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Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.2

Haemonetics Corporation 
2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended)
On April 7, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), the Board of Directors adopted this amended and restated 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which shall govern all grants of options under the Plan made after the Effective Date. For the terms and conditions of the Plan applicable to an Option granted before the Effective Date, refer to the version of the Plan in effect as of the date such option was granted.
1.     Purpose 
        It is the purpose of this 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended) to provide a means whereby eligible employees may purchase Common Stock of Haemonetics Corporation (the "Company") through payroll deductions. It is intended to provide a further incentive for employees to promote the best interests of the Company and to encourage stock ownership by employees in order that they may participate in the Company's economic growth. 
        It is the intention of the Company that the Plan qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code and the provisions of this Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with the Code. 
2.     Definitions 
        The following words or terms, when used herein, shall have the following respective meanings: 
(a) "Plan" shall mean the 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as it may be amended from time to time. 

(b) "Company" shall mean Haemonetics Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation. 

(c) "Account" means the Employee Stock Purchase Account established for a Participant under Section 7 hereunder. 

(d) "Basic Compensation" shall mean the regular rate of salary or wages in effect immediately prior to a Purchase Period, including sales commissions, before any deductions or withholdings, but shall exclude overtime, bonuses and amounts paid in reimbursement for expenses. 

(e) "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of Haemonetics Corporation. 

(f) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

(g) "Committee" shall mean the Stock Purchase Plan Committee appointed and acting in accordance with the terms of the Plan. 

(h) "Common Stock" shall mean shares of the Company's common stock with a par value of $.01 per share. 

(i) "Effective Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

(j) "Eligible Employees" shall mean all persons employed by (i) the Company or (ii) any subsidiary corporation of the Company (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) that has been designated by the Board of Directors, or the Committee if one has been appointed, from time to time as eligible to be a participating subsidiary under the Plan, but excluding:

(i) Persons whose customary employment is less than twenty hours per week or five months or less per year; and 

(ii) Persons who are deemed for purposes of Section 423(b)(3) of the Code to own stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company, its parent or a subsidiary. 

For purposes of the Plan, employment will be treated as continuing intact while a Participant is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence, for up to 90 days or so long as the Participant's right to re-employment is guaranteed either by statute or by contract, if longer than 90 days. 

(k) "Exercise Date" shall mean the last day of a Purchase Period; provided, however, that if such date is not a business day, "Exercise Date" shall mean the immediately preceding business day. 

(l) "Participant" shall mean an Eligible Employee who elects to participate in the Plan under Section 6 hereunder. 

(m) Except as provided below, there shall be two "Purchase Periods" in each full calendar year during which the Plan is in effect, one commencing on November 1st of each calendar year and continuing through April 30 of such calendar year, and the second commencing on May 1st of each calendar year and continuing through October 31st of such calendar year. The last Purchase Period shall end on October 31, 2026. 

(n) "Purchase Price" shall mean the lower (i) 85% of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock for the first business day of the relevant Purchase Period, or (ii) 85% of such value on the relevant Exercise Date. If the shares of the Common Stock are listed on any national securities exchange, the fair market value per share of Common Stock on a particular day shall be the closing price, if 

any, on the largest such exchange.  If there are no sales of the shares of Common Stock on such particular day, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock shall be determined by the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the nearest date prior to the Exercise Date. If the fair market value cannot be determined under the preceding sentences, it shall be determined in good faith by the Committee. 
3.     Grant of Option to Purchase Shares 
Each Eligible Employee shall be granted an option effective on the first day of each Purchase Period to purchase shares of Common Stock. The term of the option shall be the length of the Purchase Period. The number of shares subject to each option shall be the quotient of the aggregate payroll deductions in the Purchase Period authorized by each Participant in accordance with Section 6 divided by the Purchase Price, but in no event greater than 1,600 shares per option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no employee shall be granted an option which permits his right to purchase shares under the Plan and under all other Code Section 423(b) employee stock purchase plans of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation to accrue at a rate which exceeds in any one calendar year $25,000 of the fair market value of the Common Stock as of the date the option to purchase is granted. 
4.     Shares 
There shall be 3,200,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance to and purchase by Participants under the Plan, subject to adjustment as herein provided. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock not purchased under an option terminated pursuant to the provisions of the Plan may again be subject to options granted under the Plan. 
The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased pursuant to options granted hereunder, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, the maximum number of shares that may be granted in any Purchase Period and the purchase price for each such option shall by appropriately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split or other subdivision or consolidation of shares of Common Stock or for other capital adjustments or payments of stock dividends or distributions or other increases or decreases in the outstanding shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.
If the Board of Directors or the Committee determines that on a given Exercise Date the number of shares with respect to which options are to be exercised may exceed: (a) the number of shares then available for sale under the Plan; or (b) the number of shares available for sale under the Plan on the first day of one or more of the Purchase Periods in which such Exercise Date is to occur (each, an “Offering Date”), the Board of Directors or the Committee may make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available for purchase on such Offering Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, and will either continue the Purchase Period then in effect or terminate any one or more Purchase Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 17, below. Such allocation method will be 

“bottom up,” with the result that all option exercises for one (1) share will be satisfied first, followed by all exercises for two (2) shares, and so on, until all available shares have been exhausted. Any amount remaining in a Participant’s payroll account following such allocation will be returned to the Participant and will not be carried over to any future Purchase Period.
5.     Administration 
The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors or a Stock Purchase Plan Committee appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors. All members of the Committee shall serve at the discretion of the Board. The Board of Directors or the Committee, if one has been appointed, is vested with full discretionary authority and control to administer the Plan, including determining eligibility, construing the terms of the Plan, remedying any ambiguities or inconsistencies, supplying any omissions, and making, administering and interpreting such equitable rules and regulations regarding the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, adopting sub-plans applicable to particular participating subsidiaries of the Company or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Code. The Board of Directors', or the Committee's, if one has been appointed, determinations as to the interpretation and operation of the Plan shall be final and conclusive. No member of the Board of Directors or the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option granted under the Plan. The Board of Directors or the Committee may designate separate Purchase Periods under the Plan (the terms of which need not be identical) in which Eligible Employees of one or more participating subsidiaries will participate, even if the dates of the applicable Purchase Periods of each such offering are identical. The Board of Directors or the Committee may delegate, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law or legal requirements, any or all of its authority under this Plan to such senior officer(s) or other employees of the Company as the Board of Directors or the Committee may designate. Notwithstanding any such delegation of authority, the Board of Directors or the Committee may itself take any action under the Plan in its discretion at any time.
6.     Election to Participate 
An Eligible Employee may elect to become a Participant in the Plan for a Purchase Period by completing a "Stock Purchase Agreement" form at least ten (10) days (or such shorter period as the Board of Directors or the Committee may specify in writing) prior to the first day of the Purchase Period for which the election is made. Such Stock Purchase Agreement shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the Committee. The election to participate shall be effective for the Purchase Period for which it is made and shall continue to be in effect for subsequent Purchase Periods unless and until a Participant files a notice of cancelation under Section 9. There is no limit on the number of Purchase Periods for which an Eligible Employee may elect to become a Participant in the Plan. In the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Eligible Employee shall authorize regular payroll deductions of any full percentage of his Basic Compensation, but in no event less than two percent (2%) nor more than fifteen percent (15%) of his Basic Compensation. An Eligible Employee may not change his 

authorization except as otherwise provided in Section 9. Options granted to Eligible Employees who have failed to execute a Stock Purchase Agreement within the time periods prescribed by the Plan will automatically lapse. Notwithstanding a Participant’s election in his Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company may reduce a Participant’s payroll deductions to prevent a Participant from exceeding the limitations set forth in Section 3.
7.     Employee Stock Purchase Account 
An Employee Stock Purchase Account will be established for each Participant in the Plan for bookkeeping purposes, and payroll deductions made under Section 6 will be credited to such Accounts. However, prior to the purchase of shares in accordance with Section 8 or withdrawal from or termination of the Plan in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Company may use for any valid corporate purpose all amounts deducted from a Participant's wages under the Plan and credited for bookkeeping purposes to his Account. 
The Company shall be under no obligation to pay interest on funds credited to a Participant's Account, whether upon purchase of shares in accordance with Section 8 or upon distribution in the event of withdrawal from or termination of the Plan as herein provided. 
8.     Purchase of Shares 
Each Eligible Employee who is a Participant in the Plan automatically and without any act on his part will be deemed to have exercised his option on each Exercise Date to the extent that the balance then in his Account under the Plan is sufficient to purchase at the Purchase Price whole shares of the Common Stock subject to his option. Any balance remaining in the Participant's Account which represents less than the Purchase Price of a whole share shall be carried forward and credited for use in the next Purchase Period. If the Employee chooses not to participate in the next Purchase Period, any balance will be refunded to him in cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any balance remaining in a Participant's Account at the end of a Purchase Period as a result of aggregate payroll deductions having exceeded the limitations set forth in Section 3 shall be refunded to the Participant in cash without interest. 
9.     Withdrawal 
A Participant who has elected to authorize payroll deductions for the purchase of shares of Common Stock may cancel his election by written notice of cancellation delivered to the office or person designated by the Company to receive Stock Purchase Agreements ("Cancellation"), but any such notice of Cancellation must be so delivered not later than ten (10) days before the relevant Exercise Date. 
A Participant will receive in cash, as soon as practicable after delivery of the notice of Cancellation, the amount credited to his Account. Any Participant who so withdraws from the Plan may again become a Participant at the start of the next Purchase Period in accordance with Section 6.
Upon dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity every option outstanding hereunder shall 

terminate, in which event each Participant shall be refunded the amount of cash then in his Account. 
10.   Issuance of Stock Certificates 
The shares of Common Stock purchased by a Participant shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been issued and sold at the close of business on the Exercise Date. Prior to that date none of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote or receive dividends, shall exist with respect to such shares. 
Within a reasonable time after the Exercise Date, the Company shall either, as the Board of Directors or the Committee may direct, issue and deliver a certificate for, or make an entry on the Company’s books and records evidencing the transfer of, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased by a Participant for the Purchase Period.  Such certificate or book entry shall be registered either in the Participant's name, jointly in the names of the Participant and his spouse, or in the name of the Participant or his spouse as guardian for their children, as the Participant shall designate in his Stock Purchase Agreement. Such designation may be changed at any time by filing notice thereof with the party designated by the Company to receive such notices.  The Board of Directors or the Committee may, at its discretion, choose to deliver shares of Common Stock purchased by Participants for a Purchase Period to a broker designated by the Board of Directors or the Committee to hold shares for the benefit of the Participants.
11.   Termination of Employment 
(a) Upon a Participant's termination of employment for any reason, other than death, no payroll deduction may be made from any compensation due him and the entire balance credited to his Account shall be automatically refunded. 
(b) Upon the death of a Participant, no payroll deduction shall be made from any compensation due him at time of death, and the entire balance in the deceased Participant's Account shall be paid in cash to the Participant's designated beneficiary, if any, under a group insurance plan of the Company covering such employee, or otherwise to his estate. 
12.   Rights not Transferable 
The right to purchase shares of Common Stock under this Plan is exercisable only by the Participant during his lifetime and is not transferable by him. If a Participant attempts to transfer his right to purchase shares under the Plan, he shall be deemed to have requested withdrawal from the Plan and the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall apply with respect to such Participant. 
13.   No Guarantee of Continued Employment 
Granting of an option under this Plan shall imply no right of continued employment with the Company for any Eligible Employee. 
14.   Notice 
Any notice which an Eligible Employee or Participant files pursuant to this Plan shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or by mail addressed to Haemonetics Corporation, 400 Wood Road, Braintree, Massachusetts 02184 Attn: Chief Legal Officer. 

Any notice to a Participant or an Eligible Employee shall be conspicuously posted in the Company's principal office or shall be mailed addressed to the Participant or Eligible Employee at the address designated in the Stock Purchase Agreement or in a subsequent writing. 
15.   Application of Funds 
All funds deducted from a Participant's wages in payment for shares purchased or to be purchased under this Plan may be used for any valid corporate purpose provided that the Participant's Account shall be credited with the amount of all payroll deductions as provided in Section 7. 
16.   Government Approvals or Consents 
This Plan and any offering and sales to Eligible Employees under it are subject to any governmental approvals or consents that may be or become applicable in connection therewith. Subject to the provisions of Section 17, the Board of Directors of the Company may make such changes in the Plan and include such terms in any offering under this Plan as may be necessary or desirable, in the opinion of counsel, to comply with the rules or regulations of any governmental authority, or to be eligible for tax benefits under the Code or the laws of any state. 
17.   Amendment of the Plan 
The Board of Directors may, without the consent of the Participants, amend the Plan at any time, provided that no such action shall adversely affect options theretofore granted hereunder, and provided that no such action by the Board of Directors without approval of the Company's stockholders may: (a) increase the total number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased by all Participants; or (b) change the class of corporations whose employees may be eligible to receive options under the Plan. 
For purposes of this Section 17, administrative changes to the Plan’s administration, including changes to the length of the Purchase Period and the establishment or revisions of foreign currency exchange ratios, and termination of the Plan by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 18, shall not be deemed to be an action which adversely affects options granted under the Plan. 
18.   Term of the Plan 
The Plan, as amended, shall become effective on the Effective Date, provided that it has been approved by the stockholders of the Company. The Plan shall continue in effect through December 31, 2026, provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall have the right to terminate the Plan at any time. In the event of the expiration of the Plan or its termination, all options then outstanding under the Plan shall automatically be cancelled and the entire amount credited to the Account of each Participant hereunder shall be refunded to each such Participant. 
19.   Withholding of Additional Income Taxes 
By electing to participate in the Plan, each Participant acknowledges that the Company is required to withhold taxes with respect to the amounts deducted from the Participant's compensation and accumulated for the benefit of the Participant under the 

Plan and each Participant agrees that the Company may deduct additional amounts from the Participant's compensation, when amounts are added to the Participant's account, used to purchase Common Stock or refunded, in order to satisfy such withholding obligation. Each Participant further acknowledges that when Common Stock is purchased under the Plan, the Company may be required to withhold taxes with respect to all or a portion of the difference between the fair market value of the Common Stock purchased and its purchase price, and each Participant agrees that such taxes may be withheld from compensation otherwise payable to such Participant. It is intended that tax withholding will be accomplished in such a manner that the full amount of payroll deductions elected by the Participant under Section 6 will be used to purchase Common Stock. However, if amounts sufficient to satisfy applicable tax withholding obligations have not been withheld from compensation otherwise payable to any Participant, then, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Company may withhold such taxes from the Participant's accumulated payroll deductions and apply the net amount to the purchase of Common Stock, unless the Participant pays to the Company, prior to the exercise date, an amount sufficient to satisfy such withholding obligations. Each Participant further acknowledges that the Company may be required to withhold taxes in connection with the disposition of stock acquired under the Plan and agrees that the Company may take whatever action it considers appropriate to satisfy such withholding requirements, including deducting from compensation otherwise payable to such Participant an amount sufficient to satisfy such withholding requirements or conditioning any disposition of Common Stock by the Participant upon the payment to the Company of an amount sufficient to satisfy such withholding requirements. 
20.   Corporate Transactions.
(a) In the event of a proposed Corporate Transaction (as defined below), each option under the Plan will be assumed by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the Board of Directors or the Committee, in the exercise of its sole discretion and in lieu of such assumption, determines to (x) terminate the Plan as of the end of the Purchase Period immediately preceding the effective date of the Corporate Transaction and promptly refund to Participants all payroll deductions accumulated through such effective date or (y) shorten the Purchase Period then in progress by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”). If the Board of Directors or the Committee determines to shorten the Purchase Period then in progress, the Board of Directors or the Committee will notify each Participant in writing at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that either:
(i) the Participant’s option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Purchase Period as provided in Section 9; or
(ii) the Company will pay to the Participant on the New Exercise Date an amount in cash, cash equivalents, or property as determined by the Board of Directors or the Committee that is equal to the excess, if any, of (x) the fair market value of the shares subject to the option over (y) the Purchase Price due 

had the Participant’s option been exercised automatically under Subsection (a)(i) above. In addition, all remaining accumulated payroll deduction amounts will be returned to the Participant.
(b) For purposes of this Section 20, an option granted under the Plan will be deemed to be assumed if, in connection with the Corporate Transaction, the option is replaced with a comparable option with respect to shares of capital stock of the successor corporation or parent thereof. The determination of option comparability will be made by the Board of Directors or the Committee prior to the Corporate Transaction and its determination will be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.
(c) “Corporate Transaction” means the earliest to occur of the following events: 
(i)    a person, or any two or more persons acting as a group, and all affiliates of such person or persons, who prior to such time owned less than thirty-five percent (35%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, shall acquire such additional shares of Common Stock in one or more transactions, or series of transactions, such that following such transaction or transactions such person or group and affiliates beneficially own thirty-five percent (35%) or more of Common Stock outstanding; 
(ii)    closing of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, and;  
(iii)    there is a consummation of any merger, reorganization, consolidation or share exchange unless the persons who were the beneficial owners of the outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately before the consummation of such transaction beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the successor or survivor entity in such transaction immediately following the consummation of such transaction. For purposes of this Section 20(c)(iii), the percentage of the beneficially owned shares of the successor or survivor entity described above shall be determined exclusively by reference to the shares of the successor or survivor entity which result from the beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of the Company by the persons described above immediately before the consummation of such transaction.
21.   General 
Except as specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or a participating subsidiary of the Company, participation in the Plan will not be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or a participating subsidiary of the Company, and will not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan of any kind or any benefit plan subsequently instituted under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation. The Plan is not a “Retirement Plan” or “Welfare Plan” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Whenever the context of this Plan permits, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders. 

As Amended December 3, 2012 –     To adjust available shares under Section 4 to reflect share dividend

		
	As Amended April 7, 2016 – 
	To increase the number of shares available under the Plan, extend the Plan’s term and make administrative revisions, including updated price calculations and treatment in a change of control transaction.Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.3

Haemonetics Corporation
Worldwide Executive Bonus Plan
 
 
1.Background and Purpose.
 
1.1
    Purpose. The purpose of the Haemonetics Corporation Worldwide Executive Bonus Plan (the "Plan") is to provide incentive compensation to those eligible employees who contribute significantly to the growth, profitability and success of the Company’s business goals and achieve their individual performance goals. The Committee may choose, with respect to each Performance Period, to grant Awards under the Plan as either Target Awards or Incentive Pool Awards, as more fully described below.
Awards under the Plan are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation deductible by the Company under the qualified performance-based compensation exception to Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
 
1.2
    Effective Date. The Plan is effective as of April 3, 2016 (the "Effective Date"), subject to approval by the Company's shareholders at the first annual meeting of shareholders to occur after the Effective Date, and shall remain in effect until it has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.6. 
 
 
2.
    Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
2.1
    "Affiliate" means any corporation or other entity controlled by the Company.
 
2.2
    "Award" means an award granted pursuant to the Plan, the payment of which shall be contingent on the attainment of Performance Goals with respect to a Performance Period, as determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 6.1.
 
2.3
    "Base Salary" means the Participant's annualized rate of base salary on the first day of the Performance Period before (i) deductions for taxes or benefits and (ii) deferrals of compensation pursuant to any Company or Affiliate-sponsored plans.
 

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2.4
    "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time.
 
2.5
    "Cause" means: 
(a)
    If the Participant is a party to an employment agreement with the Company or an Affiliate which determines all principle aspects of the employment relationship and such agreement provides for a definition of Cause, the definition contained therein; or 
 
(b)
    If no such agreement exists, or if such agreement does not define Cause:
(i)
    the Participant’s conviction of (or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to) a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud, theft or financial impropriety; or 
(ii)
    a determination by the Company that the Participant has (i) failed to perform substantially the Participant’s duties (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s Disability), (ii) engaged in illegal conduct, an act of dishonesty or gross misconduct, or (iii) willfully violated a Company policy or the Participant’s fiduciary duty to the Company.
 
2.6
    "Code" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including any regulations or authoritative guidance promulgated thereunder and successor provisions thereto. 
2.7
    "Committee" means the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1.  
2.8
    "Company" means Haemonetics Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation, and any successor thereto. 
2.9
    "Covered Employee" has the meaning set forth in Section 162(m)(3) of the Code.
 
 

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2.10
    "Determination Date" means the earlier of: (a) the 90th day of the Performance Period, or (b) the date on which 25% of the Performance Period has elapsed. The Determination Date shall be a date on which the outcome of the Performance Goals are substantially uncertain.
 
 
2.11
    "Disability" means, unless otherwise defined in an employment agreement between the Participant and the Company, the Participant’s inability, due to physical or mental incapacity resulting from injury, sickness or disease, for one hundred and eighty days in any twelve-month period to perform the Participant’s duties in connection with his or her employment with the Company, as determined by the Committee.
2.12
    “Incentive Pool” means the aggregate amount that may be paid under all Awards with respect to a Performance Period, determined in accordance with Section 5.2.
2.13
    "Incentive Pool Award" means the maximum award payable under the Plan to a Participant for a particular Performance Period, expressed as a percentage of an Incentive Pool.
2.14
    "Maximum Target Award" means as to any Participant for any Plan Year $3,000,000. The Maximum Target Award limit shall be pro-rated for any Award payable with respect to a Performance Period that is shorter than one year.
 
 
2.15
    "Negative Discretion" means the discretion of the Committee to reduce or eliminate the size of an Award in accordance with Section 6.1(c) of the Plan. 
2.16
    "Participant" means as to any Performance Period, the CEO and the members of the Executive Council of the Company who are designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan for that Performance Period.
2.17
    "Performance Criteria" means the performance criteria upon which the Performance Goals for a particular Performance Period are based, which, unless and until the Committee or Board proposes to shareholders and shareholders approve a change in Performance Criteria, may include any of the following: 
(a)
    revenue;
(b)
    earnings per share;

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(c)
    operating income;
(d)
    net income (before or after taxes);
(e)
    cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow);
(f)
    gross profit;
(g)
    growth in any of the preceding measures;
(h)
    gross profit return on investment;
(i)
    gross margin return on investment;
(j)
    working capital;
(k)
    gross margins;
(l)
    EBIT;
(m)
    EBITDA;
(n)
    return on equity;
(o)
    return on assets;
(p)
    return on capital;
(q)
    revenue growth;
(r)
    total shareholder return;

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(s)
    economic value added;
(t)
    customer satisfaction;
(u)
    technology leadership;
(v)
    number of new patents;
(w)
    employee retention;
(x)
    market share;
(y)
    market segment share;
(z)
    product release schedules
(aa)
    new product innovation;
(bb)
    cost reduction through advanced technology;
(cc)
    brand recognition/acceptance;
(dd)
    product ship targets;
(ee)
    stock value;
(ff)
    net earnings (before or after taxes);
(gg)
    diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes);
(hh)
    net revenues or net revenue growth;

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(ii)
    net operating profit (before or after taxes);
(jj)
    return on invested capital or sales;
(kk)
    cash flow return on capital;
(ll)
    operating margins;
(mm)
    improvements in capital structure;
(nn)
    budget and expense management;
(oo)
    productivity ratios;
(pp)
    expense targets;
(qq)
    margins;
(rr)
    operating efficiency;
(ss)
    working capital targets;
(tt)
    enterprise value;
(uu)
    safety record; and
(vv)
    completion of acquisitions or business expansion.
Such Performance Criteria may relate to the performance of the Company as a whole, a business unit, division, department, individual or any combination of these and may be applied on an absolute basis and/or relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any combination thereof, using GAAP or non-GAAP accounting, as the Committee shall determine.
 
 

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2.18
    "Performance Goals" means the goals selected by the Committee, in its discretion to be applicable to a Target Award or Incentive Pool for any Performance Period. Performance Goals shall be based upon one or more Performance Criteria. Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no Award will be paid and levels of performance at which specified percentages of the Target Award or Incentive Pool will be paid and may also include a maximum level of performance above which no additional Target Award or Incentive Pool amount will be paid. 
2.19
    "Performance Period" means the period for which performance is calculated, which unless otherwise indicated by the Committee, shall be the Plan Year. 
2.20
    "Plan" means the Haemonetics Corporation Worldwide Executive Bonus Plan, as hereafter amended from time to time. 
2.21
    "Plan Year" means the Company's fiscal year.
2.22
    "Pro-rated Award" means an amount equal to the Award otherwise payable to the Participant for a Performance Period in which the Participant was actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate for only a portion thereof, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Participant was actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate during the Performance Period and the denominator of which is the number of days in the Performance Period. 
2.23
    "Target Award" means the target award payable under the Plan to a Participant for a particular Performance Period, expressed as a percentage of the Participant's Base Salary. In special circumstances, the target award may be expressed as a fixed amount of cash. 
3.
    Administration. 
3.1
    Administration by the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall consist of not less than two (2) members of the Board. Each member of the Committee shall qualify as an "outside director" under Section 162(m) of the Code. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board. 
 
3.2
    Authority of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the power, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) 

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determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (iii) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be forfeited or suspended; (iv) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency or ambiguity, correct any defect and/or supply any omission in the Plan or any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (v) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan; (vi) adopt such procedures and subplans as are necessary or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States; and (vii) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. 
3.3
    Decisions Binding. All determinations and decisions made by the Committee, the Board, and any delegate of the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law. 
3.4
    Delegation by the Committee. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate all or part of its authority and powers under the Plan to one or more directors and/or officers of the Company; provided, however, that the Committee may not delegate its responsibility to (i) make Awards to executive officers; (ii) make Awards which are intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code; or (iii) certify the satisfaction of the Performance Goals pursuant to Section 6.1 in accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code. 
3.5
    Agents; Limitation of Liability. The Committee may appoint agents to assist in administering the Plan. The Committee and each member thereof shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to it or him by any officer or employee of the Company, the Company's certified public accountants, consultants or any other agent assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee and any officer or employee of the Company acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.
4.
    Eligibility and Participation. 
4.1
    Eligibility. Only the CEO and such other executives of the Company who are designated by the Committee as eligible to participate in the Plan.
 
 

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4.2
    Participation. The Committee, in its discretion, shall select, no later than the Determination Date, the persons who shall be Participants for the Performance Period. Only eligible individuals who are designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan with respect to a particular Performance Period may participate in the Plan for that Performance Period. An individual who is designated as a Participant for a given Performance Period is not guaranteed or assured of being selected for participation in any subsequent Performance Period. 
4.3
    New Hires; Newly Eligible Participants. A newly hired or newly eligible employee who becomes a Participant after the Committee has established the terms of an Incentive Pool shall not be eligible to receive an Incentive Pool Award until the next Performance Period. A newly hired or newly eligible employee may instead be granted a Pro-rated Award in the form of a Target Award. The amount of any Award paid to such Participant shall not exceed that proportionate amount of the Maximum Target Award set forth in Section 2.14.
4.4
    Leaves of Absence. If a Participant commences an approved leave of absence (other than a long-term disability leave) for a portion of a Performance Period, the Participant will be eligible to receive a Pro-rated Award reflecting participation for the period during which he or she was actively employed and not any period when he or she was on leave. A Participant will be treated as actively employed by the Company during the first thirty days of an approved leave of absence.
4.5
    Long-Term Disability. If an employee of the Company or an Affiliate is approved for long-term disability leave prior to the beginning of the Performance Period, the employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the employee returns to active employment on a part-time or full-time basis. If the employee is able to return for a portion of the Performance Period, the employee will receive a Pro-rated Award in the form of a Target Award. If an employee is approved for long-term disability leave after the start of the Performance Period, then the employee will be eligible for a Pro-rated Award.
4.6
    Mid-Year Changes. If a Participant’s Base Salary, position, title or status as a part-time or full-time employee of the Company or an Affiliate changes during the Performance Period, the Participant’s Award shall be pro-rated to reflect the change. The effective date of the change shall be determined in accordance with Section 4.7.
4.7
    Change in Eligibility Status. Subject to the foregoing requirements of this Section 4, changes in eligibility status and mid-year changes in employment status shall be administered as follows:

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	Type of Change
	Change On or Before the 15th of the Month
	Change After the  
15th of the Month

	New Employee of Company or Affiliate
	Participant eligible on first day of employment
	Participant eligible on first day of month following first day of employment

	Transfer or Status Change Affecting Award or Base Salary
	Change effective on status change date
	Change effective on first day of month following status change date

	Leave of Absence or Long-Term Disability Start
	No eligibility in that month
	Eligible for portion of month in active employment

	Leave of Absence or Long Term Disability Return
	Eligible for portion of month in active employment
	No eligibility in that month; eligibility 1st of next month

5.
    Terms of Awards. 
5.1
    Determination of Target Awards or Incentive Pool Awards. Prior to, or reasonably promptly following the commencement of each Performance Period, but no later than the Determination Date, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether Awards for the Performance Period will be in the form of either Target Awards or Incentive Pool Awards and shall establish the Target Award or Incentive Pool Award for each Participant. The payment of Target Awards and Incentive Pool Awards shall be conditioned on the achievement of the Performance Goals for the Performance Period. In no event may any Incentive Pool Award exceed 100% of the total Incentive Pool for the Performance Period nor may the sum of the Incentive Pool Awards for all Participants exceed 100% of the total Incentive Pool for the Performance Period.
 
 
5.2
    Determination of Performance Goals and Performance Formula. Prior to, or reasonably promptly following the commencement of, each Performance Period, but no later than the Determination Date, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish in writing the Performance Goals for the Performance Period and shall prescribe a formula for determining (i) the aggregate amount of the Incentive Pool or (ii) the percentage of the Target Award for each individual participant, which may be payable based upon the level of attainment of the Performance Goals for the Performance Period. The Performance Goals shall be based on one or more Performance Criteria, each of which may carry a different weight, and which may differ from Participant to Participant.
 
 
5.3
    Adjustments. The Committee is authorized, in its sole discretion, to provide in 

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an Award whether or not it shall adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for a Performance Period in connection with any one or more of the following events:
 
(a)
    asset write-downs;
(b)
    significant litigation or claim judgments or settlements;
(c)
    the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting standards or principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reporting results; 
(d)
    any reorganization and restructuring programs;
(e)
    unusual or infrequent items as described in management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company's annual report to shareholders for the applicable year or period; 
(f)
    acquisitions or divestitures;
(g)
    any other specific unusual or nonrecurring events or objectively determinable category thereof;
(h)
    foreign exchange gains and losses; and
(i)
    a change in the Company's fiscal year.
Unless the Board expressly provides otherwise, no adjustment shall be made if the effect would be to cause an Award to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
 
6.
    Payment of Awards.
 
6.1
    Determination of Awards; Certification. 
 
(c)
    Following the completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the Performance Goals have been achieved or 

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exceeded. If the minimum Performance Goals established by the Committee are not achieved, then no payment will be made. 
(d)
    To the extent that the Performance Goals are achieved, the Committee shall certify in writing, in accordance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the extent to which the Performance Goals applicable to the Incentive Pool, if any, and to each Participant have been achieved and shall then determine, in accordance with the prescribed formula, the amount of each Participant's Award.  
 
 
(e)
    In determining the amount of the Incentive Pool and each Award, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Incentive Pool and/or an Award by applying Negative Discretion if, in its sole discretion, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. The exercise of Negative Discretion with respect to an Award shall not result in an increase in the amount of any Award of any other Participant.
 
 
(f)
    In no event shall the amount paid pursuant to a Target Award or any Incentive Pool Award for any Plan Year exceed the Maximum Target Award.
(g)
    In no event shall any payment be made under this Plan if the Plan has not been approved by the Company’s shareholders.
6.2
    Form and Timing of Payment. Except as otherwise provided herein, as soon as practicable following the Committee's certification pursuant to Section 6.1 for the applicable Performance Period, and in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year following the end of the Plan Year, each Participant shall receive a cash lump sum payment of his or her Award, less required withholding. 
 
 
6.3
    Employment Requirement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7, no Award shall be paid to any Participant who is not actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate, or on an approved leave of absence or long-term disability leave, on the last day of the Performance Period.
 
 
6.4
    Deferral of Awards. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to defer the payment of an Award that would otherwise be paid under the Plan. Any deferral election shall be subject to Section 409A of the Code and such rules and procedures as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
 
 
7.
    Termination of Employment.

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7.1
    Employment Requirement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.2, if a Participant's employment terminates for any reason prior to the last day of the Performance Period, all of the Participant's rights to an Award for the Performance Period shall be forfeited. However, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may pay a Pro-rated Award, subject to the Committee's certification that the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been met. Such Pro-rated Award will be paid at the same time and in the same manner as Awards are paid to other Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant's employment is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall in all cases forfeit any Award not already paid.
7.2
    Termination of Employment Due to Death or Disability. If a Participant's employment is terminated by reason of his or her death or Disability during a Performance Period the Participant or his or her beneficiary will be paid a Pro-rated Award. In the case of a Participant's Disability, the employment termination shall be deemed to have occurred on the date that the Committee determines that the Participant is Disabled. Payment of such Pro-rated Award will be made at the same time and in the same manner as Awards are paid to other Participants. 
 
 

8.
    General Provisions. 
8.1
    Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Plan and the granting of Awards shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. 
8.2
    Non-transferability. A person's rights and interests under the Plan, including any Award previously made to such person or any amounts payable under the Plan may not be assigned, pledged, or transferred, except in the event of the Participant's death, to a designated beneficiary in accordance with the Plan, or in the absence of such designation, by will or the laws of descent or distribution. 
8.3
    No Right to Employment. Nothing in the Plan or in any notice of Award shall confer upon any person the right to continue in the employment of the Company or any Affiliate or affect the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of any Participant. 
8.4
    No Right to Award. Unless otherwise expressly set forth in an employment agreement signed by the Company and a Participant, a Participant shall not have any right to any Award under the Plan until such Award has been paid to such Participant and 

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participation in the Plan in one Performance Period Year does not connote any right to become a Participant in the Plan in any future Performance Period. 
8.5
    Withholding. The Company shall have the right to withhold from any Award, any federal, state or local income and/or payroll taxes required by law to be withheld and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to an Award. 

8.6
    Amendment or Termination of the Plan. The Board or the Committee may, at any time, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that, no amendment that requires shareholder approval for the Plan to continue to comply with Section 162(m) of the Code shall be effective unless approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant to Awards allocated prior to such amendment, suspension or termination. 
8.7
    Unfunded Status. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary or legal representative or any other person. To the extent that a person acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan. The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). 
8.8
    Governing Law. The Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to conflicts of law. 
8.9
    Beneficiaries. To the extent that the Committee permits beneficiary designations, any payment of Awards due under the Plan to a deceased Participant shall be paid to the beneficiary duly designated by the Participant in accordance with the Company's practices. If no such beneficiary has been designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made by will or the laws of descent or distribution. 
8.10
    Section 162(m) of the Code; Bifurcation of the Plan. It is the intent of the Company that the Plan and the Awards made under the Plan to Participants who are or may 

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become persons whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m) of the Code satisfy any applicable requirements to be treated as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. The provisions of the Plan may at any time be bifurcated by the Board or the Committee so that certain provisions of the Plan or any Award intended to satisfy the applicable requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code are only applicable to persons whose compensation is subject to Section 162(m) of the Code. 
8.11
    Section 409A of the Code. It is intended that payments under the Plan qualify as short-term deferrals exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. In the event that any Award does not qualify for treatment as an exempt short-term deferral, it is intended that such amount will be paid in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan shall be interpreted and construed accordingly. 
8.12
    Expenses. All costs and expenses in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Company. 
8.13
    Section Headings. The headings of the Plan have been inserted for convenience of reference only and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such headings, shall control. 
8.14
    Severability. In the event that any provision of the Plan shall be considered illegal or invalid for any reason, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan, but shall be fully severable, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been contained therein.  
8.15
    Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, wherever used, the masculine pronoun includes the feminine pronoun; the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural. 
8.16
    Non-exclusive. Nothing in the Plan shall limit the authority of the Company, the Board or the Committee to adopt such other compensation arrangements, as it may deem desirable for any Participant. 
8.17
    Notice. Any notice to be given to the Company or the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be in writing and directed to the Secretary of the Company at 400 Wood Road, Braintree, MA 02169.
8.18
    Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding upon any successor to the Company, whether the 

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existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. 
8.19
    Clawback. All Awards are subject to the Company's Clawback Policy as in effect from time to time and, in accordance with such policy, may be subject to the requirement that the Awards be repaid to the Company after they have been distributed to the Participant.  The action permitted to be taken by the Board under this Section 8.19 is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any and all other rights of the Board and/or the Company under applicable law and shall apply notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or an Award.
 
 

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