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EX-10.1

Employment Agreement

This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into between Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its subsidiaries, affiliates and any business ventures in
which they may participate (collectively “ACS” or “the Company”) and Anand Vadapalli (“Executive”).
ACS and Executive are also referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the
“Parties.”

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Executive has served successfully in key leadership positions with ACS since 2006;
and

WHEREAS, the Company has progressively expanded Executive’s role and responsibilities with the
Company over time; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to employ and to promote Executive to serve as the
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; and

WHEREAS, Executive agrees to provide such services to ACS upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein;

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the promises and other good and valuable
consideration set forth in this Agreement, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, ACS and Executive hereby agree as follows:

	1.	 	Effective Date and Effect of Prior Agreement. The effective date (“Effective Date”)
of this Agreement shall be April 1, 2013. Subject to the opportunity to vest previously
granted awards, this Agreement rescinds and supercedes any prior employment agreement between
the parties.

	2.	 	Position Title and Location. ACS hereby employs Executive and Executive accepts
employment by ACS as the President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company.
Executive shall also be appointed to serve as a director on the Company’s Board of Directors
(“Board”) as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, and thereafter shall be nominated and
recommended annually by the Board for re-election as a director for so long as he continues to
serve as President and CEO of the Company. The location of the principal place of employment
for the President and CEO position shall be at the Company’s headquarters offices in
Anchorage, Alaska.

	3.	 	Responsibilities and Authority. Executive shall be fully responsible for the general
oversight and management of ACS, including overall business strategy, all operating units,
operating plans, and financial performance, and such business ventures as the Company may
acquire or participate in. In accordance with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws
and the ACS Corporate Governance Principles, Executive shall perform all duties incident to
his office, as assigned or modified from time to time by the Board.

	4.	 	Reporting. Executive shall report directly to the Board, to each committee of the
Board, as requested, and to the Chairman of the Board. All other members of executive
management of the Company shall report to Executive.

	5.	 	Term. Unless otherwise terminated as provided in this Agreement, Executive’s term of
employment (“Term”) shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue for three years,
until March 30, 2016; provided, that the Term shall be automatically extended for successive
one-year periods thereafter, unless written Notice is given by either Party to the other Party
at least one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the last day of the then-existing initial or
extended Term, of the Party’s intent to terminate the Agreement on the last day of that Term.

	6.	 	Loyalty and Effort. Executive agrees to abide by the ACS Articles of Incorporation,
Bylaws, Corporate Governance Principles, policies and procedures and decisions of the Board,
as those documents may be modified from time to time, and agrees to devote his full time,
attention, abilities and efforts to the business of the Company during the Term of this
Agreement, except for permitted vacation periods and reasonable periods of illness or
incapacity. Executive understands and accepts that he owes the Company the highest duty of
fidelity and loyalty. Executive will never make secret profits at ACS’ expense, will not
accept favors from customers or suppliers, except in accordance with law and ACS policy, and
will protect all of ACS’ property, tangible and intangible, as if it were Executive’s own.
While an employee of ACS, Executive will not perform employment duties or provide services for
remuneration for any other person or entity without the prior written consent of the Board.
Executive may serve as a member of the boards of directors of such other business, community
and charitable organizations as he may disclose to the ACS Board of Directors, subject to
approval by the Board, which approval may be withheld or rescinded in the best interests of
ACS’ business.

	7.	 	Compensation. During the Term of this agreement, ACS agrees to pay Executive, and
Executive agrees to accept in exchange for his services under this Agreement, the following
compensation:

	 	7.1.	 	Annual Base Salary. Executive shall be paid an annual base salary of not less
than four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) (the “Base Salary”), subject to
payroll taxes and withholding, to be paid in substantially equal installments at the same
intervals as other officers of ACS are paid. The annual Base Salary shall be prorated for
the portions of the first and last calendar years of the Term of this Agreement based on
the number of days Executive is employed in the position compared to the total number of
days in the year. The Board shall annually consider Executive’s Base Salary and make such
increases as it deems appropriate.

	 	7.2.	 	Annual Cash Incentive. In addition to the annual Base Salary, Executive is
eligible for a target annual Cash Incentive (“CI”) payment , which shall not be less than
the Base Salary, with the actual amount to be paid determined annually by the Compensation
and Personnel Committee of the Board (“Committee”) based on his achievement of the annual
performance objectives (“Objectives”) to be set by the Committee within ninety (90) days of
the beginning of each performance year. The CI amount shall be prorated for the first year
of the Term based on the number of days Executive is employed in the position compared to
the total number of days in the year. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
Agreement, to be eligible to receive CI in respect to performance in any performance year,
Executive must be actively employed by ACS and in good standing on the day the annual CI
amounts are paid for the relevant performance year. Payment of CI to Executive shall be
made not later than the time such payments are made to any other Officers of ACS.

	 	7.3.	 	Long-Term Incentive and Retention Compensation.

	 	7.3.1.	 	During the Term of this Agreement, Executive shall be eligible to receive annual
long-term awards (“LTAs”) in the form of time-vested Restricted Share Units,
performance-based Performance Share Units or other equity or equity-based awards, or a
combination thereof (“Equity”) and/or performance-based cash awards other than annual
cash incentives. To align the interests of Executive with those of the Company
shareholders, annual LTAs should be guided by the principle that annual LTAs are not
less than twice the value of Executive’s annual base salary. The specific quantity
and type of LTAs (as well as the terms and conditions associated with and the grant
date schedule for each LTA), however, shall be determined annually by the Compensation
and Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors within ninety (90) days of the
beginning of each performance year. The annual LTAs shall vest only in the amounts
and on the terms and schedule approved by the Board, and based on accomplishment of
performance objectives set by the Board, shall be subject to the terms of an
individual grant award agreement which must be executed by Executive within a
reasonable amount of time following the grant as a condition of vesting the LTA and
shall vest post separation only in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement,
including those restrictive covenants set forth in Section 12 of this Agreement.

	 	7.3.2.	 	Executive agrees to abide by ACS’ minimum executive equity holding policies, as
those policies may be amended from time to time in the discretion of the Board.
Currently, the minimum equity holding requirement for Executive’s position is to
accumulate and hold a number of shares of ACS common stock, including both vested and
unvested Equity grants having a value of at least three (3) times Executive’s annual
Base Salary, within five (5) years of the date Executive started work with ACS.
Executive understands and accepts that the Board may modify these minimum holding
requirements in the future and agrees that any such future modifications of holding
requirements shall be binding on him.

	 	7.4.	 	Taxes and Withholding. All amounts paid to Executive or to Executive’s estate
or beneficiaries, whether in cash or equity compensation, shall be subject to applicable
payroll taxes and withholding as required by law, which shall be deducted from the cash
payment(s) or shares of stock or stock units, as the case may be, before payment to
Executive.

	 	7.5.	 	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that a
majority of the shareholders of the Company votes to disapprove: (i) any proposed employee
stock incentive plan (“Plan”) or amendment to or extension of any such Plan which is
necessary in order to continue awarding Equity grants to the Officers, Directors or
employees of ACS; (ii) the authorization of additional shares of Company stock necessary to
continue to provide Equity grants to the Officers, Directors or employees of ACS pursuant
to any such Plan; or (iii) an advisory vote on Executive’s compensation package; the
Parties shall promptly initiate good faith negotiations to amend this Agreement to take
into account the results of any of the above shareholder votes. If the Parties are unable
to reach agreement on an amendment that is satisfactory to both Parties within a reasonable
period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days, either Party may terminate this Agreement
thereafter upon thirty (30) days written Notice to the other Party, provided however, in
the event that this Agreement is terminated under this section, the Parties shall promptly
initiate good faith negotiations to resolve the amount, if any, of any severance payments
due to Executive.

	8.	 	Additional Benefits. During the Term of this Agreement, and in accordance with their
normal eligibility requirements, Executive shall be entitled to participate in other Company
benefit programs generally available to all or substantially all of ACS’ employees (excluding
participation in Equity compensation and cash incentive programs other than as provided for in
this Agreement) on no less favorable terms than are applicable to other Company executives,
including health and welfare benefits, paid leave, retirement benefits and 401k plans, and the
ACS employee stock purchase plan, all subject to the Board’s authority, from time to time, to
add to, modify, replace or discontinue these generally applicable employee benefit programs in
accordance with law. Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement of normal business expenses
in accordance with the Company’s applicable expense reimbursement policies and procedures and
shall be covered under ACS’ Directors and Officers insurance and corporate indemnification
policies, as they may be amended from time to time, and subject to the terms and conditions of
those respective plans and programs. Executive shall also receive an annual automobile
allowance, which shall be pro-rated in the first and last years of the Term. The Company
agrees to reimburse Executive for his reasonable legal and other professional fees actually
incurred with respect to the negotiation, and prior to the execution, of this Agreement, up to
a maximum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00), upon submission of adequate documentation
of such payments by Executive. Reimbursement for legal expenses shall be made promptly, and
no event later than March 15 of the year after the year in which this Agreement is executed by
both Parties.

	9.	 	Insurance. At ACS’ request, Executive shall cooperate with ACS in obtaining, at ACS’
expense, key-man life insurance policies on Executive’s life, with ACS to be the beneficiary
of any such policies. ACS’ inability to obtain such insurance due to the lack of insurability
of Executive shall not be a breach of this Agreement.

	10.	 	Termination of Employment. Upon termination of his service as President and CEO for
any reason, Executive shall also cease serving as a director of the Company; in such event,
Executive shall promptly execute and tender any documents that may be necessary to effectuate
his resignation from the Board. Termination of Executive’s employment with ACS may be by any
of the following means:

	 	10.1.	 	By ACS. ACS may terminate the employment of Executive at any time during the
Term of this Agreement, with or without Cause (as defined in Section 11.11.1 of this
Agreement), upon the giving of written Notice to Executive of such termination in
accordance with this Agreement. In the event of termination for Cause, the Company must
specify the reasons for the termination in the written Notice provided to Executive.

	 	10.2.	 	By Executive. Executive may terminate his employment with ACS at any time
during the Term of this Agreement, whether for Good Reason or otherwise, upon the giving of
written Notice of his resignation in accordance with this Agreement.

	 	10.3.	 	Upon Retirement. Executive is eligible to terminate his employment by
Retirement upon the giving of written Notice as provided in this Agreement, at any time he
is eligible for Retirement as that term is defined in Section 11.11.5 of this Agreement.

	 	10.4.	 	Upon Death or Disability. This Agreement and Executive’s employment with ACS
shall terminate immediately upon the Board’s determination of Death or Disability of
Executive, as those terms are defined in this Agreement; provided, if Executive is disabled
and unable to perform the normal duties of his position for any period longer than sixty
(60) days, the Board, in its discretion, may require Executive’s title, duties and
responsibilities to be reassigned to and performed by another individual for any period of
time during which Executive remains disabled, and such reassignment shall not be considered
Good Reason for Executive to resign under this Agreement.

	 	10.5.	 	Notice of Termination. For a termination of employment for which the Notice
requirements are specifically set forth in this Agreement (e.g. subsection
11.11.1—Termination for Cause, or subsection 11.5.2—Resignation for Good Reason), the
Notice requirements of the applicable section shall govern. For all other terminations of
employment (other than termination for Death or Disability, which is provided for in
Section 10.4 hereof, written Notice of the termination of employment shall be provided by
ACS or the Executive, whichever initiates the termination. The Notice required by this
section 10.5 shall be given at least thirty (30) days in advance of the termination by the
Party initiating the termination, during which period Executive’s employment and provision
of services will continue; provided, however, that ACS may excuse Executive from any or all
of his duties during the Notice period, without changing the date on which the Executive’s
employment terminates or reducing the Executive’s compensation for the remainder of the
Notice period.

	 	10.6	 	Cooperation during transition. Upon Notice of the non-renewal or other
termination of Executive’s employment or this Agreement for any reason, Executive shall
provide transition assistance to the Company as is reasonably requested by the Board for a
period not to exceed six (6) months from the date of termination of his employment.
Executive further agrees that, notwithstanding the termination of his employment, he will
continue to reasonably cooperate with the Company in response to reasonable requests for
information, affidavits, depositions, testimony or other assistance concerning matters
involving the business, or in connection with any regulatory or other reviews or
investigations, or the defense or prosecution or any claims, which relate to actions or
events taking place while Executive was employed by the Company in which he was involved.
Executive shall be reasonably compensated for his time (not to exceed $300 per hour) and
receive reimbursement for expenses, including without limitation lost compensation and
reasonable out-of-pocket travel, hotel and meal expenses incurred in connection with
providing such transition assistance and cooperation at the Company’s request. Executive
agrees that such cooperation shall be provided without the necessity of any subpoenas.

	11.	 	Severance Benefits.

	 	11.1.	 	Section 409A. For purposes of this Agreement, any installment payments or
equity grants in installments shall constitute separate payments for purposes of Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”). To the extent possible, payments under
this Agreement are intended to qualify as short-term deferrals or as payments under a
separation pay plan, as described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(4) and
-1(b)(9). To the extent Section 409A applies to any payment under this Agreement, this
Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall be interpreted, applied, operated and
administered in a manner consistent with such intentions, so as to avoid subjecting
Executive to any additional tax or accelerated income recognition under Section 409A.
Except with respect to any amounts that may qualify as short-term deferrals, no Severance
Benefits that are payable under this Agreement on account of the Executive’s termination of
employment shall be paid unless such termination constitutes a “separation from service,”
as that term is defined in applicable Treasury regulations issued under Section 409A.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of the
Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, Executive is a “Specified
Employee,” as determined by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and
the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as
a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated
or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the
commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any
reduction in the payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until
the date that is at least six (6) months following the Executive’s termination of
employment with the Company (or the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the
Code), whereupon the Company will pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the
cumulative amounts that would have otherwise been previously paid to the Executive under
this Agreement during the period in which such payments or benefits were deferred (without
interest). Thereafter, any remaining payments will resume in accordance with this
Agreement.

	 	11.2.	 	General. The severance payments and benefits provided for under this Section
11 (“Severance Benefits”) shall be the only Severance Benefits to which Executive is
entitled under this Agreement. Executive understands and agrees that, except as set forth
in Section 11.3 below, no Severance Benefits shall be paid if his employment terminates in
accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement on January 31, 2014 or such later date to which
the Term of his employment may be extended under Section 5 hereof. Upon termination of
employment, Executive shall not be eligible for any Cash Incentive or other bonus
compensation which has not been paid or, in the case of equity awards, have not vested or
been exercised, as the case may be, prior to the date of termination of his employment,
except as specifically provided in this Section 11. Except to the extent that it would
cause a violation of Section 409A of the Code, ACS may offset against any Severance
Benefits which may be owing to Executive any amounts then owed by Executive to the Company.
Executive acknowledges and agrees that his entitlement to any Severance Benefits is
conditioned upon Executive’s execution, timely delivery and non-revocation of a general
release in favor of ACS in the form set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto, which ACS
shall tender to Executive within ten (10) days after termination of his employment and
Executive shall sign and deliver to ACS not later than thirty (30) days after his receipt
of the general release from the Company or such other period as required by law. Severance
Benefits under this Agreement shall be paid on the last day of the sixty (60) day period
following Executive’s termination of employment. Executive’s failure to execute the
general release provided for herein within the thirty-day (30) day period provided in this
Agreement or his revocation of a previously executed release pursuant the terms of that
release, shall result in Executive’s forfeiture of all Severance Benefits to which he would
otherwise be entitled under this Agreement.

	 	11.3.	 	Termination in accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement. In the event
Executive’s employment terminates at the end of the Term, including any extension thereof,
ACS shall pay Executive all of the following:

	 	11.3.1.	 	a Cash Incentive payment for the prior full performance year of Executive’s
employment, if Cash Incentive for such prior performance year is unpaid as of the
date of termination of Executive’s employment in the subsequent year, with the amount
to be based on the Committee’s determination of achievement of annual performance
Objectives which were set by the Committee for such prior performance year;

	 	11.3.2.	 	vesting of any outstanding LTAs on the following basis: (1) continued vesting of
time vested awards that are scheduled to vest during subsequent periods; and (2)
continued vesting during subsequent periods, subject to the satisfaction of the
applicable performance conditions established under the terms of the awards, of
performance-based awards that vest in subsequent periods; and

	 	11.3.3.	 	a relocation payment as set forth in subsection 11.5.1(v) of this Agreement.

	 	11.4	 	Termination for Cause and Resignation without Good Reason. Executive shall
not be entitled to receive any Severance Benefits under this Agreement in the event
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for “Cause” or Executive resigns from
his position without “Good Reason,” as those terms are defined in this Agreement. In such
event, Executive shall be paid his normal Base Salary prorated to the date of termination
of his employment, minus any applicable taxes or other withholding, and shall be entitled
only to any standard employee benefits under generally applicable employee benefits plans
for which he is eligible upon termination (but excluding any payments provided for upon
termination at the expiration of the Term or extended Term under Section 11.3 of this
Agreement). Executive shall not be entitled or deemed to have earned any Cash Incentive or
bonus compensation payment for work performed during the calendar year in which the
termination occurs. Executive shall not be entitled to and shall not receive any equity
awards that otherwise might vest after the date of his termination, and all unvested and
unexercised equity awards shall be forfeited immediately upon termination of his
employment.

	 	11.5	 	Resignation for Good Reason.

	 	11.5.1	 	Executive shall be entitled to the following Severance Benefits upon his
resignation for Good Reason:

	 	(i)	 	two times (2x) Executive’s annual Base Salary in effect
at the time of the termination of his employment, payable in a lump sum;
provided, such payment shall be made promptly by ACS in accordance with this
Agreement, and in no event later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days
after the effective date of such termination, or (ii) March 15 of the year
following the year of termination of Executive’s employment;

	 	(ii)	 	a Cash Incentive payment based on achievement of annual
performance Objectives set by the Committee, as determined by the Committee,
consisting of: (a) a CI payment for the prior full performance year of
Executive’s employment, if CI for such performance year is unpaid as of the
date of termination of his employment in the subsequent year; and (b) a CI
payment for the final partial year of Executive’s employment, which payment
shall be pro-rated based on the number of days in the final partial year
that Executive was employed by ACS compared to the total number of days in
the year. Any such CI payments shall be based on the level of achievement
of the applicable performance Objectives as determined by the Committee for
the relevant performance year and, unless otherwise required by Section 11.1
hereof, shall be made in the year following the performance year to which
the Cash Incentive payments relate at the time Cash Incentive payments are
made to other officers of the Company for the performance year(s) in
question.

	 	(iii)	 	vesting of any outstanding LTAs on the following basis:

(1) For any LTAs granted in 2013 or after, (A) continued vesting of time
vested awards that are scheduled to vest during subsequent periods, and (B)
continued vesting during subsequent periods, subject to the satisfaction of
the applicable performance conditions established under the terms of the
awards, of performance-based awards that are scheduled to vest in subsequent
periods;

(2) For any LTAs granted in 2011 or 2012, continued vesting generally in
accordance with the terms of the equity award agreements which have been
executed by Executive, except that the amount of stock which shall vest in
each case shall be pro-rated based on the Committee’s determination of the
Company’s performance measured against any previously-established performance
Objectives, if applicable to the award, as of the date of termination of
Executive’s employment, and the remainder of such awards, if any, shall be
forfeited;

(3) Any LTAs granted prior to 2011shall vest only in accordance with the
terms of the applicable plan and award agreement previously executed by
Executive.

	 	(iv)	 	as additional taxable severance pay, monthly payments for
up to one (1) year equal to monthly federal medical COBRA premiums actually
paid by Executive for continuing medical insurance coverage for him and his
family after termination of employment (less the standard employee
contribution amount and required tax withholding); provided, to receive each
monthly payment, Executive must promptly provide adequate documentation of
COBRA payments actually paid (unless ACS waives this requirement). Payments
are to be made promptly by ACS in accordance with this Agreement, and in no
event later than March 15 of the year after the year in which the expense
was incurred, except that in the event Executive is eligible for comparable
medical benefits coverage within the one (1) year period, he must promptly
notify the Company of the start date of the replacement coverage, and
payments under this subsection 11.5.1(iv) shall cease as of the date
replacement coverage is secured;

	 	(v)	 	a relocation payment of up to fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00) for reimbursement of customary relocation expenses and
reimbursement of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for realtor
commissions associated with the sale of the Executive’s principal residence,
as documented by receipts submitted by Executive within twelve (12) months
of the termination of Executive’s employment (and expressly excluding
reimbursement on any loss on sale of Executive’s residence); provided, this
relocation benefit shall not apply: (a) if Executive accepts employment with
another company during the Term of this Agreement or within ninety (90) days
following the termination of his employment with ACS; or (b) Executive’s new
principal place of employment is not more than sixty (60) miles from the
Company’s principal headquarters offices in Anchorage, Alaska. Payments
under this Section 11.5.1(v) are to be made promptly by ACS, and in no
event later than March 15 of the year after the year in which the expense
was incurred.

	 	11.5.2	 	For an event to be deemed Good Reason for Executive’s resignation, it must have
occurred within the last sixty (60) days prior to Executive giving of the written
Notice required under this subsection 11.5.2; otherwise it will no longer be
considered to be Good Reason under this Agreement. Executive must give the Company
at least thirty (30) days written Notice of resignation for Good Reason under this
Agreement. The Notice must describe the Good Reason{s) with adequate specificity,
and the Company, in its discretion, may cure the reason(s) within the thirty (30)
day Notice period, in which case Executive no longer has Good Reason to resign. Upon
receipt of Executive’s Notice of resignation, the Company, in its discretion, may
waive the thirty (30) day Notice period, and terminate Executive’s employment
effective immediately, preserving for subsequent resolution whether Good Reason for
the resignation has been shown, provided, however, that if all or part of the notice
period is waived by the Company, the Company shall pay Executive a lump sum amount
equal to his regular Base Salary for the remainder of the thirty (30) days Notice
period.

	 	11.6	 	Termination without Cause. In the event of the involuntary termination of
Executive by the Company without Cause (as “Cause” is defined in Section 11.11.1 of this
Agreement), Executive shall be entitled to the same Severance Benefits as set forth in
Section 11.5 of this Agreement, above, in respect to his resignation with Good Reason.

	 	11.7	 	Change in Control Termination. Executive is entitled to Change in Control
Severance Benefits only if ACS or a successor entity terminates Executive’s employment on
an involuntary basis without Cause (other than a termination for Death or Disability or a
non-renewal of the Agreement by ACS under Section 5 of this Agreement), or Executive
terminates his employment for Good Reason, either of which occurs within four (4) months
before or two (2) years after a Change in Control event, as that term is defined in this
Agreement. In such event, Change in Control Severance Benefits shall be paid to Executive
in the following amounts (and in lieu of the amounts described in Section 11.5 and 11.6):

	 	11.7.1	 	two times (2x) the amount described in Section 11.5(i); provided, (A) one-half
of such payment shall be made promptly by ACS in accordance with this Agreement, and
in no event later than the earlier of (i) ninety days after the effective date of
such termination or (ii) March 15 of the year following the year of termination of
Executive’s employment, and (B) one-half of such payment shall be made promptly by
ACS in accordance with this Agreement, and in no event later than the later of (x)
the date described in subclause A of this Section 11.7.1 or (y) thirty days after the
effective date of the Change in Control;

	 	11.7.2	 	a Cash Incentive payment for any amounts which remain unpaid by ACS as of the
date of termination of Executive’s employment for: (i) his Cash Incentive for the
last full performance year of employment prior to the year in which the termination
of Executive’s employment occurs, which amount is to be determined by the Committee
based on the achievement of performance objectives applicable to that last full
performance year; and (ii) a pro-rated amount of the target CI set by the Committee
for the final partial year of Executive’s employment, which payment shall be
pro-rated based on the number of days in the final partial year that Executive was
employed by ACS or a successor entity compared to the total number of days in the
year. Payments under this Section 11.7.2 are to be made promptly by ACS in
accordance with this Agreement, and in no event later than March 15 of the year
following the year of termination of Executive’s employment under this Section 11.7;

	 	11.7.3	 	accelerated full vesting of LTAs made to Executive in 2011 or after which are
unvested as of the date of termination of Executive’s employment, in accordance with
the terms of the equity award agreements that have been executed by Executive in
regard to each grant; notwithstanding the foregoing, LTAs granted before 2011 shall
vest only in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement;

	 	11.7.4	 	as additional taxable severance pay, monthly payments for up to eighteen (18)
months equal to federal medical COBRA premiums actually paid by Executive for
continuing medical insurance coverage for him and his family (less the standard
employee contribution amount and required tax withholding); provided, to receive each
monthly payment, Executive must promptly provide adequate documentation of COBRA
payments actually made (unless ACS waives this requirement). If Executive is not yet
eligible for comparable medical benefits at the end of the eighteen (18) month
period, monthly payments shall continue for an additional six (6) months at the
average monthly rate paid during the preceding eighteen (18) months (for a total of
twenty-four (24) months’ payments). Payments under this Section 11.7.4 are to be made
promptly by ACS, and in no event later than March 15 of the year after the year in
which the expense was incurred, except that in the event Executive is eligible for
comparable medical benefits coverage within the twenty-four (24) month period, he
must promptly notify the Company of the beginning date of the replacement coverage,
and payments under this subsection 11.7.4 shall cease as of the date replacement
coverage was secured;

	 	11.7.5	 	a relocation payment of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for
reimbursement of customary relocation expenses and reimbursement of up to fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000) for realtor commissions associated with the sale of the
Executive’s principal residence, as documented by receipts submitted by Executive to
ACS within twelve (12) months of the termination of Executive’s employment (and
expressly excluding reimbursement on any loss on the sale of Executive’s residence);
provided, that this relocation benefit shall not apply: (i) if Executive accepts
employment with another company during the term of this Agreement or within ninety
(90) days following termination of his employment with ACS; or (ii) Executive’s new
principal place of employment is not more than sixty (60) miles from Company’s
principal headquarters offices in Anchorage, Alaska. Payments under this Section
11.7.5 are to be made promptly by ACS, and in no event later than March 15 of the
year after the year in which the expense was incurred.

	 	11.8	 	Limitation on Payments. If it is determined that any payment or benefit
provided to or for the benefit of Executive (a “Payment”), whether paid or payable or
distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, would be
subject to the excise tax imposed by Code section 4999, or any interest or penalties with
respect to such excise tax (such excise tax together with any such interest and penalties,
shall be referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the following provisions (Section 11.8.1
through 11.8.6, below) shall apply.

	 	11.8.1	 	The Company shall calculate the following:

	 	(i)	 	Executive’s Net After-Tax Benefit (as defined in 11.8.2
below) assuming that Payments to the Executive are reduced to the extent
necessary so that no portion thereof shall be subject to the Excise Tax (the
“4999 Limit”).

	 	(ii)	 	Executive’s Net After-Tax Benefit without application of
the 4999 Limit.

	 	11.8.2	 	“Net After-Tax Benefit” shall mean the sum of (i) all payments that Executive
receives or is entitled to receive that are contingent on a change in the ownership
or effective control of the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of
the assets of the Company within the meaning of Code section 280G(b)(2), less
(ii) the amount of federal, state, local, employment, and Excise Tax (if any) imposed
with respect to such Payments.

	 	11.8.3	 	In the event the amount in 11.8.1(i) is greater than the amount in 11.8.1(ii),
Executive shall receive Payments only up to the 4999 Limit. Reductions in Payments
shall be made in the following order:

	 	(i)	 	lump sum Payments under 11.5.1(i) or 11.7.1;

	 	(ii)	 	COBRA Payments under 11.5.1(iv) or 11.7.4, with the
reduction made in the order such Payments are paid, starting with the first
paid;

	 	(iii)	 	cash incentive payments under 11.5.1(ii) or 11.7.2, with
the reduction made in the order that such payments are due, starting with
the first to be paid; and

	 	(iv)	 	relocation payments under 11.5.1(v) or 11.7.5.

	 	11.8.4	 	In the event the amount in 11.8.1(ii) is greater than the amount in 11.8.1(i),
then Executive shall be entitled to receive all such Payments, and shall be solely
liable for any and all Excise Tax with respect to such Payments.

	 	11.8.5	 	The determinations required to be made under this Section 11.8 shall be made by
the public accounting firm that is retained by the Company as of the date immediately
prior to the Change in Control (the “Accounting Firm”) which shall provide detailed
supporting calculations both to the Company and Executive within fifteen (15)
business days of the receipt of notice from the Company or Executive that Payments
are due under this Agreement, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) the Board shall determine prior to
the Change in Control that the Accounting Firm is precluded from performing such
services under applicable auditor independence rules or (ii) the Audit Committee of
the Board determines that it does not want the Accounting Firm to perform such
services because of auditor independence concerns or (iii) the Accounting Firm is
serving as accountant or auditor for the person(s) effecting the Change in Control,
the Board shall appoint another nationally certified public accounting firm to make
the determinations required hereunder (which accounting firm shall then be referred
to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees, costs and expenses (including, but
not limited to, the costs of retaining experts) of the Accounting Firm shall be borne
by the Company. The determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the
Company and Executive (except as provided in Section 11.8.6 below). If payments are
reduced to the 4999 Limit or the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is
payable by Executive without a reduction in Payments, the Company shall fulfill its
withholding and reporting obligations in a manner consistent with a determination
that the Executive is not required to report any Excise Tax on the Executive’s
federal income tax return.  

	 	11.8.6	 	If it is established pursuant to a final determination of a court or an
Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) proceeding which has been finally and
conclusively resolved, that Payments have been made to, or provided for the benefit
of, Executive by the Company, which are in excess of the limitations provided in this
Section 11.8 (referred to hereinafter as an “Excess Payment”), Executive shall repay
the Excess Payment to the Company on demand, together with interest on the Excess
Payment at the applicable federal rate (as defined in Section 1274(d) of the Code)
from the date of Executive’s receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such
repayment. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the
Code at the time of the determination, it is possible that Payments which will not
have been made by the Company should have been made (an “Underpayment”), consistent
with the calculations required to be made under this Section. In the event that it
is determined (i) by the Accounting Firm, the Company (which shall include the
position taken by the Company, or together with its consolidated group, on its
federal income tax return) or the IRS or (ii) pursuant to a determination by a court,
that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount equal to such
Underpayment to Executive within ten (10) days of such determination together with
interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate from the date such amount
would have been paid to Executive until the date of Payment, provided that any such
Underpayment shall constitute a payment (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)) separate and apart from the Payments; and provided, further,
that any such Underpayment shall be deemed a disputed payment (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(g)). Executive shall cooperate, to the extent
the Executive’s expenses are reimbursed by the Company, with any reasonable requests
by the Company in connection with any contests or disputes with the IRS in connection
with the Excise Tax or the determination of the Excess Payment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that amounts payable under this Agreement were reduced
pursuant to this Section 11.8 and the value of the Payments is subsequently
re-determined by the Accounting Firm within the context of Treasury Regulation
§1.280G-1 Q/A 33 that reduces the value attributable to such Payments, the Company
shall promptly pay to Executive any amounts Payable under this Agreement that were
not previously paid solely as a result of this Section 11.8, subject to the 4999
Limit.

	 	11.9	 	Retirement. Executive is not entitled to any Severance Benefits upon
termination of his employment due to his “Retirement,” as that term is defined in this
Agreement. Upon his Retirement, Executive shall be entitled to retirement benefits as
provided in any applicable Company retirement benefits plan, as such plan may be amended
from time to time or replaced. Executive shall not be entitled to any Cash Incentive or
other bonus compensation which is unpaid as of the date of his termination of employment
due to Retirement, nor to the vesting (or exercise, in the case of stock options or
appreciation rights) of any LTAs, except as provided in the terms of the award agreements
executed by Executive in regard to each LTA grant, or as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement. If after retirement Executive accepts employment with or becomes “related
to or connected with” a Competitor, as set forth in Section 12.1 hereof, any unvested or
unexercised equity awards to which he would otherwise be entitled shall be forfeited as of
the date of Executive’s acceptance of such employment or other relationship or connection
to any such Competitor. Executive shall promptly notify ACS in writing of his acceptance
of employment or other engagement by a Competitor which affects unvested or unexercised
equity awards under this Section 11.9.

	 	11.10	 	Death or Disability Benefits. Executive (or his estate) is not entitled to
any Severance Benefits upon termination of his employment due to his “Death or Disability,”
as those terms are defined in this Agreement, but rather is entitled to the benefits set
forth in this Section. Death or Disability shall not be considered Good Reason to resign
under this Agreement. Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company
immediately in the event of Executive’s Death or Disability. However, ACS shall be
obligated to pay Executive (or his estate): (1) his Base Salary prorated to the date of
Death or cessation of active work due to Disability: (2) a Cash Incentive payment for the
last full performance year prior to the year in which the Death or Disability occurs only
if such CI is unpaid as of the date of termination of employment; provided, the amount to
be paid shall be based on the Committee’s determination of achievement of performance
objectives set by the Committee for that performance year; and (3) a partial Cash Incentive
payment based on the Committee’s determination of the achievement of performance objectives
in the last partial year of active employment, and pro-rated based on the amount of active
work time contributed by Executive during the final partial performance year, compared to
the total number of days in the year. Subject to Section 11.1 hereof, any such payment is
to be made at the time Cash Incentive payments are made to other officers of the Company
for the performance year(s) in question. Executive (or his estate) shall also be entitled
to vesting of any outstanding LTAs on the following basis:

	 	(i)	 	For any LTAs granted in 2013 or after, (A) immediate vesting of
time vested awards that are scheduled to vest during subsequent periods, and
(B) continued vesting during subsequent periods, subject to the satisfaction of
the applicable performance conditions established under the terms of the
awards, of performance-based awards that are scheduled to vest in subsequent
periods;

	 	(ii)	 	for any LTAs granted in 2011 or 2012, continued vesting
generally in accordance with the terms of the equity award agreements which
have been executed by Executive, except that the amount of stock which shall
vest in each case shall be pro-rated based on the Committee’s determination of
the Company’s performance measured against any previously-established
performance Objectives, if applicable to the award, as of the date of
termination of Executive’s employment, and the remainder of such awards, if
any, shall be forfeited; and

	 	(iii)	 	Any LTAs granted prior to 2011 shall vest only in accordance
with the terms of the applicable plan and award agreement previously executed
by Executive.

	 	11.11	 	Definitions. In this Agreement, the terms listed below shall have the
following meanings:

	 	11.11.1	 	“Cause” means:

	 	(i)	 	Executive willfully or intentionally fails to perform his
assigned duties or comply with lawful directions from the Board, or knowingly
makes a material misrepresentation to the Board; or

	 	(ii)	 	Executive commits fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement
against ACS;

	 	(iii)	 	Executive engages in willful misconduct adverse to ACS or
any of its Officers, employees, agents, customers or vendors; provided, that
no act or omission shall be considered willful misconduct if it was undertaken
in good faith and based on an objectively reasonable interpretation of the
Company’s policies or procedures; or

	 	(iv)	 	Executive knowingly does something illegal, unethical, or
dishonest in his work, which includes improprieties arising out of omissions
(for example, a failure to report material information), unless such act or
omission is demonstrably due an inadvertent error which has only nominal
consequences for the Company; or

	 	(v)	 	Executive is found guilty or pleads guilty or “no-contest”
to any felony or a misdemeanor involving theft, dishonesty, fraud or moral
turpitude;

	 	(vi)	 	Executive commits gross misfeasance or gross nonfeasance in
the performance of the responsibilities of his position and such conduct
materially harms the Company; or

	 	(vii)	 	Executive breaches a material term of this Agreement or a
fiduciary duty owed to the Company, the Board of Directors, or the
stockholders.

The Committee shall provide Executive with written Notice of the existence of Cause and,
if susceptible of correction, an opportunity to correct the deficiency within thirty (30)
days; provided, however, that only one such correction opportunity shall be provided to
Executive in any six-month period for the same kind of deficiency; and provided further,
that where ACS has suffered or may suffer immediate and grave harm from Executive’s
continuation in his position, he may be removed from his position for Cause on less than
thirty (30) days Notice and without advance warning.

	 	11.11.2	 	“Change in Control” means:

	 	(i)	 	The Company consummates any corporate transaction or
series of related transactions, of a reorganization, merger or consolidation
(“Business Combination”), unless following the Business Combination the
“Persons” who were the “beneficial owners” (as these terms are defined in
this Section 11.11.2) of outstanding voting securities of the Company
immediately prior to such Business Combination continue to beneficially own
over 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company
or such successor entity outstanding immediately after such Business
Combination in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial
ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately
prior to such Business Combination;

	 	(ii)	 	The acquisition by any individual, entity, or group (within
the meaning of Sections 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) of “beneficial
ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act) of more than 30% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then
outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, other than any acquisition (a) directly from, or by, the Company,
including but not limited to a repurchase of common stock by the Company,
except for a repurchase in conjunction with a stockholder’s acquisition of
additional shares; (b) by a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

	 	(iii)	 	During any period of two (2) years or less, the
individual directors of the Board as of the Effective Date of this Agreement
(the “Incumbent Directors”) cease to constitute at least two-thirds of the
Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 11.2, any new
director (other than a new director elected or appointed as a result of a
threatened or actual proxy contest, who shall not be considered an Incumbent
Director) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved by at least two-thirds of the Incumbent
Directors then still in office or who were directors at the beginning of such
two (2) year period shall be considered an Incumbent Director.; or

	 	(iv)	 	Approval by the stockholders of a complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of termination of Executive’s
employment by the Company in connection with a Change in Control described in
this subsection 11.11.2(iv), Executive shall be entitled to receive only
those Severance Benefits provided for in Section 11.6 of this Agreement for
“Termination without Cause;” or

	 	(v)	 	The sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
ACS (including those of the Company’s subsidiaries).

In no event shall the sale of the Company’s stock to the public by the Company pursuant to
a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission constitute a
Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement.

	 	11.11.3	 	“Death or Disability” means:

	 	(i)	 	Executive is dead, declared dead, or is missing and his
whereabouts unknown for three (3) consecutive months; or

	 	(ii)	 	Executive becomes physically or mentally incapacitated
and is unable to perform the normal duties of his position for at least six
(6) consecutive months during any one (1) year period, not limited to a
calendar year. If the Parties disagree about whether Executive is disabled,
ACS shall obtain an independent physician’s opinion. Executive’s refusal or
failure to submit to an examination by a physician selected by the Company
and reasonably acceptable to Executive shall be conclusive evidence of
Executive’s Disability.

	 	11.11.4	 	“Good Reason” means the Company:

	 	(i)	 	reduces Executive’s Base Salary or target annual Cash
Incentive payment without Executive’s consent;

	 	(ii)	 	significantly reduces Executive’s other benefits (unless
the reduction applies to substantially all other executive officers or
substantially all full-time employees of the Company);

	 	(iii)	 	removes Executive as President and CEO without Cause or
significantly reduces Executive’s authority, duties or responsibilities
in the Company;

	 	(iv)	 	requires Executive to work primarily out of an office
more that sixty (60) miles from Executive’s principal location of employment
or relocates Executive’s principal location of employment more than sixty
(60) miles, in each case without Executive’s consent; or

	 	(v)	 	breaches a material obligation ACS owes to Executive
under this Agreement.

	 	11.11.5	 	Eligibility for “Retirement” means Executive is either (i) 65 years old; or (ii)
is 58 and has been employed continuously by ACS for more than fifteen (15) years.

	 	11.	 	12 Officer Severance Policy. For clarity, the Parties acknowledge and agree
that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the 2010 ACS Officer Severance
Policy, the Officer Severance Policy does not apply to Executive and has no applicability
to or effect upon this Agreement.

	12.	 	Restrictive Covenants.

	 	12.1.	 	Non-Competition. Executive agrees that he will not, directly or indirectly,
during his employment with ACS, and for a period of two (2) years after termination of his
employment with ACS for any reason or for so long as Executive has outstanding unvested
LTAs, whichever is longer, be an officer or director of, or be employed by, contract or
consult with, or otherwise perform services for, own, manage, operate, join, control or
participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or be related to or
connected with (as defined below), in any manner (collectively “engaged by”), any
Competitor of ACS, as that term is defined herein. A “Competitor” shall include any person
or entity which, directly or via partnership, affiliation, or similar business arrangement,
competes with ACS or produces, markets, distributes or otherwise derives benefits from the
production, marketing or distribution of products or services which compete with the
products or services being marketed by ACS at the time of Executive’s termination of
employment, or for new products or services that are marketed after Executive’s separation
from the Company but which Executive was involved in preparing for the market, within the
significant markets served by ACS at the time of termination of Executive’s employment.
Executive shall be deemed to be “related to or connected with” a Competitor if such
Competitor is (a) a partnership in which he is a general or limited partner or employee;
(b) a corporation or association of which he is a member, employee, consultant or agent;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent Executive from the purchase or
ownership of shares which constitute less than five percent of the outstanding equity of a
publicly held corporation, if Executive has no other relationship with such corporation.

	 	12.2.	 	Non-Solicitation. Executive agrees that during his employment by ACS and for
a period of one (1) year after the date upon which his employment with ACS terminates for
any reason or for so long as Executive has outstanding unvested LTAs, whichever is longer,
he shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, influence or entice, or attempt to
solicit, influence or entice, any officer, employee, agent, contractor, consultant,
partner, joint venture, supplier or customer of ACS to terminate his or her employment with
ACS or to cease its business relationship with ACS; or (ii) solicit, influence, entice or
in any way divert any officer, employee, agent, contractor, customer, potential customer,
distributor, partner, joint venture or supplier of ACS to do business or in any way become
associated with any Competitor of ACS.

	 	12.3.	 	Non-Disparagement. Each party agrees that during Executive’s employment by
ACS and at all times thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, neither will make any
statement, whether oral, written, or electronic, regarding the other or any aspect of ACS’s
business, including but not limited to, its finances, business strategy or plans, customers
or potential customers, directors, officers or employees (including Executive), that is
unfavorable to or which disparages Executive or ACS or which adversely affects Executive’s
or Company’s standing or reputation with the public or in the telecommunications industry.

	 	12.4.	 	Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure. Executive acknowledges that, in the
course of employment with the Company, he has had and will continue to have access to and
learn confidential information. Confidential information includes, but is not limited to
information about the Company’s customers and potential customers, customer data, pricing
and other terms and conditions under which the Company deals with customers or other
companies, pricing and other information related to the purchase or sale of company stock,
assets or products, financing and securitization arrangements, research materials, manuals,
computer programs, systems, formulas, data, techniques, network maps, technical
information, trade secrets, product development information, marketing plans and tactics,
lists of suppliers and suppliers’ terms and pricing, the processes and practices of the
Company and any competitor companies, financial information, information prepared for or
generated by the ACS Board of Directors, wages and salary information, labor agreements,
personnel information, and any other information designated by the Company as confidential
or that Executive knows or should know is confidential information, including the
confidential information of third parties, information subject to non-disclosure or
confidentiality agreements, and all other proprietary information of the Company
(collectively “Confidential Information”). Executive acknowledges and agrees that all
Confidential Information is and shall continue to be the exclusive property of the Company,
whether or not prepared in whole or in part by the Executive and whether or not disclosed
to or entrusted to the Executive in connection with his employment with the Company, and it
shall be returned to the Company upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason.
Executive agrees that during his employment with ACS and at all times thereafter, he shall
keep secret all Confidential Information and shall not disclose Confidential Information,
directly or indirectly, under any circumstances or by any means, to any third persons
without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive agrees that he will not copy,
transmit, reproduce, summarize, quote or make any commercial or other use whatsoever of
Confidential Information, except as may be necessary to perform work done by Executive for
the Company. Executive agrees to exercise the highest duty of care in safeguarding
Confidential Information against loss, theft or other inadvertent disclosure and agrees
generally to take all steps necessary or requested by the Company to ensure protection of
the confidentiality of the Confidential Information. Executive further agrees, in addition
to the specific covenants contained herein, to comply with all of the Company’s policies
and procedures, as well as all applicable laws, for the protection of Confidential
Information.

	 	12.5.	 	Clawback Requirement. Upon written Notice by the Board of Directors or any
Committee of the Board to Executive describing a repayment obligation and amount owed under
this Section 12.5, Executive shall be required to return to or reimburse the Company for
any amount of Cash Incentive or bonus payment, any equity award made (or the value
thereof), the profits realized from the sale of securities of the Corporation, or any
Severance Benefit or payment, as the case may be, that was provided to Executive on the
basis financial results later found to require an accounting restatement as set forth in
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (15 U.S.C. 7243) or Section 954
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 78j-4)
or their implementing regulations (as the same may be adopted or amended in the future);
provided, the reimbursement required by this Section 12.5 shall be for the time periods as
set forth in each relevant statute, above, and, provided further, that any clawback policy
adopted by the Company may be modified subsequently by the Company to the extent necessary
to comply with any applicable law, regulation or exchange listing standard, without the
necessity that this Agreement be amended or that Executive consent to the application of
such policy. In addition, Executive shall be required to return to or reimburse the
Company for any Severance Benefits received under this Agreement if the Company
subsequently discovers any actions or omissions by Executive prior to termination of his
employment which would have warranted his termination for Cause under this Agreement, or
any action by Executive subsequent to the termination of his employment which constitutes a
breach of the restrictive covenants in this Section 12. Executive agrees to promptly
(within thirty (30) days of written Notice from the Company) make any such repayment owed
to ACS. This clawback requirement shall apply during Executive’s Term of employment and
shall survive the termination of his employment and this Agreement, regardless of
Executive’s employment status at the time the error is discovered.

	 	12.6.	 	Corporate Governance and Compliance. At all times during his employment with
ACS, Executive agrees to abide and be bound by the provisions of the ACS Articles of
Incorporation, its Bylaws, all resolutions and other decisions of the Board of Directors,
its Chairman, and Committees of the Board, within the lawful scope of their authority,
governing statutes, regulations, Corporate Governance Principles, as approved by the Board,
and the ACS Corporate Compliance Program Manual (including its appendices). Executive
acknowledges and accepts that these documents may be amended from time to time in the
future, and that such documents and any such future amendments, shall be deemed to be
specifically incorporated into this Agreement and shall be applicable to and binding on
Executive at all times under this Agreement.

	13.	 	Equitable Relief. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of Section
12 of this Agreement are essential to ACS, that ACS would not enter into this Agreement if it
did not include said Section 12, that a violation of Section 12 would constitute a material
breach of this Agreement, and that the damages sustained by ACS as a result of Executive’s
breach of Section 12 of this Agreement cannot be adequately remedied solely by an award of
money damages. Therefore, Executive agrees that, in addition to any other remedy the Company
may have under this Agreement or at law, ACS shall be entitled to injunctive and other
equitable relief to prevent or halt any breach or threatened breach of Section 12 of the
Agreement by Executive.

	14.	 	Effect of Violation. Executive and ACS acknowledge and agree that additional good
and sufficient compensation has been provided to Executive in exchange for his agreement to
the provisions of Sections 12 of this Agreement. Therefore, in addition the Company’s
remedies in equity and at law, Executive’s material violation of Section 12 of this Agreement
shall relieve ACS of any obligation it may have to pay any Cash Incentive compensation,
bonuses or Severance Benefits that may otherwise be owing but unpaid to Executive, and ACS may
cancel any unvested rights to shares of Company stock, but these actions by ACS shall not
relieve Executive of his obligations under this Agreement.

	15.	 	Intellectual Property. Any and all inventions, discoveries, ideas, improvements,
creations, works of authorship, or other intellectual property, whether or not patentable or
copyrightable (“Intellectual Property”), made or conceived by Executive during his employment
with the Company, shall be and at all times remain exclusively the property of ACS. Executive
hereby assigns to the Company all of his rights to any such Intellectual Property and agrees
to promptly disclose any such Intellectual Property in writing to the Company. Executive
further agrees to execute and assign any and all proper applications, assignments and other
documents and to render all assistance reasonably necessary to obtain patent, copyright or
trademark protection for any such Intellectual Property in ACS’ name.

	16.	 	Representations and Warranties. Executive represents and warrants that he is not a
party to nor bound by any other agreement or arrangement that would in any manner conflict
with or impede his execution or performance of this Agreement, or his performance of any
duties imposed upon Executive by ACS’ Articles of Incorporation, its Bylaws, Corporate
Governance Principles, Corporate Compliance Program, or any corporate or other statutory or
common law.

	17.	 	Insurance and Indemnity. The Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, include
Executive during the Term of this Agreement under any directors and officers’ liability
insurance policies maintained for its directors and officers, with coverage at least as
favorable to the Executive in amount and other material respects as the coverage provided
other directors and officers covered thereby, as such insurance policies may be amended from
time to time. The Company’s obligation to provide insurance and indemnify the Executive under
the terms of such policies shall survive expiration or termination of this Agreement with
respect to proceedings or threatened proceedings based on acts or omissions of the Executive
occurring during the Executive’s employment with ACS.

	18.	 	Notice. Whenever Notice, demands and other communications to a Party are provided
for in this Agreement, such Notice shall be given in writing, addressed to Executive or the
Board of Directors of ACS, as the case may be, with a copy of each such Notice provided to the
General Counsel of ACS. Notice under this Agreement shall be considered effective when
actually delivered by hand, overnight courier service or first class mail, return receipt
requested to the addresses provided herein, or to such other address as any Party shall have
furnished in writing to the other Party in the same manner as required by this Section 18.

Notice to the Board of Directors of ACS shall be provided to:

	 	 	 	Board of Directors

	 	 	 	Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.

	 	600	 	Telephone Avenue, MS 65

	 	 	 	Anchorage, Alaska 9950

	 	 	 	with a copy to the ACS General Counsel at the same address.

Notice to Executive shall be provided to the following address:

Anand Vadapalli

16044 Essex Point Circle

Anchorage AK 99516

Except as to notice for matters relating to termination of Executive’s employment, non-renewal
of this Agreement, and claims for Severance Benefits under this Agreement, the timing of which
Notice is governed by the relevant Sections of this Agreement pertaining to each of them, as to
all other matters, Notice describing a breach of this Agreement by either Party shall be
provided to the other Party in writing, as provided in this Section 18, and shall provide a
minimum of thirty (30) days for the Party alleged to be in breach to correct the breach before
taking further action in response to the breach. This thirty (30) day notice period may be
waived by the Board of Directors in the event of a material breach by Executive that causes or
threatens to cause significant adverse effects on the Company or its shareholders.

	19.	 	Assignment. This Agreement is personal to Executive and shall not be assignable by
Executive. No right or interest in any payments to Executive (including rights to stock
awards) shall be assignable by Executive. ACS may assign its rights and obligations under
this Agreement to (i) any entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or other
reorganization or Business Consolidation to which ACS is a party; or (ii) any corporation,
partnership, association or other person or entity to which ACS may transfer all or
substantially all of the assets and business of the Company existing as the time of the
assignment. In the event of a permitted assignment, all of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall continue to be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Assignments not permitted by this Agreement shall be deemed void.

	20.	 	No third party beneficiaries. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is
intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon or give any person (other than the Parties
hereto and, in the case of Executive, his estate, heirs or personal representatives), any
rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

	21.	 	Waiver. No failure or delay by either party to this Agreement in exercising,
protecting or enforcing any of it rights, interests or remedies hereunder, and no course of
dealing or performance with respect thereto, shall constitute a waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or the Agreement as a whole, either in one instance or any other instance or
circumstance. All rights and remedies of the parties under this Agreement shall be cumulative
and not exclusive any other rights or remedies.

	22.	 	Amendments. No amendment, modification, waiver, departure from or discharge of any
provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is made in writing, specifically
identifying the Agreement and the provision(s) to be amended, and signed by both ACS and
Executive. No provision of this Agreement shall be varied, contradicted or explained by any
oral agreement, course of dealing or performance or any other means not set forth in a written
amendment in accordance with this Section 22 and signed by ACS and Executive.

	23.	 	Rules of Construction. This Agreement has been jointly drafted and freely and fully
negotiated by the Parties, each of which has had ample opportunity to consult with its
attorneys, and, consequently, the terms and conditions hereof shall not be subject to any
rules of construction or presumptions in favor of or against either Party. When the context
requires, the plural shall be deemed to include the singular, and the singular shall include
the plural in this Agreement. Except as to words specifically defined in this Agreement,
which definitions shall control, words in this Agreement shall be given their ordinary
meanings. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any other plan,
program, practice or agreement otherwise applicable to Executive or the Company, this
Agreement shall control.

	24.	 	Applicable Law; Venue. This Agreement shall in all respects, including all matters
of construction, validity, performance and enforcement, be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Alaska, without regard to any conflicts
of laws rules. The Parties both agree to irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of the state courts located in Anchorage, Alaska, in connection with any dispute
arising from or relating to this Agreement. ACS and Executive further agree to irrevocably
waive any rights they might otherwise have to a jury trial in any such proceeding.

	25.	 	Attorneys Fees. Each Party shall bear its own attorney’s fees and costs incurred in
any action or dispute arising out of this agreement.

	26.	 	Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, for any reason, including, without limitation,
the duration of such provision, its geographical scope or the extent of the activities
prohibited or required by it, to the full extent permitted by law: (a) all other provisions of
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be liberally construed in order
to carry out the intent of the Parties hereto as nearly as may be possible; (b) such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or
enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement; and (c) any court having jurisdiction
shall have the power to reform such provision to the extent necessary for such provision to be
enforceable under applicable law.

	27.	 	Survival. Termination of Executive’s employment with the Company or termination or
expiration of this Agreement shall not affect the continued effectiveness of provisions of
this Agreement that, by their content, context, implication or effect, should survive in order
to effectuate the intent of the Agreement.

	28.	 	Headings. All headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not
in any way affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.

	29.	 	Counterparts. This Agreement, and any Amendment entered into pursuant to Section 22
of this Agreement, may be executed in counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken
together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

	30.	 	Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between ACS and
Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all prior or contemporaneous oral or
written communications, representations, promises, understandings or agreements between ACS
and Executive with respect to the employment relationship are hereby superseded and nullified
in their entireties, and this Agreement shall control. No agreements or representations, oral
or otherwise, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement have been made by either
Party which are not set forth in this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ACS and Executive have executed and entered into this Agreement on the
date set forth below.

EXECUTIVE:

By: /s/ Anand Vadapalli

(Signature)

Name: Anand Vadapalli

Date: March 29, 2013

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.ebig_ex46.htm

Exhibit 4.6

 

EASTBRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2011 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

1. Purpose. The purpose of the Amended and Restated 2011 Incentive Stock Option Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and its Affiliates may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors (and prospective directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors) of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, which may (but need not) be measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.

2. Definitions. The following definitions shall be applicable throughout this Plan:

	
a.  

	
“Affiliate” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest as determined by the Committee in its discretion. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
“Award” means, individually or collectively, any Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right and Restricted Stock Award granted under this Plan.

	
c.  

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

	 	 
	
d.  

	
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by federal law or executive order to be closed.

	
e.  

	
“Cause” means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award agreement states otherwise, (i) the Company or an Affiliate having “cause” to terminate a Participant’s employment or service, as defined in any employment or consulting agreement or similar document or policy between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement, document or policy (or the absence of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), (A) a continuing material breach or material default (including, without limitation, any material dereliction of duty) by Participant of any agreement between the Participant and the Company, except for any such breach or default which is caused by the physical disability of the Participant (as determined by a neutral physician), or a continuing failure by the Participant to follow the direction of a duly authorized representative of the Company; (B) gross negligence, willful misfeasance, neglect or breach of fiduciary duty by the Participant; (C) the commission by the Participant of an act of fraud, embezzlement or any felony or other crime of dishonesty in connection with the Participant’s duties to the Company; or (D) conviction of the Participant of a felony or any other crime that would materially and adversely affect (i) the business reputation of the Company or (ii) the performance of the Participant’s duties to the Company. Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.

	 	 
	
f.  

	
“Change in Control” shall, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon:

(i) An acquisition (whether directly from the Company or otherwise) of any voting securities of the Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 11(d) or 12(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities.

(ii) Other than through their voluntary resignation, the individuals who constitute the members of the Board cease, by reason of a financing, merger, combination, acquisition, takeover or other non-ordinary course transaction affecting the Company, to constitute at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the members of the Board; or

(iii) Approval by the Board and, if required, stockholders of the Company of, or execution by the Company of any definitive agreement with respect to, or the consummation of (it being understood that the mere execution of a term sheet, memorandum of understanding or other non-binding document shall not constitute a Change of Control):

(A) A merger, consolidation or reorganization involving the Company, where either or both of the events described in clauses (i) or (ii) above would be the result;

(B) A liquidation or dissolution of or appointment of a receiver, rehabilitator, conservator or similar person for, or the filing by a third party of an involuntary bankruptcy against, the Company; provided, however, that to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, the occurrence of an event described in this subsection (B) shall not permit the settlement of Restricted Stock Units granted under this Plan; or

  

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(C) An agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a subsidiary of the Company);

provided, however, that the execution of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, CBMG Acquisition Limited and Cellular Biomedicine Group Ltd. and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control.

	
g.  

	
“Closing Price” means (A) during such time as the Common Stock is registered under Section 10 of the Exchange Act, the closing price of the Common Stock as reported by an established stock exchange or automated quotation system on the day for which such value is to be determined, or, if no sale of the Common Stock shall have been made on any such stock exchange or automated quotation system that day, on the next preceding day on which there was a sale of such Common Stock, or (B) during any such time as the Common Stock is not listed upon an established stock exchange or automated quotation system, the mean between dealer “bid” and “ask” prices of the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the day for which such value is to be determined, as reported by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or (C) during any such time as the Common Stock cannot be valued pursuant to (A) or (B) above, the fair market value as determined by the Committee considering all relevant information including, by way of example and not by limitation, the services of an independent appraiser.

	 	 
	
h.  

	
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. References in this Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

	
i.  

	
“Committee” means a committee of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer this Plan or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board.

	 	 
	
j.  

	
“Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value, of the Company (and any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which they may be exchanged).

	
k.  

	
“Company” means EastBridge Investment Group Corporation, an Arizona corporation, together with its successors and assigns.

	 	 
	
l.   

	
“Date of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is made, or such other date as may be specified in an Award agreement.

	
m.  

	
“Disability” means a permanent and total disability incurred by a Participant while in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate. For this purpose, a permanent and total disability shall mean that the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months.

	
n.  

	
“Effective Date” means November 28, 2012, subject to Section 3 of this Plan.

	 	 
	
o.  

	
“Eligible Director” means a person who is (i) a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

	
p.  

	
“Eligible Person” means any (i) individual employed by the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director of the Company or an Affiliate; (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or an Affiliate, provided that if the Securities Act applies, such persons must be eligible to be offered securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act; or (iv) prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Affiliates (and would satisfy the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii) above once he or she begins employment with or begins providing services to the Company or an Affiliate).

	 	 
	
q.  

	
“Exchange Act” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control,” and any reference in this Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

	
r.  

	
“Exercise Price” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(b) of this Plan.

	 	 
	
s.  

	
“Fair Market Value”, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in accordance with all applicable laws, rules regulations and standards, means, on a given date, (i) if the Common Stock (A) is listed on a national securities exchange or (B) is not listed on a national securities exchange, but is quoted by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (www.otcmarkets.com) or any successor or alternative recognized over-the-counter market or another inter-dealer quotation system, on a last sale basis, the average selling price of the Common Stock reported on such national securities exchange or other inter-dealer quotation system, determined as the arithmetic mean of such selling prices over the thirty (30)-Business Day period preceding the Date of Grant, weighted based on the volume of trading of such Common Stock on each trading day during such period; or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock.

  

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t.  

	
“Immediate Family Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(b) of this Plan.

	 	 
	
u.  

	
“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in this Plan.

	
v.  

	
“Indemnifiable Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of this Plan.

	 	 
	
w.

	
“Mature Shares” means Common Stock owned by a Participant that is not subject to any pledge or security interest and that has been either previously acquired by the Participant on the open market or meet such other requirements, if any, as the Committee may determine are necessary in order to avoid an accounting earnings charge on account of the use of such stock to pay the Exercise Price or satisfy a withholding obligation of the Participant.

	
x.  

	
“Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

	 	 
	
y.  

	
“Option” means an Award granted under Section 7 of this Plan.

	
z.  

	
“Option Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(c) of this Plan.

	
aa.  

	
“Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in this Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan.

	 	 
	
bb.  

	
“Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(b) of this Plan.

	
cc.  

	
“Person” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

	 	 
	
dd.  

	
“Plan” means this Amended and Restated 2011 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time.

	
ee.  

	
“Retirement” means the fulfillment of each of the following conditions: (i) the Participant is in good standing with the Company as determined by the Committee; (ii) the voluntary termination by a Participant of such Participant’s employment or service to the Company and (iii) that at the time of such voluntary termination, the sum of: (1) the Participant’s age (calculated to the nearest month, with any resulting fraction of a year being calculated as the number of months in the year divided by 12) and (2) the Participant’s years of employment or service with the Company (calculated to the nearest month, with any resulting fraction of a year being calculated as the number of months in the year divided by 12) equals at least 62 (provided that, in any case, the foregoing shall only be applicable if, at the time of Retirement, the Participant shall be at least 55 years of age and shall have been employed by or served with the Company for no less than 5 years).

	 	 
	
ff.  

	
“Restricted Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions or, as applicable, the period of time within which performance is measured for purposes of determining whether an Award has been earned.

	
gg.  

	
“Restricted Stock Award” means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of this Plan.

	 	 
	
hh.  

	
“SAR Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 8(b) of this Plan.

	
ii.  

	
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in this Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other official interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

	 	 
	
jj.  

	
“Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Award granted under Section 8 of this Plan which meets all of the requirements of Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(B) of the Treasury Regulations.

	
kk.  

	
“Strike Price” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Exercise Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Date of Grant.

	 	 
	
ll.  

	
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

  

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(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Voting Securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(ii) any partnership or limited liability company (or any comparable foreign entity) (a) the sole general partner or managing member (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners or managing members (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

	
mm.  

	
“Substitute Award” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(e).

	 	 
	
nn.  

	
“Treasury Regulations” means any regulations, whether proposed, temporary or final, promulgated by the U.S. Department of Treasury under the Code, and any successor provisions.

 

3. Effective Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date, but no Award shall be exercised or paid (or, in the case of a stock Award, shall be granted unless contingent on stockholder approval) unless and until this Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within twelve (12) months after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board. In the event stockholder approval is not granted within twelve (12) months after the date this Plan is adopted by the Board, any Award may be exercised or paid following such stockholder approval provided that the Committee shall modify the terms of such Award or payment so that the treatment of such Award or payment is in accordance with the Code. The expiration date of this Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of this Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.

4. Administration.

	
a.  

	
The Committee shall administer this Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under this Plan) or necessary to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under this Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under this Plan. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by all of the members of the Committee shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Whether a quorum is present shall be determined based on the Committee’s charter as approved by the Board.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
Subject to the provisions of this Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by this Plan and its charter, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, settle any controversy regarding, correct any defect in and/or complete any omission in this Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, this Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of this Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Plan.

	
c.  

	
The Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company or any Affiliate the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Committee herein, and that may be so delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of Awards to persons (i) subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) who are, or who are reasonably expected to be, “covered employees” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

	 	 
	
d.  

	
Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to this Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to this Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons or entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.

 

  

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e.  

	
No member of the Board, the Committee, delegate of the Committee or any employee, advisor or agent of the Company or the Board or the Committee (each such person, an “Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from (and the Company shall pay or reimburse on demand for) any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under this Plan or any Award agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, provided, that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.

	 	 
	
f.  

	
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer this Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under this Plan.

	 	 

 

5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to this Plan; Limitations.

	
a.  

	
The Committee may, from time to time, grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Restricted Stock Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
Subject to Sections 3 and 10 of this Plan, the Committee is authorized to deliver under this Plan an aggregate of Seventy Eight Million (78,000,000) shares of Common Stock, which such number shall be increased on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company beginning in 2014 in an amount equal to one percent (1%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of such date, or such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Committee. Subject to Section 5(c) below, each share of Common Stock subject to an Award will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan by one share.

	
c.  

	
Shares of Common Stock underlying Awards under this Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, expire unexercised, or are settled in cash shall be available again for Awards under this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shares of Common Stock shall not be available again for Awards under the Plan: (i) shares tendered or held back upon the exercise of an Option or settlement of an Award to cover the Exercise Price of an Award; (ii) shares that are used or withheld to satisfy tax obligations of the Participant; and (iii) shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the SAR upon exercise thereof.

	
d.  

	
Shares of Common Stock delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.

	 	 
	
e.  

	
Subject to compliance with Section 1.409A-3(f) of the Treasury Regulations, Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under this Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”). The number of shares of Common Stock underlying any Substitute Awards shall be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under this Plan.

 

6. Eligibility. Participation shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have entered into an Award agreement or who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in this Plan.

  

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7. Options.

	
a.  

	
Generally. Each Option granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement. All Options granted under this Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding any designation of an Option, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Options designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company and its Affiliates, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless this Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code and any applicable regulations thereunder. This Plan shall be administered and interpreted so that all Incentive Stock Options granted to Employees under this Plan will qualify as Incentive Stock Options under Section 422 of the Code. If any provision of this Plan should be held invalid for the granting of Incentive Stock Options or illegal for any reason, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof, and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had never been included in this Plan. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under this Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued, except as expressly provided in Section 7 hereof.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
Exercise Price. The exercise price (“Exercise Price”) per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant; and, provided further, that notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Exercise Price shall not be less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

	
c.  

	
Vesting and Expiration. Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and as set forth in the applicable Award agreement, and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant, as may be determined by the Committee (the “Option Period”); provided, however, that the Option Period shall not exceed five (5) years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate; and, provided, further, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such Option other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement:

 

(i) The unexercised portion of any Option shall automatically and without notice immediately terminate and become forfeited, null and void at the time of the earliest to occur of the following:

(a) three months after the date on which the Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason other than by reason of (A) Cause, (B) the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company by such Participant following less than 60 days’ prior written notice to the Company of such termination (an “Improper Termination”), (C) a mental or physical disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)) as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the Committee, or (D) death;

(b) immediately upon (A) the termination by the Company of the Participant’s employment for Cause, or (B) an Improper Termination;

(c) one year after the date on which the Participant’s employment is terminated by reason of a mental or physical disability (within the meaning of Code Section 22(e)) as determined by a medical doctor satisfactory to the Committee or the later of three months after the date on which the Participant shall die if such death shall occur during such one-year period; or

(d) the later of (i) one year after the date of termination of the Participant’s employment by reason of death of the employee, or (ii) three months after Participant’s death if such death shall occur during such one year period.

(ii) Upon termination of Participant’s employment for any reason, any Option (or portion thereof) not previously vested pursuant to Section 7 of this Plan or the vesting schedule set forth in such Award agreement shall be immediately canceled.

	
d.  

	
Method of Exercise and Form of Payment. No Common Stock shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. Options that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award agreement accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check (subject to collection), cash equivalent and/or vested shares of Common Stock valued at the Closing Price on the date the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided, however, that such shares of Common Stock are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares and; (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in accordance with applicable law, in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a fair market value (as determined by the Committee in its discretion) on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or (B) if there is a public market for Common Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price or (C) by a “net exercise” method whereby the Company withholds from the delivery of shares of Common Stock for which the Option was exercised that number of shares of Common Stock having a Closing Price equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock for which the Option was exercised. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.

  

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e.  

	
Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option. Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under this Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he makes a disqualifying disposition of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such shares of Common Stock before the later of (A) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (B) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company or a third party under contract with the Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option as agent for the applicable Participant until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence.

	 	 
	
f.  

	
Compliance With Laws, etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, if applicable, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

 

8. Stock Appreciation Rights.

	
a.  

	
Generally. Each SAR granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement. Any Option granted under this Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option. The Committee may establish a maximum appreciation value payable for SARs.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
Vesting and Expiration. A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten (10) years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “SAR Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement:

 

(i) a SAR shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Stock subject to such SAR on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant;

(ii) the unvested portion of a SAR shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the SAR, and the vested portion of such SAR shall remain exercisable for:

(a) one year following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s death or Disability (with the determination of Disability to be made by the Committee on a case by case basis), but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period;

(b) for directors, officers and employees of the Company only, for the remainder of the SAR Period following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s Retirement;

(c) 90 calendar days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s death, Disability or Retirement, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period; and

(iii) both the unvested and the vested portion of a SAR shall expire immediately upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause.

	
c.  

	
Method of Exercise. SARs that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the last day of the Option Period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an option, the SAR Period), the Closing Price exceeds the Strike Price, the Participant has not exercised the SAR or the corresponding Option (if applicable), and neither the SAR nor the corresponding Option (if applicable) has expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.

	 	 
	
d.  

	
Payment. Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the SAR that are being exercised multiplied by the excess, if any, of the Closing Price of one share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.

 

  

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9. Restricted Stock Awards.

	
a.  

	
Generally. Each grant of Restricted Stock Awards shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each such grant shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with this Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
Restricted Accounts; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon a grant of Restricted Stock Award, a book entry in a restricted account shall be established in the Participant’s name at the Company’s transfer agent and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock Award shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than held in such restricted account pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may additionally require the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable, and (ii) the appropriate share power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock Award covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute an agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Award and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank share power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void ab initio. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and/or as provided in the applicable Award agreement, the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to such Restricted Stock Award, including without limitation the right to vote such Restricted Stock Award and the right to receive dividends, if applicable, upon vesting of such Restricted Stock Award. To the extent shares of a Restricted Stock Award are forfeited, any stock certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.

	
c.  

	
Vesting; Acceleration of Lapse of Restrictions. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) the Restricted Period shall lapse with respect to 100% of the Restricted Stock Award on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Date of Grant; and (ii) the unvested portion of Restricted Stock Award shall terminate and be forfeited upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the applicable Award.

	
d.  

	
Delivery of Restricted Stock Award. Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any Restricted Stock Award, the restrictions set forth herein or in the applicable Award agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the stock certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock that have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share). Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Closing Price equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Award agreement).

	 	 
	
e.  

	
Certificate and Restrictive Legend. A stock certificate will be issued in connection with each Restricted Stock Award. Such certificate will be registered in the name of the grantee receiving the award, and will bear the following legend and/or any other legend required by this Plan, the Award agreement, any stockholders agreement, if any, or by applicable law:

 

THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EASTBRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2011 INCENTIVE OPTION PLAN AND AN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN [THE GRANTEE] AND EASTBRIDGE (WHICH TERMS AND CONDITIONS INCLUDE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, REPURCHASE RIGHTS AND FORFEITURE CONDITIONS). COPIES OF THAT PLAN AND AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE IN THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF EASTBRIDGE AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.

Stock certificates evidencing Restricted Stock Awards will be held in custody by the Company or in escrow by an escrow agent until the restrictions thereon have lapsed. As a condition to any Restricted Stock Award, the grantee may be required to deliver to the Company a share power, endorsed in blank, relating to the shares covered by such Restricted Stock Award.

	
f.  

	
Restrictions and Conditions. The Restricted Stock Awards awarded pursuant to this Section 9 will be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

 

(i) During a period commencing with the date that a Restricted Stock Award is awarded and ending following the Restricted Period, the Participant will not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise encumber the Restricted Stock Award under the Plan. The Committee may condition the lapse of restrictions on a Restricted Stock Award upon the continued employment or service of the recipient, the attainment of specified individual or corporate performance goals, or such other factors as the Committee may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion.

(ii) Except as provided in this paragraph (f), once the Participant has been issued a certificate or certificates for a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant will have, with respect to the Restricted Stock Award, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares, and the right to receive any cash distributions or dividends. Any distributions or dividends paid in the form of securities with respect to a Restricted Stock Award will be subject to the same terms and conditions as the Restricted Stock Award with respect to which they were paid, including, without limitation, the same Restricted Period.

(iii) Subject to the applicable provisions of the Award agreement, if a Participant’s service with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, all of that Participant’s Restricted Stock Award which then remains subject to forfeiture shall be forfeited immediately.

(iv) If and when the Restricted Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Award subject to such Restricted Period, the certificates for such shares will be replaced with new certificates, without the restrictive legends described in Section 9(e) applicable to such lapsed restrictions, and such new certificates will be promptly delivered to the Participant, the Participant’s representative (if the Participant has suffered a disability), or the Participant’s estate or heir (if the Participant has died).

  

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10. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events. In the event of (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, split-up, split-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects Common Stock, or (b) unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, accounting principles or law, such that in either case an adjustment is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate, then the Committee shall make any such adjustments that are equitable, including without limitation any or all of the following:

	  	
a.  

	
adjusting any or all of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under this Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under Section 5 of this Plan) and (B) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (1) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (2) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award or (3) any applicable performance measures;

	  	
b.  

	
providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards, accelerating the exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time for exercise prior to the occurrence of such event; and

	 	 	 
	  	
c.  

	
subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, canceling any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the Common Stock subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor); provided, however, that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004) or ASC Topic 718, or any successor thereto), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section 10 (other than any cancellation of Incentive Stock Options) shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code, and any adjustments under this Section 10 shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

11. Effect of Change in Control. Except to the extent otherwise provided in an Award agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, with respect to all or any portion of a particular outstanding Award or Awards:

	
a.  

	
all of the then outstanding Options shall vest upon such Change in Control;

	
b.  

	
all of the then outstanding SARs shall immediately vest and become immediately exercisable as of the date immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control, unless otherwise specified in the Award agreement; and

	 	 
	
c.  

	
the Restricted Period shall expire as of the date immediately prior to the date of the Change in Control, unless otherwise specified in the Award agreement.

 

To the extent practicable, any actions taken by the Committee under the immediately preceding clauses (a) and (b) shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected Participants the ability to participate in the Change in Control transactions with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to their Awards.

12. Amendments and Termination.

	
a.  

	
Amendment and Termination of this Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate this Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that shareholders must approve material amendments to the Plan (by a majority vote of those shareholders voting on the matter, assuming a quorum is present) including, but not limited to, (1) any material increase in the number of shares to be issued under the Plan (other than to reflect a reorganization, stock split, merger, spinoff or similar transaction); (2) any material increase in benefits to Participants, including any material change to: (i) permit a repricing (or decrease in exercise price) of all of the outstanding options or (ii) extend the duration of the Plan; (3) any material expansion of the class of Eligible Persons; and (4) any expansion in the types of options or awards provided under the Plan; and, provided, further that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to this Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted or to prevent the Company from being denied a tax deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code); and, provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the prior written consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

	 	 
	
b.  

	
Amendment of Award Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided, however that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant; and, provided, further, that without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 10 of this Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR, (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR, another Award or cash or take any action that would have the effect of treating such Award as a new Award for tax or accounting purposes and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action that is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.

 

  

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13. General.

	
a.  

	
Award Agreements. Each Award under this Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee. The Company’s failure to specify any term of any Award in any particular Award agreement shall not invalidate such term, provided such terms was duly adopted by the Board or the Committee.

	
b.  

	
Nontransferability; Trading Restrictions. Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or an Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

 

i. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, with or without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award agreement to preserve the purposes of this Plan, to: (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (D) any other transferee as may be approved either (I) by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion, or (II) as provided in the applicable Award agreement (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B) (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided, that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of this Plan.

ii. The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in this Plan, or in any applicable Award agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the shares of Common Stock to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under this Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of this Plan and the applicable Award agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in this Plan and the applicable Award agreement.

iii. The Committee shall have the right, either on an Award-by-Award basis or as a matter of policy for all Awards or one or more classes of Awards, to condition the sale, issuance or delivery of vested Common Stock received in connection with such Award on the Participant’s agreement to such restrictions as the Committee may determine, including without limitation:

(a) a representation and warranty by the Participant to the Company, at the time any Option, SAR or Restricted Stock Award is exercised, that such Participant is acquiring the shares to be issued for investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such shares;

(b) an agreement and undertaking to comply with all of the terms, restrictions and provisions set forth in any then applicable shareholder agreement relating to the shares, including, without limitation, any restrictions on transferability, any rights of first refusal and any option of the Company to “call” or purchase such shares under then applicable agreements, and

(c) any restrictive legend or legends, to be embossed or imprinted on stock certificates, that are, in the discretion of the Committee, necessary or appropriate to comply with the provisions of any securities law or other restriction applicable to the issuance of the shares.

	
c.  

	
Notice. Time shall be of the essence with respect to all time periods specified for the giving of notices to the Company hereunder, as well as all time periods for the expiration and termination of Options, SARs and Restricted Stock Awards in accordance with Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof (or as otherwise set forth in an Award agreement).

	
d.  

	
Tax Withholding.

i. A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, or the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold, from any cash, Common Stock, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant, the amount (in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under this Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding and taxes.

  

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ii. Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, and except as otherwise provided herein, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares) owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required statutory withholding liability).

	
e.  

	
No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver. No employee of the Company or an Affiliate, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under this Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither this Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under this Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or any Award agreement. By accepting an Award under this Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under this Plan or any Award agreement, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.

	 	 
	
f.  

	
International Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America and who are not (and who are not expected to be) “covered employees” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may in its sole discretion amend the terms of this Plan or outstanding Awards (or establish a sub-plan) with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant, the Company or its Affiliates.

	
g.  

	
Designation and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under this Plan upon his or her death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his or her beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation filed with the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his or her estate. Upon the occurrence of a Participant’s divorce (as evidenced by a final order or decree of divorce), any spousal designation previously given by such Participant shall automatically terminate.

	
h.  

	
Termination of Employment/Service. Unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with an Affiliate (or vice-versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate.

	 	 
	
i.  

	
No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan or any Award agreement, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock that are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person.

	
j.  

	
Government and Other Regulations.

 

i. The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under this Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all certificates for shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under this Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under this Plan, the applicable Award agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which such shares or other securities are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of this Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under this Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.

ii. The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of Common Stock from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, unless doing so would violate Section 409A of the Code, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, pay to the Participant in cash an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate fair market value of the Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof. The Committee shall have the discretion to consider and take action to mitigate the tax consequence to the Participant in cancelling an Award in accordance with this clause.

  

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k.  

	
Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under this Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

	 	 
	
l.  

	
Nonexclusivity of this Plan. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or other equity-based awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

	
m.  

	
No Trust or Fund Created. Neither this Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of this Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under this Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under this Plan other than as general unsecured creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under general law.

	 	 
	
n.  

	
Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with this Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself.

	
o.  

	
Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under this Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

	 	 
	
p.  

	
Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Arizona, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions, provided that if the Company changes its State of domicile, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of that State.

	
q.  

	
Severability. If any provision of this Plan or any Award or Award agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify this Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws in the manner that most closely reflects the original intent of the Award or the Plan, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of this Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award and the remainder of this Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

	 	 
	
r.  

	
Obligations Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under this Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.

	
s.  

	
Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women. The titles and headings of the sections in this Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of this Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.

	 	 
	
t.  

	
Other Agreements. Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may require, as a condition to the grant of and/or the receipt of Common Stock under an Award, that the Participant execute lock-up, stockholder or other agreements, as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

  

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u.  

	
Section 409A. The Plan and all Awards granted hereunder are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Awards granted under this Plan shall be administered, interpreted, and construed in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Committee exercise its discretion to accelerate the payment or settlement of an Award where such payment or settlement constitutes deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code unless, and solely to the extent that, such accelerated payment or settlement is permissible under Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) of the Treasury Regulations. If a Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations) at any time during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of his termination of employment, and any Award hereunder subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code is to be satisfied on account of the Participant’s termination of employment, satisfaction of such Award shall be suspended until the date that is six (6) months after the date of such termination of employment.

	 	 
	
v.  

	
Effect of Disqualifying Disposition. If the transfer of a share of stock to an individual pursuant to his exercise of an option would otherwise meet the requirements of §422 (a) or §423 (a) of the Code except that there is a failure to meet any of the holding period requirements of §422 (a)(1) or §423 (a)(1) of the Code, then any increase in the income of such individual or deduction from the income of his employer corporation for the taxable year in which such exercise occurred attributable to such disposition, shall be treated as an increase in income or a deduction from income in the taxable year of such individual or of such employer corporation in which such disposition occurred. No amount shall be required to be deducted and withheld under chapter 24 of the Code with respect to any increase in income attributable to a disposition described in the preceding sentence.

	
w.  

	
Payments. Participants shall be required to pay, to the extent required by applicable law, any amounts required to receive shares of Common Stock under any Award made under this Plan.

 

 

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