“Option” means an option to purchase Ordinary Shares granted under Section 5 of this Plan.
“Ordinary Shares” means the Ordinary Shares of the Company with a par value of $0.01 per share, and such other securities or property as may become the subject of Awards, or become subject to Awards, pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 7.3.1 of this Plan.
“Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been granted and holds an Award under this Plan.
“Permitted Owner” means the ATIC Shareholders and any other entity 100% of the voting power and economic interest of which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi.
“Personal Representative” means the person or persons who, upon the disability or incompetence of a Participant, has acquired on behalf of the Participant, by legal proceeding or otherwise, the power to exercise the rights or receive benefits under this Plan by virtue of having become the legal representative of the Participant.
“Plan” means this GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc. 2018 Share Incentive Plan, as it may hereafter be amended from time to time.
“Poor Performance” means (i) the demonstration of a lack of judgment or skill consistent with the level expected for the position or (ii) performance for a substantial period which does not meet the Administrator’s expectations for the position, in either case as determined by the Administrator in its sole, but reasonable, discretion.
“Potential Liquid Shares” means, with respect to any Award, that percentage of the total number of Ordinary Shares covered by the Award equal to the ratio of (x) the total number of Ordinary Shares sold by Permitted Owners since January 1, 2016 (each such sale, a “Liquidity Event”) over (y) the total number of Ordinary Shares held by Permitted Owners on January 1, 2016 (as adjusted to reflect recapitalizations, share splits, reverse share splits, and similar transactions effecting the Ordinary Shares). (By way of example, if the Permitted Owners held 100 Ordinary Shares on January 1, 2016, and the Permitted Owners subsequently sold 40 Ordinary Shares, 40% of the Ordinary Shares covered by Awards would be Potential Liquid Shares).
“Qualified IPO” means the closing of (i) a public offering of Company ordinary/common shares pursuant to applicable securities law which results in such shares being listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, or such other national or international exchange (except that a Qualified IPO shall not include an offering of securities issuable pursuant to an employee benefit plan), or (ii) any merger with a company that has a class of shares registered under the Securities Act and is publicly traded on a national or international securities exchange that results in the surviving entity being so publicly traded; provided that following such potential Qualified IPO, the Company’s shareholders, immediately preceding the potential Qualified IPO, beneficially own, immediately after such potential Qualified IPO, less than ninety percent (90%) of the economic value of the Company.
“Restricted Shares” means Ordinary Shares awarded to a Participant under this Plan that are subject to a right of repurchase in favor of the Company as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. The Company’s right of repurchase will lapse in accordance with the conditions determined by the Administrator (and may include, among others, the passage of time, specified performance objectives or other factors). Unless stated otherwise herein, references to “vest” and “vesting” in the context of Restricted Shares means the lapsing of the Company’s right to repurchase Restricted Shares.
“Restricted Share Award” means an award of Restricted Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended from time to time.
“Severance Date” with respect to a particular Participant means, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement:
| (c) | if the Participant is an Eligible Person under clause (a) of Section 3 and the Participant’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates terminates (regardless of the reason), the last day that the Participant is actually employed by the Company or such Affiliate (unless, immediately following such termination of employment, the Participant is a member of the Board or, by express written agreement with the Company or any of its Affiliates, continues to provide other services to the Company or any Affiliate as an Eligible Person under clause (c) of Section 3, in which case the Participant’s Severance Date shall not be the date of such termination of employment but shall be determined in accordance with clause (b) or (c) below, as applicable, in connection with the termination of the Participant’s other services); |
| (d) | if the Participant is not an Eligible Person under clause (a) of Section 3 but is an Eligible Person under clause (b) thereof, and the Participant ceases to be a member of the Board (regardless of the reason), the last day that the Participant is actually a member of the Board (unless, immediately following such termination, the Participant is an |
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