EX-10.1 2 firstamendmenttosecondar20.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2009 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN Exhibit
Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
KENNEDY-WILSON HOLDINGS, INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
2009 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO KENNEDY-WILSON HOLDINGS, INC. SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2009 EQUITY PARTICIPATION PLAN (this “First Amendment”) is made and adopted by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on April 25, 2019, effective as of the date of the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, provided that it is approved by the Company’s stockholders on that date (the “Effective Date”). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Participation Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XV of the Plan, the Board may amend the Plan from time to time; provided that any such amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan shall be subject to approval by the Company’s shareholders; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan as set forth herein, including to increase the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan by an additional three million three hundred thousand (3,300,000) shares of Common Stock as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan is hereby amended as set forth herein, effective as of the Effective Date:
AMENDMENT
 
 
1.
The last two sentences of Section 4.2 of the Plan are hereby deleted.
 
 
2.
Section 5.1 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“Section 5.1    Stock Grant and Award Limits. The Committee may from time to time grant Awards to one or more Employees, Directors and/or Consultants determined by it to be eligible for participation in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article VI. Subject to Article XIV, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed eighteen million two hundred forty-five thousand (18,245,000) shares (the “Share Limit”). Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock with respect to one or more Awards that may be granted to any one Employee during any calendar year shall be two million (2,000,000) shares (subject to adjustment in the same manner as provided in Article XIV with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to Awards then outstanding). The limitation set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied in a manner which shall permit compensation generated in connection with such Awards to constitute “performance-based” compensation for purposes of

    




Section 162(m) of the Code, including, but not limited to, counting against such maximum number of shares, to the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code, any shares subject to Awards that are canceled or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that are repriced. In addition, the grant date fair value (determined as of the date of grant under applicable accounting standards) of Awards granted to any Director during any calendar year shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars $600,000 (the “Director Limit”).”
 
 
3.
The last sentence of Section 5.4 of the Plan is hereby deleted.
 
 
4.
Effective as of the Effective Date, this First Amendment shall be and is hereby incorporated into and forms a part of the Plan.
 
 
5.
Except as expressly provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.


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I hereby certify that the foregoing First Amendment was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. on April 25, 2019.

Executed on this 25th day of April, 2019.



By: /s/ In Ku Lee___
Name: In Ku Lee___
Title: Senior VP, Deputy GC__


I hereby certify that the foregoing First Amendment was duly approved by the stockholders of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. on June 13, 2019.

Executed on this 13th day of June, 2019.



By: /s/ In Ku Lee___
Name: In Ku Lee___
Title: Senior VP, Deputy GC__