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Exhibit 4.1

[FACE OF CERTIFICATE]

VAA

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

CUSIP 92345Y 10 6

This Certifies that

is the record holder of

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE, OF

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon
surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned
by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

     WITNESS the facsimile signatures of the Corporation’s duly authorized officers.

Dated:

 

 

[SIGNATURE]

CORPORATE SECRETARY

[SIGNATURE]

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC

(NEW YORK, N.Y.)          TRANSFER AGENT

AND REGISTRAR

BY

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

[BACK OF CERTIFICATE]

     The shares of common stock represented by this certificate are subject to certain restrictions
on transfer, limitations on beneficial ownership and other restrictions and limitations contained
in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. Upon request, the Corporation will furnish any
holder of shares of common stock of the Corporation, without charge, with a full statement of the
powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporate Secretary
of the Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be
construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TEN COM

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	 	as tenants in common
	 
	 	 	 	 
	TEN ENT

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	 	as tenants by the entireties

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	JT TEN

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	 	as joint tenants with right
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	of survivorship and not as
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Custodian
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(Cust)

	 	 	 	(Minor)	 	 

under Uniform Gifts to Minors

	 	 	 	 	 
	Act

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(State)	 	 

UNIF TRF MIN ACT-

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Custodian (until age
	 	          
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	(Cust)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	under Uniform Transfers
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	(Minor)
	 	 	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	to Minors Act
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	(State)
	 	 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received,                      hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

                                                             Shares

of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint

                                                             Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named
Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

DATED,                    

                                                            

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF
THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:

                                                            

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS,
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.exv10w2

Exhibit 10.2

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

     Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, hereby establishes and adopts
the following 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     The purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting and
retaining selected individuals to serve as employees, directors, consultants and/or advisors who
are expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to achieve long-term objectives that will
benefit stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards
hereunder.

2. DEFINITIONS

     2.1. “Award” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award,
Restricted Stock Unit Award, Other Share-Based Award, Performance Award or any other right,
interest or option relating to Shares or other property (including cash) granted pursuant to the
provisions of the Plan.

     2.2. “Award Agreement” shall mean any agreement, contract or other instrument or document
evidencing any Award hereunder, whether in writing or through an electronic medium.

     2.3. “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

     2.4. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

     2.5. “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or a subcommittee thereof
formed by the Compensation Committee to act as the Committee hereunder. The Committee shall
consist of no fewer than two Directors, each of whom is (i) a “Non-Employee Director” within the
meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code, and (iii) an “independent director” for purpose of the rules of the
applicable stock market or exchange on which the Shares are quoted or traded, to the extent
required by such rules. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the
Committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the Committee.

     2.6. “Consultant” shall mean any consultant or advisor who is a natural person and who
provides services to the Company or any Subsidiary, so long as such person (i) renders bona fide
services that are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a
capital-raising transaction and (ii) does not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market
for the Company’s securities.

     2.7. “Covered Employee” shall mean an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries who is a
“covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

 

     2.8. “Director” shall mean a non-employee member of the Board.

     2.9. “Dividend Equivalents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.

     2.10. “Employee” shall mean any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary and any prospective
employee conditioned upon, and effective not earlier than, such person becoming an employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary.

     2.11. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     2.12. “Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to Shares as of any date, (i) the closing
sale price of the Shares reported as having occurred on the principal U.S. national securities
exchange on which the Shares are listed and traded on such date, or, if there is no such sale on
that date, then on the last preceding date on which such a sale was reported; (ii) if the Shares
are not listed on any U.S. national securities exchange but are quoted in an inter-dealer quotation
system on a last sale basis, the final ask price of the Shares reported on such date, or, if there
is no such sale on such date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or
(iii) if the Shares are not listed on a U.S. national securities exchange nor quoted on an
inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee to be
the fair market value of the Shares as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Fair
Market Value of any property other than Shares shall mean the market value of such property
determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the
Committee.

     2.13. “Incentive Stock Option” shall mean an Option which when granted is intended to qualify
as an incentive stock option for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.

     2.14. “Limitations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g).

     2.15. “Option” shall mean any right granted to a Participant under the Plan allowing such
Participant to purchase Shares at such price or prices and during such period or periods as the
Committee shall determine.

     2.16. “Other Share-Based Award” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

     2.17. “Participant” shall mean an Employee, Director or Consultant who is selected by the
Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.

     2.18. “Payee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.

     2.19. “Performance Award” shall mean any Award of Performance Cash, Performance Shares or
Performance Units granted pursuant to Article 9.

     2.20. “Performance Cash” shall mean any cash incentives granted pursuant to Article 9 payable
to the Participant upon the achievement of such performance goals as the Committee shall establish.

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     2.21. “Performance Period” shall mean the period established by the Committee during which any
performance goals specified by the Committee with respect to a Performance Award are to be
measured.

     2.22. “Performance Share” shall mean any grant pursuant to Article 9 of a unit valued by
reference to a designated number of Shares, which value will be paid to the Participant upon
achievement of such performance goals as the Committee shall establish.

     2.23. “Performance Unit” shall mean any grant pursuant to Article 9 of a unit valued by
reference to a designated amount of cash or property other than Shares, which value will be paid to
the Participant upon achievement of such performance goals during the Performance Period as the
Committee shall establish.

     2.24. “Permitted Assignee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.

     2.25. “Restricted Stock” shall mean any Share issued with the restriction that the holder may
not sell, transfer, pledge or assign such Share and with such other restrictions as the Committee,
in its sole discretion, may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at
such time or times, in installments or otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.

     2.26. “Restricted Stock Award” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

     2.27 “Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award that is valued by reference to a Share, which
value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine,
which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in installments or
otherwise, as the Committee may deem appropriate.

     2.28 “Restricted Stock Unit Award” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1

     2.29. “Shares” shall mean the shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per
share.

     2.30. “Stock Appreciation Right” shall mean the right granted to a Participant pursuant to
Article 6.

     2.31. “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of
corporations beginning with the Company if, at the relevant time each of the corporations other
than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

     2.32. Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted or Shares issued by the Company in
assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or
obligation to make future awards, in each case by a company acquired by the Company or any
Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.

     2.34. “Vesting Period” shall mean the period of time specified by the Committee during which
vesting restrictions for an Award are applicable.

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3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     3.1 Number of Shares. (a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.1(e), a total of
275,000 Shares shall be authorized for issuance under the Plan.

          (b) If any Shares subject to an Award are forfeited, an Award expires or otherwise terminates
without issuance of Shares, or an Award is settled for cash (in whole or in part) or otherwise does
not result in the issuance of all or a portion of the Shares subject to such Award (including on
payment in Shares on exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right), such Shares shall, to the extent of
such forfeiture, expiration, termination, cash settlement or non-issuance, again be available for
issuance under the Plan.

          (c) In the event that (i) any Option or other Award granted hereunder is exercised through the
tendering of Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Shares by the
Company, or (ii) withholding tax liabilities arising from such Option or other Award are satisfied
by the tendering of Shares (either actually or by attestation) or by the withholding of Shares by
the Company, then the Shares so tendered or withheld shall be available for issuance under the
Plan.

          (d) Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan or the
applicable Limitations for grant to a Participant under Section 10.5, nor shall Shares subject to a
Substitute Award again be available for Awards under the Plan to the extent of any forfeiture,
expiration or cash settlement as provided in paragraph (b) or (c) above. Additionally, in the
event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any
Subsidiary combines has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by stockholders and not
adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant
pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the
exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or
combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities
party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not
reduce the Shares authorized for grant under the Plan; provided that Awards using such available
shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of
the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals
who were not Employees or Directors prior to such acquisition or combination.

          (e) In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, dividend or
distribution (whether in cash, shares or other property, other than a regular cash dividend), stock
split (including a stock split in the form of a stock dividend), reverse stock split, spin-off or
similar transaction or other change in corporate structure affecting the Shares or the value
thereof, such adjustments and other substitutions shall be made to the Plan and to Awards as the
Committee deems equitable or appropriate taking into consideration the accounting and tax
consequences, including such adjustments in the aggregate number, class and kind of securities that
may be delivered under the Plan, the Limitations, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued
pursuant to Incentive Stock Options and, in the aggregate or to any one Participant, in the number,
class, kind and option or exercise price of securities subject to outstanding Awards granted under
the Plan (including, if the Committee deems appropriate, the substitution of similar options to
purchase the shares of, or other awards denominated in the

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shares of, another company) as the Committee may determine to be appropriate; provided, however,
that the number of Shares subject to any Award shall always be a whole number.

          (f) The Committee may grant Incentive Stock Options to any employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary, subject to the requirements of Section 422 of the Code. Solely for purposes of
determining whether Shares are available for the grant of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan,
the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options
granted under the Plan shall be 275,000 Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section
3.1(e).

          (g) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3.1(e), no Participant may (i) be granted
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights during any 36-month period with respect to more than 82,500
Shares and (ii) earn more than 82,500 Shares under Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Unit
Awards, Performance Awards and/or Other Share-Based Awards in any 36-month period that are intended
to comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section 162(m) and are denominated in
Shares (collectively, the “Limitations”).

     3.2. Source of Shares. Any Shares issued hereunder may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued shares, treasury shares or shares purchased in the open market or
otherwise.

4. ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATION

     4.1. Eligibility. Any Employee, Director or Consultant shall be eligible to be selected as a
Participant. The Committee may grant Substitute Awards to holders of equity awards issued by a
company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

     4.2. Administration. (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee
shall have full power and authority, subject to the provisions of the Plan and subject to such
orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be
adopted by the Board, to: (i) select the Employees, Directors or Consultants to whom Awards may
from time to time be granted hereunder; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to
each Participant hereunder; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award
granted hereunder; (iv) determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of
the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder; (v) determine whether, to what extent and under what
circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, Shares or other property; (vi) determine whether, to
what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other property and other amounts payable
with respect to an Award made under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the
election of the Participant; (vii) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances
any Award shall be canceled or suspended; (viii) interpret and administer the Plan and any
instrument or agreement entered into under or in connection with the Plan, including any Award
Agreement; (ix) correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan
or any Award in the manner and to the extent that the Committee shall deem desirable to carry it
into effect; (x) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such
agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (xi) determine
whether any Award will have Dividend Equivalents; and (xii) make any other determination and take
any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.

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          (b) Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons or
entities, including the Company, any Participant, and any Subsidiary. A majority of the members of
the Committee may determine its actions, including fixing the time and place of its meetings.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action or determination by the Committee specifically affecting
or relating to an Award or to a Director shall require the prior approval of the Board.

          (c) To the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, including Section 162(m) of the Code,
or the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares
are traded, the Committee may delegate to (i) a committee of one or more directors of the Company
any of the authority of the Committee under the Plan, including the right to grant, cancel or
suspend Awards and (ii) to the extent permitted by law, to one or more executive officers or a
committee of executive officers the right to grant Awards to Employees who are not Directors or
executive officers of the Company and the authority to take action on behalf of the Committee
pursuant to the Plan to cancel or suspend Awards to Employees who are not Directors or executive
officers of the Company.

5. OPTIONS

     5.1. Grant of Options. Options may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone or in
addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. Any Option shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Article and to such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable. Options may be designated as
Incentive Stock Options, as determined by the Committee.

     5.2. Award Agreements. All Options shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such
form and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine which are not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan. The terms of Options need not be the same with
respect to each Participant. Granting an Option pursuant to the Plan shall impose no obligation on
the recipient to exercise such Option. Any individual who is granted an Option pursuant to this
Article may hold more than one Option granted pursuant to the Plan at the same time.

     5.3. Option Price. Other than in connection with Substitute Awards, the option price per each
Share purchasable under any Option granted pursuant to this Article shall not be less than 100% of
the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant of such Option; provided, however, that in
the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time of the grant, owns
stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, the option price per share Shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of one
Share on the date of grant. Other than pursuant to Section 3.1(e) and other than in connection
with the grant of a Substitute Award, the Committee shall not without the approval of the Company’s
stockholders (a) lower the option price per Share of an Option after it is granted, (b) cancel an
Option when the option price per Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares in
exchange for cash or another Award, and (c) take any other action with respect to an Option that
would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal securities
exchange on which the Shares are traded.

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     5.4. Option Term. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee in its sole
discretion; provided that no Option shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years
from the date the Option is granted, except in the event of death or disability (other than with
respect to an Incentive Stock Option); provided, however, that the term of the Option shall not
exceed five (5) years from the date the Option is granted in the case of an Incentive Stock Option
granted to a Participant who, at the time of the grant, owns stock representing more than 10% of
the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary.

     5.5. Exercise of Options. (a) Vested Options granted under the Plan shall be exercised by the
Participant or by a Permitted Assignee (as defined in Section 11.2) thereof (or by the
Participant’s executors, administrators, guardian or legal representative, as may be provided in an
Award Agreement) as to all or part of the Shares covered thereby, by giving notice of exercise to
the Company or its designated agent, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased. The notice
of exercise shall be in such form, made in such manner, and in compliance with such other
requirements consistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee may prescribe from time to
time

          (b) Full payment of the exercise price of an Option shall be made at the time of exercise and
shall be made (i) in cash or cash equivalents (including certified check or bank check or wire
transfer of immediately available funds), (ii) by tendering previously acquired Shares (either
actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market Value), (iii) by delivery of other
consideration having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the total purchase price,
(iv) by withholding Shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option, (v)
through any other method specified in an Award Agreement (including same-day sales through a
broker), or (vi) any combination of any of the foregoing, as may be provided in the Award
Agreement. The notice of exercise, accompanied by such payment, shall be delivered to the Company
at its principal business office or such other office as the Committee may from time to time
direct, and shall be in such form, containing such further provisions consistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as the Committee may from time to time prescribe. In no event may any
Option granted hereunder be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

     5.6. Form of Settlement. In its sole discretion, the Committee may provide that the Shares to
be issued upon an Option’s exercise shall be in the form of Restricted Stock or other similar
securities.

6. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

     6.1. Grant and Exercise. The Committee may provide Stock Appreciation Rights (a) in tandem
with all or part of any Option granted under the Plan or at any subsequent time during the term of
such Option, (b) in tandem with all or part of any Award (other than an Option) granted under the
Plan or at any subsequent time during the term of such Award, or (c) without regard to any Option
or other Award in each case upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may establish in its
sole discretion.

     6.2. Terms and Conditions. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and
conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as shall be determined from time to
time by the Committee, including the following:

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          (a) Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the holder shall have the right to
receive the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise (or such
amount less than such Fair Market Value as the Committee shall so determine at any time during a
specified period before the date of exercise) over (ii) the grant price of the Stock Appreciation
Right on the date of grant, which, except in the case of Substitute Awards or in connection with an
adjustment provided in Section 3.1(e), shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one Share on
such date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right.

          (b) The Committee shall determine in its sole discretion whether payment of a Stock
Appreciation Right shall be made in cash, in whole Shares or other property, or any combination
thereof.

          (c) The provisions of Stock Appreciation Rights need not be the same with respect to each
recipient.

          (d) The Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on the terms of exercise
and the grant price of any Stock Appreciation Right, as it shall deem appropriate. A Stock
Appreciation Right shall have (i) a grant price not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one
Share on the date of grant (subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code with respect to
a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with, but subsequent to, an Option), and (ii) a term
not greater than ten (10) years except in the event of death or disability (other than with respect
to a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Incentive Stock Option).

          (e) An Award Agreement may provide that if on the last day of the term of a Stock Appreciation
Right the Fair Market Value of one Share exceeds the grant price per Share of the Stock
Appreciation Right, the Participant has not exercised the Stock Appreciation Right or the tandem
Option (if applicable) and neither the Stock Appreciation Right nor the Option has expired, the
Stock Appreciation Right shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such day. In
such event the Company shall make payment to the Participant in accordance with this Section,
reduced by the number of Shares (or cash) required for withholding taxes; any fractional Share
shall be settled in cash.

          (f) Without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, other than pursuant to Section 3.1(e)
and other than in connection with the grant of a Substitute Award, the Committee shall not (i)
reduce the grant price of any Stock Appreciation Right after the date of grant (ii) cancel any
Stock Appreciation Right when the grant price per Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the
underlying Shares in exchange for cash or another Award, and (iii) take any other action with
respect to a Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and
regulations of the principal securities exchange on which the Shares are traded.

7. RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

     7.1. Grants. Awards of Restricted Stock and of Restricted Stock Units may be issued hereunder
to Participants either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan (a “Restricted
Stock Award” or “Restricted Stock Unit Award” respectively), and such Restricted Stock Awards and
Restricted Stock Unit Awards shall also be available as a form of payment of Performance Awards and
other earned cash-based incentive compensation. The Committee has

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absolute discretion to determine whether any consideration (other than services) is to be received
by the Company or any Subsidiary as a condition precedent to the issuance of Restricted Stock or
Restricted Stock Units.

     7.2. Award Agreements. The terms of any Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award
granted under the Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions
determined by the Committee and not inconsistent with the Plan. The terms of Restricted Stock
Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant

     7.3. Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. Unless otherwise
provided in the Award Agreement, beginning on the date of grant of the Restricted Stock Award and
subject to execution of the Award Agreement, the Participant shall become a stockholder of the
Company with respect to all Shares subject to the Award Agreement and shall have all of the rights
of a stockholder, including the right to vote such Shares and the right to receive distributions
made with respect to such Shares. A Participant receiving a Restricted Stock Unit Award shall not
possess voting rights with respect to such Award. Except as otherwise provided in an Award
Agreement any Shares or any other property (other than cash) distributed as a dividend or otherwise
with respect to any Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award as to which the
restrictions have not yet lapsed shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Restricted Stock
Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that an
Award of Restricted Stock is conditioned upon the Participant making or refraining from making an
election with respect to the Award under Section 83(b) of the Code. If a Participant makes an
election pursuant to 83(b) of the Code with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock, the
Participant shall be required to file promptly a copy of such election with the Company.

     7.4 Issuance of Shares. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such
manner as the Board may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of a stock
certificate or certificates, which certificate or certificates shall be held by the Company. Such
certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an
appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

8. OTHER SHARE-BASED AWARDS

     8.1. Grants. Other Awards of Shares and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by
reference to, or are otherwise based on, Shares or other property (“Other Share-Based Awards”),
including deferred stock units, may be granted hereunder to Participants either alone or in
addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. Other Share-Based Awards shall also be available
as a form of payment of other Awards granted under the Plan and other earned cash-based
compensation.

     8.2. Award Agreements. The terms of Other Share-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be
set forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not
inconsistent with the Plan. The terms of such Awards need not be the same with respect to each
Participant.

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     8.3. Payment. Except as may be provided in an Award Agreement, Other Share-Based Awards may
be paid in cash, Shares, other property, or any combination thereof, in the sole discretion of the
Committee. Other Share-Based Awards may be paid in a lump sum or in installments or, in accordance
with procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis subject to the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code.

9. PERFORMANCE AWARDS

          9.1. Grants. Performance Awards in the form of Performance Cash, Performance Shares or
Performance Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, may be granted hereunder
to Participants, for no consideration or for such minimum consideration as may be required by
applicable law, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The performance
goals to be achieved for each Performance Period shall be conclusively determined by the Committee
and may be based upon the criteria set forth in Section 10.2.

          9.2. Award Agreements. The terms of any Performance Award granted under the Plan shall be set
forth in an Award Agreement which shall contain provisions determined by the Committee and not
inconsistent with the Plan, including whether such Awards shall have Dividend Equivalents. The
terms of Performance Awards need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

          9.3. Terms and Conditions. The performance criteria to be achieved during any Performance
Period and the length of the Performance Period shall be determined by the Committee upon the grant
of each Performance Award. The amount of the Award to be distributed shall be conclusively
determined by the Committee.

          9.4. Payment. Except as provided in Section 3.1(e) or as may be provided in an Award
Agreement, Performance Awards will be distributed only after the end of the relevant Performance
Period. Performance Awards may be paid in cash, Shares, other property, or any combination
thereof, in the sole discretion of the Committee. Performance Awards may be paid in a lump sum or
in installments following the close of the Performance Period or, in accordance with procedures
established by the Committee, on a deferred basis subject to the requirements of Section 409A of
the Code.

10. CODE SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS

     10.1. Covered Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee
determines at the time a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award, a Performance Award
or an Other Share-Based Award is granted to a Participant who is, or is likely to be, as of the end
of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a
Covered Employee, then the Committee may provide that this Article 10 is applicable to such Award.

     10.2. Performance Criteria. (a) If the Committee determines that a Restricted Stock Award, a
Restricted Stock Unit, a Performance Award or an Other Share-Based Award is intended to be subject
to this Article 10, the lapsing of restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, Shares or
other property pursuant thereto, as applicable, shall be subject to the achievement

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of one or more objective performance goals established by the Committee, which shall be based on
the attainment of specified levels of one or any combination of the following:

     (i) net sales;

     (ii) revenue;

     (iii) revenue growth or product revenue growth;

     (iv) operating income (before or after taxes);

     (v) pre- or after-tax income (before or after allocation of corporate overhead and bonus);
earnings per share; net income (before or after taxes);

     (vi) return on equity;

     (vii) total shareholder return;

     (viii) return on assets or net assets;

     (ix) appreciation in and/or maintenance of the price of the Shares or any other
publicly-traded securities of the Company;

     (x) market share; gross profits;

     (xi) earnings (including earnings before taxes, earnings before interest and taxes or earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization);

     (xii) economic value-added models or equivalent metrics;

     (xiii) comparisons with various stock market indices;

     (xiv) reductions in costs;

     (xv) cash flow or cash flow per share (before or after dividends);

     (xvi) return on capital (including return on total capital or return on invested capital);

     (xvii) cash flow return on investment;

     (xviii) improvement in or attainment of expense levels or working capital levels;

     (xiv) operating margins, gross margins or cash margin;

     (xx) year-end cash;

     (xxi) debt reduction;

     (xxii) stockholder equity;

     (xxiii) research and development achievements;

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     (xxiv) manufacturing achievements (including obtaining particular yields from manufacturing
runs and other measurable objectives related to process development activities);

     (xxv) regulatory achievements (including submitting or filing applications or other documents
with regulatory authorities or receiving approval of any such applications or other documents;

     (xxvi) passing pre-approval inspections (whether of the Company or the Company’s third-party
manufacturer) and validation of manufacturing processes (whether the Company’s or the Company’s
third-party manufacturer’s));

     (xxvii) clinical achievements (including initiating clinical studies; initiating enrollment,
completing enrollment or enrolling particular numbers of subjects in clinical studies; completing
phases of a clinical study (including the treatment phase); or announcing or presenting preliminary
or final data from clinical studies; in each case, whether on particular timelines or generally);

     (xxviii) strategic partnerships or transactions (including in-licensing and out-licensing of
intellectual property; establishing relationships with commercial entities with respect to the
marketing, distribution and sale of the Company’s products (including with group purchasing
organizations, distributors and other vendors);

     (xxvix) supply chain achievements (including establishing relationships with manufacturers or
suppliers of active pharmaceutical ingredients and other component materials and manufacturers of
the Company’s products);

     (xxx) co-development, co-marketing, profit sharing, joint venture or other similar
arrangements);

     (xxxi) financing and other capital raising transactions (including sales of the Company’s
equity or debt securities);

     (xxxii) factoring transactions; sales or licenses of the Company’s assets, including its
intellectual property, whether in a particular jurisdiction or territory or globally; or through
partnering transactions; and

     (xxxiii) implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to
research, development, manufacturing, commercialization, products or projects, production volume
levels, acquisitions and divestitures and recruiting and maintaining personnel.

          (b) Such performance goals also may be based solely by reference to the Company’s performance
or the performance of a Subsidiary, division, business segment or business unit of the Company, or
based upon the relative performance of other companies or upon comparisons of any of the indicators
of performance relative to other companies.

          (c) The Committee may also exclude charges related to an event or occurrence which the
Committee determines should appropriately be excluded, including (i) restructurings, discontinued
operations, extraordinary items, and other unusual or non-recurring charges, (ii) an event either
not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within

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the reasonable control of the Company’s management, or (iii) the cumulative effects of tax or
accounting changes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Such
performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall
otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m) of the Code, and the regulations
thereunder.

     10.3. Adjustments. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan, with respect to any Restricted
Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award or Other Share-Based Award that is
subject to this Section 10, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable
pursuant to such Award, and the Committee may not waive the achievement of the applicable
performance goals, except in the case of the death or disability of the Participant or as otherwise
determined by the Committee in special circumstances.

     10.4. Restrictions. The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on
Awards subject to this Article as it may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that such Awards
satisfy all requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)
of the Code.

     10.5. Limitations on Grants to Individual Participants. The maximum dollar value that may be
earned by any Participant for each 12 months in a Performance Period with respect to Performance
Awards that are intended to comply with the performance-based exception under Code Section 162(m)
and are denominated in cash is $10,000,000. If an Award is cancelled, the cancelled Award shall
continue to be counted toward the applicable Limitations.

11. GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS

     11.1. Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may, from time to time, alter, amend,
suspend or terminate the Plan as it shall deem advisable, subject to any requirement for
stockholder approval imposed by applicable law, including the rules and regulations of the
principal securities market on which the Shares are traded; provided that the Board may not,
without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, amend the Plan to (a) increase the number of
Shares that may be the subject of Awards under the Plan (except for adjustments pursuant to Section
3.1(e)), (b) expand the types of awards available under the Plan, (c) materially expand the class
of persons eligible to participate in the Plan, (d) amend any provision of Section 5.3 or Section
6.2(e), (e) increase the maximum permissible term of any Option specified by Section 5.4 or the
maximum permissible term of a Stock Appreciation Right specified by Section 6.2(d), or (f) increase
the Limitations. The Board may not, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, take any
other action with respect to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right that would be treated as a
repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal securities exchange on which the Shares
are traded, including a reduction of the exercise price of an Option or the grant price of a Stock
Appreciation Right or the exchange of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right for cash or another
Award. In addition, no amendments to, or termination of, the Plan shall impair the rights of a
Participant under any Award previously granted without such Participant’s consent.

     11.2. Transferability of Awards. Except as provided below, no Award and no Shares that have
not been issued or as to which any applicable restriction, performance or deferral

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period has not lapsed, may be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered, other
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such Award may be exercised during the
life of the Participant only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal
representative. To the extent and under such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee,
a Participant may assign or transfer an Award (each transferee thereof, a “Permitted Assignee”) to
(i) the Participant’s spouse, children or grandchildren (including any adopted and step children or
grandchildren), parents, grandparents or siblings, (ii) to a trust for the benefit of one or more
of the Participant or the persons referred to in clause (i), or (iii) to a partnership, limited
liability company or corporation in which the Participant or the persons referred to in clause (i)
are the only partners, members or shareholders; provided that such Permitted Assignee shall be
bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Award Agreement
relating to the transferred Award and shall execute an agreement satisfactory to the Company
evidencing such obligations; and provided further that such Participant shall remain bound by the
terms and conditions of the Plan. The Company shall cooperate with any Permitted Assignee and the
Company’s transfer agent in effectuating any transfer permitted under this Section.

     11.3. Termination of Employment. The Committee shall determine and set forth in each Award
Agreement whether any Awards granted in such Award Agreement will continue to be exercisable,
continue to vest or be earned and the terms of such exercise, vesting or earning, on and after the
date that a Participant ceases to be employed by or to provide services to the Company or any
Subsidiary (including as a Director), whether by reason of death, disability, voluntary or
involuntary termination of employment or services, or otherwise. The Committee shall also
determine and set forth in each Award Agreement the effect, if any, on an Award of the occurrence
of a change in control of the Company. The date of termination of a Participant’s employment or
services will be determined by the Committee, which determination will be final.

     11.4. Deferral; Dividend Equivalents. The Committee shall be authorized to establish
procedures pursuant to which the payment of any Award may be deferred. Subject to the provisions
of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award may, if so determined by the
Committee, be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, cash, stock or other property
dividends in amounts equivalent to cash, stock or other property dividends on Shares (“Dividend
Equivalents”) with respect to the number of Shares covered by the Award, as determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion. The Committee may provide that such amounts and Dividend
Equivalents (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise
reinvested and may provide that such amounts and Dividend Equivalents are subject to the same
vesting or performance conditions as the underlying Award.

12. MISCELLANEOUS

     12.1. Award Agreements. Each Award Agreement shall either be (a) in writing in a form
approved by the Committee and executed by the Company by an officer duly authorized to act on its
behalf, or (b) an electronic notice in a form approved by the Committee and recorded by the Company
(or its designee) in an electronic recordkeeping system used for the purpose of tracking one or
more types of Awards as the Committee may provide; in each case and if required by the Committee,
the Award Agreement shall be executed or otherwise electronically accepted by the recipient of the
Award in such form and manner as the Committee may require. The Committee may authorize any
officer of the Company to execute any or all Award

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Agreements on behalf of the Company. The Award Agreement shall set forth the material terms and
conditions of the Award as established by the Committee consistent with the provisions of the Plan.

     12.2. Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to make all payments or distributions
pursuant to the Plan to a Participant (or a Permitted Assignee thereof) (any such person, a
“Payee”) net of any applicable federal, state and local taxes required to be paid or withheld as a
result of (a) the grant of any Award, (b) the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right,
(c) the delivery of Shares or cash, (d) the lapse of any restrictions in connection with any Award
or (e) any other event occurring pursuant to the Plan. The Company or any Subsidiary shall have
the right to withhold from wages or other amounts otherwise payable to such Payee such withholding
taxes as may be required by law, or to otherwise require the Payee to pay such withholding taxes.
If the Payee shall fail to make such tax payments as are required, the Company or its Subsidiaries
shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of
any kind otherwise due to such Payee or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy
such withholding obligations. The Committee shall be authorized to establish procedures for
election by Participants to satisfy such obligation for the payment of such taxes by tendering
previously acquired Shares (either actually or by attestation, valued at their then Fair Market
Value), or by directing the Company to retain Shares (up to the Participant’s minimum required tax
withholding rate or such other rate that will not cause an adverse accounting consequence or cost)
otherwise deliverable in connection with the Award.

     12.3. Right of Discharge Reserved; Claims to Awards. Nothing in the Plan nor the grant of an
Award hereunder shall confer upon any Employee, Director or Consultant the right to continue in the
employment or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or affect any right that the Company or any
Subsidiary may have to terminate the employment or service of (or to demote or to exclude from
future Awards under the Plan) any such Employee , Director or Consultant at any time for any
reason. Except as specifically provided by the Committee, the Company shall not be liable for the
loss of existing or potential profit from an Award granted in the event of termination of an
employment or other relationship. No Employee, Director or Consultant shall have any claim to be
granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of
Employees, Directors Consultants or Participants under the Plan.

     12.4. Substitute Awards. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the terms of
Substitute Awards may vary from the terms set forth in the Plan to the extent the Committee deems
appropriate to conform, in whole or in part, to the provisions of the awards in substitution for
which they are granted.

     12.5. Cancellation of Award; Forfeiture of Gain. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, an Award Agreement may provide that the Award shall be canceled if the
Participant, without the consent of the Company, while employed by the Company or any Subsidiary or
after termination of such employment or service, violates a non-competition, non-solicitation or
non-disclosure covenant or agreement or otherwise engages in activity that is in conflict with or
adverse to the interest of the Company or any Subsidiary (including conduct contributing to any
financial restatements or financial irregularities), as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that if

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within the time period specified in the Agreement the Participant establishes a relationship with a
competitor or engages in an activity referred to in the preceding sentence, the Participant will
forfeit any gain realized on the vesting or exercise of the Award and must repay such gain to the
Company.

     12.6. Stop Transfer Orders. All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan pursuant to
any Award shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may
deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any stock exchange upon which the Shares are then listed, and any applicable federal or
state securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such
certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

     12.7. Nature of Payments. All Awards made pursuant to the Plan are in consideration of
services performed or to be performed for the Company or any Subsidiary, division or business unit
of the Company. Any income or gain realized pursuant to Awards under the Plan constitutes a
special incentive payment to the Participant and shall not be taken into account, to the extent
permissible under applicable law, as compensation for purposes of any of the employee benefit plans
of the Company or any Subsidiary except as may be determined by the Committee or by the Board or
board of directors of the applicable Subsidiary.

     12.8. Other Plans. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other
or additional compensation arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is
required; and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific
cases.

     12.9. Severability. If any provision of the Plan shall be held unlawful or otherwise invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall (a)
be deemed limited to the extent that such court of competent jurisdiction deems it lawful, valid
and/or enforceable and as so limited shall remain in full force and effect, and (b) not affect any
other provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which shall remain in full force and effect.
If the making of any payment or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan shall be
held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent any other payment or benefit from
being made or provided under the Plan, and if the making of any payment in full or the provision of
any other benefit required under the Plan in full would be unlawful or otherwise invalid or
unenforceable, then such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent such
payment or benefit from being made or provided in part, to the extent that it would not be
unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, and the maximum payment or benefit that would not be unlawful,
invalid or unenforceable shall be made or provided under the Plan.

     12.10. Construction. As used in the Plan, the words “include” and “including,” and variations
thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed
by the words “without limitation.”

     12.11. Unfunded Status of the Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for
incentive compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant by the Company,
nothing contained herein shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater

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than those of a general creditor of the Company. In its sole discretion, the Committee may
authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the
Plan to deliver the Shares or payments in lieu of or with respect to Awards hereunder; provided,
however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the unfunded
status of the Plan.

     12.12. Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken thereunder, to
the extent not otherwise governed by the Code or the laws of the United States, shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws, and
construed accordingly.

     12.13. Effective Date of Plan; Termination of Plan. The Plan shall be effective on the date
of the adoption of the Plan by the Board. Awards may be granted under the Plan at any time and
from time to time on or prior to the tenth anniversary of the effective date of the Plan, on which
date the Plan will expire except as to Awards then outstanding under the Plan. Such outstanding
Awards shall remain in effect until they have been exercised or terminated, or have expired.

     12.14. Foreign Employees. Awards may be granted to Participants who are foreign nationals or
employed outside the United States, or both, on such terms and conditions different from those
applicable to Awards to Employees, Directors or Consultants providing services in the United States
as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable in order to recognize
differences in local law or tax policy. The Committee also may impose conditions on the exercise
or vesting of Awards in order to minimize the Company’s obligation with respect to tax equalization
for Employees or Consultants on assignments outside their home country.

     12.15. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. This Plan is intended to comply and shall be
administered in a manner that is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that an Award or the
payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Award shall be
granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code,
including regulations or other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined
by the Committee. Any provision of this Plan that would cause the grant of an Award or the
payment, settlement or deferral thereof to fail to satisfy Section 409A of the Code shall be
amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code on a timely basis, which may be made on a
retroactive basis, in accordance with regulations and other guidance issued under Section 409A of
the Code.

     12.16 Captions. The captions in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and are not
intended to narrow, limit or affect the substance or interpretation of the provisions contained
herein.

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