Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 10(d)

Form of

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

under the 

NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2011 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

This Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (“Agreement”), between NextEra Energy, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Company”) and the grantee identified on Schedule 1 attached hereto (the “Grantee”) is dated {{GRANTDATE}}.  All capitalized terms used in this Agreement which are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the NextEra Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”).

1.    Grant of Option.  In accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of (a) the Plan, and (b) this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Grantee a non-qualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase the number of shares of Stock set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto ("Schedule 1"), at the Option Price per share set forth in Schedule 1.  

2.    Acceptance by Grantee.  The exercise of the Option or any portion thereof is conditioned upon acceptance by the Grantee of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as evidenced by the Grantee's execution of Schedule 1 and the delivery of an executed copy of Schedule 1 to the Company.

3.    Vesting of Option.  Subject to the terms and provisions hereof, including section 5 hereof, and the Plan, the Option shall vest and the Grantee may exercise the Option in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Schedule 1 (the “Vesting Schedule”).  

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement or the Plan, if (i) the Grantee is a party to an Executive Retention Employment Agreement with the Company (as amended from time to time, “Retention Agreement”) and has not waived his or her rights, either entirely or in pertinent part, under the Retention Agreement, and (ii) the Effective Date (as defined in the Retention Agreement) has occurred and the Employment Period (as defined in the Retention Agreement) has commenced and has not terminated pursuant to section 3(b) of the Retention Agreement,  then, so long as the Grantee is providing Service, the then-unvested portion of the Option shall vest upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Retention Agreement ), instead of in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Schedule 1. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement or the Plan, if (i) the Grantee is not a party to a Retention Agreement with the Company, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined, as of the date hereof, in the Plan for all purposes of this Agreement) then, so long as the Grantee is still providing Service on the date of such occurrence, the then-unvested portion of the Option shall vest upon such Change in Control, instead of in 

accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Schedule 1, and (ii) the Grantee’s Service is terminated other than for Cause during the 24-month period following a Change in Control, the portion of the Option that remains outstanding on the date of such termination may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee until the earlier of the second anniversary of the date of such termination or the expiration of the term of the Option.

If, as a result of a Change in Control, the shares of Stock are exchanged for or converted into a different form of equity security and/or the right to receive other property (including cash), the Option may be exercised, to the maximum extent practicable, in the same form.

4.    Expiration of Option.  The Option shall expire on the date set forth in Schedule 1 (the “Expiration Date”), unless terminated earlier as set forth in section 5 hereof, and may not be exercised after the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date and (ii) the earlier termination date established in accordance with section 5 hereof. 

5.    Termination of Service.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, with respect to any portion of the Option, the Grantee must remain in continuous Service (including to any successors to the Company or an Affiliate) from the effective date of this Agreement through the relevant vesting date for such portion of the Option as set forth in (or determined in accordance with) Schedule 1 hereof in order for such portion of the Option to vest.  Except as otherwise set forth (a) herein, (b) in the Plan in connection with a Change in Control if the Grantee is not a party to a Retention Agreement, or (c) in a Retention Agreement to which the Grantee is a party in connection with a Change of Control (as defined in such Retention Agreement), in the event that the Grantee’s Service (including to any successors to the Company or an Affiliate) terminates for any reason (or converts to inactive status in the manner specified in Section 5(b) hereof) prior to vesting of any portion of the Option, the Grantee’s rights hereunder shall be determined as follows:

		
	(a)
	If the Grantee’s termination of Service is due to resignation, discharge or retirement prior to age 55 and does not meet the condition set forth in section 5(d) hereof, all rights to exercise the Option (or any portion thereof) which is not then vested shall be immediately forfeited, and all rights to exercise the vested portion of the Option shall expire on the Expiration Date.

		
	(b)
	If the Grantee’s termination of Service is due to Disability or death, or the Grantee converts to inactive employee status on account of a determination of such Grantee’s total and permanent Disability under any long-term disability plan of the Company or an Affiliate (a “Disability Plan”), the then-unvested portion of the Option shall vest on the date of termination of Service or the date the Grantee converts to inactive employee status due to Disability under any Disability Plan.  The then-unexercised portion of the Option shall be exercisable until the Expiration Date.

(c)  If the Grantee’s termination of Service is due to  retirement on or after age 55 after completing at least ten years of continuous Service with the Company and does not meet the condition set forth in section 5(d) hereof, a pro rata share of the then-unvested portion of the Option (determined as follows: (A) with respect to any 

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unvested portion of the Option which vests on the First Vest Date (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto), the product of (x) the quotient (which shall not exceed 1.0) of (a) the total number of full days of the Grantee’s Service completed from the Grant Date of the Option through termination of Service divided by (b) 365, multiplied by (y) such unvested portion of the Option, and rounded to the nearest share of Stock; (B) with respect to any unvested portion of the Option which vests on the Second Vest Date (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto), the product of (x) the quotient (which shall not exceed 1.0) of (a) the total number of full days of the Grantee’s Service completed from the Grant Date of the Option through termination of Service divided by (b) 730, multiplied by (y) such unvested portion of the Option, and rounded to the nearest share of Stock; and (C) with respect to any unvested portion of the Option which vests on the Third Vest Date (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto), the product of (x) the quotient (which shall not exceed 1.0) of (a) the total number of full days of the Grantee’s Service completed from the Grant Date of the Option through termination of Service divided by (b) 1,095, multiplied by (y) such unvested portion of the Option, and rounded to the nearest share of Stock) shall vest on the vesting schedule and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, notwithstanding that the Grantee’s service shall have previously terminated, and shall be exercisable until the Expiration Date.  For purposes of this section 5(c), 0.5 of a share of Stock shall be rounded up to the nearest share.  The portion of the Option which does not so vest shall be forfeited effective on the date of termination of Service.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any unvested portion of the Option shall not vest if the Company’s chief executive officer, or chief executive officer’s delegate, objectively determines that the Grantee’s retirement is detrimental to the Company.

(d)  If the Grantee’s termination of Service is due to retirement on or after age 50, and if, but only if, such retirement is evidenced by a writing which specifically acknowledges that this provision shall apply to such retirement and is executed by the Company’s chief executive officer (or, if the Grantee is an executive officer, by a member of the Committee or the chief executive officer at the direction of the Committee, other than with respect to himself), the then-unvested portion of the Option shall vest on the vesting schedule and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, notwithstanding that the Grantee’s service shall have previously terminated, and shall be exercisable until the Expiration Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, after termination of Service but prior to vesting of all or a portion of the Option, the Grantee breaches any provision hereof, including without limitation the provisions of section 9 hereof, the Grantee shall immediately forfeit all rights to the then-unvested portion of the Option.

(e)  If a Grantee's Service is terminated for any reason other than as set forth in sections 5(a), (b), (c), and (d) hereof, or if an ambiguity exists as to the interpretation of those sections, the Committee shall determine whether the Grantee's then-unvested Option shall be forfeited or whether the Grantee shall be entitled to full vesting or to pro rata vesting based upon completed days of Service during the vesting period, 

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and shall also determine the period during which the Grantee may exercise any vested portion of the Option.  

6.    Procedure for Exercise.  Subject to this Agreement and the Plan, the Option may be exercised in whole or in part by the transmittal of a written notice to the Company at its principal place of business.  Such notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock which the Grantee elects to purchase, shall be signed by the Grantee and shall be accompanied by payment of the Option Price for the shares of Stock which the Grantee elects to purchase.  Except as otherwise provided by the Committee before the Option is exercised, such payment may be made in whole or in part (i) in cash or cash equivalents acceptable to the Company in the amount of the Option Price plus applicable tax withholding; (ii) by the tender or attestation to the Company of shares of Stock owned by the Grantee which, if acquired from the Company, have been owned for at least six months and acceptable to the Committee having an aggregate Fair Market Value (valued on the date of exercise) that is equal to the amount of cash that would otherwise be required for payment; or (iii) by authorizing a Company-approved third party to remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the entire Option Price and any tax withholding from such exercise.  The Option shall not be exercisable if and to the extent the Company determines that such exercise would violate any provision of Applicable Laws, including applicable state or federal securities laws or the rules of any Stock Exchange on which the Stock is listed. If any Applicable Laws require the Company to take any action with respect to the shares of Stock specified in the written notice of exercise, or if any action remains to be taken under the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, as in effect at the time, to effect due issuance of such shares, then the Company shall take such action and the day for delivery of such shares shall be extended for the period necessary to take such action.  No Grantee shall have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company under the Option unless and until shares of Stock are fully paid and duly issued upon exercise of the Option.

7.    Non-Transferability of Stock Options.  The Option granted hereunder to the Grantee shall not be assignable or transferable by the Grantee otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and such Option shall be exercisable, during the lifetime of the Grantee, only by the Grantee (or, in the event of the Grantee's legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantee's guardian or legal representative).

8.    Effect Upon Employment.  This Agreement is not to be construed as giving any right to the Grantee for continuous employment by the Company or a Subsidiary or other Affiliate.  The Company and its Subsidiaries and other Affiliates retain the right to terminate the Grantee at will and with or without cause at any time (subject to any rights the Grantee may have under the Grantee’s Retention Agreement).

   9.    Protective Covenants.  In consideration of the Option granted under this Agreement, the Grantee covenants and agrees as follows (the “Protective Covenants”):
(a) During the Grantee's Service with the Company, and for a two-year period following the termination of the Grantee's Service with the Company, the Grantee agrees not to (i) compete or attempt to compete for, or act as a broker or otherwise participate in, any projects in which the Company has at any time 

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done any work or undertaken any development efforts, or (ii) directly or indirectly solicit any of the Company’s customers, vendors, contractors, agents, or any other parties with which the Company has an existing or prospective business relationship, for the benefit of the Grantee or for the benefit of any third party, nor shall the Grantee accept consideration or negotiate or enter into agreements with such parties for the benefit of the Grantee or any third party.

(b) During the Grantee's Service with the Company and for a two-year period following the termination of the Grantee's Service with the Company, the Grantee shall not, directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Grantee or for any other business, person or entity, entice, induce or solicit or attempt to entice, induce or solicit any employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates to leave the Company's employ (or the employ of such Subsidiary or other Affiliate) or to hire or to cause any employee of the Company to become employed for any reason whatsoever.

(c) The Grantee shall not, at any time or in any way, disparage the Company or its current or former officers, directors, and employees, orally or in writing, or make any statements that may be derogatory or detrimental to the Company’s good name or business reputation.

(d) The Grantee acknowledges that the Company would not have an adequate remedy at law for monetary damages if the Grantee breaches these Protective Covenants.  Therefore, in addition to all remedies to which the Company may be entitled for a breach or threatened breach of these Protective Covenants, including but not limited to monetary damages, the Company shall be entitled to specific enforcement of these Protective Covenants and to injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for a breach or threatened breach.  In addition, upon any breach of these Protective Covenants or any separate confidentiality agreement or confidentiality provisions between the Company and the Grantee, all the Grantee’s rights to exercise the Option as to theretofore unvested shares under this Agreement shall be forfeited.

(e) For purposes of this section 9, the term “Company” shall include all Subsidiaries and other Affiliates of the Company (such Subsidiaries and other Affiliates being hereinafter referred to as the “NextEra Entities”). The Company and the Grantee agree that each of the NextEra Entities is an intended third-party beneficiary of this section 9, and further agree that each of the NextEra Entities is entitled to enforce the provisions of this section 9 in accordance with its terms.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the terms of these Protective Covenants shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in effect.

10.    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and the Grantee and their respective heirs, successors and assigns.

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11.    Adjustments.  If the number of outstanding shares of Stock is increased or decreased or the shares of Stock are changed into or exchanged for a different number of shares or kind of capital stock or other securities of the Company on account of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, spin-off, combination of stock, exchange of stock, stock dividend or other distribution payable in capital stock, or other increase or decrease in shares of Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, then the number of shares granted under this Option and the Option Price shall be adjusted proportionately.  No adjustment shall be made in connection with the payment by the Company of any cash dividend on its Stock or in connection with the issuance by the Company of any warrants, rights, or options to acquire additional shares of Stock or of securities convertible into Stock. 

12.    Governing Law/Jurisdiction/Waiver of Jury Trial.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.  All suits, actions, and proceedings relating to this Agreement or the Plan shall be brought only in the courts of the State of Florida located in Palm Beach County or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach, Florida.  The Company and the Grantee hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of the courts described in this section 12 for the purpose of all suits, actions, and proceedings relating to the Agreement or the Plan.  The Company and the Grantee each waive all objections to venue and to all claims that a court chosen in accordance with this section 12 is improper based on a venue or a forum non conveniens claim.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT WHICH ANY PARTY MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING, LITIGATION OR COUNTERCLAIM BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

13.    Incorporation of Plan's Terms; Other Governing Provisions.  This Agreement is made under and subject to the provisions of the Plan, and all the provisions of the Plan are also provisions of this Agreement, provided, however, (a) if there is a difference or conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the mandatory provisions of the Plan, such mandatory provisions of the Plan shall govern, (b) if there is a difference or conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the non-mandatory provisions of the Plan, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern, and (c) if there is a difference or conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and/or a provision of the Plan with a provision of a Retention Agreement, as applicable, such provision of such Retention Agreement, as the case may be, shall govern.  Any Retention Agreement, as applicable, constitutes “another agreement with the Grantee” within the meaning of the Plan (including without limitation sections 17.3 and 17.4 thereof).  The Company and Committee retain all authority and powers granted by the Plan and not expressly limited by this Agreement.  The Grantee acknowledges that he or she may not and shall not rely on any statement of account or other communication or document issued in connection with the Plan other than the Plan, this Agreement, and any document signed by an authorized representative of the Company that is designated as an amendment of the Plan or this Agreement. 

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14.    Interpretation.  The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe all provisions of this Agreement, and any such interpretation or construction, and any other determination contemplated to be made under the Plan or this Agreement, by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive, absent manifest error.

15.    Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended, in whole or in part and in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, at any time and from time to time, by written agreement between the Company and the Grantee.

16.    Data Privacy.  By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee:  (i) authorizes the Company or any of the NextEra Entities, and any agent of the Company or any of the NextEra Entities administering the Plan or providing Plan recordkeeping services, to disclose to the Company or any of the NextEra Entities such information and data as the Company or any such NextEra Entities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement; and (ii) authorizes the Company or any of the NextEra Entities to store and transmit such information in electronic form, provided such information is appropriately safeguarded in accordance with Company policy.

By signing this Agreement, the Grantee accepts and agrees to all of the foregoing terms and provisions and to all the terms and provisions of the Plan incorporated herein by reference and confirms that the Grantee has received a copy of the Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Grant Date set forth in Schedule 1.

	
					
	 
	 
	 
	NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	 

	 
	 
	 
	Deborah H. Caplan

	 
	 
	 
	Executive Vice President, Human Resources

	 
	 
	 
	& Corporate Services

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

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	Schedule 1
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Name of Grantee:
	 
	{{EMPLOYEENAME}}
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Grant Date:
	 
	{{GRANTDATE}}
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Number of Shares:
	 
	{{AMTGRANTED}} shares of Stock

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Option Price Per Share:
	 
	${{EXERCISEPRICE}}
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Expiration Date:
	 
	{{EXPIRATIONDATE}} (subject to earlier termination in

	accordance with
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	the attached Agreement)

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Vesting Schedule:
	 
	The shares of Stock subject to this Option shall vest

	 
	 
	according to the following schedule:

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	{{AMTVESTINGYR1}} shares on {{VESTDATE1}} 

	 
	 
	("First Vest Date"),
	 

	 
	 
	{{AMTVESTINGYR2}} shares on {{VESTDATE2}} 

	 
	 
	("Second Vest Date") and
	 

	 
	 
	{{AMTVESTINGYR3}} shares on {{VESTDATE3}} 

	 
	 
	("Third Vest Date")
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the

	 
	 
	Agreement of which this Schedule is a part, including

	 
	 
	without limitation the terms and conditions related to

	 
	 
	vesting upon the occurrence of a Change in Control and

	 
	 
	forfeiture under certain circumstances.

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	          The undersigned agrees to the terms and conditions of the Non-Qualified Stock Option

	Agreement of which this Schedule 1 is a part.

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	          Date Accepted:
	 
	By:Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1

2002 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
As Amended and Restated

The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible employees of Centene Corporation (the "Company") and certain of its subsidiaries with opportunities to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, $.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), commencing on July 1, 2002. An aggregate of 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock has been approved for this purpose. This Plan is intended to qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" as defined in Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.  The Plan is hereby amended and restated effective October 1, 2015.

1.Administration.  The Plan will be administered by the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") or by a Committee appointed by the Board (the "Committee"). The Board or the Committee has authority to make rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and its interpretation and decisions with regard thereto shall be final and conclusive.

2.Eligibility.  All employees of the Company, including directors who are employees, and all employees of any subsidiary of the Company (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time (a "Designated Subsidiary"), are eligible to participate in any one or more of the offerings of Options (as defined in Section 9) to purchase Common Stock under the Plan provided that:

(a)they have been employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for at least ninety days prior to the offering period;

(b)they are employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary on the first day of the applicable Plan Period (as defined below); and

		
	(c)
	they are not an intern, per diem, project based, or SPA (special professional associate) employee.

No employee may be granted an option hereunder if such employee, immediately after the option is granted, owns five percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of the stock of the Company or any subsidiary. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of an employee, and all stock that the employee has a contractual right to purchase shall be treated as stock owned by the employee.
3.Offerings.  The Company will make one or more offerings ("Offerings") to employees to purchase stock under this Plan. Offerings will begin each January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, or the first business day thereafter (the "Offering Commencement Dates"). Each Offering Commencement Date will begin a three-month period (a "Plan Period") during which payroll deductions will be made and held for the purchase of Common Stock at the end of the Plan Period. The Board or the Committee may, at its discretion, choose a different Plan Period of twelve months or less for subsequent Offerings.

4.Participation.  An employee eligible during the Open Enrollment window may participate in such Offering by electronically enrolling on the Company’s stock plan administrator’s website. The electronic enrollment will authorize a regular payroll deduction from the Compensation received by the employee during the Plan Period. Unless an employee updates their electronic enrollment during the Open Enrollment window or withdraws from the Plan, the employee's deductions and purchases will continue at the same rate for future Offerings under the Plan as long as the Plan remains in effect. The term "Compensation" means the amount of money reportable on the employee's Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement, excluding incentive or bonus awards, allowances and reimbursements for expenses such as relocation allowances for travel expenses, income or gains on the exercise of Company stock options or stock appreciation rights, and similar items, whether or not shown on the employee's Federal Income Tax Withholding Statement.

5.Deductions.  The Company will maintain payroll deduction accounts for all participating employees. With respect to any Offering made under this Plan, an employee may authorize a payroll deduction in any dollar amount equal to:

(a)from a minimum of 1.0% to a maximum of 10.0% as specified by the employee, multiplied by;

(b)the amount of Compensation the employee receives during the Plan Period, up to a maximum of $8,333.33 of Compensation per month.

6.Deduction Changes.  An employee may decrease or discontinue the employee's payroll deduction once during any Plan Period, by updating their enrollment election on the stock plan administrator’s website at least twenty one calendar days prior to the last day of such Plan Period. An employee may not, however, increase the employee's payroll deduction during a Plan Period. If an employee elects to discontinue the employee's payroll deductions during a Plan Period, but does not elect to withdraw the employee's funds pursuant to Section 8 hereof, funds deducted prior to the employee's election to discontinue will be applied to the purchase of Common Stock on the Exercise Date (as defined below).

7.Interest.  Interest will not be paid on any employee accounts, except to the extent that the Board or the Committee, in its sole discretion, elects to credit employee accounts with interest at such per annum rate as it may from time to time determine.

8.Withdrawal of Funds.  An employee may at any time at least twenty one calendar days prior to the close of business on the last business day in a Plan Period and for any reason permanently draw out the balance accumulated in the employee's account and thereby withdraw from participation in an Offering. Partial withdrawals are not permitted. The employee may not begin participation again during the remainder of the Plan Period. If an employee withdraws from participation in an Offering, he or she may participate in the immediately following Offering and any Offering thereafter in accordance with terms and conditions established by the Board or the Committee.

If an employee makes a hardship withdrawal from any plan with a cash or deferred arrangement qualified under Section 401(k) of the Code, which plan is sponsored by or otherwise in which the Company or Designated Subsidiary participates, such employee shall be suspended from making payroll deductions under the Plan for a period of six months.  Such employee may resume payroll deductions by filing a new payroll authorization form after the expiration of such period of suspension, subject to and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Plan.  In the event of any such hardship withdrawal from any such 401(k) plan, such employee shall receive a withdrawal hereunder coincident with or as soon as administratively feasible after such payroll deductions are suspended.
9.Purchase of Shares.  On the Offering Commencement Date of each Plan Period, the Company will grant to each eligible employee who is then a participant in the Plan an option (“Option”) to purchase on the last business day of such Plan Period (the “Exercise Date”), at the Option Price hereinafter provided for, the largest number of whole and fractional shares of Common Stock of the Company as does not exceed the number of shares determined by multiplying $833.33 by the number of full months in the Plan Period and dividing the result by the closing price (as defined below) on the Offering Commencement Date of such Plan Period.

Notwithstanding the above, no employee may be granted an Option (as defined in Section 9) that permits the employee’s rights to purchase Common Stock under this Plan and any other employee stock purchase plan (as defined in Section 423(b) of the Code) of the Company and its subsidiaries, to accrue at a rate that exceeds $2,500 of the fair market value of such Common Stock (determined at the Offering Commencement Date of the Plan Period) for each Plan Period in which the Option is outstanding at any time.
The purchase price for each share purchased will be 95% of the closing price of the Common Stock on the Exercise Date. Such closing price shall be (a) the closing price on any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, (b) the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or (c) the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter-market, whichever is applicable, as published in The Wall Street Journal. If no sales of Common Stock were made on such a day, the price of the Common Stock for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) above shall be the reported price for the next preceding day on which sales were made.
Each employee who continues to be a participant in the Plan on the Exercise Date shall be deemed to have exercised the employee’s Option at the Option Price on such date and shall be deemed to have purchased from the Company the number of full and fractional shares of Common Stock reserved for the purpose of the Plan that the employee’s accumulated payroll deductions on such date will pay for, but not in excess of the maximum number determined in the manner set forth above.
Any balance remaining in an employee’s payroll deduction account at the end of a Plan Period will be automatically refunded to the employee.

10.Issuance of Certificates.  Certificates representing shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan may be issued only in the name of the employee, in the name of the employee and another person of legal age as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, or (in the Company's sole discretion) in the name of a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee holder designated by the employee. The Company may, in its sole discretion and in compliance with applicable laws, authorize the use of book entry registration of shares in lieu of issuing stock certificates.

11.Rights on Retirement, Death or Termination of Employment. In the event of a participating employee's termination of employment prior to the last business day of a Plan Period, no payroll deduction shall be taken from any pay due and owing to an employee and the balance in the employee's account shall be paid to the employee or, in the event of the employee's death, (a) to a beneficiary previously designated in a revocable notice signed by the employee (with any spousal consent required under state law), (b) in the absence of such a designated beneficiary, to the executor or administrator of the employee's estate, or (c) if no such executor or administrator has been appointed to the knowledge of the Company, to such other person or persons as the Company may, in its discretion, designate. If, prior to the last business day of the Plan Period, the Designated Subsidiary by which an employee is employed shall cease to be a subsidiary of the Company, or if the employee is transferred to a subsidiary of the Company that is not a Designated Subsidiary, the employee shall be deemed to have terminated employment for the purposes of this Plan.

12.Optionees Not Stockholders.  Neither the granting of an Option to an employee nor the deductions from the employee's pay shall constitute such employee a stockholder of the shares of Common Stock covered by an Option under this Plan until such shares have been purchased by and issued to him.

13.Rights Not Transferable.  Rights under this Plan are not transferable by a participating employee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the employee's lifetime only by the employee.

14.Application of Funds.  All funds received or held by the Company under this Plan may be combined with other corporate funds and may be used for any corporate purpose.

15.Adjustment in Case of Changes Affecting Common Stock.  In the event of a subdivision of outstanding shares of Common Stock, or the payment of a dividend in Common Stock, the number of shares approved for this Plan, and the share limitation set forth in Section 9, shall be increased proportionately, and such other adjustment shall be made as may be deemed equitable by the Board or the Committee. In the event of any other change affecting the Common Stock, such adjustment shall be made as may be deemed equitable by the Board or the Committee to give proper effect to such event.

16.Holding Period.  By purchasing shares hereunder, absent written consent from the Company to the contrary, the employee agrees not to sell, contract to sell, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any of said shares during the 90 day period following the Exercise Date of the Plan Period pursuant to which the shares were purchased.

17.Merger.  If the Company shall at any time merge or consolidate with another corporation and the holders of the capital stock of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to hold at least 80% by voting power of the capital stock of the surviving corporation ("Continuity of Control"), the holder of each Option then outstanding will thereafter be entitled to receive at the next Exercise Date upon the exercise of such Option for each share as to which such Option shall be exercised the securities or property that a holder of one share of the Common Stock was entitled to upon and at the time of such merger or consolidation, and the Board or the Committee shall take such steps in connection with such merger or consolidation as the Board or the Committee shall deem necessary to assure that the provisions of Section 15 shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the said securities or property as to which such holder of such Option might thereafter be entitled to receive thereunder.

In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation that does not involve Continuity of Control, or of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company while unexercised Options remain outstanding under the Plan: (a) subject to the provisions of clauses (b) and (c), after the effective date of such transaction, each holder of an outstanding Option shall be entitled, upon exercise of such Option, to receive in lieu of shares of Common Stock, shares of such stock or other securities as the holders of shares of Common Stock received pursuant to the terms of such transaction; (b) all outstanding Options may be cancelled by the Board or the Committee as of a date prior to the effective date of any such transaction and all payroll deductions shall be paid out to the participating employees; or (c) all outstanding Options may be cancelled by the Board or the Committee as of the effective date of any such transaction, provided that notice of such cancellation shall be given to each holder of an Option, and each holder of an Option shall have the right to exercise such Option in full based on payroll deductions then credited to the employee's account as of a date determined by the Board or the Committee, which date shall not be less than ten days preceding the effective date of such transaction.

Amendment of the Plan.  The Board may at any time, and from time to time, amend this Plan in any respect, except that (a) if the approval of any such amendment by the stockholders of the Company is required by Section 423 of the Code, such amendment shall not be effected without such approval, and (b) in no event may any amendment be made that would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 423 of the Code.

18.Insufficient Shares.  In the event that the total number of shares of Common Stock specified in elections to be purchased under any Offering plus the number of shares purchased under previous Offerings under this Plan exceeds the maximum number of shares issuable under this Plan, the Board or the Committee will allot the shares then available on a pro rata basis.

19.Termination of the Plan.  This Plan may be terminated at any time by the Board. Upon termination of this Plan all amounts in the accounts of participating employees shall be promptly refunded.

20.Governmental Regulations.  The Company's obligation to sell and deliver Common Stock under this Plan is subject to listing on a national stock exchange or quotation on The New York Stock Exchange (to the extent the Common Stock is then so listed or quoted) and the approval of all governmental authorities required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such stock.

21.Governing Law.  The Plan shall be governed by Missouri law except to the extent that such law is preempted by federal law.

22.Issuance of Shares.  Shares may be issued upon exercise of an Option from authorized but unissued Common Stock, from shares held in the treasury of the Company, or from any other proper source.

23.Notification upon Sale of Shares.  Each employee agrees, by entering the Plan, to promptly give the Company notice of any disposition of shares purchased under the Plan where such disposition occurs within two years after the date of grant of the Option pursuant to which such shares were purchased.

24.Withholding.  Each employee shall, no later than the date of the event creating the tax liability, make provision satisfactory to the Board for payment of any taxes required by law to be withheld in connection with any transaction related to Options granted to or shares acquired by such employee pursuant to the Plan. The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to an employee.

26.        Effective Date and Approval of Stockholders.  The Plan took effect on April 24, 2002, and was approved by the stockholders of the Company as required by Section 423 of the Code, which approval occurred within twelve months of the adoption of the Plan by the Board.  The Plan is amended by this restatement effective March 15, 2018.

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