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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

 

 

Portions of this Exhibit have omitted because the information contained in such portions is both not material and would likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed.  Such portions are indicated in the Exhibit by [ ].

 

CONSENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS CONSENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of January 30, 2019 (this “Consent”) is entered into among DIODES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Domestic Borrower”), DIODES HOLDING B.V., a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid, organized under the laws of the Netherlands, having its statutory seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and registered with the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands under number 65823060 (the “Foreign Borrower” and together with the Domestic Borrower, the “Borrowers” and each, individually, a “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Domestic Borrower identified on the signature pages hereto as subsidiary guarantors (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

The Borrowers, Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 26, 2016, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Limited Waiver dated as of February 13, 2017, as amended by that certain Consent to Credit Agreement dated as of May 22, 2017, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 24, 2017, as amended by that certain Consent to Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 2018, as modified by that certain Consent to Credit Agreement dated as of October 16, 2018, as amended by that certain Consent and Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 27, 2018 (as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”).

The Domestic Borrower has informed the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that it wishes to engage in the following transactions:

	
 
	
A.
	
Diodes Holdings UK Limited (“DHUK”), a company incorporated and registered under the laws of England and Wales and a Foreign Guarantor, has created a wholly owned subsidiary named Diodes Semiconductors GB Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Wafer Acquisition Sub”), and will contribute cash to Wafer Acquisition Sub in an amount not to exceed $[ ] (the “Wafer Contribution”). 

	
 
	
B.
	
Wafer Acquisition Sub will use the proceeds of the Wafer Contribution to make an asset purchase of a wafer fabrication plant in Greenock, Scotland (the “Wafer Business”), for an amount not to exceed $[ ] (the “Wafer Acquisition”).

	
 
	
C.
	
In connection with the Wafer Acquisition, the Domestic Borrower will enter into a Wafer Manufacturing Services Agreement with the seller of the Wafer Business (the “Wafer Seller”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Wafer Seller Contract”), pursuant to which the Domestic Borrower will agree to a negative pledge as set forth in the Wafer Seller Contract, to the extent and for so long as such negative pledge is required pursuant to the Wafer Seller Contract and such Wafer Seller Contract is in effect (the “Wafer Seller A/R Negative Pledge”) relating solely to the Domestic Borrower’s rights to receive payments from the Wafer Seller under the Wafer Seller Contract (the “Wafer Seller A/R”); provided that the term of the Wafer Seller A/R Negative Pledge shall not extend beyond the date that is five (5) years after the effectiveness of the Wafer Seller Contract without the prior consent of the 

 

 

	
 
		
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (the transaction described in this Recital C, the “Wafer Supply Transaction” and, together with the Wafer Acquisition and the Wafer Contribution, the “Wafer Transactions”).

The Loan Parties have requested that, notwithstanding the limitations set forth in Section 7.03 (Investments) and Section 7.09 (Burdensome Agreements) of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders consent to the Wafer Transactions.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders party hereto have agreed to grant such requests of the Loan Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.Defined Terms.  Except as otherwise provided herein, all capitalized undefined terms used in this Consent (including, without limitation, in the introductory paragraph and the preliminary statements hereto) shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.

2.Consent.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and notwithstanding Section 7.03 (Investments) and Section 7.09 (Burdensome Agreements) of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the Wafer Transactions, and acknowledge and agree that the Wafer Seller A/R shall not constitute Collateral (under and as defined in the Collateral Agreement) solely to the extent of and for so long as the Wafer Seller A/R Negative Pledge is in effect, it being understood and agreed that the term of the Wafer Seller A/R Negative Pledge shall not extend beyond the date that is five (5) years after the effectiveness of the Wafer Seller Contract without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto hereby agree that no actions taken to give effect to the Wafer Transactions permitted hereby shall be included for purposes of determining compliance with any basket in Section 7.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Further, notwithstanding the terms of Section 8.4(b) of that certain Composite Debenture, dated as of January 8, 2013, by and between Diodes Zetex Limited, DHUK and the Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that DHUK is not required to deliver any original stock certificates (or the equivalent thereof) or stock transfer power evidencing its ownership of Wafer Acquisition Sub.  

3.Conditions to Effectiveness.  This Consent shall be effective upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or electronic images in a portable document format (e.g. “.pdf” or “.tif”) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Consent Effective Date and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Required Lenders (such date, the “Consent Effective Date”):

(a)executed counterparts of this Consent signed by the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; and

(b)such other assurances, certificates, documents, information, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.

4.Effect of this Consent.  Except as expressly provided herein, the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect.  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent shall not be deemed (a) to be a waiver of, or consent to a modification of or amendment of, any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) to prejudice any other right or rights which the Administrative Agent or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (c) to be a commitment or any other undertaking or expression of any willingness to engage in any 

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further discussion with the Loan Parties or any other Person with respect to any waiver, amendment, modification or any other change to the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any rights or remedies arising in favor of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, or any of them, under or with respect to any such documents, (d) to be a waiver of, or consent to a modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of any other agreement by and among any Loan Party, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, on the other hand or (e) to be a course of dealing or a consent to any departure by the Loan Parties from any other term or requirement of the Credit Agreement.  References in this Consent to the Credit Agreement (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein”, and “hereof”) and in any Loan Document to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.

5.Representations and Warranties/No Default.  By their execution hereof, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows:

(a)Such Loan Party has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution and delivery of, and the performance in accordance with their respective terms of the transactions consented to in, this Consent and each other document executed in connection herewith to which it is a party.

(b)This Consent and each other document executed in connection herewith has been duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officers, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.

(c)Each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents is true and correct as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement. 

(d)No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing nor would any Default or Event of Default result after giving effect to this Consent and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(e)No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

6.Reaffirmations.  (a) Each Loan Party agrees that the transactions contemplated by this Consent shall not limit or diminish the obligations of such Person under, or release such Person from any obligations under, the Credit Agreement (including the Guaranty), the Collateral Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, (b) each Loan Party confirms, ratifies and reaffirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement (including the Guaranty), the Collateral Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, and (c) each Loan Party agrees that, except as otherwise expressly agreed in this Consent, the Credit Agreement (including the Guaranty), the Collateral Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

7.Confirmation as to Dutch Collateral Documents.  Reference is made to (i) that certain Deed of Pledge of Shares dated October 20, 2016, among the Domestic Borrower, Pericom Semiconductor Corporation and Diodes Investment Company, as pledgors, Administrative Agent, as pledgee and the Foreign Borrower, as company (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “DHBV Dutch Share Pledge”), (ii) that certain omnibus pledge agreement dated 8 January 2013, between Diodes International B.V., as pledgor and Administrative Agent, as pledgee (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “DIBV Omnibus Pledge Agreement”), (iii) that certain omnibus pledge agreement dated July 18, 2016, between the Foreign Borrower, as pledgor and Administrative Agent, as pledgee (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “DHBV Omnibus Pledge Agreement”) and (iv) that certain Charged Account Control Deed dated January 15, 2019, among the Foreign Borrower, as company, 

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Administrative Agent, as agent and Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Designated Activity Company, as bank (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “DHBV Charged Account Control Deed”, together with the DHBV Omnibus Pledge Agreement, the DIBV Omnibus Pledge Agreement and the DHBV Dutch Share Pledge, the “Dutch Collateral Documents”).  Each party to the Dutch Collateral Documents hereby confirms that:

(a)the Credit Agreement (after giving effect to this Consent), and the other Loan Documents will remain in full force and effect and any reference in the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement or to any provision of the Credit Agreement will be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement, or that provision, after giving effect to this Consent;

(b)notwithstanding the consents to the Credit Agreement pursuant to this Consent, the Dutch Collateral Documents and the security interests created thereunder will remain in full force and effect and will continue to secure all liabilities which are expressed to be secured by them and the rights of the Loan Parties under such security interest will not be affected by this Consent;

(c)(i) any amount owed by any Borrower under this Consent and the Credit Agreement (after giving effect to this Consent) continues to be or has become part of each Loan Party’s Parallel Debts (as included/defined in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) each Loan Party’s Parallel Debts continue to be part of the Secured Obligations (as included and defined in the Dutch Collateral Documents); and

(d)at the time of the entering into the Dutch Collateral Documents, it was their intention that the security rights created pursuant to the Dutch Collateral Documents would provide security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Dutch Collateral Documents) as they may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including amendments to the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the matters of the type addressed by this Consent.

8.Payment of Fees.  The Borrowers shall pay all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by the Administrative Agent) promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent.

9.Miscellaneous

(a)Governing Law.  THIS CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  Without limiting the general applicability of the foregoing and the terms of the other Loan Documents to this Consent and the parties hereto, the terms of Section 11.14 and Section 11.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

(b)Loan Document.  This Consent shall constitute a “Loan Document” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement.

(c)Counterparts; Electronic Execution.  This Consent may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Consent.  

(d)Severability.  If any provision of this Consent is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed without giving effect to the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.

(e)Entirety.  This Consent, the other Loan Documents and the other documents relating to the Obligations represent the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto, and supersede all prior agreements and 

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understandings, oral or written, if any, including any commitment letters or correspondence relating to the Loan Documents, any other documents relating to the Obligations, or the transactions contemplated herein and therein.

(f)Dutch Law. If the Foreign Borrower is represented by an attorney in connection with the signing and/or execution of this Consent or any other agreement, deed or document referred to in or made pursuant to this Consent, it is hereby expressly acknowledged and accepted by the other parties to this Consent that the existence or extent of the attorney’s authority and the effects of the attorney’s exercise or purported exercise of his or her authority shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands.

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Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

DOMESTIC BORROWER:

 

DIODES INCORPORATED

 

By:  /s/ Richard D. White

 

Name:Richard Dallas White

 

Title:CFO

 

FOREIGN BORROWER:

 

DIODES HOLDING B.V.

 

By:  /s/ Richard D. White

 

Name:Richard Dallas White

 

Title:Managing Director A

By:  /s/ Richard D. White

 

Name:Richard Dallas White

 

Title:Managing Director B

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

 

DIODES HOLDINGS UK LIMITED

 

 

By:  /s/ Richard D. White

 

Name:Richard Dallas White

 

Title:Director

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated

 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

DIODES ZETEX LIMITED

 

By:  /s/ Richard D. White

 

Name:Richard Dallas White

 

Title:Director

 

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated

 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

By:  /s/ Anthony W. Kell

 

Name:  Anthony W. Kell

 

Title:Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender

 

By:  /s/ Jennifer Yan

 

Name:  Jennifer Yan

 

Title:Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

COMPASS BANK, 

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Kent Wittman

 

Name:  Kent Wittman

 

Title:EVP

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

 

 

By:  /s/ Stuart Darby

 

Name:  Stuart Darby

 

Title:Senior Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Jeff LaRue     

 

Name:  Jeff LaRue     

 

Title:Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

REGIONS BANK,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Derek Miller

 

Name:  Derek Miller

 

Title:Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Will Deevy

 

Name:  Will Deevy

 

Title:Director

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

CAPITAL ONE, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Seth Meier

 

Name:  Seth Meier

 

Title:Sr. Director

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

COMERICA BANK,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ John Smithson

 

Name:  John Smithson

 

Title:Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Matthew Hillman

 

Name:  Matthew Hillman

 

Title:Vice President

 

 

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporated 

Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as a Lender

By:  /s/ Derek Jensen

 

Name:  Derek Jensen

 

Title:Vice President

Signature Page to Consent to Credit Agreement

Diodes Incorporatedveco_Ex10.1

		
			EXHIBIT 10.1
		

		
			VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
		

		
			2019 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
		

		
			(amended, restated and renamed effective May 3, 2019)
		

		
			 
		

			
	
			
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			Purposes of the Plan and Plan History.  The purposes of this Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel, to provide additional incentives to Employees, Directors and Consultants and to promote the success of the Company’s business.  On May 14, 2010, the Company’s stockholders approved the original version of the Plan, which was then named the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.  The Plan initially provided for the issuance of up to 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  An amendment and restatement of the Plan adding 3,250,000 shares was approved by the Company’s stockholders on December 10, 2013, and an amendment and restatement of the Plan adding 3,800,000 shares and making other changes described in the Company’s annual proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was approved by the Company’s stockholders on May 5, 2016.  The current version of the Plan, which has been renamed the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on March 14, 2019, subject to approval of the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. 

			
	
			
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			Definitions.  The following definitions shall apply as used herein and in the individual Award Agreements except as defined otherwise in an individual Award Agreement.  In the event a term is separately defined in an individual Award Agreement, such definition shall supersede the definition contained in this Section ‎2.

		
			“Administrator” means the Board or any of the Committees appointed to administer the Plan.  Subject to further designation by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board shall be the Administrator.
		

		
			“Amendment and Restatement Effective Date” means May 3, 2019, the date of the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. 
		

		
			“Applicable Laws” means the legal requirements relating to the Plan and the Awards under applicable provisions of federal securities laws, state corporate and securities laws, the Code, the rules of any applicable stock exchange or national market system, and the rules of any non-U.S. jurisdiction applicable to Awards granted to residents therein.
		

		
			“Assumed” means that pursuant to a Corporate Transaction either (i) the Award is expressly affirmed by the Company, or (ii) the contractual obligations represented by the Award are expressly assumed (and not simply by operation of law) by the successor entity or its Parent in connection with the Corporate Transaction with appropriate adjustments to the number and type of securities of the successor entity or its Parent subject to the Award and the exercise or purchase price thereof which at least preserves the compensation element of the Award existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction as determined in accordance with the instruments evidencing the agreement to assume the Award.
		

		
			“Award” means the grant of an Option, SAR, Dividend Equivalent Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or other right or benefit under the Plan.
		

		
			“Award Agreement” means the written agreement or notice evidencing the grant of an Award by the Company, including the terms and conditions governing the Award and any amendments to any of them.
		

		
			“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
		

		
			“Cause” means, with respect to the termination by the Company or a Related Entity of the Grantee’s Continuous Service, that such termination is for “Cause” as such term (or word of like import) is expressly defined in a then-effective written agreement between the Grantee and the Company or such Related Entity, or in the absence of such then-effective written agreement and definition, is based on, in the determination of the Administrator, the Grantee’s:  (i) performance of any act or failure to perform any act in bad faith and to the detriment of the Company or a Related Entity; (ii) dishonesty, intentional misconduct or material breach of any agreement with the Company or a Related Entity; or (iii) commission of a crime involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or physical or emotional harm to any person; provided, however, that with regard to any agreement that defines “Cause” on the occurrence of or in connection with a Corporate Transaction, such definition of “Cause” shall not apply until a Corporate Transaction actually occurs.
		

		
			

		 

		

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

		
			“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee composed of members of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan.
		

		
			“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.
		

		
			“Company” means Veeco Instruments Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor entity that adopts the Plan in connection with a Corporate Transaction.
		

		
			“Consultant” means any person (other than an Employee or a Director, solely with respect to rendering services in such person’s capacity as a Director) who is engaged by the Company or any Related Entity to render consulting or advisory services to the Company or such Related Entity.
		

		
			“Continuous Service” means that the provision of services to the Company or a Related Entity in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant is not interrupted or terminated.  In jurisdictions requiring notice in advance of an effective termination as an Employee, Director or Consultant, Continuous Service shall be deemed terminated upon the actual cessation of providing services to the Company or a Related Entity notwithstanding any required notice period that must be fulfilled before a termination as an Employee, Director or Consultant can be effective under Applicable Laws.  Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator or as may otherwise be required to comply with Code Section 409A, a Grantee’s Continuous Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Continuous Service or upon the entity for which the Grantee provides services ceasing to be a Related Entity.  Continuous Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any Related Entity, or any successor, in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant, or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company, a Related Entity, or a successor in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant; provided, however, that, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator or provided in the Award Agreement or other agreement, any change in status from Employee to Consultant shall cause Continuous Service to be interrupted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, whether a change in status causes a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A shall be determined under rules applicable under Code Section 409A, to the extent applicable.  An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other authorized personal leave.  For purposes of each Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan, if such leave exceeds three (3) months, and reemployment upon expiration of such leave is not guaranteed by statute or contract, then the Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option on the day three (3) months and one (1) day following the expiration of such three (3) month period.
		

		
			“Corporate Transaction” means any of the following transactions, provided, however, that the Administrator shall determine under parts (i) and (v) whether multiple transactions are related, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive:
		

		
			(i)the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (each, a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) in a single transaction or a series of related transactions of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such common stock (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however that for purposes of the Plan, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Corporate Transaction: (I) any acquisition by the Company, (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Related Entity, (III) any acquisition by any Person which complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of paragraph (v) of this definition below, or (IV) in respect of an Award held by a particular Grantee, any acquisition by the Grantee or any “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Grantee.  Persons described in clauses (I), (II), and (IV) of the previous sentence are referred to hereafter as “Excluded Persons”;
		

		
			(ii)Individuals who, on the date hereof constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least 

		 

		

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two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the corporation in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; provided, however that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the corporation as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
		

		
			(iii)the dissolution or liquidation of the Company;
		

		
			(iv)the sale of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company; or
		

		
			(v)the consummation of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following such Business Combination: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of (x) the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the “Surviving Corporation”), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the directors of the Surviving Corporation (the “Parent Corporation”), is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination), (B) no Person (other than any Excluded Person), is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) following the consummation of the Business Combination were Incumbent Directors.
		

		
			“Director” means a member of the Board or the board of directors of any Related Entity.
		

		
			“Disability” means “disability” as defined under the long-term disability policy of the Company or the Related Entity to which the Grantee provides services regardless of whether the Grantee is covered by such policy.  If the Company or the Related Entity to which the Grantee provides service does not have a long-term disability plan in place, “Disability” means that a Grantee is unable to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the position held by the Grantee by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment for a period of not less than ninety (90) consecutive days.  A Grantee will not be considered to have incurred a Disability unless he or she furnishes proof of such impairment sufficient to satisfy the Administrator in its discretion.
		

		
			“Dividend Equivalent Right” means a right entitling the Grantee to compensation measured by dividends paid with respect to Common Stock.
		

		
			“Employee”  means any person, including an Officer or Director, who is in the employ of the Company or any Related Entity, subject to the control and direction of the Company or any Related Entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.  The payment of director’s fees by the Company or a Related Entity shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.
		

		
			“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
		

		
			“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:
		

		
			(i)If the Common Stock is listed on one or more established stock exchanges or national market systems, including without limitation The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Capital Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on the principal exchange or system on which the Common Stock is listed (as determined by the Administrator) on the last trading day prior to the date of determination (or, if no closing sales price or closing bid was reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing sales price or closing bid was reported), as reported on www.wsj.com or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(ii)In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock of the type described in (i) above, if the Common Stock is regularly quoted on an automated quotation system (including the OTC Bulletin Board) or by a recognized securities dealer, its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such system or by such securities dealer on the last trading day prior to the date of determination, but if selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination (or, if no such prices were reported on that date, on the last date such prices were reported), as reported on www.wsj.com or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or
		

		
			(iii)In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock of the type described in (i) and (ii), above, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined by the Administrator in good faith.
		

		
			“Grantee” means an Employee, Director or Consultant who receives an Award under the Plan.
		

		
			“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
		

		
			“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.
		

		
			“Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company or a Related Entity within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
		

		
			“Option” means an option to purchase Shares pursuant to an Award Agreement granted under the Plan.
		

		
			“Parent” means a “parent corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
		

		
			“Plan” means this Veeco Instruments Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (formerly named the Amended and Restated Veeco Instruments Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan), as may be amended from time to time.
		

		
			“Related Entity” means any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.
		

		
			“Replaced” means that pursuant to a Corporate Transaction the Award is replaced with a comparable stock award or a cash incentive program of the Company, the successor entity (if applicable) or Parent of either of them which preserves the compensation element of such Award existing at the time of the Corporate Transaction and provides for subsequent payout in accordance with the same (or a more favorable) vesting schedule applicable to such Award.  The determination of Award comparability shall be made by the Administrator and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.
		

		
			“Restricted Stock” means Shares issued under the Plan to the Grantee for such consideration, if any, and subject to such restrictions on transfer, rights of first refusal, repurchase provisions, forfeiture provisions, and other terms and conditions as established by the Administrator.
		

		
			“Restricted Stock Units” means an Award which may be earned in whole or in part upon the passage of time or the attainment of performance criteria established by the Administrator and which may be settled for cash, Shares or other securities or a combination of cash, Shares or other securities as established by the Administrator.
		

		
			“Rule 16b‐3” means Rule 16b‐3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor thereto.
		

		
			“SAR” means a stock appreciation right entitling the Grantee to Shares or cash compensation, as established by the Administrator, measured by appreciation in the value of Common Stock.
		

		
			“Share” means a share of the Common Stock.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation”, whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
		

			
	
			
				 3.
			Stock Subject to the Plan.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			Subject to the provisions of Section ‎10, below, the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be issued pursuant to all Awards (including Incentive Stock Options) is 13,300,000 Shares.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Shares issued in connection with Awards other than Options and SARs shall be counted against the limit set forth herein as one and one‐half (1.5) Shares for every one (1) Share issued in connection with such Award (and shall be counted as one and one‐half (1.5) Shares for every one (1) Share returned or deemed not have been issued from the Plan pursuant to Section ‎3(b) below in connection with Awards other than Options and SARs).  The Shares to be issued pursuant to Awards may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			Any Shares covered by an Award (or portion of an Award), including an Award (or portion of an Award) originally granted under the Company’s 2013 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, which is forfeited, canceled or expires (whether voluntarily or involuntarily) shall again be available for grant and issuance pursuant to Awards under the Plan.  Shares that actually have been issued under the Plan pursuant to an Award shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future issuance under the Plan, except that if unvested Shares are forfeited, or repurchased by the Company at the lower of their original purchase price or their Fair Market Value at the time of repurchase, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (i) Shares tendered or withheld in payment of an Option exercise price shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future issuance under the Plan; (ii) Shares tendered, surrendered, returned or withheld to satisfy any tax withholding obligation shall not be returned to the Plan and shall not become available for future issuance under the Plan; (iii) all Shares covered by the portion of an SAR that is exercised (whether or not Shares are actually issued to the Grantee upon exercise of the SAR) shall be considered issued pursuant to the Plan; and (iv) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise shall not become available for future issuance under the Plan.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, Shares issued pursuant to replacement Awards granted under Section 6(d) shall not reduce the number of Shares available for issuance pursuant to Awards under the Plan.

			
	
			
				 4.
			Administration of the Plan.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			Plan Administrator.

			
	
			
				 (i)
			Administration with Respect to Directors and Officers.  With respect to grants of Awards to Directors or Employees who are also Officers or Directors of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee designated by the Board, which Committee shall be constituted in such a manner as to satisfy the Applicable Laws and to permit such grants and related transactions under the Plan to be exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act in accordance with Rule 16b‐3.  Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board.

			
	
			
				 (ii)
			Administration With Respect to Consultants and Other Employees.  With respect to grants of Awards to Employees or Consultants who are neither Directors nor Officers of the Company, the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee designated by the Board, which Committee shall be constituted in such a manner as to satisfy the Applicable Laws.  Once appointed, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board.  The Board may authorize one or more Officers to grant such Awards and may limit such authority as the Board determines from time to time.

			
	
			
				 (iii)
			Administration Errors.  In the event an Award is granted in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection (a), such Award shall be presumptively valid as of its grant date to the extent permitted by the Applicable Laws.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			Powers of the Administrator.  Subject to Applicable Laws and the provisions of the Plan (including any other powers given to the Administrator hereunder), and except as otherwise provided by the Board, the Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion:

			
	
			
				 (i)
			to select the Employees, Directors and Consultants to whom Awards may be granted from time to time hereunder;

		
			

		 

		

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				 (ii)
			to determine whether and to what extent Awards are granted hereunder;

			
	
			
				 (iii)
			to determine the number of Shares or the amount of other consideration to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

			
	
			
				 (iv)
			to approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan;

			
	
			
				 (v)
			to determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder;

			
	
			
				 (vi)
			to amend the terms of any outstanding Award granted under the Plan, provided that (A) the Administrator will not accelerate the vesting of an Award within the first year after the Award is granted unless it is permitted under Section 6(l), (B) any amendment that would adversely affect the Grantee’s rights under an outstanding Award shall not be made without the Grantee’s written consent, provided,  however, that an amendment or modification that may cause an Incentive Stock Option to become a Non-Qualified Stock Option shall not be treated as adversely affecting the rights of the Grantee, and (C) except pursuant to an adjustment contemplated by Section 10 or the Assumption or Replacement of an Award pursuant to Section 11, without first obtaining approval of the Company’s stockholders, (i) neither the exercise price of any Option nor the base appreciation amount of any SAR may be reduced, (ii) no Option or SAR with an exercise price or base appreciation amount (as applicable) that exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares may be cancelled in exchange for another Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, or other Award, or for cash or securities, (iii) no Option or SAR may be cancelled and replaced with Options or SARs with a lower exercise price or base appreciation amount (as applicable), and (iv) Options or SARs may not otherwise be amended or modified in a manner that would be treated as a “repricing” under the then applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements of the stock exchange upon which the Shares are listed.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, canceling an Option or SAR in exchange for another Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, or other Award with an exercise price, purchase price or base appreciation amount (as applicable) that is equal to or greater than the exercise price or base appreciation amount (as applicable) of the original Option or SAR shall not be subject to stockholder approval;

			
	
			
				 (vii)
			to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards, including without limitation, any Award Agreement, granted pursuant to the Plan;

			
	
			
				 (viii)
			to grant Awards to Employees, Directors and Consultants employed outside the United States on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Administrator, be necessary or desirable to further the purpose of the Plan; and

			
	
			
				 (ix)
			to take such other action, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator deems appropriate.

		
			The express grant in the Plan of any specific power to the Administrator shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Administrator; provided that the Administrator may not exercise any right or power reserved to the Board.  Any decision made, or action taken, by the Administrator or in connection with the administration of this Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Plan.
		

			
	
			
				 (c)
			Indemnification.  In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as members of the Board or as Officers or Employees of the Company or a Related Entity, members of the Board and any Officers or Employees of the Company or a Related Entity to whom authority to act for the Board, the Administrator or the Company is delegated shall be defended and indemnified by the Company to the extent permitted by law on an after-tax basis against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of any claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan, or any Award granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such settlement is approved by the Company) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding that such person is liable for gross negligence, bad faith or intentional misconduct; provided, however, that within thirty (30) days after the institution of such claim, investigation, action, suit or proceeding, such person shall offer to the Company, in writing, the opportunity at the Company’s expense to defend the same.  To the extent required by Applicable Laws, the payment of expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the 

		 

		

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	Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the individual to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

			
	
			
				 5.
			Eligibility.  Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees of the Company or a Parent or a Subsidiary of the Company.  An Employee, Director or Consultant who has been granted an Award may, if otherwise eligible, be granted additional Awards.  Awards may be granted to such Employees, Directors or Consultants who are residing in non-U.S. jurisdictions as the Administrator may determine from time to time.

			
	
			
				 6.
			Terms and Conditions of Awards.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			Types of Awards. The Administrator is authorized under the Plan to award any type of arrangement to an Employee, Director or Consultant that is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan and that by its terms involves or might involve the issuance of (i) Shares, (ii) cash or (iii) an Option, a SAR, or similar right with a fixed or variable price related to the Fair Market Value of the Shares and with an exercise or conversion privilege related to the passage of time, the occurrence of one or more events, or the satisfaction of performance criteria or other conditions.  Such awards include, without limitation, Options, SARs, sales or bonuses of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Dividend Equivalent Rights, and an Award may consist of one such security or benefit, or two (2) or more of them in any combination or alternative.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			Designation of Award.  Each Award shall be designated in the Award Agreement.  In the case of an Option, the Option shall be a Non-Qualified Stock Option unless specifically designated as an Incentive Stock Option.  However, notwithstanding such designation, an Option will qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under the Code only to the extent the $100,000 limitation of Section 422(d) of the Code is not exceeded.  The $100,000 limitation of Section 422(d) of the Code is calculated based on the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to Options designated as Incentive Stock Options which become exercisable for the first time by a Grantee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company).  For purposes of this calculation, Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the grant date of the relevant Option.  In the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended after the date the Plan becomes effective to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to Incentive Stock Options, then such different limit will be automatically incorporated herein and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

			
	
			
				 (c)
			Conditions of Award.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Administrator shall determine the provisions, terms, and conditions of each Award, which may include, without limitation, the Award vesting schedule, repurchase provisions, rights of first refusal, forfeiture provisions, form of payment (cash, Shares, or other consideration) upon settlement of the Award, payment contingencies, and satisfaction of any performance criteria.  The performance criteria established by the Administrator may be based on, without limitation, any one, or any combination of, the following: (1) share price, (2) earnings per share, (3) total stockholder return, (4) operating margin, (5) gross margin, (6) return on equity, (7) return on assets, (8) return on investment, (9) operating income, (10) net operating income, (11) pre-tax profit, (12) cash flow, (13) revenue, (14) expenses, (15) earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation, (16) economic value added, (17) market share, (18) net income, (19) personal goals, (20) sales, (21) improvements in capital structure, (22) earnings before interest, taxes and amortization, (23) budget comparisons, (24) controllable profits, (25) expense management, (26) improvements in capital structure), (27) profit margins, (28) operating or gross margin, (29) profitability of an identifiable business unit or product, (30) cash flow, operating cash flow, or cash flow or operating cash flow per share, (31) reduction in costs, (32) return on capital, (33) improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital level, (34) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and (35) bookings or orders.  The performance criteria may be applicable to the Company, Related Entities and/or any individual business units of the Company or any Related Entity.  Partial achievement of the specified criteria may result in a payment or vesting corresponding to the degree of achievement as specified in the Award Agreement.  In addition, the performance criteria shall be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding the effect (whether positive or negative) of any change in accounting standards and any significant unusual or infrequently occurring item, as determined by the Administrator, occurring after the establishment of the performance criteria applicable to the Award intended to be performance-based compensation.  Each such adjustment, if any, shall be made solely for the purpose of providing a consistent basis from period to period for the calculation of performance criteria in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the Grantee’s rights with respect to an Award intended to be performance-based compensation.

		
			

		 

		

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				 (d)
			Acquisitions and Other Transactions.  The Administrator may issue Awards under the Plan in settlement, assumption or substitution for, outstanding awards or obligations to grant future awards in connection with the Company or a Related Entity acquiring another entity, an interest in another entity or an additional interest in a Related Entity whether by merger, stock purchase, asset purchase or other form of transaction.

			
	
			
				 (e)
			Deferral of Award Payment.  The Administrator may establish one or more programs under the Plan to permit selected Grantees the opportunity to elect to defer receipt of consideration upon exercise of an Award, satisfaction of performance criteria, or other event that absent the election would entitle the Grantee to payment or receipt of Shares or other consideration under an Award.  The Administrator may establish the election procedures, the timing of such elections, the mechanisms for payments of, and accrual of interest or other earnings, if any, on amounts, Shares or other consideration so deferred, and such other terms, conditions, rules and procedures that the Administrator deems advisable for the administration of any such deferral program.

			
	
			
				 (f)
			Separate Programs.  The Administrator may establish one or more separate programs under the Plan for the purpose of issuing particular forms of Awards to one or more classes of Grantees on such terms and conditions as determined by the Administrator from time to time.

			
	
			
				 (g)
			Individual Limitations on Awards.

			
	
			
				 (i)
			Individual Limit for Options and SARs.  The maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options and SARs may be granted to any Grantee in any calendar year shall be seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000) Shares.  The foregoing limitations shall be adjusted proportionately in connection with any change in the Company’s capitalization pursuant to Section ‎10, below.  

			
	
			
				 (ii)
			Individual Limit for Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.  For awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, the maximum number of Shares with respect to which such Awards may be granted to any Grantee in any calendar year shall be five hundred thousand (500,000) Shares.  The foregoing limitation shall be adjusted proportionately in connection with any change in the Company’s capitalization pursuant to Section ‎10, below.

			
	
			
				 (iii)
			Individual Limit on Non-Employee Director Compensation.  The maximum grant date fair value of Awards granted during a single fiscal year to any Non-Employee Director, together with any cash fees paid during the fiscal year in respect of the Non-Employee Director’s service as a member of the Board and any Board committees, shall not exceed $400,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes); provided, however, that the Board may make exceptions to this limit in extraordinary circumstances (provided the Non-Employee Director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation).

			
	
			
				 (h)
			Deferral.  If the vesting or receipt of Shares under an Award is deferred to a later date, any amount (whether denominated in Shares or cash) paid in addition to the original number of Shares subject to such Award will not be treated as an increase in the number of Shares subject to the Award if the additional amount is based either on a reasonable rate of interest or on one or more predetermined actual investments such that the amount payable by the Company at the later date will be based on the actual rate of return of a specific investment (including any decrease as well as any increase in the value of an investment).

			
	
			
				 (i)
			Term of Award.  The term of each Award shall be the term stated in the Award Agreement, provided, however, that the term of an Award shall be no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof.  However, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Grantee who, at the time the Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the specified term of any Award shall not include any period for which the Grantee has elected to defer the receipt of the Shares or cash issuable pursuant to the Award.

			
	
			
				 (j)
			Transferability of Awards.  Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Grantee, only by the Grantee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantee may 

		 

		

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	designate one or more beneficiaries of the Grantee’s Award in the event of the Grantee’s death on a beneficiary designation form provided by the Administrator.

			
	
			
				 (k)
			Time of Granting Awards.  The date of grant of an Award shall for all purposes be the date on which the Administrator makes the determination to grant such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator.

			
	
			
				 (l)
			Minimum Vesting.  Awards pertaining to Shares shall be subject to a vesting period of not less than one year from the applicable grant date; provided, however, that the foregoing minimum vesting period will not prohibit vesting within such one year period in connection with: (i) a Corporate Transaction, (ii) a termination of Continuous Service due to death or Disability, (iii) replacement Awards granted pursuant to Section 6(d) in connection with acquisitions or other transactions, provided such replacement Awards do not reduce the vesting period of the award being replaced, or (iv) Awards granted after May 5, 2016 covering a maximum of five percent (5%) of the Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.

			
	
			
				 (m)
			Dividends and Dividend Equivalent Rights.  Dividends and Dividend Equivalent Rights will only become earned and payable if and to the extent the Awards to which they relate become vested.  

			
	
			
				 7.
			Award Exercise or Purchase Price, Consideration and Taxes.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			Exercise or Purchase Price.  The exercise or purchase price, if any, for an Award shall be as follows:

			
	
			
				 (i)
			In the case of an Incentive Stock Option:

			
	
			
				 (A)
			granted to an Employee who, at the time of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, the per Share exercise price shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant; or

			
	
			
				 (B)
			granted to any Employee other than an Employee described in the preceding paragraph, the per Share exercise price shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

			
	
			
				 (ii)
			In the case of a Non-Qualified Stock Option, the per Share exercise price shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

			
	
			
				 (iii)
			In the case of SARs, the base appreciation amount shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

			
	
			
				 (iv)
			In the case of other Awards, such price as is determined by the Administrator.

			
	
			
				 (v)
			Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section ‎7(a), in the case of an Award issued pursuant to Section ‎6(d), above, the exercise or purchase price for the Award shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the relevant instrument evidencing the agreement to issue such Award.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			Consideration.  Subject to Applicable Laws, the consideration to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise or purchase of an Award including the method of payment, shall be determined by the Administrator.  In addition to any other types of consideration the Administrator may determine, the Administrator is authorized to accept as consideration for Shares issued under the Plan the following, provided that the portion of the consideration equal to the par value of the Shares must be paid in cash or other legal consideration permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law:

			
	
			
				 (i)
			cash;

			
	
			
				 (ii)
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				 (iii)
			surrender of Shares or delivery of a properly executed form of attestation of ownership of Shares as the Administrator may require which have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender or attestation equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which said Award shall be exercised;

			
	
			
				 (iv)
			with respect to Options, payment through a broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the Grantee (A) shall provide written instructions to a Company-designated or Company-approved brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of some or all of the purchased Shares and remit to the Company sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased Shares and (B) shall provide written directives to the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale transaction;

			
	
			
				 (v)
			with respect to Options, payment through a “net exercise” such that, without the payment of any funds, the Grantee may exercise the Option and receive the net number of Shares equal to (i) the number of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Fair Market Value per Share (on such date as is determined by the Administrator) less the Exercise Price per Share, and the denominator of which is such Fair Market Value per Share (the number of net Shares to be received shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares); or

			
	
			
				 (vi)
			any combination of the foregoing methods of payment.

		
			The Administrator may at any time or from time to time, by adoption of or by amendment to the standard forms of Award Agreement described in Section ‎4(b)(iv), or by other means, grant Awards which do not permit all of the foregoing forms of consideration to be used in payment for the Shares or which otherwise restrict one or more forms of consideration.
		

			
	
			
				 (c)
			Taxes.  No Shares shall be delivered under the Plan to any Grantee or other person until such Grantee or other person has made arrangements acceptable to the Administrator for the satisfaction of any non-U.S., federal, state, or local income and employment tax withholding obligations, including, without limitation, obligations incident to the receipt of Shares.  Upon exercise or vesting of an Award, the Company shall withhold or collect from the Grantee an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations, including, but not limited to, by surrender of the whole number of Shares covered by the Award with a Fair Market Value sufficient to satisfy the minimum applicable tax withholding obligations incident to the exercise or vesting of an Award (reduced to the lowest whole number of Shares if such number of Shares withheld would result in withholding a fractional Share with any remaining tax withholding settled in cash).

			
	
			
				 8.
			Exercise of Award.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder.

			
	
			
				 (i)
			Any Award granted hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator under the terms of the Plan and specified in the Award Agreement.

			
	
			
				 (ii)
			An Award shall be deemed to be exercised when written or electronic notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award by the person entitled to exercise the Award and full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Award is exercised has been made, including, to the extent selected, use of the broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure to pay the purchase price as provided in Section ‎7(b)(iv).

			
	
			
				 (b)
			Exercise of Award Following Termination of Continuous Service.

			
	
			
				 (i)
			An Award may not be exercised after the termination date of such Award set forth in the Award Agreement and may be exercised following the termination of a Grantee’s Continuous Service only to the extent provided in the Award Agreement or another applicable agreement between the Company and the Grantee.

			
	
			
				 (ii)
			Where the Award Agreement or another applicable agreement between the Company and the Grantee permits a Grantee to exercise an Award following the termination of the Grantee’s Continuous Service for a specified period, the Award shall terminate to the extent not exercised on the last day of the specified period or the last day of the original term of the Award, whichever occurs first.

		
			

		 

		

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				 (iii)
			Any Award designated as an Incentive Stock Option to the extent not exercised within the time permitted by law for the exercise of Incentive Stock Options following the termination of a Grantee’s Continuous Service shall convert automatically to a Non-Qualified Stock Option and thereafter shall be exercisable as such to the extent exercisable by its terms for the period specified in the Award Agreement or another applicable agreement between the Company and the Grantee.

			
	
			
				 9.
			Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			If at any time the Administrator determines that the delivery of Shares pursuant to the exercise, vesting or any other provision of an Award is or may be unlawful under Applicable Laws, the vesting or right to exercise an Award or to otherwise receive Shares pursuant to the terms of an Award shall be suspended until the Administrator determines that such delivery is lawful and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.  The Company shall have no obligation to effect any registration or qualification of the Shares under federal or state laws.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any Applicable Laws.

			
	
			
				 10.
			Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization.  Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company and Section ‎11 hereof, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, and the number of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan, the exercise or purchase price of each such outstanding Award, the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted to any Grantee in any calendar year, as well as any other terms that the Administrator determines require adjustment shall be proportionately adjusted for (i) any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Shares, or similar transaction affecting the Shares, (ii) any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, or (iii) any other transaction with respect to Common Stock including a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation (including a spin-off or other distribution of stock or property), reorganization, liquidation (whether partial or complete) or any similar transaction; provided, however that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.”  In the event of any distribution of cash or other assets to stockholders other than a normal cash dividend, the Administrator shall also make such adjustments as provided in this Section ‎10 or substitute, exchange or grant Awards to effect such adjustments (collectively “adjustments”).  Any such adjustments to outstanding Awards will be effected in a manner that precludes the enlargement of rights and benefits under such Awards.  In connection with the foregoing adjustments, the Administrator may, in its discretion, prohibit the exercise of Awards or other issuance of Shares, cash or other consideration pursuant to Awards during certain periods of time. Except as the Administrator determines, no issuance by the Company of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason hereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Award.

			
	
			
				 11.
			Corporate Transactions.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			Termination of Award in Connection with Corporate Transaction.  The Administrator may determine that, as provided in a definitive agreement governing a Corporate Transaction, effective upon the consummation of a Corporate Transaction, all outstanding Awards under the Plan shall terminate.  However, all such Awards shall not terminate to the extent they are Assumed in connection with the Corporate Transaction.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			Acceleration of Award Upon Corporate Transaction.  Except as provided otherwise in an individual Award Agreement or other applicable agreement between the Company and the Grantee that was in effect as of the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, (i) for the portion of each Award that is neither Assumed nor Replaced, such portion of the Award shall automatically become fully vested (and, as applicable, exercisable and released from any repurchase or forfeiture rights (other than repurchase rights exercisable at Fair Market Value)) for all of the Shares (or other consideration) at the time represented by such portion of the Award, immediately prior to the specified effective date of such Corporate Transaction, provided that the Grantee’s Continuous Service has not terminated prior to such date, and (ii) for the portion of each Award that is Assumed or Replaced, any service-based vesting conditions shall not automatically be accelerated as a result of the 

		 

		

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	Corporate Transaction, but any performance-based vesting conditions shall be deemed achieved based on the greater of (A) assumed achievement of target performance and (B) actual performance as determined by the Administrator through the date of the Corporate Transaction (unless the Administrator determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, in which case the performance condition shall be deemed achieved based on assumed achievement of target performance).  For purposes of clause (i) of this Section 11(b), if vesting of the Award is subject to the achievement of one of more performance conditions, the portion of such Award that shall become fully vested (and, as applicable, exercisable and released from any repurchase or forfeiture rights (other than repurchase rights exercisable at Fair Market Value)) shall be based on the greater of (A) assumed achievement of target performance and (B) actual performance as determined by the Administrator through the date of the Corporate Transaction (unless the Administrator determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, in which case vesting shall be based on assumed achievement of target performance).

			
	
			
				 (c)
			Effect of Acceleration on Incentive Stock Options.  Any Incentive Stock Option accelerated under this Section ‎11 in connection with a Corporate Transaction shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Stock Option under the Code only to the extent the $100,000 dollar limitation of Section 422(d) of the Code is not exceeded.

			
	
			
				 12.
			Effective Date; Term of Plan; Section 162(m).  The Plan originally became effective on April 10, 2010.  The most recent amendment and restatement of the Plan shall become effective on the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company at the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  It shall continue in effect until the 10th anniversary of the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, unless sooner terminated.  Subject to Section ‎17, below, and Applicable Laws, Awards may be granted under the Plan upon its becoming effective.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, to the extent any amendment to the Plan made after November 2, 2017 would cause any Award (or portion thereof) that was intended to qualify as performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code to fail to so qualify, such amendment shall not apply to such Award (or portion thereof).  

			
	
			
				 13.
			Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			The Board may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that no such amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s stockholders to the extent such approval is required by Applicable Laws, or if such amendment would lessen the stockholder approval requirements of Section ‎4(b)(vi) or this Section ‎13(a).

			
	
			
				 (b)
			No Award may be granted during any suspension of the Plan or after termination of the Plan.

			
	
			
				 (c)
			No suspension or termination of the Plan (including termination of the Plan under Section ‎12, above) shall adversely affect any rights under Awards already granted to a Grantee.

			
	
			
				 14.
			Reservation of Shares.

			
	
			
				 (a)
			The Company, during the term of the Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

			
	
			
				 (b)
			The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

			
	
			
				 15.
			No Effect on Terms of Employment/Consulting Relationship.  The Plan shall not confer upon any Grantee any right with respect to the Grantee’s Continuous Service, nor shall it interfere in any way with his or her right or the right of the Company or any Related Entity to terminate the Grantee’s Continuous Service at any time, with or without cause including, but not limited to, Cause, and with or without notice.  The ability of the Company or any Related Entity to terminate the employment of a Grantee who is employed at will is in no way affected by its determination that the Grantee’s Continuous Service has been terminated for Cause for the purposes of this Plan.

			
	
			
				 16.
			No Effect on Retirement and Other Benefit Plans.  Except as specifically provided in a retirement or other benefit plan of the Company or a Related Entity, Awards shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of 

		 

		

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	computing benefits or contributions under any retirement plan of the Company or a Related Entity, and shall 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 “Pension Plan” or “Welfare Plan” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

			
	
			
				 17.
			Stockholder Approval.  The grant of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or after the date the Plan is adopted excluding Incentive Stock Options issued in substitution for outstanding Incentive Stock Options pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code.  Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the degree and manner required under Applicable Laws.  The Administrator may grant Incentive Stock Options under the Plan prior to approval by the stockholders, but until such approval is obtained, no such Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable.  In the event that stockholder approval is not obtained within the twelve (12) month period provided above, all Incentive Stock Options previously granted under the Plan shall be exercisable as Non-Qualified Stock Options.

			
	
			
				 18.
			Unfunded Obligation.  Grantees shall have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Company.  Any amounts payable to Grantees pursuant to the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured obligations for all purposes, including, without limitation, Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.  Neither the Company nor any Related Entity shall be required to segregate any monies from its general funds, or to create any trusts, or establish any special accounts with respect to such obligations.  The Company shall retain at all times beneficial ownership of any investments, including trust investments, which the Company may make to fulfill its payment obligations hereunder.  Any investments or the creation or maintenance of any trust or any Grantee account shall not create or constitute a trust or fiduciary relationship between the Administrator, the Company or any Related Entity and a Grantee, or otherwise create any vested or beneficial interest in any Grantee or the Grantee’s creditors in any assets of the Company or a Related Entity. The Grantees shall have no claim against the Company or any Related Entity for any changes in the value of any assets that may be invested or reinvested by the Company with respect to the Plan.

			
	
			
				 19.
			Construction.  Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of the Plan.  Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.  Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

			
	
			
				 20.
			Nonexclusivity of the Plan.  Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board, the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of the Plan will be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of Awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

			
	
			
				 21.
			Clawback. To the extent allowed under applicable law, all Awards granted under the Plan, and any related payments made under the Plan, shall be subject to the requirements of any applicable clawback, repayment or recapture policy implemented by the Company, including any such policy adopted to comply with applicable law (including without limitation the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Report and Consumer Protection Act) or securities exchange listing standards and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, to the extent set forth in such policy and/or in any notice or agreement relating to an Award or payment under the Plan.

		
			 
		

		
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			As approved by stockholders on May 3, 2019.
		

		 

		

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