EX-10 4 ex10-2.txt EXHIBIT 10(2) Exhibit 10(2) PHARMACIA CORPORATION EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN Amended and Restated as of September 24, 2001 The purpose of the Pharmacia Corporation Equity Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is to provide designated employees of Pharmacia Corporation (the "Company") and its subsidiaries with the opportunity to receive grants of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock, with respect to common stock of the Company. The Company believes that the Plan will encourage the participants to contribute materially to the growth of the Company, thereby benefiting the Company's shareholders, and will align the economic interests of the participants with those of the shareholders. 1. Administration (1) Committee. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by a committee (the "Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). The Committee may delegate any or all of its powers hereunder to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the "CEO"). If the CEO administers the Plan, references in the Plan to the "Committee" shall be deemed to refer to the CEO. (2) Committee Authority. The Committee shall have the sole authority to (i) determine the individuals to whom grants shall be made under the Plan; (ii) determine the type, size and terms of the grants to be made to each such individual; (iii) determine the time when the grants will be made and the duration of any applicable exercise or restriction period, including the criteria for exercisability and the acceleration of exercisability; (iv) amend the terms of any previously issued grant; (v) appoint employees of the Company or its subsidiaries or third parties to act as the Company's agents with respect to administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the administration of the exercise of Awards granted under the Plan; (vi) adopt and amend from time to time such forms, agreements, communications, or practices deemed advisable by the Committee for use in administering the Plan pursuant to the most current technology, and (vii) deal with any other matters arising under the Plan. (3) Committee Determinations. The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan, to make factual determinations and to adopt or amend such rules, regulations, agreements and instruments for implementing the Plan and for the conduct of its business as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion. The Committee's interpretations of the Plan and all determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having any interest in the Plan or in any awards granted hereunder. All powers of the Committee shall be executed in its sole discretion, in the best interest of the Company, not as a fiduciary, and in keeping with the objectives of the Plan and need not be uniform as to similarly situated individuals. 1 2. Grants Awards under the Plan may consist of grants of nonqualified stock options as described in Section 5 ("Options"), restricted stock as described in Section 6 ("Restricted Stock") and stock appreciation rights as described in Section 7 ("SARs") (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Grants"). All Grants shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and to such other terms and conditions consistent with this Plan as the Committee deems appropriate and as are specified in writing by the Committee to the individual in a grant instrument or an amendment to the grant instrument (the "Grant Instrument"). The Committee shall approve the form and provisions of each Grant Instrument. Grants under a particular Section of the Plan need not be uniform as among the grantees. 3. Shares Subject to the Plan (1) Shares Authorized. Subject to adjustment as described below, the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company ("Company Stock") that may be issued or transferred under the Plan is 14,760,000 shares of Company Stock. The shares may be authorized but unissued shares of Company Stock or reacquired shares of Company Stock, including shares purchased by the Company on the open market for purposes of the Plan. If and to the extent Options or SARs granted under the Plan terminate, expire, or are canceled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered without having been exercised, if and to the extent that any SARs are paid in cash, and if and to the extent that any shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, the shares subject to such Grants shall again be available for purposes of the Plan. If shares of Company Stock are used to pay the exercise price of an Option, only the net number of shares received by the grantee pursuant to such exercise shall be considered to have been issued or transferred under the Plan with respect to such Option, and the remaining number of shares subject to the Option shall again be available for purposes of the Plan. (2) Adjustments. If there is any change in the number or kind of shares of Company Stock outstanding (i) by reason of a stock dividend, spinoff, recapitalization, stock split, or combination or exchange of shares, (ii) by reason of a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation, (iii) by reason of a reclassification or change in par value, or (iv) by reason of any other extraordinary or unusual event affecting the outstanding Company Stock as a class without the Company's receipt of consideration, or if the value of outstanding shares of Company Stock is substantially reduced as a result of a spinoff or the Company's payment of an extraordinary dividend or distribution, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock available for Grants, the number of shares covered by outstanding Grants, the kind of shares issued under the Plan, and the price per share or base price of such Grants may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee to reflect any increase or decrease in the number of, or change in the kind or value of, issued shares of Company Stock to preclude, to the extent practicable, the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such Grants; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting from such adjustment shall be eliminated. Any adjustments determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. 2 4. Eligibility for Participation All employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who are not elected or appointed executive officers of the Company ("Employees") shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. The Committee shall select the Employees to receive Grants and shall determine the number of shares of Company Stock subject to a particular Grant in such manner as the Committee determines. Employees who receive Grants under this Plan shall hereinafter be referred to as "Grantees". 5. Granting of Options (1) Number of Shares. The Committee shall determine the number of shares of Company Stock that will be subject to each Grant of Options to Employees. (2) Type of Option and Price. (i) All Options granted under the Plan shall be nonqualified stock options, which are not intended to qualify as "incentive stock options" within the meaning of section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (ii) The purchase price (the "Exercise Price") of Company Stock subject to an Option shall be determined by the Committee and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of a share of Company Stock on the date the Option is granted. (iii) "Fair Market Value" shall mean, per share of Company Stock, the average of the highest and lowest prices of the Company Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"), or such other national securities exchange as may be designated by the Committee, on the applicable date, or, if there are no sales of Company Stock on the NYSE on such date, then the average of the highest and lowest prices of the Company Stock on the last previous day on which a sale on the NYSE is reported. (3) Option Term. The Committee shall determine the term of each Option, which shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant. (4) Exercisability of Options. Options shall become exercisable in accordance with such terms and conditions, consistent with the Plan, as may be determined by the Committee at or after grant. (5) Termination of Employment, Disability or Death. (i) Unless the Committee determines otherwise, an Option may only be exercised while the Grantee is employed by the Company (as defined below) as an employee. The Committee shall determine whether, and under what circumstances, an Option may be exercised after a Grantee's permanent disability, death or other termination of employment. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, any of the Grantee's Options that are not otherwise exercisable as of the date on which the Grantee ceases to be employed by the Company shall terminate as of such date. For purposes of this Section 5(e) and Sections 6, 7, 8 3 and 9, the term "Company" shall mean the Company and its subsidiaries and, if the Grant Instrument so provides, its parent corporation. (6) Exercise of Options. A Grantee may exercise an Option that has become exercisable, in whole or in part, by delivering a notice of exercise (in the form prescribed from time to time by the Committee) to the Company with payment of the Exercise Price. The Grantee shall pay the Exercise Price for an Option as specified by the Committee and set forth in the option agreement and may include, but is not limited to, the following: (i) in cash, (ii) with the approval of the Committee, by delivering shares of Company Stock owned by the Grantee (including Company Stock acquired in connection with the exercise of an Option, subject to such restrictions as the Committee deems appropriate) and having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or by attestation (on a form prescribed by the Committee) to ownership of shares of Company Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price, (iii) by payment through a broker in accordance with procedures established by the Committee and permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board, or (iv) by such other method as the Committee may approve. Shares of Company Stock used to exercise an Option shall have been held by the Grantee for the requisite period of time to avoid adverse accounting consequences to the Company with respect to the Option. The Grantee shall pay the Exercise Price and the amount of any withholding tax due (pursuant to Section 9) at the time of exercise. The Committee may from time to time adopt such methods and procedures for exercising outstanding Options as are consistent with current technology and the Company's system for administering the Plan. (7) Replacement Options. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit by the terms of a stock option agreement or otherwise that if a Grantee exercises an Option, in whole or in part, while the Grantee is an Employee and the Grantee uses shares of Company Stock to exercise the Option, the Grantee may receive, upon the date of exercise, an additional Option to purchase a number of shares of Company Stock equal to the number of whole shares used to pay the Exercise Price for the Option. The new Option shall be granted with an Exercise Price equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company Stock on the date of grant of the new Option, for a term not longer than the unexpired term of the exercised Option and on such other terms as the Committee shall determine. Any such replacement option shall be subject to the availability of sufficient shares of Company Stock under Section 3. 6. Restricted Stock Grants The Committee may issue or transfer shares of Company Stock to an Employee under a Grant of Restricted Stock, upon such terms as the Committee deems appropriate. The following provisions are applicable to Restricted Stock: (1) General Requirements. Shares of Company Stock issued or transferred pursuant to Restricted Stock Grants may be issued or transferred for consideration or for no consideration, and subject to restrictions or no restrictions, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may, but shall not be required to, establish conditions under which restrictions on shares of Restricted Stock shall lapse over a period of time or according to such other criteria as the Committee deems appropriate, including, without limitation, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals. The period of time during which the Restricted 4 Stock will remain subject to restrictions will be designated in the Grant Instrument as the "Restriction Period." (2) Number of Shares. The Committee shall determine the number of shares of Company Stock to be issued or transferred pursuant to a Restricted Stock Grant and the restrictions applicable to such shares. (3) Requirement of Employment. If the Grantee ceases to be employed by the Company during a period designated in the Grant Instrument as the Restriction Period, or if other specified conditions are not met, the Restricted Stock Grant shall terminate as to all shares covered by the Grant as to which the restrictions have not lapsed, and those shares of Company Stock must be immediately returned to the Company. The Committee may, however, provide for complete or partial exceptions to this requirement as it deems appropriate. (4) Restrictions on Transfer and Legend on Stock Certificate. During the Restriction Period, a Grantee may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of Restricted Stock except to a Successor Grantee under Section 10. Each certificate for a share of Restricted Stock shall contain a legend giving appropriate notice of the restrictions in the Grant. The Grantee shall be entitled to have the legend removed from the stock certificate covering the shares subject to restrictions when all restrictions on such shares have lapsed. The Committee may determine that the Company will not issue certificates for shares of Restricted Stock until all restrictions on such shares have lapsed, or that the Company will retain possession of certificates for shares of Restricted Stock until all restrictions on such shares have lapsed. (5) Right to Vote and to Receive Dividends. During the Restriction Period, the Grantee shall have the right to vote shares of Restricted Stock and to receive any dividends or other distributions paid on such shares, subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. (6) Lapse of Restrictions. All restrictions imposed on Restricted Stock shall lapse upon the expiration of the applicable Restriction Period and the satisfaction of all conditions imposed by the Committee. The Committee may determine, as to any or all Restricted Stock Grants, that the restrictions shall lapse without regard to any Restriction Period. 7. Stock Appreciation Rights (1) General Requirements. The Committee may grant SARs to an Employee separately or in tandem with any Option (for all or a portion of the applicable Option). Tandem SARs may be granted either at the time the Option is granted or at any time thereafter while the Option remains outstanding. The Committee shall establish the base amount of the SAR at the time the SAR is granted. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the base amount of each SAR shall be equal to the per share Exercise Price of the related Option or, if there is no related Option, the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock as of the date of Grant of the SAR. (2) Tandem SARs. In the case of tandem SARs, the number of SARs granted to a Grantee that shall be exercisable during a specified period shall not exceed the number of shares of Company Stock that the Grantee may purchase upon the exercise of the related Option during such period. Upon the exercise of an Option, the SARs relating to the Company Stock covered 5 by such Option shall terminate. Upon the exercise of SARs, the related Option shall terminate to the extent of an equal number of shares of Company Stock. (3) Exercisability. An SAR shall be exercisable during the period specified by the Committee in the Grant Instrument and shall be subject to such vesting and other restrictions as may be specified in the Grant Instrument. The Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any or all outstanding SARs at any time for any reason. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, SARs may only be exercised while the Grantee is employed by the Company or during the applicable period after termination of employment as described in Section 5(e). A tandem SAR shall be exercisable only during the period when the Option to which it is related is also exercisable. The Committee may from time to time adopt such methods or procedures for exercising SARs as are consistent with current technology and the Company's system for administering the Plan. (4) Value of SARs. When a Grantee exercises SARs, the Grantee shall receive in settlement of such SARs an amount equal to the value of the stock appreciation for the number of SARs exercised, payable in cash, Company Stock or a combination thereof. The stock appreciation for an SAR is the amount by which the Fair Market Value of the underlying Company Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR exceeds the base amount of the SAR as described in Subsection (a). (5) Form of Payment. The Committee shall determine whether the appreciation in an SAR shall be paid in the form of cash, shares of Company Stock, or a combination of the two, in such proportion as the Committee deems appropriate. For purposes of calculating the number of shares of Company Stock to be received, shares of Company Stock shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the SAR. If shares of Company Stock are to be received upon exercise of an SAR, cash shall be delivered in lieu of any fractional share. 8. Employees Subject to Taxation Outside the United States With respect to Employees who are subject to taxation in countries other than the United States, the Committee may make Grants on such terms and conditions different from those specified in this Plan (including without limitation granting stock options with a term longer than ten years if appropriate to assure favorable tax treatment) as may in the judgment of the Committee be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with the laws of countries in which the Company operates or has employees. 9. Withholding of Taxes Grants under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable tax withholding requirements. Tax withholding requirements may be satisfied in any of the following ways: (1) The Company may deduct from all Grants paid in cash, or from other wages paid to the Grantee, any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such Grants; 6 (2) A Grantee may elect to satisfy the Company's tax withholding obligations with respect to a Grant by having shares withheld up to an amount that does not exceed the Grantee's minimum applicable withholding tax rate; (3) A Grantee may satisfy the Company's withholding tax obligations by tendering shares of Company Stock owned by the Grantee; or (4) A Grantee may satisfy the Company's withholding tax obligations by such other method as the Committee may approve. 10. Transferability of Grants. Only the Grantee may exercise rights under a Grant during the Grantee's lifetime. A Grantee may not transfer those rights except upon death by will, by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a written beneficiary designation filed with the Company. When a Grantee dies, the personal representative or other person entitled to succeed to the rights of the Grantee ("Successor Grantee") may exercise such rights. A Successor Grantee must furnish proof satisfactory to the Company of his or her right to receive the Grant under the Grantee's will, under the applicable laws of descent and distribution or under the applicable beneficiary designation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the Company may, in his or her sole discretion, allow for the transfer of a nonqualified stock option for no consideration to the Grantee's "Immediate Family" upon such terms and conditions as are approved by the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. In the event of such permitted transfer, the transferee shall take such nonqualified stock option subject to the same restrictions, terms and conditions in the stock option agreement at the time of transfer. For this purpose, "Immediate Family" shall mean (i) the Grantee's children, grandchildren, spouse or common law spouse, siblings or parents, as well as (ii) a trust in which these persons (or the Grantee) have more than 50% of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Grantee) own more than 50% of the voting interests." 11. Change of Control of the Company As used herein, a "Change of Control" shall mean: (1) The acquisition by any individual, entity or group ("Person"), including any "person" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), of beneficial ownership, within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, of 33% or more of either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Securities"); provided, however, that the following acquisitions of Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities shall not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition by the Company, (B) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company, or (C) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a reorganization, merger or consolidation involving the Company, if, immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation, each of the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this Section 11 shall be 7 satisfied; and provided further that, for purposes of clause (A), if any Person (other than the Company or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company) shall become the beneficial owner of 33% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or 33% or more of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities by reason of any acquisition of Outstanding Company Common Stock or Outstanding Company Voting Securities by the Company and such Person shall, after such acquisition by the Company, become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or any additional Outstanding Voting Securities and such beneficial ownership is publicly announced, such additional beneficial ownership shall constitute a Change in Control; (2) Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board; provided, however, that any individual who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by the vote of at least three-quarters 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 such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall be deemed to have been a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided further, that no individual who was initially elected as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, or any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board shall be deemed to have been a member of the Incumbent Board; (3) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation involving the Company unless, in any such case, immediately after such reorganization, merger or consolidation, (i) more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation and more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals or entities who were the beneficial owners, directly or indirectly, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation and in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their ownership, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation (or any corporation controlled by the Company), or any Person which beneficially owned, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation or 33% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of such corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation were members of the 8 Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or action of the Board providing for such reorganization, merger or consolidation; or (4) (i) Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than to a corporation with respect to which, immediately after such sale or other disposition, (A) more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock thereof and more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities thereof entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or other disposition and in substantially the same proportions relative to each other as their ownership, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or such corporation (or any corporation controlled by the Company), or any Person which beneficially owned, immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of the Outstanding Company Common Stock or the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 33% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock thereof or 33% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities thereof entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors thereof were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or action of the Board providing for such sale or other disposition (or were approved directly or indirectly by the Incumbent Board). 12. Consequences of a Change of Control (1) Acceleration. Upon a Change of Control, unless the Committee determines otherwise, (i) all outstanding Options and SARs shall automatically accelerate and become fully exercisable, and (ii) the restrictions and conditions on all outstanding Restricted Stock shall immediately lapse. (2) Assumption of Grants. Upon a Change of Control where the Company is not the surviving corporation (or survives only as a subsidiary of another corporation), unless the Committee determines otherwise, all outstanding Options and SARs that are not exercised shall be assumed by, or replaced with comparable options or rights by, the surviving corporation, and other outstanding Grants shall be converted to similar grants of the surviving corporation. (3) Other Alternatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to subsection (d) below, in the event of a Change of Control, the Committee may take one or both of the following actions with respect to any or all outstanding Options and SARs: the Committee may (i) require that Grantees surrender their outstanding Options and SARs in exchange for a payment by the Company, in cash or Company Stock as determined by the Committee, in an amount equal to the amount by which the then Fair Market Value of the shares of Company Stock subject to the Grantee's unexercised Options and SARs exceeds the Exercise Price of the Options or the base 9 amount of the SARs, as applicable or (ii) after giving Grantees an opportunity to exercise their outstanding Options and SARs, terminate any or all unexercised Options and SARs at such time as the Committee deems appropriate. Such surrender or termination shall take place as of the date of the Change of Control or such other date as the Committee may specify. (4) Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, in the event of a Change of Control, the Committee shall not have the right to take any actions described in the Plan (including without limitation actions described in Subsection (c) above) that would make the Change of Control ineligible for pooling of interests accounting treatment or that would make the Change of Control ineligible for desired tax treatment if, in the absence of such right, the Change of Control would qualify for such treatment and the Company intends to use such treatment with respect to the Change of Control. 13. Requirements for Issuance or Transfer of Shares No Company Stock shall be issued or transferred in connection with any Grant hereunder unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the issuance or transfer of such Company Stock have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Committee. The Committee shall have the right to condition any Grant made to any Grantee hereunder on such Grantee's undertaking in writing to comply with such restrictions on his or her subsequent disposition of such shares of Company Stock as the Committee shall deem necessary or advisable, and certificates representing such shares may be legended to reflect any such restrictions. Certificates representing shares of Company Stock issued or transferred under the Plan will be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as may be required by applicable laws, regulations and interpretations, including any requirement that a legend be placed thereon. 14. Amendment and Termination of the Plan (1) Amendment. The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at any time. (2) Termination of Plan. The Plan shall terminate on the day immediately preceding the tenth anniversary of its effective date, unless the Plan is terminated earlier by the Board or is extended by the Board with the approval of the shareholders. (3) Termination and Amendment of Outstanding Grants. A termination or amendment of the Plan that occurs after a Grant is made shall not materially impair the rights of a Grantee unless the Grantee consents or unless the Committee acts under Section 20(b). The termination of the Plan shall not impair the power and authority of the Committee with respect to an outstanding Grant. Whether or not the Plan has terminated, an outstanding Grant may be terminated or amended under Section 20(b) or may be amended by agreement of the Company and the Grantee consistent with the Plan. (4) Governing Document. The Plan shall be the controlling document. No other statements, representations, explanatory materials or examples, oral or written, may amend the Plan in any manner. The Plan shall be binding upon and enforceable against the Company and its successors and assigns. 10 15. Funding of the Plan This Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Grants under this Plan. In no event shall interest be paid or accrued on any Grant, including unpaid installments of Grants. 16. Rights of Participants Nothing in this Plan shall entitle any Employee or other person to any claim or right to be granted a Grant under this Plan. Neither this Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any individual any rights to be retained by or in the employ of the Company or any other employment rights. 17. No Fractional Shares No fractional shares of Company Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Grant. 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 thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated. 18. Headings Section headings are for reference only. In the event of a conflict between a title and the content of a Section, the content of the Section shall control. 19. Effective Date of the Plan. The Plan shall be effective as of January 1, 1999. The Plan was amended as of September 21, 2000 and was further amended and restated effective as of September 24, 2001. 20. Miscellaneous (1) Grants in Connection with Corporate Transactions and Otherwise. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to (i) limit the right of the Committee to make Grants under this Plan in connection with the acquisition, by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business or assets of any corporation, firm or association, including Grants to employees thereof who become Employees of the Company, or for other proper corporate purposes, or (ii) limit the right of the Company to grant stock options or make other awards outside of this Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may make a Grant to an employee of another corporation who becomes an Employee by reason of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or property, reorganization or liquidation involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries in substitution for a stock option or restricted stock grant made by such corporation. The terms and conditions of the substitute grants may vary from the terms and conditions required by the Plan and from those of the substituted stock incentives. The Committee shall prescribe the provisions of the substitute grants. 11 (2) Compliance with Law. The Plan, the exercise of Options and SARs and the obligations of the Company to issue or transfer shares of Company Stock under Grants shall be subject to all applicable laws and to approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. The Committee may revoke any Grant if it is contrary to law or modify a Grant to bring it into compliance with any valid and mandatory government regulation. The Committee may also adopt rules regarding the withholding of taxes on payments to Grantees. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, agree to limit its authority under this Section. (3) Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of the Plan and Grant Instruments issued under the Plan shall be governed and construed by and determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. 12