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Exhibit 10.7

 

EXHIBIT 10.7

CONFIDENTIAL

CADENCE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC

2006 Corporate Bonus Plan

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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2006 Corporate Bonus Plan

The Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Cadence” or the “Company”) Corporate Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) is
designed to offer incentive compensation to eligible Employees by rewarding the achievement of
corporate objectives and specifically measured individual objectives that are consistent with and
support overall corporate objectives. Since cooperation between departments and Employees will be
required to achieve corporate objectives that represent a significant portion of the Plan, the Plan
should help foster teamwork and build a cohesive management team.

Purpose of the Plan

The Plan is designed to:

	•	 	Encourage high performance by providing an incentive program to achieve overall corporate
objectives and to enhance shareholder value
	 
	•	 	Reward those individuals who significantly impact corporate results
	 
	•	 	Encourage increased teamwork among all disciplines within Cadence
	 
	•	 	Incorporate an incentive program in the Cadence overall compensation program to help attract
and retain Employees, and
	 
	•	 	Incentivize eligible Employees to remain employed by Cadence throughout the Plan year and
until the time incentive awards are paid

Plan Governance

The Plan
will be governed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation
Committee”). The President and / or CEO of Cadence will be responsible for the administration of
the Plan. The Compensation Committee will be responsible for approving any compensation or
incentive awards to officers of the Company. All determinations of the Compensation Committee,
under the Plan, shall be final and binding on all Plan participants.

Eligibility

All exempt Full Time Employees Level 8 (Associate Director) or higher are eligible to participate
in the Plan. To receive an incentive award, a participant: (a) must have

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been in an eligible position for at least three (3) full consecutive months prior to the end
of the Plan year, and must remain employed through the end of the Plan year and until incentive
awards are paid; and (b) must not be on probation at the time bonus determinations are made.

Form of Incentive Award Payments

Incentive award payments may be made in cash, through the issuance of stock or stock options, or by
a combination of cash, stock and/or stock options, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee.
In the event that the Compensation Committee and / or the Board of Directors elect to pay
incentive awards in stock or stock options, the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion,
will make a determination as to the number of shares of stock or stock options to be issued to each
Plan participant based, in part, upon the overall corporate performance and each participant’s
individual performance, as described below. The issuance of stock and stock options may also be
subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders, and any stock options issued will be subject
to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time
to time by the Company.

Bonus Percentage

Incentive
Awards will be determined by applying a “bonus percentage” to the base salary of
participants in the Plan. The following bonus percentages will be used for this purpose:

	 	 	 	 	 
	Grade Level	 	Position Title	 	Bonus Percentage
	12
	 	CEO	 	40%
	11
	 	EVP, SVP, CFO, CMO	 	30%
	10
	 	VP	 	25%
	9
	 	Sr. Director	 	20%
	8
	 	Associate Director, Director, Controller	 	15%

Corporate and Individual Performance Factors

The President and / or CEO will present to the Compensation Committee a list of the overall
corporate objectives for 2006, which are subject to approval by the Compensation Committee. All
participants in the Plan will then develop a list of key individual objectives, which must be
approved by the responsible Vice President or Senior Vice President and by the President and / or
CEO.

The Plan calls for incentive awards based on the achievement of annual corporate and individual
objectives that have been approved as indicated above.

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The relative weight between corporate and individual performance factors varies based on the
individual’s assigned grade level within the organization. The weighting may be reviewed
periodically and may be adjusted, as necessary or appropriate. The weighting for the 2006
performance factors will be as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Corporate	 	Individual
	President or CEO
	 	(Grades 12)	 	100%	 	 
	SVP’s/VP’s
	 	(Grades 10-11)	 	  80%	 	20%
	All Others
	 	(Grades 8-9)	 	  60%	 	40%

Performance Award Multiplier

The following scale will be used to determine the actual performance award multiplier for incentive
award calculations based upon the measurement of corporate and individual performance objectives.
Separate payment multipliers will be established for both the corporate and the individual
components of each award. The same payment multiplier for the corporate component each
participant’s annual award shall be used for all Plan participants in any given year. The award
multiplier for the corporate component shall be determined by the Compensation Committee, in its
sole discretion.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Performance Category	 	Award Multiplier
	1.
	 	Performance for the year met or exceeded objectives or was excellent in view of prevailing conditions	 	75% - 150%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.
	 	Performance generally met the year’s objectives or was very acceptable in view of prevailing conditions	 	50% - 75%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.
	 	Performance for the year met some, but not all, objectives	 	25% - 50%
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.
	 	Performance for the year was not acceptable in view of prevailing conditions	 	0%

Calculation of Cash Incentive Award

The
example below shows a sample cash incentive award calculation under the
Plan, which is determined after the end of the performance period. Step #1: a potential
base bonus award is calculated by multiplying the Employee’s base salary by their assigned grade
level bonus percentage. Step #2:  The calculated potential base bonus amount is then split
between the corporate and individual performance factors by the Employee’s assigned grade level
(per the weighting above). This calculation establishes specific potential dollar awards for the
performance period for both the individual and corporate performance factor components.

Step #3: After the end of the performance period, corporate and individual award
multipliers will be established using the criteria described above. The corporate

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award multiplier, which is based on overall corporate performance, is used to calculate
corporate performance awards for all Plan participants. This is accomplished by multiplying the
bonus percentage established for each individual at the beginning of the performance period by the
actual corporate award multiplier. The individual award multiplier, which is based on an
individual’s performance against objectives, is used in the same way to calculate the actual
individual performance award.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Example:	 	Step # 1:
Potential Base Bonus Award Calculation
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Position:
	 	Manager	 
	 	 	 	 	Base salary:
	 	$	100,000	 
	 	 	 	 	Bonus percentage:
	 	 	10	%
	 	 	 	 	Potential base bonus:
	 	$	10,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Step # 2:
Split award amount based on Performance Factors
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Potential corporate performance bonus (50%):
	 	$	5,000	 
	 	 	 	 	Potential individual performance bonus (50%):
	 	$	5,000	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Step #
3: Actual Cash Incentive Award Calculation
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Assumed payment multipliers based on assessment of corporate and individual performance:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Corporate multiplier
	 	 	75	%-performance generally met objectives
	 	 	 	 	Individual multiplier
	 	 	125	%-performance generally exceeded objectives
	 	 	 	 	Cash Award:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Corporate component
	 	$	3,750	  ($5,000 x 75%)
	 	 	 	 	Individual component
	 	$	6,250	  ($5,000 x 125%)

Payment of the Incentive Award

Payment of
incentive awards will be made as soon as practicable after the end of the Plan year
but not before the completion and issuance of the Company’s year-end audited Financial Statements. Incentive award calculations will be based on
the participant’s base salary as of December 31, 2006. Participants’ entitlement
to an incentive award under this Plan does not vest until the awards are actually
paid.

Participants who have been in an eligible position for less than a year, but who hold an eligible
position for at least three months prior to the end of the Plan year and remain continuously
employed through the end of the Plan year, will receive a pro-rata bonus based on the portion of
the Plan year they hold an eligible position. Participants promoted during the year from one “Bonus
percentage” level to another will have their Incentive Award calculated using their base pay on
December 31, 2006. Providing the promotion occurred after April 30, 2006 but prior to October 1,
2006, the calculation will be pro-rated, based on the number of months at each bonus percentage
level. If the promotion occurred after October 1, 2006, the entire calculation will be based on the
bonus percentage applicable prior to the promotion. For those Employees working less than full time
(40 hours / week), the calculated award will be pro-rated based on the actual average hours worked
per week during the performance period as a

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percent of a full time equivalent. Other than as stated above, incentive awards will not be
pro-rated for partial year service.

Termination

A Plan participant whose employment terminates voluntarily prior to the payment of the incentive
awards, will not be eligible to receive an incentive award. Continued employment until payment of
the incentive award is a condition of vesting. If a participant’s employment is terminated
involuntarily during the calendar year, or prior to payment of awards, it will be at the absolute
discretion of the Company whether or not an award payment is made.

Compensation Committee’s Absolute Right to Alter or Abolish the Plan

The Compensation Committee reserves the right in its absolute discretion to abolish the Plan at any
time or to alter the terms and conditions under which incentive compensation will be paid. Such
discretion may be exercised any time before, during, and after the Plan year is completed. No
participant shall have any vested right to receive any compensation hereunder until actual delivery
of such compensation.

Employment Duration/Employment Relationship

This Plan does not, and Cadence’s policies and practices in administering this Plan do not,
constitute an express or implied contract or other agreement concerning the duration of
any participant’s employement with the Company. The employment relationship of each participant is “at
will” and may be terminated at any time by Cadence or by the participant, with or without cause.

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Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2006 Bonus Plan

This is to acknowledge that I have received a copy of the 2006 Bonus Plan.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	 	 	 	 	Date:	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(print)	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

(signature)
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Please return signed copy to Ted Schroeder.	 	 	 	 	 	 

7ORTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

2006 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

	
             
 	
            Purpose
 	
            1
 

	
             
 	
            Definitions
 	
            1
 

	
             
 	
            Administration
 	
            3
 

	
             
 	
            Stock Subject to Plan
 	
            5
 

  
    	
           
	
          Eligibility;
            Per-Person Award Limitations
	
          5

  

	
             
 	
            Specific Terms of Awards
 	
            6
 

	
             
 	
            Performance Awards, Including Annual Incentive Awards
 	
            9
 

	
             
 	
            Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards
 	
            13
 

	
             
 	
            General Provisions
 	
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ORTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

2006 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

1.             Purpose. The purpose of this 2006 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to aid Ortec International, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in attracting, retaining, motivating and rewarding employees (including executive officers and employee directors), non-employee directors, and other persons (including consultants and advisors) who provide substantial services to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, to provide for equitable and competitive compensation opportunities, to recognize individual contributions and reward achievement of Company goals, and promote the creation of long-term value for stockholders by closely aligning the interests of Participants with those of stockholders. The Plan authorizes stock-based and
cash-based incentives for Participants.

2.             Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in Section 1 above and elsewhere in the Plan, the following capitalized terms used in the Plan have the respective meanings set forth in this Section:

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            “Annual Incentive Award” means a type of Performance Award granted to a Participant under Section 7(c) representing a conditional right to receive cash, Stock or other Awards or payments, as determined by the Committee, based on performance in a performance period of one fiscal year or a portion thereof.
 

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            “Award” means any Option, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Stock granted as a bonus or in lieu of another award,  Other Stock-Based Award, Performance Award or Annual Incentive Award, together with any related right or interest, granted to a Participant under the Plan.
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            “Beneficiary” means the legal representatives of the Participant’s estate entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive the benefits under a Participant’s Award upon a Participant’s death, provided that, if and to the extent authorized by the Committee, a Participant may be permitted to designate a Beneficiary, in which case the “Beneficiary” instead will be the person, persons, trust or trusts (if any are then surviving) which have been designated by the Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the Committee to receive the benefits specified under the Participant’s Award upon such Participant’s death. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any designation of a Beneficiary other than a Participant’s spouse shall be
subject to the written consent of such spouse.
 

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

(e)           “Change in Control” and related terms have the meanings specified in Section 9.

(f)            “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to any provision of the Code or regulation (including a proposed regulation) thereunder shall include any successor provisions and regulations. 

 

	
             
 	
            (g)
 	
            “Committee” means a committee or sub-committee of two or more directors designated by the Board to administer the Plan; provided, however, that, directors appointed or serving as members of such Board committee or sub-committee designated as the Committee shall not be employees of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate. In appointing members of such Committee or sub-committee, the Board will consider whether a member is or will be a Qualified Member, but such members are not required to be Qualified Members at the time of appointment or during their term of service on such Committee or sub-committee. The full Board may perform any function of such Committee or sub-committee, in which case the term “Committee” shall refer to the Board.
 

	
             
 	
            (h)
 	
            “Covered Employee” means an Eligible Person who is a Covered Employee as specified in Section 10(j).
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            “Deferred Stock” means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(e), to receive Stock or other Awards or a combination thereof at the end of a specified deferral period.
 

	
             
 	
            (j)
 	
            “Effective Date” means the effective date specified in Section 11(q).
 

	
             
 	
            (k)
 	
            “Eligible Person” has the meaning specified in Section 5.
 

	
             
 	
            (l)
 	
            “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. References to any provision of the Exchange Act or rule (including a proposed rule) thereunder shall include any successor provisions and rules.
 

	
             
 	
            (m)
 	
            “Fair Market Value” shall mean the amount determined by the Board or the Committee, except that if the Stock is listed on a national securities exchange (or traded on the over-the-counter market), the fair market value shall be the closing price of the Stock on such exchange (or market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau) on the day on which an Award is granted (or with respect to a Change in Control or other event requiring the valuation of the Stock, the closing price on the appropriate date as determined by the Board or Committee), or, if there is no trading or closing price on that day, the closing price on the most recent day preceding the day for which such prices are available.
 

	
             
 	
            (n)
 	
            “Incentive Stock Option” or “ISO” means any Option designated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Code Section 422 or any successor provision thereto and qualifying thereunder.
 

	
             
 	
            (o)
 	
            “Option” means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 6(b), to purchase Stock or other Awards at a specified price during specified time periods.
 

	
             
 	
            (p)
 	
            “Other Stock-Based Awards” means Awards granted to a Participant under Section 6(h).
 

	
             
 	
            (q)
 	
            “Participant” means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan which remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.
 

	
             
 	
            (r)
 	
            “Performance Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Sections 6(i) and 7, to receive Awards or payments based upon performance criteria specified by the Committee.
 

	
             
 	
            (s)
 	
            “Qualified Member” means a member of the Committee who is a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) and an “outside director” within the meaning of Regulation 1.162-27 under Code Section 162(m).
 

	
             
 	
            (t)
 	
            “Restricted Stock” means Stock granted to a Participant under Section 6(d) that is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.
 

	
             
 	
            (u)
 	
            “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3, as from time to time in effect and applicable to Participants, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. 
 

 

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“Stock” means the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, and any other equity securities of the Company that may be substituted or resubstituted for Stock pursuant to Section 10(c).

	
             
 	
            3.
 	
            Administration.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee (subject to the Board’s authority to restrict the Committee), which shall have full and final authority, in each case subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, to select Eligible Persons to become Participants; to grant Awards; to determine the type and number of Awards, the dates on which Awards may be exercised and on which the risk of forfeiture or deferral period relating to Awards shall lapse or terminate, the acceleration of any such dates, the expiration date of any Award, whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid, in cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, and other terms and conditions of, and all other matters
relating to, Awards; to prescribe documents evidencing or setting terms of Awards (such Award documents need not be identical for each Participant), amendments thereto, and rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and amendments thereto; to construe and interpret the Plan and Award documents and correct defects, supply omissions or reconcile inconsistencies therein; and to make all other decisions and determinations as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee with respect to the administration and interpretation of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all persons interested in the Plan, including Participants, Beneficiaries, transferees under Section 10(b) and other persons claiming rights from or through a Participant, and stockholders. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Board shall perform the functions of the Committee for purposes of granting Awards under the Plan to non-employee
directors (authority with respect to other aspects of non-employee director awards is not exclusive to the Board, however).
 

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority. At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, (i) any action of the Committee relating to an Award intended by the Committee to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder may be taken by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee or the Board, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members, and (ii) any action relating to an Award granted or to be granted to a Participant who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company may be taken either by such a subcommittee or by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action, provided that, upon such
abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed solely of two or more Qualified Members. Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan. The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee. The Committee may delegate to officers or managers of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, or committees thereof, the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to perform such functions, including administrative functions, as the Committee may determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action may be taken pursuant to this Section 3(b) if such action would result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d) for Awards granted to Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in
respect of the Company and would cause Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) to fail to so qualify.
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            Limitation of Liability. The Committee and each member thereof, and any person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Committee, shall be entitled, in good faith, to rely or act upon any report or other information furnished by any executive officer, other officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, the Company’s independent auditors, consultants or any 
 

 

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other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee, any person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Committee, and any officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee or a delegee 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.
 	
            Stock Subject to Plan.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            Overall Number of Shares Available for Delivery. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10(c), the total number of shares of Stock reserved and available for delivery in connection with Awards under the Plan shall be Two Million Five Hundred Thousand (2,500,000). Any shares of Stock delivered under the Plan shall consist of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.
 

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Share Counting Rules. The Committee may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or substitute awards) and make adjustments if the number of shares of Stock actually delivered differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with an Award. Shares subject to an Award that is canceled, expired, forfeited, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without a delivery of shares to the Participant will again be available for Awards, and shares withheld in payment of the exercise price or taxes relating to an Award and shares equal to the number surrendered in payment of any exercise price or taxes relating to an Award shall be deemed to constitute shares not delivered to the Participant and shall be deemed
to again be available for Awards under the Plan. In addition, in the case of any Award granted in substitution for an award of a company or business acquired by the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, shares issued or issuable in connection with such substitute Award shall not be counted against the number of shares reserved under the Plan, but shall be available under the Plan by virtue of the Company’s assumption of the plan or arrangement of the acquired company or business. This Section 4(b) shall apply to the number of shares reserved and available for ISOs only to the extent consistent with applicable regulations relating to ISOs under the Code.
 

5.             Eligibility; Per-Person Award Limitations. Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons. For purposes of the Plan, an “Eligible Person” means an employee of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, including any executive officer, a non-employee director of the Company, a consultant, advisor or other person who provides substantial services to the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, and any person who has been offered employment by the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, provided that such prospective employee may not receive any payment or exercise any right relating to an Award until such person has commenced employment with the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate. An employee on leave of absence may be considered as still in the
employ of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate for purposes of eligibility for participation in the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, a joint venture in which the Company or a subsidiary has a substantial direct or indirect equity investment shall be deemed an affiliate, if so determined by the Committee. In each calendar year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, an Eligible Person may be granted Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m).

	
             
 	
            6.
 	
            Specific Terms of Awards.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 6. In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 10(e)), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine, including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of termination of employment or service by the Participant and terms permitting a Participant to make elections relating to his or her Award. The Committee shall retain full power and discretion with respect to any term or condition of an Award that is not mandatory under the Plan. The Committee shall require the payment of lawful consideration for an Award to 
 

 

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the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and may otherwise require payment of consideration for an Award except as limited by the Plan.

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Options. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Stock purchasable under an Option (including both ISOs and non-qualified Options) shall be determined by the Committee, provided that such exercise price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant of such Option, subject to Sections 6(f) and 9(a).
 

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Option Term; Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the term of each Option, provided that in no event shall the term of any ISO exceed a period of ten years from the date of grant. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which or the circumstances under which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the methods by which such exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid and the form of such payment (subject to Section 10(k)), including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards or awards granted under other plans of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, or other property (including notes and other contractual obligations of Participants to make payment on a deferred
basis, such as through “cashless exercise” arrangements, to the extent permitted by applicable law), and the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered in satisfaction of Options to Participants (including deferred delivery of shares representing the Option “profit,” at the election of the Participant or as mandated by the Committee, with such deferred shares subject to any vesting, forfeiture or other terms as the Committee may specify).
 

	
             
 	
            (iii)
 	
            ISOs. The terms of any ISO granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Code Section 422, including but not limited to the requirement that no ISO shall be granted more than ten years after the Effective Date.
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            Restricted Stock. The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons on the following terms and conditions:
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Grant and Restrictions. Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), in such installments or otherwise and under such other circumstances as the Committee may determine at the date of grant or thereafter. Except to the extent restricted under the terms of the Plan and any Award document relating to the Restricted Stock, a Participant granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote the Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends thereon (subject to any
mandatory reinvestment or other requirement imposed by the Committee).
 

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon termination of employment or service during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award document, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will lapse in whole or in part, including in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes.
 

	
             
 	
            (iii)
 	
            Certificates for Stock. Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine. If certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Committee may require that such certificates bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, that 
 

 

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the Company retain physical possession of the certificates, and that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Stock.

	
             
 	
            (iv)
 	
            Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may require that any dividends paid on a share of Restricted Stock shall be either (A) paid with respect to such Restricted Stock at the dividend payment date in cash, in kind, or in a number of shares of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, or (B) automatically reinvested in additional Restricted Stock or held in kind, which shall be subject to the same terms as applied to the original Restricted Stock to which it relates, or (C) deferred as to payment, either as a cash deferral or with the amount or value thereof automatically deemed reinvested in shares of Deferred Stock, other Awards or other investment vehicles, subject to such terms as the Committee shall
determine or permit a Participant to elect. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Stock distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property has been distributed.
 

	
             
 	
            (d)
 	
            Deferred Stock. The Committee is authorized to grant Deferred Stock to Eligible Persons, which are rights to receive Stock, other Awards, or a combination thereof at the end of a specified deferral period, subject to the following terms and conditions:
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Award and Restrictions. Issuance of Stock will occur upon expiration of the deferral period specified for an Award of Deferred Stock by the Committee (or, if permitted by the Committee, as elected by the Participant). In addition, Deferred Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse at the expiration of the deferral period or at earlier specified times (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), separately or in combination, in installments or otherwise, and under such other circumstances as the Committee may determine at the date of grant or thereafter. Deferred Stock may be satisfied by delivery of Stock, other Awards, or a
combination thereof (subject to Section 10(k)), as determined by the Committee at the date of grant or thereafter.
 

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon termination of employment or service during the applicable deferral period or portion thereof to which forfeiture conditions apply (as provided in the Award document evidencing the Deferred Stock), all Deferred Stock that is at that time subject to such forfeiture conditions shall be forfeited; provided that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award document, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Deferred Stock will lapse in whole or in part, including in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes.
 

	
             
 	
            (f)
 	
            Bonus Stock and Awards in Lieu of Obligations. The Committee is authorized to grant Stock as a bonus, or to grant Stock or other Awards in lieu of obligations of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate to pay cash or deliver other property under the Plan or under other plans or compensatory arrangements, subject to such terms as shall be determined by the Committee.
 

	
             
 	
            (g)
 	
            Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Eligible Persons such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Stock or factors that may influence the value of Stock, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of or the performance of specified subsidiaries or affiliates or other business units. The Committee
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Stock delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 6(h) shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, notes, or other property, as the Committee shall determine. Cash awards, as an element of or supplement to any other Award under the Plan, may also be granted pursuant to this Section 6(h).

	
             
 	
            (h)
 	
            Performance Awards. Performance Awards, denominated in cash or in Stock or other Awards, may be granted by the Committee in accordance with Section 7.
 

	
             
 	
            7.
 	
            Performance Awards, Including Annual Incentive Awards.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            Performance Awards Generally. The Committee is authorized to grant Performance Awards on the terms and conditions specified in this Section 7. Performance Awards may be denominated as a cash amount, number of shares of Stock, or specified number of other Awards (or a combination) which may be earned upon achievement or satisfaction of performance conditions specified by the Committee. In addition, the Committee may specify that any other Award shall constitute a Performance Award by conditioning the right of a Participant to exercise the Award or have it settled, and the timing thereof, upon achievement or satisfaction of such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee. The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in
establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Award subject to performance conditions, except as limited under Sections 7(b) and 7(c) in the case of a Performance Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m).
 

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Performance Awards Granted to Covered Employees. If the Committee determines that a Performance Award to be granted to an Eligible Person who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Award shall be contingent upon achievement of a pre-established performance goal and other terms set forth in this Section 7(b).
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Performance Goal Generally. The performance goal for such Performance Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee consistent with this Section 7(b). The performance goal shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder (including Regulation 1.162-27 and successor regulations thereto), including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement of performance goals being “substantially uncertain.”  The Committee may determine that such Performance Awards shall be granted, exercised and/or settled upon achievement of any one performance goal or that two or
more of the performance goals must be achieved as a condition to grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Awards. Performance goals may differ for Performance Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants.
 

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Business Criteria. One or more of the following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries or affiliates or other business units of the Company shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such Performance Awards: (1) growth in revenues or assets; (2) earnings from operations, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, or extraordinary or special items; (3) net income or net income per common share (basic or diluted); (4) return on assets, return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (5) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment, or net cash provided by operations; (6) interest expense after taxes; (7) economic profit; (8) operating margin or gross
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and (10) strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on securing financing needed for the Company’s continuation or expansion of its business operations, environmental or safety standards, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of regulatory compliance and key departments such as accounting, employment practices and employee benefits, supervision of litigation and information technology, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates or joint ventures. The targeted level or levels of performance with respect to such business criteria may be established at such levels and in such terms as the Committee may determine, in its discretion, including, but not limited to, as a goal relative to performance in prior periods, or as a goal compared
to the performance of one or more comparable companies or an index covering multiple companies.

	
             
 	
            (iii)
 	
            Performance Period; Timing for Establishing Performance Goals. Achievement of performance goals in respect of such Performance Awards shall be measured over a performance period of up to one year or more than one year, as specified by the Committee. A performance goal may be based on goals already achieved prior to the Award or on a goal established not later than the earlier of (A) 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to such Performance Award or (B) the time 25% of such performance period has elapsed.
 

	
             
 	
            (iv)
 	
            Performance Award Pool. The Committee may establish a Performance Award pool, which shall be an unfunded pool, for purposes of measuring performance of the Company in connection with Performance Awards. The amount of such Performance Award pool shall be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or more of the business criteria set forth in Section 7(b)(ii) during the given performance period. The Committee may specify the amount of the Performance Award pool as a percentage of any of such business criteria, a percentage thereof in excess of a threshold amount, or as another amount which need not bear a strictly mathematical relationship to such business criteria.
 

	
             
 	
            (v)
 	
            Settlement of Performance Awards; Other Terms. Settlement of such Performance Awards shall be in cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, in the Committee’s discretion. The Committee may increase or reduce the amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Performance Awards, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount payable to a Covered Employee in respect of a Performance Award subject to Section 7(b). Any settlement which changes the form of payment from that originally specified shall be implemented in a manner such that the Performance Award and other related Awards do not, solely for that reason, fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m). The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such
Performance Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of employment by the Participant or other event (including a Change in Control) prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of such Performance Awards.
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            Annual Incentive Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees. The Committee may grant an Annual Incentive Award to an Eligible Person who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee. Such Annual Incentive Award will be intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), and therefore its grant, exercise and/or settlement shall be contingent upon achievement of pre-established performance goals and other terms set forth in this Section 7(c).
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Grant of Annual Incentive Awards. Not later than the earlier of 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to such Annual Incentive Award or the time 25% of such performance period has elapsed, the Committee shall determine the Covered Employees who will potentially receive Annual Incentive Awards, and the amount(s) potentially payable thereunder, for that performance period. The amount(s) potentially payable shall be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or more of the business criteria set forth 
 

 

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in Section 7(b)(ii) in the given performance period, as specified by the Committee. The Committee may designate an annual incentive award pool as the means by which Annual Incentive Awards will be measured, provided that the portion of such pool potentially payable to the Covered Employee shall be pre-established.

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Payout of Annual Incentive Awards. After the end of each performance period, the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of the Annual Incentive Award for that performance period payable to each Participant. The Committee may determine that the amount payable to any Participant as a final Annual Incentive Award shall be reduced from the amount of his or her potential Annual Incentive Award, including a determination to make no final Award whatsoever, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount. The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which an Annual Incentive Award shall be paid or forfeited in the event of termination of employment by the Participant or other event (including a Change in Control) prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of such Annual
Incentive Award.
 

	
             
 	
            (d)
 	
            Written Determinations. Determinations by the Committee as to the establishment of performance goals, the amount potentially payable in respect of Performance Awards and Annual Incentive Awards, the level of actual achievement of the specified performance goals relating to Performance Awards and Annual Incentive Awards, and the amount of any final Performance Award and Annual Incentive Award shall be recorded in writing in the case of Performance Awards intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m). Specifically, the Committee shall certify in writing, in a manner conforming to applicable regulations under Code Section 162(m), prior to settlement of each such Award granted to a Covered Employee, that the performance objective relating to the Performance Award and other material terms of the Award upon
which settlement of the Award was conditioned have been satisfied.
 

	
             
 	
            8.
 	
            Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution or exchange for, any other Award or any award granted under another plan of the Company, any subsidiary or affiliate, or any business entity to be acquired by the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or awards may be granted either as of the same time as or a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards. Subject to Section 10(k), the Committee may determine that, in granting a new Award, the in-the-money value of any
surrendered Award or award may be applied to reduce the exercise price of any Option or purchase price of any other Award.
 

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee, subject to the express limitations set forth in Section 6(b)(ii).
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            Form and Timing of Payment under Awards; Deferrals. Subject to the terms of the Plan (including Section 10(k)) and any applicable Award document, payments to be made by the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate upon the exercise of an Option or other Award or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis. The settlement of any Award may be accelerated, and cash paid in lieu of Stock in connection with such settlement, in the Committee’s discretion or upon occurrence of one or more specified events (subject to Section 10(k)). Installment or deferred payments may be required by the Committee (subject to
Section 10(e)) or permitted at Participant’s election on terms and conditions established by the Committee. Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments.
 

 

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            (d)
 	
            Exemptions from Section 16(b) Liability. With respect to a Participant who is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, the Committee shall implement transactions under the Plan and administer the Plan in a manner that will ensure that each transaction with respect to such a Participant is exempt from liability under Rule 16b-3 (or otherwise not subject to liability under Section 16(b)), except that this provision shall not limit sales by such a Participant, and such a Participant may engage in other non-exempt transactions under the Plan. The Committee may authorize the Company to repurchase any Award or shares of Stock deliverable or delivered in connection with any Award (subject to Section 10(k)) to avoid a Participant who is subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act incurring liability under Section 16(b). Unless otherwise specified by the Participant, equity securities or derivative securities acquired under the Plan which are disposed of by a Participant shall be deemed to be disposed of in the order acquired by the Participant.
 

	
             
 	
            (e)
 	
            Loan Provisions. With the Committee’s consent, and subject at all times to, and only to the extent, if any, permitted under and in accordance with, laws and regulations and other binding obligations or provisions applicable to the Company, the Company may make, guarantee, or arrange for a loan or loans to a Participant with respect to the exercise of any Option or other payment in connection with any Award, including the payment by a Participant of any or all federal, state, or local income or other taxes due in connection with any Award. Subject to such limitations, the Committee shall have full authority to decide whether to make a loan or loans hereunder and to determine the amount, terms, and provisions of any such loan or loans, including the interest rate, if any, to be charged in respect of
any such loan or loans, whether the loan or loans are to be with or without recourse against the borrower, the terms on which the loan is to be repaid and conditions, if any, under which the loan or loans may be forgiven.
 

	
             
 	
            9.
 	
            Change in Control.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            Effect of “Change in Control” on Non-Performance Based Awards. The Committee may provide in the Award document, in the event of a “Change in Control,” the following provisions shall apply to non-performance based Awards, including Awards as to which performance conditions previously have been satisfied or are deemed satisfied under Section 9(b):
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            All deferral of settlement, forfeiture conditions and other restrictions applicable to Awards granted under the Plan shall lapse and such Awards shall be fully payable as of the time of the Change in Control without regard to deferral and vesting conditions, except to the extent of any waiver by the Participant or other express election to defer beyond a Change in Control and subject to applicable restrictions set forth in Section 10(a);
 

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Any Award carrying a right to exercise that was not previously exercisable and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested as of the time of the Change in Control and shall remain exercisable and vested for the balance of the stated term of such Award without regard to any termination of employment or service by the Participant other than a termination for “cause” (as defined in any employment or severance agreement between the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate and the Participant then in effect or, if none, as defined by the Committee and in effect at the time of the Change in Control), subject only to applicable restrictions set forth in Section 10(a); and
 

	
             
 	
            (iii)
 	
            The Committee may, in its discretion, determine to extend to any Participant who holds an Option the right to elect, during the 60-day period immediately following the Change in Control, in lieu of acquiring the shares of Stock covered by such Option, to receive in cash the excess of the Change in Control Price over the exercise price of such Option, multiplied by the number of shares of Stock covered by such Option, and to extend to any Participant who holds other types of Awards denominated in shares the right to elect, during the 60-day period immediately following the Change in Control, in lieu of receiving the shares of Stock covered by such Award, to receive in 
 

 

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cash the Change in Control Price multiplied by the number of shares of Stock covered by such Award.

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Effect of “Change in Control” on Performance-Based Awards. In the event of a “Change in Control,” with respect to an outstanding Award subject to achievement of performance goals and conditions, such performance goals and conditions will be deemed to be met if and to the extent so provided by the Committee in the Award document governing such Award or other agreement with the Participant.
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            Definition of “Change in Control.”  A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, after the Effective Date, there shall have occurred any of the following:
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            any Person (other than the Company), any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under any employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the occurrence with respect to which the evaluation is being made in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the common stock of the Company) becomes the Beneficial Owner (except that a Person shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of all shares that any such Person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or arrangement or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise, without regard to the sixty day period referred to in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as
defined below), representing 30% of the combined voting power of the Company’s or such subsidiary’s then outstanding securities;
 

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

	
             
 	
            (iii)
 	
            the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company or any subsidiary owning directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company (a “Significant Subsidiary”) with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving or  resulting entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving or resulting entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or
 

	
             
 	
            (iv)
 	
            the stockholders of the Company approve a plan or agreement for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company (other than such a sale or disposition immediately after which such assets will be owned directly or indirectly by the Company’s stockholders in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company’s common stock immediately prior to such sale or disposition) in which case the Board shall determine the effective date of the Change in Control resulting therefrom.
 

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(A)          The term “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (including any successor to such Rule).

(B)          The term “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

	
             
 	
            (d)
 	
            Definition of “Change in Control Price.”  The “Change in Control Price” means an amount in cash equal to the higher of (i) the amount of cash and fair market value of property that is the highest price per share paid (including extraordinary dividends) in any transaction triggering the Change in Control or any liquidation of shares following a sale of substantially all assets of the Company, or (ii) the highest Fair Market Value per share at any time during the 60-day period preceding and 60-day period following the Change in Control.
 

	
             
 	
            10.
 	
            General Provisions.
 

	
             
 	
            (a)
 	
            Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements. The Company may, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee, postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock or payment of other benefits under any Award until completion of such registration or qualification of such Stock or other required action under any federal or state law, rule or regulation, listing or other required action with respect to any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Stock or other securities of the Company are listed or quoted, or compliance with any other obligation of the Company, as the Committee may consider appropriate, and may require any Participant to make such representations, furnish such information and comply with or be subject to such other conditions as it may consider appropriate in
connection with the issuance or delivery of Stock or payment of other benefits in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, listing requirements, or other obligations.
 

	
             
 	
            (b)
 	
            Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries. No Award or other right or interest of a Participant under the Plan shall be pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or subject to any lien, obligation or liability of such Participant to any party (other than the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof), or assigned or transferred by such Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or to a Beneficiary upon the death of a Participant, and such Awards or rights that may be exercisable shall be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative, except that Awards and other rights (other than ISOs) may be transferred to one or more transferees during the lifetime of the Participant, and may be exercised by
such transferees in accordance with the terms of such Award, but only if and to the extent such transfers are permitted by the Committee, subject to any terms and conditions which the Committee may impose thereon (including limitations the Committee may deem appropriate in order that offers and sales under the Plan will meet applicable requirements of registration forms under the Securities Act of 1933 specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission). A Beneficiary, transferee, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Participant shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award document applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, and to any additional terms and conditions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.
 

	
             
 	
            (c)
 	
            Adjustments. In the event that any large, special and non-recurring dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash or property other than Stock), recapitalization, forward or reverse split, Stock dividend, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Stock such that an adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of Stock which may be delivered in connection with Awards granted 
 

 

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thereafter, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Stock by which annual per-person Award limitations are measured under Section 5, (iii) the number and kind of shares of Stock subject to or deliverable in respect of outstanding Awards and (iv) the exercise price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award or, if deemed appropriate, the Committee may make provision for a payment of cash or property to the holder of an outstanding Option (subject to Section 10(k)). In addition, the Committee is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards (including Performance Awards and performance goals and any hypothetical funding pool relating thereto) in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, events described in the preceding sentence, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and assets)
affecting the Company, any subsidiary or affiliate or other business unit, or the financial statements of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, tax rates and regulations or business conditions or in view of the Committee’s assessment of the business strategy of the Company, any subsidiary or affiliate or business unit thereof, performance of comparable organizations, economic and business conditions, personal performance of a Participant, and any other circumstances deemed relevant; provided that no such adjustment shall be authorized or made if and to the extent that the existence of such authority (i) would cause Options or Performance Awards granted under Section 7 to Participants designated by the Committee as Covered Employees and intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder to otherwise fail to qualify as
“performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, or (ii) would cause the Committee to be deemed to have authority to change the targets, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.162-27(e)(4)(vi), under the performance goals relating to Options granted to Covered Employees and intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.

	
             
 	
            (d)
 	
            Tax Provisions.
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Withholding. The Company and any subsidiary or affiliate is authorized to withhold from any Award granted, any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a distribution of Stock, or any payroll or other payment to a Participant, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, 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 any Award. This authority shall include authority to withhold or receive Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participant’s withholding obligations, either on a mandatory or elective basis
in the discretion of the Committee. Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, only the minimum amount of Stock deliverable in connection with an Award necessary to satisfy statutory withholding requirements will be withheld.
 

	
             
 	
            (ii)
 	
            Requirement of Notification of Code Section 83(b) Election. If any Participant shall make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code (to include in gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Code Section 83(b)) or under a similar provision of the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, such Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 83(b) or other applicable provision.
 

	
             
 	
            (iii)
 	
            Requirement of Notification Upon Disqualifying Disposition Under Code Section 421(b). If any Participant shall make any disposition of shares of Stock delivered pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in Code Section 421(b) (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Participant shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten days thereof.
 

 

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            (e)
 	
            Changes to the Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant Awards under the Plan without the consent of stockholders or Participants; provided, however, that any amendment to the Plan shall be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for approval not later than the earliest annual meeting for which the record date is after the date of such Board action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Board may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other amendments to the Plan to stockholders for approval; and provided further, that, without the consent of an affected Participant,
no such Board action may have a material adverse affect on the rights of such Participant under any outstanding Award.
 

	
             
 	
            (f)
 	
            Right of Setoff. The Company or any subsidiary or affiliate may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, deduct from and set off against any amounts the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate may owe to the Participant from time to time, including amounts payable in connection with any Award, owed as wages, fringe benefits, or other compensation owed to the Participant, such amounts as may be owed by the Participant to the Company, although the Participant shall remain liable for any part of the Participant’s payment obligation not satisfied through such deduction and setoff. By accepting any Award granted hereunder, the Participant agrees to any deduction or setoff under this Section 10(f).
 

	
             
 	
            (g)
 	
            Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant or obligation to deliver Stock pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company; provided that the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts and deposit therein cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, or make other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations under the Plan. Such trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan unless the Committee otherwise determines with the consent of each affected
Participant.
 

	
             
 	
            (h)
 	
            Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or a committee thereof to adopt such other incentive arrangements, apart from the Plan, as it may deem desirable, including incentive arrangements and awards which do not qualify under Code Section 162(m), and such other arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
 

	
             
 	
            (i)
 	
            Payments in the Event of Forfeitures; Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, other Awards or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
 

	
             
 	
            (j)
 	
            Compliance with Code Section 162(m). It is the intent of the Company that Options granted to Covered Employees and other Awards designated as Awards to Covered Employees subject to Section 7 shall constitute qualified “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of allocation of an Award.
 

Accordingly, the terms of Sections 7(b), (c), and (d), including the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used therein, shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. The foregoing notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with certainty whether a given Participant will be a Covered Employee with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been completed, the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a person designated by the Committee as likely to be a 

 

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Covered Employee with respect to a specified fiscal year. If any provision of the Plan or any Award document relating to a Performance Award that is designated as intended to comply with Code Section 162(m) does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Code Section 162(m) or regulations thereunder, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements, and no provision shall be deemed to confer upon the Committee or any other person discretion to increase the amount of compensation otherwise payable in connection with any such Award upon attainment of the applicable performance objectives.

	
             
 	
            (k)
 	
            Certain Limitations Relating to Accounting Treatment of Awards. Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, the Committee’s authority under the Plan is limited to the extent necessary to ensure that any Option or other Award of a type that the Committee has intended to be subject to fixed accounting with a measurement date at the date of grant or the date performance conditions are satisfied under APB 25 shall not become subject to “variable” accounting solely due to the existence of such authority, unless the Committee specifically determines that the Award shall remain outstanding despite such “variable” accounting.
 

	
             
 	
            (l)
 	
            Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan, any rules and regulations relating to the Plan and any Award document shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and applicable provisions of federal law.
 

	
             
 	
            (m)
 	
            Awards to Participants Outside the United States. The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan made to or held by a Participant who is then resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that such Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other restrictions applicable as a result of the Participant’s residence or employment abroad, shall be comparable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States. An Award may be modified under this
Section 10(m) in a manner that is inconsistent with the express terms of the Plan, so long as such modifications will not contravene any applicable law or regulation or result in actual liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act for the Participant whose Award is modified.
 

	
             
 	
            (n)
 	
            Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ or service of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or a subsidiary or affiliate to terminate any Eligible Person’s or Participant’s employment or service at any time, (iii) giving an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants and employees, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or transferred shares of Stock in accordance
with the terms of an Award or an Option is duly exercised. Except as expressly provided in the Plan and an Award document, neither the Plan nor any Award document shall confer on any person other than the Company and the Participant any rights or remedies thereunder.
 

	
             
 	
            (o)
 	
            Severability; Entire Agreement. If any of the provisions of this Plan or any Award document is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, and the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby; provided, that, if any of such provisions is finally held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such 
 

 

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provision shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder. The Plan and any Award documents contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.

	
             
 	
            (p)
 	
            Plan Effective Date and Termination. The Plan shall become effective if, and at such time as, it is adopted by the Board and the Board recommends approval of the Plan at the next meeting of the Company’s stockholders. Unless earlier terminated by action of the Board, the Plan will remain in effect until such time as no Stock remains available for delivery under the Plan and the Company has no further rights or obligations under the Plan with respect to outstanding Awards under the Plan.
 

	
             
 	
            (q)
 	
            Repricing. No award that could be characterized as a “repricing” shall be made pursuant to this Plan without shareholder approval.
 

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