Playtika Holding Corp. Amended and Restated Retention Plan
Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED PLAYTIKA HOLDING CORP.
RETENTION PLAN
1. Purpose of the Plan.
This Amended and Restated Playtika Holding Corp. Retention Plan has been adopted by the board of directors (the Board) of Playtika Holding Corp. (the Company), effective as of September 23, 2016 (the Effective Date) (as amended from time to time, the Plan), for the benefit of the eligible employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a vehicle under which the Administrator (as defined below) following consultation with Parent can grant certain key employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries the right to receive cash retention payments (Retention Awards) and awards providing with an opportunity to participate in the appreciation of the Companys value (Appreciation Unit Awards, and together with the Retention Awards, the Awards) in order to retain these key employees and consultants and reward them for contributing to the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
2. Definitions.
Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meanings specified below. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter and the singular shall include the plural, where the context so indicates.
(a) Adjusted EBITDA means the Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the applicable period. For the avoidance of doubt, all payments in respect of Awards under the Plan shall be excluded for purposes of determining Adjusted EBITDA. A sample calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is attached hereto as Annex 1, and Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of the Plan shall be calculated consistent with such example and in a manner consistent with the Companys past practice prior to the Effective Date.
(b) Administrator shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) below.
(c) Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. As used in this definition, control (including the terms controlled by and under common control with) means the possession, directly or indirectly or as trustee, personal representative or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract or otherwise.
(d) Annual Retention Pool means, for each of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, an amount as determined by the Initial Administrator prior to the last day of such calendar year pursuant to Section 4(b) below.
(e) Annual Retention Pool Maximum Amount means, for 2017, $25,000,000, and for each of 2018, 2019 and 2020, the sum of (i) $25,000,000 plus (ii) any unused Rollover Amount from the prior calendar year, as applicable.
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(f) Appreciation Unit means a notional interest granted under the Plan, with each such Appreciation Unit representing a right to receive payment of a proportionate interest of each Appreciation Pool or the Change in Control Appreciation Pool, as applicable, subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations set forth herein and in the applicable Award Agreement.
(g) The Appreciation Pool means an amount determined as follows:
(i) For 2017, two percent (2%) of the Companys appreciation in value in excess of the purchase price paid for the Company through December 31, 2017, determined as (A) 12.0x the Companys Adjusted EBITDA (as defined below) for such calendar year, minus (B) $4,400,000,000.
(ii) For 2018, one and three-quarters percent (1.75%) of the Companys appreciation in value in excess of the purchase price paid for the Company through December 31, 2018, determined as (A) 12.0x the Companys Adjusted EBITDA for such calendar year, minus (B) $4,400,000,000.
(iii) For 2019, one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the Companys appreciation in value in excess of the purchase price paid for the Company through December 31, 2019, determined as (A) 12.0x the Companys Adjusted EBITDA for such calendar year, minus (B) $4,400,000,000.
(iv) For 2020, one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the Companys appreciation in value in excess of the purchase price paid for the Company through December 31, 2020, determined as (A) 12.0x the Companys Adjusted EBITDA for such calendar year, minus (B) $4,400,000,000.
(h) Appreciation Unit Award shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
(i) Award shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
(j) Award Agreement means the written or electronic agreement pursuant to which an Award is issued to a Participant under the Plan, as determined by the Administrator.
(k) Board shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
(l) Cause shall have the meaning ascribed to such term, or term of similar effect, in any offer letter, employment, severance or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or one of its subsidiaries; provided, that in the absence of an offer letter, employment, severance or similar agreement containing such definition, Cause shall exist in the following circumstances: (i) the material failure of the Participant to perform the Participants duties with the Company and its subsidiaries or to follow a lawful directive from the Board (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for performance is delivered to the Participant by the Board which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that the Participant has not performed his or her duties or has failed to follow a lawful directive and the Participant continues after a reasonable time to not perform or fail to follow such directive; (ii)(A) any act of fraud, or embezzlement or theft, by the Participant or (B) the Participants admission in any court, or conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a
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felony or crime of a similar nature in a non-US jurisdiction (excluding offenses with respect traffic violations); (iii) the Participants material violation of, or noncompliance with, any securities laws or stock exchange listing rules, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, provided that such violation or noncompliance resulted in material economic harm to the Company or any of its affiliates; or (iv) if the Company, in good faith, believes that the Participant is or might be engaged in or is about to be engaged in any activity or activities which could materially adversely affect the business the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, after a written demand for performance is delivered to the Participant by the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that the Participant has engaged in, or is about to be engaged in such activity; provided, however, as to item (iv) in any case involving an activity in which the Company believes that the Participant might be engaged or is about to be engaged, the Participant shall have a reasonable time following such written demand to demonstrate that he is not engaged in such activity.
(m) Change in Control means any transaction that constitutes a change in control event (as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)) of the Company, or ListCo, as applicable; provided that the following events shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) a change in the effective control of a corporation described in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) of the Company, or ListCo that does not also constitute a change in the ownership of a corporation described in Treasury Regulation Section §1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) of the Company, or ListCo, as applicable; (ii) a change in the effective control of a corporation described in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) of the Company, or ListCo or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the corporations assets described in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii) of the Company, or ListCo in which less than 50% of the total gross fair market value of the assets of the Company, Parent or ListCo, as applicable (calculated in a manner consistent with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)), are sold; or (iii) a change in control event (as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5)) of the Company, or ListCo in which the Person, or more than one Person acting as a group, acquiring the stock or assets of the Company, or ListCo, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly control, are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company, Parent or ListCo, as applicable; provided, further, that the consummation of a merger or other combination of the Company or ListCo with either Alpha Frontier Limited or Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co., Ltd. or one of their Subsidiaries shall not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan.
(n) Change in Control Appreciation Pool means (i) in the event of a Change in Control of the Company, an amount determined as (A) the transaction valuation of the Company (taking into account all transaction costs) minus (B) $4,400,000,000, or (ii) in the event of a Change in Control of ListCo (or any other transaction that constitutes a Change in Control but involves an entity that controls, directly or indirectly, the Company, other than Parent), an amount determined as (A) 12.0x the Companys Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of the calendar month preceding the calendar month in which the Change in Control occurs, calculated in a manner consistent with past practice, minus (B) $4,400,000,000.
(o) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(p) Company shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
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(q) Disability shall have the meaning ascribed to such term, or term of similar effect, in any offer letter, employment, severance or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; provided, that in the absence of an offer letter, employment, severance or similar agreement containing such definition, Disability shall mean the inability of a Participant to perform the essential functions of his or her position, with or without reasonable accommodation, because of physical or mental illness or incapacity, for a period of ninety (90) consecutive calendar days or for one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in any one hundred eighty (180) calendar day period. The existence of a Participants Disability shall be determined by the Administrator on the advice of a physician chosen by the Administrator and reasonably acceptable to the Participant and Parent.
(r) Effective Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
(s) Good Reason shall have the meaning ascribed to such term, or term of similar effect, in any offer letter, employment, severance or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or one of its subsidiaries; provided, that in the absence of an offer letter, employment, severance or similar agreement containing such definition, Good Reason shall mean the occurrence, described in a written notice of termination of employment to the Company from the Participant, of any of the following circumstances without the Participants express prior written consent: (i) a material reduction by the Company or its affiliates in the Participants annual base salary (provided that a salary reduction of ten percent (10%) or more shall be deemed material for this purpose); (ii) the Company or any of its affiliates requiring the Participant to be based anywhere more than sixty (60) kilometers from the Participants primary business location on the date of this Agreement (except for required travel on Company business to an extent substantially consistent with the Participants present business travel obligations); and (iii) a material diminution of the substantial duties or responsibilities of the Participant, taken in the aggregate, as in effect immediately following the closing of the proposed sale of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may not resign his or her employment with Good Reason unless: (i) the Participant provides the Company with at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of his or her intent to resign for Good Reason (which notice is provided not later than sixty (60) days following the occurrence of the event constituting Good Reason and contains reasonable detail regarding the basis for asserting Good Reason) and (ii) the Company has not remedied the violation(s) within the thirty (30) day period, and such resignation must occur within ninety (90) days of the end of such remedy period.
(t) Initial Administrator shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) below.
(u) ListCo means Chongqing New Century Cruise Co., Ltd. or any successor thereto.
(v) Parent means Shanghai Giant Network Technology Co., Ltd. or any successor thereto.
(w) Participant means an employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who is granted an Award under the Plan for so long as such employee or consultant continues to hold one or more Awards under the Plan.
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(x) Person shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a group as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.
(y) Plan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
(z) Retention Award shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 above.
(aa) Retention Unit means a notional interest granted under the Plan, with each such Retention Unit representing a right to receive payment of a proportionate interest of each Annual Retention Pool, subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations set forth herein and in the applicable Award Agreement.
(bb) Rollover Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) below.
(cc) Subsidiary means (i) a corporation, association or other business entity of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or by one or more Subsidiaries, (ii) any partnership or limited liability company of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or by one or more Subsidiaries and (iii) any other entity not described in clauses (i) or (ii) above of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership and the power (whether voting interests or otherwise), pursuant to a written contract or agreement, to direct the policies and management or the financial and the other affairs thereof, are owned or controlled by the Company and/or by one or more Subsidiaries.
(dd) Termination of Service means termination for any reason, including, without limitation, death, disability, resignation, retirement or termination with or without Cause, at any time, of a Participants employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries, but excluding any termination which includes simultaneous reemployment or continuous employment of the Participant by the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Administrator shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to Terminations of Service, including, without limitation, the question of whether a Termination of Service has occurred, whether any Termination of Service resulted from a discharge for Cause and all questions of whether any particular leave of absence constitutes a Termination of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Termination of Service constitutes a payment event with respect to any Award that provides for the deferral of compensation and is subject to Section 409A of the Code, such Termination of Service must also constitute a separation from service, as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h), to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code.
(ee) Total Retention Pool means $100,000,000.
(ff) Vesting Date means each of December 31, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
3. Eligibility and Grants of Awards.
(a) Eligibility. Employees and consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, in any case, who are identified by the Administrator shall be eligible to receive Awards under the Plan.
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(b) Grants of Awards. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator may, from time to time and following consultation with Parent, select employees or consultants of the Company and/or its subsidiaries to whom Awards shall be granted and, for each such Award, determine the terms and conditions of such Award in accordance with the Plan. A Participant may receive Retention Awards, Appreciation Unit Awards or a combination of both.
(c) Initial Awards. The initial Awards under the Plan will be granted by the Initial Administrator on or prior to December 31, 2016. The Initial Administrator will also have the authority to grant Awards under the Plan to himself, although he may not allocate more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Retention Units or more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Appreciation Units to himself. The Administrator will have the authority to grant Awards to employees or consultants hired or retained after the initial Awards are made under the Plan, which Awards may, in the Administrators discretion, provide for pro-rated payments of such Awards to the extent the employees or consultants date of commencement of employment or service falls during a calendar year.
4. Terms of Retention Awards.
(a) Retention Awards Authorized. A total of one hundred thousand (100,000) Retention Units shall be authorized for issuance under the Plan. Each Participant may be awarded a number of Retention Units. Once granted, a Participant will retain the same number of Retention Units for the duration of the Plan, unless such Retention Units are forfeited as described below. If any Retention Unit shall for any reason be forfeited, then such Retention Unit shall again be available for grant under the Plan by the Administrator following consultation with Parent. With respect to Retention Units, unless such Retention Units are allocated to one or more Participants (or, in the event such Retention Units are forfeited, reallocated by the Administrator) and remain outstanding as of any Vesting Date or the date of a Change in Control, they will not be included in the number of outstanding Retention Units eligible to receive a payment with respect to such Vesting Date or Change in Control.
(b) Determination of Annual Retention Pool; Rollover. For each of 2017, 2018 and 2019, the Initial Administrator shall determine the Annual Retention Pool for such calendar year, which determination shall be made prior to the Vesting Date for such calendar year. In the event the Initial Administrator determines that an Annual Retention Pool for any such calendar year will be less than the Annual Retention Pool Maximum Amount for such calendar year, the amount by which the Annual Retention Pool Maximum Amount exceeds the final Annual Retention Pool for such calendar year, as determined by the Initial Administrator, shall be considered a Rollover Amount for purposes of this Plan and shall automatically be added to the Annual Retention Pool Maximum Amount for the following calendar year. The Annual Retention Pool shall not be subject to reduction as described in this Section 4(b) in 2020, and the entire Annual Retention Pool Maximum Amount for 2020 shall be paid to the holders of Retention Units as of December 31, 2020 as described in Section 4(c) below. In the event the Initial Administrator is no longer serving as the Administrator, or in the absence of a determination by the Initial Administrator for any calendar year pursuant to this Section 4(b), the Annual Retention Pool for a calendar year will automatically be deemed equal the Annual Retention Pool Maximum Amount for such calendar year.
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(c) Payment of Retention Awards.
(i) Except as provided in Section 6 below, with respect to each Vesting Date, a Participant shall receive a payment in respect of his or her Retention Units, in cash, if he or she has not experienced a Termination of Service prior to such Vesting Date, in an amount determined by multiplying (A) the Annual Retention Pool for the calendar year ending on such Vesting Date (less any deductions pursuant to Sections 6(a) and (b) below for prior payouts to terminated Participants), by (B) (1) the number of Retention Units held by such Participant, divided by (2) the aggregate number of Retention Units outstanding and eligible for payment as of such Vesting Date, which payment shall be made no later than the last day of the calendar month following the applicable Vesting Date. Notwithstanding the forgoing, in no event shall the Initial Administrator receive a payment pursuant to this Section 4(c)(i) following a Vesting Date in an amount that exceeds the aggregate amount of all payments pursuant to this Section 4(c)(i) following such applicable Vesting Date to all other Participants.
(ii) Except as provided in Section 6 below, in the event of a Change in Control on or prior to December 31, 2020, if a Participant has not experienced a Termination of Service prior to the date of such Change in Control, such Participant shall receive a payment in respect of his or her Retention Units, in cash, in an amount determined by multiplying (A) the unpaid portion of the Total Retention Pool as of the date of such Change in Control (less any deductions pursuant to Sections 6(a) and (b) below for prior payouts to terminated Participants), by (B) the fraction equal to (1) the number of Retention Units held by such Participant, divided by (2) the aggregate number of Retention Units outstanding and eligible for payment as of the date of such Change in Control, which amount shall be paid in cash within thirty (30) days of the closing of such Change in Control. For the avoidance of doubt, to be eligible to receive such payment following such Change in Control, a Participant shall not be required to be employed on the payment date. Notwithstanding the forgoing, in no event shall the Initial Administrator receive a payment pursuant to this Section 4(c)(ii) in an amount that exceeds the aggregate amount of all payments pursuant to this Section 4(c)(ii) to all other Participants.
5. Terms of Appreciation Unit Awards.
(a) Appreciation Units Authorized. A total of two hundred thousand (200,000) Appreciation Units shall be authorized for issuance under the Plan. Each Participant may be awarded a number of Appreciation Units. Once granted, a Participant will retain the same number of Appreciation Units for the duration of the Plan, unless such Appreciation Units are forfeited as described below. If any Appreciation Unit shall for any reason be forfeited, then such Appreciation Unit shall again be available for grant under the Plan by the Administrator following consultation with Parent. With respect to Appreciation Units, unless such Appreciation Units are allocated to one or more Participants (or, in the event such Appreciation Units are forfeited, reallocated by the Administrator) and remain outstanding as of any Vesting Date or the date of a Change in Control, they will not be included in the number of outstanding Appreciation Units eligible to receive a payment with respect to such Vesting Date or Change in Control.
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(b) Payment of Appreciation Units.
(i) Except as provided in Section 6 below, with respect to each Vesting Date, a Participant shall receive a payment in respect of his or her Appreciation Units, in cash, if he or she has not experienced a Termination of Service prior to such Vesting Date, in an amount per Appreciation Unit determined by dividing (A) the Appreciation Pool for such Vesting Date, by (B) the number of outstanding Appreciation Units eligible to receive a payment in respect of such Vesting Date, which payment shall be made no later than March 15 following the applicable Vesting Date; provided, however, in no event shall the Initial Administrator receive a payment pursuant to this Section 5(b)(i) with respect to a Vesting Date in an amount that exceeds the aggregate amount of all payments pursuant to this Section 5(b)(i) to all other Participants with respect to such Vesting Date.
(ii) Except as provided in Section 6 below, in the event of a Change in Control on or prior to December 31, 2020, if a Participant has not experienced a Termination of Service prior to the date of such Change in Control, such Participant shall receive a payment in respect of his or her Appreciation Units, in an amount per Appreciation Unit determined by dividing (A) the Change in Control Appreciation Pool, by (B) the number of outstanding Appreciation Units eligible to receive a payment as of the date of such Change in Control, which amount shall be paid in cash within thirty (30) days of the closing of such Change in Control; provided, however, in no event shall the Initial Administrator receive a payment pursuant to this Section 5(b)(ii) with respect to a Change in Control in an amount that exceeds the aggregate amount of all payments pursuant to this Section 5(b)(ii) to all other Participants with respect to such Change in Control. For the avoidance of doubt, to be eligible to receive such payment following such Change in Control, a Participant shall not be required to be employed on the payment date.
(iii) A sample calculation reflecting the determination of the number of outstanding Appreciation Units eligible to receive a payment with respect to an Appreciation Pool or the Change in Control Appreciation Pool, as applicable, and the calculation of the value to be paid per Appreciation Unit is attached hereto as Annex 2.
6. Termination of Service.
(a) Death or Disability. If a Participant has a Termination of Service by reason of his or her death or Disability, the Participant shall retain a pro-rated portion of (i) his or her Retention Units and be entitled to receive a payment equal to the amount determined by multiplying (A) (1) his or her pro-rated Retention Units divided by (2) the aggregate number of Retention Units outstanding and eligible for payment as of the date of such termination, multiplied by (B) the portion of the Total Retention Pool that remains unpaid as of the date of such termination, which amount shall be paid to the Participant within sixty (60) days following the date of such termination, and (ii) his or her Appreciation Units and the right to receive payments for such pro-rated portion of Appreciation Units for all Vesting Dates that have not yet occurred prior to the date of such termination, which payments will be made as and when such payments are made to other Appreciation Unit holders, in each case calculated on a pro-rata basis by reference to the portion of the four year period commencing January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2020 that such Participant provided services to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries prior to the date of such Termination of Service, in each case subject to the execution by the Participant (or the Participants
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estate) and the effectiveness of a general release of claims in a form prescribed by the Company, which release must become effective by its terms within sixty (60) days following the date of the Participants Termination of Service. The remaining portion of his or her Retention Units and his or her Appreciation Units shall collectively be forfeited and returned to the pools of Retention Units and Appreciation Units, respectively. Any amounts paid to a Participant pursuant to clause (i) above shall be deducted from future Annual Retention Pools in equal installments prior to the calculation of the payments to other Participants under Section 4(c) above.
(b) Other Terminations. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, if a Participant has a Termination of Service for any reason other than as set forth under Section 6(a), the Participant will immediately forfeit (i) all of his or her Retention Units and any right to payment with respect to any Annual Retention Pool for which the Vesting Date has not yet occurred prior to the date of such termination, and (ii) all Appreciation Units to the extent they relate to a Vesting Date that has not occurred prior to the date of termination, without consideration therefor, and such Awards shall be returned to the pools of Retention Units and Appreciation Units, respectively. To the extent a Participant becomes entitled to any payment in respect of his or her Retention Units as a result of a Termination of Service prior to applicable Vesting Date pursuant to the terms of his or her Award Agreement, any amounts paid to such Participant shall be deducted from future Annual Retention Pools in equal installments prior to the calculation of the payments to other Participants under Section 4(c) above.
(c) Effect on Initial Administrator. If any forfeiture of any Retention Unit or Appreciation Unit by any Participant under this Section 6 results in the Initial Administrator holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Retention Units or Appreciation Units, then the Initial Administrator shall immediately and automatically forfeit such number of Retention Units or Appreciation Units, as applicable, until the Initial Administrator no longer holds more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Retention Units or Appreciation Units, respectively.
7. Administration.
(a) Administrator. The Plan will initially be administered by Robert Antokol, the Chief Executive Officer of Playtika Ltd. (the Initial Administrator), who shall make all determinations under the Plan (the Administrator). In the event of Mr. Antokols death or incapacity due to Disability, or the termination of the employment of Mr. Antokols employment (whether voluntary or involuntary), the Administrator will be comprised of a committee of five individuals consisting of three individuals designated by Parent and the two Participants with the largest number of outstanding Appreciation Units at the time of such event.
(b) Duties and Powers of Administrator. It shall be the duty of the Administrator to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with its provisions. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator is hereby authorized to determine which employees and consultants will receive Awards, to grant Awards and to set all terms and conditions of Awards. The Administrator shall have the discretionary power and authority to interpret the Plan and the Award Agreements pursuant to which Awards are issued, and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. Any Award under the Plan need not be the same with
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respect to each Participant. The Administrator may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or an Award Agreement in such manner and to such extent as the Administrator deems necessary or appropriate. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrator, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons, including the Company, any of its Affiliates, any Participant and any beneficiary of any Participant.
(c) Professional Assistance; Good Faith Actions; Compensation. All expenses and liabilities which members of the Administrator incur in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Administrator may engage attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers, or other Persons in connection with the administration of the Plan. The Administrator, the Company and the Companys officers shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions and/or valuations of any such Persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon all Participants, the Company and all other interested Persons. No members of the Administrator and/or the Companys officers shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, including grant of Awards, and all members of the Administrator shall be fully protected by the Company in respect of any such action, determination or interpretation. The members of the Administrator shall serve without compensation for their services as representatives of the Administrator.
8. Amendment, Termination or Suspension of the Plan, Awards. The Plan will remain in effect until the payment of all amounts payable under the Plan. Neither the Plan nor any Award Agreement may be amended in any way that would impair any Participants rights under the Plan without the consent of the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding Appreciation Units or, if no Appreciation Units are then outstanding, the Initial Administrator; provided, however, that the Initial Administrator shall have the authority to amend the Plan provided that such amendment does not increase the overall potential liability of the Company under the Plan and does not increase the limitations on the Awards he may grant to himself pursuant to Section 3(c) above.
9. Section 409A. The Awards granted hereunder are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code or an available exemption therefrom. Whenever the Plan or an applicable Award Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Administrator. However, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any applicable Award Agreement, if at any time the Administrator determines that any Award may not be compliant with or exempt from Section 409A of the Code, the Administrator shall have the right in its sole discretion (without any obligation to do so or to indemnify or to be responsible for damages to the Participant or any other Person for failure to do so) to adopt such amendments to the Plan or any applicable Award Agreement, or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to provide for such Award to either be exempt from the application of Section 409A or comply with the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that nothing herein shall create any obligation on the part of the Company to adopt any such amendment or take any other action. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the
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Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise compensate any Participant for any taxes or interest imposed under Section 409A of the Code or similar provisions of state law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no amounts shall be paid to a Participant hereunder during the six (6)-month period following the Participants separation from service, as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h), to the extent that the Company determines that paying such amounts at the time or times indicated in the Plan or an applicable Award Agreement would result in a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code. If the payment of any such amounts is delayed as a result of the previous sentence, then on the first business day following the end of such six (6)-month period (or such earlier date upon which such amount can be paid under Section 409A of the Code without resulting in a prohibited distribution, including as a result of the Participants death), the Company shall pay to the Participant a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amount that would have otherwise been payable to the Participant during such six (6)-month period. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), a Participants right to receive the installment payments under this Plan shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments and, accordingly, each installment payment hereunder shall at all times be considered a separate and distinct payment.
10. Tax Consequences. None of the Company, the Board or the Administrator makes any commitment or guarantee that any federal, state or local tax treatment will (or will not) apply or be available to any Participant. Each Participant, by acceptance of an Award, is deemed to represent that the Participant has consulted with any tax consultants that he or she deems advisable in connection with the Award and that the Participant is not relying on the Company, the Administrator or any officer, director or employee of the Company or its Affiliates for tax advice.
11. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Award Agreement. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be executed by the Participant and an authorized representative of the Company, and which shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine, consistent with this Plan. All Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and shall be subject to such additional restrictions as the Administrator shall provide (in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise).
(a) Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts payable under this Plan or any Award Agreement all federal, state, local and/or foreign taxes, as the Administrator determines to be legally required pursuant to any applicable laws or regulations.
(b) No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in the Plan or in any Award Agreement hereunder shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employment or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates.
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(c) Awards Not Transferable. No Award shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void ab initio. Payments with respect to Awards held by a Participant shall be made only to such Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative or, in the event of the Participants death prior to any payment owing in respect of an Award, to the Participants estate.
(d) Compliance with Law. The Plan, the granting and vesting of Awards under the Plan and any payment in respect of Awards are subject to compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any listing, regulatory or governmental authority as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be necessary or advisable in connection therewith.
(e) No Limitations on Company Action. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the existence of the Plan nor any Award hereunder shall create or be deemed to create any obligation on the part of the Company to seek the consent of any Participant or any other Person in order to take any corporate action.
(f) Unfunded Plan. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall entitle a Participant to payment of any specified property or payment out of a trust fund or other security device created for the benefit of Participants. Any claim to payment which a Participant has with respect to Awards shall be only as a general creditor of the Company. The Companys obligations under the Plan are both unfunded and unsecured and shall not be construed to cause a Participant to recognize taxable income prior to the time that a payment is actually paid to that Participant in accordance with the Plan. The liability for payment with respect to Awards is a liability of the Company alone and not of any employee, officer, affiliate of the Company.
(g) No Equity Interest. Appreciation Units constitute phantom, equity-linked awards and neither the Appreciation Units nor the Retention Awards will give any Participant any equity right or ownership stake in the Company or any particular assets thereof.
(h) Special Incentive Compensation. By acceptance of an Award hereunder, each Participant shall be deemed to have agreed that such Award is special incentive compensation that will not be taken into account, in any manner, as salary, compensation or bonus in determining the amount of any payment under any pension, retirement, life insurance, disability, severance or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates.
(i) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is, becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Administrator, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable law or, if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Administrator, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
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(j) Notice. For purposes of this Plan, notices and all other communications provided for in this Plan will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by reputable overnight carrier. Any notice to the Company shall be addressed to the Company at its primary office location and to a Participant at such Participants last known address as listed on the Companys records, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address will be effective only upon receipt.
(k) Headings. Headings are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Plan, together with any Award Agreements, contains the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.
(m) Governing Law. The Plan and any Award Agreements hereunder shall be administered, interpreted and enforced under the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws thereof.
(n) Successors. The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume the Plan and all obligations of the Company thereunder.
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I, the Administrator, hereby certify that the foregoing amended Plan was approved on behalf of Playtika Holding Corp. on December 18, 2016.
/s/ Robert Antokol |
Robert Antokol |
Administrator |
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