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.
RCUs have no connection to FH stock, have no voting rights, and are not transferable. Your RCUs pay no interest or other income based on the passage of time.
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 long-term 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.
After vesting, FH will pay you a cash amount equal to the number of RCUs vested, multiplied by $1, without interest. As provided in “Performance Feature” below, the number of RCUs which vest will not be fewer than the number of RCUs granted as provided on the first page of this Grant Notice, but may be a higher number. The payment date may be later than the Vesting Date for the administrative convenience of FH for purposes of determining performance or otherwise; any such delay is expected to be no more than 30 days.
Vesting is a taxable event for you. As of the Grant Date, the Committee’s Procedures provide that FH will withhold cash at vesting in the amount necessary to cover your withholding taxes; however, the Procedures may be changed at any time.
You are not permitted to make any election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to include in your gross income for federal income tax purposes the value of this award this year. If you make a Section 83(b) election, this award will forfeit.
Substitution
You previously received a retention award granted in conjunction with a strategic merger transaction. That merger was terminated, without consummation, on May 4, 2023. Because that merger terminated, FH has modified the original program, replacing its awards with substitute awards. This RCU award is part of that substitution. By accepting this RCU award you acknowledge and agree that all aspects of your original retention award have been canceled and replaced.
Performance Feature
The number of RCUs that vest will be the number of RCUs granted as provided on the first page of this Grant Notice (the “nominal number”), increased at the rate of 5% for each dollar of growth in FH’s common stock value per share compared to the Base Price shown on the first page of this Grant Notice. For this purpose growth is in total, not per year. The vesting-date value of FH stock is the average of the closing prices on the twenty consecutive trading days ending with the trading day immediately prior to the Vesting Date. This performance feature cannot reduce the nominal number. Therefore, if stock value growth is negative, then this performance feature will be ignored. The maximum increase in RCUs is 25%, which would occur if growth reached or exceeded $5 per share. All average stock values will be rounded up or down to the nearest one cent.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES: In all cases assume the Base Price is $11.00 per share and the nominal number is 1,000 RCUs. The performance formula (5%/dollar) is equivalent to 1% increase in RCUs for each 20 cents of stock value growth, so the percentage increase in any specific case is equal to the numerical increase in dollar value divided by 0.20.
(1) If the vesting-date value is $12.36, the number of RCUs vesting will be 1,068 (1,000 + (6.800% x 1,000), with 6.800% = 1.36/.20)).
(2) If the vesting-date value is $14.67, the number of RCUs vesting will be 1,183.50 (1,000 + (18.350% x 1,000), with 18.350% = 3.67/.20)). Fractional RCUs are permitted, rounded to the nearest cent.
(3) If the vesting-date value is $10.90 (below the Base Price), the number of RCUs vesting will be 1,000.
(4) If the vesting-date value is $17.23 (more than $5 above the Base Price), the number of RCUs vesting will be 1,250.
Questions about your RCU award?
Important information concerning the Governing Plan and this RCU award is contained in a prospectus. Copies of the current prospectus (including all applicable supplements) are delivered separately, and you may request a copy of the Governing Plan or prospectus at any time. If you have questions about your RCU award or need a copy of the Governing Plan, related prospectus, or current Procedures, please contact Fidelity Investment’s Executive Relationship Officer at ____________. For all your personal long-term incentive information, you may view your award and other information on Fidelity’s website at ____________________.