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 EXHIBIT 10.2  

 
 

  EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT    
    

        THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") by and among Molson Coors Brewing Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Peter
H. Coors (the "Executive"), is dated as of January 1, 2009 ("Effective Date"). 

W I T N E S S E T H:  

        WHEREAS, Executive and the Company entered into an Employment Agreement, which was subsequently amended as of August 1, 2007,
(as amended, the "Original Agreement"), effective as of June 27, 2005 (the "Original Effective Date"), pursuant to which the Executive has served as Vice Chairman of the Company and been
employed as the Executive Chairman of Coors Brewing Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and 

        WHEREAS,
the Company desires that Executive continue to serve as either Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Company and to cause CBC to employ the Executive as the Executive Chairman of CBC
and the Executive desires to so serve and remain in such employ; and 

        WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive desire to terminate the Original Agreement and enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms of his employment by the Company. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

        1.     Effective Date; Employment Period.    The Company hereby agrees to continue to cause CBC
to employ the Executive for the period from the date hereof through June 27, 2011 (the "Employment Period"); provided, however, that on each annual anniversary of the Original Effective Date
subsequent to the date of this Agreement (each such annual anniversary thereof shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Renewal Date"), the Employment Period shall be automatically extended so as to
terminate three years from such Renewal Date, unless at least six (6) months prior to a Renewal Date the Company's Board of Directors, acting pursuant to such vote as may be required under the
Company's Bylaws, shall give notice to the Executive that the Employment Period will not be so extended. Effective January 1, 2009, notice of non-renewal given by the Company's
Board of Directors shall constitute the termination of Executive's employment by the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof effective as of the last day of the Employment Period unless the
Company satisfies the requirements of Section 3(b) for a termination for Cause or otherwise enters into an agreement with the Executive that supersedes this Employment Agreement. 

        2.     Terms of Employment. 

        (a)   Position and Duties. 

        (i)    During
the Employment Period, the Executive shall be employed Executive Chairman of CBC and shall have such duties, responsibilities, power and authority as contemplated
by the Bylaws of CBC as in effect on the date hereof, and shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to him by the Company or CBC commensurate with his position as Executive
Chairman of CBC. Executive shall report to the Company's and CBC's board of directors. 

        (ii)   During
the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as a member of the Company's Board of Directors and as Vice Chairman or Chairman thereof subject to
re-nomination or re-election in accordance with the provisions of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. Executive acknowledges that for so long as
Executive is employed under this Agreement, he shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for his service 

 

as
Vice Chairman, or Chairman or as a director. Executive shall not be considered an executive officer of the Company subject to Section 2.2.6 of the Company's Bylaws. 

        (iii)  During
the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable
attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder. During the Employment Period, the
Executive may (A) serve on civic or charitable boards or committees of not for profit or similar organizations, (B) teach, and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such
activities do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive's responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. In addition, Executive may continue
to serve on those corporate boards of which he is a member on the Effective Date and on other corporate boards with the consent of the Board. 

        (b)   Compensation. 

        (i)    Base Salary.    During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary of $850,000
("Annual Base Salary") which shall be paid in accordance with the Company's payroll policies for senior executive officers. During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed at
least annually in a manner consistent with competitive pay practices and commensurate with the review of salaries for other senior executives of the Company, and may be increased as a result of such
review. Any increase in Annual Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such
increase and the term Annual Base Salary as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as so increased. 

        (ii)   Annual Bonus.    In addition to Annual Base Salary, the Executive shall be entitled to participate, with
respect to each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period, in the annual bonus plan (the "Annual Bonus") applicable generally to senior executive officers of the Company and its subsidiaries,
with a target annual bonus (the "Target Bonus") of no less than 80% of Executive's Annual Base Salary. Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the date when annual bonuses are paid to other
senior executive officers, unless the Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus. 

        (iii)  Employee Benefits and Perquisites.    During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to
participate in all employee benefit, deferred compensation and perquisites plans and programs made available generally to senior executive officers of the Company or its subsidiaries at a level
commensurate with his position. 

        (iv)  Long Term Incentive Awards.    During each year of the Employment Period, the
Executive shall be eligible to receive cash and/or equity awards under the Company's Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor plan commensurate with his position and consistent with such awards
granted to senior executives of the Company or its subsidiaries. 

        (v)   Retention Compensation.    The 40,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to Executive pursuant to
Section 2(b)(v) of the Original Agreement (the "Retention Award") shall continue to vest in increments of 8,000 RSUs on the each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date (to the extent
not vested on the date of this Agreement) and shall be subject to accelerated vesting as provided under this Agreement; provided, however, that delivery of shares or other property deliverable upon
the vesting of the RSUs shall be deferred until the date which is six (6) months after the date of termination of Executive's employment for any reason. 

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        (vi)  Expenses.    During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for
all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the Company's standard expense reimbursement policy. 

        (vii) Vacation.    During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to no less than five
(5) weeks of vacation per year. 

        3.     Termination of Employment. 

        (a)   Death or Disability. 

        (i)    The
Executive's employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive's death during the Employment Period. 

        (ii)   If
the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of Disability set
forth below), it may give to the Executive written notice in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement of its intention to terminate the Executive's employment. In such event, the
Executive's employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the "Disability Effective Date"); provided that, within the
thirty (30) days after such receipt, the Executive shall not
have returned to full-time performance of the Executive's duties. For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" shall mean the absence of the Executive from the Executive's duties with the
Company on a full-time basis for 180 consecutive days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be a disability pursuant to the Company's then
existing long term disability plan or, in the absence of such a plan, a disability determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company and acceptable to the Executive or the
Executive's legal representative. 

        (b)   Cause.    The Company may terminate the Executive's employment during the Employment Period for Cause. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean: 

        (i)    conviction
of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud, theft or financial impropriety; or 

        (ii)   a
reasonable determination by the Board of Directors of the Company ("Board") that Executive has (A) willfully and continuously failed to perform substantially
the Executive's duties (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by
the Board which specifically identifies the manner(s) in which the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive's duties, (B) engaged in illegal conduct, an act of dishonesty or
gross misconduct injurious to the Company, or (C) knowingly violated a material requirement of the Company's ethical code of conduct or his fiduciary duty to the Company. 

For
purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered "willful" unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without
reasonable belief that the Executive's action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the
Board, or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company.
The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the
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heard
before the Board), finding that, in the good faith determination of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii)(A), (B) or
(C) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. The Company must notify the Executive of any event constituting Cause within sixty (60) days following the Company's
knowledge of its existence or such event shall not constitute Cause under this Agreement. 

        (c)   Good Reason.    The Executive's employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason. For purposes of
this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall exist upon the occurrence, without the Executive's consent, of any one or more of the following circumstances: 

        (i)    any
material reduction of the Executive's base compensation which is in effect on the Effective Date (and as increased from time to time thereafter); provided that any
reduction that is as part of a general reduction in the base compensation of executives of the same grade level shall not be "Good Reason"; 

        (ii)   any
action or inaction by the Company that constitutes a material breach by the Company of any applicable plan, program or agreement under which the Executive provides
services; 

        (iii)  the
material reduction or material adverse modification of the Executive's title, status, position, responsibilities or authority contemplated by Section 2(a)
of this Agreement (and as such authorities and duties may be increased from time to time), such that the Executive's title, status, position, authority or responsibilities are inconsistent with, or
commonly considered to be of lesser stature than, those in effect prior to the reduction or modification, as the same may, for example, be evidenced by (A) a material diminution in the
authority, duties or responsibilities of the supervisor to whom the Executive is required to report, including a requirement that the Executive report to a corporate officer or employee instead of to
the Board, or (B) a material diminution in the budget over which the Executive has authority; or 

        (iv)  any
requirement that the Executive relocate his principal place of employment by more than a fifty (50)-mile radius from its location on the Effective Date; 

        Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any of the circumstances described above may not serve as a basis for resignation for "Good Reason" by the Executive unless (A) the Executive has
provided written notice to the Company that such circumstance exists within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of such circumstance and the Company has failed to cure such circumstance
within thirty (30) days following such notice; and (B) the Executive's Separation from Service due to such circumstance occurs within the one (1) year period following the initial
existence of such circumstance. 

        (d)   Termination Without Cause or Without Good Reason.    The Executive's employment may be terminated by the
Company without Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason at any time. 

        (e)   Notice of Termination.    Any termination by the Company or the Executive shall be communicated by Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 12(b) of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" means a written notice which
(i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for termination of the Executive's employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such
notice, specifies the termination date (which date shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice). The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the
Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, hereunder or 

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preclude
the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive's or the Company's rights hereunder. 

        (f)    Date of Termination.    "Date of Termination" means (i) if the Executive's employment is terminated by
reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be, and (ii) if the Executive's employment
is terminated for any other reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date up to thirty (30) days thereafter as specified in such Notice of Termination. 

        (g)   "Termination
of employment," "termination," or words of similar import, as used in this Employment Agreement means, for purposes of any payments under this Employment
Agreement that are payments of deferred compensation subject to Code Section 409A, the Executive's "separation from service" as defined in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(h)(1). For this purpose, a "separation from service" is deemed to occur on the date that the Company and the Executive reasonably anticipate that the level of bona
fide services the Executive would perform after that date (whether as an employee or independent contractor) would permanently decrease to a level that, based on the facts and circumstances would
constitute a separation from service; provided that, a decrease to a level that is 50% or more of the average level of bona fide services provided over the prior 36 months shall not be a
separation from service, and a decrease to a level that is 20% or less of the average level of such bona fide services shall be a separation from service. The bona fide services taken into account for
this purpose shall be services for the Company and any business entity in which the Company directly or indirectly has an ownership interest of at least fifty percent (50%); provided that, at any time
prior to the date the time and form of payment of deferred compensation is set, with respect to any business entity in which the Company has less than a fifty percent (50%) interest, "at least twenty
percent (20%)" may be substituted for "at least fifty percent (50%)" where based on legitimate business criteria. 

        4.     Obligations of the Company upon Termination. 

        (a)   Death or Disability.    If the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of the Executive's death or
Disability during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement, other than for payment of: (i) any unpaid Annual Base
Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) any accrued vacation in accordance with Company policy; (iii) any unpaid Annual Bonus earned with respect to any fiscal year ending on or
preceding the Date of Termination; (iv) reimbursement for any unreimbursed expenses incurred through the Date of Termination; and (v) all other payments, benefits or perquisites to which
the Executive may be entitled under the terms of any applicable compensation arrangement or benefit, equity, fringe benefit or perquisite plan or program or grant or this Agreement (collectively the
"Accrued Obligations"). Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive or Executive's estate or beneficiary, as applicable, in a lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days of the Date of
Termination. In addition, the Retention Award shall become fully vested as of such Date of Termination. 

        (b)   Good Reason; Other Than for Cause.    If, during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than for Cause or Disability or the Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason: 

        (i)    the
Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts: 

        (A)  the
Accrued Obligations; 

        (B)  the
amount equal to the sum of (1) the Executive's Annual Base Salary through the end of the Company's fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs, and
(2) the Target Bonus for the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs; 

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        (C)  the
amount equal to the product of (1) three and (2) the sum of the Executive's Annual Base Salary and his Target Bonus; 

        (D)  the
amount equal to the product of (1) three and (2) 25% of the Executive's Annual Base Salary (which amount is in lieu of continuing employee benefits and
perquisites (provided that Executive and his dependents shall retain rights to any Accrued Obligations and to elect and maintain COBRA coverage)). 

        (ii)   With
respect to any options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units (including the Retention Award) or other stock-based awards held by the
Executive under the Company's Incentive Compensation Plan, or any successor plan, on the Date of Termination all restrictions on awards of restricted stock or restricted stock units and other
stock-based awards (other than stock options and stock appreciation rights) will be canceled and such awards shall vest, and all outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights that have not
fully vested, shall vest and become immediately exercisable, in each case only to the extent such awards were scheduled to become vested and exercisable during the 36-month period
following the Date of Termination; provided, that with respect to any stock options and stock appreciation rights, the options and stock appreciation rights shall remain exercisable until the earlier
of (x) the expiration of the option or stock appreciation rights term or (y) one (1) year after the Date of Termination; and provided further that any portion of any such portion
of any such awards that remains unvested after application of the preceding provisions of this paragraph (c) shall be forfeited as of the Date of Termination and shall not thereafter become
vested or exercisable. 

        (c)   Condition Precedent to Receipt of Payments or Benefits under the Program.    The Executive will not be eligible
to receive any payments or benefits under Section 4(b) above unless (i) such Executive timely executes and returns a general release of all claims arising out of his employment with, and
termination of employment from, the Company in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (adjusted as necessary to conform to then existing legal requirements) (the "General
Release"); and (ii) the revocation period specified in such General Release expires without such Executive exercising his/her right of revocation as set forth in the General Release. The
payments and benefits under this Employment Agreement that are conditioned upon such General Release being in effect will be paid on the fifty-third (53rd) day following the Executive's
Date of Termination, provided any revocation period applicable to the General Release has expired. 

        (d)   Section 409A Compliance

        (i)    This
Employment Agreement is intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, Code Section 409A. The Company shall undertake to administer, interpret, and
construe this Employment Agreement in a manner that does not result in the imposition to the Executive of additional taxes or interest under Code Section 409A. 

        (ii)   The
preceding provision, however, shall not be construed as a guarantee by the Company of any particular tax effect to Executive under this Employment Agreement. The
Company shall not be liable to Executive for any payment made under this Employment Agreement that is determined to result in an additional tax, penalty, or interest under Code Section 409A,
nor for reporting in good faith any payment made under this Employment Agreement as an amount includible in gross income under Code Section 409A. Nothing herein shall require the Company to
provide Executive with any gross-up for any tax, interest or penalty incurred by Executive under Section 409A. 

        (iii)  Any
payment required to be made on the fifty-third (53rd) day following Separation from Service shall be deemed timely made if it is made within the time
period permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(d). 

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        (iv)  With
respect to any reimbursement of expenses (including taxes) of the Executive, as specified under this Employment Agreement, such reimbursement of expenses shall be
subject to the following conditions: (A) the expenses eligible for reimbursement in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year;
(B) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made no later than the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (C) the right to reimbursement shall
not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 

        (v)   Notwithstanding
anything in this Employment Agreement to the contrary, any tax gross-up payment under Section 7(b) shall be made no later than the
December 31 following the Executive's taxable year in which the Executive remits the related tax. 

        (vi)  If
a payment obligation under this Employment Agreement arises on account of the Executive's Separation from Service while the Executive is a "specified employee" (as
defined under Section 409A of the Code and determined in good faith by the Compensation Committee of the Company), any payment of "deferred compensation" (as defined under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(b)(1), after giving effect to the exemptions in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(3) through (b)(12)) that is scheduled to be paid within
six (6) months after such Separation from Service shall be accumulated without interest and shall be paid within 15 days after the end of the six-month period beginning on
the date of such Separation from Service or, if earlier, within 15 days after the appointment of the personal representative or executor of the Executive's estate following his death. 

        5.     Nonexclusivity of Rights.    Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the
Executive's continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor, subject
to Section 1(a), shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with the Company or any of its affiliated companies. The
time and form of payment of amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice, or program of or any contract or agreement with
the Company or any of its affiliated companies at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall not be deferred or accelerated by this Agreement. 

        6.     Full Settlement.    The Company's obligation to make the payments provided for in this
Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may
have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under
any of the provisions of this Agreement and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. 

        7.     Taxes. 

        (a)   Withholding Taxes.    The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any and all payments made to the Executive
all federal, state, local and/or other taxes or imposts which the Company determines are required to be so withheld from such payments or by reason of any other payments made to or on behalf of the
Executive for his/her benefit hereunder. 

        (b)   Excise Tax.    In the event any payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive in connection
with the Executive's employment or termination thereof (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, or any person affiliated with the
Company) (the "Payments"), are or will be subject to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), 

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        (i)    then,
subject to the immediately following paragraph (ii), the Company shall pay, subject to Section 4(d)(v), an additional amount (the
"Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount retained by the Executive, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Payments and any federal, state and local income or other applicable tax
(other than taxes imposed under 409A) and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by this paragraph, shall be equal to the Payments. 

        (ii)   Notwithstanding
anything in the foregoing paragraph (i) to the contrary, the foregoing provision shall not apply (therefore no Gross-Up Payment will
be made) and any amounts otherwise payable to Executive under Section 4(b) shall be reduced (but not below zero) such that no amounts paid or payable to the Executive under Section 4(b)
shall be deemed excess parachute payments subject to Excise Tax, in the event the amount of such reduction does not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount payable under Section 4(b). The
Company shall reduce or eliminate the Severance Benefits by first reducing or eliminating the portion of such benefits which are not payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments,
in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the Executive's Date of Termination. 

        (iii)  For
purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the Executive's actual rate of
federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the Executive's actual rate of taxation in the state and
locality of the Executive's residence on the date on which the Excise Tax is determined, net of the reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local
taxes. 

        (iv)  The
computations required by this Section 7(b) shall be made by independent public accountants not then regularly retained by the Company, in consultation with
tax counsel selected by them and acceptable to the Executive. The Company shall provide the Executive with sufficient tax and compensation data to enable the Executive or his/her tax advisor to verify
such computations and shall reimburse the Executive for reasonable fees and expenses incurred with respect thereto. 

        (v)   In
the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder, the Executive shall repay to the Company at the time
that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus the portion of the Gross-Up
Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal and state and local income tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by the Executive) plus interest on the amount of such
repayment from the date the Gross-Up Payment was initially made to the date of repayment at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code (the "Applicable Rate"). In the
event that the Excise Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service or by such independent public accountants to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder (including by reason of any payment
the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make an additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess
(plus any interest, penalties, fines or additions to tax payable with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess if finally determined. 

        8.     Confidential Information; Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreement. 

        (a)   The
Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all material proprietary information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of
its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which
shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or 

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representatives
of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the
Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no
event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 8 constitute a basis for denying, deferring or withholding any amounts or benefits payable to the Executive under this
Agreement. 

        (b)   The
Executive shall enter into the Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreement with the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. 

        9.     Arbitration of Disputes and Reimbursement of Legal Costs.    In the event of any dispute
between the Company and the Executive, whether arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or otherwise, the Executive and the Company hereby agree that such dispute shall be resolved by binding
arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules then in effect, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any arbitration shall be held before a single arbitrator who shall be selected by the mutual agreement of the Company and the Executive, unless the
parties are unable to agree to an arbitrator, in which case, the arbitrator will be selected under the procedures of the AAA. The arbitrator shall be experienced in the resolution of disputes under
employment agreements or plans or programs similar to this Agreement maintained by major corporations and shall have the authority to award any remedy or relief that a court of competent jurisdiction
could order or grant, including, without limitation, the issuance of an injunction, and the parties hereby agree to the emergency procedures of the AAA. However, either party may, without
inconsistency with this arbitration provision, apply to any court having jurisdiction over such dispute or controversy and seek interim provisional, injunctive or other equitable relief until the
arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise resolved. Except as necessary in court proceedings to enforce this arbitration provision or an award rendered hereunder, or to obtain
interim relief, neither a party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence, content or results of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of the Company and the Executive. The
arbitration proceeding shall be conducted in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area, or if applicable, the metropolitan area in which the Executive's primary office is located or was located
immediately prior to Executive's Date of Termination. In the event of any such proceeding, the losing party shall reimburse the prevailing party upon entry of a final award resolving the subject of
the dispute for all reasonable legal expenses incurred, unless the arbitrator determines that to do so would be unjust; provided, however, that such final award is entered within the timeframe set
forth in Section 4(d)(iv)(B). In the event the final award is not entered within the timeframe set forth in Section 4(d)(iv)(B), the parties shall bear their own attorneys' fees and
costs. In addition, after a change in control (as defined in the Company's Change in Control Protection Program) has occurred, the costs of the arbitration shall be borne by the Company and, subject
to the limitations of Section 4(d)(iv) hereof, the Company shall also reimburse the Executive for his reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred with respect to such proceeding on a current
basis (either directly or by reimbursing the Executive) within thirty (30) days of the presentment of each invoice; provided that, the Executive shall repay any such legal fees or expense paid
or advanced within ten (10) days of any determination by the arbitrator that the Executive did not have a reasonable basis for at least one material claim or issue in the dispute. In the event
the Executive fails to repay any legal fees or expenses paid or advanced under the circumstance and within the period set forth in the preceding sentence, the Executive shall be obligated to pay all
attorneys' fees and costs incurred by the Company for any litigation and collection proceedings initiated to secure such repayment and the Company shall be entitled to pre- and
post-judgment interest at a rate of 10% per annum. Otherwise, each party shall be responsible for its own expenses relating to the conduct of the arbitration (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expense) and shall share the fees of the AAA equally. 

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        10.   Successors. 

        (a)   This
Agreement is personal to the Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's legal representatives. 

        (b)   This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 

        (c)   The
Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken
place. As used in this Agreement, "Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this
Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. 

        11.   Effect on Other Agreements; Inconsistency. 

        (a)   Except
as otherwise specified herein, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes the preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral, which may have related in any manner to the subject matter hereof. 

        (b)   In
the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any plan, program or policy of the Company, the terms that are the most beneficial to
Executive shall control. 

        12.   Miscellaneous. 

        (a)   This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions
of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties
hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. 

        (b)   All
notices and any other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 

If
to the Executive: 

At
the current home address as listed in the Company's records and as may be updated from time to time by the Executive. 

If
to the Company: 

Molson
Coors Brewing Company

1225 17th Street

Denver, CO 80202

Attention: Chief Legal Officer 

or
to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee. 

        (c)   The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. 

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        (d)   Except
as provided herein, the Executive's or the Company's failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any
right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive's hand and, pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be
executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the Effective Date. 

					
	
 PETER H. COORS	
 	
MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
	
 /s/ PETER H. COORS

 	
 	
By:	
 	
/s/ SAMUEL D. WALKER

  Chief Legal Officer

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 EXHIBIT A TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  

 FORM OF RELEASE  

GENERAL RELEASE  

        1.     For
valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned ("Executive"), for himself, his spouse, heirs, administrators, children,
representatives, executors, successors, assigns, and all other persons claiming through Executive, if any (collectively, "Releasers"), knowingly and voluntarily releases and forever discharges Molson
Coors Brewing Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, successors and assigns and the current, future and former employees, officers, directors, trustees and agents thereof (collectively
referred to throughout this General Release as "Company") from any and all claims, causes of action, demands, fees and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether known and unknown, against Company,
Executive has, has ever had or may have as of the date of execution of this General Release, including, but not limited to, any alleged violation of: 

	•
	The National Labor Relations Act, as amended;   

	•
	Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended;   

	•
	The Civil Rights Act of 1991;   

	•
	Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended;   

	•
	The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;   

	•
	The Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended;   

	•
	The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended;   

	•
	The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended;   

	•
	The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990;   

	•
	The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended;   

	•
	The Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended;   

	•
	The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993;   

	•
	Any other federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state or federal law, regulation or
ordinance; or   

	•
	Any public policy, contract, tort, or common law. 

        Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, this General Release shall not apply to: (i) Executive's rights of indemnification and directors and officers liability insurance
coverage to which he was entitled immediately prior to [DATE] with regard to his service as an officer of Company;
(ii) Executive's rights under any tax-qualified pension or claims for accrued vested benefits under any other employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement maintained by Company or
under COBRA; (iii) Executive's rights under the provisions of the Company's Executive Continuity and Protection Program which are intended to survive termination of employment; or
(iv) Executive's rights as a stockholder. Excluded from this General Release are any claims which cannot be waived by law. 

        [For Current/Former California Residents Only:] This General Release is intended to constitute a release of all of
the claims referenced herein, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected. Executive hereby expressly waives any rights and benefits conferred by Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which
provides: "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF 

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EXECUTING
THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR." 

        2.     Executive
acknowledges and recites that: 

        (a)   Executive
has executed this General Release knowingly and voluntarily; 

        (b)   Executive
has read and understands this General Release in its entirety, including the waiver of rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; 

        (c)   Executive
has been advised and directed orally and in writing (and this subparagraph (c) constitutes such written direction) to seek legal counsel and any other
advice he wishes with respect to the terms of this General Release before executing it; 

        (d)   Executive
has sought such counsel, or freely and voluntarily waives the right to consult with counsel, and Executive has had an opportunity, if he so desires, to discuss
with counsel the terms of this General Release and their meaning; 

        (e)   Executive
enters into this General Release knowingly and voluntarily, without duress or reservation of any kind, and after having given the matter full and careful
consideration; and 

        (f)    Executive
has been offered 21 calendar days after receipt of this General Release to consider its terms before executing it. 

        3.     This
General Release shall be governed by the internal laws (and not the choice of law principles) of the State of
[Colorado], except for the application of pre-emptive federal law. 

        4.     Executive
shall have 7 days from the date hereof to revoke this General Release by providing written notice of the revocation to Company's General Counsel, in
which event this General Release shall be unenforceable and null and void. 

					
	
 Date:	
 	

 	
 	

  Peter H. Coors

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 EXHIBIT B TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT  

 FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT  

 CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT

        This
Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated January 1, 2009 is between Molson Coors Brewing Company (the "Company") and
Peter H. Coors (the "Employee")(collectively the "Parties"). 

        Employee desires to continue to be employed by MCBC as an officer of the Company and/or one of its subsidiaries (collectively "MCBC"). In this role, Employee will
be a manager and executive for MCBC, will have access to Confidential Information, or both.

        Pursuant to Section 8 of the Employment Agreement between the Company and Employee, of even date herewith (the "Employment Agreement") entry into this
Agreement is a condition of continued employment.

        NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of Employee's employment or continued employment with MCBC the Parties agree as follows: 

        1.     Covenants Not to Compete or Interfere. 

        a.     During
the term of Employee's employment and for a period of 12 months thereafter, and regardless of the reason for Employee's termination, Employee shall not,
within the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or Brazil, directly or indirectly own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, serve as a consultant to or otherwise participate in any business
that has services or products competitive with those of MCBC, or develop products or services competitive with those of MCBC. 

        b.     Employee
acknowledges that MCBC conducts its business on an international level and has customers throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Brazil, and
that the geographic restriction on competition is therefore fair and reasonable. 

        c.     During
the term of Employee's employment with MCBC and for a period of 12 months thereafter, and regardless of the reason for Employee's termination, Employee
shall not, with respect to any individual who is or at any time during the preceding three months was an executive or management employee of MCBC, engage in any of the following: (i) directly
or indirectly cause or attempt to cause any such individual who is then employed by MCBC to leave the employ of MCBC, or (ii) directly or indirectly actively recruit or cause to be actively
recruited any such individual to work for any organization of, or in which Employee is an officer, director, employee, consultant, independent contractor or owner of an equity interest; or
(iii) directly or indirectly cause to be hired any such individual to work for any organization of, or in which Employee is an officer, director, employee, consultant, independent contractor or
owner of an equity interest. 

        d.     During
the term of Employee's employment with MCBC and for a period of 12 months thereafter, and regardless of the reason for Employee's termination, Employee
shall not solicit, divert or take away, or attempt to take away, the business or patronage of any client, customer or account, or prospective client, customer or account, of MCBC which were contacted,
solicited or served by Employee while employed by MCBC. 

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        e.     Employee
acknowledges this is a contract for the protection of trade secrets and/or that Employee will be considered executive and management personnel under the
following sections of Colorado Revised Statute § 8-2-113(2): 

Any
covenant not to compete which restricts the right of any person to receive compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor for any employer shall be void, but this subsection (2)
shall not apply to: 

        (b)   Any
contract for the protection of trade secrets; 

        (d)   Executive
and management personnel and officers and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel. 

        2.     Confidential Information. 

        a.     For
purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" includes any and all information and trade secrets, whether written or otherwise, relating to MCBC's business,
property, products, services, operations, sales, prospects, research, customers, business relationships, business plans and finances. 

        b.     Employee
acknowledges that while employed at MCBC, Employee will have access to Confidential Information. Employee further acknowledges that the Confidential Information
is of great value to MCBC and that its improper disclosure will cause MCBC to suffer damages, including loss of profits. 

        c.     Except
in connection with and in furtherance of Employee's official duties with and on behalf of MCBC, Employee shall not at any time or in any manner use, copy,
disclose, divulge, transmit, convey, transfer or otherwise communicate any Confidential Information to any person or entity, either directly or indirectly, without the Company's prior written consent. 

        d.     Employee
agrees, upon employment with MCBC, not to disclose to MCBC any confidential information or trade secrets of former employers or other entities Employee has been
associated with. 

        3.     Injunctive Relief; Damages.    Employee acknowledges that any breach of this Agreement
will cause irreparable injury to MCBC and that money damages alone would be inadequate to compensate it. Upon a breach or threatened breach by Employee of any of this Agreement, the Company shall be
entitled to a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction or other relief restraining Employee from such breach without posting a bond. Nothing herein shall be construed
as prohibiting MCBC from pursuing any other remedies for such breach or threatened breach, including recovery of damages from Employee. 

        4.     Severability.    It is the desire and intent of the Parties that the provisions of this
Agreement shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible. Accordingly, if any provision of this Agreement shall prove to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be
affected, and in lieu, a provision as similar in terms as possible shall be added. 

        5.     Entire Agreement; Governing Law.    Except as contemplated by the Employment Agreement,
this Agreement embodies the entire agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matters hereof and replaces and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous representations or agreements. This
Agreement and all related obligations shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado. 

        6.     Representation by Counsel.    Employee acknowledges that he/she has had an opportunity
to consult with independent counsel prior to executing this Agreement. 

        7.     Survival.    Employee's obligations under this Agreement shall survive the termination
of Employee's employment and shall thereafter be enforceable whether or not such termination is later 

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claimed
or found to be wrongful or to constitute or result in a breach of any contract or of any other duty owed to Employee. 

        8.     Amendments; Waiver.    This Agreement may not be altered or amended, and no right
hereunder may be waived, except by an instrument executed by each of the Parties. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. 

					
	

 	
 	
COMPANY:
	

 	
 	
Molson Coors Brewing Company, for itself

and its subsidiaries
	

 	
 	
By:	
 	
/s/ SAMUEL D. WALKER

 
	 	 	Its:	 	Chief Legal Officer
	

 	
 	
EMPLOYEE:
	

 	
 	
/s/ PETER H. COORS

  Peter H. Coors

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTExhibit 10.1

 

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.

2007
INCENTIVE PLAN

Originally
adopted by the Board of Directors on March 22, 2007;

approved by
the shareholders on May 8, 2007;

amended by
the Board of Directors on February 13, 2009;

amended by
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on March 18, 2009

 

1.                                      ADMINISTRATION

 

Subject to the express provisions of the
Plan, the Administrator has the authority to interpret the Plan; determine
eligibility for and grant Awards; determine, modify or waive the terms and
conditions of any Award; prescribe forms, rules and procedures (which it
may modify or waive); and otherwise do all things necessary to implement the
Plan. Once an Award has been communicated in writing to a Participant, the Administrator
may not, without the Participant’s consent, alter the terms of the Award so as
to affect adversely the Participant’s rights under the Award, unless the
Administrator has expressly reserved the right to do so. In the case of any
Award intended to be eligible for the performance-based compensation exception
under Section 162(m), the Administrator shall exercise its discretion
consistent with qualifying the Award for such exception.

 

2.                                      LIMITS ON AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

 

a.                                       NUMBER OF SHARES. 
Subject to adjustments as provided in Section 5, the total number
of shares of Stock subject to Awards granted under the Plan, in the aggregate,
may not exceed 8,800,000 (the “Fungible Pool Limit”). Each share of Stock
issued or to be issued in connection with any Full-Value Award shall be counted
against the Fungible Pool Limit as 2.3 Fungible Pool Units. Stock Options, SARs
and other Awards that do not deliver the full value at grant thereof of the
underlying shares of Stock and that expire no more than seven (7)  years
from the date of grant shall be counted against the Fungible Pool Limit as one
(1.0) Fungible Pool Unit. (For these purposes, the number of shares of Stock
taken into account with respect to a SAR shall be the number of shares of Stock
underlying the SAR at grant (i.e., not the final number of shares of Stock
delivered upon exercise of the SAR)). For purposes of the preceding sentence,
shares that have been forfeited or cancelled in accordance with the terms of
the applicable Award shall not be considered to have been delivered under the
Plan, but shares held back in satisfaction of the exercise price or tax
withholding requirements from shares that would otherwise have been delivered
pursuant to an Award will be considered to have been delivered under the Plan.
Any shares of Stock that again become available for grant pursuant to this Section 2(a) shall
be added back to the pool of available shares. 
For purposes of clarity, in calculating the number of shares of stock
remaining under the Fungible Pool Limit, the Administrator will not increase
the number of available Fungible Pool Units for shares of Stock delivered under
an Award (i.e. previously acquired Shares tendered by the Participant in
payment of the exercise price or of withholding taxes).  The Administrator shall determine the
appropriate methodology for calculating 

 

 

the
number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the Plan.

 

b.                                      TYPE OF SHARES.  Stock
delivered by the Company under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Stock or
previously issued Stock acquired by the Company and held in treasury. No
fractional shares of Stock will be delivered under the Plan.

 

c.                                       CERTAIN SHARE LIMITS.  The maximum number of shares of Stock for
which Stock Options may be granted to any person annually from and after
adoption of the Plan and prior to March 22, 2017, the maximum number of
shares of Stock subject to SARs granted to any person annually during such
period and the aggregate maximum number of shares of Stock subject to other
Awards that may be delivered (or the value of which may be paid) to any person
annually during such period shall each be 2,000,000. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the repricing of a Stock Option or SAR shall be treated as
a new grant to the extent required under Section 162(m), PROVIDED, no such
repricing shall be permitted except in accordance with Section 4.a.(10) of
this Plan. Each person eligible to participate in the Plan shall be eligible to
receive Awards covering up to the full number of shares of Stock then available
for Awards under the Plan. No Awards may be granted under the Plan after March 22
2017, but previously granted Awards may extend beyond that date.

 

d.                                      OTHER AWARD LIMITS.  No
more than $3,000,000 may be paid to any individual with respect to any Cash
Performance Award (other than an Award expressed in terms of shares of Stock or
units representing Stock, which shall instead be subject to the limit set forth
in Section 2.c. above). In applying the dollar limitation of the preceding
sentence: (A) multiple Cash Performance Awards to the same individual that
are determined by reference to performance periods of one year with or within
the same fiscal year of the Company shall be subject in the aggregate to one
limit of such amount, and (B) multiple Cash Performance Awards to the same
individual that are determined by reference to one or more multi-year
performance periods ending in the same fiscal year of the Company shall be
subject in the aggregate to a separate limit of such amount.

 

3.                                      ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

The Administrator will select Participants
from among those key Employees, directors and other individuals or entities
providing services to the Company or its Affiliates who, in the opinion of the
Administrator, are in a position to make a significant contribution to the
success of the Company and its Affiliates. Eligibility for ISOs is further
limited to those individuals whose employment status would qualify them for the
tax treatment described in Sections 421 and 422 of the Code.

 

4.                                      RULES APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

 

a.                                       ALL AWARDS

 

(1)                                 TERMS OF
AWARDS. All Awards of Stock Options and SARs granted hereunder shall have a
term of not to exceed seven years from the date of grant.  The Administrator shall determine all other
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subject to the limitations provided herein.

 

(2)                                 PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA. Where rights under an Award depend in whole or in part on
satisfaction of Performance Criteria, actions by the Company that have an effect,
however material, on such Performance Criteria or on the likelihood that they
will be satisfied will not be deemed an amendment or alteration of the Award.

 

(3)                                 ALTERNATIVE
SETTLEMENT. The Company may at any time extinguish rights under an Award in exchange
for payment in cash, Stock (subject to the limitations of Section 2) or
other property on such terms as the Administrator determines, PROVIDED the
holder of the Award consents to such exchange, PROVIDED FURTHER, no such
exchange will be made where the cash, Stock or property to be received has a
fair market value greater than the Award being extinguished, or where any such
exchange would violate Section 4.a.(10) of this Plan.

 

(4)                                 TRANSFERABILITY
OF AWARDS. Awards may not be transferred other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution and during a Participant’s lifetime an Award requiring
exercise may be exercised only by the Participant (or in the event of the
Participant’s incapacity, the person or persons legally appointed to act on the
Participant’s behalf).

 

(5)                                 VESTING, ETC.
Without limiting the generality of Section 1, the Administrator may
determine the time or times at which an Award will vest (i.e., become free of
forfeiture restrictions) or become exercisable and the terms on which an Award
requiring exercise will remain exercisable. Unless otherwise provided by Section 4.e
with respect to Performance Awards or if the Administrator expressly provides
otherwise:

 

(A)                             immediately
upon the cessation of a Participant’s employment or other service relationship
with the Company and its Affiliates, all Awards (other than Stock Options and
SARs) held by the Participant (or by a permitted transferee under Section 4.a.(4))
immediately prior to such cessation of employment or other service relationship
will be forfeited if not then vested and, where exercisability is relevant,
will cease to be exercisable;

 

(B)                               except as
provided in (C) and (D) below, all Stock Options and SARs held by a
Participant (or by a permitted transferee under Section 4.a.(4))
immediately prior to the cessation of the Participant’s employment or other
service relationship for reasons other than death, to the extent then
exercisable, will remain exercisable for the lesser of (i) a period of
three months or (ii) the period ending on the latest date on which such
Stock Option or SAR could have been exercised without regard to this Section 4.a.(5),
and shall thereupon 

 

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terminate;

 

(C)                               all Stock
Options and SARs held by a Participant (or by a permitted transferee under Section 4.a.(4))
immediately prior to the Participant’s death, to the extent then exercisable,
will remain exercisable for the lesser of (i) the one-year period ending
with the first anniversary of the Participant’s death or (ii) the period
ending on the latest date on which such Stock Option or SAR could have been
exercised without regard to this Section 4.a.(5), and shall thereupon
terminate; and

 

(D)                              all Stock
Options and SARs held by a Participant (or by a permitted transferee of the
Participant under Section 4.a.(4)) whose cessation of employment or other
service relationship is determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion
to result from reasons which cast such discredit on the Participant as to
justify immediate termination of the Award shall immediately terminate upon
such cessation.

 

Unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, a Participant’s “employment
or other service relationship with the Company and its Affiliates” will be deemed
to have ceased, in the case of an employee Participant, upon termination of the
Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates (whether or not
the Participant continues in the service of the Company or its Affiliates in
some capacity other than that of an employee of the Company or its Affiliates),
and in the case of any other Participant, when the service relationship in
respect of which the Award was granted terminates (whether or not the
Participant continues in the service of the Company or its Affiliates in some
other capacity).

 

(6)                                 TAXES. The
Administrator will make such provision for the withholding of taxes as it deems
necessary. The Administrator may, but need not, hold back shares of Stock from
an Award or permit a Participant to tender previously owned shares of Stock in
satisfaction of tax withholding requirements. In no event shall Stock be
tendered or held back by the Company in excess of the minimum amount required
to be withheld for Federal, state, and local taxes. As provided in Section 2(a) of
this Plan, in the event shares of Stock are held back from an Award in
satisfaction of tax withholding requirements, such shares will nonetheless be
considered to have been delivered under the Plan.

 

(7)                                 DIVIDEND
EQUIVALENTS, ETC. The Administrator may provide for the payment of amounts in
lieu of cash dividends or other cash distributions with respect to Stock
subject to any Full Value Award if and in such manner as it deems appropriate.

 

(8)                                 RIGHTS LIMITED.
Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as giving any 

 

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person the right to continued employment or service with the Company or
its Affiliates, or any rights as a shareholder except as to shares of Stock
actually issued under the Plan. The loss of existing or potential profit in
Awards will not constitute an element of damages in the event of termination of
employment or service for any reason, even if the termination is in violation
of an obligation of the Company or Affiliate to the Participant.

 

(9)                                 SECTION 162(m).
The Administrator in its discretion may grant Performance Awards that are
intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) and
Performance Awards that are not intended so to qualify. In the case of an Award
intended to be eligible for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m),
the Plan and such Award shall be construed to the maximum extent permitted by
law in a manner consistent with qualifying the Award for such exception. In the
case of a Performance Award intended to qualify as performance-based for the
purposes of Section 162(m), except as otherwise permitted by the
regulations at Treas. Regs. Section 1.162-27: (i) the Administrator
shall pre-establish in writing one or more specific Performance Criteria no
later than 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the
performance relates (or at such earlier time as is required to qualify the
Award as performance-based under Section 162(m)); (ii) payment of the
Award shall be conditioned upon prior certification by the Administrator that
the Performance Criteria have been satisfied; and (iii) if the Performance
Criteria with respect to the Award are not satisfied, no other Award shall be
provided in substitution of the Performance Award. The provisions of this Section 6.a.(9) shall
be construed in a manner that is consistent with the regulations under Section 162(m).

 

(10)                           OPTION AND SAR
REPRICING. Options and SARs may not be repriced, or replaced or repurchased for
cash, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company.

 

b.                                      AWARDS
REQUIRING EXERCISE

 

(1)                                 TIME AND MANNER
OF EXERCISE. Unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, (a) an
Award requiring exercise by the holder will not be deemed to have been
exercised until the Administrator receives a written notice of exercise (in
form acceptable to the Administrator) signed by the appropriate person and
accompanied by any payment required under the Award or adequate provision therefore,
as set forth in Section 4(b)(3); and (b) if the Award is exercised by
any person other than the Participant, the Administrator may require
satisfactory evidence that the person exercising the Award has the right to do
so.

 

(2)                                 EXERCISE PRICE.
The Administrator shall determine the exercise price of 

 

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each Stock Option and SAR; PROVIDED, that each Stock Option and SAR
must have an exercise price that is not less than the fair market value of the
Stock subject to the Stock Option and SAR, determined as of the date of grant.
An ISO granted to an Employee described in Section 422(b)(6) of the Code must
have an exercise price that is not less than 110% of such fair market value.

 

(3)                                 PAYMENT OF
EXERCISE PRICE, IF ANY. Where the exercise of an Award is to be accompanied by
payment, the Administrator may determine the required or permitted forms of
payment, subject to the following: (a) all payments will be by cash or
check acceptable to the Administrator, or, if so permitted by the Administrator
(with the consent of the optionee of an ISO if permitted after the grant), (i) through
the delivery of shares of Stock which have been outstanding for at least six
months (unless the Administrator approves a shorter period) and which have a
fair market value equal to the exercise price, (ii) by delivery of a
promissory note of the person exercising the Award to the Company, payable on
such terms as are specified by the Administrator, (iii) if the Stock is
publicly traded, by delivery of an unconditional and irrevocable undertaking by
a broker to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the
exercise price, or (iv) by any combination of the foregoing permissible
forms of payment; and (b) where shares of Stock issued under an Award are
part of an original issue of shares, the Award shall require an exercise price
equal to at least the par value of such shares.

 

(4)                                 GRANT OF STOCK
OPTIONS. Each Stock Option awarded under the Plan shall be deemed to have been
awarded as a non-ISO (and to have been so designated by its terms) unless the
Administrator expressly provides for ISO treatment that the Stock Option is to
be treated as an ISO.

 

c.                                       AWARDS NOT
REQUIRING EXERCISE

 

Awards of Restricted Stock and Unrestricted Stock may be made in return
for either (1) services determined by the Administrator to have a value
not less than the par value of the Awarded shares of Stock, or (2) cash or
other property having a value not less than the par value of the Awarded shares
of Stock plus such additional amounts (if any) as the Administrator may
determine payable in such combination and type of cash, other property (of any
kind) or services as the Administrator may determine.

 

d.                                      AWARDS OF
FULL-VALUE AWARDS

 

Notwithstanding
Section 4(a)(5) of this Plan, (1) Full-Value Awards to
Participants other than non-employee members of the Board of Directors that are
not Performance Awards shall vest (i.e., become free of forfeiture
restrictions) over a period of time at least three years or more from the date
of grant, and (2) Full-Value Awards that are Performance Awards shall be
subject to the attainment of Performance Criteria which require at least 12
months to achieve; 

 

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PROVIDED,
however that Full-Value Awards that aggregate not more than 5% of the number of
shares reserved for issuance under the Plan may be awarded without the vesting
requirements set forth in clauses (1) and (2).  For purposes of clarity, Full-Value Awards
issued to non-employee members of the Board of Directors will not be included
in determining whether the 5% threshold in the prior sentence has been
achieved.

 

e.                                       PERFORMANCE
AWARDS

 

Performance Awards may be granted to Participants as follows:
 
(1)                     Prior to the grant of any Performance Award, the Administrator shall establish for each such award (i) performance levels at which 100% of the award shall be earned and a range (which need not be the same for all awards) within which greater and lesser percentages shall be earned and (ii) a performance period (which shall not be less than 12 months) which shall be determined at time of grant.
 
(2)                     With respect to the performance levels to be established pursuant to paragraph 4.e.(1), the specific measures for each grant shall be established by the Administrator at the time of such grant. In creating these measures, the Administrator may establish the specific goals based upon or relating to any Performance Criteria (as defined below).
 
(3)                     Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4.e.(5), the percentage of each Performance Award to be distributed to an employee shall be determined by the Administrator on the basis of the performance levels established for such award and on the basis of individual performance in satisfaction of the Performance Award during such period. Any Performance Award, as determined and adjusted pursuant to this paragraph and paragraphs 4.e.(5-8) is herein referred to as a “Final Award”. No distribution of any Final Award (or portion thereof) shall be made if the minimum performance level applicable to the related Performance Award is not achieved during the applicable performance period or, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, if the employment of the employee to whom the related Performance Award was granted shall terminate for any reason whatsoever (including death) within 12 months after the date the Performance Award was granted.
 
(4)                     All Final Awards which have vested in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 4.e.(5-10) shall be granted as soon as practicable following the end of the related vesting period. Final awards shall be granted in the form of Restricted Stock, Unrestricted Stock, Deferred Stock, Cash Performance Awards, or cash or any combination thereof, as the Administrator shall determine.
 
(5)                     Payment of any Final Award (or portion thereof) to an individual employee shall be subject to the continued rendering of services as an employee (unless this condition is waived by the Administrator).  If the Administrator shall determine 
 
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that such employee has failed to satisfy such conditions precedent, all Performance Awards granted to such employee which have not become Final Awards, and all Final Awards which have not been paid pursuant to paragraph 4.e.(10) shall be immediately canceled. Upon termination of an employee’s employment other than by death (whether such termination is before or after a Performance Award shall have become a Final Award), the Administrator may, but shall not in any case be required to, waive the condition precedent of continuing to render services.
 
(6)                     If, upon termination of an employee’s employment prior to the end of any performance period for a reason other than death, the Administrator shall determine to waive the condition precedent of continuing to render services as provided in paragraph 4.e.(5), the Performance Award granted to such employee with respect to such performance period shall be reduced pro rata based on the number of months remaining in the performance period after the month of such termination and such awards will be paid at the time they would have been paid absent an employment termination. The Final Award for such employee shall be determined by the Administrator (i) on the basis of the performance levels established for such award (including the minimum performance level) and the performance level achieved through the end of the performance period and (ii) in the discretion of the Administrator, on the basis of individual performance during the period prior to such termination. A qualifying leave of absence, determined in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator, shall not be deemed to be a termination of employment but, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, the employee’s Performance Award will be reduced pro rata based on the number of months during which such person was on such leave of absence during the performance period. A Performance Award shall not vest during a leave of absence granted an employee for local, state, provincial, or federal government service.
 
(7)                     Upon termination of an employee’s employment by reason of death prior to the end of any performance period, the Performance Award granted to such employee with respect to such performance period, except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4.e.(3), shall be reduced pro rata based on the number of months remaining in the performance period after the month of such employee’s death. The percentage of the reduced Performance Award to be distributed to such employee shall be determined by the Administrator (i) on the basis of the performance levels established for such award (including the minimum performance level) and the performance level achieved through the end of the fiscal year during which such employee died and (ii) in the discretion of the Administrator, on the basis of individual performance during the applicable period. Such Final Awards will immediately vest and be paid as promptly as practicable.

 

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(8)                      If an employee is promoted during the performance period with respect to any Performance Award, such Performance Award may, in the discretion of the Administrator, be increased to reflect such employee’s new responsibilities.
 
(9)                     Performance Awards that have become Final Awards may be subject to a vesting schedule established by the Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, no Final Award (or portion thereof) subject to a vesting schedule shall be paid prior to vesting and the unpaid portion of any Final Award shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph 4.e.(5). The Administrator shall have the authority to modify a vesting schedule as may be necessary or appropriate in order to implement the purposes of this Plan.
 
(10)               No holder of a Performance Award shall have any rights to dividends or interest or other rights of a stockholder with respect to a Performance Award prior to such Performance Award’s becoming a Final Award.
 
(11)               To the extent that any employee, former employee, or any other person acquires a right to receive payments or distributions under this Plan with respect to a Performance Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of a general unsecured creditor of the Company. All payments and distributions to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general assets of the Company. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any employee, former employee, or any other person.
 

5.                                    EFFECT OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

 

a.                                      MERGERS, ETC.
Immediately prior to a Covered Transaction (other than an Excluded Transaction
in which the outstanding Awards have been assumed or substituted for as
provided below), all outstanding Awards shall vest and, if relevant, become
exercisable, all Performance Criteria and other conditions to any Award shall
be deemed satisfied (and with respect to any Performance Awards, satisfied to
the extent that Final Awards with respect thereto shall have been deemed to
have been awarded in accordance with Section 4.e (subject to the
discretion of the Administrator as to the satisfaction of performance levels of
the Performance Award)), and all deferrals measured by reference to or payable
in shares of Stock shall be accelerated. Upon consummation of a Covered
Transaction, all Awards then outstanding and requiring exercise or delivery
shall terminate unless assumed by an acquiring or surviving entity or its
affiliate as provided below.

 

In the event of a Covered Transaction, the
Administrator may provide for substitute or replacement Awards from, or the
assumption of Awards by, the acquiring or surviving entity or its affiliates on
such terms as the Administrator determines.

 

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b.            CHANGES
IN AND DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE STOCK

 

(1)                                 BASIC
ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS. In the event of a stock dividend, stock split or
combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the Company’s
capital structure, the Administrator will make appropriate adjustments to the
maximum number of shares that may be delivered under the Plan under Section 2.a.
and to the maximum share limits described in Section 2.c., and will also
make appropriate adjustments to the number and kind of shares of stock or
securities subject to Awards then outstanding or subsequently granted, any
exercise prices relating to Awards and any other provision of Awards affected
by such change.

 

(2)                                 CERTAIN OTHER
ADJUSTMENTS. The Administrator may also make adjustments of the type described
in paragraph (1) above to take into account distributions to common
stockholders other than those provided for in Section 5.a. and 5.b.(1), or
any other event, if the Administrator determines that adjustments are
appropriate to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan and to preserve
the value of Awards made hereunder; PROVIDED, that no such adjustment shall be
made to the maximum share limits described in Section 2.c., or otherwise
to an Award intended to be eligible for the performance-based exception under Section 162(m),
except to the extent consistent with that exception, nor shall any change be
made to ISOs except to the extent consistent with their continued qualification
under Section 422 of the Code.

 

(3)                                 CONTINUING
APPLICATION OF PLAN TERMS. References in the Plan to shares of Stock shall be
construed to include any stock or securities resulting from an adjustment
pursuant to Section 5.b.(1) or 5.b.(2) above.

 

6.                                    LEGAL CONDITIONS ON DELIVERY OF STOCK

 

The Company will not be obligated to deliver
any shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan or to remove any restriction from
shares of Stock previously delivered under the Plan until the Company’s counsel
has approved all legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of
such shares; if the outstanding Stock is at the time of delivery listed on any
stock exchange or national market system, the shares to be delivered have been
listed or authorized to be listed on such exchange or system upon official
notice of issuance; and all conditions of the Award have been satisfied or
waived. If the sale of Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, the Company may require, as a condition to exercise of the
Award, such representations or agreements as counsel for the Company may
consider appropriate to avoid violation of such Act. The Company may require
that certificates evidencing Stock issued under the Plan bear an appropriate
legend reflecting any restriction on transfer applicable to such Stock.

 

7.                                    AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

Subject to the last sentence of Section 1,
the Administrator may at any time or times amend the Plan or any outstanding
Award for any purpose which may at the time be permitted by law, or may at any
time terminate the Plan as to any further grants of Awards; PROVIDED, that
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the
extent expressly required or permitted by the Plan) no such amendment will,
without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, effectuate a change
for which stockholder approval is required under the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange (which includes any “material revision” as defined under the rules of
the New York Stock Exchange) or in order for the Plan to continue to qualify
under Section 422 of the Code and for Awards to be eligible for the
performance-based exception under Section 162(m).

 

8.                                    NON-LIMITATION OF THE COMPANY’S RIGHTS

 

The existence of the Plan or the grant of any
Award shall not in any way affect the Company’s right to award a person bonuses
or other compensation in addition to Awards under the Plan.

 

9.                                    GOVERNING LAW

 

The Plan shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts without reference to
principles of conflicts of laws.

 

10.                             DEFINED TERMS.

 

The following terms, when used in the Plan,
shall have the meanings and be subject to the provisions set forth below:

 

“ADMINISTRATOR”: The Board
or, if one or more has been appointed, the Committee. With respect to
ministerial tasks deemed appropriate by the Board or Committee, the term “Administrator”
shall also include such persons (including Employees) to whom the Board or
Committee shall have delegated such tasks.

 

“AFFILIATE”: Any corporation or other entity owning, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding Stock of the Company, or in which
the Company or any such corporation or other entity owns, directly or
indirectly, 50% of the outstanding capital stock (determined by aggregate
voting rights) or other voting interests.

 

“AWARD”: Any or a combination of the following (which shall include any
Final Award with respect to the following):

 

(i)                                     Stock Options.

 

(ii)                                  SARs.

 

(iii)                               Restricted
Stock.

 

(iv)                              Unrestricted Stock.

 

(v)                                 Deferred Stock.

 

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(vi)                              Cash
Performance Awards.

 

(vii)                           Other
Performance Awards.

 

(viii)                        Grants of cash
made in connection with other Awards in order to help defray in whole or in
part the economic cost (including tax cost) of the Award to the Participant.

 

“BOARD”: The Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“CASH PERFORMANCE AWARD”: A Performance Award payable in cash. The
right of the Company under Section 4.a.(3) (subject to the consent of
the holder of the Award as therein provided) to extinguish an Award in exchange
for cash or the exercise by the Company of such right shall not make an Award
otherwise not payable in cash a Cash Performance Award.

 

“CODE”: The U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as from time to time
amended and in effect, or any successor statute as from time to time in effect.

 

“COMMITTEE”: One or more committees of the Board (including any
subcommittee thereof) appointed or authorized to make Awards and otherwise to
administer the Plan. In the case of Awards granted to executive officers of the
Company, except as otherwise permitted by the regulations at Treas. Regs. Section 1.162-27,
the Committee shall be comprised solely of two or more outside directors within
the meaning of Section 162(m).

 

“COMPANY”: Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

 

“COVERED TRANSACTION”: Any of (i) a consolidation or merger in
which the Company is not the surviving corporation or which results in any
individual, entity or “group” (within the meaning of section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) acquiring the beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) directly or
indirectly of more than 50% of either the then outstanding shares of common
stock of the Company or the combined voting power of the then outstanding
voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all the Company’s
assets, or (iii) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company.

 

“DEFERRED STOCK”: A promise to deliver Stock or other securities in the
future on specified terms.

 

“EMPLOYEE”: Any person who is employed by the Company or an Affiliate.

 

“EXCLUDED TRANSACTION”: A Covered Transaction in which

 

(i)                                    the shares of
common stock of the Company or the voting securities of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors are acquired 

 

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directly from the Company;
or

 

(ii)                                 the shares of
common stock of the Company or the voting securities of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors are acquired by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any
corporation controlled by the Company; or

 

(iii)                              (a) the
beneficial owners of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, and
of the securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, in substantially the same proportions immediately following such
transaction more than 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock and of the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors of the corporation (including,
without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns
the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly
or through one or more subsidiaries) resulting from such transaction and (b) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation
resulting from such transaction were members of the board of directors at the
time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board,
authorizing such transaction.

 

“FULL-VALUE AWARD”: an Award
other than an Option or SAR, and which is settled by the issuance of shares of
Stock or the value of the stated number of shares in cash.

 

“FUNGIBLE
POOL UNIT”: the measuring unit used for purposes of the Plan, as specified in Section 2,
to determine the number of Shares which may be subject to Awards hereunder,
which shall consist of Shares in the proportions (ranging from 1.0  to 2.3) as set forth in Section 2(a).

 

“ISO”: A Stock Option intended to be an “incentive stock option” within
the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

“PARTICIPANT”: An Employee, director or other person providing services
to the Company or its Affiliates who is granted an Award under the Plan.

 

“PERFORMANCE AWARD”: An Award subject to Performance Criteria
(including any Award that is a Final Award distributed in satisfaction of the
vesting of a Performance Award that was subject to Performance Criteria).

 

“PERFORMANCE CRITERIA”: Specified criteria the satisfaction of which is
a condition for the exercisability, vesting or full enjoyment of an Award. For
purposes of Performance Awards that are intended to qualify for the
performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), a Performance
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measure of performance relating to any of the following (determined
either on a consolidated basis or, as the context permits, on a divisional,
subsidiary, line of business, project or geographical basis or in combinations
thereof): (i) sales; revenues; assets; liabilities; costs; expenses;
earnings before or after deduction for all or any portion of interest, taxes,
depreciation, amortization or other items, whether or not on a continuing
operations or an aggregate or per share basis; return on equity, investment,
capital or assets; one or more operating ratios; borrowing levels, leverage
ratios or credit rating; market share; capital expenditures; cash flow; working
capital requirements; stock price; stockholder return; sales, contribution or
gross margin, of particular products or services; particular operating or
financial ratios; customer acquisition, expansion and retention; or any combination
of the foregoing; or (ii) acquisitions and divestitures (in whole or in
part); joint ventures and strategic alliances; spin-offs, split-ups and the
like; reorganizations; recapitalizations, restructurings, financings (issuance
of debt or equity) and refinancings; transactions that would constitute a
change of control; or any combination of the foregoing. A Performance Criterion
measure and targets with respect thereto determined by the Administrator need
not be based upon an increase, a positive or improved result or avoidance of
loss.

 

“PLAN”: The Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 2007
Incentive Plan as from time to time amended and in effect.

 

“PREEXISTING PLANS”: Any plan of the Company or its predecessors in
existence at or prior to March 22, 2007 under which equity, equity-based
or performance cash awards were granted, including, without limitation, the
following: (1) Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 2000
Incentive Plan; (2) Charles River Laboratories Holdings, Inc. 1999
Management Incentive Plan; and (3) Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc. 2000 Directors Stock Plan.  For the purposes of this definition, “preexisting
plans” shall not refer to the Company’s Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
(EICP).

 

“RESTRICTED STOCK”: An Award of Stock subject to restrictions requiring
that such Stock be redelivered to the Company if specified conditions are not
satisfied.

 

“SECTION 162(m)”: Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

“SARS”: Rights entitling the holder upon exercise to receive cash or
Stock, as the Administrator determines, equal to a function (determined by the
Administrator using such factors as it deems appropriate) of the amount by
which the Stock has appreciated in value since the date of the Award.

 

“STOCK”: Common Stock of the Company.

 

“STOCK OPTIONS”: Options entitling the recipient to acquire shares of
Stock upon payment of the exercise price.

 

“UNRESTRICTED STOCK”: An Award of Stock not subject to any restrictions
under the Plan.

 

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11.                             SECTION 409A OF THE CODE

 

To the extent
applicable, the Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code
and the Administrator shall interpret and administer the Plan in accordance
therewith.  In addition, any provision in
this Plan document that is determined to violate the requirements of Section 409A
shall be void and without effect.  In
addition, any provision that is required to appear in this Plan document that
is not expressly set forth shall be deemed to be set forth herein, and such
Plan shall be administered in all respects as if such provisions were expressly
set forth.  The Administrator shall have
the authority unilaterally to accelerate or delay a payment to which the holder
of any Award may be entitled to the extent necessary or desirable to comply
with, or avoid adverse consequences under, Section 409A.

 

12.                             EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN

 

The Plan shall be effective as of the date of
its approval by the Board, subject to its approval by the stockholders of the
Company.

 

13.                             AWARDS UNDER PREEXISTING PLANS

 

Upon approval of the Plan by stockholders of
the Company as contemplated under Section 12, no further awards shall be
granted under the Preexisting Plans; PROVIDED, however, that any shares that
have been forfeited or cancelled in accordance with the terms of the applicable
award under a Preexisting Plan may be subsequently again awarded in accordance
with the terms of such Preexisting Plan.

 

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