share
Recipient.
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Basic Award Terms.
The name of the
Performance Share Recipient, the date of the Award, the number of
Performance Shares being awarded, the period over which the
Performance Shares will mature (the “Performance
Period”), and the targets which must be achieved in order to
earn the Performance Shares (the “Performance Targets”)
are set forth separately in Exhibit A to an award letter from
Ferro to the Performance Share Recipient which refers expressly to
this document.
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Performance Shares
. The Performance Shares
are represented by shares of Ferro Common Stock that will be
converted into nonforfeitable shares of Ferro Common Stock at the
end of the Performance Period if Performance Targets have been met
(as further explained below). The Performance Shares are subject to
forfeiture if the Performance Targets have not been achieved at the
end of the Performance Period. During the Performance Period,
however, the Performance Share Recipient will be entitled to
receive dividends on the shares of Ferro Common Stock that
represent the Performance Shares and to exercise all other rights
pertaining to such shares except the right to assign, encumber or
transfer such shares.
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Performance Targets.
The Committee
establishes the Performance Targets that apply to a given Award.
When determining whether Performance Targets have been attained,
the Committee will have the discretion to make adjustments to take
into account extraordinary or nonrecurring items or events, or
unusual nonrecurring gains or losses identified in Ferro’s
financial statements, provided such adjustments are (to the extent
applicable) made in a manner consistent with Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
Awards of Performance Shares made to Participants subject to
Section 162(m) of the Code are intended to qualify under Section
162(m) and the Committee will interpret the terms of such Awards in
a manner consistent with that intent to the extent
appropriate.
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Conversion. As soon as practicable after
Ferro’s independent auditors have issued their report on
Ferro’s financial results for the Performance Period, Ferro
will calculate and deliver to the Performance Share Recipient the
value of the Award. The value of the Award will be determined by
multiplying (a) the number of Performance Shares covered by
the Award times (b) a Conversion Rate set forth in
Exhibit A to the award letter times (c) the
average closing price for Ferro Common Stock during the first ten
calendar days of the last month of the Performance
Period.
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Payment. Ferro will pay one-half of the value
of the Award in nonforfeitable shares of Ferro Common Stock and the
remaining one-half in cash. (At that time, the forfeitable shares
of Ferro Common Stock issued in respect of such Award will be
cancelled.) Any fractional share will be rounded down to the
nearest whole number.
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Retirement. If a Performance Share Recipient
retires from his or her employment with Ferro under a Ferro
retirement plan or policy (including early retirement) during the
Performance Period, then a pro rata share of the forfeitable shares
of Ferro Common Stock representing the Performance Shares will be
forfeited. In such case, however, the Performance Share Recipient
will remain eligible to receive a payment at the end of the
Performance Period in respect of the Award based on the remaining
unforfeited shares of Ferro Common Stock. The pro rata share of
forfeited shares will be measured by a fraction the numerator of
which is the number of full calendar months in the Performance
Period after Performance Share Recipient’s retirement
an
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