2005 Equity Incentive Plan


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 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 
  
 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 






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	 1.
	  	
Purpose	  	1
			
	 2.
	  	
Definitions	  	1
			
	 3.
	  	
Term of the Plan	  	4
			
	 4.
	  	
Stock Subject to the Plan	  	4
			
	 5.
	  	
Administration	  	4
			
	 6.
	  	
Authorization of Grants	  	5
			
	 7.
	  	
Specific Terms of Awards	  	6
			
	 8.
	  	
Adjustment Provisions	  	10
			
	 9.
	  	
Acquisition	  	11
			
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Settlement of Awards	  	12
			
	 11.
	  	
Reservation of Stock	  	14
			
	 12.
	  	
Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights	  	14
			
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Unfunded Status of Plan	  	15
			
	 14.
	  	
Nonexclusivity of the Plan	  	15
			
	 15.
	  	
Termination and Amendment of the Plan	  	15
			
	 16.
	  	
Notices and Other Communications	  	15
			
	 17.
	  	
Governing Law	  	15







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 Citrix Systems, Inc. 
  
 2005 Equity Incentive Plan 
  
 
1.    Purpose 
  
 The purpose of this Plan is to advance the interests of Citrix Systems, Inc. and its Affiliates, by encouraging ownership of Stock by employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors of the Company and its Affiliates, stimulating the
efforts of employees who are selected to be participants on behalf of the Company, aligning the long-term interests of participants with those of stockholders, heightening the desire of participants to continue in working toward and contributing to
the success of the Company, assisting the Company in competing effectively with other enterprises for the services of new employees who will advance the success of the Company, and attracting and retaining the best available individuals for service
as directors of the Company, and generally providing additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company’s business through the grant of Awards of or pertaining to shares of the Company’s Stock. The Plan is intended to be
an incentive stock option plan within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but not all Awards are required to be Incentive Options. 
  
 
2.    Definitions 
  
 As used in this Plan, 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: 
  
 (i) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person; 
  
 (ii) 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, unless, in the case of foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), 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; 
  
 (iii) any person
or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time) directly or indirectly acquires, including but not limited to by means of a merger or consolidation,
beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 30% 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 (a) the Company or an Affiliate, (b) an employee benefit plan of the Company or
any of its Affiliates, (c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (d) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities; or

  
 (iv) any other acquisition of the business of
the Company in which a majority of the Board votes in favor of a decision that an Acquisition has occurred within the meaning of this Plan. 






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 2.3.    Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, limited liability partnership, 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 Plan 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 Board of
Directors. 
  
 2.7.    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. 
  
 2.8.    Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which in general is responsible for the administration of the
Plan, as provided in Section 5 of the Plan. For any period during which no such committee is in existence, “Committee” shall mean the Board and all authority and responsibility assigned to the Committee under the Plan shall be exercised,
if at all, by the Board. 
  
 2.9.    Company means Citrix Systems, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  
 2.10.    Covered Employee means an employee who is a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code. 
  
 2.11.    Grant
Date means the date as of which an Option is granted, as determined under Section 7.2(a). 
  
 2.12.    Incentive Option means an Option which by its terms is to be treated as an “incentive stock option”
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
  
 2.13.    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 last sale price for the Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market (or on any national securities exchange 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. 
  
 2.14.    Nonstatutory Option means any Option that is not an Incentive Option. 
  
 2.15.    Option means an option to purchase shares
of Stock. 
  
 2.16.    Optionee means a
Participant to whom an Option shall have been granted under the Plan. 
  
 2.17.    Outside Director means a member of the Board of Directors who is not otherwise an employee of the Company. 
  
 2.18.    Participant means any holder of an outstanding Award under the Plan. 
  
 2.19.    Performance Criteria means the criteria
that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The term Performance Criteria shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria, either
individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Affiliate, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either quarterly annually or cumulatively over a
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quarters or years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each
case as specified by the Committee in the Award: (a) operating margin, gross margin or profit margin, (b) earnings per share or pro forma earnings per share, (c) revenue or bookings, (d) expenses or operating expenses, (e) completion of number of
years of service with Citrix, (f) net income or operating income, (g) stock price increase, (h) performance relative to peers, (i) divisional or operating segment financial and operating performance, (j) total return on shares of common stock
relative to increase in appropriate stock index selected by the Committee, (k) customer satisfaction indicators, (l) cash flow, (m) pre-tax profit, (n) growth or growth rate with respect to any of the foregoing measures, (o) attainment of strategic
and operational objectives, (p) other financial measures determined by the Committee, (q) other performance measures determined by the Committee, or (r) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of
performance under a Performance Criterion to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs or impairment, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law,
accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) any extraordinary non-recurring items including those described in Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, and (vi) any other extraordinary items
adjusted from the Company’s U.S. GAAP results in the Committee’s discretion. The Committee will, but within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code in the case of Qualified Performance-Based Awards, objectively define the manner
of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Participant. 
  
 2.20.    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. 
  
 2.21.    Performance Period means the one or more periods of time, 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. 
  
 2.22.    Performance Unit means a right granted to a Participant under Section 7.5, to receive cash, Stock or other Awards, the
payment of which is contingent on achieving Performance Goals established by the Committee. 
  
 2.23.    Plan means this 2005 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company, as amended from time to time, and including any attachments or addenda hereto. 
  
 2.24.    Qualified Performance-Based Awards means
Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  
 2.25.    Restricted Stock means a grant or sale of shares of Stock to a Participant subject to a Risk of Forfeiture.

  
 2.26.    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. 
  
 2.27.    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. 
  
 2.28.    Restricted Stock Units means rights to receive shares of Stock at the close of a Restriction Period, subject to a Risk of Forfeiture. 
  

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 2.29.    Stock means common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company,
and such other securities as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Section 8. 
  
 2.30.    Stock Appreciation Right means a right to receive any excess in the Market Value of shares of Stock (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3(c)) over a specified exercise price.

  
 2.31.    Stock Grant means the
grant of shares of Stock not subject to restrictions or other forfeiture conditions. 
  
 2.32.    Ten Percent Owner means a person who owns, or is deemed within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code to own, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code). Whether a person is a Ten Percent Owner shall be determined with respect
to an Option based on the facts existing immediately prior to the Grant Date of the Option. 
  
 
3.    Term of the Plan 
  
 Unless the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under this Plan at any time in the period commencing on the date of approval of the Plan by the Board and ending immediately prior
to the tenth (10th) anniversary of the adoption of the Plan by the Board. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within
that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan. Awards of Incentive Options granted prior to stockholder approval of the Plan are expressly conditioned upon such approval, but in the event of the failure of the
stockholders to approve the Plan shall thereafter and for all purposes be deemed to constitute Nonstatutory Options. 
  
 4.    
Stock Subject to the Plan 
  
 At
no time shall the number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to or subject to outstanding Awards granted under the Plan (including pursuant to Incentive Options), nor the number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to Incentive Options, exceed
10,100,000 shares of Stock; subject, however, to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan. In addition to the foregoing, at no time shall the number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or
Stock Grants exceed 500,000 shares of Stock; subject, however, to the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan. 
  
 For purposes of applying the foregoing limitation if any Option or Stock Appreciation Right expires, terminates, or is cancelled for any reason without
having been exercised in full, or if any other Award is forfeited by the recipient, the shares not purchased by the Optionee or which are forfeited by the recipient shall again be available for Awards to be granted under the Plan. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, shares of Stock that are exchanged by a Participant or withheld by the Company as full or partial payment in connection with any Award under the Plan, as well as any shares of Stock exchanged by a Participant or withheld by the
Company to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to any Award under the Plan, shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan. In addition, settlement of any Award shall not count against the foregoing limitations except to the
extent settled in the form of Stock. Shares of Stock issued pursuant to the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury. 
  
 
5.    Administration 
  
 The Plan 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 Plan and when so acting shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of the Plan pertaining to the Committee’s exercise of its authorities hereunder; and provided further, however, that the Committee may delegate to an
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officers, and to consultants or advisors, in accordance with such guidelines as the Committee shall set forth at any time or from time to time. Subject to
the provisions of the Plan, 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 Plan including the employee,
director, officer, consultant or advisor to receive the Award and the form of Award. In making such determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective employees, directors, officers,
consultants, and advisors, 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 Plan, the
Committee shall also have complete authority to interpret the Plan, 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 Plan. The Committee’s determinations made in good faith on matters referred to in the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons having or
claiming any interest under the Plan or an Award made pursuant hereto. 
  
 
6.    Authorization of Grants 
  
 6.1.    Eligibility. 
  
 (a)    Persons Eligible.    The Committee may grant from time to time and at any time prior
to the termination of the Plan one or more Awards, either alone or in combination with any other Awards, to any employee of, officer of, consultant to or advisor to one or more of the Company and its Affiliates or to non-employee member of the Board
or of any board of directors (or similar governing authority) of any Affiliate. However, only employees of the Company, and of any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code,
shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Option. 
  
 (b)     Per-Participant Limit.    Further, and subject to adjustment under Section 8.1, in no event shall the number of shares of Stock covered by Options or other Awards
granted to any one person in any one calendar year exceed 1,000,000 shares of Stock. 
  
 6.2.    General Terms of Awards.    Each grant of an Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan (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 Plan, as the Committee may prescribe. Any additional terms of an Award shall be set
forth in an agreement evidencing the Award by and between the Company and the Participant. 
  
 6.3.    Effect of Termination of Employment, Etc.    Unless the Committee, in its sole discretion shall at any time determine otherwise with respect to any Award, if the
Participant’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends for any reason, including because of the Participant’s employer ceasing to be an Affiliate, (a) any outstanding Option or SAR 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 bona fide leave shall not be deemed a
termination of employment or other association, provided that it does not exceed the longer of ninety (90) days or the period during which the absent Participant’s reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract.

  
 6.4.    Non-Transferability of
Awards.    Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4, 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
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shares of Restricted Stock, provide that such Award may be transferred by the recipient to a family member; provided, however, that 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. For this purpose, “family member” means 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 employee’s household (other than a
tenant or employee), a trust in which the foregoing persons have more than fifty (50) percent of the beneficial interests, a foundation in which the foregoing persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in
which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty (50) percent of the voting interests. 
  
 7.    
Specific Terms of Awards 
  
 7.1.    Prohibition on Repricing and Reload Grants. 
  
 (a)    No Repricing.    Other than in connection with a change in the Company’s
capitalization (as described in Section 8 of the Plan), without stockholder approval (i) the exercise price of an Option or SAR may not be reduced, and (ii) no Option or SAR may be amended or cancelled for the purpose of repricing, replacing or
regranting such Option or SAR with an exercise price that is less than the original exercise price of such Option or SAR. 
  
 (b)    No Reload Grants.    Options shall not be granted under the Plan in consideration
for and shall not be conditioned upon the delivery of Stock to the Company in payment of the exercise price and/or tax withholding obligation under any Option. 
  

7.2.    Options. 
  
 (a)    Date of Grant.    The granting of an Option shall take place at the time specified
in the Award Agreement. Only if expressly so provided in the applicable Award Agreement shall the Grant Date be the date on which the Award Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Optionee. 
  
 (b)    Pricing. 
  
 (i)    Exercise Price of Incentive
Options.    The price at which shares of Stock may be acquired under each Incentive Option shall be not less than 100% of the Market Value of Stock on the Grant Date, or not less than 110% of the Market Value of Stock on the
Grant Date if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Owner. 
  
 (ii)    Exercise Price of Nonstatutory Options.    The price at which shares of Stock may be acquired under each Nonstatutory Option shall not be less than 100% of the Market Value of Stock on
the Grant Date. 
  
 (c)    Option Period.    No Incentive Option may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date, or on or after the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date if the Optionee is a
Ten Percent Owner. The Option period under each Nonstatutory Option shall not be so limited solely by reason of this Section. 
  
 (d)    Exercisability.    An Option may be immediately exercisable or become exercisable in
such installments, cumulative or non-cumulative, as the Committee may determine. 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; provided,
however, that in the case of an Incentive Option, any such Acceleration of the Option would not cause the Option to fail to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code or the Optionee consents to the Acceleration. 
  
 (e)    Method of
Exercise.    An Option may be exercised by the Optionee giving written notice, in the manner provided in Section 16, specifying the number of shares with respect to which the Option is then being exercised. The notice shall
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each instance to the Committee’s approval, acting in its sole discretion, and 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 shares of Stock having a Market Value equal to the exercise price of the shares to be purchased. 
  
 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 thirty (30) days thereafter but subject to the remaining provisions of the Plan, 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. 
  
 (f)    Limit on Incentive Option Characterization.    An Incentive Option shall be
considered to be an Incentive Option only to the extent that the number of shares of Stock for which the Option first becomes exercisable in a calendar year do not have an aggregate Market Value (as of the date of the grant of the Option) in excess
of the “current limit”. The current limit for any Optionee for any calendar year shall be $100,000 minus the aggregate Market Value at the date of grant of the number of shares of Stock available for purchase for the first time in
the same year under each other Incentive Option previously granted to the Optionee under the Plan, and under each other incentive stock option previously granted to the Optionee under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company and its
Affiliates, after December 31, 1986. Any shares of Stock which would cause the foregoing limit to be violated shall be deemed to have been granted under a separate Nonstatutory Option, otherwise identical in its terms to those of the Incentive
Option. 
  
 (g)    Notification of Disposition.    Each person exercising any Incentive Option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to have covenanted with the Company to report to the Company any
disposition of such shares prior to the expiration of the holding periods specified by Section 422(a)(1) of the Code and, if and to the extent that the realization of income in such a disposition imposes upon the Company federal, state, local or
other withholding tax requirements, or any such withholding is required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction, to remit to the Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy those requirements. 
  
 7.3.    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 an exercise price of not less than the Market Value of the Stock on the date of award, or in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with Options, 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 SAR related to an Option which can only be exercised during limited periods following an Acquisition may entitle the Participant to receive an amount based upon the highest price
paid or offered for Stock in any transaction relating to the Acquisition or paid during the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the occurrence of the Acquisition in any transaction reported in the stock market in which the Stock is normally
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 7.4.    Restricted Stock. 
  
 (a)    Purchase
Price.    Shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued under the Plan 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 Citrix Systems, Inc.’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement entered into by the registered owner and Citrix Systems, Inc. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file in the
offices of Citrix Systems, 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 limitations on transferability and a 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 Plan 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 are
available under Section 4. 
  
 (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. 
  
 7.5.    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
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 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 Restricted Stock Units. If any such deferral
election is required or permitted, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals. 
  
 7.6.    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, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding Performance Goals have been achieved. 
  
 (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. 
  
 7.7.    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. 
  
 7.8.    Qualified Performance-Based Awards. 
  
 (a)    Purpose.    The purpose of this Section 7.8 is to provide the Committee the ability to qualify Awards as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. If
the Committee, in its discretion, decides to grant an Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the provisions of this Section 7.8 will control over any contrary provision contained in the Plan. In the course of granting any Award, the Committee
may specifically designate the Award as intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. However, no Award shall be considered to have failed to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award solely because the Award is not expressly
designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, if the Award otherwise satisfies the provisions of this Section 7.8 and the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder applicable to “performance-based
compensation.” 
  
 (b)    Authority.    All grants of Awards intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Awards and determination of terms applicable thereto shall be made by the Committee or, if not all
of the members thereof qualify as “outside directors” within the meaning of applicable IRS regulations under Section 162 of the Code, a subcommittee of the Committee consisting of such of the members of the Committee as do so qualify. Any
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 (b)    Applicability.    This Section 7.8
will apply only to those Covered Employees, or to those persons who the Committee determines are reasonably likely to become Covered Employees in the period covered by an Award, selected by the Committee to receive Qualified Performance-Based
Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Awards to Covered Employees that do not satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.8. 
  
 (c)    Discretion of Committee with Respect to Qualified Performance-Based
Awards.    Options may be granted as Qualified Performance-Based Awards in accordance with Section 7.2, except that the exercise price of any Option intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award shall in no event
be less that the Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. With regard to other Awards intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Awards, such as Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Performance Units, the Committee will have
full discretion to select the length of any applicable Restriction Period or Performance Period, the kind and/or level of the applicable Performance Goal, and whether the Performance Goal is to apply to the Company, a Subsidiary or any division or
business unit or to the individual. Any Performance Goal or Goals applicable to Qualified Performance-Based Awards shall be objective, shall be established not later than ninety (90) days after the beginning of any applicable Performance Period (or
at such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code) and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, including the requirement that the outcome
of the Performance Goal or Goals be substantially uncertain (as defined in the regulations under Section 162(m) of the Code) at the time established. 
  
 (d)    Payment of Qualified Performance-Based Awards.    A Participant will be eligible to
receive payment under a Qualified Performance-Based Award which is subject to achievement of a Performance Goal or Goals only if the applicable Performance Goal or Goals are achieved within the applicable Performance Period, as determined by the
Committee. In determining the actual size of an individual Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Qualified Performance-Based Award earned for the Performance Period, if in its sole and absolute
discretion, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. 
  
 (e)    Maximum Award Payable.    The maximum Qualified Performance-Based Award payment to any one Participant under the Plan for a Performance Period is the number of
shares of Stock set forth in Section 6.1(b) above, or if the Qualified Performance-Based Award is paid in cash, that number of shares multiplied by the Market Value of the Stock as of the date the Qualified Performance-Based Award is granted.

  
 (f)    Limitation on
Adjustments for Certain Events.    No adjustment of any Qualified Performance-Based Award pursuant to Section 8 shall be made except on such basis, if any, as will not cause such Award to provide other than
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. 
  
 7.9.    Awards to Participants Outside the United States.    The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan 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 Plan for the purpose of granting and administrating any such modified Award. No such modification, supplement, amendment, restatement or alternative version may increase the share limit of Section 4. 
  
 
8.    Adjustment Provisions 
  
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shares of Stock (or any other securities covered by the Plan 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 maximum numbers and kinds of shares provided in Section 4, (ii) the per-Participant limit in Section 6.1, (iii) the numbers and kinds of shares or other securities subject to the then outstanding Awards, (iv) 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 (v) the repurchase price
of each share of Restricted Stock then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture in the form of a Company repurchase right. 
  
 8.2.    Dissolution or Liquidation.    Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company, other than as part
of an Acquisition or similar transaction, each outstanding Option and SAR shall terminate, but the Optionee or SAR holder shall have the right, immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation, to exercise the Option or SAR to the extent
exercisable on the date of dissolution or liquidation. 
  
 8.3.    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) 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 Plan. 
  
 8.4.    Related Matters.    Any adjustment in Awards made pursuant to this Section 8 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 8. 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 8 shall result in an
exercise price which is less than the par value of the Stock. 
  
 
9.    Acquisition 
  
 9.1.    Consequences of an Acquisition. 
  
 (a) Effective upon the consummation of an Acquisition, the Committee or the board of directors of the surviving or acquiring entity (as used in this Section 9.1, also the “Committee”), shall, as to
outstanding Awards (on the same basis or on different bases as the Committee shall specify), make appropriate provision for the continuation of such Awards by the Company or the assumption of such Awards by the surviving or acquiring entity and by
substituting on an equitable basis for the shares then subject to such Awards either (i) the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Acquisition (net of any exercise price of such Awards),
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surviving or acquiring entity or (iii) such other securities or other consideration as the Committee deems appropriate, the fair market value of which (as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) shall not materially differ from the fair market value of the shares of Stock subject to such Awards immediately preceding the Acquisition. In the event such surviving or acquiring entity (if any)
does not assume or substitute Awards as provided herein, such Awards shall become exercisable in full prior to the consummation of the Acquisition at such time and on such conditions as the Committee determines, and if such Awards are not exercised
prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, they shall terminate at such time as determined by the Committee. 
  
 (b) In addition to or in lieu of the foregoing, with respect to outstanding Options, the Committee may, on the same basis or on different
bases as the Committee shall specify, upon written notice to the affected Optionees, provide that one or more Options then outstanding must be exercised, in whole or in part, within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end
of which period such Options shall terminate, or provide that one or more Options then outstanding, in whole or in part, shall be terminated in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the fair market value (as determined by the Committee
in its sole discretion) for the shares subject to such Options over the exercise price thereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee (on the same basis or on different bases as the Committee shall specify), and assuming there is no
Acceleration of vesting as provided in subsection (a) herein, any repurchase rights or other rights of the Company that relate to an Option or other Award shall continue to apply to consideration, including cash, that has been substituted, assumed
or amended for an Option or other Award pursuant to this Section 9.1. The Company may hold in escrow all or any portion of any such consideration in order to effectuate any continuing restrictions. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that the vesting of any or all Awards shall Accelerate upon an Acquisition. In such case, such Awards shall become exercisable in full prior to the consummation of the Acquisition at such time and on
such conditions as the Committee determines, and if such Awards are not exercised prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, they shall terminate at such time as determined by the Committee. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the
event of an involuntary termination of services for any reason other than death, disability or Cause within 6 months following the consummation of an Acquisition, any Awards assumed or substituted in an Acquisition which are subject to vesting
conditions and/or a right of repurchase in favor of the Company or a successor entity, shall Accelerate in full. All such Accelerated Awards shall be exercisable for a period of one (1) year following termination, but in no event after expiration
date of such Award. As used in this subsection (d) only, “Cause” shall mean the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Participant, any unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or
trade secrets of the Company, or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Company in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not be deemed to be inclusive of all the acts or
omissions which the Company may consider as grounds for the dismissal or discharge of any Participant or other person in the service of the Company. 
  
 (e) In the event of an Acquisition while a Participant is an Outside Director, the vesting of any and all Awards shall become exercisable
in full prior to the consummation of the Acquisition at such time and on such conditions as the Committee determines, and if such Awards are not exercised prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, they shall terminate at such time as determined
by the Committee. 
  
 9.2.    Assumption of
Options upon Certain Events.    In connection with a merger or consolidation of an entity with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or the acquisition by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company of property or stock
of an entity, the Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock, and stock-based and performance-based awards issued by such entity or an Affiliate thereof to its employees, directors or other key persons of such entity (herein
referred to as “Substitute Awards”). The Substitute Awards shall be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances. Any Substitute Awards granted under the Plan shall not count against the
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10.    Settlement of Awards 
  
 10.1.    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 Plan. 
  
 10.2.    Violation of Law.    Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan 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
of 1933; 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 of 1933, as amended or any applicable State securities laws. 
  
 The Company shall make all reasonable efforts to bring about the occurrence of said events. 
  
 10.3.    Corporate Restrictions on Rights in Stock.    Any Stock to be issued
pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the charter, certificate or articles, and by-laws, of the Company. In addition, either at the time an
Award is granted or by subsequent action, the Committee may, but need not, impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by
a Participant of any Stock issued under an Award, including without limitation (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by the Participant or Participants,
and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers. 
  
 10.4.    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 Plan have been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 that 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. 
  
 10.5.    Registration.    If the Company shall deem it necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or other applicable statutes any
shares of Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, or to qualify any such shares of Stock for exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 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 Plan, such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or
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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 10.5, 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 Plan (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. 
  
 10.6.    Placement of Legends; Stop Orders; etc.    Each share of Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan may bear a reference to the investment representation made in
accordance with Section 10.4 in addition to any other applicable restriction under the Plan, the terms of the Award and to the fact that no registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to such shares
of Stock. All certificates for shares of Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan 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. 
  
 10.7.    Tax
Withholding.    Whenever shares of Stock are issued or to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, 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 Plan 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, acting in its sole discretion, 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. 
  
 
11.    Reservation of Stock 
  
 The Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan and any outstanding Awards granted hereunder reserve or otherwise keep available such number of shares of Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the
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12.    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 Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may
be now or hereafter imposed by the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan 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, advisory or consulting agreement or provision of law
or corporate articles or by-laws to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment, advisory 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. 
  
 
13.    Unfunded Status of Plan 
  
 The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation, and the Plan 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 Plan 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 Plan. 
  
 
14.    Nonexclusivity of the Plan 
  
 Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan 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 Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases. 
  
 
15.    Termination and Amendment of the Plan 
  
 The Board may at any time terminate the Plan or make such modifications or amendments of the Plan as it shall deem advisable; provided that the
Board will not modify or amend the Plan if such amendment or modification would require stockholder approval under the Code or the rules of Nasdaq or the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless the Board otherwise expressly provides, no amendment
of the Plan shall affect the terms of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment. In any case, no termination or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of any recipient of an Award granted hereunder, adversely affect the rights of
the recipient under such Award. In addition, the Board may not, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company obtained within twelve (12) months before or after the Board adopts a resolution authorizing any of the following actions, amend
the Plan to modify the provisions of Section 7.1 regarding the prohibitions on repricing and reload grants. 
  
 The Committee may amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Award as amended is consistent with
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16.    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 (and with a copy sent contemporaneously to the General Counsel), or to such other address or telecopier number, 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; and (iii) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. 
  
 
17.    Governing Law 
  
 The Plan and all Award Agreements and actions taken thereunder shall be governed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles
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