-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VVFDrYBJTkRBsaHFGrw3AC9ZZjmBXhSqtdeFII2YdELRQlOd2fCGw68fYd+9dq6g YKBIOrtiagI5fn1fMCdcUQ== 0001193125-10-125300.txt : 20100520 0001193125-10-125300.hdr.sgml : 20100520 20100520171857 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-125300 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100519 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100520 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100520 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000352915 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062] IRS NUMBER: 232077891 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10765 FILM NUMBER: 10848644 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 367 S GULPH RD CITY: KING OF PRUSSIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19406 BUSINESS PHONE: 6107683300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 367 S GULPH ROAD CITY: KING OF PRUSSIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19406 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 19, 2010

 

 

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   1-10765   23-2077891

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

UNIVERSAL CORPORATE CENTER

367 SOUTH GULPH ROAD

KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19406

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (610) 768-3300

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 provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 19, 2010, Universal Health Services, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the Company’s Corporate Center at 367 South Gulph Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted to elect the following individuals as Class II members of the Board of Directors to terms expiring at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

Anthony Pantaleoni - elected by the Class A and Class C Stockholders

Rick Santorum – elected by the Class A and Class C Stockholders

Robert H. Hotz – elected by the Class B and Class D Stockholders

In addition, the Company’s stockholders: (i) adopted the Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Employees’ Restricted Stock Purchase Plan, and; (ii) approved the Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Executive Incentive Plan.

The final voting results on these matters were as follows:

Proposal No. 1 – Election of Directors:

 

     Class A and Class C
Stockholders
   Class B
Stockholders
     Anthony
Pantaleoni
   Rick
Santorum
   Robert H.
Hotz

Votes cast in favor

   7,322,208    7,322,208    44,358,889

Votes withheld

   0    0    31,183,535

Broker non-votes

   0    0    0

Proposal No. 2 – Adoption of the Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Employees’ Restricted Stock Purchase Plan:

 

Votes cast in favor

   66,571,143

Votes cast against

   4,546,537

Votes abstained

   58,090

Broker non-votes

   0

Proposal No. 3 – Approval of the Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Executive Incentive Plan:

 

Votes cast in favor

   70,959,335

Votes cast against

   207,131

Votes abstained

   9,304

Broker non-votes

   0


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1    Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Employees’ Restricted Stock Purchase Plan.
10.2    Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Executive Incentive Plan.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Universal Health Services, Inc.
  By:  

/s/ Alan B. Miller

  Name:   Alan B. Miller
  Title:   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  By:  

/s/ Steve Filton

  Name:   Steve Filton
Date: May 20, 2010   Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 2010 EMPLOYEES' RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Employees' Restricted Stock Purchase Plan

Exhibit 10.1

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

2010 EMPLOYEES’ RESTRICTED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

1. Purpose. The purpose of this 2010 Employees’ Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), is to secure for Universal Health Services, Inc. (the “Company”) the benefits of the additional incentive resulting from the ownership of its Shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Shares”), by selected employees of, and consultants to, the Company or its subsidiaries (for convenience such persons are hereinafter collectively referred to as “employees”) who are important to the success and the growth of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and to help the Company and its subsidiaries secure and retain the services of such persons.

2. Restricted Stock Committee. The Plan will be administered by the compensation committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), or such other committee of directors designated by the Board (the “Committee”), provided that all of said designated directors qualify as “non-employee directors” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and as “outside directors” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.162-27(e)(3)).

3. Shares Subject to Plan. Subject to the adjustment provisions of paragraph 9, the number of shares of Class B Common Stock which may be issued or sold under the Plan shall not exceed 4,000,000.

Shares sold under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares of Class B Common Stock, issued Shares of Class B Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury, or both. Should any Shares sold pursuant to the Plan be repurchased by the Company or surrendered to the Company for the satisfaction of applicable tax withholding, such Shares shall again become available for sale hereunder. All awards of restricted stock under the Plan are deemed issued and outstanding for all purposes. Subject to adjustment under paragraph 9, the number of shares of Class B Common Stock which may be issued or sold under the Plan to any employee during any calendar year shall not exceed 800,000.

4. Employees Eligible. Shares may be sold pursuant to the Plan to all employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries (including officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries whether or not they are also directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries). For purposes of the Plan, “subsidiary” shall mean a “subsidiary corporation” as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). In making determinations as to whom Shares should be sold, the Committee shall take into consideration an employee’s present and potential contribution to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries and such other factors as the Committee may deem proper and relevant.

5. Purchase of Shares, Price and Delivery of Payment. Subsequent to a determination by the Committee that Shares shall be sold pursuant to the Plan, the Company or a subsidiary shall deliver to the employee a letter advising him of such determination. Within 30 days of the date of such letter, the employee must complete the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement enclosed therewith and return it to the Company along with payment in full by cash or check. The price of each Share sold pursuant to the Plan shall be the par value thereof at the time of sale. Prior to delivery by an employee to the Company of a completed Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement and payment in full for the Shares, the Committee may, at its discretion, revoke its decision to sell Shares to an employee.

6. Restrictions. All Shares sold pursuant to the Plan shall be sold subject to a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement which gives the Company the right to repurchase all or a portion of such Shares, for an amount equal to the price paid by the employee, in the event that the employee’s employment terminates for any reason (subject to any exceptions as the Committee may specify) before such restrictions lapse pursuant to the vesting conditions set forth in such Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement. Each employee shall also be required to agree that all Shares purchased by the employee pursuant to the Plan are purchased for investment purposes and not for the purpose of resale or other distribution thereof.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries who has purchased Shares under the plan terminates his employment with such employer and immediately commences employment with the Company or a different subsidiary thereof, such event shall not be treated as a termination of

 

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employment under the Plan, and the Company’s repurchase rights with respect to such Shares shall not be triggered by such event. Upon the termination of employment in such cases, the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement entered into between such employee and his employer may be assumed by the new employer or cancelled and replaced by a new Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement between the transferring employee and the employer.

6A. Performance-Based Awards. The provisions of this paragraph 6A will apply to awards under the Plan that are intended to generate “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of the Code). Awards made under this paragraph will be interpreted and construed accordingly.

(a) Shares issued or sold pursuant to this paragraph 6A shall be subject to such performance-based conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, consistent with the requirements of this paragraph and Section 162(m) of the Code. A performance condition established by the Committee in connection with a sale or issuance of Shares pursuant to this paragraph must be (1) objective, so that a third party having knowledge of the relevant facts could determine whether the condition is met, (2) prescribed in writing by the Committee before the beginning of the applicable performance period or at such later date (when fulfillment is substantially uncertain) as may be permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, and (3) based on one or more of the following performance criteria:

(i) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified percentage increase in, revenues, income before income taxes and extraordinary items, net income, earnings before income tax, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization or a combination of any or all of the foregoing;

(ii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a percentage increase in, after-tax or pre-tax profits;

(iii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, operational cash flow;

(iv) achievement of a certain level of, reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of, the Company’s bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the Company, which may be calculated net of such cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee;

(v) attainment of a specified percentage increase in earnings per share or earnings per share from continuing operations;

(vi) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in return on capital employed or return on invested capital;

(vii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a percentage increase in, after-tax return on stockholders’ equity;

(viii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, economic value added targets based on a cash flow return on investment formula;

(ix) attainment of certain target levels in the fair market value of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock; and

(x) growth in the value of an investment in the Company’s Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends.

If and to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, performance conditions may be determined without regard to (or adjusted for) changes in accounting methods, corporate transactions (including, without limitation, dispositions and acquisitions) and other similar types of events or circumstances occurring during the applicable performance period. The Committee may not delegate any responsibility with respect to the establishment or certification of the achievement of performance conditions to which awards covered by this paragraph are subject.

(b) Upon the expiration of the performance period applicable to a performance-based award, the Committee will certify in writing the extent to which the performance conditions applicable to the award and any other material terms were in fact achieved and the percentage of such award that has been earned.

(c) The Board of Directors may re-submit the performance goals contained in this Section 6A for shareholder approval from time to time in order to satisfy the shareholder approval conditions relating to the

 

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for exemption of Plan compensation from the deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, it being understood that, under current law, such re-submission would be first be required to be made at the first meeting of stockholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) in 2015.

7. Transferability. No Shares subject to repurchase by the Company may be sold, assigned, transferred, disposed of, pledged or otherwise hypothecated, by the purchase of such Shares. Any attempt to do any of the foregoing shall be null and void and may cause the immediate forfeiture of such Shares.

8. Right to Terminate Employment or Service. Nothing in the Plan or in any Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement shall confer upon any employee the right to continue in the employment or other service of the Company or affect the right of the Company to terminate the employee’s employment or other service at any time, subject, however, to the provisions of any agreement between the Company and the employee.

9. Withholding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the vesting or lapse of the Company’s repurchase right with respect to Shares issued hereunder shall be subject to and conditioned upon the satisfaction by the employee of applicable tax withholding obligations. The Company and its subsidiaries may require the employee to remit an amount sufficient to satisfy applicable withholding taxes and/or deduct or withhold all or part of such amount from any payments otherwise payable to the employee (whether or not under this Plan). The Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, may permit an employee to satisfy the employee’s tax withholding obligation arising with respect to the vesting of Shares by surrendering (or having the Company retain) Shares that would otherwise become unrestricted, provided, however, that the fair market value of the Shares so surrendered or retained (on the date the applicable tax withholding is satisfied) for the satisfaction of applicable tax withholding shall not be greater than the minimum amount required to be withheld pursuant to applicable law.

10. Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization, etc. In the event of one or more stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reclassifications, recapitalizations or any other change in the character or amount of the Company’s Shares, the number, kind and purchase price of Shares which may thereafter be sold under the Plan and the number of Shares that may be issued or sold to any individual employee during any calendar year shall be adjusted as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, to give effect thereto, and all new, substituted or additional securities to which any employee may become entitled by reason of the employee’s ownership of Shares previously purchased or issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the terms of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement under which such Shares were purchased or issued.

11. Amendment or Termination of Plan. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to amend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided, however, that no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect the rights of any employee with respect to Shares previously sold hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, no amendment to the Plan will become effective without the approval of the Company’s stockholders if such amendment would increase the number of shares which may be issued under the Plan or if such approval is necessary or desirable to comply with applicable law or exchange requirements.

12. Expiration of the Plan. Unless sooner terminated by the Board of Directors, shares may be sold under the Plan at any time and from time to time, prior to the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted. Any Shares sold under the Plan that remain outstanding on or after such expiration date shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement and the Plan until any restrictions thereon have lapsed or they have been repurchased by the Company.

13. Effective Date of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on May 19, 2010, subject, nevertheless, to approval by the Stockholders representing at least a majority of the Common Stock votes of the Company present or represented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

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EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 2010 EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE PLAN Universal Health Services, Inc. 2010 Executive Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.2

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

2010 EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purpose. The purpose of the 2010 Executive Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to foster the ability of Universal Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and its affiliates to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified senior management and other executive officers of the Company and its affiliates through the payment of performance-based incentive compensation.

2. Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), or such other committee of directors designated by the Board (the “Committee”), provided that all of said designated directors qualify as “outside directors” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.162-27(e)(3) under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)). Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee, acting in its sole and absolute discretion, will have full power and authority to interpret, construe and apply the provisions of the Plan and to take such action as may be necessary or desirable in order to carry out the provisions of the Plan. A majority of the members of the Committee will constitute a quorum. The Committee may act by the vote of a majority of its members present at a meeting at which there is a quorum or by unanimous written consent. The Committee will keep a record of its proceedings and acts and will keep or cause to be kept such books and records as may be necessary in connection with the proper administration of the Plan. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and any employee or director of the Company or an affiliate to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan is delegated from and against any loss, cost, liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Board), damage and expense (including reasonable legal fees and other expenses incident thereto and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, advancement of such fees and expenses) arising out of or incurred in connection with the Plan, unless and except to the extent attributable to such person’s fraud or willful misconduct.

3. Eligibility. Annual incentive compensation may be awarded under the Plan to any person who is a member of the senior management of the Company and to other executive officers of the Company or an affiliate. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Committee will select the persons to whom incentive compensation may be awarded for any calendar year and will fix the terms and conditions of each such award.

4. Annual Performance Bonus. The amount of a participant’s incentive award for a calendar year will be based upon the participant’s target bonus amount and the extent to which the performance goal(s) applicable to the participant are achieved, all as described in (a) through (c) below, subject to the limitation in (e) below.

(a) Target Bonus Amount. For each calendar year, a participant’s target bonus amount will be equal to a fixed percentage of the participant’s annual base salary. The applicable percentage will be determined by the Committee on a participant-by-participant and year-by-year basis.

(b) Performance Goals. For each calendar year, the Committee shall establish performance goals for each participant, using such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate;

provided that, in the case of incentive awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall establish objective performance goals based upon one or more of the following business criteria: (i) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, revenues, income before income taxes and extraordinary items, net income, earnings before income tax, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization or a combination of any or all of the foregoing; (ii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, after-tax or pre-tax profits; (iii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, operational cash flow; (iv) attainment of a certain level of, reduction of, or other specified objectives with regard to limiting the level of increase in, all or a portion of, the Company’s bank debt or other long-term or short-term public or private debt or other similar financial obligations of the Company, which may be calculated net of such cash balances and/or other offsets and adjustments as may be established by the Committee; (v) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, earnings per share or earnings per share from continuing operations; (vi) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in return on capital or return on invested capital; (vii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, after-tax return on stockholders’ equity;


(viii) attainment of certain target levels of, or a specified increase in, economic value added targets based on a cash flow return on investment formula; and/or (ix) attainment of certain target levels in the fair market value of the shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 (the “Common Stock”) or growth in the value of an investment in the Common Stock assuming the reinvestment of dividends. As to any participant or class of participants, the performance goals may be based upon one or more of such permissible criteria and may be based upon the performance of the Company, on a consolidated basis, the individual participant or class of participants, a regional, local or divisional unit of the Company, one or more subsidiaries or other affiliates of the Company or a combination thereof, either on an absolute basis or relative to an index or peer-group. Performance goals may be determined without regard to, or adjusted to reflect, items that are nonrecurring or non-operational in nature including items such as, but not limited to, gains on sales of assets and businesses, reserves for settlements, legal judgments and lawsuits and other amounts that may be reflected in the current or prior year financial statements that relate to prior periods, provided that, in the case of an award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, such determination or adjustment is permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(c) Performance Factor. For each calendar year, the Committee will establish a performance factor or a range of performance factors (“performance factors”) for each participant, based on varying levels of attainment of the performance goals for the year. The performance factor(s) will be used to determine the portion, if any, of the participant’s target bonus amount that is earned for the year. The performance factors may be expressed in a performance matrix established by the Committee. If the target level performance goals for a year are achieved (but not exceeded), the participant will be entitled to in incentive bonus for the year equal to 100% of the participant’s target bonus amount. The Committee may establish higher or lower percentage factors for levels of performance that are more or less than the target levels. If the minimum level of performance for a year is not achieved, then the participant’s performance factor will be zero and no incentive compensation will be payable to participant for the year.

(d) Preestablished Goals. In the case of an award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, except as otherwise permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, the applicable target bonus amount, performance goals and performance factors with respect to any calendar year will be established in writing by the Committee no later than 90 days after the commencement of that year.

(e) Limitation on Amount of Incentive Awards. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the maximum incentive award which any participant may earn hereunder for any calendar year shall not exceed $5 million.

5. Calculation and Payment of Performance Bonus. Promptly after the date on which the necessary financial or other information for a particular year becomes available, the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of the incentive compensation payable to each participant for that calendar year and shall certify in writing prior to payment that the performance goals for the year were in fact satisfied. A participant’s incentive award for a calendar year will be paid to the participant at such time as the Committee determines, but in no event later than 2    1/2 months following the end of the applicable calendar year. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Committee may establish an arrangement, separate and apart from the Plan, pursuant to which payment of all or a portion of a participant’s incentive award for a calendar year will or must be deferred. It is intended that any such arrangement will comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, no incentive award will be payable to a participant with respect to a calendar year if the participant’s employment with the Company and its affiliates terminates at any time prior to the payment thereof.

6. Amendment or Termination. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time.

7. Effective Date of Plan; Stockholder Approval Conditions. The Plan will become effective as of the date of the 2010 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, subject to approval by the stockholders at such meeting. The Board may re-submit the performance goals contained in this Section 4 for shareholder approval from time to time in order to satisfy the shareholder approval conditions of Section 162(m) of the Code, it being understood that, under current law, such re-submission would first be required to be made at the first meeting of stockholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) in 2015.


8. Governing Law. The Plan and each award made under the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its principles of conflicts of law. In the case of an annual incentive compensation award that is intended constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the terms and conditions of the Plan and of such award shall be interpreted and construed accordingly. The Plan is not intended to be a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted and construed accordingly.

9. No Rights Conferred. Nothing contained herein will be deemed to give any person any right to receive an incentive compensation award under the Plan or to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or any affiliate or interfere with the right of the Company or any affiliate to terminate the employment or other service of any person for any reason.

10. Decisions of the Committee to be Final. Any decision or determination made by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

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