Forfeiture and Recoupment Contract Clauses (46)

Forfeiture and Recoupment. In addition to these Terms and Conditions, your Stock Units and any shares of Common Stock issued to you pursuant to the Stock Units shall be subject to the provisions of the Northern Trust Corporation Policy on Recoupment, as may be subsequently amended from time to time (the "Policy"). (b) Delegation of Authority to Corporation. For purposes of the foregoing, you expressly and explicitly authorize the Corporation to issue instructions, on your behalf, to any brokerage firm and/or third party a...dministrator engaged by the Corporation to hold your shares of Common Stock and other amounts acquired pursuant to your Stock Units to re-convey, transfer or otherwise return such shares of Common Stock and/or other amounts to the Corporation upon the Corporation's enforcement of the Policy. To the extent that these Terms and Conditions and the Policy conflict, the terms of the Policy shall prevail. View More

Forfeiture and Recoupment. (a) The RSUs are subject to the compensation recovery provisions of the Plan. In addition, the RSUs are subject to the Kimberly-Clark Corporation Compensation Recoupment Policy (such policy, as it may be amended from time to time, the "Recoupment Policy") if the Participant is a Leader (as defined in the Recoupment Policy). A recovery under this section may be made by (a) cancelling any RSUs which have not yet vested or been settled; (b) recovering shares of Common Stock or cash equal to the val...ue of the shares of Common Stock issued on settlement of the RSUs, including shares resulting from dividend equivalents; (c) recovering proceeds realized by the Participant on the sale of such Common Stock; (d) withholding compensation otherwise due to the Participant; (e) payment by the Participant; and/or (e) by such other means determined appropriate under the terms of the Recoupment Policy. If the Participant is required to repay the Corporation, the Corporation is entitled to offset the payment in a way that is intended to avoid the application of penalties under Section 409A of the Code, if applicable.Without limiting the foregoing, if, following a Participant's termination of employment for a reason other than the Participant's termination for Cause, the Corporation discovers facts that such Participant's termination of employment could have been for Cause, such Participant's termination of employment will be deemed to have been for Cause for all purposes, and as a result, (a) the Corporation will not issue shares of Common Stock or any other benefit otherwise payable to the Participant under the Plan and (b) the Participant will be required to repay to the Corporation all proceeds received under the Plan that would not have been payable to such Participant had such termination of employment been for Cause. (b) By accepting the Award Grant and the terms of this Award Agreement, the Participant understands, acknowledges and accepts that the grant, shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan and proceeds realized by the Participant pursuant to the Plan are subject to the terms of the Recoupment Policy and the Corporation may seek recovery by any of the methods described in Section 21(a) or other such means determined appropriate under the terms of the Recoupment Policy. View More

Forfeiture and Recoupment. Without limiting in any way the generality of the Committee's power to specify any terms and conditions of an Award consistent with law, and for greater clarity, the Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant's rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award, including any payment of Shares received upon exercise or in satisfaction of an Award under the Plan shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified... events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions, without limit as to time. Such events shall include, but not be limited to, failure to accept the terms of the Award Agreement, termination of service under certain or all circumstances, violation of material Company policies, misstatement of financial or other material information about the Company, fraud, misconduct, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, nonsolicitation, noninterference, corporate property protection, or other agreements that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that the Committee determines is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company and its Affiliates, including facts and circumstances discovered after termination of service. Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to any clawback, compensation recovery policy or minimum stock holding period requirement as may be adopted or amended by the Company from time to time. 18 19. Whistleblower Provisions. Nothing contained herein prohibits the Participant from: (1) reporting possible violations of federal law or regulations, including any possible securities laws violations, to any governmental agency or entity; (2) making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulations; or (3) otherwise fully participating in any federal whistleblower programs, including but not limited to any such programs managed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange. View More