Common use of Forfeiture and Recoupment Clause in Contracts

Forfeiture and Recoupment. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Award Agreement, you will forfeit your unvested Performance Units if you Terminate prior to the Normal Vesting Date, whether the performance criteria are achieved or not. (b) If, without prior authorization in writing from the Company, you engage in “Conduct That is Harmful to the Company” at any time during the course of your employment or within [___] days after you Terminate, you will forfeit your Performance Units and related Dividend Equivalents, whether they are vested or not. In addition to this forfeiture, the Committee may determine that some or all of any Shares and other amounts you have received through the Plan or this Award Agreement are subject to recoupment, where allowable by law, and must be returned to the Company. “Conduct That is Harmful to the Company” is: (i) Your breach of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, and/or noncompetition obligations under any agreement or plan with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; (ii) Your engaging in conduct that the Committee reasonably concludes requires the forfeiture and recoupment of the Award under the terms of any Company recoupment or clawback policy, any other applicable policy of the Company, and any applicable laws and regulations; (iii) Your failure or refusal to consult with, supply information to or otherwise cooperate with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate after having been requested to do so; (iv) Your deliberately engaging in any action that the Company concludes has caused substantial harm to the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, including, but not limited to, violations of applicable securities laws or the Company's ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Policy; (v) Your failure to return all property (other than personal property), including vehicles, computer or other equipment or electronic devices, keys, notes, memoranda, writings, lists, files, reports, customer lists, correspondence, tapes, disks, cards, surveys, maps, logs, machines, technical data, formulae or any other tangible property or document and any and all copies, duplicates or reproductions that you have produced or received or have otherwise been provided to you in the course of your employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; or (vi) Discovery after you Terminated that you engaged in conduct while employed by the Company that the Committee reasonably concludes would have given rise to a Termination for Cause had it been discovered before you Terminated, including but not limited to having engaged in or contributed to criminal misconduct.

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Sources: Performance Unit Award Agreement (Scotts Miracle-Gro Co)

Forfeiture and Recoupment. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 3 of this Award Agreement, you will forfeit your unvested Performance Units RSUs if you Terminate prior to the Normal Vesting Date, whether the performance criteria are achieved or not. (b) If, without prior authorization in writing from the Company, you engage in “Conduct That is Harmful to the Company” at any time during the course of your employment or within [___] days after you Terminate, you will forfeit your Performance Units RSUs and related Dividend Equivalents, whether they are vested or not. In addition to this forfeiture, the Committee may determine that some or all of any Shares and other amounts you have received through the Plan or this Award Agreement are subject to recoupment, where allowable by law, and must be returned to the Company. “Conduct That is Harmful to the Company” is: (i) Your breach of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, and/or noncompetition obligations under any agreement or plan with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; (ii) Your engaging in conduct that the Committee reasonably concludes requires the forfeiture and recoupment of the Award under the terms of any Company recoupment or clawback policy, any other applicable policy of the Company, and any applicable laws and regulations; (iii) Your failure or refusal to consult with, supply information to or otherwise cooperate with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate after having been requested to do so; (iv) Your deliberately engaging in any action that the Company concludes has caused substantial harm to the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, including, but not limited to, violations of applicable securities laws or the Company's ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Policy; (v) Your failure to return all property (other than personal property), including vehicles, computer or other equipment or electronic devices, keys, notes, memoranda, writings, lists, files, reports, customer lists, correspondence, tapes, disks, cards, surveys, maps, logs, machines, technical data, formulae or any other tangible property or document and any and all copies, duplicates or reproductions that you have produced or received or have otherwise been provided to you in the course of your employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; or (vi) Discovery after you Terminated that you engaged in conduct while employed by the Company that the Committee reasonably concludes would have given rise to a Termination for Cause had it been discovered before you Terminated, including but not limited to having engaged in or contributed to criminal misconduct.

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Sources: Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Scotts Miracle-Gro Co)

Forfeiture and Recoupment. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Award Agreement, you will forfeit your unvested Performance Units and Cash Units if you Terminate prior to the Normal Vesting Date, whether the performance criteria are achieved or not. (b) If, without prior authorization in writing from the Company, you engage in “Conduct That is Harmful to the Company” at any time during the course of your employment or within [___] days after you Terminate, you will forfeit your Performance Units and related Dividend EquivalentsEquivalents and your Cash Units, whether they are vested or not. In addition to this forfeiture, the Committee may determine that some or all of any Shares and other amounts you have received through the Plan or this Award Agreement are subject to recoupment, where allowable by law, and must be returned to the Company. “Conduct That is Harmful to the Company” is: (i) Your breach of any confidentiality, nondisclosure, and/or noncompetition obligations under any agreement or plan with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; (ii) Your engaging in conduct that the Committee reasonably concludes requires the forfeiture and recoupment of the Award under the terms of any Company recoupment or clawback policy, any other applicable policy of the Company, and any applicable laws and regulations; (iii) Your failure or refusal to consult with, supply information to or otherwise cooperate with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate after having been requested to do so; (iv) Your deliberately engaging in any action that the Company concludes has caused substantial harm to the interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, including, but not limited to, violations of applicable securities laws or the Company's ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Policy; (v) Your failure to return all property (other than personal property), including vehicles, computer or other equipment or electronic devices, keys, notes, memoranda, writings, lists, files, reports, customer lists, correspondence, tapes, disks, cards, surveys, maps, logs, machines, technical data, formulae or any other tangible property or document and any and all copies, duplicates or reproductions that you have produced or received or have otherwise been provided to you in the course of your employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate; or (vi) Discovery after you Terminated that you engaged in conduct while employed by the Company that the Committee reasonably concludes would have given rise to a Termination for Cause had it been discovered before you Terminated, including but not limited to having engaged in or contributed to criminal misconduct.

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Sources: Performance Unit / Cash Unit Award Agreement (Scotts Miracle-Gro Co)