exv10w1






Exhibit 10.1




APPENDIX A




PFSWEB, INC. 2005 EMPLOYEE STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN




     WHEREAS, PFSweb, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) has adopted that certain 1999
Employee Stock Option Plan (the “1999 Plan”); and



     WHEREAS, the Company has authorized and adopted the 2005 Employee Stock and Incentive Plan, as
an amendment and restatement of the 1999 Plan (as so amended and restated, the Plan”); and



     WHEREAS, subject to the requisite approval of the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s
2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Company has authorized and adopted certain amendments to
the Plan;



     NOW, THEREFORE, in order to implement and effectuate said amendments, the Plan, as so amended,
shall read as follows:



ARTICLE 1

PURPOSE




     1.1. GENERAL. The PFSweb, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock and Incentive Plan is designed to
focus management on business performance that creates stockholder value; encourage innovative
approaches to the business of the Company; reward for results; and encourage ownership of Company
common stock by management.



ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS




     2.1. DEFINITIONS. As used herein the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:



     (a) “Affiliate” means (i) any Subsidiary or Parent, or (ii) any entity of which the Company
owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10% of more of the outstanding shares of stock entitled
to vote for the election of directors, or of comparable equity participation and voting power.



     (b) “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted
Stock Unit Award, Deferred Stock Unit Award, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent Award, Other
Stock-Based Award, Performance-Based Cash Awards, or any other right or interest relating to Stock
or cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan. A “Full-Value Award” means an Award other than
in the form of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, and which is settled by the issuance of
Shares.



     (c) “Award Certificate” means a written document, in such form as the Committee prescribes
from time to time, setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award. Award Certificates may be in
the form of individual award agreements or certificates or a program document describing the terms
and provisions of an Awards or series of Awards under the Plan.



     (d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.



     (e) “Cause” means, with respect to a Participant’s termination of employment or termination of
consultancy, the following: (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement, consulting
agreement, change in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an
Affiliate and the Participant at the time of determination (or such an agreement does not define
“cause” (or words of like import)), (i) a Participant’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with
regard to the Company or an Affiliate or their assets, (ii) a Participant’s misappropriation or
fraud with regard to the Company or an Affiliate or their assets (other than good-faith expense
account disputes), (iii) a Participant’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform the
Participant’s duties (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or
mental illness), which is not remedied within 10 days of delivery of notice to the Participant
thereof, (iv) a Participant’s conviction of, or the pleading of
guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or criminal offense punishable by a term of
imprisonment (other than a traffic violation), or (v) the Participant’s willful violation of any
written policy of the Company or an Affiliate or breach of



 









 







any confidentiality or non-competition
covenant entered into between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate; or (b) in the case
where there is an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement or
similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of
determination that defines “cause” (or words of like import), “cause” as defined under such
agreement; provided, however, that with regard to any agreement under which the definition of
“cause” only applies on occurrence of a Change in Control, such definition of “cause” shall not
apply until a Change in Control actually takes place and then only with regard to a termination
thereafter, and prior to a Change in Control “cause” shall be defined as provided in subsection (a)
above. With respect to a Participant’s termination of directorship, “cause” means an act or failure
to act that constitutes cause for removal of a director under applicable Delaware law. The
determination of the Committee as to the existence of “Cause” shall be conclusive on the
Participant and the Company.



     (f) “Change in Control” unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the applicable Award
Certificate, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred after the Effective Date:



     (1) upon any “person” as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act (other
than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan
of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by all of the stockholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Stock of the Company), becoming
the owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
Company’s then outstanding securities (including, without limitation, securities owned at the time
of any increase in ownership);



     (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than (x) a director designated by a person
who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph
(i) or (iii) of this section, or (y) a director whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of either an actual or threatened election contest (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board) whose election by the Board
or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the
two-year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (the
“Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;



     (iii) upon the merger or consolidation of the Company with, or the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to, any other corporation or other entity, in each
case, unless, following such merger, consolidation or sale (A) the voting securities of the Company
outstanding immediately prior thereto continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving or purchasing entity (the “Surviving
Entity”)) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of
the Company or the Surviving Entity outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or
sale; and (B) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving Entity
were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of
the Board, providing for such merger, consolidation or sale; or



     (iv) upon the approval by the Company’s stockholders of a plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company.



     Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Awards that constitute a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A(d) of the Code, Change in Control shall have
the same meaning as set forth in any regulations, revenue procedure or revenue rulings issued by
the Secretary of the United States Treasury applicable to such plans.



     (g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and includes
a reference to the underlying final regulations.



     (h) “Committee” means the committee of the Board described in Article 4.



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     (i) “Company” means PFSweb, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor corporation.



     (j) “Continuous Status as a Participant” means the absence of any interruption or termination
of service as an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any Affiliate, as
applicable; provided, however, that for purposes of an Incentive Stock Option, or a Stock
Appreciation Right issued in tandem with an Incentive Stock Option, “Continuous Status as a
Participant” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an employee of the
Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, as applicable, pursuant to applicable tax regulations.
Continuous Status as a Participant shall continue to the extent provided in a written severance or
employment agreement during any period for which severance compensation payments are made to an
employee, officer, consultant or director and shall not be considered interrupted in the case of
any short-term disability or leave of absence authorized in writing by the Company prior to its
commencement; provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may
exceed 90 days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or
contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so
guaranteed, on the 91st day of such leave any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall
cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a
Nonstatutory Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Awards that constitute a
nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A(d) of the Code,
Continuous Status as a Participant shall mean the absence of any “separation from service” or
similar concept as set forth in any regulations, revenue procedure or revenue rulings issued by the
Secretary of the United States Treasury applicable to such plans.



     (k) “Covered Employee” means a covered employee as defined in Code Section 162(m)(3).



     (l) “Deferred Stock Unit” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 11.



     (m) “Disability” or “Disabled” has the same meaning as provided in the long-term disability
plan or policy maintained by the Company or if applicable, most recently maintained, by the Company
or if applicable, an Affiliate, for the Participant, whether or not such Participant actually
receives disability benefits under such plan or policy. If no long-term disability plan or policy
was ever maintained on behalf of Participant or if the determination of Disability relates to an
Incentive Stock Option, or a Stock Appreciation Right issued in tandem with an Incentive Stock
Option, Disability means Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
In the event of a dispute, the determination whether a Participant is Disabled will be made by the
Committee and may be supported by the advice of a physician competent in the area to which such
Disability relates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Awards that constitute a nonqualified
deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A(d) of the Code, Disability shall have
the same meaning as set forth in any regulations, revenue procedure or revenue rulings issued by
the Secretary of the United States Treasury applicable to such plans.



     (n) “Dividend Equivalent” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 12.



     (o) “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 3.1.



     (p) “Eligible Participant” means an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company
or any Affiliate.



     (q) “Exchange” means the Nasdaq National Market, Small Cap Market or any other national
securities exchange on which the Stock may from time to time be listed or traded.



     (r) “Fair Market Value”, on any date, means (i) if the Stock is listed on a securities
exchange or is traded over the Nasdaq Capital Market, the closing sales price on such exchange or
over such system on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales
price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported, or (ii) if the Stock is not
listed on a securities exchange or traded over the Nasdaq Capital Market, the mean between the bid
and offered prices as quoted by Nasdaq for such date, provided that if it is determined that the
fair market value is not properly reflected by such Nasdaq quotations, Fair Market Value will be
determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable.



     (s) “Good Reason” means, with respect to a Participant’s termination of employment or
termination of consultancy, the following: (a) in the case where there is no employment agreement,
consulting agreement, change



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in control agreement or similar agreement in effect between the
Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time of determination (or such an agreement does
not define “good reason” (or words of like import)), without the Participant’s consent: (i) a
reduction in the Participant’s base salary as then in effect, or (ii) a material reduction,
measured in terms of aggregate value rather than on an individual benefit basis, of employee
benefits to which the Participant is entitled (other than an overall reduction in benefits that
affects substantially all full-time employees of the Company and its Affiliates); provided that any
event described in clause (i) or (ii) above shall constitute Good Reason only if the Company fails
to cure such event within 20 days after receipt from the Participant of written notice of the event
which constitutes Good Reason; and provided, further, that Good Reason shall cease to exist for an
event on the 60th day following the later of its occurrence or the Participant’s knowledge thereof,
unless the Participant has given the Company written notice thereof prior to such date; or (b) in
the case where there is an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement
or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant at the time
of determination that defines “good reason” (or words of like import), “good reason” as defined
under such agreement; provided, however, that with regard to any agreement under which the
definition of “good reason” only applies on occurrence of a Change in Control, such definition of
“good reason” shall not apply until a Change in Control actually takes place and then only with
regard to a termination thereafter, and prior to a change in control “good reason” shall be defined
as provided in subsection (a) above.



     (t) “Grant Date” of an Award means the first date on which all necessary corporate action has
been taken to approve the grant of the Award as provided in the Plan, or such later date as is
determined and specified as part of that authorization process.



     (u) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to be an incentive stock option
and meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.



     (v) “Non-Employee Director” means a director of the Company who is not a common law employee
of the Company or an Affiliate.



     (w) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.



     (x) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 of the Plan to purchase
Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive
Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option.



     (y) “Other Stock-Based Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Article 13, that
relates to or is valued by reference to Stock or other Awards relating to Stock.



     (z) “Parent” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity which
owns or beneficially owns a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the
Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Parent shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code.



     (aa) “Participant” means a person who, as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the
Company or any Affiliate, has been granted an Award under the Plan; provided that in the case of
the death of a Participant, the term “Participant” refers to a beneficiary designated pursuant to
Section 15.5 or the legal guardian or other legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on
behalf of the Participant under applicable state law.



     (bb) “Performance Award” means Performance Shares, Performance Units or Performance-Based Cash
Awards granted pursuant to Article 9.



     (cc) “Performance-Based Cash Award” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to
a cash award to be paid upon achievement of such performance goals as the Committee establishes
with regard to such Award.



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     (dd) “Performance Share” means any right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to a share
to be valued by reference to a designated number of Shares to be paid upon achievement of such
performance goals as the Committee establishes with regard to such Performance Share.



     (ee) “Performance Unit” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to a unit
valued by reference to a designated amount of cash or property other than Shares, to be paid to the
Participant upon achievement of such performance goals as the Committee establishes with regard to
such Performance Unit.



     (ff) “Person” means any individual, entity or group, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of
the 1934 Act and as used in Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act.



     (gg) “Plan” means this PFSweb, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock and Incentive Plan, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.



     (hh) “Qualified Performance-Based Award” means an Award granted to an officer of the Company
that is either (i) intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption and is made subject to
performance goals based on Qualified Business Criteria as set forth in Section 14.2, or (ii) an
Option or SAR having an exercise price equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value of the
underlying Stock as of the Grant Date.



     (ii) “Qualified Business Criteria” means one or more of the Business Criteria listed in
Section 14.2 upon which performance goals for certain Qualified Performance-Based Awards may be
established by the Committee.



     (jj) “Restricted Stock Award” means Stock granted to a Participant under Article 10 that is
subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.



     (kk) “Restricted Stock Unit Award” means the right granted to a Participant under Article 10
to receive Shares (or the equivalent value in cash or other property) in the future, which right is
subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.



     (ll) “Retirement” means a Participant’s voluntary termination of employment or consultancy at
or after age sixty-five (65) or such earlier retirement date as may be approved by the Committee
with regard to such Participant. With respect to a Participant’s termination of service as a
director, Retirement means the failure to stand for reelection or other retirement as a director
after a Participant has attained age sixty-five (65) or such earlier retirement date as may be
approved by the Committee with regard to such Participant.



     (mm) “Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility
imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code or any
successor provision thereto.



     (nn) “Shares” means shares of the Company’s Stock. If there has been an adjustment or
substitution pursuant to Section 16.1, the term “Shares” shall also include any shares of stock or
other securities that are substituted for Shares or into which Shares are adjusted pursuant to
Section 16.1.



     (oo) “Stock” means the common stock of the Company and such other securities of the Company as
may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Article 16.



     (pp) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Participant under Article
8 to receive a payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the
date of exercise of the SAR over the grant price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article
8.



     (qq) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other
entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned
directly or indirectly by the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive
Stock Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the Code.



     (rr) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.



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     (ss) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.



ARTICLE 3

EFFECTIVE DATE




     3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall be effective as of June 10, 2005 (the “Effective
Date”). No further grants may be made under this Plan after December 31, 2014.



ARTICLE 4

ADMINISTRATION




     4.1. COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by the Board
(which Committee shall consist of at least two directors) or, at the discretion of the Board from
time to time, the Plan may be administered by the Board. Unless otherwise designated by the Board,
the Compensation Committee of the Board shall serve as the Committee administering the Plan. The
Board may reserve to itself any or all of the authority and responsibility of the Committee under
the Plan or may act as administrator of the Plan for any and all purposes. To the extent the Board
has reserved any authority and responsibility or during any time that the Board is acting as
administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any
reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Board. To the
extent any action of the Board under the Plan conflicts with actions taken by the Committee, the
actions of the Board shall control.



     4.2. ACTION AND INTERPRETATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE. For purposes of administering the
Plan, the Committee may from time to time adopt rules, regulations, guidelines and procedures for
carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not
inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Committee’s interpretation
of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Certificate and all decisions and
determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all
parties. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or
other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any
Affiliate, the Company’s or an Affiliate’s independent certified public accountants, Company
counsel or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to
assist in the administration of the Plan.



     4.3. AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE. Except as provided below, the Committee has the
exclusive power, authority and discretion to: (a) grant Awards; (b) designate Participants; (c)
determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant; (d) determine the number
of Awards to be granted and the number of Shares or dollar amount to which an Award will relate;
(e) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan, including but not
limited to, the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on
the Award, any schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability
of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, based in each case on such considerations as the
Committee in its sole discretion determines; (f) determine whether, to what extent, and under what
circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in, cash,
Stock, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered; (g)
prescribe the form of each Award Certificate, which need not be identical for each Participant; (h)
decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award; (i) establish, adopt
or revise any rules, regulations, guidelines or procedures as it may deem necessary or advisable to
administer the Plan; (j) make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the
Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan; (k) amend the Plan or
any Award Certificate as provided herein; and (l) adopt such modifications, procedures, and
subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S.
jurisdictions in which the Company or any Affiliate may operate, in order to assure the viability
of the benefits of Awards granted to participants located in such other jurisdictions and to meet
the objectives of the Plan.



     Notwithstanding the above, the Board or the Committee may, by resolution, expressly delegate
to a special committee, consisting of one or more directors who are also officers of the Company,
the authority, within specified parameters, to (i) designate Eligible Participants to be recipients
of Awards under the Plan, and (ii) to determine the number of such Awards to be granted to any such
Participants; provided that such delegation of duties and responsibilities to such special
committee may not be made with respect to the grant of Awards to eligible



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participants (a) who are subject to Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act at the Grant Date, or (b)
who as of the Grant Date are reasonably anticipated to be become Covered Employees during the term
of the Award. The acts of such delegates shall be treated hereunder as acts of the Board and such
delegates shall report regularly to the Board or the Committee regarding the delegated duties and
responsibilities and any Awards so granted.



     4.4. AWARD CERTIFICATES. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate. Each
Award Certificate shall include such provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be
specified by the Committee.



ARTICLE 5

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN




     5.1. NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 5.2 and 16.1,
the aggregate number of Shares reserved and available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under
the Plan shall be 2,808,580. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon exercise of
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be the number determined in the preceding
sentence.



     5.2. SHARE COUNTING.



     (a) To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or lapses for
any reason, any unissued Shares from such Award will again be available for issuance pursuant to
Awards granted under the Plan.



     (b) For purposes of computing how many Shares remain available for Awards under the Plan, each
Share that is granted in a Full-Value Award will be counted against the Share limit set forth in
Section 5.1 as 1.14 Shares. To the extent that a Full Value Award is canceled, terminates, expires,
is forfeited or lapses for any reason, any unissued Shares from such Award will again be available
for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan at the rate of 1.14 Shares.



     (c) The following Shares may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the
Plan: (i) Shares not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Stock
Appreciation right or Option, (ii) Shares used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes
related to an outstanding Award, or (iii) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds
of the Option exercise price.



     (d) Substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 15.13 of the Plan shall not count against
the Shares otherwise available for issuance under the Plan under Section 5.1.



     5.3. STOCK DISTRIBUTED. Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in
whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock or treasury Stock.



     5.4. LIMITATION ON AWARDS. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the
contrary (but subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16.1), the maximum number of Shares with
respect to one or more Options and/or SARs that may be granted during any one calendar year under
the Plan to any one Participant shall be 250,000. The maximum aggregate grant with respect to
Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Deferred Stock Units, Performance Shares or
other Stock-Based Awards (other than Options or SARs) granted in any one calendar year to any one
Participant shall be 250,000. The aggregate dollar value of any Performance-Based Cash Award or
other cash-based award that may be paid to any one Participant during any one calendar year under
the Plan shall be $2,500,000.



ARTICLE 6

ELIGIBILITY




     6.1. GENERAL. Awards may be granted only to Eligible Participants; except as limited
for Incentive Stock Options under Section 7.2 (g).



ARTICLE 7

STOCK OPTIONS




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     7.1. GENERAL. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the
following terms and conditions:



     (a) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share under an Option shall be determined by the
Committee; provided, however, that the exercise price of an Option (other than an Option issued as
a substitute Award pursuant to Section 15.13) shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of
the Grant Date.



     (b) Time and Conditions of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which
an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, subject to Section 7.1(d). The Committee shall also
determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of
an Option may be exercised or vested.



     (c) Payment. The Committee shall determine the methods by which the exercise price of an
Option may be paid, the form of payment, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, or other
property (including “cashless exercise” arrangements), and the methods by which Shares shall be
delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, subject, however, to compliance with
applicable law.



     (d) Exercise Term. In no event may any Option be exercisable for more than ten years from the
Grant Date.



     7.2. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted under
the Plan must comply with the following additional rules:



     (a) Exercise Price. The exercise price of an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than the
Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date.



     (b) Lapse Of Option. Subject to any earlier termination provision contained in the Award
Certificate, an Incentive Stock Option shall lapse upon the earliest of the following
circumstances; provided, however, that the Committee may, prior to the lapse of the Incentive Stock
Option under the circumstances described in subsections (3), (4) or (5) below, provide in writing
that the Option will extend until a later date, but if an Option is so extended and is exercised
after the dates specified in subsections (3) and (4) below, it will automatically become a
Nonstatutory Stock Option:




	 	(1)	 	The expiration date set forth in the Award Certificate.
	 
	 	(2)	 	The tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.
	 
	 	(3)	 	Three months after termination of the Participant’s Continuous Status as a
Participant for any reason other than the Participant’s Disability or death.
	 
	 	(4)	 	One year after the Participant’s Continuous Status as a Participant by reason
of the Participant’s Disability.
	 
	 	(5)	 	One year after the Participant’s death if the Participant dies while employed,
or during the three-month period described in paragraph (3) or during the one-year
period described in paragraph (4) and before the Option otherwise lapses.





     Unless the exercisability of the Incentive Stock Option is accelerated as provided in Article
15, if a Participant exercises an Option after termination of employment, the Option may be
exercised only with respect to the Shares that were otherwise vested on the Participant’s
termination of employment. Upon the Participant’s death, any exercisable Incentive Stock Options
may be exercised by the Participant’s beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 15.5.



     (c) Individual Dollar Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant
Date) of all Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a
Participant in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.00.



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     (d) Ten Percent Owners. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any individual who, at
the Grant Date, owns stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary unless the exercise price per share
of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share at the Grant Date and the Option
expires no later than five years after the Grant Date.



     (e) Expiration of Authority to Grant Incentive Stock Options. No Incentive Stock Option may be
granted pursuant to the Plan after the day immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of the
Effective Date of the Plan, or the termination of the Plan, if earlier.



     (f) Right To Exercise. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Incentive Stock Option may be
exercised only by the Participant or, in the case of the Participant’s Disability, by the
Participant’s guardian or legal representative.



     (g) Eligible Grantees. The Committee may not grant an Incentive Stock Option to a person who
is not at the Grant Date an employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary.



ARTICLE 8

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS




     8.1. GRANT OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Stock
Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and conditions:



     (a) Right To Payment. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant to whom
it is granted has the right to receive upon exercise, a payment in cash or Shares equal to the
excess, if any, of:




	 	(1)	 	The Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise; over
	 
	 	(2)	 	The base value of the Stock Appreciation Right as determined by the Committee,
which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on the Grant Date
(unless the SAR is granted in tandem with an Option after the Grant Date of the Option,
in which case, the base price of the SAR may equal the exercise price of the related
Option even if less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on the Grant Date of the
SAR).





     (b) Other Terms. The terms, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, form of consideration
payable in settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be
determined by the Committee.



ARTICLE 9

PERFORMANCE AWARDS




     9.1. GRANT OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee is authorized to grant Performance
Shares, Performance Units or Performance-Based Cash Awards to Participants on such terms and
conditions as may be selected by the Committee.



     9.2. PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee may establish performance goals for
Performance Awards which may be based on any criteria selected by the Committee. Such performance
goals may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or in terms of objectives that relate to
the performance of the Participant, an Affiliate or a division, region, department or function
within the Company or an Affiliate. If the Committee determines that a change in the business,
operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company or the manner in which the
Company or an Affiliate conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render performance
goals to be unsuitable, the Committee may modify such performance goals in whole or in part, as the
Committee deems appropriate. If a Participant is promoted, demoted or transferred to a different
business unit or function during a performance period, the Committee may determine that the
performance goals or performance period are no longer appropriate and may (i) adjust, change or
eliminate the performance goals or the applicable performance period as it deems appropriate to
make such goals and period comparable to the initial goals and period, or (ii) make a cash payment
to the participant in amount determined by the Committee. The foregoing two



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sentences shall not apply with respect to a Performance Award that is intended to be a
Qualified Performance-Based Award.



     9.3. RIGHT TO PAYMENT. The grant of a Performance Share to a Participant will
entitle the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified number of Shares, or the
equivalent cash value, if the performance goals established by the Committee are achieved and the
other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The grant of a Performance Unit to a Participant
will entitle the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified dollar value, which
may be settled in cash or other property, including Shares, variable under conditions specified in
the Award, if the performance goals in the Award are achieved and the other terms and conditions
thereof are satisfied. The grant of a Performance-Based Cash Award to a Participant will entitle
the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified dollar value in cash variable
under conditions specified in the Award, if the performance goals in the Award are achieved and the
other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The Committee shall set performance goals and
other terms or conditions to payment of the Performance Awards in its discretion which, depending
on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value of the Performance Awards that will
be paid to the Participant.



     9.4. OTHER TERMS. The terms, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, form of
consideration payable in settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Performance Awards
shall be determined by the Committee. For purposes of determining the number of Shares to be used
in payment of a Performance Award denominated in cash but payable in whole or in part in Shares or
Restricted Stock, the number of Shares to be so paid will be determined by dividing the cash value
of the Award to be so paid by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of determination by the
Committee of the amount of the payment under the Award, or, if the Committee so directs, the date
immediately preceding the date the Award is paid.



ARTICLE 10

RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS




     10.1. GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS. The Committee is
authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to Participants in such
amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee, subject to
Section 5.4.



     10.2. ISSUANCE AND RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be
subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose
(including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to
receive dividends on the Restricted Stock or dividend equivalents on the Restricted Stock Units)
covering a period of time specified by the Committee (the “Restriction Period”). These restrictions
may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such
installments, upon the satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines
at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter. Except as otherwise provided in an Award
Certificate, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the
Restricted Stock, and the Participant shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with respect
to Restricted Stock Units until such time as Shares of Stock are paid in settlement of the
Restricted Stock Units.



     10.3. FORFEITURE. Except as provided in an Award Certificate or otherwise determined
by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, immediately after termination
of Continuous Status as a Participant during the applicable Restriction Period or upon failure to
satisfy a performance goal during the applicable Restriction Period, Restricted Stock or Restricted
Stock Units that are at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited.



     10.4. DELIVERY OF RESTRICTED STOCK. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to
the Participant at the time of grant either by book-entry registration or by delivering to the
Participant, or a custodian or escrow agent (including, without limitation, the Company or one or
more of its employees) designated by the Committee, a stock certificate or certificates registered
in the name of the Participant. If physical certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock
are registered in the name of the Participant, such certificates must bear an appropriate legend
referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.



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ARTICLE 11

DEFERRED STOCK UNITS




     11.1. GRANT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS. The Committee is authorized to grant Deferred
Stock Units to Participants subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the
Committee. Deferred Stock Units shall entitle the Participant to receive Shares of Stock (or the
equivalent value in cash or other property if so determined by the Committee) at a future time as
determined by the Committee, or as determined by the Participant within guidelines established by
the Committee in the case of voluntary deferral elections.



ARTICLE 12

DIVIDEND AND INTEREST EQUIVALENTS




     12.1. GRANT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend
Equivalents to Participants subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the
Committee. Dividend Equivalents shall entitle the Participant to receive payments equal in value to
the cash dividends that would have been paid with respect to all or a portion of the number of
Shares subject to any Award, if such Shares had been outstanding, as determined by the Committee.
The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents be paid or distributed when accrued or be
deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or units equivalent to Shares, or otherwise
reinvested.



     12.2 GRANT OF INTEREST EQUIVALENTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Interest
Equivalents to Participants subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the
Committee. Interest Equivalents shall entitle the Participant to receive payments equal to a stated
rate of return on the value of an outstanding Award, as determined by the Committee. The Committee
may provide that Interest Equivalents be paid or distributed when accrued or be deemed to have been
reinvested in additional Shares or units equivalent to Shares, or otherwise reinvested.



     12.3 NO PAYMENT. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Dividend Equivalents or Interest
Equivalents may be paid until such time as the applicable performance goal(s) in respect of the
Award thereof is achieved.



ARTICLE 13

STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS




     13.1. GRANT OF STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. The Committee is authorized,
subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that are
payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to Shares
or other property, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan,
including without limitation Shares awarded purely as a “bonus” and not subject to any restrictions
or conditions, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or
exchangeable into Shares, and Awards valued by reference to book value of Shares or the value of
securities of or the performance of specified Parents or Affiliates (“Other Stock-Based Awards”).
Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of
other Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such
Other Stock-Based Awards.



ARTICLE 14

QUALIFIED PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS




     14.1. OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The provisions of the Plan are intended
to ensure that all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder to any Covered Employee
shall qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption.



     14.2. OTHER AWARDS. When granting an Award other than an Option or a Stock
Appreciation Right, the Committee may designate such Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award,
based upon a determination that the recipient is or may be a Covered Employee with respect to such
Award, and the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. If an Award
is so designated, the Committee shall establish performance goals for such Award within the time
period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code based on one or more of the following Qualified
Business Criteria, which may be expressed in terms of Company-wide objectives or in terms of
objectives that relate to the performance of an Affiliate or a division, region, department,
function or



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combination thereof within the Company or an Affiliate: revenue; sales; profit (net profit,
gross profit, operating profit, economic profit, profit margins or other corporate profit
measures); earnings (EBIT, EBITDA, earnings per share, or other corporate earnings measures); net
income (before or after taxes, operating income or other income measures); cash (cash flow, cash
generation or other cash measures); stock price or performance; total stockholder return (stock
price appreciation plus reinvested dividends divided by beginning share price); return measures
(including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, equity, or sales, and cash flow return
on assets, capital, equity, or sales); market share; improvements in capital structure; expenses
(expense management, expense ratio, expense efficiency ratios or other expense measures); business
expansion or consolidation (acquisitions and divestitures); internal rate of return or increase in
net present value; working capital targets relating to inventory and/or accounts receivable; or
planning accuracy (as measured by comparing planned results to actual results).



     Performance goals with respect to the foregoing Qualified Business Criteria may be specified
in absolute terms, in percentages, or in terms of growth from period to period or growth rates over
time, as well as measured relative to an established or specially-created performance index of
Company competitors or peers. Any member of a specially-created performance index that undergoes a
corporate event or transaction of a kind described in Article 16 or that files a petition for
bankruptcy during a measurement period shall be disregarded from and after such event. Performance
goals need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a business criterion and could
include, for example, the maintenance of the status quo or the limitation of economic losses
(measured, in each case, by reference to a specific business criterion).



     14.3. PERFORMANCE GOALS. Each Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than a
market-priced Option or SAR) shall be earned, vested and payable (as applicable) only upon the
achievement of performance goals established by the Committee based upon one or more of the
Qualified Business Criteria, together with the satisfaction of any other conditions, such as
continued employment, as the Committee may determine to be appropriate; provided, however, that the
Committee may provide, either in connection with the grant thereof or by amendment thereafter, that
achievement of such performance goals will be waived upon the death or Disability of the
Participant, or upon a Change in Control. Performance periods established by the Committee for any
such Qualified Performance-Based Award may be as short as three months and may be any longer
period. In addition, the Committee may reserve the right, in connection with the grant of a
Qualified Performance-Based Award, to exercise negative discretion to determine that the portion of
such Award actually earned, vested and/or payable (as applicable) shall be less than the portion
that would be earned, vested and/or payable based solely upon application of the applicable
performance goals.



     14.4. INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS FROM PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. The Committee may
provide in any Qualified Performance-Based Award that any evaluation of performance may include or
exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: asset write-downs or
impairment charges; litigation or claim judgments or settlements; the effect of changes in tax
laws, accounting principles or other laws or provisions affecting reported results; accruals for
reorganization and restructuring programs; extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of
financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to
stockholders for the applicable year; acquisitions or divestitures; and foreign exchange gains and
losses. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall
be prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for deductibility.



     14.5. CERTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE GOALS. Any payment of a Qualified
Performance-Based Award granted with performance goals pursuant to Section 14.3 above shall be
conditioned on the written certification of the Committee in each case that the performance goals
and any other material conditions were satisfied. Except as specifically provided in Section 14.3,
no Qualified Performance-Based Award held by a Covered Employee or by an employee who in the
reasonable judgment of the Committee may be a Covered Employee on the date of payment, may be
amended, nor may the Committee exercise any discretionary authority it may otherwise have under the
Plan with respect to a Qualified Performance-Based Award under the Plan, in any manner to waive the
achievement of the applicable performance goal based on Qualified Business Criteria or to increase
the amount payable pursuant thereto or the value thereof, or otherwise in a manner that would cause
the Qualified Performance-Based Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption.



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ARTICLE 15

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS




     15.1. STAND-ALONE AND TANDEM AWARDS. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the
discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, any other
Award granted under the Plan. Subject to Section 17.2, Awards granted in addition to or in tandem
with other Awards may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant
of such other Awards.



     15.2. TERM OF AWARD. The term of each Award shall be for the period as determined by
the Committee, provided that in no event shall the term of any Option or a Stock Appreciation Right
exceed a period of ten years from its Grant Date (or, if Section 7.2(d) applies, five years from
its Grant Date).



     15.3. FORM OF PAYMENT FOR AWARDS. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any
applicable law or Award Certificate, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or an
Affiliate on the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such form as the Committee determines
at or after the Grant Date, including without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other
property, or any combination, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or
on a deferred basis, in each case determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and at the
discretion of, the Committee.



     15.4. LIMITS ON TRANSFER. No right or interest of a Participant in any unexercised
or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered, or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other
than the Company or an Affiliate, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such
Participant to any other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. No unexercised or restricted
Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or, except in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, pursuant to a
domestic relations order that would satisfy Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section
applied to an Award under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit
other transfers where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in
accelerated taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to
fail to be described in Code Section 422(b), and (iii) is otherwise appropriate and desirable,
taking into account any factors deemed relevant, including without limitation, state or federal tax
or securities laws applicable to transferable Awards. Any purported transfer in violation of this
Section 15.4 shall be null and void.



     15.5. BENEFICIARIES. Notwithstanding Section 15.4, a Participant may, in the manner
determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and
to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participant’s death. A beneficiary,
legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan is subject
to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Certificate applicable to the Participant,
except to the extent the Plan and Award Certificate otherwise provide, and to any additional
restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been
designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant’s estate. Subject
to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Participant at any time
provided the change or revocation is filed with the Company.



     15.6. STOCK CERTIFICATES. All Stock issuable under the Plan is subject to any
stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply
with federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any national
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted, or traded.
The Committee may place legends on any Stock certificate or issue instructions to the transfer
agent to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock.



     15.7. ACCELERATION UPON DEATH, DISABILITY OR RETIREMENT. Except as otherwise
provided in the Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing an Award, upon a
Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement during his or her Continuous Status as a Participant,
(i) all of such Participant’s outstanding Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights
that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on
the Participant’s outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities
attainable under all of such Participant’s outstanding performance-based equity Awards shall be
deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of termination based upon an assumed achievement of
all relevant performance goals at the “target” level and there shall be a pro rata payout to the
Participant or his or her estate within thirty (30) days following the date of termination based
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period that has elapsed prior to the date of termination. In addition, upon a Participant’s
death, Disability or Retirement of a Participant, the Committee may determine that any
performance-based criteria with respect to any Performance-Based Cash Awards held by that
Participant shall be deemed to be wholly or partially satisfied, in each case, as of such date as
the Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse
in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate. To the extent that
this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section
7.2(c), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.



     15.8. ACCELERATION UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL. Except as otherwise provided in the
Award Certificate or in an employment agreement, consulting agreement, change in control agreement
or similar agreement in effect between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant, in the
event of a Change in Control or if a Participant’s employment is terminated without Cause or the
Participant resigns for Good Reason within six months after the effective date of a Change in
Control, then, in the discretion of the Committee (which may be exercised prior to or following any
Change in Control), the Committee may determine (which determination may be selective and
non-uniform among Participants) that: (i) all of that Participant’s outstanding Options, SARs and
other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised may be terminated or may be accelerated
to become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on the Participant’s
outstanding Awards shall lapse, and/or (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under all
outstanding of that Participant’s performance-based Awards shall be deemed to have been fully
earned based upon an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the “target” level
and there shall be pro rata payout to such Participant within thirty (30) days following the date
of Change in Control or termination of employment based upon the length of time within the
performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of Change in Control or termination of
employment.



     15.9. DISCRETIONARY ACCELERATION. Regardless of whether an event has occurred as
described in Section 15.7 or 15.8 above, and subject to Article 14 as to Qualified
Performance-Based Awards, the Committee may in its sole discretion at any time determine that, upon
the termination of service of a Participant, or the occurrence of a Change in Control, all or a
portion of such Participant’s Options, SARs and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be
exercised shall terminate or become fully or partially exercisable, that all or a part of the
restrictions on all or a portion of the Participant’s outstanding Awards shall lapse, and/or that
any performance-based criteria with respect to any Awards held by that Participant shall be deemed
to be wholly or partially satisfied, in each case, as of such date as the Committee may, in its
sole discretion, declare. The Committee may be selective and non-uniform among Participants and
among Awards granted to a Participant in exercising its discretion pursuant to this Section 15.9.



     15.10. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Whether military, government or other service or
other leave of absence shall constitute a termination of employment shall be determined by the
Committee at its discretion, and any determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive.
A Participant’s Continuous Status as a Participant shall not be deemed to terminate (i) in a
circumstance in which a Participant transfers from the Company to an Affiliate, transfers from an
Affiliate to the Company, or transfers from one Affiliate to another Affiliate, or (ii) in the
discretion of the Committee as specified at or prior to such occurrence, in the case of a spin-off,
sale or disposition of the Participant’s employer from the Company or any Affiliate. To the extent
that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to extend beyond three months from the date a
Participant is deemed to cease to be an employee of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary for
purposes of Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code, the Options held by such Participant shall be
deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.



     15.11. DEFERRAL. Subject to applicable law, the Committee may permit or require a
Participant to defer such Participant’s receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares or
other property that would otherwise be due to such Participant by virtue of the exercise of an
Option or SAR, the lapse or waiver of restrictions with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted
Stock Units, or the satisfaction of any requirements or goals with respect to Performance Awards,
and Other Stock-Based Awards. If any such deferral election is required or permitted, the Committee
shall, in its sole discretion, establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals.



     15.12. FORFEITURE EVENTS. The Committee may specify in an Award Certificate that the
Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction,
cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events. Such events
may include, but are not limited to, termination of employment for cause, violation of material
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competition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant,
or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the
Company or any Affiliate.



     15.13. SUBSTITUTE AWARDS. The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in
substitution for stock and stock-based awards held by employees of another entity who become
employees of the Company or an Affiliate as a result of a merger or consolidation of the former
employing entity with the Company or an Affiliate or the acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate
of property or stock of the former employing corporation. The Committee may direct that the
substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in
the circumstances.



ARTICLE 16

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE




     16.1. GENERAL. In the event of a corporate event or transaction involving the
Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash
dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination
or exchange of shares), the authorization limits under Section 5.1 and 5.4 shall be adjusted
proportionately, and the Committee may adjust the Plan and Awards to preserve the benefits or
potential benefits of the Awards. Action by the Committee may include: (i) adjustment of the number
and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of
shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the exercise price of outstanding Awards
or the measure to be used to determine the amount of the benefit payable on an Award; and (iv) any
other adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable. In addition, the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, provide (i) that Awards will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (ii) that
Awards will become immediately vested and exercisable and will expire after a designated period of
time to the extent not then exercised, (iii) that Awards will be assumed by another party to a
transaction or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction,
(iv) that outstanding Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the
excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the
transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, (v) that performance targets and performance
periods for Performance Awards will be modified, consistent with Code Section 162(m) where
applicable, or (vi) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be
uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are
similarly situated. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event of a subdivision of the
outstanding Stock (stock-split), a declaration of a dividend payable in Shares, or a combination or
consolidation of the outstanding Stock into a lesser number of Shares, the authorization limits
under Section 5.1 and 5.4 shall automatically be adjusted proportionately, and the Shares then
subject to each Award shall automatically be adjusted proportionately without any change in the
aggregate purchase price therefor. To the extent that any adjustments made pursuant to this Article
16 cause Incentive Stock Options to cease to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, such Options shall
be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.



ARTICLE 17

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION




     17.1. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION.



     (a) The Board or the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend, modify or
terminate the Plan without stockholder approval; provided, however, that if an amendment to the
Plan would, in the reasonable opinion of the Board or the Committee, (i) materially increase the
benefits accruing to Participants, (ii) materially increase the number of Shares available under
the Plan, (iii) expand the types of awards under the Plan, (iv) materially expand the class of
participants eligible to participate in the Plan, (v) materially extend the term of the Plan, or
(vi) otherwise constitute a material change requiring stockholder approval under applicable laws or
the applicable listing or other requirements of an Exchange, then such amendment shall be subject
to stockholder approval; and provided, further, that the Board or Committee may condition any
amendment or modification on the approval of stockholders of the Company for any reason, including
by reason of such approval being necessary or deemed advisable to (i) to comply with the listing or
other requirements of an Exchange, or (ii) to satisfy any other tax, securities or other applicable
laws, policies or regulations.



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     (b) No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award
previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant affected thereby.
An outstanding Award shall not be deemed to be “adversely affected” by a Plan amendment if such
amendment would not reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been
exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment (with the per-share
value of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right for this purpose being calculated as the excess, if
any, of the Fair Market Value as of the date of such amendment over the exercise price or base
value of such Award).



     17.2. AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED. At any time and from time to time, the Committee
may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award without approval of the Participant; provided,
however:



     (a) Subject to the terms of the applicable Award Certificate, such amendment, modification or
termination shall not, without the Participant’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of such
Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the
date of such amendment or termination (with the per-share value of an Option or Stock Appreciation
Right for this purpose being calculated as the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value as of the
date of such amendment or termination over the exercise or base price of such Award);



     (b) The original term of an Option may not be extended without the prior approval of the
stockholders of the Company; and



     (c) Except as otherwise provided in Article 16, the exercise price of an Option or SAR may not
be reduced, directly or indirectly, without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company.



ARTICLE 18

GENERAL PROVISIONS




     18.1. NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS; NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS. No Participant or any
Eligible Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan. Neither the
Company, its Affiliates nor the Committee is obligated to treat Participants or Eligible
Participants uniformly, and determinations made under the Plan may be made by the Committee
selectively among Eligible Participants who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or
not such Eligible Participants are similarly situated).



     18.2. NO STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. No Award gives a Participant any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company unless and until Shares are in fact issued to such Participant in
connection with the Award.



     18.3. WITHHOLDING. The Company or any Affiliate shall have the authority and the
right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient
to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required
by law to be withheld with respect to any exercise, lapse of restriction or other taxable event
arising as a result of the Plan or an Award. If Shares are permitted to be surrendered to the
Company to satisfy tax obligations in excess of the minimum tax withholding obligation, such Shares
must have been held by the Participant as fully vested shares for such period of time, if any, as
the Committee may determine. The Company shall have the authority to require a Participant to remit
cash to the Company in lieu of the surrender of Shares for tax withholding obligations if the
Committee so determines. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the
Plan, the Committee may, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, require or permit that any
such withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from the Award
Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not
any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes.



     18.4. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED SERVICE. Nothing in the Plan, any Award Certificate or
any other document or statement made with respect to the Plan, shall interfere with or limit in any
way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Participant’s employment or status
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any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue as an employee, officer,
director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate, whether for the duration of a Participant’s
Award or otherwise.



     18.5. UNFUNDED STATUS OF AWARDS. The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for
incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant
pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Certificate shall give the
Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company or any
Affiliate. This Plan is not intended to be subject to ERISA.



     18.6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BENEFITS. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into
account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group
insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate unless specifically provided
otherwise in such other plan.



     18.7. EXPENSES. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company
and its Affiliates.



     18.8. TITLES AND HEADINGS. The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are
for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather
than such titles or headings, shall control.



     18.9. GENDER AND NUMBER. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any
masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular
and the singular shall include the plural.



     18.10. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Shares shall be issued and the Committee
shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional Shares or
whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated by rounding up or down.



     18.11. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS.



     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Participant who acquires Shares
pursuant to the Plan may, during any period of time that such Participant is an affiliate of the
Company (within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the 1933 Act), sell such Shares, unless such offer and sale is made (i) pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, which is current and includes the Shares to be
sold, or (ii) pursuant to an appropriate exemption from the registration requirement of the 1933
Act, such as that set forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act.



     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if at any time the Committee shall
determine that the registration, listing or qualification of the Shares covered by an Award upon
any Exchange or under any foreign, federal, state or local law or practice, or the consent or
approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in
connection with, the granting of such Award or the purchase or receipt of Shares thereunder, no
Shares may be purchased, delivered or received pursuant to such Award unless and until such
registration, listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free
of any condition not acceptable to the Committee. Any Participant receiving or purchasing Shares
pursuant to an Award shall make such representations and agreements and furnish such information as
the Committee may request to assure compliance with the foregoing or any other applicable legal
requirements. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates
for Shares under the Plan prior to the Committee’s determination that all related requirements have
been fulfilled. The Company shall in no event be obligated to register any securities pursuant to
the 1933 Act or applicable state or foreign law or to take any other action in order to cause the
issuance and delivery of such certificates to comply with any such law, regulation or requirement.



     18.12. GOVERNING LAW. To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan and all
Award Certificates shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware.



     18.13. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Each Award Certificate may contain such other terms
and conditions as the Committee may determine; provided that such other terms and conditions are
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan.



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     18.14. NO LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF COMPANY. The grant of any Award shall not in any
way affect the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassification or changes in
its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer
all or any part of its business or assets. The Plan shall not restrict the authority of the
Company, for proper corporate purposes, to draft or assume awards, other than under the Plan, to or
with respect to any person. If the Committee so directs, the Company may issue or transfer Shares
to an Affiliate, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or
understanding that the Affiliate will transfer such Shares to a Participant in accordance with the
terms of an Award granted to such Participant and specified by the Committee pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan.



     18.15. INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the
Committee, or of the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in
accordance with Article 4 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from
any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her
in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may
be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act
under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof,
with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such
action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to
handle and defend it on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a
result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute. The
foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to
which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s charter or bylaws, as a matter of law, or
otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.



     18.16. FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS. In order to facilitate the granting of Awards to
Eligible Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed outside of the United States of
America, the Committee may provide for such special terms and conditions, including without
limitation substitutes for Awards, as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate to
accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. The Committee may approve any
supplements to, or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of this Plan as it may consider
necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this Section 18.16 without thereby affecting the terms
of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of
the Company may certify any such documents as having been approved and adopted pursuant to properly
delegated authority; provided, that no such supplements, amendments, restatements or alternative
versions shall include any provisions that are inconsistent with the spirit of this Plan, as then
in effect. Participants subject to the laws of a foreign jurisdiction may request copies of, or the
right to view, any materials that are required to be provided by the Company pursuant to the laws
of such jurisdiction.



     18.17. NOTICE. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, all notices or other
communications required or permitted to be given under this Plan to the Company shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or mailed, postage pre-paid, as
follows: (i) if to the Company, at its principal business address to the attention of the
Secretary; and (ii) if to any Participant, at the last address of the Participant known to the
sender at the time the notice or other communication is sent.



     18.18. INUREMENT OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The rights and obligations under this
Plan and any related documents shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the
Company, its successors and assigns, and the Participants and their beneficiaries.



     18.19. COSTS AND EXPENSES. Except as otherwise provided herein, the costs and
expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company, and shall not be charged to any
Award nor to any Participant receiving an Award. Costs and expenses associated with the redemption
or exercise of any Award under this Plan, including, but not limited to, commissions charged by any
agent of the Company, may be charged to the Participant.




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