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Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2004 Stock Option Plan

 EXHIBIT 10.110 
  
 AEOLUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 
  
 2004 STOCK OPTION PLAN 
  
 1. Purpose. 
  
 The purpose of this 2004 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide for AEOLUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (the “Company”) and its
shareholders the benefits arising from capital stock ownership by employees, officers and directors of, and consultants or advisors to, the Company and the Company’s subsidiary corporations who are expected to contribute to the Company’s
future growth and success. Those provisions of the Plan which make express reference to Section 422 shall apply only to Incentive Stock Options (as that term is defined in the Plan). 
  
 2. Type of Options and Administration. 
  
 (a) Types of Options. Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be authorized by action of the Board of Directors of the Company (or a Committee
designated by the Board of Directors) and may be either incentive stock options (“Incentive Stock Options”) meeting the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced from time to time (the
“Code”) or non-statutory options which are not intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. 
  
 (b) Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors or a committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose construction and interpretation of the terms and provisions of the Plan shall be final and conclusive. The appointment of the members of and delegation of powers to the Committee shall be consistent with applicable
laws or regulations (including, without limitation, applicable state law and Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or any successor rule (“Rule 16b-3”). The Committee may in its
sole discretion grant options to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”). The Committee shall have authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to construe the respective
option agreements and the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms and provisions of the respective option agreements, which need not be identical, and to make all other determinations
in the judgment of the Committee necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any option agreement in the manner and to the
extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. No director or person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of Directors shall be liable for any action or
determination under the Plan made in good faith. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 below, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to options granted to any person in a calendar year shall not exceed 1,000,000
shares. 
  

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 (c) Applicability of Rule 16b-3. Those provisions of the Plan which make express reference to Rule
16b-3 shall apply to the Company only during such times as the Company’s Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, subject to the last sentence of Section 3(b), and then only to such persons as are required to file reports under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (a “Reporting Person”). 
  
 3.
Eligibility. 
  
 (a) General. Options may be
granted to persons who are, at the time of grant, employees, officers or directors of, or consultants or advisors to, the Company or any subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Code (“Participants”)
provided, that Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to individuals who are employees of the Company or any subsidiaries. A person who has been granted an option may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional options if
the Committee shall so determine. 
  
 (b) Grant of Options to
Reporting Persons. The selection of a director or an officer who is a Reporting Person (as the terms “director” and “officer” are defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3) as a recipient of an option, the timing of the option
grant, the exercise price of the option and the number of shares subject to the option shall be determined either (i) by the Board of Directors or (ii) by a committee of the Board of Directors that is composed solely of two or more Non-Employee
Directors having full authority to act in the matter. For the purposes of the Plan, a director shall be deemed to be a “Non-Employee Director” only if such person is defined as such in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) as interpreted from time to time.

  
 (c) Fair Market Value. “Fair Market Value” of
a share of Common Stock of the Company as of a specified date for the purposes of the Plan shall mean the closing price of a share of the Common Stock on the principal securities exchange (including the Nasdaq National Market) on the day, or the
most recent closing price if no shares were traded on such day, as of which Fair Market Value is being determined, or if the shares are not traded on a securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be the closing price for the shares in
the over-the-counter market on the day, or the most recent closing price if no shares were traded on such day, as of which Fair Market Value is being determined. If the shares are not publicly traded, Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock
(including, in the case of any repurchase of shares, any distributions with respect thereto which would be repurchased with the shares) shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. In no case shall Fair Market Value be determined
with regard to restrictions other than restrictions which, by their terms, will never lapse. 
  
 4. Stock Subject to Plan. 
  
 The stock subject to options granted under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 below, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
which may be issued and sold under the Plan is 1,500,000, of which a maximum of 1,500,000 shares may be issued as incentive stock options. If an option granted under the Plan shall expire, terminate or is cancelled for any reason without having been
exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject to such option shall again be available for subsequent option grants under the Plan. 
  

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 5. Forms of Option Agreements. 
  
 As a condition to the grant of an option under the Plan, each recipient of an option shall execute an option agreement in
such form not inconsistent with the Plan or as may be approved by the Committee or the Board of Directors. Such option agreements may differ among recipients. 
  

6. Exercise Price. 
  
 (a) General. The exercise price per share of stock deliverable upon the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Board of Directors or the
Committee at the time of grant of such option; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such stock, at the time of grant of such
option, or less than 110% of such Fair Market Value in the case of options described in Section 11(b). 
  
 (b) Payment of Exercise Price. Options granted under the Plan may provide for the payment of the exercise price by delivery of cash or a check to
the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of such options, or by any other means which the Board of Directors in its discretion determines are consistent with the purpose of the Plan and with applicable laws and regulations
(including, without limitation, the provisions of Rule 16b-3 and Regulation T promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board). 
  
 7. Option Period. 
  
 Subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan, each option and all rights thereunder shall expire on such date as determined by the Board of
Directors or the Committee and set forth in the applicable option agreement, provided, that such date shall not be later than (10) ten years after the date on which the option is granted. 
  
 8. Exercise of Options. 
  
 Each option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable either in full or in installments at such time or times and during such period as shall be set
forth in the option agreement evidencing such option, subject to the provisions of the Plan. If an option is not at the time of grant immediately exercisable, the Board of Directors may (i) in the agreement evidencing such option, provide for the
acceleration of the exercise date or dates of the subject option upon the occurrence of specified events, and/or (ii) at any time prior to the complete termination of an option, accelerate the exercise date or dates of such option. 
  

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 9. Transferability of Options. 
  
 (a) No Incentive Stock Option granted under this Plan shall be assignable or otherwise transferable by the optionee except
by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. An Incentive Stock Option may be exercised during the lifetime of the optionee only by the optionee. 
  
 (b) Any option granted under the Plan other than an Incentive Stock Option shall be transferable by the optionee to members of his or her family or
otherwise by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder. For purposes of the Plan, an
optionee’s “family members” shall be deemed to consist of his or her spouse, parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren and any trusts created for the benefit of such individuals. A family member to whom an option has been
transferred pursuant to this Section 9(b) shall be hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”. An option shall be transferred to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with the foregoing provisions by the optionee’s execution
of an assignment in writing in such form approved by the Board of Directors or the Committee. The Company shall not be required to recognize the rights of a Permitted Transferee until such time as it receives a copy of the assignment from the
optionee. 
  
 (c) In the event an optionee dies during his
employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or during the three-month period following the date of termination of such employment, his options shall thereafter be exercisable, during the period specified in the option agreement, subject to
the provisions of Section 11(d)(ii), by his executors, administrators or Permitted Transferees to the full extent to which such options were exercisable by the optionee at the time of his death during the periods set forth in Section 10 or 11(d).

  
 10. Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Relationship.

  
 Except as provided in Section 11(d) with respect to Incentive
Stock Options and except as otherwise determined by the Board or the Committee at the date of grant of an option, and subject to the provisions of the Plan, an optionee or his Permitted Transferee may exercise an option at any time within three (3)
months following the termination of the optionee’s employment or other relationship with the Company or within one (1) year if such termination was due to the death or disability of the optionee but, except in the case of the optionee’s
death, in no event later than the expiration date of the option. For purposes of this Plan, a change in status from employee to a consultant, or from a consultant to employee, will not constitute a termination of employment, provided that a change
in status from an employee to consultant may cause an incentive stock option to become a nonqualified stock option under the Code. If the termination of the optionee’s employment or other relationship with the Company is for cause or is
otherwise attributable to a breach by the optionee of an employment, consulting, confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, the option shall expire immediately upon such termination. The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine what
constitutes a termination for cause or a breach of an employment, consulting, confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, whether an optionee has been terminated for cause or has breached such an agreement, and the date upon such termination for
cause or breach occurs. Any such determinations shall be final and conclusive and binding upon the optionee. 
  

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 11. Incentive Stock Options 
  
 Options granted under the Plan which are intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional
terms and conditions: 
  
 (a) Express Designation. All
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall, at the time of grant, be specifically designated as such in the option agreement covering such Incentive Stock Options. 
  
 (b) 10% Stockholder. If any employee to whom an Incentive Stock Option is to be granted under the Plan is, at the
time of the grant of such option, the owner of stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (after taking into account the attribution of stock ownership rules of Section 424(d) of the
Code), then the following special provisions shall be applicable to the Incentive Stock Option granted to such individual: 
  
 (i) the purchase price per share of the Common Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market
Value of one share of Common Stock at the time of grant; and 
  
 (ii) the option exercise period shall not exceed five years from the date of grant. 
  
 (c) Dollar Limitation. For so long as the Code shall so provide, options granted to any employee under the Plan (and any other incentive stock
option plans of the Company) which are intended to constitute Incentive Stock Options shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options to the extent that such options, in the aggregate, become exercisable for the first time in any one calendar year for
shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value, as of the respective date or dates of grant, of more than $100,000. To the extent that the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time an incentive stock option is granted) of
Common Stock for which incentive stock options granted to any employee are exercisable for the first time by such employee during any calendar year (under all stock option plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000, or such higher value as permitted
under Code Section 422 at the time of determination, such Options will be treated as nonqualified stock options. The rule of this Section 11(c) shall be applied by taking options in the order in which they were granted. 
  
 (d) Termination of Employment, Death or Disability. No Incentive Stock
Option may be exercised unless, at the time of such exercise, the optionee is, and has been continuously since the date of grant of his or her option, employed by the Company, except that: 
  
 (i) an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised within the
period of three months after the date the optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable option agreement), provided, that the agreement with respect to such option may
designate a longer exercise period and that the exercise after such three-month period shall be treated as the exercise of a non-statutory option under the Plan; 
  

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 (ii) if the optionee dies while in the employ of the Company, or within three months
after the optionee ceases to be such an employee, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised by the person to whom it is transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution within the period of one year after the date of death (or within
such lesser period as may be specified in the applicable option agreement); and 
  
 (iii) if the optionee becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor provisions thereto) while in
the employ of the Company, the Incentive Stock Option may be exercised within the period of one year after the date the optionee ceases to be such an employee because of such disability (or within such lesser period as may be specified in the
applicable option agreement). 
  
 For all purposes of the Plan and any option
granted hereunder, “employment” shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.421-7(h) of the Income Tax Regulations (or any successor regulations). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no Incentive Stock Option may
be exercised after its expiration date. 
  
 12. Additional Provisions.

  
 (a) Additional Option Provisions. The Board of
Directors or the Committee may, in its sole discretion, include additional provisions in option agreements covering options granted under the Plan, including without limitation extended exercise periods, restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights,
rights of first refusal, commitments to pay cash bonuses, to make, arrange for or guarantee loans or to transfer other property to optionees upon exercise of options, or such other provisions as shall be determined by the Board of Directors;
provided, that such additional provisions shall not be inconsistent with any other term or condition of the Plan and such additional provisions shall not cause any Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan to fail to qualify as an
Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
  
 (b) Acceleration, Extension, Etc. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, (i) accelerate the date or dates on which all or any particular option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised or (ii) extend the dates
during which all, or any particular, option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised; provided, however, that no such extension shall be permitted if it would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 422 of the Code or
with Rule 16b-3 (if applicable). 
  
 13. General Restrictions. 

 
 (a) Investment Representations. The Company may require any person
to whom an option is granted, as a condition of exercising such option, to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such person is acquiring the Common Stock subject to the option, for his or her
own account for investment and not with any 
  

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 present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the same, and to such other effects as the Company deems necessary
or appropriate in order to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws, or with covenants or representations made by the Company in connection with any public offering of its Common Stock, including any “lock-up” or other
restriction on transferability. 
  
 (b) Compliance With
Securities Law. Each option shall be subject to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such option upon any securities exchange or
automated quotation system or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of non-public information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary as a condition
of, or in connection with the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, such option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, or satisfaction of such condition shall have been
effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Board of Directors or the Committee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification, or to satisfy such condition.

  
 14. Rights as a Stockholder. 
  
 The holder of an option shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect
to any shares covered by the option (including, without limitation, any rights to receive dividends or non-cash distributions with respect to such shares) until the date of issue of a stock certificate to him or her for such shares. No adjustment
shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued. 
  
 15. Adjustment Provisions for Recapitalizations, Reorganizations and Related Transactions. 
  
 (a) Recapitalizations and Related Transactions. If, through or as a result of any recapitalization, reclassification,
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction, (i) the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or (ii)
additional shares or new or different shares or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock or other securities, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made in (x) the maximum number and kind of
shares reserved for issuance under or otherwise referred to in the Plan, (y) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding options under the Plan, and (z) the price for each share subject to any then outstanding
options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate purchase price as to which such options remain exercisable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 15 if such adjustment (i) would cause the Plan to
fail to comply with Section 422 of the Code or with Rule 16b-3 or (ii) would be considered as the adoption of a new plan requiring stockholder approval. 
  
 (b) Reorganization, Merger and Related Transactions. All outstanding options under the Plan shall become fully exercisable for a period of sixty
(60) days following the 
  

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 occurrence of any Trigger Event, whether or not such options are then exercisable under the provisions of the applicable
agreements relating thereto. For purposes of the Plan, a “Trigger Event” is any one of the following events: 
  
 (i) the date on which shares of Common Stock are first purchased pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer (other than such an offer by
the Company, any subsidiary, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary or any entity holding shares or other securities of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of such plan), whether or not such offer is approved or opposed
by the Company and regardless of the number of shares purchased pursuant to such offer; 
  
 (ii) the date the Company acquires knowledge that any person or group deemed a person under Section 13(d)-3 of the Exchange Act (other
than the Company, any subsidiary, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary or any entity holding shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any individual or entity
or group or affiliate thereof which acquired its beneficial ownership interest prior to the date the Plan was adopted by the Board), in a transaction or series of transactions, has become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly (with beneficial
ownership determined as provided in Rule 13d-3, or any successor rule, under the Exchange Act), of securities of the Company entitling the person or group to 30% or more of all votes (without consideration of the rights of any class of stock to
elect directors by a separate class vote) to which all stockholders of the Company would be entitled in the election of the Board of Directors were an election held on such date; 
  
 (iii) the date, during any period of two consecutive years, when individuals who at the beginning of such
period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company, of each new director was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or who were themselves nominated by individuals whose election or nomination for election were approved in accordance with
this Section 15(b)(iii); and 
  
 (iv) the date of
approval by the stockholders of the Company of an agreement (a “reorganization agreement”) providing for: 
  
 (A) the merger or consolidation of the Company with another corporation where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the
merger or consolidation, do not beneficially own, immediately after the merger or consolidation, shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the merger or consolidation entitling such stockholders to more than 50% of all votes (without
consideration of the rights of any class of stock to elect directors by a separate class vote) to which all stockholders of such corporation would be entitled in the election of directors or where the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company, immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, do not, immediately after the merger or consolidation, constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the merger or consolidation; or

  

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 (B) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company.

  
 (c) Board Authority to Make Adjustments. Any
adjustments under this Section 15 will be made by the Board of Directors or the Committee, whose determination as to what adjustments, if any, will be made and the extent thereof will be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares will be
issued under the Plan on account of any such adjustments. 
  
 16. Merger,
Consolidation, Asset Sale, Liquidation, Etc. 
  
 (a)
General. In the event of any sale, merger, transfer or acquisition of the Company or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, and provided that after the Company shall have
requested the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), that equivalent options shall be substituted and such successor corporation shall have refused or failed to assume all options outstanding under the Plan or issue
substantially equivalent options, then any or all outstanding options under the Plan shall accelerate and become exercisable in full immediately prior to such event. The Committee will notify holders of options under the Plan that any such options
shall be fully exercisable for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, and the options will terminate upon expiration of such notice period. 
  

(b) Substitute Options. The Company may grant options under the Plan in substitution for options held by employees of another corporation who
become employees of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, as the result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or as a result of the acquisition by the Company, or one of its
subsidiaries, of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Company may direct that substitute options be granted on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors considers appropriate in the circumstances. 
  
 17. No Special Employment Rights. 
  
 Nothing contained in the Plan or in any option shall confer upon any
optionee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment by the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company at any time to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the optionee.

  
 18. Other Employee Benefits. 
  
 Except as to plans which by their terms include such amounts as
compensation, the amount of any compensation deemed to be received by an employee as a result of the exercise of an option or the sale of shares received upon such exercise will not constitute compensation with respect to which any other employee
benefits of such employee are determined, including, without limitation, benefits under any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, life insurance or salary continuation plan, except as otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors.

  

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 19. Amendment of the Plan. 
  
 (a) The Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time, modify or amend the Plan in any respect; provided,
however, that if at any time the approval of the stockholders of the Company is required under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision with respect to Incentive Stock Options, or under Rule 16b-3, the Board of Directors may not effect
such modification or amendment without such approval. 
  
 (b) The
modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of an optionee, affect his or her rights under an option previously granted to him or her. With the consent of the optionee affected, the Board of Directors or the Committee may
amend outstanding option agreements in a manner not inconsistent with the Plan. The Board of Directors shall have the right to amend or modify (i) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding Incentive Stock Options granted under the
Plan to the extent necessary to qualify any or all such options for such favorable federal income tax treatment (including deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code and (ii) the
terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding option to the extent necessary to ensure the qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3. 
  
 20. Withholding. 
  
 (a) The Company shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the optionee any federal, state or local taxes of any kind
required by law to be withheld with respect to any options or shares issued upon exercise of options under the Plan. Subject to the prior approval of the Company, which may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion, the optionee may elect to
satisfy such obligations, in whole or in part, (i) by causing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable pursuant to the exercise of an option or (ii) by delivering to the Company shares of Common Stock already owned by the
optionee. The shares so delivered or withheld shall have a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding obligation as of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. An optionee who has made an election pursuant to this Section
20(a) may only satisfy his or her withholding obligation with shares of Common Stock which are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements. 
  
 (b) The acceptance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an Incentive
Stock Option shall constitute an agreement by the optionee (i) to notify the Company if any or all of such shares are disposed of by the optionee within two years from the date the option was granted or within one year from the date the shares were
issued to the optionee pursuant to the exercise of the option, and (ii) if required by law, to remit to the Company, at the time of and in the case of any such disposition, an amount sufficient to satisfy the Company’s federal, state and local
employment and withholding tax obligations with respect to such disposition, whether or not, as to both (i) and (ii), the optionee is in the employ of the Company at the time of such disposition. 
  

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 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Reporting Person whose options have been granted in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3(b) herein, no election to use shares for the payment of withholding taxes shall be effective unless made in compliance with any applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3. 
  
 21. Cancellation and New Grant of Options, Etc. 
  
 The Board of Directors or the Committee shall have the authority to effect,
at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected optionees, (i) the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan and the grant in substitution therefor of new options under the Plan covering the same or different
numbers of shares of Common Stock and having an option exercise price per share which may be lower or higher than the exercise price per share of the cancelled options or (ii) the amendment of the terms of any and all outstanding options under the
Plan to provide an option exercise price per share which is higher or lower than the then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding options. 
  
 22. Effective Date and Duration of the Plan. 
  
 (a) Effective Date. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on September 22, 2004 and was approved by the Company’s stockholders on
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Amendments to the Plan not requiring stockholder approval shall become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors; amendments requiring stockholder approval (as provided in Section 19) shall become effective when adopted by the Board of
Directors, but no Incentive Stock Option granted after the date of such amendment shall become exercisable (to the extent that such amendment to the Plan was required to enable the Company to grant such Incentive Stock Option to a particular
optionee) unless and until such amendment shall have been approved by the Company’s stockholders. If such stockholder approval is not obtained within twelve months of the Board’s adoption of such amendment, any Incentive Stock Options
granted on or after the date of such amendment shall terminate to the extent that such amendment to the Plan was required to enable the Company to grant such option to a particular optionee. Subject to this limitation, options may be granted under
the Plan at any time after the effective date and before the date fixed for termination of the Plan. 
  
 (b) Termination. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with Section 16, the Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) September 21, 2014, which
is the close of business on the day next preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board of Directors, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued pursuant to the
exercise or cancellation of options granted under the Plan. If the date of termination is determined under (i) above, then options outstanding on such date shall continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the instruments
evidencing such options. 
  
 23. Governing Law. 
  
 The provisions of this Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws. 
  

 11Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.27(a) 
  
 EXECUTION VERSION 
  

  
 LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

  
 MILLENNIUM CHEMICALS INC. 
  
 AND 
  
 MILLENNIUM AMERICA INC. 
  
 TO 
  
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
 as Trustee 
  

  
 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
  
 Dated as of November 30, 2004 
  
 to 
  
 INDENTURE 
  
 Dated as of November 25, 2003 
  

  
 4% Convertible Senior Debentures 
  

 FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 30, 2004 (the “First Supplemental
Indenture”), among LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called “Lyondell”), having its principal office at 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 700, Houston,
Texas 77010, MILLENNIUM CHEMICALS INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called “Millennium”), having its principal office at 20 Wight Avenue, Suite 100, Hunt Valley, Maryland
21030, MILLENNIUM AMERICA INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly owned subsidiary of Millennium (hereinafter called the “Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”). 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 WHEREAS, Millennium
and the Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee that certain Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2003 (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the 4% Convertible Senior Debentures of Millennium (the “Debentures”) were
issued; 
  
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the
Debentures were convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Millennium (“Millennium Common Stock”) prior to the effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture; 
  
 WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 28, 2004
(the “Merger Agreement”), among Lyondell, Millennium and Millennium Subsidiary LLC, a limited liability company duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware formerly known as Aries Subsidiary LLC (“Millennium
Merger Sub”), Millennium Merger Sub will be merged with and into Millennium (the “Merger”), with Millennium to be the surviving corporation, as a result of which each issued and outstanding share of Millennium Common Stock (other than
shares of Millennium Common Stock held by Lyondell, Millennium or their respective subsidiaries) will be convertible into shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Lyondell (“Lyondell Common Stock”); 
  
 WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, Lyondell, Millennium and the
Guarantor have duly determined to make, execute and deliver to the Trustee this First Supplemental Indenture in order to reflect the results of the Merger as required by the Indenture; 
  
 WHEREAS, Section 11.01 of the Indenture requires that certain conditions be met prior to any merger of Millennium with any
other Person; 
  
 WHEREAS, Section 15.06 of the Indenture requires
that, as a result of the Merger, the Debentures become convertible into the consideration to be issued in the Merger to the holders of Millennium Common Stock; 
  

WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Indenture provides that under certain conditions Millennium, the Guarantor and the Trustee, without the consent of the
holders of Debentures, from time to time and at any time, may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, inter alia, to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of the holders of Debentures pursuant to the requirements of
Section 15.06 of the Indenture. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: 
  
 For and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Debentures, as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE ONE 
 DEFINITIONS 
  

	SECTION	1.1. Indenture Terms. 

  
 Except as set forth in Section 1.2, capitalized terms used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture. 
  

	SECTION	1.2. Certain Definitions. 

  
 From and after the effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture, the definitions of the following terms set forth in Article I of the Indenture
shall be amended and restated to read in full as follows: 
  
 “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee of such Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder or, if such term is used in reference to Lyondell, the Board of Directors of Lyondell or a
committee of such Board duly authorized to act for it hereunder. 
  
 “Common Stock” means any stock of any class of Lyondell which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Lyondell and
which is not subject to redemption by Lyondell. Subject to the provisions of Section 15.06, however, shares issuable on conversion of Debentures shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of Lyondell at November 30, 2004
(namely, the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share) or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Lyondell and which are not subject to redemption by Lyondell; provided that if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so
issuable on conversion shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications. The term “Common Stock” shall not mean shares of Series B Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Lyondell. 
  

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 ARTICLE TWO 
 MERGER 
  
 SECTION 2.1. Merger. 

 
 (1) Millennium hereby represents that immediately after giving effect to
the Merger, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. 
  
 (2) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, Millennium has delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Sections 10.05 and 11.03 of the Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE THREE 
 CONCERNING THE DEBENTURES

  
 SECTION 3.1. Conversion Privilege. 
  
 Each Debenture outstanding on the date hereof shall, from and after the
effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture, during the period such Debenture shall be convertible as specified in Section 15.01 of the Indenture, be convertible into the number of shares of Lyondell Common Stock, and cash in lieu of
fractional shares of Lyondell Common Stock, receivable upon the effectiveness of the Merger by a holder of the number of shares of Millennium Common Stock into which such Debenture might have been converted immediately prior to the Merger, subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 15.05 of the Indenture, as such Section is amended by this First Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 SECTION 3.2. Conversion Rate and Price. 
  
 Upon the effective time of the Merger, the Conversion Rate shall be 69.6890 shares1 of Lyondell Common Stock, and the Conversion Price shall be $14.3495.2 Subsequent to the effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Conversion Rate and the Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as provided for in Article 15 of the Indenture,
as such Article is amended by this First Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 From and after the effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture, all references to “the Company” in Sections 15.01(b), 15.02(b), 15.02(c), 15.02(g)(i), 15.02(g)(ii), 15.02(h), 15.05, 15.06, 15.07, 15.08, 15.09 and 15.10 of
the Indenture shall be deemed to refer to Lyondell, unless the context shall otherwise require. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any requirement to provide notices, make announcements or file documents with the Trustee in Article 15 of the Indenture
shall remain the responsibility of Millennium, and Lyondell shall not 
  

	1	The Conversion Rate shall be 73.3568 x the number of shares of Lyondell Common Stock received per share of Millennium Common Stock in the Merger (0.95) (carried out
to four decimal places). 

	2	The Conversion Price shall be equal to $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate (carried out to four decimal places). 

  

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 be responsible for such notices, announcements or filings. The term “Original Issuance Date” as used in Section
15.05(i)(iii) shall be deemed to refer to the effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE FOUR 
 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 
  
 SECTION 4.1. Terms and Conditions. 
  
 The Trustee accepts this First Supplemental Indenture and agrees to perform
the duties of the Trustee upon the terms and conditions herein and in the Indenture set forth. 
  
 SECTION 4.2. No Responsibility. 
  
 The Trustee makes no undertaking or representations in respect of, and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for and in respect of, the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or the proper authorization or
the due execution hereof by Lyondell, Millennium or the Guarantor or for or in respect of the recitals and statements contained herein, all of which recitals and statements are made solely by Lyondell, Millennium or the Guarantor. 
  
 ARTICLE FIVE 
 EFFECT OF EXECUTION AND DELIVERY HEREOF 
  
 From and after the effective time of this First Supplemental Indenture, (i) the Indenture shall be deemed to be amended and modified as provided herein, (ii) this First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the
Indenture, (iii) except as modified and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect, (iv) the Debentures shall continue to be governed by the Indenture, as modified and amended by this First
Supplemental Indenture, and (v) every holder of Debentures heretofore and hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound by this First Supplemental Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE SIX 
 OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INDENTURE 
  
 Notwithstanding
anything in the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, all obligations for payment of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Debentures and for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations shall remain solely the obligations
of Millennium and the Guarantor, respectively. Lyondell has executed this First Supplemental Indenture only for the purpose of confirming its obligation to issue its common stock upon the conversion of Debentures as set forth herein, and Lyondell
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obligations for payment of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Debentures, any obligations as guarantor thereof or any other obligations under the
Indenture. 
  
 ARTICLE SEVEN 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
  

	SECTION	7.1. Effective Time. 

  
 This First Supplemental Indenture is effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger, as defined in the Merger Agreement. 
  

	SECTION	7.2. Headings Descriptive. 

  
 The headings of the several Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect
the meaning or construction of any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture. 
  

	SECTION	7.3. Rights and Obligations of the Trustee. 

  
 All of the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect
of this First Supplemental Indenture as fully and with the same effect as if set forth herein in full. 
  

	SECTION	7.4. Successors and Assigns. 

  
 This First Supplemental Indenture shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the
parties hereto and the holders of any Debentures then outstanding. 
  

	SECTION	7.5. Counterparts. 

  
 This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one
and the same instrument. 
  

	SECTION	7.6. Governing Law. 

  
 This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly as of the
day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Karen A. Twitchell

	 	 	 Name: Karen A. Twitchell
 Title: Vice President and Treasurer

  

			
	 MILLENNIUM CHEMICALS INC.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ C. William Carmean

	 	 	 Name: C. William Carmean
 Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

  

			
	MILLENNIUM AMERICA INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ C. William Carmean

	 	 	 Name: C. William Carmean
 Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

  
  

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Robert A. Massimillo

	 	 	 Name: Robert A. Massimillo
 Title: Vice President

  

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