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Waters Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 4.1 
 WATERS CORPORATION 
 2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

					
	 1. Purpose
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	 2. Definitions
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	 3. Term of the Plan
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	 4. Stock Subject to the Plan
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	 5. Administration
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	 6. Authorization of Grants
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	 7. Specific Terms of Awards
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	 8. Adjustment Provisions
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	 9. Change of Control
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	 10. Settlement of Awards
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	 11. Reservation of Stock
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	 12. Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights
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	 13. Unfunded Status of Plan
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	 14. Nonexclusivity of the Plan
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	 15. No Guarantee of Tax Consequences
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	 16. Termination and Amendment of the Plan
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	 17. Notices and Other Communications
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	 18. Governing Law
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 WATERS CORPORATION 

2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

 

	1.	Purpose 

 This Plan is
intended to encourage ownership of Stock by employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its Affiliates and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company’s business through the grant of Awards of or
pertaining to shares of the Company’s Stock. The Plan is intended to be an incentive stock option plan within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but not all Awards are required to be Incentive Options. 

 

	2.	Definitions 

 As used in
the Plan, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set out below, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 

2.1. Accelerate, Accelerated, and Acceleration, means: (a) when used with respect to an Option or Stock
Appreciation Right, that as of the time of reference the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable with respect to some or all of the shares of Stock for which it was not then otherwise exercisable by its terms; (b) when used
with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, that the Risk of Forfeiture otherwise applicable to the Stock or Units shall expire with respect to some or all of the shares of Restricted Stock or Units then still otherwise subject to
the Risk of Forfeiture; and (c) when used with respect to Performance Units, that the applicable Performance Goals or other business objectives shall be deemed to have been met as to some or all of the Units. 

2.2. Affiliate means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, or other entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Company. 
 2.3. Award means any grant or sale pursuant to the Plan of
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Stock Grants. 
 2.4.
Award Agreement means an agreement between the Company and the recipient of an Award, or other notice of grant of an Award, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award. 

2.5. Board means the Company’s Board of Directors. 
 2.6. Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following after the date of the approval of the Plan by the Board: 
 (a) a Transaction (as defined in Section 8.4), unless securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the survivor’s or acquiror’s outstanding securities (or the
securities of any parent thereof) are held by a person or persons who held securities possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities immediately prior to that transaction, or 

(b) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in
effect from time to time) directly or indirectly acquires, including but not limited to by means of a merger or consolidation, beneficial ownership (determined pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the said
Exchange Act) of securities possessing more than 20% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities unless pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Company’s stockholders that the Board
recommends such stockholders accept, other than (i) the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (iv) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or 

  
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 (c) over a period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less there is a change in
the composition of the Board such that a majority of the Board members (rounded up to the next whole number, if a fraction) ceases, by reason of one or more proxy contests for the election of Board members, to be composed of individuals who either
(i) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of that period, or (ii) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in the preceding
clause (i) who were still in office at the time that election or nomination was approved by the Board. 
 2.7. Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, and any regulations issued from time to time thereunder. 
 2.8. Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which in general is responsible for the administration of the Plan, as provided in Section 5 of this Plan. For any period during
which no such committee is in existence “Committee” shall mean the Board and all authority and responsibility assigned to the Committee under the Plan shall be exercised, if at all, by the Board. 

2.9. Company means Waters Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. 

2.10. Grant Date means the date as of which an Option is granted, as determined under Section 7.1(a). 

2.11. Incentive Option means an Option which by its terms is to be treated as an “incentive stock option” within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
 2.12. Market Value means the value of a share of Stock on a particular date
determined by such methods or procedures as may be established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Market Value of Stock as of any date is the closing price for the Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange (or
on any other national securities exchange on which the Stock is then listed) for that date or, if no closing price is reported for that date, the closing price on the next preceding date for which a closing price was reported. 

2.13. Nonstatutory Option means any Option that is not an Incentive Option. 

2.14. Option means an option to purchase shares of Stock. 

2.15. Optionee means an eligible individual to whom an Option shall have been granted under the Plan. 

2.16. Participant means any holder of an outstanding Award under the Plan. 

2.17. Performance Criteria and Performance Goals have the meanings given such terms in Section 7.7(f). 

2.18. Performance Period means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, selected by the
Committee, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals or other business objectives will be measured for purposes of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Unit. 

2.19. Performance Unit means a right granted to a Participant under Section 7.5, to receive cash, Stock or other Awards, the
payment of which is contingent on achieving Performance Goals or other business objectives established by the Committee. 

2.20. Plan means this 2012 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company, as amended from time to time, and including any attachments or
addenda hereto. 
 2.21. Qualified Performance-Based Awards means Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based
compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. 

  
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 2.22. Restricted Stock means a grant or sale of shares of Stock to a Participant
subject to a Risk of Forfeiture. 
 2.23. Restricted Stock Units means rights to receive shares of Stock at the close of
a Restriction Period, subject to a Risk of Forfeiture. 
 2.24. Restriction Period means the period of time, established
by the Committee in connection with an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, during which the shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a Risk of Forfeiture described in the applicable Award Agreement.

 2.25. Risk of Forfeiture means a limitation on the right of the Participant to retain Restricted Stock or Restricted
Stock Units, including a right of the Company to reacquire shares of Restricted Stock at less than its then Market Value, arising because of the occurrence or non-occurrence of specified events or conditions. 

2.26. Stock means common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and such other securities as may be substituted for
Stock pursuant to Section 8. 
 2.27. Stock Appreciation Right means a right to receive any excess in the Market
Value of shares of Stock (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.2(c)) over a specified exercise price. 
 2.28.
Stock Grant means the grant of shares of Stock not subject to restrictions or other forfeiture conditions. 
 2.29.
Ten Percent Owner means a person who owns, or is deemed within the meaning of Section 422(b)(6) of the Code to own, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or any parent
or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code). Whether a person is a Ten Percent Owner shall be determined with respect to an Option based on the facts existing immediately prior to
the Grant Date of the Option. 
  

	3.	Term of the Plan 

 Unless
the Plan shall have been earlier terminated by the Board, Awards may be granted under this Plan at any time in the period commencing on the date of approval of the Plan by the Board and ending immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of such
approval. Awards granted pursuant to the Plan within that period shall not expire solely by reason of the termination of the Plan. Awards of Incentive Options granted prior to stockholder approval of the Plan are hereby expressly conditioned upon
such approval. 
  

	4.	Stock Subject to the Plan 

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8, the number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to or subject to
outstanding Awards granted under the Plan, may not exceed five million (5,000,000) shares of Stock plus the number of shares which were available for grant, as of the date of approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders, under
the Company’s 2003 Equity Incentive Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to or subject to outstanding Awards of Incentive Options shall not exceed five million
(5,000,000) shares of Stock. For purposes of determining the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved for issuance under this Plan, any fractional share shall be rounded to the next highest full share. Shares of Stock issued pursuant to the
Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its treasury. 
 For purposes of applying the
limitations in the immediately preceding paragraph, the following shall not reduce the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan: 
 (1) Shares of Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise or settlement, as applicable, of Awards granted under the Plan, to the extent the Awards expire or are cancelled or surrendered; 

  
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 (2) Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, to the extent such Restricted Stock is
forfeited or is otherwise surrendered to the Company before the Restriction Period expires; and 
 (3) Awards, to the extent
payment is actually made in cash. 
 In addition, the following shares shall not become available for issuance under the Plan:

 (1) Shares of Stock tendered by Participants as full or partial payment to the Company upon exercise of Options granted under
the Plan; 
 (2) Shares of Stock reserved for issuance upon grant of Stock Appreciation Rights, to the extent the number of
reserved shares exceeds the number of shares actually issued upon exercise of the Stock Appreciation Rights; and 
 (3) Shares
of Stock withheld by, or otherwise remitted to, the Company to satisfy a Participant’s tax withholding obligations upon the lapse of a Risk of Forfeiture on Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units or the exercise of Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan or upon any other payment or issuance of Stock under the Plan. 
 If, and to the
extent, that an award made under the Plan expires, terminates or is cancelled or forfeited for any reason without having been exercised in full, the Stock associated with the expired, terminated, cancelled or forfeited portion of the Award shall
again become available for issuance hereunder. Shares of Stock with respect to which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised or Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards have vested, and shares of Stock which have been issued
in connection with Performance Units shall not again be available for grant hereunder. If Options or Stock Appreciation Rights terminate for any reason without being wholly exercised, if Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are forfeited prior
to vesting or if shares of Stock are not issued under Performance Units, the number of shares of Stock underlying such Award shall not count towards the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the Plan. When Stock
Appreciation Rights are settled in Stock, the shares of Stock subject to such Award of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted against the shares of Stock available for issuance as one (1) share for every share subject thereto, regardless of
the number of shares of Stock used to settle the Stock Appreciation Rights upon exercise. 
 The aggregate number of shares of
Stock reserved under this Section 4 shall be depleted by the maximum number of shares of Stock, if any, that may be issued under an Award as determined at the time of grant; provided, that the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved under
this Section 4 shall be depleted by two (2) shares of Stock for each share of Stock delivered in payment or settlement of a full-value Award, and by one (1) share of Stock for each share of Stock delivered in payment or settlement of
an Award that is not a full-value Award. For this purpose, a full-value Award includes any Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right (e.g., Stock Grants, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units and any other similar
Award payable in shares of Stock under which the value of the Award is measured as the full value of a share of Stock, rather than the increase in the value of a share of Stock). 

 

	5.	Administration 

 The Plan
shall be administered by the Committee; provided, however, that at any time and on any one or more occasions the Board may itself exercise any of the powers and responsibilities assigned to the Committee under the Plan and when so acting
shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of the Plan pertaining to the Committee’s exercise of its authorities hereunder; and provided further, however, that the Committee may delegate to an executive officer or officers the
authority to grant Awards hereunder to employees who are not officers, and to consultants, in accordance with such guidelines as the Committee shall set forth at any time or from time to time. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee
shall have complete authority, in its discretion, to make or to select the manner of making all determinations with respect to each Award to be granted by the Company under the Plan including the employee, consultant or director to receive the Award
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Award. In making such determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective employees, consultants, and directors, their present and potential
contributions to the success of the Company and its Affiliates, and such other factors as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall also have complete authority to interpret the
Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, to determine the terms and provisions of the respective Award Agreements (which need not be identical), and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. The Committee’s determinations made in good faith on matters referred to in the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons having or claiming any interest under the Plan or an Award made pursuant
hereto. 
  

	6.	Authorization of Grants 

6.1. Eligibility. The Committee may grant from time to time and at any time prior to the termination of the Plan one or more
Awards, either alone or in combination with any other Awards, to any employee of or consultant to one or more of the Company and its Affiliates or to any non-employee member of the Board or of any board of directors (or similar governing authority)
of any Affiliate. However, only employees of the Company, and of any parent or subsidiary corporations of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code, shall be eligible for the grant of an Incentive Option.
Further, in no event shall the number of shares of Stock covered by Options or other Awards granted to any one person in any one calendar year exceed two million (2,000,000) shares of Stock (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8 of
the Plan, except that any such adjustment shall not apply for the purpose of Awards to covered employees within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code intended to be or otherwise qualifying as Qualified Performance-Based Awards). 

6.2. General Terms of Awards. Each grant of an Award shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan
(including but not limited to any specific terms and conditions applicable to that type of Award set out in the following Section), and such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee may prescribe. No
prospective Participant shall have any rights with respect to an Award, unless and until such Participant shall have complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award (including if applicable delivering a fully executed copy of any
agreement evidencing an Award to the Company). 
 6.3. Effect of Termination of Employment, Etc. Unless the Committee
shall provide otherwise with respect to any Award (including, but not limited to, in a Participant’s Award Agreement), if the Participant’s employment or other association with the Company and its Affiliates ends for any reason, including
because of an Affiliate ceasing to be an Affiliate, (a) any outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right of the Participant shall cease to be exercisable in any respect not later than thirty (30) days following that event and, for the
period it remains exercisable following that event, shall be exercisable only to the extent exercisable at the date of that event, and (b) any other outstanding Award of the Participant shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to return to or
repurchase by the Company on the terms specified in the applicable Award Agreement. Cessation of the performance of services in one capacity, for example, as an employee, shall not result in termination of an Award while the Participant continues to
perform services in another capacity, for example as a director. Military or sick leave or other bona fide leave shall not be deemed a termination of employment or other association, provided that it does not exceed the longer of ninety
(90) days or the period during which the absent Participant’s reemployment rights, if any, are guaranteed by statute or by contract. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Committee may provide that Awards continue to vest for
some or all of the period of any such leave, or that their vesting shall be tolled during any such leave and only recommence upon the Participant’s return from leave, if ever. 

6.4. Non-Transferability of Awards. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4, Awards shall not be transferable, and
no Award or interest therein may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All of a Participant’s rights in any

  
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Award may be exercised during the life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. However, the Committee may, at or after the grant of an Award of
a Nonstatutory Option, or shares of Restricted Stock, provide that such Award may be transferred by the recipient to a family member; provided, however, that any such transfer is without payment of any consideration whatsoever and that no
transfer shall be valid unless first approved by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion. For this purpose, “family member” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, grandparent, stepparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling,
niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the employee’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which the
foregoing persons have more than fifty (50) percent of the beneficial interests, a foundation in which the foregoing persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant)
own more than fifty (50) percent of the voting interests. 
  

	7.	Specific Terms of Awards 

7.1. Options. 
 (a) Date of Grant. The granting of an Option shall take place at the time specified in the Award Agreement. 
 (b) Exercise Price. The price at which shares of Stock may be acquired under each Option shall be not less than 100% of the Market Value of Stock on the Grant Date or, for an Incentive Option, not
less than 110% of the Market Value of Stock on the Grant Date if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Owner. 
 (c) Option
Period. No Option may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date or, for an Incentive Option, on or after the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Owner. 

(d) Exercisability. An Option may be immediately exercisable or become exercisable in such installments, cumulative or
non-cumulative, as the Committee may determine. In the case of an Option not otherwise immediately exercisable in full, the Committee may Accelerate such Option in whole or in part at any time; provided, however, that in the case of an
Incentive Option, any such Acceleration of the Option would not cause the Option to fail to comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code or the Optionee consents to the Acceleration. 

(e) Method of Exercise. An Option may be exercised by the Optionee giving written notice, in the manner provided in
Section 17, specifying the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option is then being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by payment in the form of cash or check payable to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the
exercise price of the shares of Stock to be purchased or, subject in each instance to the Committee’s approval, acting in its sole discretion, and to such conditions, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary to avoid adverse accounting
effects to the Company, 
 (i) by delivery to the Company of shares of Stock having a Market Value equal to the
exercise price of the shares to be purchased, or 
 (ii) by surrender of the Option as to all or part of the
shares of Stock for which the Option is then exercisable in exchange for shares of Stock having an aggregate Market Value equal to the difference between (1) the aggregate Market Value of the surrendered portion of the Option, and
(2) the aggregate exercise price under the Option for the surrendered portion of the Option. 
 If the Stock is traded on an
established market, payment of any exercise price may also be made through and under the terms and conditions of any formal cashless exercise program authorized by the Company entailing the sale of the Stock subject to an Option in a brokered
transaction (other than to the Company). Receipt by the Company of such notice and payment in any authorized or combination of authorized means shall constitute the 

  
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exercise of the Option. Within thirty (30) days thereafter but subject to the remaining provisions of the Plan, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Optionee or his
agent a certificate or certificates or shall cause the Stock to be held in book-entry position through the Company’s transfer agent’s direct registration system for the number of shares then being purchased. Such shares of Stock shall be
fully paid and nonassessable. 
 (f) Limit on Incentive Option Characterization. An Incentive Option shall be considered
to be an Incentive Option only to the extent that the number of shares of Stock for which the Option first becomes exercisable in a calendar year do not have an aggregate Market Value (as of the date of the grant of the Option) in excess of the
“current limit”. The current limit for any Optionee for any calendar year shall be $100,000 minus the aggregate Market Value at the date of grant of the number of shares of Stock available for purchase for the first time in the same
year under each other Incentive Option previously granted to the Optionee under the Plan, and under each other incentive stock option previously granted to the Optionee under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company and its Affiliates,
after December 31, 1986. Any shares of Stock which would cause the foregoing limit to be violated shall be deemed to have been granted under a separate Nonstatutory Option, otherwise identical in its terms to those of the Incentive Option.

 (g) Notification of Disposition. Each person exercising any Incentive Option granted under the Plan shall be deemed to
have covenanted with the Company to report to the Company any disposition of the shares of Stock issued upon such exercise prior to the expiration of the holding periods specified by Section 422(a)(1) of the Code and, if and to the extent that
the realization of income in such a disposition imposes upon the Company federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements, or any such withholding is required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction, to remit to the
Company an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy those requirements. 
 7.2. Stock Appreciation Rights. 

(a) Tandem or Stand-Alone. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with an Option (at or, in the case of a Nonstatutory
Option, after, the award of the Option), or alone and unrelated to an Option. Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with an Option shall terminate to the extent that the related Option is exercised, and the related Option shall terminate to the extent
that the tandem Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised. 
 (b) Exercise Price. Stock Appreciation Rights shall have an
exercise price of not less than 100% of the Market Value of the Stock on the date of award, or in the case of Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with Options, the exercise price of the related Option. 

(c) Other Terms. No Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised on or after the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date. Except as the
Committee may deem inappropriate or inapplicable in the circumstances, Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to terms and conditions substantially similar to those applicable to a Nonstatutory Option. In addition, a Stock Appreciation Right
related to an Option which can only be exercised during limited periods following a Change of Control may entitle the Participant to receive an amount based upon the highest price paid or offered for Stock in any transaction relating to the Change
of Control or paid during the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the occurrence of the Change of Control in any transaction reported in the stock market in which the Stock is normally traded. 

7.3. Restricted Stock. 
 (a) Purchase Price. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be issued under the Plan for such consideration, if any, in cash, other property or services, or any combination thereof, as is determined by
the Committee. 
 (b) Issuance of Stock. Each Participant receiving a Restricted Stock Award, subject to subsection
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held in book-entry position through the Company’s transfer agent’s direct registration system. If a certificate is issued, such certificate shall be registered in the name of such
Participant, and, if applicable, shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award substantially in the following form: 

The shares evidenced by this certificate are subject to the terms and conditions of the Waters Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan and
an Award Agreement entered into by the registered owner and Waters Corporation, copies of which will be furnished by the Company to the holder of the shares evidenced by this certificate upon written request and without charge. 

If the Stock is in book-entry position through the Company’s transfer-agent’s direct registration system, the restrictions will
be appropriately noted. 
 (c) Escrow of Shares. The Committee may require that the stock certificates evidencing shares
of Restricted Stock, if issued, be held in custody by a designated escrow agent (which may but need not be the Company) until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that the Participant deliver a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to
the Stock covered by such Award. 
 (d) Restrictions and Restriction Period. During the Restriction Period applicable to
shares of Restricted Stock, if issued, such shares shall be subject to limitations on transferability and a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions related to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or
otherwise as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. No Award of Restricted Stock shall have a Restriction Period of less than three (3) years except: (i) as may be recommended by the Committee and
approved by the Board or (ii) with respect to any Award of Restricted Stock which provides solely for a performance-based Risk of Forfeiture, so long as such Award has a Restriction Period of at least one (1) year. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee may recommend, subject to Board approval, the issuance of a Restricted Stock Award having a Restriction Period of less than one (1) year (in the case of an Award of Restricted Stock which provides solely for a
performance-based Risk of Forfeiture) or three (3) years (with respect to all other Awards of Restricted Stock), up to a maximum of 5% of the shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan (which 5% limit shall be applied on an aggregate
basis to Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units granted under Section 7.4 below). Any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to an Award of Restricted Stock may be waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, by the Committee
in connection with such extraordinary circumstances as it deems appropriate. 
 (e) Rights Pending Lapse of Risk of
Forfeiture or Forfeiture of Award. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement, at all times prior to lapse of any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to, or forfeiture of, an Award of Restricted Stock, the Participant
shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote, and the right to receive any dividends with respect to, the shares of Restricted Stock (but any dividends or other distributions payable in shares of Stock or
other securities of the Company shall constitute additional Restricted Stock, subject to the same Risk of Forfeiture as the shares of Restricted Stock in respect of which such shares of Stock or other securities are paid). The Committee, as
determined at the time of Award, may permit or require the payment of cash dividends to be deferred and, if the Committee so determines, reinvested in additional Restricted Stock to the extent shares of Stock are available under Section 4.

 (f) Lapse of Restrictions. If and when the Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted
Stock, the shares shall be issued to the Participant promptly if not theretofore so issued. 
 7.4. Restricted Stock
Units. 
 (a) Character. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall entitle the recipient to one or more shares of Stock at a
close of such Restriction Period as the Committee may establish and subject to a Risk of Forfeiture arising on the basis of such conditions relating to the performance of services, Company or Affiliate performance or otherwise

  
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as the Committee may determine and provide for in the applicable Award Agreement. No Award of Restricted Stock Units shall have a Restriction Period of less than three (3) years except:
(i) as may be recommended by the Committee and approved by the Board or (ii) with respect to any Award of Restricted Stock Units which provides solely for a performance-based Risk of Forfeiture, so long as such Award has a Restriction
Period of at least one (1) year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may recommend, subject to Board approval, the issuance of a Restricted Stock Unit Award having a Restriction Period of less than one (1) year (in the case of an
Award of Restricted Stock Units which provides solely for a performance-based Risk of Forfeiture) or three (3) years (with respect to all other Awards of Restricted Stock Units), up to a maximum of 5% of the shares reserved for issuance
pursuant to the Plan (which 5% limit shall be applied on an aggregate basis to Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock Awards granted under Section 7.3 above). Any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to an Award of Restricted Stock Units may be
waived or terminated, or the Restriction Period shortened, by the Committee in connection with such extraordinary circumstances as it deems appropriate. 
 (b) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable Restriction Period. At the discretion of the
Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive payments equivalent to any dividends declared with respect to Stock referenced in grants of Restricted Stock Units but only following the close of the applicable Restriction Period and then only if
the underlying Stock shall have been earned. Unless the Committee shall provide otherwise, any such dividend equivalents shall be paid, if at all, without interest or other earnings. 

7.5. Performance Units. 
 (a) Character. Each Performance Unit shall entitle the recipient to the value of a specified number of shares of Stock, over the initial value for such number of shares, if any, established by the
Committee at the time of grant, at the close of a specified Performance Period to the extent specified business objectives, including but not limited to Performance Goals, shall have been achieved. 

(b) Earning of Performance Units. The Committee shall set Performance Goals or other business objectives in its discretion which,
depending on the extent to which they are met within the applicable Performance Period, will determine the number and value of Performance Units that will be paid out to the Participant. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder
of Performance Units shall be entitled to receive payout on the number and value of Performance Units earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding Performance Goals or
other business objectives have been achieved. 
 (c) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Performance Units
shall be made in a single lump sum following the close of the applicable Performance Period. At the discretion of the Committee, Participants may be entitled to receive any dividends declared with respect to Stock which have been earned in
connection with grants of Performance Units which have been earned, but not yet distributed to Participants. The Committee may permit or, if it so provides at grant require, a Participant to defer such Participant’s receipt of the payment of
cash or the delivery of Stock that would otherwise be due to such Participant by virtue of the satisfaction of any requirements or goals with respect to Performance Units. If any such deferral election is required or permitted, the Committee shall
establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals. 
 7.6. Stock Grants. Stock Grants shall be awarded solely in
recognition of significant prior or expected contributions to the success of the Company or its Affiliates, as an inducement to employment, in lieu of compensation otherwise already due and in such other limited circumstances as the Committee deems
appropriate. Stock Grants shall be made without forfeiture conditions of any kind. 
 7.7. Qualified Performance-Based
Awards. 
 (a) Purpose. The purpose of this Section 7.7 is to provide the Committee the ability to qualify
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decides to grant an Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, the provisions of this Section 7.7 will control over any contrary provision contained in the Plan. In the course of granting
any Award, the Committee may specifically designate the Award as intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. However, no Award shall be considered to have failed to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award solely because the
Award is not expressly designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, if the Award otherwise satisfies the provisions of this Section 7.7 and the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code applicable to “performance-based
compensation.” 
 (b) Authority. All grants of Awards intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Awards and
the determination of the terms applicable thereto shall be made by the Committee. If not all of the members thereof qualify as “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, however, all grants of Awards
intended to qualify as Qualified Performance-Based Awards and the determination of the terms applicable thereto shall be made by a subcommittee of the Committee consisting of such of the members of the Committee as do so qualify. Any reference in
this Section 7.7 to the Committee shall mean any such subcommittee if required under the preceding sentence, and any action by such a subcommittee shall be considered the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan. 

(c) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Qualified Performance-Based Awards. Any form of Award permitted under the Plan, other
than a Stock Grant, may be granted as a Qualified Performance-Based Award. Options may be granted as Qualified Performance-Based Awards in accordance with Section 7.1 and may become exercisable based on continued service, on satisfaction of
Performance Goals, or on a combination thereof. Each other Award intended to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, such as Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or Performance Units, shall be subject to satisfaction of one or more
Performance Goals except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.7. The Committee will have full discretion to select the length of any applicable Restriction Period or Performance Period, the kind and/or level of the applicable Performance
Goal, and whether the Performance Goal is to apply to the Company, a subsidiary of the Company or any division or business unit or to the individual. Any Performance Goal or Goals applicable to Qualified Performance-Based Awards shall be objective,
shall be established not later than ninety (90) days after the beginning of any applicable Performance Period (or at such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the
Code) and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, including the requirement that the outcome of the Performance Goal or Goals be substantially uncertain (as defined for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code)
at the time established. 
 (d) Payment of Qualified Performance-Based Awards. A Participant will be eligible to receive
payment under a Qualified Performance-Based Award which is subject to achievement of a Performance Goal or Goals only if the applicable Performance Goal or Goals are achieved within the applicable Performance Period, as determined by the Committee,
provided, that a Qualified Performance-Based Award may be deemed earned as a result of death, becoming disabled, or in connection with a Change of Control if otherwise provided in the Plan or the applicable Award Agreement even if the Award
would not constitute “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code following the occurrence of such an event. In determining the actual size of an individual Qualified Performance-Based Award, the Committee may
reduce or eliminate the amount of the Qualified Performance-Based Award earned for the Performance Period, if in its sole and absolute discretion, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. 

(e) Limitation on Adjustments for Certain Events. No adjustment of any Qualified Performance-Based Award pursuant to
Section 8 shall be made except on such basis, if any, as will not cause such Award to provide other than “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. 

(f) Definitions. For purposes of the Plan 
 (i) Performance Criteria means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The
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dividends), (ii) earnings per share (including, without limitation, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (iii) stock price, (iv) return on equity,
(v) stockholder return or total stockholder return, (vi) return on capital (including, without limitation, return on total capital or return on invested capital), (vii) return on investment, (viii) return on assets or net assets,
(ix) market capitalization, (x) economic value added, (xi) debt leverage (debt to capital), (xii) revenue, (xiii) sales or net sales, (xiv) backlog, (xv) income, pre-tax income or net income, (xvi) operating
income or pre-tax profit, (xvii) operating profit, net operating profit or economic profit, (xviii) gross margin, operating margin or profit margin, (xix) return on operating revenue or return on operating assets, (xx) cash from
operations, (xxi) operating ratio, (xxii) operating revenue, (xxiii) market share improvement, (xxiv) general and administrative expenses and (xxv) customer service. 

(ii) Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the written goal or goals established by the Committee for
the Performance Period based upon one or more of the Performance Criteria. The Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, subsidiary, or an individual, either
individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit or Affiliate, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either quarterly, annually or cumulatively over a
period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, in each case as specified by the Committee. The Committee will objectively define the manner of
calculating the Performance Goal or Goals it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Participant, including whether or to what extent there shall not be taken into account any of the following events that occurs during a performance
period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation, claims, judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for
reorganization and restructuring programs and (v) any extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring or non-comparable items (A) as described in Accounting Standard Codification Section 225-20, (B) as described in management’s
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s Annual Report to stockholders for the applicable year, or (C) publicly announced by the Company in a press release or conference call
relating to the Company’s results of operations or financial condition for a completed quarterly or annual fiscal period. 

7.8. Awards to Participants Outside the United States. The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan granted to a
Participant who is, at the time of grant or during the term of the Award, resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that the Award shall conform to laws,
regulations, procedures and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other restrictions
applicable as a result of the Participant’s residence or employment abroad, shall be as comparable as practicable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States. The Committee may
establish supplements or sub-plans to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of the Plan for the purpose of granting and administrating any such modified Award. No such modification, supplement, sub-plan, amendment, restatement or
alternative version may increase the share limit of Section 4. 
  

	8.	Adjustment Provisions 

8.1. Adjustment for Corporate Actions. All of the share numbers set forth in the Plan reflect the capital structure of the Company
as of February 15, 2012. If subsequent to that date the outstanding shares of Stock (or any other securities covered by the Plan by reason of the prior application of this Section) are increased, decreased, or exchanged for a different number
or kind of shares or other securities, or if additional shares or new or different shares or other securities are distributed with respect to shares of Stock, as a result of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split, or other similar distribution with respect to such shares of Stock, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment will be made in (i) the maximum numbers and kinds of shares provided in Section 4, (ii) the
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then outstanding Awards, (iii) the exercise price for each share or other unit of any other securities subject to then outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (without change in
the aggregate purchase price as to which such Options or Rights remain exercisable), and (iv) the repurchase price of each share of Restricted Stock then subject to a Risk of Forfeiture in the form of a Company repurchase right. 

8.2. Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. In the event of any corporate action not
specifically covered by the preceding Section, including but not limited to an extraordinary cash distribution on Stock, a corporate separation or other reorganization or liquidation, the Committee may make such adjustment of outstanding Awards and
their terms, if any, as it, in its sole discretion, may deem equitable and appropriate in the circumstances. The Committee may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or
nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in this Section) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the
Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan. 

8.3. Related Matters. Any adjustment in Awards made pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.2 shall be determined and made, if at all,
by the Committee, acting in its sole discretion, and shall include any correlative modification of terms, including of Option exercise prices, rates of vesting or exercisability, Risks of Forfeiture, applicable repurchase prices for Restricted
Stock, and Performance Goals and other business objectives which the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate so as to ensure the rights of the Participants in their respective Awards are not substantially diminished nor enlarged as a result of
the adjustment and corporate action other than as expressly contemplated in this Section 8. The Committee, in its discretion, may determine that no fraction of a share of Stock shall be purchasable or deliverable upon exercise, and in that
event if any adjustment hereunder of the number of shares of Stock covered by an Award would cause such number to include a fraction of a share of Stock, such number of shares of Stock shall be adjusted to the nearest smaller whole number of shares.
No adjustment of an Option exercise price per share pursuant to Sections 8.1 or 8.2 shall result in an exercise price which is less than the par value of the Stock. 
 8.4. Transactions. 
 (a) Definition of Transaction. In this
Section 8.4, “Transaction” means (1) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity as a result of which the Stock of the Company is converted into or exchanged for the right to receive cash,
securities or other property or is cancelled, (2) any sale or exchange of all of the Stock of the Company for cash, securities or other property, (3) any sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets to one or more other persons in a single transaction or series of related transactions or (4) any liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 
 (b) Treatment of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. In a Transaction, the Committee may take any one or more of the following actions as to all or any (or any portion of) outstanding Options
and Stock Appreciation Rights (collectively, “Rights”): 
 (1) Provide that such Rights shall be
assumed, or substantially equivalent rights shall be provided in substitution therefore, by the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof). 
 (2) Upon written notice to the holders, provide that the holders’ unexercised Rights will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Transaction unless exercised within a specified
period following the date of such notice. 
 (3) Provide that outstanding Rights shall become exercisable in
whole or in part prior to or upon the Transaction. 
 (4) Provide for cash payments, net of applicable tax
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(to the extent the exercise price does not exceed the acquisition price) over (B) the aggregate exercise price for all such shares of Stock subject to the Option, in exchange for the
termination of such Option; provided, that if the acquisition price does not exceed the exercise price of any such Option, the Committee may cancel that Option without the payment of any consideration therefore prior to or upon the Transaction. For
this purpose, “acquisition price” means the amount of cash, and market value of any other consideration, received in payment for a share of Stock surrendered in a Transaction but need not take into account any deferred consideration
unless and until received. 
 (5) Provide that, in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
Rights shall convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds net of the exercise price thereof and any applicable tax withholdings; or 
 (6) Any combination of the foregoing. 
 For purposes of paragraph (1) above, a Right shall be
considered assumed, or a substantially equivalent right shall be considered to have been provided in substitution therefore, if following consummation of the Transaction the Right confers the right to purchase or receive the value of, for each share
of Stock subject to the Right immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Transaction by holders of Stock for each share of Stock held
immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Stock); provided, however, that if the
consideration received as a result of the Transaction is not solely common stock (or its equivalent) of the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof), the Committee may provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of
Right to consist of or be based on solely common stock (or its equivalent) of the acquiring or succeeding entity (or an affiliate thereof) equivalent in value to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding shares of Stock as a
result of the Transaction. 
 (c) Treatment of Other Awards. As to outstanding Awards other than Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights, upon the occurrence of a Transaction other than a liquidation or dissolution of the Company which is not part of another form of Transaction, the repurchase and other rights of the Company under each such Award shall inure to
the benefit of the Company’s successor and shall, unless the Committee determines otherwise, apply to the cash, securities or other property which the Stock was converted into or exchanged for pursuant to such Transaction in the same manner and
to the same extent as they applied to the Award. Upon the occurrence of a Transaction involving a liquidation or dissolution of the Company which is not part of another form of Transaction, except to the extent specifically provided to the contrary
in the instrument evidencing any Award or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company, all Risks of Forfeiture and Performance Goals or other business objectives, where otherwise applicable to any such Awards, shall automatically be
deemed terminated or satisfied, as applicable. 
 (d) Related Matters. In taking any of the actions permitted under this
Section 8.4, the Committee shall not be obligated to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, identically. Any determinations required to carry out the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.4,
including but not limited to the market value of other consideration received by holders of Stock in a Transaction and whether substantially equivalent Rights have been substituted, shall be made by the Committee acting in its sole discretion. In
connection with any action or actions taken by the Committee in respect of Awards and in connection with a Transaction, the Committee may require such acknowledgements of satisfaction and releases from Participants as it may determine. 

 

	9.	Change of Control 

 Except
as otherwise provided below, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control: 
 (a) any and all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights
not already exercisable in full shall Accelerate with respect to 100% of the shares for which such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights are not then exercisable; 

  
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 (b) any Risk of Forfeiture applicable to Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units which
is not based on achievement of Performance Goals or other business objectives shall lapse with respect to 100% of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units still subject to such Risk of Forfeiture immediately prior to the Change of Control;
and 
 (c) all outstanding Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units conditioned on the achievement of Performance
Goals or other business objectives and the target payout opportunities attainable under outstanding Performance Units shall be deemed to have been satisfied as of the effective date of the Change of Control as to a pro rata number of shares based on
the assumed achievement of all relevant Performance Goals or other business objectives and the length of time within the Restriction Period or Performance Period which has elapsed prior to the Change of Control. All such Awards of Performance Units
and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid to the extent earned to Participants in accordance with their terms within thirty (30) days following the effective date of the Change of Control. 

None of the foregoing shall apply, however, (i) in the case of any Award pursuant to an Award Agreement requiring other or additional terms upon a
Change of Control (or similar event), or (ii) if specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges. Nor shall the foregoing apply in the case
of a Qualified Performance-Based Award except to the extent the foregoing would not interfere with the qualification of the Award under 162(m) of the Code at any time prior to a Change of Control (so that, for example, if a Change of Control occurs
but does not constitute a change of control within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, there shall be no Acceleration of any Qualified Performance-Based Award pursuant to this Section 9, but if the Change of Control does constitute
a change of control within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, then the Award shall Accelerate to the extent provided above regardless of whether it thereafter ceases to qualify as a Qualified Performance-Based Award). 

 

	10.	Settlement of Awards 

10.1. In General. Options and Restricted Stock shall be settled in accordance with their terms. All other Awards may be settled in
cash, Stock, or other Awards, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee at or after grant and subject to any contrary Award Agreement. The Committee may not require settlement of any Award in Stock pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence to the extent issuance of such Stock would be prohibited or unreasonably delayed by reason of any other provision of the Plan. 
 10.2. Violation of Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the relevant Award Agreement, if, at any time, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, the issuance of shares of Stock
covered by an Award may constitute a violation of law, then the Company may delay such issuance until (i) approval shall have been obtained from such governmental agencies, other than the Securities and Exchange Commission, as may be required
under any applicable law, rule, or regulation and (ii) in the case where such issuance would constitute a violation of a law administered by or a regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the following conditions shall have
been satisfied: 
 (a) the shares of Stock are at the time of the issue of such shares effectively registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or 
 (b) the Company shall have determined, on such basis as it deems appropriate
(including an opinion of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) that the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of such shares does not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended or any applicable State securities laws. 
 Furthermore, the inability or impracticability of the Company to obtain or
maintain authority from any governmental agency having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Stock hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the
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to issue such Stock as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained, and shall constitute circumstances in which the Committee may determine to amend or cancel Awards pertaining
to such Stock, with or without consideration to the affected Participants. 
 10.3. Corporate Restrictions on Rights in
Stock. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the charter, certificate or articles, and By-Laws, of the Company.

 10.4. Investment Representations. The Company shall be under no obligation to issue any shares of Stock covered by any
Award unless the shares to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan have been effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Participant shall have made such written representations to the Company (upon which
the Company believes it may reasonably rely) as the Company may deem necessary or appropriate for purposes of confirming that the issuance of such shares will be exempt from the registration requirements of that Act and any applicable state
securities laws and otherwise in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction in which Participants may reside or primarily work,, including but not limited to that the Participant is acquiring the shares for his or
her own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such shares. 
 10.5. Registration. If the Company shall deem it necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other applicable statutes any shares of Stock issued or to be
issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, or to qualify any such shares of Stock for exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or other applicable statutes, then the Company shall take such action at its own expense. The Company
may require from each recipient of an Award, or each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to the Plan, such information in writing for use in any registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus or offering circular as is reasonably
necessary for that purpose and may require reasonable indemnity to the Company and its officers and directors from that holder against all losses, claims, damage and liabilities arising from use of the information so furnished and caused by any
untrue statement of any material fact therein or caused by the omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made.
In addition, the Company may require of any such person that he or she agree that, without the prior written consent of the Company or the managing underwriter in any public offering of shares of Stock, he or she will not sell, make any short sale
of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, pledge or otherwise encumber, or otherwise dispose of, any shares of Stock during the 180 day period commencing on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the underwritten public
offering of securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.5, if in connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of the Company the managing underwriter of such offering requires
that the Company’s directors and officers enter into a lock-up agreement containing provisions that are more restrictive than the provisions set forth in the preceding sentence, then (a) each holder of shares of Stock acquired pursuant to
the Plan (regardless of whether such person has complied or complies with the provisions of clause (b) below) shall be bound by, and shall be deemed to have agreed to, the same lock-up terms as those to which the Company’s directors and
officers are required to adhere; and (b) at the request of the Company or such managing underwriter, each such person shall execute and deliver a lock-up agreement in form and substance equivalent to that which is required to be executed by the
Company’s directors and officers. 
 10.6. Placement of Legends; Stop Orders; etc. Each share of Stock to be issued
pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan may bear a reference to the investment representations made in accordance with Section 10.4 in addition to any other applicable restrictions under the Plan, the terms of the Award and, if applicable, to
the fact that no registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect to such shares of Stock. All shares of Stock or other securities delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and
other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Stock is then listed, and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the Committee may cause a
legend or legends to be placed on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions, or, if the Stock will be held in book-entry position through the Company’s transfer agent’s direct registration system, the
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 10.7. Tax Withholding. Whenever shares of Stock are issued or to be issued pursuant
to Awards granted under the Plan, the Company shall have the right to require the recipient to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local, foreign or other withholding tax requirements if, when, and to the extent
required by law (whether so required to secure for the Company an otherwise available tax deduction or otherwise) prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates, or the book-entry notation through the Company’s transfer agent’s
direct registration system, for such shares. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be conditional on satisfaction of all such withholding obligations and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any
such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to discretion, a Participant or to utilize any other withholding method prescribed by the Committee from time to time. To the extent necessary under applicable law, withholding in shares of Stock
to satisfy an applicable withholding requirement, in whole or in part, shall be subject to the election of the Participant and/or the approval of the Committee, acting in its sole discretion. Any election by a Participant shall be irrevocable, made
in writing, signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Committee deems appropriate. If shares of Stock are withheld to satisfy an applicable withholding requirement, the shares of Stock withheld shall
have a Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax which could be imposed on the transaction, provided, however, if shares of Stock are withheld to satisfy a withholding requirement
imposed by a country other than the United States, the amount withheld may exceed such minimum, provided that it is not in excess of the actual amount required to be withheld with respect to the Participant under applicable tax law or regulations.

 10.8. Company Charter and By-Laws; Other Company Policies. This Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are subject to
the charter and By-Laws of the Company, as they may be amended from time to time, and all other Company policies duly adopted by the Board, the Committee or any other committee of the Board and as in effect from time to time regarding the
acquisition, ownership or sale of Stock by employees and other service providers, including, without limitation, policies intended to limit the potential for insider trading and to avoid or recover compensation payable or paid on the basis of
inaccurate financial results or statements, employee conduct, and other similar events. 
  

	11.	Reservation of Stock 

 The
Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan and any outstanding Awards granted hereunder reserve or otherwise keep available such number of shares of Stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan (if then in effect)
and the Awards and shall pay all fees and expenses necessarily incurred by the Company in connection therewith. 
  

	12.	Limitation of Rights in Stock; No Special Service Rights 

 A Participant shall not be deemed for any purpose to be a stockholder of the Company with respect to any of the shares of Stock subject to an Award, unless and until a certificate shall have been issued
therefor and delivered to the Participant or his agent, or the Stock shall be issued through the Company’s transfer agent’s direct registration system. Any Stock to be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to
all restrictions upon the transfer thereof which may be now or hereafter imposed by the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Company. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any recipient of an Award
any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment or other association with the Company (or any Affiliate), or interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or any Affiliate), subject to the terms of any separate employment
or consulting agreement or provision of law or corporate articles or By-Laws to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or consulting agreement or to increase or decrease, or otherwise adjust, the other terms and conditions of the
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	13.	Unfunded Status of Plan 

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive compensation, and the Plan is not intended to constitute a
plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company, nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that
are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver Stock or payments with respect to
Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards hereunder, provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded status of the Plan. 

 

	14.	Nonexclusivity of the Plan 

Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor any action taken in connection with the adoption or operation of the Plan shall be
construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including without limitation, the granting of stock options and restricted stock other than under the Plan, and such
arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases. 
  

	15.	No Guarantee of Tax Consequences 

 Neither the Company nor any Affiliate, nor any director, officer, agent, representative or employee of either, guarantees to the Participant or any other person any particular tax consequences as a result
of the grant of, exercise of rights under, or payment in respect of an Award, including but not limited to that an Option granted as an Incentive Option has or will qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code or that the provisions and penalties of Section 409A of the Code, pertaining non-qualified plans of deferred compensation, will or will not apply and the Company will have no liability to a Participant or any other
party if a payment under an Award that is intended to benefit from favorable tax treatment or avoid adverse tax treatment fails to realize such intention or for any action taken by the Committee with respect to the Award. The Company shall be
unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on Plan Participants. 
  

	16.	Termination and Amendment of the Plan 

 16.1. Termination or Amendment of the Plan. Subject to the limitations contained in Section 16.3 below, including specifically the requirement of stockholder approval if applicable, the Board
may at any time terminate the Plan or make such modifications of the Plan as it shall deem advisable. Unless the Board otherwise expressly provides, no amendment of the Plan shall affect the terms of any Award outstanding on the date of such
amendment. 
 16.2. Termination or Amendment of Outstanding Awards; Assumptions. Subject to the limitations contained in
Section 16.3 below, including specifically the requirement of stockholder approval if applicable, the Committee may at any time: 
 (a) amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively, provided that the Award as amended is consistent with the terms of the Plan; and 

(b)(i) offer to buy out for a payment in cash or cash equivalents an Award previously granted or (ii) authorize the recipient of an
Award to elect to cash out an Award previously granted, in either case at such time and based upon such terms and conditions as the Committee shall establish. 
 16.3. Limitations on Amendments, Etc.  
 Without the approval of the
Company’s stockholders, no amendment or modification of the Plan by the Board may (i) increase the number of shares of Stock which may be issued under the Plan, (ii) change the 

  
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description of the persons eligible for Awards, or (iii) effect any other change for which stockholder approval is required by law or the rules of any relevant stock exchange. Furthermore,
except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company, the terms of outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may not be amended to reduce their exercise price, nor may outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights be
cancelled in exchange for cash, Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with exercise prices that are less than the exercise prices of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, or other Awards, without stockholder approval. 

No amendment or modification of the Plan by the Board, or of an outstanding Award by the Committee, shall impair the rights of the
recipient of any Award outstanding on the date of such amendment or modification or such Award, as the case may be, without the Participant’s consent; provided, however, that no such consent shall be required if (i) the Board or
Committee, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change of Control that such amendment or alteration either is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any law or
regulation, including without limitation the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, or to meet the requirements of or avoid adverse financial accounting consequences under any accounting standard, or (ii) the Board or Committee, as the
case may be, determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change of Control that such amendment or alteration is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under the Award, or that any such diminution has
been adequately compensated, or (iii) the Board or Committee, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion that such amendment or alteration either is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any
law or regulation. 
  

	17.	Notices and Other Communications 

 Any communication or notice required or permitted to be given under the Plan shall be in such form as the Committee may determine from time to time. If a notice, demand, request or other communication is
required or permitted to be given in writing, then any such notice, demand, request or other communication hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if contained in a written instrument delivered in person or duly sent by first class
registered, certified or overnight mail, postage prepaid, or telecopied with a confirmation copy by regular, certified or overnight mail, addressed or telecopied, as the case may be, (i) if to the recipient of an Award, at his or her residence
address last filed with the Company and (ii) if to the Company, at its principal place of business, addressed to the attention of its Treasurer, or to such other address or telecopier number, as the case may be, as the addressee may have
designated by notice to the addressor. All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been received: (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery; (ii) in the case of mailing,
when received by the addressee; and (iii) in the case of facsimile transmission, when confirmed by facsimile machine report. 
  

	18.	Governing Law 

 It is
intended that all Awards shall be granted and maintained on a basis which ensures they are exempt from, or otherwise compliant with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Plan shall be governed, interpreted and enforced
consistent with such intent. Neither the Committee nor the Company, nor any of its Affiliates or its or their officers, employees, agents, or representatives, shall have any liability or responsibility for any adverse federal, state or local tax
consequences and penalty taxes which may result the grant or settlement of any Award on a basis contrary to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or comparable provisions of any applicable state or local income tax laws. The Plan and all
Award Agreements and actions taken thereunder otherwise shall be governed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. 

  
 18Confidential Severance Agreement and Release

 Exhibit 10.1 
 CONFIDENTIAL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT AND RELEASE 
 This Severance and Release
(“Agreement”) is made this 11th day of July, 2012 by and between Penn Virginia Corporation (hereinafter “Penn Virginia” or the “Company”) and Michael E. Stamper (hereinafter “EMPLOYEE”). 

WHEREAS, EMPLOYEE and Penn Virginia wish to agree on matters relating to the end of EMPLOYEE’s employment with the Company on
the terms set forth herein; and, 
 NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, and fully intending to be legally bound hereby, EMPLOYEE and Penn Virginia agree as follows: 
 1. EMPLOYEE, for
and in consideration of the covenants described herein, and other consideration set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound, does hereby REMISE, RELEASE, AND FOREVER DISCHARGE Penn Virginia, together with its predecessors-in-interest,
successors-in-interest, parent, subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates, and its current or former owners, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, from all legally waivable causes of action, suits, debts, claims, cross-claims,
counterclaims and demands whatsoever in law or in equity, that he ever had, now has, may have had, or hereafter may have, or which his successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators may have, by reason of any matter, cause, or thing
whatsoever, occurring at any time in the past up to and including the date of the execution of this Agreement and particularly, but without limitation of the foregoing general terms, any claims and/or counterclaims relating in any way to
EMPLOYEE’s employment relationship with Penn Virginia, including, but not limited to, any legally waivable claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.; the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 29 U.S.C. § 706 et seq., the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 29601 et seq.,
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§ 951 et seq.; Pennsylvania Equal Pay Law, 43 Pa. Stat. Ann.
§§ 336.1 et seq.; the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law, 43 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§ 260.1-260.11a., and all other claims under any federal, state or local common law, statutory, or regulatory provision, now or hereafter
recognized arising prior to the effective date of this Agreement, and including any claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, except that this release of Claims excludes (1) claims not waivable as a matter of law and
(2) claims for a breach of this Agreement. This Agreement is effective without regard to the legal nature of the claims raised and without regard to whether any such claims are based upon tort, equity, implied or express contract or
discrimination of any sort. 
 2. In consideration of EMPLOYEE’s execution of this Agreement, his agreement to be legally
bound by its terms, and the undertakings of EMPLOYEE as set forth herein, including his agreement to release and permanently waive claims of any kind against Penn Virginia: 
 a. EMPLOYEE acknowledges and agrees that EMPLOYEE’s separation date (“Separation Date”) from Penn Virginia will be September 1, 2012. EMPLOYEE also agrees that he will continue to use
his best efforts to perform his job through his Separation Date. EMPLOYEE understands that his employment through the Separation Date is “at will” and may be terminated by the Company at any time and for any reason, or for no reason.

 b. Penn Virginia shall pay the EMPLOYEE $280,000 (TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS),
less applicable taxes. Payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after the Separation Date. 
 3. Nothing in this
Agreement prevents or prohibits EMPLOYEE from filing a claim with a government entity, such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, that is responsible for enforcing a law on behalf of the government. However, EMPLOYEE understands that,
because EMPLOYEE is waiving and releasing all claims for monetary damages and any other claims for personal relief, EMPLOYEE may only seek and receive non-personal forms of relief through any such claim. 

4. EMPLOYEE shall treat the terms and conditions of this Agreement as confidential to the fullest extent allowed by law, and only to that
extent, and will not be disclosed to any person except to the EMPLOYEE’s attorney, accountant or tax preparer, or except as may be required by law or agreed to in writing by the Company. 

5. EMPLOYEE acknowledges and agrees that during his employment with the Company, he had access to proprietary or confidential
information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including, but not limited to, market research and plans, product plans, pricing and discount plans, customer lists and customers, advertising, processes, formulas, technology, designs, and
sales methods and systems, personnel information, compensation plans, either directly or indirectly in writing or orally (“Confidential Information”). Such Confidential Information is a valuable and unique asset of the Company and EMPLOYEE
agrees that he will not at any time in the future disclose any such Confidential Information to any person for any reason whatsoever without the prior written authorization of the Company. 

6. EMPLOYEE hereby warrants that he will return to the Company all items of property provided by the Company for EMPLOYEE’s use
during employment with the Company. EMPLOYEE also warrants that he will return to the Company all documents and materials (in electronic, paper or other form) created or received by EMPLOYEE in the course of employment with the Company, except
EMPLOYEE’s personal copies of documents evidencing (i) hire, compensation rate and payments, benefits, and (ii) any other agreements between EMPLOYEE and the Company signed by EMPLOYEE. 

7. EMPLOYEE hereby agrees and recognizes that his employment relationship with Penn Virginia has been permanently and irrevocably severed
and that the Company does not have any obligation, contractual or otherwise, to hire, rehire, or re-employ him in the future. 

8. The parties further recognize and agree that this Agreement is not an admission of liability on the part of any party, which liability
and responsibility for damages are specifically denied. The sole purpose of this Agreement is to enable the parties to agree on matters relating to the end of EMPLOYEE’s employment with Penn Virginia. 

9. The parties agree that any dispute arising under this Agreement, or related in any way to the term of same, shall be governed by the
laws of the State of Pennsylvania, without regard to choice of law principles. 
 10. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts by facsimile, all of which taken together shall constitute an instrument enforceable and binding upon the parties. 

11. This Agreement shall be construed as a whole according to its fair meaning. It shall not be construed strictly for or against
EMPLOYEE or Penn Virginia. 

  
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 12. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if for any reason any part hereof
shall be found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be enforced in full. 
 13. EMPLOYEE hereby certifies and
acknowledges as follows: 
 a. that he has read the terms of this Severance Agreement and Release, and that he understands its
terms and effects, including the fact that he has agreed to RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE Penn Virginia, in accordance with paragraph 1; 
 b. that he has signed this Agreement voluntarily and knowingly in exchange for the consideration described herein, which he acknowledges as adequate and satisfactory to him; 

c. that he has been directed by this writing to consult with his attorney prior to signing this Severance Agreement and Release;

 d. that he understands that by executing this Severance Agreement and Release, he is not waiving rights or claims that may
arise after the date the waiver is executed; 
 e. that neither Penn Virginia nor any of its agents, representatives,
employees, or attorneys have made any representations to him construing the terms or effects of this Agreement other than those expressly set forth in this Severance Agreement and Release; 

f. that Penn Virginia has provided him with at least 21 days within which to consider whether to sign this Severance Agreement and
Release and that he has signed on the date indicated below after concluding that this Severance Agreement and Release is satisfactory to him; 
 g. that he has the right to revoke this Severance Agreement and Release for a period of 7 days following his execution of the Agreement by giving written notice to Penn Virginia by fax or hand delivery to
the attention of: 
 Patrick J. Udovich 
 Vice President of Human Resources 
 100 Matsonford Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 
 (P) 610-687-8900 
 (F) 610-687-3688 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, EMPLOYEE and Penn Virginia hereby execute the foregoing Severance
Agreement and Release. 
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 CAUTION: READ CAREFULLY. 
 DO NOT SIGN THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH CONTAINS A GENERAL RELEASE, UNTIL AND UNLESS IT IS THOROUGHLY UNDERSTOOD. 
 I UNDERSTAND THAT BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT I AM GIVING UP RIGHTS I MAY HAVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. 

 

							
	 /s/ Michael R. Wilder
	 		 	 /s/ Michael E. Stamper

	WITNESS	 		 	MICHAEL E. STAMPER
			
		 		 	Date: August 31, 2012
			
		 		 	PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION
			
		 		 	 /s/ Patrick J. Udovich

		 		 	By: PATRICK J. UDOVICH
		 		 	Title: Vice President, Human Resources
		 		 	Date: August 31, 2012

  
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