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exv10w15

 

Exhibit 10.15

KEEP WELL AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT, dated as of December, 2007 between AEGON USA, Inc. (“AUSA”) and ML Life Insurance
Company of New York (“MLLICNY”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, AUSA is a holding company indirectly owning 100% of MLLICNY, and

WHEREAS, AUSA intends to continue to be an affiliated company of MLLICNY and does not intend
directly or indirectly to pledge or otherwise dispose of any such shares of stock; and

WHEREAS, the corporate interests of AUSA will be furthered and the value of MLLICNY will
be preserved and potentially enhanced by it’s entering into this Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

	1.	 	Maintenance of Tangible Net Worth: AUSA will cause MLLICNY at all times to have
Tangible Net Worth of at least $5 million. “Tangible Net Worth” shall mean, as of the
time of any determination thereof, the sum of (i) the par value (or value stated on the books
of MLLICNY) of the common stock of all classes of MLLICNY plus (or minus in the case of a
deficiency) (ii) the amount of the paid-in capital and surplus of MLLICNY all determined in
accordance with accounting principles as required by regulatory authorities and as in effect
on the date of determination.

	2.	 	No Guarantee: This Agreement is not, and nothing herein contained and nothing done
pursuant hereto by AUSA shall be deemed to constitute, a direct or indirect guarantee by AUSA
of the payment of any debt or other obligation, indebtedness or liability, of any kind or
character whatsoever, of MLLICNY or its subsidiaries, if any.

	3.	 	Modification and Amendment: This Agreement may only be modified or amended in ways
not less favorable to MLLICNY or its policyholders and only upon the mutual consent of both
parties.

	4.	 	Duration and Termination: This Agreement shall have a duration of three years only so long as
MLLICNY is a wholly owned affiliate of AUSA. This Agreement may be terminated by either party
upon one year’s written notice to such other party.

	5.	 	Successors: The agreements herein set forth shall be mutually binding upon, and inure
to the mutual benefit of AUSA, MLLICNY and their respective policyholders and successors
provided, however, that this agreement creates no third party beneficiaries.

	6.	 	Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the law of the State of Iowa.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.

	 	 	 
	/s/ John T. Mallett

	 	/s/ James A. Beardsworth
	 

	 	 
	ML Life Insurance Company
of New York

	 	AEGON USA, INC.exv10w1

 

    Exhibit
10.1

 

    CIENA CORPORATION

    2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

 

    TABLE OF
    CONTENTS

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
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    1.

	 
	
 
	
    PURPOSE
	
 
	 
	
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    2.

	 
	
 
	
    DEFINITIONS
	
 
	 
	
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    3.

	 
	
 
	
    ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
	
 
	 
	
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    3.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Board
	
 
	 
	
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    3.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Committee
	
 
	 
	
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    3.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Terms of Awards
	
 
	 
	
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    3.4.
	 
	
 
	
    No Repricing
	
 
	 
	
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    3.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Deferral Arrangement
	
 
	 
	
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    3.6.
	 
	
 
	
    No Liability
	
 
	 
	
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    3.7.
	 
	
 
	
    Share Issuance/Book-Entry
	
 
	 
	
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    4.

	 
	
 
	
    STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
	
 
	 
	
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    4.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Number of Shares Available for Awards
	
 
	 
	
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    4.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Adjustments in Authorized Shares
	
 
	 
	
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    4.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Share Usage
	
 
	 
	
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    5.

	 
	
 
	
    EFFECTIVE DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS
	
 
	 
	
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    5.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Effective Date
	
 
	 
	
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    5.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Term
	
 
	 
	
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    5.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Amendment and Termination of the Plan
	
 
	 
	
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    6.

	 
	
 
	
    AWARD ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS
	
 
	 
	
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    6.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Service Providers and Other Persons
	
 
	 
	
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    6.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Successive Awards and Substitute Awards
	
 
	 
	
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    6.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Limitation on Shares of Stock Subject to Awards and Cash Awards
	
 
	 
	
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    AWARD AGREEMENT
	
 
	 
	
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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
	
 
	 
	
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    8.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Option Price
	
 
	 
	
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    8.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Vesting
	
 
	 
	
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    8.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Term
	
 
	 
	
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    8.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Termination of Service
	
 
	 
	
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    8.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Limitations on Exercise of Option
	
 
	 
	
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    8.6.
	 
	
 
	
    Method of Exercise
	
 
	 
	
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    8.7.
	 
	
 
	
    Rights of Holders of Options
	
 
	 
	
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    8.8.
	 
	
 
	
    Delivery of Stock Certificates
	
 
	 
	
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    8.9.
	 
	
 
	
    Transferability of Options
	
 
	 
	
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    8.10.
	 
	
 
	
    Family Transfers
	
 
	 
	
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    8.11.
	 
	
 
	
    Limitations on Incentive Stock Options
	
 
	 
	
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    8.12.
	 
	
 
	
    Notice of Disqualifying Disposition
	
 
	 
	
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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
	
 
	 
	
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    9.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Right to Payment and Grant Price
	
 
	 
	
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    9.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Other Terms
	
 
	 
	
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    9.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Term
	
 
	 
	
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    9.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Transferability of SARS
	
 
	 
	
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    9.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Family Transfers
	
 
	 
	
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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK
    UNITS
	
 
	 
	
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    10.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units
	
 
	 
	
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    10.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Restrictions
	
 
	 
	
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    10.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Restricted Stock Certificates
	
 
	 
	
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    10.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock
	
 
	 
	
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    10.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock Units
	
 
	 
	
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    10.5.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Voting and Dividend Rights
	
 
	 
	
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    10.5.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Creditor’s Rights
	
 
	 
	
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    10.6.
	 
	
 
	
    Termination of Service
	
 
	 
	
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    10.7.
	 
	
 
	
    Purchase of Restricted Stock and Shares Subject to Restricted
    Stock Units
	
 
	 
	
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    10.8.
	 
	
 
	
    Delivery of Stock
	
 
	 
	
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    10.9.
	 
	
 
	
    Unrestricted Pool
	
 
	 
	
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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
	
 
	 
	
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    FORM OF PAYMENT FOR OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK
	
 
	 
	
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    12.1.
	 
	
 
	
    General Rule
	
 
	 
	
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    12.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Surrender of Stock
	
 
	 
	
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    12.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Cashless Exercise
	
 
	 
	
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    12.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Other Forms of Payment
	
 
	 
	
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    RESERVED
	
 
	 
	
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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE SHARES, PERFORMANCE SHARE
    UNITS, PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARDS
	
 
	 
	
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    14.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Grant of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares
	
 
	 
	
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    14.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Value of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares
	
 
	 
	
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    14.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Earning of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares
	
 
	 
	
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    14.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Share
    Units/Performance Shares
	
 
	 
	
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    14.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Performance Conditions
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.
	 
	
 
	
    Performance Awards or Annual Incentive Awards Granted to
    Designated Covered Employees
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Performance Goals Generally
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Timing For Establishing Performance Goals
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Settlement of Awards; Other Terms
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Performance Measures
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Evaluation of Performance
	
 
	 
	
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    Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation
	
 
	 
	
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    14.6.7.
	 
	
 
	
    Board Discretion
	
 
	 
	
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    14.7.
	 
	
 
	
    Status of Section Awards Under Code Section 162(m)
	
 
	 
	
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    PARACHUTE LIMITATIONS
	
 
	 
	
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    REQUIREMENTS OF LAW
	
 
	 
	
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    General
	
 
	 
	
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    16.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Rule 16b-3
	
 
	 
	
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    EFFECT OF CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION
	
 
	 
	
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    Changes in Stock
	
 
	 
	
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    17.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Reorganization in Which the Company Is the Surviving Entity
    Which does not Constitute a Corporate Transaction
	
 
	 
	
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    Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not Assumed
	
 
	 
	
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    Corporate Transaction in which Awards are Assumed
	
 
	 
	
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    17.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Adjustments
	
 
	 
	
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    17.6.
	 
	
 
	
    No Limitations on Company
	
 
	 
	
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    GENERAL PROVISIONS
	
 
	 
	
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    18.1.
	 
	
 
	
    Disclaimer of Rights
	
 
	 
	
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    18.2.
	 
	
 
	
    Nonexclusivity of the Plan
	
 
	 
	
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    18.3.
	 
	
 
	
    Withholding Taxes
	
 
	 
	
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    18.4.
	 
	
 
	
    Captions
	
 
	 
	
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    18.5.
	 
	
 
	
    Other Provisions
	
 
	 
	
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    18.6.
	 
	
 
	
    Number and Gender
	
 
	 
	
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    18.7.
	 
	
 
	
    Severability
	
 
	 
	
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    18.8.
	 
	
 
	
    Governing Law
	
 
	 
	
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    18.9.
	 
	
 
	
    Section 409A of the Code
	
 
	 
	
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    ii

 

    CIENA
    CORPORATION

    2008 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

 

    Ciena Corporation., a Delaware corporation (the
    “Company”), sets forth herein the terms of its 2008
    Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as follows:

 

		
	
    1.  
	
    PURPOSE

 

    The Plan is intended to enhance the Company’s and its
    Affiliates’ (as defined herein) ability to attract and
    retain highly qualified officers, directors, key employees, and
    other persons, and to motivate such persons to serve the Company
    and its Affiliates and to expend maximum effort to improve the
    business results and earnings of the Company, by providing to
    such persons an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct
    proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the
    Company. To this end, the Plan provides for the grant of stock
    options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted
    stock units (including deferred stock units), unrestricted
    stock, and cash awards. Any of these awards may, but need not,
    be made as performance incentives to reward attainment of annual
    or long-term performance goals in accordance with the terms
    hereof. Stock options granted under the Plan may be
    non-qualified stock options or incentive stock options, as
    provided herein, except that stock options granted to outside
    directors and any consultants or advisers providing services to
    the Company or an Affiliate shall in all cases be non-qualified
    stock options.

 

		
	
    2.  
	
    DEFINITIONS

 

    For purposes of interpreting the Plan and related documents
    (including Award Agreements), the following definitions shall
    apply:

 

    2.1 “Affiliate” means, with respect to the
    Company, any company or other trade or business that controls,
    is controlled by or is under common control with the Company
    within the meaning of Rule 405 of Regulation C under
    the Securities Act, including, without limitation, any
    Subsidiary. For purposes of granting stock options or stock
    appreciation rights, an entity may not be considered an
    Affiliate unless the Company holds a “controlling
    interest” in such entity, where the term “controlling
    interest” has the same meaning as provided in Treasury
    Regulation 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i),
    provided that the language “at least 50 percent”
    is used instead of “at least 80 percent” and,
    provided further, that where granting of stock options or stock
    appreciation rights is based upon a legitimate business
    criteria, the language “at least 20 percent” is
    used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place
    it appears in Treasury
    Regulation 1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i).

 

    2.2 “Annual Incentive Award” means an
    Award made subject to attainment of performance goals (as
    described in Section 14) generally over a one-year
    Performance Period (the Company’s fiscal year, unless
    otherwise specified by the Committee).

 

    2.3 “Award” means a grant of an Option,
    Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock,
    Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Share Unit
    or cash award under the Plan.

 

    2.4 “Award Agreement” means the agreement
    between the Company and a Grantee that evidences and sets out
    the terms and conditions of an Award.

 

    2.5 “Benefit Arrangement” shall have the
    meaning set forth in Section 15 hereof.

 

    2.6 “Board” means the Board of Directors
    of the Company.

 

    2.7 “Cause” means, as determined by the
    Board and unless otherwise provided in an applicable agreement
    with the Company or an Affiliate, (i) gross negligence or
    willful misconduct in connection with the performance of duties;
    (ii) plea of a felony or conviction of a criminal offense
    (other than minor traffic offenses); or (iii) material
    breach of any term of any employment, consulting or other
    services, confidentiality, intellectual property or
    non-competition agreements, if any, between the Service Provider
    and the Company or an Affiliate.

 

    2.8 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code
    of 1986, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

    

    1

 

    2.9 “Committee” means a committee of, and
    designated from time to time by resolution of, the Board, which
    shall be constituted as provided in Section 3.2.

 

    2.10 “Company” means Ciena Corporation.

 

    2.11 “Corporate Transaction” means
    (i) any person or group of persons (as defined in
    Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) together with
    its affiliates, excluding employee benefit plans of the Company,
    is or becomes, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial
    owner” (as defined in
    Rule 13d-3
    of the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing
    50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s
    then outstanding securities; (ii) the dissolution or
    liquidation of the Company or a merger, consolidation, or
    reorganization of the Company with one or more other entities in
    which the Company is not the surviving entity, (iii) a sale
    of substantially all of the assets of the Company to another
    person or entity, or (iii) any transaction (including
    without limitation a merger or reorganization in which the
    Company is the surviving entity) which results in any person or
    entity owning 50% or more of the combined voting power of all
    classes of stock of the Company.

 

    2.12 “Covered Employee” means a Grantee
    who is a covered employee within the meaning of
    Section 162(m)(3) of the Code.

 

    2.13 “Disability” means the Grantee is
    unable to perform each of the essential duties of such
    Grantee’s position by reason of a medically determinable
    physical or mental impairment which is potentially permanent in
    character or which can be expected to last for a continuous
    period of not less than 12 months; provided, however, that,
    with respect to rules regarding expiration of an Incentive Stock
    Option following termination of the Grantee’s Service,
    Disability shall mean the Grantee is unable to engage in any
    substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically
    determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected
    to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to
    last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

 

    2.14 Reserved.

 

    2.15 “Effective Date”
    means March 26,
    2008, the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s
    stockholders.

 

    2.16 “Exchange Act” means the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

 

    2.17 “Fair Market Value” means the value
    of a share of Stock, determined as follows: if on the Grant Date
    or other determination date the Stock is listed on an
    established national or regional stock exchange, or is publicly
    traded on an established securities market, the Fair Market
    Value of a share of Stock shall be the closing price of the
    Stock on such exchange or in such market (if there is more than
    one such exchange or market the Board shall determine the
    appropriate exchange or market) on the Grant Date or such other
    determination date (or if there is no such reported closing
    price, the Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the
    highest bid and lowest asked prices or between the high and low
    sale prices on such trading day) or, if no sale of Stock is
    reported for such trading day, on the next preceding day on
    which any sale shall have been reported. If the Stock is not
    listed on such an exchange or traded on such a market, Fair
    Market Value shall be the value of the Stock as determined by
    the Board by the reasonable application of a reasonable
    valuation method, in a manner consistent with Code
    Section 409A.

 

    2.18 “Family Member” means a person who is
    a spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent,
    stepparent, grandparent, niece, nephew,
    mother-in-law,
    father-in-law,
    son-in-law,
    daughter-in-law,
    brother, sister,
    brother-in-law,
    or
    sister-in-law,
    including adoptive relationships, of the Grantee, any person
    sharing the Grantee’s household (other than a tenant or
    employee), a trust in which any one or more of these persons
    have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a
    foundation in which any one or more of these persons (or the
    Grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity
    in which one or more of these persons (or the Grantee) own more
    than fifty percent of the voting interests.

 

    2.19 “Grant Date” means, as determined by
    the Board, the latest to occur of (i) the date as of which
    the Board approves an Award, (ii) the date on which the
    recipient of an Award first becomes eligible to receive an Award
    under Section 6 hereof, or (iii) such other
    date as may be specified by the Board.

    

2

 

    2.20 “Grantee” means a person who receives
    or holds an Award under the Plan.

 

    2.21 “Incentive Stock Option” means an
    “incentive stock option” within the meaning of
    Section 422 of the Code, or the corresponding provision of
    any subsequently enacted tax statute, as amended from time to
    time.

 

    2.22 “Non-qualified Stock Option” means an
    Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

    2.23 “Option” means an option to purchase
    one or more shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan.

 

    2.24 “Option Price” means the exercise
    price for each share of Stock subject to an Option.

 

    2.25 “Other Agreement” shall have the
    meaning set forth in Section 15 hereof.

 

    2.26 “Outside Director” means a member of
    the Board who is not an officer or employee of the Company.

 

    2.27 “Performance Award” means an Award
    made subject to the attainment of performance goals (as
    described in Section 14) over a Performance Period
    of up to ten years.

 

    2.28 “Performance-Based Compensation”
    means compensation under an Award that is intended to
    satisfy the requirements of Code Section 162(m) for certain
    performance-based compensation paid to Covered Employees.
    Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Plan shall be
    construed to mean that an Award which does not satisfy the
    requirements for performance-based compensation under Code
    Section 162(m) does not constitute performance-based
    compensation for other purposes, including Code
    Section 409A.

 

    2.29 “Performance Measures” means measures
    as described in Section 14 on which the performance
    goals are based and which are approved by the Company’s
    stockholders pursuant to this Plan in order to qualify Awards as
    Performance-Based Compensation.

 

    2.30 “Performance Period” means the period
    of time during which the performance goals must be met in order
    to determine the degree of payout
    and/or
    vesting with respect to an Award.

 

    2.31 “Performance Share” means an Award
    under Section 14 herein and subject to the terms of
    this Plan, denominated in shares of Stock, the value of which at
    the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent
    to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.

 

    2.32 “Performance Share Unit” means an
    Award under Section 14 herein and subject to the
    terms of this Plan, denominated in units, the value of which at
    the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent
    to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.

 

    2.33 “Plan” means this Ciena Corporation
    2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

    2.34 “Prior Plans” means the 2000 Equity
    Incentive Compensation Plan, 1994 Third Amended and Restated
    Stock Option Plan, 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan, ONI
    Systems Corp. 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, ONI Systems Corp. 1998
    Equity Incentive Plan, ONI Systems Corp. 1997 Stock Option Plan,
    1999 Non-Officer Stock Option Plan, Cyras Systems, Inc. 1998
    Stock Plan, Omnia Communications, Inc. 1997 Stock Plan, Lightera
    Networks, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan, WaveSmith Networks, Inc. 2000
    Stock Option and Incentive Plan, Internet Photonics, Inc. 2000
    Corporate Stock Option Plan and Catena Networks, Inc. 1998
    Equity Incentive Plan.

 

    2.35 “Purchase Price” means the purchase
    price for each share of Stock pursuant to a grant of Restricted
    Stock or Unrestricted Stock.

 

    2.36 “Reporting Person” means a person who
    is required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the
    Exchange Act.

 

    2.37 “Restricted Stock” means shares of
    Stock, awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 10
    hereof.

 

    2.38 “Restricted Stock Unit” means a
    bookkeeping entry representing the equivalent of one share of
    Stock awarded to a Grantee pursuant to Section 10
    hereof.

    

    3

 

    2.39 “SAR Exercise Price” means the per
    share exercise price of a SAR granted to a Grantee under
    Section 9 hereof.

 

    2.40 “Securities Act” means the Securities
    Act of 1933, as now in effect or as hereafter amended.

 

    2.41 “Service” means service as a Service
    Provider to the Company or an Affiliate. Unless otherwise stated
    in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee’s change in
    position or duties shall not result in interrupted or terminated
    Service, so long as such Grantee continues to be a Service
    Provider to the Company or an Affiliate. Subject to the
    preceding sentence, whether a termination of Service shall have
    occurred for purposes of the Plan shall be determined by the
    Board, which determination shall be final, binding and
    conclusive.

 

    2.42 “Service Provider” means an employee,
    officer or director of the Company or an Affiliate, or a
    consultant or adviser (who is a natural person) currently
    providing services to the Company or an Affiliate.

 

    2.43 “Stock” means the common stock, par
    value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

    2.44 “Stock Appreciation Right” or
    “SAR” means a right granted to a Grantee under
    Section 9 hereof.

 

    2.45 “Subsidiary” means any
    “subsidiary corporation” of the Company within the
    meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code.

 

    2.46 “Substitute Awards” means Awards
    granted upon assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding
    Awards previously granted by a company or other entity acquired
    by the Company or any Affiliate or with which the Company or any
    Affiliate combines.

 

    2.47 “Ten Percent Stockholder” means
    an individual who owns more than ten percent of the total
    combined voting power of all classes of outstanding stock of the
    Company, its parent or any of its Subsidiaries. In determining
    stock ownership, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of
    the Code shall be applied.

 

    2.48 “Unrestricted Stock” means an Award
    pursuant to Section 11 hereof.

 

		
	
    3.  
	
    ADMINISTRATION
    OF THE PLAN

 

    3.1. Board.

 

    The Board shall have such powers and authorities related to the
    administration of the Plan as are consistent with the
    Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws and
    applicable law. The Board shall have full power and authority to
    take all actions and to make all determinations required or
    provided for under the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement,
    and shall have full power and authority to take all such other
    actions and make all such other determinations not inconsistent
    with the specific terms and provisions of the Plan that the
    Board deems to be necessary or appropriate to the administration
    of the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement. All such actions
    and determinations shall be by the affirmative vote of a
    majority of the members of the Board present at a meeting or by
    unanimous consent of the Board executed in writing in accordance
    with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws
    and applicable law. The interpretation and construction by the
    Board of any provision of the Plan, any Award or any Award
    Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

    3.2. Committee.

 

    The Board from time to time may delegate to the Committee such
    powers and authorities related to the administration and
    implementation of the Plan, as set forth in Section 3.1
    above and other applicable provisions, as the Board shall
    determine, consistent with the certificate of incorporation and
    by-laws of the Company and applicable law.

 

    (i) Except as provided in Subsection (ii) and except
    as the Board may otherwise determine, the Committee, if any,
    appointed by the Board to administer the Plan shall consist of
    two or more Outside Directors of the Company who:
    (a) qualify as “outside directors” within the
    meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and who (b) meet
    such other requirements as may be established from time to time
    by the Securities and Exchange Commission for plans intended to
    qualify for exemption under
    Rule 16b-3
    (or its successor) under the Exchange Act and who
    (c) comply with the independence requirements of the stock
    exchange on which the

    

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    Common Stock is listed. Discretionary Awards to Outside
    Directors shall be administered only by the Committee and may
    not be subject to discretion of or determination by the
    Company’s management.

 

    (ii) The Board may also appoint one or more separate
    Committees of the Board, each composed of one or more directors
    of the Company who need not be Outside Directors, who may
    administer the Plan with respect to employees or other Service
    Providers who are not executive officers (as defined under
    Rule 3b-7
    or the Exchange Act) or directors of the Company, may grant
    Awards under the Plan to such employees or other Service
    Providers, and may determine all terms of such Awards.

 

    In the event that the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement
    entered into hereunder provides for any action to be taken by or
    determination to be made by the Board, such action may be taken
    or such determination may be made by the Committee if the power
    and authority to do so has been delegated to the Committee by
    the Board as provided for in this Section. Unless otherwise
    expressly determined by the Board, any such action or
    determination by the Committee shall be final, binding and
    conclusive. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may
    delegate its authority under the Plan to a member of the Board
    or such other person.

 

    3.3. Terms of Awards.

 

    Subject to the other terms and conditions of the Plan, the Board
    shall have full and final authority to:

 

    (i) designate Grantees,

 

    (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be made to a
    Grantee,

 

    (iii) determine the number of shares of Stock to be subject
    to an Award,

 

    (iv) establish the terms and conditions of each Award
    (including, but not limited to, the exercise price of any
    Option, the nature and duration of any restriction or condition
    (or provision for lapse thereof) relating to the vesting,
    exercise, transfer, or forfeiture of an Award or the shares of
    Stock subject thereto, the treatment of an Award in the event of
    a change of control, and any terms or conditions that may be
    necessary to qualify Options as Incentive Stock Options),

 

    (v) prescribe the form of each Award Agreement evidencing
    an Award, and

 

    (vi) amend, modify, or supplement the terms of any
    outstanding Award. Such authority specifically includes the
    authority, in order to effectuate the purposes of the Plan but
    without amending the Plan, to make or modify Awards to eligible
    individuals who are foreign nationals or are individuals who are
    employed outside the United States to recognize differences in
    local law, tax policy, or custom. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
    no amendment, modification or supplement of any Award shall,
    without the consent of the Grantee, impair the Grantee’s
    rights under such Award.

 

    The Company may retain the right in an Award Agreement to cause
    a forfeiture of the gain realized by a Grantee on account of
    actions taken by the Grantee in violation or breach of or in
    conflict with any employment agreement, non-competition
    agreement, any agreement prohibiting solicitation of employees
    or clients of the Company or any Affiliate thereof or any
    confidentiality obligation with respect to the Company or any
    Affiliate thereof or otherwise in competition with the Company
    or any Affiliate thereof, to the extent specified in such Award
    Agreement applicable to the Grantee. In addition, the Company
    may terminate and cause the forfeiture of an Award if the
    Grantee is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate thereof
    and is terminated for Cause as defined in the applicable Award
    Agreement or the Plan, as applicable.

 

    Furthermore, if the Company is required to prepare an accounting
    restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as
    a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement
    under the securities laws, the individuals subject to automatic
    forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
    2002 and any Grantee who knowingly engaged in the misconduct,
    was grossly negligent in engaging in the misconduct, knowingly
    failed to prevent the misconduct or was grossly negligent in
    failing to prevent the misconduct, shall reimburse the Company
    the amount of any payment in settlement of an Award earned or
    accrued during the
    12-month
    period following the first public issuance or filing with the
    United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever
    first occurred) of the financial document that contained such
    material noncompliance.

    

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    3.4. No Repricing.

 

    Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no
    amendment or modification may be made to an outstanding Option
    or SAR, including, without limitation, by replacement, exchange
    or cancellation of Options or SARs for cash or another Award or
    award type, that would be treated as a repricing under the rules
    of the stock exchange on which the Stock is listed, in each
    case, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company,
    provided, that, appropriate adjustments may be made to
    outstanding Options and SARs pursuant to Section 17
    or Section 5.3 and may be made to make changes
    to achieve compliance with applicable law, including Code
    Section 409A.

 

    3.5. Deferral Arrangement.

 

    The Board may permit or require the deferral of any Award
    payment into a deferred compensation arrangement, subject to
    such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include
    provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend
    equivalents, including converting such credits into deferred
    Stock equivalents. Any such deferrals shall be made in a manner
    that complies with Code Section 409A.

 

    3.6. No Liability.

 

    No member of the Board or the Committee shall be liable for any
    action or determination made in good faith with respect to the
    Plan or any Award or Award Agreement.

 

    3.7. Share Issuance/Book-Entry.

 

    Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, the
    issuance of the Stock under the Plan may be evidenced in such a
    manner as the Board, in its discretion, deems appropriate,
    including, without limitation, book-entry registration or
    issuance of one or more Stock certificates.

 

		
	
    4.  
	
    STOCK
    SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

    4.1. Number of Shares Available for Awards.

 

    Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17
    hereof, the number of shares of Stock available for issuance
    under the Plan shall be eight million, all of which may be
    granted as Incentive Stock Options, increased by shares of Stock
    covered by awards granted under a Prior Plan that are not
    purchased or are forfeited or expire, or otherwise terminate
    without delivery of any Stock subject thereto, to the extent
    such shares would again be available for issuance under such
    Prior Plan. Stock issued or to be issued under the Plan shall be
    authorized but unissued shares; or, to the extent permitted by
    applicable law, issued shares that have been reacquired by the
    Company.

 

    4.2. Adjustments in Authorized Shares.

 

    The Board shall have the right to substitute or assume Awards in
    connection with mergers, reorganizations, separations, or other
    transactions to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies.
    The number of shares of Stock reserved pursuant to
    Section 4 shall be increased by the corresponding
    number of Awards assumed and, in the case of a substitution, by
    the net increase in the number of shares of Stock subject to
    Awards before and after the substitution.

 

    4.3. Share Usage.

 

    Shares covered by an Award shall be counted as used as of the
    Grant Date. Any shares of Stock that are subject to Awards of
    Options shall be counted against the limit set forth in
    Section 4.1 as one share for every one share subject to an
    Award of Options. With respect to SARs, the number of shares
    subject to an award of SARs will be counted against the
    aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the Plan
    regardless of the number of shares actually issued to settle the
    SAR upon exercise. Any shares that are subject to Awards other
    than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be counted
    against the limit set forth in Section 4.1 as
    1.6 shares for every one share granted. If any shares
    covered by an Award granted under the Plan are not purchased or
    are forfeited or expire, or if an Award otherwise terminates
    without delivery of any Stock subject thereto or is settled in
    cash in lieu of shares, then the number of shares of Stock
    counted against the aggregate number of shares available under
    the Plan with respect to such Award shall, to the extent of any
    such forfeiture, termination or expiration, again be available
    for

    

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    making Awards under the Plan in the same amount as such shares
    were counted against the limit set forth in
    Section 4.1, provided that any shares covered by an
    Award granted under a Prior Plan will again be available for
    making Awards under the Plan in the same amount as such shares
    were counted against the limits set forth in the applicable
    Prior Plan. The number of shares of Stock available for issuance
    under the Plan shall not be increased by (i) any shares of
    Stock tendered or withheld or Award surrendered in connection
    with the purchase of shares of Stock upon exercise of an Option
    as described in Section 12.2, or (ii) any
    shares of Stock deducted or delivered from an Award payment in
    connection with the Company’s tax withholding obligations
    as described in Section 18.3.

 

		
	
    5.  
	
    EFFECTIVE
    DATE, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS

 

    5.1. Effective Date.

 

    The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date, subject to
    approval of the Plan by the Company’s stockholders within
    one year of the Effective Date. Upon approval of the Plan by the
    stockholders of the Company as set forth above, all Awards made
    under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall be fully
    effective as if the stockholders of the Company had approved the
    Plan on the Effective Date. If the stockholders fail to approve
    the Plan within one year of the Effective Date, any Awards made
    hereunder shall be null and void and of no effect. Following the
    Effective Date no awards will be made under the Prior Plans.

 

    5.2. Term.

 

    The Plan shall terminate automatically ten years after the
    Effective Date and may be terminated on any earlier date as
    provided in Section 5.3.

 

    5.3. Amendment and Termination of the Plan

 

    The Board may, at any time and from time to time, amend,
    suspend, or terminate the Plan as to any shares of Stock as to
    which Awards have not been made. An amendment shall be
    contingent on approval of the Company’s stockholders to the
    extent stated by the Board, required by applicable law or
    required by applicable stock exchange listing requirements. In
    addition, an amendment will be contingent on approval of the
    Company’s stockholders if the amendment would:
    (i) materially increase the benefits accruing to
    participants under the Plan, (ii) materially increase the
    aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued under the
    Plan, or (iii) materially modify the requirements as to
    eligibility for participation in the Plan. No Awards shall be
    made after termination of the Plan. No amendment, suspension, or
    termination of the Plan shall, without the consent of the
    Grantee, impair rights or obligations under any Award
    theretofore awarded under the Plan.

 

		
	
    6.  
	
    AWARD
    ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS

 

    6.1. Service Providers and Other Persons.

 

    Subject to this Section 6, Awards may be made under
    the Plan to: (i) any Service Provider to the Company or of
    any Affiliate, including any Service Provider who is an officer
    or director of the Company, or of any Affiliate, as the Board
    shall determine and designate from time to time and
    (ii) any other individual whose participation in the Plan
    is determined to be in the best interests of the Company by the
    Board.

 

    6.2. Successive Awards and Substitute Awards.

 

    An eligible person may receive more than one Award, subject to
    such restrictions as are provided herein. Notwithstanding
    Sections 8.1 and 9.1, the Option Price of an
    Option or the grant price of a SAR that is a Substitute Award
    (as defined in Section 2.46) may be less than 100% of the
    Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the original
    date of grant; provided, that, the Option Price or grant price
    is determined in accordance with the principles of Code
    Section 424 and the regulations thereunder.

    

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    6.3. Limitation on Shares of Stock Subject to Awards and
    Cash Awards.

 

    During any time when the Company has a class of equity security
    registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act:

 

    (i) the maximum number of shares of Stock subject to
    Options or SARs that can be awarded under the Plan to any person
    eligible for an Award under Section 6 hereof is one
    million per 12 month period;

 

    (ii) the maximum number of shares that can be awarded under
    the Plan, other than pursuant to an Option or SARs, to any
    person eligible for an Award under Section 6 hereof
    is one million per 12 month period; and

 

    (iii) the maximum amount that may be earned as an Annual
    Incentive Award or other cash Award in any 12 month period
    by any person eligible for an Award shall be $5,000,000 and the
    maximum amount that may be earned as a Performance Award or
    other cash Award in respect of a Performance Period by any
    person eligible for an Award shall be $25,000,000.

 

    The preceding limitations in this Section 6.3 are
    subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17
    hereof.

 

		
	
    7.  
	
    AWARD
    AGREEMENT

 

    Each Award granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced by an
    Award Agreement, in such form or forms as the Board shall from
    time to time determine. Award Agreements granted from time to
    time or at the same time need not contain similar provisions but
    shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan. Each Award
    Agreement evidencing an Award of Options shall specify whether
    such Options are intended to be Non-qualified Stock Options or
    Incentive Stock Options, and in the absence of such
    specification such Options shall be deemed Non-qualified Stock
    Options.

 

		
	
    8.  
	
    TERMS AND
    CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS

 

    8.1. Option Price

 

    The Option Price of each Option shall be fixed by the Board and
    stated in the Award Agreement evidencing such Option. Except in
    the case of Substitute Awards, the Option Price of each Option
    shall be at least the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date of a
    share of Stock; provided, however, that in the
    event that a Grantee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, the
    Option Price of an Option granted to such Grantee that is
    intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than
    110 percent of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on
    the Grant Date. In no case shall the Option Price of any Option
    be less than the par value of a share of Stock.

 

    8.2. Vesting.

 

    Subject to Sections 8.3 and 17.3 hereof, each Option
    granted under the Plan shall become exercisable at such times
    and under such conditions as shall be determined by the Board
    and stated in the Award Agreement. For purposes of this
    Section 8.2, fractional numbers of shares of Stock
    subject to an Option shall be rounded down to the next nearest
    whole number.

 

    8.3. Term.

 

    Each Option granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all
    rights to purchase shares of Stock thereunder shall cease, upon
    the expiration of ten years from the date such Option is
    granted, or under such circumstances and on such date prior
    thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be fixed by the
    Board and stated in the Award Agreement relating to such Option;
    provided, however, that in the event that the
    Grantee is a Ten Percent Stockholder, an Option granted to
    such Grantee that is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option
    shall not be exercisable after the expiration of five years from
    its Grant Date.

 

    8.4. Termination of Service.

 

    Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the
    Grantee shall have the right to exercise the Option following
    termination of the Grantee’s Service. Such provisions shall
    be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, need not be
    uniform among all Options issued pursuant to the Plan, and may
    reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination of
    Service.

    

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    8.5. Limitations on Exercise of Option.

 

    Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, in no event may
    any Option be exercised, in whole or in part, prior to the date
    the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company as
    provided herein or after the occurrence of an event referred to
    in Section 17 hereof which results in termination of
    the Option.

 

    8.6. Method of Exercise.

 

    Subject to the terms of Article 12 and
    Section 18.3, an Option that is exercisable may be
    exercised by the Grantee’s delivery to the Company of
    notice of exercise on any business day, at the Company’s
    principal office, on the form specified by the Company. Such
    notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock with respect
    to which the Option is being exercised and shall be accompanied
    by payment in full of the Option Price of the shares for which
    the Option is being exercised plus the amount (if any) of
    federal
    and/or other
    taxes which the Company may, in its judgment, be required to
    withhold with respect to an Award.

 

    8.7. Rights of Holders of Options.

 

    Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, an
    individual holding or exercising an Option shall have none of
    the rights of a stockholder (for example, the right to receive
    cash or dividend payments or distributions attributable to the
    subject shares of Stock or to direct the voting of the subject
    shares of Stock) until the shares of Stock covered thereby are
    fully paid and issued to him. Except as provided in
    Section 17 hereof, no adjustment shall be made for
    dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record
    date is prior to the date of such issuance.

 

    8.8. Delivery of Stock Certificates.

 

    Promptly after the exercise of an Option by a Grantee and the
    payment in full of the Option Price, such Grantee shall be
    entitled to the issuance of a stock certificate or certificates
    evidencing his or her ownership of the shares of Stock subject
    to the Option.

 

    8.9. Transferability of Options.

 

    Except as provided in Section 8.10, during the
    lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of
    legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantee’s guardian or
    legal representative) may exercise an Option. Except as provided
    in Section 8.10, no Option shall be assignable or
    transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by
    will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

    8.10. Family Transfers.

 

    If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may
    transfer, not for value, all or part of an Option which is not
    an Incentive Stock Option to any Family Member. For the purpose
    of this Section 8.10, a “not for value”
    transfer is a transfer which is (i) a gift, (ii) a
    transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of
    marital property rights; or (iii) a transfer to an entity
    in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are
    owned by Family Members (or the Grantee) in exchange for an
    interest in that entity. Following a transfer under this
    Section 8.10, any such Option shall continue to be
    subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable
    immediately prior to transfer. Subsequent transfers of
    transferred Options are prohibited except to Family Members of
    the original Grantee in accordance with this
    Section 8.10 or by will or the laws of descent and
    distribution. The events of termination of Service of
    Section 8.4 hereof shall continue to be applied with
    respect to the original Grantee, following which the Option
    shall be exercisable by the transferee only to the extent, and
    for the periods specified, in Section 8.4.

 

    8.11. Limitations on Incentive Stock Options.

 

    An Option shall constitute an Incentive Stock Option only
    (i) if the Grantee of such Option is an employee of the
    Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) to the
    extent specifically provided in the related Award Agreement; and
    (iii) to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value
    (determined at the time the Option is granted) of the shares of
    Stock with respect to which all Incentive Stock Options held by
    such Grantee become exercisable for the first time during any
    calendar year (under the Plan and all other plans of the
    Grantee’s employer

    

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    and its Affiliates) does not exceed $100,000. This limitation
    shall be applied by taking Options into account in the order in
    which they were granted.

 

    8.12. Notice of Disqualifying Disposition.

 

    If any Grantee shall make any disposition of shares of Stock
    issued pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option
    under the circumstances described in Code Section 421(b)
    (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), such Grantee
    shall notify the Company of such disposition within ten days
    thereof.

 

		
	
    9.  
	
    TERMS AND
    CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

    9.1. Right to Payment and Grant Price.

 

    A SAR shall confer on the Grantee to whom it is granted a right
    to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the
    Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise
    over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the
    Board. The Award Agreement for a SAR shall specify the grant
    price of the SAR, which shall be at least the Fair Market Value
    of a share of Stock on the date of grant. SARs may be granted in
    conjunction with all or part of an Option granted under the Plan
    or at any subsequent time during the term of such Option, in
    conjunction with all or part of any other Award or without
    regard to any Option or other Award; provided that a SAR that is
    granted subsequent to the Grant Date of a related Option must
    have a SAR Price that is no less than the Fair Market Value of
    one share of Stock on the SAR Grant Date.

 

    9.2. Other Terms.

 

    The Board shall determine at the date of grant or thereafter,
    the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a
    SAR may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on
    achievement of performance goals
    and/or
    future service requirements), the time or times at which SARs
    shall cease to be or become exercisable following termination of
    Service or upon other conditions, the method of exercise, method
    of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement,
    method by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to
    be delivered to Grantees, whether or not a SAR shall be in
    tandem or in combination with any other Award, and any other
    terms and conditions of any SAR.

 

    9.3. Term.

 

    Each SAR granted under the Plan shall terminate, and all rights
    thereunder shall cease, upon the expiration of ten years from
    the date such SAR is granted, or under such circumstances and on
    such date prior thereto as is set forth in the Plan or as may be
    fixed by the Board and stated in the Award Agreement relating to
    such SAR.

 

    9.4. Transferability of SARS.

 

    Except as provided in Section 9.5, during the
    lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of
    legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantee’s guardian or
    legal representative) may exercise a SAR. Except as provided in
    Section 9.5, no SAR shall be assignable or
    transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by
    will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

    9.5. Family Transfers.

 

    If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may
    transfer, not for value, all or part of a SAR to any Family
    Member. For the purpose of this Section 9.5, a
    “not for value” transfer is a transfer which is
    (i) a gift, (ii) a transfer under a domestic relations
    order in settlement of marital property rights; or (iii) a
    transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the
    voting interests are owned by Family Members (or the Grantee) in
    exchange for an interest in that entity. Following a transfer
    under this Section 9.5, any such SAR shall continue
    to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were
    applicable immediately prior to transfer. Subsequent transfers
    of transferred SARs are prohibited except to Family Members of
    the original Grantee in accordance with this Section 9.5
    or by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

    

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    10.  
	
    TERMS AND
    CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK
    UNITS

 

    10.1. Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock
    Units.

 

    Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units may be made
    for no consideration (other than par value of the shares which
    is deemed paid by Services already rendered).

 

    10.2. Restrictions.

 

    (a) At the time a grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted
    Stock Units is made, the Board may, in its sole discretion,
    establish a period of time (a “restricted period”)
    applicable to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
    Each Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units may be
    subject to a different restricted period. The Board may in its
    sole discretion, at the time a grant of Restricted Stock or
    Restricted Stock Units is made, prescribe restrictions in
    addition to or other than the expiration of the restricted
    period, including the satisfaction of corporate or individual
    performance objectives, which may be applicable to all or any
    portion of the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units as
    described in Article 14. Neither Restricted Stock
    nor Restricted Stock Units may be sold, transferred, assigned,
    pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of during the
    restricted period or prior to the satisfaction of any other
    restrictions prescribed by the Board with respect to such
    Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

 

    (b) Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.2(a), and
    subject to Section 10.9 below, (i) Restricted Stock
    and Restricted Stock Units that vest solely by the passage of
    time shall not vest in full in less than three years from the
    Grant Date; and (ii) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
    Units that vest, or are subject to acceleration of vesting, upon
    the achievement of performance targets shall not vest in full in
    less than one year from the Grant Date. The foregoing
    restriction shall not apply to Restricted Stock or Restricted
    Stock Unit Awards assumed in connection with mergers,
    reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which
    Section 424(a) of the Code applies.

 

    10.3. Restricted Stock Certificates.

 

    The Company shall issue, in the name of each Grantee to whom
    Restricted Stock has been granted, stock certificates
    representing the total number of shares of Restricted Stock
    granted to the Grantee, as soon as reasonably practicable after
    the Grant Date. The Board may provide in an Award Agreement that
    either (i) the Secretary of the Company shall hold such
    certificates for the Grantee’s benefit until such time as
    the Restricted Stock is forfeited to the Company or the
    restrictions lapse, or (ii) such certificates shall be
    delivered to the Grantee, provided, however, that
    such certificates shall bear a legend or legends that comply
    with the applicable securities laws and regulations and makes
    appropriate reference to the restrictions imposed under the Plan
    and the Award Agreement.

 

    10.4. Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock.

 

    Unless the Board otherwise provides in an Award Agreement,
    holders of Restricted Stock shall have the right to vote such
    Stock and the right to receive any dividends declared or paid
    with respect to such Stock. The Board may provide that any
    dividends paid on Restricted Stock must be reinvested in shares
    of Stock, which may or may not be subject to the same vesting
    conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.
    All distributions, if any, received by a Grantee with respect to
    Restricted Stock as a result of any stock split, stock dividend,
    combination of shares, or other similar transaction shall be
    subject to the restrictions applicable to the original Grant.

 

    10.5. Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock Units.

 

    10.5.1. Voting and Dividend Rights.

 

    Holders of Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights as
    stockholders of the Company. The Board may provide in an Award
    Agreement evidencing a grant of Restricted Stock Units that the
    holder of such Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to
    receive, upon the Company’s payment of a cash dividend on
    its outstanding Stock, a cash payment for each Restricted Stock
    Unit held equal to the per-share dividend paid on the Stock.
    Such Award Agreement may also provide that such cash payment
    will be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock Units
    at a price per unit equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of
    Stock on the date that such dividend is paid.

    

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    10.5.2. Creditor’s Rights.

 

    A holder of Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights other
    than those of a general creditor of the Company. Restricted
    Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of
    the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the
    applicable Award Agreement.

 

    10.6. Termination of Service.

 

    (a) Unless the Board otherwise provides in an Award
    Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued,
    upon the termination of a Grantee’s Service, any Restricted
    Stock or Restricted Stock Units held by such Grantee that have
    not vested, or with respect to which all applicable restrictions
    and conditions have not lapsed, shall immediately be deemed
    forfeited. Upon forfeiture of Restricted Stock or Restricted
    Stock Units, the Grantee shall have no further rights with
    respect to such Award, including but not limited to any right to
    vote Restricted Stock or any right to receive dividends with
    respect to shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

 

    (b) Notwithstanding the terms of
    Section 10.6(a), and subject to Section 10.9
    below, the Board may not (i) grant Restricted Stock or
    Restricted Stock Units that provide for acceleration of vesting,
    except in the case of a Grantee’s death, disability or
    retirement, or upon or in connection with a Corporate
    Transaction, or upon the satisfaction of performance-based
    vesting conditions as provided in Section 10.2(b)(ii); or
    (ii) waive vesting restrictions or conditions applicable to
    Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, except in the case
    of a Grantee’s death, disability or retirement or upon or
    in connection with a Corporation Transaction. The foregoing
    restriction shall not apply to Restricted Stock or Restricted
    Stock Unit Awards assumed in connection with mergers,
    reorganizations, separations, or other transactions to which
    Section 424(a) of the Code applies.

 

    10.7. Purchase of Restricted Stock and Shares Subject to
    Restricted Stock Units.

 

    The Grantee shall be required, to the extent required by
    applicable law, to purchase the Restricted Stock or shares of
    Stock subject to vested Restricted Stock Units from the Company
    at a Purchase Price equal to the greater of (i) the
    aggregate par value of the shares of Stock represented by such
    Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units (ii) the
    Purchase Price, if any, specified in the Award Agreement
    relating to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units. The
    Purchase Price shall be payable in a form described in
    Section 12 or, in the discretion of the Board, in
    consideration for past or future Services rendered to the
    Company or an Affiliate.

 

    10.8. Delivery of Stock.

 

    Upon the expiration or termination of any restricted period and
    the satisfaction of any other conditions prescribed by the
    Board, the restrictions applicable to shares of Restricted Stock
    or Restricted Stock Units settled in Stock shall lapse, and,
    unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a stock
    certificate for such shares shall be delivered, free of all such
    restrictions, to the Grantee or the Grantee’s beneficiary
    or estate, as the case may be. Neither the Grantee, nor the
    Grantee’s beneficiary or estate, shall have any further
    rights with regard to a Restricted Stock Unit once the share of
    Stock represented by the Restricted Stock Unit has been
    delivered.

 

    10.9. Unrestricted Pool.

 

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan,
    Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards may be
    (i) granted with vesting terms that do not comply with the
    requirements of Section 10.2(b); (ii) granted
    with terms providing for the acceleration of vesting that do not
    comply with Section 10.6(b)(i),
    and/or
    (iii) subsequent to the date of grant, modified to provide
    acceleration of vesting terms that do not comply with
    Section 10.6(b)(ii), provided that, in no event,
    shall the aggregate number of shares underlying Restricted Stock
    and Restricted Stock Unit Awards granted or modified as
    contemplated in this Section 10.9 exceed five
    percent of the shares authorized for issuance in
    Section 4.1 hereof. In calculating compliance with
    this limitation, the share usage rules set forth in
    Section 4.3 shall apply.

 

		
	
    11.  
	
    TERMS AND
    CONDITIONS OF UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

    The Board may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par
    value or such other higher Purchase Price determined by the
    Board) an Unrestricted Stock Award to any Grantee pursuant to
    which such Grantee may receive shares of Stock free of any
    restrictions (“Unrestricted Stock”) under the Plan,
    which Awards shall be deducted from the five

    

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    percent limitation set forth in Section 10.9.
    Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted or sold as described in
    the preceding sentence in respect of past services and other
    valid consideration, or in lieu of, or in addition to, any cash
    compensation due to such Grantee.

 

		
	
    12.  
	
    FORM OF
    PAYMENT FOR OPTIONS AND RESTRICTED STOCK

 

    12.1. General Rule.

 

    Payment of the Option Price for the shares purchased pursuant to
    the exercise of an Option or the Purchase Price for Restricted
    Stock shall be made in cash or in cash equivalents acceptable to
    the Company.

 

    12.2. Surrender of Stock.

 

    To the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the
    Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an
    Option or the Purchase Price for Restricted Stock may be made
    all or in part through the tender or attestation to the Company
    of shares of Stock, which shall be valued, for purposes of
    determining the extent to which the Option Price or Purchase
    Price has been paid thereby, at their Fair Market Value on the
    date of exercise or surrender.

 

    12.3. Cashless Exercise.

 

    With respect to an Option only (and not with respect to
    Restricted Stock), to the extent permitted by law and to the
    extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the Option
    Price for shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option
    may be made all or in part by delivery (on a form acceptable to
    the Board) of an irrevocable direction to a licensed securities
    broker acceptable to the Company to sell shares of Stock and to
    deliver all or part of the sales proceeds to the Company in
    payment of the Option Price and any withholding taxes described
    in Section 18.3.

 

    12.4. Other Forms of Payment.

 

    To the extent the Award Agreement so provides, payment of the
    Option Price for shares purchased pursuant to exercise of an
    Option or the Purchase Price for Restricted Stock may be made in
    any other form that is consistent with applicable laws,
    regulations and rules, including, without limitation, Service.

 

		
	
    13.  
	
    RESERVED.

 

		
	
    14.  
	
    TERMS AND
    CONDITIONS OF PERFORMANCE SHARES, PERFORMANCE SHARE UNITS,
    PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARDS

 

    14.1. Grant of Performance Share Units/Performance
    Shares.

 

    Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Board, at
    any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Share
    Units and/or
    Performance Shares to Participants in such amounts and upon such
    terms as the Committee shall determine.

 

    14.2. Value of Performance Share Units/Performance
    Shares.

 

    Each Performance Share Unit shall have an initial value that is
    established by the Board at the time of grant. The Board shall
    set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the
    extent to which they are met, will determine the value
    and/or
    number of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares that will
    be paid out to the Participant.

 

    14.3. Earning of Performance Share Units/Performance
    Shares.

 

    Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable
    Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Share
    Units/Performance Shares shall be entitled to receive payout on
    the value and number of Performance Share Units/Performance
    Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to
    be determined as a function of the extent to which the
    corresponding performance goals have been achieved.

    

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    14.4. Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Share
    Units/Performance Shares.

 

    Payment of earned Performance Share Units/Performance Shares
    shall be as determined by the Board and as evidenced in the
    Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Board,
    in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Share
    Units/Performance Shares in the form of cash or in shares (or in
    a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned
    Performance Share Units/Performance Shares at the close of the
    applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable after
    the end of the Performance Period. Performance Share
    Units/Performance Shares may be granted subject to any
    restrictions deemed appropriate by the Committee. The
    determination of the Committee with respect to the form of
    payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement
    pertaining to the grant of the Award.

 

    14.5. Performance Conditions.

 

    The right of a Grantee to exercise or receive a grant or
    settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be subject
    to such performance conditions as may be specified by the Board.
    The Board may use such business criteria and other measures of
    performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any
    performance conditions. If and to the extent required under Code
    Section 162(m), any power or authority relating to an Award
    intended to qualify under Code Section 162(m), shall be
    exercised by the Committee and not the Board.

 

    14.6. Performance Awards or Annual Incentive Awards
    Granted to Designated Covered Employees.

 

    Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Board, at
    any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Awards,
    Annual Incentive Awards or other cash awards. If and to the
    extent that the Board determines that any Award to be granted to
    a Grantee who is designated by the Board as likely to be a
    Covered Employee should qualify as “performance-based
    compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the
    grant, exercise
    and/or
    settlement of such Award shall be contingent upon achievement of
    pre-established performance goals and other terms set forth in
    this Section 14.6.

 

    14.6.1. Performance Goals Generally.

 

    The performance goals for such Awards shall consist of one or
    more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of
    performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified
    by the Committee consistent with this Section 14.6.
    Performance goals shall be objective and shall otherwise meet
    the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and regulations
    thereunder including the requirement that the level or levels of
    performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement
    of performance goals being “substantially uncertain.”
    The Committee may determine that such Awards shall be granted,
    exercised
    and/or
    settled upon achievement of any one performance goal or that two
    or more of the performance goals must be achieved as a condition
    to grant, exercise
    and/or
    settlement of such Awards. Performance goals may differ for
    Awards granted to any one Grantee or to different Grantees.

 

    14.6.2. Timing For Establishing Performance Goals.

 

    Performance goals shall be established not later than the
    earlier of (i) 90 days after the beginning of any
    Performance Period applicable to such Awards and (ii) the
    day on which 25% of any Performance Period applicable to such
    Awards has expired, or at such other date as may be required or
    permitted for “performance-based compensation” under
    Code Section 162(m).

 

    14.6.3. Settlement of Awards; Other Terms.

 

    Settlement of such Awards shall be in cash, Stock, other Awards
    or other property, in the discretion of the Committee. The
    Committee may, in its discretion, reduce the amount of a
    settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Awards.
    The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such
    Performance Award or Annual Incentive Awards shall be paid or
    forfeited in the event of termination of Service by the Grantee
    prior to the end of a Performance Period or settlement of Awards.

 

    14.6.4. Performance Measures.

 

    The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of an
    Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as
    Performance-Based Compensation shall be limited to the following
    Performance Measures:

 

    a. net earnings or net income;

 

    b. operating earnings;

    

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    c. pretax earnings;

 

    d. earnings (or loss) per share;

 

    e. share price, including growth measures and total
    stockholder return; and appreciation in
    and/or
    maintenance of the price of the shares of Stock or any publicly
    traded securities of the Company;

 

    f. earnings (or losses), including earnings or losses
    before taxes, earnings (or losses) before interest and taxes,
    earnings (or losses) before interest, taxes and depreciation,
    earnings (or losses) before interest, taxes, depreciation and
    amortization, or earnings (or losses) before interest, taxes,
    depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation, and
    other similar adjustments to earnings (or losses);

 

    g. bookings, orders, sales or revenue, or growth in these
    measures, whether in general, by type of product or product
    line, by service, or by customer or type of customer;

 

    h. net income (or loss) before or after taxes and before or
    after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus;

 

    i. gross or operating margins;

 

    j. gross profit;

 

    k. return measures, including return on assets, capital,
    investment, equity, sales or revenue;

 

    l. cash flow, including operating cash flow, free cash
    flow, cash flow return on equity and cash flow return on
    investment and cash flow per share;

 

    m. productivity ratios;

 

    n. expense targets or improvement in or attainment of
    expense levels or cost reductions;

 

    o. market share;

 

    p. financial ratios as provided in credit agreements of the
    Company and its subsidiaries;

 

    q. working capital targets;

 

    r. cash or equivalents at the end of the fiscal year or
    fiscal quarter;

 

    s. implementation, completion or attainment of measurable
    objectives with respect to research, development, products or
    projects, recruiting and maintaining personnel, and strategic or
    operational objectives;

 

    t. completion of acquisitions of business or companies;

 

    u. completion of divestitures and asset sales; and

 

    v. any combination of any of the foregoing business
    criteria.

 

    Any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the
    performance of the Company, Subsidiary,
    and/or
    Affiliate as a whole or any business unit of the Company,
    Subsidiary,
    and/or
    Affiliate or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem
    appropriate, or any of the above Performance Measures as
    compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies,
    or published or special index that the Committee, in its sole
    discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may select
    Performance Measure (f) above as compared to various stock
    market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide
    for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of
    performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified
    in this Section 14.

 

    14.6.5. Evaluation of Performance.

 

    The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation
    of performance may include or exclude any of the following
    events that occur during a Performance Period: (a) asset
    write-downs; (b) litigation or claim judgments or
    settlements; (c) the effect of changes in tax laws,
    accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting
    reported results; (d) any reorganization and restructuring
    programs; (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described
    in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30, in
    management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition
    and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual
    or quarterly report filed with the SEC, or in

    

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    the Company’s press release announcing its annual or
    quarterly results of operations filed with the SEC on
    Form 8-K;
    (f) acquisitions or divestitures; and (g) foreign
    exchange gains and losses. To the extent such inclusions or
    exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be
    prescribed in a form that meets the requirements of Code
    Section 162(m) for deductibility.

 

    14.6.6. Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation.

 

    Awards that are intended to qualify as Performance-Based
    Compensation may not be adjusted upward. The Board shall retain
    the discretion to adjust such Awards downward, either on a
    formula or discretionary basis, or any combination as the
    Committee determines.

 

    14.6.7. Board Discretion.

 

    In the event that applicable tax
    and/or
    securities laws change to permit Board discretion to alter the
    governing Performance Measures without obtaining stockholder
    approval of such changes, the Board shall have sole discretion
    to make such changes without obtaining stockholder approval
    provided the exercise of such discretion does not violate Code
    Section 409A. In addition, in the event that the Committee
    determines that it is advisable to grant Awards that shall not
    qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may
    make such grants without satisfying the requirements of Code
    Section 162(m) and base vesting on Performance Measures
    other than those set forth in Section 14.6.4.

 

    14.7. Status of Section Awards Under Code
    Section 162(m).

 

    It is the intent of the Company that Awards under
    Section 14.6 hereof granted to persons who are
    designated by the Committee as likely to be Covered Employees
    within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations
    thereunder shall, if so designated by the Committee, constitute
    “qualified performance-based compensation” within the
    meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.
    Accordingly, the terms of Section 14.6, including
    the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used
    therein, shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Code
    Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder. The foregoing
    notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with
    certainty whether a given Grantee will be a Covered Employee
    with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been completed,
    the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a
    person designated by the Committee, at the time of grant of an
    Award, as likely to be a Covered Employee with respect to that
    fiscal year. If any provision of the Plan or any agreement
    relating to such Awards does not comply or is inconsistent with
    the requirements of Code Section 162(m) or regulations
    thereunder, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended
    to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements.

 

		
	
    15.  
	
    PARACHUTE
    LIMITATIONS

 

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or of any other
    agreement, contract, or understanding heretofore or hereafter
    entered into by a Grantee with the Company or any Affiliate,
    except an agreement, contract, or understanding that expressly
    addresses Section 280G or Section 4999 of the Code (an
    “Other Agreement”), and notwithstanding any formal or
    informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect
    provision of compensation to the Grantee (including groups or
    classes of Grantees or beneficiaries of which the Grantee is a
    member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in
    cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Grantee (a
    “Benefit Arrangement”), if the Grantee is a
    “disqualified individual,” as defined in
    Section 280G(c) of the Code, any Option, Restricted Stock,
    Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share or Performance Share
    Unit held by that Grantee and any right to receive any payment
    or other benefit under this Plan shall not become exercisable or
    vested (i) to the extent that such right to exercise,
    vesting, payment, or benefit, taking into account all other
    rights, payments, or benefits to or for the Grantee under this
    Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements, would
    cause any payment or benefit to the Grantee under this Plan to
    be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning
    of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code as then in effect (a
    “Parachute Payment”) and (ii) if, as a
    result of receiving a Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax
    amounts received by the Grantee from the Company under this
    Plan, all Other Agreements, and all Benefit Arrangements would
    be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received
    by the Grantee without causing any such payment or benefit to be
    considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of
    any such right to exercise, vesting, payment, or benefit under
    this Plan, in conjunction with all other rights, payments, or
    benefits to or for the Grantee under any Other Agreement or any

    

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    Benefit Arrangement would cause the Grantee to be considered to
    have received a Parachute Payment under this Plan that would
    have the effect of decreasing the after-tax amount received by
    the Grantee as described in clause (ii) of the preceding
    sentence, then the Grantee shall have the right, in the
    Grantee’s sole discretion, to designate those rights,
    payments, or benefits under this Plan, any Other Agreements, and
    any Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so
    as to avoid having the payment or benefit to the Grantee under
    this Plan be deemed to be a Parachute Payment.

 

		
	
    16.  
	
    REQUIREMENTS
    OF LAW

 

    16.1. General.

 

    The Company shall not be required to sell or issue any shares of
    Stock under any Award if the sale or issuance of such shares
    would constitute a violation by the Grantee, any other
    individual exercising an Option, or the Company of any provision
    of any law or regulation of any governmental authority,
    including without limitation any federal or state securities
    laws or regulations. If at any time the Company shall determine,
    in its discretion, that the listing, registration or
    qualification of any shares subject to an Award upon any
    securities exchange or under any governmental regulatory body is
    necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with,
    the issuance or purchase of shares hereunder, no shares of Stock
    may be issued or sold to the Grantee or any other individual
    exercising an Option pursuant to such Award unless such listing,
    registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been
    effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to
    the Company, and any delay caused thereby shall in no way affect
    the date of termination of the Award. Without limiting the
    generality of the foregoing, in connection with the Securities
    Act, upon the exercise of any Option or any SAR that may be
    settled in shares of Stock or the delivery of any shares of
    Stock underlying an Award, unless a registration statement under
    such Act is in effect with respect to the shares of Stock
    covered by such Award, the Company shall not be required to sell
    or issue such shares unless the Board has received evidence
    satisfactory to it that the Grantee or any other individual
    exercising an Option may acquire such shares pursuant to an
    exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Any
    determination in this connection by the Board shall be final,
    binding, and conclusive. The Company may, but shall in no event
    be obligated to, register any securities covered hereby pursuant
    to the Securities Act. The Company shall not be obligated to
    take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of an
    Option or a SAR or the issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to
    the Plan to comply with any law or regulation of any
    governmental authority. As to any jurisdiction that expressly
    imposes the requirement that an Option (or SAR that may be
    settled in shares of Stock) shall not be exercisable until the
    shares of Stock covered by such Option (or SAR) are registered
    or are exempt from registration, the exercise of such Option (or
    SAR) under circumstances in which the laws of such jurisdiction
    apply shall be deemed conditioned upon the effectiveness of such
    registration or the availability of such an exemption.

 

    16.2. Rule 16b-3.

 

    During any time when the Company has a class of equity security
    registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, it is the
    intent of the Company that Awards pursuant to the Plan and the
    exercise of Options and SARs granted hereunder will qualify for
    the exemption provided by
    Rule 16b-3
    under the Exchange Act. To the extent that any provision of the
    Plan or action by the Board does not comply with the
    requirements of
    Rule 16b-3,
    it shall be deemed inoperative to the extent permitted by law
    and deemed advisable by the Board, and shall not affect the
    validity of the Plan. In the event that
    Rule 16b-3
    is revised or replaced, the Board may exercise its discretion to
    modify this Plan in any respect necessary to satisfy the
    requirements of, or to take advantage of any features of, the
    revised exemption or its replacement.

 

		
	
    17.  
	
    EFFECT OF
    CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION

 

    17.1. Changes in Stock.

 

    If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or
    decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged
    for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of
    the Company on account of any recapitalization,
    reclassification, stock split, reverse split, combination of
    shares, exchange of shares, stock dividend or other distribution
    payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in such
    shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company
    occurring after the Effective Date, the number and kinds of
    shares

    

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    for which grants of Options and other Awards may be made under
    the Plan, including, without limitation, the limits set forth in
    Section 6.3, shall be adjusted proportionately and
    accordingly by the Company. In addition, the number and kind of
    shares for which Awards are outstanding shall be adjusted
    proportionately and accordingly so that the proportionate
    interest of the Grantee immediately following such event shall,
    to the extent practicable, be the same as immediately before
    such event. Any such adjustment in outstanding Options or SARs
    shall not change the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise
    Price payable with respect to shares that are subject to the
    unexercised portion of an outstanding Option or SAR, as
    applicable, but shall include a corresponding proportionate
    adjustment in the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price per share.
    The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company
    shall not be treated as an increase in shares effected without
    receipt of consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
    event of any distribution to the Company’s stockholders of
    securities of any other entity or other assets (including an
    extraordinary dividend but excluding a non-extraordinary
    dividend of the Company) without receipt of consideration by the
    Company, the Company shall, in such manner as the Company deems
    appropriate, adjust (i) the number and kind of shares
    subject to outstanding Awards
    and/or
    (ii) the exercise price of outstanding Options and Stock
    Appreciation Rights to reflect such distribution.

 

    17.2. Reorganization in Which the Company Is the
    Surviving Entity Which does not Constitute a Corporate
    Transaction.

 

    Subject to Section 17.3 hereof, if the Company shall
    be the surviving entity in any reorganization, merger, or
    consolidation of the Company with one or more other entities
    which does not constitute a Corporate Transaction, any Option or
    SAR theretofore granted pursuant to the Plan shall pertain to
    and apply to the securities to which a holder of the number of
    shares of Stock subject to such Option or SAR would have been
    entitled immediately following such reorganization, merger, or
    consolidation, with a corresponding proportionate adjustment of
    the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price per share so that the
    aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price thereafter shall be
    the same as the aggregate Option Price or SAR Exercise Price of
    the shares remaining subject to the Option or SAR immediately
    prior to such reorganization, merger, or consolidation. Subject
    to any contrary language in an Award Agreement evidencing an
    Award, any restrictions applicable to such Award shall apply as
    well to any replacement shares received by the Grantee as a
    result of the reorganization, merger or consolidation. In the
    event of a transaction described in this Section 17.2,
    Restricted Stock Units shall be adjusted so as to apply to the
    securities that a holder of the number of shares of Stock
    subject to the Restricted Stock Units would have been entitled
    to receive immediately following such transaction.

 

    17.3. Corporate Transaction in which Awards are not
    Assumed.

 

    Upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction in which
    outstanding Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted
    Stock are not being assumed, substituted or continued:

 

    (i) all outstanding shares of Restricted Stock shall be
    deemed to have vested, and all Restricted Stock Units shall be
    deemed to have vested and the shares of Stock subject thereto
    shall be delivered, immediately prior to the occurrence of such
    Corporate Transaction, and

 

    (ii) either of the following two actions shall be taken:

 

    (A) fifteen days prior to the scheduled consummation of a
    Corporate Transaction, all Options and SARs outstanding
    hereunder shall become immediately exercisable and shall remain
    exercisable for a period of fifteen days, or

 

    (B) the Board may elect, in its sole discretion, to cancel
    any outstanding Awards of Options, Restricted Stock, Restricted
    Stock Units,
    and/or SARs
    and pay or deliver, or cause to be paid or delivered, to the
    holder thereof an amount in cash or securities having a value
    (as determined by the Board acting in good faith), in the case
    of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, equal to the
    formula or fixed price per share paid to holders of shares of
    Stock and, in the case of Options or SARs, equal to the product
    of the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option or SAR
    (the “Award Shares”) multiplied by the amount, if any,
    by which (I) the formula or fixed price per share paid to
    holders of shares of Stock pursuant to such transaction exceeds
    (II) the Option Price or SAR Exercise Price applicable to
    such Award Shares.

    

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    With respect to the Company’s establishment of an exercise
    window, (i) any exercise of an Option or SAR during such
    fifteen-day
    period shall be conditioned upon the consummation of the event
    and shall be effective only immediately before the consummation
    of the event, and (ii) upon consummation of any Corporate
    Transaction, the Plan and all outstanding but unexercised
    Options and SARs shall terminate. The Board shall send notice of
    an event that will result in such a termination to all
    individuals who hold Options and SARs not later than the time at
    which the Company gives notice thereof to its stockholders.

 

    17.4. Corporate Transaction in which Awards are
    Assumed.

 

    The Plan, Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted
    Stock theretofore granted shall continue in the manner and under
    the terms so provided in the event of any Corporate Transaction
    to the extent that provision is made in writing in connection
    with such Corporate Transaction for the assumption or
    continuation of the Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and
    Restricted Stock theretofore granted, or for the substitution
    for such Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and Restricted
    Stock for new common stock options and stock appreciation rights
    and new common stock units and restricted stock relating to the
    stock of a successor entity, or a parent or subsidiary thereof,
    with appropriate adjustments as to the number of shares
    (disregarding any consideration that is not common stock) and
    option and stock appreciation right exercise prices.

 

    17.5. Adjustments.

 

    Adjustments under this Section 17 related to shares
    of Stock or securities of the Company shall be made by the
    Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final,
    binding and conclusive. No fractional shares or other securities
    shall be issued pursuant to any such adjustment, and any
    fractions resulting from any such adjustment shall be eliminated
    in each case by rounding downward to the nearest whole share.
    The Board shall determine the effect of a Corporate Transaction
    upon Awards other than Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units and
    Restricted Stock, and such effect shall be set forth in the
    appropriate Award Agreement. The Board may provide in the Award
    Agreements at the time of grant, or any time thereafter with the
    consent of the Grantee, for different provisions to apply to an
    Award in place of those described in Sections 17.1,
    17.2, 17.3 and 17.4. This Section 17 does
    not limit the Company’s ability to provide for alternative
    treatment of Awards outstanding under the Plan in the event of
    change of control events that are not Corporate Transactions.

 

    17.6. No Limitations on Company.

 

    The making of Awards pursuant to the Plan shall not affect or
    limit in any way the right or power of the Company to make
    adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of
    its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
    dissolve, or liquidate, or to sell or transfer all or any part
    of its business or assets.

 

		
	
    18.  
	
    GENERAL
    PROVISIONS

 

    18.1. Disclaimer of Rights.

 

    No provision in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement
    shall be construed to confer upon any individual the right to
    remain in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate,
    or to interfere in any way with any contractual or other right
    or authority of the Company either to increase or decrease the
    compensation or other payments to any individual at any time, or
    to terminate any employment or other relationship between any
    individual and the Company. In addition, notwithstanding
    anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, unless otherwise
    stated in the applicable Award Agreement, no Award granted under
    the Plan shall be affected by any change of duties or position
    of the Grantee, so long as such Grantee continues to be a
    director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company or an
    Affiliate. The obligation of the Company to pay any benefits
    pursuant to this Plan shall be interpreted as a contractual
    obligation to pay only those amounts described herein, in the
    manner and under the conditions prescribed herein. The Plan
    shall in no way be interpreted to require the Company to
    transfer any amounts to a third party trustee or otherwise hold
    any amounts in trust or escrow for payment to any Grantee or
    beneficiary under the terms of the Plan.

 

    18.2. Nonexclusivity of the Plan.

 

    Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the submission of the Plan
    to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be
    construed as creating any limitations upon the right and
    authority of the Board to adopt such other incentive

    

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    compensation arrangements (which arrangements may be applicable
    either generally to a class or classes of individuals or
    specifically to a particular individual or particular
    individuals) as the Board in its discretion determines
    desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock
    options otherwise than under the Plan.

 

    18.3. Withholding Taxes

 

    The Company or an Affiliate, as the case may be, shall have the
    right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to a
    Grantee any federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required
    by law to be withheld with respect to the vesting of or other
    lapse of restrictions applicable to an Award or upon the
    issuance of any shares of Stock upon the exercise of an Option
    or otherwise pursuant to any Award. In furtherance of the
    foregoing, the Company may provide in an Award Agreement that
    the Grantee shall, as a condition of accepting the Award, direct
    a bank or broker, upon vesting, exercise or otherwise, to sell a
    portion of the Shares underlying such Award that represent the
    amount, reasonably determined by the Company it its discretion,
    necessary to cover the Company’s withholding obligation
    related to the Award and remit the appropriate cash amount to
    the Company. If not otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, at
    the time of such vesting, lapse, or exercise, the Grantee shall
    pay to the Company or the Affiliate, as the case may be, any
    amount that the Company or the Affiliate may reasonably
    determine to be necessary to satisfy such withholding
    obligation. Subject to the prior approval of the Company or the
    Affiliate, which may be withheld by the Company or the
    Affiliate, as the case may be, in its sole discretion, the
    Grantee may elect to satisfy such obligations, in whole or in
    part, (i) by causing the Company or the Affiliate to
    withhold shares of Stock otherwise issuable to the Grantee or
    (ii) by delivering to the Company or the Affiliate shares
    of Stock already owned by the Grantee. The shares of Stock so
    delivered or withheld shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value
    equal to such withholding obligations. The Fair Market Value of
    the shares of Stock used to satisfy such withholding obligation
    shall be determined by the Company or the Affiliate as of the
    date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined.
    A Grantee who has made an election pursuant to this
    Section 18.3 may satisfy his or her withholding
    obligation only with shares of Stock that are not subject to any
    repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting, or other similar
    requirements. The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be
    withheld from any Award to satisfy any federal, state or local
    tax withholding requirements upon the exercise, vesting, lapse
    of restrictions applicable to such Award or payment of shares
    pursuant to such Award, as applicable, cannot exceed such number
    of shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum
    statutory amount required by the Company to be withheld and paid
    to any such federal, state or local taxing authority with
    respect to such exercise, vesting, lapse of restrictions or
    payment of shares.

 

    18.4. Captions.

 

    The use of captions in this Plan or any Award Agreement is for
    the convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
    meaning of any provision of the Plan or such Award Agreement.

 

    18.5. Other Provisions.

 

    Each Award granted under the Plan may contain such other terms
    and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be
    determined by the Board, in its sole discretion.

 

    18.6. Number and Gender.

 

    With respect to words used in this Plan, the singular form shall
    include the plural form, the masculine gender shall include the
    feminine gender, etc., as the context requires.

 

    18.7. Severability.

 

    If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be
    determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in
    any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof
    shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their
    terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other
    jurisdiction.

 

    18.8. Governing Law.

 

    The validity and construction of this Plan and the instruments
    evidencing the Awards hereunder shall be governed by the laws of
    the State of Delaware, other than any conflicts or choice of law
    rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or
    interpretation of this Plan and the instruments evidencing the
    Awards granted hereunder to the substantive laws of any other
    jurisdiction.

    

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    18.9. Section 409A of the Code.

 

    The Board intends to comply with Section 409A of the Code
    (“Section 409A”), or an exemption to
    Section 409A, with regard to Awards hereunder that
    constitute nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning
    of Section 409A. To the extent that the Board determines
    that a Grantee would be subject to the additional 20% tax
    imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans
    pursuant to Section 409A as a result of any provision of
    any Award granted under this Plan, such provision shall be
    deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid
    application of such additional tax. The nature of any such
    amendment shall be determined by the Board.

 

    * * *

 

    To record adoption of the Plan by the Board as of
    December 12, 2007, and approval of the Plan by the
    stockholders
    on March 26, 2008, the Company has caused its authorized officer to execute
    the Plan.

 

    CIENA CORPORATION

 

			
	 	    By: 
	
    /s/ Russell B.
Stevenson, Jr.

			
	 	    Title:

Date: 
	
    Sr. Vice President & General Counsel

March 26, 2008

    

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