Form of Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement for Certain Grants to Members of the Executive Committee
Exhibit 10(a)
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement
Executive Committee
THIS PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), effective [GRANT DATE] (the “Grant Date”), contains the terms of the grant of Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”) by Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York Corporation (the “Company” or “Arrow”), to [PARTICIPANT NAME] (the “Grantee” or “you”) under the Arrow Electronics, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan. The parties agree as follows:
BELOW THRESHOLD THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM Achievement [•] [•] [•] [•] Payout percentage [•]% [•]% [•]% [•]% |
Straight-line interpolation between levels, and capped at [•]% payout unless [PERFORMANCE MEASURE 2] is greater than [•]%, subject to Compensation Committee discretion. |
The terms “Cause,” “Change of Control,” “Competing Business,” “Disability,” “Good Reason,” and “Retirement,” as used in this Agreement, are defined in Section 13 below.
You understand that the Company and the Employer may hold certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number, or other identification number (e.g., resident registration number), salary, nationality, job title, any stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all PSUs or any other entitlement to stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor (“Data”), for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan.
You understand that Data will be transferred to any third parties assisting the Company with the implementation, administration, and management of the Plan. You understand that the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere and that the recipients’ country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than your country. You understand that if you reside outside the United States, you may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting your local human resources representative. You authorize the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, the Employer, and any other possible recipients who may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering, and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain, and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. You understand that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer, and manage your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any Shares acquired upon vesting of the PSUs. You understand that if you reside outside the United States, you may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data, or refuse or withdraw the consent herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing your local human resources representative. Further, you understand that you are providing the consent herein purely voluntarily. If you do not consent, or if you later seek to revoke your consent, your employment status or service with the Employer will not be adversely affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing your consent is that the Company would not be able to grant you PSUs or other awards or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, you understand that refusing or withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of your refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, you understand that you may contact your local human resources representative.
Prior to any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, you agree to make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Employer to satisfy all Tax-Related Items. In this regard, you authorize the Company and/or the Employer, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy the obligations with regard to all Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following: (a) withholding from your wages or other cash compensation paid to you by the Company and/or the Employer; or (b) withholding from proceeds of the sale of Shares acquired upon
settlement of the PSUs either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company (on your behalf pursuant to this authorization without further consent); or (c) withholding in Shares to be issued upon settlement of the PSUs.
Depending on the withholding method, the Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding rates or other applicable withholding rates, including maximum applicable rates. If the maximum rate is used, any over-withheld amount will be refunded to you in cash by the Company or Employer (with no entitlement to the Share equivalent), or if not refunded, you may seek a refund from the local tax authorities. If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is satisfied by withholding in Shares, for tax purposes, you are deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the vested PSUs, notwithstanding that a number of the Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items.
Finally, you agree to pay the Company or the Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Company or the Employer may be required to withhold or account for as a result of your participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares or the proceeds of the sale of Shares if you fail to comply with your obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 14 to the contrary, to avoid a prohibited acceleration under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A of the Code”), if Shares subject to the PSUs will be withheld (or sold on your behalf) to satisfy any Tax-Related Items arising before the date of settlement of the PSUs for any portion of the PSUs that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, then the number of Shares withheld (or sold on your behalf) shall not exceed the number of Shares that equals the liability for Tax-Related Items.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Agreement, no Shares or amounts payable hereunder in connection with a termination of your employment that are subject to Section 409A of the Code as deferred compensation (and do not qualify for the “short-term deferral” or any other exemption under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations) and that are payable upon termination of your employment (“Separation Payments”) shall be paid unless the termination constitutes a “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. In addition, if you are a “specified employee,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, at the time of separation from service, any Separation Payments payable in connection with a separation from service shall instead be paid on the first business day following the earlier to occur of (a) the expiration of the six (6)-month period following your separation from service or (b) your death, if necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
The PSUs are intended to be exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code and the U.S. Treasury Regulations relating thereto so as not to subject Grantee to the payment of additional taxes and interest under Section 409A of the Code or other adverse tax consequences. In furtherance of this intent, the provisions of this
Agreement will be interpreted, operated, and administered in a manner consistent with these intentions. The Committee may modify the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, or both, without the consent of Grantee, in the manner that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code or to mitigate any additional tax, interest and/or penalties or other adverse tax consequences that may apply under Section 409A of the Code if compliance is not practical. This Section 15 does not create an obligation on the part of the Company to modify the terms of this Agreement or the Plan and does not guarantee that the PSUs or the delivery of Shares upon vesting/settlement of the PSUs will not be subject to taxes, interest, and penalties or any other adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. In no event whatsoever shall Arrow or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates be liable to any party for any additional tax, interest, or penalties that may be imposed on Grantee by Section 409A of the Code or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code or for any action taken by the Committee.
For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under this grant or the Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State of New York, agree that such litigation shall be conducted in the courts of New York County, or the federal courts for the United States for the Southern District of New York, where this grant is made and/or to be performed.
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The parties have entered into this Agreement as of the date first written above by signing where indicated below.
Arrow Electronics, INC.
Gretchen Zech
Senior Vice President, Chief Governance, Sustainability, and Human Resources Officer
PARTICIPANT NAME