Exhibit 4.3
Performance Stock Unit Grant Notice
(2025 Inducement Award Plan)
Power Integrations, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2025 Inducement Award Plan (the “Plan”) hereby grants to Participant the Maximum Number of Performance Stock Units as set forth below (the “PSU Grant”). This PSU Grant is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein, and in the Performance Stock Unit Agreement and the Plan, each of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein in its entirety. This PSU Grant is a “performance stock unit” granted pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings set forth in the Plan or the Performance Stock Unit Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in the event of any conflict between the terms in the PSU Grant and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will control.
Participant:
Date of Grant:
Target Number of Performance Stock Units:
Maximum Number of Performance Stock Units:
Consideration:Participant’s services
Employment Vesting Date:
PSU Vesting Criteria: | The actual number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Participant pursuant to this PSU Grant will be determined in accordance with the vesting conditions specified on Attachment I to this Grant Notice (the “PSU Vesting Criteria”). |
Delivery Schedule: | Delivery of one share of Common Stock for each Performance Stock Unit that vests will occur in accordance with the delivery schedule set forth in Section 4 of the Performance Stock Unit Agreement. |
Additional Terms/Acknowledgements: The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of, and understands and agrees to, this Grant Notice, the Performance Stock Unit Agreement attached as Attachment II and the Plan attached as Attachment III. Participant also acknowledges receipt of the Power Integrations, Inc. 2025 Inducement Award Plan Prospectus. In addition, Participant acknowledges that the Participant’s [Amended and Restated] Executive Officer Benefits Agreement (the “EOBA)” will govern in certain circumstances the treatment of this PSU Grant. Participant further acknowledges that, as of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Performance Stock Unit Agreement, the Plan and the EOBA set forth the entire understanding between Participant and the Company regarding the PSU Grant and supersede all prior oral and written agreements on that subject.
Attachments: | PSU Vesting Criteria, Performance Stock Unit Agreement and the Plan |
Attachment I
PSU Vesting Criteria
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined will have the meanings set forth in the Grant Notice or the Company’s 2025 Inducement Award Plan, as applicable. Except as provided in the EOBA, a Performance Stock Unit will vest only if the Performance Vesting Criteria with respect to such Performance Stock Unit are satisfied and if the Participant remains in Continuous Service as an Employee, Director or Consultant through the Employment Vesting Date indicated in the Grant Notice.
For the purposes of this Attachment I and the PSU Grant to which it is attached, the “Final Delivery Date” shall mean the March 14 first following the last day of the calendar year in which occurs the Employment Vesting Date; provided, however, if such March 14 is not a trading day, the Final Delivery Date shall be the last trading day prior to such March 14.
Performance Vesting Criteria
The number of Performance Stock Units that will satisfy the Performance Vesting Criteria will be determined by the Company’s Talent and Compensation Committee or its designee (the “Committee”) subject to the performance conditions as determined by the Committee (the “Performance Conditions”) as set forth below:
The Performance Conditions for a target award of the Performance Stock Units will be based on “Net Revenue,” “Non-GAAP Operating Income” and “Strategic Goals.” Vesting is calculated independently for Net Revenue, Non-GAAP Operating Income and Strategic Goals. Vesting of 30% of the PSUs is based on achievement of either the Absolute or Relative Net Revenue Performance Conditions, vesting of 30% of the PSUs is based on Non-GAAP Operating Income Performance Conditions, and vesting of 40% of the PSUs is based on achievement of Strategic Goals.
The following table sets forth the percentage of the Target Number of Performance Stock Units (as set forth in the Grant Notice) based on the given Performance Condition vested (i.e., earned) at the given Performance Condition achieved:
Achievement of Net Revenue Performance Condition shall be calculated based on an absolute and relative measure with the higher of the two calculations resulting in the actual shares vested.
Satisfaction of the Relative Net Revenue Performance Conditions will be based on the Company’s revenue annual growth rate (“AGR”) for the year ended December 31, 2025 (“Performance Period”), as compared to the revenue AGR of the analog semiconductor industry (the “Index”) derived using historical and forecasted revenue data reported by World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (“WSTS”) for the Performance Period. Satisfaction of the Performance Conditions will also be based on whether the Company’s revenue AGR for the Performance Period is positive, zero or negative.
The Company’s revenue AGR for the Performance Period will be calculated using (a) the Company’s “Net Revenues” for 2024 (the “Base Year Net Revenues”), as set forth in the Company’s annual report for 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and (b) the Company’s “Net Revenues” for 2025 (the “Target Year Net Revenues”), as will be set forth in the Company’s annual report for 2025 to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.
The Index’s revenue AGR for the Performance Period will be calculated using (a) the 2024 revenues for the Index, as reported by WSTS, and (b) the 2025 revenues for the Index, as reported by WSTS in December 2025 (which will include a forecast of fourth quarter revenues for 2025).
The following table sets forth the percentage of the Target Number of PSUs (as set forth in the Grant Notice) that will vest based on various levels of achievement of the Relative Net Revenue Performance Conditions (with the percentage derived from (a) the row labeled “PSU awards” applying in the event that the Company’s AGR is a positive number and (b) the row labeled “If revenue AGR is zero or negative” applying in the event that the Company’s revenue AGR is zero or a negative number for the Performance Period):
In the event of any, mergers, acquisitions or divestitures the Target Number for the Net Revenue and Non-GAAP Operating Income Performance Conditions shall be adjusted based on the approved plan presented to the board of directors. The Target Number for the Net Revenue and Non-GAAP Operating Income Performance Conditions will be further adjusted for any patent or other litigation settlements or judgments should the effect of such events, if any, impact the Company’s Net Revenue or Non-GAAP Operating Income. Further specific to satisfaction of the Relative Net Revenue Performance Conditions, in the event of any, mergers, acquisitions or divestitures or any patent or other litigation settlements or judgments during the Performance Period, the Base Year Net Revenues and/or Target Year Net Revenues shall be adjusted based on the revised plan approved by the Board of Directors.
In the event the actual Performance Condition achieved falls between two levels, the percentage vested will be determined by straight line interpolation. For the purposes of satisfaction of the Performance Conditions, the term “Net Revenue” is as will be set forth for 2025 in the Company’s annual report for 2025 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For the purposes of satisfaction of the Performance Conditions, the term “Non-GAAP Operating Income” means operating income for 2025 determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles but excluding the following items: i) stock-based compensation expenses recorded under Accounting Standard Codification 718-10, ii) acquisition-related expenses, iii) amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets and the fair-value write-up of acquired inventory, iv) any other adjustment made to arrive at the Company’s Non-GAAP financial information as presented in the Company’s SEC filings.
For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a divestiture of a portion of the Company’s business operations in 2025, the Performance Conditions will be adjusted and/or the results of the divested operations excluded in the computation in a manner to reflect the portion of the Performance Vesting Criteria expected to be satisfied by the divested operations during the balance of the fiscal year.
The following table sets forth the maximum percentage of the Target Number of Performance Stock Units (as set forth in the Grant Notice) based on Strategic Goals achieved (i.e., earned):
No later than fifteen (15) days prior to the Final Delivery Date indicated above, the Committee will determine to what extent the Performance Conditions for the PSU Grant were achieved, and what number of Performance Stock Units subject to the PSU Grant will therefore be vested. Performance Stock Units will not be deemed to be vested based upon the attainment of Performance Conditions unless and until the Committee makes such determination and only if the Participant remains in Continuous Service as an Employee, Director or Consultant through the Employment Vesting Date.
For purposes of satisfaction of the Performance Conditions, no subsequent agreement will be effective to amend, alter or waive satisfaction of the Performance Conditions applicable to the PSU Grant unless such agreement specifically provides for amendment of the Performance Conditions applicable to the PSU Grant.
Attachment II
Power Integrations, Inc.
Performance Stock Unit Agreement
Power Integrations, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Participant (“you”) named in the attached Performance Stock Unit Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”), and you hereby accept, the grant of Performance Stock Units (the “PSU Grant”) pursuant to the terms set forth in the Grant Notice, its attached PSU Vesting Criteria, the Plan and this Performance Stock Unit Agreement (“Agreement”). A copy of the PSU Vesting Criteria is attached to the Grant Notice as Attachment I, and a copy of the Plan is attached to the Grant Notice as Attachment III. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Agreement but defined in the Plan or the PSU Vesting Criteria will have the same definitions as in the Plan or PSU Vesting Criteria, as applicable.
The details of your PSU Grant, in addition to those set forth in the Grant Notice, the PSU Vesting Criteria and the Plan are as follows:
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This Performance Stock Unit Agreement will be deemed to be signed by the Company and the Participant upon the signing by the Participant of the Performance Stock Unit Grant Notice to which it is attached in the manner permitted by Section 5.
Attachment III
2025 Inducement Award Plan