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Exhibit 10.25
EBAY INC. 
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(As amended and restated, effective April 1, 2018)

    
 

	
	
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. TITLE AND DEFINITIONS..............................................................................................1
		
	1.1
	Title...............................................................................................................1

		
	1.2
	Definitions................................................................................................................1

ARTICLE II. PARTICIPATION............................................................................................................6
ARTICLE III. CONTRIBUTIONS........................................................................................................6
		
	3.1
	Elections to Defer Compensation............................................................................6

		
	3.2
	Distribution Elections...............................................................................................7

		
	3.3
	Company Contributions.........................................................................................10

		
	3.4
	FICA and Other Taxes...........................................................................................10

ARTICLE IV. INVESTMENTS..........................................................................................................11
		
	4.1
	Measurement Funds..............................................................................................11

		
	4.2
	Investment Elections..............................................................................................11

		
	4.3
	Compliance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.................................................12

ARTICLE V. ACCOUNTS.................................................................................................................12
		
	5.1
	Accounts................................................................................................................12

		
	5.2
	Subaccounts..........................................................................................................13

ARTICLE VI. VESTING....................................................................................................................13
ARTICLE VII. DISTRIBUTIONS.......................................................................................................14
		
	7.1
	Distribution of Accounts.........................................................................................14

		
	7.2
	Hardship Distribution.............................................................................................15

		
	7.3
	Effect of a Change in Control.................................................................................16

		
	7.4
	Inability to Locate Participant.................................................................................16

		
	7.5 
	Prohibition on Acceleration of Distributions...........................................................16

ARTICLE VIII. ADMINISTRATION...................................................................................................17
		
	8.1
	Committee.............................................................................................................17

		
	8.2
	Administrator.........................................................................................................17

		
	8.3
	Committee Action..................................................................................................17

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	8.4
	Powers and Duties of the Committee....................................................................17

		
	8.5
	Delegation of Authority...........................................................................................18

		
	8.6
	Construction and Interpretation.............................................................................18

		
	8.7
	Information.............................................................................................................18

		
	8.8
	Compensation, Expenses and Indemnity..............................................................18

		
	8.9
	Quarterly Statements.............................................................................................19

		
	8.10
	Disputes.................................................................................................................19

		
	8.11
	Compliance with Section 409A of the Code...........................................................21

ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................................................................21
		
	9.1
	Unsecured General Creditor..................................................................................21

		
	9.2
	Restriction Against Assignment.............................................................................21

		
	9.3
	Withholding............................................................................................................22

		
	9.4
	Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination..........................................22

		
	9.5
	Designation of Beneficiary.....................................................................................22

		
	9.6
	Governing Law.......................................................................................................23

		
	9.7
	Compliance with Code Section 162(m).................................................................23

		
	9.8
	Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity.................................................23

		
	9.9
	Limitation of Rights................................................................................................24

		
	9.10
	Exempt ERISA Plan...............................................................................................24

		
	9.11
	Notice....................................................................................................................24

		
	9.12
	Errors and Misstatements......................................................................................24

		
	9.13
	Pronouns and Plurality...........................................................................................24

		
	9.14
	Severability............................................................................................................24

		
	9.15
	Status....................................................................................................................25

		
	9.16
	Headings...............................................................................................................25

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eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and its direct and indirect subsidiaries hereby establish and maintain this eBay Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) which is designed to provide certain benefits for a select group of management and highly compensated employees through deferrals of salary and incentive compensation.  This Plan was initially effective as of January 1, 2008, and is amended and restated, as set forth herein, effective April 1, 2018.
The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Sections 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury thereunder.  To the extent permitted by such Treasury Regulations or other guidance, the Plan may be amended to conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
ARTICLE I. 
TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
1.1    Title.
This Plan shall be known as the eBay Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.
1.2    Definitions.
Whenever the following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the first letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified below.
(a)    “Account” or “Accounts” shall mean a Participant’s Deferral Account and/or Company Account.
(b)    “Administrator” shall mean the individuals designated by the Committee  (who need not be a member of the Committee) to handle the day-to-day Plan administration.  If the Committee does not make such a designation, the Administrator shall be the Vice-President of Human Resources Operations of the Company, or any successor position. 
(c)     “Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act. 
(d)     “Base Salary” shall mean a Participant’s annual base salary, excluding bonus, incentive and all other remuneration for services rendered to the Company, prior to reduction for any salary contributions to a plan established pursuant to Section 125 or 423 of the Code or intended to be qualified pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Code and prior to reduction for deferrals under this Plan.
(e)    “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
(f)    “Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” shall mean the person or persons, including a trustee, personal representative or other fiduciary, last designated in writing by a Participant to receive the benefits specified hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death in accordance with Section 9.5.  
(g)    “Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

    

	
	
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(h)    “Bonus” shall mean an incentive award earned by a Participant under the Company’s short-term incentive plan.
(i)    “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred when any event or transaction described in paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) occurs, subject to paragraph (5):
(1)    Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or 
(2)    The following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the Effective Date, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including, but not limited to, a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or 
(3)    There is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection with the acquisition by the Company or its affiliates of a business) representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or
(4)    The stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
(5)    An event or transaction described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) shall be a “Change in Control” only if such event or transaction is a “change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation,” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code, to the extent provided by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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(j)     “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(k)    “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
(l)    “Company” shall mean eBay Inc. and any successor corporations.  Company shall also include each corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) of which eBay Inc. is a component member. 
(m)    “Company Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for each Participant that is credited with an amount equal to the Company Contribution, if any, debited by amounts equal to all distributions to and withdrawals made by the Participant and/or his Beneficiary and adjusted for investment earnings and losses pursuant to Article V.
(n)    “Company Contributions” shall mean any discretionary employer contribution, if any, made to the Plan on behalf of Eligible Individuals.
(o)    “Compensation” shall mean Base Salary and Bonus, and at the Committee’s discretion, Restricted Stock Units that the Participant who is an employee is entitled to receive for services rendered to the Company. 
(p)    “Deferral Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained by the Company for each Participant that is credited with amounts equal to the portion of the Participant’s Compensation that he elects to defer pursuant to Section 3.1, debited by amounts equal to all distributions to and withdrawals made by the Participant and/or his Beneficiary and adjusted for investment earnings and losses pursuant to Article V.  The Deferral Account may be further subdivided into subaccounts as determined by the Committee.
(q)    “Deferral Election Form” shall mean the form designated by the Committee for purposes of making deferrals under Section 3.1.
(r)    “Disability” or “Disabled” means, with respect to a Participant, that the Participant: 
(1)    is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or 
(2)    is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident or health plan covering employees of such Participant’s Employer,
as determined in accordance with Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(s)     “Distributable Amount” of a Participant’s subaccounts with respect to a Plan Year shall mean the sum of the vested balance of the subaccount in a Participant’s Deferral Account and Company Account with respect to such Plan Year.

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(t)    “Effective Date” shall mean January 1, 2008.
(u)    “Election Period” with respect to a Plan Year shall mean the period designated by the Committee; provided, however, that such period shall be no less than ten business days.  The Election Period with respect to a Plan Year shall end not later than the last day of the prior Plan Year; provided, however, that, in the case of an Eligible Individual who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a Plan Year, the Election Period may be the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date such Eligible Individual first becomes eligible to participate in accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(ii) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder; and provided, further, in the case of an Eligible Individual’s election to defer a Bonus (or portion thereof) for a Plan Year that is performance-based compensation based on services over a period of at least twelve (12) months, within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, the Election Period may be a period designated by the Committee during such Plan Year that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(v)    “Eligible Individual” shall mean those Executives selected by the Committee.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, select such other individuals to participate in the Plan who do not otherwise meet the foregoing designation.
(w)    “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(x)    “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
(y)    “Executive” shall mean an executive of the Company who is on the U.S. payroll and who holds a position as Vice President or who holds a position with a more senior grade level than Vice President, or is otherwise designated by the Committee.
(z)    “401(k) Plan” shall mean the eBay Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan maintained by the Company under Code Section 401(k), as in effect from time to time or as applicable for any Participant, a plan maintained by a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company under Code Section 401(k).
(aa)    “Measurement Fund” shall mean one or more of the investment funds selected by the Committee pursuant to Section 4.1.
(bb)    “Participant” shall mean any Eligible Individual who becomes a Participant in accordance with Article II and who has not received a complete distribution of the amounts credited to his Accounts.
(cc)    “Payroll Date” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, the date on which he would otherwise be paid Compensation.
(dd)    “Payment Date” shall mean the time as soon as practicable after one of the following dates as designated by the Participant in his distribution form election with respect to a Plan Year:
(1)    the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the date of the Participant's Separation from Service or Disability, or

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(2)    the earlier of: (i) the first business day of June of a calendar year specified by the Participant that is no earlier than the year after the year in which the Compensation would have been paid but for the Participant’s election to defer such Compensation, or (ii) the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the date of the Participant's Separation from Service or Disability.  
“Payment Date” shall also mean the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.1(b).  
(ee)    “Person” means any person, entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, except that such term shall not include (1) the Company or any of its Affiliates, (2) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (3) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (4) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, or (5) a person or group as used in Rule 13d-1(b) under the Exchange Act.
(ff)    “Plan” shall mean the eBay Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan set forth herein, as amended from time to time.
(gg)    “Plan Year” shall mean the twelve (12) consecutive month period beginning on each January 1 and ending on each December 31.
(hh)    “Restricted Stock Units” shall mean restricted stock units granted to Executives under the eBay Inc. 2008 Incentive Award Plan, eBay Inc. 1999 Global Equity Incentive Plan and eBay Inc. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, or any other equity compensation plans approved by the Company’s Stockholders.
(ii)    “Rule 16b-3” shall mean that certain Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time.
(jj)    “Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date” shall mean the earlier of: (i) the first business day of June of a calendar year specified by the Participant that is no earlier than the year after the year in which the Compensation would have been paid but for the Participant’s election to defer such Compensation, or (ii) the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the date of the Participant's Separation from Service or Disability.
(kk)     “Separation from Service” shall mean with respect to a Participant, such Participant’s Termination, if such Termination is a “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (or such Participant’s other “separation from service,” as so defined).
(ll)    “Subaccount” or “Subaccounts” shall mean the subaccount or subaccounts maintained with respect to a Participant’s Deferral Account or Company Account.
(mm)    “Termination” shall mean for any Participant who is an employee, ceasing to be an employee of the Company for reasons other than death or Disability.  If a Participant is both an employee of 

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the Company and a member of the Board of Directors, he shall not have a Termination until he resigns from both positions.
(nn)     “Valuation Date”, with respect to the Measurement Funds that are available under the 401(k) Plan, shall have the same meaning as under the 401(k) Plan.  For purposes of other Measurement Funds, “Valuation Date” shall be as determined by the Committee.  
ARTICLE II.     
PARTICIPATION
(a)    An Eligible Individual shall become a Participant in the Plan by (1) electing to make deferrals in accordance with Section 3.1 or receiving a Company Contribution and (2) filing with the Company such other forms as the Committee may reasonably require for participation hereunder.  
(b)    An Eligible Individual who completes the requirements of the preceding subsection of this Article II shall commence participation in this Plan as of the first day of the Plan Year with respect to which Compensation is elected to be deferred.   
ARTICLE III.     
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1    Elections to Defer Compensation
(a)    General Rule.  Each Eligible Individual may defer Compensation for a Plan Year by filing with the Administrator a Deferral Election Form for such Plan Year that conforms to the requirements of this Section 3.1, no later than the last day of the applicable Election Period for such Plan Year.  The Committee may permit an Eligible Individual who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a Plan Year to have his first Election Period during such Plan Year.  An election to defer Compensation for a Plan Year must be filed during the Election Period prior to the effective date of such election and shall be effective only for Compensation that constitutes compensation for services performed during periods during the Plan Year beginning after the effective date of such election.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if an Eligible Individual’s Bonus (or portion thereof) is a performance-based compensation based on services performed over a period of at least twelve (12) months, within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, the Committee may permit such Eligible Individual to file an election to defer such Bonus (or such portion thereof), or change such Eligible Individual’s prior election to defer such Bonus (or such portion thereof), no later than six months before the end of the period over which such services are to be performed, under the terms and conditions specified by the Committee, in accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.  A Participant shall make a separate election to defer Compensation for each Plan Year.  
(b)    Special Rules.  Notwithstanding the above, the following restrictions apply to deferrals of Restricted Stock Units.
(1)    Restricted Stock Units.  A Participant may elect to defer Restricted Stock Units (or a portion thereof), to the extent permitted by the Committee.  In order to defer Restricted Stock Units (or a portion thereof), an eligible Participant must file the appropriate Deferral Election Form no later than the

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 election date required under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.  A Participant’s election to defer Restricted Stock Units shall be effective only for the Restricted Stock Units (or a portion thereof) that constitute compensation for services performed during periods during the Plan Year (or a subsequent Plan Year) after the effective date of the Participant’s deferral election, or as otherwise permitted under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.  
(2)    Limitation on Deferrals.  A Participant may elect to defer Restricted Stock Units or any portion thereof, only to the extent such deferral satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(c)    Deferral Amounts.  
(1)    The amount of Compensation which a Participant may elect to defer for a Plan Year is such Compensation earned on or after the time at which the Participant elects to defer each Plan Year in accordance with Section 3.1(a), and which is earned during such Plan Year.  The applicable limitations for any Participant shall be determined by the Committee, determined as of the first day of the Election Period for such Plan Year.  
(2)    Each Participant shall be permitted to defer, in any whole percentage: (A) from 5% to 50% of Base Salary, (B) from 5% to 100% of his Bonus and (C) from 5% to 100% of his Restricted Stock Units, subject to Section 3.1(b), rounded down to the nearest whole share.
(c)    Notwithstanding the limitations established above, the total amount deferred by a Participant shall be limited in any calendar year, if necessary, to satisfy the Participant’s income and employment tax withholding obligations (including Social Security, unemployment and Medicare), and the Participant’s employee benefit plan contribution requirements, determined on the first day of the Election Period for such Plan Year, as determined by the Committee.  
(d)    Duration of Deferral Election. 
(1)    A Participant shall not modify or suspend his election to defer Compensation during a Plan Year.
(2)    A Participant must file a new deferral election for each subsequent Plan Year.  In the event a Participant fails to file a timely deferral election for the next Plan Year, he shall be deemed to have elected not to defer any Compensation for such Plan Year.
(e)    Elections.  Subject to the limitations of subsection (b), any Eligible Individual who does not elect to defer Compensation during his Election Period for a Plan Year may subsequently become a Participant.  
3.2    Distribution Elections.
(a)    General Rule.  Each Participant shall make a separate distribution election with respect to each Plan Year for which such Participant elects to defer Compensation in accordance with Section 3.1.  A Participant’s distribution election with respect to a Plan Year shall apply to:  (1) the subaccount in his

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 Deferral Account to which shall be credited the amount equal to the portion of his Compensation earned during such Plan Year that he elects to defer pursuant to Section 3.1; and (2) the subaccount in his Company Account to which shall be credited the amount equal to the Company Contribution for such Plan Year, if any.  A Participant’s distribution election with respect to a Plan Year shall elect the Payment Date and the form of distribution of his Distributable Amount with respect to such Plan Year for purposes of distributions under subsection 7.1(a) in the event of such Participant’s Separation from Service or Disability.  Such Payment Date and distribution form elections shall be made on such Participant’s Deferral Election Form during the Election Period for which such Participant elects to defer Compensation under Section 3.1 for such Plan Year, and such Payment Date and distribution form elections with respect to such Plan Year shall be irrevocable, except as provided in subsection (b).  A Participant may elect any Payment Date described in Section 1.2(dd), and may elect distribution in the normal form, as described in paragraph 7.1(a)(1), or an optional form described in subparagraphs 7.1(a)(2)(A), (B) or (C).  In the event a Participant fails to elect a Payment Date for his Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year, his Payment Date for his Distributable Amount with respect to such Plan Year shall be the date described in Section 1.2(dd)(1).  In the event a Participant fails to make a distribution form election for his Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year, his Distributable Amount with respect to such Plan Year shall be distributed in the normal form, as described in paragraph 7.1(a)(1) in the event of his Separation from Service or Disability, except as provided in subsection (b).  Except as provided in subsection (b), a Participant’s distribution for his Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year shall be made or commence as soon as administratively practicable after such Participant’s Payment Date.

(b)    Changes to Distribution Form Election.   Subject to subsection (e), a Participant may change his distribution form election for his Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year in accordance with this subsection (b) as follows:

(1)    Change from Lump Sum.  If such Participant elected to receive the distribution of his Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year in the event of his Separation from Service or Disability in the normal form, as described in paragraph 7.1(a)(1) ( i.e., a lump sum), such Participant may change such distribution form election by making a new distribution form election for his Distributable Amount with respect to such Plan Year providing for distribution in one of the following forms, with such distribution made or commencing on the fifth anniversary of his initially elected Payment Date:

(A)    a lump sum, or

(B)    annual installments (calculated as set forth at Section 7.1(a)(6)) over a period of from two (2) up to fifteen (15) years.

(2)    Change from Installments.  If such Participant elected to receive the distribution of his Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year in the event of his Separation from Service or Disability in an optional form, as provided in subparagraph 7.1(a)(2) (i.e., annual installments over a period of years), such Participant may change such distribution form election by making a new distribution form election for his Distributable Amount with respect to such Plan Year providing for distribution in one of the following forms, with such distribution commencing on the fifth anniversary of his initially elected Payment Date:

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(i)    a lump sum, provided that no installments have commenced with respect to such Plan Year,

(ii)    annual installments (calculated as set forth at Section 7.1(a)(6)) over the period of years specified in such Participant’s initial distribution form election, provided that no installments have commenced with respect to such Plan Year, or

(iii)    annual installments (calculated as set forth at Section 7.1(a)(6)) over a period of from two (2) up to fifteen (15) years, provided that such period exceeds the period of years specified in such Participant’s initial distribution form election, and provided, further, that no installments have commenced with respect to such Plan Year.

(3)    A Participant may make only one change to his distribution form election with respect to a Plan Year under this subsection (b).

(c)    Election of Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date.  A Participant may elect a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to his deferrals of Compensation (including any investment earnings on such amounts) plus any Company Contributions to the extent vested, if any, (the “Withdrawal Amount”) with respect to a Plan Year.  Such election of a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for such Participant’s Withdrawal Amount with respect to a Plan Year shall be made by such Participant during the Election Period for which such Participant elects to defer Compensation under Section 3.1 for such Plan Year, and such election of a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date shall be irrevocable, except as provided in subsection (d).  A Participant may make separate Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date elections for his deferrals of Compensation (including any investment earnings on such amounts) with respect to different Plan Years.  A Participant’s Withdrawal Amount with respect to a Plan Year shall be credited to subaccounts under such Participant’s Accounts for such Plan Year.  A Participant shall not be required to elect a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to his deferrals of Compensation for a Plan Year and, if a Participant fails to make an election of a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for a Plan Year, no Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date shall apply with respect to his deferrals of Compensation for such Plan Year.

(d)    Change of Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date.  Subject to subsection (e), if a Participant elected a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to his deferrals of Compensation (including any investment earnings on such amounts) with respect to a Plan Year, such Participant may change such Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for the Withdrawal Amount with respect to such Plan Year by electing a new Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for the Withdrawal Amount with respect to such Plan Year that is not less than five years later than the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date previously elected by such Participant for such Plan Year.   A Participant who has not elected a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for his deferrals of Compensation (including any investment earnings on such amounts) for a Plan Year may not subsequently elect a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for his deferrals of Compensation (including any investment earnings on such amounts) for such Plan Year.  A Participant may make only one change to the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to each Plan Year under this subsection (d).

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(e)    Limitation on Distribution Changes.  A Participant’s election to change his distribution form election with respect to a Plan Year under subsection (b), or change of a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to a Plan Year under subsection (d), shall be subject to the following limitations:

(1)    The Participant’s election to change his distribution election form with respect to a Plan Year, or change his Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to a Plan Year, shall not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after his election to change the distribution form election, or Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date, is made.  If the distribution of such Participant’s Distributable Amount with respect to a Plan Year (in the case of a change in his distribution election form), or the distribution of the Withdrawal Amount with respect to such Plan Year (in the case of a change in his Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date), is made or commenced before the election to change his distribution form election or Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date, as the case may be, becomes effective, the election to change his distribution form election or Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date shall not thereafter become effective, and distributions shall be made in accordance with the distribution form election, and Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date (if any), as applicable, in effect prior to the Participant’s election to change.

(2)    The Participant’s election to change his distribution election form with respect to a Plan Year, or change his Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to a Plan Year, shall provide that each payment with respect to such new distribution form election, or new Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date, shall be deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made.

(3)    The Participant’s election to change his Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to a Plan Year shall not be made less than twelve (12) months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment under the Participant’s initial election of the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to such Plan Year.

The limitations under this subsection (e) shall be applied in accordance with Section 409A(a)(4)(C) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

3.3    Company Contributions 
(a)    For any Plan Year, the Company may, but is under no obligation to, make contributions on behalf of a Participant in addition to the Participant’s elective deferrals.  Such contributions may be in any amount or form (for example, matching or profit sharing contributions) and subject to any conditions or terms as the Company, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
(b)    The Company Contribution for a Plan Year shall be credited to a Participant’s Company Account in the manner determined by the Committee.
3.4    FICA and Other Taxes.  
(a)    Annual Deferral Amounts.  For each Plan Year in which a Participant who is an employee makes a deferral under Section 3.1, the Company shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Compensation that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Company, the Participant’s share

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 of FICA and other employment taxes on such amount.  If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Participant's deferrals under Section 3.1 or make deductions from his Deferral Account in order to comply with this Section, to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(b)    Company Amounts.  For each Plan Year in which a Participant is credited with a contribution to his Company Account under Section 3.3, the Company shall withhold from the Participant’s Compensation that is not deferred, in a manner determined by the Company, the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes.  If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Participant’s Company Account in order to comply with this Section, to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. 
ARTICLE IV.     
INVESTMENTS 
4.1    Measurement Funds.
(a)    In the manner designated by the Committee, Participants may elect one or more Measurement Funds to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to their Accounts.  Although the Participant may designate the Measurement Funds, the Committee shall not be bound by such designation.  The Committee shall select from time to time, in its sole discretion, the Measurement Funds to be available under the Plan.     
(b)    No Actual Investment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his Accounts thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Accounts shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his Accounts in any such Measurement Fund.  In the event that the Company, in its own discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves.  Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Accounts shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his behalf by the Company.  The Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.
4.2    Investment Elections.  
(a)    Deferral Accounts and Company Accounts.  Except as provided in Section 4.3, Participants may designate how their Deferral Accounts and Company Accounts, if any, shall be deemed to be invested under the Plan.
(1)    Such Participants may make separate investment elections for (i) their future deferrals of Compensation, (ii) future Company Contributions and (iii) the existing balances of their Accounts.  

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(2)    Such Participants may make and change their investment elections by choosing from the Measurement Funds designated by the Committee in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee.  
(3)    Except as otherwise designated by the Committee, the available Measurement Funds under this Section 4.2(a)(1) shall generally be the investment funds under the 401(k) Plan (excluding any brokerage account option).  
(4)    If a Participant fails to elect a Measurement Fund under this Section, he shall be deemed to have elected the default Measurement Fund (as designated by the Committee) for all of his Accounts.
(b)    Continuing Investment Elections.  Participants who have had a Termination but not yet commenced distributions under Article VII or Participants or Beneficiaries who are receiving installment payments may continue to make investment elections pursuant to subsection (a) and (b) above, as applicable, except as otherwise determined by the Committee.  
(c)    Certain Deferral Subaccounts.  A Participant may not direct the investment of the Restricted Stock Unit subaccounts of the Deferral Accounts.
4.3    Compliance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  
(a)    Any Participant or Beneficiary who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall have his Measurement Fund elections under the Plan subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act, as interpreted by the Committee.   
(b)    Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any rule, instruction, election form or other form, the Plan and any such rule, instruction or form shall be subject to any additional conditions or limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b‐3) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, such Plan provision, rule, instruction or form shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.
ARTICLE V.     
ACCOUNTS
5.1    Accounts.
(a)    The Committee shall establish and maintain a Deferral Account, and a Company Account for each Participant under the Plan.   Each Participant’s Accounts shall be divided into separate subaccounts in accordance with Section 5.2.  Each such subaccount shall be further divided into separate investment fund subaccounts, each of which corresponds to a Measurement Fund elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 4.2.  In addition, participants’ Deferral Accounts may be further divided into subaccounts consisting of deferred Restricted Stock Units.

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(b)    The performance of each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) shall be determined by the Committee, in its reasonable discretion, based on the performance of the Measurement Funds themselves.  A Participant’s Accounts shall be credited or debited on each Valuation Date based on the performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the Participant, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as though (i) a Participant’s Accounts were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable to such period, as of the close of business on the first business day of such period, at the closing price on such date; (ii) the portion of the Participant's Compensation that was actually deferred pursuant to Section 3.1 during any period were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant, in the percentages applicable to such period, no later than the close of business on the first business day after the day on which such amounts are actually deferred from the Participant’s Compensation, at the closing price on such date; and (iii) any withdrawal or distribution made to a Participant that decreases such Participant’s Accounts ceased being invested in the Measurement Fund(s), in the percentages applicable to such period, no earlier than one business day prior to the distribution, at the closing price on such date.  The Participant’s Company Contributions, if any, shall be credited to his Company Account for purposes of this Section, in the manner determined by the Committee.
		
	5.2
	Subaccounts.

(a)    The Committee shall establish and maintain, with respect to a Participant’s Deferral Account, a subaccount with respect to each Plan Year, to which shall be credited the amount equal to the portion of the Participant’s Compensation earned during such Plan Year that he elects to defer pursuant to Section 3.1, debited by amounts equal to distributions to and withdrawals made by the Participant and/or his Beneficiary and adjusted for investment earnings and losses pursuant to Article V.
(b)    The Committee shall establish and maintain, with respect to a Participant’s Company Account, a subaccount with respect to each Plan Year, to which shall be credited the amount equal to the Company Contributions, if any, made pursuant to Section 3.3 on behalf of such Participant during such Plan Year, debited by amounts equal to distributions to and withdrawals made by the Participant and/or his Beneficiary and adjusted for investment earnings and losses pursuant to Article V.
ARTICLE VI.     
VESTING
Each Participant shall be 100% vested in his Deferral Account at all times, provided, however, that any Restricted Stock Units a Participant elects to defer shall remain subject to the conditions for vesting specified in any applicable award notice or agreement.  The Company will set conditions for the vesting of any Company Contributions on or before the date they are contributed to the Plan.

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ARTICLE VII.     
DISTRIBUTIONS
7.1    Distribution of Accounts. 
(a)    Distribution of Accounts.
(1)    Normal Form.  Except as provided in paragraph (2), paragraph (3) or Section 7.3, a Participant’s Distributable Amount with respect to each Plan Year shall be paid to the Participant in a single lump sum in cash on the Participant’s Payment Date.
(2)    Optional Forms.  Instead of receiving his Distributable Amount with respect to each Plan Year as described at Section 7.1(a)(1), the Participant may elect in accordance with Section 3.2 an optional form of payment (on the form provided by Company) at the time of his deferral election for such Plan Year to receive his Distributable Amount in equal annual installments in cash (calculated as set forth in Section 7.1(a)(6)) over a period of from two (2) up to fifteen (15) years beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date.  The payment of such Participant’s Distributable Amount with respect each Plan Year shall be made or commence on such Participant’s Payment Date.
 (3)    Distribution Election Changes.  In the event that a Participant changes his distribution form election with respect to a Plan Year in accordance with Section 3.2(b), and such new distribution form election becomes effective upon the Separation from Service or Disability of such Participant, the Distributable Amount with respect to such Plan Year shall be paid to the Participant in accordance with such new distribution form election.
(4)    Small Accounts.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, in the event the  total of a Participant’s Distributable Amounts with respect to all Plan Years is equal to or less than $50,000 on the Participant’s Payment Date, such Distributable Amounts shall be distributed to the Participant (or his Beneficiary, as applicable) in a lump sum.
(5)    Investment Adjustments.  The Participant’s Accounts shall continue to be adjusted for investment earnings and losses pursuant to Section 4.2 and Section 4.3 of the Plan until all amounts credited to his Accounts under the Plan have been distributed.
(6)    Calculating Installments.  All installment payments made under the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the annual fractional payment method, calculated as follows:  the balance of subaccounts in the Participant’s Accounts with respect to a Plan Year shall be calculated as of the close of business on the last business day of the year.  The annual installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining number of annual payments due the Participant.  By way of example, if the Participant elects 10 year installments for the distribution of the subaccounts in his Accounts with respect to a Plan Year, the first payment shall be 1/10 of the balance of such subaccounts in his Accounts calculated as described in this definition.  The following year, the payment shall be 1/9 of such subaccounts in the balance of the Participant’s Accounts, calculated as described in this definition.  Each annual installment shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after the last business day of the applicable year.

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(b)    Distribution on a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date.  
(1)    In the case of a Participant who has elected a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for a distribution to be made while still in the employ of the Company, such Participant shall receive his Withdrawal Amount as shall have been elected by the Participant to be subject to the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date.  A Participant’s Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date with respect to amounts of Compensation deferred in a given Plan Year must be at least one year from the last day of the Plan Year for which such deferrals are made.  

(2)    The Participant may elect, in accordance with Section 3.2, to have the Withdrawal Amount paid in a lump sum in cash or in equal annual installments in cash (calculated as set forth in Section 7.1(a)(6)) over a period of from two (2) up to fifteen (15) years beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date.  

(3)    A Participant may elect to change the Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date for the Withdrawal Amount for any Plan Year in accordance with Section 3.2(d). 

(4)    In the event of Participant’s Separation from Service or Disability prior to a Scheduled In-Service Withdrawal Date, the Participant’s entire Withdrawal Amount shall be paid in accordance with the Participant’s election with respect to such Plan Year under Section 7.1(a).    

(c)    Distribution upon Death.  In the event a Participant dies, any remaining balance in his Accounts shall be paid to his Beneficiary in a lump sum in cash on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the date of the Participant’s death. 
7.2    Hardship Distribution.  
A Participant shall be permitted to elect a Hardship Distribution of all or a portion of his Accounts under the Plan prior to the Payment Date, subject to the following restrictions:
(a)    The election to take a Hardship Distribution shall be made by filing the form provided by the Committee before the date established by the Committee.
(b)    The Committee shall have made a determination that the requested distribution constitutes a Hardship Distribution in accordance with subsection (d).
(c)    The amount determined by the Committee as a Hardship Distribution shall be paid in a single lump sum in cash as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar month in which the Hardship Distribution election is made and approved by the Committee.  The Hardship Distribution shall be distributed proportionately from the subaccounts in the Participant’s Accounts.
(d)    If a Participant receives a Hardship Distribution, the Participant shall be ineligible to contribute deferrals to the Plan for the following Plan Year.  “Hardship Distribution” shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or of his dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code), (ii) loss of a Participant’s property due to casualty, or (iii) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances

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 arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.   The amount of the Hardship Distribution with respect to a severe financial hardship shall not exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such hardship, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship), as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.  
7.3    Effect of a Change in Control.
(a)    In the event there is a Change in Control, the person who is the chief executive officer (or, if not so identified, the Company’s highest ranking officer) shall name a third-party fiduciary as the sole member of the Committee immediately prior to such Change in Control. The appointed fiduciary, shall oversee the administration of the Plan and provide for the distributions of the accounts under the Plan in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the elections of the Participants.  
(b)    Upon and after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company must (i) pay all reasonable administrative fees and expenses of the appointed fiduciary, (ii) indemnify the appointed fiduciary against any costs, expenses and liabilities including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and expenses arising in connection with the appointed fiduciary's duties hereunder, other than with respect to matters resulting from the gross negligence of the appointed fiduciary or its agents or employees and (iii) timely provide the appointed fiduciary with all necessary information related to the Plan, the Participants and Beneficiaries.  
(c)    Notwithstanding Section 9.4, in the event there is a Change in Control no amendment may be made to this Plan except as approved by the third-party fiduciary.  Upon a Change in Control, the Company shall establish an irrevocable trust and contribute assets to such trust in an amount equal to the aggregate amount credited to the Participants’ Accounts, as determined by the appointed fiduciary, plus any deferred payments as they are deferred by the Participants.  Such trust shall conform to the model “rabbi trust” agreement provided by the Internal Revenue Service in Revenue Procedure 92-64, as revised from time to time, and shall be structured as an unfunded arrangement.
7.4    Inability to Locate Participant.
In the event that the Committee is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary within two years following the required Payment Date, the amount allocated to the Participant’s Accounts shall be forfeited.  If, after such forfeiture, the Participant or Beneficiary later claims such benefit, such benefit shall be reinstated without interest or earnings from the date of forfeiture, subject to applicable escheat laws.
7.5     Prohibition on Acceleration of Distributions. 
The time or schedule of payment of any withdrawal or distribution under the Plan shall not be subject to acceleration, except as provided under Treasury Regulations promulgated in accordance with Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code.

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ARTICLE VIII.     
ADMINISTRATION
8.1    Committee.
The Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance with this Article. 
8.2    Administrator.  
The Administrator, unless restricted by the Committee, shall exercise the powers under Sections 8.4 and 8.5 except when the exercise of such authority would materially affect the cost of the Plan to the Company or materially increase benefits to Participants. 
8.3    Committee Action.
The Committee shall act at meetings by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Committee.  Any action permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if, prior to such action, a written consent to the action is signed by all members of the Committee and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee.  A member of the Committee shall not vote or act upon any matter which relates solely to himself or herself as a Participant.  The chairman or any other member or members of the Committee designated by the chairman may execute any certificate or other written direction of behalf of the Committee.
8.4    Powers and Duties of the Committee.
(a)    The Committee, on behalf of the Participants and their Beneficiaries, shall enforce the Plan in accordance with its terms, shall be charged with the general administration of the Plan, and shall have all powers necessary to accomplish its purposes as set forth herein, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:
(1)    To select the Measurement Funds in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof;
(2)    To construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and to remedy any inconsistencies or ambiguities hereunder;
(3)    To select employees eligible to participate in the Plan;
(4)    To compute and certify to the amount and kind of benefits payable to Participants and their Beneficiaries;
(5)    To maintain all records that may be necessary for the administration of the Plan;
(6)    To provide for the disclosure of all information and the filing or provision of all reports and statements to Participants, Beneficiaries or governmental agencies as shall be required by law;
(7)    To make and publish such rules for the regulation of the Plan and procedures for the administration of the Plan as are not inconsistent with the terms hereof;

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(8)    To appoint a plan administrator or any other agent, and to delegate to them such powers and duties in connection with the administration of the Plan as the Committee may from time to time prescribe; and
(9)    To take all actions necessary for the administration of the Plan.  
8.5    Delegation of Authority.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may from time to time delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board or one or more executives or employees of the Company its powers and duties under the Plan, including its power and authority under Section 9.4.  Any delegation hereunder shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Committee specifies at the time of such delegation, and the Committee may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegatee.  At all times, the delegatee appointed under this Section 8.5 shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Committee.
8.6    Construction and Interpretation.
The Committee shall have full discretion to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan, which interpretations or construction shall be final and binding on all parties, including but not limited to the Company and any Participant or Beneficiary.  The Committee shall administer such terms and provisions in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner and in full accordance with any and all laws applicable to the Plan.
8.7    Information.
To enable the Committee to perform its functions, the Company shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the Compensation of all Participants, their death or other events which cause termination of their participation in this Plan, and such other pertinent facts as the Committee may require.
8.8    Compensation, Expenses and Indemnity.
(a)    The members of the Committee shall serve without compensation for their services hereunder.
(b)    The Committee is authorized at the expense of the Company to employ such legal counsel and other advisors as it may deem advisable to assist in the performance of its duties hereunder.  Expenses and fees in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Company.
(c)    To the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Company shall indemnify and save harmless the Committee and each member thereof, the Board of Directors and any delegate of the Committee who is an employee of the Company against any and all expenses, liabilities and claims, including legal fees to defend against such liabilities and claims arising out of their discharge in good faith of responsibilities under or incident to the Plan, other than expenses and liabilities arising out of willful misconduct.  This indemnity shall not preclude such further indemnities as may be available under insurance purchased by the Company or provided by the Company under any bylaw, agreement or otherwise, as such indemnities are permitted under state law.

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8.9    Quarterly Statements.
Under procedures established by the Committee, a Participant shall receive a statement with respect to such Participant’s Accounts on a quarterly basis as of each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
8.10    Disputes.
(a)    Claim. 
A person who believes that he is being denied a benefit to which he is entitled under this Plan (a “Claimant”) may file a written request for such benefit with the Administrator, setting forth his claim. The request must be addressed to the Administrator at the Company at its then principal place of business. 
(b)    Claim Decision. 
Upon receipt of a claim, the Administrator shall advise the Claimant that a reply shall be forthcoming within 90 days (or in the case of a claim for disability benefits (a “Disability Claim”), 45 days) and shall, in fact, deliver such reply within such applicable period.  The Administrator may, however, extend the reply period for an additional 90 days (or in the case of a Disability Claim, 30 days) for special circumstances (or in the case of a Disability Claim, only if such extension is necessary due to matters beyond the Plan’s control).  The extension notice must indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the claim reviewer expects to render a decision. 
If a Disability Claim cannot be processed within the first 30-day extension period due to matters beyond the Plan’s control, the Plan’s deadline for responding to the claim may be extended for up to an additional 30 days, provided that the Claimant is so advised in writing or by electronic means within the first extension period.  In addition to indicating the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the claim reviewer expects to render a decision, each extension notice for a Disability Claim also must specifically explain the standards on which the entitlement to a benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision on the claim, and the additional information needed to resolve those issues.  The Claimant must be afforded at least 45 days to provide the specified information.
If the claim is denied in whole or in part, the Administrator shall inform the Claimant in writing, using language calculated to be understood by the Claimant, setting forth: (i) the specified reason or reasons for such denial; (ii) the specific reference to pertinent provisions of this Plan on which such denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect his claim and an explanation of why such material or such information is necessary; (iv) appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Claimant wishes to submit the claim for review; and (v) the time limits for requesting a review under subsection (c). 
In the case of a Disability Claim denial, the denial notice must be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner (to the extent required by the regulations under Section 503 of ERISA) and, in addition to the information required by the preceding paragraph, must include: (A) a discussion of the decision, including an explanation of the basis for disagreeing with or not following (1) the views of health care professionals treating the Claimant and vocational professionals who evaluated the

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 Claimant, in each case as presented by the Claimant to the Plan; (2) the views of medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained on behalf of the Plan in connection with the denial, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the benefit determination; and (3) a Social Security disability determination presented by the Claimant to the Plan; (B) if the denial is based on medical necessity, experimental treatment, or a similar exclusion or limit, an explanation of the scientific or clinical judgment for the determination, applying the terms of the Plan to the Claimant’s medical circumstances, or a statement that such an explanation will be provided upon request and free of charge; (C) any specific internal rules, guidelines, protocols, standards, or other similar criteria of the Plan relied upon in the denial (or if none, a statement to that effect); and (D) a statement that, upon request and free of charge, the Claimant is entitled to reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim.
(c)    Request for Review. 
Within 60 days (or in the case of a Disability Claim, 180 days) after the receipt by the Claimant of the written decision described above, the Claimant may request in writing a review of the determination of the Administrator. Such review shall be completed by the Committee.  Such request must be addressed to the Secretary of the Company, at its then principal place of business.  The Claimant or his duly authorized representative may, but need not, review the pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing for consideration by the Committee.  If the Claimant does not request a review within such 60-day (or in the case of a Disability Claim, 180-day) period, he shall be barred and estopped from challenging the Administrator’s determination.
In the case of a Disability Claim denial, the Claimant (or his authorized representative) also has the right to: (i) receive a review that does not defer to the initial claim denial and that is conducted by someone other than the individual who made the denial and who is not such person’s subordinate; (ii) be given the identity of any medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained in connection with the benefit determination, regardless of whether the advice was relied upon in making the decision; (iii) receive (in instances when the benefit determination was based in whole or part on medical judgment) a review in which the Committee consults with a health care professional with appropriate training and experience (and which professional did not consult on the initial denial and who is not such person’s subordinate); (iv) automatically be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the appeal determination, free of charge, any new or additional evidence considered, relied upon or generated by the Committee or other person making the benefit determination (or at the direction of the Committee or such person) in connection with the claim; and (v) automatically be provided as soon as possible and sufficiently in advance of the appeal determination, free of charge, any new or additional rationale for the appeal determination.  
(d)    Review of Decision. 
Within 60 days (or in the case of a Disability Claim, 45 days) after the receipt of a request for review by the Committee, after considering all materials presented by the Claimant, the Committee shall inform the Claimant in writing, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, of its decision, setting forth the specific reasons for its decision and specific references to the pertinent provisions of this Plan on which the decision is based.  If special circumstances require that the review period be extended, the Committee shall so notify the Claimant and shall render the decision as soon as possible, but no later than 120 days (or in the case of a Disability Claim, 90 days) after receipt of the request for review.  The

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 extension notice must indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Committee expects to render a decision.
If the appeal of the claim is wholly or partially denied, the notice of the Committee’s final decision must include specific reasons for the denial, specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, and a statement that the Claimant is entitled, upon request and free of charge, to reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claim.  The notice must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant and must notify the Claimant of his right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.  In the case of a Disability Claim denial, the notice must be provided in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner (to the extent required by the regulations under Section 503 of ERISA), and in addition to the above, must include (i) a statement of the applicable contractual limitations period, including the calendar date that such period will expire with respect to the claim; and (ii) the information set forth in items (A)-(C) in the final paragraph of Section 8.10(b), regarding claim denials, above.
		
	8.11
	Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

The Plan shall be interpreted, construed and administered in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Sections 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
ARTICLE IX.     
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1    Unsecured General Creditor.
Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, claims, or interest in any specific property or assets of the Company.  No assets of the Company shall be held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of the Company under this Plan.  Any and all of the Company’s assets shall be, and remain, the general unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Company.  The Company’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to pay money in the future, and the rights of the Participants and Beneficiaries shall be no greater than those of unsecured general creditors.  It is the intention of the Company that this Plan be unfunded for purposes of the Code and Title I of ERISA.
9.2    Restriction Against Assignment.
(a)    The Company shall pay all amounts payable hereunder only to the person or persons designated by the Plan and not to any other person or entity.  No right, title or interest in the Plan or in any account may be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  No right, title or interest in the Plan or in any Account shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Participant or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the preceding sentence.

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(b)    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a Participant’s interest in his Account may be transferred by the Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order that constitutes a “qualified domestic relations order” as defined by the Code or Title I of ERISA.
9.3    Withholding.
There shall be deducted from each payment made under the Plan or any other Compensation payable to the Participant (or Beneficiary) all taxes which are required to be withheld by the Company in respect to such payment or this Plan.  The Company shall have the right to reduce any payment (or compensation) by the amount of such of cash sufficient to provide the amount of said taxes.
9.4    Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination.
(a)    Subject to Section 7.3, the Committee may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, except that no amendment, modification, suspension or termination shall have any retroactive effect to reduce any vested amounts allocated to a Participant’s Accounts. In the event of Plan termination, distributions shall continue to be made in accordance with the terms of the Plan. 
(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, if and to the extent the Company shall determine that the terms of the Plan may result in the failure of the Plan, or amounts deferred by or for any Participant under the Plan, to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, or any applicable regulations or guidance promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury in connection therewith, the Company shall have authority to take such action to amend, modify, cancel or terminate the Plan or distribute any or all of the amounts deferred by or for a Participate, as it deems necessary or advisable, including without limitation:
(1)    Any amendment or modification of the Plan to conform the Plan to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or any regulations or other guidance thereunder (including, without limitation, any amendment or modification of the terms of any applicable to any Participant’s Accounts regarding the timing or form of payment).
(2)    Any cancellation or termination of any unvested interest in a Participant’s Accounts without any payment to the Participant.
(3)    Any cancellation or termination of any vested interest in any Participant’s Accounts, with immediate payment to the Participant of the amount otherwise payable to such Participant.
Any such amendment, modification, cancellation, or termination of the Plan may adversely affect the rights of a Participant without the Participant’s consent.
9.5    Designation of Beneficiary.
(a)    Each Participant shall have the right to designate, revoke and redesignate Beneficiaries hereunder and to direct payment of his Distributable Amount to such Beneficiaries upon his death. 

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(b)    Designation, revocation and redesignation of Beneficiaries must be made in writing in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee and shall be effective upon delivery to the Committee.
(c)    No designation of a Beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse shall be valid unless consented in writing by such spouse.  If there is no Beneficiary designation in effect, or the designated beneficiary does not survive the Participant, then the Participant’s spouse shall be the Beneficiary.  If there is no surviving spouse, the duly appointed and currently acting personal representative of the Participant’s estate (which shall include either the Participant’s probate estate or living trust) shall be the Beneficiary.
(d)    After the Participant’s death, any Beneficiary (other than the Participant’s estate) who is to receive installment payments may designate a secondary beneficiary to receive amounts due under this Plan to the Beneficiary in the event of the Beneficiary’s death prior to receiving full payment from the Plan.  If no secondary beneficiary is designated, it shall be the Beneficiary’s estate.
9.6    Governing Law.
Subject to ERISA, this Plan shall be construed, governed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
9.7    Compliance with Code Section 162(m)
It is the intent of the Company that any Compensation which is deferred under the Plan by a person who is, with respect to the year of distribution, deemed by the Committee to be a “covered employee” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, which Compensation constitutes either “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder or compensation not otherwise subject to the limitation on deductibility under Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, shall not, as a result of deferral hereunder, become compensation with respect to which the Company in fact would not be entitled to a tax deduction under Code Section 162(m).   If the Company determines in good faith prior to a Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year of the Company would not be deductible by the Company solely by reason of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the Committee to ensure that the entire amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Company may defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan.  Any amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Article IV, even if such amount is being paid out in installments.  The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant’s death) commencing as soon as reasonably practicable following the Plan Year in which such Participant’s Separation from Service, Disability or Death occurs, or if earlier, the effective date of a Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, this Section shall not apply to any distributions made after a Change in Control.
9.8    Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity.
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 valid receipt therefore, the Committee may direct that such payment be made to any person found by the Committee, in its sole judgment, to have assumed the care of such person.  Any payment made pursuant to such termination shall constitute a full release and discharge of the Committee and the Company.
9.9    Limitation of Rights
Neither the establishment of the Plan nor any modification thereof, nor the creating of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits shall be construed as giving to any Participant or other person any legal or equitable right against the Company except as provided in the Plan.  In no event shall the terms of employment of, or membership on the Board by, any Participant be modified or in any way be effected by the provisions of the Plan.
9.10    Exempt ERISA Plan
The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for a select group of management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA and therefore to be exempt from Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA.
9.11    Notice
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the principal office of the Company, directed to the attention of the General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.  Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.
9.12    Errors and Misstatements
In the event of any misstatement or omission of fact by a Participant to the Committee or any clerical error resulting in payment of benefits in an incorrect amount, the Committee shall promptly cause the amount of future payments to be corrected upon discovery of the facts and shall pay or, if applicable, cause the Plan to pay, the Participant or any other person entitled to payment under the Plan any underpayment in a lump sum or to recoup any overpayment from future payments to the Participant or any other person entitled to payment under the Plan in such amounts as the Committee shall direct or to proceed against the Participant or any other person entitled to payment under the Plan for recovery of any such overpayment.
9.13    Pronouns and Plurality
The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine pronoun, and the singular the plural where the context so indicates.
9.14    Severability
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 be fully severable, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such unenforceable or invalid provision had never been included herein.
9.15    Status
The establishment and maintenance of, or allocations and credits to, the Accounts of any Participant shall not vest in any Participant any right, title or interest in and to any Plan assets or benefits except at the time or times and upon the terms and conditions and to the extent expressly set forth in the Plan.
9.16    Headings.
Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.
Executed at San Jose, California this 8 day of January, 2019.
eBay Inc.

By:    s// Robin Colman
Title:    VP, Total Global Rewards
Date:    January 8, 2019

25Exhibit

Exhibit 10.44

eBay Inc.
2065 Hamilton Ave.
San Jose, CA  95125 U.S.A.
Company Tax ID: 77-0430924

Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”)
and Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement

%%FIRST_NAME%-% %%LAST_NAME%-%        Award Number:    %%AWARD_NUMBER%-%
%%ADDRESS_LINE_1%-%                Plan:             2008
%%ADDRESS_LINE_2%-%                Type:             PBRSU
%%ADDRESS_LINE_3%-%
%%CITY%-%, %%STATE%-% %%ZIPCODE%-%
%%COUNTRY%-%

Effective as of %%GRANT_DATE%-% (the “Grant Date”), eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the individual named above (“Participant”) an award of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units (“PBRSUs”) with respect to %%TARGET_NUMBER%-% shares of Stock at the target level of performance (the “Target Shares”) specified in Appendix A hereto (“Appendix A”).  This Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Award”) is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Notice, the Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”) (including without limitation the performance-based vesting conditions set forth in Appendix A), the special provisions for Participant’s country, if any, attached hereto as Exhibit B and the Plan, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.  The number of shares of Stock (“Shares”) Participant will be eligible to receive pursuant to the Award, if any, may increase or decrease from the Target Shares based on the Company’s actual performance and Participant’s continued service, as set forth in Appendix A.  Any capitalized terms used in this Grant Notice without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan.
Subject to Participant’s continuous service with the Company or a Subsidiary and Section 16 of the Agreement, Participant will vest in a number of PBRSUs on the vesting date(s) set forth in Appendix A (the “Vesting Date(s)”), if any, determined based on the extent to which the performance goals set forth in Appendix A (the “Performance Goals”) are achieved during the performance period beginning and ending on the dates set forth in Appendix A (the “Performance Period”).  Any portion of the Shares subject to the Award that do not vest based on the achievement of the Performance Goals and Participant’s continued service shall be forfeited by Participant and cancelled by the Company.  Achievement of the Performance Goals shall be determined and certified by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Committee”) in writing prior to the settlement of the Award.  For the avoidance of doubt, all vesting is subject to Participant’s continued service with the Company or a Subsidiary through the Vesting Date(s).
By Participant’s signature and the Company’s signature below, Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Grant Notice which includes Exhibit A (the Agreement) and Exhibit B (the special provisions for Participant’s country, if any).  Participant has reviewed and fully understands all provisions of the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, including Exhibits A and B, and has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing 

this Grant Notice.  Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Company upon any questions arising under the Plan and this Grant Notice, including Exhibits A and B.  
%%GRANT_DATE%-%     

eBay Inc.                                                        Date

                                                                  

%%FIRST_NAME%-% %%LAST_NAME%-%, the Participant                Date

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EXHIBIT A
TO PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD GRANT NOTICE
EBAY INC. PERFORMANCE BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

Pursuant to the Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) to which this Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Agreement”) is attached, eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) has granted to Participant an award of Performance Based Restricted Stock Units (“PBRSUs”) under the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), with respect to a number of Shares as set forth in the Grant Notice.
GENERAL
1.Definitions.  Any capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan or the Grant Notice, as applicable.
2.Incorporation of Terms of Plan.  The Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan which are incorporated herein by reference.  In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.
AGREEMENT
1.Grant of the PBRSUs.  As set forth in the Grant Notice, as of the Grant Date (as defined in the Grant Notice), the Company hereby grants to Participant the number of PBRSUs based on the shares of Stock (“Shares”) set forth in the Grant Notice, subject to all the terms and conditions in the Grant Notice (including Appendix A, this Exhibit A and Exhibit B) and the Plan.  The number of PBRSUs specified in the Grant Notice reflects the target number of Shares (the “Target Shares”) that may be earned by Participant.  The number of Shares Participant will be eligible to receive pursuant to the Award, if any, may increase or decrease from the Target Shares based on the Company’s actual performance and Participant’s continued service.  No Shares shall be issued to Participant until the time set forth in Section 2.  Prior to actual issuance of any Shares, such PBRSUs will represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the PBRSUs include a right to Dividend Equivalents equal to the value of any dividends paid on the Stock for which the dividend record date occurs between the Grant Date and the date the PBRSUs are settled or forfeited.  Subject to vesting and the amount of Earned PBRSUs (as defined in Appendix A), each Dividend Equivalent entitles Participant to receive the equivalent cash value of any such dividends paid on the number of Shares underlying the PBRSUs that are earned during such period.  Dividend Equivalents will be accrued (without interest) and will be subject to the same conditions as the PBRSUs to which they are attributable, including, without limitation, the vesting conditions, the provisions governing the time and form of settlement of the PBRSUs, and any special provisions for Participant’s country in Exhibit B.

2.Settlement of the PBRSUs.  Shares shall be issued, and unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any accrued Dividend Equivalents with respect to such Shares shall be paid, to Participant on or as soon as administratively practicable following each vesting date as set forth in the Grant Notice (each, a “Vesting Date”) (and in no event later than 21⁄2 months following the calendar year of the applicable Vesting Date), subject to Section 3 hereof; provided, that Participant has not experienced a Termination of Service on or prior to each such Vesting Date.  After each such Vesting Date, the Company shall promptly cause to be issued (either in book-entry form or otherwise) to Participant or Participant’s beneficiaries, as the case may be, Shares with respect to PBRSUs that become vested on such Vesting Date.  No fractional Shares shall be issued under this Agreement.  The vesting of the PBRSUs shall cease immediately upon a Termination of Service, as further 

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described in Section 8(j) below, and any unvested PBRSUs awarded by this Agreement and the Grant Notice shall be forfeited upon such Termination of Service.
3.Responsibility for Taxes.  Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company and/or Participant’s employer (the “Employer”), the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax-related items  related to Participant’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to Participant as a result of participation in the Plan (“Tax-Related Items”), is and remains Participant’s responsibility and may exceed the amount (if any) withheld by the Company or the Employer.  Participant further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (a) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Award, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting, settlement, release or cancellation of the PBRSUs or any related Dividend Equivalents, the issuance of Shares upon settlement of the PBRSUs, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant such issuance and the receipt of any dividends, and (b) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the Award or any aspect of the PBRSUs to reduce or eliminate Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax  result.  Further, if Participant has become subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction, Participant acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.  
Prior to the relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Participant agrees to make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Employer to satisfy the Tax-Related Items.  In this regard, Participant authorizes the Company and/or the Employer (or their respective agents), at their discretion and pursuant to such procedures as they may specify from time to time, to satisfy the obligations with regard to the Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following:
		
	(i)
	withholding a net number of otherwise issuable vested Shares having a then current Fair Market Value not exceeding the amount necessary to satisfy the withholding obligation of the Company and/or the Employer pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan or other applicable withholding rates; and/or 

		
	(ii)
	arranging for the Company-designated broker to sell on the market a portion of the otherwise issuable vested Shares that have an aggregate market value sufficient to pay the Tax-Related Items (a “Sell to Cover”), on Participant’s behalf and at Participant’s direction pursuant to this authorization; and/or

		
	(iii)
	withholding from Participant’s wages or other cash compensation paid to Participant by the Company and/or the Employer (including from any Dividend Equivalents); and/or

		
	(iv)
	requiring Participant to make a payment in cash (or cash equivalent) to the Company or the Employer;

provided, however, that if Participant is an executive officer, within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, then the obligations with regard to the Tax-Related Items shall be satisfied by first withholding any otherwise payable Dividend Equivalents upon the relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, and then withholding a net number of otherwise issuable vested Shares as described in clause (i) above, unless the use of such Share withholding method would result in adverse consequences under applicable tax or securities law or accounting principles, in which case the obligations with regard to the Tax-Related Items in excess of the amount of otherwise payable Dividend Equivalents shall be satisfied by the method described in clause (ii) above.

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No fractional Shares will be sold to cover or withheld to cover Tax-Related Items.  The Company may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering maximum applicable rates in which case Participant will receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash and will have no entitlement to the equivalent amount in Shares.  If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is satisfied by withholding a number of Shares as described in (ii) above, for tax purposes Participant will be deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the vested PBRSUs, notwithstanding that a number of Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items.  The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares or refuse to deliver the proceeds of the sale of Shares if Participant fails to comply with Participant’s obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
4.Rights as Stockholder.  Neither Participant nor any person claiming under or through Participant will have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares deliverable hereunder unless and until certificates representing such Shares (which may be in book entry form) will have been issued and recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to Participant (including through electronic delivery to a brokerage account).  After such issuance, recordation and delivery, Participant will have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to voting such Shares and receipt of dividends and distributions on such Shares. 
5.Conditions to Issuance of Certificates.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for any Shares prior to the fulfillment of all of the following conditions:  (a) the admission of the Shares to listing on all stock exchanges on which such Shares are then listed, (b) the completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any U.S. state or federal or non-U.S. law or under rulings or regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental regulatory body (including any applicable non-U.S. governmental regulatory body), which the Company shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary and advisable, (c) the obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any U.S. state or federal or non-U.S. governmental agency that the Company shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable and (d) the lapse of any such reasonable period of time following the date the PBRSUs vest as the Company may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience.
6.Plan Governs.  This Agreement is subject to all terms and provisions of the Plan.  In the event of a conflict between one or more provisions of this Agreement and one or more provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will govern.
7.Award Not Transferable.  This Award and the rights and privileges conferred hereby will not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and will not be subject to sale under execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this Award, or any right or privilege conferred hereby, or upon any attempted sale under any execution, attachment or similar process, this Award and the rights and privileges conferred hereby immediately will become null and void.
8.Nature of Grant.  In accepting the Award, Participant acknowledges, understands and agrees that:
(a)the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature, and it may be modified, amended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan;

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(b)the grant of the PBRSUs is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of PBRSUs, or benefits in lieu of PBRSUs, even if PBRSUs have been granted in the past; 
(c)all decisions with respect to future grants of PBRSUs, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(d)Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan; 
(e)the grant of the PBRSUs and Participant’s participation in the Plan shall not create a right to employment or service or be interpreted as forming an employment or service contract with the Company, the Employer or any Subsidiary and shall not interfere with the ability of the Company, the Employer or any Subsidiary to terminate Participant’s employment or service relationship (if any); 
(f)the PBRSUs and any Shares subject to the PBRSUs are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation; 
(g)the PBRSUs and any Shares subject to the PBRSUs, and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, holiday pay, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar mandatory payments;
(h)the future value of the Shares subject to the PBRSUs is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty; 
(i)no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the PBRSUs resulting from Participant ceasing to provide services to the Company, the Employer or any Subsidiary (for any reason whatsoever and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or providing services or the terms of Participant’s employment agreement or service contract, if any) and in consideration of the grant of the PBRSUs to which Participant is otherwise not entitled, Participant irrevocably agrees never to institute any claim against the Company, the Employer or any Subsidiary, waives his or her ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and releases the Company, the Employer and any Subsidiary from any such claim; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claims; 
(j)in the event of Participant’s Termination of Service (whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or providing services or the terms of Participant’s employment agreement or service contract, if any), unless otherwise determined by the Company, Participant’s right to vest in the PBRSUs, if any, will terminate effective as of the date that Participant is no longer actively providing services and will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., active service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or providing services or the terms of Participant’s employment agreement or service contract, if any); the Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when Participant is no longer actively providing services for purposes of the PBRSUs; and
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value of the PBRSUs or any amounts due to Participant pursuant to the vesting of the PBRSUs or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired under the Plan.
9.No Advice Regarding Grant.  The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding participation in the Plan, or Participant’s acquisition or sale of Shares.  Participant is hereby advised to consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding his or her participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.  
10.Insider Trading Restrictions/Market Abuse Laws.  Participant acknowledges that he or she is subject to any applicable Company insider trading policy.  In addition, depending on his or her country of residence, Participant may be subject to additional insider trading restrictions and/or market abuse laws, which may affect his or her ability to acquire or sell Shares or rights to Shares (e.g., PBRSUs) under the Plan during such times as Participant is considered to have “inside information” regarding the Company (as defined by the laws in Participant's country).  Any restrictions under these laws or regulations are separate from and in addition to any restrictions that may be imposed under any applicable Company insider trading policy.  Participant acknowledges that it is Participant’s responsibility to comply with any applicable Company insider trading policy and any additional restrictions that may apply due to local insider trading restrictions or market abuse laws.  Participant is advised to speak to his or her personal legal advisor regarding any applicable local insider trading restrictions or market abuse laws.
11.Data Privacy.  Participant hereby voluntarily consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Participant’s personal data as described in this Agreement and any other PBRSU grant materials by and among, as applicable, the Employer, the Company and any Subsidiary for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing Participant’s participation in the Plan. 
Participant understands that the Company, the Employer and any Subsidiary may hold certain personal information about Participant, including, but not limited to, Participant’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all PBRSUs or any other entitlement to Shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in Participant’s favor, for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan (“Personal Data”).  
Participant understands that Personal Data will be transferred to E*Trade Corporate Financial Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates (“E*Trade”) or such other stock plan service provider as may be selected by the Company in the future, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan.  Participant understands that the recipients of Personal Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than Participant’s country.  Participant authorizes the Company, E*Trade and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer Personal Data, in electronic or other form, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing his or her participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Personal Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom Participant may elect to deposit any Shares received upon vesting of the PBRSUs.  Participant understands that he or she may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of Personal Data by contacting Participant’s regional human resources (“MyHR”) representative.  Participant understands that Personal Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage Participant’s participation in the Plan.  Participant understands that he or she may, at any time, request access to Personal Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Personal Data, require any necessary amendments to Personal Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, 

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by contacting in writing his or her MyHR representative.  Further, Participant understands that Participant is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If Participant does not consent, or if Participant later seeks to revoke his or her consent, Participant’s employment status or service with the Employer will not be adversely affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing consent is that the Company would not be able to grant PBRSUs or other equity awards to Participant or administer or maintain such awards.  Therefore, Participant understands that refusal or withdrawal of consent may affect Participant’s ability to participate in the Plan.  For more information on the consequences of Participant’s refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participant understands that he or she may contact his or her MyHR representative.
12.Electronic Delivery and Participation.  The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to the PBRSUs or future PBRSUs granted under the Plan by electronic means or request Participant’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means.  Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company.
13.Language.  If Participant has received this Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
14.Governing Law and Choice of Venue.   The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of the Grant Notice (including this Agreement and the special provisions for Participants outside the U.S. attached hereto as Exhibit B), regardless of the law that might be applied under such state’s conflict of laws principles.  
For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises directly or indirectly in respect of this Award, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the jurisdiction of the State of California and agree that such litigation shall be conducted in the courts of Santa Clara County, California, or the federal courts for the United States for the Northern District of California, and no other courts, where this grant is made and/or to be performed.
15.Conformity to U.S. Securities Laws.  Participant acknowledges that the Plan and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and any and all regulations and rules promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Awards are granted, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
16.Award Subject to Clawback.  The Award and any cash payment or Shares delivered pursuant to the Award are subject to forfeiture, recovery by the Company or other action pursuant to any clawback or recoupment policy which the Company may adopt from time to time, including without limitation any such policy which the Company may be required to adopt under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and implementing rules and regulations thereunder, or as otherwise required by law.
17.Amendment, Modification and Termination.  To the extent permitted by the Plan, the Grant Notice (including this Agreement and Exhibit B) may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Committee or the Board, provided, that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification or termination of this Agreement shall adversely effect the Award in any material way without the prior written consent of Participant. 

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18.Notices.  Notices required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the post by certified mail, or its non-U.S. equivalent, with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to Participant at his or her address shown in the Company records, and to the Company at its principal executive office.
19.Successors and Assigns.  The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company.  Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth, and to the extent permissible under local law, this Agreement shall be binding upon Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
20.Compliance in Form and Operation.  This Agreement and the PBRSUs are intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with that intention, to the extent Participant is or becomes subject to U.S. federal income taxation.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Grant Notice, the Company reserves the right, to the extent the Company deems necessary or advisable, if Participant is or becomes subject to U.S. federal income taxation, and without any obligation to do so or to indemnify Participant for any failure to do so, to unilaterally amend the Plan and/or this Agreement to ensure that all PBRSUs are awarded in a manner that qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A, provided, however, that the Company makes no representation that the PBRSUs will comply with or be exempt from Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A from applying to the PBRSUs.
21.Exhibit B.  The Award shall be subject to any special provisions set forth in Exhibit B of the Grant Notice for Participant’s country, if any.  If Participant relocates to one of the countries included in Exhibit B of the Grant Notice prior to any Vesting Date or while holding Shares issued upon vesting of the PBRSUs, the special provisions for such country shall apply to Participant, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such provisions is advisable or necessary for legal or administrative reasons.  Exhibit B of the Grant Notice constitutes part of this Agreement.
22.Imposition of Other Requirements.  The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on the PBRSUs and on any Shares issued upon vesting of the PBRSUs, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons, and to require Participant to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. 
23.Entire Agreement: Severability.  The Plan and the Grant Notice (including Exhibit B) are incorporated herein by reference.  The Plan and the Grant Notice (including this Agreement and Exhibit B) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.  If any provision of the Plan or the Grant Notice (including this Agreement and Exhibit B) is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, then such provision will be enforced to the maximum extent possible and the other provisions will remain fully effective and enforceable.
24.Waiver.  Participant acknowledges that a waiver by the Company of breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by Participant or any other participant.

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