PALL CORPORATION MANAGEMENT STOCK
PURCHASE PLAN
This document sets
forth the Pall Corporation Management Stock Purchase Plan as
amended and restated effective as of January 1,
2009.
The purpose of the
Plan is to encourage key employees of the Corporation and its
Affiliated Companies to increase their ownership of shares of the
Corporation’s Common Stock by providing such employees with
an opportunity to elect to have portions of their total annual
compensation paid in the form of Restricted Units, and to have
additional matching Restricted Units credited with respect
thereto.
The Plan also
provides certain employees with an opportunity to elect to defer
payment with respect to the Restricted Units credited to them that
become vested. With respect to these provisions, the Plan is
intended to constitute an unfunded plan of deferred compensation
for “a select group of management or highly compensated
employees” within the meaning of Sections 201(2),
301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).
As used herein,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ACCOUNT”
and “SUBACCOUNT” shall mean, respectively, the account,
and each Subaccount within such Account, that is established for a
Participant pursuant to Section 8.
“AFFILIATED
COMPANIES” shall mean members of a controlled group of
corporations of which the Corporation is a member. For purposes
hereof, a “controlled group of corporations” means a
controlled group of corporations as defined in section 1563(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code, determined without regard to
Section 1563(b)(2)(C).
“BENEFICIARY”
shall mean the person or persons designated by a Participant in
accordance with Section 12 to receive any payment that is
required to be made under the Plan upon the Participant’s
death.
“BOARD OF
DIRECTORS” shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
“BONUS”
shall mean, with respect to any Eligible Employee for any Plan
Year, the Bonus payable to such Eligible Employee during such year
under the Corporation’s Executive Incentive Bonus Plan, or
under the Eligible Employee’s employment agreement with the
Corporation, or under any other plan, program or arrangement of
annual incentive compensation maintained by the Corporation or any
of its Affiliated Companies.
“BONUS
PAYMENT DATE” shall mean each date on which Bonus payments
are made under the Corporation’s Executive Incentive Bonus
Plan.
“BUSINESS
DAY” shall mean any day on which the Corporation’s
principal office in the U.S. is open for business.
“CAUSE”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Participant’s
employment agreement, or, if there is no definition therein, shall
arise in the event that the Participant (i) fails or refuses
to substantially perform the duties of the Participant’s
employment or otherwise violates this Plan or any employment
agreement with the Corporation, (ii) fails to comply with the
written rules and policies of the Corporation, (iii) engages
in willful and serious misconduct in connection with the
Participant’s employment that has caused or would reasonably
be expected to result in material injury to the Corporation,
(iv) engages in dishonesty or fraudulent conduct or
(v) is convicted of, or pleads nolo contendere to, a crime
that constitutes a felony.
“CEO”
shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation.
“CHANGE IN
CONTROL” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
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(a)
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the
“Distribution Date” as defined in Section 3 of the
Rights Agreement dated as of November 17, 1989 between the
Corporation and United States Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 20,
1999 and as the same may have been further amended or extended to
the time in question or in any successor agreement (the
“Rights Agreement”); or
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(b)
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any
event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) of the Rights
Agreement; or
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(c)
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any
event described in Section 13 of the Rights Agreement;
or
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(d)
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the
date on which the number of duly elected and qualified directors of
the Corporation who were not either elected by the Board of
Directors or nominated by the Board of Directors or its Nominating
Committee for election by the shareholders shall equal or exceed
one-third of the total number of directors of the Corporation as
fixed by its by-laws;
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provided,
however, that no Change in Control shall be deemed to have
occurred, and no rights arising upon a Change in Control as
provided in Section 6 shall exist, to the extent that the
Board of Directors so determines by resolution adopted prior to the
Change in Control.
“CLOSING
PRICE” shall mean, as of any date, the closing price of a
share of Common Stock as reported in the New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Transactions for such date.
“CODE”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“COMMITTEE”
shall mean the CEO and such other officers of the Corporation as
the CEO in his discretion may appoint from time to time. The CEO
shall have the power to remove any other member of the Committee at
any time.
“COMMON
STOCK” shall mean the shares of common stock ($0.10 par
value) of the Corporation.
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“COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors.
“CORPORATION”
shall mean Pall Corporation.
“CREDITING
DATE” shall mean, with respect to any Initial Award
Restricted Unit Subaccount, Purchased Restricted Unit Subaccount or
Matching Restricted Unit Subaccount maintained for a Participant
under Section 8, the date as of which Restricted Units, or
Matching Restricted Units, were first credited to such Subaccount
pursuant to Section 5(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e).
“DEFERRED
VESTED UNITS” shall mean Vested Units with respect to which
the Participant has elected to defer payment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7(d) hereof.
“DELAYED
PAYMENT DATE” shall mean the date on which payment with
respect to a Participant’s Post-2004 Bonus and Base Salary
Units is to be made pursuant to Section 7(f)(i) or Section
7(f)(ii), or the date on which payment with respect to a
Participant’s Deferred Vested Units is to be made pursuant to
Section 7(f)(iii).
“DISABLED”
shall mean, with respect to any Participant on or after
January 1, 2005, that the Participant (i) is unable to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months; or (ii) is,
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period
of not less than three months under any accident and health plan
maintained by the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies
for its employees.
“DIVIDEND
EQUIVALENT UNITS” shall mean additional Restricted Units or
additional Deferred Vested Units credited to a Participant’s
Account pursuant to Section 5(f), Section 7(d)(vi) or
Section 7(f)(vi).
“DIVIDEND
PAYMENT DATE” shall mean each date on which the Corporation
pays a cash dividend on its Common Stock.
“ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEE” shall mean, with respect to any Plan Year, any
Employee who has been designated under Section 4 as eligible
to be credited with Restricted Units for such Plan Year.
“EMPLOYEE”
shall mean any person employed by the Corporation or any of its
Affiliated Companies.
“INVOLUNTARY
TERMINATION” shall mean a Participant’s Termination of
Employment initiated by the Corporation, or by any of its
Affiliated Companies, for any reason other than for becoming
Disabled or for Cause.
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“MATCHING
RESTRICTED UNITS” shall mean Restricted Units that are
credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to
Section 5(e), to match Restricted Units that are credited to
the Participant’s Account under Section 5(b),
(c) or (d).
“PARTICIPANT”
shall mean any Employee for whom an Account has been established,
and is being maintained, pursuant to Section 8
hereof.
“PLAN”
shall mean the Pall Corporation Management Stock Purchase Plan as
set forth herein and as amended from time to time.
“PLAN
YEAR” shall mean the period beginning on August 1 of each
calendar year and ending on July 31 of the following calendar
year.
“POST-2004
BONUS AND BASE SALARY UNITS” shall mean, with respect to any
Participant, (i) all Restricted Units credited to the
Participant after January 31, 2005 pursuant to elections made
by the Participant under Section 5(b), (ii) all
Restricted Units credited to the Participant after January 31,
2005 pursuant to elections made by the Participant under
Section 5(c), and (iii) all Dividend Equivalent Units
credited to the Participant with respect to the Restricted Units
described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
paragraph.
“RESTRICTED
UNIT” shall mean a Unit credited to a Participant pursuant to
Section 5 that has not yet become vested in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.
“RETIREMENT”
shall mean a Participant’s Termination of Employment for any
reason prior to the Participant becoming Disabled (other than death
or for Cause) if at the time of such Termination of Employment the
Participant has attained age 62 and is eligible to receive
(i) a “Retirement Benefit” under the Pall
Corporation Cash Balance Pension Plan, as defined therein, or (ii),
in the case of any Participant who is not a resident of the U.S., a
similar type of benefit under any plan or program maintained by the
Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies (or to which the
Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies makes contributions)
that provides benefits to Employees upon their
retirement.
“SECTION
409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, and any successor legislation or
regulations.
“TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT” shall mean (i) the cessation of a
Participant’s employment with the Corporation and all of its
Affiliated Companies irrespective of the reason therefor and
irrespective of whether initiated by the Corporation, an Affiliated
Company, the Participant or otherwise, and (ii) for employees
subject to taxation in the United States, a “separation from
service,” as defined in Section 409A.
“TRADING
DAY” shall mean any day on which the New York Stock Exchange
is open for trading.
“UNIT”
shall mean a unit of measurement equivalent to one share of Common
Stock, with none of the attendant rights of a shareholder of such
share, including, without limitation, the right to vote such share
and the right to receive dividends thereon, except to the extent
otherwise specifically provided herein.
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“VESTED
UNIT” shall mean a Unit credited to a Participant pursuant to
Section 5 that has become vested in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.
“VESTING
DATE” shall mean, with respect to any Restricted Units
credited to a Participant’s Account, the date on which such
Restricted Units become vested in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.
3. MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AVAILABLE.
The number of
shares of Common Stock that may be distributed under the Plan for
the period commencing January 24, 1999, with respect to
Restricted Units and Deferred Vested Units credited to Participants
under the Plan, (including Dividend Equivalent Units credited with
respect to such Units) shall be limited to 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock. If any Restricted Units initially credited to a
Participant shall be forfeited, the number of shares of Common
Stock no longer payable with respect to the Restricted Units so
forfeited shall thereupon be released and shall thereafter be
available for the crediting of new Restricted Units under the Plan.
The limitation provided under this Section 3 shall be subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 9.
The shares of
Common Stock distributed under the Plan may be authorized and
unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Corporation, or
shares purchased on the open market by the Corporation at such time
or times and in such manner as it may determine. The Corporation
shall be under no obligations to acquire shares of Common Stock for
distribution to Participants before payment in Common Stock is
due.
An Employee shall
be eligible to be credited with Restricted Units under
Section 5 during any Plan Year only if he or she has been
designated by the Compensation Committee as an Eligible Employee
with respect to such year.
Upon the
recommendation of the CEO, the Compensation Committee may select as
an Eligible Employee for any Plan Year any Employee who is expected
to make significant contributions during the course of such year to
the success of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies and to
the growth of their businesses.
Any person who has
been selected as an Eligible Employee for any Plan Year shall
continue to be an Eligible Employee in the Plan for each subsequent
Plan Year prior to Termination of Employment, subject, however, to
the Compensation Committee’s right to terminate such
individual’s eligibility effective beginning as of the first
base salary payment date or, if earlier, the first Bonus Payment
Date occurring after the date on which the Compensation Committee
makes its determination to terminate such individual’s
eligibility, provided that any elections made by the Participant
under Section 5 or 7 of the Plan prior to such termination of
eligibility shall remain in effect.
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5. CREDITING OF
RESTRICTED UNITS.
For each Plan
Year, Eligible Employees shall be credited with Restricted Units in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) INITIAL
AWARD UNITS. To the extent that the Compensation Committee in its
sole discretion so determines, any Employee who is designated as an
Eligible Employee for the first time shall be credited, as of the
date specified by the Compensation Committee in such determination,
with such number of Restricted Units as the Compensation Committee
may determine for such Employee, or the Compensation Committee may
determine not to grant any Initial Award Units to such Eligible
Employee.
(b) BONUS
UNITS. Each Eligible Employee may elect to have any part or all of
any Bonus that may become payable to the Participant during such
year paid in the form of Restricted Units that will be credited to
his or her Account hereunder and distributed in accordance with the
provisions of this Plan, instead of being paid to the Eligible
Employee in cash. If an Eligible Employee has so elected, the
Eligible Employee’s Account shall be credited as of the first
Bonus Payment Date during such year with a number of Restricted
Units determined by dividing (i) the total amount of the
portion of the Eligible Employee’s Bonus payable during such
year which the Eligible Employee elected to have paid in the form
of Restricted Units, by (ii) the Closing Price of a share of
Common Stock on such Bonus Payment Date or, if such date is not a
Trading Day, as of the next following day that is a Trading Day. In
the event that an Eligible Employee’s Bonus is payable in a
unit of currency other than U.S. dollars, the portion of the bonus
which the Eligible Employee has elected to have paid in the form of
Restricted Units shall be converted to U.S. dollars as of the
Crediting Date (the first Bonus Payment Date during the Plan Year
in which such Bonus is payable) at a rate equal to the exchange
rate of such currency and U.S. dollars on such Crediting Date as
reported in The Wall Street Journal in its issue following the
Crediting Date.
(c) BASE
SALARY UNITS. Each Eligible Employee may elect to have up to 50% of
the amount of the base salary otherwise payable to the Eligible
Employee on each payday during such year paid in the form of
Restricted Units that will be credited to his or her Account
hereunder and distributed in accordance with the provisions of this
Plan, instead of being paid to the Eligible Employee in cash. If an
Eligible Employee has so elected, the amount specified in such
election shall be withheld from the payment of base salary
otherwise required to be made to the Eligible Employee on each
payday during such year, and the Eligible Employee’s Account
shall be credited as of January 31 and July 31 of such year,
with a number of Restricted Units determined by dividing
(i) the aggregate amount so withheld from the start of such
year, in the case of the Restricted Units to be credited as of
January 31, or from January 31, in the case of the
Restricted Units to be credited as of July 31, by
(ii) the Closing Price of a share of Common Stock as of the
applicable Crediting Date or, if such date is not a Trading Day, as
of the next following day that is a Trading Day. In the event that
an Eligible Employee’s base salary is payable in a unit of
currency other than U.S. dollars, the aggregate amount withheld
shall be converted to U.S. dollars as of the January 31 or
July 31 Crediting Date, as the case may be, at a rate equal to
the exchange rate of such currency and U.S. dollars on such
Crediting Date as reported in The Wall Street Journal in its issue
following the Crediting Date.
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(d) CASH
PAYMENT UNITS. Prior to January 1, 2009, for any Plan Year
each Eligible Employee may make a direct cash payment to the
Corporation at least seven days prior to (i) the first Bonus
Payment Date during such Plan Year and/or (ii) January 31
of such Plan Year, and the Crediting Dates with respect to such
direct cash payments shall be (x) the first Bonus Payment Date
of the Plan Year with respect to cash payments made at least seven
days prior to such Bonus Payment Date and (y) January 31
with respect to cash payments made at least seven days prior to
that date. On and after January 31, 2009, for any Plan Year
each Eligible Employee may make a direct cash payment to the
Corporation within seven days following (a) the first Bonus
Payment Date during such Plan Year and/or (b) January 31
of such Plan Year, and the Crediting Dates with respect to such
direct cash payments shall be (1) the eighth day following the
first Bonus Payment Date of the Plan Year with respect to cash
payments made within the seven days following such Bonus Payment
Date and (2) the eighth day following January 31 with respect
to cash payments made within the seven days following that date. In
the event that an Eligible Employee’s direct cash payment is
made in a unit of currency other than U.S. dollars, the amount of
such payment shall be converted to U.S. dollars as of the relevant
Crediting Date, at a rate equal to the exchange rate of such
currency and U.S. dollars on such Crediting Date as reported in The
Wall Street Journal in its issue following the Crediting
Date.
The aggregate
amount of the direct cash payments that an Eligible Employee may
make under this Section 5(d) during any Plan Year (the “Cash
Purchase Year”) shall not exceed the sum of (I) the
amount by which 50% of the Eligible Employee’s base salary
for the Plan Year immediately preceding the Cash Purchase Year
exceeds the portion thereof which the Eligible Employee has elected
under Section 5(c) to have paid in the form of Restricted Units,
plus (II) the amount by which the Bonus payable to the
Eligible Employee during the Cash Purchase Year (based on results
of operations for the immediately preceding Plan Year) exceeds the
portion thereof which the Eligible Employee elected under Section
5(b) to have paid in the form of Restricted Units.
(e) MATCHING
UNITS. On each date on which any Restricted Units are credited to
an Eligible Employee’s Account pursuant to the provisions of
paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 5, there
shall also be credited to the Eligible Employee’s Account on
that date a number of Matching Restricted Units equal to 100% of
the number of Restricted Units of all kinds (other than Dividend
Equivalent Units).
(f) DIVIDEND
EQUIVALENTS. Until the Vesting Date for the Restricted Units that
have been credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this
Section 5, additional Restricted Units shall be credited to
the Participant’s Account, with respect to the Restricted
Units so credited, as of each Dividend Payment Date. The number of
additional Restricted Units to be so credited shall be determined
separately for each Initial Award Restricted Unit Subaccount, for
each Purchased Restricted Unit Subaccount, and for each Matching
Restricted Unit Subaccount, maintained for a Participant pursuant
to Section 8. The number of additional Restricted Units to be
credited to each such Subaccount shall be determined by first
multiplying (A) the total number of Restricted Units standing
to the Participant’s credit in such Subaccount as of the day
immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date (including all
Dividend Equivalent Units credited to such Subaccount on all
previous Dividend Payment Dates), by (B) the per-share dollar
amount of the dividend paid on such Dividend Payment Date and then,
dividing the resulting amount by the Closing Price of one share of
Common Stock on such Dividend Payment Date.
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(g) ELECTION
PROCEDURES. Any election made by an Eligible Employee under
paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 5 shall be made in
accordance with, and shall be subject to, the provisions set forth
below.
(i) Any such
election shall be made in writing, on a form furnished to the
Eligible Employee for such purpose by the Committee and filed by
the Eligible Employee with the Committee.
(ii) An election
under Section 5(b) with respect to the Bonus payable to an Eligible
Employee during any Plan Year shall be made no less than one year
before the beginning of such Plan Year (e.g., an election with
respect to the Bonus payable during the Plan Year beginning
August 1, 2008 (based on the application of the bonus formula
to the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008), must be made by the
last Business Day of July 2007).
(iii) An election
under Section 5(c) with respect to base salary pay
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