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Exhibit 10.2

AMC Networks Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Plan For Non-Employee Directors  

1. Purpose. The purposes of the AMC Networks Inc. 2011 Stock Plan for Non–Employee Directors are to attract and retain individuals who are not employees of the Company as members of the Board of Directors, by encouraging them to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company which is parallel to that of the stockholders of the Company.
The amendments to this Plan will not affect the terms or conditions of any Award granted prior to the effective date of such amendments provided in Section 14.
2. Definitions. The following terms shall have the respective meanings assigned to them as used herein:  
(a) “Award” shall mean an Option, Restricted Stock Unit or other stock–based award granted under the Plan.
(b) “Award Agreement” shall mean an agreement which may be entered into by a Participant and the Company, setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to Awards granted to such Participant.
(c) “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted at any time.
(d) “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as described in Section 3.
(e) “Company” shall mean AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(f) “Consent” shall mean (i) any listing, registration or qualification requirement in respect of an Award or Share with respect to any securities exchange or under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation, (ii) any and all written agreements and representations by the Participant with respect to the disposition of Shares, or with respect to any other matter, which the Committee may deem necessary or desirable to comply with the terms of any such listing, registration or qualification requirement or to obtain an exemption therefrom, (iii) any and all other consents, clearances and approvals in respect of an action under the Plan by any governmental or other regulatory body or any stock exchange or self–regulatory agency, (iv) any and all consents by the Participant to (A) the Company’s supplying to any third party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan and (B) the Company’s imposing sales and transfer procedures and restrictions on Shares delivered under the Plan and (v) any and all other consents or authorizations required to comply with, or required to be obtained under law.
(g) “Fair Market Value” on a specified date shall mean the closing price for a Share on the stock exchange, if any, on which such Shares are primarily traded, but if no Shares were traded on such date, the average of the bid and asked closing prices at which one Share is traded on the over–the–counter market, as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or, if none of the above is applicable, the value of a Share as established by the Committee for such date using any reasonable method of valuation. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, if the Company has established an electronic exercise program with a broker for the exercise of Options and the Shares underlying the Options are publicly traded, the Fair Market Value of a Share for purposes of net cashless exercise and withholding taxes shall be the price of a Share on such stock exchange at the time of exercise.
(h) “GAAP” shall mean accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 
(i) “Internal Revenue Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(j) “Non–Employee Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors who is not a current employee of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(k) “Option” shall mean an option granted pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Plan.
(l) “Participant” shall mean a Non–Employee Director who has been granted an Award under the Plan.
(m) “Plan” shall mean the AMC Networks Inc. 2011 Stock Plan for Non–Employee Directors, as amended from time to time.
(n) “Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean a restricted stock unit granted pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Plan, each such unit representing an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver a Share (or cash or other property equal in value to the Share).

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(o) “Share” shall mean a share of AMC Networks Inc. Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
3. Plan Administration.
3.1 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall consist of at least two members of the Board of Directors who shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the members of the Committee shall be “non–employee directors” under Rule 16b–3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”); provided, however, that the failure of the Committee to be so comprised shall not cause any Award to be invalid. The Committee may delegate any of its powers under the Plan to a subcommittee of the Committee (which hereinafter shall also be referred to as the Committee). It is expected and permitted that members of the Committee shall be Participants.
3.2 Authority. The Committee shall have full authority, subject to the terms of the Plan (including Section 12), to (a) exercise all of the powers granted to it under the Plan, (b) construe, interpret and implement the Plan and all Awards and Award Agreements, (c) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules governing its own operations, (d) make all determinations necessary or advisable in administering the Plan, (e) correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, (f) amend the Plan, (g) grant Awards and determine who shall receive Awards and the terms and conditions of such Awards, (h) amend any outstanding Award in any respect, including, without limitation, to (1) accelerate the time or times at which the Award becomes vested or unrestricted or may be exercised or at which Shares are delivered under the Award (and, without limitation on the Committee’s rights, in connection with such acceleration, the Committee may provide that any Shares delivered pursuant to such Award shall be subject to vesting, transfer, forfeiture or repayment provisions similar to those in the Participant’s underlying Award) or (2) waive or amend any restrictions or conditions applicable to such Award, or impose new restrictions or conditions and (i) determine at any time whether, to what extent and under what circumstances and method or methods (1) Awards may be (A) settled in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, (B) exercised or (C) canceled, forfeited or suspended or (2) Shares, other securities, cash, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award may be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee. The enumeration of the foregoing powers is not intended and should not be construed to limit in any way the authority of the Committee under the Plan which is intended, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to be plenary. The Plan, and all such rules, regulations, determinations and interpretations, shall be binding and conclusive upon the Company, its stockholders and all Participants, and upon their respective legal representatives, heirs, beneficiaries, successors and assigns and upon all other persons claiming under or through any of them.
3.3 Liability. No member of the Board of Directors or the Committee or any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates (each such person a “Covered Person”) shall have any liability to any person (including, without limitation, any Participant) for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award. Each Covered Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Covered Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Covered Person may be a party or in which such Covered Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Covered Person, with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Covered Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Covered Person, provided that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and, once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to a Covered Person to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or other final adjudication, in either case, not subject to further appeal, determines that the acts or omissions of such Covered Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Covered Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which Covered Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or by–laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such persons or hold them harmless. 
4. Eligibility. All Non–Employee Directors are eligible for the grant of Awards.
5. Shares Subject to the Plan.
5.1 Number. The aggregate number of Shares that may be subject to Awards granted under this Plan shall not exceed 665,000, which may be either treasury Shares or authorized but unissued Shares. To the extent that (i) an Award shall be paid, settled or exchanged or shall expire, lapse, terminate or be cancelled for any reason without the issuance of Shares or (ii) any Shares under an Award are not issued because of payment or withholding obligations, then the Committee may also grant 

Exhibit 10.2

Awards with respect to such Shares. Awards payable only in cash or property other than Shares shall not reduce the aggregate remaining number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be made under the Plan and Shares relating to any other Awards that are settled in cash or property other than Shares, when settled, shall be added back to the aggregate remaining number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be made under the Plan. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan shall be adjusted by the Committee as appropriate to account for the adjustments provided for in Section 5.2 hereof. Any Shares with respect to which the Company becomes obligated to make Awards through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an acquired entity, shall not count against the Shares available to be delivered pursuant to Awards under this Plan.
5.2 Adjustment in Capitalization. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, forward or reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution or other similar corporate transaction or event affects Shares such that the failure to make an adjustment to an Award would not fairly protect the rights represented by the Award in accordance with the essential intent and principles thereof (each such event, an “Adjustment Event”), then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may determine to be equitable in its sole discretion, adjust any or all of the terms of an outstanding Award (including, without limitation, the number of Shares covered by such outstanding Award, the type of property to which the Award is subject and the exercise price of such Award). In determining adjustments to be made under this Section 5.2, the Committee may take into account such factors as it determines to be appropriate, including without limitation (i) the provisions of applicable law and (ii) the potential tax or accounting consequences of an adjustment (or not making an adjustment) and, in light of such factors or others, may make adjustments that are not uniform or proportionate among outstanding Awards. Any fractional shares or securities payable upon the exercise of an Award as a result of an adjustment pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall, at the election of the Committee, be payable in cash, Shares, or a combination thereof, on such bases as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.
6. Terms and Conditions of Awards.
6.1. Options. 
6.1.1 Terms and Conditions. The form, terms and conditions of each Option shall be determined by the Committee and shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. Such terms and conditions may include, without limitation, provisions relating to the vesting and exercisability of such Options as well as the conditions or circumstances upon which such Options may be accelerated, extended, forfeited or otherwise modified; provided, however, that unless the Award Agreement states otherwise, all Options granted under the Plan shall be fully vested and exercisable on the date of grant. All or any part of any unexercised Options granted to any Participant, to the extent not otherwise exercisable, may be made exercisable upon the occurrence of such special circumstances or events as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
6.1.2 Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share of the Shares to be purchased pursuant to each Option shall be fixed by the Committee at the time an Option is granted, but in no event shall it be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date on which the Option is granted. Such exercise price shall thereafter be subject to adjustment as required by the Award Agreement relating to each Option or Section 5.2 hereof.
6.1.3 Duration of Options. The duration of any Option granted under this Plan shall be for a period fixed by the Committee but shall, except as described in the next sentence, in no event be more than ten (10) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Award Agreement may provide that, in the event the Participant dies while the Option is outstanding, the Option will remain outstanding until the first anniversary of the Participant’s date of death, and whether or not such first anniversary occurs prior to or following the expiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option was granted.
6.1.4 Written Notice for Exercise. An Option shall be exercised by the delivery to any person who has been designated by the Company for the purpose of receiving the same, of a written notice duly signed by the Participant (or the representative of the estate or the heirs of a deceased Participant) to such effect (or electronic notice in a manner, if any, previously approved by the Company).
6.1.5 Payment. Unless the Company chooses to settle an Option in cash, Shares or a combination thereof pursuant to Section 6.1.6 hereof, the Participant shall be required to deliver to the Company, within five (5) days of the delivery of the notice described above, either cash, a check payable to the order of the Company, Shares duly endorsed over to the Company (which Shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value as of the date preceding the day of such exercise) or any combination of such methods, which together amount to the full exercise price of the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company may establish an electronic exercise program with a broker and the Company and the Participant may agree upon any other reasonable manner of providing for payment of the exercise price of 

Exhibit 10.2

the Option. Except to the extent the Committee chooses to settle any Option in cash pursuant to Section 6.1.6 hereof, within a reasonable time after exercise of an Option the Company shall either issue to the Participant a certificate representing the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option or credit the number of such Shares to a book–entry account. To the extent the Committee chooses to settle any Option in cash pursuant to Section 6.1.6, within a reasonable time after exercise of an Option, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the person entitled thereto a payment for the amount payable pursuant to the exercise of the Option.
6.1.6 Settlement of an Option. When an Option is exercised pursuant to Section 6.1.4 hereof, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may elect, in lieu of issuing Shares pursuant to the terms of the Option, to settle the Option by paying the Participant an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date the Option is exercised over the exercise price of the Option (the “Option Spread”) by (ii) the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. The amount payable to the Participant in these circumstances shall be paid by the Company either in cash or in Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the Option Spread, or a combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine at the time the Option is exercised or at the time the Option is granted.
6.2. Restricted Stock Units. 
6.2.1 Terms and Conditions. The form, terms and conditions of each Restricted Stock Unit shall be determined by the Committee and shall be set forth in an Award Agreement. Such terms and conditions may include, without limitation, the conditions or circumstances upon which such Restricted Stock Unit will be paid, forfeited or otherwise modified, and the date or dates upon which any Shares, cash or other property shall be delivered to the Participant in respect of the Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that unless the Award Agreement states otherwise, all Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan shall be fully vested on the date of grant and shall be payable on such date as determined by the Committee. All or any part of any Restricted Stock Units granted to any Participant, to the extent not otherwise paid, may be paid to the Participant upon the occurrence of such special circumstances or events as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.
6.2.2 Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may instruct the Company to pay on the date when Shares would otherwise be issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit, in lieu of such Shares, a cash amount equal to the number of such Shares multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date when Shares would otherwise have been issued. If a Participant is entitled to receive other stock, securities or other property as a result of adjustment, pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may instruct the Company to pay, in lieu of such other stock, securities or other property, cash equal to the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Committee. Until the delivery of such Shares, cash, securities or other property, the rights of a Participant with respect to a Restricted Stock Unit shall be only those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.
6.2.3 Right to Receive Dividends on Restricted Stock Units. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, during the period prior to payment of the Restricted Stock Unit, all ordinary cash dividends (as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) that would have been paid upon any Share underlying a Restricted Stock Unit had such Shares been issued shall be paid only at the time and to the extent such Restricted Stock Unit is vested.
6.3. Grant of Other Stock–Based Awards. The Committee may grant other types of equity–based or equity–related Awards (including, without limitation, restricted Shares, unrestricted Shares and stock appreciation rights) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. Such Awards may entail the transfer of actual Shares, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares.
7. No Rights of a Stockholder. A Participant shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares subject to an Award unless and until such Shares have been issued and have been duly registered in the Participant’s name. Thereupon, such Participant shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Shares. The Company will not be obligated to issue or deliver any Shares unless and until all legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of Shares have been approved by the Company’s counsel and the Company’s counsel determines that all applicable federal, state and other laws and regulations have been complied with and all listing requirements for relevant stock exchanges have been met.
8. Compliance with Rule 16b–3. It is the Company’s intent that the Plan comply in all respects with Rule 16b–3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”). If any provision of the Plan is later found not to be in compliance with such Rule, the provision shall be deemed null and void. All actions with respect to Awards under the Plan shall be executed in accordance with the requirements of Section 16 of the Act, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that any of the provisions contained herein do not conform with Rule 16b–3 of the Act or any 

Exhibit 10.2

amendments thereto or any successor regulation, then the Committee may make such modifications so as to conform the Plan and any Awards granted thereunder to the Rule’s requirements.
9. Consents. If the Committee shall at any time determine that any Consent is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of any Award, the delivery of Shares or the delivery of any cash, securities or other property under the Plan, or the taking of any other action, then such action shall not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until such Consent shall have been effected or obtained to the full satisfaction of the Committee.
10. Withholding. If the Company shall be required to withhold any amounts by reason of a federal, state or local tax laws, rules or regulations in respect of any Award, the Company shall be entitled to deduct or withhold such amounts from any payments (including, without limitation Shares which would otherwise be issued to the Participant pursuant to the Award; provided that, to the extent desired for GAAP purposes, such withholding shall not exceed the statutory minimum amount required to be withheld) to be made to the Participant. In any event, the Participant shall make available to the Company, promptly when requested by the Company, sufficient funds or Shares to meet the requirements of such withholding and the Company shall be entitled to take and authorize such steps as it may deem advisable in order to have such funds made available to the Company out of any funds or property due to the Participant.
11. Non–Transferability of Awards. Unless the Committee shall permit (on such terms and conditions as it shall establish) an Award to be transferred to a member of the Participant’s immediate family or to a trust or similar vehicle for the benefit of members of the Participant’s immediate family (collectively, the “Permitted Transferees”), no Award shall be assignable or transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and except to the extent required by law, no right or interest of any Participant shall be subject to any lien, obligation or liability of the Participant. All rights with respect to Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by such Participant or, if applicable, the Permitted Transferees.
12. Administration and Amendment of Plan. The Board of Directors or the Committee may discontinue the Plan at any time and from time to time may amend or revise the terms of the Plan or any Award Agreement, as permitted by applicable law, except that it may not (a) make any amendment or revision in a manner unfavorable to a Participant (other than if immaterial), without the consent of the Participant or (b) make any amendment or revision without the approval of the stockholders of the Company if such approval is required by the rules of an exchange on which Shares are traded. Consent of the Participant shall not be required solely pursuant to the previous sentence in respect of any adjustment made pursuant to Section 5.2 except to the extent the terms of an Award Agreement expressly refer to an Adjustment Event, in which case such terms shall not be amended in a manner unfavorable to a Participant (other than if immaterial) without such Participant’s consent.
13. Section 409A. It is the Company’s intent that Awards under this Plan be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, and that this Plan be administered and interpreted accordingly. If and to the extent that any Award made under this Plan is determined by the Company to constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and is payable to a Participant by reason of the Participant’s termination of employment, then (a) such payment or benefit shall be made or provided to the Participant only upon a “separation from service” as defined for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code under applicable regulations and (b) if the Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and as determined by the Company), such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided before the date that is six months after the date of the Participant’s separation from service (or the Participant’s earlier death).
14. Effective Date. The Plan became effective upon approval by the stockholders of the Company. The amendments to the Plan shall become effective upon approval by the stockholders of the Company on June 11, 2020.
15. Severability. If any of the provisions of this Plan or any Award Agreement is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby; provided that, if any of such provisions is finally held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder.
16. Plan Headings. The headings in this Plan are for the purpose of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the provisions hereof.

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17. Non–Uniform Treatment. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Participants (whether or not such Participants are similarly situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled, among other things, to make non–uniform and selective determinations, amendments and adjustments, and to enter into non–uniform and selective Award Agreements, as to the terms and provisions of Awards under the Plan.
18. Governing Law. The Plan and any Award Agreements shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflicts of laws.
19. Successors and Assigns. The terms of the Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.
20. Duration. This Plan shall remain in effect until June 11, 2030 unless sooner terminated by the Committee or the Board of Directors. Awards theretofore granted may extend beyond that date in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.Document

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective July 1, 2020)

This document amends and restates in its entirety the Roper Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan previously adopted by the shareholders of the Company on March 17, 2000, and subsequently amended by the Board of Directors of the Company.

1.Purpose.  The purpose of the Roper Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide employees of the subsidiaries of Roper Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as Roper Industries, Inc.) (the “Company”) with an opportunity to participate in the benefit of stock ownership and to acquire an interest in the Company through the purchase of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”).  The Company intends the Plan to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  Accordingly, the provisions of the Plan shall be construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Section 423.

2.Definitions.

a.“Compensation” means the base pay (including overtime), commissions and bonus amounts paid in cash to an Employee by a Plan Sponsor with respect to an Offering Period (defined below).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, in its sole discretion, may determine to exclude bonuses and commissions from Compensation for any given Offering Period, provided that any such determination shall apply consistently to all Employees who are granted purchase rights for such Offering Period.

b.“Employee” shall mean any person, including an officer, who is customarily employed for more than twenty (20) hours per week and for more than five (5) months during any calendar year, and who is having payroll taxes withheld from his/her Compensation on a regular basis, by a Plan Sponsor.

c.“Plan Sponsor” means the Company and any Subsidiary which adopts the Plan with the approval of the Company or which is otherwise designated by the Company as a Plan Sponsor.

d.“Plan Administrator” has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 12.

e.“Subsidiary” means an entity which may be treated as a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Code Section 424(f).

3.Eligibility.

a.Any Employee who has been employed by a Plan Sponsor for at least six (6) months immediately before the Beginning Date (defined below) of an Offering 

Period (defined below) shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for that Offering Period.  Notwithstanding the six- (6-) month minimum employment requirement of the preceding sentence, for any Offering Period, the Company may establish a separate offering that is limited to the Employees of one or more Plan Sponsors who have been employed for a different minimum period (not to exceed two (2) years), provided that any such minimum employment period is applied in a consistent manner to all Employees of each Plan Sponsor whose Employees are granted purchase rights for the applicable Offering Period pursuant to such separate offering.

b.No Employee shall be granted purchase rights if, immediately after the grant, that Employee would own shares or hold outstanding rights to purchase shares, or both, possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiaries, taking into account the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code with regard to the attribution of stock ownership as stock owned by the Employee.

c.An Employee shall cease to be an active participant in the Plan upon the earliest to occur of:

i.the date of a withdrawal under Paragraph 10(a) or (b) below; or

ii.the date of a termination of employment from all Plan Sponsors.

4.Offering Period.  “Offering Period” shall mean each calendar quarter beginning with the calendar quarter commencing January 1 of each calendar year and each calendar quarter thereafter until the Plan is otherwise amended or terminated.  Each Offering Period will begin on the first day of that Offering Period (the “Beginning Date”) and end on the last day of that Offering Period (the “Exercise Date”).

5.Participation.  The Company will make available to each eligible Employee an authorization notice as prescribed by the Plan Administrator (the “Authorization”) which must be completed to effect his or her right to commence participation in the Plan.  An eligible Employee may become a participant for an Offering Period by completing the Authorization and delivering same to the Company at least one (1) day prior to the appropriate Beginning Date.  All Employees granted purchase rights under the Plan shall have the same rights and privileges, except that the amount of Common Stock which may be purchased under such rights may vary in a uniform manner according to Compensation.

A participant will be deemed to have elected to participate in each subsequent Offering Period following his or her initial election to participate in the Plan, unless (i) a written withdrawal notice is delivered to the Plan Administrator at least one (1) week prior to the Beginning Date of an immediately succeeding Offering Period for which the participant desires to withdraw from participation and (ii) provides other information in accordance with the procedures designated by the Plan Administrator.

A participant who has elected not to participate in an Offering Period may resume participation in the same manner and pursuant to the same rules as any eligible Employee making an initial election to participate in the Plan.

6.Method of Payment.  A participant may contribute to the Plan through payroll deductions, as follows:

a.A participant shall elect on the Authorization to have deductions made as payroll deductions from the participant’s Compensation for the Offering Period at a rate expressed as a percentage of Compensation in whole number increments which is at least one percent (1%), but not in excess of ten percent (10%), of the participant’s Compensation.

b.All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be credited to the participant’s account under the Plan.  All payroll deductions made from participants’ Compensation shall, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, be commingled with the general assets of the Company and no separate fund shall be established.  Participants’ accounts are solely for bookkeeping purposes and the Company shall not be obligated to pay interest on any payroll deductions credited to participants’ accounts.

c.A participant may not alter the rate of payroll deductions during the Offering Period; however, an existing participant may change the rate of payroll deductions effective for the immediately succeeding Offering Period by filing a revised Authorization within the same deadline as applies to new participants for that Offering Period.

d.Dividends paid on shares of Common Stock held by the Custodian (as defined in Paragraph 9) for the benefit of a participant also shall be applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock for the Offering Period in which the dividends are paid, unless the participant has withdrawn from the Plan or otherwise ceased to be an active participant (such dividends are referred to herein as “Credited Dividends”).  Credited Dividends shall, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, be credited to the participant’s bookkeeping account under the Plan and shall be commingled with the general assets of the Company.  The Company shall not be obligated to pay interest on any such Credited Dividends.

7.Granting of Purchase Rights.

a.As of the first day of each Offering Period, a participant shall be granted purchase rights for a number of shares of Common Stock or fraction thereof, subject to the adjustments provided for in Paragraph 11(a) below, determined according to the following procedure:

Step 1 - Determine the amount of the participant’s payroll deduction and Credited           Dividends during the Offering Period;

Step 2 - Determine the amount which represents the Purchase Price (as defined below); and 

Step 3 - Divide the amount determined in Step 1 by the amount determined in Step 2.

Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to Paragraph 7(c) below, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which a participant may be granted purchase rights for an Offering Period is 1,550 (which number reflects the 2-for-1 stock split on August 29, 2005).

b.For each Offering Period, the purchase price of shares of Common Stock to be purchased as provided in Paragraph 8 with a participant’s payroll deductions and Credited Dividends (the “Purchase Price”) shall be the lower of (i) ninety percent (90%) of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the Beginning Date, and (ii) ninety percent (90%) of the price of the fair market value of a share of Common stock on the Exercise Date.

c.Notwithstanding the foregoing, no participant shall be granted purchase rights which permit that participant to purchase shares under all employee purchase plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of the fair market value of the shares (determined as of the Beginning Date of each Offering Period, or the immediately preceding date, where applicable pursuant to Paragraph 7(d) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time.

d.For purposes of this Paragraph 7, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the Beginning Date and the Exercise Date shall be determined as follows:  (i) if the Common Stock is traded on a national securities exchange, the closing sale price on the principal such exchange on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not traded on any such exchange, the mean between the bid and offered prices as quoted by the applicable interdealer quotation system for such date, provided that if the Common Stock is not quoted on an interdealer quotation system or it is determined that the fair market value is not properly reflected by such quotations, fair market value will be determined by such other method as the Plan Administrator determines in good faith to be reasonable and in compliance with Code Section 409A.

8.Exercise of Purchase Rights.  Unless a timely withdrawal has been effected pursuant to Paragraph 10 below, a participant’s rights for the purchase of shares of Common Stock during an Offering Period will be automatically exercised on the Exercise Date (or the immediately preceding date, where applicable pursuant to Paragraph 7(d)) for that Offering Period for the purchase of the maximum number of full and fractional shares which the sum of the payroll deductions and Credited Dividends credited to the participant’s account on that Exercise Date can purchase at the Purchase Price.  The applicable Plan Sponsor may make such provisions and take such action as it deems 

necessary or appropriate for the withholding of taxes and/or social insurance contributions which may be required under applicable law, including the withholding of such taxes from other compensation payable to the participant.  Each participant, however, shall be responsible for the payment of all individual tax and social insurance contribution liabilities under the Plan.

9.Delivery.  As soon as administratively feasible after the end of each Exercise Date, the Company shall deliver to a custodian designated by the Plan Administrator (the “Custodian”), the shares of Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of the purchase rights.  A participant shall not be allowed to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any shares of Common Stock purchased by him or her under the Plan until the expiration of fifteen (15) months from the last day of the Offering Period for which such shares were acquired (the “Applicable Restriction Period”) except as contemplated by Paragraph 13 upon the death of a participant.  Once any Applicable Restriction Period has expired, a participant may elect at any time thereafter to have the applicable shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share), plus a cash amount equal to the fair market value of any fractional share, delivered to the participant or to an account established by the participant with any brokerage firm.

A participant may not direct the Plan Administrator to sell any shares of Common Stock credited to his or her account, regardless of whether such shares are otherwise immediately deliverable to him or her.  The cost of any disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired through participation in the Plan shall be the sole responsibility of the participant.

10.Withdrawal.

a.A participant will be deemed to have elected to participate in each subsequent Offering Period following his or her initial election to participate in the Plan, unless (i) a written withdrawal notice is delivered to the Plan Administrator at least one week prior to the Beginning Date of an immediately succeeding Offering Period for which the participant desires to withdraw from the Plan, and (ii) the participant provides any other information in accordance with the procedures designated by the Plan Administrator.

b.A participant whose employment terminates for any reason (including, but not limited to, retirement or death) during an Offering Period and prior to the Exercise Date of such Offering Period will be deemed to have withdrawn from the Plan effective immediately upon the date of such termination of employment.

c.Upon the withdrawal of a participant from the Plan under the terms of this Paragraph 10 during an Offering Period, the participant’s unexercised purchase rights under this Plan shall immediately terminate, and no further shares of Common Stock will be purchased under the Plan for the Offering Period in which timely notice of withdrawal is provided (or in which the participant’s employment terminates, as applicable) or for any succeeding Offering Period, except as provided pursuant to Paragraph 10(e).

d.In the event a participant withdraws or is deemed to have withdrawn from the Plan under this Paragraph 10, all payroll deductions and Credited Dividends credited to the participant’s account will be paid to the participant as soon as administratively feasible, unless, if applicable, such an inactive participant becomes an active participant again prior to the distribution of his or her cash account.  Any shares of Common Stock held by the custodian on behalf of such a participant (rounded down to the nearest whole share), plus a cash amount equal to the fair market value of any fractional share, will be delivered to the participant at the end of the expiration of the Applicable Restriction Period, unless, if applicable, such an inactive participant becomes an active participant again prior to the distribution of such shares.  In the event of the participant’s death, all payroll deductions, Credited Dividends, shares of Common Stock and fractional share payments shall be paid to the Participant’s beneficiary, estate or other party as provided in Paragraph 13 below.

e.A participant who has elected to withdraw from the Plan may resume participation in the same manner and pursuant to the same rules as any eligible Employee making an initial election to participate in the Plan.

11.Stock.

a.The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be sold to participants under the Plan shall be 1,000,000 (which number reflects the 2-for-1 stock split on August 29, 2005) shares, subject to further adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Paragraph 15 below.  The shares of Common Stock to be sold to participants under the Plan, may, at the election of the Company, include treasury shares, shares originally issued for such purpose, or shares purchased in the open market.  If the total number of shares of Common Stock then available under the Plan for which purchase rights are to be exercised in accordance with Paragraph 8 exceeds the number of such shares then available under the Plan, the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares available in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable.  If purchase rights expire or terminate for any reason without being exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject to the rights shall again be available for the purposes of the Plan.

b.A participant will have no interest in shares of Common Stock covered by his or her purchase rights until such rights have been exercised.

c.Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the participant, or, if the participant so directs, by written notice to the Plan Administrator prior to the Exercise Date, in the names of the participant and one (1) other person designated by the participant, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

12.Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Company (the “Plan Administrator”).  The Plan Administrator shall be vested with full authority to make, administer and interpret such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to administer the Plan, and any determination or action of the Plan Administrator in connection with the interpretation or administration of the Plan shall be final and binding upon all participants and any and all persons claiming under or through any participant.

13.Designation of Beneficiary.

a.A participant may file with the Plan Administrator a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash to his or her credit under the Plan in the event of the participant’s death before an Exercise Date, or any shares of Common Stock and cash to his or her credit under the Plan in the event of the participant’s death on or after an Exercise Date but prior to the delivery of such shares and cash.  A beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any time by notice in writing to the Plan Administrator.

b.Upon the death of a participant and upon receipt by the Company of proof of the identity and existence at the time of the participant’s death of a beneficiary designated by the participant in accordance with the immediately preceding Subparagraph, the Company shall deliver such shares of Common Stock or cash, or both, to the beneficiary.  In the event a participant dies and is not survived by a then living or in existence beneficiary designated by him in accordance with the immediately preceding Subparagraph, the Company shall deliver such shares or cash, or both, to the personal representative of the estate of the deceased participant.  If to the knowledge of the Company no personal representative has been appointed within ninety (90) days following the date of the participant’s death, the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares or cash, or both, to the surviving spouse of the deceased participant, or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the deceased participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

c.No designated beneficiary shall, prior to the death of the participant by whom the beneficiary has been designated, acquire any interest in the shares of Common Stock or cash credited to the participant under the Plan.

14.Transferability.  Neither payroll deductions or Credited Dividends credited to a participant’s account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of purchase rights or rights to receive any shares or cash under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way by the participant.  Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds in accordance with Paragraph 10 above.

15.Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization.  In the event that the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company are hereafter increased or decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company 

by reason of a recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, combination of shares or dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, an appropriate adjustment shall automatically be made to the number and kind of shares available for the granting of purchase rights, or as to which outstanding purchase rights shall be exercisable, and to the Purchase Price.

Subject to any required action by the shareholders, if the Company shall be a party to any reorganization involving merger or consolidation with respect to which the Company will not be the surviving entity or acquisition of substantially all of the stock or assets of the Company, the Plan Administrator in its discretion (a) may declare the Plan’s termination in the same manner as if the Board of Directors of the Company had terminated the Plan pursuant to Paragraph 16 below, or (b) may declare that any purchase rights granted hereunder shall pertain to and apply with appropriate adjustment as determined by the Plan Administrator to the securities of the resulting or acquiring corporation to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such rights would have been entitled in such transaction.

Any issuance by the Company of any class of preferred stock, or securities convertible into shares of common or preferred stock of any class, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or Purchase Price of shares of Common Stock subject to any purchase rights except as specifically provided otherwise in this Paragraph 15. The grant of purchase rights pursuant to the Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations or changes of its capital or business structure or to merge or to consolidate or to dissolve, liquidate or sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

16.Amendment or Termination.

a.The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time terminate or amend the Plan.  The cash balances, Credited Dividends and shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share), plus a cash amount equal to the fair market value of any fractional share, credited to participants’ accounts as of the date of any Plan termination shall be delivered to those participants as soon as administratively feasible following the effective date of the Plan’s termination.

b.Prior approval of the shareholders shall be required with respect to any amendment that would require the sale of more shares than are authorized under Paragraph 11 of the Plan.

c.Where prior approval of the shareholders of the Company shall be required with respect to a proposed Plan amendment under applicable federal, state or local law, the Company shall obtain such approval prior to the effective date of any such amendment.

17.Notices.  All notices or other communications by a participant to the Plan Administrator under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when 

received by the Secretary of the Company or when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

18.No Contract.  This Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the Company or any Subsidiary and any eligible Employee or to be a consideration or an inducement for the employment of any Employee.  Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to give any Employee the right to be retained in the service of the Company or any Subsidiary or to interfere with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to discharge any Employee at any time regardless of the effect which such discharge shall have upon him or her or as a participant of the Plan.

19.Waiver.  No liability whatever shall attach to or be incurred by any past present or future shareholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary, under or by reason of any of the terms, conditions or agreements contained in this Plan or implied, and any and all liabilities of, and any and all rights and claims against, the Company or any Subsidiary, or any shareholder, officer or director as such, whether arising at common law or in equity or created by statute or constitution or otherwise, pertaining to this Plan, are hereby expressly waived and released by every eligible Employee as a part of the consideration for any benefits by the Company under this Plan.

20.Securities Law Restrictions.  Shares of Common Stock shall not be issued under the Plan unless (a) the exercise of the related purchase right and the issuance and delivery of the shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws and with the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed; and (b) the express approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance is first obtained.  The Company reserves the right to place an appropriate legend on any certificate representing shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan with any such legend reflecting restrictions on the transfer of the shares as may be necessary to assure the availability of applicable exemptions under federal and state securities laws.

21.Approval of Shareholders.  The Plan was approved by the shareholders of the Company on March 17, 2000, which was within twelve (12) months after the adoption of the Plan by the Board of Directors of the Company.  The Plan as amended and restated effective as of July 1, 2020, was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on March 12, 2020.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amended and restated Plan to be executed effective as of the 1st day of July, 2020, but on the actual date below.

																					
	 	 	 	Roper Technologies, Inc.	 	 	 
	 	 	 	(Registrant)	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BY:	/S/ John K. Stipancich	 	Date:	July 1, 2020
	 	 	 	John K. Stipancich
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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