Document:

Exhibit

Coach, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan 

January 1, 2016

IMPORTANT NOTE

This document has not been approved by the Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental entity.  An adopting Employer must determine whether the Plan is subject to the Federal securities laws and the securities laws of the various states.  An adopting Employer may not rely on this document to ensure any particular tax consequences or to ensure that the Plan is “unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly compensated employees” under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, with respect to the Employer’s particular situation.  Fidelity Employer Services Company, its affiliates and employees cannot provide you with legal advice in connection with the execution of this document.  This document should be reviewed by the Employer’s attorney prior to execution.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREAMBLE
ARTICLE 1 – GENERAL
		
	1.1
	Plan

		
	1.2
	Effective Dates

		
	1.3
	Amounts Not Subject to Code Section 409A

ARTICLE 2 – DEFINITIONS
		
	2.1
	Account

		
	2.2
	Administrator

		
	2.3
	Adoption Agreement

		
	2.4
	Beneficiary

		
	2.5
	Board or Board of Directors

		
	2.6
	Bonus

		
	2.7
	Change in Control

		
	2.8
	Code

		
	2.9
	Compensation

		
	2.10
	Director

		
	2.11
	Eligible Employee

		
	2.12
	Employer

		
	2.13
	ERISA

		
	2.14
	Identification Date

		
	2.15
	Key Employee

		
	2.16
	Long Term Disability

		
	2.17
	Participant

		
	2.18
	Plan

		
	2.19
	Plan Sponsor

		
	2.20
	Plan Year

		
	2.21
	Related Employer

		
	2.22
	Retirement

		
	2.23
	Separation from Service

		
	2.24
	Unforeseeable Emergency

		
	2.25
	Valuation Date

		
	2.26
	Vested

		
	2.27
	Years of Service

ARTICLE 3 – PARTICIPATION
		
	3.1
	Participation

		
	3.2
	Termination of Participation

ARTICLE 4 – PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS
		
	4.1
	Deferral Agreement

		
	4.2
	Amount of Deferral

		
	4.3
	Timing of Election to Defer

		
	4.4
	Election of Payment Schedule and Form of Payment

ARTICLE 5 – EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
		
	5.1
	Matching Contributions

		
	5.2
	Other Contributions

ARTICLE 6 – ACCOUNTS AND CREDITS
		
	6.1
	Establishment of Account

		
	6.2
	Credits to Account

ARTICLE 7 – INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
		
	7.1
	Investment Options

		
	7.2
	Adjustment of Accounts

ARTICLE 8 – RIGHT TO BENEFITS
		
	8.1
	Vesting

		
	8.2
	Death

		
	8.3
	Long Term Disability

ARTICLE 9 – DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
		
	9.1
	Amount of Benefits 

		
	9.2
	Method and Timing of Distributions

		
	9.3
	Unforeseeable Emergency

		
	9.4
	Payment Election Overrides

		
	9.5
	Cashouts of Amounts Not Exceeding Stated Limit

		
	9.6
	Required Delay in Payment to Key Employees

		
	9.7
	Change in Control

		
	9.8
	Permissible Delays in Payment

		
	9.9
	Permitted Acceleration of Payment

ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
		
	10.1
	Amendment by Plan Sponsor

		
	10.2
	Plan Termination Following Change in Control or Corporate Dissolution 

		
	10.3
	Other Plan Terminations

ARTICLE 11 – THE TRUST
		
	11.1
	Establishment of Trust

		
	11.2
	Rabbi Trust

		
	11.3
	Investment of Trust Funds

ARTICLE 12 – PLAN ADMINISTRATION
		
	12.1
	Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator

		
	12.2
	Claims and Review Procedures

		
	12.3
	Plan Administrative Costs

ARTICLE 13 – MISCELLANEOUS
		
	13.1
	Unsecured General Creditor of the Employer

		
	13.2
	Employer’s Liability

		
	13.3
	Limitation of Rights

		
	13.4
	Anti-Assignment

		
	13.5
	Facility of Payment

		
	13.6
	Notices

		
	13.7
	Tax Withholding

		
	13.8
	Indemnification

		
	13.9
	Successors

		
	13.10
	Disclaimer

		
	13.11
	Governing Law

		
	13.12
	Section 409A

PREAMBLE 

The Plan is intended to be a “plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or an “excess benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(36) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or a combination of both.  The Plan is further intended to conform with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the final regulations issued thereunder and shall be interpreted, implemented and administered in a manner consistent therewith.  

ARTICLE 1 – GENERAL

		
	1.1
	Plan.  The Plan will be referred to by the name specified in the Adoption Agreement.

		
	1.2
	Effective Dates.

		
	(a)
	Original Effective Date.  The Original Effective Date is the date as of which the Plan was initially adopted.

		
	(b)
	Amendment Effective Date.  The Amendment Effective Date is the date specified in the Adoption Agreement as of which the Plan is amended and restated.  Except to the extent otherwise provided herein or in the Adoption Agreement, the Plan shall apply to amounts deferred and benefit payments made on or after the Amendment Effective Date.

		
	(c)
	Special Effective Date.  A Special Effective Date may apply to any given provision if so specified in Appendix A of the Adoption Agreement.  A Special Effective Date will control over the Original Effective Date or Amendment Effective Date, whichever is applicable, with respect to such provision of the Plan. 

		
	1.3
	Amounts Not Subject to Code Section 409A

Except as otherwise indicated by the Plan Sponsor in Section 1.01 of the Adoption Agreement, amounts deferred before January 1, 2005 that are earned and Vested on December 31, 2004 will be separately accounted for and administered in accordance with the terms of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004.

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ARTICLE 2 – DEFINITIONS

Pronouns used in the Plan are in the masculine gender but include the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.  Wherever used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:

		
	2.1
	“Account” means an account established for the purpose of recording amounts credited on behalf of a Participant and any income, expenses, gains, losses or distributions included thereon.  The Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or to the Participant’s Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.   

		
	2.2
	“Administrator” means the person or persons designated by the Plan Sponsor in Section 1.05 of the Adoption Agreement to be responsible for the administration of the Plan.  If no Administrator is designated in the Adoption Agreement, the Administrator is the Plan Sponsor. 

		
	2.3
	“Adoption Agreement” means the agreement adopted by the Plan Sponsor that establishes the Plan. 

		
	2.4
	“Beneficiary” means the persons, trusts, estates or other entities entitled under Section 8.2 to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant. 

		
	2.5
	“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Plan Sponsor. 

		
	2.6
	“Bonus” means an amount of incentive remuneration payable by the Employer to a Participant. 

		
	2.7
	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of an event involving the Plan Sponsor that is described in Section 9.7. 

		
	2.8
	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

		
	2.9
	“Compensation” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement. 

		
	2.10
	“Director” means a non-employee member of the Board who has been designated by the Employer as eligible to participate in the Plan. 

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	2.11
	“Eligible Employee” means an employee of the Employer who satisfies the requirements in Section 2.01 of the Adoption Agreement. 

		
	2.12
	“Employer” means the Plan Sponsor and any other entity which is authorized by the Plan Sponsor to participate in and, in fact, does adopt the Plan.

		
	2.13
	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

		
	2.14
	“Identification Date” means the date as of which Key Employees are determined which is specified in Section 1.06 of the Adoption Agreement.

		
	2.15
	“Key Employee” means an employee who satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 9.6.

		
	2.16
	 “Long Term Disability”  means a determination by the Administrator that the Participant is either (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer.  A Participant will be considered to have incurred a Long Term Disability if he is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board.

		
	2.17
	“Participant” means an Eligible Employee or Director who commences participation in the Plan in accordance with Article 3.

		
	2.18
	“Plan” means the unfunded plan of deferred compensation set forth herein, including the Adoption Agreement and any trust agreement, as adopted by the Plan Sponsor and as amended from time to time. 

		
	2.19
	“Plan Sponsor” means the entity identified in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement or any successor by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

		
	2.20
	“Plan Year” means the period identified in Section 1.02 of the Adoption Agreement. 

		
	2.21
	“Related Employer” means the Employer and (a) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations as defined in Code 

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Section 414(b) that includes the Employer and (b) any trade or business that is under common control as defined in Code Section 414(c) that includes the Employer.
		
	2.22
	“Retirement” has the meaning specified in 6.01(f) of the Adoption Agreement.

		
	2.23
	“Separation from Service” means the date that the Participant dies, retires or otherwise has a termination of employment with respect to all entities comprising the Related Employer.  A Separation from Service does not occur if the Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of leave does not exceed six months or such longer period during which the Participant’s right to re-employment is provided by statute or contract.  If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to re-employment is not provided either by statute or contract, a Separation from Service will be deemed to have occurred on the first day following the six-month period.  If the period of leave is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, where the impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, a 29 month period of absence may be substituted for the six month period.

Whether a termination of employment has occurred is based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Related Employer and the Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Participant would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36 month period (or the full period of services to the Related Employer if the employee has been providing services to the Related Employer for less than 36 months).  
An independent contractor is considered to have experienced a Separation from Service with the Related Employer upon the expiration of the contract (or, in the case of more than one contract, all contracts) under which services are performed for the Related Employer if the expiration constitutes a good-faith and complete termination of the contractual relationship. 
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separate from service both as an employee and as an independent contractor to be treated as having incurred a Separation from Service.  If a Participant ceases providing services as an independent contractor and begins providing services as an employee, or ceases providing services as an employee and begins providing services as an independent contractor, the Participant will not be considered to have experienced a Separation from Service until the Participant has ceased providing services in both capacities. 
If a Participant provides services both as an employee and as a member of the board of directors of a corporate Related Employer (or an analogous position with respect to a noncorporate Related Employer), the services provided as a director are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has incurred a Separation from Service as an employee for purposes of a nonqualified deferred compensation plan in which the Participant participates as an employee that is not aggregated under Code Section 409A with any plan in which the Participant participates as a director.
If a Participant provides services both as an employee and as a member of the board of directors of a corporate related Employer (or an analogous position with respect to a noncorporate Related Employer), the services provided as an employee are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as a director for purposes of a nonqualified deferred compensation plan in which the Participant participates as a director that is not aggregated under Code Section 409A with any plan in which the Participant participates as an employee.  
All determinations of whether a Separation from Service has occurred will be made in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A and the final regulations thereunder.  
		
	2.24
	 “Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship of the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code section 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.  

		
	2.25
	“Valuation Date” means each business day of the Plan Year that the New York Stock Exchange is open.

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	2.26
	“Vested” when used with reference to a Participant’s Nonqualified Accounts, shall mean not subject to forfeiture, except as provided in the Plan, and unconditionally subject to distribution on his behalf, but only in accordance with the Plan.

		
	2.27
	“Years of Service” means each one year period for which the Participant receives service credit in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement.

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ARTICLE 3 – PARTICIPATION

		
	3.1
	Participation.  The Participants in the Plan shall be those Directors and employees of the Employer who satisfy the requirements of Section 2.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

		
	3.2
	Termination of Participation.  The Administrator may terminate a Participant’s participation in the Plan in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A.  If the Employer terminates a Participant’s participation before the Participant experiences a Separation from Service the Participant’s Vested Accounts shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.

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ARTICLE 4 – PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS

		
	4.1
	Deferral Agreement.  If permitted by the Plan Sponsor in accordance with Section 4.01 of the Adoption Agreement, each Eligible Employee and Director may elect to defer his Compensation within the meaning of Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement by executing in writing or electronically, a deferral agreement in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator and the provisions of this Article 4.

A new deferral agreement must be timely executed for each Plan Year during which the Eligible Employee or Director desires to defer Compensation.  An Eligible Employee or Director who does not timely execute a deferral agreement shall be deemed to have elected zero deferrals of Compensation for such Plan Year.  

A deferral agreement may be changed or revoked during the period specified by the Administrator.  Except as provided in Section 9.3 or in Section 4.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement, a deferral agreement becomes irrevocable at the close of the specified period.

		
	4.2
	Amount of Deferral.  An Eligible Employee or Director may elect to defer Compensation in any amount permitted by Section 4.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. 

		
	4.3
	Timing of Election to Defer.  Each Eligible Employee or Director who desires to defer Compensation otherwise payable during a Plan Year must execute a deferral agreement within the period preceding the Plan Year specified by the Administrator.  Each Eligible Employee who desires to defer Compensation that is a Bonus must execute a deferral agreement within the period preceding the Plan Year during which the Bonus is earned that is specified by the Administrator, except that if the Bonus can be treated as performance based compensation as described in Code Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii), the deferral agreement may be executed within the period specified by the Administrator, which period, in no event, shall end after the date which is six months prior to the end of the period during which the Bonus is earned, provided the Participant has performed services continuously from the later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the performance criteria are established through the date the Participant executed the deferral agreement and provided further that the compensation has not yet become ‘readily ascertainable’ within the meaning of Reg. Sec 1.409A-2(a)(8).  In addition, if the Compensation qualifies as ‘fiscal year compensation’ within the meaning of Reg. Sec. 

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1.409A-2(a)(6), the deferral agreement may be made not later than the end of the Employer’s taxable year immediately preceding the first taxable year of the Employer in which any services are performed for which such Compensation is payable.

Except as otherwise provided below, an employee who is classified or designated as an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year or a Director who is designated as eligible to participate during a Plan Year may elect to defer Compensation otherwise payable during the remainder of such Plan Year in accordance with the rules of this Section 4.3 by executing a deferral agreement within the thirty (30) day period beginning on the date the employee is classified or designated as an Eligible Employee or the date the Director is designated as eligible, whichever is applicable, if permitted by Section 4.01(b)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement.  If Compensation is based on a specified performance period that begins before the Eligible Employee or Director executes his deferral agreement, the election will be deemed to apply to the portion of such Compensation equal to the total amount of Compensation for the performance period multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in the performance period after the election becomes irrevocable and effective over the total number of days in the performance period.  The rules of this paragraph shall not apply unless the Eligible Employee or Director can be treated as initially eligible in accordance with Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(a)(7).

		
	4.4
	Election of Payment Schedule and Form of Payment. 

All elections of a payment schedule and a form of payment will be made in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator and the provisions of this Section 4.4.

(a)    If the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit annual distribution elections in accordance with Section 6.01(h) of the Adoption Agreement the following rules apply.  At the time an Eligible Employee or Director completes a deferral agreement, the Eligible Employee or Director must elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for the Compensation subject to the deferral agreement from among the options the Plan Sponsor has made available for this purpose and which are specified in 6.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement.  Prior to the time required by Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2, the Eligible Employee or Director shall elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for any Employer contributions that may be credited to the Participant’s Account during the Plan Year. If an Eligible Employee or Director fails to elect a distribution event, he shall be deemed to have elected Separation from Service as the distribution event.  If he fails to 

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elect a form of payment, he shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum form of payment.

(b)    If the Plan Sponsor has elected not to permit annual distribution elections in accordance with Section 6.01(h) of the Adoption Agreement the following rules apply.  At the time an Eligible Employee or Director first completes a deferral agreement but in no event later than the time required by Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2, the Eligible Employee or Director must elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for amounts credited to his Account from among the options the Plan Sponsor has made available for this purpose and which are specified in Section 6.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement.  If an Eligible Employee or Director fails to elect a distribution event, he shall be deemed to have elected Separation from Service in the distribution event.  If the fails to elect a form of payment, he shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum form of payment.

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ARTICLE 5 – EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

		
	5.1
	Matching Contributions.  If elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 5.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer will credit the Participant’s Account with a matching contribution determined in accordance with the formula specified in Section 5.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement.  The matching contribution will be treated as allocated to the Participant’s Account at the time specified in Section 5.01(a)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement.

		
	5.2
	Other Contributions.  If elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer will credit the Participant’s Account with a contribution determined in accordance with the formula or method specified in Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement.  The contribution will be treated as allocated to the Participant’s Account at the time specified in Section 5.01(b)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement.

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ARTICLE 6 – ACCOUNTS AND CREDITS

		
	6.1
	Establishment of Account.  For accounting and computational purposes only, the Administrator will establish and maintain an Account on behalf of each Participant which will reflect the credits made pursuant to Section 6.2, distributions or withdrawals, along with the earnings, expenses, gains and losses allocated thereto, attributable to the hypothetical investments made with the amounts in the Account as provided in Article 7.  The Administrator will establish and maintain such other records and accounts, as it decides in its discretion to be reasonably required or appropriate to discharge its duties under the Plan.

		
	6.2
	Credits to Account.  A Participant’s Account will be credited for each Plan Year with the amount of his elective deferrals under Section 4.1 at the time the amount subject to the deferral election would otherwise have been payable to the Participant and the amount of Employer contributions treated as allocated on his behalf under Article 5.  

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ARTICLE 7 – INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS

		
	7.1
	Investment Options.  The amount credited to each Account shall be treated as invested in the investment options designated for this purpose by the Administrator.

		
	7.2
	Adjustment of Accounts.  The amount credited to each Account shall be adjusted for hypothetical investment earnings, expenses, gains or losses in an amount equal to the earnings, expenses, gains or losses attributable to the investment options selected by the party designated in Section 9.01 of the Adoption Agreement from among the investment options provided in Section 7.1.  If permitted by Section 9.01 of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary after the death of the Participant) may, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator, select the investments from among the options provided in Section 7.1 to be used for the purpose of calculating future hypothetical investment adjustments to the Account or to future credits to the Account under Section 6.2 effective as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next following notice to the Administrator.  Each Account shall be adjusted as of each Valuation Date to reflect: (a) the hypothetical earnings, expenses, gains and losses described above; (b) amounts credited pursuant to Section 6.2; and (c) distributions or withdrawals.  In addition, each Account may be adjusted for its allocable share of the hypothetical costs and expenses associated with the maintenance of the hypothetical investments provided in Section 7.1.

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ARTICLE 8 – RIGHT TO BENEFITS

		
	8.1
	Vesting.  A Participant, at all times, has a 100% nonforfeitable interest in the amounts credited to his Account attributable to his elective deferrals made in accordance with Section 4.1.

A Participant’s right to the amounts credited to his Account attributable to Employer contributions made in accordance with Article 5 shall be determined in accordance with the relevant schedule and provisions in Section 7.01 of the Adoption Agreement. Upon a Separation from Service and after application of the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the Participant shall forfeit the nonvested portion of his Account.

FORFEITURE OF PREVIOUSLY VESTED AMOUNTS 
Notwithstanding the above paragraph, if a Participant’s employment with the Employer is terminated for Cause or if a Participant engages in any activity inimical, contrary or harmful to the interests of the Employer during their employment with the Employer or any Employer Affiliate or at any time during the period ending one (1) year after employment terminates with the Employer or any Employer Affiliate, including but not limited to: (a) competing directly or indirectly (either as owner, employee or agent of a Competitive Business (as defined below)) with any of the businesses of the Employer, (b) making, directly or indirectly, a five percent (5%) or more investment in a Competitive Business, or any new luxury accessories business that competes directly with the existing or planned product lines of the Employer, (c) violating any business standards established by the Employer, (d) soliciting any present or future employees or customers of the Employer or any Employer Affiliate to terminate such employment or business relationship(s) with the Employer or Employer Affiliate, (e) disclosing or misusing any confidential information regarding the Employer, or (c) participating in any activity not approved by the Employer’s Board of Directors which is reasonably likely to contribute to or result in a Change of Control, as defined in Article 2 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Coach, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of September 18, 2015 (such activities to be collectively referred to as “Wrongful Conduct”), then such Participant shall be required to repay to the Employer or forfeit any amounts that were credited to the Participant’s Account as Employer Contributions within the twelve (12) month period (if your role is at the Corporate level of Vice President or higher) or six (6) month period (if your role is below the Corporate level of Vice President) immediately preceding such Wrongful Conduct or termination together with any Plan earnings on such amounts. 

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A “Competitive Business” means any entity that the Human Resources Committee of the Employer’s Board of Directors (the “Committee”) designates in its sole discretion as an entity that competes with any of the businesses of Employer or any Employer Affiliate; the Committee may change its designation of Competitive Businesses at any time.  A Participant will only be restricted from those entities on the list as of the date of the Participant’s resignation or termination of employment, whichever is earlier. A current list of “Competitive Businesses”, including any changes made to the list by the Committee, shall be maintained on the Company intranet. 

“Cause” shall mean fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or other act of material misconduct against Employer; substantial and willful failure to render services in accordance with the terms of Participant’s duties as an employee, provided that (A) a demand for performance of services had been delivered to Participant at least thirty (30) days prior to Participants termination identifying the manner in which Participant has failed to perform and (B) thereafter Participant fails to remedy such failure to perform; conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony; or violation of any business standards established by the Employer.

		
	8.2
	Death.  The Plan Sponsor may elect to accelerate vesting upon the death of the Participant in accordance with Section 7.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement and/or to accelerate distributions upon Death in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement.  If the Plan Sponsor does not elect to accelerate distributions upon death in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the Vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account will be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.

A Participant may designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, or change any prior designation of Beneficiary or Beneficiaries in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator.

A copy of the death notice or other sufficient documentation must be filed with and approved by the Administrator.  If upon the death of the Participant there is, in the opinion of the Administrator, no designated Beneficiary for part or all of the Participant’s Vested Account, such amount will be paid to his estate (such estate shall be deemed to be the Beneficiary for purposes of the Plan) in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.

		
	8.3
	Long Term Disability.  If the Plan Sponsor has elected to accelerate vesting upon the occurrence of a Long Term Disability in accordance with Section 7.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement and/or to permit distributions upon Long Term Disability in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 

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6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the determination of whether a Participant has incurred a Long Term Disability shall be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

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ARTICLE 9 – DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

		
	9.1
	Amount of Benefits.  The Vested amount credited to a Participant’s Account as determined under Articles 6, 7 and 8 shall determine and constitute the basis for the value of benefits payable to the Participant under the Plan. 

		
	9.2
	Method and Timing of Distributions.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article 9, distributions under the Plan shall be made in accordance with the elections made or deemed made by the Participant under Article 4.  Subject to the provisions of Section 9.6 requiring a six month delay for certain distributions to Key Employees, distributions following a payment event shall commence at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement.  If permitted by Section 6.01(g) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may elect, at least twelve months before a scheduled distribution event, to delay the payment date for a minimum period of sixty months from the originally scheduled date of payment, provided the election does not take effect for at least twelve months from the date on which the election is made.  The distribution election change must be made in accordance with procedures and rules established by the Administrator.  The Participant may, at the same time the date of payment is deferred, change the form of payment but such change in the form of payment may not effect an acceleration of payment in violation of Code Section 409A or the provisions of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b).  For purposes of this Section 9.2, a series of installment payments is always treated as a single payment and not as a series of separate payments.   

		
	9.3
	Unforeseeable Emergency.  A Participant may request a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency if the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit Unforeseeable Emergency withdrawals under Section 8.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement.  The request must be in writing and must be submitted to the Administrator along with evidence that the circumstances constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. The Administrator has the discretion to require whatever evidence it deems necessary to determine whether a distribution is warranted, and may require the Participant to certify that the need cannot be met from other sources reasonably available to the Participant.   Whether a Participant has incurred an Unforeseeable Emergency will be determined by the Administrator on the basis of the relevant facts and circumstances in its sole discretion, but, in no event, will an Unforeseeable Emergency be deemed to exist if the hardship can be relieved:  (a) through reimbursement or compensation by 

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insurance or otherwise, (b) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or (c) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan.  A distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency must be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need and may include any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, foreign or local income taxes and penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution.  The distribution will be made in the form of a single lump sum cash payment.  If permitted by Section 8.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant’s deferral elections for the remainder of the Plan Year will be cancelled upon a withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency.  If the payment of all or any portion of the Participant’s Vested Account is being delayed in accordance with Section 9.6 at the time he experiences an Unforeseeable Emergency, the amount being delayed shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 9.3 until the expiration of the six month period of delay required by section 9.6.

		
	9.4
	Payment Election Overrides.  If the Plan Sponsor has elected one or more payment election overrides in accordance with Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the following provisions apply.  Upon the occurrence  of the first event selected by the Plan Sponsor, the remaining Vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account shall be paid in the form designated to the Participant or his Beneficiary regardless of whether the Participant had made different elections of time and /or form of payment or whether the Participant was receiving installment payments at the time of the event.  

		
	9.5
	Cashouts Of Amounts Not Exceeding Stated Limit.  If the Vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account does not exceed the limit established for this purpose by the Plan Sponsor in Section 6.01(e) of the Adoption Agreement at the time he incurs a Separation from Service for any reason, the Employer shall distribute such amount to the Participant at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement in a single lump sum cash payment following such Separation from Service regardless of whether the Participant had made different elections of time or form of payment as to the Vested amount credited to his Account or whether the Participant was receiving installments at the time of such termination.  A Participant’s Account, for purposes of this Section 9.5, shall include any amounts described in Section 1.3. 

		
	9.6
	Required Delay in Payment to Key Employees.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.6, a distribution made on account of Separation from Service (or Retirement, if applicable) to a Participant who is a Key Employee as of the date of his Separation from Service (or Retirement, if 

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applicable) shall not be made before the date which is six months after the Separation from Service (or Retirement, if applicable).  If payments to a Key Employee are delayed in accordance with this Section 9.6, the payments to which the Key Employee would otherwise have been entitled during the six month period shall be accumulated and paid in a single lump sum at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement after the six month period elapses.

(a) A Participant is treated as a Key Employee if (i) he is employed by a Related Employer any of whose stock is publicly traded on an established securities market, and (ii) he satisfies the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii), determined without regard to Code Section 416(i)(5), at any time during the twelve month period ending on the Identification Date.

(b) A Participant who is a Key Employee on an Identification Date shall be treated as a Key Employee for purposes of the six month delay in distributions for the twelve month period beginning on the first day of a month no later than the fourth month following the Identification Date.  The Identification Date and the effective date of the delay in distributions shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 of the Adoption Agreement.

(c) The Plan Sponsor may elect to apply an alternative method to identify Participants who will be treated as Key Employees for purposes of the six month delay in distributions if the method satisfies each of the following requirements.  The alternative method is reasonably designed to include all Key Employees, is an objectively determinable standard providing no direct or indirect election to any Participant regarding its application, and results in either all Key Employees or no more than 200 Key Employees being identified in the class as of any date.  Use of an alternative method that satisfies the requirements of this Section 9.6(c ) will not be treated as a change in the time and form of payment for purposes of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b).

(d) The six month delay does not apply to payments described in Section 9.9(a),(b) or (d) or to payments that occur after the death of the Participant.  If the payment of all or any portion of the Participant’s Vested Account is being delayed in accordance with this Section 9.6 at the time he incurs a Long Term Disability which would otherwise require a distribution under the terms of the Plan, no amount shall be paid until the expiration of the six month period of delay required by this Section 9.6.

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	9.7
	Change in Control.  If the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit distributions upon a Change in Control, the following provisions shall apply.  A distribution made upon a Change in Control will be made at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement in the form elected by the Participant in accordance with the procedures described in Article 4.  Alternatively, if the Plan Sponsor has elected in accordance with Section 11.02 of the Adoption Agreement to require distributions upon a Change in Control, the Participant’s remaining Vested Account shall be paid to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement as a single lump sum payment.  A Change in Control, for purposes of the Plan, will occur upon a change in the ownership of the Plan Sponsor, a change in the effective control of the Plan Sponsor or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Plan Sponsor, but only if elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 11.03 of the Adoption Agreement.  The Plan Sponsor, for this purpose, includes any corporation identified in this Section 9.7.  All distributions made in accordance with this Section 9.7 are subject to the provisions of Section 9.6. 
 
If a Participant continues to make deferrals in accordance with Article 4 after he has received a distribution due to a Change in Control, the residual amount payable to the Participant shall be paid at the time and in the form specified in the elections he makes in accordance with Article 4 or upon his death or Long Term Disability as provided in Article 8. 
 
Whether a Change in Control has occurred will be determined by the Administrator in accordance with the rules and definitions set forth in this Section 9.7.  A distribution to the Participant will be treated as occurring upon a Change in Control if the Plan Sponsor terminates the Plan in accordance with Section 10.2 and distributes the Participant’s benefits within twelve months of a Change in Control as provided in Section 10.3. 

		
	(a
	Relevant Corporations.  To constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the Plan, the event must relate to (i) the corporation for whom the Participant is performing services at the time of the Change in Control, (ii) the corporation that is liable for the payment of the Participant’s benefits under the Plan (or all corporations liable if more than one corporation is liable) but only if either the deferred compensation is attributable to the performance of services by the Participant for such corporation (or corporations) or there is a bona fide business purpose for such corporation (or corporations) to be liable for such payment and, in either case, no significant purpose of making such corporation (or corporations) liable for such payment is the avoidance of federal income tax, or (iii) a corporation that is a 

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majority shareholder of a corporation identified in (i) or (ii), or any corporation in a chain of corporations in which each corporation is a majority shareholder of another corporation in the chain, ending in a corporation identified in (i) or (ii).  A majority shareholder is defined as a shareholder owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value and voting power of such corporation. 

		
	(b
	Stock Ownership.  Code Section 318(a) applies for purposes of determining stock ownership.  Stock underlying a Vested option is considered owned by the individual who owns the Vested option (and the stock underlying an unvested option is not considered owned by the individual who holds the unvested option).  If, however, a Vested option is exercisable for stock that is not substantially Vested (as defined by Treasury Regulation Section 1.83-3(b) and (j)) the stock underlying the option is not treated as owned by the individual who holds the option. 

		
	(c
	Change in the Ownership of a Corporation.  A change in the ownership of a corporation occurs on the date that any one person or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation.  If any one person or more than one person acting as a group is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of a corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the ownership of the corporation (or to cause a change in the effective control of the corporation as discussed below in Section 9.7(d)).  An increase in the percentage of stock owned by any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a transaction in which the corporation acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an acquisition of stock.  Section 9.7(c) applies only when there is a transfer of stock of a corporation (or issuance of stock of a corporation) and stock in such corporation remains outstanding after the transaction.  For purposes of this Section 9.7(c), persons will not be considered to be acting as a group solely because they purchase or own stock of the same corporation at the same time or as a result of a public offering.  Persons will, however, be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the corporation.  If a person, including an entity, owns stock in both corporations that enter into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, such shareholder is 

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considered to be acting as a group with other shareholders in a corporation only with respect to ownership in that corporation prior to the transaction giving rise to the change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the other corporation. 

		
	(d
	Change in the effective control of a corporation.  A change in the effective control of a corporation occurs on the date that either (i) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the corporation possessing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, or (ii) a majority of members of the corporation’s board of directors is replaced during any twelve month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the corporation’s board of directors prior to the date of the appointment or election, provided that for purposes of this paragraph (ii), the term corporation refers solely to the relevant corporation identified in Section 9.7(a) for which no other corporation is a majority shareholder for purposes of Section 9.7(a).  In the absence of an event described in Section 9.7(d)(i) or (ii), a change in the effective control of a corporation will not have occurred.  A change in effective control may also occur in any transaction in which either of the two corporations involved in the transaction has a change in the ownership of such corporation as described in Section 9.7(c) or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of such corporation as described in Section 9.7(e).  If any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, is considered to effectively control a corporation within the meaning of this Section 9.7(d), the acquisition of additional control of the corporation by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the effective control of the corporation or to cause a change in the ownership of the corporation within the meaning of Section 9.7(c).  For purposes of this Section 9.7(d), persons will or will not be considered to be acting as a group in accordance with rules similar to those set forth in Section 9.7(c) with the following exception.  If a person, including an entity, owns stock in both corporations that enter into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, such shareholder is considered to be acting as a group with other shareholders in a corporation only with respect to the ownership in that corporation prior to the transaction giving rise to the change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the other corporation. 

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	(e
	Change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a corporation’s assets.  A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a corporation’s assets occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined in accordance with rules similar to those set forth in Section 9.7(d)), acquires (or has acquired during the twelve month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions.  For this purpose, gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the corporation or the value of the assets being disposed of determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.  There is no Change in Control event under this Section 9.7(e) when there is a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the transferring corporation immediately after the transfer.  A transfer of assets by a corporation is not treated as a change in ownership of such assets if the assets are transferred to (i) a shareholder of the corporation (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock, (ii) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, (iii) a person, or more than one person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the corporation, or (iv) an entity, at least fifty (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in Section 9.7(e)(iii).  For purposes of the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided, a person’s status is determined immediately after the transfer of assets.

		
	9.8
	Permissible Delays in Payment.  Distributions may be delayed beyond the date payment would otherwise occur in accordance with the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 in any of the following circumstances as long as the Employer treats all payments to similarly situated Participants on a reasonably consistent basis.  

		
	(a
	The Employer may delay payment if it reasonably anticipates that its deduction with respect to such payment would be limited or eliminated by the application of Code Section 162(m).  Payment must be made during the Participant’s first taxable year in which the Employer reasonably anticipates, or should reasonably anticipate, that if the payment is made during such year the deduction of such payment will not be barred by the application of Code Section 

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162(m) or during the period beginning with the Participant’s Separation from Service and ending on the later of the last day of the Employer’s taxable year in which the Participant separates from service or the 15th day of the third month following the Participant’s Separation from Service.  If a scheduled payment to a Participant is delayed in accordance with this Section 9.8(a), all scheduled payments to the Participant that could be delayed in accordance with this Section 9.8(a) will also be delayed.  A payment delay pursuant to this Section 9.8(a) must comply with all of the requirements of Reg. Sec. 1-409A-2(b)(7)(i).

		
	(b
	The Employer may also delay payment if it reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will violate federal securities laws or other applicable laws provided payment is made at the earliest date on which the Employer reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will not cause such violation.  A payment delay pursuant to this Section 9.8(b) must comply with all of the requirements of Reg. Sec. 1-409A-2(b)(7)(ii).

		
	(c
	The Employer reserves the right to amend the Plan to provide for a delay in payment upon such other events and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin

		
	9.9
	Permitted Acceleration of Payment.  The Employer may permit acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment or amount scheduled to be paid pursuant to a payment under the Plan provided such acceleration would be permitted by the provisions of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-3(j)(4), including the following events:

		
	(a)
	Domestic Relations Order.  A payment may be accelerated if such payment is made to an alternate payee pursuant to and following the receipt and qualification of a domestic relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p).

		
	(b)
	Compliance with Ethics Agreements and Legal Requirements.  A payment may be accelerated as may be necessary to comply with ethics agreements with the Federal government or as may be reasonably necessary to avoid the violation of Federal, state, local or foreign ethics law or conflicts of laws, in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

		
	(c)
	De Minimis Amounts.  A payment will be accelerated if (i) the amount of the payment is not greater than the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B), (ii) at the time the 

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payment is made the amount constitutes the Participant’s entire interest under the Plan and all other plans that are aggregated with the Plan under Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2). 
		
	(d)
	FICA Tax.  A payment may be accelerated to the extent required to pay the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax imposed under Code Sections 3101, 3121(a) and 3121(v)(2) of the Code with respect to compensation deferred under the Plan (the “FICA Amount”).  Additionally, a payment may be accelerated to pay the income tax on wages imposed under Code Section 3401 of the Code on the FICA Amount and to pay the additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding Code Section 3401 wages and taxes.  The total payment under this subsection (d) may not exceed the aggregate of the FICA Amount and the income tax withholding related to the FICA Amount. 

		
	(e)
	Section 409A Additional Tax.  A payment may be accelerated if the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A; provided that such payment may not exceed the amount required to be included in income as a result of the failure to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.  

		
	(f)
	Offset.  A payment may be accelerated in the Employer’s discretion as satisfaction of a debt of the Participant to the Employer, where such debt is incurred in the ordinary course of the service relationship between the Participant and the Employer, the entire amount of the reduction in any of the Employer’s taxable years does not exceed $5,000, and the reduction is made at the same time and in the same amount as the debt otherwise would have been due and collected from the Participant.

		
	(g)
	Other Events.  A payment may be accelerated in the Administrator’s discretion in connection with such other events and conditions as permitted by Code Section 409A.  

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ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

		
	10.1
	Amendment by Plan Sponsor.  The Plan Sponsor reserves the right to amend the Plan (for itself and each Employer) through action of its Board of Directors.  No amendment can directly or indirectly deprive any current or former Participant or Beneficiary of all or any portion of his Account which had accrued and Vested prior to the amendment.

		
	10.2
	Plan Termination Following Change in Control or Corporate Dissolution.  If so elected by the Plan Sponsor in 11.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Plan and distribute all amounts credited to all Participant Accounts within the 30 days preceding or the twelve months following a Change in Control as determined in accordance with the rules set forth in Section 9.7. For this purpose, the Plan will be treated as terminated only if all agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements sponsored by the Related Employer immediately after the Change in Control which are treated as a single plan under Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2) are also terminated with respect to each Participant who experienced the Change in Control so that all Participants under the Plan and all similar arrangements who experienced the Change in Control are required to receive all amounts deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve months of the date the Plan Sponsor irrevocably takes all necessary action to terminate the arrangements. In addition, the Plan Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Plan within twelve months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Code Section 331 or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U. S. C. Section 503(b)(1)(A) provided that amounts deferred under the Plan are included in the gross incomes of Participants in the latest of (a) the calendar year in which the termination and liquidation occurs, (b) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, or (c) the first calendar year in which payment is administratively practicable. 

		
	10.3
	Other Plan Terminations.  The Plan Sponsor retains the discretion to terminate the Plan if (a) all arrangements sponsored by the Plan Sponsor that would be aggregated with any terminated arrangement under  Code Section 409A and Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2) are terminated, (b) no payments other than payments that would be payable under the terms of the arrangements if the termination had not occurred are made within twelve months of the termination of the arrangements, (c) all payments are made within twenty-four months of the date the Plan Sponsor takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the arrangements, (d) the Plan Sponsor does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated with any terminated arrangement under Code Section 409A 

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and the regulations thereunder at any time within the three year period following the date of termination of the arrangement, and (e) the termination does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Plan sponsor.  The Plan Sponsor also reserves the right to amend the Plan to provide that termination of the Plan will occur under such conditions and events as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

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ARTICLE 11 – THE TRUST

		
	11.1
	Establishment of Trust.  The Plan Sponsor may but is not required to establish a trust to hold amounts which the Plan Sponsor may contribute from time to time to correspond to some or all amounts credited to Participants under Section 6.2.  In the event that the Plan Sponsor wishes to establish a trust to provide a source of funds for the payment of Plan benefits, any such trust shall be constructed to constitute an unfunded arrangement that does not affect the status of the Plan as an unfunded plan for purposes of Title I of ERISA and the Code.  If the Plan Sponsor elects to establish a trust in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the provisions of Sections 11.2 and 11.3 shall become operative.

		
	11.2
	Rabbi Trust.  Any trust established by the Plan Sponsor shall be between the Plan Sponsor and a trustee pursuant to a separate written agreement under which assets are held, administered and managed, subject to the claims of the Plan Sponsor’s unsecured general creditors in the event of the Plan Sponsor’s insolvency.  The trust is intended to be treated as a rabbi trust in accordance with existing guidance of the Internal Revenue Service, and the establishment of the trust shall not cause the Participant to realize current income on amounts contributed thereto.  The Plan Sponsor must notify the trustee in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency.

		
	11.3
	Investment of Trust Funds.  Any amounts contributed to the trust by the Plan Sponsor shall be invested by the trustee in accordance with the provisions of the trust and the instructions of the Administrator.  Trust investments need not reflect the hypothetical investments selected by Participants under Section 7.1 for the purpose of adjusting Accounts and the earnings or investment results of the trust need not affect the hypothetical investment adjustments to Participant Accounts under the Plan.

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ARTICLE 12 – PLAN ADMINISTRATION

		
	12.1
	Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator.  The Administrator has the full power and the full responsibility to administer the Plan in all of its details, subject, however, to the applicable requirements of ERISA.  The Administrator’s powers and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

		
	(a)
	To make and enforce such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan;

		
	(b)
	To interpret the Plan, its interpretation thereof to be final, except as provided in Section 12.2, on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan;

		
	(c)
	To decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan;

		
	(d)
	To administer the claims and review procedures specified in Section 12.2;

		
	(e)
	To compute the amount of benefits which will be payable to any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan;

		
	(f)
	To determine the person or persons to whom such benefits will be paid;

		
	(g)
	To authorize the payment of benefits;

		
	(h)
	To comply with the reporting and disclosure requirements of Part 1 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA;

		
	(i)
	To appoint such agents, counsel, accountants, and consultants as may be required to assist in administering the Plan; and

		
	(j)
	By written instrument, to allocate and delegate its responsibilities, including the formation of an Administrative Committee to administer the Plan.

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	12.2
	Claims and Review Procedures.

		
	(a)
	Claims Procedure.  

If any person believes he is being denied any rights or benefits under the Plan, such person may file a claim in writing with the Administrator.  If any such claim is wholly or partially denied, the Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing.  Such notification will contain (i) specific reasons for the denial, (ii) specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions, (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for such person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (iv) a description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the person’s right to bring a civil action  following an adverse decision on review.  Such notification will be given within 90 days (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability) after the claim is received by the Administrator.  The Administrator may extend the period for providing the notification by 90 days (30 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability) if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim and if written notice of such extension and circumstance is given to such person within the initial 90 day period (45 day period in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability).  If such notification is not given within such period, the claim will be considered denied as of the last day of such period and such person may request a review of his claim.
		
	(b)
	Review Procedure.  

Within 60 days (180 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability) after the date on which a person receives a written notification of denial of claim (or, if written notification is not provided, within 60 days (180 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability) of the date denial is considered to have occurred), such person (or his duly authorized representative) may (i) file a written request with the Administrator for a review of his denied claim and of pertinent documents and (ii) submit written issues and comments to the Administrator.  The Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing.  Such notification will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by such person and will contain specific reasons for the decision as well as specific references to pertinent Plan provisions.  The notification will explain 

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that the person is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all pertinent documents and has the right to bring a civil action following an adverse decision on review.  The decision on review will be made within 60 days (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability).  The Administrator may extend the period for making the decision on review by 60 days (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability) if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the request such as an election by the Administrator to hold a hearing, and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such person within the initial 60-day period (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Long Term Disability).  If the decision on review is not made within such period, the claim will be considered denied. 

		
	(c)
	Exhaustion of Claims Procedures and Right to Bring Legal Claim 
 
No action at law or equity may be brought by a person before such person has exhausted all remedies under this Section 12.2 and the Administrator’s affirmation of a denial of a claim, and no action at law or equity shall be brought more than one (1) year after the date of Administrator’s affirmation of a denial of a claim, or, if earlier, more than four (4) years after the facts or events giving rising to the claimant’s allegation(s) or claim(s) first occurred.

		
	12.3
	Plan Administrative Costs.  All reasonable costs and expenses (including legal, accounting, and employee communication fees) incurred by the Administrator in administering the Plan shall be paid by the Plan to the extent not paid by the Employer.

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ARTICLE 13 – MISCELLANEOUS

		
	13.1
	Unsecured General Creditor of the Employer.  Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of the Employer.  For purposes of the payment of benefits under the Plan, any and all of the Employer’s assets shall be, and shall remain, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Employer.  Each Employer's obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future. 

		
	13.2
	Employer’s Liability.  Each Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits under the Plan shall be defined only by the Plan and by the deferral agreements entered into between a Participant and the Employer.  An Employer shall have no obligation or liability to a Participant under the Plan except as provided by the Plan and a deferral agreement or agreements.  An Employer shall have no liability to Participants employed by other Employers.

		
	13.3
	Limitation of Rights.  Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits, will be construed as giving to the Participant or any other person any legal or equitable right against the Employer, the Plan or the Administrator, except as provided herein; and in no event will the terms of employment or service of the Participant be modified or in any way affected hereby.

		
	13.4
	Anti-Assignment.  Except as may be necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order within the meaning of Code Section 414(p), none of the benefits or rights of a Participant or any Beneficiary of a Participant shall be subject to the claim of any creditor.  In particular, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all such benefits and rights shall be free from attachment, garnishment, or any other legal or equitable process available to any creditor of the Participant and his or her Beneficiary.  Neither the Participant nor his or her Beneficiary shall have the right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any of the payments which he or she may expect to receive, contingently or otherwise, under the Plan, except the right to designate a Beneficiary to receive death benefits provided hereunder.  Notwithstanding the preceding, the benefit payable from a Participant’s Account may be reduced, at the discretion of the administrator, to satisfy any debt or liability to the Employer.

		
	13.5
	Facility of Payment.  If the Administrator determines, on the basis of medical reports or other evidence satisfactory to the Administrator, that the recipient of 

any benefit payments under the Plan is incapable of handling his affairs by reason of minority, illness, infirmity or other incapacity, the Administrator may direct the Employer to disburse such payments to a person or institution designated by a court which has jurisdiction over such recipient or a person or institution otherwise having the legal authority under State law for the care and control of such recipient. The receipt by such person or institution of any such payments therefore, and any such payment to the extent thereof, shall discharge the liability of the Employer, the Plan and the Administrator for the payment of benefits hereunder to such recipient.
		
	13.6
	Notices.  Any notice or other communication to the Employer or Administrator in connection with the Plan shall be deemed delivered in writing if addressed to the Plan Sponsor at the address specified in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement and if either actually delivered at said address or, in the case or a letter, 5 business days shall have elapsed after the same shall have been deposited in the United States mails, first-class postage prepaid and registered or certified.

		
	13.7
	Tax Withholding.  If the Employer concludes that tax is owing with respect to any deferral or payment hereunder, the Employer shall withhold such amounts from any payments due the Participant or from amounts deferred, as permitted by law, or otherwise make appropriate arrangements with the Participant or his Beneficiary for satisfaction of such obligation.  Tax, for purposes of this Section 13.7 means any federal, state, local or any other governmental income tax, employment or payroll tax, excise tax, or any other tax or assessment owing with respect to amounts deferred, any earnings thereon, and any payments made to Participants under the Plan.

		
	13.8
	Indemnification. (a) Each Indemnitee (as defined in Section 13.8(e)) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Employer for all actions taken by him and for all failures to take action (regardless of the date of any such action or failure to take action), to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Employer is incorporated, against all expense, liability, and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (as defined in Subsection (e)).  No indemnification pursuant to this Section shall be made, however, in any case where (1) the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or (2) there is a settlement to which the Employer does not consent.

(b)   The right to indemnification provided in this Section shall include the right to have the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending any Proceeding paid by the Employer in advance of the final disposition of the 

Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Employer is incorporated; provided that, if such law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall be made only on delivery to the Employer of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced without interest if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise.
(c)  Indemnification pursuant to this Section shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be such and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors, and administrators.  The Employer agrees that the undertakings made in this Section shall be binding on its successors or assigns and shall survive the termination, amendment or restatement of the Plan.
(d)  The foregoing right to indemnification shall be in addition to such other rights as the Indemnitee may enjoy as a matter of law or by reason of insurance coverage of any kind and is in addition to and not in lieu of any rights to indemnification to which the Indemnitee may be entitled pursuant to the by-laws of the Employer.
(e)  For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)  "Indemnitee" shall mean each person serving as an Administrator (or any other person who is an employee, director, or officer of the Employer) who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any Proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was performing administrative functions under the Plan.
(2)  "Proceeding" shall mean any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit, or proceeding by or in the right of the Employer), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or through arbitration.
		
	13.9
	Successors.  The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Plan Sponsor, the Employer and their successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.

		
	13.10
	Disclaimer. It is the Plan Sponsor’s intention that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A.  Neither the Plan Sponsor nor the Employer shall have any liability to any Participant should any provision of the Plan fail to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A.

		
	13.11
	Governing Law.  The Plan will be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State specified by the Plan Sponsor in Section 12.01 of the Adoption Agreement.

		
	13.12
	Section 409A.  The Plan (together with the Adoption Agreement ) is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, and shall be administered and interpreted consistent with such intent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employer makes no representations that the benefits provided under the Plan (together with the Adoption Agreement) comply with Code Section 409A, and in no event shall the Employer be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by a Participant on account of non-compliance with Code Section 409A.Exhibit

Annual 4 Year Graded Option

Tapestry, Inc. 
2018 Stock Incentive Plan 
Stock Option Grant Notice and Agreement

 
NAME
Tapestry, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to confirm that you have been granted a stock option (an “Option”), effective as of GRANT DATE (the “Grant Date”), as provided in this agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the Tapestry, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and in effect on the Grant Date, the “Plan”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined in the Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Plan.
1.Option Right.  Your Option is to purchase, on the terms and conditions set forth below, the following number of Option Shares (the “Option Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per Option Share (the “Common Stock”), at the exercise price  specified below (the “Grant Price”).
	
			
	 
	Number of Option Shares
	Grant Price Per Option Share

	Option Shares Granted
	# of Options
	Grant Price

2.    Option.  This Option is a non-qualified stock option that is intended to conform in all respects with the Plan, a copy of which will be supplied to you upon your request, and the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference.  This Option is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
3.    Expiration Date.  This Option expires on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Expiration Date”), subject to earlier expiration upon your death, Permanent and Total Disability (as defined below) or other termination of employment, as provided below.
4.    Vesting.  This Option may be exercised only to the extent it has vested.  Subject to Sections 5, 6 and 8 of the Agreement, and your continuous employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Tapestry Companies”) from the Grant Date until each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date (each, a “Vesting Date”), this Option will vest with respect to one-fourth (1/4th) of the Option Shares on each Vesting Date.
If upon or during the twenty four (24)-month period immediately following a Change in Control (a “Change in Control Termination”), your employment is terminated either by the Tapestry Companies without Change in Control Cause (as defined below) or by you for Change in Control Good Reason (as defined below), then all unvested Option Shares will become fully vested, effective immediately upon such termination and this Option will be exercisable until the Expiration Date.
“Change in Control Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) willful 

or grossly negligent breach of material duties; (iii) any act of fraud, embezzlement or other similar dishonest conduct; (iv) any act or omission that has a material adverse effect on the Tapestry Companies, including without limitation, its reputation, business interests or financial condition; or (v) a material breach of any of restrictive covenants set forth in a written agreement with the Tapestry Companies. “Change in Control Good Reason” shall mean (i) any reduction in your base salary and/or target bonus opportunity, other than a reduction that is uniformly applied to similarly situated employees of not more than 10%; (ii) relocation of your principal place of work outside of a fifty (50) mile radius of your then current location; (iii) the failure of any successor to the Tapestry Companies to assume or substitute for the Agreement; or (iv) the occurrence of any event that constitutes “good reason” (or words of like import) as set forth in a written employment agreement or offer letter between the Tapestry Companies and you in effect on the date of your termination. In order for an event to qualify as Change in Control Good Reason, (i) you must first provide the Tapestry Companies with written notice of the acts or omissions constituting the grounds for “Change in Control Good Reason” within thirty (30) calendar days of the initial existence of the grounds for “Change in Control Good Reason” and a reasonable cure period of thirty (30) calendar days following the date of written notice (the “Cure Period”), and such grounds must not have been cured during such time, and the you must resign your employment within the thirty (30) calendar days following the end of the Cure Period.
5.    Death, Total Disability or Retirement.  If you cease active employment with the Tapestry Companies because of your death or Permanent and Total Disability, this Option will vest as of the date of your death or the date you are determined to be Permanently and Totally Disabled, which date shall be the sole remaining Vesting Date, and the last day on which this Option may be exercised is the earlier of (a) the Expiration Date or (b) five (5) years after the date of your death or Permanent and Total Disability.  For purposes of the foregoing, “Permanent and Total Disability” means that you are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.
In the case of your Retirement (as defined below), and subject to (a) providing the Required Notice (as defined below) applicable to you and (b) complying with the Restrictive Covenants (as defined below) for the periods specified in Section 8(a) and Section 8(c), this Option will remain outstanding and eligible to continue to vest in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section 4, and will be exercisable until the Expiration Date.  For purposes of the foregoing, “Retirement” shall mean your departure from employment with the Tapestry Companies other than for Cause (as defined below) if either: (1) you have attained age sixty-five (65) and five (5) years of service with the Tapestry Companies or (2) you have attained age fifty-five (55) and ten (10) years of service with the Tapestry Companies.   
6.    Involuntary Termination, Voluntary Termination and Non-Severance Event Termination.
(a)    Except with respect to any Change in Control Termination, if your employment with the Tapestry Companies is terminated by the Tapestry Companies prior to the final Vesting Date and you are entitled to receive severance benefits under any written severance plan or policy of the Tapestry Companies or an employment agreement between you and the Tapestry Companies in connection with such termination (collectively, a “Severance Event Termination”), then, unless such agreement provides otherwise, you will receive pro-rata vesting based on the number of days you were employed during the period beginning on the Grant Date and ending on the date of your 

Severance Event Termination, excluding any Option Shares that have already become vested on previous applicable Vesting Dates under this Agreement, and any Option Shares that remain unvested after giving effect to the foregoing pro-rata vesting will be forfeited for no consideration as of the date of your Severance Event Termination. The Option Shares that become vested upon your Severance Event Termination may be exercised until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or (ii) 90 days after the date of your Severance Event Termination. Your receipt of pro-rata vesting with respect to a portion of the Option Shares pursuant to this Award upon a Severance Event Termination will be subject to (i) your timely execution and non-revocation of a waiver and release agreement in the form prescribed by the Tapestry Companies and (ii) the terms and conditions set forth in (A) the Agreement, (B) any employment agreement between you and the Tapestry Companies (as applicable) and (C) any written severance plan or policy of the Tapestry Companies applicable to you and in effect as of the date of your Severance Event Termination. 

(b)    If your employment terminates (i) for reasons other than your death, Permanent and Total Disability, Retirement (as described in Section 5) or a Change in Control Termination and (ii) such termination is not a Severance Event Termination (i.e., you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Tapestry Companies or your employment is terminated by the Tapestry Companies and you are not eligible for severance pay under the written severance plans or policies of the Tapestry Companies or an employment agreement between you and the Tapestry Companies), including, for the avoidance of doubt, if your employment with the Tapestry Companies is terminated due to poor performance, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee), then the portion of this Option that has not yet vested as of the date your employment terminates will be forfeited for no consideration and the vested portion of this Option shall terminate on the earlier of (A) the Expiration Date or (B) ninety (90) days following the date of your termination of employment.
(c)    If your termination by the Tapestry Companies is for Cause (as defined below), then this Option shall be forfeited in its entirety for no consideration on the date your employment terminates.  For purposes of the Agreement, “Cause” shall mean a determination by the Company that your employment should be terminated for any of the following reasons: (i) your violation of the Employee Guide or any other written policies or procedures of the Tapestry Companies, (ii) your indictment, conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, (iii) your willful or grossly negligent breach of your duties, (iv) any act of fraud, embezzlement or other similar dishonest conduct, (v) any act or omission that the Company determines could have a material adverse effect on the Tapestry Companies, including without limitation, its reputation, business interests or financial condition, (vi) your failure to follow the lawful directives of the Chief Executive Officer or other employee of the Company to whom you report, or (vii) your breach of any written agreement between you and any of the Tapestry Companies, including your breach of any of the Restrictive Covenants.

7.    Exercise.  This Option may be exercised (subject to the restrictions contained in the Agreement) in whole or in part for the number of vested Option Shares specified in a written notice (including an electronic notice) that is delivered to the Company or its designated agent and is accompanied by full payment of the Grant Price for such number of Option Shares in cash.  Subject to Section 3 above, this Option will be considered exercised on the date on which (a) your written notice of exercise and (b) your payment of the Grant Price, have both been received by the Company or its designated agent.  In addition, if you are an international optionee, you are subject to the additional terms shown on Annex A.  Notwithstanding anything contained in the 

Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of Section 6.2 of the Plan (Expiration of Option Term: Automatic Exercise of In-The-Money Options) shall apply to this Option.
8.    Forfeiture.

(a)    Notwithstanding anything contained in the Agreement to the contrary, (i) if your employment with the Tapestry Companies is terminated for Cause (as defined above) (a “Termination for Cause”), (ii) if you elect to terminate your employment with the Tapestry Companies (including in the event of your Retirement) and you do not provide the Tapestry Companies with the Required Notice applicable to your level (“Termination without Notice”), or (iii) if you engage in any activity inimical, contrary or harmful to the interests of the Tapestry Companies during your employment with the Tapestry Companies or at any time during the period ending one (1) year after your employment with the Tapestry Companies terminates (other than due to Retirement, in which case the claw-back and forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 8(a) of the Agreement that apply in the event the Restrictive Covenants are violated shall remain in effect through the last Vesting Date), including but not limited to: (A) violating any of the Restrictive Covenants (as defined below), (B) violating any business standards established by the Company, or (C) participating in any activity not approved by the Board of Directors which is reasonably likely to contribute to or result in a Change in Control (such activities to be collectively referred to as “Wrongful Conduct”) then (x) this Option, to the extent it remains unexercised, shall be forfeited automatically for no consideration on the date on which you first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct or the date of your Termination for Cause or Termination without Notice, whichever is applicable, and (y) the Company shall have the right to claw-back, and you shall pay to the Company in cash any Financial Gain (as defined below) you realize from exercising all or a portion of this Option within the twelve (12) month period (if your role is at the Corporate level of Vice President or higher) or six (6) month period (if your role is below the Corporate level of Vice President) immediately preceding the date on which you first engaged in such Wrongful Conduct or the date of your Termination for Cause or Termination without Notice.  For the two (2) year period commencing on a Change in Control, items (A) and (B) under Section 8(a)(iii) shall not constitute Wrongful Conduct. 
Solely in the event of your Retirement, if you violate any of the Restrictive Covenants prior to the last Vesting Date set forth in Section 4, (x) this Option, to the extent any portion of it remains unvested, shall be forfeited automatically for no consideration on the date on which you first violated the Restrictive Covenants, and (y) the Company shall have the right to claw-back, and you shall pay to the Company in cash or Shares any Financial Gain you realize from the exercise of this Option within the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the date on which you violated the Restrictive Covenants or, if longer, the period commencing on your date of Retirement and ending on the date on which you violated the Restrictive Covenants.
(b)    For purposes of the Agreement, “Financial Gain” shall equal, on each date of exercise during the twelve (12) month period (if your role is at the Corporate level of Vice President or higher) or six (6) month period (if your role is below the Corporate level of Vice President) immediately preceding such Wrongful Conduct or termination, the difference between the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise and the Grant Price, multiplied by the number of Option Shares Common Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise (without reduction for any Option Shares of Common Stock sold, surrendered or attested to in payment of Tax-Related Items (as defined in Section 14 below)); and “Required Notice” means advance written notice of your intent to terminate your employment with the Tapestry Companies, delivered not less than (A) the advance written notice period required in your individual employment letter if you are then 

a member of the Tapestry Executive Committee, which shall not be less than three (3) months, (B) six (6) weeks before your last day of employment if you are then a Senior Vice President, or (C) four (4) weeks before your last day of employment if you are then a Vice President (there is no Required Notice applicable if you are below the level of Vice President).
(c)    For purposes of the Agreement, “Restrictive Covenants” shall mean your agreement not to (i) compete directly or indirectly (either as owner, employee or agent of a Competitive Business (as defined below)) with any of the businesses of the Tapestry Companies, (ii) make, directly or indirectly, a five percent (5%) or more investment in a Competitive Business, or any new luxury accessories business that competes directly with the existing or planned product lines of the Tapestry Companies, (iii) solicit any present or future employees or customers of the Tapestry Companies to terminate or reduce such employment or business relationship(s) with the Tapestry Companies, in the case of each of (i), (ii) and (iii), at any time during your employment with the Tapestry Companies or at any time during the period ending one (1) year after your employment with the Tapestry Companies terminates (other than due to Retirement, in which case the claw-back and forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 8(a) of the Agreement that apply in the event the Restrictive Covenants are violated shall remain in effect through the last Vesting Date), or (iv) disclose or misuse any confidential information regarding the Tapestry Companies at any time.  You acknowledge and agree that the Company is granting you this Award in consideration of your agreement to be bound by the Restrictive Covenants, and you acknowledge and agree that this Award is good and valuable consideration for the Restrictive Covenants.  Accordingly, if you breach any of the Restrictive Covenants, in addition to the forfeiture and claw-back consequences described in Section 8(a), the Company shall be entitled to recover any damages incurred as a result of such breach.  You further acknowledge and agree that the Tapestry Companies would be irreparably harmed by any breach of the Restrictive Covenants and that money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any such breach and, accordingly, in the event of your breach or threatened breach of any of the Restrictive Covenants, the Company may, in addition to any money damages or other rights and remedies existing in its favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the Restrictive Covenants.  For the avoidance of doubt, the remedies in law and in equity for any breach of the Restrictive Covenants set forth in this Section 8(c) are in addition to, and cumulative of, the claw-back and forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 8(a).  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein is intended to limit any restrictive covenant provision contained in any other agreement between you and the Tapestry Companies that may permit any of the Tapestry Companies to seek injunctive relief, money damages or any other rights or remedies at law or in equity in the event of a breach of threatened breach of any restrictive covenant provision contained in any other agreement.
(d)    For purposes of the Agreement, “Competitive Business” shall mean any entity (including its subsidiaries, parent entities and other affiliates) that, as of the relevant date, the Committee has designated in its sole discretion as an entity that competes with any of the businesses of the Tapestry Companies; provided, that (i) the list of Competitive Businesses shall not exceed the total number of entities shown below for the region in which your employment is based, (ii) such entities are the same entities used for any list of competitive entities for any other arrangement with an executive of the Company, and (iii) you will only be restricted from those entities on the list as of the date of the termination of your employment with the Tapestry Companies.  A current list of Competitive Businesses, including any changes made to the list by the Committee, shall be maintained on the Company intranet.  Each entity included in the list of entities designated 

as Competitive Businesses at any given time shall include any and all subsidiaries, parent entities and other affiliates of such entity.
The following entities, together with their respective subsidiaries, parent entities and other affiliates, have been designated by the Committee as Competitive Businesses as of the date of the Agreement for Company Employees employed by the Company’s North American entities or Global Operations division (regardless of the employee’s geographic place of work or residence) excluding those described in the paragraph below: Adidas AG; Burberry Group PLC; Capri Holdings Limited; Cole Haan LLC; Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.; Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA; Fung Group; G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.; The Gap, Inc.; Kering; L Brands, Inc.; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA; Nike, Inc.; Prada, S.p.A; PVH Corp.; Ralph Lauren Corporation; Samsonite International S.A.; Tory Burch LLC; V.F. Corporation and Under Armour, Inc.
The following entities, together with their respective subsidiaries, parent entities and other affiliates, have been designated by the Committee as Competitive Businesses as of the date of the Agreement for Company employees employed by the retail businesses operated by the Company (either directly or in a joint venture) outside of North America (regardless of the employee’s geographic place of work or residence): Adidas AG; Burberry Group PLC; Capri Holdings Limited; Chanel S.A.; Club 21 Pte Ltd; Cole Haan LLC; Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA; Fast Retailing Co., Ltd; Furla S.p.A.; The Gap, Inc.; H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M); Hermes International SA; Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A; Kering; LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA; Nike, Inc.; Prada, S.p.A; PVH Corp.; Ralph Lauren Corporation; Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A; and Tory Burch LLC.
By accepting this Option, you consent to and authorize the Tapestry Companies to deduct from any amounts payable by the Tapestry Companies to you any amounts you owe to the Company under this Section.  This right of set-off is in addition to any other remedies the Company may have against you for your breach of the Agreement.  Your obligations under this Section shall be cumulative (but not duplicative) of any similar obligations you have under the Agreement or pursuant to any other agreement with the Tapestry Companies.
9.    Rights as a Stockholder.  You will have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Option Shares until and unless ownership of such Option Shares has been transferred to you in accordance with the Agreement and the Plan.
10.    Options Not Transferable.  This Option will not be assignable or transferable by you, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or, with the consent of the Administrator, a DRO, and will be exercisable during your lifetime only by you (or your legal guardian or personal representative).  If this Option remains exercisable after your death, subject to Sections 3, 5 and 7 above, it may be exercised by the personal representative of your estate or by any person who acquires the right to exercise such Option by bequest, inheritance or otherwise by reason of your death.
11.    Transferability of Option Shares.  Option Shares generally are freely tradable in the United States.  However, you may not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any Option Shares in a way which would: (a) require the Company to file any registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any similar filing under state law or the laws of any other country) or to amend or supplement any such filing or (b) violate or cause the Company to violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, any other 

state or federal law, or the laws of any other country.  The Company reserves the right to place restrictions required by law on Common Stock received by you pursuant to this Option.
12.    Conformity with the Plan.  This Option is intended to conform in all respects with, and is subject to applicable provisions of, the Plan.  Inconsistencies between the Agreement and the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the terms of the Plan.  By your acceptance of the Agreement, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement and the Plan.
13.    Nature of Grant. In accepting the Options, you acknowledge and agree that:
(a)    the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan; 
(b)    the grant of the Option is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of options, or benefits in lieu of options, even if options have been granted in the past;
(c)    all decisions with respect to future option grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(d)    your participation in the Plan is voluntary;
(e)    the Option and the underlying Option Shares are extraordinary items that (i) do not constitute compensation of any kind for services of any kind rendered to the Company, any Affiliate or to your actual employer (the “Employer”), and (ii) are outside the scope of your employment or service contract, if any;
(f)    the Option and the underlying Option Shares and the income and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation; 
(g)    the Option and the underlying Option Shares and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar payments and in no event should be considered as compensation for, or relating in any way to, past services for the Tapestry Companies, including the Employer;
(h)    the grant of the Option and your participation in the Plan shall not create a right to employment or continued employment with any of the Tapestry Companies or be interpreted as forming an employment or service contract with any of the Tapestry Companies, and shall not interfere with the ability of the Tapestry Companies, to terminate your employment or service relationship (if any) at any time with or without cause;
(i)    the future value of the underlying Option Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty, and the Option Shares acquired upon exercise may increase or decrease in value;
(j)    if the underlying Option Shares do not increase in value, the Option will have no value;

(k)    if you exercise your Option and obtain Option Shares, the value of such  Option Shares acquired upon exercise may increase or decrease in value, even below the Grant Price;
(l)    no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Option or diminution in value of the Option or Option Shares purchased through exercise, forfeiture of the Option resulting from the termination of your employment by the Company or the Employer or continuous service (for any reason whatsoever and, whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of applicable labor laws or the terms of your employment or service agreement, if any), and in consideration of the grant of the Option to which you are otherwise not entitled, you irrevocably agree never to institute any claim against the Tapestry Companies, including the Employer, waive your ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and release the Tapestry Companies, including the Employer, from any such claim that may arise; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, you shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and agree to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim; 

(m)    for purposes of this Option, unless your termination is a Severance Event Termination, regardless of the reason of your termination (and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of applicable labor laws or the terms of your employment or service agreement, if any), your employment or service relationship will be considered terminated effective as of the date you are no longer actively employed or providing services and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under local law (e.g., active employment would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period pursuant to local law). The Administrator shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when you are no longer actively employed for purposes of this Option (including whether you may still be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence); 

(n)    the Option and the benefits under the Plan, if any, will not automatically transfer to another company in the case of a merger, take-over or transfer of liability;
(o)    the Tapestry Companies, including the Employer, shall not be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between your local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Option or of any amounts due to you pursuant to the exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any Option Shares acquired upon exercise;

(p)    the Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding your participation in the Plan, or your acquisition or sale of the underlying Option Shares; and
(q)    you are hereby advised to consult with your own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding your participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan. 
14.    Tax Obligations. Regardless of any action taken by the Company or the Employer, you acknowledge and agree that the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, capital/gains tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to the Option and your participation in the Plan and legally applicable to you (“Tax-Related Items”) is and remains your sole responsibility and may exceed the amount, if any, withheld by the Company or the Employer.  You further acknowledge that the Company and/or the Employer (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in 

connection with any aspect of the Option, including the grant, vesting or exercise of the Options, the subsequent sale of any Option Shares acquired at exercise and the receipt of any dividends; and (ii) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Option to reduce or eliminate your liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result.  Further, if you have become subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction between the Grant Date and the date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, you acknowledge that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
Prior to any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, you shall pay or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Employer to satisfy all Tax-Related Items.  In this regard you authorize the Company and/or the Employer, or their respective agents, to withhold all applicable Tax-Related Items from any wages or other cash compensation paid to you by the Company and/or the Employer.  Alternatively, or in addition, if permissible under local law, you authorize the Company and/or the Employer or their respective agents, at their discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, to satisfy the obligations with regard to all Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following: (i) withholding otherwise deliverable Option Shares; or (ii) withholding from the proceeds of the sale of Option Shares acquired upon exercise of the Option either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company (on your behalf and at your direction pursuant to this authorization).  Depending on the withholding method, the Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts or other applicable withholding rates, including maximum rates. If the maximum rate is used, any over-withheld amount may be refunded to you in cash by the Company or the Employer (with no entitlement to the Option Share equivalent) or, if not refunded, you may seek a refund from the local tax authorities.  If any withholding obligation for Tax-Related Items is satisfied by withholding a number of Option Shares as described herein, for tax purposes, you are deemed to have been issued the full number of Option Shares subject to the portion of the Option exercised, notwithstanding that a number of the Option Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items due as a result of any aspect of your participation in the Plan.  You shall pay to the Company and/or the Employer any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Company and/or the Employer may be required to withhold as a result of your participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described.  The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Option Shares or the proceeds of the sale of Option Shares if you fail to comply with your obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
15. Data Privacy.  Where required by applicable law, you hereby explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of your Data (as defined below) by and among, as necessary and applicable, the Employer, the Company and its Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan.
You understand that the Company and the Employer may hold certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, email address, date of birth, social security or insurance number, passport or other identification number (e.g., resident registration number), salary, nationality, and job title, any Common Stock or directorships held in the Company, and details of the Option or any other option or other entitlement to Option Shares, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor (“Data”), for the exclusive purpose of implementing, 

administering and managing the Plan.  You understand that Data will be transferred to Fidelity Stock Plan Services or such other stock plan service provider as may be selected by the Company in the future, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in your country or elsewhere, including outside the European Economic Area, and that the recipients’ country may have different data privacy laws and protections than your country. You authorize the Company, Fidelity Stock Plan Services and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purposes of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any Option Shares acquired upon exercise of the Option.
You understand that you may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting your local human resources representative. You understand that Data shall be held as long as is reasonably necessary to implement, administer and manage your participation in the Plan, and that you may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing your local human resources representative.  Further, you understand that you are providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If you do not consent, or if you later seek to revoke your consent, your employment status or service with the Employer will not be affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing your consent is that the Company would not be able to grant you Options or other equity awards or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, you understand that refusing or withdrawing such consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan.  In addition, you understand that the Company and its Affiliates have separately implemented procedures for the handling of Data which the Company believes permits the Company to use the Data in the manner set forth above notwithstanding your withdrawal of such consent.  For more information on the consequences of refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, you understand that you may contact your local human resources representative.    
Finally, you understand that the Company may rely on a different legal basis for the collection, processing and/or transfer of Data either now or in the future and/or request you provide another data privacy consent.  If applicable and upon request of the Company or the Employer, you agree to provide an executed acknowledgment or data privacy consent (or any other acknowledgments, agreements or consents) to the Company and/or the Employer that the Company and/or the Employer may deem necessary to obtain under the data privacy laws in your country, either now or in the future.  You understand that you may be unable to participate in the Plan if you fail to execute any such acknowledgment, agreement or consent requested by the Company and/or the Employer.    
16.    Miscellaneous.
(a)    Amendment or Modifications.  The grant of this Option is documented by the minutes of the Committee or by documents produced by the Company as authorized by such minutes, which records are the final determinant of the number of Option Shares granted and the conditions of this grant.  The Committee may amend or modify this Option in any manner to the 

extent that the Committee would have had the authority under the Plan initially to grant such Option, provided that no such amendment or modification shall directly or indirectly impair or otherwise adversely affect your rights under the Agreement without your consent.  Except as in accordance with the two immediately preceding sentences and Section 18 of the Agreement, the Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto.
(b)    Governing Law.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all matters arising under the Agreement, including matters of validity, construction and interpretation, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the provisions of conflict of laws thereof.
(c)    Binding Arbitration.  With the exception of any application by the Tapestry Companies for declaratory and/or injunctive relief based on a violation or threatened violation of Section 8, which may be brought in state or federal court in New York County, New York, all disputes, claims, controversies or causes of action between you and any of the Tapestry Companies or any of their employees and other service providers arising out of or related to the Agreement shall be determined exclusively by final, binding and confidential arbitration in accordance with this Section 16(c).   The arbitration shall be conducted before a single arbitrator in New York, New York (applying New York law) in accordance with the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules & Procedures then in effect (a copy of such rules is available at https://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/) and in the JAMS arbitral forum.  You and the Tapestry Companies shall be entitled to engage in discovery in the form of requests for documents, interrogatories, requests for admissions, physical and/or mental examinations and depositions, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  Any disputes concerning discovery shall be resolved by the arbitrator.  The decision of the arbitrator appointed to hear the case will be final and binding on you and the Tapestry Companies.  The arbitrator’s award may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction in New York County, New York.  The party requesting the arbitration shall be responsible for paying any associated filing or administrative fees.  All other arbitration costs shall be shared equally by you and the Tapestry Companies; provided, however, the legal fees of the party that substantially prevails in the arbitration proceeding shall be paid by the non-prevailing party.  Such legal fees shall be paid no later than sixty (60) days following the issuance of the arbitrator’s decision.  With the exception of the foregoing clause, each party shall be responsible for the costs and fees of its counsel or other representative.
(d)    Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns and heirs and legal representatives of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not.
(e)    Severability.  Whenever feasible, each provision of the Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of the Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of the Agreement.
(f)    Forfeiture if Not Accepted.  The Company’s grant to you of these Options is conditioned upon your acceptance of the terms of the Agreement.  If you do not accept the Agreement (by returning a signed copy of the Agreement to the Tapestry Human Resources Department or by electronically accepting it online, as applicable) prior to the first anniversary of 

the Grant Date, then the Company shall have the right to terminate the Agreement and cancel the Options without further notice to you.
(g)    Language:  If you have received the Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
(h)    Electronic Delivery and Acceptance.  Unless the Company determines otherwise in its sole discretion, the Company will deliver any documents related to your participation in the Plan by electronic means. You hereby consent to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agree to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company.

(i)    Dividend Equivalents.  Section 10.2 of the Plan shall apply to this Award with respect to Dividend Equivalents.  Any cash dividends paid on Shares shall not be deemed to be reinvested in Shares and will be held uninvested and without interest in a dividend book entry account and paid in cash if and when this Option vests under this Agreement.

17.    Annexes.  Notwithstanding any provisions in the Agreement, the Option grant shall be subject to any special terms and conditions as set forth in any annex to the Agreement.  Moreover, if you relocate to one of the countries included Annex A, the special terms and conditions for such country will apply to you, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan.  The Annex constitutes part of the Agreement.
18.    Imposition of Other Requirements:  The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on your participation in the Plan, on the Option and on any Option Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require you to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.  By accepting this Award, you agree to sign any additional documents or undertakings that the Company may require.  
19.    Insider Trading Restrictions/Market Abuse Laws. You acknowledge that, depending on your country of residence, you may be subject to insider trading restrictions and/or market abuse laws, which may affect your ability to acquire or sell Option Shares or rights to shares (e.g., Options) under the Plan during such times as you are considered to have “inside information” regarding the Company (as defined by the laws in your country). Any restrictions under these laws or regulations are separate from and in addition to any restrictions that may be imposed under any applicable Company insider trading policy. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to comply with any applicable restrictions, and you are advised to speak to your personal advisor on this matter. 

20.    Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Requirements and Exchange Controls. Your country may have certain foreign asset and/or foreign account reporting requirements and exchange controls which may affect your ability to acquire or hold Option Shares under the Plan or cash received from participating in the Plan (including from any dividends paid on Option Shares, sale proceeds resulting from the sale of Option Shares acquired under the Plan) in a brokerage or bank account outside your country. You may be required to report such accounts, assets or 

transactions to the tax or other authorities in your country. You also may be required to repatriate sale proceeds or other funds received as a result of your participation in the Plan to your country through a designated bank or broker within a certain time after receipt. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to be compliant with such regulations, and you should consult your personal legal advisor for any details.
21.    Waiver. You acknowledge that a waiver by the Company of breach of any provision of the Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of the Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by you or any other Holder. 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed and delivered the Agreement.
TAPESTRY, INC. 

Sarah Dunn
Global Human Resources Officer

Date:  GRANT DATE

 
I acknowledge that I have read and understand the terms and conditions of the Agreement and of the Plan and I agree to be bound thereto.
 
OPTIONEE:
__________________________________
NAME
Date:  _____________________________

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