{"id":40098,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/long-term-performance-plan-hon-industries-inc.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"long-term-performance-plan-hon-industries-inc","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/long-term-performance-plan-hon-industries-inc.html","title":{"rendered":"Long-Term Performance Plan &#8211; HON Industries Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>                               HON INDUSTRIES INC.\n\n                           LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE PLAN\n       (As Adopted February 16, 2000 and Effective as of January 1, 2000)\n\n\n         HON INDUSTRIES Inc., an Iowa corporation (the \"Company\"), hereby\nestablishes this Long-Term Performance Plan (the \"Performance Plan\") effective\nas of January 1, 2000.\n\n         1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Performance Plan is to promote the\nattainment of the Company's performance goals by providing incentive\ncompensation for certain designated key executives and employees of the Company\nand its Subsidiaries.\n\n         2. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Performance Plan, the following terms\nhave the following meanings when used herein with initial capital letters:\n\n         (a) \"Board\" means the Board of Directors of the Company or, pursuant to\nany delegation by the Board to the Committee pursuant to Section 13, the\nCommittee.\n\n         (b) \"Code\" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from\ntime to time.\n\n         (c) \"Committee\" means the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of\nthe Board.\n\n         (d) \"Earned Performance Unit Award\" means the number of Performance\nUnits, if any, payable to a Participant at the end of the Performance Period,\nthe dollar amount of which shall be based on the ending value of the Performance\nUnits.\n\n         (e) \"Operating Unit\" means either the Company as a whole or other\nindividual subsidiary, division, store, or other business unit of the Company in\nwhich individuals employed thereby or therein have been approved to participate\nin this Performance Plan by the Board.\n\n         (f) \"Participant\" means a person who is designated by the Board to\nreceive benefits under this Performance Plan and who is at the time an officer,\nexecutive, or other employee of the Company or any one or more of its\nSubsidiaries, or who has agreed to commence serving in any of such capacities.\n\n         (g) \"Performance Measure\" means the level of performance for the\nOperating Unit; a division or other business unit of an operating unit; or an\nindividual Participant, or any of them, for each Performance Period, in each\ncase as established pursuant to Section 6.\n\n         (h) \"Performance Period\" means a period of three consecutive fiscal\nyears of the Company commencing on the first day of a fiscal year of the\nCompany.\n\n         (i) Performance Unit shall mean a unit of a value, the initial value of\nwhich at the time of a Target Performance Unit Award shall be $1.00, and the\nending value of which shall be determined by application of the Valuation\nFormula.\n\n\n         (j) \"Retirement\" means a Participant's voluntary termination of\nemployment with the Company on or after attainment of age 65, or when the\nParticipant is at least 55 years old and the sum of a Participant's age and\nservice equals at least 65.\n\n         (k) \"Target Performance Unit Award\" shall mean the initial number of\nPerformance Units awarded to a Participant at the beginning of a Performance\nPeriod.\n\n         (l) \"Valuation Formula\" shall mean the financial measurement approved\nby the Board used to determine the ending value of Performance Units.\n\n         (m) Subsidiary\" has the meaning specified in Rule 405 promulgated under\nthe Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or under any successor rule\nsubstantially to the same effect).\n\n         3. ELIGIBILITY. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, an\nemployee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries will become a Participant for\na particular Performance Period to the extent designated by the Board.\n\n         (b) An employee who first becomes eligible to participate after the\nbeginning of a particular Performance Period will become a Participant for such\nPerformance Period only in accordance with this Section 3(b). The Board may\nallow participation for a portion of such Performance Period for such employee\non such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.\n\n         4. EARNED PERFORMANCE UNIT AWARD. Unless changed by the Board, each\neligible Participant may earn an Earned Performance Unit Award as hereinafter\nprovided. The performance of the Operating Unit, during a particular Performance\nPeriod will be measured using the Performance Measures established therefor by\nthe Board in accordance with Section 6. In the event such performance for such\nPerformance Period is below the minimum Performance Measures established\ntherefore, no Earned Performance Unit Award would be paid to Participants in\nrespect thereof.\n\n         5. PERFORMANCE UNITS. Each Participant shall be granted a Target\nPerformance Unit Award valued at $1.00 per Performance Unit at the beginning of\nthe Performance Period, as determined by the Board. The number of Performance\nUnits payable to a Participant at the end of the Performance Period will be\ndetermined by applying the Performance Measures applicable to the Performance\nPeriod to determine the Earned Performance Unit Award. The ending value of each\nPerformance Unit in an Earned Performance Unit Award will be calculated pursuant\nto the Valuation Formula at the end of the Performance Period.\n\n         6. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. (a) The Board will approve for each\nPerformance Period the applicable Performance Measures, which will be used to\ndetermine the number of Performance Units in the Earned Performance Unit Award.\nSuch Performance Measures may be adjusted during a Performance Period to prevent\ndilution or enlargement of award as a result of extraordinary events or\ncircumstances as determined by the Board or to exclude the effects of\nextraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring events, changes in accounting principles,\ndiscontinued operations, acquisitions, divestitures and material restructuring\ncharges.\n\n\n         (b) The Company will (i) notify each eligible employee who has been\nselected to participate in this Performance Plan that he or she is a Participant\nunder this Performance Plan for such Performance Period and (ii) communicate in\nwriting to each Participant the Target Performance Unit Award granted to such\nParticipant pursuant to Section 5 and the Performance Measure and Valuation\nFormula applicable to such Participant for such Performance Period.\n\n         7. PAYMENT OF AWARDS. Subject to Sections 8 and 9, the value of the\nEarned Performance Unit Award with respect to a Performance Period will be paid\nas soon as practicable after the end of such Performance Period, provided the\nParticipant is employed by the Operating Unit as of the date of such payment,\nand such payment shall be made in the following form: (i) 50% of the value\nthereof in the form of cash, and (ii) 50% of the value thereof in the form of\ncommon stock of HON INDUSTRIES Inc. as Bonus Stock or deferred shares, as\nelected by the Participant, and as granted by the Board under the 1995\nStock-Based Compensation Plan. All Earned Performance Unit Awards that are paid\nin cash will be paid in U.S. dollars. The Company may deduct from any payment\nsuch amounts as may be required to be withheld under any federal, state, or\nlocal tax laws.\n\n         8. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) If a Participant terminates\nemployment with the Company and its Subsidiaries due to death, disability, or\nRetirement occurring before the date that a Earned Performance Unit Award for a\nPerformance Period is paid, the Participant's Earned Performance Unit Award, if\nany, will be payable as soon as practicable after the end of such Performance\nPeriod, and the value of such Award shall be equal to a value determined using\nthe Performance Measures as of the end of the Performance Period with respect to\na number of Performance Units equal to the product of (i) the number of units in\nthe Target Performance Unit Award, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator\nof which is the number of months in the Performance Period that occurred prior\nto such termination of employment, and the denominator of which is the total\nnumber of months in such Performance Period (\"Prorated Number of Performance\nUnits\"), provided that any unpaid units in the Target Performance Unit Award in\nsuch event shall be forfeited.\n\n         (b) Except as provided in Section 9, if a Participant's employment with\nthe Company and its Subsidiaries terminates before the date and Earned\nPerformance Unit Award is paid for any reason other than death, disability or\nRetirement the Participant will not be entitled to any payment or award under\nthis Performance Plan unless otherwise determined by the Board.\n\n         9. CHANGE IN CONTROL OF THE COMPANY. (a) In connection with a Change in\nControl of the Company, the value of each Target Performance Unit Award shall be\ndetermined by the Board prior to the effective date of the Change in Control,\nand each Participant's Target Performance Unit Award will become payable without\nproration prior to such date.\n\n         (b)      A \"Change in Control of the Company\" shall mean:\n\n                           i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group\n         (with the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities\n         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the \"Exchange Act\")) (a \"Person\") of\n         beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated\n         under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (a) the then\n         outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the \"Outstanding\n         Company Common Stock\") or (b) the combined voting power of the then\n         outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally\n         in the election of Directors (the \"Outstanding Company Voting\n         Securities\"); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection\n         (i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in\n         Control: (a) any acquisition\n\n\n         directly from the Company, (b) any acquisition by the Company, (c) any\n         acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored\n         or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the\n         Company or (d) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a\n         transaction which complies with clauses (a), (b) and (c) of subsection\n         (iii) of this paragraph; or\n\n                           ii) individuals who, as of the date hereof,\n         constitute the Board (the \"Incumbent Board\") cease for any reason to\n         constitute at least two-thirds of the Board; provided, however, that\n         any individual becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose\n         election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was\n         approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the Directors then\n         comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such\n         individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for\n         this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office\n         occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with\n         respect to the election or removal of Directors or other actual or\n         threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a\n         Person other than the Board; or\n\n                           iii) consummation of a reorganization, merger or\n         consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all\n         of the assets of the Company (a \"Business Combination\"), in each case,\n         unless, following such Business Combination, (a) all or substantially\n         all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners,\n         respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding\n         Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business\n         Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of,\n         respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the\n         combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities\n         entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, as the case\n         may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination\n         (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such\n         transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the\n         Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries)\n         in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately\n         prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common\n         Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be,\n         (b) no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business\n         Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the\n         Company or such corporation resulting from such Business Combination)\n         beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of,\n         respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the\n         corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined\n         voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such\n         corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to\n         the Business Combination and (c) at least a majority of the members of\n         the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business\n         combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the\n         execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,\n         providing for such Business Combination; or\n\n                  iv) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete\n         liquidation or dissolution of the Company.\n\n         10. SALE OF OPERATING UNIT. Except as provided in paragraph 9, in the\nevent of the sale of substantially all of the stock or assets of an Operating\nUnit, with respect to each Participant employed by such Operating Unit on the\ndate of such sale, the value of each Performance Unit shall be determined as of\nthe date of such sale, and the Participant shall be entitled to payment as of\nsuch date of a number of Performance Units equal to the product of (a) \n\n\n\nthe number of Performance Units in the Participant's Target Performance Unit\nAward, multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of\nmonths in the Performance Period that occurred prior to such sale, and the\ndenominator of which is the total number of months in such Performance Period,\nprovided that any unpaid Performance Units in such event shall be forfeited. The\nending value of each performance unit awarded under this paragraph 10 shall be\ncalculated using the actual purchase price of the Operating Unit in lieu of any\nending value calculation that would otherwise have resulted by applying the\nValuation Formula under this Plan.\n\n         11. TRANSFERS AND CHANGES IN RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) If a Participant's\nresponsibilities materially change or the Participant is transferred during a\nPerformance Period to another Operating Unit or to a position that is not\ndesignated or eligible to participate in this Performance Plan, the Company may,\nas determined by the Board, either (i) continue the Participant's participation\nin this Performance Plan and, establish a new Target Performance Unit Award and\nPerformance Measures for the Participant with respect to his or her new\nposition, or (ii) terminate the Participant's participation in this Performance\nPlan and, as of the date of such change or transfer, prorate the Participant's\nTarget Performance Unit Award on the basis of the ratio of the number of months\nof the Participant's participation during the Performance Period to which such\nTarget Performance Unit Award relates to the aggregate number of months in such\nPerformance Period.\n\n         (b) If in the event of such a change or transfer the Participant's\nparticipation in this Performance Plan in respect of Earned Performance Unit is\nnot terminated pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), then the Participant's Earned\nPerformance Unit will be prorated on the basis of the number of months of\nservice by the Participant at each Operating Unit during the Performance Period.\n\n         12. SECURITY OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS. Unless otherwise determined by the\nBoard, all Earned Performance Unit Awards will be paid from the Company's\ngeneral assets, and nothing contained in this Performance Plan will require the\nCompany to set aside or hold in trust any funds for the benefit of any\nParticipant, who will have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the\nCompany.\n\n         13. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. (a) This Performance Plan will be\nadministered by the Board, which may from time to time delegate all or any part\nof its authority under this Performance Plan to the Human Resources and\nCompensation Committee of the Board.\n\n         (b) The Board will take such actions as are required to be taken by it\nhereunder, may take the actions permitted to be taken by it hereunder, and will\nhave the authority from time to time to interpret this Performance Plan and to\nadopt, amend, and rescind rules and regulations for implementing and\nadministering this Performance Plan. All such actions will be in the sole\ndiscretion of the Board and, when taken, will be final, conclusive, and binding.\nWithout limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, the interpretation\nand construction by the Board of any provision of this Performance Plan or of\nany agreement, notification, or document evidencing the grant of benefits\npayable to Participants and any determination by the Board in its sole\ndiscretion pursuant to any provision of this Performance Plan or any provision\nof such agreement, notification, or document will be final and conclusive.\n\n         (c) The existence of this Performance Plan or any right granted or\nother action taken pursuant hereto will not affect the authority of the Board or\nthe Company to take any other action, including in respect of the grant or award\nof any annual or long-term incentive or other \n\n\n\nright or benefit, whether or not authorized by this Performance Plan, subject\nonly to limitations imposed by other benefit plans of the Company and by\napplicable law.\n\n         14. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) This Performance Plan will not confer upon any\nParticipant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service\nwith the Company or any Subsidiary, nor will it interfere in any way with any\nright the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate or modify\nthe terms of such Participant's employment or other service at any time.\n\n         (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Performance Plan, no right or\nbenefit under this Performance Plan will be subject to anticipation, alienation,\nsale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to anticipate,\nalienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge such right or benefit will\nbe void. No such right or benefit will in any manner be liable for or subject to\nthe debts, liabilities, or torts of a Participant.\n\n         (c) This Performance Plan may be amended or terminated from time to\ntime by the Board. In the event this Performance Plan is terminated before the\nlast day of a Performance Period, the Earned Performance Unit Award otherwise\npayable for such Performance Period will be prorated on the basis of the ratio\nof the number of months in such Performance Period prior to such termination to\nthe aggregate number of months in such Performance Period and will be paid only\nafter the end of such Performance Period, which will be deemed to continue until\nthe expiration thereof as if this Performance Plan had not been terminated.\n\n         (d) If any provision in this Performance Plan is held to be invalid or\nunenforceable, no other provision of this Performance Plan will be affected\nthereby.\n\n         (e) This Performance Plan will be governed by and construed in\naccordance with applicable United States federal law and, to the extent not\npreempted by such federal law, in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa,\nwithout giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.\n\n         15. EFFECTIVENESS. The amendment and restatement of this Performance\nPlan set forth herein will become effective as of January 1, 2000\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[7789],"corporate_contracts_industries":[9399],"corporate_contracts_types":[9539,9546],"class_list":["post-40098","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-hon-industries-inc","corporate_contracts_industries-consumer__furniture","corporate_contracts_types-compensation","corporate_contracts_types-compensation__incentive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/40098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=40098"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=40098"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=40098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}