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			Exhibit 10.4
		

		
			DEPOMED, INC.
		

		
			MANAGEMENT CONTINUITY AGREEMENT
		

		
			This Management Continuity Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 28, 2017 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Arthur Higgins (“Employee”) and Depomed, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”).  This Agreement is intended to provide Employee with certain benefits described herein upon the occurrence of specific events.  
		

		
			RECITALS
		

		
			A.It is expected that the Company may from time to time consider the possibility of realigning its organization.
		

		
			B.It is further expected that another company may from time to time consider the possibility of acquiring the Company or that a change in control may otherwise occur, with or without the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors.
		

		
			C.The Board of Directors recognizes that such considerations can be a distraction to Employee and can cause Employee to consider alternative employment opportunities.
		

		
			D.The Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company will have the continued dedication and objectivity of the Employee, notwithstanding the foregoing factors.
		

		
			E.The Company’s Board of Directors believes it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to retain Employee and provide incentives to Employee to continue in the service of the Company.
		

		
			F.The Board of Directors further believes that it is imperative to provide Employee with certain benefits upon certain termination of Employee’s employment, including in connection with a Change in Control, which benefits are intended to provide Employee with financial security and provide sufficient income and encouragement to Employee to remain with the Company, including and notwithstanding the possibility of a Change in Control.
		

		
			G.To accomplish the foregoing objectives, the Board of Directors has directed the Company, upon execution of this Agreement by Employee, to agree to the terms provided in this Agreement, which Agreement shall supersede any other agreement or understanding pertaining to the subject matter herein, including any offer letter between the Company and Employee, as of the Effective Date.
		

		
			Now therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, and in consideration of the continuing employment of Employee by the Company, the parties hereto agree as follows:
		

		
			

		 

		

			

		

 

		

		
			1.At-Will Employment; Term.
		

		
			(a)The Company and Employee acknowledge that Employee’s employment is and shall continue to be at-will, as defined under applicable law, and that Employee’s employment with the Company may be terminated by either party at any time for any or no reason.  If Employee’s employment terminates for any reason, Employee shall not be entitled to any payments, benefits, damages, award or compensation other than as provided in this Agreement or otherwise agreed to by the Company.  The terms of this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of: (i) the date on which Employee ceases to be employed by the Company, other than as a result of a Change in Control Involuntary Termination or an Other Involuntary Termination,  or (ii) the last day of the Term (such date being referred to herein as the “End Date”; provided, however, that in the event of a Pending Change in Control in effect on the End Date, the End Date shall be delayed until the later to occur of (x) the termination of any Pending Change in Control by the parties to such Pending Change in Control and (y) one year after the completion of any Pending Change in Control).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall this Agreement terminate prior to the time that all outstanding obligations of the parties hereunder have been satisfied.  A termination of the terms of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 1(a) shall be effective for all purposes, except that such termination shall not affect the payment or provision of compensation or benefits on account of a termination of employment occurring prior to the termination of the terms of this Agreement.  The rights and duties created by this Agreement are contingent upon the Employee’s execution of a release of claims against the Company, in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix A, within forty-five (45) days following his termination of employment and the expiration of any statutory revocation period and may not be modified in any way except by a written agreement executed by the Employee and an officer of the Company upon direction from the Board of Directors.
		

		
			(b)Subject to Section 1(a), this Agreement shall be for an initial term that begins on the Effective Date and continues in effect through February 12, 2019 (the “Initial Term”) and, unless terminated sooner as herein provided, shall continue on a year to year basis after February 12, 2019 (each a “Renewal Term” and together with the Initial Term, the “Term”).  If the Company or the Employee elects not to renew this Agreement for a Renewal Term, the Company or the Employee must give a written notice of termination to the other party at least twelve (12) months before the expiration of the then-current Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable.  In the event that one party provides the other with a written notice of termination pursuant to this Section 1(b), no further automatic extensions will occur and at the end of the then-existing Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, the Term shall expire.
		

		
			2.Termination Benefits.
		

		
			(a)Benefits Upon a Change in Control Involuntary Termination.
		

		
			(i)Treatment of Equity Awards.  In the event that Employee is subject to a Change in Control Involuntary Termination, 100% of Employee’s unvested Company stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards shall become immediately vested on such termination date and the risk of forfeiture of 100% of Employee’s restricted stock shall lapse on such termination date.  Each such equity award shall be exercisable in accordance with the provisions of the award agreement and plan pursuant to which such 

		 

		

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equity award was granted, including, in the case of stock options, the plan or award agreement provisions regarding any post-termination period of exercisability.
		

		
			(ii)Severance.  In the event that Employee is subject to a Change in Control Involuntary Termination, Employee shall be entitled to receive severance benefits as follows:  (A) a lump sum cash severance payment equal to two (2) times the higher of (1) the base salary which Employee was receiving immediately prior to the Change in Control or (2) the base salary which Employee was receiving immediately prior to the Change in Control Involuntary Termination, which payment shall be paid on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Change in Control Involuntary Termination; (B) a lump sum cash payment equal to two (2) times Employee’s Target Annual Bonus; and (C)  payment by the Company of the full cost of the health insurance benefits provided to Employee and Employee’s spouse and dependents, as applicable, immediately prior to the Change in Control pursuant to the terms of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”) or other applicable law through the earlier of the end of the twenty-four (24) month period following the Change in Control Involuntary Termination date or the date upon which Employee is no longer eligible for such COBRA or other benefits under applicable law.  The benefits to be provided under clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) shall be paid on the sixtieth (60th) day following Employee’s termination of employment; except that any payments under clause (a)(ii)(C) shall be paid on a monthly basis commencing on the sixtieth (60th) day following Employee’s termination of employment (subject in all cases to Employee’s release of claims against the Company as set forth in Section 1(a)).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Board of Directors concludes in its reasonable judgment that the provision of subsidized COBRA benefits to Employee is likely to cause the Company to become subject to excise tax as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Healthcare Reform Act”), the Company shall pay Employee a monthly amount in cash equal to the amount of the COBRA subsidy during the period the Company is obligated to provide subsidized COBRA benefits to Employee.  In addition, Employee shall receive payment(s) for all salary, bonuses and unpaid vacation accrued as of the date of Employee’s termination of employment and up to three (3) months of outplacement services not to exceed $5,000 per month (with a provider and in a program selected by the Employee, provided Employee commences such services within ninety (90) days of Employee’s Change in Control Involuntary Termination date).  For the avoidance of doubt, if any payments or benefits have been provided pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) and this Section 2(a)(ii) becomes applicable, such payments or benefits shall directly reduce the payments and benefits due hereunder and no further payments or benefits shall be provided pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii).
		

		
			(b)Benefits Upon an Other Involuntary Termination.
		

		
			(i)Treatment of Equity Awards.  In the event that Employee is subject to an Other Involuntary Termination, Employee shall be credited with an additional number of months of employment equal to the Severance Period (not to exceed twelve (12) months) for purposes of determining the vesting of his equity-based awards, which shall result in the immediate vesting as of such termination date of those otherwise unvested Company option shares, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards that would have become vested if Employee had completed an additional number of months of employment equal to the Severance Period (not to exceed twelve (12) months) following such termination date and 

		 

		

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the risk of forfeiture of Employee’s applicable number of restricted stock, restricted stock units and similar equity-based awards shall lapse on such termination date.  Each such equity award shall be exercisable in accordance with the provisions of the award agreement and plan pursuant to which such equity award was granted, including, in the case of stock options, the plan or award agreement provisions regarding any post-termination period of exercisability.
		

		
			(ii)Severance.  In the event that Employee is subject to an Other Involuntary Termination, Employee shall be entitled to receive severance benefits as follows:  (A) severance payments for the period defined below after the effective date of the termination (for purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the “Severance Period”) equal to the base salary which Employee was receiving immediately prior to the Other Involuntary Termination, which payments shall be paid during the Severance Period in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices; and (B)  payment by the Company of the full cost of the health insurance benefits provided to Employee and Employee’s spouse and dependents, as applicable, immediately prior to the Other Involuntary Termination pursuant to the terms of COBRA or other applicable law through the earlier of the end of the Severance Period or the date upon which Employee is no longer eligible for such COBRA or other benefits under applicable law.  The benefits to be provided under Sections 2(b)(i) and 2(b)(ii) shall be paid or commence to be paid on the sixtieth (60th) day following Employee’s termination of employment (subject to Employee’s release of claims against the Company as set forth in Section 1(a)).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Board of Directors concludes in its reasonable judgment that the provision of subsidized COBRA benefits to Employee could cause the Company to become subject to excise tax as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Healthcare Reform Act, the Company shall pay Employee a monthly amount in cash equal to the amount of the COBRA subsidy during the period the Company is obligated to provide subsidized COBRA benefits to Employee.  In addition, Employee shall receive payment(s) for all salary, bonuses and unpaid vacation accrued as of the date of Employee’s termination of employment and up to three (3) months of outplacement services not to exceed $5,000 per month (with a provider and in a program selected by the Company, provided Employee commences such services within ninety (90) days of Employee’s Other Involuntary Termination date).  For purposes hereof, the “Severance Period” means (i) three (3) months if the Other Involuntary Termination is prior to July 1, 2017; (ii) six (6) months if the Other Involuntary Termination is on or after July 1, 2017 and prior to October 1, 2017; (iii) nine (9) months if the Other Involuntary Termination is on or after October 1, 2017 and prior to January 1, 2018; and (iv) eighteen (18) months thereafter.
		

		
			(c)Termination for Cause.  If Employee’s employment is terminated for Cause at any time, then Employee shall not be entitled to receive payment of any severance benefits or equity award acceleration.  Employee shall receive payment(s) for all salary, bonuses and unpaid vacation accrued as of the date of Employee’s termination of employment.
		

		
			(d)Voluntary Resignation.  If Employee voluntarily resigns from the Company under circumstances which do not constitute a Change in Control Involuntary Termination or an Other Involuntary Termination, then Employee shall not be entitled to receive payment of any severance benefits or equity award acceleration.  Employee shall receive payment(s) for all salary, bonuses and unpaid vacation accrued as of the date of Employee’s termination of employment.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(e)Death or Disability.   If Employee’s employment terminates on account of Employee’s death or Disability at any time, whether or not in connection with a Change in Control or Pending Change in Control, then Employee shall not be entitled to receive payment of any severance benefits or equity award acceleration.  Employee shall receive payment(s) for all salary, bonuses and unpaid vacation accrued as of the date of Employee’s termination of employment.
		

		
			3.Definition of Terms.  The following terms referred to in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
		

		
			(a)Cause.  “Cause” shall mean (i) gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of Employee’s duties to the Company where such gross negligence or willful misconduct has resulted or is likely to result in substantial and material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) repeated unexplained or unjustified absence from the performance of services for the Company, (iii) a material and willful violation of any federal or state law resulting or likely to result in substantial and material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries; (iv) commission of any act of fraud with respect to the Company resulting or likely to result in substantial and material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries, or (v) conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude causing material harm to the standing and reputation of the Company, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, subject to the Company’s compliance with the “Cause Cure Process”.
		

		
			(b)Cause Cure Process.  “Cause Cure Process” shall mean that (i) Company reasonably determines that Employee has engaged in behavior constituting “Cause”; (ii) Company notifies the Employee in writing of the first occurrence of the behavior constituting “Cause” within ninety (90) days of the first occurrence of such condition; (iii) the Employee shall have thirty (30) days following such notice (the “Cause Cure Period”), to substantially remedy the condition, if curable; (iv) notwithstanding such efforts, the condition constituting “Cause” continues to exist; and (v) Company terminates Employee’s employment due to “Cause” within ninety (90) days after the end of the Cause Cure Period.  For avoidance of doubt, if the behavior constituting “Cause” is not substantially curable, then the Cause Cure Period shall end on the date the Employee receives the Company’s written notice set forth in clause (ii) above.  If the Employee substantially cures the condition constituting “Cause” during the Cause Cure Period, such behavior constituting “Cause” shall be deemed not to have occurred.
		

		
			(c)Change in Control; Pending Change in Control.  “Change in Control” shall have the meaning given such term in the Amended and Restated Depomed, Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan.  “Pending Change in Control” shall mean any transaction or transactions which, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control with respect to which the Company enters into a definitive agreement prior to the End Date which has not been completed or terminated, as determined by the Board of Directors in its reasonable determination (whereupon the End Date shall be delayed as provided in Section 1(a) above).  Pending Change in Control shall also include any Change in Control with respect to which the Company enters into a binding agreement within thirty (30) days after the termination of any other Pending Change in Control.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(d)Change in Control Involuntary Termination.  “Change in Control Involuntary Termination” shall mean: (i) any termination by the Company other than for Cause, death or Disability, or (ii) Employee’s voluntary termination for Good Reason (as defined in Section 3(d)), in each case in connection with, or within the period beginning (A) ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of a Change in Control and ending (B) twenty-four (24) months following the effective date of a Change in Control.  For purposes of this Section 3(d), “Good Reason” shall mean that Employee has complied with the “Good Reason Process” following the occurrence of any of the following events:  (i) a material diminution in Employee’s responsibilities, authority or duties; (ii) a material diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom Employee is required to report, including a requirement that Employee report to a corporate officer or other employee instead of reporting directly to the board of directors of a corporation (or similar governing body with respect to an entity other than a corporation); (iii) a material diminution in Employee’s base salary, target annual bonus amount or paid bonus amount (relative to the last annual bonus paid), in each case other than in connection with a general decrease in base salaries, target annual bonuses or paid annual bonuses, as applicable, for most officers of the successor corporation; provided, however, that any decrease in base salary and/or target annual bonus greater than ten percent (10%) shall provide grounds for “Good Reason” regardless of whether a general decrease in base salaries and/or target bonuses occurs for most officers of the successor corporation; (iv) a change in the geographic location at which Employee provides services to the Company that increases Employee’s one way commute by twenty-five (25) miles or more; or (v) failure of the successor corporation to assume the obligations under this Agreement.
		

		
			(e)Disability.  “Disability” shall mean the inability of Employee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months as provided in Sections 22(e)(3) and 409A(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and will be determined by the Board of Directors on the basis of such medical evidence as the Board of Directors deems warranted under the circumstances.
		

		
			(f)Good Reason Process.  “Good Reason Process” shall mean that (i) Employee reasonably determines in good faith that a “Good Reason” condition has occurred, as may be applicable; (ii) Employee notifies the Company in writing of the first occurrence of the Good Reason condition within ninety (90) days of the first occurrence of such condition; (iii) Employee cooperates in good faith with the Company’s efforts, for a period of thirty (30) days following such notice (the “Good Reason Cure Period”), to remedy the condition; (iv) notwithstanding such efforts, the Good Reason condition continues to exist; and (v) Employee terminates his employment within ninety (90) days after the end of the Good Reason Cure Period.  If the Company substantially cures the Good Reason condition during the Good Reason Cure Period, Good Reason shall be deemed not to have occurred.
		

		
			(g)Other Involuntary Termination.  “Other Involuntary Termination” shall mean (i) any termination by the Company other than for Cause, death or Disability, or (ii) Employee’s voluntary termination for Good Reason (as defined in this Section 3(g)), in each case, excluding a Change in Control Involuntary Termination.  For purposes of this Section 3(g), “Good Reason” shall mean that Employee has complied with the “Good Reason Process” 

		 

		

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following the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) a ten percent (10%) or greater decrease in Employee’s annual total cash compensation target (annual base salary plus annual bonus target) other than in connection with a general decrease in the total annual cash compensation target (annual base salary plus annual bonus target) for most officers of the Company and the successor corporation, if applicable; or (ii) a change in the geographic location at which Employee provides services to the Company that increases the Employee’s one-way commute by twenty-five (25) miles or more.
		

		
			(h)Target Annual Bonus.  “Target Annual Bonus” shall mean Employee’s target annual bonus that may be earned for performance during the Company’s fiscal year in which a termination occurs; provided,  however, that sign-on or other special bonuses shall not be taken into account.  If Employee’s Target Annual Bonus has not been set or determined as of the termination date, the “Target Annual Bonus” shall mean Employee’s target annual bonus for the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year.
		

		
			4.Limitation and Conditions on Payments.
		

		
			In the event that the severance and other benefits provided to Employee under this Agreement and any other agreement (i) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and (ii) but for this Section, would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then Employee’s severance benefits under Sections 2(a) and 2(b) shall be payable either:
		

		
			(a)in full; or
		

		
			(b)as to such lesser amount which would result in no portion of such severance benefits being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code;
		

		
			whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the excise tax imposed by Section 4999, results in the receipt by Employee on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of severance benefits under Section 2(a) and 2(b), notwithstanding that all or some portion of such severance benefits may be taxable under Section 4999 of the Code.  The reduction of payments and benefits hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing, first, cash severance pay that is exempt from Section 409A of the Code; second, any other cash severance pay; third. any other payments or benefits to be paid in cash hereunder in the order in which such payment or benefit would be paid or provided (beginning with such payment or benefit that would be made last in time and continuing, to the extent necessary, through to such payment or benefit that would be made first in time); fourth, reducing any benefit to be provided in kind hereunder in a similar order, except for equity-based awards; fifth, any restricted stock, restricted stock units or similar awards, to be reduced in a similar order; and lastly, sixth, any stock options, stock appreciation right or similar awards, to be reduced in a similar order.  Unless the Company and Employee otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 4 shall be made in writing by a qualified independent certified public accounting or law firm selected by the Company and approved by the Employee, which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld (the “Independent Tax Professional”).  The Employee shall not be deemed to have unreasonably withheld approval if the Employee does not consent to an Independent Tax Professional selected by the Company that 

		 

		

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has provided any services to the Company or any successor corporation within the preceding five (5) year period. The Independent Tax Professional shall provide its determinations and any supporting calculations both to the Company and the Employee in writing setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the Independent Tax Professional’s determinations, which shall be subject to approval by the Employee, which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Employee and the Company for all purposes.  For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 4, the Independent Tax Professional may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Section 280G and 4999 of the Code.  The Company and Employee shall furnish to the Independent Tax Professional such information and documents as the Independent Tax Professional may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section.  The Company shall bear all costs the Independent Tax Professional may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section 4.  If, after the payment of severance benefits has been made to the Employee, it is established that the payments made to, or provided for the benefit of Employee, exceed the limitations provided in Section 4(b) (an “Excess Payment”) or are less than such limitations (an “Underpayment”), as the case may be, then the following shall apply: (x) if it is determined that an Excess Payment has been made, the Employee shall repay the Excess Payment within 20 days following the determination of such Excess Payment; and (y) if it is determined that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount equal to the Underpayment to the Employee on the later of (A) 20 days after such determination or resolution and (B) the time period such payment would otherwise have been paid or provided to the Employee absent the application of Section 4(b).
		

		
			5.Section 409A.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if, at the time of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company, Employee is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) and the deferral of the commencement of any severance payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated income recognition or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not commence any payment of any such severance payments or benefits otherwise required hereunder (but without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Employee) that (a) will not and may not under any circumstances, regardless of when such termination occurs, be paid in full by March 15 of the year following Employee’s termination of employment, and (b) are in excess of the lesser of (i) two (2) times Employee’s then annual compensation or (ii) two (2) times the limit on compensation then set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the Code and will not be paid by the end of the second calendar year following the year in which the termination occurs, until the first payroll date that occurs after the date that is six (6) months following Employee’s “separation of service” with the Company (as defined under Code Section 409A).  If any payments are delayed due to such requirements, such amounts will be paid in a lump sum to Employee on the earliest of (x) the Employee’s death following the date of Employee’s termination of employment with the Company or (y) the first payroll date that occurs after the date that is six (6) months following Employee’s “separation of service” with the Company.  For these purposes, each severance payment or benefit is designated as a separate payment or benefit for purposes of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-2(b) and will not collectively be treated as a single payment or benefit.  This paragraph is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code so that none of the severance payments and 

		 

		

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benefits to be provided hereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so comply.  Employee and the Company agree to work together in good faith to consider amendments to this Agreement and to take such reasonable actions which are necessary, appropriate or desirable to avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition prior to actual payment to Employee under Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that any amendment to this Agreement with respect to the payment of any severance payments or benefits would constitute under Code Section 409A a delay in a payment or a change in the form of payment, then such amendment must be done in a manner that complies with Code Section 409A(a)(4)(C).
		

		
			6.Conflicts.  Employee represents that Employee’s performance of all the terms of this Agreement will not breach any other agreement to which Employee is a party.  Employee has not, and will not during the term of this Agreement, enter into any oral or written agreement in conflict with any of the provisions of this Agreement.  Employee further represents that Employee is entering into or has entered into an employment relationship with the Company of Employee’s own free will.
		

		
			7.Successors.  Any successor to the Company (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets shall assume the obligations under this Agreement and agree expressly to perform the obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform such obligations in the absence of a succession.  The terms of this Agreement and all of Employee’s rights hereunder and thereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Employee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.
		

		
			8.Notice.  Notices and all other communications contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or when mailed by U.S. registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid.  Mailed notices to Employee shall be addressed to Employee at the home address which Employee most recently communicated to the Company in writing.  In the case of the Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to its corporate headquarters, and all notices shall be directed to the attention of the Company’s Legal Department.
		

		
			9.Miscellaneous Provisions.
		

		
			(a)No Duty to Mitigate.  Employee shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment contemplated by this Agreement (whether by seeking new employment or in any other manner), nor shall any such payment be reduced by any earnings that Employee may receive from any other source.
		

		
			(b)Waiver.  No provision of this Agreement shall be modified, waived or discharged unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by Employee and by an authorized officer of the Company (other than Employee).  No waiver by either party of any breach of, or of compliance with, any condition or provision of this 

		 

		

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Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at another time.
		

		
			(c)Whole Agreement.  No agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement have been made or entered into by either party with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement supersedes any agreement of the same title and concerning similar subject matter dated prior to the date hereof, and by execution of this Agreement both parties agree that any such predecessor agreement shall be deemed null and void.
		

		
			(d)Choice of Law.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without reference to conflict of laws provisions.
		

		
			(e)Severability.  If any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any circumstance shall, in any jurisdiction and to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, such term or provision shall be ineffective as to such jurisdiction to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the application of such terms and provisions to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, and a suitable and equitable term or provision shall be substituted therefor to carry out, insofar as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
		

		
			(f)Arbitration.  All claims, demands, causes of action, disputes, controversies or other matters in question (“Claims”) arising out of this Agreement or the Employee’s service (or termination from service) with the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise and whether provided by statute, equity or common law, that the Company may have against the Employee or that the Employee may have against the Company, or its parents or subsidiaries, or against each of the foregoing entities’ respective officers, directors, employees or agents in their capacity as such or otherwise, shall be settled in accordance with the procedures described in Section 9(f)(i) and (ii).  Claims covered by this Section 9(f) include, without limitation, claims by the Employee for breach of this Agreement, wrongful termination, discrimination (based on age, race, sex, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other factor), harassment and retaliation.
		

		
			(i)Agreement to Negotiate.  First, the parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any Claims promptly by negotiations between the Employee and executives or directors of the Company or its affiliates (or, following the occurrence of a Change in Control, any person or committee selected by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors prior to the Change in Control (referred to as the “Independent Decision Maker”), who shall act on behalf of the Company or its affiliates), who shall have authority to settle the Claims.  Either party may give the other disputing party written notice of any Claim not resolved in the normal course of business.  Within five (5) days after the effective date of that notice, the Employee and such executives or directors of the Company, or, following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Independent Decision Maker, shall agree upon a mutually acceptable time and place to meet and shall meet at that time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to exchange relevant information and to attempt to resolve the Claim.  The first of 

		 

		

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those meetings shall take place within thirty (30) days of the date of the disputing party’s notice.  If the Claim has not been resolved within sixty (60) days of the date of the disputing party’s notice, or if the parties fail to agree on a time and place for an initial meeting within five (5) days of that notice, either party may elect to undertake arbitration in accordance with Section 9(f)(ii).
		

		
			(ii)Agreement to Arbitrate.  If a Claim is not resolved by negotiation pursuant to Section 9(f)(i), such Claim must be resolved through arbitration regardless of whether the Claim involves claims that the Agreement is unlawful, unenforceable, void, or voidable or involves claims under statutory, civil or common law.  Any arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the then-current International Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).  If a party refuses to honor its obligations under this Section 9(f)(ii), the other party may compel arbitration in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction.  The arbitrator shall apply the substantive law of California (excluding choice-of-law principles that might call for the application of some other jurisdiction’s law) or federal law as applied by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, or both as applicable to the Claims asserted.  The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator selected by the parties according to the rules of AAA.  In the event that the parties fail to agree on the selection of the arbitrator within 30 days after either party’s request for arbitration, the arbitrator will be chosen by AAA.  The arbitration proceeding shall commence on a mutually agreeable date within 90 days after the request for arbitration, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. The arbitrator shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability or enforceability or formation of this Agreement (including this Section 9(f)), including any claim that all or part of the Agreement is void or voidable and any Claim that an issue is not subject to arbitration.  The results of arbitration will be binding and conclusive on the parties hereto.  Any arbitrator’s award or finding or any judgment or verdict thereon will be final and unappealable.  The seat of arbitration shall be in the State of California, City of San Jose, and unless agreed otherwise by the parties, all hearings shall take place at the seat.  Any and all of the arbitrator’s orders, decisions and awards may be enforceable in, and judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be confirmed and entered by any federal or state court having jurisdiction.  All evidentiary privileges under applicable state and federal law, including attorney-client, work product and party communication privileges, shall be preserved and protected.  The decision of the arbitrator will be binding on all parties.  Arbitrations will be conducted in such a manner that the final decision of the arbitrator will be made and provided to the Employee and the Company no later than 120 days after a matter is submitted to arbitration.  All proceedings conducted pursuant to this agreement to arbitrate, including any order, decision or award of the arbitrators, shall be kept confidential by all parties.  Each party shall pay its own attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs of arbitration and the parties to the arbitration shall split all of the arbitrator’s fees equally; ; provided, however, that following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company will bear the forum fees required by AAA and any other administrative fees associated with the arbitration and shall advance to the Employee the fees and expenses (including legal fees) in connection with any arbitration proceeding provided that Employee shall be obligated to repay all such amounts in the event the Employee does not prevail in such proceeding.  EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, EMPLOYEE IS WAIVING ANY RIGHT THAT EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OR A COURT TRIAL OF ANY SERVICE RELATED CLAIM ALLEGED BY EMPLOYEE.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(g)Legal Fees and Expenses.  The parties shall each bear their own expenses, legal fees and other fees incurred in connection with entering into this Agreement.
		

		
			(h)No Assignment of Benefits.  The rights of any person to payments or benefits under this Agreement shall not be made subject to option or assignment, either by voluntary or involuntary assignment or by operation of law, including (without limitation) bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditor’s process, and any action in violation of this Section 9(h) shall be void.
		

		
			(i)Employment Taxes.  All payments made pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to withholding of applicable income and employment taxes.
		

		
			(j)Assignment by Company.  The Company may assign its rights under this Agreement to an affiliate, and an affiliate may assign its rights under this Agreement to another affiliate of the Company or to the Company.  In the case of any such assignment, the term “Company” when used in a section of this Agreement shall mean the corporation that actually employs the Employee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company (or any successor thereto) nor the Employee may assign its obligations under this Agreement.
		

		
			(k)Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
		

		
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			The parties have executed this Management Continuity Agreement on the date first written above.
		

		
			 DEPOMED, INC.
		

		
			 By:         /s/ Matthew M. Gosling
		

		
			__ Name:    Matthew M. Gosling
		

		
			 Title:   Senior Vice President & General Counsel
		

		
			EMPLOYEE    /s/Arthur Higgins
		

		
			ARTHUR HIGGINS
		

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			APPENDIX A
		

		
			DEPOMED, INC.
		

		
			WAIVER AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
		

		
			Depomed, Inc. has offered to pay me certain benefits (the “Benefits”) pursuant to Section 2 of my management continuity agreement with Depomed, Inc., dated as of March __, 2017 (the “Management Continuity Agreement”), which were offered to me in exchange for my agreement, among other things, to waive all of my claims against and release Depomed, Inc. and its predecessors, successors and assigns (collectively referred to as the “Company”), all of the affiliates (including parents and subsidiaries) of the Company (collectively referred to as the “Affiliates”) and the Company’s and Affiliates’ directors and officers, employees and agents, insurers, employee benefit plans and the fiduciaries and agents of said plans (collectively, with the Company and Affiliates, referred to as the “Corporate Group”) from any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating in any way to my employment with or separation from the Company or the Affiliates; provided, however, that this Waiver and Release shall not apply to (1) any existing right I have to indemnification, contribution and a defense, (2) any directors and officers and general liability insurance coverage, (3) any rights I may have as a shareholder of the Company, (4) any rights I have to the Benefits, (5) rights to vested benefits under the Company’s benefit plans and (6) any rights which cannot be waived or released as a matter of law.
		

		
			I understand that signing this Waiver and Release is an important legal act.  I acknowledge that the Company has advised me in writing to consult an attorney before signing this Waiver and Release and has given me at least [twenty-one (21)] [forty-five (45)] calendar days from the day I received a copy of this Waiver and Release to sign it.  I understand my termination is an [“Other Involuntary Termination”][“Change in Control Involuntary Termination”] pursuant to the Management Continuity Agreement.
		

		
			In exchange for the payment to me of Benefits, I (1) agree not to sue in any local, state and/or federal court regarding or relating in any way to my employment with or separation from the Company or the Affiliates, (2) knowingly and voluntarily waive all claims and release the Corporate Group from any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, and damages, whether known or unknown, arising out of or relating in any way to my employment with or separation from the Company or the Affiliates (including any claim for a bonus in respect of actual performance for the year of termination in the event that such bonus has not yet been paid) and (3) waive any rights that I may have under any of the Company’s involuntary severance benefit plans (other than the Management Continuity Agreement), except to the extent that my rights are vested under the terms of an employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or an Affiliate and except with respect to such rights or claims as may arise after the date this Waiver and Release is executed.  This Waiver and Release includes, but is not limited to, claims and causes of action under:  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (“Title VII”); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (“ADEA”); the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”); the Energy Reorganization Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5851; the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 

		 

		

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1988; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, as amended; the California Labor Code; claims in connection with workers’ compensation or “whistle blower” statutes (except to the extent prohibited by law); and/or contract, tort, defamation, slander, wrongful termination or any other state or federal regulatory, statutory or common law.  Further, I expressly represent that no promise or agreement which is not expressed in the Management Continuity Agreement has been made to me in executing this Waiver and Release, and that I am relying on my own judgment in executing this Waiver and Release, and that I am not relying on any statement or representation of the Company, any of the Affiliates or any other member of the Corporate Group or any of their agents.  I agree that this Waiver and Release is valid, fair, adequate and reasonable, is entered into with my full knowledge and consent, was not procured through fraud, duress or mistake and has not had the effect of misleading, misinforming or failing to inform me.
		

		
			In further exchange for the payment to me of Benefits, I agree not to make any disparaging or derogatory statements concerning the Company. The Company hereby agrees to instruct its officers and directors not to make any disparaging statements concerning you.  These non-disparagement obligations shall not in any way affect my or the Company’s obligation or rights in connection with any legal proceeding.  I further acknowledge and agree that I am bound by and will comply with the Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement and any similar agreements that I have entered into with the Company and that I will, within seven (7) calendar days of the date of this Waiver and Release, return all Company property to the Company.
		

		
			Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Waiver and Release is intended to prohibit or restrict me in any way from (1) bringing a lawsuit against the Company to enforce the Company’s obligations under the Management Continuity Agreement; (2) making any disclosure of information required by law; (3) providing information to, or testifying or otherwise assisting in any investigation or proceeding brought by, any federal regulatory or law enforcement agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, or the Company’s legal, compliance or human resources officers; (4) testifying or participating in or otherwise assisting in a proceeding relating to an alleged violation of any federal, state or municipal law relating to fraud or any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any self-regulatory organization; or (5) filing any claims that are not permitted to be waived or released under applicable law (although my ability to recover damages or other relief is still waived and released to the extent permitted by law).  Nothing contained in this Waiver and Release is intended to waive any rights I may have related to unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation and indemnification claims under Section 2802 of the California Labor Code.
		

		
			I acknowledge that I may discover facts different from or in addition to those which I now know or believe to be true and that this Waiver and Release shall be and remain effective in all respects notwithstanding such different or additional facts or the discovery thereof.  I hereby expressly waive any and all rights and benefits conferred upon me by the provisions of Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, and/or any analogous law of any other state.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 1542 states:
		

		
			A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
		

		
			Should any of the provisions set forth in this Waiver and Release be determined to be invalid by a court, agency or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, it is agreed that such determination shall not affect the enforceability of other provisions of this Waiver and Release.  I acknowledge that this Waiver and Release and the Management Continuity Agreement set forth the entire understanding and agreement between me and the Company or any other member of the Corporate Group concerning the subject matter of this Waiver and Release and supersede any prior or contemporaneous oral and/or written agreements or representations, if any, between me and the Company or any other member of the Corporate Group on the same subject matter.  I understand that for a period of seven (7) calendar days following the date that I sign this Waiver and Release, I may revoke my acceptance of the offer, provided that my written statement of revocation is received on or before that seventh day by the Vice President, Human Resources, Depomed, Inc., 7999 Gateway Boulevard, Suite 300, Newark, California 94560, facsimile number:  (510) 744-8001, in which case the Waiver and Release will not become effective.  In the event I revoke my acceptance of this offer, the Company shall have no obligation to provide me Benefits.  I understand that failure to revoke my acceptance of the offer within seven (7) calendar days from the date I sign this Waiver and Release will result in this Waiver and Release being permanent and irrevocable.
		

		
			I acknowledge that I have read this Waiver and Release, have had an opportunity to ask questions and have it explained to me and that I understand that this Waiver and Release will have the effect of knowingly and voluntarily waiving any action I might pursue, including breach of contract, personal injury, retaliation, discrimination on the basis of race, age, sex, national origin, or disability and any other claims arising prior to the date of this Waiver and Release.  By execution of this document, I do not waive or release or otherwise relinquish any legal rights I may have which are attributable to or arise out of acts, omissions, or events of the Company or any other member of the Corporate Group which occur after the date of the execution of this Waiver and Release.
		

		
			I hereby resign from my positon as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of the Company, and from all other positions and offices with the Company and its affiliates, effective on the date of execution of this Waiver and Release.
		

		
			

		 

		

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Exhibit 10.1
COTY INC.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated effective as of February 1, 2017)

SECTION 1
PURPOSE AND DURATION
		
	 1.1
	Purpose.  The purpose of this Coty Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan is to promote the interests of Coty Inc. and its shareholders by (i) attracting and retaining exceptional executive personnel and other key employees of the Company and its Affiliates; (ii) motivating such employees by means of performance‐related incentives to achieve long‐range performance goals; and (iii) enabling such employees to participate in the long‐term growth and financial success of the Company.  

		
	 1.2
	Effective Date and Term of the Plan.  

		
	(a)
	The original effective date of the Plan was December 10, 1996.  The effective date of this amended and restated plan document is the Effective Date.  

		
	(b)
	The Plan will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which all Shares available for issuance under the Plan have been issued pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options or the Award of Shares under the Plan, or (ii) the date specified by action of the Board.  Upon such Plan termination, all Awards outstanding under the Plan will continue to have full force and effect in accordance with the terms of the Terms and Conditions evidencing each Award.

SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
		
	 2.1
	“Affiliate” means any entity (i) that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Company, or in which the Company has a significant equity interest, and (ii) as to which the Company is an “eligible issuer of service recipient stock” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E), in any such case as determined by the Committee.  

		
	 2.2
	“Applicable Fraction” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the Grant Date of an Award to the date of the Participant’s termination of Service and the denominator of which is the number of days between the Grant Date and the date the Award was scheduled to become exercisable or otherwise vest.

		
	 2.3
	“Award” means a grant under the Plan to a Participant of a Stock Option, Restricted Stock Award, or Other Stock-Based Award.

		
	 2.4
	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

		
	 2.5
	“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, or a day on which the national securities exchange that constitutes the principal market for the Shares is closed.

		
	 2.6
	“Cause” has the meaning set forth in any employment, severance or other agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant.  If there is no employment, severance or other agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant, or if such agreement does not define “Cause,” then “Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion:

		
	(a)
	a Participant’s willful and continued failure substantially to perform his or her duties (other than as a result of total or partial incapacity due to physical or mental illness or as a result of termination by such Participant for Good Reason), which failure continues for more than 30 days after receipt by the Participant of written notice setting forth the facts and circumstances identified by the Company as constituting adequate grounds for termination under this clause (a);

		
	(b)
	any willful act or omission by a Participant constituting dishonesty, fraud or other malfeasance, and any act or omission by a Participant constituting immoral conduct, which in any such case is injurious to the financial condition or business reputation of the Company or any of its Affiliates;

		
	(c)
	a Participant’s indictment for a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or any other jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business; or

		
	(d)
	a Participant’s breach of any nonsolicitation, noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenant by which he or she is bound.

For purposes of this definition, no act or failure to act shall be deemed “willful” unless effected by a Participant not in good faith and without a reasonable belief that such action or failure to act was in or not opposed to the Company’s best interests.
		
	 2.7
	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

		
	(a)
	Any Person or “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), that is not the Majority Shareholder is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities representing either (i) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, or (ii) 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities at a time when the Majority Shareholder holds less than 30% of such combined voting power.  For purposes of this clause (a), “beneficial owner” has the meaning given that term in Rule 13d‐3 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to be the "beneficial owner" of all shares that any such Person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or arrangement or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants, options or otherwise, without regard to the 60-day period referred to in such Rule;

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	(b)
	Individuals who constitute the Board on the Restatement Effective Date (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided, that any Person becoming a director subsequent to such date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be, for purposes of this clause (b), considered as though such Person were a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided, further, that this clause (b) shall not apply as long as the Majority Shareholder is the beneficial owner of a majority of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities;

		
	(c)
	The Majority Shareholder enters into any joint venture, joint operating arrangement, partnership, standstill agreement or other arrangement similar to any of the foregoing with any other Person or group, pursuant to which such Person or group assumes significant operational or managerial control of the Company; or

		
	(d)
	The shareholders of the Company approve a plan or agreement providing (i) for a merger or consolidation of the Company other than with a wholly owned subsidiary and other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) for a sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.  If any of the events enumerated in this clause (d) occurs, the Board shall determine the effective date of the Change in Control resulting therefrom for purposes of this Plan.

		
	 2.8
	“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

		
	 2.9
	“Committee” means the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Board or any successor committee with responsibility for compensation, or any subcommittee, as long as the number of Committee members and their qualifications shall at all times be sufficient to meet the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other applicable exchange on which the Company’s common equity is at the time listed and, as applicable, the requirements for “outside directors” under Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

		
	 2.10
	“Company” means Coty Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto as provided in Section 14.1. 

		
	 2.11
	“Designated Beneficiary” means the Person or Persons the Participant designates from time to time on a signed form prescribed by the Committee, properly filed with the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime, as the beneficiary of any amounts or benefits the Participant owns or is to receive under the Plan, in accordance with Section 10.1.  A properly filed beneficiary designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant.  If no such form has been 

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filed with the Committee, the Designated Beneficiary shall be the beneficiary named by the Participant in the Company’s qualified 401(k) savings plan or, if none, the Beneficiary’s estate.
		
	 2.12
	“Disability” means either (i) disability as defined for purposes of the Company’s disability benefit plan, or (ii) a Participant’s inability, as a result of physical or mental incapacity, to perform the duties of his or her position(s) for a period of six consecutive months or for an aggregate of six months in any consecutive 12-month period.  Any question as to the existence of the Disability of a Participant as to which the Participant and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to the Participant and the Company.  If the Participant and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall make such determination in writing.  The determination of Disability made in writing to the Company and the Participant shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the Plan.  Following a Change in Control, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred in the determination of whether a Participant is disabled.    

		
	 2.13
	“Effective Date” means February 2, 2017.

		
	 2.14
	“Employee” means an employee of the Company or an Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture).

		
	 2.15
	“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.

		
	 2.16
	“Executive Officer” means any Company employee who is an “executive officer” as defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

		
	 2.17
	“Exercise Date” shall mean any Business Day.

		
	 2.18
	“Exercise Price” means the price at which a Participant may purchase a Share pursuant to a Stock Option.

		
	 2.19
	“Fair Market Value” as it relates to a Share means, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the most recent closing price of a Share on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are then listed, or if there were no sales on such date, on the next preceding day on which there were sales, or if such Shares are not listed on a national securities exchange, the last reported bid price in the over-the-counter market.  

		
	 2.20
	“Good Reason” shall have the meaning set forth in any employment, severance or other agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant.  If there is no employment, severance or other agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant, or if such agreement does not define “Good Reason,” then “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

		
	(a)
	Before a Change in Control:

		
	(i)
	A Participant’s removal from, or the Company’s failure to reelect or reappoint the Participant to, his or her positions at the Company (other than as a result of a 

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promotion).  For purposes of this clause (i), a mere change of title shall not constitute removal from, or non-reelection to, such position, provided that a Participant’s new title is substantially equivalent to the Participant’s title as of the Grant Date and his or her position is otherwise not adversely affected; or
		
	(ii)
	The relocation of a Participant’s principal workplace without his or her consent to a location more than 25 miles distant from its current location.

		
	(b)
	Following a Change in Control:

		
	(i)
	Any of the events described in clause (a) above,

		
	(ii)
	A material diminution in a Participant’s title, position, duties or responsibilities, or the assignment to a Participant of duties that are inconsistent, in a material respect, with the scope of duties and responsibilities associated with his or her position as of the Grant Date,

		
	(iii)
	The failure of the Company to continue a Participant’s participation in the Company’s Annual Performance Plan and in this Plan on a basis that is commensurate with his or her position, or

		
	 2.21
	“Grant Date” means the date on which an Award is granted.

		
	 2.22
	“Joint Venture” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.9.

		
	 2.23
	“Majority Shareholder” means (i) the Company’s majority shareholder as of June 12, 2013 or (ii) a Benckiser Permitted Holder as defined in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation effective as of the Effective Date or any other similarly situated Person as determined by the Committee.

		
	 2.24
	“Other Stock-Based Awards” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.  

		
	 2.25
	“Owned Shares” means Shares that a Participant has acquired through the exercise of a Stock Option, the vesting of Restricted Stock or a distribution of Shares in connection with an Other Stock-Based Award.

		
	 2.26
	“Participant” means an Employee selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan pursuant to Section 5.2, or who has an outstanding Award granted under the Plan.

		
	 2.27
	“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization and any other entity, whether foreign or domestic, including any governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

		
	 2.28
	“Plan” means this Coty Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

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	 2.29
	“Restricted Stock” means a contingent grant of Shares awarded to a Participant pursuant to Section 7.

		
	 2.30
	“Restriction Period” means the period during which the transfer of Restricted Stock is limited in some way (based on the passage of time, the achievement of performance objectives, or the occurrence of other events as the Committee determines, in its sole discretion) and, except as provided in the Terms and Conditions, the Restricted Stock is not vested.

		
	 2.31
	“Retirement” means a termination of Service (other than a termination of Service for Cause):

		
	(a)
	after attaining age 60, but only if the Company or the employing Affiliate consents to the treatment of such termination as a “Retirement” for purposes of this Plan; or 

		
	(b)
	qualifying as a retirement at normal retirement age under the laws and/or arrangements applicable to the Participant, as reasonably determined by the Committee.  

		
	 2.32
	“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the applicable regulations and other legal authority promulgated thereunder. 

		
	 2.33
	“Service” means the provision of services in the capacity of an Employee or a Director of the Company or an Affiliate.  A transfer of Service from the Company to an Affiliate or from an Affiliate to the Company or another Affiliate shall not constitute a termination of Service under the Plan or any Terms and Conditions.  All determinations regarding Service, including whether any leave of absence is a termination of Service, shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.  For purposes of this paragraph, a “Continuing Director” shall mean any individual who, upon his or her termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate, continues to serve as a member of the Board or the board of directors of an Affiliate.  The Service of a Continuing Director shall terminate when he or she ceases to serve as a member of the Board or on the board of directors of an Affiliate.

		
	 2.34
	“Share” means a share of the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, or such other securities of the Company as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.  

		
	 2.35
	“Stock Option” means a nonqualified stock option, as described in Section 6, that is not intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422.  

		
	 2.36
	“Stock Option Spread” means the amount by which the Fair Market Value, as of the Exercise Date, of the Shares as to which a Stock Option is exercised exceeds the aggregate Exercise Price with respect to such Shares.

		
	 2.37
	“Successor” means the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s lineal descendants and/or any trust the beneficiaries of which consist only of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse and/or the Participant’s lineal descendants, or to a corporation in which the Participant, the Participant’s spouse and/or the Participant’s lineal descendants own 100% of the economic interest and has the unfettered right to prevent further transfer or disposition of the Restricted Stock, Stock Option 

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or Owned Shares, as applicable. The Committee may, in its discretion, deem other parties to qualify as a Successor for purposes of this Plan.
		
	 2.38
	“Terms and Conditions” means any electronic or written agreement or other instrument or document evidencing an Award.

		
	 2.39
	“Withholding Tax” means the aggregate federal, state and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising under the Plan.

SECTION 3
Administration
		
	 3.1
	Plan Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.

		
	 3.2
	Authority of the Committee.  Except as limited by law or the by-laws of the Company, and subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and discretion to:  (a) select eligible Employees to participate in the Plan; (b) determine the size and type of Awards; (c) determine the terms and conditions of Awards in a manner consistent with the Plan; (d) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in Shares, or other property, and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled or exercised; (e) determine the Fair Market Value of a Share; (f) construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or instrument entered into under the Plan; (g) establish, amend or waive rules and regulations for the Plan’s administration; (h) specify the Exercise Price; and (i) subject to the provisions of Section 13.1, amend the terms and conditions of any outstanding Award to the extent the amended terms are within the Committee’s authority under the Plan.  Further, the Committee shall make all other determinations that may be necessary or advisable to administer the Plan.  The Committee may delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to officers or employees of the Company or other Persons, except with respect to Awards to Executive Officers.

		
	 3.3
	Decisions Binding.  All determinations and decisions made by the Committee or by a Person or Persons delegated authority by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all Persons, including, without limitation, the Company, its shareholders, all Affiliates, Employees, Participants and their estates and beneficiaries.

SECTION 4
Shares Subject to the Plan 
		
	 4.1
	Number of Shares Available for Grants.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 the number of Shares with respect to which Awards (including for this purpose awards granted under the Plan prior to the Restatement Effective Date) may be granted under the Plan shall be as set forth in a resolution adopted by the Board and as authorized by the Company’s shareholders.  

		
	 4.2
	Lapsed Awards.  If any Award granted under the Plan is canceled, terminates, expires, lapses or is forfeited for any reason, any Shares subject to the Award shall again be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan.

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	 4.3
	Adjustments in Authorized Shares.  If the Shares, as currently constituted, are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Company or of another corporation (whether because of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, split, reverse split, combination of shares, or otherwise, but not including an IPO or other capital infusion from any source) or if the number of Shares is increased through the payment of a stock dividend, then the Committee shall substitute for or add to each Share that may become subject to an Award the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which each outstanding Share was changed, for which each such Share was exchanged, or to which each such Share is entitled, as the case may be.  

		
	 4.4
	Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards.  Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

		
	 4.5
	Plan Frozen.  As of November 8, 2012, no Awards may be granted under the Plan.

SECTION 5 
Eligibility and Participation
		
	 5.1
	Eligibility.  Any Employee, including any officer or employee‐director of the Company or an Affiliate, who is not a member of the Committee shall be eligible to be designated a Participant. To be eligible, a Participant shall have signed and delivered to the Company the Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement delivered by the Company to the Participant.

		
	 5.2
	Actual Participation.  The Committee shall determine the eligible Employees to whom it will grant Awards.  

SECTION 6
Stock Options
		
	 6.1
	Grant of Stock Options.  

		
	(a)
	Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee may grant Stock Options to any Employee in the number, and upon the terms, and at such time or times, as the Committee determines and sets forth in Terms and Conditions.

		
	(b)
	Each Stock Option grant shall be evidenced by Terms and Conditions that specify the duration of the Stock Option, the number of Shares to which the Stock Option pertains, the manner, time, and rate of exercise and vesting of the Stock Option, and such other provisions as the Committee determines.  Vesting conditions may include, but not be limited to, the achievement of specific performance objectives (Company-wide, business unit, and/or individual) or continued Service.

		
	(c)
	The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as long as he or she is a member of the Board, may grant, upon the recommendation of the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, Stock Options covering up to a total of 2,000,000 Shares to Employees for retention, recognition or other appropriate purposes, provided that a report of any such grant shall be provided to the Committee at its next meeting following the grant.

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	 6.2
	Exercise Price.  The Terms and Conditions shall specify the Stock Option’s Exercise Price, which shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Grant Date. 

		
	 6.3
	Duration of Stock Options.  Each Stock Option will expire at the time determined by the Committee at the time of grant and set forth in the Terms and Conditions.  

		
	 6.4
	Exercise of Stock Options.  

		
	(a)
	Stock Options shall become exercisable at such times and be subject to such vesting and other restrictions and conditions as the Committee in each instance approves and sets forth in the Terms and Conditions.  Restrictions and conditions on the exercise of a Stock Option need not be the same for each Award or for each Participant.  

		
	(b)
	The holder of a Stock Option may exercise the Stock Option only by delivering a written notice of exercise to the Company setting forth the number of Shares as to which the Stock Option is to be exercised.  Upon the Exercise Date, the holder shall pay or provide for the Exercise Price and applicable Withholding Tax in full, pursuant to such exercise procedures established by the Committee from time to time after giving consideration to applicable tax, securities and accounting rules.  

		
	(c)
	Any exercisable Stock Option that has not been exercised by its holder shall be automatically exercised in accordance with subsection (a) hereof on the Exercise Date immediately prior to its expiration if, on such Exercise Date, there is a Stock Option Spread with respect to such Stock Option.  

		
	 6.5
	Termination of Service.  Except as otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions:

		
	(a)
	In the event a Participant’s Service terminates by reason of death, Disability, or Retirement:

		
	(i)
	The Applicable Fraction of the portion of any Stock Option held by such Participant which has not theretofore become exercisable shall immediately become vested and exercisable.  

		
	(ii)
	All Stock Options held by the Participant, to the extent exercisable (including by application of clause (i) above) as of the Participant’s termination of Service shall remain exercisable through the second anniversary of the date of termination of Service.

		
	(iii)
	Any unvested portion of the Participant’s Stock Options as of the date of termination (other than any portion thereof that becomes vested pursuant to clause (i) above) shall be forfeited and canceled, without consideration, on the date of termination. 

		
	(b)
	Except as provided in Section 6.8, in the event a Participant’s Service terminates other than by reason of death, Disability, or Retirement:

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	(i)
	Any unvested portion of the Participant’s Stock Options as of the date of termination shall be forfeited and canceled on the date of termination, and

		
	(ii)
	The vested portion, if any, of the Participant’s Stock Options shall remain exercisable through (A) the date that is six months after the Participant’s termination of Service, if the six month period commences in an open trading window, or (B) if the six month period commences in a closed trading window, the date that is six months from the first day of the next open trading window. Any vested Stock Option remaining outstanding after such date shall thereafter expire.

		
	(c)
	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting and exercisability, and/or extend the period of exercisability, of all or a portion of a Stock Option at any time.

		
	(d)
	In no event shall a Stock Option be exercisable following its expiration date.

		
	 6.6
	Nontransferability of Stock Options.  

		
	(a)
	Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.6(b), a Participant’s Terms and Conditions, or the Plan, during the Restriction Period, (i) no Stock Option granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and (ii) all Stock Options shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, require a Participant’s guardian or legal representative to supply it with the evidence the Committee deems necessary to establish the authority of the guardian or legal representative to act on behalf of the Participant.

		
	(b)
	Subject to applicable law, vested Stock Options may be transferred to a Successor.  Such transferred Stock Options may only be further sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated by the Successor in accordance with this Section 6.6, and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of the Terms and Conditions and the Plan.  For a transfer to be effective, the Successor shall promptly furnish the Company with written notice thereof and a copy of such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and the acceptance of the Successor of the terms and conditions of the Plan.

		
	 6.7
	Dividend Equivalents and Other Distributions.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide under an agreement for payments in connection with Stock Options that are equivalent to dividends or other distributions declared and paid on the Shares underlying the Stock Options prior to the date of exercise.  Such dividend equivalent agreement, if any, shall be separate and apart from the Terms and Conditions and shall be designed to comply separately with Section 409A.

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	 6.8
	Change in Control.  If, within twelve months following a Change in Control, (i) a Participant is terminated by the Company or an employing Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture) without Cause or (ii) such Participant resigns from the Company or an employing Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture) for Good Reason, the unvested portion of any then outstanding Stock Option shall vest and become exercisable. 

		
	 6.9
	Employment in a Joint Venture.  If a Participant becomes an employee of certain joint ventures of the Company, as determined by the Board from time to time (a “Joint Venture”), during the Restriction Period, vesting of the Participant’s Stock Options shall be tolled beginning on the date such Participant becomes an employee of the Joint Venture until the date such Participant again becomes an Employee.  Accordingly, the Restriction Period for such Participant’s Stock Options shall be extended by the number of days the Participant was an employee of the Joint Venture.

SECTION 7
Restricted Stock 
		
	 7.1
	Grant of Restricted Stock.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, grant Restricted Stock to any Employee in such amounts as it determines and sets forth in Terms and Conditions.

		
	 7.2
	Terms and Conditions.  Each grant of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by Terms and Conditions that specify the Restriction Period, the number of Shares granted, the purchase price, if any, and such other provisions as the Committee determines.

		
	 7.3
	Nontransferability.  

		
	(a)
	Except as provided in Section 7.3(b), during the Restricted Period, (i) no Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and (ii) all rights with respect to Restricted Stock shall be available during the Participant’s lifetime only to the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, require a Participant’s guardian or legal representative to supply it with evidence the Committee deems necessary to establish the authority of the guardian or legal representative to act on behalf of the Participant.

		
	(b)
	Subject to applicable law, Restricted Stock may be transferred to a Successor.  Such transferred Restricted Stock may only be further sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated by the Successor in accordance with this Section 7.3, and shall be subject in all respects to the terms of the Terms and Conditions and the Plan.  For a transfer to be effective, the Successor shall promptly furnish the Company with written notice thereof and a copy of such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and the acceptance of the Successor of the terms and conditions of the Plan.

		
	 7.4
	Termination of Service.  Except as provided in Section 7.5, if a Participant’s Service terminates, then except as otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions all unvested Restricted Stock 

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held by such Participant will be forfeited and any vested Restricted Stock shall continue to be subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award.  
		
	 7.5
	Change in Control.  If, within twelve months following a Change in Control, (i) a Participant is terminated by the Company or an employing Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture) without Cause or (ii) such Participant resigns from the Company or an employing Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture) for Good Reason, all then outstanding Restricted Stock shall vest and become nonforfeitable.

		
	 7.6
	Other Conditions.  

		
	(a)
	The Committee may impose such other conditions and restrictions on any Restricted Stock as it deems advisable and sets forth in the Terms and Conditions, including, without limitation, vesting restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance objectives (Company-wide, business unit, and/or individual) or continued Service, and/or restrictions under applicable federal or state securities laws.  The Committee may provide that restrictions established under this Section 7.6(a) as to any given Award will lapse all at once or in installments.

		
	(b)
	The Company may retain the certificates representing Shares of Restricted Stock in its possession until all conditions and/or restrictions applicable to the Shares have been satisfied.

		
	 7.7
	Voting Rights.  Except as otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions, a Participant holding Shares of Restricted Stock may exercise any voting rights that apply to those Shares during the Restriction Period. 

		
	 7.8
	Dividends and Other Distributions.  During the Restriction Period, a Participant holding Shares of Restricted Stock shall be credited with regular dividends and other distributions paid on those Shares.  Such dividends and other distributions shall be subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying Shares, and shall be paid within 30 days following the end of the Restriction Period.

		
	 7.9
	Section 83(b) Elections on Restricted Stock.  The Participant, if subject to taxation in the United States with respect to any compensation derived under the Plan, shall indicate to the Company whether the Participant intends to make an election under Code Section 83(b) with respect to the Restricted Stock.

		
	 7.10
	Employment in a Joint Venture.  If a Participant becomes an employee of a Joint Venture during the Restriction Period, vesting of the Participant’s Restricted Stock shall be tolled beginning on the date such Participant becomes an employee of the Joint Venture and shall recommence on the date such Participant again becomes an Employee.  Accordingly, the Restriction Period for such Participant’s Restricted Stock shall be extended by the number of days the Participant was an employee of the Joint Venture.  

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SECTION 8
Other Stock-Based Awards
		
	 8.1
	The Committee shall have authority to grant to eligible Employees an “Other Stock‐Based Award,” which shall consist of any right which (i) is not a Stock Option or Restricted Stock, and (ii) is an Award of Shares or an Award denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Terms and Conditions, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock‐Based Award.

SECTION 9
Share Restrictions and Purchase and Sale Rights
		
	 9.1
	Restrictions.  The Committee may impose such restrictions on any Shares as it deems necessary or advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which the Shares are then listed and/or traded, and under any blue sky or state securities laws. 

		
	 9.2
	Additional Conditions of Transfer.  The Company shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books any Shares that have been sold or transferred, or (ii) to treat as owner of such Shares, to accord the right to vote as such owner, or to pay dividends to any transferee to whom such Shares have been transferred in violation of the Plan or any Terms and Conditions.  

SECTION 10
Beneficiary Designation
		
	 10.1
	Each Participant may, from time to time, name any Designated Beneficiary (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case the Participant should die before receiving any or all of his or her benefits under the Plan.  Each beneficiary designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, must be in a form prescribed by the Committee and must be made during the Participant’s lifetime.  If a Designated Beneficiary predeceases the Participant or no beneficiary has been designated, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.

SECTION 11
Breach of Restrictive Covenants
		
	 11.1
	The Terms and Conditions may provide that if the Participant breaches, whether during or after termination of Service, a nonsolicitation, noncompetition, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenant by which he or she is bound, then in addition to any other penalties or restrictions that may apply under any such agreement, state law, or otherwise, the Participant shall forfeit:

		
	(a)
	Any Awards granted to him or her under the Plan, including Awards that have become exercisable;

		
	(b)
	The profit the Participant realized from the exercise of any Stock Options that the Participant exercised after terminating Service and within the six-month period 

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immediately preceding the Participant’s termination of Service, which is the Stock Option Spread associated with any Shares acquired by the Participant upon his or her exercise of such Stock Options; and
		
	(c)
	The Fair Market Value, as determined on the vesting date, of any Restricted Stock that vested within the six-month period immediately preceding the Participant’s termination of Service.

SECTION 12
Rights of Participants
		
	 12.1
	Service.  Nothing in the Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Participant’s Service at any time, or confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any Affiliate.  The grant of any Award under the Plan shall not in any way affect the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications or changes in its capital or business structure, or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

		
	 12.2
	Participation.  No Employee shall have the right to receive an Award under the Plan, or, having received any Award, to receive a future Award. 

SECTION 13
Amendment, Modification, Termination and Change in Control
		
	 13.1
	Amendment, Modification and Termination.   The Board may at any time and from time to time alter, amend, modify or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, without the approval of the Company’s shareholders, except to the extent such approval is required by law.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Awards under the Plan, or accept the surrender of outstanding Awards (to the extent not already exercised) and grant new Awards in substitution of them (to the extent not already exercised), in order to comply with the requirements of applicable law or otherwise.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no modification of an Award shall, without the prior written consent of the Participant, materially alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Award already granted under the Plan, except such an amendment made to comply with the requirements of applicable law.

		
	 13.2
	Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Events.

		
	(a)
	In General.  If the Shares, as currently constituted, are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Company or of another corporation (whether because of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, split, reverse split, combination of shares, or otherwise, but not including a capital infusion from any source) or if the number of Shares is increased through the payment of a stock dividend, then the Committee shall substitute for or add to each Share underlying an Award the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which each outstanding Share was changed, for which each such Share was exchanged, or to which each such Share is entitled, as the case may be, which shares or other securities 

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shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the underlying Award.  Any such adjustment in an outstanding Stock Option shall be made without change in the aggregate purchase price applicable to the unexercised portion of such Stock Option but with a corresponding adjustment in the Exercise Price for each Share or other unit of any security covered by such Stock Option. 
		
	(b)
	Reciprocal Transactions.  The Committee may, but shall not be obligated to, make an appropriate and proportionate adjustment to an Award or to the Exercise Price of any outstanding Award, and/or grant an additional Award to the holder of any outstanding Award, to compensate for the diminution in the intrinsic value of the Shares resulting from any reciprocal transaction.

		
	(c)
	Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events.  In recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or its financial statements, or in recognition of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, and, whenever the Committee determines that adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, the Committee may, using reasonable care, make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards.  In no event will the Committee, unless otherwise approved by shareholders, be permitted (i) to reduce the Exercise Price of any outstanding Stock Option, (ii) cancel a Stock Option in exchange for cash or other Awards (except as provided in Section 13.4), (iii) exchange or replace an outstanding Stock Option with a new Stock Option with a lower Exercise Price, or (iv) take any other action that would be a "repricing" of Stock Options.

		
	(d)
	Notice. The Committee shall give notice of any adjustment to each Participant who holds an Award that has been adjusted and the adjustment (whether or not such notice is given) shall be effective and binding for all Plan purposes.

		
	(e)
	Section 409A.  Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment shall be made under this Section 13.2 to the extent it would give rise to adverse tax consequences under Section 409A.

		
	 13.3
	Fractional Shares.  Fractional Shares, whether resulting from any adjustment in Awards pursuant to Section 13.2 or otherwise, may be settled in cash or otherwise as the Committee determines.  

		
	 13.4
	Change in Control.  

		
	(a)
	If, within twelve months following a Change in Control, (i) a Participant is terminated by the Company or an employing Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture) without Cause or (ii) such Participant resigns from the Company or an employing Affiliate (that is not a Joint Venture) for Good Reason, all then outstanding Awards shall become fully vested.  

		
	(b)
	Any Award that has not been fully exercised before the date of a Change in Control may be settled or otherwise terminated on such date in the discretion of the Committee, unless a provision has been made in writing in connection with such transaction for the 

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assumption of all Awards theretofore granted, or the substitution for such Awards of awards to acquire the stock of the surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation, with any adjustments as the Committee determines appropriate, in which event the Awards theretofore granted shall continue in the manner and under the terms so provided.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, any underwater Award that has not been fully exercised, and any Award that the Committee determines cannot become vested, before the date of consummation of the Change in Control may be canceled without consideration in the discretion of the Committee.
		
	 13.5
	Tax Withholding.  The Company shall have the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount (either in cash or Shares) sufficient to satisfy any Withholding Tax.

SECTION 14
Miscellaneous Provisions
		
	 14.1
	Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan or the Terms and Conditions shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of the successor results from a direct or indirect purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s stock, or a merger or consolidation, or otherwise.

		
	 14.2
	Legal Construction.  

		
	(a)
	Number.  Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any plural term used in the Plan includes the singular and any singular term includes the plural.

		
	(b)
	Severability.  If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

		
	 14.3
	Business Day.  In the event the day prescribed for the performance of any act under the Plan, or deadline by which such act must be performed, shall fall on a day other than a Business Day, such day or deadline shall be extended until the close of business on the next succeeding Business Day.

		
	 14.4
	Requirements of Law.  The granting of Awards, the issuance of Shares and the payment of cash under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to any approvals by governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

		
	 14.5
	Rights of a Shareholder.  A Participant shall not be, nor shall a Participant have any of the rights and privileges of, a shareholder until certificates for the underlying Shares of Restricted Stock have been issued.

		
	 14.6
	Securities Law Compliance.  

		
	(a)
	As to any individual who is, on the relevant date, an officer, director or greater than 10% percent beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered 

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pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, all as defined under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under the Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule.  To the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the Committee fails to so comply, it shall be deemed null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee.
		
	(b)
	To the extent the Committee deems it necessary, appropriate or desirable to comply with state securities laws or practice and to further the purposes of the Plan, the Committee may, without amending the Plan, (i) establish rules applicable to Awards granted to Participants, including rules that differ from those set forth in the Plan, and (ii) grant Awards to such Participants in accordance with those rules that would require the application of the securities laws of any state.

		
	 14.7
	Unfunded Status of the Plan.  The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation.  With respect to any payments or deliveries of Shares not yet made to a Participant by the Company, the Participant’s rights are no greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.  The Committee may authorize the establishment of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan, so long as the arrangement does not cause the Plan to lose its legal status as an unfunded plan.

		
	 14.8
	Non-U.S. Based Employee.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may make Awards to Employees who are not citizens or residents of the United States, or to Employees outside the United States, on terms and conditions that are different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the Committee’s judgment, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the Plan’s purposes.  In furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may, without amending the Plan, establish or modify rules, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with provisions of laws in other countries or jurisdictions in which the Company operates or has employees.

		
	 14.9
	Governing Law.  To the extent not preempted by Federal law, the Plan and all agreements hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

 

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