Amendment to The Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(K) Plan Adoption Agreement, effective November 29, 2021, dated November 12, 2021

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Exhibit 10.27

ADOPTION AGREEMENT

ARTICLE 1

PROFIT SHARING/401(k) PLAN

1.01

PLAN INFORMATION

(a)

Name of Plan:

This is the Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(k) Plan (the “Plan”)

(b)

Type of Plan:

(1)◻401(k) Only

(2)þ401(k) and Profit Sharing

(3)◻Profit Sharing Only

(c)Administrator Name (if not the Employer):

(d)Plan Year End (month/day):12/31

(e)Three Digit Plan Number:010

(f)Limitation Year (check one):

(1)◻Calendar Year

(2)þPlan Year

(3)◻Other, (12-month period ending on the following date):

(g)Plan Status:


(1)	Adoption Agreement Effective Date: 04/22/2016 (cannot be earlier than the later of (i) the first day of the 2007 Plan Year or (ii) the effective date of the Plan)

(2)	The Adoption Agreement Effective Date is:

	(A)	◻	A new Plan Effective Date

	(B)	þ	An amendment Effective Date (check one):

		(i)	þ	an amendment and restatement of this Basic Plan Document No. 17 (or restatement of former Fidelity Basic Plan Document No. 14) and its Adoption Agreement previously executed by the Employer;

		(ii)	◻	a conversion to Basic Plan Document No. 17 and its Adoption Agreement.

		The original effective date of the Plan: 01/01/1990

(3)	◻	Special Effective Dates. Certain provisions of the Plan shall be effective as of a date other than the date specified in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) above. Please complete the Special


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			Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption Agreement indicating the affected provisions and their effective dates.

	(4)	þ	Plan Merger Effective Dates. Certain plan(s) were merged into the Plan on or after the date specified in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) above. Please complete the appropriate subsection(s) of the Plan Mergers Addendum.

	(5)	◻	Frozen Plan. The Plan is currently frozen. While the Plan is frozen, the definition of Compensation for purposes of determining contributions under Section 5.02 of the Basic Plan Document shall not include compensation earned after the date the Plan is frozen. Plan assets will continue to be held on behalf of Participants and their Beneficiaries until distributed in accordance with the Plan terms. *(If this provision is selected, it will override any conflicting provision selected in the Adoption Agreement.)*(Choose one.)

		(A)	◻	Contributions under the Plan are permanently discontinued. Accounts of all Employees shall be 100% vested without regard to any schedule selected in 1.16.

		(B)	◻	Contributions under the Plan are temporarily suspended. The Employer contemplates that contributions will resume at a later date.

		Note: Deferral Contributions and Employee Contributions shall not be taken from compensation earned after the date the Plan is frozen, however, loan repayments shall continue to be made until the loan obligation is satisfied.


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AMENDMENT EXECUTION PAGE

Plan Name:Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(k) Plan (the “Plan”)

Employer:Amphenol Corporation

[Note: These execution pages are to be completed in the event the Employer modifies any prior election(s) or makes a new election(s) in this Adoption Agreement. Attach the amended page(s) of the Adoption Agreement to these execution pages.]

The following section(s) of the Plan are hereby amended effective as of the date(s) set forth below:


Section Amended	Effective Date
Plan Information 1.01(4)(g)	11/29/2021
Plan Mergers Addendum	11/29/2021
Participating Employer Addendum	11/29/2021
Protected Benefits Provisions Addendum	11/29/2021
Vesting Schedule Addendum (a)6, (a)8, (a)9	11/29/2021

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Amendment to be executed on the date given below.

Employer:	Amphenol Corporation	Employer:	Amphenol Corporation

By:	/s/ Lily Mao	By:


Title:	VP Human Resources	Title:


Date:	November 10, 2021	Date:

Note: Only one authorized signature is required to execute this Adoption Agreement unless the Employer’s corporate policy mandates two authorized signatures.

/s/ Lily Mao
Accepted by:	Fidelity Management Trust Company, as Trustee

By:	/s/ Molly M. Miller	Date:	November 12, 2021

Title:	Authorized Signatory


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PLAN MERGERS ADDENDUM

for

Plan Name: Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(k) Plan


(a)	*Plan Mergers -* The following plan(s) were merged into the Plan on or after the Effective Date indicated in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) or (2), as applicable (the “merged-in plan(s)”). The provisions of the Plan are effective with respect to the merged-in plan(s) as of the date(s) indicated below:

	(1)	Name of merged-in plan: Ardent Concepts Retirement Plan

		Effective date: 11/03/2020
		(A)	þ The above effective date shall be an Entry Date for all Eligible Employees who were employees of the employer who maintained the merged-in plan immediately prior to the merger who (check one):

			(i)	◻	have met the age and service requirements of the merged-in plan.

			(ii)	þ	have met the age and service requirements of this Plan.

	(2)	Name of merged-in plan: The Employees of SV Microwave, Inc. a former participating related employer of the Amphenol Affiliated Companies Employee Savings 401(k) Plan

		Effective date: 03/01/2021
	(3)	Name of merged-in plan: Telect Employee Retirement Plan

		Effective date: 11/29/2021
	(4)	Name of merged-in plan: Amphenol Custom Cable Employees Savings Trust

		Effective date: 11/29/2021


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PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS ADDENDUM

for

Plan Name: Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(k) Plan

Note: All participating employers must be a business entity of a type recognized under Treasury Regulation Section ###-###-####-2(a).

(a)þOnly the following Related Employers (as defined in Subsection 2.01(rr) of the Basic Plan Document) participate in the Plan (list each participating Related Employer and its Employer Tax Identification Number):

Amphenol (Maryland), Inc., 52-1176780

Amphenol Adronics, Inc., 99-0361205

Amphenol Alden Products Company, 20 ###-###-####

Amphenol Cables on Demand Corp., 20 ###-###-####

Amphenol Custom Cable, 59 ###-###-####

Amphenol EEC, Inc., 32-0040123

Amphenol Interconnect Products Corporation, 06-1237121

Amphenol Nelson-Dunn Technologies Inc., 95 ###-###-####

Amphenol Optimize Manufacturing Co., 86-0503978

Amphenol PCD, Inc., 04 ###-###-####

Amphenol Printed Circuits, 02-0502908

Amphenol T&M Antennas, 06-1574456

Amphenol Tecvox LLC, 46 ###-###-####

Ardent Concepts, 20-0050339

FCI USA LLC, 27-1370902

Piezotech, LLC, 35 ###-###-####

SV Microwave, Inc., 65-0368031

Sine Systems Corporation, 06-1274360

Telect, Inc., 91-1182148

Times Fiber Communications, Inc., 06-0955048

Times Microwave Systems, Inc., 01-0816035

(b)◻All Related Employer(s) as defined in Subsection 2.01(rr) of the Basic Plan Document participate in the Plan.


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PROTECTED BENEFIT PROVISIONS ADDENDUM

for

Plan Name: Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(k) Plan

Protected Benefit Provisions - The following benefits are retained under the Plan due to the nature of each as a “protected benefit” under Code Section 411(d)(6) and apply for the Participants and Beneficiaries described:

Effective 04/22/2016, Participants who had been previously recognized by the Plan as having had assets transferred to the Plan in conjunction with a Plan merger and having a separate vesting schedule (or schedules) due to such merger or having a vesting schedule in the Plan different from the vesting schedule(s) selected in Section 1.16, will now be 100% vested in all Matching Employer Contributions and Nonelective Employer Contributions in the Plan. The Tecvox OEM Solutions, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan Nonelective Employer Contributions that merged into the plan will be eligible for the Active Military Distribution (Heart Act)

The Early Retirement Age for the Participants who merged into the Plan from the Amphenol Affiliated Companies Employee Savings 401(k) Plan effective 03/01/2021, is the date the Participant attains age 55 and completes 7 years of Vesting Service.

The Early Retirement Age for the Participants who merged into the Plan from Telect Employee Retirement Plan on 11/29/2021, is the date the Participant attains age 55.


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VESTING SCHEDULE ADDENDUM

for

Plan Name: Amphenol Corporation Employee Savings/401(k) Plan

(a)

Different Vesting Schedule

Note: With regard to contributions for plan years beginning after December 31, 2006, any schedule provided hereunder must be at least as favorable as one of the schedules in C or D in the table shown in Section 1.16(c).

(1)

A vesting schedule different from the vesting schedule selected in Section 1.16 applies to the Participants and contributions described below.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(1)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(1)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(1)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

Employees of FCI USA LLC who were participants in the FCI USA LLC Employee 401(k) Savings Plan who merged into this Plan on 10/3/2016.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(1)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Fixed Match.

(2)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(2)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(2)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(2)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

Former Participants from Ardent Concepts Retirement Plan who merged into the Plan on 11/03/2020.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(2)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Discretionary Profit Sharing.

Prior ER SafeHarbor Match.

ER Discretionary Match.


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(3)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(3)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(3)(C) below:


Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	0
1	20
2	40
3	60
4	80
5	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(3)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

Participants in the Amphenol Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan who merged into this Plan effective 11-1-18 who either; 1. terminated from the Amphenol Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan prior to 12-1-05 or 2. terminated in the Amphenol Backplane Systems 401(k) Plan prior to 12-1-05.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(3)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Employer Match.

(4)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(4)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(4)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(4)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

Participants in the Amphenol Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan who merged into this Plan effective 11-1-18 who were hired prior to 08/01/2001.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(4)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Employer Match.

(5)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(5)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(5)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(5)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

Participants who were in the Amphenol Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan and who merged into this Plan effective 11-1-18 who were former GenRad participants in the Teradyne, Inc. Savings Plan (which merged into the Amphenol Subsidiaries 401(k) Plan on 12-1-05.


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(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(5)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Employer Match.

(6)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(6)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(6)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(6)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

The Amphenol Custom Cable Employees who merged into the plan on 11/29/2021.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(6)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Discretionary Profit Sharing.

ER Discretionary Match

(7)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(7)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(7)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(7)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

The Participants that merged into the Plan on 03/01/2021 from the Amphenol Affiliated Companies Employee Savings 401(k) Plan.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(7)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Discretionary Profit Sharing.

ER Discretionary Match.

(8)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(8)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(8)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
1	50
2	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(8)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

The Telect, Inc. Employees hired after 01/01/2001 and hired prior to 11/29/2021, who merged into the Plan on 11/29/2021.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(8)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Discretionary Profit Sharing.


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ER Discretionary Match.

(9)

Additional different vesting schedule.

(A)

The following vesting schedule applies to the class of Participants described in (a)(9)(B) and the contributions described in (a)(9)(C) below:

Years of Vesting Service	Vested Interest
0	100

(B)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(9)(A) above applies to the following class of Participants:

The Telect, Inc. Employees hired prior to 01/01/2001 and merged into the Plan on 11/29/2021.

(C)

The vesting schedule specified in (a)(9)(A) above applies to the following contributions:

Discretionary Profit Sharing.

ER Discretionary Match.


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