EX-10.15 2 spb-20240930xex1015xformof.htm EX-10.15 文件


附件 10.15

长期股权奖励计划
基于服务的限制性股票单位协议

THIS RESTRICTED STOCk UNIt AGREEMENt (the “协议生效日期为 [授予日期] 以下简称为“授予日期”),由Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.(“公司以及 [name](参与者”).

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WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the [name of equity plan], as amended from time to time (the “计划”), pursuant to which awards of Restricted Stock Units may be granted; and

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “委员会”) has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant to the Participant an award of Restricted Stock Units as provided herein and subject to the terms set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the covenants of the parties contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves, their successors and assigns, hereby agree as follows:

1.授予受限股份权公司特此于授与日期向参与者总计提供了 [ ] 限制性股票单位,涉及[ ]股普通股(即“奖励”),条款和条件如本协议所述,并如计划中另有规定。此类限制性股票单位将记入公司簿册上为参与者设立的专用账户(即“账户”。在任何给定日期,构成奖项的每个限制性股票单位的价值将等于一股普通股的公平市价。该奖项将根据此处第3条的规定而授予和结算。

2.参照纳入,等等本协议的条文已通过参考纳入本协议。除非本协议另有明文规定,否则本协议应根据乙太经典的规定进行解释,并且本协议中未另行定义的大单都应适用乙太经典中的定义。如果乙太经典与本协议之间存在冲突,则乙太经典的条款和条件将优先。委员会应有最终权力来解释和解释乙太经典和本协议,并在其下作出任何及所有决定,其决定将对于任何涉及乙太经典或本协议的问题对参与者及其法定代表具有约束力且具有结论性。

3.获奖的条件奖项在授予日期时将全部未发放的。条件乙太经典和本协议的满足,以及受奖人持续为公司服务直至【](以下定义),则奖项应按照以下方式发放和覆核:
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服务发放

(a)奖项将有资格发放,条件是受奖人持续就业至【】(“奖项的规定发行日期”).

(b)奖项的结算公司将于解除束缚日期结算奖励,因此将以受益人的名义(以簿记形式)发行一股普通股(每股,一个“RSU股份”)予每个已完全授予的限制股份单位,这些限制股份单位将因此解除账户中的记录而停止。RSU股份”。对于每个此类完全授予的限制股份单位,该奖励所涉及的发行。

4.终止雇佣对奖励的影响.

(a)除计划或本协议中另有规定外,如果参与者因任何原因在解除束缚日期之前终止与公司的雇佣,则于雇佣终止日期,该奖励和奖励所涉及的参与者的账户中记录的所有限制股份单位将予以没收,不会提供任何对参与者的考虑。

(b)尽管本协议或计划中的其他任何相反情况,但若参与者的与公司或附属公司的雇佣协议或遣散协议包含对终止有较为优惠的处置,则应以该协议条款为准。

5.杂项费用.

(a)红利等值物. If on any date dividends are paid on shares of Common Stock, then the Participant’s Account shall be credited with dividend equivalent payments either in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, which accumulated dividend equivalents shall be payable and forfeited at the same time as the underlying Restricted Stock Units are settled or forfeited, and, if Restricted Stock Units are forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to any dividend equivalent payments relating thereto.

(b)Taxes and Withholding. Upon the settlement of any portion of the Award, the Participant shall be required to pay to the Company, and the Company shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any cash, RSU Shares, other securities or other property deliverable under the Restricted Stock Units or from any compensation or other amounts owing to the Participant, the amount (in cash, RSU Shares, other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes in respect of the settlement of Restricted Stock Units, and to take such other action as may be necessary in the sole discretion of the Committee to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes. In addition, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit the Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and which would not result in adverse

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accounting to the Company) owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of RSU Shares otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the settlement of the Restricted Stock Units a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability (but no more than the maximum statutory withholding liability). The obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company has the right to deduct any such withholding taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to Participant.

(c)转让限制;持有要求根据此处授予的奖项,不得出售、抵押或以其他方式转让(除遗嘱或继承和分配法律之外),并且不得受到质押、扣押、扣留或其他法律程序的约束。参与者确认并同意,就每个记入参与者账户的受限制股票单位而言,该参与者在本章节3拟定的方式下,除非及直至每个受限制股票单位根据RSU股份结清之前,否则该参与者对公司享有的投票权。从受限制股票单位根据RSU股份结清的日期起,该参与者同意持有(且不应出售、抵押或以其他方式转让(除遗嘱或继承和分配法律之外))至少50%,或公司要求的其他数量,净RSU股份,并在受限制股票单位设立和根据RSU股份结清后的一年期间持有该百分比的RSU股份(在考虑出售或保留任何RSU股份以弥补相应RSU股份所产生薪酬税(由公司决定必要范围))。

(d)股东的权利。在授予日和之后的兑现日期,参与者将成为根据该日期结算的RSU股份的记录所有人,除非并直至该等股份被出售或以其他方式处置,并且作为纪录屋主将享有公司的普通股股东的所有权利,包括但不限于对RSU股份的投票权利(如有)。. 在兑现日期之前,参与者对受限制股票单位下面的一般股票不得为任何目的认定为拥有者。

(e)一般资产。根据本协议记入账户的所有金额将继续为公司的一般资产的一部分,参与者对账户的利益将使参与者仅成为公司的一般无抵押债权人。

(f)Notices所有在本协议所规定或允许的通知、要求和其它通信应以书面形式进行,并通过挂号或认证的头等邮件、要求回执、知名运送服务或亲自递送方式发出:

如果对于公司:

3001 Deming Way
Middleton, WI 53562 收件人:总法律顾问

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另附副本至:3001 Deming Way
Middleton, WI 53562
收件人:财务长,如寄给参与者,应寄至公司存档中参与者的最后已知地址。
寄至本公司档案中参与者的最后已知地址。

所有此类通知、要求和其他通讯,在由本人亲自送达时,即被视为已经适当地发出;由快递公司送达时,若由商业快递服务送达,则视为已经发出;由邮件邮寄并预付邮资五个工作日后,若已寄出,并且在被机械确认接收时,若传真发出,也视为已经发出。

(g)收回/没收。 董事会可以酌情取消奖励的全部或部分,如果参与者在未经公司同意的情况下,在受雇于或为公司或任何联属公司提供服务时,或在终止该等雇佣或服务之后,违反了不竞争、不招揽或不揭露的契约或协议,或以其他方式参与或曾参与对公司或任何联属公司的利益有冲突或不利的活动,包括诈欺或导致任何财务重编或不规则性的行为,如董事会酌情决定。如果参与者参与或曾参与前述句子中提到的任何活动,参与者将丧失在该奖励生效或结算时获得的任何收益,并在董事会事先书面通知后的30天内,按照董事会的要求迅速将此收益归还给公司。此外,如果参与者因任何原因(包括但不限于由于财务重编、计算错误或其他行政错误)收到超过应根据奖励获得的任何金额,则参与者应在董事会事先书面通知后的30天内,将任何超过金额归还给公司。此奖励受法律适用的收回、没收或类似要求的约束,包括但不限于美国萨班斯•奥克斯利法案第304条和多德•弗兰克法案第954条以及公司不时修订的政策。

(h)可分割性本协议任何条款的无效或不可执行,均不影响本协议的其他条款的有效性或可执行性,并且本协议的每一条其他条款都可根据法律允许的程度予以分离并可执行。

(i)No Rights to Service. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving the Participant any right to be retained in any position, as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or its Affiliates or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company or its Affiliates, which are hereby expressly reserved, to remove, terminate or discharge the Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever. References in this Agreement to “continued service or employment with the Company” or

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“employment with the Company” and phrases of similar import shall mean employment or service with the Company or its Affiliates; provided that if any such Affiliate is disposed of (whether through an asset sale, stock sale, merger or otherwise) and such former Affiliate is no longer owned or controlled by the Company, then for all purposes under this Agreement, continued service or employment shall be deemed to end as of the date of the consummation of such disposition and the Participant’s employment shall be deemed to terminate as of the date of such disposition and if such deemed termination is prior to the Vesting Date then the Participant’s Award and all Restricted Stock Units under this Agreement shall be forfeited without consideration on the date of such deemed termination.

(j)Bound by Plan. By accepting this Award, the Participant acknowledges that the Participant has received a copy of the Plan and has had an opportunity to review the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Plan.

(k)受益人. The Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no designated beneficiary survives the Participant, the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to be the Participant’s beneficiary.

(l)后继者本协议的条款将对公司、其继承人和受让人、参与者及参与者的受益人、执行人、管理人、继承人具有约束力并产生效益。

(m)第409A条本奖励旨在豁免或遵守《税收法典》第409A条,并应与其一致解释。此奖励条款受计划第15(t)条款约束。

(n)电子交付通过接受此奖励,参与者同意以电子方式交付根据证券交易委员会规定必须交付的招股书、年报和其他信息。参与者可以随时以书面形式通知公司撤销此同意,通知期为三个工作日,届时将以纸本形式交付后续所需的招股书、年报和其他信息给参与者。

(o)证券法参与者同意公司发行RSU股份的义务也将作为具有条件先决条件,遵守《1933年证券法修正案》、《1934年证券交易法》修正案、州证券或公司法规定、以上法规之下和公司证券将被上市的任何证券交易所的适用要求。

(p)整体协议本协议和计划包含了有关本协议内容的各方的全部协议和理解,并取代了以前的所有协议、沟通、陈述和谈判。

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关于此事项,本协议的任何条款的变更、修改或放弃均无效,除非以书面形式由各方签署。

(q)Governing Law根据特拉华州法律解释和理解本协议,不考虑其法律冲突原则,或可能导致适用其他司法管辖区法律的法律冲突原则; 但应指出,对于居住和工作地点主要在加利福尼亚州的任何参与者,主管法律应为加利福尼亚州。
(r)标题本条款的标题仅供方便,不得作为解释或构思的基础,并不构成本协议的一部分。

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为此证明本协议自上述第一日期生效。


SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.



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参与者


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[受奖者姓名]

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