0001585854-15-000048.txt : 20150803 0001585854-15-000048.hdr.sgml : 20150801 20150803161754 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001585854-15-000048 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150728 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20150803 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150803 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SunEdison Semiconductor Ltd CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001585854 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 463556980 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36460 FILM NUMBER: 151022571 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 501 PEARL DRIVE CITY: ST. PETERS STATE: MO ZIP: 63376 BUSINESS PHONE: (636) 474-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 501 PEARL DRIVE CITY: ST. PETERS STATE: MO ZIP: 63376 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SunEdison Semiconductor Pte. Ltd. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20131216 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20131211 8-K 1 a8-kx2015agmresultsandseve.htm 8-K2015AGMRESULTSANDSEVERANCEPLANS 8-K - 2015 AGM Results and Severance Plans


  
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
 

FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 28, 2015
 
 

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Singapore
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
001-36460
(Commission File Number)
N/A
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
11 Lorong 3 Toa Payoh, Singapore
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
319579
(Zip Code)
 
 
(65) 6681-9300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provision (see General Instruction A.2 below):
 
o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))






Item 5.02
Departures of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Change in Control Severance Plan
At its meeting on July 28, 2015, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board Directors of SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (the “Company”) adopted and approved the Company’s Change in Control Severance Plan (the “CIC Severance Plan”) effective August 1, 2015 for employees of the Company and its affiliates at the level of Director or above, including the Company’s executive officers.
The CIC Severance Plan provides for the payment of severance and other benefits to eligible employees in the event of a termination of employment with the Company without cause or for good reason, each as defined in the CIC Severance Plan (each, a “Qualifying Termination”) following a change in control as defined in the CIC Severance Plan. In the event of a Qualifying Termination and subject to the employee’s execution of a general release of liability against the Company, the CIC Severance Plan provides the following payments and benefits to the executive officers:
A lump sum payment equal to the sum of (i) the employee’s base salary and target bonus for the then-current performance period, multiplied by two, in the case of the President and Chief Executive Officer, and multiplied by one, in the case of the other executive officers, and (ii) a pro-rata portion of the employee’s target bonus, based on the number days elapsed in the performance period prior to the Qualifying Termination (the “Lump Sum Payment”); and
For a period equal to 18 months, in the case of the President and CEO, and 12 months, in the case of the other executive officers, COBRA continuation coverage with employee contributions capped at the amount that the employee would be required to contribute for such health coverage if the employee were to continue as an active employee of the Company.
Notwithstanding, in the event that the following amount is greater than the Lump Sum Payment, the employee shall receive the following amount in a lump sum in lieu of the Lump Sum Payment: the product of: (i) the number of the employee’s continuous full years of service with the Company as of the date of the employee’s Qualifying Termination, and (ii) one fifty-second (1/52nd) of the employee’s base salary as of the date of the employee’s Qualifying Termination.
The CIC Severance Plan does not provide for a gross-up payment to any of the executive officers, or any other eligible employee, to offset any excise taxes that may be imposed on excess parachute payments under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Instead, if the value of the severance benefits, when combined with other payments triggered by a change in control under Section 280G of the Code, exceeds the employee’s applicable Section 280G threshold, and a cutback of those payments to the applicable Section 280G threshold would result in a greater after-tax benefit to the employee, then the total payments are cut back to the extent required to avoid incurring penalties under Sections 280G/4999.
The above description is a summary of the terms of the CIC Severance Plan and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by the terms of the CIC Severance Plan, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Severance Plan
At its meeting on July 28, 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors adopted and approved the Company’s Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”) effective August 1, 2015 for full-time employees of the Company and of its affiliates that have adopted the Severance Plan, including the Company’s executive officers, other than Dr. Sadasivam, the Company’s President and CEO, whose severance benefits are set forth in his employment agreement.
The Severance Plan provides for the payment of benefits to eligible employees in the event of a termination of employment with the Company without cause, as defined in the Severance Plan (a “Qualifying Termination”). Notwithstanding, if the employee participates in the CIC Severance Plan and the employee's employment is terminated during a “Protection Period” as defined in the CIC Severance Plan, then the CIC Severance Plan will control and the employee will not be eligible to receive benefits under the Severance Plan.
In the event of a Qualifying Termination and subject to the employee’s execution of a general release of liability against the Company, the Severance Plan provides the following benefits to the participating executive officers:
Salary continuation for the greater of (i) six months and (ii) the number of weeks equal to the number of the employee’s full years of service as of the date of the Qualifying Termination (the “Continuation Period”); and





For the Continuation Period, COBRA continuation coverage with employee contributions capped at the amount that the employee would be required to contribute for such health coverage if the employee were to continue as an active employee of the Company.
The above description is a summary of the terms of the Severance Plan and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Severance Plan, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.






Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On July 29, 2015, the following matters were voted on and approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:
(1)
The election of seven directors;
(2)
The re-appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for the year ending December 31, 2015, and the authorization of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to fix its remuneration through the date of the Company's 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders;
(3)
The cash compensation for the Company’s non-employee directors for services rendered by them through the date of the Company's 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and for each approximately 12-month period thereafter;
(4)
The general authorization for the directors of the Company to allot and issue ordinary shares; and
(5)
The Share Repurchase Mandate authorizing the acquisition by the Company of its own issued ordinary shares.
The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to the shareholders:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors:
 
For
Against
Abstain
Mr. Antonio R. Alvarez
22,942,509
49,533
1,563
Mr. Gideon Argov
22,951,465
40,577
1,563
Mr. Michael F. Bartholomeusz
22,951,439
40,603
1,563
Mr. Jeffrey A. Beck
22,951,240
40,604
1,761
Ms. Justine F. Lien
22,940,439
51,203
1,963
Dr. Shaker Sadasivam
22,931,531
60,211
1,863
Mr. Abdul Jabbar Bin Karam Din
14,775,854
8,215,988
1,763

Proposal 2 - To approve the re-appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent Singapore auditor for the year ending December 31, 2015, and to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to fix its remuneration through the date of the Company's 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:    
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
23,702,684
44,069
19,325
0

Proposal 3 - To approve the cash compensation for the Company’s non-employee directors for services rendered by them through the date of the Company's 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and for each approximately 12-month period thereafter, as set forth in the Company’s notice of, and proxy statement relating to, its 2015 Annual General Shareholder Meeting:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
22,950,577
41,823
1,205
772,473

Proposal 4 - To approve the general authorization for the directors of the Company to allot and issue ordinary shares, as set forth in the Company’s notice of, and proxy statement relating to, its 2015 Annual General Shareholder Meeting:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
22,772,516
211,175
9,914
772,473






Proposal 5 - To approve the Share Repurchase Mandate authorizing the acquisition by the Company of its own issued ordinary shares, as set forth in the Company's notice of, and proxy statement relating to, its 2015 Annual General Shareholder Meeting:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
21,521,515
1,447,616
24,474
772,473






Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
10.1
 
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Change in Control Severance Plan *
 
 
 
10.2
 
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description *
* Management compensatory plan, contract or arrangement






SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
  
SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
Date:
August 3, 2015
By:
/s/ Sally H. Townsley
 
 
 
Name: Sally H. Townsley

Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel






Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number
 
Description
 
 
 
10.1
 
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Change in Control Severance Plan *
 
 
 
10.2
 
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Severance Plan and Summary Plan Description *
* Management compensatory plan, contract or arrangement



EX-10.1 2 exhibit101semicicseverance.htm EXHIBIT 10.1SEMICICSEVERANCEPLANS Exhibit 10.1 Semi CIC Severance Plan


Exhibit 10.1

SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PLAN

1.
Purpose. The purpose of the SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Change in Control Severance Plan (the “Plan”) is to diminish the distraction of Participants (as defined below) in the event of a threatened or pending Change in Control (as defined below) and to provide financial assistance to any Participant whose employment is terminated under certain circumstances following a Change in Control.

2.
Term. The Plan shall commence upon the Effective Date (as defined below) and shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section 18.

3.
Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
“Accrued Obligations” has the meaning for that term in Section 5(a).
“Affiliate” means any company or other entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.
“Base Salary” means the Participant's annual rate of base salary in effect as of the Qualifying Termination, disregarding any reduction that would constitute Good Reason.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Participant’s individual employment agreement with the Company and, in the absence of such agreement, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Long-Term Incentive Plan.
“Change in Control” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Long-Term Incentive Plan.
“COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, as amended.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.
“Company” means SunEdison Semiconductor Limited and any successor to its business or assets, by operation of law or otherwise.
“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Participant’s individual employment agreement with the Company and, in the absence of such agreement, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Long-Term Incentive Plan.
“Effective Date” means August 1, 2015.
“Employee” means an employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.
“Good Reason” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Participant’s individual employment agreement with the Company and, in the absence of such agreement, shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Long-Term Incentive Plan.
“Long-Term Incentive Plan” means the Company’s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time (or its successor).
“Participant” means an Employee who has been designated as a Participant under Section 4(a) hereof, until such time as the Employee's participation ceases in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof.
“Protection Period” means the period commencing on the date on which a Change in Control is consummated and ending twelve (12) months following the date of the Change in Control.
“Qualifying Termination” means a termination of the Participant's employment by the Company and its Affiliates without Cause or by the Participant with Good Reason during the Protection Period.
“Release” has the meaning given that term in Section 7.
“Severance Multiple” means the applicable multiple for each Participant based on the relevant tier as set forth on Exhibit A.
“Severance Payment” has the meaning given that term in Section 5(b)(i).
“Target Bonus” means the Participant's target bonus under the applicable annual incentive plan(s) for the then-current performance period as of the Qualifying Termination, disregarding any reduction that would constitute Good Reason.
“Termination Date” means the date on which a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates.
“Tier 1 Participant” means each Employee holding the applicable title set forth on Exhibit A.

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“Tier 2 Participant” means each Employee holding the applicable title set forth on Exhibit A.
“Tier 3 Participant” means each Employee holding the applicable title set forth on Exhibit A.
“Tier 4 Participant” means each Employee holding the applicable title set forth on Exhibit A.

4.
Participation.

(a)
Designation of Participants. The Participants in the Plan are the officers and other key employees of the Company and its Affiliates who hold the titles set forth on Exhibit A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the benefits under the Plan shall not duplicate severance benefits provided in a Participant's individual employment agreement or other severance plan or agreement; as such, in the event that a Participant who is a party to an individual employment, severance, or other similar agreement, or otherwise entitled to participate in another separation pay plan, becomes entitled to receive separation pay benefits under both this Plan and another plan or agreement maintained by the Company and its Affiliates, then such Participant shall receive the greater of the benefits provided under such agreement or plan and those under this Plan, but not both.
(b)
Reduction in Participant Title. For the purpose of determining the amount of severance compensation payable under this Plan only, any reduction of a Participant’s tier level by reason of a reduction in the Participant’s title shall only become effective twelve (12) months following the effective date of such change in title.
(c)
Cessation of Participation. A Participant shall cease to be a Participant and shall have no rights hereunder, without further action, when the Participant either (i) ceases to be an Employee or (ii) subject to Section 4(b), is removed from participation by reason of no longer holding any title set forth on Exhibit A (unless such Participant is then entitled to severance payments and benefits as provided in Section 5). A Participant entitled to severance payments and benefits under Section 5 shall remain a Participant in this Plan until the full amount of the severance payments and benefits under the Plan have been fully paid and provided to the Participant.
(d)
No Employment Rights. Nothing in this Plan shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue in the employment or other service of the Company or any Affiliate or affect any right which the Company or any Affiliate may have to terminate or modify the employment or other service of the Participant with or without Cause.

5.
Payments and Benefits on Termination of Employment.

(a)
For Cause, Death or Disability or Termination without Good Reason. If during the Protection Period (x) a Participant terminates employment with the Company and its Affiliates without Good Reason, (y) the Company or any one or more of its Affiliates terminates a Participant's employment for Cause or by reason of the Participant's Disability, or (z) a Participant's employment is terminated by reason of the Participant's death, then the Participant will not be entitled to any compensation or benefits under the Plan other than the sum of:
(i)
the portion of the Participant's Base Salary earned through the Termination Date, to the extent not theretofore paid;
(ii)
except in the event of a termination of a Participant's employment by the Company for Cause or by the Participant without Good Reason (for clarity, in which event the following benefits will not be paid or payable), the amount of any annual incentive compensation under the annual incentive plan(s) applicable to the Participant that has been awarded to the Participant for a completed fiscal year preceding the Termination Date, but has not yet been paid to the Participant; and
(iii)
any accrued paid time-off to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”).
The Accrued Obligations will be paid to the Participant in a lump sum within the time period required by applicable law, and in all events within thirty (30) calendar days after the Participant's Termination Date.
(b)
Qualifying Termination. In addition to the Accrued Obligations, in the event of a Participant's Qualifying Termination, the Participant will be entitled to receive the payments and benefits provided below, subject to Participant’s satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 7, including, without limitation, Participant’s timely execution, delivery and non-revocation of a Release:

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(i)
Severance Payment. A lump sum severance payment in an amount equal to the greater of (A) the sum of (I) the Participant's Base Salary and Target Bonus, each multiplied by the Participant's Severance Multiple, and (II) the Participant's Target Bonus, multiplied by the ratio of the number of calendar days prior to the Qualifying Termination during the performance period over the total number of days in the performance period and (B) the result of multiplying (I) the number of the Participant’s continuous full years of service with the Company and its Affiliates as of the date of the Participant’s Qualifying Termination by (II) one fifty-second (1/52nd) of the Participant’s Base Salary as of the date of the Participant’s Qualifying Termination. The amounts under this Section 5(b)(i) shall be payable within sixty (60) days after the Participant’s Termination Date.
(ii)
Health Care Coverage. Provided that the Participant is eligible for and timely elects continuation coverage under the Company’s group health plan pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), then, for the number of months equal to twelve (12) times the Participant’s Severance Multiple (but not to exceed eighteen (18) months), commencing with the first calendar month following the Termination Date (the “Benefit Continuation Period”), the monthly COBRA cost of continued coverage under such plan for the Participant, and, where applicable, the Participant’s spouse and dependents, will equal the amount that such Participant would be required to contribute for such health coverage if such Participant were to continue as an active employee of the Company; provided that the Benefit Continuation Period shall cease when the Participant becomes eligible for coverage under a plan maintained by another employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to restructure the foregoing continued coverage arrangement in any manner reasonably necessary or appropriate to avoid penalties or negative tax consequences to the Company or the Participant, as determined by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion.
(iii)
Equity Awards. The treatment of a Participant’s outstanding equity awards as of the Termination Date shall be governed by the terms of the applicable equity award agreement.

6.
Impact of Section 4999 Excise Tax.

(a)
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in the event it is determined that (i) any payment, award, benefit or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit or distribution) by the Company or any Affiliate or any entity which effectuates a Change in Control (or any of its affiliated entities) to or for the benefit of a Participant (whether pursuant to the terms of this Plan or otherwise) (the “Payments”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), and (ii) the reduction of the amounts payable to Participant under this Plan to the maximum amount that could be paid to Participant without giving rise to the Excise Tax (the “Safe Harbor Cap”) would provide Participant with a greater after-tax amount than if such amounts were not reduced, then the amounts payable to the Participant under the Plan shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Safe Harbor Cap. If the reduction of the amounts payable hereunder would not result in a greater after-tax result to Participant, no amounts payable to Participant under the Plan (and no other Payments) shall be reduced, unless consented to by Participant in writing.
(b)
All determinations required to be made under this Section shall be made by the public accounting firm that is retained by the Company for such purpose prior to the Change in Control (the “Accounting Firm”), which Accounting Firm shall provide detailed supporting calculations to both the Company and Participant within sixty (60) business days of the receipt of notice from the Company or Participant that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) the Board or the Committee shall determine prior to the Change in Control that the Accounting Firm is precluded from performing such services under applicable auditor independence rules or (ii) the Audit Committee of the Board determines that it does not want the Accounting Firm to perform such services because of auditor independence concerns or (iii) the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the person(s) effecting the Change in Control, the Board or the Committee shall appoint another nationally recognized public accounting firm or other calculation expert to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm or calculation expert shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, the costs of retaining experts) of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.

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If the aggregate amount of Payments is reduced to the Safe Harbor Cap or the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by Participant without a reduction in payments, the Company shall direct the Accounting Firm to provide a written opinion to Participant to such effect and that the Participant is not required to report any Excise Tax on the Participant’s federal income tax return. For purposes of making the calculations and determinations under this Section 6, after taking into account the information provided by the Company and the Participant, the Accounting Firm may make reasonable, good faith assumptions and approximations concerning the application of Code Sections 280G and 4999. The Company and the Participant shall furnish the Accounting Firm with such information and documents as said Accounting Firm may reasonably request to assist the Accounting Firm in making calculations and determinations under this Section. The determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and Participant (except as provided in paragraph (c) below).
(c)
If it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court or an Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proceeding which has been finally and conclusively resolved that Payments have been made to, or provided for the benefit of, Participant by the Company, that exceed the limitations provided in this Section 6 (hereinafter referred to as an “Excess Payment”), Participant shall repay the Excess Payment to the Company on demand, together with interest on the Excess Payment at the applicable federal rate (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of Participant's receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such repayment. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code, it is possible that Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made (an “Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made under this Section 6. In the event that it is determined (i) by the Accounting Firm, the Company (which shall include the position taken by the Company, or together with its consolidated group, on its federal income tax return) or the IRS or (ii) pursuant to a determination by a court, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount equal to such Underpayment to Participant within sixty (60) days of such determination together with interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate from the date such amount would have been paid to Participant until the date of payment. Participant shall cooperate, to the extent the Participant’s expenses are reimbursed by the Company, with any reasonable requests by the Company in connection with any contests or disputes with the IRS in connection with the Excise Tax or the determination of the Excess Payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that amounts payable under the Plan were reduced pursuant to Section 6(a) and the value of stock options is subsequently re-determined by the Accounting Firm within the context of Treasury Regulation §1.280G-1 Q/A 33 that reduces the value of the Payments attributable to such options, the Company shall promptly pay to Participant any amounts payable under the Plan that were not previously paid solely as a result of the application of Section 6(a), subject to the Safe Harbor Cap.

7.
Release; Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. The provision of the severance compensation and benefits described in Section 5(b) is subject to and contingent upon (a) the Participant’s timely execution, delivery and non-revocation (as set forth below) of a release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company (a “Release”) and (b) the Participant’s compliance with and satisfaction of all non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, non-disparagement and other similar restrictions and obligations applicable to Participant following Participant’s termination of employment. The Release must be signed by the Participant (or his legal representative, if applicable) and become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms (taking into account any applicable revocation period set forth therein), no later than the fiftieth (50th) day after the Participant's Termination Date. If the Participant fails (i) to execute and furnish the Release, or if the Release furnished by the Participant has not become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms (taking into account any applicable revocation period set forth therein) by the fiftieth (50th) day after the Participant's Termination Date, or (ii) to comply with all applicable non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, non-disparagement and other similar restrictions and obligations, then the Participant will not be entitled to any payment or benefit under the Plan other than the Accrued Obligations.

8.
No Mitigation. In no event shall the Participant be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Participant under any of the provisions of this Plan and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Participant obtains other employment.

9.
Effect on Other Plans, Agreements, and Benefits. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein, any benefit or compensation to which a Participant is entitled under any agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Affiliates or under any plan maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates in which the Participant participates or participated shall not be modified or lessened in any way, but shall be payable or provided according to the terms of the applicable plan or agreement.


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10.
Administration. The Committee shall administer the Plan and shall have full and final authority in its discretion to take all actions determined by the Committee to be necessary in the administration of the Plan. Prior to a Change in Control, the Committee may delegate, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, any of its authority hereunder to such person or persons from time to time as it may designate and, in the event of such delegation, all references to the Committee in this Plan shall be deemed references to such delegates as it relates to those aspects of the Plan that have been delegated. After a Change in Control, this Plan must be administered by the board of directors (or its equivalent governing body) or the compensation committee (or its equivalent) of the ultimate parent of the successor entity.

11.
Committee Authority. The Committee shall have the sole authority to designate participants under the Plan and deal with any other matters arising under the Plan. The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan, to make factual determinations and to adopt or amend such rules, regulations, agreements, and instruments for implementing the Plan and for the conduct of its business as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion. The Committee’s interpretations of the Plan and all determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having any interest in the Plan or in any awards granted hereunder. All powers of the Committee shall be executed in its sole discretion, in the best interest of the Company, in keeping with the objectives of the Plan and need not be uniform as to similarly situated individuals.

12.
Participants Deemed to Accept Plan. By accepting any payment or benefit under the Plan, each Participant and each person claiming under or through any such Participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated his or her acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and any action taken under the Plan by the Committee or the Company or its Affiliates, in any case in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

13.
Successors.

(a)
Company Successors. This Plan shall bind any successor of the Company, its assets or its businesses (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise), in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be obligated under this Plan if no succession had taken place. In the case of a Change in Control or any transaction in which a successor would not by the foregoing provision or by operation of law be bound by this Plan, the Company shall require such successor expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the Company's obligations under this Plan, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The term “Company,” as used in this Plan, shall mean the Company as heretofore defined and any successor or assignee to the business or assets of the Company which by reason hereof becomes bound by this Plan.
(b)
Participant Successors. This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant's personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees and/or legatees. The rights under this Plan are personal in nature and neither the Company nor any Participant shall, without the consent of the other, assign, transfer or delegate any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in this Section. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Participant's right to receive any benefits hereunder shall not be assignable, transferable or delegable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than by a transfer by his or her will or by the laws of descent and distribution and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this paragraph, the Company shall have no obligation to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned, transferred or delegated.

14.
Resolutions of Disputes.

(a)
Arbitration. Any and all controversies arising out of or relating to the validity, interpretation, enforceability, or performance of the Plan will be solely and finally settled by means of binding arbitration in St. Louis, Missouri. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable employment dispute resolution rules of the American Arbitration Association before a single arbitrator selected by the Company in good faith. The arbitration will be final, conclusive, and binding upon the parties. Except as provided in subsection (b) below, all arbitrator's fees and related expenses shall be divided equally between the parties.
(b)
Legal and Arbitration Fees. The arbitrator shall award the Participant attorneys' fees and expenses and arbitrator’s fees and expenses if the Participant prevails on at least one material issue in dispute, including the attorneys' fees and expenses the Participant incurs in connection with any appeal or the enforcement of any award. Any award of attorneys' fees and expenses to the Participant shall be paid by the Company within sixty (60) days following the award of such fees and costs by the arbitrator (or, if later, when such fees and expenses are incurred), but in no event later than December 31 of the calendar year following the year of the conclusion of the arbitration (or, if later, December 31 of the calendar year following the year in which such fees and expenses are incurred).

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15.
Unfunded Plan Status. All payments pursuant to the Plan shall be made from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure payment. No Participant or other person shall have under any circumstances any interest in any particular property or assets of the Company as a result of participating in the Plan.

16.
Withholding. The Company shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under the Plan such federal, state, local or other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

17.
Notice. For the purpose of this Plan, notices and all other communications provided for in this Plan shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when actually delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to, as applicable, the Secretary at the Company's corporate headquarters address, or to the Participant at the last address of the Participant on the Company's books and records.

18.
Amendment and Termination. The Committee may amend (in whole or in part) or terminate the Plan in its sole and absolute discretion; provided that the Committee may not amend or terminate the Plan during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding a Change in Control or at any time following a Change in Control if such amendment(s) (individually or in the aggregate) or termination would be materially adverse to Participants. Further, no termination of the Plan shall reduce or terminate any Participant's right to receive, or continue to receive, any payments and benefits that became payable in respect of a termination of employment that occurred prior to the date of such termination of the Plan.

19.
Governing Law. Except to the extent preempted by federal law, the provisions of the Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Missouri without regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof.

20.
Validity and Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of the Plan shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of the Plan, which shall remain in full force and effect, and any prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

21.
Headings; Interpretation. Headings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the masculine pronoun wherever used herein shall be construed to include the feminine pronoun.

22.
Section 409A.

(a)
It is intended that the payments and benefits provided under the Plan shall be exempt from the application of the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. This Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed in a manner that effects such intent, and the Committee shall not take any action that would be inconsistent with such intent. Specifically, any taxable benefits or payments provided under this Plan are intended to be separate payments that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception to Section 409A of the Code to the maximum extent possible, and to the extent they do not so qualify, are intended to qualify for the separation pay exceptions to Section 409A of the Code, to the maximum extent possible. To the extent that none of these exceptions (or any other available exception) applies, then notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, and to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code, if a Participant is a “specified employee,” as determined under the Company's policy for identifying specified employees on his or her Termination Date, then all amounts due under this Plan that constitute a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, that are provided as a result of a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and that would otherwise be paid or provided during the first six months following the Termination Date, shall be accumulated through and paid or provided on the first business day that is more than six (6) months after the date of the Termination Date (or, if the Participant dies during such six-month period, within ninety (90) days after the Participant's death).
(b)
With regard to any provision herein that provides for reimbursement of costs and expenses or in-kind benefits, except as permitted by Section 409A of the Code: (i) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit; (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits, provided during any calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year; and (iii) such payments shall be made on or before the last day of the Participant's calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense occurred, or such earlier date as required hereunder.

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(c)
The payments and benefits provided under this Plan may not be deferred, accelerated, extended, paid out, or modified in a manner that would result in the imposition of an additional tax under Section 409A of the Code upon Participants. Although the Company will use its best efforts to avoid the imposition of taxation, interest, and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the tax treatment of the benefits provided under this Plan is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor their respective directors, officers, employees or advisers shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other monetary amounts owed by a Participant (or any other individual claiming a benefit through the Participant) as a result of this Plan. In no event may the timing of a Participant's execution of the Release required under Section 7 directly or indirectly result in the Participant designating the calendar year of payment in respect of amounts subject to Section 409A of the Code, and if a payment that is subject to Section 409A of the Code and execution of the Release could be made in more than one taxable year, then payment will be made in the later taxable year.

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EXHIBIT A
PARTICIPANTS BY TITLE

Tier 1 Participants - CEO

Tier 2 Participants - EVPs and SVPs

Tier 3 Participants - VPs

Tier 4 Participants - Directors

Severance Multiple

Tier 1 Participants    2.0
Tier 2 Participants    1.0
Tier 3 Participants    0.5
Tier 4 Participants    0.25


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EX-10.2 3 exhibit102semiseveranceplan.htm EXHIBIT 10.2SEMISEVERANCEPLANS Exhibit 10.2 Semi Severance Plan


Exhibit 10.2

SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
SEVERANCE PLAN AND SUMMARY PLAN DESCRIPTION

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited (“Company”) sponsors the SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Severance Plan (the “Plan”) to provide some measure of financial assistance to employees of the Company and its affiliates that have adopted the Plan (collectively, “Employer”) whose employment is terminated under certain circumstances. This Summary Plan Description (“SPD”) reflects the terms of the Plan as in effect on August 1, 2015.

Eligibility and Participation

You are eligible for severance benefits under the Plan as a participant if you are a full-time employee of an Employer as of the date of a Qualifying Termination, provided that if you participate in the Company’s Change in Control Severance Plan and your employment with an Employer is terminated during a “Protection Period” (as defined in the Company’s Change in Control Severance Plan), then the terms and conditions of the Company’s Change in Control Severance Plan will control and you will not be eligible to receive benefits under this Plan in respect of your termination.
For purposes of the Plan, the term “Qualifying Termination” means your involuntary termination of employment by an Employer without Cause (for clarity, excluding termination of your employment as a result of your death or Disability). A Qualifying Termination does not include a voluntary resignation from employment, retirement or termination for Cause. A Qualifying Termination also does not include a situation in which your business unit or division is sold or otherwise divested and you are offered continued employment by the acquirer or an Employer. For purposes of the Plan, (i) “Cause” has the meaning set forth in your individual employment agreement (or other agreement which includes severance provisions) with Employer or, in the absence of any such agreement, the meaning set forth in the Company’s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (or its successor) and (ii) “Disability” means a physical or mental condition entitling you to benefits under the long-term disability policy maintained by the Company, as amended from time to time.
Nothing in this Plan confers upon you any right to continue in the employment of an Employer or affect any right which an Employer may have to terminate or modify your employment with or without Cause.

Severance Payments and Benefits

The following are guidelines used by the Company for determining payments and benefits in the event of a Qualifying Termination, subject to your execution and delivery of the release described in the section of this SPD entitled “General Release” and such release becoming effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms. If at the time of your Qualifying Termination you are employed in a jurisdiction (including jurisdictions outside the United States) the applicable laws and/or regulations of which entitle you to receive separation pay from your Employer as a result of your Qualifying Termination, then you will be eligible to receive aggregate separation pay equal to the greater of (i) the amount of separation pay you would be eligible to receive under the Plan and (ii) the amount of separation pay to which you would be entitled under such laws and/or regulations, without duplication.
Salary Continuation. Continuation of your base salary for the greater of (i) the period described below based on your job classification (the “Continuation Period”) and (ii) the number of weeks equal to the number of your full years of continuous service with the Employer as of the date of your Qualifying Termination.
Senior or Executive Vice President: Six months
Vice President: Four months
Director: Two months
All Other Employees: The number of weeks equal to the number of your full years of continuous service with the Company and/or any Employer as of the date of your Qualifying Termination
Salary continuation shall be paid to you in accordance with the Employer’s regular payroll schedule commencing with the first payroll after your release has become effective and irrevocable.

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Benefit Continuation. Provided that you are eligible for and timely elect continuation coverage under the Employer’s group health plan pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), for the period commencing with the first calendar month following your Termination Date and ending on the last day of the last month of your Continuation Period (the “Benefit Continuation Period”), your monthly COBRA cost of continued coverage under such plan for you, and, where applicable, your spouse and dependents will equal the amount that you would be required to contribute for such health coverage if you were to continue as an active employee of the Company; provided that the Benefit Continuation Period shall cease when you become eligible for coverage under a plan maintained by another employer. The Company reserves the right to restructure this continued coverage arrangement in any manner reasonably necessary or appropriate to avoid penalties or negative tax consequences to you or the Company, as determined by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion.
Other Non-Cash Severance Benefits. In its sole discretion, the Company may offer non-cash severance benefits, such as waiving reimbursement requirements for educational assistance, relocation allowance or signing bonus, or outplacement services or other types of programs designed to assist you in obtaining other employment available under the Plan. Any non-cash severance benefits will be identified and described to you in writing.
For the avoidance of doubt and confusion, please note that the above-described severance benefits are guidelines only. Your Employer has no obligation to follow such guidelines and may, as determined in its sole and absolute discretion, award you separation pay and benefits, if any at all, that differ from the payments and benefits described above.

Impact of Qualifying Termination on Other Benefits

Except to the extent expressly described in this SPD, any benefit or compensation to which you are entitled under any agreement between you and the Employer or under any plan maintained by the Employer in which you participate or participated is not intended to be modified or lessened in any way by the Plan, but shall be payable or provided according to the terms of the applicable plan or agreement.

Vacation and PTO

As of your last day of employment with the Employer, you will cease to accrue any vacation or paid time-off. All accrued but unused vacation and PTO will be paid to you either (i) in your final regular paycheck from the Employer or (ii) as salary continuation for a period of time equal to the number of full and partial days of unused vacation and PTO accrued by you as of the date of your Qualifying Termination, as elected by your Employer in its sole and absolute discretion. If your Employer elects to pay you your unused vacation and PTO in the form of salary continuation, then you will receive any salary continuation payments payable to you pursuant to the section of this Plan titled “Severance Payments and Benefits” only after your unused vacation and PTO has been paid to you in full.

General Release

The severance compensation and benefits available under the Plan shall be provided only if you timely execute and do not revoke a release. The release must be signed by you (or your legal representative, if applicable) and become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms (taking into account any applicable revocation period set forth therein), no later than the fiftieth (50th) day after your employment termination date. If you fail to execute and furnish the release, or if the release does not become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms (taking into account any applicable revocation period set forth therein) by the fiftieth (50th) day after your employment termination date, you will not be entitled to any severance payment or benefit under the Plan.

Plan Administration

The Company is the Plan Administrator and has sole and absolute power and discretion to interpret and construe the terms and provisions of the Plan. Such power and discretion includes, but is not limited to, the authority to determine eligibility for participation in the Plan and the receipt of severance benefits under the Plan. All decisions of the Plan Administrator are final, binding and conclusive. Except as provided herein, any delegation of the powers and authority of the Plan Administrator must be made pursuant to a written document.


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Claims Procedures

Any employee, beneficiary or other person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit under the Plan to which he or she is entitled, or his or her duly authorized representative (“Claimant”), may file a written claim with the Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company (“Claims Administrator”) setting forth his or her claim. The written claim must be addressed to:
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited
Attention: Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
501 Pearl Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376
Upon receipt of a claim, the Claimant shall be advised that a reply will be forthcoming within a reasonable period of time, but ordinarily not later than 90 days. However, the Claims Administrator may extend the reply period for an additional 90 days for reasonable cause. If the reply period will be extended, the Claims Administrator shall advise the Claimant in writing during the initial 90-day period indicating the special circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which a benefit determination is expected to be rendered.
If the claim is denied in whole or in part, the Claims Administrator will render a written opinion setting forth: (i) the specific reason(s) for denial; (ii) the specific Plan provision(s) on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation why such material or such information is necessary; (iv) appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Claimant wishes to submit the claim for review, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on review; and (v) the time limits for requesting a review of the denial.

Appeals Procedures

A Claimant who receives notice of denial of benefits under the Plan must appeal to the Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company (“Appeals Administrator”) in writing within 60 days after the receipt of the written notice. Such request must be addressed to:
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited
Attention: Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
501 Pearl Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376
If the Claimant does not request a review of the initial determination within such 60-day period, he or she shall be barred and estopped from challenging such determination.
The Claimant may submit written comments, documents, records or other information relating to the denied claim, which such information shall be considered in the review without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Appeals Administrator shall provide the Claimant, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information which (i) was relied upon in making the initial claims decision; (ii) was submitted, considered or generated in the course of making the initial claims decision, without regard to whether such instrument was actually relied upon in making the decision; or (iii) demonstrates compliance with the administrative processes and safeguards designed to ensure and to verify that benefit claims determinations are made in accordance with governing Plan documents and that, where appropriate, the Plan provisions have been applied consistently with respect to similarly situated claimants.
Within a reasonable period of time, ordinarily not later than 60 days, after receipt of a request for a review, the Appeals Administrator will review the appeal and render a final decision. If special circumstances require that the 60-day time period be extended, the Appeals Administrator will notify the Claimant within the initial 60-day period indicating the special circumstances requiring an extension and the date, which shall be as soon as possible but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review, by which a decision on review is expected. In the event that the Appeals Administrator extends the determination period on review due to a Claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for making the benefit determination on review shall not take into account the period beginning on the date on which notification of extension is sent to the Claimant and ending on the date on which the Claimant responds to the request for additional information.
If the Appeals Administrator makes an adverse benefit determination on review, it will render a written opinion to the Claimant setting forth: (i) the specific reason(s) for denial; (ii) the specific reference(s) to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all relevant documents, records and other information which was relied upon in making the decision; and (iv) a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

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Withholding

The Employer shall deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under the Plan such federal, state, local or other taxes as are required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

Payments after Death

In the event of your death after a qualifying termination but prior to the payment of your entire Salary Continuation Benefit under the Plan, any remaining Salary Continuation Benefit payable to you shall be paid to your surviving spouse in a lump sum. If you have no surviving spouse at the time of your death, the amounts shall be paid in a lump sum to the legal representative of your estate. Subsidized COBRA benefits will end upon your death.

Offset

If you have any debt, obligation or other liability owing to the Company or an Employer of any nature whatsoever at the time that a severance benefit becomes payable to you, your surviving spouse or your estate, the Company may offset the amount that you owe against the amount of the severance benefit otherwise payable under the Plan.

No Duplication of Benefits
    
This Plan is the only severance pay plan, program or policy of the Company and supersedes all other severance plans, programs, policies, understandings and agreements, express or implied, written or oral, other than the SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Change in Control Severance Plan and any individual severance arrangement specifically provided for in a written employment agreement between you and the Company. Any severance arrangement described in the previous sentence shall be considered part of this Plan for purposes of ERISA, but the benefits provided under that arrangement shall apply in lieu of the severance and other benefits described in this document.

Benefits Conditioned on Satisfaction of Restrictive Covenants

Severance benefits shall immediately cease, and all previously-paid severance benefits must be immediately repaid, if you fail to comply with any noncompetition or other restrictive covenants in favor of an Employer to which you have agreed.

No Assignment of Benefits

This Plan shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the participant’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees and/or legatees. The rights under this Plan are personal in nature and neither the Employer nor any participant shall, without the consent of the other, assign, transfer or delegate any rights or obligations under this Plan. A participant’s right to receive any benefits under the Plan shall not be assignable, transferable or delegable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than by a transfer by his or her will or by the laws of descent and distribution and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this paragraph, the Employer shall have no obligation to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned, transferred or delegated.

Amendment and Termination

The Company, through action of the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”), may amend (in whole or in part) or terminate the Plan at any time; provided that any amendment(s) to the Plan that are materially adverse to an affected participant in the Plan or termination of the Plan will become effective only after six months prior written notice to the affected participant. However, no termination or amendment shall reduce or terminate any participant’s right to receive, or continue to receive, any payments and benefits that became payable in respect of a Qualifying Termination that occurred prior to the date of such termination or amendment of the Plan.

Governing Law

Except to the extent preempted by federal law, the Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Missouri without regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof.

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All benefits provided under this Plan are intended to fall within an exemption from the application of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with this intent. Each payment under the Plan shall be considered a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A.

ERISA Rights

Participants in the Plan are entitled to certain rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), including:
The right to examine, without charge, at the Plan administrator’s office and at other specified locations, such as worksites, all documents governing the Plan, including insurance contracts and a copy of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by the Plan with the U. S. Department of Labor; and
The right to obtain, upon written request to the Plan administrator, copies of documents governing the operation of the Plan, including insurance contracts and copies of the latest annual report (Form 5500 Series) and the updated summary plan description. The Plan administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies.
In addition to creating rights for participants, ERISA imposes duties upon those who are responsible for the operation of the Plan. The fiduciaries who operate the Plan have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of participants and beneficiaries. No one, including the Employer or any other person, may fire or otherwise discriminate against a participant in any way to prevent the participant from obtaining a benefit or exercising his or her rights under ERISA.
If a participant’s claim for a benefit is denied in whole or in part, he or she must receive a written explanation of the reason for the denial. The participant shall have the right to have the appropriate fiduciary review and reconsider his or her claim.
Under ERISA, there are steps participants can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if a participant requests materials from the administrator and does not receive them within 30 days, he or she may file suit in a Federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan administrator to provide the materials and pay the participant up to $110 a day until he or she receives the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the Plan administrator. If a participant has a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, he or she may file suit in a state or Federal court.
If it should happen that a participant is discriminated against for asserting his or her rights, the participant may seek assistance from the U. S. Department of Labor or file suit in a Federal court. The court will decide who should pay court costs and legal fees. If the participant is successful, the court may order the person he or she sued to pay these costs and fees. If the participant loses, the court may order him or her to pay these costs and fees, for example, if it finds the participant’s claim is frivolous.
If a participant has any questions about this Plan, he or she should contact the Plan Administrator. If a participant has any questions about this Section 22 or about his or her rights under ERISA, the participant should contact the nearest office of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, U. S. Department of Labor, listed in the telephone directory, or the Division of Technical Assistance and Inquiries, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U. S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.

ERISA Plan Information

Plan Sponsor and Plan Administrator:
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited
501 Pearl Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376
(636) 474-5478
EIN: 46-3556980
Agent for Service of Legal Process is:
SunEdison Semiconductor Limited
Attention: General Counsel
501 Pearl Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376
Legal process may also be served on the Plan Administrator.
Plan Type:    Welfare benefit plan providing severance benefits
Plan Number:
The plan is a component of the SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Welfare Plan, which has been assigned number 501 for ERISA purposes.

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Plan Year:     A twelve month plan year commencing each January 1.
Funding:
All payments pursuant to the Plan shall be made from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure payment. No participant or other person shall have under any circumstances any interest in any particular property or assets of the Company as a result of participating in the Plan.



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