APPENDIX A
NORDSON CORPORATION
2012 STOCK INCENTIVE AND AWARD PLAN
(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF DECEMBER 28, 2017)
1.
Establishment, Purpose, Duration
.
a.
Establishment
. Nordson Corporation (the Company) established an incentive compensation plan to be known as the Nordson
Corporation 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan (the Plan). The Plan was effective as of December 28, 2012 (the Effective Date), subject to the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company on February 26, 2013
(the Approval Date). The Plan has been amended and restated as set forth herein, effective as of December 28, 2017 (the 2017 Restatement Date), subject to the approval of the amended and restated Plan by the shareholders
of the Company. Definitions of capitalized terms used in the Plan are contained in Section 2 of the Plan.
b.
Purpose
. The purpose
of the Plan is to attract and retain Directors, officers and other key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to provide to such persons incentives and rewards for superior performance.
c.
Duration
. No Award may be granted under the Plan after the day immediately preceding the tenth (10th) anniversary of the 2017
Restatement Date, or such earlier date as the Board shall determine. The Plan will remain in effect with respect to outstanding Awards until no Awards remain outstanding.
d.
Prior Plan
. The Nordson Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Performance Plan (the Prior Plan) terminated in its
entirety effective on the Approval Date;
provided
that all outstanding awards under the Prior Plan as of the Approval Date shall remain outstanding and shall be administered and settled in accordance with the provisions of the Prior Plan.
2.
Definitions
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As used in the Plan, the following
definitions shall apply.
2017 Restatement Date has the meaning given such term in Section 1(a).
Applicable Laws means the applicable requirements relating to the administration of equity-based compensation plans under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S.
federal and state securities laws, the Code, the rules of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Shares are listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan.
Approval Date has the meaning given such term in Section 1(a).
Award means a Nonqualified Stock Option, Incentive Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Shares Award, Restricted Share Unit, Other Share-Based
Award or Cash-Based Award granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Award Agreement means either: (a) an agreement, either in
written or electronic format, entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan; or (b) a statement, either in written or electronic format, issued by the Company
to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of such Award, which need not be signed by the Participant.
Board means the Board of Directors of
the Company.
Cash-Based Award shall mean a cash Award granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.
Cause as a reason for a Participants termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment agreement (or, if operative,
the
Change-in-Control
Retention Agreement), if any, between the Participant and the Company or Subsidiary. If the Participant is not a party to an employment agreement
(or
Change-in-Control
Retention Agreement) with the Company or a Subsidiary in which such term is defined, then unless otherwise defined in the applicable Award
Agreement, Cause shall mean (i) the commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or other
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