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Exhibit

FORWARD AIR CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK PLAN
(as further amended effective May 10, 2016)
SECTION 1.  Establishment; Purpose.
Effective May 24, 2006, Forward Air Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), established the 2006 Non‐Employee Director Stock Plan (the “2006 NED Plan”) to attract and retain well-qualified persons for service as directors of the Company and to provide directors with an opportunity to increase their ownership interest in the Company and, thereby, increase their personal interest in the Company’s continued success.  The 2006 NED Plan was amended and restated with shareholder approval effective May 23, 2007, and was further amended on February 7, 2013.  It was thereafter known as the Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Plan.  The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) now finds it desirable and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to amend and restate again the Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Plan (such amendment and restatement, the “Plan”) as set forth herein.  The Plan, upon its approval by the Company’s shareholders, shall be a continuation of the Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Plan under these amended and restated terms.
Under the Plan, the Company may grant non-employee directors equity compensation in the from of restricted shares (the “Restricted Shares”) of the $0.01 par value common stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), unrestricted shares of Common Stock (the “Unrestricted Shares” and, together with the Restricted Shares, the “Award Shares”), and nonstatutory stock options (the “Options”) for the purchase of Common Stock (all such grants are referred to individually as an “Award” and collectively as “Awards”).
SECTION 2.  Administration.
Responsibility and authority to administer and interpret the provisions of the Plan shall be conferred upon the Board.  The Board shall, subject to the provisions of the Plan, have the power to construe the Plan, to determine all questions arising thereunder and to adopt and amend rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Board shall have the discretion to determine the form, size, timing and vesting of Awards, and such discretion may be exercised with respect to future or then-outstanding Awards and need not be exercised uniformly among all directors.  The Board may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants or other persons, and the Board, the Company and its officers shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons.  All usual and reasonable expenses of the Board shall be paid by the Company.  All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Board in good faith shall be final and binding upon all recipients who have received Awards, the Company and other interested persons.  No member of the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan or Awards made hereunder, and all members of the Board shall be fully indemnified and protected by the Company in respect of any such action, determination or interpretation.
SECTION 3.  Shares of Common Stock Subject to the Plan.
(a)     Number of Shares Issuable Under the Plan.  Subject to Section 3(b), up to 160,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued with respect to grants of Awards under the Plan made on or after May 10, 2016.  In the event that any Awards, or portions of an Award, granted under the Plan (inclusive of Awards granted prior to the amendment and restatement of the Plan herein), or Stock Units credited to a bookkeeping reserve account with respect to deferred Award Shares, terminate unexercised or are canceled, surrendered or forfeited for any reason, then the number of Award Shares and Stock Units or the number of shares underlying the Options which terminated unexercised or were canceled, surrendered or forfeited shall be added to the remaining number of shares of Common Stock for which Awards may be issued under the Plan.
(b)     Adjustments.  The Board shall appropriately adjust the exercise price of outstanding Options and the maximum number and kind of shares subject to the Plan, Stock Units credited under the Plan, outstanding Awards and subsequent Awards in the event of reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, exchange or combination of shares, merger, consolidation, rights offering or any change in capitalization of the Company.
(c)     Source of Shares.  The Common Stock issued under the Plan will come from authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, treasury shares, purchases by the Company on the open market or from any other proper source.  The Company will set aside and reserve for issuance under the Plan the number of shares set forth in Section 3(a), as adjusted.

SECTION 4.  Eligibility.
All directors of the Company who are neither employees of the Company nor officers of the Company shall be eligible participants in the Plan.
SECTION 5.  Grants of Awards.
(a)     Annual Grants.  Each individual who serves as a director of the Company and is, on the grant date, an eligible participant shall automatically be granted an Award, in such form and size as the Board determines from year to year which shall not exceed $250,000 in value on the date of grant (the “Annual Grant”), on the first business day after each Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company at which directors are elected (an “Annual Meeting”).  Each Annual Grant shall be evidenced by a written agreement or other evidence of issuance (an “Award Agreement”) in such form acceptable to the Company and not inconsistent with the terms and conditions specified in the Plan.
(b)     Pro-Rata Grants.  Each person who first becomes an eligible director on a date other than the date of an Annual Meeting shall receive, within 30 days of the date such person is appointed as or first becomes a non-employee director, a pro-rata grant of a number of Award Shares or Options, depending on the form of Annual Grant granted on the first business day following the last preceding Annual Meeting (the “Preceding Annual Grant”), equal to the number, rounded up to the nearest whole number, determined by multiplying the shares underlying the Preceding Annual Grant by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the number of whole and partial months during the period measured from the date of appointment as an eligible director until the next following May 1st, and (ii) the denominator of which is 12.
SECTION 6.  Terms and Conditions of Award Shares.
Award Shares may be granted with or without restrictions.  The terms and conditions of such Awards shall be as set forth below.
(a)     Unrestricted Shares.  Unrestricted Shares are vested, nonforfeitable and freely transferable when granted under the Plan.
(b)     Restricted Shares.
(i)     Vesting.  Restricted Shares are nonvested and forfeitable when granted under the Plan.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board, Restricted Shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable on the earlier of (a) the day immediately prior to the first Annual Meeting that occurs after the grant date or (b) the first anniversary of the grant date, so long as the director’s service with the Company has not earlier terminated.  If the director’s service with the Company terminates due to death or total disability, the Restricted Shares that have not previously become vested and nonforfeitable shall become vested and nonforfeitable as of the date that the director’s service with the Company so terminates.  If the director’s service with the Company terminates for any reason other than death or total disability, then, unless the Board determines otherwise, all Restricted Shares that are not then vested and nonforfeitable, after giving effect to the vesting provision set forth above, will be immediately forfeited by the director and transferred to the Company upon such termination at no cost to the Company.
(ii)     Restrictions on Transfer.  Until the Restricted Shares become vested and nonforfeitable, the Restricted Shares may not be assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or disposed of in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise), except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process.  The Company shall not be required to (i) transfer on its books any Restricted Shares that have been sold or transferred in contravention of the Plan or (ii) treat as the owner of shares, or otherwise accord voting, dividend, distribution or liquidation rights to, any transferee to whom Restricted Shares have been transferred in contravention of the Plan.
(iii)     Shareholder Rights; Share Certificates.  Each participating director shall be reflected on the Company’s books as the owner of record of the Restricted Shares as of the date of grant and shall possess all incidents of ownership of such shares, subject to Section 6(b)(ii), including the right to receive cash dividends with respect to such shares and to vote such shares; provided, that shares of Common Stock distributed in connection with a stock split or stock dividend shall be subject to restrictions on transfer and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Shares with respect to which such shares are distributed.  The Company will hold the share certificates for safekeeping, or otherwise retain the shares in uncertificated book entry form, until the Restricted Shares become vested and nonforfeitable.  Until the Restricted Shares become vested and nonforfeitable, any share certificates representing such shares will include a legend to the effect that the director may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge or hypothecate the Restricted Shares.  All regular cash dividends on the Restricted Shares held by the Company will be paid directly to the director.  As soon as practicable after vesting of the Restricted Shares, the Company will 

deliver a share certificate to the director, or deliver shares electronically or in certificate form to the director’s designated broker on the director’s behalf, for such vested Restricted Shares.
SECTION 7.  Terms and Conditions of Options.
(a)     Exercisability.  Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Options shall become exercisable on the earlier of (a) the day immediately prior to the first Annual Meeting that occurs after the grant date or (b) the first anniversary of the grant date, so long as the director’s service with the Company has not earlier terminated.  Once an Option has become exercisable, it shall remain exercisable, to the extent not exercised, until its expiration date or earlier termination pursuant to Section 7(b).
(b)     Post-Termination Exercise.  If a director’s service with the Company terminates due to the director’s death or total disability, the outstanding Options granted to such director shall become exercisable in full and shall remain exercisable for a period of one year thereafter but not beyond their expiration date.  If a director’s service with the Company terminates for any other reason, unless the Board determines otherwise, all Options granted to such director which are not then exercisable, after giving effect to the vesting provision set forth above, shall be canceled and the remaining Options shall continue to be exercisable for 90 days thereafter but not beyond their expiration date.
(c)     Exercise Price.  The exercise price per share for each Option granted under the Plan shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of a share of Common Stock as of the date of grant.  “Fair Market Value” as of a given date for purposes of the Plan and any Award Agreement means (i) the closing sale price for the shares on The NASDAQ Stock Market or any national exchange on which shares of Common Stock are traded on such date (or if such market or exchange was not open for trading on such date or no shares of Common Stock traded on that day but were listed for trade, the next preceding date on which it was open and the shares of Common Stock did trade); or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market or on an established and recognized exchange, such value as the Board, in good faith, shall determine based on such relevant facts, which may include opinions of independent experts, as may be available to the Board.
(d)     Method of Exercise.  Unless the Board determines otherwise, payment of the exercise price shall be in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, or both, as elected by the director.
(e)     Restrictions on Transfer.  The Options shall be exercisable only by the director during his or her lifetime and may not be transferred other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution unless the Board determines otherwise.
(f)     Expiration of the Options.  The Options shall expire, if not sooner exercised or terminated, as of such date determined by the Board and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that no Option shall expire later than 10 years after its date of grant.
SECTION 8.  Deferral of Award Shares.
(a)     Deferral of Award Shares.  Directors may elect to defer receipt of Award Shares in accordance with the election procedures set forth below.  If a director elects to defer the receipt of Award Shares, the number of Award Shares deferred shall be credited as Stock Units to a bookkeeping reserve account established for the director under the Plan as of the date that the Award Shares otherwise would have been issued to the director.  Each Stock Unit shall represent the right to receive one share of Common Stock when the director incurs a separation from service with the Company (a “Separation From Service”) within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), provided that the Stock Unit is or has become vested and nonforfeitable on or before such date.  Stock Units representing deferred Restricted Shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable at the same time and subject to the same conditions as the corresponding Restricted Shares to which they relate would have become vested and nonforfeitable but for their deferral of issuance.
(b)     Settlement of Stock Units.  Except as provided in Section 9(a), all vested Stock Units shall be settled upon the date that the director incurs a Separation From Service with the Company or as soon as practicable thereafter but in no event later than the close of the calendar year in which the Separation From Service occurs or such later date as may be permitted under Section 409A of the Code.  Except as provided in Section 9(a), all vested Stock Units shall be settled in the form of shares of Common Stock issued to the director or the director’s estate as applicable, provided that any vested fractional Stock Units credited to a director’s bookkeeping reserve account shall be settled in cash.  If the director’s service with the Company terminates for any reason other than death or total disability, all Stock Units that are not then vested will be immediately forfeited by the director.
(c)     Deferral Election Procedures.  All deferral elections shall be made in accordance with the following procedures:

(i)     An election pursuant to Section 8(a) shall be made by the director by executing and delivering a deferral agreement, in the form approved by the Company, to the Secretary of the Company.  The deferral agreement shall become effective with respect to such director as of the first day of January following the date such deferral agreement is received by the Secretary of the Company, except as otherwise provided below.  In the case of the first year in which a director becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the director may execute and deliver a deferral agreement to the Secretary of the Company before or within 30 days after the date the individual becomes an eligible director.  If a newly eligible director delivers a deferral agreement after, but within 30 days of, the date of appointment as a director, the deferral agreement will apply, solely with respect to the first grant of Award Shares received by the director after such appointment, to a number of Award Shares equal to (A) the Award Shares granted in such first grant minus (B) one-twelfth (1/12) times, as applicable, either the number of shares awarded under the Annual Grant if the individual first becomes an eligible director on the date of an Annual Meeting or the number of shares awarded under the Preceding Annual Grant if the individual first becomes an eligible director on a date other than the date of an Annual Meeting.  If a newly eligible director delivers a deferral agreement on or before the date of appointment, the deferral agreement will apply to the entire first grant of Award Shares received by the director after such appointment.  A director’s election shall continue in effect, unless earlier modified by the director, until the director no longer serves as a director of the Company or, if earlier, until the director ceases to participate in the Plan.
(ii)     A director may unilaterally modify a deferral agreement (either to terminate, increase or decrease the portion of the director’s future grants of Award Shares which are subject to deferral) by providing a written modification of the deferral agreement, in a form approved by the Company, to the Secretary of the Company.  The modification shall become effective as of the first day of January following the date such written modification is received by the Secretary of the Company.
(iii)     The Board may from time to time establish policies or rules consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to govern the manner in which deferrals of Award Shares may be made.
(d)     Rights in Respect of Deferred Award Shares.  Award Shares that are deferred shall not represent an actual ownership in shares of Common Stock and the director shall have no voting or other rights as a shareholder in respect of Stock Units credited to the director’s bookkeeping reserve account.  On each cash dividend payment date with respect to shares of Common Stock, each director who has Stock Units credited to a bookkeeping reserve account under the Plan on the record date for such dividend shall have credited to such account, as a dividend equivalent payment, additional Stock Units which shall be fully vested.  The number of additional Stock Units to be so credited shall equal: (i) the product of (x) the per-share cash dividend payable, multiplied by (y) the total number of Stock Units which have not been settled or forfeited as of the record date for such dividend, divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 7(c)) of one share of Common Stock on the payment date of such dividend.  If the unit holder’s Stock Units have been settled after the record date but prior to the dividend payment date, any Stock Units that would be credited pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be settled on or as soon as practicable after the dividend payment date.
(e)     Transferability of Rights.  No director shall have the right to assign any right or interest in any Stock Unit or shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Unit, or to cause or permit any encumbrance, pledge or charge of any nature to be imposed on any such Stock Unit or shares of Common Stock so deferred or any such right or interest, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
SECTION 9.  Change in Control.
(a)     Acceleration of Vesting, Exercisability, and Award Termination upon Change in Control.  In the event of a “Change in Control” (as defined below), (1) all Restricted Shares, Options and Stock Units awarded under the Plan not previously vested, exercisable and nonforfeitable shall become fully vested, exercisable and nonforfeitable as of the date of, and immediately before, such Change in Control; (2) all outstanding Options not exercised prior to or upon the Change in Control will terminate at the effective time of such Change in Control unless provision is made in connection with the transaction for the continuation, assumption or settlement of such Options by, or for the substitution of equivalent options of, the surviving or successor entity or a parent thereof; and (3) all Stock Units credited to accounts as of the Change in Control will be settled in shares or in cash at the discretion of the Board upon the Change in Control or as soon as practicable thereafter but in no event later than the close of the calendar year in which the Change in Control occurs.
(b)     Definition of Change in Control.  For purposes of this Section 9, a “Change in Control” means an event that meets the conditions for a “change in the ownership of a corporation” or a “change in the effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” each within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5) through being one or more of the following:
(i)        any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires, including without limitation through a tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination, ownership of stock of the 

Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company;
(ii)        any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires, including without limitation through a tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination, (or has acquired during the twelve-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing more than 40% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;
(iii)    any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve-month period ending on date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 80% of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions; or
(iv)    a majority of members of the Company's Board is replaced during any 12-month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by two-thirds of the members of the Company's Board before the date of the appointment or election.
SECTION 10. Amendment or Discontinuance.
The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time as it determines appropriate, without further action by the Company’s shareholders, except to the extent required by applicable law or by any stock exchanges upon which the Common Stock may be listed; provided, however, that no action of the Board to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan may impair a director’s rights with respect to any Awards or Stock Units previously made under the Plan without the director’s consent and further provided that without the degree of shareholder approval required by the Company’s charter or bylaws, applicable law, or the rules and regulations of any exchange or trading market on which the Company’s securities are then traded, the Board may not: (a) increase the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under this Plan, (b) increase the maximum size of Awards that may be granted under this Plan, or (c) modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in this Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan may be amended by the Board at any time, retroactively if required in the opinion of the Company, in order to ensure that the Plan complies with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or other applicable law or the rules and regulations of any exchange or trading market on which the Company’s securities are then traded.  No such amendment shall be considered prejudicial to any interest of a director.  In the event that the Plan is terminated, the Company will continue to maintain the bookkeeping reserve accounts and settle Stock Units credited thereto only in accordance with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code.
SECTION 11.  Effective Date and Term of Plan.
The Plan was amended and restated with shareholder approval effective May 23, 2007 and was further amended and restated on February 7, 2013.  The Board has approved the amendment and restatement of the Plan, as set forth herein, as of May 10, 2016, subject to approval of the shareholders of the Company at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders.  Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall continue in effect indefinitely until all shares of Common Stock approved for issuance under the Plan by the shareholders of the Company have been issued.  Awards and Stock Units granted prior to termination of the Plan shall, notwithstanding termination of the Plan, continue to be effective and shall be governed by the Plan.
SECTION 12.  Continuation of Director or Other Status.
Nothing in the Plan or in any instrument executed pursuant to the Plan or any action taken pursuant to the Plan shall be construed as creating or constituting evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company will retain a participant as a director or in any other capacity for any period of time or at a particular retainer or other rate of compensation, as conferring upon any participant any legal or other right to continue as a director or in any other capacity, or as limiting, interfering with or otherwise affecting the provisions of the Company’s charter, bylaws or the Tennessee Business Corporation Act relating to the removal of directors.
SECTION 13.  The Company’s Rights.
The existence of the Plan, grants of Awards, or crediting of Stock Units shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or other stocks with preference ahead of or convertible into, or otherwise affecting the Common 

Stock or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Company’s assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
SECTION 14.  No Trust or Fund Created.
Neither the Plan nor any Awards or crediting of Stock Units to a bookkeeping reserve account shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a director or any other person.  To the extent that any director or other person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company pursuant to the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.
SECTION 15.  Governing Law.
The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee pertaining to contracts made and to be performed wholly within such jurisdiction.
SECTION 16.  409A Savings Clause.
(a)     It is intended that the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code.  The Plan shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with such Section.  Should any provision of the Plan not comply with Section 409A of the Code, that provision shall be modified and given effect, in the sole discretion of the Board and without requiring consent of any Award holder, in such manner as the Board determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
(b)     In the event that a holder of Stock Units is a “specified employee” upon “separation of service” (each within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code as determined in good faith by the Board), settlement of any Stock Units, the settlement of which is triggered by the occurrence of the separation from service, will be delayed until the first business day after the expiration of six months following the date of the separation from service.
SECTION 17.  Compliance with Laws.
To the extent the Company is unable to or the Board deems it infeasible 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 of any shares under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved of any liability with respect to the failure to issue such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.Exhibit

                                                                                                                                              EXHIBIT 10.1
INTEL CORPORATION

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2017

1.  PURPOSE

The purpose of this Intel Corporation 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its Subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively “Intel” or the “Corporation”), by stimulating the efforts of employees who are selected to be participants on behalf of Intel, aligning the long-term interests of participants with those of stockholders, heightening the desire of participants to continue in working toward and contributing to the success of Intel, assisting Intel in competing effectively with other enterprises for the services of new employees necessary for the continued improvement of operations, and to attract, motivate and retain the best available individuals for service to the Corporation. This Plan permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units, each of which shall be subject to such conditions based upon continued employment, passage of time or satisfaction of performance criteria as shall be specified pursuant to the Plan.

2.  DEFINITIONS

(a) “Award” means a stock option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock or restricted stock unit granted to a Participant pursuant to the Plan.

(b) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. 

(c) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as such is amended from time to time, and any reference to a section of the Code shall include any successor provision of the Code.

(d) “Committee” shall mean the committee appointed by the Board of Directors from among its members to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 3.

(e) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any reference to a section of the Exchange Act shall include any successor provision of the Exchange Act.

(f) “Outside Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors who is not otherwise an employee of the Corporation.

(g) “Participants” shall mean those individuals to whom Awards have been granted from time to time and any authorized transferee of such individuals.

(h) “Performance Award” means an Award the grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of which is subject to satisfaction of one or more of the Qualifying Performance Criteria specified in Section 10(b).

(i) “Plan” means this Intel Corporation 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. 

(j) “Share” shall mean a share of common stock, $.001 par value, of the Corporation or the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities which shall be substituted or adjusted for such shares as provided in Section 11.

(k) “Subsidiary” means any corporation or entity in which Intel Corporation owns or controls, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power or economic interests of such corporation or entity.

3.  ADMINISTRATION

(a) Composition of Committee. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall consist of two or more Outside Directors who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall fill vacancies on the Committee and may from time to time remove or add members of the Committee. The Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may exercise any authority of the Committee under this Plan in lieu of the 

Committee’s exercise thereof, and in such instances references herein to the Committee shall refer to the Board of Directors.

(b) Delegation and Administration. The Committee may delegate to one or more separate committees (any such committee a “Subcommittee”) composed of one or more directors of the Corporation (who may but need not be members of the Committee) the ability to grant Awards and take the other actions described in Section 3(c) with respect to Participants who are not executive officers, and such actions shall be treated for all purposes as if taken by the Committee. The Committee may delegate to a Subcommittee of one or more officers of the Corporation the ability to grant Awards and take the other actions described in Section 3(c) with respect to Participants (other than any such officers themselves) who are not directors or executive officers, provided however that the resolution so authorizing such officer(s) shall specify the total number of Shares, rights or options such Subcommittee may so award, and such actions shall be treated for all purposes as if taken by the Committee. Any action by any such Subcommittee within the scope of such delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been taken by the Committee, and references in this Plan to the Committee shall include any such Subcommittee. The Committee may delegate the day to day administration of the Plan to an officer or officers of the Corporation or one or more agents, and such administrator(s) may have the authority to execute and distribute agreements or other documents evidencing or relating to Awards granted by the Committee under this Plan, to maintain records relating to the grant, vesting, exercise, forfeiture or expiration of Awards, to process or oversee the issuance of Shares upon the exercise, vesting and/or settlement of an Award, to interpret the terms of Awards and to take such other actions as the Committee may specify. Any action by any such administrator within the scope of its delegation shall be deemed for all purposes to have been taken by the Committee and references in this Plan to the Committee shall include any such administrator, provided that the actions and interpretations of any such administrator shall be subject to review and approval, disapproval or modification by the Committee.

(c) Powers of the Committee. Subject to the express provisions and limitations set forth in this Plan, the Committee shall be authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or desirable, in its sole discretion, in connection with the administration of this Plan, including, without limitation, the following:

(i) to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including the forms of Award Agreement and manner of acceptance of an Award, and to take or approve such further actions as it determines necessary or appropriate to the administration of the Plan and Awards, such as correcting a defect or supplying any omission, or reconciling any inconsistency so that the Plan or any Award Agreement complies with applicable law, regulations and listing requirements and so as to avoid unanticipated consequences or address unanticipated events (including any temporary closure of Nasdaq, disruption of communications or natural catastrophe) deemed by the Committee to be inconsistent with the purposes of the Plan or any Award Agreement, provided that no such action shall be taken absent stockholder approval to the extent required under Section 13; 

(ii) to determine which persons are eligible to be Participants, to which of such persons, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards, and to grant Awards;

(iii) to grant Awards to Participants and determine the terms and conditions thereof, including the number of Shares subject to Awards and the exercise or purchase price of such Shares and the circumstances under which Awards become exercisable or vested or are forfeited or expire, which terms may but need not be conditioned upon the passage of time, continued employment, the satisfaction of performance criteria, the occurrence of certain events, or other factors;

(iv) to establish or verify the extent of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, exercisability, vesting and/or ability to retain any Award;

(v) to prescribe and amend the terms of the agreements or other documents evidencing Awards made under this Plan (which need not be identical);

(vi) to determine whether, and the extent to which, adjustments are required pursuant to Section 11;

(vii) to interpret and construe this Plan, any rules and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions to any such provisions in good faith and for the benefit of the Corporation; and

(viii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.

(d) Effect of Change in Status. The Committee shall have the discretion to determine the effect upon an Award and upon an individual’s status as an employee under the Plan (including whether a Participant shall be deemed to have experienced a termination of employment or other change in status) and upon the vesting, expiration or forfeiture of an Award in the case of (i) any individual who is employed by an entity that ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) any leave of absence approved by the Corporation or a Subsidiary, (iii) any transfer between locations of employment with the Corporation or a Subsidiary or between the Corporation and any Subsidiary or between any Subsidiaries, (iv) any change in the Participant’s status from an employee to a consultant or member of the Board of Directors, or vice versa, and (v) at the request of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, any employee who becomes employed by any partnership, joint venture, corporation or other entity not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary.

(e) Determinations of the Committee. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Committee regarding this Plan shall be final and binding on all persons. The Committee may consider such factors as it deems relevant to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any director, officer or employee of the Corporation and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select. Any decision or action by the Committee may be contested only by a Participant or other holder of an Award and only on the grounds that such decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful, and any review of such decision or action shall be limited to determining whether the Committee’s decision or action was arbitrary or capricious or was unlawful.

4.  PARTICIPANTS

Awards under the Plan may be granted to any person who is an employee or Outside Director of the Corporation. Outside Directors may be granted Awards only pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan. The status of the Chairman of the Board of Directors as an employee or Outside Director shall be determined by the Committee. Any person designated by the Corporation as an independent contractor shall not be treated as an employee and shall not be eligible for Awards under the Plan.

5.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION OF PLAN

(a) Effective Date. This Plan was originally approved by the Board of Directors on February 23, 2006 and became effective on May 17, 2006. The current amendment and restatement of the Plan was approved by the Board of Directors on March 22, 2017 and became effective on May 18, 2017.

(b) Expiration Date. The Plan shall remain available for the grant of Awards until June 30, 2020 or such earlier date as the Board of Directors may determine; provided, however, that ISOs (as defined below) may not be granted under the Plan after the 10th anniversary of the date of the Board of Directors’ most recent approval of the Plan. The expiration of the Committee’s authority to grant Awards under the Plan will not affect the operation of the terms of the Plan or the Corporation’s and Participants’ rights and obligations with respect to Awards granted on or prior to the expiration date of the Plan.

6.  SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

(a) Aggregate Limits. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11, the aggregate number of Shares authorized for issuance after December 31, 2016 pursuant to Awards under the Plan is 372,100,000. The Shares subject to the Plan may be either Shares reacquired by the Corporation, including Shares purchased in the open market, or authorized but unissued Shares. Any Shares subject to an Award which for any reason expires or terminates unexercised or is not earned in full may again be made subject to an Award under the Plan. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the following Shares may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the Plan: (i) Shares not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) Shares used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award, or (iii) Shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of the option exercise price.

(b) Tax Code Limits. The aggregate number of Shares that may be earned pursuant to Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan during any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed 3,000,000. The aggregate number of Shares that may be earned pursuant to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards granted under this Plan during any calendar year to any one Participant shall not exceed 2,000,000. 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the foregoing limitations shall be subject to adjustment under Section 11, but only to the extent that such adjustment will not affect the status of any Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code. The aggregate number of Shares issued after December 31, 2016 pursuant to incentive stock options granted under the Plan shall not exceed 372,100,000, which limitation shall be subject to adjustment under Section 11 only to the extent that such adjustment is consistent with adjustments permitted of a plan authorizing incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code.

7. PLAN AWARDS

(a) Award Types. The Committee, on behalf of the Corporation, is authorized under this Plan to grant, award and enter into the following arrangements or benefits under the Plan provided that their terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan: stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and restricted stock units. Such arrangements and benefits are sometimes referred to herein as “Awards.” The Committee, in its discretion, may determine that any Award granted hereunder shall be a Performance Award.

(i) Stock Options. A “Stock Option” is a right to purchase a number of Shares at such exercise price, at such times, and on such other terms and conditions as are specified in or determined pursuant to the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Option Agreement”). The Committee may grant Stock Options intended to be eligible to qualify as incentive stock options (“ISOs”) pursuant to Section 422 of the Code and Stock Options that are not intended to qualify as ISOs (“Non-qualified Stock Options”), as it, in its sole discretion, shall determine.

(ii) Stock Appreciation Rights. A “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” is a right to receive, in cash or stock (as determined by the Committee), value with respect to a specific number of Shares equal to or otherwise based on the excess of (i) the market value of a Share at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, subject to such terms and conditions as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “SAR Agreement”).

(iii) Restricted Stock. A “Restricted Stock” Award is an award of Shares, the grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of which is subject to such conditions as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”).

(iv) Restricted Stock Unit. A “Restricted Stock Unit” Award is an award of a right to receive, in cash or stock (as determined by the Committee) the market value of one Share, the grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of which is subject to such conditions as are expressed in the document(s) evidencing the Award (the “Restricted Stock Unit Agreement”).

(b) Grants of Awards. An Award may consist of one of the foregoing arrangements or benefits or two or more of them in tandem or in the alternative.

8.  EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANT AWARDS

(a) Grant, Terms and Conditions of Stock Options and SARs 

The Committee may grant Stock Options or SARs at any time and from time to time prior to the expiration of the Plan to eligible employee Participants selected by the Committee. No Participant shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to Stock Options or SARs hereunder until said Shares have been issued. Each Stock Option or SAR shall be evidenced only by such agreements, notices and/or terms or conditions documented in such form (including by electronic communications) as may be approved by the Committee. Each Stock Option grant will expressly identify the Stock Option as an ISO or as a Non-qualified Stock Option. Stock Options or SARs granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each must contain or be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) Price. The purchase price (also referred to as the exercise price) under each Stock Option or SAR granted hereunder shall be established by the Committee. The purchase price per Share shall not be less than 100% of the market value of a Share on the date of grant. For purposes of the Plan, “market value” shall mean the average of the high and low sales prices of the Corporation’s common stock. The exercise price of a Stock Option shall be paid in cash or in such other form if and to the extent permitted by the Committee, including without limitation by delivery of already owned Shares, withholding (either actually or by attestation) of Shares 

otherwise issuable under such Stock Option and/or by payment under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program acceptable to the Committee.

(ii) No Repricing. Other than in connection with a change in the Corporation’s capitalization or other transaction as described in Section 11(a) through (d) of the Plan, the Corporation shall not, without stockholder approval, reduce the purchase price of a Stock Option or SAR and, at any time when the purchase price of a Stock Option or SAR is above the market value of a Share, the Corporation shall not, without stockholder approval (except in the case of a transaction described in Section 11(a) through (d) of the Plan), cancel and re-grant or exchange such Stock Option or SAR for a new Award with a lower (or no) purchase price or for cash.

(iii) No Reload Grants. Stock Options shall not be granted under the Plan in consideration for and shall not be conditioned upon the delivery of Shares to the Corporation in payment of the exercise price and/or tax withholding obligation under any other employee stock option.

(iv) Duration, Exercise and Termination of Stock Options and SARs. Each Stock Option or SAR shall be exercisable at such time and in such installments during the period prior to the expiration of the Stock Option or SAR as determined by the Committee. The Committee shall have the right to make the timing of the ability to exercise any Stock Option or SAR subject to continued employment, the passage of time and/or such performance requirements as deemed appropriate by the Committee. At any time after the grant of a Stock Option, the Committee may reduce or eliminate any restrictions on the Participant’s right to exercise all or part of the Stock Option, except that no Stock Option shall first become exercisable within one (1) year from its date of grant, other than upon the death, disability or retirement of the person to whom the Stock Option was granted, in each case as specified in the Option Agreement.

Each Stock Option or SAR that vests in full in less than five (5) years (standard grants) must expire within a period of not more than seven (7) years from the grant date and each Stock Option or SAR that vests in full in five (5) or more years (long-term retention grants) must expire within a period of not more than ten (10) years from the grant date. In each case, the Option Agreement or SAR Agreement may provide for expiration prior to the end of the stated term of the Award in the event of the termination of employment or service of the Participant to whom it was granted.

(v) Suspension or Termination of Stock Options and SARs. If at any time (including after a notice of exercise has been delivered) the Committee, including any Subcommittee or administrator authorized pursuant to Section 3(b) (any such person, an “Authorized Officer”), reasonably believes that a Participant, other than an Outside Director, has committed an act of misconduct as described in this Section, the Authorized Officer may suspend the Participant’s right to exercise any Stock Option or SAR pending a determination of whether an act of misconduct has been committed. If the Committee or an Authorized Officer determines a Participant, other than an Outside Director, has committed an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation owed to Intel, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of Corporation rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to the Corporation, or if a Participant makes an unauthorized disclosure of any Corporation trade secret or confidential information, engages in any conduct constituting unfair competition, induces any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or induces any principal for whom Intel acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship, neither the Participant nor his or her estate shall be entitled to exercise any Stock Option or SAR whatsoever. In addition, for any Participant who is designated as an “executive officer” by the Board of Directors, if the Committee determines that the Participant engaged in an act of embezzlement, fraud or breach of fiduciary duty during the Participant’s employment that contributed to an obligation to restate the Corporation’s financial statements (“Contributing Misconduct”), the Participant shall be required to repay to the Corporation, in cash and upon demand, the Option Proceeds (as defined below) resulting from any sale or other disposition (including to the Corporation) of Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR if the sale or disposition was effected during the twelve-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the SEC of the financial statements required to be restated. The term “Option Proceeds” means, with respect to any sale or other disposition (including to the Corporation) of Shares issuable or issued upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR, an amount determined appropriate by the Committee to reflect the effect of the restatement, up to the amount equal to the number of Shares sold or disposed of multiplied by the difference between the market value per Share at the time of such sale or disposition and the exercise price. The return of Option Proceeds is in addition to and separate from any other relief available to the Corporation due to the executive officer’s Contributing Misconduct. Any determination by the Committee or an Authorized Officer with respect to the foregoing shall be final, conclusive and binding on all interested parties. For any 

Participant who is an executive officer, the determination of the Committee or of the Authorized Officer shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

(vi) Conditions and Restrictions Upon Securities Subject to Stock Options or SARs. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee may provide that the Shares issued upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR shall be subject to such further conditions or agreements as the Committee in its discretion may specify prior to the exercise of such Stock Option or SAR, including, without limitation, conditions on vesting or transferability, forfeiture or repurchase provisions. The obligation to make payments with respect to SARs may be satisfied through cash payments or the delivery of Shares, or a combination thereof as the Committee shall determine. The Committee may establish rules for the deferred delivery of Common Stock upon exercise of a Stock Option or SAR with the deferral evidenced by use of Restricted Stock Units equal in number to the number of Shares whose delivery is so deferred.

(vii) Other Terms and Conditions. Stock Options and SARs may also contain such other provisions, which shall not be inconsistent with any of the foregoing terms, as the Committee shall deem appropriate.

(viii) ISOs. Stock Options intending to qualify as ISOs may only be granted to employees of the Corporation within the meaning of the Code, as determined by the Committee. No ISO shall be granted to any person if immediately after the grant of such Award, such person would own stock, including stock subject to outstanding Awards held by him or her under the Plan or any other plan established by the Corporation, amounting to more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Corporation. To the extent that the Option Agreement specifies that a Stock Option is intended to be treated as an ISO, the Stock Option is intended to qualify to the greatest extent possible as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and shall be so construed; provided, however, that any such designation shall not be interpreted as a representation, guarantee or other undertaking on the part of the Corporation that the Stock Option is or will be determined to qualify as an ISO. If and to the extent that any Shares are issued under a portion of any Stock Option that exceeds the $100,000 limitation of Section 422 of the Code, such Shares shall not be treated as issued under an ISO notwithstanding any designation otherwise. Certain decisions, amendments, interpretations and actions by the Committee and certain actions by a Participant may cause a Stock Option to cease to qualify as an ISO pursuant to the Code and by accepting a Stock Option the Participant agrees in advance to such disqualifying action.

(b) Grant, Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

The Committee may grant Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units at any time and from time to time prior to the expiration of the Plan to eligible employee Participants selected by the Committee. A Participant shall have rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award hereunder only to the extent specified in this Plan or the Restricted Stock Agreement evidencing such Award. Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced only by such agreements, notices and/or terms or conditions documented in such form (including by electronic communications) as may be approved by the Committee. Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to the Plan need not be identical but each must contain or be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) Terms and Conditions. Each Restricted Stock Agreement and each Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall contain provisions regarding (a) the number of Shares subject to such Award or a formula for determining such, (b) the purchase price of the Shares, if any, and the means of payment for the Shares, (c) the performance criteria, if any, and level of achievement versus these criteria that shall determine the number of Shares granted, issued, retainable and/or vested, (d) such terms and conditions on the grant, issuance, vesting and/or forfeiture of the Shares as may be determined from time to time by the Committee, (e) restrictions on the transferability of the Shares and (f) such further terms and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the Committee, in each case not inconsistent with this Plan.

(ii) Sale Price. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Committee shall determine the price, if any, at which Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be sold or awarded to a Participant, which may vary from time to time and among Participants and which may be below the market value of such Shares at the date of grant or issuance.

(iii) Share Vesting. The grant, issuance, retention and/or vesting of Shares under Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall be at such time and in such installments as determined by the Committee or 

under criteria established by the Committee. The Committee shall have the right to make the timing of the grant and/or the issuance, ability to retain and/or vesting of Shares under Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards subject to continued employment, passage of time and/or such performance criteria and level of achievement versus these criteria as deemed appropriate by the Committee, which criteria may be based on financial performance and/or personal performance evaluations.  No condition that is based on performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria shall be based on performance over a period of less than one year.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the performance criteria for any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code shall be a measure based on one or more Qualifying Performance Criteria selected by the Committee and specified at the time the Restricted Stock Award is granted.

(iv) Termination of Employment. The Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement may provide for the forfeiture or cancellation of the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award, in whole or in part, in the event of the termination of employment or service of the Participant to whom it was granted.

(v) Restricted Stock Units. Except to the extent this Plan or the Committee specifies otherwise, Restricted Stock Units represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Corporation and do not confer any of the rights of a stockholder until Shares are issued thereunder. Settlement of Restricted Stock Units upon expiration of the deferral or vesting period shall be made in Shares or otherwise as determined by the Committee. Dividends or dividend equivalent rights shall be payable in cash or in additional shares with respect to Restricted Stock Units only to the extent specifically provided for by the Committee and subject to the limitations of Section 10(c). Until a Restricted Stock Unit is settled, the number of Shares represented by a Restricted Stock Unit shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11. Any Restricted Stock Units that are settled after the Participant’s death shall be distributed to the Participant’s designated beneficiary(ies) or, if none was designated, the Participant’s estate.

(vi) Suspension or Termination of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. If at any time the Committee, including any Subcommittee or administrator authorized pursuant to Section 3(b) (any such person, an “Authorized Officer”), reasonably believes that a Participant, other than an Outside Director, has committed an act of misconduct as described in this Section, the Authorized Officer may suspend the vesting of Shares under the Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards pending a determination of whether an act of misconduct has been committed. If the Committee or an Authorized Officer determines a Participant, other than an Outside Director, has committed an act of embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty, nonpayment of any obligation owed to Intel, breach of fiduciary duty or deliberate disregard of Corporation rules resulting in loss, damage or injury to the Corporation, or if a Participant makes an unauthorized disclosure of any Corporation trade secret or confidential information, engages in any conduct constituting unfair competition, induces any customer to breach a contract with the Corporation or induces any principal for whom Intel acts as agent to terminate such agency relationship, the Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall be forfeited and cancelled. In addition, for any Participant who is designated as an “executive officer” by the Board of Directors, if the Committee determines that the Participant engaged in an act of embezzlement, fraud or breach of fiduciary duty during the Participant’s employment that contributed to an obligation to restate the Corporation’s financial statements (“Contributing Misconduct”), the Participant shall be required to repay to the Corporation, in cash and upon demand, the Restricted Stock Proceeds (as defined below) resulting from any sale or other disposition (including to the Corporation) of Shares issued or issuable upon the vesting of Restricted Stock or a Restricted Stock Unit if the sale or disposition was effected during the twelve-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the SEC of the financial statements required to be restated. The term “Restricted Stock Proceeds” means, with respect to any sale or other disposition (including to the Corporation) of Shares issued or issuable upon vesting of Restricted Stock or a Restricted Stock Unit, an amount determined appropriate by the Committee to reflect the effect of the restatement, up to the amount equal to the market value per Share at the time of such sale or other disposition multiplied by the number of Shares or units sold or disposed of. The return of Restricted Stock Proceeds is in addition to and separate from any other relief available to the Corporation due to the executive officer’s Contributing Misconduct. Any determination by the Committee or an Authorized Officer with respect to the foregoing shall be final, conclusive and binding on all interested parties. For any Participant who is an executive officer, the determination of the Committee or of the Authorized Officer shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

9.  OUTSIDE DIRECTOR AWARDS

Each Outside Director may be granted up to 100,000 Shares underlying Awards (each an “Outside Director Award”) each fiscal year, as determined by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the foregoing limitation shall be subject to adjustment under Section 11. The number of Shares subject to each Outside Director Award, or the formula pursuant to which such number shall be determined, the type or types of Awards included in the Outside Director Awards, the date of grant and the vesting, expiration and other terms applicable to such Outside Director Awards shall be specified from time to time by the Board of Directors, subject to the terms of this Plan, including the terms specified in Section 8. If the Board of Directors reasonably believes that an Outside Director has committed an act of misconduct as specified in Section 8(a)(v) or 8(b)(vi), the Board of Directors may suspend the Outside Director’s right to exercise any Stock Option or SAR and/or the vesting of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award pending a determination of whether an act of misconduct has been committed. If the Board of Directors determines that an Outside Director has committed an act of misconduct, neither the Outside Director nor his or her estate shall be entitled to exercise any Stock Option or SAR whatsoever and shall forfeit any unvested Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award.

10.  OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

(a) Transferability. Unless the agreement or other document evidencing an Award (or an amendment thereto authorized by the Committee) expressly states that the Award is transferable as provided hereunder, no Award granted under this Plan, nor any interest in such Award, may be sold, assigned, conveyed, gifted, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred in any manner, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may grant an Award or amend an outstanding Award to provide that the Award is transferable or assignable (a) in the case of a transfer without the payment of any consideration, to any “family member” as such term is defined in Section 1(a)(5) of the General Instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as such may be amended from time to time, and (b) in any transfer described in clause (ii) of Section 1(a)(5) of the General Instructions to Form S-8 under the 1933 Act as amended from time to time, provided that following any such transfer or assignment the Award will remain subject to substantially the same terms applicable to the Award while held by the Participant to whom it was granted, as modified as the Committee shall determine appropriate, and as a condition to such transfer the transferee shall execute an agreement agreeing to be bound by such terms; provided further, that an ISO may be transferred or assigned only to the extent consistent with Section 422 of the Code. Any purported assignment, transfer or encumbrance that does not qualify under this Section 10(a) shall be void and unenforceable against the Corporation.

(b) Qualifying Performance Criteria. For purposes of this Plan, the term “Qualifying Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Corporation as a whole or to a business unit or Subsidiary, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or non-GAAP basis, in each case as specified by the Committee in the Award: (a) cash flow, (b) earnings per share, (c) earnings before one or more of interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, (d) return on equity, (e) total stockholder return, (f) share price performance, (g) return on capital, (h) return on assets or net assets, (i) revenue, (j) income or net income, (k) operating income or net operating income, (l) operating profit or net operating profit, (m) gross margin, operating margin or profit margin, (n) return on operating revenue, (o) return on invested capital, (p) market segment share, (q) product release schedules, (r) new product innovation, (s) product cost reduction through advanced technology, (t) brand recognition/acceptance, (u) product ship targets, or (v) customer satisfaction. To the extent provided for by the Committee at the time an Award is granted or otherwise as permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in or provisions under tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) any infrequently occurring or other unusual items, either under applicable accounting provisions or described in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Corporation’s annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, and (vi) any other events as the Committee shall deem appropriate, if such adjustment is timely approved in connection with the establishment of Qualifying Performance Criteria. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any completion of any Qualifying Performance Criteria, to the extent specified at the time of grant of an Award, the number of Shares, Stock Options, SARs, Restricted Stock Units or other benefits granted, issued, retainable and/or vested under an Award on account of satisfaction of such Qualifying Performance Criteria may be reduced by the Committee on the basis of such further considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine.

(c) Dividends. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, no adjustment shall be made in Shares issuable under Awards on account of cash dividends that may be paid or other rights that may be issued to the holders of Shares prior to their issuance under any Award. The Committee shall specify whether dividends or dividend equivalent amounts shall be credited and/or payable to any Participant with respect to the Shares subject to any Award; provided, however, that in no event will dividends or dividend equivalents be credited or payable in respect of Stock Options or SARs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends or dividend equivalents credited/payable in connection with an Award that is not yet vested shall be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the underlying Award and shall not be paid until the underlying Award vests. 

(d) Documents Evidencing Awards. The Committee shall, subject to applicable law, determine the date an Award is deemed to be granted. The Committee or, except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, its delegate(s) may establish the terms of agreements or other documents evidencing Awards under this Plan and may, but need not, require as a condition to any such agreement’s or document’s effectiveness that such agreement or document be executed by the Participant, including by electronic signature or other electronic indication of acceptance, and that such Participant agree to such further terms and conditions as specified in such agreement or document. The grant of an Award under this Plan shall not confer any rights upon the Participant holding such Award other than such terms, and subject to such conditions, as are specified in this Plan as being applicable to such type of Award (or to all Awards) or as are expressly set forth in the agreement or other document evidencing such Award.

(e) Additional Restrictions on Awards. Either at the time an Award is granted or by subsequent action, the Committee may, but need not, impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by a Participant of any Shares issued under an Award, including without limitation (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by the Participant or Participants, and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for receipt, resales or other transfers of such Shares.

(f) Subsidiary Awards. In the case of a grant of an Award to any Participant employed by a Subsidiary, such grant may, if the Committee so directs, be implemented by Intel issuing any subject Shares to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may determine, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such Award may be issued by and in the name of the Subsidiary and shall be deemed granted on such date as the Committee shall determine.

(g) Compensation Recovery.  This provision applies to any policy adopted by any exchange on which the securities of the Corporation are listed pursuant to Section 10D of the Exchange Act.  To the extent any such policy requires the repayment of incentive-based compensation received by a Participant, whether paid pursuant to an Award granted under this Plan or any other plan of incentive-based compensation maintained in the past or adopted in the future by the Corporation, by accepting an Award under this Plan, the Participant agrees to the repayment of such amounts to the extent required by such policy and applicable law.

11. ADJUSTMENT OF AND CHANGES IN THE COMMON STOCK

(a) The existence of outstanding Awards shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Corporation or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations, exchanges, or other changes in the Corporation’s capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any issuance of  Shares or other securities or subscription rights thereto, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting the Shares or other securities of the Corporation or the rights thereof, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise. Further, except as expressly provided herein or by the Committee, (i) the issuance by the Corporation of shares of stock or any class of securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash, property, labor or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Corporation convertible into such shares or other securities, (ii) the payment of a dividend in property other than Shares, or (iii) the occurrence of any similar transaction, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of Shares subject to Stock 

Options or other Awards theretofore granted or the purchase price per Share, unless the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that an adjustment is necessary or appropriate.

(b) If the outstanding Shares or other securities of the Corporation, or both, for which the Award is then exercisable or as to which the Award is to be settled shall at any time be changed or exchanged by declaration of a stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, extraordinary dividend of cash and/or assets, recapitalization, reorganization or any similar equity restructuring transaction (as that term is used in Accounting Standards Codification 718) affecting the Shares or other securities of the Corporation, the Committee shall equitably adjust the number and kind of Shares or other securities that are subject to this Plan and to the limits under Sections 6 and 9 and that are subject to any Awards theretofore granted, and the exercise or settlement prices of such Awards, so as to maintain the proportionate number of Shares or other securities subject to such Awards without changing the aggregate exercise or settlement price, if any.

(c) No right to purchase fractional Shares shall result from any adjustment in Stock Options or SARs pursuant to this Section 11. In case of any such adjustment, the Shares subject to the Stock Option or SAR shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share.

(d) Any other provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding (except Section 11(a)), in the event Intel is a party to a merger or other reorganization, outstanding Awards shall be subject to the agreement of merger or reorganization. Such agreement may provide, without limitation, for the assumption of outstanding Awards by the surviving corporation or its parent, for their continuation by Intel (if Intel is a surviving corporation), for accelerated vesting and accelerated expiration, or for settlement in cash.

12. LISTING OR QUALIFICATION OF COMMON STOCK

In the event that the Committee determines in its discretion that the listing or qualification of the Shares available for issuance under the Plan on any securities exchange or quotation or trading system or under any applicable law or governmental regulation is necessary as a condition to the issuance of such Shares, a Stock Option or SAR may not be exercised in whole or in part and a Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award shall not vest or be settled unless such listing, qualification, consent or approval has been unconditionally obtained.

13. TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN

The Board of Directors may amend, alter or discontinue the Plan and the Board or the Committee may to the extent permitted by the Plan amend any agreement or other document evidencing an Award made under this Plan, provided, however, that the Corporation shall submit for stockholder approval any amendment (other than an amendment pursuant to the adjustment provisions of Section 11) required to be submitted for stockholder approval by NASDAQ or that otherwise would:

(a) Increase the maximum number of Shares for which Awards may be granted under this Plan;

(b) Reduce the price at which Stock Options may be granted below the price provided for in Section 8(a);

(c) Reduce the option price of outstanding Stock Options; 

(d) Extend the term of this Plan; 

(e) Change the class of persons eligible to be Participants; or 

(f) Increase the limits in Section 6. 

In addition, no such amendment or alteration shall be made which would impair the rights of any Participant, without such Participant’s consent, under any Award theretofore granted, provided that no such consent shall be required with respect to any amendment or alteration if the Committee determines in its sole discretion that such amendment or alteration either (i) is required or advisable in order for the Corporation, the Plan or the Award to satisfy or conform to any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of any accounting standard, or (ii) is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under such Award, or that any such diminishment has been adequately compensated.

14. WITHHOLDING

To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, the Committee may and/or a Participant shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Corporation for the satisfaction of any withholding tax obligations that arise with respect to any Stock Option, SAR, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Award, or any sale of Shares. The Corporation shall not be required to issue Shares or to recognize the disposition of such Shares until such obligations are satisfied. To the extent permitted or required by the Committee, these obligations may or shall be satisfied by having the Corporation withhold a portion of the Shares of stock that otherwise would be issued to a Participant under such Award or by tendering Shares previously acquired by the Participant.

15. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Employment At Will. Neither the Plan nor the grant of any Award nor any action by the Corporation, any Subsidiary or the Committee shall be held or construed to confer upon any person any right to be continued in the employ of the Corporation or a Subsidiary. The Corporation and each Subsidiary expressly reserve the right to discharge, without liability but subject to his or her rights under this Plan, any Participant whenever in the sole discretion of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, it may determine to do so.

(b) Governing Law. This Plan and any agreements or other documents hereunder shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable federal law. The Committee may provide that any dispute as to any Award shall be presented and determined in such forum as the Committee may specify, including through binding arbitration. Any reference in this Plan or in the agreement or other document evidencing any Award to a provision of law or to a rule or regulation shall be deemed to include any successor law, rule or regulation of similar effect or applicability.

(c) Unfunded Plan. Insofar as it provides for Awards, the Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping accounts may be established with respect to Participants who are granted Awards under this Plan, any such accounts will be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Corporation shall not be required to segregate any assets which may at any time be represented by Awards, nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Corporation or the Committee be deemed to be a trustee of stock or cash to be awarded under the Plan.

(d) Third Party Administrator.  In connection with a Participant’s participation in the Plan, the Corporation may use the services of a third party administrator, including a brokerage firm administrator, and the Corporation may provide this administrator with personal information about a Participant, including a Participant’s name, social security number and address, as well as the details of each Award, and this administrator may provide information to the Corporation concerning the exercise of a Participant’s rights and account data as it relates to Awards under the Plan.

16. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF PLAN

Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board of Directors nor the submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Corporation for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board of Directors or the Committee to adopt such other incentive arrangements as either may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock or restricted stock units otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

17. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS

This Plan, the grant and exercise of Awards thereunder, and the obligation of the Corporation to sell, issue or deliver Shares under such Awards, shall be subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. The Corporation shall not be required to register in a Participant’s name or deliver any Shares prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any federal, state or local law or any ruling or regulation of any government body which the Committee shall determine to be necessary or advisable. To the extent the Corporation is unable to or the Committee deems it infeasible to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Corporation’s counsel to be necessary or advisable for the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, the Corporation shall be relieved of any liability with respect to the failure to issue or 

sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. No Stock Option shall be exercisable and no Shares shall be issued and/or transferable under any other Award unless a registration statement with respect to the Shares underlying such Stock Option is effective and current or the Corporation has determined that such registration is unnecessary.

18. LIABILITY OF CORPORATION

The Corporation shall not be liable to a Participant or other persons as to: (a) the non-issuance or sale of Shares as to which the Corporation has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Corporation’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder; and (b) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Stock Option or other Award granted hereunder.

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