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Exhibit 10.01




FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.




2001 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN




As Adopted August 13, 2001 and amended through September 30, 2008




     1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate
eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the
Company, its Parent and Subsidiaries, by offering them an opportunity to participate in the
Company’s future performance through grants of Awards. Capitalized terms not defined in the text
are defined in Section 21.



     2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.



          2.1 Number of Shares Available. Subject to Sections 2.2 and 15, the total number of
Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan will be 62,000,000
Shares, plus shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an Award but cease to be subject
to such Award for any reason other than exercise of such Award. In addition, any authorized shares
not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the Company’s 1993 Share Option Plan, 1997
Interim Option Plan, 1998 Interim Option Plan, 1999 Interim Option Plan, ASIC International, Inc.
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, Wave Optics, Inc. 1997 Share Option Plan, Wave Optics, Inc. 2000
Share Option Plan, Chatham Technologies, Inc. Stock Option Plan, Chatham Technologies, Inc. 1997
Stock Option Plan, IEC Holdings Limited 1997 Share Option Scheme, Palo Alto Products International
Private Ltd 1996 Share Option Plan, The DII Group, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, The DII Group,
Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan, Orbit Semiconductor, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, Telcom Global
Solutions Holdings, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, Telcom Global Solutions, Inc. 2000 Stock
Option Plan, KMOS Semi-Customs, Inc. 1989 Stock Option Plan, and KMOS Semi-Customs, Inc. 1990
Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, (each a “Prior Plan” and collectively, the “Prior Plans”) and any
shares subject to outstanding grants that are forfeited and/or that are issuable upon exercise of
options granted pursuant to the Prior Plans that expire or become unexercisable for any reason
without having been exercised in full, will no longer be available for grant and issuance under the
Prior Plans, but will be available for grant and issuance under this Plan. At all times the
Company shall reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares as shall be required to
satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Awards granted under this Plan. No more than
30,000,000 Shares shall be issued as ISOs and no more than 20,000,000 Shares shall be issued as
Stock Bonuses.




          2.2 Adjustment of Shares. Should any change be made to the Shares issuable under the
Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,
exchange of shares, spin-off or other change affecting the outstanding Shares as a class without
the Company’s receipt of consideration, then appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the
maximum number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum
number and/or class of securities for which any Participant may be granted Awards under the
terms of the Plan or that may be granted generally under the terms of the Plan, (iii) the number
and/or class of securities and price per Share in effect under each Award outstanding under
Sections 5, 7, and 20, and (iv) the number and/or class of securities for which automatic Option
grants are to be subsequently made to newly elected or continuing Outside Directors under




 









 







Section 7. Such adjustments to the outstanding Awards are to be effected in a manner which shall preclude
the enlargement or dilution of rights and benefits under such Awards, provided, however, that (i)
fractions of a Share will not be issued but will be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair
Market Value of such fraction of a Share, as determined by the Committee. The adjustments
determined by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. The repricing, replacement or
regranting of any previously granted Award, through cancellation or by lowering the Exercise Price
or Purchase Price of such Award, shall be prohibited unless the shareholders of the Company first
approve such repricing, replacement or regranting.




     3. ELIGIBILITY. All Awards may be granted to employees, officers and directors of the Company
or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. No person will be eligible to receive more than
6,000,000 Shares in any calendar year under this Plan pursuant to the grant of Awards hereunder;
provided, however, that no Outside Director will be eligible to receive more than 100,000 Shares,
in the aggregate, in any calendar year under this Plan pursuant to the grant of Awards hereunder. A
person may be granted more than one Award under this Plan.



     4. ADMINISTRATION.



          4.1 Committee Authority. This Plan will be administered by the Committee or by the
Board acting as the Committee. Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section
7 hereof, and subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this Plan, and to the
direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out this Plan.
Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the Committee will
have the authority to:





     (a) construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or
document executed pursuant to this Plan;




     (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan or any
Award;




     (c) select persons to receive Awards;




     (d) determine the form and terms of Awards;




     (e) determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards;




     (f) determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem
with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or any other
incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company;




     (g) grant waivers of Plan or Award conditions;




     (h) determine the vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards;




     (i) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this
Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement;



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     (j) determine whether an Award has been earned; and




     (k) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this
Plan.



          4.2 Committee Discretion. Except for automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant
to Section 7 hereof, any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made
in its sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express
term of this Plan or Award, at any later time, and such determination will be final and binding on
the Company and on all persons having an interest in any Award under this Plan. The Committee may
delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant an Award under this Plan to
Participants who are not Insiders of the Company.




     5. OPTIONS. The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons and will determine whether
such Options will be Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of the Code (“ISOs”) or
Nonqualified Stock Options (“NQSOs”), the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise
Price of the Option, the period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and
conditions of the Option, subject to the following:



          5.1 Form of Option Grant. Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an
Award Agreement which will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or an NQSO (“Stock Option
Agreement”), and, except as otherwise required by the terms of Section 7 hereof, will be in such
form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee
may from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Plan.




          5.2 Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the
Committee makes the determination to grant such Option, unless otherwise specified by the
Committee. The Stock Option Agreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant
within a reasonable time after the granting of the Option.




          5.3 Exercise Period. Options may be exercisable within the times or upon the events
determined by the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option;
provided, however, that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from
the date the Option is granted; and provided further that (i) no ISO granted to a person who
directly or by attribution owns more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of
all classes of shares or stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company (“Ten
Percent Shareholder”) will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date the
ISO is granted and (ii) no Option granted to a person who is not an employee of the Company or any
Parent or Subsidiary of the Company on the date of grant of that Option will be exercisable after
the expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option is granted. The Committee also may
provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from
time to time, periodically or otherwise, in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares as
the Committee determines.




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          5.4 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the
Committee when the Option is granted; provided that: (i) the Exercise Price will be not less than
100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; and (ii) the Exercise Price of
any ISO granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder will not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of
the Shares on the date of grant. Payment for the Shares purchased may be made in accordance with
Section 6 of this Plan.




          5.5 Method of Exercise.





     (a) Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company (or as the Company may
direct) of a written stock option exercise agreement (the “Exercise Agreement”) (in the case
of a written Exercise Agreement, in the form approved by the Board or the Committee, which
need not be the same for each Participant), in each case stating the number of Shares being
purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such Exercise Agreement,
if any, and such representations and agreements regarding Participant’s investment intent
and access to information and other matters, if any, as may be required or desirable by the
Company to comply with applicable securities laws, together with payment in full of the
Exercise Price for the number of Shares being purchased.




     (b) A written Exercise Agreement may be communicated electronically through the use of
such security device (including, without limitation, any logon identifier, password,
personal identification number, smartcard, digital certificate, digital signature,
encryption device, electronic key, and/or other code or any access procedure incorporating
any one or more of the foregoing) as may be designated by the Board or the Committee for use
in conjunction with the Plan from time to time (“Security Device”), or via an electronic
page, site, or environment designated by the Company which is accessible only through the
use of such Security Device, and such written Exercise Agreement shall thereby be deemed to
have been sent by the designated holder of such Security Device. The Company (or its agent)
may accept and act upon any written Exercise Agreement issued and/or transmitted through the
use of the Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or
not) as his authentic and duly authorized Exercise Agreement and the Company (or its agent)
may treat such Exercise Agreement as valid and binding on the Participant notwithstanding
any error, fraud, forgery, lack of clarity or misunderstanding in the terms of such Exercise
Agreement. All written Exercise Agreements issued and/or transmitted through the use of the
Participant’s Security Device (whether actually authorized by the Participant or not) are
irrevocable and binding on the Participant upon transmission to the Company (or as the
Company may direct) and the Company (or its agent) shall be entitled to effect, perform or
process such Exercise Agreement without the Participant’s further consent and without
further reference to the Participant.




     (c) The Company’s records of the Exercise Agreements (whether delivered or communicated
electronically or in printed form), and its record of any transactions
maintained by any relevant person authorized by the Company relating to or connected
with the Plan, whether stored in audio, electronic, printed or other form, shall be binding
and conclusive on the Participant and shall be conclusive evidence of such Exercise



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Agreements and/or transactions. All such records shall be admissible in evidence and, in the
case of a written Exercise Agreement which has been communicated electronically, the
Participant shall not challenge or dispute the admissibility, reliability, accuracy or the
authenticity of the contents of such records merely on the basis that such records were
incorporated and/or set out in electronic form or were produced by or are the output of a
computer system, and the Participant waives any of his rights (if any) to so object.




          5.6 Termination. Notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the Stock Option
Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the following:





     (a) If the Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, then
the Participant may exercise such Participant’s Options only to the extent that such Options
would have been exercisable upon the Termination Date no later than three (3) months after
the Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as
may be determined by the Committee, provided, that any Option which is exercised beyond
three (3) months after the Termination Date shall be deemed to be an NQSO), but in any event
no later than the expiration date of the Options.




     (b) If the Participant is Terminated because of the Participant’s death or Disability
(or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a Termination other than for Cause or
because of the Participant’s Disability), then the Participant’s Options may be exercised
only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable by the Participant on the
Termination Date and must be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s legal
representative or authorized assignee) no later than twelve (12) months after the
Termination Date (or such shorter or longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may
be determined by the Committee, provided, that any Option which is exercised beyond twelve
(12) months after the Termination Date when the Termination is for Participant’s Disability,
shall be deemed to be an NQSO), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the
Options.




     (c) If the Participant is terminated for Cause, then the Participant’s Options shall
expire on such Participant’s Termination Date, or at such later time and on such conditions
as are determined by the Committee (but in any event, no later than the expiration date of
the Options).



          5.7 Limitations on Exercise. The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number
of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option, provided that such minimum number
will not prevent Participant from exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it
is then exercisable.




          5.8 Limitations on ISO. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of
grant) of Shares with respect to which ISO are exercisable for the first time by a Participant
during any calendar year (under this Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the
Company, Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) will not exceed US$100,000. If the
Fair Market Value of Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISO are exercisable for
the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds US$100,000, then the Options for
the first US$100,000 worth of Shares to become exercisable in such calendar year will be




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ISO and
the Options for the amount in excess of US$100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year
will be NQSOs. In the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended
after the Effective Date of this Plan to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of
Shares permitted to be subject to ISO, such different limit will be automatically incorporated
herein and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.




          5.9 Modification, Extension or Renewal. The Committee may modify, extend or renew
outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor, provided that
any such action may not, without the written consent of a Participant, impair any of such
Participant’s rights under any Option previously granted, and provided further that the exercise
period of any Option may not in any event be extended beyond the periods specified in Section 5.3.
Any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended, renewed or otherwise altered will be treated in
accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code.




          5.10 No Disqualification. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, no term
of this Plan relating to ISO will be interpreted, amended or altered, nor will any discretion or
authority granted under this Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of
the Code or, without the consent of the Participant affected, to disqualify any ISO under Section
422 of the Code.




     6. PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES.



          6.1 Payment. Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to this Plan may be made in cash
(by check) or, where expressly approved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by
law:





     (a) by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant;




     (b) by waiver of compensation due or accrued to the Participant for services rendered;




     (c) with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a
public market for the Company’s Shares exists:



               (i) through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant and a broker-dealer that is a
member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (an “NASD Dealer”) whereby the Participant
irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased to pay
for the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares
to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or



               (ii) through a “margin” commitment from the Participant and a NASD Dealer whereby the
Participant irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the
NASD Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the
NASD Dealer in the amount of the Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably
commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company;



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     (d) conversion of a convertible note issued by the Company, the terms of which provide
that it is convertible into Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan (with the principal amount
and any accrued interest being converted and credited dollar for dollar to the payment of
the Exercise Price); or




     (e) by any combination of the foregoing.



     7. AUTOMATIC GRANTS TO OUTSIDE DIRECTORS.



          7.1 Types of Options and Shares. Options granted under this Plan and subject to this
Section 7 shall be NQSOs.




          7.2 Eligibility. Options subject to this Section 7 shall be granted only to Outside
Directors. In no event, however, may any Outside Director be granted any Options under this Section
7 if such grant is (a) prohibited, or (b) restricted (either absolutely or subject to various
securities requirements, whether legal or administrative, being complied with), in the jurisdiction
in which such Outside Director is resident under the relevant securities laws of that jurisdiction.




          7.3 Initial Grant. Each Outside Director who first becomes a member of the Board
after the Effective Date will automatically be granted an Option for 25,000 Shares (an “Initial
Grant”) on the date such Outside Director first becomes a member of the Board. Each Outside
Director who became a member of the Board on or prior to the Effective Date and who did not receive
a prior option grant (under this Plan or otherwise and from the Company or any of its corporate
predecessors) will receive an Initial Grant on the Effective Date.




          7.4 Succeeding Grant. Immediately following each Annual General Meeting of
shareholders of the Company, each Outside Director will automatically be granted an Option for
12,500 Shares (a “Succeeding Grant”), provided, that the Outside Director is a member of the Board
immediately following such Annual General Meeting.




          7.5 Vesting and Exercisability. The date an Outside Director receives an Initial
Grant or a Succeeding Grant is referred to in this Plan as the “Start Date” for such Option.





     (a) Initial Grant. Each Initial Grant will vest and be exercisable as to 25%
of the Shares on the first one year anniversary of the Start Date for such Initial Grant,
and thereafter as to 1/48 of the Shares at the end of each full succeeding month, so long as
the Outside Director continuously remains a director or a consultant of the Company.




     (b) Succeeding Grant. Each Succeeding Grant will vest and be exercisable as to
25% of the Shares on the first one year anniversary of the Start Date for such Succeeding
Grant, and thereafter as to 1/48 of the Shares at the end of each full succeeding month, so
long as the Outside Director continuously remains a director or a consultant of the Company.
No Options granted to an Outside Director will be exercisable after the
expiration of five (5) years from the date the Option is granted to such Outside
Director. If the Outside Director is Terminated, the Outside Director may exercise such
Outside Director’s Options only to the extent that such Options would have been exercisable
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the Termination Date for such period as set forth in Section 5.6. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary, in the event of a Corporate Transaction described in Section
15.1, the vesting of all Options granted to Outside Directors pursuant to this Section 7
will accelerate and such Options will become exercisable in full prior to the consummation
of such event at such times and on such conditions as the Committee determines, and must be
exercised, if at all, within three (3) months of the consummation of said event. Any Options
not exercised within such three-month period shall expire. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary, in the event of a Hostile Take-Over, the Outside Director shall have a
thirty-day period in which to surrender to the Company each option held by him or her under
this Plan for a period of at least six (6) months. The Outside Director shall in return be
entitled to a cash distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the
Take-Over Price of the Shares at the time subject to the surrendered Option (whether or not
the Option is otherwise at the time exercisable for those Shares) over (ii) the aggregate
Exercise Price payable for such Shares. Such cash distribution shall be paid within five (5)
days following the surrender of the Option to the Company. Neither the approval of the
Committee nor the consent of the Board shall be required in connection with such option
surrender and cash distribution. The Shares subject to each Option surrendered in connection
with the Hostile Take-Over shall NOT be available for subsequent issuance under the Plan.



          7.6 Exercise Price. The Exercise Price of an Option pursuant to an Initial Grant and
Succeeding Grant shall be the Fair Market Value of the Shares, at the time that the Option is
granted.




     8. WITHHOLDING TAXES.



          8.1 Withholding Generally. Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards
granted under this Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount
sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery
of any certificate or certificates for such Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in
satisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash, such payment will be net of an amount sufficient to
satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.




          8.2 Stock Withholding. When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax
liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax
withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld,
the Committee may in its sole discretion, and subject to compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations, allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to
have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued that number of Shares having a Fair Market
Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, determined on the date that the amount
of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld
for this purpose will be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee and
be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee.




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     9. TRANSFERABILITY.



          9.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, Awards granted under this Plan, and any
interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by a Participant, and may not be made
subject to execution, attachment or similar process, otherwise than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution or as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement
with respect to Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Participants may transfer or assign
their Options to Family Members through a gift or a domestic relations order (and not in a transfer
for value), and (ii) if the terms of the applicable instrument evidencing the grant of an Option so
provide, Participants who reside outside of the United States and Singapore may assign their
Options to a financial institution outside of the United States and Singapore that has been
approved by the Committee, in accordance with the terms of the applicable instrument, subject to
Code regulations providing that any transfer of an ISO may cause such ISO to become a NQSO. The
Participant shall be solely responsible for effecting any such assignment, and for ensuring that
such assignment is valid, legal and binding under all applicable laws. The Committee shall have the
discretion to adopt such rules as it deems necessary to ensure that any assignment is in compliance
with all applicable laws.




          9.2 All Awards other than NQSO’s. All Awards other than NQSO’s shall be exercisable:
(i) during the Participant’s lifetime, only by (A) the Participant, or (B) the Participant’s
guardian or legal representative; and (ii) after Participant’s death, by the legal representative
of the Participant’s heirs or legatees. 9.3 NQSOs. Unless otherwise restricted by the Committee, an
NQSO shall be exercisable: (i) during the Participant’s lifetime only by (A) the Participant, (B)
the Participant’s guardian or legal representative, (C) a Family Member of the Participant who has
acquired the NQSO by “permitted transfer;” as defined below, (ii) by a transferee that is permitted
pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 9.2, for such period as may be authorized by the terms of the
applicable instrument evidencing the grant of the applicable Option, or by the Committee, and (iii)
after Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s heirs or legatees.
“Permitted transfer” means any transfer of an interest in such NQSO by gift or domestic relations
order effected by the Participant during the Participant’s lifetime. A permitted transfer shall not
include any transfer for value; provided that the following shall be permitted transfers and shall
not be considered to be transfers for value: (a) a transfer under a domestic relations order in
settlement of marital property rights or (b) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty
percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members or the Participant in exchange for an
interest in that entity.




     10. PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP. No Participant will have any of the rights of a
shareholder with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After Shares
are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a shareholder and have all the rights of a
shareholder with respect to such Shares, including the right to vote and receive all dividends or
other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares.



     11. CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under this Plan
will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions as the Committee may
deem necessary or advisable, including restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign
securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange
or automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted.



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     12. EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time and
subject to compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, authorize the Company, with the
consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and
cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time and subject to
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations buy from a Participant an Award previously
granted with payment in cash, Shares or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as
the Committee and the Participant may agree.



     13. SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. An Award will not be effective unless
such Award is in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and
regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated
quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, as they are in effect on the
date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Plan, the Company will have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates
for Shares under this Plan prior to: (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that
the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and/or (b) completion of any registration or
other qualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any governmental
body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company will be under no
obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration,
qualification or listing requirements of any state securities laws, stock exchange or automated
quotation system, and the Company will have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.



     14. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY. Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will
confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to
continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or
limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company to terminate
Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.



     15. CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.



          15.1 Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor. Except for automatic grants to
Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 hereof, in the event of (a) a dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, (b) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation
(other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the
Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change
in the shareholders of the Company or their relative share holdings and the Awards granted under
this Plan are assumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption will be
binding on all Participants), (c) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but
after which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any
shareholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the
Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company, (d) the
sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (e) the acquisition, sale, or transfer
of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company by tender offer or similar transaction
(each, a “Corporate Transaction ”), each Option which is at the time outstanding under this Plan
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accelerate so that each such Option shall, immediately prior to the specified effective date
for the Corporate Transaction, become fully exercisable with respect to the total number of Shares
at the time subject to such Option and may be exercised for all or any portion of such Shares.
However, subject to the specific terms of a Participant’s Award Agreement, an outstanding Option
under this Plan shall not so accelerate if and to the extent: (i) such Option is, in connection
with the Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor corporation or parent thereof
or to be replaced with a comparable Option to purchase shares of the capital stock of the successor
corporation or parent thereof, (ii) such Option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of
the successor corporation which preserves the Option spread existing at the time of the Corporate
Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same vesting schedule
applicable to such Option or (iii) the acceleration of such Option is subject to other limitations
imposed by the Committee at the time of the Option grant. The determination of Option comparability
under clause (i) above shall be made by the Committee, and its determination shall be final,
binding and conclusive.




          15.2 Other Treatment of Awards. Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants
under the foregoing provisions of this Section 15 or other specific terms of a Participant’s Award
Agreement, in the event of the occurrence of any Corporate Transaction described in Section 15.1,
any outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger,
consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, or sale of assets.




          15.3 Assumption of Awards by the Company. The Company, from time to time, also may
substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an
acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting an Award under this Plan in
substitution of such other company’s award; or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted
under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under this
Plan. Such substitution or assumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or
assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other company
had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted
by another company, the terms and conditions of such award will remain unchanged (except that the
Exercise Price and the number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such Option will
be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects
to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing Option, such new Option may be granted with
a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.




     16. ADOPTION AND SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL. This Plan will become effective on the date on which
the Board adopts the Plan (the “Effective Date”). This Plan shall be approved by the shareholders
of the Company (excluding Shares issued pursuant to this Plan), consistent with applicable laws,
within twelve (12) months before or after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. Upon the
Effective Date, the Committee may grant Awards pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that: (a)
no Option may be exercised prior to initial shareholder approval of this Plan; (b) no Option
granted pursuant to an increase in the number of Shares subject to this Plan approved by the Board
will be exercised prior to the time such increase has been approved by the shareholders of the
Company; (c) in the event that initial shareholder approval is not obtained within the time period
provided herein, all Awards granted hereunder shall be cancelled; and (d) in the event that
shareholder approval of such increase is not obtained
within the time period provided herein, all Awards granted pursuant to such increase will be
cancelled.



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     17. TERM OF PLAN/GOVERNING LAW. Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will
terminate ten (10) years from the date this Plan is adopted by the Board or, if earlier, the date
of shareholder approval. This Plan and all agreements thereunder shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of California.



     18. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board has complete and exclusive power and
authority to amend or modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any or all respects whatsoever.
However, (i) no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and obligations with
respect to Options at the time outstanding under the Plan, unless the Participant consents to such
amendment, and (ii) the automatic grants to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 7 may not be
amended at intervals more frequently than once every six (6) months, other than to the extent
necessary to comply with applicable U.S. income tax laws and regulations. In addition, the Board
may not, without the approval of the Company’s shareholders, amend the Plan to (i) materially
increase the maximum number of Shares issuable under the Plan or the number of Shares for which
Options may be granted per newly-elected or continuing Outside Director or the maximum number of
Shares for which any one individual participating in the Plan may be granted Options, (ii)
materially modify the eligibility requirements for plan participation or (iii) materially increase
the benefits accruing to Participants. The Board may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in
any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to
be executed pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that the Board will not, without the approval
of the shareholders of the Company, amend this Plan in any manner that requires such shareholder
approval.



     19. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the
submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this
Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such
additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the
granting of stock options and bonuses otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be
either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.



     20. STOCK BONUSES.



          20.1 Stock Bonuses Generally. A Stock Bonus is a grant of Shares by the Company to an
individual who has satisfied the terms and conditions set by the Committee on the making of such
grant. The Committee will determine to whom a grant may be made, the number of Shares that may be
granted, the restrictions to the making of such grant, and all other terms and conditions of the
Stock Bonus, subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 20.2 hereof. The conditions to grant
may be based upon completion of a specified number of years of service with the Company or upon
completion of the performance goals as set out by the Committee. Grants of Stock Bonuses may vary
from Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants. Prior to the grant of a Stock
Bonus, the Committee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance
Period that may be a condition precedent to grant of a Stock Bonus; (b) select from among the
Performance Factors to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number
of Shares that may be awarded to the




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Participant. Prior to the grant of any Stock Bonus, the Committee shall determine the extent
to which such Stock Bonus has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may
participate simultaneously with respect to Stock Bonuses that are subject to different Performance
Periods and having different performance goals and other criteria.




          20.2 Restrictions on Stock Bonus Awards.




               (a) Any Stock Bonuses with vesting based on Performance Factors shall have a minimum
Performance Period of one year, and any Stock Bonuses with vesting based solely on the passage of
time and continued service to the Company shall have a minimum Performance Period of three years
(collectively, the “Stock Bonus Restriction Periods”).



               (b) The Stock Bonus Restriction Periods may not be waived except in the case of death,
Disability, Termination or a Corporate Transaction.



               (c) Stock Bonuses granted not in accordance with the Stock Bonus Restriction Periods may not
exceed five percent (5%) of the total Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant
to this Plan, including (i) shares that are subject to issuance upon exercise of an Award but cease
to be subject to such Award for any reason other than exercise of such Award; (ii) any authorized
shares not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the Prior Plans; and (iii) any shares
subject to outstanding grants that are forfeited and/or that are issuable upon exercise of options
granted pursuant to the Prior Plans that expire or become unexercisable for any reason without
having been exercised in full.



     21. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Plan, the following terms will have the following meanings:



     “Award” means any Options or shares from Stock Bonuses granted under this Plan.



     “Award Agreement” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the
Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.



     “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.



     “Cause” means (a) the commission of an act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, (b) a
breach of fiduciary duty to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or (c) a failure
to materially perform the customary duties of the employee’s employment.



     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.



     “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.



     “Company” means Flextronics International Ltd. or any successor corporation.



     “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.



     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



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     “Exercise Price” means the price at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Option.



     “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Shares determined as follows:




     (a) if such Shares are then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the closing price of
such Shares on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination as reported in The
Wall Street Journal;




     (b) if such Shares are publicly traded and are then listed on a national securities
exchange, the closing price of such Shares on the date of determination on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading as
reported in The Wall Street Journal;




     (c) if such Shares are publicly traded but are not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market
nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as reported in The Wall Street
Journal; or




     (d) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Committee in good faith.



     “Family Member” includes any of the following:




     (a) child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, 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 of the Participant, including any such person with such
relationship to the Participant by adoption;




     (b) any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the Participant’s household;




     (c) a trust in which the persons in (a) and (b) have more than fifty percent of the
beneficial interest;




     (d) a foundation in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant control the
management of assets; or




     (e) any other entity in which the persons in (a) and (b) or the Participant own more
than fifty percent of the voting interest.



     “Hostile Take-Over” means a change in ownership of the Company effected through the following
transaction:




     (a) the direct or indirect acquisition by any person or related group of persons (other
than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, the Company) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than fifty



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percent (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
shareholders which the Board does not recommend such shareholders to accept, and




     (b) the acceptance of more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities so acquired in
such tender or exchange offer from holders other than Insiders.



     “Insider” means an officer or director of the Company or any other person whose transactions
in the Company’s Shares are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



     “Option” means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Sections 5 and 7.



     “Outside Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any
Parent or Subsidiary.



     “Parent” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations
ending with the Company if each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing
more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.



     “Participant” means a person who receives an Award under this Plan.



     “Performance Factors” means the factors selected by the Committee from among the following
measures to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee and applicable to
Awards have been satisfied:




     (a) Net revenue and/or net revenue growth;




     (b) Earnings before income taxes and amortization and/or earnings before income taxes
and amortization growth;




     (c) Operating income and/or operating income growth;




     (d) Net income and/or net income growth;




     (e) Earnings per share and/or earnings per share growth;




     (f) Total stockholder return and/or total stockholder return growth;




     (g) Return on equity;




     (h) Operating cash flow return on income;




     (i) Adjusted operating cash flow return on income;




     (j) Economic value added; and




     (k) Individual confidential business objectives.



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     “Performance Period” means the period of service determined by the Committee, not to exceed
five years, during which years of service or performance is to be measured for Awards.



     “Plan” means this Flextronics International Ltd. 2001 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from
time to time.



     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



     “Shares” means ordinary shares of no par value each in the capital of the Company reserved for
issuance under this Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 15, and any successor security.



     “Stock Bonus” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 20.



     “Subsidiary” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation
in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.



     “Take-Over Price” means the greater of (a) the Fair Market Value per Share on the date the
particular Option to purchase Shares is surrendered to the Company in connection with a Hostile
Take-Over or (b) the highest reported price per Share paid by the tender offeror in effecting such
Hostile Take-Over. However, if the surrendered Option is an ISO, the Take-Over Price shall not
exceed the clause (a) price per Share.



     “Termination” or “Terminated” means, for purposes of this Plan with respect to a Participant,
that the Participant has for any reason ceased to provide services as an employee, officer or
director to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. An employee will not be deemed to
have ceased to provide services in the case of (i) sick leave, (ii) military leave, or (iii) any
other leave of absence approved by the Committee, provided, that such leave is for a period of not
more than 90 days, unless reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract
or statute or unless provided otherwise pursuant to formal policy adopted from time to time by the
Company and issued and promulgated to employees in writing. In the case of any employee on an
approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provisions respecting suspension of vesting
of the Award while on leave from the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary as it may deem
appropriate, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of the term
set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. The Committee will have sole discretion to determine
whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the
Participant ceased to provide services (the “Termination Date”).




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