Exhibit 10(y)
CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made this 8th day of April, 1998, by and between H.B. Fuller
Company, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company") and _________ (the "Executive").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company recognizes the valuable services that Executive has rendered to the Company and/or
its Affiliated Organizations and desires to be assured that the Executive will continue to actively participate in the
business of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Executive is willing to continue to serve the Company but desires assurance that in the event of
any change in control of the Company, the Executive will continue to have the responsibility and status that the
Executive has earned; and
WHEREAS, the Company's Board of Directors has determined that it is appropriate to reinforce and encourage
the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company's management, including the Executive, to
their assigned duties without distraction in potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a
change in control of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the
Company and the Executive hereby agree as follows:
1. Term. The Term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall terminate upon the earliest to
occur of:
(a) The "Expiration Date;"
(b) the termination of the Executive's employment under circumstances that do not entitle the Executive to benefits
under paragraph 3;
(c) the Executive's death;
(d) the date, prior to a Change in Control, on which the Executive ceases to be in pay grade 35 through 49; or
(e) the third anniversary of the occurrence of a Change in Control, if the Executive is still employed by the
Company on such date;
provided, that the expiration of the Term shall not relieve the Company of its obligations to make any payments
or provide any benefits which are or become due to the Executive subsequent to the expi