subject to forfeiture or recovery to the extent required by applicable capital conservation rules or other regulatory requirements. Also, this award will be forfeited, or if already vested you must pay in cash to FH the gross pre-tax value of this award measured at vesting, if during the restriction period applicable to this award: (1) you are terminated for Cause as defined in the Governing Plan; or (2) you, either on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, in any manner directly or indirectly solicit, hire, or encourage any person who is then an employee or customer of FH or any and all of its subsidiaries or affiliates to leave the employment of, or to end, diminish, or move any of his, her, or its accounts or relationships with, FH or any and all of its subsidiaries or affiliates. The restrictions in (2) apply only to employees who work in, and to customers which reside in or have a place of business in, one or more of the counties and parishes that comprise the “Territory” applicable to the year in which the Grant Date falls. A list of the counties and parishes that comprise the Territory for this award has been made available to you at the time you accept this award, and is available to you at any time on request (see the final paragraph of this notice). The restriction period for this award begins on the Grant Date and ends on the second anniversary of the Vesting Date. By accepting this PSU award, you acknowledge that FH may reduce or offset other amounts owed to you, including but not limited to wages, bonuses, or commissions owed, among other things, to satisfy any repayment obligation.
The Committee reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to waive forfeiture or accelerate vesting in whole or part. You have no right to any such discretionary waiver or acceleration. If a request for a waiver were granted, only the units not covered by the waiver would forfeit.
This award is governed by the substantive laws of Tennessee, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. To the extent applicable to this award and to you, the forfeiture and recovery provisions of this award, and of the Policy and Procedures, may be limited by the laws of another state associated with where you live or work. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of those provisions is unlawful or prohibited by law as applied to this particular award, then those provisions shall be deemed modified, reduced, or otherwise cut back to the minimum extent possible in order to preserve the original provision to the maximum extent possible, consistent with applicable state law as applied to this award and to you.
PSUs are not shares of stock, have no voting rights, and are not transferable. If explicitly permitted by the Committee and FH, you may make a beneficiary designation that will direct FH to treat your beneficiary as the owner of this award after you die. Any such designation, if permitted at all, will be effective only if done in compliance with the Procedures and the rules of FH’s administrative vendor for stock awards in effect at
the time of designation. Also, the effectiveness of designations will be subject to all conditions and limitations contained in the Procedures and in the rules of that vendor in effect at the time of your death.
Each PSU that vests will result in one share of FH common stock being issued to you, subject to withholding for taxes. Subject to provisions of the Governing Plan, the Committee may choose to pay all or a portion of vested PSUs in cash, based on the fair market value of FH common stock on the Vesting Date.
Your PSUs will accrue cash dividend equivalents to the extent cash dividends are paid on common shares prior to vesting. From the Grant Date until the Vesting Date, dividend equivalents accumulate (without interest) as if each PSU were an outstanding share. To the extent that PSUs vest, the accumulated dividend equivalents associated with those PSUs will be paid in cash shortly after vesting. Dividend equivalents associated with forfeited PSUs likewise are forfeited.
The number of PSUs will be adjusted proportionately in the event of a stock split or a common stock dividend to avoid any enlargement or dilution of value. Subject to the Governing Plan and Procedures, in each such adjustment PSUs will be rounded down to the nearest whole unit; any fractional PSU will be disregarded.
If within two years after vesting FH discovers an error in any amount vested or paid which, had it been known, would have resulted in a change in the amount of 5% or more: if the error favored FH, FH will pay you the difference in shares, subject to applicable taxes; or, if the error favored you, FH will reduce your shares and dividend equivalents by an amount equal to the pre-tax difference.
This award is not fully vested until the performance and service requirements both are fulfilled. Performance vesting will occur when the Committee makes a final determination of the extent (measured as a percentage of Target) to which the combined performance goals of this award are achieved, as provided above and in Exhibit A. Service vesting—fulfillment of the requirement that you remain continuously employed with FH—will occur on the Vesting Date.
If a Change in Control occurs and you experience a Qualifying Termination (all as defined in the Plan), then vesting and payment will be accelerated as provided in the Plan. The amount paid will be, without pro-rationing: (a) the Target number of PSUs, if the Change in Control occurs before the end of the ROTCE Performance Period or the Committee is unable, for any other reason, to fairly determine actual performance results; or (b) the greater of the Target number of PSUs or the number determined by the Committee based partly on actual A-ROTCE performance results and partly by assuming TSR rank performance of 100%, if the Change in Control occurs
