2000 Employee Stock Incentive Plan



 Exhibit 10.4 
 BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 
 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 
 (Conformed Version) 
 I. PURPOSE 

 The purpose of the BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (the “Plan”) is to provide
a means through which BMC SOFTWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and its subsidiaries may attract able persons to serve as consultants or advisors or to enter the employ of the Company or its subsidiaries and to
provide a means whereby those individuals upon whom the responsibilities of the successful administration and management of the Company and its subsidiaries rest, and whose present and potential contributions to the welfare of the Company and its
subsidiaries are of importance, can acquire and maintain stock ownership, thereby strengthening their concern for the welfare of the Company and its subsidiaries. A further purpose of the Plan is to provide such individuals with additional incentive
and reward opportunities designed to enhance the profitable growth of the Company and its subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Plan provides for granting Options and Restricted Stock Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as is best suited to the
circumstances of the particular employee, consultant, or advisor as provided herein. 
 II. DEFINITIONS 
 The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan unless specifically modified by any paragraph: 
 (a) “Award” means, individually or collectively, any Option or Restricted Stock Award. 
 (b) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 (c) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code
shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions to such section and any regulations under such section. 
 (d) “Committee” means a committee of the Board that is selected by the Board as provided in Paragraph IV(a). 
 (e) “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, or any security into which such Common Stock may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the
type described in Paragraph IX. 
 (f) “Company” means BMC Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

  

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 (g) “Consultant” means any person who is not an employee and who
is providing advisory or consulting services to the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code). 
 (h) “Director” means an individual elected to the Board by the stockholders of the Company or by the Board under applicable corporate law who is serving on the Board on the date the Plan is
adopted by the Board or is elected to the Board after such date. 
 (i) An “employee” means any
person (including a Director) in an employment relationship with the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code). 
 (j) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any specified date, the mean of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock (i) reported by the National Market System of
NASDAQ on that date or (ii) if the Common Stock is listed on a national stock exchange, reported on the stock exchange composite tape on that date; or, in either case, if no prices are reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which
such prices of the Common Stock are so reported. If the Common Stock is traded over the counter at the time a determination of its fair market value is required to be made hereunder, its fair market value shall be deemed to be equal to the average
between the reported high and low or closing bid and asked prices of Common Stock on the most recent date on which Common Stock was publicly traded. In the event Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of its value is
required to be made hereunder, the determination of its fair market value shall be made by the Committee in such manner as it deems appropriate. 
 (k) “Holder” means an employee, Consultant, or Director who has been granted an Award. 
 (l) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 (m) “Option” means an Award granted under Paragraph VII of the Plan. 
 (n)
“Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a Holder with respect to an Option. 
 (o) “Plan” means the BMC Software, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. 
 (p) “Restricted Stock Agreement” means a written agreement between the Company and a Holder with respect to a Restricted Stock Award. 
 (q) “Restricted Stock Award” means an Award granted under Paragraph VIII of the Plan. 
 (r) “Rule 16b-3” means SEC Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act, as such may be amended from time to time,
and any successor rule, regulation or statute fulfilling the same or a similar function. 
  

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 (s) “Stock Appreciation Right” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Paragraph VII(c) of the Plan. 
 III. EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF THE PLAN 
 The Plan shall become effective upon the date of its adoption by the Board. No further Awards may be granted under the Plan after ten
years from the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. The Plan shall remain in effect until all Options granted under the Plan have been satisfied or expired, and all Restricted Stock Awards granted under the Plan have vested or been forfeited.

 IV. ADMINISTRATION 
 (a) Composition of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a committee of, and appointed by, the Board that shall be comprised solely of two or more non-employee directors (within the meaning of
“Non-Employee Director” as defined in Rule 16b-3). 
 (b) Powers. Subject to the express provisions
of the Plan, the Committee shall have authority, in its discretion, to determine which employees, Consultants, or Directors shall receive an Award, the time or times when such Award shall be made, and the number of shares to be subject to each
Option or Restricted Stock Award. In making such determinations, the Committee shall take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective employees, Consultants, or Directors, their present and potential contribution to the
Company’s success and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. 
 (c) Additional
Powers. The Committee shall have such additional powers as are delegated to it by the other provisions of the Plan. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, this shall include the power to construe the Plan and the respective
agreements executed hereunder, to prescribe rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms, restrictions and provisions of the agreement relating to each Award, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for
administering the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any agreement relating to an Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry it into effect.
The determinations of the Committee on the matters referred to in this Paragraph IV shall be conclusive. 
 (d)
Delegation of Authority by the Committee. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Paragraph IV or any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may from time to time, in its sole
discretion, delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company the administration (or interpretation of any provision) of the Plan, and the right to grant Awards under the Plan, insofar as such administration (and interpretation) and power to
grant Awards relates to any person who is not subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act (including any successor section to the same or similar effect). Any such delegation may be effective only so long as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company
is a Director, and the Committee may revoke such delegation at any time. The Committee may put any conditions and restrictions on the powers that may be exercised by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company upon such delegation as the Committee
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under the Plan as between the Committee and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the determination or interpretation, as applicable, of the Committee
shall be conclusive. 
 V. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN; GRANT OF OPTIONS; 
 GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS 
 (a) Shares Subject to
the Plan. Subject to adjustment in the same manner as provided in Paragraph IX with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to Options then outstanding, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall
not exceed 22,000,000 shares; provided, however, that the maximum number of shares shall be reduced effective August 21, 2007, by the number of shares remaining subject to the Plan immediately prior to such date that are not then subject to
outstanding grants. Shares shall be deemed to have been issued under the Plan only (i) to the extent actually issued and delivered pursuant to an Award or (ii) to the extent an Award is settled in cash. To the extent that an Award lapses
or the rights of its Holder terminate, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Award shall again be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan. 
 (b) Grant of Options. The Committee may from time to time grant Options to one or more employees, Consultants, or Directors determined by it to be eligible for participation in the Plan in
accordance with the terms of the Plan. 
 (c) Grant of Restricted Stock Awards. The Committee may from
time to time grant Restricted Stock Awards to one or more employees, Consultants, or Directors determined by it to be eligible for participation in the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan. 
 (d) Stock Offered. Subject to the limitations set forth in Paragraph V(a), the stock to be offered pursuant to the grant of
an Award may be authorized but unissued Common Stock or Common Stock previously issued and outstanding and reacquired by the Company. Any of such shares which remain unissued and which are not subject to outstanding Awards at the termination of the
Plan shall cease to be subject to the Plan but, until termination of the Plan, the Company shall at all times make available a sufficient number of shares to meet the requirements of the Plan. 
 VI. ELIGIBILITY 
 Awards may be granted only to persons who, at
the time of grant, are employees, Consultants, or Directors; provided, however, that Awards may not be granted to any Director who is not an employee. An Award may be granted on more than one occasion to the same person, and, subject to the
limitations set forth in the Plan, such Award may include an Option, a Restricted Stock Award, or any combination thereof. 
 VII. STOCK
OPTIONS 
 (a) Option Period. The term of each Option shall be as specified by the Committee at the date of
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 (b) Limitations on Exercise of Option. An Option shall be exercisable in
whole or in such installments and at such times as determined by the Committee. 
 (c) Option Agreement. Each
Option shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement in such form and containing such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee from time to time shall approve. Each Option Agreement shall specify the effect of
termination of (i) employment or (ii) the consulting or advisory relationship, as applicable, on the exercisability of the Option. An Option Agreement may provide for the payment of the option price, in whole or in part, by the delivery of
a number of shares of Common Stock (plus cash if necessary) having a Fair Market Value equal to such option price. Moreover, an Option Agreement may provide for a “cashless exercise” of the Option by establishing procedures satisfactory to
the Committee with respect thereto. Further, an Option Agreement may provide for the surrender of the right to purchase shares under the Option in return for a payment in cash or shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common
Stock equal in value to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the shares with respect to which the right to purchase is surrendered over the option price therefor (“Stock Appreciation Rights”), on such terms and conditions as the
Committee in its sole discretion may prescribe. The terms and conditions of the respective Option Agreements need not be identical. 
 (d) Option Price and Payment. The price at which a share of Common Stock may be purchased upon exercise of an Option shall be determined by the Committee but, subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph IX, such purchase
price of an Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date such Option is granted. The Option or portion thereof may be exercised by delivery of an irrevocable notice of exercise to the Company, as
specified by the Committee. The purchase price of the Option or portion thereof shall be paid in full in the manner prescribed by the Committee. Options granted under the Plan shall not be treated as incentive stock options within the meaning of
section 422(b) of the Code. 
 (e) Stockholder Rights and Privileges. The Holder shall be entitled to all the
privileges and rights of a stockholder only with respect to such shares of Common Stock as have been purchased under the Option and for which certificates of stock have been registered in the Holder’s name. 
 (f) Options and Rights in Substitution for Stock Options Granted by Other Corporations. Options and Stock Appreciation
Rights may be granted under the Plan from time to time in substitution for stock options held by individuals employed by corporations who become employees as a result of a merger or consolidation or other business combination of the employing
corporation with the Company or any subsidiary. 
 VIII. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS 
 (a) Forfeiture Restrictions To Be Established by the Committee. Shares of Common Stock that are the subject of a Restricted
Stock Award shall be subject to restrictions on disposition by the Holder and an obligation of the Holder to forfeit and surrender the shares to the Company under certain circumstances (the “Forfeiture Restrictions”). The Forfeiture
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Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse upon (i) the attainment of one or more performance targets established by the Committee, (ii) the Holder’s
continued employment with the Company or continued service as a Consultant for a specified period of time, (iii) the occurrence of any event or the satisfaction of any other condition specified by the Committee in its sole discretion, or
(iv) a combination of any of the foregoing. Each Restricted Stock Award may have different Forfeiture Restrictions, in the discretion of the Committee. 
 (b) Other Terms and Conditions. Common Stock awarded pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award shall be represented by a stock certificate registered in the name of the Holder of such
Restricted Stock Award. The Holder shall have the right to receive dividends with respect to Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award, to vote Common Stock subject thereto and to enjoy all other stockholder rights, except that (i) the
Holder shall not be entitled to delivery of the stock certificate until the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired, (ii) the Company shall retain custody of the stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired, (iii) the Holder may not
sell, transfer, pledge, exchange, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of the stock until the Forfeiture Restrictions have expired, and (iv) a breach of the terms and conditions established by the Committee pursuant to the Restricted Stock
Agreement shall cause a forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Award. At the time of such Award, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe additional terms, conditions or restrictions relating to Restricted Stock Awards, including, but not
limited to, rules pertaining to the termination of employment or service as a Consultant (by retirement, disability, death or otherwise) of a Holder prior to expiration of the Forfeiture Restrictions. Such additional terms, conditions or
restrictions shall be set forth in a Restricted Stock Agreement made in conjunction with the Award. 
 (c) Payment for
Restricted Stock. The Committee shall determine the amount and form of any payment for Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, provided that in the absence of such a determination, a Holder shall not be required to
make any payment for Common Stock received pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, except to the extent otherwise required by law. 
 (d) Committee’s Discretion to Accelerate Vesting of Restricted Stock Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion and as of a date determined by the Committee, fully vest any or all Common Stock awarded to a Holder
pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award and, upon such vesting, all restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock Award shall terminate as of such date. Any action by the Committee pursuant to this Subparagraph may vary among individual Holders and
may vary among the Restricted Stock Awards held by any individual Holder. 
 (e) Restricted Stock
Agreements. At the time any Award is made under this Paragraph VIII, the Company and the Holder shall enter into a Restricted Stock Agreement setting forth each of the matters contemplated hereby and such other matters as the
Committee may determine to be appropriate. The terms and provisions of the respective Restricted Stock Agreements need not be identical. 
 IX. RECAPITALIZATION OR REORGANIZATION 
 (a) No Effect on Right or Power. The existence of the
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Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s or any subsidiary’s capital
structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary, any issue of debt or equity securities ahead of or affecting Common Stock or the rights thereof, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary
or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other corporate act or proceeding. 
 (b) Subdivision or Consolidation of Shares; Stock Dividends. The shares with respect to which Options may be granted are shares of Common Stock as presently constituted, but if, and whenever, prior to
the expiration of an Option theretofore granted, the Company shall effect a subdivision or consolidation of shares of Common Stock or the payment of a stock dividend on Common Stock without receipt of consideration by the Company, the number of
shares of Common Stock with respect to which such Option may thereafter be exercised (i) in the event of an increase in the number of outstanding shares shall be proportionately increased, and the purchase price per share shall be
proportionately reduced, and (ii) in the event of a reduction in the number of outstanding shares shall be proportionately reduced, and the purchase price per share shall be proportionately increased. Any fractional share resulting from such
adjustment shall be rounded up to the next whole share. 
 (c) Recapitalizations and Corporate Changes. If the
Company recapitalizes, reclassifies its capital stock, or otherwise changes its capital structure (a “recapitalization”), the number and class of shares of Common Stock covered by an Option theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that
such Option shall thereafter cover the number and class of shares of stock and securities to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the recapitalization if, immediately prior to the recapitalization, the Holder had been
the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock then covered by such Option. If (i) the Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger or consolidation (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity), (ii) the Company
sells, leases or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity, (iii) the Company is to be dissolved and liquidated, (iv) any person or entity, including a
“group” as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act, acquires or gains ownership or control (including, without limitation, power to vote) of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting stock (based
upon voting power), or (v) as a result of or in connection with a contested election of Directors, the persons who were Directors of the Company before such election shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board (each such event is referred
to herein as a “Corporate Change”), no later than (x) ten days after the approval by the stockholders of the Company of such merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale, lease or exchange of assets or dissolution or such election of
Directors or (y) thirty days after a Corporate Change of the type described in clause (iv), the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any Holder, shall effect one or more of the following alternatives,
which alternatives may vary among individual Holders and which may vary among Options held by any individual Holder: (1) accelerate the time at which Options then outstanding may be exercised so that such Options may be exercised in full for a
limited period of time on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Options and all rights of Holders thereunder shall terminate, (2) require the
mandatory surrender to the Company by selected Holders of some or all of the outstanding Options held by such Holders (irrespective of whether such Options are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan) as of a date, before or 

  

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after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Options and cause the Company to pay to
each Holder an amount of cash per share equal to the excess, if any, of the amount calculated in Subparagraph (d) below (the “Change of Control Value”) of the shares subject to such Option over the exercise price(s) under such Options
for such shares, (3) make such adjustments to Options then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is
necessary to Options then outstanding), or (4) provide that the number and class of shares of Common Stock covered by an Option theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that such Option shall thereafter cover the number and class of shares of
stock or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to which the Holder would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the agreement of merger, consolidation or sale of assets and dissolution if, immediately prior to such
merger, consolidation or sale of assets and dissolution, the Holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock then covered by such Option. 
 (d) Change of Control Value. For the purposes of clause (2) in Subparagraph (c) above, the “Change of Control Value” shall equal the amount determined in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii), whichever is applicable, as follows: (i) the per share price offered to stockholders of the Company in any such merger, consolidation, sale of assets or dissolution transaction, (ii) the price per share
offered to stockholders of the Company in any tender offer or exchange offer whereby a Corporate Change takes place, or (iii) if such Corporate Change occurs other than pursuant to a tender or exchange offer, the fair market value per share of
the shares into which such Options being surrendered are exercisable, as determined by the Committee as of the date determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of such Options. In the event that the consideration offered
to stockholders of the Company in any transaction described in this Subparagraph (d) or Subparagraph (c) above consists of anything other than cash, the Committee shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the consideration
offered which is other than cash. 
 (e) Other Changes in the Common Stock. In the event of changes in
the outstanding Common Stock by reason of recapitalizations, reorganizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations, split-ups, split-offs, spin-offs, exchanges or other relevant changes in capitalization or distributions to the holders of Common
Stock occurring after the date of the grant of any Award and not otherwise provided for by this Paragraph IX, such Award and any agreement evidencing such Award shall be subject to adjustment by the Committee at its discretion as to the number and
price of shares of Common Stock or other consideration subject to such Award. In the event of any such change in the outstanding Common Stock or distribution to the holders of Common Stock, the aggregate number of shares available under the Plan and
the maximum number of shares that may be subject to Awards granted to any one individual may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive. 
 (f) Stockholder Action. Any adjustment provided for in the above Subparagraphs shall be subject to any required
stockholder action. 
 (g) No Adjustments unless Otherwise Provided. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided,
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shares of stock of any class, for cash, property, labor or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon
conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of
shares of Common Stock subject to Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per share, if applicable. 
 X. AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN 
 The Board in its discretion may terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any shares of
Common Stock for which Awards have not theretofore been granted. The Board shall have the right to alter or amend the Plan or any part thereof from time to time; provided that no change in any Award theretofore granted may be made which would impair
the rights of the Holder without the consent of the Holder. 
 XI. MISCELLANEOUS 
 (a) No Right To An Award. Neither the adoption of the Plan nor any action of the Board or of the Committee shall be deemed
to give an employee or Consultant any right to be granted an Option, a right to a Restricted Stock Award, or any other rights hereunder except as may be evidenced by an Option Agreement or a Restricted Stock Agreement duly executed on behalf of the
Company, and then only to the extent and on the terms and conditions expressly set forth therein. The Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of funds or
assets to assure the performance of its obligations under any Award. 
 (b) No Employment Rights Conferred.
Nothing contained in the Plan shall (i) confer upon any employee or Consultant any right with respect to continuation of employment or of a consulting or advisory relationship with the Company or any subsidiary or (ii) interfere in any way
with the right of the Company or any subsidiary to terminate his or her employment or consulting or advisory relationship at any time. 
 (c) Other Laws; Withholding. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any Common Stock pursuant to any Award granted under the Plan at any time when the shares covered by such Award have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such other state and federal laws, rules and regulations as the Company or the Committee deems applicable and, in the opinion of legal counsel for the Company, there is no exemption from
the registration requirements of such laws, rules and regulations available for the issuance and sale of such shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be delivered, nor shall any cash in lieu of fractional shares be paid. The Company shall
have the right to deduct in connection with all Awards any taxes required by law to be withheld and to require any payments required to enable it to satisfy its withholding obligations. 
 (d) No Restriction on Corporate Action. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to prevent the Company or any
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such action would have an adverse effect on the Plan or any Award made under the Plan. No employee, Consultant, Director, beneficiary or other person shall
have any claim against the Company or any subsidiary as a result of any such action. 
 (e) Restrictions on
Transfer. An Award shall not be transferable otherwise than (i) by will or the laws of descent and distribution, (ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules thereunder, or (iii) with the consent of the Committee. 
 (f) Governing Law. The Plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  

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