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    Exhibit
10.1

    

    M/I
HOMES, INC.

    2009
ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

    

    The
purpose of the Plan is to foster and promote the long-term financial success of
the Company and its Affiliates and to increase shareholder value by (a)
providing Participants an opportunity to earn incentive compensation if
specified performance objectives are met, (b) enabling the Company and its
Affiliates to attract and retain talented employees, and (c) maximizing the
deduction of compensation paid to Participants.  Incentive
Compensation payable under the Plan is intended to constitute “qualified
performance-based compensation” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code and
Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27, and the Plan shall be interpreted
consistently with such intention.

    

    ARTICLE
I

    DEFINITIONS

    

    When used
in the Plan, the following capitalized words, terms and phrases shall have the
meanings set forth in this Article I.  For purposes of the Plan, the
form of any word, term or phrase will include any and all of its other
forms.

    

    1.1 “Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor
thereto.

    

    1.2 “Affiliate” means any entity
with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code.

    

    1.3 “Board” means the Board of
Directors of the Company.

    

    1.4 “Cause” means: (a) any act of
fraud, intentional misrepresentation, embezzlement or misappropriation or
conversion of the assets or business opportunities of the Company or any
Affiliate by the Participant, (b) conviction of the Participant of a felony, or
(c) the Participant’s (i) willful refusal to substantially perform assigned
duties (other than any refusal resulting from incapacity due to physical or
mental illness or in the event that the assigned duties include any activities
that are unlawful or would violate acceptable accounting, securities or other
specifically defined business principles), (ii) willful engagement in gross
misconduct materially injurious to the Company or any Affiliate, or (iii) breach
of any material term of the Plan; provided, however, that Cause will not arise
solely because the Participant is absent from active employment during periods
of vacation, consistent with the Company’s applicable vacation policy, or other
period of absence initiated by the Participant and approved by the
Company.

    

    1.5 “Change in Control” means any
of the following:

    

    (a)           the
members of the Board on the effective date of this Plan (the “Incumbent
Directors”) cease for any reason other than death to constitute at least a
majority of the members of the Board; provided however, that any individual
becoming a director after the effective date of this Plan whose election, or
nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of
at least a majority of the then Incumbent Directors shall also be treated as an
Incumbent Director, but excluding any individual whose initial assumption of
office occurs as a result of a proxy contest or any agreement arising out of an
actual or threatened proxy contest;

    

    (b)           the
acquisition by any person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d)
and 14(d)(2) of the Act), other than the Company, any Subsidiary or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
Subsidiary, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
promulgated under the Act), directly or indirectly, of thirty percent (30%) or
more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
Company;

    

    (c)           the
merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Company with or into
another entity, or the acquisition by the Company of assets or shares or equity
interests of another entity, as a result of which the shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, other business
combination or acquisition, do not, immediately thereafter, beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors of the entity resulting from such merger,
consolidation or other business combination or the Company;

    

    (d)           the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company; or

    
       

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    (e)           the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

    Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to the payment of any Performance Award that is
subject to Section 409A of the Code, a Change in Control shall be deemed not to
have occurred unless the events or circumstances constituting a Change in
Control also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.

     

    1.6 “Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor
thereto.

    

    1.7 “Committee” means the
Compensation Committee of the Board, which will be comprised of at least two (2)
directors, each of whom is as an “outside director” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.

    

    1.8 “Common Shares” means the
common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

    

    1.9 “Company” means M/I Homes,
Inc., an Ohio corporation, and any successor thereto.

    

    1.10 “Covered Employee” means a
“covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

    

    1.11 “Disability” means:
(a) the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can
be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than twelve (12) months, (b) the Participant is, by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a
period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan
covering employees of the Participant’s employer, or (c) the Participant is
determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or
Railroad Retirement Board.

    

    1.12 “Incentive Compensation” means
the compensation approved by the Committee to be awarded to a Participant for
any Performance Period under the Plan.

    

    1.13 “Participant” means an officer
or other key employee of the Company or any Affiliate whom the Committee
designates as eligible to participate in the Plan.

    

    1.14 “Payment Date” means the date
the Committee establishes for the payment to a Participant of any Incentive
Compensation under the Plan, as provided in Article IV of the Plan.

    

    1.15 “Performance Award” means an
award granted by the Committee under the Plan that is based on one or more of
the Performance Criteria.

    

    1.16 “Performance Criteria” means
the criteria that are set forth in Section 3.3 of the Plan, any one or more of
which may be used in establishing the terms and conditions of a Performance
Award.

    

    1.17  “Performance Period” means each
fiscal year (or portion thereof) of the Company, or such other period of twelve
(12) months or less, as determined by the Committee.

    

    1.18 “Plan” means the M/I Homes,
Inc. 2009 Annual Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as may be amended from
time to time.

    

    1.19 “Retirement” means a
Participant’s termination of employment (other than for Cause) on or after the
date on which the sum of the Participant’s years of service with the Company and
its Affiliates plus the Participant’s age is equal to or greater than seventy
(70); provided that the Participant has attained the age of fifty-five
(55).

    

    1.20 “Subsidiary” means any corporation or
other entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, a proprietary
interest of more than fifty percent (50%) by reason of stock ownership or
otherwise.

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    ARTICLE
II

    ADMINISTRATION

    

    The Plan
shall be administered and interpreted by the Committee; provided that in no
event shall the Plan be interpreted in a manner that would cause any Performance
Award intended to be qualified performance-based compensation under Section
162(m) of the Code to fail to so qualify with respect to a Covered
Employee.  The Committee shall have the power and authority to
construe, interpret and administer the Plan.  Any determination made
by the Committee under the Plan shall be final and conclusive on all
persons.

    

    ARTICLE
III

    ELIGIBILITY,
PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

    

    3.1          Determination of Eligibility by the
Committee.  For each Performance Period, the Committee shall
select the Participants to whom Performance Awards may be granted under the Plan
for such Performance Period consistent with the provisions of the
Plan.  Participants who participate in the Plan may also participate
in other incentive or benefit plans maintained by the Company or any
Affiliate.

    

    3.2          Granting Performance
Awards.  For each Performance Period, the Committee may grant
Performance Awards pursuant to the Plan, in such amounts and on such terms in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall
determine.

    

    3.3          Performance
Objectives.

    

    (a)                      For
each Performance Period, the Committee will establish for each Performance Award
the performance objectives that will be applied to determine the amount of
Incentive Compensation payable with respect to such Performance
Award.  One or more of the following Performance Criteria shall be
used by the Committee in setting performance objectives with respect to the
Plan:

    

    (i)                      
Acquisition and integration of companies;

    (ii)                      Acquisition
of assets;

    (iii)                     Balance
sheet management

    
      	
                 
      (iv)

            	
                        Business
      process metrics (e.g., asset turns, cycle time, and one or more elements
      of efficiency or cost or expense);

            

    

    (v)                     Cash
flow;

    (vi)                    Customer
satisfaction;

    (vii)                   Debt
leverage;

    (viii)                  Earnings
per share;

    (ix)                     Earnings
before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization;

    (x)                      Employee
retention;

    (xi)                     Expense
management/reduction;

    (xii)                    Gross
margin;

    (xiii)                  
Home sales;

    
      	
                     
      (xiv)  

            	
                       
      Interest coverage ratio excluding
impairments;

            

    

    
      	
                     
      (xv)  

            	
                        Investment
      management

            

    

    (xvi)                 
Inventory turnover;

    (xvii)                
Inventory, land or lot improvement or reduction;

    (xviii)              
 Maintenance or improvement of gross and operating profit
margins;

    (xix)          
       Market capitalization;

    (xx)                   Market
share;

    (xxi)          
       Net income;

    (xxii)                
Operating cash flow;

    (xxiii)               
Pretax income;

    (xxiv)               
Reduction or maintenance in selling, general and administrative
expense;

    (xxv)                
Return on assets;

    (xxvi)               
Return on capital;

    (xxvii)              
Return on equity;

    (xxviii)             
Return on opening shareholder equity;

    (xxix)                Return
on operating assets;

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    (xxx)                
Revenues;

    (xxxi)               
Shareholder returns;

    (xxxii)               Share
price; or

    (xxxiii)              Share
price appreciation.

    

    (b)                      Different
Performance Criteria and performance objectives may be applied to individual
Participants or to groups of Participants and, as specified by the Committee,
may relate to the individual Participant, the Company, one or more Affiliates,
or one or more of their respective divisions or business units, or any
combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute basis and/or be
relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any combination
thereof, in each case, as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.

    

    3.4          Modifying Performance
Awards.  To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of
the Code, performance objectives relating to such Performance Awards may be
calculated without regard to extraordinary items or adjusted, as the Committee
deems equitable, in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the
Company and/or its Affiliates or changes in applicable tax laws or accounting
principles.

    

    3.5           Adjustments.  The
Committee will make appropriate adjustments to reflect the effect, if any, on
any Performance Criteria or performance objectives of any Common Share dividend
or split, recapitalization (including, without limitation, the payment of an
extraordinary dividend), merger, consolidation, combination, spin-off,
distribution of assets to shareholders, exchange of shares or similar corporate
change.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made
under this Section 3.5 to the extent such adjustment would cause any award to a
Covered Employee intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code to fail to so qualify.

    

    3.6          Amount of Incentive
Compensation.  The amount of Incentive Compensation payable
under the Plan if the performance objectives under a Performance Award are met
may be stated as a specific dollar amount, a percentage of a Participant’s base
salary, a percentage (the sum of which may not be greater than one hundred
percent (100%)) of an aggregate amount allocable to all or specified groups of
Participants or in any other objectively determinable manner, as determined by
the Committee.  Also, the amount of Incentive Compensation payable may
be stated as a target amount due if applicable performance objectives are met
and in larger or smaller increments if the applicable performance objectives are
exceeded or partially met.  As determined by the Committee, the amount
of any Incentive Compensation payable under the Plan shall be subject to
performance objectives consistent with Section 3.3 of the
Plan.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, during
any fiscal year of the Company, no Participant may receive Incentive
Compensation of more than $5,000,000 through the Plan.

    

    3.7          Period for Determining Performance
Objectives and Amount of Incentive Compensation.  With respect
to each Performance Award, the performance objectives, the applicable
Performance Period and the method for computing Incentive Compensation payable
with respect to the Performance Award will be established by the Committee in
writing before the outcome of such performance objectives is substantially
certain but in no event later than the earlier of: (a) ninety (90) days after
the beginning of the applicable Performance Period; or (b) the expiration of
twenty-five percent (25%) of the applicable Performance Period.

    

    3.8          Certification.  As
of the end of each Performance Period, the Committee will certify in writing the
extent to which the applicable performance objectives with respect to any
Performance Award have or have not been met and whether other material terms, if
any, were satisfied.

    

    3.9          Negative
Discretion.  In the Committee’s sole discretion, the amount of
Incentive Compensation actually paid to a Participant may be less than the
amount determined by the applicable performance objectives under a Performance
Award; provided, however, that the exercise of such negative discretion by the
Committee with respect to any Covered Employee shall not have the effect of
increasing the amount of Incentive Compensation that is payable to any other
Covered Employee.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    ARTICLE
IV

    PAYMENT
OF INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

    

    Unless a
Participant has made a valid election under a deferred compensation plan
maintained by the Company or any Affiliate no later than the date permitted
under such plan and except as otherwise provided in Section 6 of the Plan, a
Participant’s Incentive Compensation for each Performance Period, if any, shall
be paid in one or more cash payments (net of applicable tax and other required
withholdings) after (a) the results for such Performance Period have been
finalized and (b) the Committee has made the certification described in Section
3.8 of the Plan; provided, however, that such Incentive Compensation shall be
paid no later than the later of (i) the fifteenth (15th) day of
the third (3rd) month
following the end of the Participant’s first taxable year in which such
Incentive Compensation is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture
(within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) or (ii) the fifteenth (15th) day of
the third (3rd) month
following the end of the first taxable year of the service recipient (within the
meaning of Section 409A of the Code) in which such Incentive Compensation is no
longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture.

    

    ARTICLE
V

    TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT

    

    5.1          Involuntary Termination Without Cause
or Termination Due to Death, Disability or Retirement During Performance
Period.  If during a Performance Period a Participant’s
employment is terminated involuntarily without Cause or as a result of the
Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, the Participant shall be eligible
to receive a pro-rata portion of the Incentive Compensation that would have been
payable if the Participant had remained employed for the full Performance
Period, which shall be determined and paid as follows:

    

    (a)           Following
the end of the applicable Performance Period, the Committee will determine the
extent to which the performance objectives applicable to the Participant’s
Performance Award have been satisfied to measure the amount of Incentive
Compensation that otherwise would have been payable to the Participant under the
Plan had his or her employment not terminated prior to the end of the
Performance Period.

    

    (b)           The
Committee will then multiply the amount determined in accordance with subsection
(a) of this Section 5.1 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
whole calendar months the Participant was employed by the Company or any of its
Affiliates and participated in the Plan during the Performance Period and the
denominator of which is the number of whole calendar months in the Performance
Period.

    

    (c)           Such
resulting amount shall be paid at the time and in the manner provided for in
Article IV of the Plan.

    

    5.2          Forfeiture Upon Other Terminations
During Performance Period. If a Participant’s
employment terminates for any reason other than involuntary termination without
Cause or due to the Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement prior to the
end of a Performance Period, then the Participant shall immediately forfeit and
relinquish any and all rights and claims to receive any Incentive Compensation
hereunder for such Performance Period.

    

    5.3          Termination After Performance
Period.  If a Participant’s employment terminates for any
reason other than for Cause after the end of a Performance Period but prior to
the Payment Date, then such Participant shall be entitled to payment of any
Incentive Compensation for such Performance Period, as determined by the
Committee, on the Payment Date.  If a Participant’s employment
terminates for Cause after the end of a Performance Period but prior to the
Payment Date, then the Participant shall immediately forfeit and relinquish any
and all rights and claims to receive any Incentive Compensation hereunder for
such Performance Period.

    

    ARTICLE
VI

    CHANGE
IN CONTROL

    

    Unless
otherwise determined by the Committee in connection with the establishment of a
Performance Award, if a Change in Control occurs during a Performance Period,
then the Performance Award of each Participant shall be considered to be earned
and payable in the amount designated as “target” for such Performance
Award.  Unless a Participant has made a valid election under a
deferred compensation plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliate no later
than the date permitted under such plan, Incentive Compensation payable with
respect to the Performance Award in accordance with this Section 6 shall be paid
within thirty (30) days following the date of the Change in
Control.

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

       

    

    ARTICLE
VII

    MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS

    

    7.1          Non-Assignability.  A
Participant cannot alienate, assign, pledge, encumber, transfer, sell or
otherwise dispose of any rights or benefits under the Plan prior to the actual
receipt thereof, and any attempt to alienate, assign, pledge, encumber,
transfer, sell or otherwise make a disposition prior to such receipt, or any
levy, attachment, execution or similar process upon any such rights or benefits,
shall be null and void.

    

    7.2          No Right to Continue in
Employment.  Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any
Participant the right to continue in the employment of the Company or any
Affiliate, or interfere with or restrict in any way the right of the Company or
any Affiliate to terminate any Participant at any time.

    

    7.3          Governing Law.  The
Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Ohio, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.

    

    7.4          Binding Effect.  The
Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its
successors and assigns, and the Participants and their respective beneficiaries,
heirs, and personal representatives.

    

    7.5          Construction of
Plan.  The captions used in the Plan are for convenience of
reference only and shall not be construed in interpreting the
Plan.  Whenever the context so requires, the masculine shall also
include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall also include the plural,
and conversely.

    

    7.6          Section 409A of the
Code.  The Plan is intended to be exempt from the requirements
of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder,
and the Plan shall be interpreted, administered and operated
accordingly.  Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as an entitlement
to or guarantee of any particular tax treatment to a Participant and none of the
Company, its Affiliates, the Board or the Committee shall have any liability
with respect to any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of
the Code.

    

    7.7          Withholding.  The
Company shall have the right to withhold, or require a Participant to remit to
the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable federal, state,
local or foreign withholding tax requirements imposed with respect to the
payment of any Incentive Compensation.

    

    7.8          Beneficiaries.  A
Participant’s beneficiary who shall receive any payments which may be made under
the Plan following the Participant’s death shall be the Participant’s spouse or,
if no spouse survives the Participant, the Participant’s estate.

    

    7.9          Effect of the
Plan.  Neither the adoption of the Plan, nor any action of the
Committee hereunder, shall be deemed to give any Participant any right to
receive Incentive Compensation or to be granted a Performance Award
hereunder.  In addition, nothing contained in the Plan, and no action
taken pursuant to its provisions, shall be construed to give any Participant any
right to any compensation, except as expressly provided herein, or create any
type of fiduciary relationship between the Company and its Affiliates and a
Participant or any other person.

    

    ARTICLE
VIII

    AMENDMENT
OR TERMINATION

    

    The
Committee may at any time, and from time to time, without the consent of any
Participant, amend, revise, suspend, or discontinue the Plan, in whole or in
part, subject to any shareholder approval required by applicable law, rules or
regulations; provided, however, the Committee may not amend the Plan to change
the Performance Criteria without the approval of the majority of votes cast by
the shareholders of the Company in a separate vote to the extent required by
Section 162(m) of the Code.

    

    ARTICLE
IX

    EFFECTIVE
DATE

    

    The Plan
shall be effective on January 1, 2009; subject to shareholder approval that is
consistent with the shareholder approval requirements of Section 162(m) of the
Code.longtermincentiveplan.htm

    Exhibit
10.2

    

    M/I
HOMES, INC.

    2009
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

     

    The
purpose of the Plan is to promote the Company’s long-term financial success and
increase shareholder value by motivating performance through incentive
compensation.  The Plan also is intended to encourage Participants to
acquire ownership interests in the Company, attract and retain talented
employees, directors and consultants and enable Participants to participate in
the Company’s long-term growth and financial success.

    

    ARTICLE
I

    DEFINITIONS

    

    When used
in the Plan, the following capitalized words, terms and phrases shall have the
meanings set forth in this Article I.  For purposes of the Plan, the
form of any word, term or phrase shall include any and all of its other
forms.

    

    1.1          “Act” shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor
thereto.

    

    1.2          “Affiliate” shall mean any
entity with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code, but modified as permitted under Treasury Regulations
promulgated under any Code section relevant to the purpose for which the
definition is applied.

    

    1.3          “Award” shall mean any Nonqualified Stock
Option, Incentive Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock,
Other Stock-Based Award or Cash-Based Award granted pursuant to the
Plan.

    

    1.4          “Award Agreement” shall mean
any written or
electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant that describes the
terms and conditions of an Award.  If there is a conflict between the
terms of the Plan and the terms of an Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan
shall govern.

    

    1.5          “Board” shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company.

    

    1.6          “Cash-Based Award” shall mean
an Award granted pursuant to Article IX of the Plan.

    

    1.7          “Cause” shall mean,
unless otherwise provided in the related Award Agreement: (a) any act of
fraud, intentional misrepresentation, embezzlement or misappropriation or
conversion of the assets or business opportunities of the Company or any
Affiliate by the Participant, (b) conviction of the Participant of a
felony, or (c) the Participant’s (i) willful refusal to substantially
perform assigned duties (other than any refusal resulting from incapacity due to
physical or mental illness or in the event that the assigned duties include any
activities that are unlawful or would violate acceptable accounting, securities
or other specifically defined business principles), (ii) willful engagement
in gross misconduct materially injurious to the Company or any Affiliate, or
(iii) breach of any material term of the Plan; provided, however, that
Cause will not arise solely because the Participant is absent from active
employment during periods of vacation, consistent with the Company’s applicable
vacation policy, or other period of absence initiated by the Participant and
approved by the Company.

    

    1.8          “Change in Control” shall mean
any of the following:

    

    (a)           the
members of the Board on the effective date of this Plan (the “Incumbent
Directors”) cease for any reason other than death to constitute at least a
majority of the members of the Board; provided however, that any individual
becoming a director after the effective date of this Plan whose election, or
nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of
at least a majority of the then Incumbent Directors shall also be treated as an
Incumbent Director, but excluding any individual whose initial assumption of
office occurs as a result of a proxy contest or any agreement arising out of an
actual or threatened proxy contest;

    

    (b)           the
acquisition by any person or group (within the meaning of Sections 13(d)
and 14(d)(2) of the Act), other than the Company, any Subsidiary or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the Act), directly or indirectly, of thirty percent
(30%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors of the Company;

    

    (c)           the
merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Company with or into
another entity, or the acquisition by the Company of assets or shares or equity
interests of another entity, as a result of which the shareholders of the
Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, other business
combination or acquisition, do not, immediately thereafter, beneficially own,
directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors of the entity resulting from such merger,
consolidation or other business combination of the Company;

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    (d)           the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company; or

    

    (e)           the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

    

    Notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to the payment, exercise or settlement of any Award
that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, a Change in Control shall be deemed
not to have occurred unless the events or circumstances constituting a Change in
Control also constitute a “change in control event” within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.

     

    1.9          “Code” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor
thereto.

    

    1.10          “Committee” shall mean the
Compensation Committee of the Board, which will be comprised of at least two (2)
directors, each of whom is an “outside director,” within the meaning of Section
162(m) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and a
“non-employee” director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the
Act.

    

    1.11          “Company” shall mean M/I
Homes, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and any successor thereto.

    

    1.12          “Consultant” shall mean any
person who renders services to the Company or any of its Affiliates other than
an Employee or a Director.

    

    1.13          “Covered Employee” shall mean
a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

    

    1.14          “Director” shall mean a person
who is a member of the Board, excluding any member who is an
Employee.

    

    1.15          “Disability” shall
mean:

    

    
      	
              (a)  

            	
              with
      respect to an Incentive Stock Option, “disability” as defined in
      Section 22(e)(3) of the Code;
and

            

    

    

           
(b)           with
respect to any other Award, unless otherwise provided in the related Award
Agreement, (i) the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last
for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, (ii) the
Participant is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last
for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an
accident and health plan covering Employees of the Participant’s employer, or
(iii) the Participant is determined to be totally disabled by the Social
Security Administration or Railroad Retirement Board.

    

    1.16          “Employee” shall mean any
person who is a common law employee of the Company or any
Affiliate.  A person who is classified as other than a common-law
employee but who is subsequently reclassified as a common law employee of the
Company or any Affiliate for any reason and on any basis shall be treated as a
common law employee only from the date that reclassification occurs and shall
not retroactively be reclassified as an Employee for any purpose under the
Plan.

    

    1.17          “Fair Market Value” shall
mean the value of one Share on any relevant date, determined under the
following rules:

    (a)           If
the Shares are traded on an exchange, the reported “closing price” on the
relevant date if it is a trading day, otherwise on the next trading
day;

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    (b)           If
the Shares are traded over-the-counter with no reported closing price, the mean
between the lowest bid and the highest asked prices on that quotation system on
the relevant date if it is a trading day, otherwise on the next trading day;
or

    

    (c)           If
neither (a) nor (b) applies, (i) with respect to Options, Stock
Appreciation Rights and any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code,
the value as determined by the Committee through the reasonable application of a
reasonable valuation method, taking into account all information material to the
value of the Company, within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and
the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) with respect to
all other Awards, the fair market value as determined by the Committee in good
faith.

    

    1.18          “Full Value Award” shall mean
an Award that is settled by the issuance of Shares, other than an Incentive
Stock Option, a Nonqualified Stock Option or a Stock Appreciation
Right.

    

    1.19          “Incentive Stock Option” shall
mean an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the
Code.

    

    1.20          “Nonqualified Stock Option”
shall mean an Option that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock
Option.

    

    1.21          “Option” shall mean an option
to purchase Shares which is granted pursuant to Article V of the
Plan.  An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonqualified Stock Option.

    

    1.22          “Other Stock-Based Award”
shall mean an Award granted pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan.

    

    1.23          “Participant” shall mean an
Employee, Director or Consultant who is granted an Award under the
Plan.

    

    1.24          “Performance-Based Award”
shall mean an Award described in Section 10.1 of the Plan.

    

    1.25          “Performance Criteria” shall
mean (a) with respect to a Participant who is or is likely to be a Covered
Employee, the performance criteria described in Section 10.2(a) of the
Plan, and (b) with respect to any other Participant, any performance
criteria determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

    

    1.26          “Plan” shall mean the M/I
Homes, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as may be
amended from time to time.

    

    1.27          “Preexisting Plan” shall mean
the M/I Homes, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan as Amended.

    

    1.28          “Restricted Stock” shall mean
an Award granted pursuant to Article VII of the Plan.

    

    1.29          “Retirement” shall mean a
Participant’s termination of employment (other than for Cause) on or after the
date on which the sum of the Participant’s years of service with the Company and
its Affiliates plus the Participant’s age is equal to or greater than seventy
(70); provided that the Participant has attained the age of fifty-five
(55).

    

    
      	
              1.30  

            	
              “Shares” shall mean the
      common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the
  Company.

            

    

    

    1.31          “Stock Appreciation Right”
shall mean an Award granted pursuant to Article VI of the
Plan.

    

    1.32          “Subsidiary” shall mean: (a)
with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, a “subsidiary corporation” as defined
under Section 424(f) of the Code; and (b) for all other purposes under the
Plan, any corporation or other entity in which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, a proprietary interest of more than fifty (50%) by reason of stock
ownership or otherwise.

    

    ARTICLE
II

    SHARES
SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

    

     2.1          Number of Shares Available for
Awards.  Subject to this Article II, the aggregate number of
Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall be
700,000, all of which may be granted with respect to Incentive Stock
Options.  The Shares may consist, in whole or in part, of treasury
Shares, authorized but unissued Shares not reserved for any other purpose or
Shares purchased by the Company or an independent agent in the open market for

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
          

        

      

      
        
        
such
purpose.  Subject to this Article II, (a) upon a grant of a Full Value
Award, the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the product of (i) 1.35 and (ii) the number of
Shares subject to such Full Value Award, and any Shares underlying such an Award
that become available for future grant under the Plan pursuant to Section 2.2
shall be added back to the Plan in an amount equal to the product of (i) 1.35
and (ii) the number of Shares subject to such an Award that become available for
future grant under the Plan pursuant to Section 2.2 and (b) upon a grant of an
Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the number of Shares available for issuance
under the Plan shall be reduced by an amount equal to the number of Shares
subject to such Award, and any Shares underlying such an Award that become
available for future grant under the Plan pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be added
back to the Plan in an amount equal to the number of Shares subject to such an
Award that become available for future grant under the Plan pursuant to Section
2.2.  Without limiting the foregoing, with respect to any Stock
Appreciation Right that is settled in Shares, the full number of Shares subject
to the Award shall count against the number of Shares available for Awards under
the Plan regardless of the number of Shares used to settle the Stock
Appreciation Right upon exercise.

    

    

    2.2          Share Usage.  In
addition to the number of Shares provided for in Section 2.1, the following
Shares shall be available for Awards under the Plan: (a) Shares covered by
an Award that expires or is forfeited, canceled, surrendered or otherwise
terminated without the issuance of such Shares; (b) Shares covered by an
Award that, by its terms, may be settled only in cash; (c) Shares granted
through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards granted by
a company to individuals who become Employees, Directors or Consultants as the
result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other corporate transaction
involving such company and the Company or any of its Affiliates; and (d) any
Shares subject to outstanding awards under the Preexisting Plan as of the
Effective Date that on or after the Effective Date cease for any reason to be
subject to such awards other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the
awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and
non-forfeitable Shares.

    

    2.3          Fiscal Year
Limits.  Subject to Section 2.4 and unless and until the
Committee determines that an Award to a Covered Employee shall not be designed
as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code,
during any fiscal year of the Company, the Committee may not grant any
Participant (a) Options covering more than 700,000 Shares, (b) Stock Appreciation
Rights covering more than 700,000 Shares, (c) more than 700,000 Shares
of Restricted Stock, (d) Other Stock-Based Awards covering more than
700,000 Shares, (e) Cash-Based Awards equal to more than $15,000,000,
(f) Performance-Based Awards that are to be settled in Shares covering more
than 700,000 Shares, (g) Performance-Based Awards that are to be settled in
cash equal to more than $15,000,000 and (h) Full Value Awards covering more
than 700,000 Shares.

    

    2.4          Adjustments.  In the
event of any Share dividend, Share split, recapitalization (including payment of
an extraordinary dividend), merger, reorganization, consolidation, combination,
spin-off, distribution of assets to shareholders, exchange of Shares or any
other change affecting the Shares, the Committee shall make such substitutions
and adjustments, if any, as it deems equitable and appropriate to: (a) the aggregate number of
Shares that may be issued under the Plan; (b) any Share-based limits
imposed under the Plan; and (c) the exercise price,
number of Shares and other terms or limitations applicable to outstanding
Awards.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, an adjustment pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be made only to the extent such adjustment complies, to
the extent applicable, with Section 409A of the Code.

    

    2.5          Full Value
Awards.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary,
the Committee may grant Full Value Awards covering up to 70,000 Shares without
regard to the minimum vesting requirements of Sections 7.3(a) and 9.1 of the
Plan.

    

    ARTICLE
III

    ADMINISTRATION

    

     3.1          In General.  The
Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  The Committee shall have
full power and authority to: (a) interpret the Plan and any Award
Agreement; (b) establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations
relating to the Plan; (c) select Participants; (d) establish the terms
and conditions of any Award consistent with the terms and conditions of the
Plan; and (e) make any other determinations that it deems necessary or
desirable for the administration of the Plan.  The Committee may
correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the
Plan or in any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent the Committee
deems necessary or desirable.  Any decision of the Committee in the
interpretation and administration of the Plan shall be made in the Committee’s
sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
persons.

    

    3.2          Delegation of
Duties.  In its sole discretion, the Committee may delegate any
ministerial duties associated with the Plan to any person (including Employees)
it deems appropriate; provided, however, that the Committee may not

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        
delegate
(a) any duties that it is required to discharge to comply with Section 162(m) of
the Code or any other applicable law and (b) its authority to grant Awards to
any Participant who is subject to Section 16 of the Act.

    

    

    ARTICLE
IV

    ELIGIBILITY

    

    Any
Employee, Director or Consultant selected by the Committee shall be eligible to
be a Participant in the Plan; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options
shall only be granted to Employees who are employed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.

    ARTICLE
V

    OPTIONS

    

    5.1          Grant of
Options.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan,
Options may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms and
conditions, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.

    

    5.2          Award
Agreement.  Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award
Agreement that shall specify the exercise price, the term of the Option, the
number of Shares covered by the Option, the conditions upon which the Option
shall become vested and exercisable and such other terms and conditions as the
Committee shall determine and which are not inconsistent with the terms and
conditions of the Plan.  The Award Agreement also shall specify
whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified
Stock Option.

    

    5.3          Exercise Price.  The
exercise price per Share of an Option shall be determined by the Committee at
the time the Option is granted and shall be specified in the related Award
Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall the exercise price of any
Option be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a
Share on the date of grant.

    

    5.4          Term.  The term of
an Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the related
Award Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall the term of any
Option exceed ten (10) years from its date of grant.

    

    5.5          Exercisability.  Options
shall become exercisable at such times and upon such terms and conditions as
shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the related Award
Agreement.  Such terms and conditions may include the satisfaction of
performance goals based on one (1) or more Performance Criteria.

    

    5.6          Exercise of
Options.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in a
related Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised for all or any portion of
the Shares for which it is then exercisable.  An Option shall be
exercised by the delivery of a notice of exercise to the Company or its designee
in a form specified by the Committee which sets forth the number of Shares with
respect to which the Option is to be exercised and full payment of the exercise
price for such Shares.  The exercise price of an Option may be paid:
(a) in cash or its equivalent; (b) by tendering (either by actual
delivery or attestation) previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair
Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price;
provided that such Shares had been held for at least six (6) months or such
other period required to obtain favorable accounting treatment; (c) by a
cashless exercise (including by withholding Shares deliverable upon exercise and
through a broker-assisted arrangement to the extent permitted by applicable
law); (d) by a combination of the methods described in clauses (a), (b)
and/or (c); or (e) through any other method approved by the Committee in
its sole discretion.  As soon as practicable after receipt of the
notification of exercise and full payment of the exercise price, the Company
shall cause the appropriate number of Shares to be issued to the
Participant.

    

    5.7          Special Rules Applicable to Incentive
Stock Options.  Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan
to the contrary:

    

    (a)           The
terms and conditions of Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to and comply
with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

    

    (b)           The
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares (determined as of the date of grant)
with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time
by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and
its Subsidiaries) may not be greater than $100,000 (or such other amount
specified in Section 422 of the Code), as calculated under Section 422 of the
Code.

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    (c)           No
Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Participant who, at the time the
Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock possessing more than
ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, unless (i) the exercise price of
such Incentive Stock Option is at least one hundred and ten percent (110%) of
the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the Incentive Stock Option is
granted and (ii) the date on which such Incentive Stock Option will expire
is not later than five (5) years from the date the Incentive Stock Option is
granted.

    

    ARTICLE
VI

    STOCK
APPRECIATION RIGHTS

    

    6.1          Grant of Stock Appreciation
Rights.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Stock
Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such
terms and conditions, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.

    

    6.2          Award
Agreement.  Each Stock Appreciation Right shall be evidenced by
an Award Agreement that shall specify the exercise price, the term of the Stock
Appreciation Right, the number of Shares covered by the Stock Appreciation
Right, the conditions upon which the Stock Appreciation Right shall become
vested and exercisable and such other terms and conditions as the Committee
shall determine and which are not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of
the Plan.

    

    6.3          Exercise Price.  The
exercise price per Share of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by
the Committee at the time the Stock Appreciation Right is granted and shall be
specified in the related Award Agreement; provided, however, that in no event
shall the exercise price of any Stock Appreciation Right be less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of
grant.

    

    6.4          Term.  The term of a
Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in
the related Award Agreement; provided however, that in no event shall the term
of any Stock Appreciation Right exceed ten (10) years from its date of
grant.

    

    6.5          Exercisability of Stock Appreciation
Rights.  A Stock Appreciation Right shall become exercisable at
such times and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the
Committee and set forth in the related Award Agreement.  Such terms
and conditions may include the satisfaction of performance goals based on one
(1) or more Performance Criteria.

    

    6.6          Exercise of Stock Appreciation
Rights.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in a
related Award Agreement, a Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised for
all or any portion of the Shares for which it is then exercisable.  A
Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercised by the delivery of a notice of
exercise to the Company or its designee in a form specified by the Committee
which sets forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock
Appreciation Right is to be exercised.  Upon exercise, a Stock
Appreciation Right shall entitle a Participant to an amount equal to
(a) the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the exercise date
over (ii) the exercise price per Share, multiplied by (b) the number
of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is
exercised.  A Stock Appreciation Right may be settled in full Shares,
cash or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee in the related
Award Agreement.

    

    ARTICLE
VII

    RESTRICTED
STOCK

    

    7.1          Grant of Restricted
Stock.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Shares
of Restricted Stock may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such
terms and conditions, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.

    

    7.2          Award
Agreement.  Each Restricted Stock Award shall be evidenced by
an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of Shares of Restricted Stock,
the restricted period(s) applicable to the Shares of Restricted Stock, the
conditions upon which the restrictions on the Shares of Restricted Stock will
lapse and such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine and
which are not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the
Plan.

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    7.3          Terms, Conditions and
Restrictions.

    

    (a)           The
Committee shall impose such other terms, conditions and/or restrictions on any
Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable, including, without
limitation, a requirement that the Participant pay a purchase price for each
Share of Restricted Stock, restrictions based on the achievement of specific
performance goals (which may be based on one (1) or more of the Performance
Criteria), time-based restrictions or holding requirements or sale restrictions
placed on the Shares by the Company upon vesting of such Restricted
Stock.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Sections 2.5 and
Article 12 of the Plan or as described in the related Award Agreement in
connection with a Participant’s death, termination due to Disability and/or
Retirement, no condition on vesting of a Restricted Stock Award that is based
upon achievement of specified performance goals shall be based on performance
over a period of less than one year and no condition on vesting of a Restricted
Stock Award that is based upon continued employment or the passage of time shall
provide for vesting in full of the Restricted Stock Award more quickly than in
pro rata installments over three years from the date of grant of the
Award.

    (b)           To
the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, the Company may retain the
certificates representing Shares of Restricted Stock in the Company’s possession
until such time as all terms, conditions and/or restrictions applicable to such
Shares have been satisfied or lapse.

    

    (c)           Unless
otherwise provided in the related Award Agreement or required by applicable law,
the restrictions imposed on Shares of Restricted Stock shall lapse upon the
expiration or termination of the applicable restricted period and the
satisfaction of any other applicable terms and conditions.

    

    7.4          Rights Associated with Restricted
Stock during Restricted Period.  During any restricted period
applicable to Shares of Restricted Stock:

    

    (a)           Such
Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or
otherwise alienated or hypothecated.

    

    (b)           Unless
otherwise provided in the related Award Agreement, (i) the Participant
shall be entitled to exercise full voting rights associated with such Shares of
Restricted Stock and (ii) the Participant shall be entitled to all
dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares of Restricted
Stock during the restricted period; provided, however, that receipt of any such
dividends or other distributions will be subject to the same terms and
conditions as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they are
paid.

    

    ARTICLE
VIII

    OTHER
STOCK-BASED AWARDS

    

     8.1          Grant of Other Stock-Based
Awards.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Other
Stock-Based Awards may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such
terms and conditions, as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.  Other Stock-Based Awards are Awards that are valued in
whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on the Fair Market Value
of, the Shares, and shall be in such form as the Committee shall determine,
including without limitation, (a) unrestricted Shares or (b) time-based or
performance-based restricted stock units that are settled in Shares and/or
cash.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Sections 2.5 and
Article 12 of the Plan or as described in the related Award Agreement in
connection with a Participant’s death, termination due to Disability and/or
Retirement, no condition on vesting of an Other Stock-Based Award that is based
upon achievement of specified performance goals shall be based on performance
over a period of less than one year and no condition on vesting of an Other
Stock-Based Award that is based upon continued employment or the passage of time
shall provide for vesting in full of the Other Stock-Based Award more quickly
than in pro rata installments over three years from the date of grant of the
Award.

    

    8.2          Award
Agreement.  Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be evidenced by
an Award Agreement that shall specify the terms and conditions upon which the
Other Stock-Based Award shall become vested, the form of settlement and such
other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine and which are not
inconsistent with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

    

    8.3          Form of
Settlement.  An Other Stock-Based Award may be settled in full
Shares, cash or a combination thereof, as specified by the Committee in the
related Award Agreement.

    

    8.4 Dividend
Equivalents.  Awards of Other Stock-Based Awards may provide
the Participant with dividend equivalents, as determined by the Committee in its
sole discretion and set forth in the related Award Agreement.

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    ARTICLE
IX

    CASH-BASED
AWARDS

    

    Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan, Cash-Based Awards may be granted to
Participants in such amounts and upon such other terms and conditions as shall
be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Each
Cash-Based Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the
payment amount or payment range and the other terms and conditions, as
applicable, of such Award which may include, without limitation, performance
objectives and that the Cash-Based Award is a Performance-Based Award under
Article 10.

    

    ARTICLE
X

    PERFORMANCE-BASED
AWARDS

    

    10.1          In
General.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary,
Cash-Based Awards, Shares of Restricted Stock and Other Stock-Based Awards may
be granted in a manner which is deductible by the Company under Section 162(m)
of the Code (“Performance-Based Awards”).  As determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion, the grant, vesting, exercisability and/or
settlement of any Performance-Based Award shall be conditioned on the attainment
of performance goals based upon one (1) or more Performance Criteria during a
performance period established by the Committee.  Any such Award must
meet the requirements of this Article 10.

    

    10.2          Performance
Criteria.

    

    (a)           For
purposes of the Plan, the “Performance Criteria” for Participants who are or are
likely to be Covered Employees are as follows:

    

    (i)           Acquisition
and integration of companies;

    (ii)          Acquisition
of assets;

    (iii)         Balance
Sheet Management

    
      	
               
      

            	
                
      (iv)

            	
               
      Business process metrics (e.g., asset turns, cycle time, and one or more
      elements of efficiency or cost or
expense);

            

    

    (v)          Cash
flow;

    (vi)         Customer
satisfaction;

    (vii)        Debt
leverage;

    (viii)       Earnings
per Share;

    (ix)          Earnings
before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization;

    (x)           Employee
retention;

    (xi)          Expense
management/reduction;

    (xii)         Gross
margin;

    (xiii)       
Home sales;

    (xiv)        Interest
coverage ratio excluding impairments;

    (xv)         Inventory
turnover;

    (xvi)        Inventory,
land or lot improvement or reduction;

    (xvii)       Investment
management

    (xviii)     Maintenance
or improvement of gross and operating profit margins;

    (xix)        Market
capitalization;

    (xx)         Market
share;

    (xxi)        Net
income;

    (xxii)       Operating
cash flow;

    (xxiii)      Pretax
income;

    (xxiv)      Reduction
or maintenance in selling, general and administrative expense;

    (xxv)       Return
on assets;

    (xxvi)      Return
on capital;

    (xxvii)     Return
on equity;

    (xxviii)    Return
on opening shareholder equity;

    (xxix)       Return
on operating assets;

    (xxx)        Revenues;

    (xxxi)       Shareholder
returns;

    (xxxii)      Share
price; or

    (xxxiii)     Share
price appreciation.

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    (b)           Performance
Criteria may relate to the individual Participant, the Company, one (1) or more
of its Affiliates or one (1) or more of their respective divisions or business
units, or any combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute
basis and/or be relative to one (1) or more peer group companies or indices, or
any combination thereof, in each case, as determined by the Committee in its
sole discretion.

    

    10.3          Establishment of Performance
Goals.  With respect to Performance-Based Awards for
Participants who are or are likely to be Covered Employees, the Committee shall
establish: (a) the applicable performance goals and performance period and
(b) the formula for computing the Performance-Based Award.  Such
terms and conditions shall be established in writing while the outcome of the
applicable performance period is substantially uncertain, but in no event later
than the earlier of: (i) ninety (90) days after the beginning of the applicable
performance period; or (ii) the expiration of twenty-five percent (25%) of the
applicable performance period.

    

    10.4          Certification of
Performance.  With respect to Performance-Based Awards for
Participants who are or are likely to be Covered Employees, the Committee shall
certify in writing whether the applicable performance goals and other material
terms imposed on such Performance-Based Awards have been satisfied, and, if they
have, ascertain the amount of the applicable Performance-Based
Award.  No such Performance-Based Award shall be granted, vested,
exercisable and/or settled, as the case may be, until the Committee makes this
certification.

    

    10.5          Modifying Performance-Based
Awards.  To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of
the Code, performance goals relating to such Performance-Based Awards may be
calculated without regard to extraordinary items or adjusted, as the Committee
deems equitable, in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the
Company and/or its Affiliates or changes in applicable tax laws or accounting
principles.

    

    10.6          Negative
Discretion.  In the Committee’s sole discretion, the amount of
a Performance-Based Award actually paid to a Participant may be less than the
amount determined by the applicable performance goal formula.

    

    ARTICLE
XI

    TERMINATION
OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE

    

    With
respect to each Award granted under the Plan, the Committee shall, subject to
the terms and conditions of the Plan, determine the extent to which the Award
shall vest and the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to
exercise and/or receive settlement of the Award on or following the
Participant’s termination of employment or services with the Company and/or any
of its Affiliates.  Such provisions shall be determined in the sole
discretion of the Committee, shall be included in the related Award Agreement,
need not be uniform among all Awards granted under the Plan and may reflect
distinctions based on the reasons for termination.  Except as
otherwise provided in the Plan, the vesting conditions of an Award may only be
accelerated upon the death, termination due to Disability, Retirement or
involuntary termination without Cause of the Participant.

    

    ARTICLE
XII

    CHANGE
IN CONTROL

    

    Except as
otherwise provided in the related Award Agreement, in the event of a Change in
Control, the Committee, in its sole discretion and without liability to any
person, may take such actions, if any, as it deems necessary or desirable with
respect to any Award that is outstanding as of the date of the consummation of
the Change in Control.  Such actions may include, without limitation:
(a) the acceleration of the vesting, settlement and/or exercisability of an
Award; (b) the payment of a cash amount in exchange for the cancellation of
an Award; and/or (c) the issuance of substitute Awards that substantially
preserve the value, rights and benefits of any affected Awards.  Any
action relating to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code
shall be consistent with the requirements thereof.

    

    ARTICLE
XIII

    AMENDMENT
OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

    

    13.1          In General.  The
Board or the Committee may amend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided,
however, that no amendment or termination shall be made without the approval of
the Company’s shareholders to the extent that (a) the amendment materially
increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (b) the
amendment materially increases the aggregate number of Shares authorized for
grant under the Plan (excluding an increase in the number of Shares that may be
issued under the Plan as a result of Section 2.4), (c) the amendment
materially modifies the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the
Plan, or (d) such approval is required by any law, regulation or stock
exchange rule.

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    13.2          Repricing.  Except
for adjustments made pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Plan, in no event may the
Board or the Committee amend the terms of an outstanding Award to reduce the
exercise price of an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right or cancel an
outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash, other
Awards or Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price that is
less than the exercise price of the original Option or Stock Appreciation Right
without shareholder approval.

    

    ARTICLE
XIV

    TRANSFERABILITY

    

    14.1          Except
as described in Section 14.2 or as provided in a related Award Agreement,
an Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated
or hypothecated, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and,
during a Participant’s lifetime, may be exercised only by the Participant or the
Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

    

    14.2          A
Participant’s beneficiary under the Plan shall be the Participant’s spouse or,
if no spouse survives the Participant, the Participant’s estate.

    

    ARTICLE
XV

    MISCELLANEOUS

    

    15.1          No Right to Continue Services or to
Awards.  The granting of an Award under the Plan shall impose
no obligation on the Company or any Affiliate to continue the employment or
services of a Participant or interfere with or limit the right of the Company or
any Affiliate to terminate the services of any Employee, Director or Consultant
at any time.  In addition, no Employee, Director or Consultant shall
have any right to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for
uniformity of treatment of Participants.  The terms and conditions of
Awards and the Committee’s interpretations and determinations with respect
thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

    

    15.2          Tax Withholding.

    

    (a)           The
Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, shall have the power and the right to
deduct, withhold or collect any amount required by law or regulation to be
withheld with respect to any taxable event arising with respect to an Award
granted under the Plan.  This amount may, as determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion, be (i) withheld from other amounts due to
the Participant, (ii) withheld from the value of any Award being settled or
any Shares being transferred in connection with the exercise or settlement of an
Award or (iii) collected directly from the Participant.

    

    (b)           Subject
to the approval of the Committee, a Participant may elect to satisfy the
withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company or an
Affiliate, as applicable, withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date
the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could
be imposed on the transaction; provided that such Shares would otherwise be
distributable to the Participant at the time of the withholding.  All
such elections shall be irrevocable and made in writing and shall be subject to
any terms and conditions that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems
appropriate.

    

    15.3          Requirements of
Law.  The grant of Awards and the issuance of Shares shall be
subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including applicable
federal and state securities laws) and to all required approvals of any
governmental agencies or national securities exchange, market or other quotation
system.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall have no
obligation to issue Shares under the Plan prior to (a) receipt of any
approvals from any governmental agencies or national securities exchange, market
or quotation system that the Committee deems necessary and (b) completion
of registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable
federal or state law or ruling of any governmental agency that the Committee
deems necessary.

    

    15.4          Legends.  Certificates
for Shares delivered under the Plan may be subject to such stock transfer orders
and other restrictions that the Committee deems advisable under the rules,
regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
any stock exchange or other recognized market or quotation system upon which the
Shares are then listed or traded, or any other applicable federal or state
securities law.  The Committee may cause a legend or legends to be
placed on any certificates issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference
to restrictions within the scope of this Section 16(d).

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    15.5          Uncertificated
Shares.  To the extent that the Plan provides for the issuance
of certificates to reflect the transfer of Shares, the transfer of Shares may be
effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable
law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

    

    15.6          Governing Law.  The
Plan and all Award Agreements shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to its conflicts of law
provisions.

    

    15.7          No Impact on
Benefits.  Awards are not compensation for purposes of
calculating a Participant’s rights under any employee benefit plan that does not
specifically require the inclusion of Awards in calculating
benefits.

    

    15.8          Rights as a
Shareholder.  Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in a
related Award Agreement, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a
shareholder with respect to Shares covered by an Award unless and until the
Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.

    

    15.9          Successors and
Assigns.  The Plan shall be binding on all successors and
assigns of the Company and each Participant, including without limitation, the
estate of such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of such
estate, or any receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or representative of the
Participant’s creditors.

    

    15.10                 Section 409A of the
Code.

    

    (a)            Awards
granted pursuant to the Plan are intended to comply with Section 409A of
the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and the Plan shall
be interpreted, administered and operated accordingly.

    

    (b)            If
a Participant is determined to be a “specified employee” (within the meaning of
Section 409A of the Code and as determined under the Company’s policy for
determining specified employees), the Participant shall not be entitled to be
paid or to the distribution of any portion of an Award that is subject to
Section 409A of the Code and is payable or distributable on account of the
Participant’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A
of the Code) until the expiration of six (6) months from the date of such
separation from service (or, if earlier, the Participant’s
death).  Such amount shall be paid or distributed on the first (1st)
business day of the seventh (7th) month
following such separation from service.

    

    (c)           Nothing
in the Plan shall be construed as an entitlement to or guarantee of any
particular tax treatment to a Participant, and none of the Company, its
Affiliates, the Board or the Committee shall have any liability with respect to
any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the
Code.

    

    15.11                 Savings Clause.  In
the event that any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for
any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining
provisions of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the
illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

    

    ARTICLE
XVI

    EFFECTIVE
DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN

    

    The
effective date of the Plan is May 5, 2009.  No Incentive Stock Options
shall be granted under the Plan after February 10, 2019 and no other Awards
shall be granted under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the effective
date of the Plan or, if earlier, the date the Plan is
terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of the
Plan shall not preclude the Company from complying with the terms of Awards
outstanding on the date the Plan terminates

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