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Exhibit 10-a
 ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
GLOBAL STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
  Section 1. Purpose.
  Section 2. Definitions.
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Section 3. Administration.
 Power and Authority of the Committee
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Meetings of the Committee
 Section 4. Shares Available for Awards.
 Shares Available
 Accounting for Awards
   provided, however
 Adjustments
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provided, however
 Incentive Stock Options
 Section 5. Eligibility.
 provided, however
 Section 6. Awards.
 Options
 Exercise Price provided, however
 Option Term
 Time and Method of Exercise
 Stock Appreciation Rights
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Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
 Restrictions
 Stock Certificates
 Forfeiture; Delivery of Shares provided, however
 Limit on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Awards
 Performance Awards
 Dividend Equivalents.
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Limit on Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Performance Awards
 General
 No Cash Consideration for Awards
 Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together
 Forms of Payment Under Awards
 Limits On Transfer of Awards provided, however
  provided
 Each Award or right under any Award shall be exercisable during the Participants
lifetime only by the Participant, by a transferee pursuant to a transfer permitted by
clause (B) of this Section 6(g)(iv), or, if permissible under applicable law, by the
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Participants or such transferees guardian or legal representative. No Award or right
under any such Award may be pledged, alienated, attached or otherwise encumbered,
and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment or encumbrance thereof shall be void
and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.
 Term of Awards
 Rule 16b-3 Six-Month Limitations
 Restrictions; Securities Exchange Listing
 Award Limitations Under the Plan
 Section 7. Amendment and Termination; Adjustments.
  Amendments to the Plan provided, however
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Amendments to Awards
 Prohibition on Option Repricing
 Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies
 Section 8. Income Tax Withholding; Tax Bonuses.
 Withholding
 Tax Bonuses
 Section 9. General Provisions.
 No Rights to Awards
 Delegation
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Terms of Awards
 No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements
 No Right to Employment or Directorship
 Governing Law
 Severability
 No Trust or Fund Created
 No Fractional Shares
 Headings
 Section 10. Effective Date of the Plan.
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Section 11. Term of the Plan.
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EXHIBIT A
 (The values and share amounts reflected herein have not been adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split
approved by the Companys Board of Directors and effective on May 10, 2005)
   $1.00/share
    
    $2.00/share
    
    $3.00/share
    
    $4.00/share
    
    $5.00/share
    
    $7.50/shareCurrentExercise
    
    Exchange
    
    Exchange
    
    Exchange
    
    Exchange
    
    Exchange
    
    ExchangeTier
    
    Price
    
    Ratio
    
    Ratio
    
    Ratio
    
    Ratio
    
    Ratio
    
    Ratio1
    
    $4.00  5.49
    
    2.00 to 1
    
    1.50 to 1
    
    N/A
    
    N/A
    
    N/A
    
    N/A2
    
    $5.50  7.99
    
    3.00 to 1
    
    2.00 to 1
    
    1.75 to 1
    
    N/A
    
    N/A
    
    N/A3
    
    $8.00  14.99
    
    6.00 to 1
    
    3.25 to 1
    
    2.25 to 1
    
    2.00 to 1
    
    1.75 to 1
    
    N/A4
    
    $15.00 or
higher
    
    11.25 to 1
    
    5.50 to 1
    
    3.75 to 1
    
    3.00 to 1
    
    2.75 to 1
    
    2.00 to 1
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