Neutral Tandem, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan



 Exhibit 10.5 
 NEUTRAL TANDEM, INC. 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED  
 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 
 1. Purpose.

 This plan shall be known as the Neutral Tandem, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan shall be to
promote the long-term growth and profitability of Neutral Tandem, Inc. (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries by (i) providing certain directors, officers and employees of, and certain other individuals who perform services for, the
Company and its Subsidiaries with incentives to maximize stockholder value and otherwise contribute to the success of the Company and (ii) enabling the Company to attract, retain and reward the best available persons for positions of
responsibility. Grants of incentive or non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, performance awards, or any combination of the foregoing may be made
under the Plan. 
 2. Definitions. 
  

	 	(a)	“Board of Directors” and “Board” mean the board of directors of the Company. 

  

	 	(b)	“Cause” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events: 

  

	 	(i)	Conviction of a felony or any crime or offense lesser than a felony involving the property of the Company or a Subsidiary; or 

  

	 	(ii)	Conduct that has caused demonstrable and serious injury to the Company or a Subsidiary, monetary or otherwise; or 

  

	 	(iii)	Willful refusal to perform or substantial disregard of duties properly assigned, as determined by the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be; or 

  

	 	(iv)	Breach of duty of loyalty to the Company or a Subsidiary or any act of fraud or dishonesty with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary. 

  

	 	(c)	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of one of the following events: 

  

	 	(i)	if any “person” or “group” as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successors thereto, is or becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act or any successor thereto), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or


  

	 	(ii)	during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new directors whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to
constitute a majority thereof; or 

  

	 	(iii)	consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation (A) which would result in all or a portion of the
voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (B) by which the corporate existence of the Company is not affected and following which the Company’s chief executive
officer and directors retain their positions with the Company (and constitute at least a majority of the Board); or 

  

	 	(iv)	consummation of a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all the Company’s assets.










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

  

	 	(e)	“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which shall consist solely of two or more members of the Board, and each member of the Committee shall be
(i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, unless administration of the Plan by “non-employee directors” is not then required in order for exemptions under Rule 16b-3 to
apply to transactions under the Plan, (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, unless administration of the Plan by “outside directors” is not then required in order to qualify for
tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code, and (iii) independent, as defined by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market or any national securities exchange on which any securities of the Company are listed for trading, and if not
listed for trading, by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. 

  

	 	(f)	“Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, and any other shares into which such stock may be changed by reason of a
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation or any other change in the corporate structure or capital stock of the Company. 

  

	 	(g)	“Competition” is deemed to occur if a person whose employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries has terminated obtains a position as a full-time or part-time employee
of, as a member of the board of directors of, or as a consultant or advisor with or to, or acquires an ownership interest in excess of 5% of, a corporation, partnership, firm or other entity that engages in any of the businesses of the Company or
any Subsidiary with which the person was involved in a management role at any time during his or her last five years of employment with or other service for the Company or any Subsidiaries. 

  

	 	(h)	“Disability” means a disability that would entitle an eligible participant to payment of monthly disability payments under any Company disability plan or as otherwise
determined by the Committee. 

  

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

  

	 	(j)	“Family Member” has the meaning given to such term in General Instructions A.1(a)(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto.


  

	 	(k)	“Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock of the Company means, as of the date in question, the officially-quoted closing selling price of the stock (or if no selling
price is quoted, the bid price) on the principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading (including for this purpose the Nasdaq Global Select Market) (the “Market”) for the applicable trading day or, if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted in the Market, the Fair Market Value shall be the fair value of the Common Stock determined in good faith by the Board; provided, however, that when shares received upon exercise of an option are immediately
sold in the open market, the net sale price received may be used to determine the Fair Market Value of any shares used to pay the exercise price or applicable withholding taxes and to compute the withholding taxes. 

  

	 	(l)	“Incentive Stock Option” means an option conforming to the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and any successor thereto. 

  

	 	(m)	“Non-Employee Director” has the meaning given to such term in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and any successor thereto. 

  

	 	(n)	“Non-qualified Stock Option” means any stock option other than an Incentive Stock Option. 

  

	 	(o)	“Other Company Securities” mean securities of the Company other than Common Stock, which may include, without limitation, unbundled stock units or components thereof,
debentures, preferred stock, warrants and securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other property. 

  

	 	(p)	“Retirement” means retirement as defined under any Company pension plan or retirement program or termination of one’s employment on retirement with the approval of
the Committee. 

  

	 	(q)	“Subsidiary” means a corporation or other entity of which outstanding shares or ownership interests representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of such
corporation or other entity entitled to elect the management thereof, or such lesser percentage as may be approved by the Committee, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company. 








 3. Administration. 
 The Plan shall be administered by the Committee; provided that the Board may, in its discretion, at any time and from time to time, resolve to administer the Plan, in which case the term “Committee” shall be
deemed to mean the Board for all purposes herein. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall be authorized to (i) select persons to participate in the Plan, (ii) determine the form and substance of grants made under the
Plan to each participant, and the conditions and restrictions, if any, subject to which such grants will be made, (iii) certify that the conditions and restrictions applicable to any grant have been met, (iv) modify the terms of grants
made under the Plan, (v) interpret the Plan and grants made thereunder, (vi) make any adjustments necessary or desirable in connection with grants made under the Plan to eligible participants located outside the United States and
(vii) adopt, amend, or rescind such rules and regulations, and make such other determinations, for carrying out the Plan as it may deem appropriate. Decisions of the Committee on all matters relating to the Plan shall be in the Committee’s
sole discretion and shall be conclusive and binding on all parties. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and
rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto and the rules and regulations of the principal securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading. No member of the Committee and no officer of the Company shall be liable for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by such member, by any other member of the Committee or by any officer of the Company in connection with the performance of duties under the Plan, except for such person’s own willful misconduct or as
expressly provided by statute. 
 The expenses of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Plan shall not be required to establish any
special or separate fund or make any other segregation of assets to assume the payment of any award under the Plan, and rights to the payment of such awards shall be no greater than the rights of the Company’s general creditors. 
 4. Shares Available for the Plan. 
 Subject to
adjustments as provided in Section 16 hereof, an aggregate of two million eight hundred seventy three thousand six hundred and thirteen (2,873,613) shares of Common Stock are authorized and may be issued pursuant to the Plan, plus an
automatic annual increase on the first day of each of the Company’s fiscal years beginning in 2008 and ending in 2017 equal to the lesser of (i) two percent (2%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the
immediately preceding fiscal year or (ii) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Committee (collectively, the “Shares”). In addition, upon the effectiveness of this Plan, no further awards of Common Stock
will be issued under the Neutral Tandem, Inc. 2003 Stock Option and Stock Incentive Plan. 
 Such Shares may be in whole or in part
authorized and unissued or held by the Company as treasury shares. If any grant under the Plan expires or terminates unexercised, becomes unexercisable or is forfeited as to any Shares, or is tendered or withheld as to any shares in payment of the
exercise price of the grant or the taxes payable with respect to the exercise, then such unpurchased, forfeited, tendered or withheld Shares shall thereafter be available for further grants under the Plan. 
 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 4 or the generality of the provisions of Sections 3, 6 or 18 or any
other section of this Plan, the Committee may, at any time or from time to time, and on such terms and conditions (that are consistent with and not in contravention of the other provisions of this Plan) as the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
determine, enter into agreements (or take other actions with respect to the options) for new options containing terms (including exercise prices) more (or less) favorable than the outstanding options. 
 5. Participation. 
 Participation in the Plan shall be
limited to those directors (including Non-Employee Directors), officers (including non-employee officers) and employees of, and other individuals performing services for, the Company and its Subsidiaries selected by the Committee (including
participants located outside the United States). Nothing in the Plan or in any grant thereunder shall confer any right on a participant to continue in the service or employ as a director or officer of or in the performance of services for the
Company or a Subsidiary or shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate the employment or performance of services or to reduce the compensation or responsibilities of a participant at any time. By accepting
any award under the Plan, each participant and each person claiming under or through him or her shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated his or her acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, any action taken under the Plan by the Company,
the Board or the Committee. 
 Incentive Stock Options or Non-qualified Stock Options, SARs, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit
or deferred stock unit awards, performance awards, or any combination thereof, may be granted to such persons and for such number of Shares as the Committee shall determine (such individuals to whom grants are made being sometimes herein called









 
“optionees” or “grantees,” as the case may be). Determinations made by the Committee under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made
selectively among eligible individuals under the Plan, whether or not such individuals are similarly situated. A grant of any type made hereunder in any one year to an eligible participant shall neither guarantee nor preclude a further grant of that
or any other type to such participant in that year or subsequent years. 
 6. Incentive and Non-qualified Options. 
 The Committee may from time to time grant to eligible participants Incentive Stock Options, Non-qualified Stock Options, or any combination thereof;
provided that the Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options only to eligible employees of the Company or its subsidiaries (as defined for this purpose in Section 422(a)(2) of the Code or any successor thereto). In any one calendar year, the
Committee shall not grant to any one participant options to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan (as adjusted pursuant to
Section 16 hereof). The options granted shall take such form as the Committee shall determine, subject to the following terms and conditions. 
 It is the Company’s intent that Non-qualified Stock Options granted under the Plan not be classified as Incentive Stock Options, that Non-qualified Stock Options not give rise to plan failure income inclusion under
Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code, that Incentive Stock Options be consistent with and contain or be deemed to contain all provisions required under Section 422 of the Code and any successor thereto, and that any ambiguities in construction
be interpreted in order to effectuate such intent. If an Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan does not qualify as such for any reason, then to the extent of such non-qualification, the stock option represented thereby shall be regarded as a
Non-qualified Stock Option duly granted under the Plan, provided that such stock option otherwise meets the Plan’s requirements for Non-qualified Stock Options. If a Non-qualified Stock Option granted under the Plan would give rise to plan
failure inclusion under Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code in the absence of either restrictions on the circumstances under which the Non-qualified Stock Option may be exercised or other terms limiting the rights of the holder with respect to the
Non-qualified Stock Option, the Committee may (but shall have no obligation to) impose such restrictions or other terms in the agreement pursuant to which the Non-qualified Stock Option is granted. 
 (a) Price. The price per Share deliverable upon the exercise of each option (“exercise price”) may not be less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of grant of the option, and in the case of the grant of any Incentive Stock Option to an employee who, at the time of the grant, owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the exercise price may not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of the date of grant of the option, in each case unless otherwise permitted by
Section 422 of the Code or any successor thereto. 
 (b) Payment. Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, upon payment of
the exercise price of the Shares to be acquired. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, payment shall be made (i) in cash (including check, bank draft, money order or wire transfer of immediately available funds), (ii) by delivery
of outstanding shares of Common Stock with a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to the options’ exercise, (iii) by simultaneous sale through a broker reasonably acceptable
to the Committee of Shares acquired on exercise, as permitted under Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board or (iv) by any combination of the foregoing. 
 In the event a grantee elects to pay the exercise price payable with respect to an option pursuant to clause (ii) above, (A) only a whole number of share(s) of Common Stock (and not fractional shares of
Common Stock) may be tendered in payment, (B) such grantee must present evidence acceptable to the Company that he or she has owned any such shares of Common Stock tendered in payment of the exercise price (and that such tendered shares of
Common Stock have not been subject to any substantial risk of forfeiture) for at least six months prior to the date of exercise, and (C) Common Stock must be delivered to the Company. Delivery for this purpose may, at the election of the
grantee, be made either by (1) physical delivery of the certificate(s) for all such shares of Common Stock tendered in payment of the price, accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer in a form acceptable to the Company, or
(2) direction to the grantee’s broker to transfer, by book entry, such shares of Common Stock from a brokerage account of the grantee to a brokerage account specified by the Company. When payment of the exercise price is made by delivery
of Common Stock, the difference, if any, between the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to the option being exercised and the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock tendered in payment (plus any applicable taxes) shall be paid in
cash. No grantee may tender shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value exceeding the aggregate exercise price payable with respect to the option being exercised (plus any applicable taxes). 
 (c) Terms of Options. The term during which each option may be exercised shall be determined by the Committee, but if required by the Code and
except as otherwise provided herein, no option shall be exercisable in whole or in part more than ten years from the date it is granted, and no Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who at the time of 








 
the grant owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be exercisable more
than five years from the date it is granted. All rights to purchase Shares pursuant to an option shall, unless sooner terminated, expire at the date designated by the Committee. The Committee shall determine the date on which each option shall
become exercisable and may provide that an option shall become exercisable in installments. The Shares constituting each installment may be purchased in whole or in part at any time after such installment becomes exercisable, subject to such minimum
exercise requirements as may be designated by the Committee. Prior to the exercise of an option and delivery of the Shares represented thereby, the optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares covered by such outstanding
option (including any dividend or voting rights). 
 (d) Limitations on Grants. If required by the Code, the aggregate Fair Market
Value (determined as of the grant date) of Shares for which an Incentive Stock Option is exercisable for the first time by any individual during any calendar year under all equity incentive plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in
Section 422 of the Code or any successor thereto) may not exceed $100,000. 
 (e) Termination. 
 (i) Death or Disability. If a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to perform other services for, the Company or any
Subsidiary due to death or Disability, all of the participant’s options and SARs shall become fully vested and exercisable and shall remain so for a period of 180 days from the date of such death or Disability, but in no event after the
expiration date of the options and SARs; provided that the participant does not engage in Competition during such 180-day period unless he or she received written consent to do so from the Board or the Committee; provided further that the Board or
Committee may extend such exercise period (and related non-competition period) in its discretion, but in no event may such extended exercise period extend beyond the expiration date of the options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Disability
giving rise to the termination of employment is not within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor thereto, Incentive Stock Options not exercised by such participant within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment will cease to qualify as Incentive Stock Options and will be treated as Non-qualified Stock Options under the Plan if required to be so treated under the Code. 
 (ii) Retirement. If a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to perform other services for, the Company or any Subsidiary upon the occurrence of his or her Retirement, (A) all of
the participant’s options and SARs that were exercisable on the date of Retirement shall remain exercisable for, and shall otherwise terminate at the end of, a period of 90 days after the date of Retirement, but in no event after the expiration
date of the options or SARs; provided that the participant does not engage in Competition during such 90 day period unless he or she receives written consent to do so from the Board or the Committee; provided further that the Board or Committee may
extend such exercise period (and related non-competition period) in its discretion, but in no event may such extended exercise period extend beyond the expiration date of the options, and (B) all of the participant’s options and SARs that
were not exercisable on the date of Retirement shall be forfeited immediately upon such Retirement; provided, however, that such options and SARs may become fully vested and exercisable in whole or in part in the discretion of the Committee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incentive Stock Options not exercised by such participant within 90 days after Retirement will cease to qualify as Incentive Stock Options and will be treated as Non-qualified Stock Options under the Plan if required
to be so treated under the Code. 
 (iii) Discharge for Cause. If a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to
perform other services for, the Company or a Subsidiary due to Cause, all of the participant’s options and SARs shall expire and be forfeited immediately upon such cessation, whether or not then exercisable. 
 (iv) Other Termination. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to
otherwise perform services for, the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement or Cause, (A) all of the participant’s options and SARs that were exercisable on the date of such cessation shall remain
exercisable for, and shall otherwise terminate at the end of, a period of 90 days after the date of such cessation, but in no event after the expiration date of the options or SARs; provided that the participant does not engage in Competition during
such 90-day period unless he or she receives written consent to do so from the Board or the Committee; provided further that the Board or Committee may extend such exercise period (and related non-competition period) in its discretion, but in no
event may such extended exercise period extend beyond the expiration date of the options, and (B) all of the participant’s options and SARs that were not exercisable on the date of such cessation shall be forfeited immediately upon such
cessation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incentive Stock Options not exercised within 90 days after termination will cease to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated as a Non-qualified Stock Option under the Plan if required to be
so treated under the Code. 
 (v) Change in Control. If there is a Change in Control of the Company and a participant is terminated
other than for Cause from being a director, officer or employee of, or from performing other services for, the Company or a 








 
Subsidiary within one year after such Change in Control, all of the participant’s options and SARs shall become fully vested and exercisable upon such
termination and shall remain so for up to one year after the date of termination, but in no event after the expiration date of the options or SARs. In addition, the Committee shall have the authority to grant options and SARs that become fully
vested and exercisable automatically upon a Change in Control, whether or not the grantee is subsequently terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Incentive Stock Options not exercised within 90 days after a participant’s termination will
cease to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated as a Non-qualified Stock Option under the Plan if required to be so treated under the Code. 
 (f) Forfeiture. If a participant exercises any of his or her options and SARs and, within one year thereafter, either (i) is terminated from the Company or a Subsidiary for any of the reasons specified in
the definition of “Cause” set forth in Section 2(b), or (ii) engages in Competition without having received written consent to do so from the Board or the Committee, then the participant may, in the discretion of the Committee,
be required to pay the Company the gain represented by the difference between the aggregate selling price of the Shares acquired upon the exercise of options or SARs (or, if the Shares were not then sold, their aggregate Fair Market Value on the
date of exercise) and the aggregate exercise price of the options or SARs exercised (the “Option Gain”), without regard to any subsequent increase or decrease in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock. In addition, the Company may, in
its discretion, deduct from any payment of any kind (including salary or bonus) otherwise due to any such participant an amount equal to the Option Gain. 
 (g) Grant of Reload Options. The Committee may provide (either at the time of grant or exercise of an option), in its discretion, for the grant to a grantee who exercises all or any portion of an option
(“Exercised Options”) and who pays all or part of such exercise price with shares of Common Stock, of an additional option (a “Reload Option”) for a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum (the “Reload
Number”) of the number of shares of Common Stock tendered for the Exercised Options plus, if so provided by the Committee, the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, tendered by the grantee in connection with the exercise of the Exercised
Options to satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding requirements. The terms of each Reload Option, including the date of its expiration and the terms and conditions of its exercisability and transferability, shall be the same as the terms
of the Exercised Option to which it relates, except that (i) the grant date for each Reload Option shall be the date of exercise of the Exercised Option to which it relates and (ii) the exercise price for each Reload Option shall be the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the grant date of the Reload Option. 
 7. Stock Appreciation Rights. The Committee shall have the authority
to grant SARs under this Plan. SARs shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify; provided that (1) the exercise price of an SAR may never be less than the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to the SAR on the
date the SAR is granted, (2) the Shares are traded on an established securities market, and (3) no SAR may include any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the exercise of the SAR.

 Prior to the exercise of the SAR, the participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to Shares covered by such outstanding
SAR (including any dividend or voting rights). 
 Upon the exercise of an SAR, the participant shall be entitled to a distribution in an
amount equal to (A) the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the SAR multiplied by (B) the number of Shares as to which the SAR is exercised. 
 All SARs will be exercised automatically on the last day prior to the expiration date of the SAR so long as the Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock on that date exceeds the exercise price of the SAR. 
 8. Restricted Stock. 
 The Committee may at any time and from time to time grant Shares of restricted stock under the Plan to such participants and in such amounts as it
determines. Each grant of Shares of restricted stock shall specify the applicable restrictions on such Shares, the duration of such restrictions (which shall be at least six months except as otherwise determined by the Committee or provided in the
third paragraph of this Section 8), and the time or times at which such restrictions shall lapse with respect to all or a specified number of Shares that are part of the grant. 
 The participant will be required to pay the Company the aggregate par value of any Shares of restricted stock (or such larger amount as the Board may
determine to constitute capital under Section 154 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, or any successor thereto) within ten days of the date of grant, unless such Shares of restricted stock are treasury shares. Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee, certificates representing Shares of restricted stock granted under the Plan will be held in escrow by the Company on the participant’s behalf during any period of restriction thereon and will bear an appropriate
legend specifying the applicable restrictions thereon, and the participant will be required to execute a blank stock power therefor. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, during such period of restriction the 








 
participant shall have all of the rights of a holder of Common Stock, including but not limited to the rights to receive dividends (so long as such dividends
are paid by March 15 of the year following the year in which the participant’s right to receive the dividend vests) and to vote, and any stock or other securities received as a distribution with respect to such participant’s
restricted stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as then in effect for the restricted stock. 
 Except as otherwise provided by the
Committee, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to otherwise perform services for, the Company and its Subsidiaries due to death, Disability or Retirement during any period of restriction, all restrictions on Shares
of restricted stock granted to such participant shall lapse. At such time as a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise performing services for, the Company or its Subsidiaries for any other reason, all Shares of
restricted stock granted to such participant on which the restrictions have not lapsed shall be immediately forfeited to the Company. 
 If
there is a Change in Control of the Company and a participant is terminated other than for Cause from being a director, officer or employee of, or from performing other services for, the Company or a subsidiary within one year after such Change in
Control, all restrictions on Shares of restricted stock granted to such participant shall lapse. In addition, the Committee shall have the authority to grant shares of restricted stock with respect to which all restrictions shall lapse automatically
upon a Change in Control, whether or not the grantee is subsequently terminated. 
 9. Restricted Stock Units; Deferred Stock Units. 
 The Committee may at any time and from time to time grant restricted stock units under the Plan to such participants and in such amounts as it determines.
Each grant of restricted stock units shall specify the applicable restrictions on such units, the duration of such restrictions (which shall be at least six months except as otherwise determined by the Committee or provided in the third paragraph of
this Section 9), and the time or times at which such restrictions shall lapse with respect to all or a specified number of units that are part of the grant. 
 Each restricted stock unit shall be equivalent in value to one share of Common Stock and shall entitle the participant to receive from the Company at the end of the vesting period (the “Vesting Period”)
applicable to such unit one Share, unless the participant elects in a timely fashion to defer the receipt of such Shares, as provided below. Restricted stock units may be granted without payment of cash or consideration to the Company; provided that
participants shall be required to pay to the Company the aggregate par value of the Shares received from the Company within ten days of the issuance of such Shares unless such Shares are treasury shares. 
 Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, during the Vesting Period the participant shall not have any rights as a shareholder of the Company;
provided that the participant shall have the right to receive accumulated dividends (so long as such dividends are paid by March 15 of the year following the year in which the participant’s right to receive the dividend vests) or
distributions with respect to the corresponding number of shares of Common Stock underlying each restricted stock unit at the end of the Vesting Period, unless such restricted stock units are converted into deferred stock units, in which case such
accumulated dividends or distributions shall be paid by the Company to the participant at such time as the deferred stock units are converted into Shares. 
 Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to otherwise perform services for, the Company or any Subsidiary due to death, Disability or
Retirement during any Vesting Period, all restrictions on restricted stock units granted to such participant shall lapse and the participant shall then be entitled to receive payment in Shares with respect to the applicable restricted stock units.
At such time as a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise performing services for, the Company or any Subsidiary for any other reason, all restricted stock units granted to such participant on which the restrictions
have not lapsed shall be immediately forfeited to the Company. 
 If there is a Change in Control of the Company and a participant is
terminated other than for Cause from being a director, officer or employee of, or from performing other services for, the Company or any Subsidiary within one year after such Change in Control, all restrictions on restricted stock units granted to
such participant shall lapse. In addition, the Committee shall have the authority to grant restricted stock units with respect to which all restrictions shall lapse automatically upon a Change in Control, whether or not the grantee is subsequently
terminated. 
 A participant may elect by written notice to the Company, which notice must be made before the later of (i) the close of
the tax year preceding the year in which the restricted stock units are granted or (ii) 30 days of first becoming eligible to participate in the Plan (or, if earlier, the last day of the tax year in which the participant first becomes eligible
to participate in the plan) and on or prior to the date the restricted stock units are granted, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the Shares due with respect to the vesting of such restricted stock units; provided that the Committee may
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additional restrictions with respect to the time at which a participant may elect to defer receipt of Shares subject to the deferral election, and any other
terms with respect to a grant of restricted stock units to the extent the Committee deems necessary to enable the participant to defer recognition of income with respect to such units until the Shares underlying such units are issued or distributed
to the participant. Upon such deferral, the restricted stock units so deferred shall be converted into deferred stock units. Except as provided below, delivery of Shares with respect to deferred stock units shall be made at the end of the deferral
period set forth in the participant’s deferral election notice (the “Deferral Period”). Deferral Periods shall be no less than one year after the vesting date of the applicable restricted stock units. 
 Except as otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the written terms of a participant’s deferral election, during such Deferral Period
the participant shall not have any rights as a shareholder of the Company; provided that, the participant shall have the right to receive accumulated dividends or distributions with respect to the corresponding number of shares of Common Stock
underlying each deferred stock unit at the end of the Deferral Period when such deferred stock units are converted into Shares. 
 Except as
otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the written terms of a participant’s deferral election, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to otherwise perform services for, the Company or any Subsidiary
upon his or her death prior to the end of the Deferral Period, the participant shall receive payment in Shares in respect of such participant’s deferred stock units which would have matured or been earned at the end of such Deferral Period as
if the applicable Deferral Period had ended as of the date of such participant’s death. 
 Except as otherwise provided by the Committee
and set forth in the written terms of a participant’s deferral election, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to otherwise perform services for, the Company or any Subsidiary upon becoming disabled or Retirement
or for any other reason except termination for Cause prior to the end of the Deferral Period, the participant shall receive payment in Shares in respect of such participant’s deferred stock units at the end of the applicable Deferral Period or
on such accelerated basis as the Committee may determine, to the extent permitted by regulations issued under Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code. 
 Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to otherwise perform services for, the Company or any Subsidiary due to termination for Cause such participant shall
immediately forfeit any deferred stock units which would have matured or been earned at the end of the applicable Deferral Period. 
 Except
as otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in the written terms of a participant’s deferral election, in the event of a Change in Control that also constitutes a “change in the ownership or effective control of” the Company,
or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets” (in each case as determined under regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code), a participant shall receive payment in Shares
in respect of such participant’s deferred stock units which would have matured or been earned at the end of the applicable Deferral Period as if such Deferral Period had ended immediately prior to the Change in Control. 
 10. Performance Awards. 
 Performance awards may be
granted to participants at any time and from time to time as determined by the Committee. The Committee shall have complete discretion in determining the size and composition of performance awards granted to a participant. The period over which
performance is to be measured (a “performance cycle”) shall commence on the date specified by the Committee and shall end on the last day of a fiscal year specified by the Committee. Each performance award shall be paid no later than the
15th day of the third month immediately following the end of the first calendar year in which all of the conditions necessary to entitle the applicable participant to payment of such performance award have been satisfied, provided that, if
paying a performance award within such time frame would (i) be administratively impracticable due to events not foreseeable at the time the performance award was granted, or (ii) jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern, then the Company may delay payment of such performance award until the earliest time that payment would (i) not be administratively impracticable, or (ii) jeopardize the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. Such payment terms are intended to cause performance awards to satisfy the requirements for “short-term deferrals” set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the United States Treasury Regulations, and shall be interpreted
and applied in a manner consistent with such intention. Performance awards may include (i) specific dollar-value target awards, (ii) performance units, the value of each such unit being determined by the Committee at the time of
issuance, and/or (iii) performance Shares, the value of each such Share being equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock. 
 The value of each performance award may be fixed or it may be permitted to fluctuate based on a performance factor (e.g., return on equity) selected by the Committee. 







 The Committee shall establish performance goals and objectives for each performance cycle on the basis of
such criteria and objectives as the Committee may select from time to time, including, without limitation, the performance of the participant, the Company, one or more of its Subsidiaries or divisions or any combination of the foregoing. During any
performance cycle, the Committee shall have the authority to adjust the performance goals and objectives for such cycle for such reasons as it deems equitable. 
 The Committee shall determine the portion of each performance award that is earned by a participant on the basis of the Company’s performance over the performance cycle in relation to the performance goals for
such cycle. The earned portion of a performance award may be paid out in Shares, cash, Other Company Securities, or any combination thereof, as the Committee may determine. 
 Except as otherwise determined by the Committee with respect to cash awards, a participant must be a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise
perform services for, the Company or its Subsidiaries at the end of the performance cycle in order to be entitled to payment of a performance award issued in respect of such cycle; provided, however, that except as otherwise determined by the
Committee, if a participant ceases to be a director, officer or employee of, or to otherwise perform services for, the Company and its Subsidiaries upon his or her death, Retirement, or Disability prior to the end of the performance cycle, the
participant shall earn a proportionate portion of the performance award based upon the elapsed portion of the performance cycle and the Company’s performance over that portion of such cycle, provided that, with respect to any performance award
intended to qualify as “performance-based” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, payment of such portion of the performance award shall also be conditioned on satisfaction of the performance goals applicable to such performance
award. 
 In the event of a Change in Control, a participant shall earn no less than the portion of the performance award that the
participant would have earned if the applicable performance cycle(s) had terminated as of the date of the Change in Control. 
 11. Withholding Taxes.

 (a) Participant Election. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a participant may elect to deliver shares of Common Stock
(or have the Company withhold shares acquired upon exercise of an option or SAR or deliverable upon grant or vesting of restricted stock, as the case may be) to satisfy, in whole or in part, the amount the Company is required to withhold for taxes
in connection with the exercise of an option or SAR or the delivery of restricted stock upon grant or vesting, as the case may be. Such election must be made on or before the date the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. Once made, the
election shall be irrevocable. The fair market value of the shares to be withheld or delivered will be the Fair Market Value as of the date the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. In the event a participant elects to deliver or have the
Company withhold shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 11(a), such delivery or withholding must be made subject to the conditions and pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 6(b) with respect to the delivery or
withholding of Common Stock in payment of the exercise price of options. 
 (b) Company Requirement. The Company may require, as a
condition to any grant or exercise under the Plan or to the delivery of certificates for Shares issued hereunder, that the grantee make provision for the payment to the Company, either pursuant to Section 11(a) or this Section 11(b), of
federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any grant or delivery of Shares. The Company, to the extent permitted or required by law, shall have the right to deduct from any payment of any kind (including
salary or bonus) otherwise due to a grantee, an amount equal to any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any grant or delivery of Shares under the Plan. 
 12. Written Agreement; Vesting. 
 Unless the Committee
determines otherwise, each participant to whom a grant is made under the Plan shall enter into a written agreement with the Company that shall contain such provisions, including without limitation vesting requirements, consistent with the provisions
of the Plan, as may be approved by the Committee. Unless the Committee determines otherwise and except as otherwise provided in Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in connection with a Change in Control or certain occurrences of termination, no grant under
this Plan may be exercised, and no restrictions relating thereto may lapse, within six months of the date such grant is made. 
 13. Transferability.

 Unless the Committee determines otherwise, no award granted under the Plan shall be transferable by a participant other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution or to a participant’s Family Member by gift or a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, an option or SAR may be 








 
exercised only by the optionee or grantee thereof; by his or her Family Member if such person has acquired the option or SAR by gift or qualified domestic
relations order; by the executor or administrator of the estate of any of the foregoing or any person to whom the option or SAR is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution; or by the guardian or legal representative of any of the
foregoing; provided that Incentive Stock Options may be exercised by any Family Member, guardian or legal representative only if permitted by the Code and any regulations thereunder. All provisions of this Plan shall in any event continue to apply
to any award granted under the Plan and transferred as permitted by this Section 13, and any transferee of any such award shall be bound by all provisions of this Plan as and to the same extent as the applicable original grantee. 
 14. Listing, Registration and Qualification. 
 If the
Committee determines that the listing, registration or qualification upon any securities exchange or under any law of Shares subject to any option, SAR, performance award, restricted stock unit, deferred stock unit or restricted stock grant is
necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of same or the issue or purchase of Shares thereunder, no such option or SAR may be exercised in whole or in part, no such performance award may be paid out, and no Shares
may be issued, unless such listing, registration or qualification is effected free of any conditions not acceptable to the Committee. 
 15. Transfer of
Employee. 
 The transfer of an employee from the Company to a Subsidiary, from a Subsidiary to the Company, or from one Subsidiary to
another shall not be considered a termination of employment; nor shall it be considered a termination of employment if an employee is placed on military or sick leave or such other leave of absence which is considered by the Committee as continuing
intact the employment relationship. 
 16. Adjustments. 
 In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, combination of Shares, merger, consolidation, distribution of assets, or any other change in the corporate structure or shares of the
Company, the Committee shall make such adjustment as it deems appropriate in the number and kind of Shares or other property available for issuance under the Plan (including, without limitation, the total number of Shares available for issuance
under the Plan pursuant to Section 4), in the number and kind of options, SARs, Shares, restricted stock units, deferred stock units or other property covered by grants previously made under the Plan, and in the exercise price of outstanding
options or SARS; provided, however, that the Committee shall not be required to make any adjustment that would (i) require the inclusion of any compensation deferred pursuant to provisions of the Plan (or an award thereunder) in a
participant’s gross income pursuant to Section 409A of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder from time to time and/or (ii) cause any award made pursuant to the Plan to be treated as providing for the deferral of compensation
pursuant to such Code section and regulations. Any such adjustment shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan. In the event of any merger, consolidation or other reorganization in which the Company is not the surviving or
continuing corporation or in which a Change in Control is to occur, all of the Company’s obligations regarding awards that were granted hereunder and that are outstanding on the date of such event shall, on such terms as may be approved by the
Committee prior to such event, be (a) canceled in exchange for cash or other property (but, with respect to vested deferred stock units, only if such merger, consolidation, other reorganization, or Change in Control constitutes a “change
in ownership or effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion” of the Company’s assets, as determined pursuant to regulations issued under Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code) or
(b) assumed by the surviving or continuing corporation. 
 Without limitation of the foregoing, in connection with any transaction of
the type specified by clause (iii) of the definition of a Change in Control in Section 2(c), the Committee may, in its discretion, (i) cancel any or all outstanding options under the Plan in consideration for payment to the holders
thereof of an amount equal to the portion of the consideration that would have been payable to such holders pursuant to such transaction if their options had been fully exercised immediately prior to such transaction, less the aggregate exercise
price that would have been payable therefor, or (ii) if the amount that would have been payable to the option holders pursuant to such transaction if their options had been fully exercised immediately prior thereto would be equal to or less
than the aggregate exercise price that would have been payable therefor, cancel any or all such options for no consideration or payment of any kind. Payment of any amount payable pursuant to the preceding sentence may be made in cash or, in the
event that the consideration to be received in such transaction includes securities or other property, in cash and/or securities or other property in the Committee’s discretion. The Committee may (but shall not be required to) impose
limitations on the time or times at which any of those amounts are paid to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of penalties under Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code on the payments. 







 17. Amendment and Termination of the Plan. 
 The Board of Directors or the Committee, without approval of the stockholders, may amend or terminate the Plan, except that no amendment shall become
effective without prior approval of the stockholders of the Company if stockholder approval would be required by applicable law or regulations or by any listing requirement of the principal stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed.

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, and in addition to the powers of amendment set forth in this Section 17 and
Section 18 hereof or otherwise, the provisions hereof and the provisions of any award made hereunder may be amended unilaterally by the Committee from time to time to the extent necessary (and only to the extent necessary) to prevent the
implementation, application or existence (as the case may be) of any such provision from (i) requiring the inclusion of any compensation deferred pursuant to the provisions of the Plan (or an award thereunder) in a participant’s gross
income pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, and the regulations issued thereunder from time to time and/or (ii) inadvertently causing any award hereunder to be treated as providing for the deferral of compensation pursuant to such Code
section and regulations. 
 18. Amendment or Substitution of Awards under the Plan. 
 The terms of any outstanding award under the Plan may be amended from time to time by the Committee in its discretion in any manner that it deems
appropriate, including, but not limited to, acceleration of the date of exercise of any award and/or payments thereunder or of the date of lapse of restrictions on Shares (but only to the extent permitted by regulations issued under
Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code); provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 16, no such amendment shall adversely affect in a material manner any right of a participant under the award without his or her written consent, and
provided further that the Committee shall not reduce the exercise price of any options or SARs awarded under the Plan without approval of the stockholders of the Company. The Committee may, in its discretion, permit holders of awards under the Plan
to surrender outstanding awards in order to exercise or realize rights under other awards, or in exchange for the grant of new awards, or require holders of awards to surrender outstanding awards as a condition precedent to the grant of new awards
under the Plan, but only if such surrender, exercise, realization, exchange, or grant (a) would not constitute a distribution of deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code or (b) constitutes a distribution of
deferred compensation that is permitted under regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code. 
 19. Commencement Date; Termination
Date. 
 The date of commencement of the Plan shall be the date on which the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-140127) is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If required by the Code, the Plan will also be subject to reapproval by the shareholders of the Company prior to the time required under the Code. 
 Unless previously terminated upon the adoption of a resolution of the Board terminating the Plan, the Plan shall terminate at the close of business on
the ten year anniversary of the date on which the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-140127) is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. No termination of the Plan shall materially and adversely
affect any of the rights or obligations of any person, without his or her written consent, under any grant of options or other incentives theretofore granted under the Plan. 
 20. Severability 
 Whenever possible, each provision of the Plan shall be interpreted in such manner
as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of the Plan is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of the Plan. 
 21. Governing Law. 
 The Plan shall be governed by the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law provisions that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive
law of another jurisdiction.