Document:

Exhibit 10.11

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION

 

November 9, 2010

 

	
  Pershing
  Square Capital Management, L.P.

  
	
  888
  Seventh Avenue, 42nd Floor

  
	
  New
  York, New York 10019

  
	
  Attention:
  

  	
  William
  A. Ackman

  
	
   

  	
  Roy
  J. Katzovicz

  

 

Ladies
and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement
(the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), effective as of March 31, 2010,
as amended, between General Growth Properties, Inc. and Pershing Square
Capital Management, L.P. (“PSCM”), on behalf of Pershing Square, L.P.,
Pershing Square II, L.P., Pershing Square International, Ltd. and Pershing
Square International V, Ltd. (each, except PSCM, together with its
permitted nominees and assigns, a “Purchaser”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
in this letter agreement (this “Agreement”) shall have the meanings
attributed to such terms in the Stock Purchase Agreement as in effect on the
date hereof.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the Plan, The
Howard Hughes Corporation (“THHC”) and each Purchaser hereby agree as
follows:

 

1.                                       Subscription
Right.

 

(i)                                     Sale
of New Equity Securities.  If THHC or any Subsidiary of THHC at any time
or from time to time makes any public or non-public offering of any shares of
GGO Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, GGO Common Stock) (other than
(1) pursuant to the granting or exercise of employee stock options or
other stock incentives pursuant to THHC’s stock incentive plans and employment
arrangements as in effect from time to time or the issuance of stock pursuant
to THHC’s employee stock purchase plan as in effect from time to time, (2) pursuant
to or in consideration for the acquisition of another Person, business or
assets by THHC or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by purchase of stock,
merger, consolidation, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of
such Person or otherwise or (3) to strategic partners or joint venturers
in connection with a commercial relationship with THHC or its Subsidiaries or
to parties in connection with them providing THHC or its Subsidiaries with
loans, credit lines, cash price reductions or similar transactions, under arm’s-length
arrangements) (the “Proposed Securities”), the members of the Purchaser
Group shall have the right to acquire from THHC (the “Subscription Right”)
for the same price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or
any other discounts or fees if not purchasing from or through an underwriter,
placement agent or broker) and on the same terms as such Proposed Securities
are proposed to be offered to others, up to the amount of such Proposed

 

 

Securities in the aggregate
required to enable it to maintain its aggregate proportionate GGO Common
Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully Diluted Basis determined in
accordance with the following sentence, in each case, subject to such
limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange rules.  The aggregate amount of such Proposed
Securities that the members of the Purchaser Group shall be entitled to
purchase in the aggregate in any offering pursuant to the above shall (subject
to such limitations as may be imposed by applicable Law or stock exchange
rules) be determined by multiplying (x) the total number of such offered
shares of Proposed Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is
the aggregate number of shares of GGO Common Stock held by the Purchaser Group
on a Fully Diluted Basis as of the date of THHC’s notice pursuant to Section 1(ii) in
respect of the issuance of such Proposed Securities, and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of GGO Common Stock then outstanding on a Fully
Diluted Basis.  For the avoidance of
doubt, the actual amount of securities to be sold or offered to the members of
the Purchaser Group pursuant to their exercise of the Subscription Right
hereunder shall be proportionally reduced if the aggregate amount of Proposed
Securities sold or offered is reduced. 
Any offers and sales pursuant to this Section 1 in the
context of a registered public offering shall be conditioned upon reasonably
acceptable representations and warranties of each applicable member of the
Purchaser Group designated pursuant to Section 1(vi) regarding
its status as the type of offeree to whom a private sale can be made
concurrently with a registered public offering in compliance with applicable
securities Laws.

 

(ii)                                  Notice.  In the event THHC proposes to offer Proposed
Securities, it shall give each Purchaser written notice of its intention,
describing the estimated price (or range of prices), anticipated amount of
securities, timing and other terms upon which THHC proposes to offer the same
(including, in the case of a registered public offering and to the extent
possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed
with respect to such offering), no later than ten (10) Business Days after
the commencement of marketing with respect to such offering or after THHC takes
substantial steps to pursue any other offering. 
The applicable member of the Purchaser Group shall have three (3) Business
Days from the date of receipt of such a notice to notify THHC in writing that
it intends to exercise the applicable Subscription Right and as to the amount
of Proposed Securities such member of the Purchaser Group desires to purchase,
up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 1(i).  In connection with an underwritten public
offering, such notice shall constitute a non-binding indication of interest to
purchase Proposed Securities at such a range of prices as such member of the
Purchaser Group may specify and, with respect to other offerings, such notice
shall constitute a binding commitment of the applicable member of such Purchaser
Group to purchase the amount of Proposed Securities so specified at the price
and other terms set forth in THHC’s notice to each Purchaser.  The failure of such member of the Purchaser
Group to so respond within such three (3) Business Day period shall be
deemed to be a waiver of the applicable Subscription Right under this Section 1
only with respect to the offering described in the applicable notice.  In connection with an underwritten public
offering or a private placement, the applicable member of the Purchaser Group
shall further enter into an agreement (in form and substance customary for
transactions of this type) to purchase the Proposed Securities to be acquired
contemporaneously with the execution of any underwriting agreement or purchase
agreement entered into with

 

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THHC, the underwriters or
initial purchasers of such underwritten public offering or private placement,
and the failure of such member of the Purchaser Group to enter into such an
agreement at or prior to such time shall constitute a waiver of the
Subscription Right in respect of such offering.

 

(iii)                               Purchase
Mechanism.  If a member
of the Purchaser Group exercises its Subscription Right provided in this Section 1,
the closing of the purchase of the Proposed Securities with respect to which
such right has been exercised shall take place concurrently with the sale to
the other investors in the applicable offering, which period of time for the
closing of the purchase of the Proposed Securities with respect to which such
right has been exercised shall be extended for a maximum of one hundred eighty
(180) days in order to comply with applicable Laws (including receipt of any
applicable regulatory or stockholder approvals).  Each of THHC and the applicable member of the
Purchaser Group shall use its reasonable best efforts to secure any regulatory
or stockholder approvals or other consents, and to comply with any Law
necessary in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of, such Proposed
Securities.

 

(iv)                              Failure
of Purchase.  In the
event (A) the applicable member of the Purchaser Group fails to exercise
its Subscription Right provided in this Section 1 within said three
(3) Business Day period, or (B) if so exercised, such member of the
Purchaser Group fails or is unable to consummate such purchase within the one
hundred eighty (180) day period specified in Section 1(iii),
without prejudice to other remedies, THHC shall thereafter be entitled during
the Additional Sale Period to sell the Proposed Securities not elected to be
purchased pursuant to this Section 1 or which the applicable member
of the Purchaser Group fails to, or is unable to, purchase, at a price and upon
terms no more favorable in any material respect to the purchasers of such
securities than were specified in THHC’s notice to each Purchaser.  In the event THHC has not sold the Proposed
Securities within the Additional Sale Period, THHC shall not thereafter offer,
issue or sell such Proposed Securities without first offering such securities
to the members of the Purchaser Group in the manner provided above.

 

(v)                                 Non-Cash
Consideration.  In the case
of the offering of securities for a consideration in whole or in part other
than cash, including securities acquired in exchange therefor (other than
securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other than cash
shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Board of
Directors of THHC (the “Board”); provided, however, that
such fair value as determined by the Board shall not exceed the aggregate
market price of the securities being offered as of the date the Board
authorizes the offering of such securities.

 

(vi)                              Cooperation.  THHC and each applicable member of the
Purchaser Group shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of
such member of the Purchaser Group’s Subscription Right hereunder, including
using reasonable efforts to secure any required approvals or consents.

 

(vii)                           Allocation Among Purchaser Group.  PSCM shall have the right
as attorney-in-fact of each member of the Purchaser Group to exercise all of
the rights of the members of the Purchaser Group hereunder and designate the
members of such Purchaser

 

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Group
to receive any securities to be issued and THHC may rely on any designations
made by PSCM.  As a condition to the THHC’s
obligations with respect to the exercise of a Subscription Right by a member of
the Purchaser Group not a party to this Agreement, such member will agree to
perform each obligation applicable to it under this Section 1.

 

(viii)                        General.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, (A) if (1) a member
of the Purchaser Group exercises its Subscription Right pursuant to this Section 1
and is unable to complete the purchase of the Proposed Securities concurrently
with the sales to the other investors in the applicable offering as
contemplated by Section 1(iii) due to applicable regulatory or
stockholder approvals and (2) THHC or the Board determines in good faith
that any delay in completion of an offering in respect of which such member of the Purchaser Group is entitled to Subscription
Rights would materially impair the financing objective of such offering, THHC
may proceed with such offering without the participation of such member of the Purchaser Group in such offering, in which
event THHC and such member of the
Purchaser Group shall promptly thereafter agree on a process
otherwise consistent with this Section 1 as would allow such member of the Purchaser Group to purchase, at the same
price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or any other
discounts or fees if not purchasing from or through an underwriter, placement
agent or broker) as in such offering, up to the amount of shares of GGO Common
Stock (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for, or linked to the performance of, GGO Common Stock) as shall be necessary
to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate GGO Common
Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully Diluted Basis, (B) if THHC or
the Board determines in good faith that compliance with the notice provisions
in Section 1(ii) would materially impair the financing
objective of an offering in respect of which the members
of the Purchaser Group are entitled to Subscription Rights, THHC shall be
permitted by notice to each Purchaser to reduce the notice period required
under Section 1(ii) (but not to less than one (1) Business
Day) to the minimum extent required to meet the financing objective of such
offering, and the members of the
Purchaser Group shall have the right to either (x) exercise
their Subscription Rights during the shortened notice periods specified in such
notice or (y) require THHC to promptly thereafter agree on a process
otherwise consistent with this Section 1 as would allow the
applicable members of the Purchaser Group to purchase,
at the same price (net of any underwriting discounts or sales commissions or
any other discounts or fees if not purchasing from or through an underwriter,
placement agent or broker) as in such offering, up to the amount of shares of
GGO Common Stock (or securities that are convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, or linked to the performance of, GGO Common Stock) as shall be
necessary to enable the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate
GGO Common Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully Diluted Basis and (C) in
the event THHC is unable to issue shares of GGO Common Stock (or securities that
are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or linked to the
performance of, GGO Common Stock) to the applicable members
of the Purchaser Group as a result of a failure to receive regulatory or
stockholder approval therefor, THHC shall take such action or cause to be taken
such other action in order to place the Purchaser Group, in so far as
reasonably practicable (subject to any limitations that may be imposed by
applicable Law or stock exchange rules), in the same position in all material respects
as if the applicable

 

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member
of the Purchaser Group was able to effectively exercise its Subscription
Rights hereunder, including, without limitation, at the option of such member,
issuing to such member of the
Purchaser Group another class of securities of THHC having terms to
be agreed by THHC and such member having a value at least equal to the value
per share of GGO Common Stock, in each case, as shall be necessary to enable
the Purchaser Group to maintain its aggregate proportionate GGO Common
Stock-equivalent interest in THHC on a Fully Diluted Basis.

 

(ix)                                Termination.  This Section 1 shall terminate at
such time as the Purchaser Group collectively beneficially own less than 5% of
the outstanding shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis.

 

2.                                       Board of
Directors.

 

(i)                                     As of the date
hereof, the GGO Board shall have nine (9) members and three (3) of
such members shall be persons designated by PSCM (the “Purchaser GGO Board
Designees”).

 

(ii)                                  THHC shall
nominate as part of its slate of directors and use its reasonable best efforts
to have them elected to the Board (including through the solicitation of
proxies for such person to the same extent as it does for any of its other
nominees to the GGO Board) (subject to applicable Law and stock exchange rules (provided
that the Purchaser GGO Board Designees need not be “independent” under the
applicable rules of the applicable stock exchange or the SEC)) (x) so
long as the Purchaser Group has at least a 17.5% Fully Diluted GGO Economic
Interest, three (3) Purchaser Board Designees, and (y) otherwise, so
long as the Purchaser Group beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) in the
aggregate at least 10% of the shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted
Basis, two (2) Purchaser Board Designees. 
For the avoidance of doubt, at and following such time as the Purchaser
Group beneficially owns (directly or indirectly) in the aggregate less than 10%
of the shares of GGO Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis, PSCM shall no
longer have the right to designate directors for election to the GGO Board.

 

(iii)                               Subject to
applicable Law and stock exchange rules, there shall be proportional
representation by Purchaser GGO Board Designees on any committee of the GGO
Board, except for special committees established for potential conflict of
interest situations, and except that only Purchaser GGO Board Designees who
qualify under the applicable rules of the applicable stock exchange or the
SEC may serve on committees where such qualification is required.  If at any time the number of Purchaser GGO
Board Designees serving on the GGO Board exceeds the number of Purchaser GGO
Board Designees that PSCM is then otherwise entitled to designate as a result
of a decrease in the percentage of shares of GGO Common Stock beneficially
owned by the Purchaser Group, such Purchaser Group shall, to the extent it is
within such Purchaser Group’s control, use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause any such additional Purchaser GGO Board Designees to offer to resign such
that the number of Purchaser GGO Board Designees serving on the GGO Board after
giving effect to such resignation does not 

 

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exceed the number of
Purchaser GGO Board Designees that PSCM is entitled to designate for election
to the GGO Board.

 

(iv)                              Except with
respect to the resignation of a Purchaser GGO Board Designee pursuant to Section 2(iii),
(A) PSCM shall have the power to designate a Purchaser GGO Board Designee’s
replacement upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or
removal from office of such Purchaser GGO Board Designee and (B) the Board shall promptly take all action reasonably required
to fill any vacancy resulting therefrom with such replacement Purchaser GGO
Board Designee (including nominating such person, subject to applicable Law, as
THHC’s nominee to serve on the Board and causing
THHC to use all reasonable efforts to have such person elected as a director of
THHC and solicit proxies for such person to the same extent as it does for any
of THHC’s other nominees to the Board).

 

(v)                                 (A) Each
Purchaser GGO Board Designee shall be entitled to the same compensation and
same indemnification in connection with his or her role as a director as the
members of the Board, and each
Purchaser GGO Board Designee shall be entitled to reimbursement for documented,
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board or any committees thereof, to the same extent as
other members of the Board, (B) THHC
shall notify each Purchaser GGO Board Designee of all regular and
special meetings of the Board and shall
notify each Purchaser GGO Board Designee of all regular and special meetings of
any committee of the Board of which such
Purchaser GGO Board Designee is a member, and (C) THHC shall provide each
Purchaser GGO Board Designee with copies of all notices, minutes, consents and
other materials provided to all other members of the Board concurrently as such materials are provided to the
other members (except, for the avoidance of doubt, as are provided to members
of committees of which such Purchaser GGO Board Designee is not a member).

 

(vi)                              Purchaser GGO
Board Designee candidates shall be subject to such reasonable eligibility
criteria as applied in good faith by the nominating, corporate governance or
similar committee of the Board to other candidates for the Board.

 

3.                                       Stockholder
Vote With Respect to Subscription Right.  THHC shall, for the benefit of each
Purchaser, to the extent required by any U.S. national securities exchange upon
which shares of GGO Common Stock are listed, for so long as any Purchaser has
subscription rights as contemplated by Section 1, put up for a
stockholder vote at the annual meeting of its stockholders, and include in its
proxy statement distributed to such stockholders in connection with such annual
meeting, approval of such Purchaser’s subscription rights for the maximum
period permitted by the rules of such U.S. national securities exchange.

 

4.                                       Transfer
Restrictions.  Each
Purchaser covenants and agrees that the GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon
exercise of GGO Warrants) shall be disposed of only pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an available
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in
compliance with any applicable state securities Laws.  Each Purchaser agrees to the imprinting, so
long as is required by this Section 4, of the following legend on
any certificate evidencing the GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of
GGO Warrants):

 

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THE
SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AS AMENDED
(THE “ACT”) OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS (“BLUE SKY”) OR
THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT JURISDICTION.  THE SHARES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION OR RESALE. 
THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, MORTGAGED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS EITHER (I) A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SHARES IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT
AND APPLICABLE BLUE SKY LAWS AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER RELEVANT
JURISDICTION ARE COMPLIED WITH OR (II) UNLESS WAIVED BY THE ISSUER, THE
ISSUER RECEIVES AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT NO
VIOLATION OF THE ACT OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS WILL BE INVOLVED IN SUCH
TRANSACTION.

 

Certificates
evidencing the GGO Shares (and shares issuable upon exercise of GGO Warrants)
shall not be required to contain such legend (A) while a registration
statement covering the resale of the GGO Shares is effective under the
Securities Act, or (B) following any sale of any such GGO Shares pursuant
to Rule 144 of the Exchange Act (“Rule 144”), or (C) following
receipt of a legal opinion of counsel to the applicable Purchaser that the
remaining GGO Shares held by such Purchaser are eligible for resale without
volume limitations or other limitations under Rule 144.  In addition, THHC will agree to the removal
of all legends with respect to shares of GGO Common Stock deposited with DTC
from time to time in anticipation of sale in accordance with the volume
limitations and other limitations under Rule 144, subject to THHC’s approval
of appropriate procedures, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed.

 

Following
the time at which such legend is no longer required (as provided above) for
certain GGO Shares, THHC shall promptly, following the delivery by the
applicable Purchaser to THHC of a legended certificate representing such GGO
Shares, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Purchaser a certificate
representing such GGO Shares that is free from such legend.  In the event the above legend is removed from
any of the GGO Shares, and thereafter the effectiveness of a registration
statement covering such GGO Shares is suspended or THHC determines that a
supplement or amendment thereto is required by applicable securities Laws, then
THHC may require that the above legend be placed on any such GGO Shares that
cannot then be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or under Rule 144
and such Purchaser shall cooperate in the replacement of such legend.  Such legend shall thereafter be removed when such
GGO Shares may again be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or
under Rule 144.

 

Each
Purchaser further covenants and agrees not to sell, transfer or dispose of
(each, a “Transfer”) any GGO Shares or GGO Warrants in violation of the
GGO Non-Control Agreement.

 

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For
the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser Group’s rights to designate for
nomination the Purchaser GGO Board Designees pursuant to Section 2
and Subscription Rights pursuant to Section 1 may not be
Transferred to a Person that is not a member of the Purchaser Group.

 

5.                                       Rights
Agreement.  In the
event THHC adopts a rights plan analogous to the Rights Agreement (the “GGO
Rights Agreement”), (i) the GGO Rights Agreement shall be inapplicable
to the Stock Purchase Agreement, this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereby and hereby, (ii) no Purchaser, nor any other member
of its Purchaser Group, shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person (as defined
in the Rights Agreement) whether in connection with the acquisition of shares
of GGO Common Stock or GGO Warrants or the shares issuable upon exercise of the
GGO Warrants, (iii) neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the
Rights Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement)
shall be deemed to occur and (iv) the Rights (as defined in the Rights
Agreement) will not separate from the GGO Common Stock, in each case under
(ii), (iii) and (iv), as a result of the execution, delivery or
performance of the Stock Purchase Agreement or this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby including the
acquisition of shares of GGO Common Stock by any Purchaser or other member of
the Purchaser Group after the date hereof as otherwise permitted by the Stock
Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, or the GGO Warrants or as otherwise
contemplated by the GGO Non-Control Agreement.

 

6.                                       Assignment;
Third Party Beneficiaries. 
Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations
under this Agreement may be assigned by any party without the prior written
consent of the other party. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, this Agreement, or a Purchaser’s
rights, interests or obligations hereunder, may be assigned or transferred, in
whole or in part, by such Purchaser to one or more members of its Purchaser
Group.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or
any other provisions herein, no such assignment shall relieve Purchaser of its
obligations hereunder if such assignee fails to perform such obligations.

 

7.                                       Prior
Negotiations; Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements or
understandings, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Governing Law;
Venue.  THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
COURT LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON
CONVENIENS.

 

9.                                       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the
parties; and delivered to the other party (including via facsimile or other
electronic transmission), it being understood that each party need not sign the
same counterpart.

 

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10.                                 Waivers and
Amendments.  This
Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended,
and the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be waived, only by a written
instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party
waiving compliance.  No delay on the part
of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant to this
Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part
of any party of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege pursuant
to this Agreement, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this
Agreement.  The rights and remedies
provided pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which any party otherwise may have at law or in equity.

 

11.                                 Certain Remedies.  The parties agree that irreparable damage
would occur in the event that any provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms.  It is accordingly agreed that each of the
parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions (without necessity of
proving damages or posting a bond or other security) to prevent breaches of
this Agreement, and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, in addition to any other applicable remedies at law or equity

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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Please
evidence your acceptance of, and agreement to, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement by executing and returning an executed copy of this Agreement to the
address first written above as soon as practicable.

 

 

	
   

  	
  Very
  truly yours,

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  THE
  HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/  Rael Diamond

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Rael
  Diamond

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title:

  	
  Interim
  Chief Financial Officer

  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO
PERSHING LETTER AGREEMENT]

 

 

Accepted and agreed as of the date of this Agreement:

 

	
  PERSHING
  SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

  	
   

  
	
  On behalf of each of the Purchasers

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By: PS Management GP, LLC

  	
   

  
	
  Its: General Partner

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  William A. Ackman

  	
   

  
	
  Name: 
  William A. Ackman

  	
   

  
	
  Title:  Managing
  Member

  	
   

  
			

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO
PERSHING LETTER AGREEMENT]Exhibit 10.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The
Howard Hughes Corporation

2010
Equity Incentive Plan

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE 1.

  	
  ESTABLISHMENT &
  PURPOSE

  	
   

  	
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  1.1

  	
  Establishment

  	
   

  	
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  1.2

  	
  Purpose
  of the Plan

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE 2.

  	
  DEFINITIONS

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE 3.

  	
  ADMINISTRATION

  	
   

  	
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  3.1

  	
  Authority
  of the Committee

  	
   

  	
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  3.2

  	
  Delegation

  	
   

  	
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  ARTICLE 4.

  	
  ELIGIBILITY
  AND PARTICIPATION

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.1

  	
  Eligibility

  	
   

  	
  4

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  4.2

  	
  Type
  of Awards

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 5.

  	
  SHARES
  SUBJECT TO THE PLAN AND MAXIMUM AWARDS

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.1

  	
  General

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.2

  	
  Annual
  Award Limits

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  5.3

  	
  Additional
  Shares

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 6.

  	
  STOCK
  OPTIONS

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.1

  	
  Grant
  of Options

  	
   

  	
  5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.2

  	
  Terms
  of Option Grant

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.3

  	
  Option
  Term

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.4

  	
  Method
  of Exercise

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.5

  	
  Limitations
  on Incentive Stock Options

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  6.6

  	
  Performance
  Goals

  	
   

  	
  6

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 7.

  	
  STOCK
  APPRECIATION RIGHTS

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.1

  	
  Grant
  of Stock Appreciation Rights

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.2

  	
  Terms
  of Stock Appreciation Right

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  7.3

  	
  Tandem
  Stock Appreciation Rights and Options

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 8.

  	
  RESTRICTED
  STOCK

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.1

  	
  Grant
  of Restricted Stock

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.2

  	
  Terms
  of Restricted Stock Awards

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.3

  	
  Voting
  and Dividend Rights

  	
   

  	
  7

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.4

  	
  Performance
  Goals

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  8.5

  	
  Section 83(b) Election

  	
   

  	
  8

  

 

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  OTHER
  STOCK-BASED AWARDS

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 10.

  	
  PERFORMANCE-BASED
  COMPENSATION

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.1

  	
  Grant
  of Performance-Based Compensation

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.2

  	
  Performance
  Measures

  	
   

  	
  8

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.3

  	
  Establishment
  of Performance Goals for Covered Employees

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.4

  	
  Adjustment
  of Performance-Based Compensation

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.5

  	
  Certification
  of Performance

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  10.6

  	
  Interpretation

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 11.

  	
  COMPLIANCE
  WITH SECTION 409A OF THE CODE AND SECTION 457A OF THE CODE

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.1

  	
  General

  	
   

  	
  9

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.2

  	
  Payments
  to Specified Employees

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.3

  	
  Separation
  from Service

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  11.4

  	
  Section 457A

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 12.

  	
  ADJUSTMENTS

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  12.1

  	
  Adjustments
  in Authorized Shares

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  12.2

  	
  Change
  of Control

  	
   

  	
  10

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 13.

  	
  DURATION,
  AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.1

  	
  Duration
  of the Plan

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  13.2

  	
  Amendment,
  Modification, Suspension and Termination of Plan

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE 14.

  	
  GENERAL
  PROVISIONS

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.1

  	
  No
  Right to Service

  	
   

  	
  11

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.2

  	
  Settlement
  of Awards; Fractional Shares

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.3

  	
  Tax
  Withholding

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.4

  	
  No
  Guarantees Regarding Tax Treatment

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.5

  	
  Non-Transferability
  of Awards

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.6

  	
  Conditions
  and Restrictions on Shares

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.7

  	
  Compliance
  with Law

  	
   

  	
  12

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.8

  	
  Rights
  as a Shareholder

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.9

  	
  Severability

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.10

  	
  Unfunded
  Plan

  	
   

  	
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  No
  Constraint on Corporate Action

  	
   

  	
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  14.12

  	
  Successors

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.13

  	
  Governing
  Law

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.14

  	
  Data
  Protection

  	
   

  	
  13

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  14.15

  	
  Effective
  Date

  	
   

  	
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The Howard Hughes Corporation

 

2010 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Article 1.                                            Establishment &
Purpose

 

1.1                               Establishment.  The Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware
corporation  hereby establishes The
Howard Hughes Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to
as the “Plan”) as set forth in this document.

 

1.2                               Purpose
of the Plan.  The purpose
of this Plan is to attract, retain and motivate officers, employees,
non-employee directors and consultants providing services to the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries, or Affiliates and to promote the success of the Company’s
business by providing the participants of the Plan with appropriate incentives.

 

Article 2.                                            Definitions

 

Whenever capitalized in the
Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

2.1                               “Affiliate” means any
entity that the Company, either directly or indirectly, is in common control
with, is controlled by or controls, or any entity in which the Company has a
substantial equity interest, direct or indirect; provided, however, to the
extent that Awards must cover “service recipient stock” in order to comply with
Section 409A of the Code, “Affiliate” shall be limited to those entities
which could qualify as an “eligible issuer” under Section 409A of the
Code.

 

2.2                               “Annual
Award Limit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

2.3                               “Award” means any
Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Other Stock-Based Award, or
Performance-Based Compensation Award that is granted under the Plan.

 

2.4                               “Award
Agreement” means either (a) a written agreement entered
into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions
applicable to an Award granted under this Plan, or (b) a written statement
issued by the Company, a Subsidiary, or Affiliate to a Participant describing
the terms and conditions of the actual grant of such Award.

 

2.5                               “Beneficial
Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

2.7                               “Change
of Control” unless otherwise specified in the Award Agreement,
means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)                                  any
consolidation, amalgamation, or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person, or any other corporate reorganization, business combination,
transaction or transfer of securities of the Company by its stockholders, or a
series of transactions (including the acquisition of capital stock of the
Company), whether or not the Company is a party thereto, in which the
stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger,
reorganization, business combination or transaction, collectively have
Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of capital stock representing
directly, or indirectly through 

 

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one or more entities, less
than fifty percent (50%) of the equity (measured by economic value or voting
power (by contract, share ownership or otherwise) of the Company or other
surviving entity immediately after such consolidation, merger, reorganization,
business combination or transaction;

 

(b)                                 the sale or
disposition, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person;

 

(c)                                  during any
period of twelve consecutive months commencing on or after the Effective Date,
individuals who as of the beginning of such period constituted the entire Board
(together with any new directors whose election by such Board or nomination for
election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors of the Company, then still in office, who were
directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority thereof; or

 

(d)                                 approval by the
shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the
Company.

 

2.8                               “Code” means the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.9                               “Committee” means the
Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee designated by the
Board to administer this Plan.  To the
extent applicable, the Committee shall have at least two members, each of whom
shall be (i) a Non-Employee Director, (ii) an Outside Director, and (iii) an
“independent director” within the meaning of the listing requirements of any
exchange on which the Company is listed.

 

2.10                        “Consultant” means any
person who provides bona fide services to the Company or any Affiliate or
Subsidiary as a consultant or advisor, excluding any Employee or Director.

 

2.11                        “Company” means The
Howard Hughes Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

 

2.12                        “Covered
Employee” means for any Plan Year, a Participant designated
by the Company as a potential “covered employee” as such term is defined in Section 162(m) of
the Code.

 

2.13                        “Director” means a member
of the Board who is not an Employee.

 

2.14                        “Effective
Date” means the date set forth in Section 14.15.

 

2.15                        “Employee” means an
officer or other employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, including
a member of the Board who is an employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or
Affiliate.

 

2.16                        “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.

 

2.17                        “Fair
Market Value” means, as of any date, the per Share value
determined as follows, in accordance with applicable provisions of Section 409A
of the Code:

 

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(a)                                  The closing price of a Share on a recognized national exchange or any
established over-the-counter trading system on which dealings take place, or if
no trades were made on any such day, the immediately preceding day on which
trades were made; or

 

(b)                                 In the absence
of an established market for the Shares of the type described in (a) above,
the per Share Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined by the Committee in
good faith and in accordance with applicable provisions of Section 409A of
the Code.

 

2.18                        “Incentive
Stock Option” means an Option intended to meet the requirements
of an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code and
designated as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.19                        “Joint Plan of Reorganization” means the Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of
General Growth Properties, Inc. and other debtors under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code, as Modified [Docket No. 6232], and as may be further
modified.

 

2.20                        “Non-Employee
Director” means a person defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, or any
successor definition adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

2.21                        “Nonqualified
Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.22                        “Other
Stock-Based Award” means any right granted under Article 9
of the Plan.

 

2.23                        “Option” means any
stock option granted under Article 6 of the Plan.

 

2.24                        “Option
Price” means the purchase price per Share subject to an
Option, as determined pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Plan.

 

2.25                        “Outside
Director” means a member of the Board who is an “outside
director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

2.26                        “Participant” means any
eligible person as set forth in Section 4.1 to whom an Award is granted.

 

2.27                        “Performance-Based
Compensation” means compensation under an Award that is intended
to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of
the regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of Code or any
successor provision.

 

2.28                        “Performance
Measures” means measures as described in Section 10.2 on
which the performance goals are based in order to qualify Awards as
Performance-Based Compensation.

 

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

 

2.30                        “Person” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act
and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group”
as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

 

2.31                        “Plan” means The
Howard Hughes Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

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2.32                        “Plan
Year” means the applicable fiscal year of the Company.

 

2.33                        “Restricted
Stock” means any Award granted under Article 8 of
the Plan.

 

2.34                        “Restriction
Period” means the period during which Restricted Stock
awarded under Article 8 of the Plan is subject to forfeiture.

 

2.35                        “Service”
means service as an Employee, Director or Consultant.

 

2.36                        “Share” means a share
of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, or such other class
or kind of shares or other securities resulting from the application of Article 12
hereof.

 

2.37                        “Stock
Appreciation Right” means any right granted under Article 7
of the Plan.

 

2.38                        “Subsidiary” means any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity of
which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns stock or other equity interests
possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock or other equity interests (as determined in a manner
consistent with Section 409A of the Code).

 

2.39                        “Ten
Percent Shareholder” means a person who on any given date owns,
either directly or indirectly (taking into account the attribution rules contained
in Section 424(d) of the Code), stock possessing more than ten
percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

Article 3.                                            Administration

 

3.1                               Authority
of the Committee.  The Plan
shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power to
interpret and administer the Plan and Award Agreements and full authority to
select the Employees, Directors and Consultants to whom Awards will be granted,
and to determine the type and amount of Awards to be granted to each such
Employee, Director or Consultant, and the terms and conditions of Awards and
Award Agreements.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Committee may, in its sole discretion but subject to the limitations in Article 13,
clarify, construe or resolve any ambiguity in any provision of the Plan or any
Award Agreement, extend the term or period of exercisability of any Awards, or
waive any terms or conditions applicable to any Award.  Awards may, in the discretion of the
Committee, be made under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for,
outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates or a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company
combines.  The Committee shall
have full and exclusive discretionary power to adopt rules, forms, instruments,
and guidelines for administering the Plan as the Committee deems necessary or
proper.  All actions taken and all
interpretations and determinations made by the Committee or by the Board (or
any other committee or sub-committee thereof), as applicable, shall be final
and binding upon the Participants, the Company, and all other interested
individuals.

 

3.2                               Delegation.  The Committee may delegate to one or more of
its members or one or more executive officers of the Company such
administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable; provided
that no delegation shall be permitted under the Plan that is prohibited by
applicable law.

 

Article 4.                                            Eligibility
and Participation

 

4.1                               Eligibility.  Participants will consist of such Employees,
Directors and Consultants as the Committee in its sole discretion determines
and whom the Committee may designate from time to time to 

 

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receive Awards. 
Designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee
to designate such person to receive an Award in any other year or, once
designated, to receive the same type or amount of Award as granted to the
Participant in any other year.

 

4.2                               Type of
Awards.  Awards under the Plan may be
granted in any one or a combination of:  (a) Options,
(b) Stock Appreciation Rights, (c) Restricted Stock, (d) Other
Stock-Based Awards, and (e) Performance-Based Compensation Awards.  The Plan sets forth the types of performance
goals and sets forth procedural requirements to permit the Company to design Awards
that qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, as described in Article 10
hereof.  Awards granted under the Plan
shall be evidenced by Award Agreements (which need not be identical) that
provide additional terms and conditions associated with such Awards, as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided,
however, that in the event of any
conflict between the provisions of the Plan and any such Award Agreement, the
provisions of the Plan shall prevail.

 

Article 5.                                            Shares
Subject to the Plan and Maximum Awards

 

5.1                               General.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Article 12
hereof, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance to Participants
pursuant to Awards under the Plan is 3,698,050 Shares.  The number of Shares available
for granting Incentive Stock Options under the Plan shall not exceed 3,698,050
Shares, subject to Article 12
hereof and the provisions of Sections 422 or 424 of the Code and any successor
provisions.  The Shares available for
issuance under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and
unissued Shares or treasury Shares.

 

5.2                               Annual Award Limits.  The maximum number of Shares
with respect to Awards denominated in Shares that may be granted to any
Participant in any Plan Year shall be 500,000 Shares (or the equivalent dollar
value), subject to adjustments made in accordance with Article 12 hereof
(the “Annual Award Limit”).

 

5.3                               Additional
Shares.  In the event that any
outstanding Award expires, is forfeited, cancelled or otherwise terminated
without the issuance of Shares or is otherwise settled for cash, the Shares
subject to such Award, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation,
expiration, termination or settlement for cash, shall again be available for
Awards.  If the Committee authorizes the
assumption under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, of awards granted under another
plan, such assumption shall not (i) reduce the maximum number of Shares
available for issuance under this Plan or (ii) be subject to or counted
against a Participant’s Annual Award Limit.

 

Article 6.                                            Stock
Options

 

6.1                               Grant
of Options.  The Committee
is hereby authorized to grant Options to Participants.  Each Option shall permit a Participant to
purchase from the Company a stated number of Shares at an Option Price
established by the Committee, subject to the terms and conditions described in
this Article 6 and to such additional terms and conditions, as established
by the Committee, in its sole discretion, that are consistent with the
provisions of the Plan.  Options shall be
designated as either Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options,
provided that Options granted to Directors shall be Nonqualified Stock
Options.  An Option granted as an
Incentive Stock Option shall, to the extent it fails to qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option, be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option.  Neither the Committee, the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any of their employees and representatives
shall be liable to any 

 

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Participant or to any other Person if it is
determined that an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option does not
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. 
Each option shall be evidenced by Award Agreements which shall state the
number of Shares covered by such Option. 
Such agreements shall conform to the requirements of the Plan, and may
contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable.

 

6.2                               Terms
of Option Grant.  The Option
Price shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, but shall not
be less than one-hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date of grant.  In the case of any
Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, the Option Price
shall not be less than one-hundred-ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value
of a Share on the date of grant.

 

6.3                               Option
Term.  The term of each Option shall
be determined by the Committee at the time of grant and shall be stated in the
Award Agreement, but in no event shall such term be greater than ten (10) years
(or, in the case on an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent
Shareholder, five (5) years).

 

6.4                               Method
of Exercise.  Except as
otherwise provided in the Plan or in an Award Agreement, an Option may be
exercised for all, or from time to time any part, of the Shares for which it is
then exercisable.  For purposes of this Article 6,
the exercise date of an Option shall be the later of the date a notice of
exercise is received by the Company and, if applicable, the date payment is
received by the Company pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of
the following sentence (including the applicable tax withholding pursuant to Section 14.3
of the Plan).  The aggregate Option Price
for the Shares as to which an Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company
in full at the time of exercise at the election of the Participant (i) in
cash or its equivalent (e.g., by cashier’s check), (ii) to the extent
permitted by the Committee, in Shares (whether or not previously owned by the
Participant) having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price for
the Shares being purchased and satisfying such other requirements as may be
imposed by the Committee, (iii) partly in cash and, to the extent
permitted by the Committee, partly in such Shares (as described in (ii) above)
or (iv) if there is a public market for the Shares at such time, subject
to such requirements as may be imposed by the Committee, through the delivery
of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell Shares obtained upon the
exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount out of
the proceeds of such sale equal to the aggregate Option Price for the Shares
being purchased.  The Committee may
prescribe any other method of payment that it determines to be consistent with
applicable law and the purpose of the Plan.

 

6.5                               Limitations
on Incentive Stock Options.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted only
to employees of the Company or of a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary
corporation” (as such terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code) at the
date of grant.  The aggregate Fair Market
Value (generally determined as of the time the Option is granted) of the Shares
with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first
time by a Participant during any calendar year under all plans of the Company
and of any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” shall not exceed
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or the Option shall be treated as a
Nonqualified Stock Option.  For purposes
of the preceding sentence, Incentive Stock Options will be taken into
account generally in the order in which they are granted.  Each provision of the Plan and each Award
Agreement relating to an Incentive Stock Option shall be construed so that each
Incentive Stock Option shall be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422
of the Code, and any provisions of the Award Agreement thereof that cannot be
so construed shall be disregarded.

 

6.6                               Performance
Goals.  The Committee may condition the
grant of Options or the vesting of Options upon the Participant’s achievement
of one or more performance goal(s) (including the Participant’s provision
of Services for a designated time period), as specified in the Award
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the Participant fails to achieve the specified
performance goal(s), the Committee shall not grant the Option to such
Participant or the Option shall not vest, as applicable.

 

Article 7.                                            Stock
Appreciation Rights

 

7.1                               Grant
of Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee is hereby authorized to grant
Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants, including a grant of Stock
Appreciation Rights in tandem with any Option at the same time such Option is
granted (a “Tandem SAR”).  Stock
Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that shall conform
to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions, as the
Committee shall deem advisable.  Subject
to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, a Stock
Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall confer on the holder thereof a
right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (a) the Fair Market
Value of a specified number of Shares on the date of exercise over (b) the
grant price of the right as specified by the Committee on the date of the
grant.  Such payment may be in the form
of cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof, as the Committee
shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

7.2                               Terms
of Stock Appreciation Right.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any
applicable Award Agreement, the grant price (which shall not be less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair
Market Value of a Share on the date of grant), term, methods of
exercise, methods of settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any
Stock Appreciation Right shall be as determined by the Committee.  The Committee may impose such other
conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right as
it may deem appropriate.  No Stock
Appreciation Right shall have a term of more than ten (10) years from the
date of grant.

 

7.3                               Tandem
Stock Appreciation Rights and Options.  A Tandem SAR shall be exercisable only to the
extent that the related Option is exercisable and shall expire no later than
the expiration of the related Option. 
Upon the exercise of all or a portion of a Tandem SAR, a Participant
shall be required to forfeit the right to purchase an equivalent portion of the
related Option (and, when a Share is purchased under the related Option, the
Participant shall be required to forfeit an equivalent portion of the Stock
Appreciation Right).

 

Article 8.                                            Restricted
Stock

 

8.1                               Grant of Restricted Stock.  An Award of Restricted Stock
is a grant by the Committee of a specified number of Shares to the Participant,
which Shares are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of specified events.  Restricted
Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall conform to the
requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions, as the
Committee shall deem advisable.

 

8.2                               Terms
of Restricted Stock Awards.  Each Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted
Stock grant shall specify the period(s) of restriction, the number of
Shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award, the performance, employment or
other conditions (including the termination of a Participant’s Service whether
due to death, disability or other reason) under which the Restricted Stock may
be forfeited to the Company and such other provisions as the Committee shall
determine.  At the end of the Restriction
Period, the restrictions imposed hereunder and under the Award Agreement shall
lapse with respect to the number of Shares of Restricted Stock as determined by
the Committee, and the legend shall be removed and such number of Shares
delivered to the Participant (or, where appropriate, the Participant’s legal
representative).

 

8.3                               Voting
and Dividend Rights.  Unless
otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, Participants shall have none of the
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until the end of the Restricted Period; provided,
that, Participants shall have the right to vote and receive dividends on
Restricted Stock during the Restriction Period. 
Dividends shall be paid to Participants at the same time that other
shareholders of common stock of the Company receive such dividends.

 

8.4                               Performance
Goals.  The Committee may condition the
grant of Restricted Stock or the expiration of the Restriction Period upon the Participant’s
achievement of one or more performance goal(s) (including the Participant’s
provision of Services for a designated time period), as specified in the Award
Agreement.  If the Participant fails to
achieve the specified performance goal(s), the Committee shall not grant the
Restricted Stock to such Participant or the Participant shall forfeit the Award
of Restricted Stock to the Company, as applicable.

 

8.5                               Section 83(b) Election.  If a Participant makes an election pursuant
to Section 83(b) of the Code concerning Restricted Stock, the
Participant shall be required to file promptly a copy of such election with the
Company.

 

Article 9.                                            Other
Stock-Based Awards

 

The Committee, in its sole
discretion, may grant Awards of Shares and Awards that are valued, in whole or
in part, by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of,
Shares (the “Other Stock-Based Awards”), including without limitation, restricted stock units and other phantom
awards.  Such Other Stock-Based
Awards shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the
Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive
one or more Shares (or the equivalent cash value of such Shares) upon the
completion of a specified period of Service, the occurrence of an event and/or
the attainment of performance objectives. 
Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted alone or in addition to any
other Awards granted under the Plan. 
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to
whom and when Other Stock-Based Awards will be made, the number of Shares to be
awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards, whether
such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination
of cash and Shares, and all other terms and conditions of such Awards
(including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof and provisions
ensuring that all Shares so awarded and issued shall be fully paid and
non-assessable).

 

Article 10.                                     Performance-Based
Compensation

 

10.1                        Grant
of Performance-Based Compensation.  To the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of
the Code, the Committee is authorized to design any Award so that the amounts
or Shares payable or distributed pursuant to such Award are treated as “qualified
performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code and related regulations.

 

10.2                        Performance
Measures.  The vesting,
crediting and/or payment of Performance-Based Compensation shall be based on
the achievement of objective performance goals based on one or more of the
following Performance Measures:  (i) consolidated
earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization); (ii) net income; (iii) operating
income; (iv) earnings per Share; (v) book value per Share; (vi) return
on shareholders’ equity; (vii) expense management; (viii) return on
investment; (ix) improvements in capital structure; (x) profitability
of an identifiable business unit or product; (xi) maintenance or improvement
of profit margins; (xii) stock price; (xiii) market share; (xiv) revenues
or sales; (xv) costs; (xvi) cash flow; (xvii) working capital; (xviii) return
on assets; (xix) store openings or refurbishment plans; (xx) staff
training; and (xxi) corporate social responsibility policy implementation.

 

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Any Performance Measure may
be (i) used to measure the performance of the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates as a whole, any business unit thereof or any
combination thereof against any goal including past performance or (ii) compared
to the performance of a group of comparable companies, or a published or
special index, in each case that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems
appropriate.  Subject to Section 162(m) of
the Code, the Committee
may adjust the performance goals (including to prorate goals and payments for a
partial Plan Year) in the event of the following occurrences:  (a) non-recurring events, including
divestitures, spin-offs, or changes in accounting standards or policies; (b) mergers
and acquisitions; and (c) financing transactions, including selling
accounts receivable.

 

10.3                        Establishment
of Performance Goals for Covered Employees.  No later than ninety (90) days after the
commencement of a Performance Period (but in no event after twenty-five percent
(25%) of such Performance Period has elapsed), the Committee shall establish in
writing:  (i) the performance goals
applicable to the Performance Period; (ii) the Performance Measures to be
used to measure the performance goals in terms of an objective formula or
standard; (iii) the formula
for computing the amount of compensation payable to the Participant if such
performance goals are obtained; and (iv) the Participants or class of
Participants to which such performance goals apply.  The outcome of such performance goals must be
substantially uncertain when the Committee establishes the goals.

 

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

 

10.5                        Certification
of Performance.  Except for
Awards that pay compensation attributable solely to an increase in the value of
Shares, no Award designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be
vested, credited or paid, as applicable, with respect to any Participant until
the Committee certifies in writing that the performance goals and any other
material terms applicable to such Performance Period have been satisfied.

 

10.6                        Interpretation.  Each provision of the Plan and each Award
Agreement relating to Performance-Based Compensation shall be construed so that
each such Award  shall be “qualified
performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of
the Code and related regulations, and any provisions of the Award Agreement
thereof that cannot be so construed shall be disregarded.

 

Article 11.                                     Compliance
with Section 409A of the Code and Section 457A of the Code

 

11.1                        General.  The Company intends that any Awards be
structured in compliance with, or to satisfy an exemption from, Section 409A
of the Code and all regulations, guidance, compliance programs and other
interpretative authority thereunder (“Section 409A”),
such that there are no adverse tax consequences, interest, or penalties as a
result of the Awards.  Notwithstanding
the Company’s intention, in the event any Award is subject to Section 409A,
the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without a Participant’s prior
consent, amend the Plan and/or Awards, adopt policies and procedures, or take
any other actions (including amendments, policies, procedures and actions with
retroactive effect) as are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Plan
and/or any Award from the application of Section 409A, (ii) preserve
the intended tax treatment of any such Award, or (iii) comply with the
requirements of Section 409A, including without limitation any such
regulations guidance, compliance programs and other interpretative authority
that may be issued after the date of grant of an Award.

 

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11.2                        Payments
to Specified Employees. 
Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or Award Agreement,
any payment(s) of nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning
of Section 409A) that are otherwise required to be made under the Plan to
a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) as a result of his
or her separation from service (other than a payment that is not subject to Section 409A)
shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation
from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and
shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Agreement) on the
payment date that immediately follows the end of such six-month period or as
soon as administratively practicable within 90 days thereafter, but in no event
later than the end of the applicable taxable year.

 

11.3                        Separation
from Service.  A
termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of
any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement providing for the payment of
any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation
under Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment, unless
such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A
and the payment thereof prior to a “separation from service” would violate Section 409A.  For purposes of any such provision of the
Plan or any Award Agreement relating to any such payments or benefits,
references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall
mean “separation from service.”

 

11.4                        Section 457A.  In the event any Award is subject to Section 457A
of the Code (“Section 457A”), the Committee may, in its sole
discretion and without a Participant’s prior consent, amend the Plan and/or
Awards, adopt policies and procedures, or take any other actions (including
amendments, policies, procedures and actions with retroactive effect) as are
necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Plan and/or any Award from the
application of Section 457A, (ii) preserve the intended tax treatment
of any such Award, or (iii) comply with the requirements of Section 457A,
including without limitation any such regulations, guidance, compliance
programs and other interpretative authority that may be issued after the date
of the grant.

 

Article 12.                                     Adjustments

 

12.1                        Adjustments
in Authorized Shares.  In the
event of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company, a Subsidiary
and/or an Affiliate (including, but not limited to, a change in the Shares of
the Company or the capitalization of the Company) such as a merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, stock dividend,
stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, combination of Shares,
exchange of Shares, dividend in kind, amalgamation, or other like change in
capital structure (other than regular cash dividends to shareholders of the
Company), or any similar corporate event or transaction, the Committee, to
prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan, shall
substitute or adjust, in its sole discretion, the number and kind of Shares or
other property that may be issued under the Plan or under particular forms of
Awards, the number and kind of Shares or other property subject to outstanding
Awards, the Option Price, grant price or purchase price applicable to
outstanding Awards, the Annual Award Limits, and/or other value determinations
applicable to the Plan or outstanding Awards.

 

12.2                        Change
of Control.  Upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control after the Effective Date, unless otherwise
specifically prohibited under applicable laws or by the rules and
regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities
exchanges, or unless the Committee shall determine otherwise in the Award
Agreement, the Committee shall make one or more of the following adjustments to
the terms and conditions of outstanding Awards: 
(i) continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the
Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving company or corporation) or by the
surviving company or corporation or its parent; (ii) substitution by the
surviving company or corporation or its parent of awards with substantially the
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accelerated
exercisability, vesting and/or lapse of restrictions under outstanding Awards
immediately prior to the occurrence of such event; (iv) upon written
notice, provide that any outstanding Awards must be exercised, to the extent
then exercisable, during a reasonable period of time immediately prior to the
scheduled consummation of the event, or such other period as determined by the
Committee (contingent upon the consummation of the event), and at the end of
such period, such Awards shall terminate to the extent not so exercised within
the relevant period; and (v) cancellation of all or any portion of
outstanding Awards for fair value (as determined in the sole discretion of the
Committee and which may be zero) which, in the case of Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights or similar Awards, if the Committee so determines, may
equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the
Change of Control transaction to holders of the same number of Shares subject
to such Awards (or, if no such consideration is paid, Fair Market Value of the
Shares subject to such outstanding Awards or portion thereof being canceled)
over the aggregate Option Price or grant price, as applicable, with respect to
such Awards or portion thereof being canceled (which may be zero).

 

Article 13.                                     Duration,
Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination

 

13.1                        Duration
of the Plan.  Unless
sooner terminated as provided in Section 13.2, the Plan shall terminate on
the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date.

 

13.2                        Amendment,
Modification, Suspension and Termination of Plan.  The Committee may amend, alter, suspend,
discontinue, or terminate (for purposes of this Section 13.2, an “Action”)
the Plan or any portion thereof or any Award (or Award Agreement) thereunder at
any time; provided that no such Action shall be
made, other than as permitted under Article 11 or 12, (i) without
shareholder approval (A) if such approval is necessary to comply with any
tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan, (B) if such Action
increases the number of Shares available under the Plan (other than an increase
permitted under Article 5 absent shareholder approval), (C) if such
Action results in a material increase in benefits permitted under the Plan (but
excluding increases that are immaterial or that are minor and to benefit the
administration of the Plan, to take account of any changes in applicable law,
or to obtain or maintain favorable tax, exchange, or regulatory treatment for
the Company, a Subsidiary, and/or an Affiliate) or a change in eligibility
requirements under the Plan, or (D) for any Action that results in a
reduction of the Option Price or grant price per Share, as applicable, of any
outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancellation of any
outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, or for
other Awards, such as other Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, with an
Option Price or grant price per Share, as applicable, that is less than such
price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (ii) without the written consent of the affected
Participant, if such Action would materially diminish the rights of any
Participant under any Award theretofore granted to such Participant under the
Plan; provided, further,
that the Committee may amend the Plan,
any Award or any Award Agreement without such consent of the Participant in
such manner as it deems necessary to comply with applicable laws, including
without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act.

 

Article 14.                                     General
Provisions

 

14.1                        No
Right to Service.  The granting
of an Award under the Plan shall impose no obligation on the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate to continue the Service of a Participant and shall
not lessen or affect any right that the Company, any Subsidiary or any
Affiliate may have to terminate the Service of such Participant.  No Participant or other Person shall have any
claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of
treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards.  The terms and conditions of Awards and the
Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be
the same with respect to each Participant (whether or not such Participants are
similarly situated).

 

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14.2                        Settlement
of Awards; Fractional Shares.  Each Award Agreement shall establish the form
in which the Award shall be settled.  The
Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, other securities or other
property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such
fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be rounded, forfeited or
otherwise eliminated.

 

14.3                        Tax
Withholding.  The Company
shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold automatically from any
amount deliverable under the Award or otherwise, or require a Participant to
remit to the Company, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state,
and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be
withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the
Plan.  With respect to required
withholding, Participants may elect (subject to the Company’s automatic
withholding right set out above), subject to the approval of the Committee, to
satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company
withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be
determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed on
the transaction.

 

14.4                        No Guarantees Regarding Tax Treatment.  Participants (or their beneficiaries) shall
be responsible for all taxes with respect to any Awards under the Plan.  The Committee and the Company make no
guarantees to any Person regarding the tax treatment of Awards or payments made
under the Plan.  Neither the Committee
nor the Company has any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment
of any tax on any Person with respect to any Award under Section 409A of
the Code or Section 457A of the Code or otherwise and none of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their employees or
representatives shall have any liability to a Participant with respect thereto.

 

14.5                        Non-Transferability
of Awards.  Unless
otherwise determined by the Committee, an Award shall not be transferable or
assignable by the Participant except in the event of his death (subject to the
applicable laws of descent and distribution) and any such purported assignment,
alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and
unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate.  No transfer shall be permitted for value or
consideration.  An award exercisable
after the death of a Participant may be exercised by the heirs, legatees,
personal representatives or distributees of the Participant.  Any permitted transfer of the Awards to
heirs, legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant
shall not be effective to bind the Company unless the Committee shall have been
furnished with written notice thereof and a copy of such evidence as the
Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and the
acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the terms and conditions hereof.

 

14.6                        Conditions
and Restrictions on Shares.  The Committee may impose such other
conditions or restrictions on any Shares received in connection with an Award
as it may deem advisable or desirable. 
These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, a
requirement that the Participant hold the Shares received for a specified
period of time or a requirement that a Participant represent and warrant in
writing that the Participant is acquiring the Shares for investment and without
any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares.  The certificates for Shares may include any
legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any conditions and
restrictions applicable to such Shares.

 

14.7                        Compliance
with Law.  The granting
of Awards and the issuance of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any
governmental agencies, or any stock exchanges on which the Shares are admitted
to trading or listed, as may be required. 
The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of
title for Shares issued under the Plan prior to:

 

(a)                                  Obtaining any
approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary
or advisable; and

 

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(b)                                 Completion of
any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable
national, state or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the
Company determines to be necessary or advisable.

 

The restrictions contained
in this Section 14.7 shall be in addition to any conditions or
restrictions that the Committee may impose pursuant to Section 14.6.  The inability of the Company to obtain
authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is
deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale
of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company, its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates, and all of their employees and representatives of any liability in
respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite
authority shall not have been obtained.

 

14.8                        Rights
as a Shareholder.  Except as
otherwise provided herein or in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant
shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered
by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.

 

14.9                        Severability.  If any provision of the Plan or any Award is
or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any
Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be
construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be
so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee,
materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall
be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award, and the remainder of the
Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

14.10                 Unfunded
Plan.  Participants shall have no
right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations
under the Plan.  Nothing contained in the
Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be
construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between
the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any
other Person.  To the extent that any
Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan,
such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of
the Company.  All payments to be made
hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or
separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made
to assure payment of such amounts.  The
Plan is not subject to the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.

 

14.11                 No
Constraint on Corporate Action.  Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to (i) limit,
impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s right or power to make adjustments,
reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business
structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or
transfer all or any part of its business or assets, or (ii) limit the
right or power of the Company to take any action which such entity deems to be
necessary or appropriate.

 

14.12                 Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan
with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to
the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct
or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.

 

14.13                 Governing
Law.  The Plan and each Award
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any
conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer
construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another
jurisdiction.

 

14.14                 Data
Protection.  By
participating in the Plan, the Participant consents to the collection,
processing, transmission and storage by the Company in any form whatsoever, of
any data of a 

 

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professional or personal nature which is necessary
for the purposes of introducing and administering the Plan.  The Company may share such information with
any Subsidiary or Affiliate, the trustee of any employee benefit trust, its
registrars, trustees, brokers, other third party administrator or any Person
who obtains control of the Company or acquires the Company, undertaking or
part-undertaking which employs the Participant, wherever situated.

 

14.15                 Effective
Date.  The Plan shall be effective as
of the date on which distributions to holders of claims and equity interests
commences pursuant to the Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Effective Date”).

 

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