EXHIBIT 10.4
THE KITCHEN COLLECTION, INC
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Effective January 1, 2008)
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Effective January 1, 2008)
1.Effective Date
The Effective Date of The Kitchen Collection, Inc. Long- Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is January 1, 2008.
2.Purpose of the Plan
The purpose of this Plan is to further the long-term profits and growth of The Kitchen Collection, Inc. (the “Company”) by enabling the Company to attract and retain key management employees by offering long-term incentive compensation to those officers and key management employees who will be in a position to make significant contributions to such profits and growth. This incentive compensation is in addition to all other compensation.
3.Application of Code Section 409A
It is intended that the compensation arrangements under the Plan be in full compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A. The Plan shall be interpreted and administered in a manner to give effect to such intent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company does not guarantee Participants or Beneficiaries any particular tax treatment under Code Section 409A.
4.Definitions
(a) “Account” shall mean the record maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 7 to reflect the Participants’ Awards under the Plan (plus interest thereon). The Account shall be further sub-divided into various Sub-Accounts as described in Section 8.
(b) “Award” shall mean the cash awards granted to Participants under this Plan for the Award Years.
(c) “Award Year” shall mean the calendar year on which an Award is based, as specified in the Guidelines.
(d) “Beneficiary” shall mean the person(s) designated in writing (on a form acceptable to the Committee) to receive the payment of a Participant’s Sub-Accounts hereunder in the event of his death. In the absence of such a designation and at anytime when there is no existing Beneficiary hereunder, a Participant’s beneficiary shall be his surviving legal spouse or, if none, his estate.
(e) “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of an event described in Appendix A hereto.
(f) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors or any other committee appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors to administer this Plan in accordance with Section 5.
(h) “Disability” or “Disabled.” A Participant shall be deemed to have a “Disability” or be “Disabled” if the Participant is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or if the Participant (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an employer-sponsored accident and health plan.
(i) “Fixed Income Fund” shall mean the Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust IV under the Company’s qualified 401(k) plan or any equivalent fixed income fund that is designated as the successor to such fund.
(j) “Grant Date” shall mean the effective date of an Award, which is the January 1st following the end of the Award Year.
(k) “Guidelines” shall mean the annual guidelines that are approved by the Committee for each Award Year for the administration of the Awards granted under the Plan. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the Guidelines and the Plan on matters other than the time and form of payment of the Awards, the Guidelines shall control. If there is any inconsistency between the Guidelines and this Plan document regarding the time and form of payment of the Awards, this Plan document shall control.
(l) “Hay Salary Grade” shall mean the salary grade or points assigned to a Participant by the Company pursuant to the Hay Salary System, or any successor salary system subsequently adopted by the Company.
(m) “Key Employee.” Effective April 1, 2008, a Participant shall be classified as a Key Employee if he meets the following requirements:
| • | The Participant, with respect to his relationship with the Company and its affiliates, met the requirements of Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Code (without regard to Section 416(i)(5) thereof) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder) at any time during the 12-month period ending on the most recent Identification Date (defined below) and his Termination of Employment occurs during the 12-month period beginning on the most recent Effective Date (defined below). When applying the provisions of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) for this purpose: (i) the definition of “compensation” (A) shall be the definition contained in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)-2(d)(4) (i.e., wages and other compensation for which the Employer is required to furnish the Employee with a Form W-2 under Code Sections 6041, 6051 and 6052, plus amounts deferred at the election of the Employee under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4) or 401(k)) and (B) shall apply the rule of Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(g)(5)(ii) which excludes compensation of non-resident alien employees and (ii) the number of officers described in Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i) shall be 60 instead of 50. | ||
| • | The Identification Date for Key Employees is each December 31st and the Effective Date is the following April 1st. As such, any Employee who is classified as a Key Employee as of December 31st of a particular Plan Year shall maintain such classification for the 12-month period commencing on the following April 1st. | ||
| • | Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall not be classified as a Key Employee unless the stock of NACCO Industries, Inc. (or a related entity) is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise on the date of the Participant’s Termination of Employment. |
(n) “Maturity Date” shall mean the date established in Section 10(a)(i) for each Sub-Account under the Plan.
(o) “Participant” shall mean any person who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 6 and who is granted an Award under the Plan or a person who maintains an Account balance hereunder.
(p) “Retirement” or “Retire” shall mean the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company after the Participant has reached age 60 and completed at least 15 years of service.
(q) “ROTCE Table Rate” shall mean the interest rate determined under the ROTCE Table that is adopted and approved by the Committee within the first 90 days of each calendar year, which rate shall be in effect for such calendar year.
(r) “Target Award” shall mean the dollar value of the Award initially approved by the Committee that would be paid to an individual under the Plan for a particular Award Year assuming that the applicable performance targets are exactly met.
(s) “Termination of Employment” shall mean, with respect to any Participant’s relationship with the Company and its affiliates, a separation from service as defined in Code Section 409A (and the regulations and guidance issued thereunder).
5.Administration
(a) This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the action of members of the Committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the act of the Committee. All acts and decisions of the Committee with respect to any questions arising in connection with the administration and interpretation of this Plan, including the severability of any or all of the provisions hereof, shall be conclusive, final and binding upon the Company and all present and former Participants, all other employees of the Company, and their respective descendants, successors and assigns. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any such act or decision made in good faith.
(b) The Committee shall have complete authority to interpret all provisions of this Plan, to prescribe the form of any instrument evidencing any Award granted under this Plan, to adopt, amend and rescind general and special rules and regulations for its administration (including, without limitation, the Guidelines), and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.
6.Eligibility
Any person who is classified by the Company as a salaried employee of the Company generally with Hay points of 800 or above (or a compensation level equivalent thereto), who in the judgment of the Committee occupies an officer or other key management position in which his efforts may significantly contribute to the profits or growth of the Company, may be eligible to participate in the Plan; provided, however, that (a) directors of the Company who are not classified as salaried employees of the Company and (b) leased employees (as such term is defined in Code Section 414) shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan. A person who satisfies the requirements of this Section shall become a Participant in the Plan when granted an Award under Section 8(b)(ii).
7.Accounts and Sub-Accounts
The Company shall establish and maintain on its books an Account for each Participant which shall reflect the Awards described in Section 8 hereof. Such Account shall also (a) reflect credits for the interest described in Section 10(b) and debits for any distributions and (b) be divided into the Sub-Accounts specified in Section 8(d).
8.Granting of Awards/Crediting to Sub-Accounts.
The Committee may, from time to time and upon such conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting of Awards to Participants for each Award Year, which shall be consistent with, and shall be subject to all of the requirements of, the following provisions:
(a) Not later than the ninetieth day after the commencement of each Award Year (and prior to completion of 25% of such Award Year), the Committee shall approve (i) a Target Award to be granted to each Participant for such Award Year and (ii) a formula for determining the amount of each Award, which formula shall be based upon the Company’s average return on total capital employed for such Award Year.
(b) Effective no later than April 30th of the calendar year following the end of the Award Year, the Committee shall approve:
(i) a preliminary calculation of the amount of each Award based upon the application of the formula (as in effect at the calculation date) and actual Company performance to the Target Awards previously determined in accordance with Section 8(a); and
(ii) a final calculation and approval of the amount of each Award to be granted to each Participant for the such Award Year (with the specified “Grant Date” of such Award being January 1st of the calendar year following the end of the Award Year). Such approval shall be certified by the Committee before any amount is paid for any Award granted with respect to such Award Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power to increase or decrease the amount of any Award above or below the amount determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions; provided, however, that (1) no such decrease may occur following a Change in Control and (2) no Award, including any Award equal to the Target Award, shall be payable under the Plan to any Participant except as determined and approved by the Committee.
(c) Calculations of Target Awards for an Award Year shall initially be based on a Participant’s Hay Salary Grade of the Award Year. However such Target Awards may be changed during or after the Award Year under the following circumstances: (i) if a Participant receives a change in Hay Salary Grade, salary midpoint and/or long-term incentive compensation target percentage during an Award Year, such change will be reflected in a pro-rata Target Award, (ii) employees hired into or promoted to a position eligible to participate in the Plan (as specified in Section 6 above) during an Award Year will, if designated as a Plan Participant by the Committee, be assigned a pro-rated Target Award based on their length of service during the Award Year and (iii) the Committee may increase or decrease the amount of the Target Award at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion; provided that no such decrease may occur after a Change in Control. In order to be eligible to receive an Award for an Award Year, the Participant must be employed by the Company and must
be a Participant on December 31st of the Award Year; provided, however, that if a Participant dies, becomes Disabled or Retires during the Award Year, the Participant shall be entitled to a pro-rata portion of the Award for such Award Year, calculated based on actual Company performance for the entire Award Year in accordance with Section 8(b)(ii) above and the number of days the Participant was actually employed by the Company during the Award Year.
(d) After approval by the Compensation Committee, each Award shall be credited to the Participant’s Account hereunder in accordance with the following rules. The cash value of each Award for each Award Year shall be credited to a separate Sub-Account for each Participant. Such Sub-Accounts shall be classified based on the Grant Date of the particular Award. For example, the cash value of the Awards with a Grant Date of 1/1/09 shall be credited to the 2009 Sub-Account, the cash value of the Awards with a Grant Date of 1/1/0 shall be credited to the 2010 Sub-Account, etc.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the maximum cash value of the Awards granted to a Participant under this Plan for any Award Year shall not exceed $250,000 or such lower amount specified in the Guidelines for a particular Award Year.
(f) Multiple Awards may be granted to a Participant; provided, however, that no two Awards to a Participant may have identical performance periods.
9.Vesting
All Awards granted hereunder shall be immediately 100% vested as of the Grant Date. Participants shall be 100% vested in all amounts credited to their Accounts hereunder.
10.Payment of Sub-Account Balances/Interest
(a) Payment Dates.
(i)Maturity Dates. The Maturity Date of each Sub-Account shall be the third anniversary of the Grant Date of the Award that was credited to such Sub-Account. For example, the Maturity Date of the 2009 Sub-Account (containing Awards with a Grant Date of 1/1/09) shall be 1/1/12. Subject to the provisions of clause (ii) below, the balance of each Sub-Account shall be paid to the Participant on the Maturity Date of such Sub-Account.
(ii)Other Payment Dates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to the provisions of Section 11 hereof, in the event a Participant dies or incurs a Termination of Employment as a result of becoming Disabled or Retirement prior to the applicable Maturity Date, (A) the payment date of all amounts credited to the Participant’s Sub-Accounts as of the date of death or such Termination of Employment shall be the date of such death or Termination of Employment and (B) the Award earned for the Award Term including the date of death or Termination of Employment shall be paid during the period from January 1st through April 30th of the calendar year following the end of such Award Year; provided, however, that if a Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment on account of Disability or Retirement is a Key Employee, such payment date shall not be any earlier than the 1st day of the 7th month following the date of his Termination of Employment (or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death).
(b) Interest. The Participant’s Sub-Accounts shall be credited with interest as follows; provided, however, that (1) no interest shall be credited to a Sub-Account after the Maturity Date of the Sub-Account; (2) no interest shall be credited to a Sub-Account following a Participant’s Termination of Employment prior to a Maturity Date (except as described in Section 10(c)(ii) with respect to delayed payments made to Key Employees on account of a Termination of Employment) and (3) no interest shall be credited to the Sub-Accounts after the last day of the month preceding the payment date of such Sub-Account.
(i)In General. At the end of each calendar month during the year, the Sub-Accounts of each Participant shall be credited with an amount determined by multiplying the average Sub-Account balances during such month by the blended rate earned during such month by the Fixed Income Fund. In addition, as of the end of each calendar year in which the ROTCE Table Rate adopted by the Committee for such year exceeds the Fixed Income Fund rate for such year, the Sub-Accounts shall be retroactively credited with an additional amount determined by multiplying the average Sub-Account balances during each month of such calendar year by the excess of the ROTCE Table Rate over the Fixed Income Fund Rate, compounded monthly.
(ii)Special Rules. In the event that, prior to an applicable Maturity Date, a Participant (X) incurs a Termination of Employment or (Y) becomes eligible for a payment from a Sub-Account hereunder prior to the Maturity Date, the foregoing interest calculations shall be made as of the last day of the month immediately preceding such date and shall be based on (1) the blended rate earned during the preceding month by the Fixed Income Fund and/or (2) the year-to-date ROTCE Table Rate as of the last day of the prior month, as calculated by the Company, as applicable.
(iii)Changes. The Committee may change (or suspend) the interest rate credited on Accounts at any time.
(c) Payment Date, Form of Payment and Amount.
(i)Payment Date and Form. Except as otherwise described in Section 11 hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Participant (or, if applicable, his Beneficiary), a check in full payment of each Sub-Account within 90 days of the applicable payment date of such Sub-Account.
(ii)Amount. Each Participant shall be paid the entire balance of each Sub-Account (including interest). If a Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment on account of Disability or Retirement is a Key Employee whose payment is delayed until the 1st day of the 7th month following such Termination of Employment, such Participant’s Sub-Accounts shall continue to be credited with interest (at the Fixed Income Fund rate) through the last day of the month prior to the actual payment date. Any amounts that would otherwise be payable to the Key Employee prior to the 1st day of the 7th month following Termination of Employment shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum make-up payment within 10 days following such delayed payment date.
11.Change in Control
(a) The following provisions shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary.
(b) Amount of Award for Year of Change In Control. In the event of a Change in Control during an Award Year, the amount of the Award payable to a Participant who is employed on the date of the Change in control (or who died, became Disabled or Retired during such Award Year and prior to the Change in Control) for such Award Year shall be equal to the Participant’s Target Award for such Award Year, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the Award Year during which the Participant was employed by the Company prior to the Change in Control and the denominator of which is the number of days in the Award Year.
(c) Time of Payment. In the event of a Change in Control, the payment date of all amounts credited to the Participant’s Sub-Accounts (including, without limitation, the pro-rata Target Award for the Award Year during which the Change in Control occurred) shall be the date that is between two days prior to, or within 30 days after, the date of the Change in Control, as determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.
12.Amendment, Termination and Adjustments
(a) The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may alter or amend this Plan from time to time; provided, however, that without the written consent of the affected Participant, no such amendment shall (i) reduce a Participant’s Account balance as in effect on the date of the amendment, (ii) reduce the amount of any outstanding Award that was previously approved by the Committee but not yet paid at the time of the amendment, (iii) modify Section 11(b) hereof or (iv) alter the time of payment provisions described in Sections 10 and 11 of the Plan, except for any amendments that
accelerate the time of payment in a manner permitted by Code Section 409A or are required to bring such provisions into compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.
(b) The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may terminate this Plan in its entirety at any time; provided that, such termination is permitted under Code Section 409A and, without the consent of a Participant, no such termination shall (i) reduce a Participant’s Account balance as in effect on the date of the termination, (ii) reduce the amount of any outstanding Award that was previously approved by the Committee but not yet paid at the time of the termination or (iii) alter the time of payment provisions described in Sections 10 and 11 of the Plan, except for a termination that accelerate the time of payment in a manner permitted by Code Section 409A or is required to bring such provisions into compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.
(c) Any amendment or termination of the Plan shall be in the form of a written instrument executed by an officer of the Company on the order of the Committee. Such amendment or termination shall become effective as of the date specified in the instrument or, if no such date is specified, on the date of its execution.
13.General Provisions
(a) No Right of Employment. Neither the adoption or operation of this Plan, nor any document describing or referring to this Plan, or any part thereof, shall confer upon any employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company, or shall in any way affect the right and power of the Company to terminate the employment of any employee at any time with or without assigning a reason therefor to the same extent as the Company might have done if this Plan had not been adopted.
(b) Governing Law. The provisions of this Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, except when preempted by federal law.
(c) Liability for Payment/Expenses.
(i) The Company shall be liable for the payment of any amount to or on behalf of a Participant.
(ii) Expenses of administering the Plan shall be paid by the Company.
(d) Assignability. No amount payable to a Participant under this Plan shall be transferable by him for any reason whatsoever or be subject to alienation, anticipation, sale, pledge, encumbrance or other legal process or in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of the Participant or Beneficiary; provided, however, that upon the death of a Participant the right to the amounts payable hereunder shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary.
(e) Taxes. There shall be deducted from each payment under the Plan the amount of any tax required by any governmental authority to be withheld and paid over to such governmental authority for the account of the person entitled to such payment.
(f) Limitation on Rights of Participants; No Trust.
No trust has been created by the Company for the payment of any benefits under this Plan; nor have the Participants been granted any lien on any assets of the Company to secure payment of such benefits. This Plan represents only an unfunded, unsecured promise to pay by the Company, and the Participants and Beneficiaries are merely unsecured creditors of the Company.
(g) Payment to Guardian. If an Account is payable to a minor, to a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of his property, the Committee may direct payment of such Account to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or person. The Committee may require such proof of incompetency, minority, incapacity or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to the distribution of such Account. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Company from all liability with respect to such Account.
(h) Miscellaneous.
(i) Headings are given to the sections of this Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings, numbering and paragraphing shall not in any case be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction of this Plan or any provisions thereof.
(ii) The use of the masculine gender shall also include within its meaning the feminine. The use of the singular shall also include within its meaning the plural, and vice versa.
(iii)Acceleration of Payments. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, payments of amounts hereunder may be accelerated (i) to the extent necessary to comply with federal, state, local or foreign ethics or conflicts of interest laws or agreements or (ii) to the extent necessary to pay the FICA taxes imposed under Code Section 3101, and the income withholding taxes related thereto. Payments may also be accelerated if the Plan (or a portion thereof) fails to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A; provided that the amount of such payment may not exceed the amount required to be included as income as a result of the failure to comply with Code Section 409A.
(iv)Delayed Payments due to Solvency Issues.Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to make any payment hereunder to any Participant or Beneficiary if the making of the payment would jeopardize the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern; provided that any missed payment is made during the first calendar year in which the funds of the Company are sufficient to make the payment without jeopardizing the going concern status of the Company.
(v)Payments Violating Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the payment of all or any portion of the amounts payable hereunder will be deferred to the extent that the Company reasonably anticipates that the making of such payment would violate Federal securities laws or other applicable law (provided that the making of a payment that would cause income taxes or penalties under the Code shall not be treated as a violation of applicable law). The deferred amount shall become payable at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates that making the payment will not cause such violation.
| THE KITCHEN COLLECTION, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Charles A. Bittenbender | |||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||
| Date: | February 12, 2008 | |||
Appendix A. Change in Control.
Change in Control. The term “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the events listed in I or II, below; provided that such occurrence meets the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) (or any successor or replacement thereto) with respect to a Participant :
| I. | i. | Any “Person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than one or more Permitted Holders (as defined below), is or becomes the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of a Related Company (as defined below) entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Voting Securities”), other than any direct or indirect acquisition, including but not limited to an acquisition by purchase, distribution or otherwise, of voting securities by any Person pursuant to an Excluded Business Combination (as defined below); or | ||||
| ii. | The consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Related Company or the acquisition of assets of another corporation, or other transaction involving a Related Company (“Business Combination”) excluding, however, such a Business Combination pursuant to whicheither ofthe following apply (such a Business Combination, an “Excluded Business Combination”) (A) a Business Combination involving Housewares Holding Co. (or any successor thereto) that relates solely to the business or assets of Hamilton Beach, Inc. (or any successor thereto) or (B) a Business Combination pursuant to which the individuals and entities who beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of any Related Company immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then Outstanding Voting Securities of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of such transaction owns any Related Company or all or substantially all of the assets of any Related Company, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries). | |||||
| II. | i. | Any “Person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then Outstanding Voting Securities of NACCO Industries, Inc. (“NACCO”), other than any direct or indirect acquisition, including but not limited to an acquisition by purchase, distribution or otherwise, of voting securities: | ||||
| (A) | directly from NACCO that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors (as defined below); or | |||||
| (B) | by any Person pursuant to an Excluded NACCO Business Combination (as defined below); | |||||
| provided,that if at least a majority of the individuals who constitute Incumbent Directors determine in good faith that a Person has become the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Outstanding Voting Securities of NACCO inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares so that such Person is the “beneficial owner”(as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of 50% or less of the combined voting power of the Outstanding Voting Securities of NACCO, then no Change in Control shall have occurred as a result of such Person’s acquisition; or | ||||||
| ii. | a majority of the Board of Directors of NACCO ceases to be comprised of Incumbent Directors; or | |||||
| iii. | the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of NACCO or the acquisition of assets of another corporation, or other transaction involving NACCO (“NACCO Business Combination”) excluding, however, such a Business Combination pursuant to which both of the following apply (such a Business Combination, an “Excluded NACCO Business Combination”): | |||||||
| (A) | the individuals and entities who beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, NACCO immediately prior to such NACCO Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then Outstanding Voting Securities of the entity resulting from such NACCO Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of such transaction owns NACCO or all or substantially all of the assets of NACCO, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries); and | |||||||
| (B) | at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors of NACCO, providing for such NACCO Business Combination, at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of NACCO were Incumbent Directors. | |||||||
| III. | Definitions. The following terms as used herein shall be defined as follow: | |||||||
| 1. | “Incumbent Directors” means the individuals who, as of December 31, 2007, are Directors of NACCO and any individual becoming a Director subsequent to such date whose election, nomination for election by NACCO’s stockholders, or appointment, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the then Incumbent Directors (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of NACCO in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination);provided,however, that an individual shall not be an Incumbent Director if such individual’s election or appointment to the Board of Directors of NACCO occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in Rule 14a-12(c) of the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board of Directors of NACCO. | |||||||
| 2. | “Permitted Holders” shall mean, collectively, (i) the parties to the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1990, as amended from time to time, by and among National City Bank, (Cleveland, Ohio), as depository, the Participating Stockholders (as defined therein) and NACCO;provided,however, that for purposes of this definition only, the definition of Participating Stockholders contained in the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be such definition in effect of the date of the Change in Control, (ii) any direct or indirect subsidiary of NACCO and (iii) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by NACCO or any direct or indirect subsidiary of NACCO. | |||||||
| 3. | “Related Company” means The Kitchen Collection, LLC and its successors (“KCI”), any direct or indirect subsidiary of KCI and any entity that directly or indirectly controls KCI. | |||||||