Exhibit 10.1

ATRICURE, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.  

Purposes

     1    2.  

Definitions

     1    3.  

Administration of the Plan

     5     

(a)    Authority of Committee

     5     

(b)    Binding Authority

     6     

(c)    Delegation of Authority

     6    4.  

Eligibility

     6    5.  

Common Shares Subject to the Plan

     6     

(a)    Authorized Number of Common Shares

     6     

(b)    Share Counting

     7     

(c)    Award Limitations

     7     

(d)    Shares to be Delivered

     8    6.  

Awards to Participants

     8     

(a)    Stock Options

     8     

(b)    Stock Appreciation Rights

     10     

(c)    Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units

     11     

(d)    Performance-Based Exception

     12     

(e)    Unrestricted Share Awards

     13    7.  

Deferred Payment

     13    8.  

Dilution and Other Adjustments

     13    9.  

Change in Control

     14    10.  

Termination

     14     

(a)    Termination by Death, Disability, or Retirement

     14     

(b)    Termination for Cause

     15     

(c)    Other Terminations

     15     

(d)    Limitation for ISOs

     15     

(e)    Transfers and Leaves of Absence

     15    11.  

Recoupment or Recovery Policy

     15    12.  

Miscellaneous Provisions

     16     

(a)    Rights as a Shareholder

     16     

(b)    No Loans

     16     

(c)    Assignment or Transfer

     16     

(d)    Withholding Taxes

     16     

(e)    No Rights to Awards

     16   

 

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(f)     Beneficiary Designation

     16     

(g)    Fractional Shares

     17     

(h)    Unfunded Plan

     17     

(i)     Severability

     17     

(j)     Limitation of Liability

     17     

(k)    Successors

     17     

(l)     Code Section 409A Compliance

     17    13.  

Effective Date, Amendments, Governing Law and Plan Termination

     17     

(a)    Effective Date

     17     

(b)    Amendments

     17     

(c)    Governing Law

     18     

(d)    Plan Termination

     18   

 

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ATRICURE, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purposes

The purposes of the Plan are to provide long-term incentives to those persons
with significant responsibility for the success and growth of the Company, to
align the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s shareholders, to
assist the Company in recruiting, retaining and motivating employees, directors
and consultants on a competitive basis and to link compensation to performance.

2. Definitions

For purposes of the Plan, the following capitalized terms shall have the
meanings specified below:

(a) “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

(b) “Award” means a grant of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights,
Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, or unrestricted Common Shares or any
or all of them, to a Participant.

(c) “Award Agreement” means an agreement, either in written or electronic
format, between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and
conditions of an Award granted to the Participant.

(d) “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning given in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act.

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f) “Cause” means with respect to any Participant, unless otherwise provided in
the applicable Award Agreement (i) indictment for, conviction of, or plea of
guilty or no contest by the Participant to a felony, or of any criminal act,
that has an adverse effect on the Participant’s qualifications or ability to
perform his duties; (ii) the unreasonable deliberate and material failure or
refusal by the Participant to perform his employment duties (other than as a
result of PTO, sickness, disability, illness or injury), and the failure to
rectify the same within thirty (30) days after the Company shall have given
notice to the Participant identifying such failure or refusal and demanding that
it be rectified; (iii) the Participant’s commission of any act of fraud,
embezzlement, dishonesty or other misconduct that has caused, or would
reasonably be expected to cause, material injury or economic harm to the
Company; (iv) an act of gross negligence on the part of the Participant that has
caused, or would reasonably be expected to cause, material injury or economic
harm to the Company; (v) a deliberate and material violation of a written
material Company policy; or (vi) a material breach of the Plan or any change-in
control or non-disclosure agreement to which Participant and the Company may be
parties (or, in each case, any successor thereto or amendment thereof) which
(and only if the same shall be curable) Participant fails to cure within thirty
(30) days after the Company shall have given notice to the Participant
identifying such breach and demanding that it be cured. Any purported
termination by the Company for Cause which does not satisfy the applicable
requirements of this Section (2)(f) shall be conclusively deemed to be a
termination by the Company without Cause for purposes of the Plan.

 

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(g) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing
fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the
Company’s then outstanding voting securities;

(ii) The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets;

(iii) A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two-year
period, as a result of which fewer than a majority of the directors are
Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” means directors who either (A) are
directors as of the effective date of the Plan, or (B) are elected, or nominated
for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of
the Incumbent Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not
include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an
actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of directors to the
Company); or

(iv) The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the
voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty
percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of
the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after
such merger or consolidation.

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any rules,
regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder. Any reference to the Code or a
section thereof shall also refer to any successor Code or section.

(i) “Committee” means a committee appointed by the Board consisting of at least
three members of the Board, all meeting the definitions of “outside director”
set forth in Code Section 162(m), “independent director” set forth in The Nasdaq
Stock Market rules, and “non-employee director” set forth in Rule 16b-3 of the
Exchange Act, or any successor definitions adopted for a similar purpose by the
Internal Revenue Service, any national securities exchange on which the Common
Shares are listed or the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(j) “Common Share” or “Common Shares” means one or more of the shares of common
stock, par value $.001, of the Company.

(k) “Company” means AtriCure, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware, its subsidiaries, divisions and affiliated businesses.

 

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(l) “Date of Grant” means the date on which the Committee authorizes the grant
of an Award or such later date as may be specified by the Committee in such
authorization.

(m) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, provided that in the case of Awards other than
ISOs, the Committee in its discretion may determine whether a permanent and
total disability exists in accordance with uniform and non-discriminatory
standards adopted by the Committee from time to time.

(n) “Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(a).

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any rules, regulations, schedules or guidance promulgated thereunder. Any
reference to the Exchange Act or a section thereof shall also refer to any
successor Exchange Act or section.

(p) “Exercise Price” means the purchase price of a Common Share covered by a
Stock Option or SAR, as applicable.

(q) “Fair Market Value” on any date means the closing price of the Common Shares
as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market or, if applicable, any other national
securities exchange on which the Common Shares are principally traded, or, if
there were no sales of Common Shares on such date, then on the immediately
preceding date on which there were any sales of Common Shares. If the Common
Shares cease to be traded on a national securities exchange, the Fair Market
Value shall be determined pursuant to a reasonable valuation method prescribed
by the Committee. In the case of an ISO (or Tandem SAR), Fair Market Value shall
be determined by the Committee in accordance with Code Section 422. For Awards
intended to be exempt from Code Section 409A, Fair Market Value shall be
determined by the Committee in accordance with Code Section 409A.

(r) “Full-Value Award” means Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units or
unrestricted Common Shares.

(s) “ISO” means an Incentive Stock Option satisfying the requirements of Code
Section 422 and designated as an ISO by the Committee.

(t) “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee
of the Company.

(u) “NQSO” means a non-qualified Stock Option that does not satisfy the
requirements of Code Section 422 or that is not designated as an ISO by the
Committee.

(v) “Participant” means a person eligible to receive an Award under the Plan, as
set forth in Section 4, and designated by the Committee to receive an Award
subject to the conditions set forth in the Plan and any Award Agreement.

(w) “Performance-Based Exception” means the performance-based exception to the
deductibility limitations of Code Section 162(m), as set forth in Code
Section 162(m)(4)(C).

 

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(x) “Performance Goals” means the goals established by the Committee, as
described in Section 6(d)(ii).

(y) “Performance Measures” means the criteria set out in Section 6(d)(iii) that
may be used by the Committee as the basis for a Performance Goal.

(z) “Performance Period” means the period established by the Committee during
which the achievement of Performance Goals is assessed in order to determine
whether and to what extent an Award that is conditioned on attaining Performance
Goals has been earned.

(aa) “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange
Act, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its
Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) an
underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such
securities or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of Company securities.

(bb) “Plan” means the AtriCure, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended and restated from time to time.

(cc) “Prior Plan” means the AtriCure, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as it may
have been amended and restated.

(dd) “Restricted Shares” means Common Shares that are subject to restrictions,
as described in Section 6(c).

(ee) “Restricted Share Units” means a right, as described in Section 6(c),
denominated in Common Shares to receive an amount, payable in either cash,
Common Shares, Restricted Shares, or a combination thereof, equal to the value
of a specified number of Common Shares.

(ff) “Restriction Period” means, with respect to any Full-Value Award, the
period during which any risk of forfeiture or other restrictions set by the
Committee, including performance restrictions, remain in effect until such time
as they have lapsed under the terms and conditions of the Full-Value Award or as
otherwise determined by the Committee, including the Performance Period for
Full-Value Awards intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception.

(gg) “Retirement” means retirement with the Company at or after age 65 or at or
after the later of age 55 and ten years of service.

(hh) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules, regulations, schedules or guidance promulgated thereunder. Any reference
to the Securities Act or a section thereof shall also refer to any successor
Securities Act or section.

(ii) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means the right, as described in
Section 6(b), to receive a payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value
of a Common Share on the date the SAR is exercised over the Exercise Price
established for that SAR at the time of grant, multiplied by the number of
Common Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

 

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(jj) “Stock Option” means the right, as described in Section 6(a), to purchase
Common Shares at a specified price for a specified period of time. Stock Options
include ISOs and NQSOs.

(kk) “Tandem SAR” means a SAR granted in tandem with a Stock Option.

3. Administration of the Plan

(a) Authority of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.
Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the
Board shall serve as the Committee. The Committee shall have all the powers
vested in it by the terms of the Plan, such powers to include the sole and
exclusive authority to (within the limitations described in the Plan):

(i) select Participants to be granted Awards under the Plan and grant Awards
pursuant to the terms of the Plan;

(ii) determine the type, size and terms of the Awards to be granted to each
Participant;

(iii) determine the time when Awards are to be granted and any conditions that
must be satisfied before an Award is granted;

(iv) establish objectives and conditions for earning an Award;

(v) determine all other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of
the Plan and any operative employment or other agreement, of any Award granted
under the Plan, and determine the appropriate Award Agreement evidencing the
Award;

(vi) determine whether the terms, conditions, and objectives for earning an
Award have been met, including, without limitation, any such determination or
certification, as the case may be, required for compliance with Code
Section 162(m);

(vii) modify or waive the terms and conditions of Awards granted under the Plan,
not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan and any operative employment or
other agreement, accelerate the vesting, exercise or payment of an Award or
cancel or suspend an Award;

(viii) determine whether the amount or payment of an Award should be reduced or
eliminated, and determine if, when and under what conditions payment of all or
any part of any Award may be deferred;

(ix) determine the guidelines and/or procedures for the payment or exercise of
Awards;

(x) determine whether an Award should qualify, regardless of its amount, as
deductible in its entirety for federal income tax purposes, including whether
any Awards granted to an employee should qualify for the Performance-Based
Exception;

 

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(xi) adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices
governing the Plan;

(xii) construe, interpret, administer and implement the Plan, any Award
Agreements or related documents and correct any defect, supply an omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in or between the Plan, any Award Agreement or
related documents; and

(xiii) make factual determinations with respect to the Plan and any Awards and
otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

(b) Binding Authority. The Committee’s interpretations of the Plan, and all
actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers
vested in it under the Plan, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties,
including the Company, its shareholders and all Participants.

(c) Delegation of Authority. To the extent not prohibited by law or the rules of
the national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Shares are
listed, the Committee may allocate its authority hereunder to one or more of its
members or delegate its authority hereunder to one or more Non-Employee
Directors, except that no such allocation or delegation shall be permitted with
respect to Awards intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception, and
may grant authority to employees of the Company to execute documents on behalf
of the Committee or to otherwise assist in the administration and operation of
the Plan. The Committee may delegate to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer,
with the required approval of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, the
authority to grant new hire and recognition Awards to Service Providers other
than directors and officers representing up to an annual aggregate amount of
250,000 Shares. When the Committee otherwise delegates its authority hereunder
to one or more officers of the Company, it shall specify the total number of
Awards that the officer or officers may award and the terms on which any Awards
may be issued, offered or sold. In no event shall the Committee authorize any
officer to designate an officer delegated authority under the Plan as a
recipient of any Awards.

4. Eligibility

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee may select, from
all eligible persons, Participants to whom Awards shall be granted under the
Plan and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award. Eligible persons
include any of the following individuals: (i) any officer or key employee of the
Company, (ii) any consultant (as defined in the General Instructions to the Form
S-8 registration statement under the Securities Act) to the Company, and
(iii) any Non-Employee Director. All Awards shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement, and Awards may be conditioned upon the Participant’s execution of an
Award Agreement.

5. Common Shares Subject to the Plan

(a) Authorized Number of Common Shares. Unless otherwise authorized by the
Company’s shareholders and subject to this Section 5 and Section 8, the maximum
aggregate number of Common Shares available for issuance under the Plan is
1,300,000, plus (i) the number of Common Shares that, on the Effective Date, are
available to be granted under the Prior Plan but which are not then subject to
outstanding awards under the Prior Plan, and (ii) the

 

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number of Common Shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan as of
the Effective Date which thereafter are forfeited, settled in cash or cancelled
or expire. Upon the Effective Date, the Prior Plan will terminate; provided that
all outstanding awards under the Prior Plan as of the Effective Date shall
remain outstanding and shall be administered and settled in accordance with the
provisions of the Prior Plan, as applicable.

(i) The maximum number of Common Shares available for grant with respect to
Full-Value Awards is 1,300,000.

(ii) The maximum number of Common Shares available for issuance with respect to
ISOs is 1,300,000.

(b) Share Counting. The following rules shall apply in determining the number of
Common Shares available for grant under the Plan:

(i) Common Shares subject to any Award shall be counted against the maximum
share limitation as one Common Share for every Common Share subject thereto.

(ii) To the extent that any Award is forfeited, cancelled, settled in cash,
returned to the Company for failure to satisfy vesting requirements or other
conditions of the Award or otherwise terminates without an issuance of Common
Shares being made, the maximum share limitation shall be credited with one
Common Share for each Common Share subject to such Award, and such number of
credited Common Shares may again be made subject to Awards under the Plan.

(iii) Any Common Shares tendered by a Participant or withheld as full or partial
payment of withholding or other taxes or as payment for the exercise or
conversion price of an Award or repurchased by the Company with Stock Option
proceeds shall not be added back to the number of Common Shares available for
issuance under the Plan. Upon exercise of a SAR, the number of Common Shares
subject to the Award that are being exercised shall be counted against the
maximum aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued under the Plan on
the basis of one Common Share for every Common Share subject thereto, regardless
of the actual number of Common Shares used to settle the SAR upon exercise.

(iv) Any Common Shares underlying Awards granted through the assumption of, or
in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who
become employees of the Company as a result of a merger, consolidation,
acquisition or other corporate transaction shall not, unless required by law or
regulation, count against the reserve of available Common Shares under the Plan.

(c) Award Limitations. Subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 8, the
following limits shall apply with respect to Awards intended to qualify for the
Performance-Based Exception:

(i) The maximum aggregate number of Common Shares that may be subject to Stock
Options or SARs granted in any calendar year to any one Participant shall be
1,300,000 Common Shares.

 

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(ii) The maximum aggregate number of Common Shares that may be subject to
Full-Value Awards granted in any calendar year to any one Participant shall be
1,300,000 Common Shares.

(d) Shares to be Delivered. Common Shares to be delivered by the Company under
the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares or
treasury shares.

6. Awards to Participants

(a) Stock Options.

(i) Grants. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Stock Options may
be granted to Participants, in such number and upon such terms and conditions as
the Committee determines, and may consist of ISOs or NQSOs. Stock options may be
granted alone or with Tandem SARs. With respect to Stock Options granted with
Tandem SARs, the exercise of either such Stock Options or Tandem SARs will
result in the simultaneous cancellation of the same number of Stock Options or
Tandem SARs, as the case may be.

(ii) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be equal to or, at the Committee’s
discretion, greater than the Fair Market Value on the date the Stock Option is
granted, unless the Stock Option was granted through the assumption of, or in
substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who
became employees of the Company as a result of a merger, consolidation,
acquisition or other corporate transaction, in which case the assumption or
substitution shall be accomplished in a manner that permits the Stock Option to
be exempt from Code Section 409A.

(iii) Term. The term of Stock Options shall be determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, but in no event shall the term exceed ten years from the
Date of Grant.

(iv) ISO Limits. ISOs may be granted only to Participants who are employees of
the Company (or of any parent or subsidiary corporation within the meaning of
Code Section 424) on the Date of Grant, and may only be granted to an employee
who, at the time the Stock Option is granted, does not own more than ten percent
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or of
any parent or subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Code Section 424),
unless (A) the Exercise Price is at least 110% percent of the Fair Market Value
on the Date of Grant, and (B) the ISO is not exercisable after five years from
the Date of Grant. The aggregate Fair Market Value of all Common Shares,
determined at the time the ISOs are granted, with respect to which ISOs are
exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any calendar year (under
all plans of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000 or such other amount as may
subsequently be specified by the Code. If such Fair Market Value exceeds the
$100,000 limit, the ISOs exceeding the limit shall be treated as NQSOs, taking
the Stock Options in the order each was granted. The terms of all ISOs shall be
consistent with and contain or be deemed to contain all provisions required to
qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Code Section 422.

(v) No Repricing. Subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 8, without the
approval of the Company’s shareholders, (A) the Exercise Price for any
outstanding Stock Option may not be decreased after the Date of Grant, (B) no
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surrendered to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new Stock Option
with a lower Exercise Price, and (C) no other modifications to any outstanding
Stock Option may be made that would be treated as a “repricing” under the then
applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements adopted by the national
securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed.

(vi) Form of Payment. Vested Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part,
and the Exercise Price shall be paid to the Company at the time of exercise,
subject to any applicable rules or regulations adopted by the Committee:

 

  (A) to the extent permitted by applicable law, pursuant to cashless exercise
procedures that are approved by the Committee;

 

  (B) through the tender of unrestricted Common Shares owned by the Participant
(or by delivering a certification or attestation of ownership of such Common
Shares) valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise;

 

  (C) in cash or its equivalent; or

 

  (D) by any combination of (A), (B), and (C) above.

(vii) No Dividends or Shareholder Rights. No dividends or dividend equivalents
may be paid on Stock Options. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant
shall have no rights as a holder of Common Shares covered by a Stock Option
unless and until such Common Shares have been registered to the Participant as
the owner.

(viii) Terms and Conditions of Non-Qualified Options Granted to Non-Employee
Directors. Each Non-Employee Director shall be granted a NQSO for 50,000 Common
Shares, or such other number as may be determined by the Board from time to
time, upon appointment or election (the “Initial Option”) and shall be granted a
NQSO for 10,000 Common Shares, or such other number as may be determined by the
Board of Directors from time to time immediately after each subsequent annual
meeting of shareholders if such person is serving as a Non-Employee Director at
such time either by virtue of being re-elected or serving a term in excess of
six months (the “Annual Option”). All grants shall be made on the date of the
event giving rise to the NQSO and shall have an Exercise Price of Fair Market
Value on such date. Subject to the other terms and conditions herein, the
Initial Option will vest and become exercisable as to one-quarter (1/4) of the
Common Shares upon each one (1) year anniversary of the vesting commencement
date, provided that the Participant continues to serve as a Director through
each such date. Subject to the other terms and conditions herein, the Annual
Option will vest and become exercisable as to one-third (1/3) of the Common
Shares upon each one (1) year anniversary of the vesting commencement date,
provided that the Participant continues to serve as a director through each such
date.

 

  (A) All NQSOs granted to Non-Employee Directors shall be exercisable in the
manner provided herein for a term of ten years.

 

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  (B) All NQSOs granted to Non-Employee Directors shall be transferable as
provided in Section 12(c) and shall terminate in accordance with Section 10.

(b) Stock Appreciation Rights.

(i) Grants. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, SARs may be granted
to Participants, in such number and upon such terms and conditions as the
Committee determines, and may be granted alone or as Tandem SARs. With respect
to Tandem SARs, the exercise of either such Stock Options or SARs will result in
the simultaneous cancellation of the same number of Tandem SARs or Stock
Options, as the case may be.

(ii) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be equal to or, at the Committee’s
discretion, greater than Fair Market Value on the date the SAR is granted,
unless the SAR was granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for,
outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who became employees of the
Company as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other corporate
transaction involving the Company, in which case the assumption or substitution
shall be accomplished in a manner that permits the SAR to be exempt from Code
Section 409A.

(iii) Term. The term of a SAR shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion, but in no event shall the term exceed ten (10) years from the Date
of Grant; provided that, each SAR granted in tandem with a Stock Option shall
terminate upon the termination or exercise of the related Stock Option.

(iv) No Repricing. Subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 8, without
the approval of the Company’s shareholders, (A) the Exercise Price for any
outstanding SAR may not be decreased after the Date of Grant, (B) no outstanding
SAR may be surrendered to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new
SAR with a lower Exercise Price, and (C) no other modifications to any
outstanding SAR may be made that would be treated as a “repricing” under the
then applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements adopted by the
national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed.

(v) Form of Payment. Vested SARs may be exercised in whole or in part, and the
Committee may authorize payment of a SAR in the form of cash, Common Shares
valued at its Fair Market Value on the date of the exercise or a combination
thereof, or by any other method as the Committee may determine.

(vi) Tandem SARs. Tandem SARs may be exercised for all or part of the Common
Shares subject to the related Stock Option upon the surrender of the right to
exercise the equivalent portion of the related Stock Option. A Tandem SAR may be
exercised only with respect to the Common Shares for which its related Stock
Option is then exercisable. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to
the contrary, with respect to a Tandem SAR granted in connection with an ISO:
(A) the Tandem SAR will expire no later than the expiration of the underlying
ISO; (B) the value of the payout with respect to the Tandem SAR may be for no
more than 100% of the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares
subject to the underlying ISO at the time the Tandem SAR is exercised over the
Exercise Price of the underlying ISO; and (C) the Tandem SAR may be exercised
only when the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares subject to the ISO exceeds
the Exercise Price of the ISO.

 

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(vii) No Dividends or Shareholder Rights. No dividends or dividend equivalents
may be paid on SARs. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant shall
have no rights as a holder of Common Shares covered by a SAR unless and until
such Common Shares have been registered to the Participant as the owner.

(c) Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units.

(i) Grants. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Restricted Shares
and Restricted Share Units may be granted to Participants in such number and
upon such terms and conditions as the Committee determines. Restricted Shares
will be registered in the name of the Participant and deposited with the Company
or its agent in certificated or book-entry form.

(ii) Restrictions. Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units may be granted at
no cost or at a purchase price determined by the Committee, which may be less
than the Fair Market Value, but subject to such terms and conditions as the
Committee determines, including, without limitation: forfeiture conditions,
transfer restrictions, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific
Performance Goals (Company-wide, divisional and/or individual) which may be
based on one or more Performance Measures, time-based restrictions on vesting
and/or restrictions under applicable federal or state securities laws. Subject
to Sections 9 and 10, for Awards to employees, no Restricted Shares or
Restricted Share Units conditioned upon the achievement of performance shall be
based on a Restriction Period of less than one year, and, except as may be
determined by the Committee, any Restriction Period based solely on continued
employment or service (time-based) shall be for a minimum of three years,
subject to (A) pro rata or graded vesting prior to the expiration of such
time-based Restriction Period, and (B) acceleration due to the Participant’s
death, Disability or Retirement, in each case as specified in the applicable
Award Agreement; provided that the Restriction Period applicable to the first
vesting date of an Award subject to pro rata or graded vesting (as referenced in
(A) above) may be for less than one year, provided the first vesting date is no
earlier than the fiscal year-end date of the fiscal year during which the Award
was granted. To the extent the Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units are
intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception, except as may be
determined by the Committee, the applicable restrictions shall be based on the
achievement of Performance Goals over a Performance Period, as described in
Section 6(d).

(iii) Transfer Restrictions. During the Restriction Period, Restricted Shares
and Restricted Share Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise
disposed of, or mortgaged, pledged or otherwise encumbered. In order to enforce
the limitations imposed upon the Restricted Shares, the Committee may (A) cause
a legend or legends to be placed on any certificates evidencing such Restricted
Shares, and/or (B) cause “stop transfer” instructions to be issued, as it deems
necessary or appropriate.

(iv) Dividends and Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee,
during the Restriction Period, Participants who hold Restricted Shares shall
have the right to receive dividends in cash or other property or other
distribution or rights in respect of the Restricted Shares and shall have the
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provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any dividends or
other property payable to a Participant during the Restriction Period shall be
distributed to the Participant only if and when the restrictions imposed on the
applicable Restricted Shares lapse. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, during the Restriction Period, Participants who hold Restricted Share
Units shall be credited with dividend equivalents in respect of such Restricted
Share Units; provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, such
dividend equivalents shall be distributed (without interest) to the Participant
only if and when the restrictions imposed on the applicable Restricted Share
Units lapse. Participants shall have no other rights as a shareholder with
respect to Restricted Share Units unless otherwise determined by the Committee.
Notwithstanding the forgoing, no Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units
intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception shall provide the
Participant with dividend or shareholder rights unless otherwise determined by
the Committee; provided, however, that if dividend rights are provided, any
dividends or other property otherwise payable to the Participant during the
Restriction Period with respect to such Restricted Shares or Restricted Share
Units shall accumulate and be payable only if and when the specific Performance
Goals are attained.

(v) Payment of Restricted Share Units. Restricted Share Units that become
payable in accordance with their terms and conditions shall be settled in cash,
Common Shares, Restricted Shares, or a combination thereof, as determined by the
Committee.

(vi) Ownership. Restricted Shares shall be registered in the name of the
Participant on the books and records of the Company or its designee (or by one
or more physical certificates if physical certificates are issued) subject to
the applicable restrictions imposed by the Plan. At the end of the Restriction
Period that applies to Restricted Shares, the number of shares to which the
Participant is entitled shall be delivered to the Participant free and clear of
the restrictions, either in certificated or book-entry form. No Common Shares
shall be registered in the name of the Participant with respect to Restricted
Share Units, and Participants shall have no ownership interest in the Common
Shares to which the Restricted Share Units relate, unless and until payment is
made in Common Shares.

(vii) Forfeiture. If a Participant who holds Restricted Shares or Restricted
Share Units fails to satisfy the restrictions, terms or conditions applicable to
the Award, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the Participant
shall forfeit the Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units. The Committee may
at any time waive such restrictions or accelerate the date or dates on which the
restrictions will lapse; however, to the extent the Restricted Shares or
Restricted Share Units are intended to qualify for the Performance-Based
Exception, the provisions of Section 6(d)(iv) will apply.

(d) Performance-Based Exception.

(i) Grants. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, Full-Value Awards granted in
a manner that is intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception shall
be conditioned upon the achievement of Performance Goals as the Committee shall
determine, in its sole discretion.

(ii) Performance Goals. Performance Goals shall be based on one or more
Performance Measures, over a Performance Period, as to be determined by the
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(iii) Performance Measures. The Performance Measure(s) may be described in terms
of objectives that are related to the individual Participant or objectives that
are Company-wide or related to a subsidiary, division, department, region,
function or business unit of the Company, and shall consist of one or more or
any combination of the following criteria: cash flow, profit, revenue, stock
price, market share, sales, net income, operating income, return ratios,
earnings per share, earnings (which may include an add back for taxes, interest,
and/or depreciation and amortization), operating earnings, profit margins,
earnings per Common Share, favorable comparison to established budgets, return
on shareholders’ equity, return on assets, attainment of strategic and
operational initiatives, comparisons with various stock market indices,
reduction in costs or a combination of such factors, personal performance
measures, working capital, total assets, net assets, return on sales, return on
invested capital, gross margin, costs, shareholders’ equity, shareholder return
and/or productivity or productivity improvement. The Performance Goals based on
these Performance Measures may be expressed in absolute terms or relative to the
performance of other entities.

(iv) Treatment of Awards. With respect to any Full-Value Award that is intended
to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception: (A) the Committee shall
interpret the Plan and this Section 6(d) in light of Code Section 162(m),
(B) the Committee shall not amend the Full-Value Award in any way that would
adversely affect the treatment of the Full-Value Award under Code
Section 162(m), and (C) such Full-Value Award and any dividends or other
property otherwise payable with respect to such Full-Value Award shall not vest
or be paid until the Committee shall first have certified that the Performance
Goals have been achieved.

(e) Unrestricted Share Awards.

Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant awards
of unrestricted Common Shares to Participants in such number and upon such terms
and conditions as the Committee determines in recognition of outstanding
achievements or contributions by such Participants or otherwise. Unrestricted
Common Shares issued on a bonus basis may be issued for no cash consideration.

7. Deferred Payment

Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may determine that all or a
portion of any Award to a Participant, whether it is to be paid in cash, Common
Shares or a combination thereof, shall be deferred or may, in its sole
discretion, approve deferral elections made by Participants. Deferrals shall be
for such periods and upon such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole
discretion, which terms shall comply with Code Section 409A.

8. Dilution and Other Adjustments

In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, liquidation,
recapitalization, reclassification, redesignation, stock dividend, other
extraordinary distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares or otherwise),
stock split, reverse stock split, spin off, combination, repurchase or exchange
of shares or issuance of warrants or rights to purchase shares or other
securities, or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Shares,
the Committee shall make such adjustments in the aggregate number and type of
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delivered and the individual award maximums as set forth in Section 5, the
number and type of Common Shares subject to outstanding Awards and the Exercise
Price or other price of Common Shares subject to outstanding Awards (provided
the number of Common Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole
number), as may be and to the extent determined to be appropriate and equitable
by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of
the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.
Such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
The Committee shall determine whether and the extent to which any
recapitalization, extraordinary distribution, reclassification, repurchase or
exchange of shares or other event requires any such adjustment. Any such
adjustment of an ISO or SAR shall be made in compliance with Code Sections 422
and 424, and no such adjustment shall be made that would cause any Award which
is or becomes subject to Code Section 409A to fail to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 409A or is exempt from Code Section 409A to become
subject to Code Section 409A.

9. Change in Control

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, immediately
upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the following provisions of this
Section 9 shall apply except to the extent that (i) the applicable Award is
assumed or an equivalent option or right substituted by the successor
corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation; or (ii) an
Award Agreement provides for a different treatment (in which case the Award
Agreement shall govern):

(a) all outstanding Stock Options and SARs vest and become fully exercisable;
and

(b) all Full-Value Awards become fully vested and, with respect to Full-Value
Awards granted in a manner intended to qualify for the Performance-Based
Exception, all Performance Goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed
achieved at target levels and all other terms and conditions met.

10. Termination

(a) Termination by Death, Disability, or Retirement. If a Participant’s
employment by the Company terminates by reason of death, Disability or
Retirement, or in the case of an advisory relationship if such business
relationship terminates by reason of death or Disability, any Award held by such
Participant, unless otherwise determined by the Committee at grant or otherwise
interpreted pursuant to Section 12(l) hereof, shall be fully vested and may
thereafter be exercised by the Participant or by the Participant’s beneficiary
or legal representative, for a period of one (1) year following termination of
employment, in the case of death or Disability, and 90 days in the case of
Retirement, or such longer period as the Committee may specify at or after grant
in all cases other than ISOs, or until the expiration of the stated term of such
Award, whichever period is shorter; provided that, for Full-Value Awards
intended to qualify for the Performance-Based Exception, no vesting may occur or
no distribution may be made prior to the attainment of the Performance Goals.

 

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(b) Termination for Cause. If a Participant’s employment or service terminates
for Cause, (i) all Stock Options and SARs (or portions thereof) which have not
been exercised, whether vested or not, and (ii) all Full-Value Awards, shall
immediately be forfeited upon termination, including such Awards that are
subject to performance conditions (or unearned portions thereof).

(c) Other Terminations. If a Participant’s employment or service terminates,
voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than death, Disability,
Retirement or Cause, (i) any vested portion of Stock Options or SARs held by the
Participant at the time of termination may be exercised for a period of three
months (or such other period as the Committee may specify at or after the time
of grant) from the termination date, or until the expiration of the original
term of the Stock Option or SAR, whichever period is shorter, (ii) no unvested
portion of any Stock Option or SAR shall become vested, including such Awards
that are subject to performance conditions (or unearned portions thereof), and
(iii) all Full-Value Awards, including such Awards that are subject to
performance conditions (or unearned portions thereof), shall immediately be
forfeited upon termination.

(d) Limitation for ISOs. No ISO may be exercised more than three months
following termination of employment for any reason (including Retirement) other
than death or Disability, nor more than one year following termination of
employment for the reason of death or Disability (as defined in Code
Section 422), or such Award will no longer qualify as an ISO and shall
thereafter be, and receive the tax treatment applicable to, a NQSO. For this
purpose, a termination of employment is cessation of employment, under the rules
applicable to ISOs, such that no employment relationship exists between the
Participant and the Company.

(e) Transfers and Leaves of Absence . The transfer of a Participant within the
Company shall not be deemed a termination of employment except as required by
Code Sections 422 and 409A, and other applicable laws. The following leaves of
absences are not deemed to be a termination of employment:

(i) if approved in writing by the Company, for military service, sickness or any
other purpose approved by the Company, and the period of absence does not exceed
90 days;

(ii) if in excess of 90 days, if approved in writing by the Company, but only if
the Participant’s right to reemployment is guaranteed by statute or contract and
provided that the Participant returns to work within 30 days after the end of
such absence; and

(iii) subject to the restrictions of Code Section 409A and to the extent that
such discretion is permitted by law, if the Committee determines in its
discretion that the absence is not a termination of employment.

11. Recoupment or Recovery Policy

Any Award shall be subject to forfeiture or repayment pursuant to the terms of
any applicable compensation recoupment or recovery policy adopted by the
Company, Committee or Board, as thereafter amended, including any policy adopted
to comply with the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Common
Shares are traded or the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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12. Miscellaneous Provisions

(a) Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant
shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to Awards hereunder, unless
and until the Common Shares have been registered to the Participant as the
owner.

(b) No Loans. No loans from the Company to Participants shall be permitted in
connection with the Plan.

(c) Assignment or Transfer. Except as otherwise provided under the Plan, no
Award or any rights or interests therein shall be transferable other than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may, in its
discretion, provide that an Award (other than an ISO) is transferable without
the payment of any consideration to a Participant’s family member, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose. For this purpose, “family
member” has the meaning given to such term in the General Instructions to the
Form S-8 registration statement under the Securities Act. All Awards shall be
exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant or a
person who is a permitted transferee pursuant to this Section 12(c). Once
awarded, the Common Shares (other than Restricted Shares) received by
Participants may be freely transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise subjected
to lien, subject to the restrictions imposed by the Securities Act, Section 16
of the Exchange Act and the Company’s Insider Trading Policy, each as amended.

(d) Withholding Taxes. The Company shall have the right to deduct from all
Awards paid in cash to a Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld
with respect to such Awards. All statutory minimum applicable withholding taxes
arising with respect to Awards paid in Common Shares to a Participant shall be
satisfied by the Company retaining Common Shares having a Fair Market Value on
the date the tax is to be determined that is equal to the amount of such
statutory minimum applicable withholding tax (rounded, if necessary, to the next
lowest whole number of Common Shares); provided, however, that, subject to any
restrictions or limitations that the Company deems appropriate, a Participant
may elect to satisfy such statutory minimum applicable withholding tax through
cash or cash proceeds.

(e) No Rights to Awards. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall
be construed as giving any person any right to be retained in the employ or
service of the Company, and the Plan shall not interfere with or limit in any
way the right of the Company to terminate any person’s employment or service at
any time. Except as set forth herein, no employee or other person shall have any
claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan. By accepting an Award, the
Participant acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Award will be exclusively
governed by the Plan, including the right of the Company to amend or cancel the
Plan at any time without the Company incurring liability to the Participant
(except, to the extent the terms of the Award so provide, for Awards already
granted under the Plan), (ii) the Participant is not entitled to future award
grants under the Plan or any other plan, and (iii) the value of any Awards
received shall be excluded from the calculation of termination or other
severance payments or benefits.

(f) Beneficiary Designation. To the extent allowed by the Committee, each
Participant under the Plan may name any beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom any
benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of his or her death before he or
she receives all of such benefit. Unless the Committee determines otherwise,
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designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the
Committee and shall be effective only when received in writing by the Company
during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such designation,
benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to the
Participant’s estate.

(g) Fractional Shares. Fractional Common Shares shall not be issued or
transferred under an Award, but the Committee may direct that cash be paid in
lieu of fractional shares or may round off fractional shares, in its discretion.

(h) Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded and any benefits under the Plan
shall represent an unsecured promise to pay by the Company. With respect to any
payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained
in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall give the Participant any rights that
are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

(i) Severability. If any provision of the Plan is deemed illegal or invalid, the
illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan,
and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid
provision had not been included.

(j) Limitation of Liability. Members of the Board and the Committee and officers
and employees of the Company who are their designees acting under the Plan shall
be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the advice of counsel and shall
incur no liability except for gross or willful misconduct in the performance of
their duties hereunder.

(k) Successors. All obligations of the Company with respect to Awards granted
under the Plan shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether as a
result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of
all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

(l) Code Section 409A Compliance. Each Award granted under the Plan is intended
to be either exempt from or in compliance with the requirements of Code
Section 409A and any regulations or guidance that may be adopted thereunder,
including any transition relief available under applicable guidance. The Plan
may be amended or interpreted by the Committee as it determines appropriate in
accordance with Code Section 409A and to avoid a plan failure under Code
Section 409A(a)(1). If a Participant is a “specified employee” as defined in
Code Section 409A at the time of the Participant’s separation from service with
the Company, then solely to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of any
additional tax under Code Section 409A, the commencement of any payments or
benefits under an Award shall be deferred until the date that is six months
following the Participant’s separation from service (or such other period as
required to comply with Code Section 409A).

13. Effective Date, Amendments, Governing Law and Plan Termination

(a) Effective Date. The Effective Date of the Plan is the date on which the
Company’s shareholders approve the Plan at a duly held shareholder meeting.

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(i) Amendment of the Plan. The Committee or the Board may at any time terminate
or amend the Plan in whole or in part, but no such action shall materially and
adversely affect any rights or obligations with respect to any Awards granted
prior to the date of such termination or amendment without the consent of the
affected Participant, except to the extent that the Committee reasonably
determines that such termination or amendment is necessary or appropriate to
comply with applicable law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on
which the Common Shares are traded or to preserve any intended favorable, or
avoid any unintended unfavorable, tax effects for the Company, Plan or
Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Company’s shareholders
shall have first approved the amendment, no amendment of the Plan shall be
effective if the amendment would: (A) increase the maximum number of Common
Shares that may be delivered under the Plan or to any one individual (except to
the extent made pursuant to Section 8 hereof), (B) extend the maximum period
during which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (C) add to the types of
awards that can be made under the Plan, (D) modify the requirements as to
eligibility for participation in the Plan, (E) permit a repricing or decrease
the Exercise Price to less than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant of
any Stock Option or SAR, except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 8,
(F) materially increase benefits to Participants, or (G) otherwise require
shareholder approval pursuant to the Plan or applicable law or the rules of the
principal securities exchange on which Common Shares are traded.

(ii) Amendment of Awards. The Committee may amend, prospectively or
retroactively, the terms of an Award, provided that no such amendment is
inconsistent with the terms of the Plan or would materially and adversely affect
the rights of any Participant without his or her written consent.

(c) Governing Law. To the extent not preempted by Federal law, the Plan and all
Award Agreements are construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the State of Delaware. The Plan is not intended to be governed by the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and shall be so construed and
administered.

(d) Plan Termination. No Awards shall be made under the Plan after the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

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