Form of New Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement



 Exhibit 10.25 
 FORM OF 
 RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT 
 UNDER RULE 4350(I)(1)(A)(IV) OF THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET MARKETPLACE 
 RULES GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
 Name of Participant:
                                     
 Award Date:
                                , 200     

Vesting Commencement Date:
                                , 200     

Number of Restricted Stock Units [at 100% Attainment]:
                     
 NetLogic
Microsystems, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) (as defined in Section 6.4 of the Company’s General Terms and Conditions for New Employee
Inducement Incentive Option Grants under Rule 4350(i)(1)(A)(iv) of the NASDAQ Stock Market Marketplace Rules attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “General Terms”)) to obtain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) set forth above, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the “Agreement”) and the General Terms. 
 1. Vesting 
 No portion of the shares
of Common Stock that the Participant is entitled to receive will be issued until such portion has vested. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or under the General Terms, the RSUs shall vest with respect to 25% of such RSUs on each of the
first four anniversaries of the Vesting Commencement Date identified above, provided in each case that the Participant is then, and since the Award Date has remained, in Continuous Employment (as defined in the General Terms). 
 2. [Performance Criteria and Attainment Levels 
 The award of RSUs will be granted contingent upon successfully achieving the [            ] performance goal of
[            ]. There is a minimum threshold set at [            ]% of
[            ]. No RSUs will be awarded below the [            ]% attainment level. For performance at and above
[            ]%, the number of RSUs awarded will be based on a graduated slope, to be capped at [            ]% attainment as per
Schedule 2.] [Optional for use with performance based units.] 
 3. Issuance of Common Stock 
 (a) Each vested RSU entitles the Participant to receive one share of Common Stock. 
 (b) As soon as practicable after each applicable anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, the Participant’s name shall be entered as the
stockholder of record on the 







 books and records of the transfer agent for the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the vested
RSUs upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Committee with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements of this Agreement and of the General Terms. The determination of the
Committee as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Participant. 
 (c) Until such time as shares of Common Stock have been
issued to the Participant pursuant to Section 3(b) above, the Participant shall not have any rights as a holder of shares of Common Stock underlying the RSUs, including, but not limited to, voting rights, rights to receive dividends and other
distributions with respect to Common Stock, and stockholder inspection rights. 
 4. Termination of Continuous Employment 

The Participant’s right in any RSUs that are not vested as of the date on which the Participant’s Continuous Employment has ceased shall
automatically terminate on such date, and such RSUs shall be canceled as provided under the General Terms and shall be of no further force and effect. In the event of termination of Continuous Employment, the Company, as soon as practicable
following the effective date of termination, shall issue shares of Common Stock to the Participant (or the Participant’s designated beneficiary or estate executor in the event of Participant’s death) with respect to any RSUs which, as of
the effective date of termination of Continuous Employment, have vested but for which shares of Common Stock had not yet been issued to the Participant. 
 5. Adjustments 
 If, from time to time during the term of this Agreement and to the extent provided
under Section 8.1 of the General Terms: (i) there is any stock dividend, distribution or dividend of cash or property, stock split, or other change in the character or amount of any of the outstanding securities of the Company; or
(ii) there is any consolidation, merger or sale of all, or substantially all, of the assets of the Company; then in such event, any and all new, substituted or additional securities, cash or other property that Participant receives or to which
the Participant is entitled by reason of the Participant’s ownership of the RSUs shall be immediately subject to the provisions of Section 1 and be deemed subject to the RSUs for all purposes with the same force and effect as the shares of
Common Stock presently subject to this Agreement. 
 6. Incorporation of General Terms and Conditions 
 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the General Terms.
Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the General Terms, unless a different meaning is specified in this Agreement. 
 7. Transferability 
 This Agreement is personal to the Participant, is non-assignable, and is not
transferable in any manner, by operation of law, or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Award is available, during the Participant’s lifetime, only to the Participant, and thereafter, only to the
Participant’s designated beneficiary. 
  

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 8. Tax Withholding 
 The Participant shall not later than the date as of which the Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of any
Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Participant may elect to have the minimum tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the company to withhold
from shares of Common Stock to be issued, or (ii) authorizing the company to deduct cash payments from the Participant’s [insert pay period] salary that would satisfy the minimum required tax withholding amount due. 
 9. Tax Consequences 
 The Company
makes no representation or warranty as to the tax treatment to the Participant of the Participant’s receipt of the Award or vesting of RSUs or upon Participant’s sale or other disposition of the Common Stock issued pursuant to the RSUs.
The Participant should rely on his or her own tax advisors for all such advice. 
 10. Miscellaneous 
 (a) Notice under this Agreement shall be given to the Company at its principal place of business, and shall be given to the Participant at the address set
forth below, or in either case at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing. 
 (b) This
Agreement does not confer upon the Participant any rights with respect to continuation of employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 
 (c) The Committee may amend the terms of this Agreement, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Agreement as amended is consistent with the terms of the General Terms, but no such amendment shall impair the Participant’s
rights under this Agreement without the Participant’s consent. 
 (d) This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of California, without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. 
 (e) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of any successor or assign of the Company and any executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other legal representative of the Participant. 
 (f) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts. This Agreement and the General Terms together constitute the entire agreement between the parties relative to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all
communications, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective for all purposes
between themselves as of the Award Date. 
  

			
	 NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
  

	 By:
	 	 
	 Title:
	 	


 The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby
agreed to by the undersigned. 
  

			
		
	 Signature:
	 	 



			
		
	 Date:
	 	 



			
		
	 Participant’s Name:
	 	 



			
		
	 Address:
	 	 



			
		
		 	 
		
		 	 


 I elect to have the Company withhold shares to satisfy my tax obligations upon vesting of the RSUs.

                      (initial here) 

or 
 I elect to have the Company deduct cash payments from
my [insert pay period] salary to satisfy my tax obligations upon vesting of the RSUs. 
                      (initial here) 
  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 
 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR NEW EMPLOYEE 
 INDUCEMENT INCENTIVE OPTION GRANTS UNDER RULE 
 4350(I)(1)(A)(IV) OF THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET MARKETPLACE 
 RULES 
 Section 1 Purposes 
 1.1 General
Purpose. The Company, by means of these General Terms, seeks to retain the services of persons not previously an employee or director of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to the
individual’s entering into employment with the Company within the meaning of Rule 4350(i)(1)(A)(iv) of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its
Affiliates. 
 1.2 Eligible Stock Award Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are the new employees
of the Company and its Affiliates hired as managers of the Company (director level or higher). 
 1.3 Available Awards.
The purpose of the General Terms is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of Awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of the following Stock Awards: Options, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units and Stock Grants. 
 Section 2 Definitions 
 As used in this General Terms, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 2.1 Accelerate, Accelerated, and Acceleration means: (a) when used with respect to an Option or
Stock Appreciation Right, that as of the time of reference the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable with respect to some or all of the shares of Stock for which it was not then otherwise exercisable by its terms; (b) when
used with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, that the Risk of Forfeiture otherwise applicable to the Stock or Units shall expire with respect to some or all of the shares of Restricted Stock or Units then still otherwise subject
to the Risk of Forfeiture; and (c) when used with respect to Performance Units, that the applicable Performance Goals shall be deemed to have been met as to some or all of the Units. 
 2.2 Acquisition means a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person or the sale, transfer, or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions. 
 2.3 Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, or other entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company. 
 2.4 Award means any grant or sale pursuant to the General Terms of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Stock Grants. 







 2.5 Award Agreement means an agreement between the Company and the recipient of an
Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award. 
 2.6 Board means the Company’s of Board of Directors.

 2.7 Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following after the date of the approval of the General
Terms by the Board: 
 (a) an Acquisition, unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of
the survivor’s or acquiror’s outstanding securities (or the securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding
securities immediately prior to that transaction, or 
 (b) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to SEC Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting
power of the Company’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s stockholders that the Board does not recommend such stockholders accept, other than (i) the Company or an Affiliate,
(ii) an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (iv) an underwriter temporarily
holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or 
 (c) over a period of 36 consecutive months or less, there
is a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the Board members (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases, by reason of one or more proxy contests for the election of Board members, to be composed of
individuals who either (i) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of that period, or (ii) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members
described in the preceding clause (i) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board; or 
 (d) a majority of the Board votes in favor of a decision that a Change of Control has occurred. 
 2.8
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and any regulations issued from time to time thereunder. 
 2.9 Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which in general is responsible for the administration of the General
Terms, as provided in Section 5 of the General Terms. For any period during which no such committee is in existence, “Committee” shall mean the Independent Board, and all authority and responsibility assigned to the Committee under
the General Terms shall be exercised, if at all, by the Independent Board. 
 2.10 Company means NetLogic Microsystems,
Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  

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 2.11 Continuous Employment means the absence of any interruption or termination of
service as an employee, director or consultant of the Company or any Subsidiary. Continuous Employment shall not be considered interrupted during any period of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between
locations of the Company or between the Company and any Parent, Subsidiary or successor of the Company. 
 2.12 Effective Date
means the date on which this General Terms has been approved by the Board, including the Independent Board. 
 2.13
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 2.14 Grant Date means the date
as of which an Option is granted, as determined under Section 6.1(a). 
 2.15 Independent Board means a majority of
the independent directors on the Board. “Independent” has the meaning given under NASD Marketplace Rule 4200. 
 2.16 Market Value means the value of a share of Stock on a particular date determined by such methods or procedures as may be established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Market Value
of Stock as of any date is the closing price for the Stock as reported on the applicable market of the NASDAQ Stock Market (or on any national securities exchange or other established market on which the Stock is then listed) for that date or, if no
closing price is reported for that date, the closing price on the next preceding date for which a closing price was reported. For purposes of Awards effective as of the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering, Market Value of
Stock shall be the price at which the Company’s Stock is offered to the public in its initial public offering. 
 2.17
Nonstatutory Option means any Option that is not an Incentive Option. 
 2.18 Option means an option
to purchase shares of Stock. 
 2.19 Optionee means a Participant to whom an Option shall have been granted under the
General Terms. 
 2.20 Parent means a parent corporation of the Company, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined
by Section 424(e) of the Code. 
 2.21 Participant means any holder of an outstanding Award under the General
Terms. 
 2.22 Performance Criteria means the criteria that the Committee select for purposes of establishing the
Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria used to establish Performance Goals are limited to: pre- or after-tax net earnings, sales growth, operating earnings, operating cash flow,
return on net assets, return on stockholders’ equity, return on assets, return on capital, Stock price growth, stockholder returns, gross or net profit margin, earnings per share, price per share of Stock, and market share, any of which may be
measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group. The Committee will objectively define the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance
Period for such Participant. 
  

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 2.23 Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the written goals
established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company
performance or the performance of a division, business unit, Subsidiary, or an individual. 
 2.24 Performance Period
means the one or more periods, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, selected by the Committee, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for purposes of determining a Participant’s right
to, and the payment of, a Performance Unit. 
 2.25 Performance Unit means a right granted to a Participant under
Section 6.5, to receive cash, Stock or other Awards, the payment of which is contingent on achieving Performance Goals established by the Committee. 
 2.26 General Terms means these General Terms and Conditions for New Employee Inducement Incentive Option Grants Under Rule 4350(i)(1)(A(iv) of the VASDAQ Stock Market Marketplace Rules of the
Company, as amended from time to time, and including any attachments or addenda hereto. 
 2.27 Restricted Stock means a
grant or sale of shares of Stock to a Participant subject to a Risk of Forfeiture. 
 2.28 Restricted Stock Units means
rights to receive shares of Stock at the close of a Restriction Period, subject to a Risk of Forfeiture. 
 2.29 Restriction
Period means the period of time, established by the Committee in connection with an Award of Restricted Stock, during which the shares of Restricted Stock are subject to a Risk of Forfeiture described in the applicable Award Agreement.

 2.30 Risk of Forfeiture means a limitation on the right of the Participant to retain Restricted Stock or Restricted
Stock Units, including a right in the Company to reacquire shares of Restricted Stock at less than their then Market Value, arising because of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specified events or conditions. 
 2.31 Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 2.32 SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 2.33 Stock means common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and such other securities as may be substituted for Stock
pursuant to Section 7. 
 2.34 Stock Appreciation Right means a right to receive any excess in the Market Value of
shares of Stock (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.2(c)) over a specified exercise price. 
 2.35 Stock Grant
means the grant of shares of Stock not subject to restrictions or other forfeiture conditions. 
  

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 2.36 Subsidiary means a subsidiary corporation of the Company, whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. 
 2.37 Vesting Commencement Date means, with respect
to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the date, determined by the Committee, on which the vesting of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall commence, which may be the Grant Date or a date prior to or after the Grant Date. 
 Section 3 Term of the General Terms 
 Unless the
General Terms shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under this General Terms at any time in the period commencing on the Effective Date of approval of the General Terms by the Board and ending immediately prior to
the twentieth anniversary thereof. Awards granted pursuant to the General Terms within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the General Terms. 
 Section 4 Administration 
 In all events the General Terms shall be administered by the
Independent Board or Committee in compliance with rule 4350(i)(1)(A)(iv) (and any successor thereto) of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”). The grant of any Award under the General Terms must be approved by a
majority of the members of the Board (each of whom is an “independent director” as defined in the rules of the NASD) or by the Company’s independent compensation committee (as intended under the rules of the NASD). The General Terms
shall be administered by the Committee, provided, however, that at any time and on any one or more occasions the Board may itself exercise any of the powers and responsibilities assigned the Committee under the General Terms and when so
acting shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of the General Terms pertaining to the Committee’s exercise of its authorities hereunder. Subject to the provisions of the General Terms, the Committee shall have complete authority, in its
discretion, to make or to select the manner of making all determinations with respect to each Award to be granted by the Company under the General Terms, including the employee, consultant or director to receive the Award and the form of Award. All
Awards of Stock or which otherwise entitle the Award recipient to acquire any shares of Stock shall be made from the authorized but unissued shares of Stock of the Company. The Committee, or the Independent Board, shall determine in its sole
discretion how many shares of Stock to issue under this General Terms in the aggregate. In making its determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services to be rendered by the new employees, their present and potential
contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates, and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. Subject to the provisions of the General Terms, the Committee also shall have complete authority to
interpret the General Terms, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the terms and provisions of the respective Award Agreements (which need not be identical), and to make all other determinations necessary
or advisable for the administration of the General Terms including, but not limited to, the cancellation, amendment, repricing, reclassification or exchange of outstanding Options and other Awards, subject to the provisions of Section 13. The
Committee’s determinations made in good faith on matters referred to in the General Terms shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons having or claiming any interest under the General Terms or an Award made pursuant to hereto.

  

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 Section 5 Authorization of Grants 
 5.1 Eligibility. Persons eligible for Stock Awards shall consist of Employees whose potential contribution, in the judgment of the
Committee, will benefit the future success of the Company and/or an Affiliate. Stock Awards may be granted only to persons not previously an Employee or Director of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an
inducement material to the individual’s entering into employment with the Company within the meaning of Rule 4350(i)(1)(A)(iv) of the NASD Marketplace Rules (or applicable replacement rules or regulations). In addition, notwithstanding any
other provision of the General Terms to the contrary, all Stock Awards must be granted either by the Independent Board or the Committee. 
 5.2 General Terms of Awards. Each grant of an Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the General Terms (including but not limited to any specific terms and conditions applicable to that type of
Award set out in the following Section), and such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the General Terms, as the Committee may prescribe. No prospective Participant shall have any rights with respect to an Award, unless and
until such Participant has executed an Award agreement evidencing the Award, delivered a fully executed copy thereof to the Company, and otherwise complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award. 
 5.3 Effect of Termination of Employment, Disability or Death. 
 (a) Termination of Employment, Etc. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise with respect to any Award, if the Participant’s employment
or other association with the Company or its Affiliates ends for any reason other than by total disability or death, including because of the Participant’s employer ceasing to be an Affiliate, (a) any outstanding Option or Stock
Appreciation Right of the Participant shall cease to be exercisable in any respect not later than 90 days following that event and, for the period it remains exercisable following that event, shall be exercisable only to the extent exercisable at
the date of that event, and (b) any other outstanding Award of the Participant shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to return to or repurchase by the Company on the terms specified in the applicable Award Agreement. Military or sick leave or
other personal leave approved by an authorized representative of the Company shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, provided that it does not exceed the longer of 90 days or the period during which the absent
Participant’s reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract. 
 (b) Disability of Participant. If a
Participant’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends due to disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), and such Participant was in Continuous Employment from the Grant Date until the date of
termination of service, any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised at any time within six months following the date of termination of service, but only to the extent of the accrued right to exercise at the time of
termination of service, subject to the condition that no Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercised after its expiration in accordance with its terms. 
 (c) Death of Participant. In the event of the death during the Option period, or period during Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised, of a Participant who is at the time of his or her death an employee,
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 such from the Grant Date until the date of death, the Option or Stock Appreciation Right of the Participant may be
exercised at any time within 12 months following the date of death by such Participant’s estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option or Stock Appreciation Right by bequest, inheritance or otherwise as a result of the
Participant’s death, but only to the extent of the accrued right to exercise at the time of death, subject to the condition that no Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercised after its expiration in accordance with its terms.

 5.4 Transferability of Awards. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.4, Awards shall not be
transferable, and no Award or interest therein may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All of a Participant’s rights in any Award may be
exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. However, the Committee may, at or after the grant of an Award of a Nonstatutory Option, or shares of Restricted Stock, provide that
such Award may be transferred by the recipient through a gift or domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights to any of the following donees or transferees and may be reacquired by the Participant from any of such donors or
transferees: 
 (a) any “family member,” which includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse,
former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or
employee); 
 (b) a trust in which family members have more than fifty percent (50%) of the beneficial interests; 
 (c) a foundation in which “family members” (or the Participant) control the management of assets; and 
 (d) any other entity in which “family members” (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests. 

provided, that (x) any such transfer is without payment of any consideration whatsoever and that no transfer shall be valid unless first approved by the
Committee, acting in its sole discretion; (y) the Award Agreement pursuant to which such Awards are granted, and any amendments thereto, must be approved by the Committee and must expressly provide for transferability in a manner consistent
with this Section 5.4; and (z) subsequent transfers of transferred Awards shall be prohibited except in accordance with this Section 5.4. Following transfer, any such Awards shall continue to be subject to the same terms and
conditions as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, provided that the term hereof or in the Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the original Participant, following which any Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and for the periods specified in the Award Agreement or Section 5.3, as applicable. 
  

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 Section 6 Specific Terms of Awards 
 6.1 Options. 
 (a) Date of Grant. The granting of an Option shall take place at the time that legally effective action to grant the award is taken by the Committee or the Independent Board. 
 (b) Exercise Price. The price at which shares of Stock may be acquired under each Option shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion. 
 (c) Option Period. No Option may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date. 
 (d) Exercisability. An Option may be immediately exercisable or become exercisable in such installments, cumulative or non-cumulative, as the
Committee may determine. Unless the Committee specifically determines otherwise at the time of the grant of the Option, each Option shall vest and become exercisable, cumulatively, as to one-fourth of the shares at the first anniversary of the
Vesting Commencement Date and as to one thirty-sixth of the remaining shares subject to the Option at the end of each successive month thereafter until all of the shares subject to the Option have vested, subject to the Optionee’s Continuous
Employment. In the case of an Option not otherwise immediately exercisable in full, the Committee may Accelerate such Option in whole or in part at any time. 
 (e) Method of Exercise. An Option may be exercised by the Optionee giving written notice, in the manner provided in Section 14, specifying the number of shares with respect to which the Option is then
being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by payment in the form of cash or check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased or, if the Committee had so authorized on the grant
of the Option or (and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary to avoid adverse accounting effects to the Company) by delivery to the Company of 
 (1) shares of Stock having a Market Value equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased, or 
 (2) unless prohibited by applicable law, the Optionee’s executed promissory note in the principal amount equal to the exercise price
of the shares to be purchased and otherwise in such form as the Committee shall have approved. 
 If the Stock is traded on an established
market, payment of any exercise price may also be made through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by the Company entailing the sale of the Stock subject to an Option in a brokered transaction (other
than to the Company). Receipt by the Company of such notice and payment in any authorized or combination of authorized means shall constitute the exercise of the Option. Within 30 days thereafter but subject to the remaining provisions of the
General Terms, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Optionee or his agent a certificate or certificates for the number of shares then being purchased. Such shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable. 
  

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 6.2 Stock Appreciation Rights. 
 (a) Tandem or Stand-Alone. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with an Option (at or, in the case of a Nonstatutory Option, after,
the award of the Option), or alone and unrelated to an Option. Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with an Option shall terminate to the extent that the related Option is exercised, and the related Option shall terminate to the extent that the
tandem Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised. 
 (b) Exercise Price. Stock Appreciation Rights shall have such exercise price as the
Committee may determine, except that in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with Options, the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Rights shall equal the exercise price of the related Option. 
 (c) Other Terms. Except as the Committee may deem inappropriate or inapplicable in the circumstances, Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject
to terms and conditions substantially similar to those applicable to a Nonstatutory Option. In addition, a Stock Appreciation Right related to an Option which can only be exercised during limited periods following a Change of Control may entitle the
Participant to receive an amount based upon the highest price paid or offered for Stock in any transaction relating to the Change of Control or paid during the 30-day period immediately preceding the occurrence of the Change of Control in any
transaction reported in the stock market in which the Stock is normally traded. 
 6.3 Restricted Stock.

 (a) Purchase Price. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued under the General Terms for such consideration, in cash, other
property or services, or any combination thereof, as is determined by the Committee. 
 (b) Issuance of Certificates. Each Participant
receiving a Restricted Stock Award, subject to subsection (c) below, shall be issued a stock certificate in respect of such shares of Restricted Stock. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and, if applicable,
shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award substantially in the following form: 
 The transferability of this certificate and the shares represented by this certificate are subject to the terms and conditions of the NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. 2006 New Employee Inducement Incentive General Terms
and an Award Agreement entered into by the registered owner and NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Copies of such General Terms and Agreement are on file in the offices of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. 
 (c) Escrow of Shares. The Committee may require that the stock certificates evidencing shares of Restricted Stock be held in custody by a
designated escrow agent (which may but need not be the Company) until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that the Participant deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Stock covered by such Award. 
 (d) Restrictions and Restriction Period. During the Restriction Period applicable to shares of Restricted Stock, such shares shall be subject to
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 Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions related to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate
performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it
deems appropriate. 
 (e) Rights Pending Lapse of Risk of Forfeiture or Forfeiture of Award. Except as otherwise provided in the
General Terms or the applicable Award Agreement, at all times prior to lapse of any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to, or forfeiture of, an Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company,
including the right to vote, and the right to receive any dividends with respect to, the shares of Restricted Stock. The Committee, as determined at the time of Award, may permit or require the payment of cash dividends to be deferred and, if the
Committee so determines, reinvested in additional Restricted Stock to the extent shares for reinvestment were authorized at the time of grant. 
 (f) Lapse of Restrictions. If and when the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock, the certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Participant promptly if not theretofore so
delivered. 
 6.4 Restricted Stock Units. 
 (a) Character. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall entitle the recipient to a share of Stock at a close of such Restriction Period as the Committee
may establish and subject to a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions relating to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award
Agreement. Any such Risk of Forfeiture may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, at any time by the Committee on such basis as it deems appropriate. 
 (b) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable
Restriction Period. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive payments equivalent to any dividends declared with respect to Stock referenced in grants of Restricted Stock Units but only following the close of the
applicable Restriction Period and then only if the underlying Stock shall have been earned. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise, any such dividend equivalents shall be paid, if at all, without interest or other earnings. 
 6.5 Performance Units. 
 (a) Character. Each Performance Unit shall entitle the recipient to the value of a specified number of shares of Stock, over the initial value for such number of shares, if any, established by the Committee at the time of grant, at
the close of a specified Performance Period to the extent specified Performance Goals shall have been achieved. 
 (b) Earning of
Performance Units. The Committee shall set Performance Goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met within the applicable Performance Period, will determine the number and value of Performance Units that will be
paid out to the Participant. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units shall be entitled to receive payout on the number and value of Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period,
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 (c) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Performance Units shall be made in a single lump
sum following the close of the applicable Performance Period. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive any dividends declared with respect to Stock which have been earned in connection with grants of Performance
Units which have been earned, but not yet distributed to Participants. The Committee may permit or, if it so provides at grant require, a Participant to defer such Participant’s receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Stock that would
otherwise be due to such Participant by virtue of the satisfaction of any requirements or goals with respect to Performance Units. If any such deferral election is required or permitted, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures for such
payment deferrals. 
 6.6 Stock Grants. Stock Grants shall be awarded solely in recognition of significant contributions
to the success of the Company or its Affiliates, in lieu of compensation otherwise already due and in such other limited circumstances as the Committee deems appropriate. Stock Grants shall be made without forfeiture conditions of any kind.

 6.7 Awards to Participants Outside the United States. The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the
General Terms, granted to a Participant who is, at the time of grant or during the term of the Award, resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that the
Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other
restrictions applicable as a result of the Participant’s residence or employment abroad, shall be comparable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States. The Committee may establish
supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of, the General Terms for the purpose of granting and administrating any such modified Award. 
 Section 7 Adjustment Provisions 
 7.1 Adjustment for Corporate Actions. All of the share numbers
set forth in the General Terms reflect the capital structure of the Company as of the Effective Date. Subject to Section 7.2, if subsequent to that date the outstanding shares of Stock (or any other securities covered by the General Terms by
reason of the prior application of this Section) are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect
to shares of Stock, through merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the property of the Company, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, or other similar distribution with
respect to such shares of Stock, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in (i) the numbers and kinds of shares or other securities subject to the then outstanding Awards, (ii) the exercise price for each share or other
unit of any other securities subject to then outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (without change in the aggregate purchase price as to which such Options or Rights remain exercisable), and (iii) the repurchase price of each share
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 7.2 Treatment in Certain Acquisitions. 
 (a) Subject to any provisions of then outstanding Awards granting greater rights to the holders thereof, in the event of an Acquisition in which
outstanding Awards are not Accelerated in full, any then outstanding Awards shall nevertheless Accelerate in full if not assumed or replaced by comparable Awards referencing shares of the capital stock of the successor or acquiring entity or
the entity in control of such successor or acquiring entity, and thereafter (or after a reasonable period following the Acquisition, as determined by the Committee) terminate. As to any one or more outstanding Awards which are not otherwise
Accelerated in full by reason of such Acquisition, the Committee may also, either in advance of an Acquisition or at the time thereof and upon such terms as it may deem appropriate, provide for the Acceleration of such outstanding Awards in the
event that the employment of the Participants should subsequently terminate following the Acquisition. Each outstanding Award that is assumed in connection with an Acquisition, or is otherwise to continue in effect subsequent to the Acquisition,
will be appropriately adjusted, immediately after the Acquisition, as to the number and class of securities and other relevant terms in accordance with Section 7.1. 
 (b) For the purposes of this Section 7.2, an Award shall be considered assumed or replaced by a comparable Award if, following the Acquisition, the Award confers the right to purchase, for each share of Stock
subject to the Award immediately prior to the Acquisition, the consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the Acquisition by holders of Stock on the effective date of the Acquisition (and if holders were offered
a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Stock); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Acquisition was not solely common stock of the
successor corporation or its Parent or Subsidiary, the Committee may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Award for each share of Stock subject to the Award to be
solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent or Subsidiary equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Stock in the Acquisition. 
 7.3 Dissolution or Liquidation. Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than as part of an Acquisition or similar
transaction, each outstanding Option and Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate, but the Optionee or Stock Appreciation Right holder shall have the right, immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation, to exercise the Option or Stock
Appreciation Right to the extent exercisable on the date of dissolution or liquidation. Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than as part of an Acquisition or similar transaction, each other outstanding Award shall be forfeited.

 7.4 Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. In the event of any corporate
action not specifically covered by the preceding sections, including but not limited to an extraordinary cash distribution on Stock, a corporate separation or other reorganization or liquidation, the Committee may make such adjustment of outstanding
Awards and their terms, if any, as it, in its sole discretion, may deem equitable and appropriate in the circumstances. The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual
or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in this Section 7.4) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever
the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the General Terms. 
  

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 7.5 Related Matters. Any adjustment in Awards made pursuant to this Section 7
shall be determined and made, if at all, by the Committee and shall include any correlative modification of terms, including of Option exercise prices, rates of vesting or exercisability, Risks of Forfeiture, applicable repurchase prices for
Restricted Stock, and Performance Goals and other financial objectives which the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate so as to ensure the rights of the Participants in their respective Awards are not substantially diminished nor enlarged as a
result of the adjustment and corporate action other than as expressly contemplated in this Section 7. No fraction of a share shall be purchasable or deliverable upon exercise, but in the event any adjustment hereunder of the number of shares
covered by an Award shall cause such number to include a fraction of a share, such number of shares shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of shares. No adjustment of an Option exercise price per share pursuant to this Section 7
shall result in an exercise price which is less than the par value of the Stock. 
 Section 8 Settlement of Awards 
 8.1 In General. Options and Restricted Stock shall be settled in accordance with their terms. All other Awards may be settled in
cash, Stock, or other Awards, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at or after grant and subject to any contrary Award Agreement. The Committee may not require settlement of any Award in Stock pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence to the extent issuance of such Stock would be prohibited or unreasonably delayed by reason of any other provision of the General Terms. 
 8.2 Violation of Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the General Terms or the relevant Award Agreement, if, at any time, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, the issuance of shares of
Stock covered by an Award may constitute a violation of law, then the Company may delay such issuance and the delivery of a certificate for such shares until (i) approval shall have been obtained from such governmental agencies, other than the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required under any applicable law, rule, or regulation and (ii) in the case where such issuance would constitute a violation of a law administered by or a regulation of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 
 (a) the shares are at the time of the issue of such shares
effectively registered under the Securities Act; or 
 (b) the Company shall have determined, on such basis as it deems appropriate (including
an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) that the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of such shares or such beneficial interest, as the case may be, does not require registration
under the Securities Act or any applicable State securities laws. 
 The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to bring about the occurrence of said
events 
 8.3 Corporate Restrictions on Rights in Stock. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the
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 8.4 Investment Representations. The Company shall be under no obligation to issue
any shares covered by any Award unless the shares to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the General Terms have been effectively registered under the Securities Act, or the Participant shall have made such written representations to the
Company (upon which the Company believes it may reasonably rely) as the Company may deem necessary or appropriate for purposes of confirming that the issuance of such shares will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and
any applicable state securities laws and otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to that the Participant is acquiring the shares for his or her own account for the purpose of investment and
not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such shares. 
 8.5 Registration. If the
Company shall deem it necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act or other applicable statutes any shares of Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the General Terms, or to qualify any such shares of Stock for
exemption from the Securities Act or other applicable statutes, then the Company shall take such action at its own expense. The Company may require from each recipient of an Award, or each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the General
Terms, such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or offering circular as is reasonably necessary for that purpose and may require reasonable indemnity to the Company and its officers and
directors from that holder against all losses, claims, damage and liabilities arising from use of the information so furnished and caused by any untrue statement of any material fact therein or caused by the omission to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made. In addition, the Company may require of any such person that he or she agree that, without the
prior written consent of the Company or the managing underwriter in any public offering of shares of Stock, he or she will not sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or otherwise
dispose of, any shares of Stock during the 180-day period commencing on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the underwritten public offering of securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this
Section 8.5, if in connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of the Company the managing underwriter of such offering requires that the Company’s directors and officers enter into a lock-up agreement containing
provisions that are more restrictive than the provisions set forth in the preceding sentence, then (a) each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the General Terms (regardless of whether such person has complied or complies with the
provisions of clause (b) below) shall be bound by, and shall be deemed to have agreed to, the same lock-up terms as those to which the Company’s directors and officers are required to adhere; and (b) at the request of the Company or
such managing underwriter, each such person shall execute and deliver a lock-up agreement in form and substance equivalent to that which is required to be executed by the Company’s directors and officers. 
 8.6 Placement of Legends; Stop Orders; etc. Each share of Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the General Terms may
bear a reference to the investment representation made in accordance with Section 8.4 in addition to any other applicable restriction under the General Terms, the terms of the Award and, if applicable, to the fact that no registration statement
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 such shares of Stock. All certificates for shares of Stock or other securities delivered under the General Terms shall be
subject to such stock transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state
securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. 
 8.7 Tax Withholding. Whenever shares of Stock are issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the General Terms, the Company shall have the right to require the recipient to remit to
the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements if, when, and to the extent required by law (whether so required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction or otherwise)
prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such shares. The obligations of the Company under the General Terms shall be conditional on satisfaction of all such withholding obligations and the Company shall, to the extent permitted
by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the recipient of an Award. However, in such cases Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Committee, to satisfy an applicable withholding
requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold shares to satisfy their tax obligations. Participants may only elect to have shares withheld having a Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum
statutory total tax which could be imposed on the transaction. All elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee deems appropriate. 

Section 9 Reservation of Stock 
 The Company
shall at all times during the term of the General Terms and any outstanding Awards granted hereunder reserve or otherwise keep available such number of shares of Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the General Terms (if then
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 Section 10 Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights 
 A Participant shall not be deemed for any purpose to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares of Stock subject to an Award,
unless and until a certificate shall have been issued therefor and delivered to the Participant or his agent. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the General Terms shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof
which may be now or hereafter imposed by the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of the Company. Nothing contained in the General Terms or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any recipient of an Award any right with respect to the
continuation of his or her employment or other association with the Company (or any Affiliate), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or any Affiliate), subject to the terms of any separate employment or consulting agreement or
provision of law or certificate of incorporation or by laws to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or consulting agreement or to increase or decrease, or otherwise adjust, the other terms and conditions of the recipient’s
employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates. 
 Section 11 Unfunded Status of General Terms 
 The General Terms is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation, and the General Terms is not intended to constitute a
plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that
are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the General Terms to deliver Stock or payments with
respect to Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards hereunder, provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the General Terms. 
 Section 12 Nonexclusivity of the General Terms 
 Neither the adoption of the General Terms by the Board nor the submission of the General Terms to the stockholders of the Company shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive
arrangements as it may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of stock options and restricted stock other than under the General Terms, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 Section 13 Termination and Amendment of the General Terms 
 The Independent Board may at any time terminate the General Terms or make such modifications of the General Terms as it shall deem advisable. Unless the Independent Board otherwise expressly provides, no amendment of
the General Terms shall affect the terms of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment. In any case, no termination or amendment of the General Terms may, without the consent of any recipient of an Award granted hereunder, adversely affect
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 The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively,
provided that the Award as amended is consistent with the terms of the General Terms, but no such amendment shall impair the rights of the recipient of such Award without his or her consent. 
 Section 14 Notices and Other Communications 
 Any
notice, demand, request or other communication hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by first class registered, certified or overnight mail, postage prepaid, or
telecopied with a confirmation copy by regular, certified or overnight mail, addressed or telecopied, as the case may be, (i) if to the recipient of an Award, at his or her residence address last filed with the Company and (ii) if to the
Company, at its principal place of business, addressed to the attention of its Chief Financial Officer, or to such other address or telecopier number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as the addressee may have designated by notice to
the addressor. All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been received: (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery; (ii) in the case of mailing, when received by the
addressee; (iii) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report; and (iv) in the case of electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the receiving party has consented to receive
notice, provided, that such consent is deemed revoked if the sender is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices and such inability becomes known to the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company or to the
transfer agent, or other person responsible for giving notice. 
 Section 15 Governing Law 
 The General Terms and all Award Agreements and actions taken thereunder shall be governed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with California law,
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