Document:

Exhibit
10.3

 

VEECO
INSTRUMENTS INC. 2010 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

NOTICE OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

 

Veeco Instruments Inc. (the “Company”), is
pleased to confirm the award to the individual named below (“Grantee”)
of restricted shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
described below, subject to the terms and conditions of this Notice of
Restricted Stock Award (the “Notice”), the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2010
Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”) and the
terms and conditions set forth in the Veeco Instruments Inc. Terms and
Conditions of Restricted Stock Award (2010) (the “Terms and Conditions”)
attached hereto, as follows.  Unless
otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same
defined meanings in this Notice.

 

	
  Grantee:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Award
  Date:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Aggregate
  number of shares of

  Restricted Stock subject to the Award

  	
   

  
	
  (the
  “Award”):

  	
   

  

 

Vesting/Lapsing
of Restrictions:

 

Subject
to Grantee’s Continuous Service, 1/3 of the shares comprising the Award will
vest, and the restrictions with respect to such shares shall lapse, on each of
the second (2nd), third (3rd) and fourth (4th) anniversaries of the Award
Date (each a “Vesting Date”).  If
the Grantee would become vested in a fraction of a share on a Vesting Date,
such share shall not vest until the Grantee becomes vested in the entire share
on the following Vesting Date.

 

Additional Provisions:

 

This Award shall be subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”) and the Veeco Instruments Inc. Terms and Conditions of
Restricted Stock Award (2010) (the “Terms and Conditions”).  Unless Grantee notifies the Company within 10
days following receipt of this notice that he or she declines this Award,
Grantee will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Terms and
Conditions.  Any such notice should be in
writing and sent to Veeco Instruments Inc., Attention: General Counsel,
Terminal Drive, Plainview, NY 11803 or by facsimile to 516-677-0380.

 

 

	
   

  	
  VEECO
  INSTRUMENTS INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name: Robert W. Bradshaw

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Sr. Vice President Human Resources

  

 

 

VEECO
INSTRUMENTS INC. 2010 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

(2010)

 

These TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD
(2010) (these “Terms and Conditions”) apply to any award by Veeco
Instruments Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), subject to
certain restrictions (“Restricted Stock”), pursuant to the Veeco
Instruments Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (as it may be amended from time to
time, the “Plan”), which specifically references these Terms and
Conditions.

 

ARTICLE
1

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           In
General.  Capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan
and/or the applicable Notice of Restricted Stock Award (the “Notice”).  In addition, wherever the following term is
used in these Terms and Conditions, it shall have the meaning specified below,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

1.2           “Restrictions”
shall mean the restrictions on sale or other transfer set forth in Section 4.2
and the exposure to the risk of forfeiture set forth in Section 3.1.

 

ARTICLE
2

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD

 

2.1           Award
of Restricted Stock.  The Award is
made in consideration of the Grantee’s agreement to remain in the service of
the Company and for other good and valuable consideration which the Administrator
has determined exceeds the aggregate par value of the shares of Common Stock subject
to the Award.

 

2.2           Award
Subject to Plan.  The Award is
subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan,  including the provisions of Section 11 of the
Plan in the event of a Corporate Transaction.

 

ARTICLE
3

RESTRICTIONS

 

3.1           Forfeiture.  Unless otherwise provided by written
agreement between the Company and Grantee, which may be entered into at any
time, including in connection with the termination of Grantee’s Continuous
Service, any Shares subject to the Award which are not vested at the time Grantee’s
Continuous Service terminates shall thereupon be forfeited immediately and
without any further action by the Company or the Grantee.

 

3.2           Vesting
and Lapse of Restrictions.  Subject
to Section 3.1, the Restrictions shall lapse with respect to 1/3 of the
shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award, and the Grantee’s rights
thereto shall vest, on each of the second (2nd),
third (3rd) and fourth (4th) anniversaries of the Award Date (each a “Vesting
Date”); provided, however, that
in each case the Grantee remains in Continuous Service from the Award Date
through such Vesting Date.  If 

 

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the Grantee would become vested in a fraction of a
share on a Vesting Date, such share shall not vest until the Grantee becomes
vested in the entire share on the following Vesting Date.

 

3.3           Legend.  Until such time as the Restrictions have
lapsed, the Company may instruct the transfer agent for the Common Stock and/or
other record-keepers to include a restrictive code or similar notation in its
records (or legend on stock certificates, if any) to denote the Restrictions
and any applicable federal and/or state securities laws restrictions relating
to Restricted Stock.  The notation or
legend may include the following:

 

“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE PLAN AND IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE RESTRICTED
STOCK AWARD, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE
CORPORATION.”

 

3.4           Payment
of Taxes; Issuance of Shares.

 

(a)           Grantee
understands, acknowledges and agrees that, unless a Section 83(b) election
is made (as described in Section 3.7), the difference between the Fair
Market Value of a Share at the time it vests, and the amount, if any, paid by
the Grantee for such Share is subject to state and federal income taxes and Grantee
is responsible for paying such taxes.

 

(b)           If
the Company is required to withhold any such taxes, Grantee hereby authorizes
the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for
such purposes to sell on Grantee’s behalf a whole number of Shares from the
number of vested Shares delivered to Grantee at the time the Restrictions lapse
to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the tax withholding obligation
(“Sale Provisions”).  The Shares
will be sold as soon as practicable following the day the tax withholding
obligation arises.  The Grantee will be
responsible for all brokerage fees and other costs of sale and Grantee agrees
to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or
expenses relating to any such sale.  Grantee
acknowledges that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange
for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale
may not be sufficient to satisfy Grantee’s tax withholding obligation.  Accordingly, Grantee agrees to pay to the
Company as soon as practicable any amount of the tax withholding obligation
that is not satisfied by the sale of Shares described above.  By accepting the Award, Grantee expresses his
or her intent that the Sale Provisions described above regarding the sale of Shares
to pay taxes are intended to constitute a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan and to satisfy
the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.  The Company may, at its
discretion, fulfill its tax withholding obligation by reducing the number  of  vested  Shares  delivered to Grantee at the time the
Restrictions lapse by the number  of  Shares  required
to satisfy such tax withholding requirements (based on the Fair Market Value of
Shares at such time).  Such Shares shall
be returned to the Company.  Grantee’s
acknowledgement and acceptance of these tax provisions are conditions precedent
to the right of Grantee to receive the Award under the Plan and these Terms and
Conditions.

 

(c)           In
lieu of the sale or reduction of Shares delivered described in paragraph (b) above,
Grantee may pay to the Company the amount of tax required to be withheld in
cash, 

 

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by check or in other form satisfactory to the
Company.  Such payment must be made by
the date on which the Restrictions lapse or such later date as is established by
the Company (not to exceed 15 days after the date on which the Restrictions
lapse).

 

(d)           The
Shares will be deposited directly into Grantee’s brokerage account with the
Company’s approved broker when vested and any applicable withholding
obligations have been satisfied.

 

3.5           Stop-Transfer
Notices.  In order to ensure
compliance with the Restrictions and any provisions set forth in these Terms
and Conditions, the Notice or the Plan, the Company may issue appropriate “stop
transfer” instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and, if the Company
transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate notations to the same
effect in its own records.  The Company
may issue a “stop transfer” instruction if the Grantee fails to satisfy any tax
withholding obligations.

 

3.6           Certain
Changes in Capitalization; Additional Securities.  If the shares of the Company’s Common Stock
as a whole are increased, decreased, changed into or exchanged for a different
number or kind of shares or securities of the Company, whether through merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock
dividend, stock split, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in
corporate structure or the like, the Administrator, in its sole discretion,
shall have the discretion and power to determine and to make effective
provision for acceleration of the time or times at which any Restrictions shall
lapse or be removed.  In addition, in the
case of the occurrence of any event described in this Section 3.6, the Administrator,
subject to the provisions of the Plan and these Terms and Conditions, shall
make an appropriate and proportionate adjustment in the number and kind of Shares
subject to the Award, to the end that after such event the Grantee’s
proportionate interest shall be maintained as before the occurrence of such
event.  Any such adjustment made by the Administrator
shall be final and binding upon the Grantee, the Company and all other
interested persons.  Any securities or
cash received (other than a regular cash dividend) as the result of ownership
of the Restricted Stock (the “Additional Securities”), including, but
not by way of limitation, warrants, options and securities received as a stock
dividend or stock split, or as a result of a recapitalization or reorganization
or other similar change in the Company’s capital structure, shall be retained
in escrow in the same manner and subject to the same conditions and
Restrictions as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were issued,
including, without limitation, the vesting provisions set forth under Vesting/Lapsing
of Restrictions in the Notice.  The
Grantee shall be entitled to direct the Company to exercise any warrant or
option received as Additional Securities upon supplying the funds necessary to do
so, in which event the securities so purchased shall constitute Additional
Securities, but the Grantee may not direct the Company to sell any such warrant
or option.  If Additional Securities
consist of a convertible security, the Grantee may exercise any conversion
right, and any securities so acquired shall constitute Additional
Securities.  In the event of any change
in certificates evidencing the Shares or the Additional Securities by reason of
any recapitalization, reorganization or other transaction that results in the
creation of Additional Securities, the escrow holder is authorized to deliver
to the issuer the certificates evidencing the Shares or the Additional
Securities in exchange for the certificates of the replacement securities.

 

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3.7           Section 83(b) Election.  Grantee understands that, under Section 83(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Grantee
will recognize as ordinary income the difference between the amount, if any,
paid for the Shares and the Fair Market Value of the Shares at the time the
Restrictions on such Shares lapse.  Grantee
understands that, notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Grantee may elect to
be taxed at the time of the Award Date, rather that at the time the
Restrictions lapse, by filing an election under Section 83(b) of the
Code (an “83(b) Election”) with the Internal Revenue Service within
30 days of the Award Date. In the event Grantee files an 83(b) Election, Grantee
will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the difference between the
amount, if any, paid for the Shares and the Fair Market Value of such Shares as
of the Award Date, and will be responsible for paying all such taxes, and, if
applicable, paying the Company the amount of any tax required to be withheld
thereon at the time of such election, in the manner set forth in Section 3.4.  Grantee further understands that a copy of
such 83(b) Election form must be filed with his or her federal income tax
return for the calendar year in which the Award falls, and a copy delivered to
the Company.  Grantee acknowledges that
the foregoing is only a summary of the effect of United States federal income
taxation with respect to this Award, and does not purport to be complete or to
deal with any state, local or foreign tax requirements that might apply.  GRANTEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING THE GRANTEE’S 83(B) ELECTION, AND THE
COMPANY HAS DIRECTED GRANTEE TO SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE REGARDING THE
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY,
STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH GRANTEE MAY RESIDE,
AND THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF GRANTEE’S DEATH.

 

ARTICLE
4

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

4.1           Book
Entry; Escrow.  The unvested Shares
will be held in book-entry or global certificate form.  If the Company instead chooses to issue share
certificates representing the Shares, the certificates for the Shares shall be
deposited in escrow with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company or
such other escrow holder as the Company may appoint; provided, however,
that in no event shall the Grantee retain physical custody of any certificates
representing unvested Shares issued to him. 
The deposited certificates shall remain in escrow until all of the
Restrictions lapse or shall have been removed.

 

4.2           Restricted
Stock Not Transferable.  No unvested
Shares or any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the
debts, contracts or engagements of the Grantee or his successors in interest or
shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge,
encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be
voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment,
garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy),
and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 4.2 shall not prevent
transfers by will or by applicable laws of descent and distribution.

 

4.3           Rights
as Stockholder.  Except as otherwise
provided herein, upon issuance of the Shares pursuant to Section 4.1, the Grantee
shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to said Shares, subject
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receive all dividends or other distributions paid or
made with respect to the Shares; provided, however, that any and all Additional
Securities received by the Grantee with respect to such Restricted Stock shall,
as provided in Section 3.6, also be subject to the Restrictions until the
Restrictions on the underlying Shares lapse or are removed pursuant to these
Terms and Conditions.

 

4.4           No
Right to Continued Employment. 
Nothing in the Notice, these Terms and Conditions or the Plan shall
confer upon the Grantee any right to continue in the service of the Company or
any Related Entity or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of
the Company or any Related Entity, which are hereby expressly reserved, to
discharge the Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without
cause, except as may otherwise be provided by any written agreement entered
into by and between the Company and the Grantee.

 

4.5           No
Right to Future Awards.  Nothing in
the Notice, these Terms and Conditions or the Plan shall confer upon the
Grantee any right with respect to future Awards under the Plan, or any right
with respect to any other award under any plan of the Company or any Related
Entity.

 

4.6           Entire
Agreement: Governing Law.  The
Notice, these Terms and Conditions and the Plan constitute the entire agreement
of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their
entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and the Grantee
with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to
the Grantee’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and
the Grantee.  Nothing in the Notice, the
Plan and these Terms and Conditions (except as expressly provided therein) is
intended to confer any rights or remedies on any persons other than the
parties.  The Notice, the Plan and these
Terms and Conditions are to be construed in accordance with and governed by the
internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice of
law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the internal laws of the State of Delaware to the rights and duties
of the parties.  Should any provision of
the Notice, the Plan or these Terms and Conditions be determined to be illegal
or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the fullest extent
allowed by law and the other provisions shall nevertheless remain effective and
shall remain enforceable.

 

4.7           Conformity
to Securities Laws.  The Grantee
acknowledges that the Plan and these Terms and Conditions are intended to
conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and any and all regulations and rules promulgated thereunder by
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act.  Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Award
is granted, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and
regulations.  To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Plan and these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed amended
to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

 

4.8           Amendment,
Suspension and Termination.  The
Award and these Terms and Conditions may be wholly or partially amended or
otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by
the Committee or the Board, provided
that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, neither the amendment,
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Award or these Terms and Conditions shall, without the
consent of the Grantee, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any
Award.

 

4.9           Administration
and Interpretation.  Any question or
dispute regarding the administration or interpretation of the Notice, the Plan
or these Terms and Conditions shall be submitted by the Grantee or by the
Company to the Administrator.  The
resolution of such question or dispute by the Administrator shall be final and
binding on all persons.

 

4.10         Venue
and Waiver of Jury Trial.  The
Company, the Grantee, and the Grantee’s assignees pursuant to Section 4.2
(the “parties”) agree that any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or
relating to the Notice, the Plan or these Terms and Conditions shall be brought
in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (or
should such court lack jurisdiction to hear such action, suit or proceeding, in
a New York state court in the County of Nassau) and that the parties shall
submit to the jurisdiction of such court. 
The parties irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any objection the party may have to the laying of venue for any such suit,
action or proceeding brought in such court. 
THE PARTIES ALSO EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE TO
A JURY TRIAL OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.  If any one or more provisions of this Section 4.10
shall for any reason be held invalid or unenforceable, it is the specific
intent of the parties that such provisions shall be modified to the minimum
extent necessary to make it or its application valid and enforceable.

 

4.11         Notices.  Notices required or permitted hereunder shall
be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal
delivery or upon deposit in the United States mail by certified mail, with
postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the Grantee to his address shown in the
Company records, and to the Company at its principal executive office.

 

4.12         Severability.
 The invalidity or unenforceability of
any paragraph or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other paragraph or provision, and all other
provisions shall remain in full force and effect.  If any provision of these Terms and
Conditions is held to be excessively broad, then such provision shall be
reformed and construed by limiting and reducing it so as to be enforceable to
the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

4.13         Certain
Provisions Applicable to Grantees Employed at International Locations.  The Company will assess its requirements
regarding tax, social insurance and any other payroll tax (“Tax-Related
Items”) withholding and reporting in connection with the Shares.  These requirements may change from time to
time as laws or interpretations change. 
Regardless of the actions of the Company in this regard, Grantee hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the ultimate liability for any and all Tax-Related
Items is and remains his or her responsibility and liability and that the
Company makes no representations nor undertakings regarding treatment of any
Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Award and does not
commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Award to reduce
or eliminate the Grantee’s liability regarding Tax-Related Items.  In the event that the Company must withhold
any Tax-Related Items in connection with the Award, Grantee agrees to make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company to satisfy all withholding
requirements.  Grantee authorizes the
Company to withhold all applicable Tax-Related Items legally due from the Grantee
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cash compensation paid him or her by the Company
and/or to cause the sale of vested Shares on Grantee’s behalf or reduce the
number of vested Shares delivered to Grantee at the time the Restrictions
lapse, as contemplated by Section 3.4 above, to satisfy such Tax-Related
Items.

 

4.14         Data
Privacy.  Grantee consents to the
collection, use and transfer of personal data as described in this
Section.  Grantee understands that the
Company and its Subsidiaries hold certain personal information about the Grantee,
including the Grantee’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth,
social security number or identification number, salary, nationality, job
title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company, details of all
options or any other entitlement to shares of stock (restricted or otherwise)
awarded, cancelled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in Grantee’s
favor, for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan (“Data”).  Grantee further understands that the Company
and/or its Subsidiaries will transfer Data amongst themselves as necessary for
the purpose of implementation, administration and management of Grantee’s
participation in the Plan, and that the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries
may each further transfer Data to any third parties assisting the Company in
the implementation, administration and management of the Plan (“Data
Recipients”).  Grantee understands
that these Data Recipients may be located in the Grantee’s country of
residence, the European Economic Area, or elsewhere throughout the world, such
as the United States.  Grantee authorizes
the Data Recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in
electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and
managing Grantee’s participation in the Plan, including any transfer of such
Data, as may be required for the administration of the Plan and/or the
subsequent holding of Shares on the Grantee’s behalf, to a broker or other
third party with whom Grantee may elect to deposit any Shares of stock acquired
upon vesting of the Shares.  Grantee
understands that he or she may, at any time, review the Data, require any
necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consent herein in writing by
contacting the Company.  Withdrawal of
consent may, however, affect Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan.

 

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7Exhibit 4.1

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

2007
OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

 

Amended and Restated
Effective May 11, 2010

 

 

INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.

2007
OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

 

1.     Purpose

 

The purpose of the Investment Technology Group, Inc. 2007 Omnibus
Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide (i) designated
employees of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and its
subsidiaries, and (ii) non-employee members of the board of directors of
the Company with the opportunity to receive grants of stock options, stock
units, stock awards, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards. The
Company believes that the Plan will encourage the participants to contribute
materially to the growth of the Company, thereby benefiting the Company’s
stockholders, and will align the economic interests of the participants with
those of the stockholders. The Plan was originally effective on May 8,
2007 upon approval by the stockholders of the Company, and previously amended and
restated on May 12, 2009 upon approval by the stockholders of the Company
and on August 18, 2009. This amendment and restatement will be effective May 11,
2010, subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company.

 

The Investment Technology Group, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock
Option Plan (the “Director Plan”), the Investment Technology Group, Inc.
Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option and Long-term Incentive Plan (the “1994
Plan”), the Amended and Restated Investment Technology Group, Inc. Stock
Unit Award Program Subplan (the “SUA Subplan”), the Amended and Restated
Investment Technology Group, Inc. Directors’ Retainer Fee Subplan (the “Directors’
Retainer Fee Subplan”), and the Amended and Restated Investment Technology
Group, Inc. Directors’ Equity Subplan (the “Directors’ Equity Subplan”,
and collectively with the SUA Subplan and the Directors’ Retainer Fee Subplan,
the “Subplans”) were merged with and into this Plan as of May 8, 2007. No
additional grants will be made thereafter under the Director Plan and the 1994
Plan. Outstanding grants under the Director Plan, the 1994 Plan and the
Subplans as of May 8, 2007 will continue in effect according to their
terms as in effect on May 8, 2007 (subject to such amendments as the
Committee (as defined below) determines appropriate, consistent with the terms
of the Director Plan, the 1994 Plan or the Subplans, as applicable), and the
shares with respect to such outstanding grants will be issued or transferred
under this Plan. After May 8, 2007, the Subplans shall continue in effect
as subplans of the Plan and grants and/or deferrals may continue to be made
under the Subplans with shares associated with such grants and/or deferrals
being issued under this Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2009, the Equity
Deferral Award Program Subplan was added as a subplan under the Plan.

 

2.     Definitions

 

Whenever used in this Plan,
the following terms will have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

(a)   “Board”
means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

(b)   “Change in Control”
means and shall be deemed to have occurred:

 

(i)    if any person (within the meaning of the Exchange Act), other
than the Company or a Related Party, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
Voting Securities representing 35% percent or more of the total voting power of
all the then-outstanding Voting Securities; or

 

(ii)   if the individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the
Board, together with those who first become directors subsequent to such date
and whose recommendation, election or nomination for election to the Board was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office
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recommendation, election or nomination for election was previously so
approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the members of the
Board; or

 

(iii)  upon consummation of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or
reorganization of the Company, reverse split of any class of Voting Securities,
or an acquisition of securities or assets by the Company other than (i) any
such transaction in which the holders of outstanding Voting Securities immediately
prior to the transaction receive (or retain), with respect to such Voting
Securities, voting securities of the surviving or transferee entity
representing more than 50 percent of the total voting power outstanding
immediately after such transaction, with the voting power of each such
continuing holder relative to other such continuing holders not substantially
altered in the transaction, or (ii) any such transaction which would
result in a Related Party beneficially owning more than 50 percent of the voting
securities of the surviving or transferee entity outstanding immediately after
such transaction; or

 

(iv)  upon consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than any such transaction
which would result in a Related Party owning or acquiring more than
50 percent of the assets owned by the Company immediately prior to the
transaction; or

 

(v)   if the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company.

 

(c)   “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(d)   “Committee”
means (i) with respect to Grants to Employees, the Compensation Committee
of the Board or another committee appointed by the Board to administer the
Plan, (ii) with respect to Grants made to Non-Employee Directors, the
Board, and (iii) with respects to Grants that are intended to be “qualified
performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of the Code, a
committee that consists of two or more persons appointed by the Board, all of
whom shall be “outside directors” as defined under section 162(m) of
the Code and related Treasury regulations.

 

(e)    “Company”
means Investment Technology Group, Inc. and any successor corporation.

 

(f)    “Company
Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(g)   “Dividend
Equivalent” means an amount determined by multiplying the number of
shares of Company Stock subject to a Grant by the per-share cash dividend, or
the per-share fair market value (as determined by the Committee) of any
dividend in consideration other than cash, paid by the Company on its Company
Stock.

 

(h)   “Employee”
means a person classified as an employee of the Employer (including an officer
or director who is also an employee) for payroll purposes, as determined in the
sole discretion of the Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a person is
engaged in a non-employee status (including, but not limited to, as an
independent contractor, an individual being paid through an employee leasing
company or other third party agency) and is subsequently reclassified by the
Company, the Internal Revenue Service, or a court as an employee for payroll
purposes, such person, for purposes of this Plan, shall be deemed an Employee
from the actual (and not the effective) date of such reclassification, unless
expressly provided otherwise by the Company.

 

(i)    “Employer”
means the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

(j)    “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(k)    “Exercise
Price” means the per share price at which shares of Company Stock
may be purchased under an Option, as designated by the Committee.

 

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(l)     “Fair
Market Value,” unless otherwise required by an applicable provision
of the Code, as of any date, means the closing sales price of the Common Stock
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant; provided,
however, that at any time that the Common Stock is not quoted on the New York
Stock Exchange on such trading days, Fair Market Value shall be determined by
the Committee in its discretion.

 

(m)   “Grant”
means an Option, Stock Unit, Stock Award, SAR, Dividend Equivalent or Other
Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

 

(n)   “Grant
Agreement” means the written instrument that sets forth the terms
and conditions of a Grant, including all amendments thereto.

 

(o)   “Incentive
Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to meet the
requirements of an incentive stock option under section 422 of the Code.

 

(p)   “Non-Employee
Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the
Employer.

 

(q)   “Nonqualified
Stock Option” means an Option that is not intended to be taxed as an
incentive stock option under section 422 of the Code.

 

(r)    “Option”
means an option to purchase shares of Company Stock, as described in Section 7.

 

(s)    “Other Stock-Based
Award” means any Grant based on, measured by or payable in, Company
Stock (other than a Grant described in Sections 7, 8, 9 or 10(a) of
the Plan), as described in Section 10(b).

 

(t)    “Participant”
means an Employee or Non-Employee Director designated by the Committee to
participate in the Plan.

 

(u)   “Person”
means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company,
an association, a joint stock company, an estate, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any department, agency
or political subdivision thereof.

 

(v)   “Plan”
means this Investment Technology Group, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity
Compensation Plan, as in effect from time to time.

 

(w)   “Related
Party” means (a) a Subsidiary of the Company; (b) an
employee or group of employees of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
(c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or any majority-owned Subsidiary of the Company; or
(d) a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Voting
Securities.

 

(x)    “SAR”
means a stock appreciation right as described in Section 10(a).

 

(y)   “Stock Award”
means an award of Company Stock as described in Section 9.

 

(z)    “Stock Unit”
means an award of a phantom unit representing a share of Company Stock, as
described in Section 8.

 

(aa)  “Subsidiary”
or “Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other
business entity of which (a) if a corporation, fifty (50) percent or
more of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or combination thereof; or (b) if a partnership, limited liability
company, association or other business entity, fifty (50) percent or

 

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more of the partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is
at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one
or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes of
this definition, a Person or Persons will be deemed to have a fifty
(50) percent or more ownership interest in a partnership, limited
liability company, association or other business entity if such Person or
Persons are allocated fifty (50) percent or more of partnership, limited
liability company, association or other business entity gains or losses or
control the managing director or member or general partner of such partnership,
limited liability company, association or other business entity.

 

(bb) “Voting
Securities or Security” means any securities of the Company which
carry the right to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

3.     Administration

 

(a)  Committee.  The Plan shall be administered and
interpreted by the Compensation Committee of the Board or another committee
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan with respect to grants to
Employees. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the Board with
respect to grants to Non-Employee Directors. The Board or committee, as
applicable, that has authority with respect to a specific Grant shall be
referred to as the “Committee” with respect to that Grant. Ministerial
functions may be performed by an administrative committee comprised of Company
employees appointed by the Committee.

 

(b)  Committee Authority.  The Committee shall have the sole authority
to (i) determine the Participants to whom Grants shall be made under the
Plan, (ii) determine the type, size and terms and conditions of the Grants
to be made to each such Participant, (iii) determine the time when the
grants will be made and the duration of any applicable exercise or restriction
period, including the criteria for exercisability and the acceleration of
exercisability, (iv) amend the terms and conditions of any previously
issued Grant, subject to the provisions of Section 18 below, and (v) deal
with any other matters arising under the Plan.

 

(c)  Committee Determinations.  The Committee shall have full power and
express discretionary authority to administer and interpret the Plan, to make
factual determinations and to adopt or amend such rules, regulations,
agreements and instruments for implementing the Plan and for the conduct of its
business as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion. The
Committee’s interpretations of the Plan and all determinations made by the
Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder shall be conclusive and
binding on all persons having any interest in the Plan or in any awards granted
hereunder. All powers of the Committee shall be executed in its sole
discretion, in the best interest of the Company, not as a fiduciary, and in
keeping with the objectives of the Plan and need not be uniform as to similarly
situated Participants.

 

4.     Grants

 

(a)   Grants under the Plan may
consist of Options as described in Section 7, Stock Units as described in Section 8,
Stock Awards as described in Section 9, and SARs or Other Stock-Based
Awards as described in Section 10. All Grants shall be subject to such
terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate and as are specified in
writing by the Committee to the Participant in the Grant Agreement.

 

(b)   All Grants shall be made
conditional upon the Participant’s acknowledgement, in writing or by acceptance
of the Grant, that all decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be
final and binding on the Participant, his or her beneficiaries and any other
person having or claiming an interest under such Grant. Grants under a
particular Section of the Plan need not be uniform as among the
Participants.

 

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5.     Shares Subject to the Plan

 

(a)  Shares Authorized.  The total aggregate number of shares of
Company Stock that may be issued under the Plan is the sum of the following (i) 1,900,000
new shares of Company Stock plus (ii) that number of shares of Company
Stock subject to outstanding grants under the Plan as of May 11, 2010 plus
(iii) that number of shares remaining available for issuance under the
Plan but not subject to previously exercised, vested or paid grants as of May 11,
2010; subject to the limitation that of the 1,300,000 shares added to the
number of shares of Company Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan on May 12,
2009, 50,000 shares shall be used solely to grant Options.

 

(b)  Source of Shares; Share
Counting.  Shares issued under
the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Company Stock or reacquired
shares of Company Stock, including shares purchased by the Company on the open
market for purposes of the Plan. If and to the extent Options or SARs granted
under the Plan (including options granted under the Director Plan, the 1994
Plan and the Subplans) terminate, expire, or are canceled, forfeited, exchanged
or surrendered without having been exercised, and if and to the extent that any
Stock Awards, Stock Units, or Other Stock-Based Awards (including any stock
awards, stock units or other-stock based awards granted under the Director
Plan, the 1994 Plan and the Subplans) are forfeited or terminated, or otherwise
are not paid in full, the shares reserved for such Grants shall again be
available for purposes of the Plan. Shares of Company Stock surrendered in
payment of the Exercise Price of an Option shall again be available for
purposes of the Plan. To the extent any Grants are paid in cash, and not in
shares of Company Stock, any shares previously subject to such Grants shall
again be available for issuance or transfer under the Plan.

 

(c)  Individual Limits.  All Grants under the Plan shall be expressed
in shares of Company Stock. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Company
Stock with respect to which all Grants may be made under the Plan to any
individual during any calendar year shall be 1,000,000 shares, subject to
adjustment as described in subsection (d) below. A Participant may
not accrue Dividend Equivalents during any calendar year in excess of
$1,000,000. The individual limits of this subsection (c) shall apply
without regard to whether the Grants are to be paid in Company Stock or cash.
All cash payments (other than with respect to Dividend Equivalents) shall equal
the Fair Market Value of the shares of Company Stock to which the cash payments
relate.

 

(d)  Adjustments.  If there is any change in the number or kind
of shares of Company Stock outstanding by reason of a stock dividend, spinoff,
stock split or reverse stock split, or by reason of a combination,
reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification affecting the outstanding
Company Stock as a class without the Company’s receipt of consideration, the
maximum number of shares of Company Stock available for Grants, the maximum
number of shares of Company Stock that any individual participating in the Plan
may be granted in any year, the number of shares covered by outstanding Grants,
the kind of shares issued under the Plan and outstanding Grants, and the price
per share of outstanding Grants shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee,
as the Committee deems appropriate, to reflect any increase or decrease in the
number of, or change in the kind or value of, issued shares of Company Stock to
preclude, to the extent practicable, the enlargement or dilution of rights and
benefits under Grants; provided, however, that any fractional shares resulting
from such adjustment shall be eliminated. In addition, the Committee shall have
discretion to make the foregoing equitable adjustments in any circumstances in
which an adjustment is not mandated by this subsection (d) or
applicable law, including in the event of a Change in Control. Any adjustments
to outstanding Grants shall be consistent with section 409A or 422 of the
Code, to the extent applicable. Any adjustments determined by the Committee
shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

6.     Eligibility for Participation

 

(a)  Eligible Persons.  All Employees, including Employees who are
officers or members of the Board, and all Non-Employee Directors shall be
eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

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(b)  Selection of Participants.  The Committee shall select the Employees and
Non-Employee Directors to receive Grants and shall determine the number of
shares of Company Stock subject to each Grant.

 

7.     Options

 

(a)  General Requirements.  The Committee may grant Options to an
Employee or Non-Employee Director upon such terms and conditions as the
Committee deems appropriate under this Section 7. The Committee shall
determine the number of shares of Company Stock that will be subject to each
Grant of Options to Employees and Non-Employee Directors.

 

(b)  Type of Option, Price and
Term.

 

(i)     The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified
Stock Options or any combination of the two, all in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth herein. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to
Employees of the Company or its parents or subsidiaries, as defined in
section 424 of the Code. Nonqualified Stock Options may be granted to Employees
or Non-Employee Directors.

 

(ii)    The Exercise Price of Company Stock subject to an Option shall be
determined by the Committee and may be equal to or greater than the Fair Market
Value of a share of Company Stock on the date the Option is granted. However,
an Incentive Stock Option may not be granted to an Employee who, at the time of
grant, owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary, as defined
in section 424 of the Code, unless the Exercise Price per share is not
less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Company Stock on the date of
grant.

 

(iii)   The Committee shall determine the term of each Option, which shall
not exceed ten years from the date of grant. However, an Incentive Stock Option
that is granted to an Employee who, at the time of grant, owns stock possessing
more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or any parent or subsidiary, as defined in section 424 of the
Code, may not have a term that exceeds five years from the date of grant.

 

(c)  Exercisability of Options.

 

(i)     Options shall become exercisable in accordance with such terms
and conditions as may be determined by the Committee and specified in the Grant
Agreement. The Committee may accelerate the exercisability of any or all
outstanding Options at any time for any reason.

 

(ii)    The Committee may provide in a Grant Agreement that the
Participant may elect to exercise part or all of an Option before it otherwise
has become exercisable. Any shares so purchased shall be restricted shares and
shall be subject to a repurchase right in favor of the Company during a
specified restriction period, with the repurchase price equal to the lesser of (A) the
Exercise Price or (B) the Fair Market Value of such shares at the time of
repurchase, or such other restrictions as the Committee deems appropriate.

 

(iii)   Options granted to persons who are non-exempt employees under the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, may not be exercisable for at
least six months after the date of grant (except that such Options may become
exercisable, as determined by the Committee, upon the Participant’s death,
Disability or retirement, or upon a Change in Control or other circumstances
permitted by applicable regulations).

 

(d)  Termination of Employment
or Service.  Except as
provided in the Grant Agreement, an Option may only be exercised while the
Participant is employed by the Employer, or providing service as a Non-Employee
Director. The Committee shall determine in the Grant Agreement under what

 

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circumstances
and during what time periods a Participant may exercise an Option after
termination of employment or service.

 

(e)  Exercise of Options.  A Participant may exercise an Option that has
become exercisable, in whole or in part, by delivering a notice of exercise to
the Company. The Participant shall pay the Exercise Price for the Option (i) in
cash, (ii) if permitted by the Committee, by delivering shares of Company
Stock owned by the Participant and having a Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise equal to the Exercise Price or by attestation to ownership of shares
of Company Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise
equal to the Exercise Price, (iii) by payment through a broker in
accordance with procedures permitted by Regulation T of the Federal
Reserve Board, or (iv) by such other method as the Committee may approve.
Shares of Company Stock used to exercise an Option shall have been held by the
Participant for the requisite period of time to avoid adverse accounting
consequences to the Company with respect to the Option. Payment for the shares
pursuant to the Option, and any required withholding taxes, must be received by
the time specified by the Committee depending on the type of payment being
made, but in all cases prior to the issuance of the Company Stock.

 

(f)  Limits on Incentive Stock
Options.  Each Incentive Stock
Option shall provide that, if the aggregate Fair Market Value of the stock on
the date of the grant with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are
exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year, under
the Plan or any other stock option plan of the Company or a parent or
subsidiary, as defined in section 424 of the Code, exceeds $100,000, then
the Option, as to the excess, shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option.
An Incentive Stock Option shall not be granted to any person who is not an
Employee of the Company or a parent or subsidiary, as defined in
section 424 of the Code.

 

8.     Stock Units

 

(a)  General Requirements.  The Committee may grant Stock Units to an
Employee or Non-Employee Director, upon such terms and conditions as the
Committee deems appropriate under this Section 8. Each Stock Unit shall
represent the right of the Participant to receive a share of Company Stock or
an amount based on the value of a share of Company Stock. All Stock Units shall
be credited to bookkeeping accounts on the Company’s records for purposes of
the Plan.

 

(b)  Terms of Stock Units.  The Committee may grant Stock Units that are
payable on terms and conditions determined by the Committee, which may include
payment based on achievement of performance goals. Stock Units may be paid at
the end of a specified vesting or performance period, or payment may be
deferred to a date authorized by the Committee. The Committee shall determine
the number of Stock Units to be granted and the requirements applicable to such
Stock Units.

 

(c)  Payment With Respect to
Stock Units.  Payment with
respect to Stock Units shall be made in cash, in Company Stock, or in a
combination of the two, as determined by the Committee. The Grant Agreement
shall specify the maximum number of shares that can be issued under the Stock
Units.

 

(d)  Requirement of Employment
or Service.  The Committee
shall determine in the Grant Agreement under what circumstances a Participant
may retain Stock Units after termination of the Participant’s employment or
service, and the circumstances under which Stock Units may be forfeited.

 

9.     Stock Awards

 

(a)  General Requirements.  The Committee may issue shares of Company
Stock to an Employee or Non-Employee Director under a Stock Award, upon such
terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate under this Section 9.
Shares of Company Stock issued pursuant to Stock Awards may be issued for cash
consideration or for no cash consideration, and subject to restrictions or no
restrictions, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may establish
conditions under which

 

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restrictions
on Stock Awards shall lapse over a period of time or according to such other
criteria as the Committee deems appropriate, including restrictions based upon
the achievement of specific performance goals. The Committee shall determine
the number of shares of Company Stock to be issued pursuant to a Stock Award.

 

(b)  Requirement of Employment
or Service.  The Committee
shall determine in the Grant Agreement under what circumstances a Participant
may retain Stock Awards after termination of the Participant’s employment or
service, and the circumstances under which Stock Awards may be forfeited.

 

(c)  Restrictions on Transfer.  While Stock Awards are subject to
restrictions, a Participant may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise
dispose of the shares of a Stock Award except upon death as described in Section 15(a).
Each certificate for a share of a Stock Award shall contain a legend giving
appropriate notice of the restrictions in the Grant. The Participant shall be
entitled to have the legend removed when all restrictions on such shares have
lapsed. The Company may retain possession of any certificates for Stock Awards
until all restrictions on such shares have lapsed.

 

(d)  Right to Vote and to
Receive Dividends.  The
Committee shall determine to what extent, and under what conditions, the
Participant shall have the right to vote shares of Stock Awards and to receive
any dividends or other distributions paid on such shares during the restriction
period.

 

10.   Stock Appreciation Rights and
Other Stock-Based Awards

 

(a)  SARs.  The Committee may grant SARs to an Employee
or Non-Employee Director separately or in tandem with an Option. The following
provisions are applicable to SARs:

 

(i)  Base Amount.  The Committee shall establish the base amount
of the SAR at the time the SAR is granted. The base amount of each SAR shall be
equal to the per share Exercise Price of the related Option or, if there is no
related Option, an amount that is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of a
share of Company Stock as of the date of Grant of the SAR.

 

(ii)  Tandem SARs.  The Committee may grant tandem SARs either at
the time the Option is granted or at any time thereafter while the Option
remains outstanding; provided, however, that, in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option, SARs may be granted only at the date of the grant of the Incentive
Stock Option. In the case of tandem SARs, the number of SARs granted to a
Participant that shall be exercisable during a specified period shall not
exceed the number of shares of Company Stock that the Participant may purchase
upon the exercise of the related Option during such period. Upon the exercise
of an Option, the SARs relating to the Company Stock covered by such Option
shall terminate. Upon the exercise of SARs, the related Option shall terminate
to the extent of an equal number of shares of Company Stock.

 

(iii)  Exercisability.  An SAR shall be exercisable during the period
specified by the Committee in the Grant Agreement and shall be subject to such
vesting and other restrictions as may be specified in the Grant Agreement. The
Committee may grant SARs the exercise of which is subject to achievement of
performance goals or other conditions. The Committee may accelerate the
exercisability of any or all outstanding SARs at any time for any reason. The
Committee shall determine in the Grant Agreement under what circumstances and
during what periods a Participant may exercise an SAR after termination of
employment or service. A tandem SAR shall be exercisable only while the Option
to which it is related is exercisable.

 

(iv)  Grants to Non-Exempt Employees.  SARs granted to persons who are non-exempt
employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, may not be
exercisable for at least six months after the date of grant (except that such
SARs may become exercisable, as determined by the Committee, upon the
Participant’s death, Disability or retirement, or upon a Change in Control or
other circumstances permitted by applicable regulations).

 

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(v)  Value of SARs.  When a Participant exercises SARs, the
Participant shall receive in settlement of such SARs an amount equal to the
value of the stock appreciation for the number of SARs exercised. The stock
appreciation for an SAR is the amount by which the Fair Market Value of the
underlying Company Stock on the date of exercise of the SAR exceeds the base
amount of the SAR as described in subsection (i).

 

(vi)  Form of Payment.  The Committee shall determine whether the stock
appreciation for an SAR shall be paid in the form of shares of Company Stock,
cash or a combination of the two. For purposes of calculating the number of
shares of Company Stock to be received, shares of Company Stock shall be valued
at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of the SAR. If shares of
Company Stock are to be received upon exercise of an SAR, cash shall be
delivered in lieu of any fractional share.

 

(b)  Other Stock-Based Awards.  The Committee may grant other awards not
specified in Sections 7, 8 or 9 or subsection (a) above that are
based on or measured by Company Stock to Employees and Non-Employee Directors,
on such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate. Other Stock-Based
Awards may be granted subject to achievement of performance goals or other
conditions and may be payable in Company Stock or cash, or in a combination of
the two, as determined by the Committee in the Grant Agreement.

 

11.   Dividend Equivalents.

 

(a)  General Requirements.  When the Committee makes a Grant under the
Plan, the Committee may grant Dividend Equivalents in connection with the
Grant, under such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate under
this Section 11. Dividend Equivalents may be paid to Participants
currently or may be deferred, as determined by the Committee. All Dividend
Equivalents that are not paid currently shall be credited to bookkeeping
accounts on the Company’s records for purposes of the Plan. Dividend
Equivalents may be accrued as a cash obligation, or may be converted to Stock
Units for the Participant, and deferred Dividend Equivalents may accrue
interest, all as determined by the Committee. The Committee may provide that
Dividend Equivalents shall be payable based on the achievement of specific performance
goals.

 

(b)  Payment with Respect to
Dividend Equivalents. 
Dividend Equivalents may be payable in cash or shares of Company Stock
or in a combination of the two, as determined by the Committee.

 

12.   Qualified Performance-Based
Compensation

 

(a)  Designation as Qualified
Performance-Based Compensation. 
The Committee may determine that Stock Units, Stock Awards, Dividend
Equivalents or Other Stock-Based Awards granted to an Employee shall be
considered “qualified performance-based compensation” under section 162(m) of
the Code, in which case the provisions of this Section 12 shall apply. The
Committee may also grant Options or SARs under which the exercisability of the
Options is subject to achievement of performance goals as described in this Section 12
or otherwise.

 

(b)  Performance Goals.  When Grants are made under this Section 12,
the Committee shall establish in writing (i) the objective performance
goals that must be met, (ii) the period during which performance will be
measured, (iii) the maximum amounts that may be paid if the performance
goals are met, and (iv) any other conditions that the Committee deems
appropriate and consistent with the requirements of section 162(m) of
the Code for “qualified performance-based compensation.” The performance goals
shall satisfy the requirements for “qualified performance-based compensation,”
including the requirement that the achievement of the goals be substantially
uncertain at the time they are established and that the performance goals be
established in such a way that a third party with knowledge of the relevant
facts could determine whether and to what extent the performance goals have
been met. The Committee shall not have discretion to increase the amount of
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is
payable, but may reduce the amount of compensation that is payable, pursuant to
Grants identified by the Committee as “qualified performance-based
compensation.”

 

(c)  Criteria Used for
Objective Performance Goals. 
The Committee shall use objectively determinable performance goals based
on one or more of the following criteria: stock price, earnings per share,
price-earnings multiples, net earnings, operating earnings, revenue, number of
days sales outstanding in accounts receivable, productivity, margin, EBITDA
(earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), net capital
employed, return on assets, shareholder return, return on equity, return on
capital employed, growth in assets, unit volume, sales, cash flow, market
share, relative performance to a comparison group designated by the Committee,
or strategic business criteria consisting of one or more objectives based on
meeting specified revenue goals, market penetration goals, customer growth,
geographic business expansion goals, cost targets or goals relating to
acquisitions or divestitures. The performance goals may relate to one or more
business units or the performance of the Company as a whole, or any combination
of the foregoing. Performance goals need not be uniform as among Participants.

 

(d)  Timing of Establishment of
Goals.  The Committee shall
establish the performance goals in writing either before the beginning of the
performance period or during a period ending no later than the earlier of (i) 90 days
after the beginning of the performance period or (ii) the date on which
25% of the performance period has been completed, or such other date as may be
required or permitted under applicable regulations under section 162(m) of
the Code.

 

(e)  Certification of Results.  The Committee shall certify the performance
results for the performance period specified in the Grant Agreement after the
performance period ends. The Committee shall determine the amount, if any, to
be paid pursuant to each Grant based on the achievement of the performance
goals and the satisfaction of all other terms of the Grant Agreement.

 

(f)  Death, Disability or Other
Circumstances.  The Committee
may provide in the Grant Agreement that Grants under this Section 12 shall
be payable, in whole or in part, in the event of the Participant’s death or
disability, a Change in Control or under other circumstances consistent with
the Treasury regulations and rulings under section 162(m) of the
Code.

 

13.   Deferrals

 

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of
the payment of cash (including dividend equivalents) or the delivery of shares
that would otherwise be due to the Participant in connection with any Grant.
The Committee shall establish rules and procedures for any such deferrals,
consistent with applicable requirements of section 409A of the Code.

 

14.   Withholding of Taxes

 

(a)  Required Withholding.  All Grants under the Plan shall be subject to
applicable federal (including FICA), state and local tax withholding
requirements. The Company may require that the Participant or other person
receiving or exercising Grants pay to the Company the amount of any federal,
state or local taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to
such Grants, or the Company may deduct from other wages paid by the Company the
amount of any withholding taxes due with respect to such Grants.

 

(b)  Election to Withhold
Shares.  If the Committee so
permits, a Participant may elect to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligation
with respect to Grants paid in Company Stock by having shares withheld, at the
time such Grants become taxable, up to an amount that does not exceed the
minimum applicable withholding tax rate for federal (including FICA), state and
local tax liabilities. The election must be in a form and manner prescribed by
the Committee.

 

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15.   Transferability of Grants

 

(a)  Restrictions on Transfer.  Except as described in subsection (b) below,
only the Participant may exercise rights under a Grant during the Participant’s
lifetime, and a Participant may not transfer those rights except by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution. When a Participant dies, the personal
representative or other person entitled to succeed to the rights of the
Participant may exercise such rights. Any such successor must furnish proof
satisfactory to the Company of his or her right to receive the Grant under the
Participant’s will or under the applicable laws of descent and distribution.

 

(b)  Transfer of Nonqualified
Stock Options to or for Family Members.  Notwithstanding subsection (a) above,
the Committee may provide, in a Grant Agreement, that a Participant may
transfer Nonqualified Stock Options to family members, or one or more trusts or
other entities for the benefit of or owned by family members, consistent with
the applicable securities laws, according to such terms as the Committee may
determine; provided that the Participant receives no consideration for the
transfer of an Option and the transferred Option shall continue to be subject
to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the Option immediately
before the transfer.

 

16.   Consequences of a Change in
Control

 

(a)   In the event of a Change in
Control, the Committee may take any one or more of the following actions with
respect to some or all outstanding Grants, without the consent of any
Participant: (i) the Committee may determine that outstanding Options and
SARs shall be fully exercisable, and restrictions on outstanding Stock Awards
and Stock Units shall lapse, as of the date of the Change in Control or at such
other time as the Committee determines, (ii) the Committee may require
that Participants surrender their outstanding Options and SARs in exchange for
one or more payments by the Company, in cash or Company Stock as determined by
the Committee, in an amount equal to the amount by which the then Fair Market
Value of the shares of Company Stock subject to the Participant’s unexercised
Options and SARs exceeds the Exercise Price, or Base Amount, as applicable, if
any, and on such terms as the Committee determines, (iii) after giving
Participants an opportunity to exercise their outstanding Options and SARs, the
Committee may terminate any or all unexercised Options and SARs at such time as
the Committee deems appropriate, (iv) with respect to Participants holding
Stock Units, Other Stock-Based Awards or Dividend Equivalents, the Committee
may determine that such Participants shall receive one or more payments in
settlement of such Stock Units, Other Stock-Based Awards or Dividend
Equivalents, in such amount and form and on such terms as may be determined by
the Committee, (v) if the Company is the surviving corporation, the
Committee may determine that Grants will remain outstanding after the Change in
Control, or (vi) if the Company is not the surviving corporation, the
Committee may determine that Grants that remain outstanding after the Change in
Control shall be converted to similar grants of the surviving corporation (or a
parent or subsidiary of the surviving corporation). Such acceleration,
surrender, termination, settlement or conversion shall take place as of the
date of the Change in Control or such other date as the Committee may specify.

 

(b)  Other Transactions.  The Committee may provide in a Grant
Agreement that a sale or other transaction involving a subsidiary or other
business unit of the Company shall be considered a Change in Control for
purposes of a Grant, or the Committee may establish other provisions that shall
be applicable in the event of a specified transaction.

 

17.   Requirements for Issuance of
Shares

 

No Company Stock shall be issued in connection with any Grant hereunder
unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the issuance of such
Company Stock have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Committee. The
Committee shall have the right to condition any Grant made to any Participant
hereunder on such Participant’s undertaking in writing to comply with such
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his
or her subsequent disposition of such shares of Company Stock as the Committee
shall deem necessary or advisable, and certificates representing such shares
may be legended to reflect any such restrictions. Certificates representing
shares of Company Stock issued under the Plan will be subject to such
stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as may be required by applicable
laws, regulations and interpretations, including any requirement that a legend
be placed thereon. Except as determined under Section 9(a), no Participant
shall have any right as a shareholder with respect to Company Stock covered by
a Grant until shares have been issued to the Participant.

 

18.   Amendment and Termination of
the Plan

 

(a)  Amendment.  The Board may amend or terminate the Plan at
any time; provided, however, that the Board shall not amend the Plan without
approval of the stockholders of the Company if such approval is required in
order to comply with the Code or applicable laws, or to comply with applicable
stock exchange requirements. No amendment or termination of this Plan shall,
without the consent of the Participant, materially impair any rights or
obligations under any Grant previously made to the Participant under the Plan,
unless such right has been reserved in the Plan or the Grant Agreement, or
except as provided in Section 19(b) below. Notwithstanding anything
in the Plan to the contrary, the Board may amend the Plan in such manner as it
deems appropriate in the event of a change in applicable law or regulations.

 

(b)  No Repricing Without
Stockholder Approval.  Except
as otherwise provided in Section 5(d), the terms of outstanding Grants may
not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or the base
amount of outstanding SARs or to cancel outstanding Options or SARs in exchange
for cash, other awards, Options with an exercise price that is less than the
exercise price of the original Options or SARs with a base amount that is less than
the base amount for the original SARs, without stockholder approval.

 

(c)   Stockholder
Approval for “Qualified Performance-Based Compensation.” If Grants
are made under Section 12 above, the Plan must be reapproved by the
Company’s stockholders no later than the first stockholders meeting that occurs
in the fifth year following the year in which the stockholders previously
approved the provisions of Section 12, if additional Grants are to be made
under Section 12 and if required by section 162(m) of the Code
or the regulations thereunder.

 

(d)  Termination of Plan.  The Plan shall terminate on May 7, 2017,
unless the Plan is terminated earlier by the Board or is extended by the Board
with the approval of the stockholders. The termination of the Plan shall not
impair the power and authority of the Committee with respect to an outstanding
Grant.

 

19.   Miscellaneous

 

(a)  Grants in Connection with
Corporate Transactions and Otherwise.  Nothing contained in this Plan shall be
construed to (i) limit the right of the Committee to make Grants under
this Plan in connection with the acquisition, by purchase, lease, merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of the business or assets of any corporation, firm
or association, including Grants to employees thereof who become Employees, or
for other proper corporate purposes, or (ii) limit the right of the
Company to grant stock options or make other stock-based awards outside of this
Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may make a Grant to an
employee of another corporation who becomes an Employee by reason of a
corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or property,
reorganization or liquidation involving the Company in substitution for a grant
made by such corporation. The terms and conditions of the Grants may vary from
the terms and conditions required by the Plan and from those of the substituted
stock incentives, as determined by the Committee.

 

(b)  Compliance with Law.  The Plan, the exercise of Options and the
obligations of the Company to issue or transfer shares of Company Stock under
Grants shall be subject to all applicable laws and to approvals by any
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subject
to section 16 of the Exchange Act, it is the intent of the Company that
the Plan and all transactions under the Plan comply with all applicable
provisions of Rule 16b-3 or its successors under the Exchange Act. In
addition, it is the intent of the Company that Incentive Stock Options comply
with the applicable provisions of section 422 of the Code, that Grants of “qualified
performance-based compensation” comply with the applicable provisions of
section 162(m) of the Code and that, to the extent applicable, Grants
are either exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of section 409A
of the Code. To the extent that any legal requirement of section 16 of the
Exchange Act or section 422, 162(m) or 409A of the Code as set forth
in the Plan ceases to be required under section 16 of the Exchange Act or
section 422, 162(m) or 409A of the Code, that Plan provision shall
cease to apply. The Committee may revoke any Grant if it is contrary to law or
modify a Grant to bring it into compliance with any valid and mandatory
government regulation. The Committee may also adopt rules regarding the
withholding of taxes on payments to Participants.

 

(c)  Enforceability.  The Plan shall be binding upon and
enforceable against the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

(d)  Funding of the Plan;
Limitation on Rights.  This
Plan shall be unfunded. The Company shall not be required to establish any
special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure
the payment of any Grants under this Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan and no
action taken pursuant hereto shall create or be construed to create a fiduciary
relationship between the Company and any Participant or any other person. No
Participant or any other person shall under any circumstances acquire any property
interest in any specific assets of the Company. To the extent that any person
acquires a right to receive payment from the Company hereunder, such right
shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the
Company.

 

(e)  Rights of Participants.  Nothing in this Plan shall entitle any
Employee, Non-Employee Director or other person to any claim or right to
receive a Grant under this Plan. Neither this Plan nor any action taken
hereunder shall be construed as giving any individual any rights to be retained
by or in the employment or service of the Employer.

 

(f)  No Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares of Company Stock shall
be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Grant. The Committee shall
determine whether cash, other awards or other property shall be issued or paid
in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any
rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

 

(g)  Employees Subject to
Taxation Outside the United States. 
With respect to Participants who are subject to taxation in countries
other than the United States, the Committee may make Grants on such terms and
conditions as the Committee deems appropriate to comply with the laws of the
applicable countries, and the Committee may create such procedures, addenda and
subplans and make such modifications as may be necessary or advisable to comply
with such laws.

 

(h)  Governing Law.  The validity, construction, interpretation
and effect of the Plan and Grant Agreements issued under the Plan shall be
governed and construed by and determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof.

 

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