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Exhibit 10.4    
  

 
 

LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.
  2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
  (amended and restated as of December 17, 2002)    
  

 
  ARTICLE I. INTRODUCTION    
  

        SECTION 1.01    Purpose.    The purpose of the Lawson Software, Inc. (the "Company") 2001 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan is to provide the employees of the Company and related corporations with an opportunity to share in the ownership of the Company by providing them a convenient means for regular and
systematic purchases of the Company's Common Stock and, thus, to develop a stronger incentive to work for the continued success of the Company. 

        SECTION 1.02    Rules of Interpretation.    It is intended that the Plan be an "employee stock purchase plan"
as defined in Section 423(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, if approved by the Company's stockholders.
Accordingly, the Plan will be interpreted and administered in a manner consistent therewith if so approved. All Participants in the Plan will have the same rights and privileges consistent with the
provisions of the Plan. 

        SECTION 1.03    Definitions.    For purposes of the Plan, the following terms will have the meanings set forth
below: 

        (a)  "Acceleration Date" means either an Acquisition Date or a Transaction Date. 

        (b)  "Acquisition Date" means (i) the date of public announcement of the acquisition of "beneficial ownership" (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any successor rule thereto) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock
of the Company by any "person" (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Company, by means of a tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise; and (ii) the date five
(5) business days after the date of public announcement of the acquisition of beneficial ownership (as so defined) of more than twenty- five percent (25%) but not more than fifty (50%) of the
outstanding voting stock of the Company by any person (as so defined) other than the Company, by means of a tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise if, during such five (5) business day
period, the Board or the Committee has not, by resolution duly adopted, elected that such acquisition not give rise to an Acquisition Date. In any such resolution, the Board or Committee may elect
that any continued acquisition or acquisitions by the same person (as so defined) which would otherwise trigger an Acquisition Date under clause (ii) above shall also not give rise to an
Acquisition Date. 

        (c)  "Affiliate" means any parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company, as defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of
the Code. 

        (d)  "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

        (e)  "Committee" means the committee appointed under Section 10.01. 

        (f)    "Company" means Lawson Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors by merger or consolidation as
contemplated by Article XI herein. 

        (g)  "Current Compensation" means the gross cash compensation (including wage, salary and overtime earnings) paid by the
Company or a Participating Affiliate to a Participant in accordance with the terms of employment, but excluding all expense allowances (including relocation and spousal travel expenses), severance
payments, and compensation payable in a form other than cash. 

        (h)  "Employer" means the Company or a Participating Affiliate, as the case may be. 

        (i)    "Fair Market Value" as of a given date means such value of the Stock which is equal to (i) the last sale price of
the Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market System on such 

 

date, if the Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market System; (ii) the average of the closing representative bid and asked prices of the Stock as reported on the National Association
of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("Nasdaq") on such date, if the Stock is then quoted on Nasdaq; or (iii) the closing price of the Stock on such date on a national securities
exchange, if the Stock is then quoted on a national securities exchange. If on a given date the Stock is not traded on an established securities market, the Committee shall make a good faith attempt
to satisfy the requirements of this Section 1.03(i) and in connection therewith shall take such action as it deems necessary or advisable. For purposes of the Initial Offering Period, the Fair
Market Value of the Stock on the first business day of the Initial Offering Period shall be the price to public as set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 at the time of
its effectiveness related to the Company's initial public offering of its Stock, or in the final prospectus related to such Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

        (j)    "Offering Period" means the period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 unless otherwise
designated by the Committee prior to the first business day of such Offering Period or any Acceleration Date, except for the initial Offering Period, which shall commence on the effective date of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the initial public offering of the Company's Stock (the "IPO Date") and continue until December 31, 2002 (the "Initial
Offering Period"). 

        (k)  "Participant" means a Regular Full-Time Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan under
Section 2.01 or any other eligible employee designated by the Committee pursuant to Section 2.01 and who has elected to participate in the Plan or who has been automatically enrolled in
the Plan pursuant to Section 2.02. 

        (l)    "Participating Affiliate" means an Affiliate which has been designated by the Committee in advance of the Offering Period
in question as a corporation whose eligible Regular Full-Time Employees may participate in the Plan. 

        (m)  "Regular Full-Time Employee" means an employee of the Company or a Participating Affiliate, including an
officer or director who is also an employee, except an employee whose customary employment is less than twenty (20) hours per week. 

        (n)  "Plan" means the Lawson Software, Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the provisions of which are set forth
herein. 

        (o)  "Purchase Period" means a period of six months within an Offering Period, except for the initial Purchase Period, which
shall commence on the IPO Date and continue until June 30, 2002 (the "Initial Purchase Period"). The Committee shall have the power and authority to change the duration and/or frequency of
Purchase Periods with respect to future purchases without stockholder approval, if such change is announced at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the Offering Period during
which the adjusted Purchase Periods occur. 

        (p)  "Stock" means the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value, as such stock may be adjusted for changes in the stock or the
Company as contemplated by Article XI herein. 

        (q)  "Stock Purchase Account" means the account maintained in the books and records of the Company recording the amount
received from each Participant through payroll deductions made under the Plan. 

        (r)  "Transaction Date" means the date of stockholder approval of (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company in
which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of Company stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the
Company in which stockholders immediately prior to the 

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merger have the same proportionate ownership of stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a
series of related transactions) of all or substantially all, of the assets of the Company; or (iii) any plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 

 
 

ARTICLE II. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION    
  

        SECTION 2.01    Eligible Employees.    Except as provided in Section 2.02, all Regular
Full-Time Employees who are residents of the United States shall be eligible to participate in the Plan beginning on the first day of the first full Purchase Period to commence after such
person becomes a Regular Full-Time Employee. Subject to the provisions of Article VI, each such employee will continue to be eligible to participate in the Plan so long as he or she
remains a Regular Full-Time Employee. At the discretion of the Committee, employees who are not residents of the United States may participate in the Plan if they otherwise meet the
requirements of this Section 2.01. 

        SECTION 2.02    Participation.    All Regular Full-Time Employees as of the first business day of
the Initial Offering Period who are resident in the United States and all other eligible employees designated by
the Committee pursuant to Section 2.01 shall be automatically enrolled as a Participant in the Plan for the Initial Offering Period. Thereafter, an eligible Regular Full-Time
Employee may elect to participate in the Plan for a given Purchase Period by filing with his or her Employer in advance of that Purchase Period, and in accordance with such terms and conditions as the
Company in its sole discretion may impose, an election for such purpose (which authorizes regular payroll deductions from Current Compensation beginning with the first payday in that Purchase Period
and continuing until the employee withdraws from the Plan or ceases to be eligible to participate in the Plan); provided that any Regular Full-Time Employee who first becomes eligible to
be a Participant on or after the first business day of a Purchase Period may elect to participate in the Plan and begin payroll deductions as of April 1 and October 1 of each year (an
"Interim Enrollment Date"), if the Participant files an election in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Company prior to the applicable Interim Enrollment Date. 

        SECTION 2.03    Limits on Stock Purchase.    No employee shall be granted any right to purchase hereunder if
such employee, immediately after a right to purchase is granted, would own, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Section 423(b)(3) and Section 424(d) of the Code stock
possessing five percent 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all the then classes of the capital stock of the Company or of all Affiliates. 

        SECTION 2.04    Voluntary Participation.    Participation in the Plan on the part of the Participant is
voluntary and such participation is not a condition of employment nor does participation in the Plan entitle a Participant to be retained as an employee. 

 
 

ARTICLE III. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS AND STOCK PURCHASE ACCOUNT    
  

        SECTION 3.01    Deduction from Pay.    Except for the Initial Purchase Period, a Participant shall elect to
have payroll deductions made for each pay period in any whole percentage of Current Compensation not to exceed fifteen percent (15%), or such other percentage as the Committee in its sole discretion
may establish from time to time before the first business day of an Offering Period. No payroll deductions will be made on behalf of a Participant, or credited to a Participant's Stock Purchase
Account, unless and until a Participant makes an election to participate as described in Section 2.02. The Participant may reduce or increase future payroll deductions (within the foregoing
limitations) in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Company in its sole discretion may impose, for such purpose. The effective date of any reduction or increase in future payroll
deductions will be the first day of the next succeeding Purchase Period. Also, the Participant may cease making payroll deductions in accordance with Section 6.01. 

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        In
the event that during a Offering Period the entire credit balance in a Participant's Stock Purchase Account exceeds the product of (a) 85% of the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock on the first business day of that Offering Period and (b) a maximum amount as shall be set by the Committee, then payroll deductions for such Participant shall automatically cease,
and shall resume on the first pay period of the next Offering Period. 

        SECTION 3.02    Credit to Account.    Payroll deductions will be credited to the Participant's Stock Purchase
Account as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. 

        SECTION 3.03    Interest.    Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, no interest will be paid upon
payroll deductions or on any amount credited to, or on deposit in, a Participant's Stock Purchase Account. 

        SECTION 3.04    Nature of Account.    The Stock Purchase Account is established solely for accounting purposes,
and all amounts credited to the Stock Purchase Account will remain part of the general assets of the Company or the Participating Affiliate (as the case may be). 

        SECTION 3.05    Additional Contributions.    Except during the Initial Purchase Period, a Participant may not
make any payment into the Stock Purchase Account other than the payroll deductions made pursuant to the Plan. During the Initial Purchase Period, a Participant may contribute up to fifteen percent
(15%) of the Participant's Current Compensation during the Initial Purchase Period to the Participant's Stock Purchase Account by delivery of a personal check or money order to the Company.
Contributions to a Participant's Stock Purchase Account during the Initial Purchase Period must be made on or prior to February 1, 2002. Any Participant's contribution shall be credited to the
Participant's Stock Purchase Account and such funds shall be held by the Company on the terms and conditions of this Article III. 

 
 

ARTICLE IV. RIGHT TO PURCHASE SHARES    
  

        SECTION 4.01    Number of Shares.    Each Participant will have the right to purchase on the last business day
of the Purchase Period all, but not less than all, of the largest number of whole shares of Stock that can be purchased at the price specified in Section 4.02 with the entire credit balance in
the Participant's Stock Purchase Account, subject to the limitations that (a) no more than the maximum number of shares of Common Stock, as established by the Committee prior to the beginning
of any given Offering Period, may be purchased under the Plan by any one Participant for a given Offering Period, and (b) in accordance with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, no more than
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) in Fair Market Value (determined at the beginning of each Offering Period) of Stock and other stock may be purchased under the Plan and all other
employee stock purchase plans (if any) of the Company and the Affiliates by any one Participant for each calendar year. If the purchases for all Participants would otherwise cause the aggregate number
of shares of Stock to be sold under the
Plan during a given Offering Period to exceed the number specified in Section 10.04, however, each Participant shall be allocated a pro rata portion of the Stock to be sold. 

        SECTION 4.02    Purchase Price.    The purchase price for any Purchase Period will be determined as follows: 

        (a)  For
the first Purchase Period during the Initial Offering Period, the purchase price for all Regular Full-Time Employees employed as of December 31,
2001 and enrolled as a Participant in the Plan as of that date, will be the lesser of: (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the IPO Date or
(ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the last business day of that Purchase Period, in each case rounded up to the next higher full cent. 

        (b)  For
the second Purchase Period during the Initial Offering Period, the purchase price for all Regular Full-Time Employees employed as of the IPO Date and
enrolled as a Participant in the 

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Plan on or before December 31, 2001, will be the lesser of: (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the IPO Date,
(ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the first business day of that Purchase Period, or (iii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the
Fair Market Value of the Stock on the last business day of that Purchase Period, in each case rounded up to the next higher full cent. 

        (c)  For
the second Purchase Period during the Initial Offering Period, the purchase price for all Regular Full-Time Employees employed on or before
December 31, 2001, not enrolled as a Participant in the Plan for the first Purchase Period, and enrolled as a Participant in the Plan before the start of the second Purchase Period, will be the
lesser of: (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the first business day of the second Purchase Period or (ii) eighty-five percent
(85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the last business day of the second Purchase Period, in each case rounded up to the next higher full cent. 

        (d)  For
the second Purchase Period during the Initial Offering Period, the purchase price for all Regular Full-Time Employees first employed on or after
January 1, 2002 and enrolled as a Participant in the Plan before the start of that Purchase Period, will be the lesser of: (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market
Value of the Stock on the first business day of that Purchase Period or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the last business day of that
Purchase Period, in each case rounded up to the next higher full cent. 

        (e)  Except
as otherwise determined under Section 4.02(f), for any Purchase Period within an Offering Period subsequent to the Initial Offering Period, the purchase
price will be the lesser of: (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the first business day of that Purchase Period or
(ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the last business day of that Purchase Period, in each case rounded up to the next higher full cent. 

        (f)    For
any Purchase Period within an Offering Period subsequent to the Initial Offering Period, the purchase price for Regular Full-Time Employees that become
Participants on or after the first business day of a Purchase Period as described in Section 2.01 and 2.02, will be the lesser of: (i) Eighty-five percent (85%) of the
Fair Market Value of the Stock on the first business day of January, April, July, October, or such other date as the Committee shall establish before the beginning of an Offering Period, whichever
occurs first, in which such Regular Full-Time Employee first becomes a Participant, or (ii) Eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the last
business day of the Purchase Period, in each case rounded up to the next higher full cent. 

 
 

ARTICLE V. EXERCISE OF RIGHT    
  

        SECTION 5.01    Purchase of Stock.    On the last business day of a Purchase Period, the entire credit balance
in each Participant's Stock Purchase Account will be used to purchase the largest number of whole shares of Stock purchasable with such amount (subject to the limitations of Section 4.01)
unless the Participant has filed with the Employer in advance of that date and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee in its sole discretion impose, an election to receive the entire
credit balance in cash. 

        SECTION 5.02    Cash Distributions.    Any amount remaining in a Participant's Stock Purchase Account after the
last business day of a Purchase Period will be paid to the Participant in cash within thirty (30) days after the end of that Purchase Period; provided, however, that if the amount remaining in
the Participant's Stock Purchase Account at the end of a Purchase Period results from the fact that such amount was not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Stock, such amount will be transferred
to the Participant's Stock Purchase Account for the immediately succeeding Purchase Period. 

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        SECTION 5.03    Notice of Acceleration Date.    The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to notify each
Participant in writing at least ten (10) days prior to any Acceleration Date that the then current Purchase Period will end on such Acceleration Date. 

 
 

ARTICLE VI. WITHDRAWAL FROM PLAN    
  

        SECTION 6.01    Voluntary Withdrawal.    A Participant may at any time, in accordance with such terms and
conditions as the Company in its sole discretion may impose, withdraw from the Plan and cease making payroll deductions. In such event, the Participant may request that either (a) the entire
credit balance in the Participant's Stock Purchase Account be paid to the Participant in cash within thirty (30) days, or (b) the entire credit balance in the Participant's Stock
Purchase Account be held in such account until used to purchase shares of Stock in accordance with Section 5.01. A Participant who withdraws from the Plan will not be eligible to reenter the
Plan until the beginning of the next Purchase Period following the date of such withdrawal by filing with his or her Employer in advance of that Purchase period, and in accordance with such terms and
conditions as the Company may impose, an election for such purpose. 

        SECTION 6.02    Death.    Participation in the Plan will cease on the date of the Participant's death, and the
entire credit balance in the Stock Purchase Account will be paid to the Participant's estate in cash within thirty (30) days. Each Participant, however, may designate one or more beneficiaries
who, upon death, are to receive the amount that otherwise would have been paid to the Participant's estate and may change or revoke any such designation from time to time. No such designation, change
or revocation will be effective unless made by the Participant in writing and filed with the Participant's Company during the Participant's lifetime. Unless the Participant has otherwise specified in
the beneficiary designation, the beneficiary or beneficiaries so designated will become fixed as of death so that, if a beneficiary survives the Participant but dies before the receipt of the payment
due such beneficiary, the payment will be made to such beneficiary's estate. 

        SECTION 6.03    Termination of Employment.    Participation in the Plan will end on the date the Participant
ceases to be a Regular Full-Time Employee for any reason other than death. In such event, the entire credit balance in the Participant's Stock Purchase Account will be paid to the
Participant in cash within thirty (30) days. For purposes of this Section, a leave of absence which has been approved by the Committee will not be deemed a termination of employment as a
Regular Full-Time Employee. 

 
 

ARTICLE VII. NONTRANSFERABILITY    
  

        SECTION 7.01    Nontransferable Right to Purchase.    The right to purchase Stock hereunder may not be
assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated (whether by operation of law or otherwise), except as provided in Section 6.02, and will not be subject to execution, attachment or similar
process. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition or levy of attachment or similar process upon the right to purchase will be null and void and without effect. 

        SECTION 7.02    Nontransferable Account.    Except as provided in Section 6.02, the amounts credited to
a Stock Purchase Account may not be assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated in any way, and any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of such amounts will
be null and void and without effect. 

 
 

ARTICLE VIII. STOCK CERTIFICATES    
  

        SECTION 8.01    Issuance of Purchased Shares.    Within thirty (30) days after the last day of each
Purchase Period, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee in its sole discretion may impose, the Company will cause the Stock purchased pursuant to the Plan to be issued for the
benefit of the Participant and held in the Plan pursuant to Section 8.04 of the Plan. 

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        SECTION 8.02    Securities Laws.    The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any shares
representing Stock prior to registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or registration or qualification under any state law if such registration is required. The Company will use its
best efforts to accomplish such registration (if and to the extent required) not later than a reasonable time following the Purchase Period, and delivery of shares may be deferred until such
registration is accomplished. 

        SECTION 8.03    Completion of Purchase.    A Participant will have no interest in the Stock purchased until
such Stock is issued for the benefit of the Participant pursuant to the Plan. 

        SECTION 8.04    Form of Ownership.    The shares representing Stock issued under the Plan will be held in the
Plan in the name of the Participant, until such time as certificates for shares of Stock are delivered to or for the benefit of the Participant pursuant to Section 8.05 of the Plan. 

        SECTION 8.05    Delivery.    Within thirty (30) days after the last business day of each Purchase
Period, by filing with the Company an election provided by the Company for such purpose, the Participant may elect to have the Company cause to be delivered to or for the benefit of the participant a
certificate for the number of whole shares and cash for the number of fractional shares representing the Stock purchased pursuant to the Plan. 

 
 

ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT
  OR TERMINATION OF PLAN    
  

        SECTION 9.01    Effective Date.    The Plan will become effective as of the date on which the Company's Common
Stock shall become registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, but only if the Plan is previously approved by the Company's stockholders. 

        SECTION 9.02    Powers of Board.    The Board may at any time amend or terminate the Plan, except that no
amendment will be made without prior approval of the stockholders which would (a) authorize an increase in the number of shares of Stock which may be purchased under the Plan, except as
provided in Section 11.01, (b) permit the issuance of Stock before payment therefor in full, (c) reduce the price per share at which the Stock may be purchased, or
(d) absent such stockholder approval, cause Rule 16b-3 to become unavailable with respect to the Plan. 

        SECTION 9.03    Automatic Termination.    The Plan will terminate automatically five (5) years from the
effective date. The Board may by resolution extend the Plan for one or more additional periods of five years each. 

 
 

ARTICLE X. ADMINISTRATION    
  

        SECTION 10.01    Appointment of Committee.    The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Committee")
established by the Board and meeting the requirements of Rule 16b-3 as in effect from time to time. 

        SECTION 10.02    Powers of Committee.    Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee will have full
authority to administer the Plan, including authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan, to establish deadlines by which the various administrative forms must be received in order to
be effective, and to adopt such other rules and regulations for administering the Plan as it may deem appropriate. Decisions of the Committee will be final and binding on all parties who have an
interest in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power and authority to allow Participants who work or reside outside of the United States to acquire Stock pursuant to
the Plan in accordance with such special terms and conditions as the Committee may designate with respect to each such Participating Affiliate and which may not be the same for all Affiliates. 

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        SECTION 10.03    Power and Authority of the Board of Directors.    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time, without any further action of the Committee, exercise the powers and duties of the Committee under the Plan. 

        SECTION 10.04    Stock to be Sold.    The Stock to be issued and sold under the Plan may be treasury Stock or
authorized but unissued Stock, or the Company may go into the open market and purchase Stock for sale under the Plan. Except as provided in Section 11.01, the maximum number of shares of Common
Stock which shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be 20,805,000 shares of Common Stock aggregated over the term of the Plan or such lesser amount as the Board of Directors may
determine prior to the effective date of the Plan. The Committee or Board of Directors has the discretion to limit the number of shares available for purchase under the Plan during each Offering
Period. 

        SECTION 10.05    Notices.    Notices to the Committee should be addressed as follows: 

Lawson
Software, Inc.

Attention: Corporate Secretary

380 St. Peter Street

St. Paul, MN 55102 

 
 

ARTICLE XI. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN STOCK OR COMPANY    
  

        SECTION 11.01    Stock Dividend or Reclassification.    If the outstanding shares of Stock are increased,
decreased, changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company, or shares of a different par value or without par value, through reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, reverse stock split or otherwise, an appropriate adjustment shall be made in the maximum numbers
and/or kind of securities to be sold under this Plan with a corresponding adjustment in the purchase price to be paid therefor. 

        SECTION 11.02    Merger or Consolidation.    If the Company is merged into or consolidated with one or more
corporations during the term of the Plan, appropriate adjustments will be made to give effect thereto on an equitable basis in terms of issuance of shares of the corporation surviving the merger or of
the consolidated corporation, as the case may be. 

 
 

ARTICLE XII. APPLICABLE LAW    
  

        Rights to purchase Stock granted under this Plan shall be construed and shall take effect in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota without giving
effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof. 

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Exhibit 10.4

LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC. 2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (amended and restated as of December 17, 2002)

ARTICLE I. INTRODUCTION

ARTICLE II. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

ARTICLE III. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS AND STOCK PURCHASE ACCOUNT

ARTICLE IV. RIGHT TO PURCHASE SHARES

ARTICLE V. EXERCISE OF RIGHT

ARTICLE VI. WITHDRAWAL FROM PLAN

ARTICLE VII. NONTRANSFERABILITY

ARTICLE VIII. STOCK CERTIFICATES

ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

ARTICLE X. ADMINISTRATION

ARTICLE XI. ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN STOCK OR COMPANY

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Exhibit 10.24    
  

 
 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT    
  

        This SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), made and entered into as of
November 26, 2002, is by and between Lawson Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (the "Bank"). 

RECITALS  

        1.    The
Bank and the Borrower entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 31, 2001, as amended by a First Amendment to Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of September 4, 2001 (as amended, the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"); and 

        2.    The
Borrower desires to amend certain provisions of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and the Bank has agreed to make such amendments, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Amendment. 

AGREEMENT  

        NOW, THEREFORE, for the good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby covenant and agree to be bound as follows: 

        Section 1.    Capitalized Terms.    Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require. 

        Section 2.    Amendments.    The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is hereby
amended as follows: 

        2.1    Definitions.    The definition of
"EBITDA" contained in Section 1.2 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: 

        "EBITDA": For any period of determination, the consolidated net income of the Borrower before deductions for income taxes, Interest
Expense, Non-cash Interest Expense, depreciation and amortization, the 1999 Option Payment, 2001 Redemption Charges, Stock Charges and the issuance of the HP Warrant and the HCA Warrant, and for the
twelve months ending February 28, 2003, May 31, 2003, August 31, 2003 and November 30, 2003, before reduction for the Restructuring Charge, all as determined in accordance
with GAAP. 

        Section 1.2
of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is further amended by adding the following definition of "Restructuring
Charge" thereto in correct alphabetical order: 

        "Restructuring Charge": That certain one time restructuring charge in the approximate amount of $5,600,000 taken in connection with a
reduction in force and closing a leased facility during the second fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year ending May 31, 2003. 

        2.2.    Loss Limitation.    Section 6.17 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
is amended to read in its entirety as follows: 

        6.17    Loss Limitation.    The Borrower will not suffer (a) a net loss in each of any two consecutive fiscal
quarters beginning with the third fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year ending May 31, 2003 or (b) a net loss in any fiscal quarter in excess of $4,000,000, provided, however,
that for purposes of determining the Borrower's compliance with subsections (a) and (b) of this covenant for the second fiscal quarter of the Borrower's fiscal year ending May 31, 2003
and the twelve months ending February 28, 2003, May 31, 2003, August 31, 2003 and November 30, 2003, the Restructuring Charge shall be added back to net income. 

 

        Section 3.    Effectiveness of Amendments.    The amendments contained in this
Amendment shall become effective upon delivery by the Borrower of, and compliance by the Borrower with, the following: 

        3.1    This Amendment duly executed by the Borrower. 

        3.2    A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment certified as true and accurate by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, along with a certification by such Secretary or Assistant Secretary (i) certifying that
there has been no amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower since true and accurate copies of the same were delivered to the Bank with a certificate of the Secretary of
the Borrower dated May 31, 2001 except for an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation increasing the Borrower's authorized shares, and (ii) identifying each officer of the Borrower
authorized to execute this Amendment and any other instrument or agreement executed by the Borrower in connection with this Amendment (collectively, the "Amendment Documents"), and certifying as to
specimens of such officer's signature and such officer's incumbency in such offices as such officer holds. 

        3.3    A reaffirmation of guaranty in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, duly executed by
each Guarantor. 

        3.4    The Borrower shall have satisfied such other conditions as specified by the Bank, including payment of all
unpaid legal fees and expenses incurred by the Bank through the date of this Amendment in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the Amendment Documents. 

        Section 4.    Representations, Warranties, Authority, No Adverse Claim.    

        4.1    Reassertion of Representations and Warranties, No Default.    The Borrower hereby
represents that on and as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Amendment (a) all of the representations and warranties contained in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are
true, correct and complete in all respects as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except for changes permitted by the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and
(b) there will exist no
Default or Event of Default under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment on such date which has not been waived by the Bank. 

        4.2    Authority, No Conflict, No Consent Required.    The Borrower represents and warrants
that the Borrower has the power and legal right and authority to enter into the Amendment Documents and has duly authorized as appropriate the execution and delivery of the Amendment Documents and
other agreements and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower in connection herewith or therewith by proper corporate, and none of the Amendment Documents nor the agreements contained herein
or therein contravenes or constitutes a default under any agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Borrower is a party or a signatory or a provision of the Borrower's Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws or any other agreement or requirement of law, or result in the imposition of any Lien on any of its property under any agreement binding on or applicable to the Borrower or any
of its property except, if any, in favor of the Bank. The Borrower represents and warrants that no consent, approval or authorization of or registration or declaration with any Person, including but
not limited to any governmental authority, is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Amendment Documents or other agreements and documents executed and delivered
by the Borrower in connection therewith or the performance of obligations of the Borrower therein described, except for those which the Borrower has obtained or provided and as to which the Borrower
has delivered certified copies of documents evidencing each such action to the Bank. 

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        4.3    No Adverse Claim.    The Borrower warrants, acknowledges and agrees that no events have
been taken place and no circumstances exist at the date hereof which would give the Borrower a basis to assert a defense, offset or counterclaim to any claim of the Bank with respect to the Borrower's
obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. 

        Section 5.    Affirmation of Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Further
References.    The Bank and the Borrower each acknowledge and affirm that the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as hereby amended, is hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects and all terms, conditions and provisions of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, except as amended by this Amendment, shall remain unmodified and in full force and
effect. All references in any document or instrument to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are hereby amended and shall refer to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as amended by this
Amendment. 

        Section 6.    Merger and Integration, Superseding Effect.    This Amendment,
from and
after the date hereof, embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and has merged into this Amendment all prior oral and written agreements on the same
subjects by and between the parties hereto with the effect that this Amendment, shall control with respect to the specific subjects hereof and thereof. 

        Section 7.    Severability.    Whenever possible, each provision of this
Amendment and
the other Amendment Documents and any other statement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or relating hereto or thereto shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective,
valid and enforceable under the applicable law of any jurisdiction, but, if any provision of this Amendment, the other Amendment Documents or any other statement, instrument or transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby or relating hereto or thereto shall be held to be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable under the applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective in such jurisdiction
only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity or unenforceability, without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Amendment,
the other Amendment Documents or any other statement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or relating hereto or thereto in such jurisdiction, or affecting the effectiveness,
validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

        Section 8.    Successors.    The Amendment Documents shall be binding upon the
Borrower
and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Bank and the successors and assigns of the Bank. 

        Section 9.    Legal Expenses.    The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank, upon
execution of this Amendment, for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney fees and legal expenses of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, counsel for the Bank) incurred in connection with the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Amendment Documents and all other documents negotiated, prepared and executed in
connection with the Amendment Documents, and in enforcing the obligations of the Borrower under the Amendment Documents, and to pay and save the Bank harmless from all liability for, any stamp or
other taxes which may be payable with respect to the execution or delivery of the Amendment Documents, which obligations of the Borrower shall survive any termination of the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement. 

        Section 10.    Headings.    The headings of various sections of this Amendment
have
been inserted for reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Amendment. 

        Section 11.    Counterparts.    The Amendment Documents may be executed in
several
counterparts as deemed necessary or convenient, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, provided that all such counterparts shall be regarded as one and the same document, and
either party 

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to the Amendment Documents may execute any such agreement by executing a counterpart of such agreement. 

        Section 12.    Governing Law.    THE AMENDMENT DOCUMENTS
SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS, THEIR HOLDING
COMPANIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES.  

         Section 13.    Waiver.    Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.17 of
the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement the Borrower agreed that it would not suffer a net loss in excess of the amount set forth in such Section 6.17 for any fiscal quarter or in consecutive fiscal quarters. The Borrower
has informed the Bank that it will suffer a net loss for the period ending November 30, 2002 in violation of the terms of Section 6.17 (the "Existing Default"). The Bank hereby waives
the Existing Default for the period ending November 30, 2002. This waiver is limited to the express terms hereof and shall not extend to any other Default, Event of Default or period. This
waiver is not, and shall not be deemed, a course of dealing or performance upon which the Borrower may rely with respect to any other Default, Event of Default or request for a waiver and the Borrower
expressly waives any such claim. 

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date and year first above written. 

	BORROWER:	 	 	 
	 	 	LAWSON SOFTWARE, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  ROBERT G. BARBIERI      

	 	 	Title:	CFO

	

BANK:	
 	

 	

 
	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  ROBERT A. ROSATI      

	 	 	Title:	Vice President

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Exhibit 10.24

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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