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Form of Amendment to Equity Awards

 Exhibit 10.1 
 FORM OF AMENDMENT TO EQUITY AWARDS WITH INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS 
 Red Hat, Inc. (the
“Company”) and                      (the “Director”) hereby enter into this agreement (the “Amendment
Agreement”) effective as of the last date that each of the parties has signed this Amendment Agreement (the “Effective Date”) if the Director is then still a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. 
 Attachment A hereto shall be applicable to all non-qualified stock option agreements (each, an “Option Agreement”) between the Company
and the Director outstanding on the Effective Date. 
 The Amendment Agreement and the provisions set forth in Attachment A hereto
supersede and take precedence over any contrary or different provision set forth in any prior Option Agreement between the Company and the Director. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment Agreement. 
  

			
	Red Hat, Inc.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	Date:	 	
		
	Director:	 	  

	Name:	 	
	Date:	 	

 Attachment A 
 Option Agreements under the Company’s 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended 
 1. Section 3 of
the Option Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereto: 
 “Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the Director’s
death or disability (as defined in Section 5), all of the Option Shares shall become fully vested.” 
 2. Section 4 of the Option Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the first sentence and replacing it with the following sentence: 
 “Except as provided in Appendix A, if the Director’s
service as a director ceases for any reason, no further installments of this option shall become exercisable, and this option shall expire (may no longer be exercised) on the Final Exercise Date.” 
 3. Section 5(a) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following: 
 “If the Director dies while maintaining service with the Company, this option may be exercised, on and after the date of his or her death, by the personal
representative of the Director’s estate or beneficiary to whom this option has been transferred pursuant to Section 9, and this option shall terminate (may no longer be exercised) on the Final Exercise Date.” 
 4. Section 5(b) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence and replacing it with the following sentence: 
 “If the Director’s service with the Company terminates by reason of his or her disability, this option may be exercised until the Final Exercise Date.”

 Option Agreements under the Company’s 1999 Stock Option 
 and Incentive Plan, as amended 
 1.
Section 3 of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereto: 
 “Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the
Optionee’s death or disability (as defined in Section 5), all of the Option Shares shall become fully vested.” 
 2. Section 4(a) of the
Option Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence and replacing it with the following sentence: 
 “If the Optionee ceases to maintain a
Business Relationship with the Company, other than by reason of death or disability as defined in Section 5 or termination for Cause as defined in Section 4(c), no further installments of this option shall become exercisable, and this
option shall expire (may no longer be exercised) on the scheduled expiration date.” 
 3. Section 5(a) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended
and replaced in its entirety with the following: 
 “If the Optionee dies while maintaining a Business Relationship with the Company, this option may be
exercised on and after the date of his or her death, by the personal representative of the Optionee’s estate or beneficiary to whom this option has been transferred pursuant to Section 10, and this option shall terminate (may no longer be
exercised) on the scheduled expiration date.” 
 4. Section 5(b) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence and
replacing it with the following sentence: 
 “If the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company is terminated by reason of his or her
disability, this option may be exercised until the scheduled expiration date.” 

 Option Agreements under the Company’s 1998 Stock Option Plan, as amended 
 1. Section 3(b) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereto: 
 “Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, upon the Optionee’s death or disability (as defined in Section 5), all of the
Option Shares shall become fully vested.” 
 2. Section 4(a) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first two sentences and
replacing them with the following sentence: 
 “If the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company or any Related Corporation terminates,
other than by reason of death or disability as defined in Section 5 or termination for Cause as defined in Section 4(c), vesting of Unvested Shares shall immediately cease and this option shall terminate (may no longer be exercised) on the
scheduled expiration date.” 
 3. Section 5(a) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first two sentences and replacing them
with the following sentence: 
 “If the Optionee dies while in a Business Relationship with the Company or any Related Corporation, this option may be
exercised on and after the date of his or her death, by the personal representative of the Optionee’s estate or beneficiary to whom this option has been assigned pursuant to Section 10, and this option shall terminate (may no longer be
exercised) on the scheduled expiration date.” 
 4. Section 5(b) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence and
replacing it with the following sentence: 
 “If the Optionee ceases its Business Relationship with the Company or any Related Corporation by reason of
his or her disability, this option may be exercised until the scheduled expiration date.”Letter Agreement between Red Hat, Inc. and James M. Whitehurst

 Exhibit 10.4 
  

			
	

	  	EXECUTION COPY

 December 23, 2008 
 James M. Whitehurst 
 c/o Red Hat, Inc. 
 1801 Varsity Drive, 
 Raleigh, NC 27606 
 Dear Jim:

 To ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to make certain other agreed changes, Red Hat, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and you hereby agree to amend the employment agreement dated as of December 19, 2007 by and between the Company and you (the “Agreement”) as follows: 
  

	1.	Section 5.2 of the Agreement is amended by inserting the following at the end: 

 “Any payments or expenses provided in this Section 5.2 shall be paid in accordance with Section 6.6.C.” 
  

	2.	Section 6.2.A(1) of the Agreement is amended by replacing the second through fourth sentences in the second paragraph (starting “The receipt of any severance
benefits”) with the following: 

 “The receipt of any severance benefits provided for under this Agreement or
otherwise shall be dependent upon Executive’s delivery to the Company of an effective general release of claims in a form substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, with such future changes as may be reasonably determined by the
Company in order to reflect changes in applicable law, within sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s termination of employment, and benefits shall be paid or commence no later than thirty (30) days after such release
becomes effective; provided, however, that if the last day of the sixty (60) day period falls in the calendar year following the year of Executive’s date of termination, the severance payments shall be paid or commence no earlier
than January 1 of such subsequent calendar year. The date on which Executive’s release of claims becomes effective shall be referred to as the “Effective Release Date.” The continued receipt of any severance benefits hereunder
shall also be dependent upon Executive’s compliance with the terms of the Company’s form of Employee Inventions Assignment and Restrictive Obligations Agreement, which agreement was signed by Executive in connection with the commencement
of his employment, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.” 

	3.	Section 6.2.A(2) of the Agreement is amended by revising the first sentence to say: 

 “That portion of any stock award previously granted to Executive by the Company during the Employment Term which is still outstanding but unvested on Executive’s date of termination of employment and which
would otherwise have vested during the subsequent eighteen (18) month period (other than those subject to performance conditions (other than continued service) not satisfied as of the date of termination) had Executive’s employment
continued for an additional eighteen (18) months, will immediately vest as of Executive’s date of termination of employment, provided that, absent the Compensation Committee’s contrary determination, the portion of the stock award
incrementally vesting or having extended exercisability under this Section 6.2.A(2) may not be exercised or, if in the form of shares of the Company’s stock, may not be sold, unless and until Executive’s Effective Release Date and
will expire or be forfeited immediately if the period required for release expires without a release becoming effective.” 
  

	4.	Section 6.2.A(2) of the Agreement is amended by inserting the following at the end of the first sentence: 

 With respect to any performance-based stock awards (including but not limited to performance share units (“PSUs”)), Executive shall be treated
as continuing employment through the end of any performance periods or segments thereof ending within the eighteen (18) month period following the date of termination and shall earn those performance-based stock awards based on the performance
criteria prescribed by the awards, with vesting or distribution due as otherwise provided under such awards. In addition to the preceding sentence, Executive shall have any rights provided under the terms of the performance-based stock awards to
additional pro rata vesting or exercisability that would have been provided under the terms of such awards had Executive been terminated without Cause, or had he resigned for Good Reason, at the end of the eighteen (18) month period.

  

	5.	Section 6.5(A)(1) of the Agreement is amended by deleting the period at the end of the first paragraph and inserting the following: 

 “, provided, however, that, if the termination without Cause precedes the occurrence of a Change of Control, (i) the foregoing compensation will
instead be paid in equal installments over an eighteen (18) month period following the Effective Release Date in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll policies and procedures and in a manner not inconsistent with Section 6.6
hereof and (ii) any payments due after such Change of Control will be paid in a lump sum no later than ten (10) days following the Change of Control.” 
  

	6.	Section 6.5(A)(1) of the Agreement is amended by replacing the second sentence in the second paragraph (starting “The receipt of any severance benefits”) with the
following: 

 “The receipt of any severance benefits provided for under this Agreement or otherwise shall be dependent upon
Executive’s delivery to the Company of an effective general release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company, within sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s termination of employment, and benefits shall be paid or
commence no later than thirty (30) days after such release becomes effective; provided, however, that if the last day of the sixty (60) day period falls in the calendar year following the year of Executive’s date of
termination, the severance payments shall be paid or commence no earlier than January 1 of such subsequent calendar year.” 
  

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	7.	Section 6.5(A)(2) of the Agreement is replaced with the following: 

 “(2) Stock Awards. Any stock award previously granted to Executive by the Company during the Employment Term which is still outstanding but unvested on Executive’s date of termination of employment
(including the restricted stock from which outstanding PSUs were converted pursuant to Executive’s Performance Share Unit Agreement) will immediately vest as of Executive’s date of termination of employment, provided that, absent the
Compensation Committee’s contrary determination, the portion of the stock award incrementally vesting under this sentence may not be exercised or, if in the form of shares of the Company’s stock, may not be sold, unless and until
Executive’s Effective Release Date and will expire or be forfeited immediately if the period required for release expires without a release becoming effective. 
  

	8.	Section 6.5(C), last paragraph, second sentence, shall be amended by replacing “Treasury Regulations 1.409A-3(a)(4) and 1.409A-3(i)(5)” with “Treasury Regulation
1.409A-3(i)(5).” 

  

	9.	Section 6.6 shall be amended to read as follows: 

 “Effect of Section 409A of the Code. 
 A. If and to the extent any portion of any payment, compensation or other benefit provided to Executive in connection with Executive’s separation from service (as defined in Section 409A of Code is determined to constitute
“nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and Executive is a specified employee as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, as determined by the Company in accordance with its
procedures, by which determination Executive hereby agrees that he is bound, such portion of the payment, compensation or other benefit shall not be paid before the earlier of (i) the day that is six months plus one day after the date of
separation from service (as determined under Section 409A) or (ii) the tenth (10th) day after the date of Executive’s death (as
applicable, the “New Payment Date”). The aggregate of any payments that otherwise would have been paid to Executive during the period between the date of separation from service and the New Payment Date shall be paid to Executive in a lump
sum on such New Payment Date, and any remaining payments will be paid on their original schedule. 
  

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 B. For purposes of this Agreement, each amount to be paid or benefit to be provided shall be construed as
a separate identified payment for purposes of Section 409A, and any payments that are due within the “short term deferral period” as defined in Section 409A shall not be treated as deferred compensation unless applicable law
requires otherwise. Neither the Company nor Executive shall have the right to accelerate or defer the delivery of any such payments or benefits except to the extent specifically permitted or required by Section 409A. This Agreement is intended
to comply with the provisions of Section 409A and the Agreement shall, to the extent practicable, be construed in accordance therewith. Terms defined in the Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms under Section 409A if and to
the extent required to comply with Section 409A. The Company and Executive agree to cooperate in good faith to avoid taxation of Executive under Section 409A of the Code. 
 C. Payments with respect to reimbursements of business expenses, relocation expenses or arbitration expenses shall be made on or before the last day of
the calendar year following the calendar year in which the relevant expense is incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year.

 Except as modified by this letter or by other intervening amendments, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect. This letter may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same document. 
  

							
		 		 	RED HAT, INC.
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael R. Cunningham

		 		 		 	Michael R. Cunningham
		 		 		 	General Counsel
				
	Acknowledged and agreed:	 		 		 	
				
	 /s/ James M. Whitehurst
	 		 		 	
	James M. Whitehurst	 		 		 	
				
	 December 23, 2008
	 		 		 	
	Date	 		 		 	

  

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