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PAGE1. Purpose of the Plan
    
    
    12. Definitions
    
    
    1A. Act
    
    
    1B. Award
    
    
    1C. Award Agreement
    
    
    1D. Board
    
    
    1E. Cash-Based Award
    
    
    1F. Change in Control
    
    
    1G. Code
    
    
    2H. Committee
    
    
    2I.   Company
    
    
    2J.   Fair Market Value
    
    
    2K. Incentive Stock Option
    
    
    2L. Non-qualified Stock Option
    
    
    2M. Option
    
    
    2N. Other Stock-Based Award
    
    
    2O. Parent
    
    
    3P. Participant
    
    
    3Q. Plan
    
    
    3R. Public Offering
    
    
    3S. Stock
    
    
    3T. Stock Appreciation Right
    
    
    3U. Subsidiary
    
    
    33. Stock Subject to the Plan
    
    
    34. Administration
    
    
    45. Committee
    
    
    46. Options
    
    
    4A. Type of Option
    
    
    4C. Exercise  Elections and Restrictions
    
    
    5D. Option Terms
    
    
    5E. Successive Option Grants
    
    
    6F. Additional Incentive Stock Option Requirements
    
    
    6G. Deferral of Gain on a Non-qualified Stock Option
    
    
    67. Stock Appreciation Rights
    
    
    68. Other Stock-Based Awards and Cash-Based Awards
    
    
    79. Performance-Based Awards
    
    
    710. Nontransferability of Awards
    
    
    811. Investment Purpose
    
    
    8A. Right of First Refusal
    
    
    8B. Take-Along Rights
    
    
    9C. Effect of Prohibited Transfer
    
    
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PAGED. Buy-Back Rights
    
    
    10E. Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions
    
    
    10F. Termination of Transfer Restrictions
    
    
    1012. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization or Corporation Acquisitions
    
    
    1013. Amendment and Termination
    
    
    1114. Effectiveness of the Plan
    
    
    1115. Time of Granting of an Award
    
    
    1116. Term of Plan
    
    
    1117. No Right To Continued Employment
    
    
    1118. Choice of Law
    
    
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A.
    
    Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto.B.
    
    Award means a grant under the Plan of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Cash-Based Award or Other Stock-Based Award.C.
    
    Award Agreement means an agreement entered into between the Company and a
Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to Awards granted under the Plan.D.
    
    Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.E.
    
    Cash-Based Award means an Award described in Section 8 as a Cash-Based Award.F.
    
    Change in Control means (i) the purchase or other acquisition (other than from the
Company) by any person, entity or group of persons, within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of
the Act (excluding, for this purpose, the Company or its subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan
of the Company or its subsidiaries), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Act) of 20% or more of either the then-outstanding shares of common stock of
the Company or the combined voting power of the Companys then-outstanding voting securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or (ii) individuals who, as of the date
hereof, constitute the Board (and, as of the date hereof, the Incumbent Board) cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person who becomes a
director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Companys
stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the
Incumbent Board (other than an individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of directors of the Company, as
such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Act) shall be, for
purposes of this section, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; or
(iii) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, in
each case with respect to which persons who were the stockholders of the Company immediately prior
to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50%
of, respectively, the common stock and the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated corporations then-outstanding
voting securities, or of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or of the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company.G.
    
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H.
    
    Committee means the committee described in Section 5.I.
    
    Company means Orchids Paper Products Company, a Delaware corporation.J.
    
    Fair Market Value means (i) if there should be a public market for the relevant Stock on the determination date, the arithmetic
mean between the high and lows of prices of such Stock as reported
on such date on the Composite Tape of the principal national
securities exchange or, if applicable, the NASDAQ National Market
on which such Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or, if such
Stock is not listed or admitted on any national securities exchange
or the NASDAQ National Market, the arithmetic mean of the per share
closing bid price and per share closing asked price on such date as
quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System (or such market in which such prices are regularly
quoted) (NASDAQ), or if no sale of such shares shall have been
reported on the Composite Tape of any national securities exchange
or the NASDAQ National Market or quoted on the NASDAQ on such date,
then the immediately preceding date on which sales of such shares
have been so reported or quoted shall be used, and (ii) if there
should not be a public market for the Stock on such date, the value
established by the Committee in good faith.K.
    
    Incentive Stock Option means a stock option which is an incentive stock option within the meaning of Code Section 422.L.
    
    Non-qualified Stock Option means a stock option which is not an Incentive Stock Option.M.
    
    Option means both an Incentive Stock Option and a Non-Qualified Stock Option.N.
    
    Other Stock-Based Award means an Award granted pursuant to Section 8 and described as an Other Stock-Based Award.O.
    
    Parent means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if, at the
time of the granting of the Option, each of the corporations other
than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total
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corporations in such chain, or such other meaning as may be hereafter ascribed to it in Code Section 424.P.
    
    Participant means an employee, director or consultant of the Company who is selected by the Committee to receive an Award.Q.
    
    Plan means the Orchids Paper Products Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.R.
    
    Public Offering means the creation of an active trading market in Common Stock by the sale of Common Stock to the public pursuant to
a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933.S.
    
    Stock means the common stock of the Company.T.
    
    Stock Appreciation Right means a stock appreciation right described in Section 7.U.
    
    Subsidiary means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at
the time of granting an Award, each of the corporations other than
the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain, or such other
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A.
    
    Type of Option. Incentive Stock Options may be granted to any individual classified by the Committee as an employee of the
Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary. A Non-Qualified Stock Option may
be granted to any individual selected by the Committee.B.
    
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Stock Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value
of the Stock at the time of the granting of the Option; provided
that, in the case of a Participant who owns more than 10% of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company,
a Parent or a Subsidiary, the purchase price of the Stock under
each Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair
Market Value of the Stock on the date such Option is granted. The
purchase price of the Stock under each Non-qualified Stock Option shall be determined from time
to time by the Committee, which need not be uniform for all
Participants, and shall not be less than 100% of Fair Market Value.C.
    
    Exercise  Elections and Restrictions. The purchase price for an Option is to be paid in full upon the exercise of the Option,
either (i) in cash, (ii) in the discretion of the Committee, by the
tender to the Company (either actual or by attestation) of shares
of Stock already owned by the Participant for a period of at least
six months as of the date of tender and registered in his or her
name, having a Fair Market Value equal to the cash exercise price
of the Option being exercised, or (iii) in the discretion of the
Committee, by any combination of the payment methods specified in
clauses (i) and (ii) hereof; provided that, no shares of Stock may
be tendered in exercise of an Incentive Stock Option if such shares
were acquired by the Participant through the exercise of an
Incentive Stock Option unless (a) such shares have been held by the
Participant for at least one year and (b) at least two years have
elapsed since such prior Incentive Stock Option was granted; and
provided further that, unless otherwise specifically provided in an
Award Agreement, until such time as a Public Offering shall occur,
the only method of payment of the purchase price for an Option
shall be cash. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that
payment in full of the option price need not accompany the written
notice of exercise provided that the notice of exercise directs
that the certificate or certificates for the shares of Stock for
which the Option is exercised be delivered to a licensed broker acceptable to the Company as the agent for the individual
exercising the Option and, at the time such certificate or
certificates are delivered, the broker tenders to the Company cash (or cash equivalents acceptable to the Company) equal to the option price for the shares of Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of
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on the part of the Company. The proceeds of sale of Stock subject
to the Option are to be added to the general funds of the Company
or to the shares of the Stock held in its Treasury, and used for
its corporate purposes as the Board shall determine.D.
    
    Option Terms. The term of each Option shall not be more than ten
(10) years from the date of granting thereof or such shorter period
as is prescribed in the Award Agreement; provided that, in the case
of a Participant who owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, a
Parent or a Subsidiary, the term of any Incentive Stock Option
shall not be more than five (5) years from the date of granting
thereof or such shorter period as prescribed in the Award
Agreement. Within such limit, Options will be exercisable at such
time or times, and subject to such restrictions and conditions, as
the Committee shall, in each instance, approve, which need not be
uniform for all Participants. The holder of an Option shall have
none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares
subject to Option until such shares shall be issued to him or her
upon the exercise of his or her Option. Upon exercise of an Option,
the Committee shall withhold a sufficient number of shares to
satisfy the Companys minimum required statutory withholding
obligations for any taxes incurred as a result of such exercise (based on the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes);
provided that, in lieu of all or part of such withholding, the
Participant may pay an equivalent amount of cash to the Company.E.
    
    Successive Option Grants. As determined by the Committee, successive option grants may be made to any Participant under the Plan.F.
    
    Additional Incentive Stock Option Requirements. The maximum aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time an Option is
granted) of the Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options
are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any
calendar year (under all plans of the Company, a Parent and a
Subsidiary) shall not exceed $100,000. A Participant who disposes
of Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option
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Incentive Stock Option or (ii) within one year after the transfer
of such shares to the Participant, shall notify the Company of such
disposition and of the amount realized upon such disposition.G.
    
    Deferral of Gain on a Non-qualified Stock Option. In accordance with the terms of the applicable non-qualified deferred
compensation plan, if any, in which a Participant is eligible to
participate, a Participant may elect to defer any gain realized
upon the exercise of a Non-qualified Stock Option. The election to
defer the gain must be made in accordance with the applicable
non-qualified deferred compensation plan, if any.
  A.
    
    Grant Terms. The Committee may grant a Stock Appreciation Right independent of an Option or in connection with an Option or a
portion thereof. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in connection
with an Option or a portion thereof shall cover the same shares of
Stock covered by the Option, or a lesser number as the Committee
may determine. A Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to the
same terms and conditions as an Option, and any additional
limitations set forth in this Section 7 or the Award Agreement.B.
    
    Exercise Terms. The exercise price per share of Stock of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be an amount determined by the Committee
and shall not be less than 100% of Fair Market Value. A Stock
Appreciation Right granted independent of an Option shall entitle
the Participant upon exercise to a payment from the Company in an
amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value on the exercise
date of a share of Stock over the exercise price per share, times
the number of Stock Appreciation Rights exercised. A Stock
Appreciation Right granted in connection with an Option shall
entitle the Participant to surrender an unexercised Option (or
portion thereof) and to receive in exchange an amount equal to the
excess of the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of a share of
Stock over the exercise price per share for the Option, times the
number of shares covered by the Option (or portion thereof) which
is surrendered. Payment may be made, in the discretion of the
Committee, in (i) Stock, (ii) cash or (iii) any combination of
Stock and cash. Cash shall be paid for fractional shares of Stock
upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right.C.
    
    Limitations. The Committee may impose such conditions upon the exercisability or transferability of Stock Appreciation Rights as
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A.
    
    Right of First Refusal.
 i.
    
    If the Participant intends to transfer any shares of Stock pursuant to a bona fide purchase
offer of an offeror who has agreed to be bound by transfer and buy/sell restrictions identical
to those to which the Participant is subject (Offeror), the Participant shall deliver to the
Company a written notice (Notice) of such intention to transfer such shares, setting forth
in reasonable detail: (i) the proposed price, (ii) the number of shares proposed to be
transferred, (iii) the other terms and conditions of the proposed transfer of such shares, (iv) an
offer to sell the shares to the Company as provided herein and (v) the identity of the Offeror.
The shares proposed to be transferred are hereinafter referred to as the Offered Shares.ii.
    
    The Company may elect to purchase all (but not less than all) of the Offered Shares at any
time during the thirty (30) day period following its receipt of the Notice. The Company shall
be entitled to purchase the Offered Shares from the Participant at the same price and on the
same terms and conditions as those pursuant to which the Participant proposes to transfer the
Offered Shares, as described in the Notice. If the Company fails to respond to such offer
within the 30-day period, it shall be deemed to have rejected the offer.iii.
    
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closing of the purchase of the Offered Shares shall take place at the principal offices of the
Company at 10:00 a.m. on the tenth day (or if such day is not a business day on the next
business day) after the expiration of the 30-day period. At the closing, the Participant
shall tender the Offered Shares, together with appropriate instruments of transfer endorsed
to the Company, and the Company shall tender a certified check, cashiers check or a wire
transfer of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefore.iv.
    
    If the Offered Shares are not purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 11, the
Participant shall be entitled to sell all of the Offered Shares to the Offeror at the price
and on the terms and conditions specified in the Notice, provided that such sale is
consummated within one-hundred twenty (120) days from the date the Notice is delivered to the
Company. For any sale of shares after such one-hundred twenty (120) day period, the
Participant shall give a new notice which shall reinstate the rights of the Company set forth
in this Section 11 to purchase the Offered Shares.
 B.
    
    Take-Along Rights. If an offeror desires to purchase all of the outstanding shares of
Stock and if the owners of at least 50% of the outstanding shares desire to make such sale,
the Participant agrees to sell all of his or her shares to such offeror on the terms and
conditions approved by the owners of at least 50% of the outstanding shares.C.
    
    Effect of Prohibited Transfer. If any transfer of shares is made or attempted by a
Participant other than in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the Award Agreement, the
Company may refuse for any purpose to recognize any transferee who receives shares and any
such transferee shall have no right to claim or retain any dividends on such shares which
were paid or become payable subsequent to the date on which the prohibited transfer was made
or attempted. In addition to
any other legal or equitable rights that it may have, the Company may enforce its rights by
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D.
    
    Buy-Back Rights. If the Participant terminates employment for any reason, the Participant
must, upon request by the Committee, sell his or her shares of Stock to the Company at a
price equal to the Fair Market Value, as defined in the Plan, of such shares of Stock on the
date of such sale. The Company shall exercise the buy-back right with respect to a
Participant no later than twelve (12) months after the date the Participant terminates
employment.E.
    
    Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Plan and Award Agreement, the restrictions upon transfer set forth in this Section 11 shall
not apply to a transfer of shares of Stock by a Participant to any of (i) the Participants
heirs, executors, administrators or other personal representative upon death of the
Participant or (ii) the Participants spouse, children or grandchildren, or a trust for
their or the Participants benefit; provided that, the restrictions on transfer in this
Section 11 shall continue to apply to the shares received by any such permitted transferee,
including without limitation that such permitted transferee shall not again transfer such shares except in accordance with this Section 11.F.
    
    Termination of Transfer Restrictions. The restrictions described in Sections 11(A) through
11(E) shall apply except as provided otherwise in the Award Agreement and shall terminate on
the earlier of a Public Offering of shares of Stock or mutual agreement of the parties to an
Award Agreement.




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