EX-10.14



 Exhibit 10.14 

MERCURY PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 

2014 STOCK AWARD PLAN 

1. Purpose. The purpose of the Mercury Payment Systems, Inc. 2014 Stock Award Plan is to provide a means through which the
Company and its Affiliates may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby current and prospective directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain an equity
interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, which may (but need not) be measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and aligning their
interests with those of the Company’s stockholders. 
 2. Definitions. The following definitions shall be applicable
throughout the Plan: 
 (a) “Affiliate” “means with respect to any Person, any other Person (other than an
individual) that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. The term “control,” as used in this Plan, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. “Controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, the
following shall not be considered Affiliates of the Company: (i) the SLP Group, (ii) MPS I, Inc., (iii) Mercury Payment Systems II, LLC, or (iv) any other portfolio company in which the SLP Group has made a debt or equity
investment. 
 (b) “Award” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock
Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Bonus Award, Dividend Equivalent, and Performance Compensation Award granted under the Plan. 

(c) “Award Agreement” means any agreement or other instrument (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email
or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) setting forth the terms of an Award that has been duly authorized and approved by the Committee. 

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

(d) “Cause” means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise,
(i) the Company or one of its Affiliates having “cause” to terminate a Participant’s employment or service, as defined in any employment or consulting agreement between the Participant and the Company or one of its Affiliates in
effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement (or the absence of any definition of “cause” contained therein), (A) the Participant’s engagement in misconduct
that is materially injurious to the Company or its Affiliates, (B) the Participant’s continued failure to substantially perform duties as reasonably directed by the Company or the Participant’s material violation of any material rule,
regulation, policy or plan for the conduct of any service provider to the Company or its Affiliates or its or their business, (C) Participant’s repeated dishonesty in the performance of his duties to the Company or its Affiliates, or
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Participant’s commission of any act or acts constituting any (x) fraud against, or misappropriation or embezzlement from the Company or any of its Affiliates, (y) felony or any
other crime involving moral turpitude, or (z) offense that could result in jail sentence of at least 30 days. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. 

(e) “Change in Control” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any
one or more of the following events: 
 (i) the sale or other disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than to any member of the SLP Group; 

(ii) any person or group, excluding any member of the SLP Group and any securities owned by members of the SLP Group, is or
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used for purposes of Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Company’s then
outstanding voting securities, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise; provided, however that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur by reason of an acquisition of the Company’s voting securities by the Company or by
an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Company. 
 (iii) during any period of
twenty-four (24) months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided, that any person
becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy
statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a
director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director. 

In addition, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment event with respect to any Award which provides for the deferral of
compensation and is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the transaction or event described in subsection (i), (ii), or (iii) with respect to such Award must also constitute a “change in control event,” as defined in Treasury
Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5) to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code. The Committee shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its sole discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control has
occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto. 

  
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 (f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any
successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

 (g) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or subcommittee thereof as may be appointed
pursuant to Section 4(a), or such other committee of the Board consisting of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer the Plan, or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board. 

(h) “Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (and any stock or
other securities into which such Class A common stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged). 
 (i)
“Company” means Mercury Payment Systems, Inc. (formerly known as Mercury Payment Systems Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto. 

(j) “Date of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be
specified in such authorization. 
 (k) “Disability” means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the
applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) the Company or one of its Affiliates having cause to terminate a Participant’s employment or service on account of “disability,” as defined in any employment or consulting
agreement between the Participant and the Company or one of its Affiliates in effect at the time of such termination, or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement, the complete and permanent inability by reason of
illness or accident to perform in all material respects his or her duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates. Any determination of whether Disability exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. 

(l) “Dividend Equivalent” shall mean a right to receive the equivalent value (in cash or Common Stock) of dividends
paid on Common Stock, awarded under Section 10(b) of the Plan. 
 (o) “Effective Date” means the date on which
the Plan is first approved by the stockholders of the Company. 
 (m) “Eligible Director” means a person who is
(i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. 

(n) “Eligible Person” means any (i) individual employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates;
(ii) director of the Company or any of its Affiliates; (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or any of its Affiliates who may be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 701 of the
Securities Act, or any other available exemption, as applicable; or (iv) prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Affiliates (and would
satisfy the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii) above once such person begins employment with or providing services to the Company or its Affiliates). 

  
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 (o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any successor thereto. Any reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any
amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance. 
 (p) “Exercise Price” has the
meaning given such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan. 
 (q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the
value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Committee, in its discretion, subject to the following: 
 (i) If, on
such date, Common Stock is listed on one or more established U.S. national or regional securities exchanges, the Fair Market Value of a share shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock as quoted on such exchange constituting the primary
market for the shares, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Company deems reliable (or, if no such closing price is reported, the closing price on the last preceding date on which such price of Common Stock is so
reported). 
 (ii) Notwithstanding clause (i) above, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine the Fair Market
Value of a share of Common Stock on the basis of the opening, closing, or average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Common Stock on such date or the preceding trading day, the actual sale price of a Share, any other reasonable basis
using actual transactions involving shares of Common Stock as reported on an established U.S. national or regional securities exchange, or on any other basis consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. 

(iii) The Committee may vary its method of determining Fair Market Value as provided in this Section for purposes of different
provisions under the Plan. The Committee may delegate its authority to establish Fair Market Value for purposes of determining whether sufficient consideration has been paid to exercise Options or SARs or for purposes of any other transactions
involving outstanding Awards. 
 (r) “Immediate Family Members” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15(b) of the Plan. 
 (s) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is designated by the Committee
as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan. 

(t) “Indemnifiable Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of the Plan. 

  
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 (u) “Initial Public Offering” means the consummation of the initial
public offering of equity interests in the Company, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, which offering is registered under the Securities Act. 

(v) “LLC” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(f). 

(w) “LLC Options” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(f). 

(x) “Mature Shares” means shares of Common Stock owned by a Participant that are not subject to any pledge or
security interest and that have been either previously acquired by the Participant on the open market or meet such other requirements, if any, as the Committee may determine are necessary in order to avoid an accounting earnings charge on account of
the use of such shares to pay the Exercise Price or satisfy a tax withholding obligation of the Participant. 
 (y) “Negative
Discretion” shall mean the discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a Performance Compensation Award consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code. 

(z) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

 (aa) “Option” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan. 

(bb) “Option Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(c) of the Plan. 

(cc) “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to
receive an Award pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan. 
 (dd) “Performance Compensation Award” shall mean any
Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan. 
 (ee)
“Performance Criteria” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award
under the Plan. 
 (ff) “Performance Formula” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective
formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been
earned for the Performance Period. 
 (gg) “Performance Goals” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or
more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. 

  
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 (hh) “Performance Period” shall mean the one or more periods of time, as
the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award. 

(ii) “Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b) of the Plan. 

(jj) “Person” means a “person” as such term is used for purposes of 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, or
any successor section thereto. 
 (kk) “Plan” means the Mercury Payment Systems, Inc. 2014 Stock Award Plan. 

(ll) “Prior Plan” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(f). 

(mm) “Replacement Option” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(f). 

(nn) “Restricted Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to
restrictions or, as applicable, the period of time within which performance is measured for purposes of determining whether an Award has been earned. 

(oo) “Restricted Stock” means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (including, without limitation,
a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan. 

(pp) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash, other
securities or other property, subject to certain restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under
Section 9 of the Plan. 
 (qq) “SAR Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 8(b) of the Plan.

 (rr) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the
Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance. 

(ss) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

(tt) “SLP Group” means Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. and its Affiliates that (i) are collective investment vehicles
for which Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. or its Affiliates act directly or indirectly as investment manager, investment advisor or in a similar capacity or (ii) serve as the general partner, managing member or similar capacity for any collective
investment vehicle referred to in clause (i), but shall not include any portfolio company of any of the foregoing. 

  
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 (uu) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means
an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan. 
 (vv) “Stock Bonus Award” means an Award granted under
Section 10(a) of the Plan. 
 (ww) “Strike Price” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the
case of Substitute Awards, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Exercise Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant. 

(xx) “Substitute Award” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(e). 

3. Effective Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after
which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall
continue to apply to such Awards. 
 4. Administration. 

(a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) or necessary to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee
shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee
that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan. The majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by a
majority of the Committee shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. 
 (b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the
Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to
a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of
any Award and any amendments thereto; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled,
forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; 

  
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(vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with
respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and
any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the
Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration
of the Plan. 
 (c) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or
inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its
responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers
of the Company or any of its Affiliates the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Committee herein, and that may be so
delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of Awards to persons (i) who are non-employee members of the Board or otherwise are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) who are, or who are reasonably expected to be,
“covered employees” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code. 
 (d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all
designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at
any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons or entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any of its Affiliates, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company. 

(e) No member of the Board, the Committee, delegate of the Committee or any officer, employee or agent of the Company (each such person, an
“Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to
which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award Agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such
Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, provided, that the
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suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The
foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines
that the acts or omissions of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is
otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled
under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or as a matter of law or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless. 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan. 

5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations. 

(a) The Committee may, from time to time, grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Bonus
Awards, Dividend Equivalents and/or Performance Compensation Awards to one or more Eligible Persons. 
 (b) Awards granted under the Plan
shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to deliver under the Plan [—] shares of Common Stock; provided,
however, no more than [—] shares of Common Stock may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options; (ii) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, grants of Options or SARs under
the Plan in respect of no more than [—] shares of Common Stock may be made to any single Participant during any calendar year; (iii) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than [—] shares of Common Stock may be earned in respect of Performance Compensation Awards granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan to any single Participant for a single calendar year during a
Performance Period, or in the event such Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, other securities, other Awards or other property, no more than the Fair Market Value of [—] shares of Common
Stock on the last day of the Performance Period to which such Award relates; and (iv) the maximum amount that can be paid to any single Participant pursuant to a cash bonus Award described in Section 11(a) of the Plan with respect to a
Performance Period that is 12 months or less shall be $[—], and with respect to a Performance Period that is more than 12 months shall be $[—].

 (c) Shares of Common Stock used to pay the required Exercise Price or tax obligations, or shares not issued in connection with the
settlement of an Option or SAR or that are used or withheld to satisfy tax obligations of the Participant shall, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, be available again for other Awards under the Plan. Shares underlying Awards under this
Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, expire unexercised, or are settled in cash will be available again for Awards under the Plan. 

  
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 (d) Shares of Common Stock delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized
and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing. 

(e) Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding
awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or its Affiliates or with which the Company or its Affiliates combines (“Substitute Awards”). The number of shares of Common Stock underlying any Substitute Awards shall
not be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan. 
 (f) Following the later of
(i) the execution and delivery of the underwriting agreement relating to the Initial Public Offering and (ii) the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering shares to be issued under the Plan, each employee of Mercury Payment
Systems, LLC (the “LLC”) who holds an option to acquire Class C non-voting units of the LLC (the “LLC Option”) that was previously granted under the Mercury Payment Systems, LLC 2010 Unit Incentive Plan (the
“Prior Plan”) will receive a Replacement Option as a result of the conversion of LLC Options into Replacement Options, and such LLC Option will be cancelled in connection with the reorganization of the LLC in all events prior to the
issuance of any such Replacement Option therefor, in each case, pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2014, by and among the Company, the LLC and certain
other parties named therein, and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2014, by and between the Company and the LLC. For purposes of the Plan, a
“Replacement Option” is an Option granted under the Plan as a replacement for a LLC Option that was previously granted under the Prior Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to and the exercise price per share of a
Replacement Option granted to a Participant will be the same as the number of Class C non-voting units of the LLC subject to and the exercise price per unit of the LLC Option held by such Participant that is outstanding and in effect immediately
prior to such conversion and cancellation. In no event shall any provision of the Plan be applied or interpreted in a manner that will result in an “additional benefit” to any Replacement Option under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.424-1, a new equity grant for purposes of applicable accounting principles or both. For purposes of Section 5(b) above, Replacement Options shall be taken into account in applying the share reserve but shall be excluded in
calculating individual grant limitations. 
 (g) The terms of the Plan shall be applied and interpreted consistent with the intention that
each Substitute Award or Replacement Option, as applicable, will not be treated as the grant of a new stock right or a change in the form of payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D) regarding substitutions and
assumptions of stock rights by reason of a restructuring or other corporate transaction. 
 6. Eligibility. Participation
shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have entered into an Award Agreement or who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in the Plan. 

  
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 7. Options. 

(a) Generally. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Option so granted shall be
subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options
unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company or any “parent
corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” thereof within the meaning of Section 424(e) and 424(f), respectively, of the Code, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an
Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of
Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, provided, that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a
Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the
Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such non-qualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a
Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan. 
 (b) Exercise Price. Except as otherwise provided by the
Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the exercise price (“Exercise Price”) per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date of Grant);
provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or
any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” thereof within the meaning of Section 424(e) and 424(f), respectively, of the Code, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per
share on the Date of Grant; and provided, further, that a Nonqualified Stock Option may be granted with an Exercise Price lower than that set forth herein if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another
option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) and Section 409A of the Code. 
 (c) Vesting and
Expiration. Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the
“Option Period”); provided, that if the Option Period (other than in the case of an Incentive Stock Option) would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading
policy (or Company-imposed “blackout period”), the Option Period shall be automatically extended until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition; provided, however, that the Option Period shall not exceed five
years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Affiliates;
provided, further, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option. 

  
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 (d) Method of Exercise and Form of Payment. No shares of Common Stock shall be
delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and
employment taxes required to be withheld. Options that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise
Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by
means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided, that such shares of Common Stock are Mature Shares; or (ii) by such other method as
the Committee may permit in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price, (B) if there is a public market for the shares of Common
Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon the exercise
of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price, or (C) by a “net exercise” method whereby the Company withholds from the delivery of the shares of Common Stock for which the Option was
exercised that number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock for which the Option was exercised. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the last day of the Option Period, the Fair Market Value exceeds the Exercise Price and the Participant has not exercised the Option, the Option shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such
last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor. 
 (e) Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an
Incentive Stock Option. Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the
exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Stock before the later of (A) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or
(B) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. 
 (f) Compliance With Laws, etc. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded. 

8. Stock Appreciation Rights. 

(a) Generally. Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each SAR so granted shall be subject
to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may
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 (b) Vesting and Expiration. A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall
become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such
date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “SAR Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting dates
set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any SAR. 
 (c) Method of
Exercise. SARs that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on
which such SARs were awarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the last day of the Option Period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an option, the SAR Period), the Fair Market Value exceeds the Strike Price, the Participant has not
exercised the SAR or the corresponding Option (if applicable), and neither the SAR nor the corresponding Option (if applicable) has expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall
make the appropriate payment therefor. 
 (d) Payment. Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant
an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that are being exercised multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any
federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at
the Date of Grant. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash. 
 9. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
Units. 
 (a) Generally. Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement. Each such grant shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. 

(b) Book Entry and Stock Certificates; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall
cause a stock certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued, or shall cause share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the name of the Participant and held in book-entry form subject to the Company’s directions, and, if
the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than delivered to the Participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally
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power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if
applicable, an escrow agreement and blank stock power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award Agreement, the
Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted Stock, including without limitation the right to vote such Restricted Stock. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any stock
certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the
Company. 
 (c) Vesting. The Restricted Period shall lapse in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the
Committee; provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. 

(d) Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. 

(i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in
the applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the
Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the stock certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock that have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share).
Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock
having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise set forth by the Committee
in the applicable Award Agreement). 
 (ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, upon the
expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, one share of Common Stock for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit;
provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow Participants to elect to defer the delivery of Common Stock beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. 

(e) Legends on Restricted Stock. Each certificate representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan shall bear a legend
substantially in the form of the following in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such Common Stock: 

TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE MERCURY PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 2014 STOCK AWARD PLAN
AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT, BETWEEN MERCURY PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. AND PARTICIPANT. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF MERCURY PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 

  
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 10. Stock Bonus Awards; Dividend Equivalents. 

(a) Stock Bonus Awards. The Committee may issue unrestricted Common Stock, or other Awards denominated in Common Stock, under
the Plan to Eligible Persons, either alone or in tandem with other awards, in such amounts as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Each Stock Bonus Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement. Each Stock Bonus Award so granted shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. 

(b) Dividend Equivalents. Dividend Equivalents may be granted by the Committee based on dividends declared on the Common Stock,
to be credited as of dividend payment dates during the period between the date an Award is granted to a Participant and the date such Award vests, is exercised, is distributed or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such Dividend Equivalents
shall be converted to cash or additional shares of Common Stock by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Committee. In addition, Dividend Equivalents with respect to an Award with performance-based
vesting that are based on dividends paid prior to the vesting of such Award shall only be paid out to the Participant to the extent that the performance-based vesting conditions are subsequently satisfied and the Award vests. No Dividend Equivalent
shall be payable with respect to any Award unless specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement. 
 11. Performance Compensation
Awards. 
 (a) Generally. The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of grant of any Award described in
Sections 7 through 10 of the Plan, to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall have the authority to
make an award of a cash bonus to any Participant and designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Plan, the Committee shall have not obligation to grant any Award in the form of “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. 

(b) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards. With regard to a particular Performance Period,
the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s)
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(or, if longer or shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such
Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing. 

(c) Performance Criteria. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) shall be based on the
attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more of its Affiliates, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments or any combination of the
foregoing) and may include any of the following: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross
revenue or gross revenue growth; (v) gross profit or gross profit growth; (vi) or revenue growth; (vii) net interest margin; (viii) operating profit (before or after taxes); (ix) return measures (including, but not limited
to, return on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity or sales); (x) cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital), which may but are not
required to be measured on a per-share basis; (xi) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization (including EBIT and EBITDA); (xii) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures or total
stockholder return); (xiii) expense targets, cost reduction goals or general and administrative expense savings; (xiv) gross or net operating margins; (xv) productivity ratios; (xvi) operating efficiency; (xvii) measures of
economic value added or other “value creation” metrics; (xviii) asset quality; (xix) inventory control; (xx) enterprise value; (xxi) sales; (xxii) stockholder return; (xxiii) client retention;
(xxiv) employee retention; (xxv) competitive market metrics; (xxvi) timely completion of new product rollouts; (xxvii) timely launch of new facilities; (xxviii) measurements relating to a new purchasing “co-op”;
(xxix) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects (including, but not limited to, succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, reorganizations or other corporate transactions or
capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations or meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxx) objective measures of customer satisfaction; (xxxi) working capital targets; (xxxii) asset growth;
(xxxiii) dividend yield; (xxxiv) system-wide revenues; (xxxv) royalty income; (xxxvi) comparisons of continuing operations to other operations; (xxxvii) market share; (xxxviii) cost of capital, debt leverage year-end
cash position or book value; (xxxix) strategic objectives, development of new product lines and related revenue, sales and margin targets, franchisee growth and retention, menu design and growth, co-branding or international operations; or
(xl) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be stated as a percentage of another Performance Criteria, or a percentage of a prior period’s Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute, relative or
adjusted basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more of its Affiliates as a whole or any divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments of the Company
and/or one or more of its Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or
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vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. To the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code,
the Committee shall, within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, if longer or shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the
Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period and thereafter promptly communicate such Performance Criteria to the Participant. 

(d) Modification of Performance Goal(s). In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee
discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining stockholder approval. The Committee is authorized
at any time during the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, if longer or shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), or at any time thereafter to the extent the exercise of such authority at
such time would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted to any Participant for such Performance Period to fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, in its sole discretion, to
adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements;
(iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 225-20 (or any successor pronouncement thereto) 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; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) any other specific unusual or nonrecurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (viii) foreign exchange gains and losses;
(ix) discontinued operations and nonrecurring charges; and (x) a change in the Company’s fiscal year. 
 (e) Payment
of Performance Compensation Awards. 
 (i) Condition to Receipt of Payment. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company or its Affiliates on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period. 

(ii) Limitation. A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the
extent that: (A) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved; and (B) all or some of the portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the
Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals. 
 (iii) Certification. Following the completion of a Performance
Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation
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Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may
apply Negative Discretion. 
 (iv) Use of Negative Discretion. In determining the actual amount of an individual
Participant’s Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period that is payable in cash, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period
through the use of Negative Discretion if, in its sole judgment, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. The Committee shall not have the discretion, except as is otherwise provided in the Plan, to (A) grant or provide payment in respect
of Performance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance Period have not been attained; or (B) increase a Performance Compensation Award above the applicable limitations set forth in
Section 5 of the Plan. 
 (f) Timing of Award Payments. Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period
shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11, but in no event later than two-and-one-half months following the end of the fiscal year during which
the Performance Period is completed. 
 12. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events. In the event of (a) any
stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, combination,
repurchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event
(including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects the shares of Common Stock, or (b) unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any of its Affiliates, or the
financial statements of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, accounting principles or law,
such that in either case an adjustment is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate, then the Committee shall make any such adjustments in such manner as it may deem equitable, including without limitation any
or all of the following: 
 (i) adjusting any or all of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company
(or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under
Section 5 of the Plan) and (B) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (1) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property)
subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (2) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award or (3) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and
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 (ii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with
Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards, accelerating the exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time for
exercise prior to the occurrence of such event; and 
 (iii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with
Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, cancelling any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property, or any combination
thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including without
limitation, in the case of any outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option or SAR over
the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor), or, in the case of any outstanding Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Bonus Award, or other Award denominated in Common
Stock, a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Award or the underlying shares of Common Stock subject thereto. 

For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Stock Compensation), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any adjustment in Incentive Stock
Options under this Section 12 (other than any cancellation of Incentive Stock Options) shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments
under this Section 12 shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, to the extent applicable. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment
hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. 
 13. Effect of Change in
Control. Except to the extent otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may provide that, with respect to all or any portion of a
particular outstanding Award or Awards: 
 (a) the then outstanding Options and SARs shall become immediately exercisable as of a time
prior to the Change in Control; 
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 (c) Performance Periods in effect on the date the Change in Control occurs shall end on such
date, and (i) determine the extent to which Performance Goals with respect to each such Performance Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information or other information then available as it deems relevant and
(ii) cause the Participant to receive partial or full payment of Awards for each such Performance Period based upon the Committee’s determination of the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals, or by assuming that the applicable
“target” levels of performance have been attained or on such other basis determined by the Committee; and 
 (d) cause Awards
previously deferred to be settled in full as soon as practicable. 
 To the extent practicable, any actions taken by the Committee under the immediately
preceding clauses (a) through (d) shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected Participants the ability to participate in the Change in Control transactions with respect to the Common Stock subject to their Awards. 

14. Amendments and Termination. 

(a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any
portion thereof at any time; provided, that (i) no amendment to Section 4(e) shall apply with respect to any action or omitted to be taken by an Indemnifiable Person under the Plan or any Award Agreement prior to such amendment;
(ii) no amendment to Section 11(c) or Section 14(b) (to the extent required by the proviso in such Section 14(b)) shall be made without stockholder approval and (iii) no such amendment, alteration, suspension,
discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or
requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the shares of Common Stock may be listed or quoted or to prevent the Company from being denied a tax deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code); provided,
further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that
extent be effective without the written consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary. 
 (b) Amendment of Award
Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award Agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore
granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided, that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of
any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the written consent of the affected Participant; provided, further, that without stockholder approval, except as otherwise
permitted under Section 12 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR, and (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR in order to
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Award, and the Committee may not take any other action that is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange or
inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. 
 (c) Extension of Termination Date. If the
exercise of the Option following the termination of the Participant’s employment or service (other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would
violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, or any other requirements of applicable law, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the term of the Option set forth in Section 7(c) and
(ii) the expiration of a period of 30 days after the termination of the Participant’s employment or service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements or other applicable
requirements. 
 (d) Restriction on Grant of Awards. No Awards may be granted during any period of suspension or after
termination of the Plan, and in no event may any Award be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date. 

15. General. 

(a) Award Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the
Participant (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules
applicable thereto, including without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee. The terms of any Award
issued hereunder shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, beneficiaries, successors and assigns of the Participant. 
 (b)
Nontransferability. 
 (i) Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or,
if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant other than by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any of its Affiliates; provided, that the designation of a
beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance. 
 (ii) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award
Agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to: (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under 

  
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the Securities Act (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or
(C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (D) any other transferee as may be approved either (I) by the Board or the Committee in
its sole discretion, or (II) as provided in the applicable Award Agreement (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B) (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided,
that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.

 (iii) The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee
and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or
the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the shares of Common Stock to be
acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required
to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the satisfaction of any applicable vesting conditions and
consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or one of its Affiliates under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the
Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option or SAR shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only if such Option or SAR has vested due to the Participant’s satisfaction of the applicable vesting criteria and only to the
extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. 
 (c) Tax Withholding. 

(i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any of its Affiliates, and the Company or any of its Affiliates shall have the
right and is hereby authorized to withhold, from any cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant, the amount (in cash, Common Stock,
other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee
or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding and taxes. 
 (ii) Without limiting the generality of clause
(i) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are Mature Shares)


  
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owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or
deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required statutory withholding liability). 

(d) No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver. No employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or
other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants
or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among
Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or any of its
Affiliates, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free
from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or
vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or
other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant. 

(e) International Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America and who
are not (and who are not expect to be) “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may in its sole discretion amend the terms of the Plan or outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants
in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant, the Company or its Affiliates. 

(f) Designation and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more
persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon his death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his beneficiary designation without the
consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall
be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed
to be his or her spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his or her estate. 

  
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 (g) Termination of Employment/Service. Unless determined otherwise by the
Committee: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with any of its Affiliates (or vice-versa)
shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or such Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the
Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment with the Company and its Affiliates. 

(h) No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no person shall
be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock that are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person or registered in the name of that person in book-entry form. 

(i) Government and Other Regulations. 

(i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from
offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the SEC or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory
to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to
register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all certificates for shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company
or any of its Affiliates delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules,
regulations and other requirements of the SEC, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which such shares or other securities are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, and,
without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the
contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any
governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject. 
 (ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it
determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of shares of Common Stock 

  
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from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of
Common Stock to the public markets, illegal or impractical after the Company has used commercially reasonable efforts to comply with applicable law. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the
foregoing, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise
date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of
shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof. 

(j) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable
under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative)
may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person
otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor. 

(k) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the
stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or
other awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases. 
 (l)
No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and a
Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other
entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for
such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they
shall have the same rights as other employees under general law. 
 (m) Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and
each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the


  
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independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other
than himself. 
 (n) Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any
benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan. 

(o) Governing Law. Except to the extent that provisions of the Plan are governed by applicable provisions of the Code, the
Exchange Act or other substantive provisions of federal law, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware,
without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. 
 (p) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any
Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such
provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision
shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect. 

(q) Obligations Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor
corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company. 

(r) Code Section 162(m) Approval. If so determined by the Committee, (i) the Plan shall be approved by the
stockholders of the Company no later than the first meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that occurs not later than the close of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the Initial Public Offering, if
any, occurs, and (ii) the provisions of the Plan regarding Performance Compensation Awards shall be disclosed and reapproved by stockholders no later than the first stockholder meeting that occurs in the fifth year following the year in which
stockholders previously approved such provisions following the Initial Public Offering, if any, in each case in order for certain Awards granted after such time to be exempt from the deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code. Nothing
in this clause, however, shall affect the validity of Awards granted after such time if such stockholder approval has not been obtained. 

(s) Other Agreements. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may require, as a condition to the grant of and/or the receipt
of shares of Common Stock under an Award, that the Participant execute lock-up, stockholder or other agreements, as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion. 

  
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 (t) Payments. Participants shall be required to pay, to the extent required by
applicable law, any amounts required to receive shares of Common Stock under any Award made under the Plan. 
 (u) Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation. 
 (i) To the extent applicable and notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, this
Plan and Awards hereunder shall be administered, operated and interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the event that the Committee determines that any amounts
payable hereunder will be taxable to a Participant under Section 409A of the Code prior to the payment and/or delivery to such Participant of such amount, the Company may (i) adopt such amendments to the Plan and related Award Agreement,
and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Committee determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by the Plan and Awards
hereunder and/or (ii) take such other actions as the Committee determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. No action shall be taken under this Plan which shall cause an Award to fail to
comply with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable to such Award. However, in no event shall any member of the Board, the Company or any of its Affiliates (including their respective employees, officers, directors or agents) have
any liability to any Participant (or any other person) with respect to this Section 15(u). 
 (ii) With respect to any
Award that is considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment” (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service”
within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan are designated as separate payments. 

(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the
meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code and which would otherwise be payable upon the Participant’s
“separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six months after the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” or, if earlier,
the Participant’s date of death. Following any applicable six month delay, all such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum, without interest, on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business
day. 
 (v) Market Stand-off Provisions. If the Company or any equity holder of the Company proposes to offer for sale any
equity securities of the Company pursuant to a public offering under the Securities Act and if requested by the Company and/or any underwriter engaged by the Company for a reasonable period of time specified by the Company or such underwriter
following the filing of the registration statement filed with respect to such offering, the Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, transfer, pledge, contract to sell 

  
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(including any short sale), grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale relating to, any shares
of the Common Stock acquired by the Participant pursuant to an Award or any other securities of the Company held by the Participant, and shall execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and/or the
underwriter(s) that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company my impose stop transfer instructions with respect to such shares or other securities
until the end of such period. 
 (w) Claw-back Provisions. All Awards (including any proceeds, gains or other economic
benefit actually or constructively received by a Participant upon any receipt or exercise of any Award or upon the receipt or resale of any shares of Common Stock underlying the Award) shall be subject to the provisions of any claw-back policy
implemented by the Company, including, without limitation, any claw-back policy adopted to comply with the requirements of applicable law, including without limitation the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any rules or
regulations promulgated thereunder, to the extent set forth in such claw-back policy and/or in the applicable Award Agreement. The Company shall delay the exercise of its rights under this Section for such period as may be required to preserve
equity accounting treatment. 
 (x) No Liability with Respect to Any Corporate Action. Subject to Section 15(u), nothing
contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement will be construed to prevent the Company or any of its Affiliates from taking any corporate action which is deemed by the Company or any of its Affiliates to be appropriate or in its best interest, and
no Participant or beneficiary of a Participant will have any claim against the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of any such corporate action. 

(y) Affiliate Employees. In the case of a grant of an Award to an employee or consultant of any Affiliate of the Company, the
Company may, if the Committee so directs, issue or transfer the shares of Common Stock, if any, covered by the Award to such Affiliate, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the
Affiliate will transfer the shares of Common Stock to the employee or consultant in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. All shares of Common Stock underlying Awards that are
forfeited or canceled shall revert to the Company. 
 (z) Foreign Employees and Foreign Law Considerations. The Committee may
grant Awards to individuals who are eligible to participate in the plan who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States or who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to
(or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee,
be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, or subplans as may be necessary or advisable to comply
with such legal or regulatory provisions. 

  
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 (aa) Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan
shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women. 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. 

  
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