Exhibit 99.1

NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION

2013 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

As Amended and Restated Effective March 7, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I	DEFINITIONS	1
1.01	409A Award	1
1.02	Affiliate	1
1.03	Agreement	1
1.04	Award	1
1.05	Board	1
1.06	Cash Award	1
1.07	Cause	1
1.08	Change in Control	2
1.09	Clawback Requirement	3
1.10	Code	3
1.11	Committee	3
1.12	Common Stock	3
1.13	Company	3
1.14	Control Change Date	3
1.15	Corresponding SAR	4
1.16	Disability	4
1.17	Dividend Equivalent	4
1.18	Exchange Act	4
1.19	Fair Market Value	4
1.20	Full Value Award	4
1.21	Good Reason	4
1.22	Incentive Award	5
1.23	Incumbent Board	5
1.24	Initial Value	5
1.25	Non-409A Award	5
1.26	Option	5
1.27	Other Stock-Based Award	5
1.28	Participant	5
1.29	Person	5
1.30	Plan	5
1.31	Restricted Stock Award	6
1.32	Restricted Stock Unit	6
1.33	Retirement	6
1.34	SAR	6
1.35	Termination Date	6

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ARTICLE II	PURPOSES	6
ARTICLE III	TYPES OF AWARDS	6
3.01	General	6
3.02	Awards to Non-Employee Directors	7
ARTICLE IV	ADMINISTRATION	7
4.01	General Administration	7
4.02	Delegation of Authority	7
4.03	Indemnification of Committee	8
ARTICLE V	ELIGIBILITY	8
ARTICLE VI	COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN	8
6.01	Common Stock Issued	8
6.02	Aggregate Limit	8
6.03	Individual Limit	9
6.04	Share Counting	9
ARTICLE VII	OPTIONS	10
7.01	Grant	10
7.02	Option Price	10
7.03	Maximum Term of Option	10
7.04	Exercise	10
7.05	Payment	10
7.06	Stockholder Rights	10
ARTICLE VIII	SARS	10
8.01	Grant	10
8.02	Maximum Term of SAR	11
8.03	Exercise	11
8.04	Settlement	11
8.05	Stockholder Rights	11
ARTICLE IX	RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS	11
9.01	Award	11
9.02	Payment	11
9.03	Vesting	12
9.04	Maximum Restriction Period	12
9.05	Stockholder Rights	12
ARTICLE X	RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS	12
10.01	Grant	12
10.02	Earning the Award	12
10.03	Maximum Restricted Stock Unit Award Period	13
10.04	Payment	13
10.05	Stockholder Rights	13

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ARTICLE XI	INCENTIVE AWARDS	13
11.01	Grant	13
11.02	Earning the Award	13
11.03	Maximum Incentive Award Period	14
11.04	Payment	14
11.05	Stockholder Rights	14
ARTICLE XII	OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS	14
12.01	Other Stock-Based Awards	14
12.02	Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Other Obligations	14
ARTICLE XIII	DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND CASH AWARDS	15
13.01	Dividend Equivalents	15
13.02	Cash Awards	15
ARTICLE XIV	TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL AWARDS	15
14.01	Written Agreement	15
14.02	Nontransferability	15
14.03	Transferable Awards	15
14.04	Participant Status	16
14.05	Change in Control	16
14.06	Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards	17
14.07	Form and Timing of Payment; Deferrals	18
14.08	Time and Method of Exercise	18
14.09	Effect of Termination Date on Options, SARs and Other Stock-Based Awards in the Nature of Purchase Rights	19
14.10	Effect of Termination Date on Full Value Awards	19
14.11	Non U.S. Participants	20
ARTICLE XV	PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION	20
15.01	Performance Conditions	20
15.02	Establishing the Amount of the Award	21
15.03	Earning the Award	21
ARTICLE XVI	ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGE IN COMMON STOCK	21
16.01	General Adjustments	21
16.02	No Adjustments	22
16.03	Substitute Awards	22
16.04	Limitation on Adjustments	22
ARTICLE XVII	COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND APPROVAL OF REGULATORY BODIES	22
17.01	Compliance	22
17.02	Postponement of Exercise or Payment	23
17.03	Forfeiture or Reimbursement	23

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ARTICLE XVIII	LIMITATION ON BENEFITS	23
ARTICLE XIX	GENERAL PROVISIONS	24
19.01	Effect on Employment and Service	24
19.02	Unfunded Plan	24
19.03	Rules of Construction	24
19.04	Tax Withholding and Reporting	24
19.05	Code Section 83(b) Election	25
19.06	Reservation of Shares	25
19.07	Governing Law	25
19.08	Other Actions	25
19.09	Repurchase of Common Stock	25
19.10	Other Conditions	26
19.11	Forfeiture Provisions	26
19.12	Legends; Payment of Expenses	26
19.13	Repricing of Awards	26
19.14	Right of Setoff	27
19.15	Fractional Shares	27
ARTICLE XX	CLAIMS PROCEDURES	27
20.01	Initial Claim	27
20.02	Appeal of Claim	27
20.03	Time to File Suit	27
ARTICLE XXI	AMENDMENT	28
21.01	Amendment of Plan	28
21.02	Amendment of Awards	28
ARTICLE XXII	SECTION 409A PROVISION	28
22.01	Intent of Awards	28
22.02	409A Awards	28
22.03	Election Requirements	28
22.04	Time of Payment	28
22.05	Acceleration or Deferral	29
22.06	Distribution Requirements	29
22.07	Key Employee Rule	29
22.08	Distributions Upon Vesting	29
22.09	Scope and Application of this Provision	29
ARTICLE XXIII	EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN	30
ARTICLE XXIV	DURATION OF PLAN	30

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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

1.01 409A Award

409A Award means an Award that is intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code.

1.02 Affiliate

Affiliate means any entity that is part of a controlled group of corporations or is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Code Sections 1563(a), 414(b) or 414(c), except that, in making any such determination, fifty percent (50%) shall be substituted for eighty percent (80%) under such Code Sections and the related regulations.

1.03 Agreement

Agreement means a written or electronic agreement (including any amendment or supplement thereto) between the Company and a Participant specifying the terms and conditions of an Award granted to such Participant.

1.04 Award

Award means an Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit, Incentive Award, Other Stock-Based Award, Dividend Equivalent or Cash Award granted under this Plan.

1.05 Board

Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.

1.06 Cash Award

Cash Award means an Award stated with reference to a specified dollar amount which, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Committee, entitles the Participant to receive cash from the Company or an Affiliate.

1.07 Cause

Cause means “Cause” as such term is defined in any employment or service agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant. If no such employment or service agreement exists or if such employment or service agreement does not contain any such definition, except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, “Cause” means (i) the Participant's willful and continued failure to substantially perform the Participant’s duties and obligations to the Company or any Affiliate (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) or to comply with the lawful directives of the Board, the Board of Directors of any Affiliate or any supervisory personnel of the Participant; (ii) any criminal act or act of dishonesty or willful misconduct by the Participant that has a material adverse effect on the property, operations, business or reputation of the Company or any Affiliate (willful for purposes of this definition, shall mean done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant in bad faith and without reasonable belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the best interest of the Company or any Affiliate); (iii) the material breach by the Participant of the terms of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation or other agreement that the Participant has with the Company or any Affiliate or of any duty the Participant owes the Company or any Affiliate or (iv) acts by the Participant of willful malfeasance or gross negligence in a matter of material importance to the Company or any Affiliate. For purposes of the Plan, other than where the definition of Cause is determined under any employment or service agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant, in which case such employment or service agreement shall control, in no event shall any termination of employment or service be deemed for Cause unless the Company's Chief Executive Officer concludes that the situation warrants a determination that the Participant's employment or service terminated for Cause; in the case of the Chief Executive Officer or any member of the Board, any determination that the Chief Executive Officer's employment or the Board member’s service terminated for Cause shall be made by the Board acting without the Chief Executive Officer or the Board member, as applicable.

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1.08 Change in Control

Change in Control means the occurrence of any of the following events except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement:

(a)     The accumulation in any number of related or unrelated transactions by any Person of beneficial ownership (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company's voting stock; provided that for purposes of this subsection (a), a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred if the accumulation of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the Company's voting stock results from any acquisition of voting stock (i) directly from the Company that is approved by the Incumbent Board, (ii) by the Company, (iii) by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate, or (iv) by any Person pursuant to a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other transaction (a "Business Combination") that would not cause a Change in Control under subsections (b), (c) or (d) below; or

(b)     Consummation of a Business Combination, unless, immediately following that Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the Persons who were the beneficial owners of the voting stock of the Company immediately prior to that Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of common stock and more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from that Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of that Business Combination owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their ownership, immediately prior to that Business Combination, of the voting stock of the Company, or

(c)     A sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, except pursuant to a Business Combination that would not cause a Change in Control under subsections (b) above or (d) below; or

(d)     Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, except pursuant to a Business Combination that would not cause a Change in Control under subsections (b) and (c) above; or

(e)     The acquisition by any Person, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company (i) through the ownership of securities which provide the holder with such power, excluding voting rights attendant with such securities, or (ii) by contract; provided that a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred if such power was acquired (x) directly from the Company in a transaction approved by the Incumbent Board, (y) by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate or (z) by any person pursuant to a Business Combination that would not cause a Change in Control under subsections (b), (c) or (d) above; or

(f)     During any period of two consecutive years, the Incumbent Board ceases to constitute a majority of the Board.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall only be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Participant in connection with the time or form of payment of the Participant’s 409A Award (or as otherwise required for the 409A Award to be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code) if the Change in Control otherwise constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (otherwise, with respect to vesting of the 409A Award and any other terms of the 409A Award that do not require a Change in Control to comply with its meaning under Section 409A of the Code for the 409A Award to be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, Change in Control shall have the same meaning as described above).

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1.09 Clawback Requirement

Clawback Requirement means with respect to any Awards with respect to which the Participant entered into a confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, non-disparagement or other similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, as a condition to the grant, exercise, payment or settlement of the Award, unless provided otherwise in an applicable Award Agreement, (i) upon breach of any such covenants, the Clawback Requirement shall be triggered and (ii) the Participant must return to the Company (unless the Committee specifically provides otherwise in writing) any of the following the Participant received as the result of any such Awards: (A) any shares of Common Stock acquired under such Awards within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months that the Participant then holds equal to the excess of the then Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock over the exercise price, if any, paid for such shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) or, if the Committee elects, all shares of Common Stock the Participant acquired under such Awards within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months that the Participant then holds in return for the Company’s payment to the Participant of the exercise price, if any, paid for such shares of Common Stock, (B) any dividends or other amounts the Participant received with respect to any shares of Common Stock the Participant acquired within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months under such Awards, (C) any cash or other consideration that the Participant received from the Company with respect to any such Awards received within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months, (D) the amount equal to the excess of any consideration the Participant received as a result of any sale, transfer or other disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired within the immediately preceding twelve (12) months under any such Awards over the exercise price, if any, paid for such shares of Common Stock, (E) any such Awards that the Participant then holds as well as any cash, shares of Common Stock or other amounts or consideration the Participant received with respect to such Awards and (F) any amounts (whether cash or shares of Common Stock) that the Company withheld (or deemed withheld through a net exercise) for any applicable withholding taxes with respect to items (A)-(E) of such Awards. The provisions of this section do not supersede any other clawback policies that the Company may adopt or that may apply by operation of law.

1.10 Code

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any amendments thereto.

1.11 Committee

Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other Committee as the Board may appoint from time to time to administer the Plan, or the Board itself if no Compensation Committee or other appointed Committee exists. If such Compensation Committee or other Committee exists, if and to the extent deemed necessary by the Board, such Committee shall consist of two or more directors, all of whom are (i) “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, (ii) with respect to matters relating to the qualification of compensation as performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m), “outside directors” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and (iii) independent directors under the rules of the principal stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are then traded.

1.12 Common Stock

Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.02 per share, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities resulting from the application of Article XVI, as applicable.

1.13 Company

Company means National Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

1.14 Control Change Date

Control Change Date means the date on which a Change in Control occurs. If a Change in Control occurs on account of a series of transactions, the “Control Change Date” is the date of the last of such transactions or such earlier transaction in which a Change in Control has occurred.

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1.15 Corresponding SAR

Corresponding SAR means a SAR that is granted in relation to a particular Option and that can be exercised only upon the surrender to the Company, unexercised, of that portion of the Option to which the SAR relates.

1.16 Disability

Disability means any physical or mental condition that would qualify the Participant for a disability under any long-term disability plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliate that is applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, to the extent necessary for any 409A Award to be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, Disability, with respect to the time or form of payment of a Participant’s 409A Award (or as otherwise required for the 409A Award to be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code), means the Participant is Disabled within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

1.17 Dividend Equivalent

Dividend Equivalent means the right, granted under the Plan, to receive cash, shares of Common Stock, other Awards or other property equal in value to all or a specified portion of dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Common Stock.

1.18 Exchange Act

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

1.19 Fair Market Value

Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock means, on any given date, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as the Committee, in its discretion, shall determine; provided, however, that the Committee shall determine Fair Market Value without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse and, if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any national stock exchange or quotation system, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock as reported on such stock exchange or quotation system on such date or, if so determined by the Board, the prior day’s close, or if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on such stock exchange or quotation system on such date, then on the next preceding day that the shares of Common Stock were traded on such stock exchange or quotation system, all as reported by such source as the Committee shall select. If trading over the counter, the Board can use the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of grant as reported by an over-the-counter marketplace designated by the Board. The Board can substitute a particular time of day or other measure of “closing sale price” or “bid and asked prices” if appropriate because of exchange or market procedures or can, in its sole discretion, use weighted averages either on a daily basis or such longer period as complies with Code Section 409A. The Fair Market Value that the Committee determines shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company, any Affiliate and each Participant. Fair Market Value relating to the exercise price, Initial Value, or purchase price of any Non-409A Award that is an Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award (as defined in Section 12.01) shall conform to the requirements for exempt stock rights under Section 409A of the Code.

1.20 Full Value Award

Full Value Award means an Award other than an Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award.

1.21 Good Reason

Good Reason means “Good Reason” as such term is defined in any employment or service agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant. If no such employment or service agreement exists or if such employment or service agreement does not contain any such definition, except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, references to Good Reason shall not apply to an Award.

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1.22 Incentive Award

Incentive Award means an Award stated with reference to a specified dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock which, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Committee, entitles the Participant to receive shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof from the Company or an Affiliate.

1.23 Incumbent Board

Incumbent Board means a Board of Directors at least a majority of whom consist of individuals who either are (a) members of the Company's Board at the beginning of any period of two consecutive years or (b) members who become members of the Company's Board subsequent to such time whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which that person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to that nomination), but excluding, for that purpose, any individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors.

1.24 Initial Value

Initial Value means, with respect to a Corresponding SAR, the Option price per share of the related Option and, with respect to a SAR granted independently of an Option, the amount determined by the Committee on the date of grant which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the date of grant, subject to Sections 14.06 and 16.03 with respect to substitute Awards.

1.25 Non-409A Award

Non-409A Award means an Award that is not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code.

1.26 Option

Option means a stock option that entitles the holder to purchase from the Company a stated number of shares of Common Stock at the price set forth in an Agreement.

1.27 Other Stock-Based Award

Other Stock-Based Award means an Award granted to the Participant under Article XII of the Plan.

1.28 Participant

Participant means an employee of the Company or an Affiliate, a member of the Board or Board of Directors of an Affiliate (whether or not an employee), an individual who provides services to the Company or an Affiliate (and qualifies as a consultant or adviser within the meaning of the rules applicable to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor form (“Form S-8”)) and any entity that is a wholly-owned alter ego of such individual, member of the Board or Board of Directors of an Affiliate or Person who provides services and who satisfies the requirements of Article V and is selected by the Committee to receive an Award.

1.29 Person

Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind.

1.30 Plan

Plan means this National Holdings Corporation 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective March 7, 2019, and as hereafter amended.

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1.31 Restricted Stock Award

Restricted Stock Award means shares of Common Stock granted to a Participant under Article VIII.

1.32 Restricted Stock Unit

Restricted Stock Unit means an Award, stated with respect to a specified number of shares of Common Stock, that entitles the Participant to receive one share of Common Stock (or, as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, the equivalent Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock in cash) with respect to each Restricted Stock Unit that becomes payable under the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable Agreement.

1.33 Retirement

Retirement means the termination of Participant’s employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates on or after (i) attaining age sixty-five (65) or (ii) attaining age fifty-five (55) and accumulating ten (10) consecutive years of service, except as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement. For this purpose, years of service shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s written policies as determined by the Committee. Any provisions referring to Retirement in the Plan shall only apply to an Award (other than an Option or SAR) if specifically referenced in such Award.

1.34 SAR

SAR means a stock appreciation right that in accordance with the terms of an Agreement entitles the holder to receive cash or a number of shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, based on the increase in the Fair Market Value of the shares underlying the stock appreciation right during a stated period specified by the Committee over the Initial Value. References to “SARs” include both Corresponding SARs and SARs granted independently of Options, unless the context requires otherwise.

1.35 Termination Date

Termination Date means the day on which a Participant’s employment or service with the Company and its Affiliates terminates or is terminated.

ARTICLE II
PURPOSES

The Plan is intended to assist the Company and its Affiliates in recruiting and retaining individuals with ability and initiative by enabling such Persons to participate in the future success of the Company and its Affiliates by aligning their interests with those of the Company and its stockholders.

ARTICLE III
TYPES OF AWARDS

3.01 General

The Plan is intended to permit the grant of Options that are not covered by Code Section 422, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards, Dividend Equivalents and Cash Awards in accordance with the Plan and procedures that may be established by the Committee. The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Plan may be used for general corporate purposes.

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3.02 Awards to Non-Employee Directors

Upon joining the Board, an individual non-employee director shall receive an Award of 50,000 Restricted Stock Units, which Award shall vest ratably in thirds on the first and two following anniversaries of the date of joining the Board. On the date of each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, beginning with the first meeting held at least one year after an individual non-employee director joins the Board, each director who is continuing as a non-employee director shall receive an Award of Restricted Stock Units with a Fair Market Value on the date of grant of $50,000, which Award shall vest ratably in thirds on the first and two following anniversaries of the date of grant. Each non-employee director shall also be eligible to receive director fees of $50,000 for general service and an additional $10,000 for service in certain positions on the Board as determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may make exceptions to these levels of compensation for individual non-employee directors in extraordinary circumstances, as the Committee may determine in its discretion, provided that the non-employee director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation.

ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION

4.01 General Administration

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have authority to grant Awards upon such terms (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan) as the Committee may consider appropriate. Such terms may include conditions (in addition to those contained in this Plan) on the grant, exercisability, transferability, settlement and forfeitability of all or any part of an Award, among other terms. Notwithstanding any such conditions, the Committee may, in its discretion, accelerate the time at which any Award may be exercised, become transferable or nonforfeitable or be earned and settled including, without limitation, (i) in the event of the Participant’s death, Disability, Retirement or involuntary termination of employment or service (including a voluntary termination of employment or service for good reason) or (ii) in connection with a Change in Control. In addition, the Committee shall have complete authority to interpret all provisions of this Plan including, without limitation, the discretion to interpret any terms used in the Plan that are not defined herein; to prescribe the form of Agreements; to adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations pertaining to the administration of the Plan; and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. The express grant in the Plan of any specific power to the Committee shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. Any decision made, or action taken, by the Committee in connection with the administration of this Plan shall be final and conclusive. The members of the Committee shall not be liable for any act done in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Agreement or Award. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws of the Company, by resolution of the Board or applicable law, a majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and acts of the majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and any acts approved in writing by all members of the Committee without a meeting, shall be the acts of the Committee.

4.02 Delegation of Authority

The Committee may act through subcommittees, in which case the subcommittee shall be subject to and have the authority hereunder applicable to the Committee, and the acts of the subcommittee shall be deemed to be the acts of the Committee hereunder. Additionally, to the extent applicable law so permits, the Committee, in its discretion, may delegate to one or more officers of the Company all or part of the Committee’s authority and duties with respect to Awards to be granted to individuals who are not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and who are not members of the Board or the Board of Directors of an Affiliate. The Committee may revoke or amend the terms of any delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Committee’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Committee’s prior delegation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if and to the extent deemed necessary by the Board, all Awards granted to any individual who is subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall be made by a Committee comprised solely of two or more directors, all of whom are “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, to the extent necessary to exempt the Award from the short-swing profit rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. However, any Awards granted to any individual who is subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall not fail to be valid if made other than by a committee comprised solely of two or more directors, all of whom are “non-employee directors” within the meaning of Rule 16(b)-3 under the Exchange Act. An Award granted to an individual who is a member of the Committee may be approved by the Committee in accordance with the applicable Committee charters then in effect and other applicable law except that the Committee member must abstain from any action with respect to the Committee member’s own Awards.

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4.03 Indemnification of Committee

The Company shall bear all expenses of administering this Plan. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee acting as administrator of the Plan, or any delegate of such, against and from any cost, liability, loss or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with or resulting from any action, claim, suit or proceeding to which such Person may be a party or in which such Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or not taken under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Person in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by such Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Person, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not indemnify and hold harmless any such Person if applicable law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws prohibit such indemnification. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law or otherwise, or under any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Person or hold him or her harmless. The provisions of the foregoing indemnity shall survive indefinitely the term of this Plan.

ARTICLE V
ELIGIBILITY

Any employee of the Company or an Affiliate (including an entity that becomes an Affiliate after the adoption of this Plan), a member of the Board or the Board of Directors of an Affiliate (including an entity that becomes an Affiliate after the adoption of the Plan) (whether or not such Board or Board of Directors member is an employee), an individual who provides services to the Company or an Affiliate (and qualifies as a consultant or adviser within the meaning of the rules applicable to Form S-8) and any entity that is a wholly-owned alter ego of such individual, member of the Board or Board of Directors of an Affiliate or other Person who provides services is eligible to participate in this Plan if the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that such Person or entity has contributed significantly or can be expected to contribute significantly to the profits or growth of the Company or any Affiliate or if it is otherwise in the best interest of the Company or any Affiliate for such Person or entity to participate in this Plan.

ARTICLE VI
COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN

6.01 Common Stock Issued

Upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award, the Company may deliver to the Participant (or the Participant’s broker if the Participant so directs) shares of Common Stock from its authorized but unissued Common Stock, treasury shares or reacquired shares, whether reacquired on the open market or otherwise.

6.02 Aggregate Limit

The maximum aggregate number (the “Maximum Aggregate Number”) of shares of Common Stock which may be subject to Awards under this Plan is 5,600,000 shares of Common Stock.

The Maximum Aggregate Number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Awards under the Plan and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Options under the Plan shall, in each instance, be subject to adjustment as provided in Article XVI, provided, however, that (i) substitute Awards granted under Section 16.03 shall not reduce the Maximum Aggregate Number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Awards under the Plan (to the extent permitted by applicable stock exchange rules) and (ii) available shares of stock under a stockholder-approved plan of an acquired company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction) also may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the Maximum Aggregate Number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Awards under the Plan (subject to applicable stock exchange requirements).

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6.03 Individual Limit

The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be covered by Full Value Awards or by Options, SARs or Other Stock-Based Awards granted to any one Participant during any consecutive rolling thirty-six (36)-month period shall be 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that (i) if the Awards are denominated in shares of Common Stock but an equivalent amount of cash is delivered in lieu of delivery of shares of Common Stock, the foregoing limit shall be applied based on the methodology used by the Committee to convert the number of shares of Common Stock into cash and (ii) any adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock or amount of cash delivered to reflect actual or deemed investment experience shall be disregarded. For purposes of the foregoing limit, an Option and its Corresponding SAR shall be treated as a single Award. For any Awards that are stated with reference to a specified dollar limit, the maximum amount that may be earned and become payable to any one Participant with respect to any twelve (12)-month performance period shall equal $2,000,000 (pro rated up or down for performance periods that are greater or lesser than twelve (12) months); provided, however, that (i) if the Award is denominated in cash but an equivalent amount of shares of Common Stock are delivered in lieu of delivery of cash, the foregoing limit shall be applied to the cash based on the methodology used by the Committee to convert the cash into shares of Common Stock and (ii) any adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock or the amount of cash delivered to reflect actual or deemed investment experience shall be disregarded. For any Cash Awards that are intended to constitute annual incentive awards, the maximum amount that may be earned and become payable to any one Participant with respect to any twelve (12)-month period shall equal $2,000,000; provided, however, that (i) if the Cash Award is denominated in cash but an equivalent amount of shares of Common Stock are delivered in lieu of delivery of cash, the foregoing limit shall be applied to the cash based on the methodology used by the Committee to convert the cash into shares of Common Stock and (ii) any adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock or the amount of cash delivered to reflect actual or deemed investment experience shall be disregarded. The maximum number of shares that may be granted in any consecutive rolling thirty-six (36)-month period to any Participant shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Article XVI.

6.04 Share Counting

Except as set forth below, a share of Common Stock subject to any Award under this Plan shall reduce the Maximum Aggregate Number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under this Plan, and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for Options under this Plan, by one. Except as otherwise provided herein, (i) any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award granted under this Plan which terminates by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise, which is settled in cash in lieu of Common Stock or which is exchanged, with the Committee’s permission, for Awards granted under this Plan not involving shares of Common Stock and (ii) shares of Common Stock not issued or delivered as a result of the settlement of an outstanding Award granted under this Plan (including through a cash-settled but not a stock-settled SAR) shall all again be available for Awards under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock under a stock-settled SAR shall be counted against the limit based on the full number of shares subject to the SAR multiplied by the percentage of the SAR actually exercised, regardless of the number of shares actually used to settle such SAR upon exercise. Shares of Common Stock delivered (either by actual delivery, attestation, or net exercise) to the Company by a Participant to (i) purchase shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an Award or (ii) satisfy tax withholding obligations with respect to Awards (including shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation) shall not be added back to the number of shares available for the future grant of Awards, nor shall shares of Common Stock repurchased by the Company on the open market using the proceeds from the exercise of an Award.

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ARTICLE VII
OPTIONS

7.01 Grant

Subject to the eligibility provisions of Article V, the Committee will designate each individual or entity to whom an Option is to be granted and will specify the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such grant. An Option may be granted with or without a Corresponding SAR. No Option granted under the Plan shall contain any provision entitling the Participant to the automatic grant of additional Options in connection with any exercise of the original Option.

7.02 Option Price

The price per share of Common Stock purchased on the exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee on the date of grant but shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted, subject to Sections 14.06 and 16.03 with respect to substitute Awards.

7.03 Maximum Term of Option

The maximum time period in which an Option may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee on the date of grant, except that no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date such Option was granted.

7.04 Exercise

Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Agreement, an Option may be exercised in whole at any time or in part from time to time at such times and in compliance with such requirements as the Committee shall determine. An Option granted under this Plan may be exercised with respect to any number of whole shares less than the full number for which the Option could be exercised. A partial exercise of an Option shall not affect the right to exercise the Option from time to time in accordance with this Plan and the applicable Agreement with respect to the remaining shares subject to the Option. The exercise of an Option shall result in the termination of the Corresponding SAR to the extent of the number of shares with respect to which the Option is exercised.

7.05 Payment

Subject to rules established by the Committee and unless otherwise provided in an Agreement, payment of all or part of the Option price shall be made in cash or cash equivalent acceptable to the Committee. If the Agreement so provides, the Committee, in its discretion and provided applicable law so permits, may allow a Participant to pay all or part of the Option price (a) by surrendering (actually or by attestation) shares of Common Stock to the Company that the Participant already owns; (b) by a cashless exercise through a broker; (c) by means of a “net exercise” procedure; (d) by such other medium of payment as the Committee, in its discretion, shall authorize; or (e) by any combination of the aforementioned methods of payment. If shares of Common Stock are used to pay all or part of the Option price, the sum of the cash and cash equivalent and the Fair Market Value (determined as of the day preceding the date of exercise) of the shares surrendered must not be less than the Option price of the shares for which the Option is being exercised.

7.06 Stockholder Rights

No Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to shares subject to his or her Option until the date of exercise of such Option and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock.

ARTICLE VIII
SARS

8.01 Grant

Subject to the eligibility provisions of Article V, the Committee will designate each individual or entity to whom SARs are to be granted and will specify the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such grant. No SAR granted under the Plan shall contain any provision entitling the Participant to the automatic grant of additional SARs in connection with any exercise of the original SAR.

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8.02 Maximum Term of SAR

The maximum term of a SAR shall be determined by the Committee on the date of grant, except that no SAR shall have a term of more than ten (10) years from the date such SAR was granted. No Corresponding SAR shall be exercisable or continue in existence after the expiration of the Option to which the Corresponding SAR relates.

8.03 Exercise

Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Agreement, a SAR may be exercised in whole at any time or in part from time to time at such times and in compliance with such requirements as the Committee shall determine; provided, however, that a SAR may be exercised only when the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock that is subject to the exercise exceeds the Initial Value of the SAR and a Corresponding SAR may be exercised only to the extent that the related Option is exercisable. A SAR granted under this Plan may be exercised with respect to any number of whole shares less than the full number for which the SAR could be exercised. A partial exercise of a SAR shall not affect the right to exercise the SAR from time to time in accordance with this Plan and the applicable Agreement with respect to the remaining shares subject to the SAR. The exercise of a Corresponding SAR shall result in the termination of the related Option to the extent of the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

8.04 Settlement

The amount payable to the Participant by the Company as a result of the exercise of a SAR shall be settled in cash, by the issuance of shares of Common Stock or by a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines and sets forth in the applicable Agreement. No fractional share will be deliverable upon the exercise of a SAR but a cash payment will be made in lieu thereof.

8.05 Stockholder Rights

No Participant shall, as a result of receiving a SAR, have any rights as a stockholder of the Company or any Affiliate until the date that the SAR is exercised and then only to the extent that the SAR is settled by the issuance of Common Stock.

ARTICLE IX
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

9.01 Award

Subject to the eligibility provisions of Article V, the Committee will designate each individual or entity to whom a Restricted Stock Award is to be granted and will specify the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such grant and the price, if any, to be paid for each share of Common Stock covered by the grant.

9.02 Payment

Unless the Agreement provides otherwise, if the Participant must pay for a Restricted Stock Award, payment of the Award shall be made in cash or cash equivalent acceptable to the Committee. A Participant’s rights in a Restricted Stock Award may be subject to repurchase upon specified events as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Agreement.

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9.03 Vesting

The Committee, on the date of grant of the Restricted Stock Award, shall prescribe that the Restricted Stock Award will become nonforfeitable and transferable subject to such conditions as are set forth in the Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Restricted Stock Awards that are nonforfeitable and transferable immediately upon grant, including without limitation Restricted Stock Awards granted in payment of earned performance awards or other incentive compensation under the Plan or any other plans or compensatory arrangements of the Company or any Affiliate. By way of example and not of limitation, the Committee may prescribe that a Participant’s rights in a Restricted Stock Award shall be forfeitable and nontransferable subject to (a) the attainment of objectively determinable performance conditions based on the criteria described in Article XV, (b) the Participant’s completion of a specified period of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate, (c) the Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement or (d) satisfaction of a combination of any of the foregoing factors. Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement, Restricted Stock Awards granted to non-employee members of the Board or the Board of Directors of an Affiliate shall only become nonforfeitable and transferable if the Participant serves continuously on the Board or the Board of Directors of the Affiliate, as applicable, from the date of grant until the one-year anniversary of the date of grant or, if earlier, the date of the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following the date of grant. A Restricted Stock Award can only become nonforfeitable and transferable during the Participant’s lifetime in the hands of the Participant.

9.04 Maximum Restriction Period

To the extent the Participant’s rights in a Restricted Stock Award are forfeitable and nontransferable for a period of time, the Committee on the date of grant shall determine the maximum period over which the rights may become nonforfeitable and transferable, except that such period shall not exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant.

9.05 Stockholder Rights

Prior to their forfeiture (in accordance with the applicable Agreement and while the shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award may be forfeited and are nontransferable), a Participant will have all rights of a stockholder with respect to a Restricted Stock Award, including the right to receive dividends and vote the shares; provided, however, that during such period (a) a Participant may not sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of shares granted pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, (b) the Company shall retain custody of any certificates evidencing shares granted pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award and (c) the Participant will deliver to the Company a stock power, endorsed in blank, with respect to each Restricted Stock Award. In lieu of retaining custody of the certificates evidencing shares granted pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, the shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award may, in the Committee’s discretion, be held in escrow by the Company or recorded as outstanding by notation on the stock records of the Company until the Participant’s interest in such shares of Common Stock vest. Dividends payable with respect to Restricted Stock Awards shall accumulate (without interest) and become payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock to the Participant at the time, and only to the extent that, the portion of the Restricted Stock Award to which the dividends relate has become transferable and nonforfeitable. The limitations set forth in the preceding sentences shall not apply after the shares granted under the Restricted Stock Award are transferable and are no longer forfeitable.

ARTICLE X
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

10.01 Grant

Subject to the eligibility provisions of Article V, the Committee will designate each individual or entity to whom a grant of Restricted Stock Units is to be made and will specify the number of shares covered by such grant.

10.02 Earning the Award

The Committee, on the date of grant of the Restricted Stock Units, shall prescribe that the Restricted Stock Units will be earned and become payable subject to such conditions as are set forth in the Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Restricted Stock Units in payment of earned performance awards or other incentive Compensation under the Plan or any other plans or Compensatory arrangements of the Company or any Affiliate. By way of example and not of limitation, the Committee may prescribe that the Restricted Stock Units will be earned and become payable upon (a) the satisfaction of objectively determinable performance conditions based on the criteria described in Article XV, (b) the Participant’s completion of a specified period of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate, (c) the Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement or (d) satisfaction of a combination of any of the foregoing factors. Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement, Restricted Stock Units granted to non-employee members of the Board or the Board of Directors of an Affiliate shall only become earned and payable if the Participant serves continuously on the Board or the Board of Directors of the Affiliate, as applicable, from the date of grant until the one-year anniversary of the date of grant or, if earlier, the date of the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following the date of grant.

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10.03     Maximum Restricted Stock Unit Award Period

The Committee, on the date of grant, shall determine the maximum period over which Restricted Stock Units may be earned, except that such period shall not exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant.

10.04     Payment

The amount payable to the Participant by the Company when an Award of Restricted Stock Units is earned shall be settled by the issuance of one share of Common Stock (or, as otherwise determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, the equivalent Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock in cash) for each Restricted Stock Unit that is earned. A fractional share of Common Stock shall not be deliverable when an Award of Restricted Stock Units is earned, but a cash payment will be made in lieu thereof.

10.05     Stockholder Rights

No Participant shall, as a result of receiving a grant of Restricted Stock Units, have any rights as a stockholder until and then only to the extent that the Restricted Stock Units are earned and settled in shares of Common Stock, nor shall any participant receive Dividend Equivalents solely as a result of receiving a grant of Restricted Stock Units. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Dividend Equivalents in the Agreement in connection with a grant of Restricted Stock Units. By way of example and not limitation, such Dividend Equivalents may provide that, for so long as the Participant holds any Restricted Stock Units, if the Company pays any cash dividends on its Common Stock, then (a) the Company may pay the Participant in cash for each outstanding Restricted Stock Unit covered by the Agreement as of the record date of such dividend, less any required withholdings, the per share amount of such dividend or (b) the number of outstanding Restricted Stock Units covered by the Agreement may be increased by the number of Restricted Stock Units, rounded down to the nearest whole number, equal to (i) the product of the number of the Participant’s outstanding Restricted Stock Units as of the record date for such dividend multiplied by the per share amount of the dividend divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the payment date of such dividend. In the event additional Restricted Stock Units are awarded, such Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and the Agreement as the outstanding Restricted Stock Units with respect to which they were granted. Dividend Equivalents payable with respect to Restricted Stock Units shall accumulate (without interest) and become payable to the Participant at the time, and only to the extent that, the portion of the Restricted Stock Units to which the Dividend Equivalents relate has become earned and payable. The limitations set forth in the preceding sentences shall not apply after the Restricted Stock Units become earned and payable and shares are issued thereunder.

ARTICLE XI
INCENTIVE AWARDS

11.01     Grant

Subject to the eligibility provisions of Article V, the Committee will designate each individual or entity to whom Incentive Awards are to be granted. All Incentive Awards shall be determined exclusively by the Committee under the procedures established by the Committee.

11.02     Earning the Award

Subject to the Plan, the Committee, on the date of grant of an Incentive Award, shall specify in the applicable Agreement the terms and conditions which govern the grant, including, without limitation, whether the Participant to be entitled to payment must be employed or providing services to the Company or an Affiliate at the time the Incentive Award is to be paid. By way of example and not of limitation, the Committee may prescribe that the Incentive Award shall be earned and payable upon (a) the satisfaction of objectively determinable performance conditions based on the criteria described in Article XV, (b) the Participant’s completion of a specified period of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate, (c) the Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement or (d) satisfaction of a combination of any of the foregoing factors.

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11.03     Maximum Incentive Award Period

The Committee, at the time an Incentive Award is made, shall determine the maximum period over which the Incentive Award may be earned, except that such period shall not exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant.

11.04     Payment

The amount payable to the Participant by the Company when an Incentive Award is earned may be settled in cash, by the issuance of shares of Common Stock or by a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines and sets forth in the applicable Agreement. A fractional share of Common Stock shall not be deliverable when an Incentive Award is earned, but a cash payment will be made in lieu thereof.

11.05     Stockholder Rights

No Participant shall, as a result of receiving an Incentive Award, have any rights as a stockholder of the Company or any Affiliate on account of such Incentive Award, unless and then only to the extent that the Incentive Award is earned and settled in shares of Common Stock.

ARTICLE XII
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS

12.01     Other Stock-Based Awards

The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to a Participant such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to or otherwise based on shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable securities, and other rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock or the cash value of shares of Common Stock. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock-Based Awards. Unless the Committee or the Agreement provides otherwise, Other Stock-Based Awards shall be vested, exercisable or earned and payable upon the date of grant. Common Stock delivered pursuant to an Other Stock-Based Award in the nature of purchase rights (“Purchase Right Award”) shall be purchased for such consideration not less than the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock as of the date the Other Stock-Based Award is granted (subject to Sections 14.06 and 16.03 with respect to substitute Awards), and may be paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, shares of Common Stock, other Awards, notes or other property, as the Committee shall determine. The maximum time period in which an Purchase Right Award may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee on the date of grant, except that no Purchase Right Award shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date such Purchase Right Award was granted.

12.02     Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Other Obligations

The Committee also is authorized (i) to grant to a Participant shares of Common Stock as a bonus, (ii) to grant shares of Common Stock or other Awards in lieu of other obligations of the Company or any Affiliate to pay cash or to deliver other property under this Plan or under any other plans or compensatory arrangements of the Company or any Affiliate, (iii) to use available shares of Common Stock as the form of payment for compensation, grants or rights earned or due under any other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company or an Affiliate, and (iv) subject to Section 19.13 below, to grant as alternatives to or replacements of Awards granted or outstanding under the Plan or any other plan or arrangement of the Company or any Affiliate, subject to such terms as shall be determined by the Committee and the overall limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan.

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ARTICLE XIII     
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND CASH AWARDS

13.01     Dividend Equivalents

The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to a Participant which may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award. Subject to Sections 9.05, 10.05, and 14.07, the Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed when accrued or shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock, other Awards or other investment vehicles, subject to restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and such other terms as the Committee may specify and set forth in the applicable Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Dividend Equivalents may be awarded in connection with an Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award, except to the extent permissible under Section 409A of the Code.

13.02     Cash Awards

The Committee is authorized to grant to a Participant Cash Awards. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Cash Awards. Cash Awards may be granted as an element of or a supplement to any other Award under the Plan or as a stand-alone Cash Award. The Committee, on the date of grant of Cash Awards, may prescribe that the Cash Awards will be earned and become payable subject to such conditions as are set forth in the Agreement. By way of example and not of limitation, the Committee may prescribe that Cash Awards will be earned and become payable upon (a) the satisfaction of objectively determinable performance conditions based on the criteria described in Article XV, (b) the Participant’s completion of a specified period of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate, (c) the Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement or (d) satisfaction of a combination of any of the foregoing factors. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Cash Awards in payment of earned performance awards and other incentive compensation payable under the Plan or any other plans or compensatory arrangements of the Company or any Affiliate. Unless the Committee or the Agreement provides otherwise, Cash Awards shall be vested and payable upon the date of grant.

ARTICLE XIV
TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL AWARDS

14.01     Written Agreement

Each Award shall be evidenced by a written or electronic Agreement (including any amendment or supplement thereto) between the Company and the Participant specifying the terms and conditions of the Award granted to such Participant.

14.02     Nontransferability

Except as provided in Section 14.03 below, each Award granted under this Plan shall be nontransferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. In the event of any transfer of an Option or Corresponding SAR (by the Participant or his transferee), the Option and Corresponding SAR that relates to such Award must be transferred to the same Person or Persons or entity or entities. Except as provided in Section 14.03 below, during the lifetime of the Participant to whom the Option or SAR is granted, the Option or SAR may be exercised only by the Participant. No right or interest of a Participant in any Award shall be liable for, or subject to, any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant or his transferee.

14.03     Transferable Awards

Section 14.02 to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Agreement so provides, an Award that is not a 409A Award may be transferred by a Participant to immediate family members or trusts or other entities on behalf of the Participant and/or immediate family members. Any such transfer will be permitted only if (a) the Participant does not receive any consideration for the transfer and (b) the Committee expressly approves the transfer. The holder of the Award transferred pursuant to this Section shall be bound by the same terms and conditions that governed the Award during the period that it was held by the Participant; provided, however, that such transferee may not transfer the Award except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Unless transferred as provided in Section 9.05, a Restricted Stock Award may not be transferred prior to becoming non-forfeitable and transferable.

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14.04     Participant Status

If the terms of any Award provide that it may be exercised or paid only during employment or continued service or within a specified period of time after termination of employment or continued service, the Committee may decide to what extent leaves of absence for governmental or military service, illness, temporary disability or other reasons shall not be deemed interruptions of continuous employment or service. For purposes of the Plan, employment and continued service shall be deemed to exist between the Participant and the Company and/or an Affiliate if, at the time of the determination, the Participant is a director, officer, employee, consultant or advisor of the Company or an Affiliate. A Participant on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence shall continue to be considered an employee for purposes of the Plan during such leave if the period of leave does not exceed three (3) months, or, if longer, so long as the individual’s right to re-employment with the Company or any of its Affiliates is guaranteed either by statute or by contract. If the period of leave exceeds three (3) months, and the individual’s right to re-employment is not guaranteed by statute or by contract, the employment shall be deemed to be terminated on the first day after the end of such three (3) month period. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in an Agreement, Awards granted to a director, officer, employee, consultant or advisor shall not be affected by any change in the status of the Participant so long as the Participant continues to be a director, officer, employee, consultant or advisor to the Company or any of its Affiliates (regardless of having changed from one to the other or having been transferred from one entity to another). The Participant’s employment or continued service shall not be considered interrupted in the event the Committee, in its discretion, and as specified at or prior to such occurrence, determines there is no interruption in the case of a spin-off, sale or disposition of the Participant’s employer from the Company or an Affiliate, except that if the Committee does not otherwise specify such at or such prior to such occurrence, the Participant will be deemed to have a termination of employment or continuous service to the extent the Affiliate that employs the Participant is no longer the Company or an entity that qualifies as an Affiliate. The foregoing provisions apply to a 409A Award only to the extent Section 409A of the Code does not otherwise treat the Participant as continuing in service or employment or as having a separation from service at an earlier time.

14.05     Change in Control

Notwithstanding any provision of any Agreement (other than the terms of an employment agreement providing vesting in connection with certain cessations of employment) but subject to the terms of the final paragraph of this Section 14.05, in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee in its discretion may

(i)     declare that some or all outstanding Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards previously granted under the Plan, whether or not then exercisable (but treating the Awards as then fully, if contingently, exercisable), shall terminate on the Control Change Date without any payment to the holder of the Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards, provided the Committee gives prior written notice to the holders of such termination and gives such holders the right to exercise their outstanding Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards for at least seven (7) days before such date,

(ii)     terminate on the Control Change Date some or all outstanding Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards previously granted under the Plan, whether or not then exercisable (but treating the Awards as then fully, if contingently, exercisable), in consideration of payment to the holder of such Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards, with respect to each share of Common Stock subject to the Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards, of the excess, if any, of the per share consideration being received by stockholders in the Change in Control over the purchase price or Initial Value, as applicable (provided that any portion of such Options, SARs and Purchase Right Awards where the per share consideration being received by stockholders does not exceed the purchase price or Initial Value, as applicable, shall be cancelled without any payment therefor),

(iii)     terminate on the Control Change Date outstanding Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards not in the nature of purchase rights and Dividend Equivalents previously granted under the Plan that will become nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable as of the Control Change Date, including pursuant to the final paragraph of this Section 14.05 (or that previously became nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable but have not yet been settled as of the Control Change Date) in exchange for a payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Awards, or the amount of cash payable under the Awards, over any unpaid purchase price, if any, for such Awards, or

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(iv)     take such other actions as the Committee determines to be reasonable under the circumstances to permit the Participant to realize the value of the outstanding Awards, including causing them to be continued, assumed, or substituted by the Company or a successor employer or its parent or subsidiary in connection with the Change in Control. The payments described above may be made in any manner the Committee determines, including in cash, stock or other property.

The Committee may take the actions described above with respect to Awards that are not then exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable or with respect to which the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Awards does not exceed the purchase price or Initial Value, as applicable, whether or not the Participant will receive any payments therefor. The Committee in its discretion may take any of the actions described in this Section 14.05 contingent on consummation of the Change in Control and with respect to some or all outstanding Awards, whether or not then exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable or on an Award-by-Award basis, which actions need not be uniform with respect to all outstanding Awards or Participants. However, outstanding Awards shall not be terminated to the extent that written provision is made for their continuance, assumption or substitution by the Company or a successor employer or its parent or subsidiary in connection with the Change in Control except as otherwise provided in the applicable Agreement.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, except to the extent the Committee may otherwise provide in an applicable Agreement (or as provided under the terms of an employment agreement providing vesting in connection with certain cessations of employment), each Participant's outstanding Awards shall become fully exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable (i) on a Control Change Date or immediately before the date the Awards will be terminated in connection with the Change in Control, as described above, for Awards that are not continued, assumed or substituted by the Company or a successor employer or its parent or subsidiary in connection with the Change in Control or (ii) upon the Participant’s death, Disability or involuntary termination of employment or service (including a voluntary termination of employment or service for Good Reason but not a termination for Cause) within the twenty-four (24) month period after the Change in Control, for Awards that are continued, assumed or substituted by the Company or a successor employer or its parent or subsidiary in connection with the Change in Control, except as described in the following sentence. Unless the Board or the Committee determines to increase the level of vesting or exercisability, outstanding Awards that were to become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable, or earned and payable, based on achievement of objectively determinable performance conditions shall only become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable, or earned and payable as described in the preceding sentence as follows: (a) if at such time more than fifty percent (50%) of the relevant performance period (or, if less, at least two years) is completed, then the Awards will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable, or earned and payable, as described above, (i) based upon achievement of performance to date (calculated against pro rata performance targets) to the extent that achievement of performance to date is reasonably measurable or (ii) assuming achievement of performance at one hundred percent (100%) of target to the extent that achievement of performance to date is not reasonably measurable, and (b) if at that time fifty percent (50%) or less of the relevant performance period (or less than two years) is completed, then the Awards will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable, or earned and payable, as described above, assuming achievement of performance conditions at fifty percent (50%) of target (regardless of performance to date).

14.06     Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards

Subject to Section 19.13 below, Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with or in substitution or exchange for, any other Award or any Award granted under another plan of the Company or any Affiliate or any entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company or any Affiliate; provided, however, that a 409A Award may not be granted in tandem with a Non-409A Award. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with another Award or Awards may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Award or Awards. Subject to applicable law and the restrictions on 409A Awards and repricings in Section 19.13 below, the Committee may determine that, in granting a new Award, the in-the-money value or Fair Market Value of any surrendered Award or Awards or the value of any other right to payment surrendered by the Participant may be applied, or otherwise taken into account with respect, to any other new Award or Awards.

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14.07     Form and Timing of Payment; Deferrals

Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Agreement, payments to be made by the Company or an Affiliate upon the exercise of an Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award or settlement of any other Award may be made in such form as the Committee may determine and set forth in the applicable Agreement, including, without limitation, cash, shares of Common Stock, other Awards or other property and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments or on a deferred basis. The settlement of an Award may be accelerated, and cash paid in lieu of shares of Common Stock in connection with such settlement, in the discretion of the Committee or upon the occurrence of one or more specified events set forth in the applicable Agreement (and to the extent permitted by the Plan and Section 409A of the Code). Subject to the Plan (and to the extent permitted by Section 409A), installment or deferred payments may be required by the Committee or permitted at the election of the Participant on the terms and conditions established by the Committee. Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installments or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in shares of Common Stock. In the case of any 409A Award that is vested and no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Sections 83 and 409A of the Code), such Award may be distributed to the Participant, upon application of the Participant to the Committee, if the Participant has an unforeseeable emergency within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, if determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, however, no dividends payable with respect to an Award or Dividend Equivalents may be paid in connection with any Awards or Dividend Equivalents that are to become nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable based upon performance conditions unless and until the performance conditions are satisfied, and, if determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Agreement, any such dividends and Dividend Equivalents will accumulate (without interest) and become payable to the Participant at the time, and only to the extent that, the applicable Awards or Dividend Equivalents have become non-forfeitable and transferable or earned and payable upon satisfaction of the relevant performance conditions.

14.08     Time and Method of Exercise

The Committee shall determine and set forth in the Agreement the time or times at which Awards granted under the Plan may be exercised or settled in whole or in part and shall set forth in the Agreement the rules regarding the exercise, settlement and/or termination of Awards upon the Participant’s death, Disability, termination of employment or ceasing to be a director. Unless the Agreement provides otherwise, an Award may be exercised by delivering notice to the Company’s principal office, to the attention of its Secretary (or the Secretary’s designee) no less than one (1) business day in advance of the effective date of the proposed exercise. Such notice shall be accompanied by the applicable Agreement, shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Award is being exercised and the effective date of the proposed exercise and shall be signed by the Participant or other person then having the right to exercise the Award. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no partial exercise of an Award shall be for an aggregate exercise or purchase price or a base value of less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) (or, if less, the exercise price, purchase price or base value for the remaining Award). Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, however, if an Award is to become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable on the completion of a specified period of employment or service with the Company or any Affiliate, without the achievement of any performance conditions being required, and the Award is not being granted in lieu of any other cash compensation the Participant is to receive that would be payable over a shorter period of time, then unless the applicable Agreement provides otherwise, the Award shall become exercisable, non-forfeitable and transferable or earned and payable with respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the underlying shares of Common Stock (or any amounts payable thereunder for Awards denoted in dollars) on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant (subject to acceleration of vesting as set forth in the applicable Agreement or the Plan). Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan providing for the maximum term of an Award, in the event any Award would expire prior to exercise, vesting or settlement because trading in shares of Common Stock is prohibited by law or by any insider trading policy of the Company, the term of the Award shall automatically be extended until thirty (30) days after the expiration of any such prohibitions to permit the Participant to realize the value of the Award, provided such extension with respect to the applicable Award (i) is permitted by law, (ii) does not result in a violation of Section 409A with respect to the Award, and (iii) does not otherwise adversely impact the tax consequences of the Award. An Agreement may provide that the Award will be automatically, and without any action by the Participant, deemed exercised, by means of a “net exercise” procedure, immediately prior to the expiration of the full term of the Award if the then Fair Market Value of the underlying shares of Common Stock at that time exceeds the exercise or purchase price or base value of the Award, in order to permit the Participant to realize the value of the Award. With respect to an Option and its Corresponding SAR, the Agreement may provide which Award will be deemed exercised. If the Agreement does not so provide, the Option shall be deemed exercised and the Corresponding SAR shall expire unexercised.

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14.09     Effect of Termination Date on Options, SARs and Other Stock-Based Awards in the Nature of Purchase Rights

(a)     If a Participant incurs a Termination Date due to death or Disability, any unexercised Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award granted to the Participant shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Participant (or, where appropriate, a transferee of the Participant), to the extent then exercisable, (i) for a period of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date or (ii) until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award, whichever period is shorter, unless specifically provided otherwise in the applicable Agreement (in which case the terms of the Agreement shall control). Any portion of the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award that remains unexercised after the expiration of such period shall terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation due to the Participant.

(b)     If a Participant incurs a Termination Date due to Retirement, any unexercised Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award granted to the Participant may thereafter be exercised by the Participant (or, where appropriate, a transferee of the Participant), to the extent then exercisable, (i) for a period of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date or (ii) until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award, whichever period is shorter, and any portion of the Award that is not vested and, exercisable as of the Termination Date shall immediately terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation due to the Participant, unless specifically provided otherwise in the applicable Agreement (in which case the terms of the Agreement shall control). Any portion of the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award that remains unexercised after the expiration of such period described above, shall terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation due to the Participant.

(c)     If a Participant incurs a Termination Date due to resignation by the Participant for any reason (other than Disability), involuntary termination by the Company without Cause or any other termination (other than due to death, Disability or Retirement), any unexercised Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award granted to the Participant may thereafter be exercised by the Participant (or, where appropriate, a transferee of the Participant), to the extent then exercisable (i) for a period of three (3) months after the Termination Date or (ii) until the expiration of the stated term of the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award, whichever period is shorter, and any portion of the Award that is not vested and, exercisable as of the Termination Date shall immediately terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation due to the Participant, unless specifically provided otherwise in the applicable Agreement (in which case the terms of the Agreement shall control). Any exercisable portion of the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award that remains unexercised at the expiration of such period described above, shall terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation due to the Participant.

(d)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 14.09, if a Participant incurs a Termination Date as a result of a termination by the Company for Cause, any Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award granted to the Participant (even if such Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award previously became exercisable) shall immediately terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation to the Participant, unless specifically provided otherwise in the applicable Agreement (in which case the terms of the Agreement shall control).

14.10     Effect of Termination Date on Full Value Awards

(a)     If a Participant incurs a Termination Date due to death or Disability, any outstanding Full Value Award granted to the Participant shall become nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable in full, unless specifically provided otherwise in the applicable Agreement (in which case the terms of the Agreement shall control).

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(b)     If a Participant incurs a Termination Date for any reason (other than death or Disability), any outstanding Full Value Award granted to the Participant shall terminate and be forfeited with no further compensation due to the Participant, unless specifically provided otherwise in the applicable Agreement (in which case the terms of the Agreement shall control).

14.11     Non U.S. Participants

The Committee may grant Awards to Participants located outside of the United States of America. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan (other than the limitations of Section 6.02 and Section 19.13) the terms of such Awards shall be as the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines as appropriate and permitted under the law that applies to any Award granted to Participants located outside of the United States of America.

ARTICLE XV
PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION

15.01     Performance Conditions

In accordance with the Plan, the Committee may prescribe that Awards will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable, and earned and payable, based on objectively determinable performance conditions. Objectively determinable performance conditions are performance conditions (i) that are established in writing; (ii) that are uncertain of achievement at the time they are established and (iii) the achievement of which is determinable by a third party with knowledge of the relevant facts. The performance conditions may be stated with respect to (a) revenue; (b) revenue growth or product revenue growth; (c) operating income (before or after taxes); (d) pre-or after-tax income (before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus); (e) net earnings; (f) earnings per share; (g) net income (before or after taxes); (h) return on equity; (i) total stockholder return; (j) return on assets or net assets; (k) appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the shares of Common Stock (or any other publicly-traded securities of the Company); (l) market share; (m) gross profits; (n) earnings (including earnings before taxes, before interest and taxes or before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (o) economic value-added models or equivalent metrics; (p) comparisons with various stock market indices; (q) reductions in cost; (r) cash flow or cash flow per share (before or after dividends); (s) return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital); (t) cash flow return on investments; (u) improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels; (v) operating margin, gross margin or cash margin; (w) year-end cash; (x) debt reduction; (y) stockholder equity; (z) market shares; (aa) regulatory achievements; (bb) implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to products or projects and recruiting and maintaining personnel; or (cc) other objectively determinable criteria. The business criteria above, may be related to a specific customer or group of customers or products or geographic region. The form of the performance conditions may be measured on a Company, Affiliate, product, division, business unit, service line, segment or geographic basis, individually, alternatively or in any combination, subset or component thereof. Performance goals may include one or more of the foregoing business criteria, either individually, alternatively or any combination, subset or component. Performance goals may reflect absolute performance or a relative comparison of the performance to the performance of a peer group or index or other external measure of the selected business criteria. Profits, earnings and revenues used for any performance condition measurement may exclude any extraordinary or non-recurring items. The performance conditions may, but need not, be based upon an increase or positive result under the aforementioned business criteria and could include, for example and not by way of limitation, maintaining the status quo or limiting the economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to the specific business criteria). The performance conditions may not include solely the mere continued employment of the Participant. However, the Award may become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable contingent on the Participant’s continued employment or service, and/or employment or service at the time the Award becomes exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable, in addition to the performance conditions described above. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to select one or more periods of time over which the attainment of one or more of the foregoing performance conditions will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the settlement of, an Award that will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable based on performance conditions, except that the performance period shall not be less than one year, except in the case of newly-hired or newly-promoted employees and, to the extent permitted by the Committee or set forth in the Agreement, in the event of the Participant’s death, Disability, retirement or involuntary termination of employment or service during the performance period.

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15.02     Establishing the Amount of the Award

The amount of the Award that will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable if the performance conditions are obtained (or an objective formula for, or method of, computing such amount) also must be established at the time set forth in Section 15.01 above. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, reduce the amount of the Award that will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable, as applicable, if the Committee determines that such reduction is appropriate under the facts and circumstances. In no event shall the Committee have the discretion to increase the amount of the Award that will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable.

15.03     Earning the Award

If the Committee, on the date of grant, prescribes that an Award shall become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable only upon the attainment of any of the above enumerated performance conditions, the Award shall become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable only to the extent that the Committee certifies in writing that such conditions have been achieved. An Award will not satisfy the requirements of this Article XV to constitute “performance-based compensation” if the facts and circumstances indicate the Award will become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable regardless of whether the performance conditions are attained. However, an Award does not fail to meet the requirements of this Article XV merely because the Award would become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable upon the Participant’s death or Disability or upon a Change in Control. In determining if the performance conditions have been achieved, the Committee may adjust the performance targets in the event of any unbudgeted acquisition, divestiture or other unexpected fundamental change in the business of the Company, an Affiliate or business unit or in any product that is material taken as a whole as appropriate to fairly and equitably determine if the Award is to become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable only pursuant to the conditions set forth in the Award. Additionally, in determining if such performance conditions have been achieved, the Committee also may adjust the performance targets in the event of any (a) unanticipated asset write-downs or impairment charges, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements thereof, (c) changes in tax laws, accounting principles or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) costs and accruals for reorganization or restructuring programs, or extraordinary non-reoccurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 or as described in management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the applicable year or as identified in the financial statements, the notes to the financial statements or other securities law filings (each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles), (e) acquisitions, dispositions or discontinued operations, (f) foreign exchange gains or losses, or (g) such other factors as the Committee may determine as appropriate to fairly and equitably determine if the Award is to become exercisable, nonforfeitable and transferable or earned and payable only pursuant to the conditions set forth in the Award. To the extent any such adjustments would affect Awards, the intent is that they shall be in a form that allows the Award to continue to meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code for deductibility, if applicable, and, to the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code for “qualified performance-based compensation,” set forth in the applicable Agreement, for awards granted on or before November 2, 2017 and/or otherwise grandfathered under Section 162(m).

ARTICLE XVI
ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGE IN COMMON STOCK

16.01     General Adjustments

The Maximum Aggregate Number, the terms of outstanding Awards and the per individual limitations on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards shall be adjusted as the Committee shall determine to be equitably required in the event (a) there occurs a reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, spin-off, split-off, stock dividend, issuance of stock rights, combination of shares, merger, consolidation or distribution (stock or cash) to stockholders other than an ordinary cash dividend; (b) the Company engages in a transaction Code Section 424 describes; or (c) there occurs any other transaction or event which, in the judgment of the Board, necessitates such action. In that respect, the Committee shall make such adjustments as are necessary in the number or kind of shares of Common Stock or securities which are subject to the Award, the exercise price or Initial Value of the Award and such other adjustments as are appropriate in the discretion of the Committee. Such adjustments may provide for the elimination of fractional shares that might otherwise be subject to Awards without any payment therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of one or more outstanding shares of preferred stock or convertible debentures that the Company may issue from time to time into Common Stock shall not in and of itself require any adjustment under this Article XVI. In addition, the Committee may make such other adjustments to the terms of any Awards to the extent equitable and necessary to prevent an enlargement or dilution of the Participant’s rights thereunder as a result of any such event or similar transaction. Any determination made under this Article XVI by the Committee shall be final and conclusive.

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16.02     No Adjustments

The issuance by the Company of stock of any class, or securities convertible into stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of stock or obligations of the Company convertible into such stock or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards, the per individual limitations on the number of shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards or the terms of outstanding Awards.

16.03     Substitute Awards

The Committee may grant Awards in substitution for Options, SARs, restricted stock, Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards or similar Awards held by an individual who becomes an employee of the Company or an Affiliate in connection with a transaction described in the first paragraph of Section 16.01. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan (other than, if required by applicable law or by the rules of the applicable stock exchange, the limitation of Section 6.02), the terms of such substituted Awards shall be as the Committee, in its discretion, determines is appropriate.

16.04     Limitation on Adjustments

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment hereunder shall be authorized or made if and to the extent the existence of such authority or action (a) would cause Awards under the Plan that are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code to otherwise fail to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation,” (b) would violate Code Section 409A for a 409A Award, or (c) would adversely affect any exemption under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, unless the Committee determines that such adjustment is necessary and specifically acknowledges that the adjustment will be made notwithstanding any such result.

ARTICLE XVII
COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND APPROVAL OF REGULATORY BODIES

17.01     Compliance

No Option or SAR shall be exercisable, no Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit, Incentive Award, Other Stock-Based Award, Dividend Equivalents or Cash Awards shall be granted or settled, no shares of Common Stock shall be issued, no certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be delivered and no payment shall be made under this Plan except in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations (including, without limitation, withholding tax requirements), any listing agreement to which the Company is a party and the rules of all domestic stock exchanges on which the Company’s shares may be listed (including any requirements for stockholder approval). The Company shall have the right to rely on an opinion of its counsel as to such compliance. Any stock certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Award may bear such legends and statements as the Committee may deem advisable to assure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations and to reflect any other restrictions applicable to such shares as the Committee otherwise deems appropriate. No Option or SAR shall be exercisable, no Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit, Incentive Award, Other Stock-Based Award, Dividend Equivalents or Cash Awards shall be granted or settled, no shares of Common Stock shall be issued, no certificate for shares of Common Stock shall be delivered and no payment shall be made under this Plan until the Company has obtained such consent or approval as the Committee may deem advisable from regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such matters.

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17.02     Postponement of Exercise or Payment

The Committee may postpone any grant, exercise, vesting or payment of an Award for such time as the Committee in its sole discretion may deem necessary in order to permit the Company (i) to effect, amend or maintain any necessary registration of the Plan or the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Award under the securities laws; (ii) to take any action in order to (A) list such shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company on a stock exchange if shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company are not then listed on such exchange or (B) comply with restrictions or regulations incident to the maintenance of a public market for its shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company, including any rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company are listed; (iii) to determine that such shares of Common Stock in the Plan are exempt from such registration or that no action of the kind referred to in (ii)(B) above needs to be taken; (iv) to comply with any other applicable law, including without limitation, securities laws; (v) to comply with any legal or contractual requirements during any such time the Company or any Affiliate is prohibited from doing any of such acts under applicable law, including without limitation, during the course of an investigation of the Company or any Affiliate, or under any contract, loan agreement or covenant or other agreement to which the Company or any Affiliate is a party or (vi) to otherwise comply with any prohibition on such acts or payments during any applicable blackout period; and the Company shall not be obligated by virtue of any terms and conditions of any Agreement or any provision of the Plan to recognize the grant, exercise, vesting or payment of an Award or to grant, sell or issue shares of Common Stock or make any such payments in violation of the securities laws or the laws of any government having jurisdiction thereof or any of the provisions hereof. Any such postponement shall not extend the term of the Award and neither the Company nor its directors and officers nor the Committee shall have any obligation or liability to any Participant or to any other person with respect to shares of Common Stock or payments as to which the Award shall lapse because of such postponement.

Additionally, the Committee may postpone any grant, exercise vesting or payment of an Award if the Company reasonably believes the Company's or any applicable Affiliate's deduction with respect to such Award would be limited or eliminated by application of Code Section 162(m) to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code; provided, however, such delay will last only until the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates that the deduction with respect to the Award will not be limited or eliminated by the application of Code Section 162(m) or the calendar year in which the Participant separates from service.

17.03     Forfeiture or Reimbursement

A Participant shall be required to forfeit any and all rights under Awards or to reimburse the Company for any payment under any Award (with interest as necessary to avoid imputed interest or original issue discount under the Code or as otherwise required by applicable law) to the extent applicable law or any applicable claw-back or recoupment policy of the Company or any of its Affiliates requires such forfeiture or reimbursement.

ARTICLE XVIII     
LIMITATION ON BENEFITS

Except as provided in an applicable Agreement, despite any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, if the receipt of any payments or benefits under this Plan would subject a Participant to tax under Code Section 4999, the Committee may determine whether some amount of payments or benefits would meet the definition of a “Reduced Amount.” If the Committee determines that there is a Reduced Amount, the total payments or benefits to the Participant under all Awards must be reduced to such Reduced Amount, but not below zero. It is the intention of the Company and the Participant to reduce the payments under this Plan only if the aggregate Net After Tax Receipts to the Participant would thereby be increased. If the Committee determines that the benefits and payments must be reduced to the Reduced Amount, the Company must promptly notify the Participant of that determination, with a copy of the detailed calculations by the Committee. All determinations of the Committee under this Article XVIII are final, conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Participant. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Code Section 4999 at the time of the initial determination by the Committee under this Article XVIII, however, it is possible that amounts will have been paid under the Plan to or for the benefit of a Participant which should not have been so paid (“Overpayment”) or that additional amounts which will not have been paid under the Plan to or for the benefit of a Participant could have been so paid (“Underpayment”), in each case consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount. If the Committee, based either upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against the Company or the Participant, which the Committee believes has a high probability of success, or controlling precedent or other substantial authority, determines that an Overpayment has been made, any such Overpayment must be treated for all purposes as a loan, to the extent permitted by applicable law, which the Participant must repay to the Company together with interest at the applicable federal rate under Code Section 7872(f)(2); provided, however, that no such loan may be deemed to have been made and no amount shall be payable by the Participant to the Company if and to the extent such deemed loan and payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Participant is subject to tax under Code Sections 1, 3101 or 4999 or generate a refund of such taxes. If the Committee, based upon controlling precedent or other substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, the Committee must promptly notify the Company of the amount of the Underpayment, which then shall be paid promptly to the Participant but no later than the end of the Participant’s taxable year next following the Participant’s taxable year in which the determination is made that the Underpayment has occurred. For purposes of this Section, (a) “Net After Tax Receipt” means the Present Value of a payment under this Plan net of all taxes imposed on Participant with respect thereto under Code Sections 1, 3101 and 4999, determined by applying the highest marginal rate under Code Section 1 which applies to the Participant’s taxable income for the applicable taxable year; (b) “Present Value” means the value determined in accordance with Code Section 280G(d)(4); and (c) “Reduced Amount” means the smallest aggregate amount of all payments and benefits under this Plan which (i) is less than the sum of all payments and benefits under this Plan and (ii) results in aggregate Net After Tax Receipts which are equal to or greater than the Net After Tax Receipts which would result if the aggregate payments and benefits under this Plan were any other amount less than the sum of all payments and benefits to be made under this Plan.

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ARTICLE XIX
GENERAL PROVISIONS

19.01     Effect on Employment and Service

Neither the adoption of this Plan, its operation nor any documents describing or referring to this Plan (or any part thereof), shall confer upon any individual or entity any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate or in any way affect any right and power of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the employment or service of any individual or entity at any time with or without assigning a reason therefor.

19.02     Unfunded Plan

This Plan, insofar as it provides for Awards, shall be unfunded, and the Company shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by Awards under this Plan. Any liability of the Company to any Person with respect to any Award under this Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created pursuant to this Plan. No such obligation of the Company shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge of, or other encumbrance on, any property of the Company.

19.03     Rules of Construction

Headings are given to the articles and sections of this Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. The reference to any statute, regulation or other provision of law shall be construed to refer to any amendment to or successor of such provision of law.

19.04     Tax Withholding and Reporting

Unless an Agreement provides otherwise, each Participant shall be responsible for satisfying in cash or cash equivalent any income and employment (including, without limitation, Social Security and Medicare) tax withholding obligations, if applicable, attributable to participation in the Plan and the grant, exercise, vesting or payment of Awards granted hereunder (including the making of a Code Section 83(b) election with respect to an Award). In accordance with procedures that the Committee establishes, the Committee, to the extent applicable law permits, may allow a Participant to pay any such applicable amounts (a) by surrendering (actually or by attestation) shares of Common Stock that the Participant already owns and, if necessary to avoid adverse accounting consequences, has held for at least six (6) months (but only for the minimum required withholding); (b) by a cashless exercise, or surrender of shares of Common Stock already owned, through a broker; (c) by means of a “net exercise” procedure by the surrender of shares of Common Stock to which the Participant is otherwise entitled under the Award (but only for the minimum required withholding unless the Board determines to permit withholding up to the statutory maximum tax rates); (d) by such other medium of payment as the Committee, in its discretion, shall authorize; or (e) by any combination of the aforementioned methods of payment. The Company shall comply with all such reporting and other requirements relating to the administration of this Plan and the grant, exercise, vesting or payment of any Award hereunder as applicable law requires.

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19.05     Code Section 83(b) Election

An election under Section 83(b) of the Code (to include in gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Code Section 83(b)) or under similar laws may be made unless expressly prohibited by the terms of an applicable Agreement. In any case in which a Participant is permitted to make such an election in connection with an Award, the Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 83(b) or other applicable provisions.

19.06     Reservation of Shares

The Company, during the term of this Plan, shall at all time reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. Additionally, the Company, during the term of this Plan, shall use its best efforts to seek to obtain from appropriate regulatory agencies any requisite authorizations needed in order to issue and to sell such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. However, the inability of the Company to obtain from any such regulatory agency the requisite authorizations the Company’s counsel deems to be necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of any shares of Common Stock hereunder, or the inability of the Company to confirm to its satisfaction that any issuance and sale of any shares of Common Stock hereunder will meet applicable legal requirements, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect to the failure to issue or to sell such shares of Common Stock as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

19.07     Governing Law

This Plan and all Awards granted hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, except to the extent federal law applies.

19.08     Other Actions

Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the authority of the Company to exercise its corporate rights and powers, including, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, the right to grant Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards or Dividend Equivalents for proper corporate purposes otherwise than under the Plan to any employee or to any other Person, firm, corporation, association or other entity, or to grant Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Awards, or Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards or Dividend Equivalents to, or assume such Awards of any Person in connection with, the acquisition, purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise, of all or any part of the business and assets of any Person, firm, corporation, association or other entity.

19.09     Repurchase of Common Stock

Subject to Section 19.13 below, the Company or its designee may have the option and right to purchase any Award or any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any Award in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Agreement. However, shares of Common Stock repurchased pursuant to an Agreement will still be deemed issued pursuant to the Plan and will not be available for issuance pursuant to future Awards under the Plan (not counting for this purpose any shares of Common Stock repurchased in connection with the lapse or forfeiture of any Restricted Stock Award).

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19.10     Other Conditions

The Committee, in its discretion, may require the Participant on or before the date of grant, or to the extent set forth in an applicable Award Agreement, on or before the date of exercise, payment or settlement of an Award, to enter into (i) a confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, non-disparagement or other similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, which may become effective on the date of termination of employment or service of the Participant with the Company or any Affiliate or any other date the Committee may specify and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Committee shall otherwise specify, (ii) an agreement to cancel any other employment agreement, service agreement, fringe benefit or compensation arrangement in effect between the Company or any Affiliate and such Participant (subject to any contractual obligations providing for the Awards to be made without such condition), and/or (iii) a stockholders' agreement with respect to shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Award. If the Participant should fail to enter into any such agreement at the Committee's request, then no Award shall be granted, exercised, paid or settled and the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been subject to such Award, if any, shall be added to the remaining shares of Common Stock available under the Plan. In the event the Participant should enter into any such confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, non-disparagement or other similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, as a condition to the grant, exercise, payment or settlement of the Award, and the Participant subsequently breaches or violates any provision of such agreement, then the Participant shall forfeit any and all further rights under such Award and the Clawback Requirement shall be triggered. If the Participant has an employment or other agreement in effect that provides restrictive covenants that cover post-employment conduct, any agreement required under (i) shall not be more extensive than those in effect under such agreement.

19.11     Forfeiture Provisions

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, except as otherwise specifically provided in an applicable Agreement, all rights to any Award that a Participant has will be immediately discontinued and forfeited, and the Company shall not have any further obligation hereunder to the Participant with respect to any Award and the Award will not be exercisable (whether or not previously exercisable) or become vested or payable on and after the time the Participant is discharged from employment or service with the Company or any Affiliate for Cause.

19.12     Legends; Payment of Expenses

The Company may endorse such legend or legends upon the certificates for shares of Common Stock issued upon the grant or exercise of an Award and may issue such "stop transfer" instructions to its transfer agent in respect of such shares as it determines, in its sole discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to (i) prevent a violation of, or to perfect an exemption from, the registration requirements under the Exchange Act, applicable state securities laws or other requirements, (b) implement the provisions of the Plan or any Agreement between the Company and the Participant with respect to such shares of Common Stock, or (c) as may be appropriate to continue an Award’s exemption or compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The Company shall pay all issuance taxes with respect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the grant or exercise of the Award, as well as all fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance.

19.13     Repricing of Awards

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, except for adjustments pursuant to Article XVI or to the extent approved by the Company’s stockholders (to the extent such stockholder approval is required by law or to avoid adverse tax or accounting consequences) and consistent with the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are traded, this Plan does not permit (a) any decrease in the exercise or purchase price or base value of any outstanding Awards, (b) the issuance of any replacement Options, SARs or Other Stock-Based Awards in the nature of purchase rights which shall be deemed to occur if a Participant agrees to forfeit an existing Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award in exchange for a new Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award with a lower exercise or purchase price or base value, (c) the Company to repurchase underwater or out-of-the-money Options, SARs or Other Stock-Based Awards in the nature of purchase rights, which shall be deemed to be those Options, SARs or Other Stock-Based Awards in the nature of purchase rights with exercise or purchase prices or base values in excess of the current Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Option, SAR or Purchase Right Award, (d) the issuance of any replacement or substitute Awards or the payment of cash in exchange for, or in substitution of, underwater or out-of-the-money Options, SARs or Other Stock-Based Awards in the nature of purchase rights, (e) the Company to repurchase any Award if the Award has not become exercisable, vested or payable prior to the repurchase or (f) any other action that is treated as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles.

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19.14     Right of Setoff

The Company or an Affiliate may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, deduct from and set off against any amounts the Company or Affiliate may owe the Participant from time to time, including amounts payable in connection with any Award, owed as wages, fringe benefits or other compensation owed to the Participant, such amounts as may be owed by the Participant to the Company or Affiliate, including but not limited to any amounts owed under the Plan, although the Participant shall remain liable for any part of the Participant’s obligation not satisfied through such deduction and setoff. By accepting any Award granted hereunder, the Participant agrees to any deduction or setoff hereunder.

19.15     Fractional Shares

No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, other Awards or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereof shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

ARTICLE XX
CLAIMS PROCEDURES

20.01     Initial Claim

If a Participant has exercised an Option or SAR or if shares of Restricted Stock have become vested or Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards, Other Stock-Based Awards or Dividend Equivalents have become payable, and the Participant has not received the benefits to which the Participant believes he or she is entitled under such Award, then the Participant must submit a written claim for such benefits to the Committee within ninety (90) days of the date the Participant tried to exercise the Option or SAR, the date the Participant contends the Restricted Stock vested or the date the Participant contends the Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Awards, or Other Stock-Based Awards of Dividend Equivalents became payable or the claim will be forever barred.

20.02     Appeal of Claim

If a claim of a Participant is wholly or partially denied, the Participant or his duly authorized representative may appeal the denial of the claim to the Committee. Such appeal must be made at any time within thirty (30) days after the Participant receives written notice from the Company of the denial of the claim. In connection therewith, the Participant or his duly authorized representative may request a review of the denied claim, may review pertinent documents and may submit issues and comments in writing. Upon receipt of an appeal, the Committee shall make a decision with respect to the appeal and, not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of such request for review, shall furnish the Participant with the decision on review in writing, including the specific reasons for the decision written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Participant, as well as specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which the decision is based.

20.03     Time to File Suit

The Committee has the discretionary and final authority under the Plan to determine the validity of a claim. Accordingly, any decision the Committee makes on a Participant’s appeal will be administratively final. If a Participant disagrees with the Committee’s final decision, the Participant may sue, but only after the claim on appeal has been denied. Any lawsuit must be filed within ninety (90) days of receipt of the Committee’s final written denial of the Participant’s claim or the claim will be forever barred.

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ARTICLE XXI
AMENDMENT

21.01     Amendment of Plan

The Board may amend or terminate this Plan at any time; provided, however, that no amendment to the Plan may materially adversely impair the rights of a Participant with respect to outstanding Awards without the Participant’s consent. In addition, an amendment will be contingent on approval of the Company’s stockholders, to the extent required by law or any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan or by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are traded. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any termination of the Plan shall comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A with regard to any 409A Awards.

21.02     Amendment of Awards

The Committee may amend any outstanding Awards to the extent it deems appropriate; provided, however, that no amendment to an outstanding Award may adversely impair the rights of a Participant without the Participant’s consent.

ARTICLE XXII
SECTION 409A PROVISION

22.01     Intent of Awards

It is intended that Awards that are granted under the Plan shall be exempt from treatment as “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code unless otherwise specified by the Committee. Towards that end, all Awards under the Plan are intended to contain such terms as will qualify the Awards for an exemption from Section 409A of the Code unless otherwise specified by the Committee. The terms of the Plan and all Awards granted hereunder shall be construed consistent with the foregoing intent. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Committee may amend any outstanding Award without Participant’s consent if, as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, such amendment is required either to (a) confirm exemption under Section 409A of the Code, (b) comply with Section 409A of the Code or (c) prevent the Participant from being subject to any tax or penalty under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor the Committee shall be liable to a Participant or any other Person if an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code or the Participant or any other Person is otherwise subject to any additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible for the payment of any tax liability (including any taxes, penalties and interest that may arise under Section 409A of the Code) that may result from an Award.

22.02     409A Awards

The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan that are intended to be 409A Awards that comply with Section 409A of the Code. The terms of such 409A Award, including any authority by the Company and the rights of the Participant with respect to such 409A Award, will be subject to such rules and limitations and shall be interpreted in a manner as to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

22.03     Election Requirements

If a Participant is permitted to elect to defer an Award or any payment under an Award, such election shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

22.04     Time of Payment

The time and form of payment of a 409A Award shall be as set forth in an applicable Agreement. The time of distribution of the 409A Award must be fixed by reference to the specified payment event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the time of distribution of the 409A Award is not set forth in the applicable Agreement, then the time of distribution of the 409A Award shall be within two and one-half months of the end of the later of the calendar year or the fiscal year of the Company or Affiliate that employs the Participant in which the 409A Award becomes vested and no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture within the meaning of Code Section 409A. For purposes of Code Section 409A, each installment payment will be treated as the entitlement to a single payment.

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22.05     Acceleration or Deferral

The Company shall have no authority to accelerate or delay or change the form of any distributions relating to 409A Awards except as permitted under Code Section 409A.

22.06     Distribution Requirements

Any distribution of a 409A Award triggered by a Participant’s termination of employment shall be made only at the time that the Participant has had a separation from service within the meaning of Code Section 409A. A separation from service shall occur where it is reasonably anticipated that no further services will be performed after that date or that the level of bona fide services the Participant will perform after that date (whether as an employee or independent contractor of the Company or an Affiliate) will permanently decrease to less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of bona fide services performed over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period. A Participant shall be considered to have continued employment and to not have a separation from service while on a leave of absence if the leave does not exceed six (6) consecutive months (twenty-nine (29) months for a disability leave of absence) or, if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Company or Affiliate under an applicable statute or by contract. For this purpose, a “disability leave of absence” is an absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, where such impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of Participant’s position of employment or a substantially similar position of employment. Continued services solely as a director of the Company or an Affiliate shall not prevent a separation from service from occurring by an employee as permitted by Section 409A of the Code.

22.07     Key Employee Rule

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, any distribution of a 409A Award that would be made upon a separation from service within six (6) months following the separation from service of a “specified employee” as defined under Code Section 409A and as determined under procedures adopted by the Board or its delegate shall instead occur on the first day of the seventh month following the separation from service (or upon the Participant’s death, if earlier) to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code. In the case of installments, this delay shall not affect the timing of any installment otherwise payable after the requisite delay period.

22.08     Distributions Upon Vesting

In the case of any Award providing for a distribution upon the lapse of a substantial risk of forfeiture, if the timing of such distribution is not otherwise specified in the Plan or the applicable Agreement, the distribution shall be made not later than two and one-half (2½) months after the calendar year in which the risk of forfeiture lapsed.

22.09     Scope and Application of this Provision

For purposes of this Article XXII, references to a term or event (including any authority or right of the Company or a Participant) being “permitted” under Code Section 409A means that the term or event will not cause the Participant to be deemed to be in constructive receipt of compensation relating to the 409A Award prior to the distribution of cash, shares of Common Stock or other property or to be liable for payment of interest or a tax penalty under Code Section 409A.

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ARTICLE XXIII
EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

The Plan is effective on the date of its adoption by the Board in its amended form; provided. The provisions of the Plan as in effect on November 2, 2017 shall continue to apply to any outstanding Awards if and to the extent required for exemption from the deduction limit of Code Section 162(m).

ARTICLE XXIV
DURATION OF PLAN

No Award may be granted under this Plan on and after ten (10) years following the effective date of the Plan, as amended and extended on March 7, 2019. Awards granted before that date shall remain valid in accordance with their terms.

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