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EX-10(A)(VII)

Exhibit 10(a)(vii)

H. J. Heinz Company 1996 Stock Option Plan

(as amended and restated effective August 13, 2008)

1. Definitions

The terms defined in this Section 1 shall, for all purposes of this Plan, have the meanings herein
specified:

(a) “Board of Directors” shall mean not less than a quorum of the whole Board of Directors of the
Company.

(b) “Cause” shall mean an act of dishonesty, moral turpitude or an intentional or gross negligent
act detrimental to the best interests of the Company or a Subsidiary; provided, that, if an
Optionee is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with the Company, and such Optionee’s
employment with the Company is terminated in a manner such that the Optionee is entitled to any
payments or benefits (including accrued payments or benefits) under the terms of the Severance
Protection Agreement, then “Cause” for purposes of this Plan shall have the meaning set forth in
such Severance Protection Agreement.

(c) “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the events set forth in clauses (1),
(2) and (3) of this subparagraph 1(c).

(1) the date the Company acquires knowledge of the filing under the Exchange Act of a statement
on Schedule 13D, or any amendment thereto, relating to a transaction or series of transactions
in which any person or group deemed a person under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act shall
have become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly (with beneficial ownership determined
as provided in Rule 13d-3, or any successor rule, under the Exchange Act), of securities of the
Company entitling the person or group to 20% or more of all votes (without consideration of the
rights of any class of stock to elect Directors by a separate class vote) to which all
shareholders of the Company would be entitled in the election of Directors were an election held
on such date; provided, that any shares held by a person or group who filed or who would have
been obligated to file a Schedule 13D or 13G with respect to beneficial ownership of securities
of the Company prior to January 1, 1996, any affiliate or associate as of January 1, 1996 of any
such person, any beneficiary of any trust or estate included in any such person or group, any
member of the family of any such person, any trust or estate (including the trustees or
executors thereof) established by or for the benefit of any such person, or any charitable
foundation, whether a trust or a corporation (including the trustees and directors thereof)
established by or for the benefit of any such person (in each case, an “Existing Shareholder”),
and any shares held by any employee stock ownership plan sponsored by the Company, shall be
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of determining whether the foregoing 20% threshold for securities ownership has been reached by
such person or group; and provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the securities
beneficially owned by any Existing Shareholder shall not be so excluded from the securities
beneficially owned by any person or group if (x) such person or group includes any person who is
not an Existing Shareholder and (y) such person or group has beneficial ownership of securities
of the Company having 20% or more of all votes in the election of directors (without
consideration of the rights of any class of stock to elect Directors by a separate class vote);

(2) the date on which there is a failure of individuals who were members of the Board of
Directors as of June 12, 1996 to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors,
unless the election (or the nomination for election by the shareholders) of each new director
was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the total of such individuals then still in
office and such other directors as may previously have been elected or nominated pursuant to
such a two-thirds vote; or

(3) the date of approval by the shareholders of the Company of an agreement (a “reorganization
agreement”) providing for (i) the merger or consolidation of the Company with another
corporation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation, or pursuant to which its
Common Stock is converted, other than a merger where the shareholders of the Company immediately
prior to the merger or consolidation beneficially own, immediately after the merger or
consolidation, shares of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the merger or
consolidation entitling such shareholders to 50% or more of all votes (without consideration of
the rights of any class of stock to elect Directors by a separate class vote) to which all
shareholders of such corporation would be entitled in the election of Directors or where the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company immediately prior to the merger or
consolidation constitute, immediately after the merger or consolidation, a majority of the Board
of Directors of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the merger or consolidation, or
(ii) the sale or other disposition or liquidation of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company; provided, however that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, no
transaction or series of transactions shall constitute a “Change in Control” as to the holder of
any Stock Option if such transaction or series of transactions required such holder to be
identified in any United States securities law filing as a person or a member of any group
acquiring, holding or disposing of beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities and
effecting a “Change in Control” as defined herein.

(d) “Committee” shall mean the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors described in Section 4 hereof.

(e) “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s presently authorized Common Stock, par value $.25 per
share, except as this definition may be modified as provided in Section 11 hereof.

(f) “Company” shall mean H. J. Heinz Company, a Pennsylvania corporation.

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(g) “Employee” or “Employees” shall mean key persons (including directors and officers) employed
by the Company, or a Subsidiary thereof, on a full-time basis and who are compensated for such
employment by a regular salary.

(h) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(i) “Fair Market Value” shall, except as provided in Section 8 hereof, mean the closing sale price
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange—Composite Tape on the date a Stock Option is
granted or Limited Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised (or, for purposes of determining the
value of shares of Common Stock used in payment of the Option Price as provided in Section
9(C)(4), the date of exercise) or, if there are no sales on such dates, at the opening price on
the following day on which there are sales.

(j) “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence after a Change in Control of any of the events or
conditions described in the following subsections (l) through (5):

(1) a change in the Optionee’s title, position, duties or responsibilities (including reporting
responsibilities) which represents an adverse change from the Optionee’s title, position, duties
or responsibilities as in effect at any time within 90 days preceding the date of the Change in
Control or at any time thereafter; or any removal of the Optionee from or failure to reappoint
or reelect him or her to any one of such offices or positions, except in connection with a
disability termination (as described in Section 9(D)(2) of the Plan) or a termination of the
Optionee’s employment for Cause, as a result of the Optionee’s death or by the Optionee other
than for Good Reason;

(2) a reduction in the Optionee’s base salary or any failure to pay the Optionee any
compensation or benefits to which the Optionee is entitled within five days after the date due;

(3) the Optionee being required by the Company to perform the Optionee’s regular duties at any
place outside a 30-mile radius from the place where the Optionee’s regular duties were performed
immediately before the Change in Control, except for reasonably required travel on the Company’s
business which is not materially greater than such travel requirements in effect immediately
before the Change in Control;

(4) the failure by the Company to provide the Optionee with compensation and benefits, in the
aggregate, at least equal (in opportunities) to those provided for under the compensation and
employee benefit plans, programs, and practices in which the Optionee was participating at any
time within 90 days preceding the date of a Change in Control or at any time thereafter; or

(5) for any Optionee who is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with the Company, any
additional event or condition that constitutes “Good Reason” under such Severance Protection
Agreement.

Any event or condition described in subsections 1 through 5, above, which occurs before a Change
in Control but which the Participant reasonably demonstrates (a) was at the request of a third
party who has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in
Control and who effectuates a Change in Control or (b) otherwise arose in connection with, or
in anticipation of, a Change in Control which actually occurs, shall constitute Good Reason for
purposes of this Plan notwithstanding that it occurred before the Change in Control.

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(k) “Incentive Option” shall mean a Stock Option which is an “incentive stock option” as defined
in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”).

(l) “Limited Stock Appreciation Rights” shall mean the right to receive cash with respect to shares
of Common Stock subject to a Stock Option in lieu of exercising such Stock Option as
described in Section 8 hereof.

(m) “Non-Statutory Option” shall mean a Stock Option which does not qualify as an Incentive Option
as defined above.

(n) “Option” shall mean a Stock Option or Limited Stock Appreciation Right granted by the Company
pursuant to the Plan.

(o) “Optionee” shall mean a person who accepts an Option granted under the Plan.

(p) “Option Price” shall mean the price to be paid for the shares of Common Stock being purchased
pursuant to a Stock Option Agreement.

(q) “Option Period” shall mean the period from the date of grant of an Option to the date after
which such Option may no longer be exercised. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to extend
the termination date of the Option Period beyond the date set forth in the Stock Option Agreement.
No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option is
granted.

(r) “Plan” shall mean the H. J. Heinz Company 1996 Stock Option Plan.

(s) “Stock Option” shall mean an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option granted by the Company
pursuant to the Plan to purchase shares of Common Stock.

(t) “Stock Option Agreement” shall mean the written agreement between the Company and Optionee
confirming the Option and setting forth the terms and conditions upon which it may be exercised.

(u) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly
through Subsidiaries, at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

(v) “Successor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(D)(4) hereof.

2. Purposes

The purposes of the Plan are to promote the growth and profitability of the Company by enabling it
to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to
provide key Employees with an opportunity for investment in the Company’s Common Stock and to give
them an additional incentive to increase their efforts on behalf of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.

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3. Effective Date and Termination

The effective date of the Plan is June 12, 1996. The Plan was approved by the shareholders of the
Company on September 10, 1996. No Stock Options or Limited Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted
under the Plan after June 11, 2006.

4. Administration

The Plan shall be administered by a Management Development and Compensation Committee of not less
than three directors of the Company (“Committee”) appointed by the Board of Directors. No person
shall be eligible or continue to serve as a member of such Committee unless such person is an
“outside director” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) (“Section 162(m)”). No person shall be
eligible for the grant of an Option under this Plan while serving as a member of such Committee.
Members of the Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Vacancies occurring
in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors. No
member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall be eligible to receive any Option hereunder,
although membership on the Committee shall not affect or impair any such member’s rights under any
Option granted to him at a time when he was not a member of the Committee.

The Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum thereof and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting of the Committee at
which a quorum is present, or acts approved in writing by a majority of the entire Committee, shall
be the acts of the Committee.

5. Eligibility

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine and designate from time to
time those key Employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries to whom Options are to be granted and
the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such grants. In determining the eligibility of an
Employee to receive an Option, as well as in determining the number of shares covered by such
Option, the Committee shall consider the position and responsibilities of the Employee being
considered, the nature and value to the Company or a Subsidiary of his services and
accomplishments, his present and potential contribution to the success of the Company or its
Subsidiaries, and such other factors as the Committee may deem relevant.

No Option may be granted to an individual who, immediately after such grant, “owns” (as defined in
Code Sections 422 and 424) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the corporation then employing such individual or of a parent or
subsidiary corporation of such employer corporation.

More than one Option may be granted to an individual. The maximum number of shares, however, which
may be granted under this Plan to any individual as Options shall not exceed 10% of the maximum
number of shares available under the Plan, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 11
hereof.

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The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the Stock Option is granted) of the
Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Options granted after 1986 are exercisable for the
first time during any calendar year by an Employee under all plans of the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall not exceed the greater of $100,000 or such sum as may from time to time be
permitted under Code Section 422.

6. Number of Shares Available

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock that may be granted as Options is 15,000,000. The Common Stock to be offered under the Plan
may be either authorized and unissued shares or issued shares reacquired by the Company and
presently or hereafter held as treasury shares. The Board of Directors has reserved for the
purposes of the Plan a total of 15,000,000 of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock,
subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 11 hereof. If any shares as to which an Option
granted under the Plan shall remain unexercised at the expiration thereof or shall be terminated
unexercised, such shares may be available for further grants under the Plan. To the extent that a
Limited Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with a Stock Option is exercised, such
Stock Option shall be deemed to have been exercised and the shares of Common Stock which otherwise
would have been issued upon the exercise of such Stock Option shall not be subject to the grant of
any further Options.

7. Types of Stock Options

The Committee shall have full and complete authority, in its discretion, subject to the provisions
of the Plan, to grant Stock Options containing such terms and conditions as shall be requisite, in
the judgment of the Committee, to constitute both Incentive Options and Non-Statutory Options.
Non-Statutory Options shall be identified as such in the Stock Option Agreement. The Committee may
include Limited Stock Appreciation Rights (as provided by Section 8 hereof) in connection with a
Stock Option, either at the time of grant or, in the case of a Non-Statutory Option, at a later
date.

8. Limited Stock Appreciation Rights and Acceleration of the Exercise Date of Stock Options
following Change in Control

(A) Limited Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in connection with all or part of a Stock
Option granted under this Plan, either at the time of grant of such Stock Option or, in the case of
a Non-Statutory Option, at any time thereafter during the term of the Stock Option.

(B) Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall entitle the holder of a Stock Option in connection with
which such Limited Stock Appreciation Rights are granted, upon exercise of the Limited Stock
Appreciation Rights, to surrender the Stock Option, or any applicable portion thereof, to the
extent unexercised, and to receive an amount of cash determined pursuant to subparagraph (3) of
paragraph (C) of this Section 8. Such Stock Option, shall, to the extent so surrendered, thereupon
cease to be exercisable.

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(C) Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and to
such other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as shall from time to time be
approved by the Committee.

(1) Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall in no event be exercisable unless and until the holder
of the Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall have completed at least six months of continuous
service with the Company or a Subsidiary, or both, immediately following the date upon which the
Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall have been granted and shall be exercisable only at such
time or times and to the extent that the related Stock Option is exercisable.

(2) Upon exercise of Limited Stock Appreciation Rights, the holder thereof shall be entitled to
receive an amount of cash in respect of each share of Common Stock subject to the related Stock
Option equal to the excess of the fair market value of such share over the Option Price of such
related Stock Option, and for this purpose fair market value shall mean the highest last sale
price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange during the period beginning on the 90th
day prior to the date on which the Limited Stock Appreciation Rights are exercised and ending on
such date, except that (a) in the event of the acquisition by any person or group of beneficial
ownership of securities of the Company entitling the person or group to 20% or more of all votes
to which all shareholders of the Company would be entitled in the election of Directors (without
consideration of the rights of any class of stock to elect Directors by a separate class vote),
fair market value shall mean the greater of such last sale price or the highest price per share
paid for Common Stock shown on the Statement on Schedule 13D, or any amendment thereto, filed by
the person or group becoming a 20% beneficial owner and (b) in the event of approval by
shareholders of the Company of a reorganization agreement, fair market value shall mean the
greater of such last sale price or the fixed or formula price specified in the reorganization
agreement if such price is determinable as of the date of exercise of the Limited Stock
Appreciation Rights. Any securities or property which are part or all of the consideration paid
for Common Stock in a tender offer or exchange offer or under an approved reorganization agreement
shall be valued at the higher of (a) the valuation placed on such securities or property by the
person making the tender offer or exchange offer or by the corporation other than the Company
issuing securities or property in the merger or consolidation or to whom the Company is selling or
otherwise disposing of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and (b) the valuation
placed on such securities or property by the Committee.

(D) With respect to any Option granted on or prior to May 16, 2005, all Options shall become
exercisable upon the occurrence of a Change in Control whether or not such Options are then
exercisable under the provisions of the applicable agreements relating thereto. With respect to any
Option granted on or after May 17, 2005, unless otherwise provided in any Stock Option Agreement,
each Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable as to 100% of the shares of Common
Stock subject to the Option upon (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control if such Option is not
assumed, substituted or replaced by a Surviving Corporation or other successor to the business of
the Company with an award of equivalent value, or (ii) if clause (i) does not apply, the
termination of an Optionee’s employment with or services for the Company within 24 months

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following a Change in Control if such termination is (a) by the Company for reasons other than
Cause or (b) by the Optionee for Good Reason, but, in either case of clause (i) or (ii), only to
the extent the Option has not otherwise been terminated and canceled or become exercisable as of
such date.

(E) To the extent that Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercised, the Stock Option in
connection with which such Limited Stock Appreciation Rights shall have been granted shall be
deemed to have been exercised. To the extent that the Stock Option in connection with which Limited
Stock Appreciation Rights shall have been granted shall be exercised, the Limited Stock
Appreciation Rights granted in connection with such Option shall be cancelled.

9. Terms of Options

The grant of each Option shall be confirmed by a Stock Option Agreement (in the form prescribed by
the Committee) which shall be executed at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by the Company and the Optionee
as promptly as practicable after such grant. The Stock Option Agreement shall expressly state or
incorporate by reference the provisions of this Plan.

(A) Option Price

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 hereof, the Committee at the time a Stock Option is
granted shall determine the Option Price which shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value
of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.

(B) Option Periods

The term of each Option granted under this Plan shall be for such period as the Committee shall
determine, but not more than ten years from the date of grant thereof, subject to earlier
termination as hereinafter provided in paragraph (D) of this Section 9.

(C) Exercise of Options

Each Option granted under this Plan may be exercised to the extent exercisable, in whole or in part
at any time during the Option Period, for such number of shares as shall be prescribed by the
provisions of the Stock Option Agreement evidencing such Option, provided that:

(1) An Option may be exercised (a) during the continuance of the Optionee’s employment by the
Company or a Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (E) of this Section 9, or
(b) after termination of the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph (D) of this Section 9.

(2) Limited Stock Appreciation Rights may not be exercised prior to six months immediately
following the date upon which such Limited Stock Appreciation Rights are granted.

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(3) An Option may be exercised by the Optionee or a Successor only by written notice (in the form
prescribed by the Committee) to the Company specifying the number of shares to be purchased.

(4) The aggregate Option Price of the shares as to which a Stock Option may be exercised shall be,
in the discretion of the Committee and consistent with the provisions of Section 17:

(a) paid in U.S. funds by any one or any combination of the following: cash,
(including check, draft or wire transfer made payable to the order of the
Company), or delivery of Common Stock certificates endorsed in blank or
accompanied by executed stock powers with signatures guaranteed by a national
bank or trust company or a member of a national securities exchange evidencing shares of Common Stock, whose value shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value
on the date of exercise of such Common Stock; or

(b) paid on a deferred basis, and upon such terms and conditions, including
provision for securing the payment of the same, as the Committee, in its
discretion, shall provide; or

(c) deemed to be paid in full provided the notice of the exercise of a Stock
Option is accompanied by a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to
promptly deliver to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds sufficient
to cover the Option Price; or

(d) paid by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will
reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise by the largest
whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the
aggregate exercise price; provided, however, that the Company shall accept a
cash or other payment from the Optionee to the extent of any remaining balance
of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number
of whole shares to be issued; and further provided that shares of Common Stock
will no longer be subject to an Option and such Option will no longer be
exercisable thereafter to the extent of (i) the shares used to pay the exercise
price pursuant to a “net exercise,” (ii) the shares delivered to the Optionee
as a result of such exercise, and (iii) any shares withheld to satisfy tax
withholding obligations as a result of such exercise.

Payment of the Option Price with certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock as provided above
shall not increase the number of shares available for the grant of Options under the Plan.

As soon as practicable after receipt by the Company of notice of exercise and of payment in full of
the Option Price of the shares with respect to which a Stock Option has been exercised, a
certificate or certificates representing such shares shall be registered in the name or names of
the Optionee or his Successor and shall be delivered to the Optionee or his Successor at
Pittsburgh,

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Pennsylvania. If any part of the Option Price is paid on a deferred basis, the shares for which
payment has been deferred shall be registered in the name of the Optionee or his Successor but the
certificate or certificates representing such shares shall not be delivered to the Optionee or his
Successor until the Option Price for such shares has been paid in full.

(D) Termination of Employment

The effect of termination of an Optionee’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary shall be as
follows:

(1) Involuntary Termination. If the employment of an Optionee is terminated involuntarily without
Cause by the Company or a Subsidiary, any outstanding Options held by such Optionee may be
exercised at any time prior to the expiration date of such Options or within three months after
the date of such involuntary termination, whichever is the shorter period; provided, however, that
such Options were exercisable on the date of such termination under the provisions of the Plan and
the applicable agreements relating thereto, or the Committee specifically waives the restrictions
relating to exercisability, if any, contained in the Plan and such agreements.

(2) Disability Termination. If (i) an Optionee is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with
the Company, and such Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated in a manner such
that the Participant is entitled to payments or benefits under the Severance Protection Agreement
due to a termination due to “Disability” within the meaning of such Severance Protection Agreement
or (ii) in all other cases, the employment of an Optionee is terminated by the Company or a
Subsidiary because, in the opinion of the Committee, the Optionee has become physically
incapacitated, any outstanding Options held by such Optionee may be exercised at any time prior to
the expiration date of such Options; whether or not such Options were exercisable on the date of
such termination under the provisions of the applicable agreements relating thereto. For the
purposes of this Plan the question whether the termination of employment shall be considered a
disability termination caused by physical incapacity shall be determined in each case by the
Committee and such determination by the Committee shall be final.

(3) Retirement. If an Optionee’s employment terminates as the result of retirement of the Optionee
under any retirement plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, he may exercise any outstanding Option
at any time prior to the expiration date of the Option; provided, however, that such Options were
exercisable on the date of such termination under the provisions of the applicable agreements
relating thereto, or the Committee specifically waives the restrictions relating to
exercisability, if any, contained in such agreements.

(4) Death. (a) If an Optionee shall die, the Optionee’s Options may be exercised by the person or
persons entitled to do so under a beneficiary designation in accordance with paragraph (E) of this
Section 9 or, if none, under the Optionee’s will or, if the Optionee shall have failed to
designate a beneficiary or make testamentary disposition of such Options or shall have died
intestate, by the Optionee’s legal representative or representatives (such person, persons,
representative, or representatives are referred to herein as the “Successor” of an Optionee).

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(b) If an Optionee shall die while the Optionee is an Employee, the Successor may exercise the
Optionee’s Options at any time prior to the expiration date of such Options; whether or not such
Options were exercisable on the date of the Optionee’s death under the provisions of the
applicable agreements relating thereto.

(c) If the Optionee shall die within three months after the involuntary termination without
Cause of the Optionee’s employment, the Optionee’s Options may be exercised by the Successor at
any time prior to the expiration date of such Options or within one year of the date of the
Optionee’s death, whichever is the shorter period, provided, however, that such Options were
exercisable on the date of the Optionee’s termination of employment under the provisions of the
applicable agreements relating thereto or the Committee specifically waives the restrictions
relating to exercisability, if any, contained in such agreements.

(5) Other Termination. If the employment of an Optionee shall terminate for any reason other than
as set forth in subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4) above, his rights under any then outstanding
Options shall terminate at the time of such termination of employment; provided, however, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, to the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 17,
take such action as it considers appropriate to waive such automatic termination and/or the
restrictions, if any, contained in the applicable agreements relating thereto.

(6) Extension of Option Exercise Periods. Notwithstanding the Option termination provisions set
forth above, at the request of an Optionee or his Successor, but in the Committee’s sole
discretion, the Committee may at any time prior to the termination of an Option, extend the period
during which the Option may be exercised following the termination of an Optionee’s employment for
any period up to the remaining Option Period for the Option.

(E) Non-Transferability

Unless otherwise designated by the Committee to the contrary, each Option granted under the Plan
shall by its terms be non-transferable by the Optionee (except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution), and each Option shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the
Optionee, his or her guardian or legal representative or by such other means as the Committee may
approve from time to time that is not inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of either
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or Rule 16b-3, as either may be amended from time to time, or any
law, rule, regulation or other provision that may hereafter replace such Rule. An Optionee may also
designate a beneficiary to exercise his or her Options after the Optionee’s death. To the extent
consistent with the provisions of Section 17, the Committee may amend outstanding Options to
provide for transfer, without payment of consideration, to immediate family members of the Optionee
or to trusts or partnerships for such family members. Any Limited Stock Appreciation Right issued
in conjunction with an Incentive Option is transferable only when such Option is transferable and
under the same conditions.

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(F) Other Terms

Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall contain such other terms, provisions, and conditions
(which need not be identical) not inconsistent herewith as shall be determined by the Committee.

10. Listing and Registration of Shares

If at any time the Board of Directors shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing,
registration or qualification of any of the shares subject to Options under the Plan upon any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any
governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of or in connection with the
purchase or issue of shares thereunder, no outstanding Options, the exercise of which would result
in the purchase or issuance of shares, may be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing,
registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any
conditions not acceptable to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may require any person
exercising an Option to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider
appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of the shares in compliance with applicable
law and shall have the authority to cause the Company at its expense to take any action related to
the Plan which may be required in connection with such listing, registration, qualification,
consent or approval.

11. Adjustments

To the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 17, in the event that a dividend shall be
declared upon the Common Stock payable in shares (other than treasury shares) of Common Stock, the
number of shares of Common Stock then subject to any Option outstanding under the Plan and the
number of shares reserved for the grant of Options pursuant to the Plan but not yet subject to an
Option shall be adjusted by adding to each such share the number of shares which would be
distributable in respect thereof if such shares had been outstanding on the date fixed for
determining the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive such stock dividend. To the extent
consistent with the provisions of Section 17, in the event that the outstanding shares of Common
Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other
securities of the Company or of another corporation, whether through reorganization,
recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of shares, merger, or consolidation, then there shall
be substituted for each share of Common Stock subject to any such Option and for each share of
Common Stock reserved for the grant of Options pursuant to the Plan but not yet subject to an
Option, the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which each outstanding
share of Common Stock shall have been so changed or for which each such share shall have been
exchanged. In the event there shall be any change, other than as specified above in this Section
11, in the number or kind of outstanding shares of Common Stock or of any stock or other securities
into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or for which it shall have been exchanged,
then if the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion and consistent with the provisions of
Section 17, shall determine that such change equitably requires an adjustment in the number or kind
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Options pursuant to the Plan but not yet subject to an Option and of the shares then subject to an
Option or Options, such adjustment shall be made by the Board of Directors and shall be effective
and binding for all purposes of the Plan and of each Option outstanding thereunder. In the case of
any such substitution or adjustment as provided for in this Section 11, the Option Price for each
share of stock or other security which shall have been substituted for each share of Common Stock
covered by an outstanding Option shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such substitution or
adjustment. No adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section 11 shall require the Company
to sell a fractional share of Common Stock, and the total substitution or adjustment with respect
to each outstanding Option shall be limited accordingly.

Upon any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11 the Company will, upon request, deliver to the
Optionee or to his Successors a certificate of its Secretary setting forth the Option Price
thereafter in effect and the number and kind of shares or other securities thereafter purchasable
on the exercise of such Option.

12. Withholding Taxes

The Company unilaterally or by arrangement with the Optionee shall make appropriate provision for
satisfaction of withholding taxes in the case of any grant, award, exercise, or other transaction
which gives rise to a withholding requirement. An Optionee or other person receiving shares issued
upon exercise of a Non-Statutory Option shall be required to pay the Company or any Subsidiary in
cash the amount of any taxes which the Company or Subsidiary is required to withhold.

Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt,
Optionees who are subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and, if determined by the
Committee, other Optionees, may satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by election on or
before the date that the amount of tax required to be withheld is determined, to have the number of
shares received upon exercise of the Non-Statutory Option reduced by a number of shares having a
fair market value equal to the amount of the required withholding to be so satisfied or to
surrender to the Company previously held shares of Common Stock having an equivalent fair market
value.

13. Interpretation, Amendments and Termination

All actions taken by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 13 shall be taken only in
accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, and shall be consistent with the provisions of
Section 17. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations and establish such
procedures for the administration of the Plan as it deems appropriate. In the event of any dispute
or disagreement as to the interpretation of this Plan or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or
as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Plan, the decision of the
Board of Directors shall be final and binding upon all persons. The Board of Directors may amend
this Plan as it shall deem advisable, except that the Board of Directors may not, without further
approval of the shareholders of the Company, (a) increase the total number of shares of Common
Stock which may be granted under the Plan, (b) change the manner of determining the Option Price
set forth in Section 9(A) hereof, (c) permit any

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Option to be exercised more than ten years after the date it was granted or increase the number of
shares that may be received by any one individual pursuant to Section 5 hereof, (d) amend any
provision of this Section 13 or (e) withdraw the administration of the Plan from a committee of
directors meeting the requirements of Section 4 hereof. The Board of Directors may, in its
discretion, terminate this Plan at any time. Termination of the Plan shall not affect the rights of
Optionees or their Successors under any Options outstanding and not exercised in full on the date
of termination.

Subject to the foregoing and the requirements of Section 162(m), the Board of Directors may without
further action on the part of the shareholders of the Company or the consent of participants, amend
the Plan, (a) to permit or facilitate qualification of Options thereafter granted under the Plan as
Incentive Options, and (b) to preserve the employer deduction under Section 162(m).

14. Foreign Jurisdictions

The Committee may, from time to time, adopt, amend, and terminate under the Plan, such
arrangements, not inconsistent with the intent of the Plan, as it may deem necessary or desirable
to make available tax or other benefits of laws of any foreign jurisdiction, to key employees of
the Company or its subsidiaries who are subject to such laws and who receive grants under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action taken pursuant to this Section 14 must be consistent with
the provisions of Section 17.

15. Compliance with Section 162(m)

With respect to employees subject to Section 162(m), transactions under the Plan are intended to
avoid loss of the deduction referred to in paragraph (1) of Section 162(m). Anything in the Plan or
elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent any provision of the Plan or action by the
Committee fails to so comply or avoid the loss of such deduction, it shall be deemed null and void,
to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee concerned with matters
relating to employees subject to Section 162(m).

16. Notices

All notices under the Plan shall be in writing, and if to the Company, shall be delivered to the
Secretary of the Company or mailed to its principal office, Post Office Box 57, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15230, addressed to the attention of the Secretary; and if to the Optionee, shall be
delivered personally or mailed to the Optionee at the address appearing in the payroll records of
the Company or a Subsidiary. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the
other party.

17. Code Section 409A

It is intended that the Options granted pursuant to this Plan shall not constitute “deferrals of
compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, as a result, shall not be subject to the
requirements of Section 409A. The Plan is to be interpreted in a manner consistent with this
intention.

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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, a new Option may not be issued if such Option
would be subject to Code Section 409A, and an existing Option may not be modified in a manner that
would cause such Option to become subject to Code Section 409A.

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Exhibit 10(a)(viii)

H. J. Heinz Company 2000 Stock Option Plan

(as amended and restated effective August 13, 2008)

1. DEFINITIONS.

The terms defined in this Section 1 shall, for all purposes of this Plan, have the meanings herein
specified:

(a) “Board of Directors” shall mean not less than a quorum of the whole Board of Directors of the
Company.

(b) “Cause” shall mean an act of dishonesty, moral turpitude or an intentional or gross negligent
act detrimental to the best interests of the Company or a Subsidiary; provided, that, if an
Optionee is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with the Company, and such Optionee’s
employment with the Company is terminated in a manner such that the Optionee is entitled to any
payments or benefits (including accrued payments or benefits) under the terms of the Severance
Protection Agreement, then “Cause” for purposes of this Plan shall have the meaning set forth in
such Severance Protection Agreement.

(c) “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following events:

(1) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting securities of the
Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial
Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of twenty
percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting
Securities; provided, however, that in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred,
Voting Securities which are acquired in a “Non-Control Acquisition” (as hereinafter defined)
shall not constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A “Non-Control
Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a
part thereof) maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) the Company or any Subsidiary,
or (iii) any Person in connection with a transaction described in paragraph (3) below.

(2) The individuals who, as of the Effective Date, are members of the Board of Directors (the
“Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent
Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the
Incumbent Board; provided, further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of
the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual
or threatened “Election Consent” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange
Act) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
Person other than the Board of Directors (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle
any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;

 

 

(3) A merger, consolidation or reorganization involving the Company or a subsidiary of the
Company, unless

(i) the Voting Securities of the Company, immediately before such merger, consolidation or
reorganization, continue immediately following such merger, consolidation or reorganization to
represent, either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving corporation resulting from such merger, consolidation or reorganization or its
parent (the “Surviving Corporation”), at least sixty percent (60%) of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting securities of the Surviving Corporation;

(ii) the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately before the execution
of the agreement providing for such merger, consolidation or reorganization constitute more
than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation; and

(iii) no person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary, any employee benefit plan (or any
trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any
Subsidiary, or any Person who, immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization
had Beneficial Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the then outstanding Voting
Securities) has Beneficial Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting
power of the Surviving Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.

(4) A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(5) Approval by stockholders of the Company of an agreement for the sale or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a
Subsidiary).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any
Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of
the outstanding Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the
Company which, by reducing the number of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportional
number of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, provided that if a Change in Control
would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of Voting
Securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition by the Company the Subject Person
becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional voting Securities which increases the percentage of
the then outstanding Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in
Control shall occur.

(d) “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(e) “Committee” shall mean the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors described in Section 4 hereof.

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(f) “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s presently authorized Common Stock, par value $.25 per
share, except as this definition may be modified as provided in Section 10 hereof.

(g) “Company” shall mean H. J. Heinz Company, a Pennsylvania corporation.

(h) “Effective Date” shall mean September 12, 2000.

(i) “Employee” or “Employees” shall mean key persons (including directors and officers) employed
by the Company, or a Subsidiary thereof, on a full-time basis and who are compensated for such
employment by a regular salary.

(j) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(k) “Fair Market Value” shall mean the closing sale price of the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange—Composite Tape on the date an Option is granted (or, for purposes of determining
the value of shares of Common Stock used in payment of the Option Price as provided in Section
8(C)(4), the date of exercise) or, if there are no sales on such dates, at the opening price on
the following day on which there are sales.

(l) “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence after a Change in Control of any of the events or
conditions described in the following subsections (l) through (5):

(1) a change in the Optionee’s title, position, duties or responsibilities (including reporting
responsibilities) which represents an adverse change from the Optionee’s title, position, duties
or responsibilities as in effect at any time within 90 days preceding the date of the Change in
Control or at any time thereafter; or any removal of the Optionee from or failure to reappoint
or reelect him or her to any one of such offices or positions, except in connection with a
disability termination (as described in Section 8(D)(2) of the Plan) or a termination of the
Optionee’s employment for Cause, as a result of the Optionee’s death or by the Optionee other
than for Good Reason;

(2) a reduction in the Optionee’s base salary or any failure to pay the Optionee any
compensation or benefits to which the Optionee is entitled within five days after the date due;

(3) the Optionee being required by the Company to perform the Optionee’s regular duties at any
place outside a 30-mile radius from the place where the Optionee’s regular duties were performed
immediately before the Change in Control, except for reasonably required travel on the Company’s
business which is not materially greater than such travel requirements in effect immediately
before the Change in Control;

(4) the failure by the Company to provide the Optionee with compensation and benefits, in the
aggregate, at least equal (in opportunities) to those provided for under the compensation and
employee benefit plans, programs, and practices in which the Optionee was participating at any
time within 90 days preceding the date of a Change in Control or at any time thereafter; or

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(5) for any Optionee who is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with the Company, any
additional event or condition that constitutes “Good Reason” under such Severance Protection
Agreement.

Any event or condition described in subsections 1 through 5, above, which occurs before a Change
in Control but which the Participant reasonably demonstrates (a) was at the request of a third
party who has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in
Control and who effectuates a Change in Control or (b) otherwise arose in connection with, or in
anticipation of, a Change in Control which actually occurs, shall constitute Good Reason for
purposes of this Plan notwithstanding that it occurred before the Change in Control.

(m) “Incentive Option” shall mean an Option which is an “incentive stock option” as defined in
Code Section 422.

(n) “Non-Statutory Option” shall mean an Option which does not qualify as an Incentive Option as
defined above.

(o) “Option” shall mean an Incentive Option or a Non-Statutory Option granted by the Company
pursuant to the Plan to purchase shares of Common Stock.

(p) “Optionee” shall mean a person who accepts an Option granted under the Plan.

(q) “Option Price” shall mean the price to be paid for the shares of Common Stock being purchased
pursuant to a Stock Option Grant.

(r) “Option Period” shall mean the period from the date of grant of an Option to the date after
which such Option may no longer be exercised. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to extend
the termination date of the Option Period beyond the date set forth in the Stock Option Agreement.
No Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date the Option is
granted.

(s) “Plan” shall mean the H. J. Heinz Company 2000 Stock Option Plan.

(t) “Stock Option Grant” shall mean the written notification or agreement confirming the Option
and setting forth the terms and conditions upon which it may be exercised.

(u) “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly
through Subsidiaries, at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock.

(v) “Successor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(D)(4) hereof.

2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of the Plan are to promote the growth and profitability of the Company by enabling it
to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to
provide key Employees with an opportunity for investment in the Company’s Common Stock and to give
them an additional incentive to increase their efforts on behalf of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.

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3. TERM OF THE PLAN.

Options may be granted under the Plan only within the ten-year period beginning on the Effective
Date.

4. ADMINISTRATION.

The Plan shall be administered by a Management Development and Compensation Committee of not less
than three directors of the Company (“Committee”) appointed by the Board of Directors. No person
shall be eligible or continue to serve as a member of such Committee unless such person is an
“outside director” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m). No person shall be eligible for the
grant of an Option under this Plan while serving as a member of such Committee. Members of the
Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Vacancies occurring in the
membership of the Committee shall be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors. No member of
the Committee, while serving as such, shall be eligible to receive any Option hereunder, although
membership on the Committee shall not affect or impair any such member’s rights under any Option
granted to him at a time when he was not a member of the Committee.

The Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum thereof and the acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting of the Committee at
which a quorum is present, or acts approved in writing by a majority of the entire Committee, shall
be the acts of the Committee.

5. ELIGIBILITY

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine and designate from time to
time those key Employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries to whom Options are to be granted and
the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such grants. In determining the eligibility of an
Employee to receive an Option, as well as in determining the number of shares covered by such
Option, the Committee shall consider the position and responsibilities of the Employee being
considered, the nature and value to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Employee’s services and
accomplishments, the Employee’s present and potential contribution to the success of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, and such other factors as the Committee may deem relevant.

No Option may be granted to an individual who, immediately after such grant, “owns” (as defined in
Code Sections 422 and 424) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the corporation then employing such individual or of a parent or
subsidiary corporation of such employer corporation.

More than one Option may be granted to an individual. The maximum number of shares, however, which
may be granted under this Plan to any individual as Options shall not exceed 10% of the maximum
number of shares available under the Plan, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 10
hereof.

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The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the Option is granted) of the Common
Stock with respect to which Incentive Options are exercisable for the first time during any
calendar year by an Employee under all plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not exceed
the greater of $100,000 or such sum as may from time to time be permitted under Code Section 422.

6. NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE.

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock that may be granted as Options is 15,000,000. The Common Stock to be offered under the Plan
may be either authorized and unissued shares or issued shares reacquired by the Company and
presently or hereafter held as treasury shares. If any shares as to which an Option granted under
the Plan shall remain unexercised at the expiration thereof or shall be terminated unexercised,
such shares may be available for further grants under the Plan.

7. TYPES OF OPTIONS.

The Committee shall have full and complete authority, in its discretion, subject to the provisions
of the Plan, to grant Options containing such terms and conditions as shall be requisite, in the
judgment of the Committee, to constitute both Incentive Options and Non-Statutory Options.
Non-Statutory Options shall be identified as such in the Stock Option Grant.

8. TERMS OF OPTIONS.

The grant of each Option shall be in writing confirmed by a Stock Option Grant (in the form
prescribed by the Committee).

(A) Option Price.

At the time an Option is granted the Committee shall determine the Option Price which shall be not
less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant. Except
for adjustments as provided in Section 10 hereof, the Option Price for any outstanding Option may
not be decreased after the date of grant nor may any outstanding Option be surrendered to the
Company as consideration for the grant of a new Option with a lower price.

(B) Option Periods.

The term of each Option granted under this Plan shall be for such period as the Committee shall
determine, but not more than ten years from the date of grant thereof, subject to earlier
termination as hereinafter provided in paragraph (D) of this Section 8.

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(C) Exercise of Options.

Each Option granted under this Plan may be exercised to the extent exercisable, in whole or in part
at any time during the Option Period, for such number of shares as shall be prescribed by the
provisions of the Stock Option Agreement evidencing such Option, provided that:

(1) An Option may be exercised (a) during the continuance of the Optionee’s employment by the
Company or a Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (E) of this Section 8, or
(b) after termination of the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph (D) of this Section 8.

(2) With respect to any Option granted on or prior to May 16, 2005, all Options shall become
exercisable upon the occurrence of a Change in Control whether or not such Options are otherwise
then exercisable under the provisions of the applicable agreements relating thereto. With respect
to any Option granted on or after May 17, 2005, unless otherwise provided in any Stock Option
Agreement, each Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable as to 100% of the shares of
Common Stock subject to the Option upon (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control if such Option
is not assumed, substituted or replaced by a Surviving Corporation or other successor to the
business of the Company with an award of equivalent value, or (ii) if clause (i) does not apply,
the termination of an Optionee’s employment with or services for the Company within 24 months
following a Change in Control if such termination is (a) by the Company for reasons other than
Cause or (b) by the Optionee for Good Reason, but, in either case of clause (i) or (ii), only to
the extent the Option has not otherwise been terminated and canceled or become exercisable as of
such date.

(3) An Option may be exercised by the Optionee or a Successor only by written notice (in the form
prescribed by the Committee) to the Company specifying the number of shares to be purchased.

(4) The aggregate Option Price of the shares as to which an Option may be exercised shall be, in
the discretion of the Committee and consistent with the provisions of Section 16:

(a) paid in U.S. funds by any one or any combination of the following: cash,
(including check, draft or wire transfer made payable to the order of the Company),
or delivery of Common Stock certificates endorsed in blank or accompanied by
executed stock powers with signatures guaranteed by a national bank or trust
company or a member of a national securities exchange evidencing shares of Common
Stock, whose value shall be deemed to be the Fair Market Value on the date of
exercise of such Common Stock; or

(b) deemed to be paid in full provided the notice of the exercise of an Option is
accompanied by a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver
to the Company the amount of sale or loan proceeds sufficient to cover the Option
Price; or

(c) paid by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce
the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise by the largest whole
number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the

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aggregate exercise price; provided, however, that the Company shall accept a cash
or other payment from the Optionee to the extent of any remaining balance of the
aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares
to be issued; and further provided that shares of Common Stock will no
longer be subject to an Option and such Option will no longer be exercisable
thereafter to the extent of (i) the shares used to pay the exercise price pursuant
to a “net exercise,” (ii) the shares delivered to the Optionee as a result of such
exercise, and (iii) any shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations; or

(d) paid upon such terms and conditions, including provision for securing the
payment of the same, as the Committee, in its discretion, shall provide.

Payment of the Option Price with certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock as provided above
shall not increase the number of shares available for the grant of Options under the Plan.

(D) Termination of Employment.

The effect of termination of an Optionee’s employment with the Company or a Subsidiary shall be as
follows:

(1) Involuntary Termination. If the employment of an Optionee is terminated involuntarily without
Cause by the Company or a Subsidiary, any outstanding Options held by such Optionee may be
exercised at any time prior to the expiration date of such Options or within three months after
the date of such involuntary termination, whichever is the shorter period; provided, however, that
such Options were exercisable on the date of such termination under the provisions of the Plan and
the applicable agreements relating thereto, or the Committee specifically waives the restrictions
relating to exercisability, if any, contained in the Plan and such agreements.

(2) Disability Termination. If (i) an Optionee is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with
the Company, and such Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated in a manner such
that the Participant is entitled to payments or benefits under the Severance Protection Agreement
due to a termination due to “Disability” within the meaning of such Severance Protection Agreement
or (ii) in all other cases, the employment of an Optionee is terminated by the Company or a
Subsidiary because, in the opinion of the Committee, the Optionee has become physically
incapacitated, any outstanding Options held by such Optionee may be exercised at any time prior to
the expiration date of such Options; whether or not such Options were exercisable on the date of
such termination under the provisions of the applicable agreements relating thereto. For the
purposes of this Plan, the question whether the termination of employment shall be considered a
disability termination caused by physical incapacity shall be determined in each case by the
Committee and such determination by the Committee shall be final.

(3) Retirement. If an Optionee’s employment terminates as the result of retirement of the Optionee
under any retirement plan of the Company or a Subsidiary, the Optionee may exercise any
outstanding Option at any time prior to the expiration date of the Option, provided, however, that
such Options were exercisable on the date of such termination under the provisions of the
applicable agreements relating thereto, or the Committee specifically waives the restrictions
relating to exercisability, if any, contained in such agreements.

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(4) Death.

(a) If an Optionee shall die, the Optionee’s Options may be exercised by the person or persons
entitled to do so under a beneficiary designation in accordance with paragraph (E) of this
Section 8 or, if none, under the Optionee’s will or, if the Optionee shall have failed to
designate a beneficiary or make testamentary disposition of such Options or shall have died
intestate, by the Optionee’s legal representative or representatives (such person, persons,
representative, or representatives are referred to herein as the “Successor” of an Optionee).

(b) If an Optionee shall die while the Optionee is an Employee, the Successor may exercise the
Optionee’s Options at any time prior to the expiration date of such Options; whether or not such
Options were exercisable on the date of the Optionee’s death under the provisions of the
applicable agreements relating thereto.

(c) If the Optionee shall die within three months after the involuntary termination without
Cause of the Optionee’s employment, the Optionee’s Options may be exercised by the Successor at
any time prior to the expiration date of such Options or within one year of the date of the
Optionee’s death, whichever is the shorter period, provided, however, that such Options were
exercisable on the date of the Optionee’s termination of employment under the provisions of the
applicable agreements relating thereto or the Committee specifically waives the restrictions
relating to exercisability, if any, contained in such agreements.

(5) Other Termination. If the employment of an Optionee shall terminate for any reason other than
as set forth in subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), or (4) above, his rights under any then outstanding
Options shall terminate at the time of such termination of employment; provided, however, the
Committee may, in its sole discretion, to the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 16,
take such action as it considers appropriate to waive such automatic termination and/or the
restrictions, if any, contained in the applicable agreements relating thereto.

(6) Extension of Option Exercise Periods. Notwithstanding the Option termination provisions set
forth above, at the request of an Optionee or his Successor, but in the Committee’s sole
discretion, the Committee may at any time prior to the termination of an Option, extend the period
during which the Option may be exercised following the termination of an Optionee’s employment for
any period up to the remaining Option Period for the Option.

(E) Non-Transferability.

Unless otherwise designated by the Committee to the contrary, each Option granted under the Plan
shall by its terms be non-transferable by the Optionee (except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution), and each Option shall be exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by the
Optionee, his or her guardian or legal representative or by such other means as the Committee may
approve from time to time that is not inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of either
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or Rule 16b-3, as either may be amended from time to time, or any
law, rule, regulation or other provision that may hereafter replace such Rule. An Optionee may also
designate a beneficiary to exercise his or her

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Options after the Optionee’s death. To the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 16, the
Committee may amend outstanding Options to provide for transfer, without payment of consideration,
to immediate family members of the Optionee or to trusts or partnerships for such family members.

(F) Other Terms.

Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall contain such other terms, provisions, and conditions
(which need not be identical) not inconsistent herewith as shall be determined by the Committee.

9. LISTING AND REGISTRATION OF SHARES.

If at any time the Board of Directors shall determine, in its discretion, that the listing,
registration or qualification of any of the shares subject to Options under the Plan upon any
securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any
governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of or in connection with the
purchase or issue of shares thereunder, no outstanding Options, the exercise of which would result
in the purchase or issuance of shares, may be exercised in whole or in part unless such listing,
registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any
conditions not acceptable to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may require any person
exercising an Option to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider
appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of the shares in compliance with applicable
law and shall have the authority to cause the Company at its expense to take any action related to
the Plan which may be required in connection with such listing, registration, qualification,
consent or approval.

10. ADJUSTMENTS.

To the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 16, in the event that a dividend shall be
declared upon the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common
Stock then subject to any Option outstanding under the Plan and the number of shares reserved for
the grant of Options pursuant to the Plan but not yet subject to an Option shall be adjusted by
adding to each such share the number of shares which would be distributable in respect thereof if
such shares had been outstanding on the date fixed for determining the shareholders of the Company
entitled to receive such stock dividend. To the extent consistent with the provisions of Section
16, in the event that the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for
a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Company or of another
corporation, whether through reorganization, recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of
shares, merger, or consolidation, then there shall be substituted for each share of Common Stock
subject to any such Option and for each share of Common Stock reserved for the grant of Options
pursuant to the Plan but not yet subject to an Option, the number and kind of shares of stock or
other securities into which each outstanding share of Common Stock shall have been so changed or
for which each such share shall have been exchanged. In the event there shall be any change, other
than as specified above in this Section 10, in the number or kind of outstanding shares of Common
Stock or of any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock shall have been changed or
for which it shall have been exchanged, then if the Board of Directors shall, in its sole
discretion and consistent with the provisions of Section 16, determine that such change equitably
requires an adjustment in the number or kind of shares theretofore reserved for the grant of
Options pursuant to the Plan but not yet subject to an Option and of the shares then subject to an
Option or Options, such adjustment shall be made by the Board of Directors and shall be effective
and binding

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for all purposes of the Plan and each Option outstanding thereunder. In the case of any such
substitution or adjustment as provided for in this Section 10, the Option Price for each share of
stock or other security which shall have been substituted for each share of Common Stock covered by
an outstanding Option shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such substitution or adjustment.
No adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section 10 shall require the Company to sell a
fractional share of Common Stock, and the total substitution or adjustment with respect to each
outstanding Option shall be limited accordingly.

Upon any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 10 the Company will, upon request, deliver to the
Optionee or to the Optionee’s Successors a certificate of its Secretary setting forth the Option
Price thereafter in effect and the number and kind of shares or other securities thereafter
purchasable on the exercise of such Option.

11. WITHHOLDING TAXES.

The Company unilaterally or by arrangement with the Optionee shall make appropriate provision for
satisfaction of withholding taxes in the case of any grant, award, exercise, or other transaction
which gives rise to a withholding requirement. An Optionee or other person receiving shares issued
upon exercise of a Non-Statutory Option shall be required to pay the Company or any Subsidiary in
cash the amount of any taxes which the Company or Subsidiary is required to withhold.

Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt,
Optionees who are subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and, if determined by the
Committee, other Optionees, may satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by election on or
before the date that the amount of tax required to be withheld is determined, to have the number of
shares received upon exercise of the Non-Statutory Option reduced by a number of shares having a
fair market value equal to the amount of the required withholding to be so satisfied or to
surrender to the Company previously held shares of Common Stock having an equivalent fair market
value.

12. INTERPRETATION, AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION.

All actions taken by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 12 shall be taken only in
accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, and shall be consistent with the provisions of
Section 16. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations and establish such
procedures for the administration of the Plan as it deems appropriate. In the event of any dispute
or disagreement as to the interpretation of this Plan or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or
as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Plan, the decision of the
Board of Directors shall be final and binding upon all persons. The Board of Directors may amend
this Plan as it shall deem advisable, except that the Board of Directors may not, without further
approval of the shareholders of the Company, (a) increase the total number of shares of Common
Stock which may be granted under the Plan as set forth in Section 6 hereof or the number of shares
that may be received by any one individual pursuant to Section 5 hereof, (b) change the class of
Employees eligible for grants under the Plan, or (c) change the rules governing Option Price set
forth in Section 8(A) hereof. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, terminate this Plan at
any time. Termination of the Plan shall not affect the rights of Optionees or their Successors
under any Options outstanding and not exercised in full on the date of termination.

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Subject to the foregoing and the requirements of Code Section 162(m), the Board of Directors may
without further action on the part of the shareholders of the Company or the consent of
participants, amend the Plan, (a) to permit or facilitate qualification of Options thereafter
granted under the Plan as Incentive Options, and (b) to preserve the employer deduction under Code
Section 162(m).

13. FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS.

The Committee may, from time to time, adopt, amend, and terminate under the Plan, such
arrangements, not inconsistent with the intent of the Plan, as it may deem necessary or desirable
to make available tax or other benefits of laws of any foreign jurisdiction, to key employees of
the Company or its subsidiaries who are subject to such laws and who receive grants under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action taken pursuant to this Section 13 must be consistent with
the provisions of Section 16.

14. COMPLIANCE WITH CODE SECTION 162(m).

With respect to employees subject to Code Section 162(m), transactions under the Plan are intended
to avoid loss of the deduction referred to in paragraph (1) of Code Section 162(m). Anything in the
Plan or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent any provision of the Plan or
action by the Committee fails to so comply or avoid the loss of such deduction, it shall be deemed
null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Committee concerned with
matters relating to employees subject to Code Section 162(m).

15. NOTICES.

All notices under the Plan shall be in writing, and if to the Company, shall be delivered to the
Secretary of the Company or mailed to its principal office, Post Office Box 57, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15230, addressed to the attention of the Secretary; and if to the Optionee, shall be
delivered personally or mailed to the Optionee at the address appearing in the payroll records of
the Company or a Subsidiary. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the
other party.

16. CODE SECTION 409A

It is intended that the Options granted pursuant to this Plan shall not constitute “deferrals of
compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, as a result, shall not be subject to the
requirements of Section 409A. The Plan is to be interpreted in a manner consistent with this
intention.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan, a new Option may not be issued if such Option
would be subject to Code Section 409A, and an existing Option may not be modified in a manner that
would cause such Option to become subject to Code Section 409A.

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