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STE 03.31.2013 EX 10.34

                                               EXHIBIT 10.34

STERIS CORPORATION
FORM OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
This Agreement is between STERIS Corporation ("STERIS") and _______________ ("Optionee"), with respect to the grant of a Nonqualified Stock Option by STERIS to Optionee pursuant to the STERIS Corporation 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated Effective July 28, 2011, and as further amended from time to time (the "Plan").  (Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.)
1.    Grant of Option.  STERIS hereby grants to Optionee, as of __________ __, 20__ (“Date of Grant”), an option (the "Option") to purchase all or any number of an aggregate of  __________ STERIS Common Shares, at an exercise price of $_______ per share upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan.  The Option is granted as additional consideration for services to be rendered by Optionee as a Director of STERIS during the period commencing on ____________________ and continuing through the date of the Annual Meeting of the shareholders of STERIS to be held in 20__.
2.    Documents Delivered with Agreement.   STERIS has delivered or made available to the Optionee, along with this Agreement, the following documents:  (a) a copy of STERIS’s Policy Prohibiting the Improper Use of Material Non-Public Information (the “Policy”); (b) the Plan and its related Prospectus; (c) two copies of an acknowledgment form (the “Acknowledgment Form”); and (d) STERIS’s most recent Annual Report to Shareholders and Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  Acceptance and compliance with these documents is a condition of the effectiveness of this grant of nonqualified stock options.  By accepting this Agreement or executing the Acknowledgement, the Optionee acknowledges receipt, review and acceptance of these documents and compliance with their terms.  
3.    Terms and Conditions of Option.  The Option is a Nonqualified Option and shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Option shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.  As a condition to the effectiveness of the Option, Optionee must return to STERIS signed copies of (a) this Agreement and (b) the Acknowledgment Form.  If Optionee violates the terms of the Policy, the Plan, or this Agreement, or any agreement with similar terms previously entered into by Optionee (collectively “Prior Agreements”), any and all options to purchase Common Shares that were granted by STERIS to Optionee (including the Option granted by this Agreement or any Prior Agreements) shall be forfeited, void, and of no further force and effect.
4.    Term of Option.  The Option shall be exercisable ________________________ and shall terminate at the close of business on, and shall not be exercisable at any time after, the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant, except as provided in Section 11(d) of the Plan.
5.    Exercise of Option.  The Option shall be exercisable only while Optionee is a Director of STERIS,  except as otherwise provided in Section 11 of the Plan, the rules of which, as modified hereby, shall apply to this Agreement, including as described in Section 14 of this Agreement.  To the extent exercisable under the Agreement, the Option may be exercised from time to time in whole or in part. 

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6.    Method of Exercise.  A request to exercise the Option requires delivery of (a) the Option Price payable in cash or by check acceptable to the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, or by such other methods as may be approved by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or his delegatee or delegatees, as applicable and (b) a written notice to STERIS identifying this Agreement and specifying the number of Common Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.  The Common Shares to which Optionee is entitled upon exercise of the Option shall not be represented by certificates unless otherwise provided by resolution of the board of STERIS or required by law, but STERIS shall cause such Common Shares to be registered in the name of Optionee or Optionee’s nominee in STERIS’s stock registry promptly following exercise.
7.     Certain Determinations.  Application, violation, or other interpretation of the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, the Policy, any Prior Agreement, or any other STERIS policy shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, and its determination shall be final and binding on Optionee and STERIS.
8.    Data Privacy. By entering into the Agreement, and as a condition of the grant of the Option, Optionee consents to the collection, use and transfer of personal data as described in this Section 8.  Optionee understands that STERIS and its Subsidiaries hold certain personal information about Optionee, including, but not limited to, Optionee’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in STERIS, details of all Options or other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in Optionee’s favor, for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan (“Data”).  Optionee further understands that STERIS and/or its Subsidiaries will transfer Data among themselves as necessary for the purposes of implementation, administration and management of the Optionee’s participation in the Plan, and that STERIS and/or its Subsidiaries may each further transfer Data to any third parties assisting STERIS in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan (“Data Recipients”).  Optionee understands that these Data Recipients may be located in Optionee’s country of residence, the European Economic Area, and in countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States.  Optionee authorizes the Data Recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer Data in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan, including any transfer of such Data, as may be necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan and/or the subsequent holding of shares of stock on Optionee’s behalf, to a broker or third party with whom the shares acquired on exercise may be deposited.  Optionee understands that he or she may, at any time, review the Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the consent herein by notifying STERIS in writing.  Optionee further understands that withdrawing consent may affect Optionee’s ability to participate in the Plan, at the sole discretion of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or his delegatee or delegatees, if applicable.
9.      Relation to Plan.  This Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.  In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern.  All terms used herein with initial capital letters and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Plan shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.  
10.      Amendments.  Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that no amendment shall adversely affect the rights of Optionee under this Agreement without Optionee’s consent.
11.      Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision hereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstances shall not be affected, and the provisions so held to be invalid or unenforceable shall be reformed to the extent (and only to the extent) necessary to make it enforceable and valid.

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12.      Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio, without giving effect to any principle of law that would result in the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.
13.      Miscellaneous.  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be understood as conferring on Optionee any right to continue as a Director of STERIS.  STERIS reserves the right to correct any clerical, typographical, or other error in this Agreement or otherwise with respect to this grant.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon its parties and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, but the Option shall not be transferable by Optionee other than as provided in Section 17 of the Plan.  
14.      Qualifying Retirement.  Pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan, the Board hereby consents to the Optionee’s Qualifying Retirement if, at the time that the Optionee terminates service with the Company, the Optionee satisfies the requirements of Section 11(b)(iii) of the Plan other than the requirement of the Board having consented thereto (which consent is hereby given).  Notwithstanding Section 11(b)(i) of the Plan, for purposes of this Agreement and for purposes of the Option and the Plan provisions relating to this Agreement and the Option that use the term “Extended Exercise Period”, “Extended Exercise Period” means the period that begins on the date of retirement and ends on the expiration date of the Option.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, STERIS has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer, and Optionee has executed this Agreement, all as of the Date of Grant.
STERIS Corporation                    Optionee
		
	By: ___________________________
	Signature by electronic acceptance and/or execution of the Acknowledgment and Acceptance form.

	
	
	 

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403-31-2013 EX10.21

EXHIBIT 10.21

MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED

MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

(as amended by the Board of Directors on May 17, 2013)

1.    Purposes of the Plan.  The Plan is intended to increase shareholder value and the success of the Company by motivating our key management and senior technical employees to: (1) perform to the best of their abilities, and (2) achieve the Company’s objectives.  The Plan’s goals are to be achieved by providing such personnel with incentive awards based on the achievement of goals relating to the performance of the Company, on the achievement of individual performance goals, retention-based bonuses, or nonrecurring awards for performance beyond that expected.  
2.    Definitions.
(a)    “Award” means, with respect to each Participant, the award determined pursuant to Section 7(a) below for a Performance Period.  Each Award is determined by a Payout Basis for a Performance Period, subject to the Committee’s authority under Section 7(a) to increase, eliminate or reduce the Award otherwise payable. 
(b)    “Base Salary” means as to any Performance Period, the Participant’s annualized salary rate on the first day of the Performance Period.  Such Base Salary shall be before both (a) deductions for taxes or benefits, and (b) deferrals of compensation pursuant to Company-sponsored plans.
(c)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
(d)    “Cash Position” means the Company’s level of cash and cash equivalents.
(e)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(f)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or a sub-committee of the Compensation Committee, which shall consist solely of two or more members of the Board who are not employees of the Company and who otherwise qualify as “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m).
(g)    “Company” means Microchip Technology Incorporated or any of its subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Code Section 424(f)). 
(h)     “Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of the Company.
(i)    “Fiscal Year” means a fiscal year of the Company. 
(j)    "Participant" means an employee of the Company participating in the Plan for a Performance Period.

(k)    “Payout Basis” means as to any Performance Period, the criteria established by the Committee pursuant to Section 5 in order to determine the Awards (if any) to be paid to Participants. The Payout Basis may contain discretionary elements to reward additional performance as recommended by the CEO and approved by the Committee.  The criteria may differ from Participant to Participant, or between groups of Participants. 
(l)    “Performance Goals” means the goal(s) (or combined goal(s)) determined by the Committee (in its discretion) to be applicable to a Participant with respect to an Award.  As determined by the Committee, the performance measures for any performance period will be any one or more of the following objective performance criteria, applied to either the Company as a whole or, except with respect to stockholder return metrics, to a region, business unit, affiliate or business segment, and measured either on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to a previous period's results to a designated comparison group, and/or to another Performance Goal and, with respect to financial metrics, which may be determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), in accordance with accounting principles established by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB Principles”) or which may be adjusted when established to exclude any items otherwise includable under GAAP or under IASB Principles: (i) cash flow (including operating cash flow or free cash flow) or cash flow margin, (ii) cash position, (iii) revenue (on an absolute basis or adjusted for currency effects), (iv) gross margin, (v) operating margin, (vi) operating expenses or operating expenses as a percentage of revenue, (vii) earnings (which may include, without limitation, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes and earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amortization), (viii) earnings per share, (ix) operating income or operating income as a percentage of revenue, (x) net income, (xi) stock price, (xiii) return on equity, (xiii) total stockholder return, (xiv) growth in stockholder value relative to a specified publicly reported index (such as the S&P 500 Index), (xv) return on capital, (xvi) return on assets or net assets, (xvii) return on investment, (xviii) economic value added, (xix) market share, (xx) contract awards or backlog, (xxi) overhead or other expense reduction, (xxii) credit rating, (xxiii) objective customer indicators (including, without limitation, a customer satisfaction rating), (xxiv) new product invention or innovation, (xxv) attainment of research and development milestones, (xxvi) improvements in productivity, (xxvii) attainment of objective operating goals, and (xxviii) objective employee metrics.  The Committee shall appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude (i) any extraordinary non-recurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations appearing in the Company’s reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the applicable year, or (ii) the effect of any changes in accounting principles affecting the Company’s or a business unit’s reported results.
(m)    “Performance Period” means any Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, or such other longer period but not in excess of five Fiscal Years, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
(n)     “Plan” means this Management Incentive Compensation Plan.
(o)    “Plan Year” means the Company’s fiscal year.

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(p)    “Section 162(m)” means Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor to Section 162(m), as that Section may be interpreted from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service, whether by regulation, notice or otherwise. 
3.    Plan Administration.
(a)    The Plan may be administered by different administrators with respect to different groups of Participants.  The Committee shall be responsible for the general administration and interpretation of the Plan and for carrying out its provisions.  The Committee may delegate its general administration and interpretation authority to a committee of employees as the Plan relates to Participants other than executive officers.  The Committee may delegate specific administrative tasks to Company employees or others as appropriate for proper administration of the Plan.  The Committee and its delegates shall have such powers as may be necessary to discharge their duties hereunder, including, but not by way of limitation, the following powers and duties, but subject to the terms of the Plan: 
(i)    discretionary authority to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan, and to determine eligibility, Awards and the amount, manner and time of payment of any Awards hereunder;
(ii)    to prescribe forms and procedures for purposes of Plan participation and distribution of Awards; and
(iii)    to adopt rules, regulations and bylaws and to take such actions as it deems necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the Plan.
(b)    Any rule or decision by the Committee or its delegates that is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.
4.    Eligibility.  The employees eligible to participate in the Plan for a given Performance Period shall be those employees of the Company who based on their individual position and Company criteria have a significant impact on the Company’s performance as determined by the Committee.  No person shall be automatically entitled to participate in the Plan.
5.    Performance Goal Determination.  The Company’s Chief Executive Officer shall provide the Committee with recommendations as to the criteria underlying the Performance Goals.  The CEO may make recommendations as to discretionary elements to reward additional performance.  The Committee shall have complete authority to accept, modify or reject such recommendations, or to eliminate the Awards entirely.
6.    Determination of Payout Basis.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish a Payout Basis for purposes of determining the Award (if any) payable to each Participant.  Each Payout Basis shall (a) be based on a comparison performance to the Performance Goals, (b) provide for the payment of Awards if the Performance Goals for the Performance Period are achieved.  Discretionary elements may be identified at the same time as the criteria underlying the Performance Goals are set, or they may be later determined at the Committee’s discretion.  Awards may be a specific dollar amount, or a percentage of base salary.  

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7.    Determination of Awards; Award Payment.
(a)    Determination and Certification.  After the end of each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which the Performance Goals applicable to each Participant for the Performance Period were achieved or exceeded.  The Award for each Participant shall be determined by applying the Payout Basis to the level of actual performance that has been determined by the Committee, and adding any discretionary element that has been determined by the Committee.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may increase, eliminate or reduce the Award payable to any Participant below that which otherwise would be payable under the Payout Basis.
(b)    Right to Receive Payment.  Each Award under the Plan shall be paid solely from the general assets of the Company.  Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to create a trust or to establish or evidence any Participant’s claim of any right to payment of an Award other than as an unsecured general creditor with respect to any payment to which he or she may be entitled.  Unless otherwise approved by the Committee, a Participant needs to be employed by the Company from the beginning of the applicable Performance Period through the Award payment date to receive an Award payout hereunder.
(c)    Form of Distributions.  The Company shall distribute all Awards to the Participant in cash, restricted stock units or awards, or a combination thereof at the discretion of the Committee.
(d)    Deferral.  The Committee may defer payment of Awards, or any portion thereof, to Participants as the Committee, in its discretion, determines to be necessary or desirable to preserve the deductibility of such amounts under Section 162(m).  In addition, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of cash that would otherwise be delivered to a Participant under the Plan.  Any such deferral elections shall be subject to such rules and procedures as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
8.    Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become effective October 1, 2006.  The Plan shall continue until terminated under Section 9 of the Plan.
9.    Amendment and Termination of the Plan.  The Committee may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time, including the adoption of amendments deemed necessary or desirable to correct any defect or to supply omitted data or to reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award granted hereunder; provided, however, that no amendment, alteration, suspension or discontinuation shall be made which would impair any payments to Participants made prior to such amendment, modification, suspension or termination, unless the Committee has made a determination that such amendment or modification is in the best interests of all persons to whom Awards have theretofore been granted.  To the extent necessary or advisable under applicable law, Plan amendments shall be subject to shareholder approval.  At no time before the actual distribution of funds to Participants under the Plan shall any Participant accrue any vested interest or right whatsoever under the Plan except as otherwise stated in this Plan.

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10.    Withholding.  Distributions pursuant to this Plan shall be subject to all applicable federal and state tax and withholding requirements.
11.    At-Will Employment.  No statement in this Plan should be construed to grant any employee an employment contract of fixed duration or any other contractual rights, nor should this Plan be interpreted as creating an implied or an expressed contract of employment or any other contractual rights between the Company and its employees.  The employment relationship between the Company and its employees is terminable at-will.  This means that an employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason or no reason.
12.    Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan, with respect to awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.
13.    Indemnification.  Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee, of the Board, or their delegates shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (a) any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan or any award, and (b) from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf.  The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, by contract, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or under any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
14.    Nonassignment.  The rights of a Participant under this Plan shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant except by will or the laws of intestacy.
15.    Governing Law.  The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, without regard to conflicts of law provisions thereunder.

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