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Exhibit 10.7

AMENDMENT

To The

Hudson Valley Bank

“Supplemental Retirement Plan”

     THIS AMENDMENT TO THE HUDSON VALLEY BANK SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN (the “Plan”)
is executed on this ___day of ______2010, by Hudson Valley Bank, N.A., formerly known
as Hudson Valley Bank, a national banking association (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan
Sponsor” and/or the “Service Provider,”) and
______ (hereinafter referred to as
the “Participant”). As of the date of this Amendment, the Plan Sponsor has operated this Plan in
good faith compliance with the provisions of Section 409A and all Applicable Guidance.

     WHEREAS, the Plan Sponsor previously adopted the Plan in order to provide Supplemental Pension
Benefits to certain Senior Executives of the Plan Sponsor; and

     WHEREAS, through the course of time it has become apparent that certain provisions of the Plan
did not address certain conditions and circumstances; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Article Eighteen of the Plan, the Plan may be amended at any time by the
mutual written consent of the parties to the Plan; and

     WHEREAS, the effective date of this Amendment shall be ______.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual promises and obligations set
forth hereafter, the Plan Sponsor and the Participant hereby agree as follows:

The following definitions if specifically identified in the original Plan are hereby replaced in
their entirety, and if not found in the original Plan are hereby added:

The following Definitions are hereby amended:

1. “Normal Retirement Date” or “Normal Retirement Age” shall mean the first day of the month
coinciding with or next following the date which a Participant has attained Age 65 and has
completed at least ten (10) years of service.

The following Definitions are hereby added to the Plan:

1. “Extended Retirement Date” or “Extended Retirement Age” shall mean the first day of the month
coinciding with or next following the date which a Participant has attained Age 70 and has
completed at least ten (10) years of service.

2. “Retirement Extension Option” shall mean the Participant’s option to extend his retirement
beyond Age 65 and up to the maximum age of 70.

The following Articles are hereby amended and shall read as follows:

1. Article Four: A. The Participant shall be required to retire upon attaining the Normal
Retirement Age, or, if the Retirement Extension Option is exercised by the Participant, attaining
the Extended Retirement Age. Upon request, the Participant may, subject to approval by the Board of
Directors of the Bank, remain in the employ of the Bank beyond the age of 70 as an “at will”
employee.

               B. No additional benefits shall accrue for the benefit of the Participant for any employment
subsequent to Age 65, or, if the Retirement Extension Option is exercised by the Participant,
subsequent to Age 65 but in no event beyond Age 70.

 

 

2. Article Twelve: The third paragraph of Article 12 is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following paragraph: “Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control and Change in Control Events (both
terms being defined in the Plan Amendment dated on or about December 30, 2008), all benefits due
the Participant shall vest at 100% so long as said Participant shall have completed ten (10) or
more years of service with the Bank The determination as to the occurrence of a Change in Control
shall be based on objective facts and in accordance with the requirements of IRS Code Section
409A.”

Except as modified above, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan (as amended), shall remain in
full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS OF THE ABOVE, the Plan Sponsor and Participant have executed this Amendment to the
Plan.

	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS:

	 	 	 	FOR THE PLAN SPONSOR:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Hudson Valley Bank, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 

	 	 	 	Its:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Reviewed and Approved by:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Hudson Valley Bank, N.A.
	 

	 	 	 	Compensation Committee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 

	 	 	 	Its:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	THE PARTICIPANT:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	IndividuallyMANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Exhibit 10.17

BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC.

MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Article 1. Purpose and Intent

The purpose of this “Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) Management Incentive
Compensation Plan” (the “Plan”) is to reward certain of its key members of management for achieving
short and long term goals established by the Company and attracting and rewarding such persons who
contribute to the Company’s success. This Plan consists of annual and long-term incentive
compensation based on the annual or long-term performance of the Company measured by corporate
financial Performance Measure(s), individual Performance Measure(s) and other measures designated
by the Committee.

Article 2. Definitions

For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Section 2.1 “Affiliate” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company
or partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization which, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as used with respect to any entity or organization, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote more than fifty percent (50%) of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the controlled entity or
organization, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the
controlled entity or organization, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by
contract or otherwise.

Section 2.2 “Annual Incentive Opportunity” means an Incentive Opportunity made
available to a Covered Employee pursuant to Article 5 for performance during a period of time equal
to or less than twelve (12) months.

Section 2.3 “Award” means a grant under this Plan of a Long-Term Incentive Award.

Section 2.4 “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic document, in such form as
the Committee prescribes from time to time, setting forth the terms and conditions of a Long-Term
Incentive Award.

Section 2.5 “Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.

Section 2.6 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and references thereto shall be deemed to include references to any applicable regulations
and interpretations thereunder and any successor or similar provision.

Section 2.7 “Committee” means all of the members of the Compensation Committee of the
Board, or any other committee delegated by the Board to handle compensation matters, who are
Outside Directors.

 

 

 

Section 2.8 “Company” means Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
any successor thereto.

Section 2.9 “Covered Employee” means an Employee who is selected to participate in the
Plan by the Committee.

Section 2.10  “Employee” means any employee of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its
Subsidiaries.

Section 2.11 “Incentive Opportunity” means an opportunity to earn a cash incentive
upon the satisfaction of corporate financial and individual Performance Measure(s) established on
an annual basis.

Section 2.12 “Long-Term Incentive Award” means an award granted to a Covered Employee
pursuant to Article 6 and which covers a Long-Term Performance Period.

Section 2.13 “Long-Term Performance Period” means a period of time greater than twelve
(12) months during which performance goal(s) based on one or more Performance Measure(s) must be
met.

Section 2.14 “Outside Director” means an “outside director” within the meaning of
Section 162(m)(4)(C)(i) of the Code.

Section 2.15 “Performance-Based Compensation” means compensation that is earned on
the basis of satisfying pre-established performance goals established by the Committee.

Section 2.16 “Performance Measure(s)” means measures as described in Section 7.1 on
which the performance goals are based. With respect to any Annual Incentive Opportunity or
Long-Term Incentive Award made to a Covered Employee in any Plan year, one or more Performance
Measure(s) necessary to achieve said Award shall be identified and disclosed to such Employee
within the shorter of (i) ninety (90) days after the beginning of the Plan year or (ii) the end of
the Period that is twenty-five percent (25%) of the period of service during which the Performance
Meaure(s) must be satisfied.

Section 2.17 “Performance Shares” means Stock granted to a Covered Employee subject to
satisfaction of certain pre-determined Performance Meaure(s).

Section 2.18 “Plan Year” means the shorter of (i) the fiscal year of the Company, or
(ii) a Covered Employee’s period of service during the applicable year.

Section 2.19 “Restricted Stock” means shares of Stock granted as part of a Long-Term
Incentive Award that vests incrementally over a period of years.

Section 2.20 “Stock” means common stock of the Company.

Section 2.21 “Stock Option” means options to acquire common stock of the Company.

Section 2.22 “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or
foreign, in which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of
more than fifty percent (50%) by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.

 

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Article 3. Administration

The Committee shall be responsible for administering the Plan. The Committee shall have all of
the powers necessary to enable it to properly carry out its duties under the Plan. Not in
limitation of the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power to construe and interpret the Plan
and to determine all questions that shall arise thereunder, including the power to make or nullify
any rules or procedures, or to waive or change any aspect of the Plan, as necessary, for proper
administration. The Committee shall have such other and further specified duties, powers,
authority, and discretion as are elsewhere in the Plan either expressly or by necessary implication
conferred upon it. The Committee may appoint such agents, who need not be members of the Committee,
as it may deem necessary for the effective performance of its duties, and may delegate to such
agents such powers and duties as the Committee may deem expedient or appropriate that are not
inconsistent with the intent of the Plan. The decision of the Committee upon all matters within its
scope of authority shall be final and conclusive on all persons, except to the extent otherwise
provided by law.

Article 4. Denomination of Awards and Incentive Opportunities

Section 4.1 Annual Incentive Opportunities. Annual Incentive Opportunities are
generally denominated in cash (but may be denominated, or paid, in Stock, at the discretion of the
Committee) and shall represent a percentage of the Covered Employee’s Base Salary. The maximum
amount credited with respect to an Annual Incentive Opportunity for any one Covered Employee in any
one Plan Year shall be determined by the Committee for each Plan Year but, unless the Committee
shall specify otherwise prior to or at the beginning of the Plan Year, shall not exceed
seventy-five percent (75%) of the Covered Employee’s Base Salary.

Section 4.2 Long-Term Incentive Awards. Long-Term Incentive Awards shall, unless the
Committee determines otherwise and specifies such determination in an Award Agreement, be
denominated in shares of the Company’s Stock. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may, in its
discretion, denominate the Long-Term Incentive Award in Stock Options. Shares and Stock Options
available under a Long-Term Incentive Award shall be obtained from those reserved under one or more
equity plans adopted by the Board and approved by shareholders at an annual or special meeting of
shareholders of the Company.

Article 5. Covered Employee Annual Incentive Opportunity

Section 5.1 Determination of Annual Incentive Opportunities. Subject to the terms and
provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at the beginning of each performance period during the Plan
Year or each Plan Year, may designate Annual Incentive Opportunities for Covered Employees in such
amounts and upon such terms, including the achievement of specific performance goals, as the
Committee may determine.

Section 5.2 Value of Annual Incentive Opportunities. Each Annual Incentive Opportunity
shall specify a payment amount or payment range (e.g., threshold, target and stretch) as determined
by the Committee subject to the achievement of certain performance goal(s) established by the
Committee, based on one or more Performance Measure(s). The Committee may establish performance
goals in its discretion. The number and/or value of Annual Incentive Opportunities that will be
paid out to the Covered Employee will depend on the extent to which the performance goals are met
during the annual performance period during the Plan Year or each Plan Year, as applicable.

 

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Section 5.3 Payment of Annual Incentive Opportunities. Payment, if any, with respect
to an Annual Incentive Opportunity shall be made after the performance period during the Plan Year
or the Plan Years, as applicable, to which it relates and after the Committee has certified the
performance achieved and the amount to be paid, if any, to each Covered Employee for that
performance period. Such payment shall be made no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of
the third month following the end of the Plan Year(s) to which the Annual Incentive Opportunity
relates.

Section 5.4 Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability or Retirement. The
Committee shall determine the extent to which a Covered Employee shall have the right to receive
payment for achievement or partial achievement of his or her Annual Incentive Opportunities
following termination of the Covered Employee’s employment with or provision of services to the
Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, due to the Covered Employee’s
death, Disability or Retirement. Such determination shall be made in the sole discretion of the
Committee, need not be uniform with respect to all Covered Employees, and may reflect distinctions
based on the reasons for termination. For purposes of this Plan, Disability and Retirement shall
have the same meaning as set forth in the Amended and Restated Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc, 2003
Equity Compensation Plan.

Article 6. Long-Term Incentive Awards

Section 6.1 Grant and Vesting of Long-Term Incentive Awards. Subject to the terms and
provisions of the Plan, the Committee, at any time and from time to time, may grant Long-Term
Incentive Awards to Covered Employees in such amounts and upon such terms, including the
achievement of specific performance goals, as the Committee may determine. Unless the Committee
shall specify otherwise at the time of an Award, Long-Term Incentive Awards shall consist of
Performance Shares and Restricted Stock grants. Restricted Stock grants shall be made based on the
Committee’s assessment of overall Company and individual performance for the prior Plan Year and
anticipated future performance, as well as additional objectives, such as reinforcing share
ownership and/or retention of key executives. Unless the Committee specifies otherwise, Restricted
Stock grants shall vest ratably over a three-year period following the date of grant, commencing on
the first anniversary of the date of grant and continuing on each anniversary thereafter until
fully vested. Performance Shares shall vest, if at all, entirely at the end of the performance
period on the basis of satisfaction of the Performance Measure(s). The performance period for
achievement of the Performance Measure(s) under a Long-Term Incentive Award shall generally be
three (3) years, unless another performance period is designated in writing by the Committee.

Section 6.2 Value of Long-Term Incentive Awards. Each Long-Term Incentive Award shall
be set forth in an Award Agreement which shall specify a value or value range as determined by the
Committee subject, in the case of Performance Shares, to the achievement of certain performance
goal(s) established by the Committee, based on one or more Performance Measure(s). The Committee
may establish performance goals in its discretion. The number and/or value of Performance Shares
that will be paid out to the Covered Employee will depend on the extent to which the performance
goals are met during the applicable Long-Term Performance Period.

Section 6.3 Vesting of Performance Shares. Vesting, if any, with respect to
Performance Shares under a Long-Term Incentive Award shall occur on the third anniversary of the
grant date during the Long-Term Performance Period to which it relates and after the Committee has
certified the level of performance achieved during such Long-Term Performance Period.

 

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Section 6.4 Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability or Retirement. The
Committee shall determine the extent to which a Covered Employee shall have the right to receive
payment for his or her Long-Term Incentive Awards following termination of the Covered
Employee’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, due to the Covered Employee’s death, Disability or Retirement.
Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, such provisions may be
included in an Award Agreement entered into with each Covered Employee, but need not be uniform
among all Long-Term Incentive Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions
based on the reasons for termination.

Article 7. Performance Measures

Section 7.1 Performance Measures. Performance-Based Compensation will be paid solely
on account of the attainment of one or more pre-established, performance goals. A performance
goal will be considered pre-established if it is established in writing by the Committee no later
than 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the goal relates, provided
that the outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the Committee establishes the goal.
However, in no event will the performance goal be considered pre-established if it is established
after twenty-five percent (25%) of the period of service (as scheduled in good faith at the time
the goal is established) has elapsed. The performance goals upon which the payment or vesting of
an Annual Incentive Opportunity or a Long-Term Incentive Award to a Covered Employee that is
intended to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be limited to the following Performance
Measures:

	 	(a)	 	basic earnings per Share;

	 	(b)	 	basic cash earnings per Share;

	 	(c)	 	diluted earnings per Share;

	 	(d)	 	core earnings per Share;

	 	(e)	 	diluted cash earnings per Share;

	 	(f)	 	net income;

	 	(g)	 	cash earnings;

	 	(h)	 	net interest income;

	 	(i)	 	non-interest income;

	 	(j)	 	general and administrative expense to average assets ratio;

	 	(k)	 	cash general and administrative expense to average assets
ratio;

	 	(l)	 	efficiency ratio;

	 	(m)	 	cash efficiency ratio;

	 	(n)	 	return on average assets;

	 	(o)	 	cash return on average assets;

 

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	 	(p)	 	return on average stockholders’ equity;

	 	(q)	 	cash return on average stockholders’ equity;

	 	(r)	 	core return on equity

	 	(s)	 	return on average tangible stockholders’ equity;

	 	(t)	 	cash return on average tangible stockholders’ equity;

	 	(u)	 	core earnings;

	 	(v)	 	operating income;

	 	(w)	 	operating efficiency ratio;

	 	(x)	 	net interest margin;

	 	(y)	 	growth in assets, loans (including home equity lines of
credit), or deposits;

	 	(z)	 	loan production volume;

	 	(aa)	 	non-performing loans;

	 
	 	(bb)	 	cash flow;

	 
	 	(cc)	 	capital preservation (core or risk-based);

	 
	 	(dd)	 	interest rate risk exposure – net portfolio value;

	 
	 	(ee)	 	interest rate risk – sensitivity;

	 
	 	(ff)	 	liquidity parameters;

	 	(gg)	 	strategic business objectives, consisting of one or more
objectives based upon meeting specified cost targets, business expansion
goals, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures, or goals relating
to capital raising and capital management;

	 	(hh)	 	stock price (including, but not limited to, growth measures
and total shareholder return); or

	 	(ii)	 	core operating expense as a percentage of average assets;

	 
	 	(jj)	 	core deposits as a percentage of total deposits;

	 
	 	(kk)	 	net charge-off percentage;

	 
	 	(ll)	 	average percentage past due;

	 
	 	(mm)	 	classified assets to total assets;

 

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	 	(nn)	 	compliance/audit exam findings;

	 
	 	(oo)	 	capital ratio;

	 
	 	(pp)	 	management achievement of strategic plan goals;

	 
	 	(qq)	 	system knowledge & utilization of core applications;

	 
	 	(rr)	 	customer service survey; or

	 
	 	(ss)	 	any combination of the foregoing.

Any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company, Subsidiary,
and/or Affiliate as a whole or any business unit of the Company, Subsidiary, and/or Affiliate or
any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance
Measures as compared to the performance of a group of comparable companies, or published or special
index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may select
Performance Measure (ff) above as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has
the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of
performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Article 7.

Section 7.2 Evaluation of Performance. The Committee may provide in any such Annual
Incentive Opportunity or Long-Term Incentive Award that any evaluation of performance may include
or exclude any of the following events that occur during a Performance Period: (a) asset
write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c) the effect of changes in tax
laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) any
reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (or its successor) and/or in management’s discussion and
analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report
to stockholders for the applicable year, (f) acquisitions or divestitures, and (g) foreign exchange
gains and losses.

Article 8. Beneficiary Designation

Each Covered Employee under the Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or
beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under the Plan is
to be paid in case of his or her death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each
such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Covered Employee, shall be in a
form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Covered Employee in
writing with the Company during the Covered Employee’s lifetime. In the absence of any such
designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Covered Employee’s death shall be paid to the Covered
Employee’s estate.

Article 9. Amendment, Modification, and Termination of the Plan

The Committee may amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no
amendment, modification, or termination of the Plan shall reduce the amount payable to a Covered
Employee under a Long-Term Incentive Award made prior to the date of such amendment, modification,
or termination or shall adversely affect any such outstanding Long-Term Incentive Award.

 

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Article 10. General Provisions

Section 10.1 Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct
or withhold, or require a Covered Employee to remit to the Company, the minimum statutory amount to
satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be
withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Plan.

Section 10.2 Successors. All obligations of the Company under this Plan with respect
to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence
of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or
otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

Section 10.3 Forfeiture Events.

(a) The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement that the Covered Employee’s rights,
payments, and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation,
forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any
otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but
shall not be limited to, termination of employment for cause, termination of the Covered Employee’s
provision of services to the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary, violation of material Company,
Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality, or other
restrictive covenants that may apply to the Covered Employee, or other conduct by the Covered
Employee that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or
its Subsidiaries.

(b) If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material
noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement
under the securities laws, each of the Covered Employees who are executive officers and any other
Covered Employee who knowingly or grossly negligently engaged in the misconduct, or knowingly or
grossly negligently failed to prevent the misconduct, or if the Covered Employee is one of the
individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
the Covered Employee shall reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of an
Award earned or accrued during the twelve (12) month period following the first public issuance or
filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever just occurred) of the
financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement.

Section 10.4 Unfunded Plan. Covered Employees shall have no right, title, or interest
whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company, and/or its Subsidiaries, and/or its
Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under this Plan. 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 Covered Employee,
beneficiary, legal representative, or any other individual. To the extent that any individual
acquires a right to receive payments from the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates
under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of
the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder
shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may
be and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made
to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in this Plan.

Section 10.5 Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this
Plan shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby. If,
in the opinion of any court of competent jurisdiction such covenants are not reasonable in any
respect, such court shall have the right,
power and authority to excise or modify such provision or provisions of these covenants as to
the court shall appear not reasonable and to enforce the remainder of these covenants as so
amended.

 

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Section 10.6 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any
masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural,
and the plural shall include the singular.

Section 10.7 Headings and Captions. The headings and captions herein are provided for
reference and convenience only, shall not be considered part of this Plan, and shall not be
employed in the construction of this Plan.

Section 10.8 Nonexclusivity of this Plan. The adoption of this Plan shall not be
construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or Committee to adopt such other
compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable for any Covered Employee.

Section 10.9 No Constraint on Corporate Action. Nothing in this Plan shall be
construed to: (i) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s or an
Affiliate’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of
its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or
transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or, (ii) limit the right of the Company to
establish other plans or to pay compensation to its employees, in cash or property, in a manner
which is not expressly authorized under the Plan; or, (iii) limit the right or power of the
Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary
or appropriate.

Section 10.10 Not a Contract of Employment. Participation in the Plan shall not give
a Covered Employee the right to be retained in the employment of the Company or an Affiliate or
Subsidiary nor will participation in the Plan interfere with the right of the Company, an Affiliate
or Subsidiary to discharge a Covered Employee at any time. An Award Agreement shall not be
construed to be a contract of employment.

Section 10.11 Compliance with Code Section 409A. The Plan is intended to be
administered in a manner consistent with the requirements, where applicable, of Code Section 409A.
Where reasonably possible and practicable, the Plan shall be administered in a manner to avoid the
imposition on Covered Employees of immediate tax recognition and additional taxes pursuant to
Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Committee shall have any
liability to any person in the event such Section 409A applies to any such Award in a manner that
results in adverse tax consequences for the Covered Employee or any of his beneficiaries or
transferees. A Covered Employee shall not be entitled to any payments resulting from or arising
due to a “termination of employment”, “termination” or “retirement” (or other similar term having a
similar import) unless (and until) such Covered Employee has “separated from service” within the
meaning of Section 409A. To the extent required in order to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax
penalties under Section 409A, amounts that would otherwise be payable pursuant to this Plan during
the six-month period immediately following a Covered Employee’s termination of employment shall
instead be paid on the first business day after the date that is six months following the Covered
Employee’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A; and

Section 10.12 Governing Law. The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or
principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive
law of another jurisdiction, except to the superseded by federal law. Unless otherwise provided in
the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under this Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of the
federal or state courts of Massachusetts, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of
or relate to this Plan or any related Award Agreement.

Section 10.13 Effective Date. The effective date of the Plan shall be January 1, 2010.

 

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