Exhibit 99.1
BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC.
2023 EMPLOYMENT INDUCEMENT INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
1. Purpose.
The purpose of this Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and the other members of the Company Group may attract and retain
Eligible Persons who are expected to make significant contributions to the Company Group by providing an inducement material for the individuals
to enter into employment with the Company or a member of the Company Group. The Plan is further intended to provide a means whereby Eligible
Persons can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, including incentive compensation
measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning
their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.
2. Definitions.
The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a) “Absolute
Share Limit” has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(b) of the Plan.
(b) “Adjustment
Event” has the meaning given to such term in Section 11(a) of the Plan.
(c) “Affiliate”
means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company. The term “control”
(including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to
any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies
of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
(d) “Award”
means, individually or collectively, any Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit,
and Other Equity-Based Award granted under the Plan, provided that each such Award must qualify as an “inducement grant” under
the Inducement Listing Rule.
(e) “Award
Agreement” means the document or documents by which each Award is evidenced.
(f) “Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g) “Cause”
means, as to any Participant, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) “Cause,” as defined in any
employment agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time of such Termination; or (ii) in the
absence of any such employment agreement (or the absence of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), the Participant’s
(A) willful neglect in the performance of the Participant’s duties for the Service Recipient or willful or repeated failure
or refusal to perform such duties; (B) engagement in conduct in connection with the Participant’s employment with the Service
Recipient, which results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material harm to the business or reputation of the Company
or any other member of the Company Group; (C) conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, (I) any felony; or (II) any
other crime that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material harm to the business or reputation of the Company
or any other member of the Company Group; (D) material violation of the written policies of the Service Recipient, including, but
not limited to, those relating to sexual harassment or the disclosure or misuse of confidential information, or those set forth in the
manuals or statements of policy of the Service Recipient; (E) fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or misuse of funds or property
belonging to the Company or any other member of the Company Group; or (F) act of personal dishonesty that involves personal profit
in connection with the Participant’s employment to the Service Recipient.
(h) “Change
in Control” means:
(i) the
acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar transaction) by any Person of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock;
or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election
of Directors; provided, however, that for purposes of this Plan, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change
in Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate; (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored
or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate; or (III) in respect of an Award held by a particular Participant, any acquisition
by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant (or any entity controlled by the Participant or any group of Persons
including the Participant);
(ii) during
any period of twelve (12) months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”)
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, that any person becoming a Director subsequent to
the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors
then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee
for Director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual
initially elected or nominated as a Director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are
used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, with respect to Directors or as a result of any other actual
or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent
Director; or
(iii) the
sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company Group (taken as a whole) to any Person that
is not an Affiliate of the Company.
(i) “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall
be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to
such section, regulations or guidance.
(j) “Committee”
means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof or, if no such Compensation Committee or
subcommittee thereof exists, the Board.
(k) “Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common
Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(l) “Company”
means BrightView Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
(m) “Company
Group” means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(n) “Date
of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
(o) “Designated
Foreign Subsidiaries” means all members of the Company Group that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction or country
other than the United States of America that may be designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time.
(p) “Director”
means a member of the Board.
(q) “Disability”
means, as to any Participant, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) “Disability,” as defined in
any employment agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time of such Termination; or (ii) in
the absence of any such employment agreement (or the absence of any definition of “Disability” contained therein), a condition
entitling the Participant to receive benefits under a long-term disability plan of the Service Recipient or other member of the Company
Group in which such Participant is eligible to participate, or, in the absence of such a plan, the complete and permanent inability of
the Participant by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the position at which the Participant was employed or served
when such disability commenced. Any determination of whether Disability exists in the absence of a long-term disability plan shall be
made by the Company (or its designee) in its sole and absolute discretion.
(r) “Effective
Date” has the meaning given to such term in Section 3(a) of the Plan.
(s) “Eligible
Person” means any prospective Employee who is (i) commencing employment with the Company or a member of the Company Group,
or (ii) being rehired following a bona fide period of interruption of employment with the Company or a member of the Company Group,
if he or she is granted an Award in connection with his or her commencement of employment with the Company or a member of the Company
Group and such grant is an inducement material to his or her entering into employment with the Company or a member of the Company Group
(within the meaning of the Inducement Listing Rule or any successor rule). The Committee may in its discretion adopt procedures from
time to time to ensure that a prospective Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan prior to the granting of any Awards to such
individual under the Plan (including without limitation a requirement that each such prospective Employee certify to the Company prior
to the receipt of an Award under the Plan that he or she has not been previously employed by the Company or a member of the Company Group,
or if previously employed, has had a bona fide period of interruption of employment, and that the grant of Awards under the Plan is an
inducement material to his or her agreement to enter into employment with the Company or a member of the Company Group).
(t) “Employee”
means any officer or other employee (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder) of the Company or any member of the Company Group.
(u) “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section
of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance
under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(v) “Exercise
Price” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.
(w) “Fair
Market Value” means, on a given date, (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing
sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date, or, if there
are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not
listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the average between
the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date
on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer
quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common
Stock.
(x) “GAAP”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(y) “Immediate
Family Members” has the meaning given to such term in Section 13(b) of the Plan.
(z) “Incentive
Stock Option” means a stock option that by its terms qualifies and is otherwise intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(aa) “Indemnifiable
Person” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4(e) of the Plan.
(bb) “Independent
Director” means a Director who is not an Employee of any member of the Company Group and who qualifies as “independent”
within the meaning of Rule 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, or any successor rule.
(cc) “Inducement
Listing Rule” means Rule 303A.08 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.
(dd) “Nonqualified
Stock Option” means an Option which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(ee) “Option”
means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan. All Options granted under the Plan are intended to be Nonqualified Stock Options.
(ff) “Option
Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(c) of the Plan.
(gg) “Other
Equity-Based Award” means an Award that is not an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit,
that is granted under Section 10 of the Plan and is (i) payable by delivery of Common Stock, and/or (ii) measured by reference
to the value of Common Stock.
(hh) “Participant”
means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to the Plan.
(ii) “Performance
Criteria” means specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more of the Company’s Affiliates, divisions
or operational and/or business units, business segments, administrative departments, or any combination of the foregoing) or any Participant,
which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis including, but not limited to, one or more of the following measures:
(i) terms relative to a peer group or index; (ii) basic, diluted, or adjusted earnings per share; (iii) sales or revenue;
(iv) earnings before interest, taxes, and other adjustments (in total or on a per share basis); (v) cash available for distribution;
(vi) basic or adjusted net income; (vii) returns on equity, assets, capital, revenue or similar measure; (viii) level and
growth of dividends; (ix) the price or increase in price of Common Stock; (x) total shareholder return; (xi) total assets;
(xii) growth in assets, new originations of assets, or financing of assets; (xiii) equity market capitalization; (xiv) reduction
or other quantifiable goal with respect to general and/or specific expenses; (xv) equity capital raised; (xvi) mergers, acquisitions,
increase in enterprise value of Affiliates, Subsidiaries, divisions or business units or sales of assets of Affiliates, Subsidiaries,
divisions or business units or sales of assets; and (xvii) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria
may be stated as a percentage of another Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of
the Company and/or one or more Affiliates as a whole or any divisions or operational and/or business units, business segments, administrative
departments of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of
the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special
index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices.
(jj) “Permitted
Transferee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 14(b) of the Plan.
(kk) “Person”
means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
(ll) “Plan”
means this BrightView Holdings, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, as amended and/or restated from time to time.
(mm) “Qualifying
Director” means a person who is, with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act.
(nn) “Restricted
Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions, including vesting
conditions.
(oo) “Restricted
Stock” means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that
the Participant remain continuously employed for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.
(pp) “Restricted
Stock Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash, other securities or other property,
subject to certain restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed
for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.
(qq) “SAR
Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8(c) of the Plan.
(rr) “Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated
under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule,
and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(ss) “Service
Recipient” means, with respect to a Participant holding a given Award, the member of the Company Group by which the original
recipient of such Award is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed.
(tt) “Stock
Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(uu) “Strike
Price” has the meaning given to such term in Section 8(b) of the Plan.
(vv) “Sub-Plans”
means any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting the offering of Awards
to Employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the United States of America, with each such sub-plan designed
to comply with local laws applicable to offerings in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated a separate and
independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with applicable local laws, the Absolute Share Limit and the other limits specified
in Section 5(b) shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any Sub-Plan adopted hereunder.
(ww) “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of such entity’s voting
securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’
agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or
more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(ii) any
partnership (or any comparable foreign entity) (A) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general
partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof)
of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
(xx) “Substitute
Award” means any Award granted in assumption of or in substitution for an award of a company or business acquired by the Company
or a Subsidiary or with which the Company or an Affiliate combines.
(yy) “Termination”
means the termination of a Participant’s employment, as applicable, with the Service Recipient for any reason (including death).
3. Effective
Date; Duration; Stockholder Approval Not Required.
(a) Effective
Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective on the date approved by the Board (the “Effective Date”). The expiration date
of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date;
provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan
shall continue to apply to such Awards.
(b) Stockholder
Approval Not Required. It is expressly intended that approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders is not required as a
condition of the effectiveness of the Plan, and the Plan’s provisions shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent
for all purposes. Specifically, the Inducement Listing Rule generally requires stockholder approval for equity-compensation plans
adopted by companies whose securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Inducement Listing Rule provides an exemption
in certain circumstances for “employment inducement” awards (within the meaning of the Inducement Listing Rule). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, Awards under the Plan may only be made to Eligible Persons and only under conditions that qualify for
treatment as “inducement grants” under the Inducement Listing Rule. Accordingly, pursuant to the Inducement Listing Rule,
the issuance of Awards and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, vesting or settlement of such Awards pursuant to the Plan
are not subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders.
4. Administration.
(a) General.
The Committee shall administer the Plan and, unless otherwise determined by the Board, shall consist of two or more Directors, each of
whom is intended to qualify as an Independent Director and a Qualifying Director. To the extent required to comply with the provisions
of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan), it is intended that
each member of the Committee shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan that is intended
to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact
that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is
otherwise validly granted under the Plan.
(b) Committee
Authority. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition
to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to (i) designate Eligible Persons to receive Awards;
(ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to an Eligible Person; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common
Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine
the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled
in, or exercised for, cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended
and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to
what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property
and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of
the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the
Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any
rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan;
(ix) adopt Sub-Plans; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable
for the administration of the Plan.
(c) Delegation.
Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer
quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities
and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons
selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of any member of the Company Group, the authority to act on behalf of the
Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of, or which is allocated to, the Committee
herein, and which may be so delegated as a matter of law, except with respect to grants of Awards to persons who are subject to Section 16
of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Plan to the contrary, the grant of Awards will be approved by the
Company’s independent compensation committee or a majority of the Company’s Independent Directors in order to comply with
the exemption from the stockholder approval requirement for “inducement grants” provided under the Inducement Listing Rule.
(d) Finality
of Decisions. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions
under or with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made
at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons, including, without limitation, any member of the Company Group,
any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.
(e) Indemnification.
No member of the Board, the Committee or any Employee or agent of any member of the Company Group (each such Person, an “Indemnifiable
Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award
hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless
by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred
by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may
be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination
made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the
Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action,
suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly
upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it
shall ultimately be determined, as provided below, that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided, that the
Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives
notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s
choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or
other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts,
omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s
fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the organizational
documents of any member of the Company Group. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede
any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the organizational documents of any member
of the Company Group, as a matter of law, under an individual indemnification agreement or contract or otherwise, or any other power that
the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold such Indemnifiable Persons harmless.
(f) Board
Authority. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange
or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded, the Board may retain the authority to concurrently
administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated. However,
notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Plan to the contrary, the grant of Awards will be approved by the Company’s independent
compensation committee or a majority of the Company’s Independent Directors in order to comply with the exemption from the stockholder
approval requirement for “inducement grants” provided under the Inducement Listing Rule.
5. Grant
of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations.
(a) Grants.
The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards to one or more Eligible Persons, subject to the limitation set forth in the Plan. All
Awards granted under the Plan shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events
as determined by the Committee, including, without limitation, attainment of Performance Criteria.
(b) Share
Reserve and Limits. Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) subject to Section 11
of the Plan, no more than 1,750,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Absolute Share Limit”) shall be available for Awards
under the Plan.
(c) Share
Counting. Other than with respect to Substitute Awards, to the extent that an Award expires or is canceled, forfeited, or terminated
without issuance to the Participant of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related, the unissued shares will
again be available for grant under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of Awards if the
Fair Market Value equivalent of such shares is paid in cash in connection with such settlement; provided, however, that
no shares shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of a SAR or Restricted Stock Unit that provides for settlement only in cash
and settles only in cash. In no event shall shares (i) tendered or withheld on exercise of Options or other Award for the payment
of the exercise or purchase price or withholding taxes, (ii) not issued upon the settlement of a SAR that by the terms of the Award
Agreement would settle in shares of Common Stock (or could settle in shares of Common Stock), or (iii) purchased on the open market
with cash proceeds from the exercise of Options, again become available for other Awards under the Plan.
(d) Source
of Shares. Shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held
in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination of the foregoing.
(e) Actions
Required Upon Grant of Award. Promptly following the grant of an Award, the Company shall, in accordance with the Inducement Listing
Rule, (a) issue a press release disclosing the material terms of the Award, including the recipient(s) of the Award and the
number of shares involved and (b) provide any required written notice to the New York Stock Exchange of the grant.
6. Eligibility.
Eligible Persons are eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan, subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Awards may be granted to Eligible Persons in connection with a merger or acquisition as permitted by the Inducement Listing Rule.
7. Options.
(a) General.
Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which agreement need not be the same for each Participant.
Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent
with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b) Exercise
Price. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the exercise price (“Exercise Price”)
per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date
of Grant).
(c) Vesting
and Expiration.
(i) Options
shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee.
(ii) Options
shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the “Option Period”);
provided, that if the Option Period would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s
insider trading policy (or Company-imposed “blackout period”), then the Option Period shall be automatically extended until
the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of such prohibition.
(d) Method
of Exercise and Form of Payment. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment
in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any Federal,
state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld. Options which have become exercisable
may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company (or telephonic instructions to the extent provided
by the Committee) in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be
payable: (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option
is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number
of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual issuance of such shares to the Company); provided, that such shares of Common Stock
are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months (or such
other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment applying generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”)); or (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion,
including, without limitation (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price;
(B) if there is a public market for the shares of Common Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise”
pursuant to which the Company is delivered (including telephonically to the extent permitted by the Committee) a copy of irrevocable instructions
to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the
Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price; or (C) a “net exercise” procedure effected by withholding the minimum
number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay the Exercise Price. Any fractional
shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
(e) Compliance
With Laws, etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner
which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other applicable
law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations
of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.
8. Stock
Appreciation Rights.
(a) General.
Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth
in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.
(b) Strike
Price. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the strike price (“Strike Price”)
per share of Common Stock for each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date of
Grant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a SAR granted in tandem with (or in substitution for) an Option previously granted shall have a
Strike Price equal to the Exercise Price of the corresponding Option.
(c) Vesting
and Expiration.
(i) A
SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration
provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on
such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee; provided, however, that notwithstanding
any such vesting dates or events, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any SAR at any time and for any
reason.
(ii) SARs
shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the “SAR Period”);
provided, that if the SAR Period would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s
insider trading policy (or Company-imposed “blackout period”), then the SAR Period shall be automatically extended until the
30th day following the expiration of such prohibition.
(d) Method
of Exercise. SARs which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company
in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded.
(e) Payment.
Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that is
being exercised multiplied by the excess of the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the
Strike Price, less an amount equal to any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes required
to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof,
as determined by the Committee. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
9. Restricted
Stock and Restricted Stock Units.
(a) General.
Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and Restricted
Stock Unit so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent
with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b) Stock
Certificates and Book-Entry; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock
certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued or shall cause share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the
name of the Participant and held in book-entry form subject to the Company’s directions and, if the Committee determines that the
Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than issued to the Participant pending the release of the applicable
restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement
satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable; and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted
Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute and deliver (in a manner permitted under Section 13(a) of
the Plan or as otherwise determined by the Committee) an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow
agreement and blank stock power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the
restrictions set forth in this Section 9, Section 13(c) of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant generally
shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to shares of Restricted Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote
such Restricted Stock. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any stock certificates issued to the Participant evidencing
such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto
shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company. A Participant shall have no rights or privileges as a stockholder
as to Restricted Stock Units.
(c) Vesting.
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest, and any applicable Restricted Period shall lapse, in such manner and on such date
or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee.
(d) Issuance
of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units.
(i) Upon
the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award
Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If
an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall issue to the Participant, or the Participant’s beneficiary,
without charge, the stock certificate (or, if applicable, a notice evidencing a book-entry notation) evidencing the shares of Restricted
Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full
share). Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall
be distributed to the Participant in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market
Value (on the date of distribution) equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such
share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends.
(ii) Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any
outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, without charge,
one (1) share of Common Stock (or other securities or other property, as applicable) for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit;
provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part shares
of Common Stock in lieu of issuing only shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units; or (B) defer the issuance
of shares of Common Stock (or cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted
Period if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If a cash payment is made in lieu
of issuing shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market
Value per share of the Common Stock as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units.
(e) Legends
on Restricted Stock. Each certificate, if any, or book entry representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, if any, shall bear
a legend or book entry notation substantially in the form of the following, in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate,
until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such shares of Common Stock:
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE
SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC. 2018 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC. AND PARTICIPANT. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT IS ON
FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS, INC.
10. Other
Equity-Based Awards. The Committee may grant Other Equity-Based Awards under the Plan to Eligible Persons, alone or in tandem
with other Awards, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine.
Each Other Equity-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement and shall be subject to such conditions
not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
11. Changes
in Capital Structure and Similar Events. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, the following provisions
shall apply to all Awards granted hereunder:
(a) General.
In the event of (i) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of
Common Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance
of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction
or event that affects the shares of Common Stock (including a Change in Control); or (ii) unusual or nonrecurring events affecting
the Company, including changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements, that the Committee determines, in its
sole discretion, could result in substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights intended to be granted to, or available for, Participants
(any event in (i) or (ii), an “Adjustment Event”), the Committee shall, in respect of any such Adjustment Event,
make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems equitable, to any or all of (A) the Absolute Share Limit,
or any other limit applicable under the Plan with respect to the number of Awards which may be granted hereunder; (B) the number
of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) which may be issued
in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan or any Sub-Plan; and (C) the terms of any outstanding
Award, including, without limitation, (I) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and
kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate; (II) the Exercise
Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award; or (III) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance
Criteria); provided, that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)), the Committee shall make an equitable
or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring.
(b) Change
in Control. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide
for any one or more of the following:
(i) substitution
or assumption of Awards, or to the extent that the surviving entity (or Affiliate thereof) of such Change in Control does not substitute
or assume the Awards, full acceleration of vesting of, exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions on, as applicable, any Awards; provided,
however, that with respect to any performance-vested Awards, any such acceleration of vesting, exercisability, or lapse of restrictions
shall be based on actual performance through the date of such Change in Control; and
(ii) cancellation
of any one or more outstanding Awards and payment to the holders of such Awards that are vested as of such cancellation (including, without
limitation, any Awards that would vest as a result of the occurrence of such event but for such cancellation or for which vesting is accelerated
by the Committee in connection with such event pursuant to clause (i) above), the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by
the Committee (which value, if applicable, may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders
of the Company in such event), including, without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock subject
to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR (it being understood that, in such event,
any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor).
For purposes of clause (i) above, an award
will be considered granted in substitution of an Award if it has an equivalent value (as determined consistent with clause (ii) above)
with the original Award, whether designated in securities of the acquiror in such Change in Control transaction (or an Affiliate thereof),
or in cash or other property (including in the same consideration that other stockholders of the Company receive in connection with such
Change in Control transaction), and retains the vesting schedule applicable to the original Award.
Payments to holders pursuant to clause (ii) above
shall be made in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of such other consideration necessary for a Participant
to receive property, cash, or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence
of the transaction if the Participant had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by the Award at such time (less any applicable Exercise Price or Strike Price).
(c) Other
Requirements. Prior to any payment or adjustment contemplated under this Section 11, the Committee may require a Participant
to (i) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participant’s Awards; (ii) bear such Participant’s
pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity obligations, and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms,
offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as
may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary transfer documentation as reasonably determined
by the Committee.
(d) Fractional
Shares. Any adjustment provided under this Section 11 may provide for the elimination of any fractional share that might otherwise
become subject to an Award.
(e) Binding
Effect. Any adjustment, substitution, determination of value or other action taken by the Committee under this Section 11 shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
12. Amendments
and Termination.
(a) Amendment
and Termination of the Plan. The Board or Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof
at any time; provided, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination shall be made without stockholder
approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation,
as necessary to comply with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities
of the Company may be listed or quoted) or for changes in GAAP to new accounting standards; provided, further, that any
such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant
or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected
Participant, holder or beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall be made to Section 12(c) of the Plan without
stockholder approval.
(b) Amendment
of Award Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, waive
any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted
or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively (including after a Participant’s Termination); provided,
that, other than pursuant to Section 11, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination
that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that
extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant.
(c) No
Repricing. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under
Section 11 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of
any SAR; (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower Exercise
Price or Strike Price, as the case may be) or other Award or cash payment that is greater than the intrinsic value (if any) of the cancelled
Option or SAR; and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action which is considered a “repricing” for purposes of
the stockholder approval rules of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company
are listed or quoted.
13. General.
(a) Award
Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant to whom
such Award was granted and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including, without
limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or Termination of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined
by the Committee. For purposes of the Plan, an Award Agreement may be in any such form (written or electronic) as determined by the Committee
(including, without limitation, a Board or Committee resolution, an employment agreement, a notice, a certificate or a letter) evidencing
the Award. The Committee need not require an Award Agreement to be signed by the Participant or a duly authorized representative of the
Company.
(b) Nontransferability.
(i) Each
Award shall be exercisable only by such Participant to whom such Award was granted during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible
under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached,
sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant (unless such transfer is specifically required pursuant to a domestic relations
order or by applicable law) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation,
pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against any member of the Company Group; provided,
that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
(ii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject
to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award Agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to
(A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8
under the Securities Act or any successor form of registration statement promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively,
the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and the Participant’s
Immediate Family Members; (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant
and the Participant’s Immediate Family Members; or (D) a beneficiary to whom donations are eligible to be treated as “charitable
contributions” for federal income tax purposes (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) above is hereinafter
referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided, that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice
describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer
would comply with the requirements of the Plan.
(iii) The
terms of any Award transferred in accordance with clause (ii) above shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in
the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted
Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted
Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate
form covering the shares of Common Stock to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent
with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) neither the Committee nor
the Company shall be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been
required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of a Participant’s Termination
under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including,
without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified
in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
(c) Dividends
and Dividend Equivalents. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends, dividend
equivalents, or similar payments in respect of Awards, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other
property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including,
without limitation, payment directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award or
reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards. Without limiting the foregoing, unless otherwise
provided in the Award Agreement, any dividend otherwise payable in respect of any share of Restricted Stock that remains subject to vesting
conditions at the time of payment of such dividend shall be retained by the Company and remain subject to the same vesting conditions
as the share of Restricted Stock to which the dividend relates.
(d) Tax
Withholding.
(i) A
Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or
wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to
be withheld in respect of an Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy
this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.
(ii) Without
limiting the foregoing, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy,
all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect
to an Award by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) that have
been both held by the Participant and vested for such period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse
accounting treatment under applicable accounting standards having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the statutorily required withholding
liability (or portion thereof, not to exceed maximum statutory rates); or (B) having the Company withhold from the shares of Common
Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting
or settlement of the Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to an amount,
subject to clause (iii) below, not in excess of the statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof, not to exceed
maximum statutory rates).
(iii) The
Committee has full discretion to allow Participants to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment and/or other applicable
taxes payable by them with respect to an Award by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable
or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award,
as applicable, shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory
withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participant’s
relevant tax jurisdictions).
(e) Data
Protection. By participating in the Plan or accepting any rights granted under it, each Participant consents to the collection and
processing of personal data relating to the Participant so that the Company and its Affiliates can fulfill their obligations and exercise
their rights under the Plan and generally administer and manage the Plan. This data will include, but may not be limited to, data about
participation in the Plan and shares offered or received, purchased, or sold under the Plan from time to time and other appropriate financial
and other data (such as the date on which the Awards were granted) about the Participant and the Participant’s participation in
the Plan.
(f) No
Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant
any right to be retained in the employ of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group. The Service Recipient or any
other member of the Company Group may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment, free from any liability or any claim under the
Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall
thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related
to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, except to the extent of any provision
to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Service Recipient and/or any member of the Company Group
and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.
(g) International
Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, amend the terms of the Plan and create or amend Sub-Plans or amend outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in
order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant or
any member of the Company Group.
(h) Designation
and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more Persons as the beneficiary
or beneficiaries, as applicable, who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the
Plan upon the Participant’s death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change the Participant’s beneficiary designation
without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the
Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective
unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such
receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participant’s spouse
or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, the Participant’s estate.
(i) Termination.
Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither
a temporary absence from employment due to illness, vacation or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty
for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment with one Service Recipient to employment
with another Service Recipient (or vice-versa) shall be considered a Termination; and (ii) if a Participant undergoes a Termination
of employment, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company Group in a non-employee capacity, such change in status
shall not be considered a Termination for purposes of the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that
any Service Recipient ceases to be a member of the Company Group (by reason of sale, divestiture, spin-off or other similar transaction),
unless a Participant’s employment is transferred to another entity that would constitute a Service Recipient immediately following
such transaction, such Participant shall be deemed to have suffered a Termination hereunder as of the date of the consummation of such
transaction.
(j) No
Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Person shall be entitled
to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been
issued or delivered to such Person.
(k) Government
and Other Regulations.
(i) The
obligation of the Company to settle Awards in shares of Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules,
and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award
to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or
selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities
Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel (if the Company has requested
such an opinion), satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available
exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation
to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall
have the authority to provide that all shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the
Plan shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable
Award Agreement, the Federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted and any other applicable
Federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, rules, regulations and other requirements, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9
of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing shares of Common Stock or other securities
of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Common Stock
or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Company’s
instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee
reserves the right to, at any time, add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that the Committee, in
its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity
to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.
(ii) The
Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions
and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of shares of Common Stock from the public
markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock from the
Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee
determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall, subject to any limitations or
reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, (A) pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess
of (I) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined
as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or issued, as applicable); over (II) the
aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of issuance
of shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following
the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof, or (B) in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based
Awards, provide the Participant with a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions
applicable to such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, or the underlying shares in respect thereof.
(l) No
Section 83(b) Elections Without Consent of Company. No election under Section 83(b) of the Code or under a similar
provision of law may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or by action of the Company in
writing prior to the making of such election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Common Stock under the
Plan or otherwise, is expressly permitted to make such election and the Participant makes the election, the Participant shall notify the
Company of such election within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental
authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or other applicable provision.
(m) Payments
to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any Person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable
to care for the Participant’s affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such Person
or the Participant’s estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee
so directs the Company, be paid to the Participant’s spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such
Person, or any other Person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such Person otherwise entitled to payment. Any
such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(n) Nonexclusivity
of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Committee nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for
approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Committee or Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements
as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of equity-based awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements
may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
(o) No
Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind
or a fiduciary relationship between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person, on the other
hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to
purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor
shall the Company be obligated to maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or
separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured
general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance
of services, they shall have the same rights as other service providers under general law.
(p) Reliance
on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the
case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent
public accountant of any member of the Company Group and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of
the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself or herself.
(q) Relationship
to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement,
profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan or as
required by applicable law.
(r) Governing
Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts
made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT
WHO ACCEPTS AN AWARD IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST
SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
(s) Severability.
If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee,
such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended
without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed
or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force
and effect.
(t) Obligations
Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization
resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding
to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.
(u) Section 409A
of the Code.
(i) Notwithstanding
any provision of the Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, and
all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties
under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties
that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A
of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise
hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered
“deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment”
(and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.
For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is
designated as a separate payment.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of
the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code and
which would otherwise be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of
the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of such Participant’s “separation
from service” or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death. Following any applicable six (6) month delay, all
such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also
a business day.
(iii) Unless
otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award
(that would otherwise be considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated
upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change
in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of
a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code; or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration
shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of “Disability” pursuant to Section 409A of the
Code.
(v) Clawback/Repayment.
All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback,
forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time, including any such policy
adopted by the Company as required by Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any rules or
regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) applicable law. Further, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess
of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including, without limitation,
by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay
any such excess amount to the Company.
(w) Right
of Offset. The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or
cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance
account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing,
automobile or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to any member of the Company Group and any amounts the Committee
otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award is “deferred
compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver
shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Participant
to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code in respect of an outstanding Award.
(x) Expenses;
Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company Group. The titles and headings of the sections
in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or
headings, shall control.
