NEBIUS GROUP N.V.
Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
The purpose of this Plan is to advance the interests of the Company’s shareholders by enhancing the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries (together, the “Group”) to attract, retain and motivate persons who are expected to make important contributions to the Group and/or to specific subsidiaries of the Company that are functioning as business units of the Group. This Plan allows the Company to provide such persons with equity ownership opportunities and incentives that are intended to better align the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s shareholders and/or the performance of the Group or its specific business units.
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The Plan will be administered by the Board or, if so delegated by resolution of the Board or if required by applicable law or applicable stock exchange rules, the Compensation Committee (the Board or the Compensation Committee, as the case may be, is referred to herein as the “Administrator”). The Board shall have the authority to grant Awards, including determining the type and number of Shares and the Purchase Price, Exercise Price or Measurement Price, as applicable, in respect thereof. Either the Board or the Compensation Committee, acting as Administrator shall have the authority to adopt, amend and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it deems advisable. The Administrator may construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any Awards granted under the Plan. The Administrator may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect. Either the Board or the Compensation Committee, acting as Administrator may approve the amendment of any Award in accordance with the terms of this Plan and such Award, provided, however, that any amendment that increases the number of Shares under such Award or changes the Purchase Price, Exercise Price or Measurement Price, as applicable, in respect thereof shall require the approval of the Board, subject to Section 15(e)(2). All decisions by the Administrator shall be made in its sole discretion, and shall be final and binding on all persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award.
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If a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Participant within nine (9) months following the consummation of a Change of Control of the Company either (a) because of termination by the Participant for Good Reason or (b) because of termination by the Group (or any successor) for any reason other than for Cause, the Award(s) held by such Participant following such Change in Control (including any awards granted in substitution thereof) shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable.
Shares purchased upon the exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:
If (A) the Participant’s relationship with the Group (or a Participating Subsidiary, as the case may be) is terminated for Cause, (B) the Participant’s relationship with the Group (or a Participating Subsidiary, as the case may be) terminates for any reason and the Participant thereafter breaches any applicable non-competition or non-
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solicitation restriction or otherwise assists a competitor of the Group (or of a Participating Subsidiary, as the case may be) in any way within one (1) year of such termination or (C) the Participant discloses confidential information about the Group’s (or a Participating Subsidiary’s, as the case may be) business or harms the Group’s (or a Participating Subsidiary’s, as the case may be) reputation or public image by disparagement, then all outstanding Awards of such Participant (to the extent then still outstanding) shall immediately terminate and the Awards shall be cancelled with the Participant having no further rights with respect to the Award.
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In the event that a Participant materially breaches the non-competition or non-solicitation provisions of an applicable Award or any other agreement with the Group (or a Participating Subsidiary, as the case may be), the Participant shall pay to the Company, by way of liquidated damages, an amount (in cash or Shares) equal to the Aggregate Gain under the Award. For purposes hereof, “Aggregate Gain” shall mean the total value received by the Participant under such Award(s), pursuant to one or more exercises thereunder (if applicable), calculated as (x) in the case of Company Shares, the closing price of one Share on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the date or dates of each exercise or issuance thereunder, less the applicable Exercise Price or Measurement Price (if any), multiplied by the number of Shares acquired, without regard to any subsequent market price decrease or increase, or (y) in the case of Participating Subsidiary Shares, the fair market value of such Shares as determined in good faith by the Board, less the applicable Exercise Price, multiplied by the number of Shares acquired, without regard to any subsequent market price decrease or increase.
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For purposes of this Plan, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
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