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Title: PALL CORPORATION MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/13/2009
Industry: Scientific and Technical Instr.     Sector: Technology

PALL CORPORATION MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, Parties:
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Exhibit 4.3

PALL CORPORATION MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1. PURPOSE.

     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”).

2. DEFINITIONS.

     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:

 

(a)

 

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

 

 

(b)

 

any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) of the Rights Agreement; or

 

 

(c)

 

any event described in Section 13 of the Rights Agreement; or

 

 

(d)

 

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;

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.

4. ELIGIBILITY.

     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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