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EX-10.1.20

Exhibit 10.1.20

HARRIS INTERACTIVE INC.

RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

(Grants Made February 15, 2008 to Gregory T. Novak and Ronald E. Salluzzo)

     This Agreement is made effective on February 15, 2008, between HARRIS INTERACTIVE INC., a
Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Participant”).

     WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Harris Interactive Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), which is incorporated into and forms a part of this Agreement, and

     WHEREAS, the Participant has been selected by the committee administering the Plan (the
“Committee”) to receive a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan;

     NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED, by and between the Company and the Participant, as follows:

     1. Award.

          (a) Grant. The Participant is hereby granted                      shares (the “Restricted
Stock”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Stock”), which shall be issued
as hereinafter provided in Participant’s name subject to certain restrictions thereon. Participant
hereby accepts the Restricted Stock subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

          (b) Plan Incorporated. Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees that this award of Restricted Stock shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set
forth in the Plan, including future amendments thereto, if any, pursuant to the terms thereof,
which Plan is incorporated herein by reference as a part of this Agreement.

          (c) Statement of Election. In connection with this Agreement, the Participant will
deliver to the Company an executed and completed Statement of Decision Regarding Section 83(b)
Election in the form provided by the Company.

     2. Risk of Forfeiture (“Forfeiture Restrictions”).

          (a) Performance Requirements.

               (i) Subject to Section 3(b), the Restricted Stock shall be forfeited if the Company’s Basic
Net Income Per Share from Continuing Operations (“EPS”), as reflected in its Consolidated
Statements of Operations filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in its Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K, does not equal at least an aggregate of $.32 per share
(“Minimum Threshold”) for at least one consecutive four-fiscal-quarter period (a currently reported
period plus the trailing three fiscal quarters) (a “Measurement Period”) that ends on or before
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Threshold is met for any one Measurement Period, the forfeiture condition set forth in this
subsection (i) shall lapse and this subsection (i) shall no longer be applicable.

               (ii) The Minimum Threshold will be adjusted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company, in its sole discretion but acting in good faith, to account for the
effect of extraordinary events, including but not limited to gain on the sale of assets,
divestitures or other gains not in the ordinary course of business as deemed appropriate by the
Compensation Committee.

               (iii) If the Minimum Threshold is met and thereafter any of the Company’s financial statements
are required to be restated resulting from errors, omissions or fraud with the effect that the
Minimum Threshold was not met, the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion but acting in
good faith, may direct that the Company recover the Restricted Stock and the pre-condition set
forth in subsection (i) shall again apply. In no event shall the recovery by the Company be less
than the amount required to be repaid or recovered as a matter of law. The Compensation Committee
shall determine whether the Company shall effect any such recovery (i) recovery of custody of the
Restricted Stock so that it is again held subject to Section 4, (ii) by seeking repayment from the
Participant, (iii) by reducing (subject to applicable law and the terms and conditions of the
applicable plan, program, or arrangement) the amount that would otherwise be payable to the
Participant under any compensatory plan, program or arrangement maintained by the Company of any of
its affiliates, (iv) by withholding payment of future increases in compensation (including the
payment of any discretionary bonus amount) or grants of compensatory awards that would otherwise
have been made in accordance with the Company’s otherwise applicable compensation practices, or (v)
by any combination of the foregoing.

          (b) Forfeiture Due to Termination of Employment. Subject to Section 3(b), if either a
Date of Termination or a violation of Section 7 occurs prior to the date on which the Minimum
Threshold is met, Participant shall forfeit the right to receive the Restricted Stock.

          For purposes of this Section 2, the Participant’s “Date of Termination” shall be the first day
occurring on or after the date of this Agreement on which the Participant’s employment with the
Company and all Related Companies (as defined in the Plan) terminates (irrespective of the reason
for termination and whether such termination is voluntary or involuntary); provided that a
termination of employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a transfer of the Participant
between the Company and a Related Company or between two Related Companies; and further provided
that the Participant’s employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a
leave of absence from the Company or a Related Company approved by the Participant’s employer. If,
as a result of a sale or other transaction, the Participant’s employer ceases to be a Related
Company (and the Participant’s employer is or becomes an entity that is separate from the Company),
the occurrence of such transaction shall be treated as the Participant’s Date of Termination caused
by the Participant being discharged by the employer.

          (c) Restrictions on Transfer. Neither the Restricted Stock nor any of it may be
voluntarily or involuntarily sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise

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transferred, encumbered or disposed of until such time as the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse as to
the applicable Restricted Stock. Upon any violation of this restriction, the Restricted Stock
shall be forfeited.

     3. Lapse of Forfeiture Restrictions.

          (a) Change in Control. If a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) shall occur,
then immediately all non-vested Restricted Stock, not previously forfeited, shall fully vest and
all Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to such shares shall lapse.

          (b) Delivery of Certificates. Restricted Stock with respect to which the Forfeiture
Restrictions have lapsed shall cease to be subject to any restrictions except as provided in
Section 4(c), and the Company shall deliver to Participant a certificate representing the shares as
to which the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed.

     4. Custody of Restricted Stock.

          (a) Custody. One or more certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall be issued
by the Company in Participant’s name, or at the option of the Company, in the name of a nominee of
the Company. The Company may cause the certificate or certificates to be delivered upon issuance
to the Secretary of the Company or to such other depository as may be designated by the Committee
as a depository for safekeeping until forfeiture occurs or the Forfeiture Restrictions lapse
pursuant to the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. Upon request of the Committee, Participant
shall deliver to the Company a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Stock
then subject to the Forfeiture Restrictions.

          (b) Additional Securities as Restricted Stock. Any securities received as the result
of ownership of Restricted Stock, including without limitation, warrants, options, and securities
received as a stock dividend or stock split, or as a result of a recapitalization or reorganization
(all such securities to be considered “Restricted Stock” for all purposes under this Agreement),
shall be held in custody in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as the Restricted
Stock with respect to which they were issued. Participant shall be entitled to direct the Company
to exercise any warrant or option received and considered Restricted Stock hereunder upon supplying
the funds necessary to do so, in which event securities so purchased shall constitute Restricted
Stock. In the event any Restricted Stock at any time consists of a security by its terms or
otherwise convertible into or exchangeable for another security at the election of the older
thereof, Participant may exercise such right of conversion or exchange in the event the failure to
exercise or delay in exercising such right would result in its loss or diminution of value, and any
securities so acquired shall be deemed Restricted Stock. In the event of any change in
certificates evidencing Restricted Stock by reason of any recapitalization, reorganization or other
transaction which results in a creation of Restricted Stock the Company is authorized to deliver to
the issuer the certificate evidencing the Restricted Stock in exchange for a replacement
certificate, which shall be deemed to be Restricted Stock.

          (c) Delivery to Participant. Upon the lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions without
forfeiture, the Company shall cause certificate(s) for the vested Restricted Stock to be

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issued in the name of Participant in exchange for the certificate evidencing the previously
Restricted Stock. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the issuance or delivery
of any shares of Stock (whether subject to restrictions or unrestricted) may be postponed for such
period as may be required to comply with applicable requirements of any national securities
exchange or any requirements of any regulation applicable to the issuance or delivery of such
shares. The Company shall not be obligated to issue or deliver any shares of Stock if the issuance
or delivery thereof shall constitute a violation of any provision of any law or of any regulation
of any governmental authority or any securities exchange.

     5. Status of Stock.

          (a) Rights as Stockholder. Subject to the restrictions contained herein, the
Participant shall have all voting and ownership rights applicable to the Restricted Stock,
including the right to receive dividends, whether or not such Restricted Stock is vested and unless
and until the Restricted Stock is forfeited pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

          (b) Compliance with Securities Laws. Participant agrees that the Restricted Stock
will not be sold or otherwise disposed of in any manner which would constitute a violation of any
applicable federal or state securities laws. Participant also agrees (i) that the legend or
legends as the Committee deems appropriate in order to assure compliance with applicable securities
laws may be applicable to the Restricted Stock, (ii) that the Company may refuse to register the
transfer of the Restricted Stock on the stock transfer records of the Company if such proposed
transfer would in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company constitute a violation of any
applicable securities law, and (iii) that the Company may give related instructions to its transfer
agent, if any, to stop registration of the transfer of the Restricted Stock.

     6. Relationship to Company.

          (a) The existence of this Restricted Stock Agreement shall not affect in any way the right or
power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganization or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its
business, or any merger or consolidation of Company or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or
prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Restricted Stock or the rights thereof, or the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets
or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding , whether of a similar character or
otherwise.

          (b) No Guarantee of Service. This Restricted Stock Agreement shall not confer upon
Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company or any of its
affiliates, nor shall it interfere in any way with any right the Company, or its directors or
stockholders, would otherwise have to terminate such Participant’s employment at any time.

     7. Non—Competition; Non-Solicitation.

          (a) Consideration for this Section. Participant acknowledges and agrees that:

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                    (i) the benefits afforded by this Agreement are discretionary and over and above the ordinary
employment compensation provided by the Company to Participant, and in making its decision to offer
Participant the benefits afforded by this Agreement the Company relied upon and was induced by the
covenants made by Participant in this section,

                    (ii) in accepting the grant evidenced by this Agreement Participant is receiving an asset of
significant value, which is adequate consideration for the restrictions imposed by this Agreement,

                    (iii) Participant’s position with the Company places Participant in a position of confidence
and trust with the clients and employees of the Company,

                    (iv) the Company’s business is carried on throughout the world and accordingly, it is
reasonable that the restrictive covenants set forth below are not limited by specific geographic
area,

                    (v) the course of Participant’s employment with the Company necessarily requires the
disclosure of confidential information and trade secrets related to the Company’s relationships
with clients (such as, without limitation, pricing information, marketing plans, budgets, designs,
methodologies, products, client preferences and policies, and identity of appropriate personnel of
clients with sufficient authority to influence a shift in suppliers) as well as other confidential
and proprietary information, (such as databases, methodologies, and technologies),

                    (vi) Participant’s employment affords Participant the opportunity to develop a personal
acquaintanceship and relationship with the Company’s employees and clients, which in some cases may
constitute the Company’s primary or only contact with such employees and clients, and to develop a
knowledge of those client’s and employee’s affairs and requirements,

                    (vii) the Company’s relationships with its established clientele and employees are placed in
Participant’s hands in confidence and trust, and

                    (viii) it is reasonable and necessary for the protection of the goodwill and business of the
Company that Participant make the covenants contained in this Agreement.

          (b) Restricted Activity.

                    (i) Participant agrees that during the term of Participant’s employment, Participant shall
not, directly or indirectly, as a director, officer, employee, agent, partner or equity owner of
any entity (except as owner of less than 4.9% of the shares of the publicly traded stock of a
corporation which Participant does not have in fact the power to control or direct), or in any
other manner directly or indirectly engage in any activity or business competitive in any manner
with the activities or business of the Company.

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                    (ii) For a period of one year after Participant’s Date of Termination, with respect to any
services, products, or business pursuits competitive with those of the Company, Participant shall
not, directly or indirectly, whether as a director, officer, employee, consultant, agent, partner,
equity owner of any entity (except as owner of less than 4.9% of the shares of the publicly traded
stock of a corporation which Participant does not have in fact the power to control or direct),
participant, proprietor, manager, operator, independent contractor, representative, advisor,
trustee, or otherwise, solicit or otherwise deal in any way with any of the clients or customers of
the Company:

               (A) with whom Participant in the course of employment by the Company acquired a
relationship or had dealings,

               (B) with respect to whom Participant in the course of employment by the Company was
privy to material or proprietary information, or

               (C) with respect to whom Participant was otherwise involved in the course of employment
by the Company, whether in a supervisory, managerial, consultative, policy-making, or other
capacity involving other Company employees who had direct dealings with such clients and
customers.

Such clients and customers include any client or customer to whom the Company sold services or
products in the two years prior to the Date of Termination, any prospective client or customer of
the Company for whom a proposal was prepared or to whom any other marketing presentation was made
within the year prior to the Date of Termination, or any prospective client or customer for whom
pursuit was actively planned by the Company within the year prior to the Date of Termination and in
respect of whom the Company has not determined to cease such pursuit.

                    (iii) For a period of one year after the Date of Termination, Participant shall not (including
without limitation on behalf of, for the benefit of, or in conjunction with or as part of, any
other person or entity) directly or indirectly:

               (A) solicit, assist, discuss with or advise, influence, induce or otherwise encourage
in any way, any employee of Company to terminate such employee’s relationship with Company
for any reason, or assist any person or entity in doing so,

               (B) employ, assist, engage, or otherwise contract or create any relationship with, any
employee or former employee of Company in any business or venture of any kind or nature, in
the case of a former employee unless such person shall not have been employed by Company for
a period of at least one year and no solicitation prohibited hereby shall have occurred
prior to the end of such one year period, or

               (C) interfere in any manner with the relationship between any employee and Company.

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          (c) Remedies. Participant acknowledges that the Company’s legal remedies for a breach
of this Section 7 shall be inadequate, and that without limitation of Company’s rights to any other
remedy at law or equity available to it, the Company (i) shall be entitled to obtain injunctive
relief to enforce this provision, and (ii) shall be entitled to cancel any rights under this
Agreement, and (iii) shall be entitled to recover from the Participant any Stock granted hereunder,
whether or not vested, or if such Stock has been transferred or sold, an amount equal to the value
thereof, and such Stock and the proceeds thereof shall be held in a constructive trust for the
purposes of enforcement hereof. The Company’s rights to enforce this Agreement shall survive any
vesting and/or forfeiture of rights hereunder. If any part of this Section 7 shall be deemed
illegal or unenforceable, this section shall be deemed modified and then enforced to the greatest
extent legally enforceable.

     8. Committee’s Powers. No provision contained in this Agreement shall in any way
terminate, modify or alter, or be construed or interpreted as terminating, modifying or altering
any of the powers, rights or authority vested in the Committee pursuant to the terms of the Plan,
including, without limitation, the Committee’s rights to make certain determinations and elections
with respect to the Restricted Stock.

     9. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
any successors and assigns of the Company and all persons lawfully claiming under Participant.

     10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

     11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS A COPY SIGNED BY THE PARTICIPANT IS DELIVERED TO
THE COMPANY WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE GRANT DATE.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an officer
thereunto duly authorized, and Participant has executed this Agreement, all effective as of the
date of first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	HARRIS INTERACTIVE INC.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	               (Participant)	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	Dated:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

	 	 

7EX-10.1.22

Exhibit 10.1.22

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

(Employee Participant — Effective for Grants Made After May 1, 2008)

     THIS AGREEMENT, entered into as of the Grant Date (as defined in Section 1), by and between
the Participant and Harris Interactive Inc. (the “Company”);

WITNESSETH THAT:

     WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Harris Interactive Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”), which is incorporated into and forms a part of this Agreement, and the Participant has
been selected by the committee administering the Plan (the “Committee”) to receive a Non-Qualified
Stock Option Award under the Plan;

     NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED, by and between the Company and the Participant, as follows:

     1. Terms of Award. The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
set forth in this Section 1:

          (a) The “Participant” is                                              .

          (b) The “Grant Date” is                                      .

          (c) The number of “Covered Shares” shall be                      shares of Stock.

          (d) The “Initial Exercise Date” is the one-year anniversary of the Grant Date.

          (e) The “Exercise Price” is $                     per share.

Other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 9 and elsewhere in this Agreement.

     2. Award and Exercise Price. The Participant is hereby granted an option (the
“Option”) to purchase the number of Covered Shares of Stock at the Exercise Price per share as set
forth in Section 1. The Option is not intended to qualify as an “Incentive Stock Option,” as
defined in the Plan and in Section 422(b) of the Code.

     3. Date of Exercise.

     (a) The Option shall become exercisable (shall vest) with respect to:

          (i) 1/4th of the Covered Shares as of the Initial Exercise Date; and

          (ii) 1/48th of the Covered Shares as of the end of each of the next 36
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provided, however, that to the extent that the Option has not become exercisable (vested) on or
before the Participant’s Date of Termination, such Option shall no longer become exercisable (vest)
in accordance with the foregoing schedule as of any date subsequent to the Participant’s Date of
Termination except as provided in the immediately following paragraphs. Exercisability under this
schedule is cumulative, and after the Option becomes exercisable under the schedule with respect to
any portion of the Covered Shares, it shall continue to be exercisable with respect to that
portion, and only that portion, of the Covered Shares until the Expiration Date (described in
Section 4 below).

     (b) Notwithstanding Section 3(a), the Option shall become immediately exercisable (vest) with
respect to all of the Covered Shares (whether or not previously vested) upon the occurrence of the
Participant’s Date of Termination by reason of the Participant’s death or Disability if such Date
of Termination is after the Initial Exercise Date.

     (c) Notwithstanding Section 3(a), the Option shall become immediately exercisable (vest) with
respect to all of the Covered Shares (whether or not previously vested) upon the date of a Change
in Control if the Participant’s Date of Termination does not occur before such Change in Control
and a Complying Assumption does not occur in connection with the Change in Control. If a Complying
Assumption occurs in connection with the Change in Control, then the Option shall become
immediately exercisable (vest) with respect to all of the Covered Shares (whether or not previously
vested) if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs upon or in the one-year period immediately
following a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) unless such Date of Termination is due to
termination of Participant by the Company for Cause or Participant’s voluntary termination of his
or her employment without Good Reason.

     4. Expiration. The Option, to the extent not theretofore exercised, shall not be
exercisable on or after the Expiration Date. The “Expiration Date” shall be earliest to
occur of:

          (a) the ten-year anniversary of the Grant Date;

          (b) if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs by reason of Disability or death, the
one-year anniversary of such Date of Termination;

          (c) if the Participant’s Date of Termination occurs for reasons other than death or
Disability, sixty days after the Date of Termination; and

          (d) the date of any breach by Participant of his or her obligations under Section 8 of this
Agreement.

In the event of the Participant’s death while in the employ of the Company, the Participant’s
executors or administrators (or the person or persons to whom the Participant’s rights under the
Option shall have passed by the Participant’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution) may
exercise, any unexercised portion of the Option to the extent such exercise is otherwise permitted
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     Any Option exercised subsequent to the Participant’s Date of Termination as permitted
hereunder shall be exercisable only to the extent vested at the time of the Participant’s Date of
Termination, regardless of the reason for the termination, and no extension of time beyond the
Participant’s Date of Termination shall permit exercise beyond the date such Option would otherwise
expire if no termination had occurred.

     5. Method of Option Exercise. The Option may be exercised in whole or in part by
filing a written notice with, and which must be received by, the Secretary of the Company at its
corporate headquarters prior to the Expiration Date. Such notice shall (a) specify the number of
shares of Stock which the Participant elects to purchase; provided, however, that not less than one
hundred (100) shares of Stock may be purchased at any one time unless the number purchased is the
total number of shares available for purchase at that time under the Option, and (b) be accompanied
by payment of the Exercise Price for such shares of Stock indicated by the Participant’s election.
Payment shall be by cash or by check payable to the Company, or, at the discretion of the Committee
at any time: (a) all or a portion of the Exercise Price may be paid by the Participant by delivery
of shares of Stock acceptable to the Committee (including, if the Committee so approves, the
withholding of shares otherwise issuable upon exercise of the Option) and having an aggregate Fair
Market Value (valued as of the date of exercise) that is equal to the amount of cash that would
otherwise be required; and (b) the Participant may pay the Exercise Price by authorizing a third
party to sell shares of Stock (or a sufficient portion of the shares) acquired upon exercise of the
Option and remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the entire
Exercise Price and any tax withholding resulting from such exercise.

     6. Withholding. All distributions under this Agreement are subject to withholding of
all applicable taxes. At the election of the Participant, and subject to such rules as may be
established by the Committee, such withholding obligations may be satisfied through the surrender
of shares of Stock which the Participant already owns, or to which the Participant is otherwise
entitled under the Plan.

     7. Transferability. The Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Participant by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the Participant’s life,
may be exercised only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal guardian or legal
representative. However, the Participant, with the approval of the Committee, may transfer the
Option for no consideration to or for the benefit of the Participant’s Immediate Family (including,
without limitation, to a trust for the benefit of the Participant’s Immediate Family or to a
partnership or limited liability company for one or more members of the Participant’s Immediate
Family), subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the transferee shall remain
subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to the Option prior to such transfer. The
foregoing right to transfer Option shall apply to the right to consent to amendments to this
Agreement and, in the discretion of the Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer
ancillary rights associated with the Option. The term “Immediate Family” shall mean the
Participant’s spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships, sisters, brothers
and grandchildren (and, for this purpose, shall also include the Participant).

     8. Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.

 

 

          (a) Consideration for this Section. Participant acknowledges and agrees that:

               (i) the benefits afforded by this Agreement are discretionary and over and above the ordinary
employment compensation provided by the Company to Participant, and in making its decision to offer
Participant the benefits afforded by this Agreement the Company relied upon and was induced by the
covenants made by Participant in this section,

               (ii) in accepting the grant evidenced by this Agreement Participant is receiving an asset of
significant value, which is adequate consideration for the restrictions imposed by this Agreement,

               (iii) Participant’s position with the Company places Participant in a position of confidence
and trust with the clients and employees of the Company,

               (iv) the Company’s business is carried on throughout the world and accordingly, it is
reasonable that the restrictive covenants set forth below are not limited by specific geographic
area,

               (v) the course of Participant’s employment with the Company necessarily requires the
disclosure of confidential information and trade secrets related to the Company’s relationships
with clients (such as, without limitation, pricing information, marketing plans, budgets, designs,
methodologies, products, client preferences and policies, and identity of appropriate personnel of
clients with sufficient authority to influence a shift in suppliers) as well as other confidential
and proprietary information, (such as databases, methodologies, and technologies),

               (vi) Participant’s employment affords Participant the opportunity to develop a personal
acquaintanceship and relationship with the Company’s employees and clients, which in some cases may
constitute the Company’s primary or only contact with such employees and clients, and to develop a
knowledge of those client’s and employee’s affairs and requirements,

               (vii) the Company’s relationships with its established clientele and employees are placed in
Participant’s hands in confidence and trust, and

               (viii) it is reasonable and necessary for the protection of the goodwill and business of the
Company that Participant make the covenants contained in this Agreement.

          (b) Restricted Activity.

               (i) Participant agrees that during the term of Participant’s
employment, Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, as a director, officer, employee,
agent, partner or equity owner of any entity (except as owner of less than 4.9% of the shares of
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publicly traded stock of a corporation which Participant does not have in fact the power to
control or direct), or in any other manner directly or indirectly engage in any activity or
business competitive in any manner with the activities or business of the Company.

               (ii) For a period of one year after Participant’s Date of Termination, with respect to any
services, products, or business pursuits competitive with those of the Company, Participant shall
not, directly or indirectly, whether as a director, officer, employee, consultant, agent, partner,
equity owner of any entity (except as owner of less than 4.9% of the shares of the publicly traded
stock of a corporation which Participant does not have in fact the power to control or direct),
participant, proprietor, manager, operator, independent contractor, representative, advisor,
trustee, or otherwise, solicit or otherwise deal in any way with any of the clients or customers of
the Company:

               (A) with whom Participant in the course of employment by the Company acquired a
relationship or had dealings,

               (B) with respect to whom Participant in the course of employment by the Company was
privy to material or proprietary information, or

               (C) with respect to whom Participant was otherwise involved in the course of employment
by the Company, whether in a supervisory, managerial, consultative, policy-making, or other
capacity involving other Company employees who had direct dealings with such clients and
customers.

Such clients and customers include any client or customer to whom the Company sold services or
products in the two years prior to the Date of Termination, any prospective client or customer of
the Company for whom a proposal was prepared or to whom any other marketing presentation was made
within the year prior to the Date of Termination, or any prospective client or customer for whom
pursuit was actively planned by the Company within the year prior to the Date of Termination and in
respect of whom the Company has not determined to cease such pursuit.

               (iii) For a period of one year after the Date of Termination, Participant shall not (including
without limitation on behalf of, for the benefit of, or in conjunction with or as part of, any
other person or entity) directly or indirectly:

               (A) solicit, assist, discuss with or advise, influence, induce or otherwise encourage
in any way, any employee of Company to terminate such employee’s relationship with Company
for any reason, or assist any person or entity in doing so,

               (B) employ, assist, engage, or otherwise contract or create any relationship with, any
employee or former employee of Company in any business or venture of any kind or nature, in
the case of a former employee unless such person shall not have been employed by Company for
a period of at least one year and no solicitation
prohibited hereby shall have occurred prior to the end of such one year period, or

 

 

               (C) interfere in any manner with the relationship between any employee and Company.

          (c) Remedies. Participant acknowledges that the Company’s legal remedies for a breach
of this Section 8 shall be inadequate, and that without limitation of Company’s rights to any other
remedy at law or equity available to it, the Company (i) shall be entitled to obtain injunctive
relief to enforce this provision, and (ii) shall be entitled to cancel any rights under this
Agreement, and (iii) shall be entitled to recover from the Participant any Stock for which this
option has been exercised, or if such Stock has been transferred or sold, an amount equal to the
value thereof, and such Stock and the proceeds thereof shall be held in a constructive trust for
the purposes of enforcement hereof. The Company’s rights to enforce this Agreement shall survive
any vesting and/or forfeiture of rights hereunder. If any part of this Section 8 shall be deemed
illegal or unenforceable, this section shall be deemed modified and then enforced to the greatest
extent legally enforceable.

     9. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms listed below shall be
defined as follows:

          (a) “Cause” means (A) refusal or substantial failure to perform (other than due to
physical or mental disability), or misconduct in the performance of, the ordinary and customary
duties of Participant as reasonably required by the Company or the successor company, provided that
such refusal, failure, or misconduct has continued after the Company or the surviving or acquiring
entity or successor company (“successor company”) has given Participant five business days written
notice of same, (B) overt and willful disobedience of orders or directives issued by the Company or
successor company that are within the reasonable scope of Participant’s duties to the Company or
successor company, (C) conviction of or commission of any felony by Participant, whether or not
related to performance of duties under this Agreement, (D) commission of any other illegal act if
committed in connection with the performance of duties for the Company or successor company if such
act could reasonably tend to bring the Company or successor company into disrepute, or (E) material
violation of the Company’s or successor company’s written rules, regulations or policies of general
application provided that such violation has continued after the Company or successor company has
given Participant five business days written notice of same.

          (b) Complying Assumption. A Complying Assumption pursuant to Section 3(c) shall occur
if in connection with a Change in Control the surviving or acquiring entity or successor company ,
or its respective parent company, assumes, continues, or substitutes for the Option as provided in
Section 4.15 of the Plan.

          (c) Date of Termination. The Participant’s “Date of Termination” shall be the first
day occurring on or after the Grant Date on which the Participant’s employment with the Company and
all Related Companies terminates (irrespective of the reason for termination and whether such
termination is voluntary or involuntary); provided that a termination of
employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason of a transfer of the Participant between the
Company and a Related Company or between two Related Companies; and further provided that the
Participant’s employment shall not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a

 

 

leave of
absence from the Company or a Related Company approved by the Participant’s employer. If, as a
result of a sale or other transaction, the Participant’s employer ceases to be a Related Company
(and the Participant’s employer is or becomes an entity that is separate from the Company), the
occurrence of such transaction shall be treated as the Participant’s Date of Termination caused by
the Participant being discharged by the employer.

          (d) Disability. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, the Participant shall
be considered to have a “Disability” during the period in which the Participant is unable, by
reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, to engage in any substantial
gainful activity, which condition, in the opinion of a physician selected by the Committee, is
expected to have a duration of not less than 120 days.

          (e) “Good Reason” means (i) material breach of the Company’s or successor company’s
obligations to Participant, provided that Participant shall have given reasonably specific written
notice thereof to the Company and/or successor company, and the Company and/or successor company
shall have failed to remedy the circumstances within ten business days thereafter, (ii) any
decrease in Participant’s base salary as in effect immediately prior to any Change of Control, or
any material decrease in Participant’s benefits if such modification is not of general
applicability to other similarly situated employees, or (iii) the relocation of Participant’s
principal office to a location more than thirty (30) miles from the location of his/her office
immediately prior to the Change in Control; provided, however, that Participant’s principal office
shall not be deemed to be relocated by virtue of Participant being required to spend up to ten
working days per month on average in the Company’s or successor company’s, and their respective
affiliate’s, other offices.

          (f) Plan Definitions. Except where the context clearly implies or indicates the
contrary, a word, term, or phrase used in the Plan is similarly used in this Agreement.

     10. Heirs and Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the
benefit of, the Company and its successors and assigns, and upon any person or entity acquiring,
whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets and business. In the event of the Participant’s death prior to exercise of this
Award, the Award may be exercised by the estate of the Participant to the extent such exercise is
otherwise permitted by this Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Plan, any benefits
distributable to the Participant under this Agreement that are not paid at the time of the
Participant’s death shall be paid at the time and in the form determined in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, to the beneficiary designated by the Participant in
writing filed with the Committee in such form and at such time as the Committee shall require. If a
deceased Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, or if the designated beneficiary of the
deceased Participant dies before the Participant or before complete payment of the amounts
distributable under this Agreement, the amounts to be paid under this Agreement shall be paid to
the legal representative or representatives of the estate of the last to die of the Participant and
the beneficiary. Neither the benefits or obligations under this Agreement may be transferred or
assigned by Participant except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Plan.

 

 

     11. Administration. The authority to manage and control the operation and
administration of this Agreement shall be vested in the Committee, and the Committee shall have all
powers with respect to this Agreement as it has with respect to the Plan. Any interpretation of
the Agreement by the Committee and any decision made by it with respect to the Agreement is final
and binding.

     12. Plan Definitions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
terms of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, a copy of which may be obtained
by the Participant from the office of the Secretary of the Company.

     13. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by written Agreement of the Participant
and the Company, without the consent of any other person.

     THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS A COPY SIGNED BY THE PARTICIPANT IS DELIVERED TO
THE COMPANY WITHIN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS AFTER THE GRANT DATE.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Participant has executed this Agreement, and the Company has caused
these presents to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the Grant Date.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Participant

 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	Name: 	 	 	 
	 	Dated: 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Harris Interactive Inc.

 	 
	 	By: 	 	 
	 	Its:

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