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Activant

Executive Severance Plan

Amended and Restated

Effective as of December 31, 2008

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 
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	Article I — Definitions and Construction
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	(1) Base Pay
	 	 	1	 
	(2) Board
	 	 	1	 
	(3) Cause
	 	 	1	 
	(4) COBRA
	 	 	2	 
	(5) Company
	 	 	2	 
	(6) Effective Date
	 	 	2	 
	(7) Eligible Employee
	 	 	2	 
	(8) Employer
	 	 	2	 
	(9) ERISA
	 	 	2	 
	(10) Participant
	 	 	2	 
	(11) Participating Entity
	 	 	2	 
	(12) Plan
	 	 	2	 
	(13) Plan Administrator
	 	 	2	 
	(14) Qualified Termination
	 	 	2	 
	(15) Severance Pay
	 	 	2	 
	(16) Severance Benefit
	 	 	3	 
	(17) Target Incentive Bonus
	 	 	3	 
	1.2 Number and Gender
	 	 	3	 
	1.3 Headings
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article II — Participation
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2.1 Eligibility
	 	 	3	 
	2.2 Commencement of Participation
	 	 	3	 
	2.3 Termination of Participation
	 	 	3	 
	2.4 Resumption of Participation
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article III — Severance Benefits
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.1 Eligibility for Severance Benefit
	 	 	4	 
	3.2 Severance Benefit
	 	 	4	 
	3.3 Offset for Other Severance Payments
	 	 	5	 
	3.4 Release and Full Settlement
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article IV — Benefit Claims Procedure
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4.1 Benefit Claims Procedure 
	 	 	5	 
	4.2 Review of Denied or Modified Claims
	 	 	6	 
	4.3 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
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	Article V — Funding of Plan
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5.1 Funding of Plan
	 	 	9	 
	5.2 No Participant Contributions
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article VI — Administration of Plan
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6.1 Plan Administrator
	 	 	9	 
	6.2 Right to Delegate
	 	 	9	 
	6.3 Discretion to Interpret Plan
	 	 	9	 
	6.4 Powers and Duties
	 	 	9	 
	6.5 Expenses
	 	 	10	 
	6.6 Indemnification
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article VII — Amendment and Termination
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7.1 Right to Amend Plan
	 	 	10	 
	7.2 Right to Terminate Plan
	 	 	11	 
	7.3 Effect of Amendment or Termination
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Article VIII Miscellaneous Provisions
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8.1 No Guarantee of Employment
	 	 	11	 
	8.2 Payments to Minors, and Incompetents
	 	 	11	 
	8.3 No Vested Right to Benefits
	 	 	12	 
	8.4 Nonalienation of Benefits
	 	 	12	 
	8.5 Unknown Whereabouts
	 	 	12	 
	8.6 Other Participating Entities
	 	 	12	 
	8.7 Jurisdiction
	 	 	13	 
	8.8 Severability
	 	 	13	 
	8.9 Notice and Filing
	 	 	13	 
	8.10 Plan Year
	 	 	13	 
	8.11 Incorrect Information, Fraud, Concealment, or Error
	 	 	13	 
	8.12 Withholding of Taxes and Other Deductions
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Appendix A (Specifically Designated Plan Participants)

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Activant Executive Severance Plan

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Activant Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) wishes to provide severance benefits to
certain of its employees upon the occurrence of certain involuntary terminations of employment;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Activant Executive Severance Plan which was originally adopted, effective
January 1, 2005 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in this document,
effective as of November 1, 2007:

I.

Definitions and Construction 

     1.1 Definitions. Where the following capitalized words and phrases appear in the Plan,
each has the respective meaning set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary.

          (1) Base Pay: The actual base rate of compensation paid by the Employer to such
Participant, including, as applicable, all wages, salaries, fees, and other amounts received in
cash or in kind, and including amounts to which such Participant could have received in cash had he
not elected to contribute to an employee benefit plan maintained by the Employer, but excluding
commissions, bonuses, added premiums, allowables, employee benefits, deferred compensation,
perquisites provided by the Employer, or other supplemental or incentive compensation, and
determined as of the date of such Participant’s Qualified Termination

          (2) Board: The Board of Directors of the Company.

          (3) Cause: Either (a) “cause” as defined in the Participant’s employment agreement or
(b) in the absence of such an agreement or such a definition, a determination by the Plan
Administrator that the Participant (i) has engaged in personal dishonesty, willful violation of any
law, rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses), or breach of
fiduciary duty involving personal profit, (ii) is unable to satisfactorily perform or has failed to
satisfactorily perform Participant’s duties and responsibilities for the Employer or any Employer
affiliate, (iii) has been convicted of, or plead nolo contendere to, any felony or a crime
involving moral turpitude, (iv) has engaged in negligence or willful misconduct in the performance
of his or her duties, including but not limited to willfully refusing without proper legal reason
to perform Participant’s duties and responsibilities, (v) has materially breached any corporate
policy or code of conduct established by the Employer or any Employer affiliate as such policies or
codes may be adopted from time to time, (vi) has violated the terms of any confidentiality,
nondisclosure, intellectual property, non-solicitation, non-competition, proprietary information
and inventions, or any other agreement between Participant and the Employer related to
Participant’s employment, or (vii) has engaged in conduct that is likely to have a deleterious
effect on the Employer or any Employer affiliate or its legitimate business interests, including
but not limited to its goodwill and public image.

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          (4) COBRA: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

          (5) Company: Activant Solutions Inc.

          (6) Effective Date: The effective date of this amended and restated Plan is November
1, 2007.

          (7) Eligible Employee: Each employee of the Employer who is (i) either a Senior Vice
President, Executive Vice President or Vice President (each as designated by the Employer) of the
Employer, or (ii) another senior executive level employee of the Employer who is specifically
designated as an Eligible Employee by and in the discretion of the Plan Administrator and listed on
Appendix A, as it may be amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as “Specially
Designated Participant”), except that “Eligible Employee” does not include the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company.

          (8) Employer: The Company and each Participating Entity.

          (9) ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

          (10) Participant: Each Eligible Employee who is participating in the Plan in
accordance with Article II.

          (11) Participating Entity: Each subsidiary or affiliate of the Company that has been
designated as a participating entity pursuant to Section 8.6.

          (12) Plan: This Activant Executive Severance Plan, as amended from time to time.

          (13) Plan Administrator: The Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

          (14) Qualified Termination: An involuntary termination of a Participant’s employment
with the Employer, which is wholly initiated by the Employer and (i) is not a termination for
Cause; (ii) is not a termination of employment as a result of such Participant’s death or
disability; or (iii) is not a termination of employment with the Employer occurring as a result of
or in connection with the sale or other divestiture of the Employer or the sale or other
divestiture by the Employer of a division, subsidiary, assets, or other entity or business segment
if such Participant continues employment, or is offered continued employment, with the acquirer of
the Employer or such division, subsidiary, assets, or other entity or business segment within 30
days of such sale or divestiture and the terms of such continued employment (or offer of continued
employment) do not require either (A) employment at a job site over 50 miles from such
Participant’s job site immediately prior to such sale or divestiture or (B) a reduction of over
10% in the Base Pay immediately prior to such sale or divestiture.

          (15) Severance Pay: The amount of Base Pay and Target Incentive Bonus payable to a
Participant as a Severance Benefit in accordance with Article III.

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          (16) Severance Benefit: A benefit payable under the Plan in accordance with Article
III.

          (17) Target Incentive Bonus: The annualized target incentive bonus payable by the
Employer to such Participant under the terms of the Employer’s incentive bonus program, as such
program may be amended from time to time, in effect as of the date of such Participant’s Qualified
Termination.

     1.2 Number and Gender. Wherever appropriate herein, words used in the singular will
be considered to include the plural, and words used in the plural will be considered to include
the singular. The masculine gender, where appearing in the Plan, will be deemed to include the
feminine gender.

     1.3 Headings. The headings of Articles and Sections herein are included solely for
convenience, and, if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the
text will control. All references to Articles, Sections, Subsections, and Clauses are to this
document unless otherwise indicated.

II.

Participation

     2.1 Eligibility. Each Eligible Employee (and only such individual) is eligible to
become a Participant in the Plan.

     2.2 Commencement of Participation. Each Eligible Employee who is employed on the
Effective Date will become a Participant on the Effective Date. Each other Eligible Employee will
become a Participant on the date he or she becomes an Eligible Employee. Any Eligible Employee
whose eligibility is based on being named a Specially Designated Participant by the Plan
Administrator, will become a Participant only upon such designation by the Plan Administrator.

     2.3 Termination of Participation. An Eligible Employee who has become a Participant
will cease to be a Participant as of the earliest to occur of (1) the date such Participant is no
longer an Eligible Employee, (2) with respect to Specially Designated Participants, the termination
of participation date designated by the Plan Administrator in his discretion and communicated to
affected individual prior to the effective date of termination of participation, or (3) the
effective date of termination of the Plan.

     2.4 Resumption of Participation. An individual who ceases to be a Participant in
accordance with Clause (1) or (2) of Section 2.3 will again become a Participant upon (and only
upon) his or her again becoming an Eligible Employee and, if required, being named by the Plan
Administrator as a Specially Designated Participant.

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III.

Severance Benefits 

     3.1 Eligibility for Severance Benefit. Subject to the remaining Sections of this
Article, a Participant will be eligible to receive a Severance Benefit if (and only if) such
Participant’s employment with the Employer is terminated while he is a Participant and such
termination is a Qualified Termination.

     3.2 Severance Benefit. 

          3.2.1 Subject to Subsections 3.2.2 and 3.2.3, Section 3.3, and Section 3.4, a Participant who
becomes eligible under Section 3.1 will be entitled to receive a “Severance Benefit” as follows:

          A. Senior Vice Presidents/Executive Vice Presidents.

          With respect to each Participant whose job position is designated by the Employer as a
Senior Vice President or Executive Vice President, immediately prior to his Qualified
Termination, his Severance Benefit will consist of (i) Severance Pay equal to nine (9)
months of such Participant’s Base Pay and Target Incentive Bonus (as in effect on the date
of the Participant’s Qualified Termination); and (ii) nine (9) months of COBRA premiums,
assuming eligibility for and timely election of COBRA.

          B. Vice Presidents and Specifically Designated Participants.

          With respect to Vice Presidents and Specifically Designated Participants, Severance
Benefits will consist of (i) Severance Pay equal to six (6) months of such Participant’s
Base Pay and Target Incentive Bonus (as in effect on the date of the Participant’s Qualified
Termination); and (ii) six (6) months of COBRA premiums, assuming eligibility for and timely
election of COBRA.

          3.2.2 All Severance Pay Benefits are subject to required tax and other withholdings and shall
commence on the first payroll date following the later of the delivery of an effective release of
claims in favor of the Employer, as required under Section 3.4, or the expiration of any statutory
notice and waiver period applicable to such release, provided that unless applicable guidance is
issued by the United States Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service that a delay in
payment solely because of a failure to execute an effective release does not cause the payment to
fail to be exempt from Code Section 409A as a short-term deferral or an involuntary separation from
service under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) and 1.409A (in which case payment shall be
made without regard to this proviso), if the release’s notice and waiver period extends past March
15 of the calendar year following the date of the Qualified Termination, payment must be made by
such March 15 (it generally being understood that statutory waiver periods would not typically
extend so long absent an undue delay by the Company in providing Participants a timely and
completed release for signature). Payment shall be made either in a single lump sum or in
accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll procedures for the period of the Severance Pay, as
determined by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion. Participants will be notified whether
Severance Pay will be paid in a lump sum or in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll
procedures.

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          3.2.3 This Plan is intended to meet the short term deferral exception and/or be a separation
pay plan due to an involuntary separation from service under Treasury Regulation Sections
1.409A-1(b)(4) and 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii) and therefore exempt from Code Section 409A. Plan
provisions to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event will Severance Pay (in excess of any
amount that constitutes a short term deferral under Code Section 409A) payable under the Plan to a
Participant, exceed the lesser of (i) twice the annual rate of compensation of such Participant
for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year during which his Qualified
Termination occurred (adjusted for any increase during that year that was expected to continue
indefinitely if the Participant had not had a Qualified Termination) or (ii) the maximum amount
that may be taken into account under a qualified plan pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17) for the
year in which the Participant has a Qualified Termination. In no event will Severance Pay be paid,
later then the last day of the second calendar year following the year of the Participant’s
Qualified Termination.

     3.3 Offset for Other Severance Payments. The amount of the Severance Benefit
determined in Section 3.2 for any Participant upon a Qualified Termination will be offset and
reduced in any manner deemed appropriate by the Plan Administrator for any and all amounts paid or
payable to such Participant on account of the same termination of employment under (1) any
employment agreement or individual severance agreement to which the Participant is a party or (2)
any applicable law.

     3.4 Release and Full Settlement. As a condition to the receipt of any Severance
Benefit hereunder and notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant will
be required to execute a release in the form established by the Plan Administrator releasing the
Plan, the Plan Administrator, the Plan fiduciaries, the Employer’s employee benefit plans, the
Employer, the Employer’s affiliates, and their shareholders, partners, officers, directors,
employees, and agents from any and all claims and from any and all causes of action of any kind or
character, including, but not limited to, all claims or causes of action arising out of or in
connection with such Participant’s employment with the Employer, the termination of such
employment, or any actions or omissions occurring during such employment. The performance of the
Employer’s and the Plan’s obligations hereunder and the receipt by such Participant of any benefits
provided hereunder will constitute full settlement of all such claims and causes of action.

IV.

Benefit Claims Procedure

     4.1 Benefit Claims Procedure.

          4.1.1 Any Participant who is determined by the Plan Administrator to be entitled to a
Severance Benefit under the Plan is not required to file a claim for benefits. In the event an
individual (1) does not receive a benefit but believes he or she is entitled to one or (2) receives
a benefit but believes he or she is entitled to a greater amount, such individual or his or her
representative (the “Claimant”) may file with the Plan Administrator a written claim for such
benefit, which claim must be filed within 60 days of either the date upon which such individual
received a benefit that he or she felt was insufficient or, if later, the date upon which occurred
the event that such individual believes entitled him or her to a benefit. In connection with the

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submission of such claim, the Claimant may examine the Plan and any other relevant documents
relating to the claim and may submit written comments relative to the claim to the Plan
Administrator coincident with the filing of the claim, and the Plan Administrator may require
additional information to be furnished in connection with such claim. If a Claimant fails to timely
file a claim for benefits in accordance with this Subsection, such individual loses his or her
right to make a claim under the Plan.

          4.1.2 If (and only if) a Claimant timely files a claim in accordance with Subsection 4.1.1,
the Plan Administrator will grant, modify, or deny such claim. If such claim is granted, the
Claimant will be given the benefit so claimed. In any case in which a claim for Plan benefits is
denied or modified, the Plan Administrator will furnish written notice to the Claimant within 90
days after such claim is filed with the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that if the need
for additional information relating to such claim necessitates an extension of the 90-day period,
the Claimant will be informed in writing prior to the end of the initial 90-day period of the need
for an extension of time, and written notice of the disposition of such claim will be provided to
the Claimant within 180 days after the date the claim is filed with the Plan Administrator. The
extension notice will indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of time and the
date by which a decision will be made. If the extension is due to the Claimant’s failure to submit
information necessary to review the claim, the notice of extension will afford the Claimant 45
days to provide the required information, and the Plan Administrator’s deadline to provide notice
of disposition of the claim will be tolled from the date the Plan Administrator sends the notice
of extension to the earlier of (1) the date the Plan Administrator receives the requested
information or (2) the expiration of the 45-day period afforded to the Claimant to provide the
requested information. If the Claimant fails to provide the requested information by the
expiration of such 45-day period, the benefit determination will be made without regard to the
requested information.

          4.1.3 The notice of a claim’s disposition provided to the Claimant will contain the
following:

               (1) The specific reason or reasons for the denial or modification;

               (2) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial or modification is
based;

               (3) A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to
perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

               (4) An explanation of how the Claimant may perfect the claim and obtain a full and fair review
of such denial or modification pursuant to Section 4.2, including the time limits applicable to
such review and a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under section 502(a) of
ERISA following an adverse determination on review.

     4.2 Review of Denied or Modified Claims. 

          4.2.1 In the event a claim for benefits is denied or modified, if the Claimant desires to have
such denial or modification reviewed, he or she must, within 60 days following receipt of the
notice of such denial or modification, submit a written request for a review to the Plan
Administrator. A Claimant will be provided, upon request and free of charge, access to and copies
of all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim for benefits, which

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consist of: (1) documents, records, or other information relied upon for the benefit
determination, (2) documents, records, or other information submitted, considered or generated
without regard to whether such document, record, or other information was relied upon in making the
benefit determination, and (3) documents, records, or other information that demonstrates
compliance with the administrative processes and safeguards designed to ensure and verify that
benefit claim determinations are made in accordance with governing Plan documents and that, where
appropriate, the Plan provisions have been applied consistently with respect to similarly-situated
individuals. A Claimant will be entitled to submit written comments, documents, records, and other
information relating to the claim for benefits. The review will take into account all comments,
documents, records, and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without
regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit
determination.

          4.2.2 Within 60 days following such request for a review, the Plan Administrator will, after
providing a full and fair review, render his final decision in writing to the Claimant. The
written decision will:

               (1) State specific reasons for such decision;

               (2) Provide specific reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the decision is based;

               (3) Inform the Claimant that he or she is entitled to receive, upon request and free of
charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records, and other information relevant
to the claim for benefits, which consist of: (i) documents, records, or other information relied
upon for the benefit determination, (ii) documents, records, or other information submitted,
considered, or generated without regard to whether such document, record, or other information was
relied upon in making the benefit determination, and (iii) documents, records, or other information
that demonstrates compliance with the administrative processes and safeguards designed to ensure
and verify that benefit claim determinations are made in accordance with governing Plan documents
and that, where appropriate, the Plan provisions have been applied consistently with respect to
similarly-situated individuals; and

               (4) Inform the Claimant of his or her right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA.
If special circumstances require an extension of such 60-day period, the Plan Administrator’s
decision will be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the
request for review. If such an extension of time for review is required, written notice of the
extension will be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension period,
indicating the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the
determination will be made. If the extension is required due to the Claimant’s failure to submit
information necessary to review the claim, the extension notice will afford the Claimant 45 days to
provide the required information, and the Plan Administrator’s deadline to provide notice of the
benefit determination on review will be tolled from the date the Plan Administrator sends the
notice of extension to the earlier of (1) the date the Plan Administrator receives the requested
information or (2) the expiration of the 45-day period afforded to the Claimant to provide the
requested information. If the Claimant fails to provide the requested information by the expiration
of such 45-day period, the benefit determination will be made without regard to the requested
information. The decision on review by the Plan Administrator will be binding and conclusive upon
all persons.

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     4.3 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies. Completion of the claims procedures
described in this Article is a condition precedent to the commencement of any legal or equitable
action in connection with a claim for benefits under the Plan by any employee or former employee of
the Employer or any of its affiliates or by any other person or entity claiming rights individually
or through any employee or former employee of the Employer or any of its affiliates in connection
with the Plan.

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V.

Funding of Plan 

     5.1 Funding of Plan. The Plan will be unfunded, and benefits provided hereunder will
be paid from the general assets of the Employer.

     5.2 No Participant Contributions. The entire cost of the Plan will be paid by the
Employer, and no contributions will be required of, or permitted by, Participants.

VI.

Administration of Plan 

     6.1 Plan Administrator. The general administration of the Plan will be vested in the
Plan Administrator. For purposes of ERISA, the Plan Administrator will be the “administrator” and
the “named fiduciary” with respect to the general administration of the Plan.

     6.2 Right to Delegate. The Plan Administrator may from time to time allocate to one or
more of the Employer’s officers, employees, directors, or agents, and may delegate to any person or
organization, any of his respective powers, duties, and responsibilities with respect to the
operation and administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, the administration of
claims, the authority to authorize payment of benefits, the review of denied or modified claims,
and the discretion to decide matters of fact and to interpret Plan provisions. In addition, the
Plan Administrator may employ persons to render advice with regard to any fiduciary responsibility
held hereunder and may authorize any person to whom any of his fiduciary responsibilities have been
delegated to employ persons to render such advice. Upon such designation and acceptance, the Plan
Administrator will have no liability for the acts or omissions of any such designee as long as the
Plan Administrator did not violate his fiduciary responsibility, if any, in making or continuing
such designation. All allocations and delegations of fiduciary responsibility will be terminable
upon such notice as the Plan Administrator in his discretion deems reasonable and prudent under the
circumstances.

     6.3 Discretion to Interpret Plan. The Plan Administrator has absolute discretion to
construe and interpret any and all provisions of the Plan and to decide all matters of fact in
determining eligibility and granting or denying benefit claims, including, but not limited to, the
discretion to resolve ambiguities, inconsistencies, or omissions conclusively. The decisions of the
Plan Administrator will be binding and conclusive upon all persons.

     6.4 Powers and Duties. In addition to the power described in Section 6.3 and all other
powers specifically granted under the Plan, the Plan Administrator has all powers necessary or
proper to administer the Plan and to discharge his duties under the Plan, including, but not
limited to, the following powers:

          (1) To make and enforce such rules, regulations, and procedures as he may deem necessary or
proper for the orderly and efficient administration of the Plan;

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          (2) In his discretion, to interpret and decide all matters of fact in granting or denying
benefits under the Plan, his interpretation and decision thereof to be final and conclusive on all
persons claiming benefits under the Plan;

          (3) In his discretion, to decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any
person to participate in the Plan, his decision thereof to be final and conclusive on all persons;

          (4) In his discretion, to make a determination as to the right of any person to a benefit
under the Plan (including, without limitation, to determine whether and when there has been a
termination of a Participant’s employment and the cause of such termination), his decision thereof
to be final and conclusive on all persons;

          (5) In his discretion, to determine the amount, form, and conditions of any Severance Benefit
under the Plan, and to authorize or deny the payment of benefits under the Plan, his decision
thereof to be final and conclusive on all persons;

          (6) To prepare and distribute information explaining the Plan;

          (7) To obtain from the Employer and employees of the Employer such information as is necessary
for the proper administration of the Plan; and

          (8) To sue or cause suit to be brought in the name of the Plan.

     6.5 Expenses. Reasonable expenses incident to the administration of the Plan,
including, without limitation, the compensation of legal counsel, advisors, and other technical or
clerical assistance as may be required, the payment of any bond or security, and any other expenses
incidental to the operation of the Plan, that the Plan Administrator determines are proper will be
paid by the Employer. Expenses of the Plan may be prorated among the Company, Participating
Entities, and affiliates as determined by the Plan Administrator.

     6.6 Indemnification. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Plan
Administrator, each employee of the Employer and its affiliates, and each member of the Board
against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of such individual’s Plan administrative
functions or fiduciary responsibilities, including, without limitation, any expenses and
liabilities that are caused by or result from an act or omission constituting the negligence of
such individual in the performance of such functions or responsibilities, but excluding expenses
and liabilities arising out of such individual’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Expenses against which such person will be indemnified hereunder include, without limitation, the
amounts of any settlement or judgment, costs, counsel fees, and related charges reasonably incurred
in connection with a claim asserted or a proceeding brought or settlement thereof.

VII.

Amendment and Termination 

     7.1 Right to Amend Plan. Notwithstanding any contrary provision(s) of any other
communication, either oral or written, made by the Employer, the Plan Administrator, or any other
individual or entity to employees of the Employer or to any other individual or entity, the
Company, by action of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, reserves the absolute
and unconditional right to amend the Plan from time to time on behalf of the Company and each
Participating Entity, including, but not limited to, the right to reduce or eliminate

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benefits provided pursuant to the provisions of the Plan as such provisions currently exist or
may hereafter exist; provided, however, that no amendment will be made that would reduce the amount
of any Severance Benefit for any Participant if such Participant has incurred a Qualified
Termination and has been determined by the Plan Administrator to be entitled to such Severance
Benefit under the Plan on or prior to the effective date of such amendment, except to the extent
such Severance Benefit could be reduced under the terms of the Plan prior to such amendment. All
amendments to the Plan must be in writing, signed by an authorized officer of the Company, and
adopted by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, which action may be prior to the
effective date of the amendment or subsequent to the effective date of the amendment by
ratification. Any oral statements or representations made by the Employer, the Plan Administrator,
or any other individual or entity that alter, modify, amend, or are inconsistent with the written
terms of the Plan will be invalid and unenforceable and may not be relied upon by any employee of
the Employer or by any other individual or entity.

     7.2 Right to Terminate Plan. Notwithstanding any contrary provision(s) of any other
communication, either oral or written, made by the Employer, the Plan Administrator, or any other
individual or entity to employees of the Employer or to any other individual or entity, the
Company, by action of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, reserves the absolute
and unconditional right to terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, on behalf of itself and each
Participating Entity with respect to some or all of the employees of the Employer; provided,
however, that no termination will reduce the amount of any Severance Benefit for any Participant if
such Participant has incurred a Qualified Termination and has been determined by the Plan
Administrator to be entitled to such Severance Benefit under the Plan on or prior to the effective
date of such termination, except to the extent such Severance Benefit could be reduced under the
terms of the Plan prior to such termination.

     7.3 Effect of Amendment or Termination. In the event of an amendment or termination of
the Plan as provided under this Article, each Participant will have no further rights hereunder,
and the Employer will have no further obligations hereunder, except as otherwise specifically
provided under the terms of the Plan as so amended or terminated.

VIII.

Miscellaneous Provisions 

     8.1 No Guarantee of Employment. Neither the Plan nor any provisions contained in the
Plan will be construed to be a contract between the Employer and any employee of the Employer or to
be consideration for, or an inducement of, the employment of any individual by the Employer.
Nothing contained in the Plan grants any individual the right to be retained in the service of the
Employer or limits in any way the right of the Employer to discharge or to terminate the service of
any employee at any time, without regard to the effect such discharge or termination may have on
any rights under the Plan.

     8.2 Payments to Minors and Incompetents. If a Participant entitled to receive any
benefits under the Plan is a minor, is determined by the Plan Administrator in his sole discretion
to be incompetent, or is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be legally incapable of
giving valid receipt and discharge for benefits provided under the Plan, the Plan Administrator may
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third party who is determined in the discretion of the Plan Administrator to be eligible to
receive any benefit under the Plan for the account of such Participant. Such payment will operate
as a full discharge of all liabilities and obligations of the Employer, the Plan Administrator, and
each fiduciary under the Plan with respect to such benefits.

     8.3 No Vested Right to Benefits. No employee of the Employer or any affiliate of the
Employer or person claiming through such employee will have any right to, or interest in, any
benefits provided under the Plan upon termination of his or her employment, retirement, termination
of Plan participation (if applicable), or otherwise, except as specifically provided under the
Plan.

     8.4 Nonalienation of Benefits. Except as the Plan Administrator may otherwise permit
by rule or regulation, (1) no interest in or benefit payable under the Plan will be subject in any
manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and
any action by a Participant to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or
charge the same will be void and of no effect, and (2) no interest in or benefit payable under the
Plan will be in any way subject to any legal or equitable process, including, but not limited to,
garnishment, attachment, levy, seizure, or the lien of any person. This provision will be construed
to provide each Participant, or other person claiming any interest or benefit in the Plan through a
Participant, with the maximum protection against alienation, encumbrance, and any legal and
equitable process, including, but not limited to, attachment, garnishment, levy, seizure, or other
lien, afforded his interest in the Plan (and the benefits provided thereunder) by law and any
applicable regulations.

     8.5 Unknown Whereabouts. It will be the affirmative duty of each Eligible Employee and
each Participant to inform the Plan Administrator of, and to keep on file with the Plan
Administrator, his or her current mailing address. If an Eligible Employee or a Participant fails
to inform the Plan Administrator of his or her current mailing address, neither the Plan
Administrator nor the Employer will be responsible for any late payment or loss of benefits or for
failure of any notice to be provided or provided timely under the terms of the Plan to such
individual.

     8.6 Other Participating Entities. The Plan Administrator may designate any affiliate
of the Company that is eligible by law to participate in the Plan as a Participating Entity by
written instrument delivered to such designated affiliate and to the Secretary of the Company, Such
written instrument will specify the effective date of such designated participation, may
incorporate specific provisions relating to the operation of the Plan that apply to the designated
Participating Entity only, and will become, as to such designated Participating Entity and its
employees, a part of the Plan. Each designated Participating Entity will be conclusively presumed
to have consented to its designation and to have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Plan and
any and all current and future amendments thereto upon its submission of information to the Company
or the Plan Administrator required by the terms of, or with respect to, the Plan; provided,
however, that the terms of the Plan may be modified so as to increase the obligations of a
Participating Entity only with the consent of such Participating Entity, which consent will be
conclusively presumed to have been given by such Participating Entity upon its submission of any
information to the Company or the Plan Administrator required by the terms of, or with respect to,
the Plan after receiving notice of such modification. Except as modified by the Plan Administrator
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equally to each Participating Entity and its employees in the same manner as is expressly
provided for the Company and its employees, except that the power to amend or termination the Plan
will be exercised by the Company, by action of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the
Board, alone. Transfer of employment among the Company and Participating Entities will not be
considered a termination of employment hereunder. Any Participating Entity may, by appropriate
action of its board of directors or noncorporate counterpart and prior written notice to the
Secretary of the Company and the Plan Administrator, terminate its participation in the Plan.
Moreover, the Plan Administrator, by prior written notice to the Participating Entity and to the
Secretary of the Company, may terminate a Participating Entity’s Plan participation at any time.

     8.7 Jurisdiction. Except to the extent that ERISA or any other federal law applies to
the Plan and preempts state law, the Plan will be construed, enforced, and administered according
to the laws of the state of Texas, excluding any conflict-of-law rule or principle that might refer
to the laws of another state.

     8.8 Severability. In case any provision of the Plan is held to be illegal, invalid, or
unenforceable for any reason, such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision will not affect the
remaining provisions of the Plan, but the Plan will be construed and enforced as if such illegal,
invalid, or unenforceable provision had not been included therein.

     8.9 Notice and Filing. Any notice, administrative form, or other communication
required to be provided to, delivered to, or filed under the terms of the Plan will include
provision to, delivery to, or filing with any person or entity designated in writing by the
intended recipient to be an agent for the disbursement and receipt of administrative forms and
communications. Except as otherwise provided herein, where such provision, delivery, or filing is
required, such provision, delivery, or filing will be deemed to have occurred only (1) upon actual
receipt of such notice, administrative form, or other communication by the intended recipient or
designated agent or (2) on the third business day after mailing by certified mail, return receipt
requested.

     8.10 Plan Year. The Plan will operate on a “plan year” consisting of the
12-consecutive- month period commencing on January 1 of each year.

     8.11 Incorrect Information, Fraud, Concealment, or Error. Any contrary provisions of
the Plan notwithstanding, in the event the Plan, a Plan fiduciary, or the Employer pays a benefit,
incurs a liability for failure to so pay a benefit, or makes any overpayment or erroneous payment
to any individual or entity because of a human or systems error or because of incorrect information
provided by, correct information failed to be provided by, or fraud, misrepresentation, or
concealment of any relevant fact (determined in the sole opinion of the Plan Administrator) by any
Participant or other individual, the Plan Administrator will be entitled to recover in any manner
deemed necessary or appropriate for such recovery (in the sole opinion of the Plan Administrator)
from such Participant or other individual such benefit paid or the amount of such liability
incurred and any and all expenses incidental to or necessary for such recovery. Human or systems
error or omission will not affect in any way the amount of a benefit to which such Participant is
otherwise entitled under the terms of the Plan.

     8.12 Withholding of Taxes and Other Deductions. All payments made under the Plan are
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be required pursuant to any law or governmental regulation or ruling and (2) all other
deductions for any amounts owed to the Employer, to the extent permissible under applicable law.

     Executed
this 18th day of December  2008.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Activant Solutions Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/Skip Paterson/
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	Printed Name: Iain “Skip” Paterson

Printed Title: Senior Vice President, Human Resources	 	 

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Appendix A

Specifically Designated Plan Participants

As of                     ]

	 	 	 
	Participant Name	 	Title
	 
	 	 

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Activant Solutions Inc.

Deferred Compensation Plan

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Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan

Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008

Activant
Solutions Inc.

Deferred Compensation Plan

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Triad Systems Corporation (“Triad”) established, effective April 1, 1994, the Triad Systems
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation plan
for a select group of management or highly compensated employees; and

     WHEREAS, the Plan was amended and restated in its entirety, effective October 1, 1996; and

     WHEREAS, Triad was merged with and into Cooperative Computing, Inc., dba CCI/Triad
(the “Company”) during 1997, and, by virtue of the corporate merger, the Company succeeded as
sponsor of the Plan and renamed the Plan as the CCI/Triad Deferred Compensation Plan: and

     WHEREAS, effective October 8, 2003, the name of the Company was changed to Activant Solutions Inc.; and

     WHEREAS, the Plan is subject to section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“section 409A”); and

     WHEREAS, the Company wishes to amend the Plan to comply with section 409A, to rename the
Plan to reflect the change in the Company’s name, to amend the Plan in certain other respects,
and to restate the Plan in its entirety;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby renamed the Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan,
effective as of October 8, 2003, and is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in
this document with no interruption in time, effective as of January 1, 2008, except as otherwise stated herein and
except that provisions of the Plan required to have an earlier effective date by applicable statute and/or regulation
will be effective as of such earlier date:

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article I Definitions and Construction	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.1	 	Definitions	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	(1)	 	Account(s)	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(2)	 	Base Salary	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(3)	 	Board	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(4)	 	Bonus	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(5)	 	Cause	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(6)	 	Code 	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(7)	 	Committee	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(8)	 	Company	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	(9)	 	Compensation	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(10)	 	Compensation Committee	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(11)	 	Compensation Deferral Account	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(12)	 	Compensation Deferrals	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(13)	 	Deferred Payment Date	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(14)	 	Disability Leave	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(15)	 	Election Date	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(16)	 	Eligible Employee	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(17)	 	Employer	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(18)	 	Employer Credits 	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(19)	 	Employer Credits Account	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(20)	 	ERISA	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(21)	 	Participant	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(22)	 	Participating Company	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(23)	 	Performance Based Compensation	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	(24)	 	Plan	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	(25)	 	Plan Year	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	(26)	 	Related Company 	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	(27)	 	Restatement Effective Date	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	(28)	 	Termination of Employment	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	(29)	 	Unforeseeable Financial Emergency	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	(30)	 	Valuation Date 	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	(31)	 	Vested Interest 	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1.2	 	Number 	 	 	4	 
	1.3	 	Headings	 	 	4	 
	1.4	 	Top Hat Plan 	 	 	4	 
	1.5	 	Severability	 	 	4	 
	1.6	 	Governing Law 	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article II Participation	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2.1	 	Eligibility to Participate in the Plan	 	 	5	 
	2.2	 	Commencement of Participation	 	 	5	 
	2.3	 	Termination of Participation 	 	 	5	 
	2.4	 	Resumption of Participation 	 	 	5	 

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	Article III Deferrals and Credits	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3.1	 	Compensation Deferrals 	 	 	6	 
	3.2	 	Employer Credits	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IV Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4.1	 	Establishment of Plan Year Accounts	 	 	8	 
	4.2	 	Selection of Deferred Payment Date for Each Plan Year’s Accounts	 	 	8	 
	4.3	 	Selection of Form of Benefit Payment for Each Plan Year’s Accounts	 	 	8	 
	4.4	 	Debiting and Crediting of Accounts	 	 	9	 
	4.5	 	Statement of Accounts	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article V Vesting of Accounts	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5.1	 	Vesting of Base Salary Deferral Accounts and Bonus Deferral Accounts	 	 	11	 
	5.2	 	Vesting of Employer Credits Accounts 	 	 	11	 
	5.3	 	Forfeitures	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VI Investment of Accounts	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6.1	 	Investment Funds	 	 	12	 
	6.2	 	Deemed Investment of Accounts	 	 	12	 
	6.3	 	Allocation of Earnings/Losses	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VII Payment of Plan Benefits	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7.1	 	Plan Benefit	 	 	13	 
	7.2	 	Events Triggering Payment of Benefit	 	 	13	 
	7.3	 	Time and Form of Payment of Benefit	 	 	13	 
	7.4	 	Payee of Benefits	 	 	13	 
	7.5	 	Designation of Beneficiaries	 	 	13	 
	7.6	 	Unclaimed Benefits	 	 	14	 
	7.7	 	Minors or Incapacitated Persons	 	 	14	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article VIII Withdrawals and Loans	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8.1	 	Early Withdrawals 	 	 	15	 
	8.2	 	No Loans	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article IX Administration of Plan	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9.1	 	The Committee	 	 	16	 
	9.2	 	Committee Powers and Duties	 	 	16	 
	9.3	 	Claims Review	 	 	17	 
	9.4	 	Payment of Expenses 	 	 	18	 
	9.5	 	Indemnity	 	 	19	 

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	Article X Amendment and Termination of Plan	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10.1	 	Right to Amend Plan	 	 	20	 
	10.2	 	Right to Terminate Plan	 	 	20	 
	10.3	 	Effect of Amendment or Termination 	 	 	20	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article XI Participating Companies	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	11.1	 	Designation of Participating Companies 	 	 	21	 
	11.2	 	Termination of Participating Company’s Participation	 	 	21	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article XII Miscellaneous	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	12.1	 	Not Contract of Employment	 	 	22	 
	12.2	 	Assignment Forbidden	 	 	22	 
	12.3	 	Withholding/Deductions 	 	 	22	 
	12.4	 	Unfunded Nature of Plan/Rabbi Trust	 	 	22	 
	12.5	 	Correction of Errors	 	 	23	 
	12.6	 	Compliance with Section 409A of the Code	 	 	23	 

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I.

Definitions and Construction

     1.1 Definitions. Where the following capitalized words and phrases appear in
the Plan, each has the respective meaning set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates to
the contrary.

	(1)	 	Account(s): A Participant’s Compensation Deferral Account(s) and/or
Employer Credits
Account(s).
	 
	(2)	 	Base Salary: The base salary rate (exclusive of any and all bonuses, incentive pay,
supplemental pay, and other special payments) payable by the Employer in cash to or for the benefit of a
Participant for services actually rendered or labor performed for the Employer by such
Participant
after deducting the maximum amount of elective deferrals that may be contributed by such
Participant to any Employer-sponsored qualified 401(k) plan for the calendar year coincident
with
the Plan Year under section 402(g) of the Code (deducted from such Participant’s base salary
rate
each pay period during such Plan Year until such maximum for such year has been deducted and
irrespective of whether such Participant elected to defer such amount to such Employer-sponsored qualified 401(k) plan).
	 
	(3)	 	Board: The Board of Directors of the Company.
	 
	(4)	 	Bonus: The bonus or bonuses, if any, payable in cash to or for the benefit of a
Participant under
any Employer bonus or incentive plan for services actually rendered or labor performed for
the
Employer by such Participant after deducting the maximum amount of elective deferrals that
may
be contributed by such Participant to any Employer-sponsored qualified 401(k) plan for the
calendar year coincident with the Plan Year under section 402(g) of the Code (irrespective
of
whether such Participant elected to defer such amount to such Employer-sponsored qualified
401(k) plan) to the extent such amounts have not been deducted in calculating Base Salary
at the
time any such Bonus is payable; provided, however, that no bonus will be a “Bonus” for
purposes
of the Plan for any Plan Year except to the extent such bonus either (i) qualifies as
Performance
Based Compensation or (ii) is payable solely for services rendered during such Plan Year.
	 
	(5)	 	Cause: A determination by the Committee that a Participant has (i) engaged in gross
negligence
or willful misconduct in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Employer;
(ii)
been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (iii) willfully
refused
without proper legal reason to perform his or her duties and responsibilities to the
Employer
faithfully and to the best of his or her abilities; (iv) breached any material provision of
a written
employment agreement with the Employer or corporate policy established by the Employer: or
(v) willfully engaged in conduct that he or she knows or should know is materially injurious
to
the Employer or any Related Company.
	 
	(6)	 	Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
	 
	(7)	 	Committee: The administrative committee appointed by the Board or the
Compensation
Committee to administer the Plan in accordance with Article IX; provided, however, in the
event
that no Committee has been appointed by the Board or the Compensation Committee or there are
no remaining members of the Committee, the Compensation Committee (or its delegate) will be
the “Committee.”
	 
	(8)	 	Company: Activant Solutions Inc.

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	(9)	 	Compensation: Base Salary and/or Bonus.
	 
	(10)	 	Compensation Committee: The Compensation Committee of the Board.
	 
	(11)	 	Compensation Deferral Account: A hypothetical account established for each
Participant each
Plan Year to which are credited (i) such Participant’s Compensation Deferrals for such Plan
Year
and (ii) such Account’s allocation of earnings and losses as provided in Section 6.3 for
each
Valuation Date.
	 
	(12)	 	Compensation Deferral(s): Base Salary and/or Bonus deferred in accordance with Section
3.1.
	 
	(13)	 	Deferred Payment Date: With respect to each Account of a Participant, the date
selected by (or deemed to have been selected by) such Participant in accordance with Section 4.2
for payment (or commencement of payment, as applicable) of such Account.
	 
	(14)	 	Disability Leave: A leave of absence from service with the Employer and its Related
Companies
due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected either
(i)
to result in death or (ii) to last for a continuous period of not less than six months,
where such
impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her
employment
position or any substantially similar employment position.
	 
	(15)	 	Election Date: Each December 31 immediately preceding the Plan Year for
which
Compensation Deferrals are elected.
	 
	(16)	 	Eligible Employee: Each employee of the Employer who is one of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees.
	 
	(17)	 	Employer: The Company and each Participating Company.
	 
	(18)	 	Employer Credits: Amounts, if any, credited to a Participant pursuant to Section 3.2.
	 
	(19)	 	Employer Credits Account: A hypothetical account established for each Participant
each Plan Year to which are credited (i) such Participant’s Employer Credits for such Plan
Year and (ii) such Account’s allocation of earnings and losses as provided in Section 6.3 for
each Valuation Date.
	 
	(20)	 	ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
	 
	(21)	 	Participant: Each Eligible Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan
pursuant to Section 2.1 and has become (or again become) a Participant pursuant to Section 2.2 and whose
participation has not terminated pursuant to Subsection 2.3.1; provided, however, that a
former
Participant may be treated as a “Participant” for certain purposes as provided in Subsection
2.3.2.
	 
	(22)	 	Participating Company: Each eligible organization participating in the Plan in accordance
with the provisions of Article XI.
	 
	(23)	 	Performance Based Compensation: Compensation the amount of which, or entitlement to
which, (i) is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual
performance criteria relating to a performance period of at least 12 consecutive months, (ii)
is not payable regardless of performance, and (iii) has not become readily ascertainable
(within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-2(a)(8)); provided, however, that compensation
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	 	 	Performance Based Compensation for purposes of the Plan to the extent it is not
“performance based compensation” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(e).
	 
	(24)	 	Plan: This Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to
time.
	 
	(25)	 	Plan Year: The 12-consecutive-month period commencing January 1 of each year.
	 
	(26)	 	Related Company: Each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together
with the Company, would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code but determined by substituting a “more than 50%” rather than an “80%”
ownership test.
	 
	(27)	 	Restatement Effective Date: January 1, 2008.
	 
	(28)	 	Termination of Employment: With respect to a Participant, either:

	 	(i)	 	A date after which the facts and circumstances indicate, for any reason,
either (a) that the Employer or an employing Related Company (as applicable) and such
Participant reasonably anticipate that no further services will be performed by such
Participant or (b) that the level of bona fide services the Participant will perform
after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will
permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services
performed by the Participant (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor)
over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of the performance
of services to the Employer and its Related Companies if such Participant has been
providing services to the Employer and its Related Companies for less than 36 months);
or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The date such Participant’s bona fide leave of absence (paid or unpaid)
exceeds six months (29 months if such leave is a Disability Leave), unless on such
date such Participant has a right by contract or applicable law to return to active
employment with the Employer or a Related Company; provided that, for purposes of this
Paragraph (ii), a leave of absence is a “bona fide leave of absence” only if there is
a reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the
Employer or a Related Company.

	 	 	The preceding provisions of this Section 1.1(28) notwithstanding, no event will be a
“Termination of Employment” for purposes of the Plan unless such event constitutes a
“separation from service with the employer” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §
1.409A-1(h).
	 
	(29)	 	Unforeseeable Financial Emergency: Based on all the facts and circumstances, the
existence of a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or
accident of the
Participant or the Participant’s spouse, beneficiary, or dependent (as defined in section
152 of the
Code without regard to sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)); a loss of the
Participant’s
property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home
not
otherwise covered by insurance); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances
arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant (such as, the imminent
foreclosure of or eviction from the Participant’s primary residence, the need to pay for
medical
expenses, including nonrefundable deductibles, and costs of prescription drug medications,
funeral expenses of the Participant’s spouse, beneficiary, or dependent (as defined in
section 152
of the Code without regard to sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B))), but only to the
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	 	 	such emergency cannot be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or
otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of
such assets would not cause a severe financial hardship), or by cessation of Compensation
Deferrals under the Plan.
	 
	(30)	 	Valuation Date: Each day of the Plan Year on which the New York Stock Exchange is
open for business.
	 
	(31)	 	Vested Interest: The percentage of a Participant’s Accounts in which, pursuant to
Article V, such Participant is vested, subject, to Sections 5.3 and 7.6.

     1.2 Number. Wherever appropriate herein, words used in the singular will be
considered to include the plural, and words used in the plural will be considered to include the
singular.

     1.3 Headings. The headings of Articles and Sections herein are included solely
for
convenience, and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the
text will
control. All references to Articles, Sections, Subsections, and Paragraphs are to this
document unless
otherwise stated.

     1.4 Top Hat Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded, unsecured plan of
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the
Employer within the meaning of ERISA, and all provisions of the Plan are to be construed in
accordance
with such intent.

     1.5 Severability. If any provision of the Plan is held to be illegal or invalid for any reason,
said illegality or invalidity will not affect the remaining provisions hereof; instead, each
provision will be
fully severable, and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid
provision had
never been included herein.

     1.6 Governing Law. All provisions of the Plan will be construed in accordance with the
laws of the state of Texas (without regard to any conflicts of laws principles that refer to
the laws or
jurisdiction of any other state) except to the extent preempted by federal law.

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	 	Participation
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

II.

Participation

     2.1 Eligibility to Participate in the Plan. Each individual who is both (1) an
Eligible
Employee and (2) employed in an employment position designated by the Company as a
Plan-eligible
employment position is eligible to become a Participant in the Plan. The Committee will
notify each
individual who is newly eligible to become a Participant promptly after such individual first
becomes (or
again becomes after a termination of participation) eligible.

     2.2 Commencement of Participation. Each Eligible Employee who becomes eligible to
participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 2.1 may become a “Participant” by executing and
filing with
the Committee a Compensation Deferral election in the manner and within the time period
provided in
Section 3.1. The preceding notwithstanding, each Participant who is a Participant in the Plan
on the day
prior to the Restatement Effective Date will, subject to Section 2.3, remain a Participant on
the
Restatement Effective Date. Once an Eligible Employee commences participation in the Plan, he
or she
will remain a Participant until his or her participation terminates in accordance with Section
2.3.

     2.3 Termination of Participation.

          2.3.1 Each Eligible Employee who has become, or is entitled to become, a Participant
in the Plan will cease to be, or be entitled to be, a Participant effective as of the earliest
to occur of (1) the
date of termination of the Plan, (2) the date such individual is no longer an Eligible
Employee, (3) the
date such Eligible Employee is no longer employed in a Plan-eligible employment position, or
(4) any
earlier date designated by the Board or the Compensation Committee and communicated to the
affected
individual prior to the effective date of such action.

          2.3.2 Each former Participant who continues to have a positive balance in any of his or
her Accounts under the Plan after his or her participation ceases in accordance with
Subsection 2.3.1 will
be treated as a “Participant” for purposes of the Plan until all of his or her Accounts have
been distributed
under the terms of the Plan, except that such Participant will not be eligible to elect
Compensation
Deferrals or to receive an allocation of Employer Credits unless and until such former
Participant resumes
participation in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.4.

     2.4 Resumption of Participation. Each former Participant whose participation (or
right to
participate) has terminated in accordance with Subsection 2.3.1 will not be entitled to
commence or
resume participation in the Plan (except as provided for former Participants with any
undistributed
positive Account balance in Subsection 2.3.2) unless and until such former Participant again
becomes and
Eligible Employee who is eligible to become a Participant in accordance with Section 2.1 and
commences
participation in accordance with Section 2.2.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Deferrals and Credits
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

III.

Deferrals and Credits

     3.1 Compensation Deferrals.

          3.1.1 Each Plan Year each Participant may elect to defer, as “Compensation Deferrals”
for such Plan Year, receipt of his or her Compensation for such Plan Year as follows:

          (1) Any integral percentage (from 0% to 100%) of such Participant’s Base
Salary payable for such Plan Year;

          (2) Any integral percentage (from 0% to 100%) of such Participant’s Bonus
payable solely for services performed during such Plan Year; and/or

          (3) Any integral percentage (from 0% to 100%) of such Participant’s Bonus
that is Performance Based Compensation (and is not included in Paragraph (2) above) and
that is
payable for a fiscal year or other performance period of at least 12 months that ends
on or after
June 30 of such Plan Year; provided, however, that a Participant may not elect to defer
Bonus
under this Paragraph (3) if (i) such Participant has not been employed by the Employer
or a
Related Company from the date that the performance criteria were established for such
Bonus
through the date of such Compensation Deferral election or (ii) at the time of such
Bonus
Compensation Deferral election, the amount of such Bonus has become “readily
ascertainable”
(within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(e)).

The preceding sentence notwithstanding, the Committee in its discretion may apply a minimum and/or
a maximum percentage for Base Salary and/or Bonus Compensation Deferrals for any Plan Year, which
will be communicated to the Participants prior to the beginning of the period for making
Compensation Deferral elections for such Plan Year.

          3.1.2 Except as provided in Subsections 3.1.3 and 3.1.5, each Participant’s election
under Subsection 3.1.1 to make Compensation Deferrals for a Plan Year, to change his
Compensation
Deferral election for a Plan Year, or to cancel his existing Compensation Deferral election
for a Plan Year
must be made on or before the Election Date for such Plan Year and in the manner and within
the time
period required by the Committee. A Participant’s election to make, change, or cancel
Compensation
Deferrals for a Plan Year will become effective as of the first day of such Plan Year.

          3.1.3 If an Eligible Employee initially becomes eligible to participate in the Plan
pursuant to Section 2.1 on or after the first day of a Plan Year, such Eligible Employee may
elect to make
Compensation Deferrals under Subsection 3.1.1 for the remainder of the Plan Year if such
Eligible
Employee properly completes the election procedures required by the Committee within 30 days
after
such Eligible Employee first becomes so eligible. Such Compensation Deferral election will
become
effective as of the first day of the first administratively practicable payroll period
coincident with or next
following the proper and timely completion of such election procedures. An election made
pursuant to
this Subsection 3.1.3 will apply only to Base Salary and Bonus payable solely for services
performed
during the Plan Year after the proper and timely completion of such election procedures. An
Eligible
Employee will not be considered to be initially eligible for purposes of making the election
under this
Subsection 3.1.3 if such Eligible Employee was eligible to participate in the Plan (or in any
other
nonqualified deferred compensation account balance plan maintained by the Employer or a
Related
Company) at any time during the 24-month period ending on the dale such Eligible Employee
becomes
eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 2.1.

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	 	Deferrals and Credits
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

          3.1.4 Except as provided Subsection 3.1.5, a Participant’s Compensation Deferral election for
a Plan Year (including an election not to make Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year) will be
irrevocable for the entire Plan Year (or remainder of the Plan Year, as applicable) even if a
Participant terminates participation in the Plan pursuant to Subsection 2.3.1 (other than by reason
of the Plan termination) during such Plan Year. In addition, a Participant’s Base Salary
Compensation Deferral election for a Plan Year (including an election not to make Base Salary
Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year) will remain in effect for all succeeding Plan Years
until changed or revoked by such Participant by making a new Compensation Deferral election in
accordance with Subsections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2; provided, however, that a Base Salary Compensation
Deferral election of a Participant who terminates participation in the Plan during a Plan Year will
expire automatically at the end of such Plan Year and will not carry over to any succeeding Plan
Year. A Participant’s Bonus Compensation Deferral election will expire at the end of each Plan
Year, and a Participant must make a new Compensation Deferral election with respect to his or her
Bonus each Plan Year in accordance with Subsections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 in order to defer his or her
Bonus for such Plan Year.

          3.1.5 Subsection 3.1.4 notwithstanding, upon application by the Participant, if the Committee
determines that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency or has taken a
hardship distribution under the Employer’s 401(k) plan pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.401(k)-1(d)(3),
the Participant’s Compensation Deferral election then in effect will be canceled prospectively as
soon as administratively practicable after such determination. If the Participant’s Compensation
Deferral election is so canceled, the Participant may not again elect to make Compensation
Deferrals until the first day of any Plan Year following the effective date of such cancellation
(and only then by making a new Compensation Deferral election in accordance with Subsections 3.1.1
and 3.1.2).

          3.1.6 Each Participant’s Compensation Deferral election will be effected by deductions from
such Participant’s Compensation as follows: (1) a Participant’s Base Salary Compensation Deferrals
for a Plan Year (or portion of the Plan Year, if applicable) will be deducted from such
Participant’s Base Salary each pay period during such Plan Year and (2) a Participant’s Bonus
Compensation Deferrals for a Plan Year (or portion of the Plan Year, if applicable) will be
deducted from such Participant’s Bonus when the Bonus for which such election was made would
otherwise be paid.

     3.2 Employer Credits. As of any date or dates selected by the Employer, the Employer
in its discretion may credit a Participant with Employer Credits. The amount of any Employer
Credits for any Participant will be an amount, if any, that the Employer in its discretion
determines. Employer Credits may be made on behalf of one or some Participants and not others, and
such credits may vary in amount among individual Participants. Employer Credits may be made at any
time during the Plan Year.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

IV.

Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts

     4.1 Establishment of Plan Year Accounts. As of the first day of each Plan Year (or
any later date during such Plan Year on which a Participant first commences participation in the
Plan), a Compensation Deferral Account and an Employer Credits Account will be established
for each Participant.

     4.2 Selection of Deferred Payment Date for Each Plan Year’s Accounts.

          4.2.1 Each Participant must select, at the time the Participant elects Compensation Deferrals
for a Plan Year, a Deferred Payment Date for the amounts credited to his or her Compensation
Deferral Account for that Plan Year. The Deferred Payment Date for a Plan Year may be any date that
is at least three years after the first day of such Plan Year. The Deferred Payment Date for a
Participant’s Employer Credits Account for a Plan Year will be the same date the Participant elects
for his or her Compensation Deferral Account for the Plan Year. If a Participant fails to designate
a Deferred Payment Date for his or her Compensation Deferral Account for a Plan Year (or if the
Participant does not elect to make Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year), the Deferred Payment
Date for such Participant’s Compensation Deferral Account (and for his or her Employer Credits
Account) for such Plan Year will be the date of such Participant’s Termination of Employment.

          4.2.2 A Participant may elect at any time a change of the existing Deferred Payment Date for
his or her Accounts for a Plan Year subject to the following conditions: (1) the new Deferred
Payment Date must apply to all of the Participant’s Accounts for such Plan Year and (2) the new
Deferred Payment Date must be (i) a date that is at least five years after the existing Deferred
Payment Date, (ii) communicated in writing to the Committee within the time period and on the form
required by the Committee, (iii) requested by the Participant at least one year prior to the
existing Deferred Payment Date, and (iv) approved by the Committee. The preceding notwithstanding,
a Participant who has begun to receive a distribution of his or her Account(s) for a Plan Year in
installments may not change the Deferred Payment Date with respect to such Account(s). A change to
a Deferred Payment Date elected under this Subsection 4.2.2 will not take effect until 12 months
after the date on which such election is so made.

     4.3 Selection of Form of Benefit Payment for Each Plan Year’s Accounts.

          4.3.1 Each Participant must elect, at the time the Participant elects Compensation Deferrals
for a Plan Year, one of the following forms of payment for all amounts credited to his or her
Accounts for that Plan Year:

          (1) A single lump sum cash payment.

          (2) Annual installment cash payments for a term certain for a number of years, not to
exceed ten, payable to such Participant and, in the event of such Participant’s death prior
to the end of such term certain, the remainder of such Participant’s benefit to the
Participant’s beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 7.5 in a single lump sum
cash payment. Each such annual installment will be calculated by multiplying the remaining
amounts in the Accounts to be distributed under such installment election by a fraction, the
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of remaining
installment payments to be made under such installment election.

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	 	Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

          (3) Quarterly installment cash payments for a term certain for a number of years, not
to exceed ten, payable to such Participant and, in the event of such Participant’s death
prior to the end of such term certain, the remainder of such Participant’s benefit to the
Participant’s beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 7.5 in a single lump sum
cash payment. Each such quarterly installment will be calculated by multiplying the
remaining amounts in the Accounts to be distributed under such installment election by a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of
remaining installment payments to be made under such installment election.

The Participant must elect the same form of benefit for all his or her Accounts for such Plan
Year. If a Participant fails to elect the form in which his or her Accounts for a Plan Year are to
be paid (or if the Participant does not elect to make Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year),
such Participant will be deemed to have elected to have all his or her Accounts for such Plan Year
paid in the form of a single lump sum payment. Any election (or deemed election) of benefit form
for a Participant’s Accounts for a Plan Year will be irrevocable by the Participant, except that
the Participant may elect a change of the form of benefit payment in effect for an Account if, and
at the same time and under the same conditions, the Participant has a right to change his or her
Deferred Payment Date for such Account in accordance with Subsection 4.2.2.

          4.3.2 The preceding Subsections notwithstanding, in the event of the death of the Participant,
all the Accounts of such deceased Participant will be paid in a single lump sum cash payment
notwithstanding any alternative form of payment otherwise in effect for any such Account.

          4.3.3 The preceding Subsections notwithstanding, in the discretion of the Committee, a
Participant’s Accounts for a Plan Year may be distributed in a single lump sum cash payment
notwithstanding any alternative form of payment otherwise in effect for any such Account if (1) on
the date of the Section 7.2 event triggering payment of such Account(s), the total value of such
Account(s) (when combined with all Accounts under the Plan and all accounts under all other
agreements, methods, programs, or arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are
treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Treas.
Reg. § 1.409A-1(c)(2)) is less than the maximum elective deferral amount for the calendar year
coincident with such Plan Year under section 402(g) of the Code and (2) the payment results in the
termination and liquidation of the entirety of the Participant’s interest in the total amounts
described in the preceding clause (1).

     4.4 Debiting and Crediting of Accounts. Each Plan Year the Accounts established
for each Participant will be debited and credited as follows:

          4.4.1 A Participant’s Compensation Deferral Account established for such Plan Year will be
credited with the Compensation Deferrals elected by such Participant under Section 3.1 for that
Plan Year as soon as administratively practicable after the amounts are deducted from the
Participant’s Base Salary or Bonus, as applicable.

          4.4.2 A Participant’s Employer Credits Account established for such Plan Year will be credited
with the Employer Credits, if any, allocated on behalf of such Participant under Section 3.2 for
that Plan Year as soon as administratively practicable after the amounts are so credited.

          4.4.3 All the Accounts of a Participant will be valued and credited with earnings and losses
allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 each Valuation Date.

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	 	Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts

	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

          4.4.4 Each Account of a Participant will be debited for any and all distributions and
deductions made from such Account pursuant to Article VII, Article VIII, or Section 12.3, 12.5, or
12.6 as of the date any such distribution or deduction is made from any such Account.

     4.5 Statement_of_Accounts. Each Participant will receive, at least annually, a
statement setting forth (1) the debits and credits to such Participant’s Accounts during the
statement period, (2) the balance of such Participant’s Accounts as of the last day of the
statement period, and (3) the Participant’s Vested Interest in each such Account as of the last day
of the statement period.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Vesting of Accounts
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

V.

Vesting of Accounts

     5.1 Vesting of Base Salary Deferral Accounts and Bonus Deferral Accounts. Each
Participant will have a 100% Vested Interest in his or her Compensation Deferral Accounts at all
times.

     5.2 Vesting of Employer Credits Accounts. Subject to Sections 5.3 and 7.6 each
Participant will acquire a Vested Interest in his or her Employer Credits Account for a Plan Year
under the vesting schedule, if any, designated by the Employer at the time the Employer Credits are
allocated to such Participant’s Employer Credits Account. If no vesting schedule is designated by
the Employer at the time the Employer Credits are credited to a Participant’s Employer Credits
Account, such Participant will, subject to Section 5.3, have a 100% Vested Interest in such
Employer Credits Account.

     5.3 Forfeitures.

          5.3.1 Section 5.2 notwithstanding, in the event the Committee determines that a Participant’s
employment with the Employer is terminated for Cause (notwithstanding that Cause may not be cited
by the Employer as a reason for such termination), such Participant will have a 0% Vested Interest
in lieu of any other Vested Interest in his or her Employer Credits Accounts effective immediately
prior to the date of such termination.

          5.3.2 If a Participant terminates employment with the Employer and its Related Companies
with a Vested Interest in any Account that is less than 100%, the nonvested portion of such Account
will be forfeited to the Employer as of the date of such termination.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Investment of Accounts
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

VI.

Investment of Accounts

     6.1 Investment Funds. The Committee will from time to time select, add, and/or
delete investment funds for purposes of the deemed investment of Participants’ Accounts under
Section 6.2.

     6.2 Deemed Investment of Accounts.

          6.2.1 The Committee will designate in which of the available investment fund or funds each
Participant’s Accounts are deemed to be invested for purposes of calculating the earnings and
losses to be allocated pursuant to Section 6.3, except that the Committee may, in its discretion,
permit one or more Participants to direct the deemed investment of all or any portion of their
Accounts in accordance with Subsection 6.2.2 for such purpose.

          6.2.2 if the Committee permits a Participant to direct the deemed investment of his or her
Account(s) for purposes of calculating the earnings and losses to be allocated pursuant to Section
6.3, such Participant may designate, in accordance with the procedures established from time to
time by the Committee, the manner in which the amounts allocated to such Accounts will be deemed to
be invested from among the investment funds made available from time to time for such purpose by
the Committee. In the event the Committee permits a Participant to select the investment funds for
the deemed investment of his or her Account(s) and such Participant fails to designate an
investment fund for all or part of those Accounts, the portions of such Account(s) that were not
directed into an investment fund by the Participant will be deemed to be invested in the investment
fund or funds designated by the Committee from time to time. Such Participant may change such
investment designation in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee from
time to time.

     6.3 Allocation of Earnings/Losses. As of each Valuation Date, each Account will be
valued and credited with earnings and losses. Such allocation will equal the earnings and/or losses
that would be credited to each such Account if such Account were actually invested in the
investment funds in which such Account is deemed to be invested under Section 6.2. Administrative
expenses incident to the administration of the Plan may be allocated to Participants’ Accounts on
any basis deemed appropriate by the Committee and taken into account in calculating such earnings
and losses.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Payment of Plan Benefits
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

VII.

Payment of Plan Benefits

     7.1 Plan Benefit. A Participant’s “benefit” is the value of such Participant’s
Account or
Accounts (determined as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding payment of any such Account or
Accounts) multiplied by such Participant’s Vested Interest (determined as of the date of the
Section 7.2 event triggering payment of the Participant’s benefit) in such Account(s).

     7.2 Events Triggering Payment of Benefit. Payment of a Participant’s benefit from
his or her Account or Accounts, as applicable, is triggered by the earliest to occur of the
following events:

     (1) The Participant’s Termination of Employment (for all Accounts of the
Participant);

     (2) The death of the Participant (for all Accounts of the Participant); or

     (3) The occurrence of the Deferred Payment Date (for the particular Account(s) of the
Participant to which the Deferred Payment Date applies).

     7.3 Time and Form of Payment of Benefit.

          7.3.1 A Participant’s benefit from his or her Account(s) will be made or commence as soon as
administratively practicable following the Section 7.2 event triggering payment of such benefit but
in no event later than 21/2 months after the occurrence of such event. The preceding
notwithstanding, if and to the extent required by section 409A of the Code, a Participant who is a
“specified employee” (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1 (i)) may not receive a payment
from the Plan on account of a Termination of Employment earlier than six months from the date of
such termination.

          7.3.2 The Participant’s benefit from an Account will be paid in the form in effect for such
Account pursuant to Section 4.3.

     7.4 Payee of Benefits. The Participant’s Plan benefit will be paid to the
Participant, unless the Section 7.2 triggering event is the death of the Participant or the
Participant dies prior to receipt of his or her full benefit, in which case the Participant’s Plan
benefit (or remainder of such benefit, if applicable) will be paid to the Participant’s beneficiary
designated in accordance with Section 7.5.

     7.5 Designation of Beneficiaries.

          7.5.1 Each Participant will have the right to designate the beneficiary or beneficiaries to
receive payment of the Participant’s Plan benefit in the event of such Participant’s death. Each
such designation must be made by the Participant completing and executing the beneficiary
designation form prescribed by the Committee and filing such form with the Committee during such
Participant’s lifetime. Any such beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at any
time by executing and filing with the Committee a new beneficiary designation form during such
Participant’s lifetime,

          7.5.2 If, at the time of the death of the Participant, no beneficiary designation is on file
with the Committee, or if such beneficiary designation is not valid or effective for any reason as
determined by the Committee, then the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Participant
will be such Participant’s executor or administrator acting on behalf of such Participant’s estate
or, if there is no administration of such Participant’s estate, the Participant’s heirs at law.

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	 	Payment of Plan Benefits
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

     7.6 Unclaimed Benefits. In the case of a Plan benefit payable to or on behalf of a
Participant, if after a reasonable search the Committee is unable to locate the Participant or
beneficiary to whom such benefit is payable, upon the Committee’s determination thereof, such
benefit will be forfeited to the Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if subsequent to any
such forfeiture the Participant or beneficiary to whom such benefit is payable makes a valid claim
for such benefit within a reasonable (as determined by and in the discretion of the Committee)
period of time following the date such Plan benefit became payable, such forfeited benefit will be
payable pursuant to the Plan provisions.

     7.7 Minors or Incapacitated Persons. If a Participant or beneficiary entitled to
receive a Plan benefit is a minor, is determined by the Committee in its discretion to be
incompetent, or is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be legally incapable of giving
valid receipt and discharge for a benefit provided under the Plan, the Committee may pay such
benefit to the duly appointed guardian or conservator of such Participant or beneficiary for the
account of such Participant or beneficiary. If no guardian or conservator has been appointed for
such Participant or beneficiary, the Committee may pay such benefit to any third party who is
determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to be authorized to receive such benefit for
the account of such Participant or beneficiary. Such payment will operate as a full discharge of
all liabilities and obligations of the Committee, the Employer, the Compensation Committee, the
Board, and any fiduciary of the Plan with respect to such benefit.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Withdrawals and Loans
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

VIII.

Withdrawals and Loans

     8.1 Early Withdrawals.

          8.1.1 Except as provided in Subsection 8.1.2, a Participant is not permitted to make
withdrawals from any Account prior to the Participant’s entitlement to a distribution of such
Account in accordance with Article VII.

          8.1.2 In the event that the Committee, upon written petition of the Participant, determines in
its sole discretion that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the
Participant will be entitled to withdraw from his or her Accounts an amount not to exceed the
lesser of (1) the amount determined by the Committee to be necessary to meet the Participant’s
needs created by the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency (which may include amounts necessary to pay
any federal, state, or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the
distribution) or (2) the then total value of the Participant’s Vested Interest in such Account(s).
If approved by the Committee, such withdrawal will be paid in a single lump sum payment as soon as
administratively practicable after the Committee has made its determination that an Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency exists and of the permissible amount of such withdrawal but in no event later
than 21/2 months after such determination.

          8.1.3 If the Participant makes a withdrawal under Subsection 8.1.2, the Participant’s
Compensation Deferral elections will immediately cease, and the Participant may not again elect to
make Compensation Deferrals until the first day of any Plan Year following such withdrawal (and
only then by making a new Compensation Deferral election in accordance with Subsections 3.1.1 and
3.1.2).

     8.2 No Loans. Participants are not, at any time, permitted to borrow amounts from
their Accounts.

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	Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
	 	Administration of Plan
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

IX.

Administration of Plan

     9.1 The_Committee.

          9.1.1 The general administration of the Plan will be vested in the Committee, which will be
the “administrator” of the Plan for purposes of ER1SA.

          9.1.2 The Board or the Compensation Committee, in its discretion, may constitute the Committee
and appoint its membership, which will consist of one or more members. Each member of the Committee
will serve until he or she resigns, dies, or is removed by the Board or the Compensation Committee.
At any time during his or her term of office, a member of the Committee may resign by giving
written notice to the Board or the Compensation Committee and the Committee, such resignation to
become effective upon the appointment of a substitute member or, if earlier, the lapse of 30 days
after such notice is given as herein provided. At any time during his or her term of office, and
for any reason, a member of the Committee may be removed by the Board or the Compensation Committee
with or without cause, and the Board or the Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, fill any
vacancy that may result therefrom. Any member of the Committee who is an Employee or a member of
the Board will automatically cease to be a member of the Committee as of the date he or she ceases
to be either an Employee or a member of the Board.

          9.1.3 No member of the Committee will have any right to vote or decide upon any matter
relating solely to himself or herself under the Plan or to vote in any case in which his or her
individual right to claim any benefit under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in
which a Committee member is so disqualified to act and a majority of the remaining members cannot
agree, the Board or the Compensation Committee will appoint a temporary substitute member to
exercise all the powers of the disqualified member concerning the matter in which he or she is
disqualified.

     9.2 Committee Powers and Duties. The Committee will administer and enforce the Plan
according to the terms and provisions hereof and, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, will
have all powers necessary to accomplish these purposes, including, but not by way of limitation,
all powers specifically granted it under the Plan and the complete and absolute discretion to
construe all provisions of the Plan and make all factual determinations and, in addition, the
right, power, authority, and duty, in its sole and absolute discretion:

     (1) To make rules, regulations, and bylaws for the administration of the Plan that are
not inconsistent with the terms and provisions hereof, and to enforce the terms of the Plan
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Committee;

     (2) To construe all terms, provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Plan;

     (3) To correct any defect or to supply any omission or to reconcile any inconsistency
that may appear in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as it will deem in its
discretion expedient to effectuate the purposes of the Plan;

     (4) To employ and compensate such accountants, attorneys, investment advisors, and
other agents, employees, and independent contractors as the Committee may deem necessary or
advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan;

     (5) To determine all questions relating to eligibility;

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	Amended and Restated:
January 1, 2008	 	 

     (6) To determine whether and when there has been a termination of a Participant’s
employment with the Employer, and the reason for such termination; and

     (7) To make a determination as to the right of any person to a benefit under the Plan
and to prescribe procedures to be followed by distributees in obtaining benefits hereunder.

     9.3 Claims Review.

          9.3.1 In the event an individual (1) does not receive a benefit but believes he or she is
entitled to one or (2) receives a benefit but believes he or she is entitled to a greater amount,
such individual may file with the Committee a written claim for such benefit, which claim must be
filed within 60 days of either the date upon which the individual received a benefit that he or she
felt was insufficient or, if later, the date upon which occurred the event that he or she believes
entitled him or her to a benefit. In connection with the submission of such claim, the individual
may examine the Plan and any other relevant documents relating to the claim and may submit written
comments relative to the claim to the Committee coincident with the filing of the claim, and the
Committee may require additional information to be furnished in connection with such claim.

          9.3.2 In any case in which a claim for Plan benefits of a Participant or his or her
beneficiary is denied or modified, the Committee will furnish written notice to the
Participant, beneficiary, or representative of the Participant or his or her beneficiary (the
“claimant”) within 90 days after such claim is filed with the Committee; provided, however, that
if the need for additional information relating to such claim necessitates an extension of the
90-day period, the claimant will be informed in writing prior to the end of the initial 90-day
period of the need for an extension of time, and written notice of the disposition of such claim
will be provided to the claimant within 180 days after the date the claim is filed with the
Committee. The extension notice will indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of
time and the date by which a decision will be made. If the extension is due to the claimant’s
failure to submit information necessary to review the claim, the notice of extension will afford
the claimant 45 days to provide the required information, and the Committee’s deadline to provide
notice of the claim’s disposition will be tolled from the date the Committee sends the notice of
extension to the earlier of (1) the date the Committee receives the requested information or (2)
the expiration of the 45-day period afforded to the claimant to provide the requested information.
If the claimant fails to provide the requested information by the expiration of such 45-day
period, the benefit determination will be made without regard to the requested information.

          9.3.3 The notice of a claim’s disposition provided to the claimant will contain the following:

          (1) The specific reason or reasons for the denial or modification;

          (2) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial or modification
is based;

          (3) A description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant
to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;
and

          (4) An explanation of how the claimant may perfect his or her claim and obtain a full
and fair review of such denial or modification pursuant to Subsection 9.3.4,

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	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

including the time limits applicable to such review, and a statement of the claimant’s right
to bring a civil action under section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse determination on
review.

          9.3.4 In the event a claim for benefits is denied or modified, if the claimant desires to have
such denial or modification reviewed, the claimant must, within 60 days following receipt of the
notice of such denial or modification, submit a written request for a review to the Committee. A
claimant will be provided, upon request and free of charge, access to and copies of all documents,
records, and other information relevant to the claim for benefits, which consists of: (1)
documents, records, or other information relied upon for the benefit determination, (2) documents,
records, or other information submitted, considered, or generated without regard to whether
such document, record, or other information was relied upon in making the benefit determination,
and (3) documents, records, or other information that demonstrates compliance with the standard
claims procedure. A claimant will be entitled to submit written comments, documents, records, and
other information relating to the claim for benefits. The review will take into account all
comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the
claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial
benefit determination.

          9.3.5 Within 60 days following a request for a review submitted in accordance with Subsection
9.3.4, the Committee will, after providing a full and fair review, render its final decision in
writing to the claimant. The written decision will: (1) state specific reasons for such decision,
(2) provide specific reference to the specific plan provisions on which the decision is based, (3)
inform the claimant that he or she is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge,
reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records, and other information relevant to the
claim for benefits, which consists of: (i) documents, records, or other information relied upon for
the benefit determination, (ii) documents, records, or other information submitted, considered,
or generated without regard to whether such document, record, or other information was relied upon
in making the benefit determination, and (iii) documents, records, or other information that
demonstrates compliance with the standard claims procedure, and (4) inform the claimant of his
or her right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA. If special circumstances require
an extension of such 60-day period, the Committee’s decision will be rendered as soon as possible,
but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review. If such an extension of time
for review is required, written notice of the extension will be furnished to the claimant prior to
the commencement of the extension period, indicating the special circumstances requiring an
extension of time and the date by which the determination will be made. If the extension is
required due to the claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to review the claim, the
extension notice will afford the claimant 45 days to provide the required information, and the
Committee’s deadline to provide notice of the benefit determination on review will be tolled from
the date the Committee sends the notice of extension to the earlier of (I) the date the Committee
receives the requested information or (II) the expiration of the 45-day period afforded to the
claimant to provide the requested information. If the claimant fails to provide the requested
information by the expiration of such 45-day period, the benefit determination will be made without
regard to the requested information. The decision on review by the Committee will be binding and
conclusive upon all persons.

          9.3.6 Completion of the claims review procedures described in this Section 9.3 will be a
condition precedent to the commencement of any legal or equitable action in connection with a claim
for benefits under the Plan by a Participant, a beneficiary, or any other person or entity claiming
rights through such Participant or beneficiary.

     9.4 Payment of Expenses. All expenses incident to the administration of the Plan,
including, but not limited to, legal, accounting, and administrative, will be paid by the
Employer. Expenses will be allocated among the Employers as determined by the Committee in its
discretion.

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     9.5 Indemnity. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Employer will indemnify
and hold harmless each current and former member of the Committee and each other current and former
employee of the Employer or Related Company to whom Plan administrative or fiduciary functions have
been delegated by the Committee or under the Plan against any and all expenses and liabilities
arising out of such individual’s administrative functions or fiduciary responsibilities under or
incident to the Plan, including any expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from an
act or omission constituting the negligence of such individual in the performance of such functions
or responsibilities, but excluding expenses and liabilities that are caused by or result from such
individual’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses against which such individual
will be indemnified hereunder will include, without limitation, the amounts of any settlement or
judgment, costs, counsel fees, and related charges reasonably incurred in connection with a claim
asserted or a proceeding brought or settlement thereof.

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	 	Amendment and Termination of Plan
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

X.

Amendment and Termination of Plan

     10.1 Right to Amend Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
Company has the absolute and unconditional right to amend the Plan at any time, in whole or in
part, on behalf of the Company and each Participating Company; provided, however, that no amendment
may be made that would reduce the amounts credited to a Participant’s Accounts in which such
Participant has a Vested Interest as of the date of adoption of such amendment except to the extent
such amounts could be reduced under the terms of the Plan prior to the effective date of such
amendment; and provided further, that all amendments to the Plan must be in writing, signed by an
authorized officer of the Company, and approved by the Board or the Compensation Committee (which
Board or Compensation Committee action may be prior to the effective date of the amendment or
subsequent to the effective date of the amendment by ratification). Any oral statements or
representations made by the Employer, the Committee, or any other individual or entity that alter,
modify, amend, or are inconsistent with the written terms of the Plan are invalid and unenforceable
and may not be relied upon by any Employee or by any other individual or entity.

     10.2 Right to Terminate Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company
has the absolute and unconditional right to terminate the Plan at any time on behalf of the Company
and each Participating Company; provided, however, that no termination will reduce the amounts
credited to a Participant’s Accounts in which such Participant has a Vested Interest as of the date
of such termination, except to the extent such benefit could be reduced under the terms of the Plan
prior to such termination; and provided further, that any termination of the Plan must be effected
in writing, signed by an authorized officer of the Company, and approved by the Board or the
Compensation Committee (which Board or Compensation Committee action may be prior to the effective
date of the termination or subsequent to the effective date of the termination by ratification).

     10.3 Effect of Amendment or Termination. In the event of an amendment to or
termination of the Plan as provided under this Article X, each Participant and beneficiary will
have no further rights, and the Employer will have no further obligations, under the Plan except as
provided under the terms of the Plan as so amended or terminated. In the event of an amendment or
a termination of the Plan, no distribution of any Participant’s benefit will be made prior to the
time otherwise provided under the Plan unless the Plan is amended to provide for earlier payment in
connection with such amendment or termination and (1) such accelerated distribution is not an
acceleration of benefits under section 409A of the Code or (2) such acceleration is covered by an
exception to the prohibition of acceleration under section 409A of the Code.

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	 	Participating Companies
	Amended and Restated: January 1, 2008	 	 

XI.

Participating Companies

     11.1 Designation of Participating Companies.

          11.1.1 The Company may designate any Related Company to participate in the Plan as a
“Participating Company” by written instrument delivered to the Secretary of the Company,
the Committee, and the designated Participating Company. Such written instrument will specify the
effective date of such designated participation, may incorporate specific provisions relating to
the operation of the Plan that apply to the Participating Company only, and will become, as to such
Participating Company and its employees, a part of the Plan. Each Participating Company will be
conclusively presumed to have consented to its designation and to have agreed to be bound by the
terms of the Plan and any and all amendments thereto upon its submission of any information
required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan; provided, however, that the terms of the Plan
may be amended so as to increase the obligations of a Participating Company only with the consent
of such entity, which consent will be conclusively presumed to have been given by such
Participating Company upon its submission, after receipt of notice of any such amendment, of any
information required by the terms of, or with respect to, the Plan.

          11.1.2 Except as modified by the Company in the written instrument described in Subsection
11.1.1, the provisions of the Plan will be applicable with respect to each Participating Company
separately, and amounts payable hereunder for or on behalf of a Participant will be paid by the
Participating Company that employs such Participant.

     11.2 Termination of Participating Company’s Participation.

          11.2.1 Any Participating Company, by appropriate action of its board of directors or
noncorporate counterpart, may terminate its participation in the Plan by giving prior written
notice of such termination to the Committee and the Secretary of the Company. Moreover, the
Company may, in its discretion, terminate a Participating Company’s Plan participation at any time
by giving prior written notice to such Participating Company. In addition, a Participating
Company will cease participation in the Plan immediately and automatically upon its no longer being
a Related Company.

          11.2.2 Upon termination of a Participating Company’s participation in the Plan, the Company
will transfer to such Participating Company, as soon as administratively practicable after such
termination, sponsorship of the portion of the Plan attributable to the participation of the
employees of such Participating Company.

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	 	Miscellaneous
	Amended and Restated:
January 1, 2008	 	 

XII.

Miscellaneous

     12.1 Not Contract of Employment. The adoption and maintenance of the Plan will not
be
deemed to be a contract between the Employer and any person or to be consideration for the
employment of any person. Nothing contained herein will be deemed to give any person the right to
be retained in the employ of the Employer or to restrict the right of the Employer to discharge any
person at any time, nor will the Plan be deemed to give the Employer the right to require any
person to remain in the employ of the Employer or to restrict any person’s right to terminate his
or her employment at any time.

     12.2 Assignment Forbidden. The interest of a Participant or his or her beneficiary
or beneficiaries hereunder may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or encumbered in any manner,
either voluntarily or involuntarily, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, encumber, or charge the same will be null and void, nor will the benefits hereunder
be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any person
to whom such benefits or funds are payable, nor will they be an asset in bankruptcy or subject to
garnishment, attachment, or other legal or equitable proceedings. The preceding notwithstanding,
the Committee will comply with the terms and provisions of an order that contains the elements of a
“qualified domestic relations order” as defined in section 206(d) of ERISA. The Committee will
establish a written qualified domestic relations order procedure, which, as originally established
and as amended from time to time, is incorporated by reference into and made a part of the Plan, to
determine the status of and process orders in accordance with this Section 12.2.

     12.3 Withholding/Deductions. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary, deductions will be made from each Account of a Participant or from payments made from
such Account for: (1) all applicable withholding and other deductions required of the Employer
under any applicable local, state, federal, or foreign law; (2) any payment made pursuant to a
“qualified domestic relations order” under Section 12.2; and (3) the satisfaction of any debt of
such Participant owed to the Employer where such debt was incurred in the ordinary course of the
service relationship between the Participant and the Employer, provided that any deduction under
this clause (3) may not exceed $5,000 in any single Plan Year and must be made at the same time and
in the same amount as the debt otherwise would have been due and collected from the Participant,
notwithstanding in any such case that such deduction may be required and made prior to the time a
payment of such amounts would otherwise be payable under the Plan. In addition, in the event the
Plan fails to meet the requirements of section 409A of the Code, a payment may be made from each
affected Account in an amount not to exceed the amount required to be included in income as a
result of such failure to comply with section 409A, notwithstanding that such payment may be
required and deducted from a Participant’s Account(s) prior to the time such Account would
otherwise be payable under the Plan. By participating in the Plan, each Participant consents to
all deductions under this Section 12.3.

     12.4 Unfunded Nature of Plan/Rabbi Trust. The Plan is intended to be “unfunded” for
purposes of the Code and ERISA. The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Employer to make benefit
payments in the future. Plan benefits herein provided are to be paid out of the Employer’s general
assets, and Participants will have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Employer. The
preceding sentences notwithstanding, the Company in its discretion may establish a “rabbi trust” to
assist the Employer in meeting its obligations under the Plan. The Employer may transfer money or
other property to the trustee of such trust, and such trustee will pay Plan benefits to
Participants and their beneficiaries out of the trust assets unless otherwise paid by the Employer.
In such event, the Employer will remain the owner of all assets in the trust, and the assets will
be subject to the claims of the creditors of any Employer that becomes insolvent. If a trust is
established, no Participant or beneficiary will have any preferred claim to, or any beneficial
ownership interest in, any assets of the trust.

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     12.5 Correction of Errors. Any contrary provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, in the
event the Plan (1) enrolls any individual in the Plan, (2) pays a benefit claim under the Plan, (3)
incurs a liability for failure to so enroll or pay a benefit claim or for terminating enrollment,
or (4) makes any overpayment or erroneous payment to any individual or entity, in any case because
of a human or systems error or because of incorrect information provided by, correct information
failed to be provided by, fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of any relevant fact by any
Participant, beneficiary, or other individual, the Committee will be entitled to correct such error
in any manner it deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, recovering from
such Participant, beneficiary, or other individual such benefit paid or the amount of such
liability incurred and any and all expenses incidental to or necessary for such recovery. Human
or systems error or omission will not alter a Participant’s eligibility to participate in the Plan
or affect in any way the amount of a Participant’s or beneficiary’s benefit to which such
Participant or beneficiary is otherwise entitled under the terms of the Plan.

     12.6 Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The Plan is intended to comply with
section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan are to be interpreted in accordance with
such intent. In the event the Committee determines in its discretion that any provision of the
Plan, when considered individually or in connection with the terms of any other nonqualified
deferred compensation plan maintained by the Employer or any Related Company, violates section 409A
of the Code, such provision will not be effected but will instead be interpreted and modified to
comply with section 409A of the Code, and any corrections of operation or administration necessary
to comply with section 409A of the Code will be implemented.

     Executed
this 13th day of November 2007.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Activant Solutions Inc.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Beth A. Taylor
 	 
	 	 	Printed Name: 	Beth Taylor 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

886657_3 (October 19, 2007)

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First Amendment to

Activant Solutions Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan

(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2008)

     WHEREAS, Activant Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) has heretofore established and currently
maintains, on behalf of itself and its participating affiliates, the Activant Solutions Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of eligible employees of the Company and
such participating affiliates; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Plan, the Company, subject to approval by the Board
of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Compensation Committee of the Board, has the right
to amend the Plan from time to time; and

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to make certain changes to comply with section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of January 1, 2009:

     1. The Plan is hereby amended by deleting Section 12.3 and substituting therefor a new Section
12.3 to read as follows:

          “12.3 Withholding/Deductions.

          12.3.1 All benefit payments under the Plan will be subject to applicable
withholding and other deductions required of the Employer under any applicable
local, state, or federal law.

          12.3.2 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, all benefit
accruals and payments provided for under the Plan will, as determined in the
discretion of the Committee, be subject to the following deductions and, if
applicable, payments to Participants notwithstanding in any such case that such
deduction or payment may be required and made prior to the time a payment would
otherwise be payable under the Plan:

          (1) For payments to pay (i) FICA tax imposed under section 3101,
3121(a), and/or 3121(v)(2) of the Code on compensation deferred under the
Plan and (ii) income tax at source on wages imposed under section 3401 of
the Code (or any corresponding withholding provisions of applicable local,
state, or foreign tax law) as a result of the payment of the FICA amount,
and (iii) additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the
pyramiding section 3401 wages and taxes; provided, however, that the total
payment under this Paragraph may not exceed the aggregate of the FICA and
the income tax withholding related to such FICA;

          (2) For payments resulting from a violation of section 409A of the Code
to the extent any such payment does not exceed the amount required to be
included in the Participant’s income as a result of such violation;

          (3) For payments made to comply with any qualified domestic relations
order as provided under Section 12.2;

 

First Amendment to Deferred Compensation Plan

          (4) For payments of (i) local, state, or foreign tax obligations
arising from participation in the Plan that apply to an amount deferred
under the Plan before the amount is paid or made available to the
Participant, but only to the extent any such payment does not exceed the
amount of such taxes due as a result of participation in the Plan, (ii) the
income tax at source on wages imposed under section 3401 of the Code as a
result of such payment, and/or (iii) the additional income tax at source on
wages imposed under section 3401 of the Code attributable to such additional
3401 wages and taxes; provided that the total payment under this Paragraph
may not exceed the aggregate of the state, local, and foreign tax amount and
the income tax withholding related to such state, local, and foreign tax
amount; and/or

          (5) For any other payment permitted under section 409A of the Code.

          12.3.3 By participating in the Plan, each Participant consents to all
such deductions under this Section 12.3.”

     2. As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.

     Executed this 18th day of December, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Activant Solutions Inc. 

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Printed Name:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

1039732_2 (12/15/08)

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