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dg_Ex101

		
			Exhibit 10.1
		

		
			 
		

		
			AMENDED AND RESTATED
		

		
			DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			This Amended and Restated Dollar General Corporation Annual Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), initially approved by the Board of Directors of Dollar General Corporation (the “Company”) on March 16, 2005 and adopted by the shareholders of the Company on May 24, 2005, as further amended and approved by the shareholders of the Company on multiple occasions, most recently as of June 1, 2012,  is hereby further amended and restated in its entirety, effective as of the date set forth in Section 9 of the Plan below, as follows:
		

		
			SECTION 1
		

		
			PURPOSE
		

		
			The purpose of the Dollar General Corporation Annual Incentive Plan is to permit the Company, through awards of annual incentive compensation that satisfy the requirements for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, to attract and retain executives and to motivate these executives to promote the profitability and growth of the Company.
		

		
			SECTION 2
		

		
			DEFINITIONS
		

		
			“Award” shall mean the amount granted to a Participant by the Committee for a Performance Period.
		

		
			“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company or the successor thereto. 
		

		
			“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
		

		
			“Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or any subcommittee thereof which meets the requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.
		

		
			“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
		

		
			“Executive” shall mean any “covered employee” (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Code), any executive officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries and, in the discretion of the Committee, any other employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
		

		
			“Participant” shall mean, for each Performance Period, each Executive who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan.
		

		
			“Performance Period” shall mean the Company’s fiscal year or any shorter or longer period designated by the Committee (not to exceed five years) with respect to which an Award may be granted. 
		

		
			“Plan” shall mean this Amended and Restated Dollar General Corporation Annual Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Qualified Performance-Based Award” means an Award that is intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption and is made subject to performance goals based on Qualified Performance Measures.
		

		
			“Qualified Performance Measures” means one or more of the performance measures listed below upon which performance goals for certain Qualified Performance-Based Awards may be established from time to time by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code:
		

			
	
			
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			Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);

			
	
			
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			Earnings per share;

			
	
			
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			Net sales or revenue growth;

			
	
			
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			Gross or net operating profit;

			
	
			
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			Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue);

			
	
			
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			Cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, and cash flow return on capital);

			
	
			
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			Earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization;

			
	
			
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			Gross or operating margins;

			
	
			
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			Productivity ratios;

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

			
	
			
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			Expense targets;

			
	
			
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			Margins;

			
	
			
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			Operating efficiency; 

			
	
			
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			Working capital targets; 

			
	
			
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			Economic Value Added;

			
	
			
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			Volume;

			
	
			
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			Capital expenditures; 

			
	
			
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			Market share;

			
	
			
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			Costs;

			
	
			
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			Regulatory ratings;

			
	
			
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			Asset quality;

			
	
			
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			Net worth; and

			
	
			
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			Safety

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Section 162(m) Cash Maximum” means $10,000,000.
		

		
			“Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code or any successor provision thereto.
		

		
			“Service Recipient” means the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, or any affiliate of the Company that satisfies the definition of “service recipient” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1 (or any successor regulation), with respect to which the person is a “service provider” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1 (or any successor regulation).
		

		
			SECTION 3
		

		
			ADMINISTRATION
		

		
			The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full authority to interpret the Plan, to establish rules and regulations relating to the operation of the Plan, to select Participants, to determine the maximum Awards and the amounts of any Awards and to make all determinations and take all other actions necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan.  The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan, and all actions taken within the scope of its authority, shall be final and binding on the Company, its shareholders and Participants, Executives, former Executives and their respective successors and assigns.  No member of the Committee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
		

		
			SECTION 4
		

		
			DETERMINATION OF AWARDS
		

		
			(a)       Prior to the beginning of each Performance Period, or at such later time as may be permitted by applicable provisions of the Code (which, in the case of any Qualified Performance-Based Award, currently is not later than the earlier of (i) 90 days after the beginning of the period of service to which the performance goal(s) relate or (ii) the first 25% of the period of service), the Committee shall establish: (1) the Executives or class of Executives who will be Participants in the Plan; (2) for each Participant a maximum Award, which shall not exceed the Section 162(m) Cash Maximum; and (3) the performance goal(s) and Qualified Performance Measure(s) applicable to, and the method for computing the amount payable upon achievement of such performance goal(s) in connection with, any Qualified Performance-Based Award. The Qualified Performance Measures may relate to the Company, one or more of its Affiliates or one or more of its or their divisions or units, or any combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute basis and/or be relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any combination thereof, all as the Committee shall determine.  In addition, to the degree consistent with Section 162(m) (or any successor section thereto), the performance goals may be calculated without regard to non-recurring items, as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.
		

		
			(b)       Following the end of each Performance Period, and before any payments are made under the Plan, the Committee shall certify in writing the satisfaction of the performance goal(s) for any Qualified Performance Measure(s) applicable to any Qualified Performance-Based Award in a manner intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 162(m).
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(c)       The Committee may reduce or eliminate the Award granted to any Participant based on factors determined by the Committee, including but not limited to, performance against budgeted financial goals and the Participant’s personal performance, provided, however, that any such reduction or elimination shall not operate to increase a Qualified Performance-Based Award, or amount payable thereunder, to any Participant who is an Executive.  The Committee may not increase a Qualified Performance-Based Award, or amount payable thereunder, granted to a Participant who is an Executive.
		

		
			SECTION 5
		

		
			PAYMENT OF AWARDS
		

		
			Each Participant shall be eligible to receive payment of the Award in cash in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in respect of which such Award was earned, as soon as practicable after the amount of such Participant’s Award for a Performance Period has been determined, but in no event later than the 15th day of the third calendar month following the end of the fiscal year in respect of which such Awards were earned.  Subject to the provisions of Section 8(g) hereof, payment of the award may be deferred in accordance with a written election by the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Company’s CDP/SERP Plan, as such Plan may be amended and/or restated from time to time.
		

		
			SECTION 6
		

		
			AMENDMENTS
		

		
			The Committee may amend the Plan at any time and from time to time, provided that no such amendment that would require the consent of the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code, New York Stock Exchange listing rules or the Exchange Act, or any other applicable law, rule or regulation, shall be effective without such consent.  No amendment which adversely affects a Participant’s rights to, or interest in, an Award granted prior to the date of the amendment shall be effective unless the Participant shall have agreed thereto in writing.
		

		
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			TERMINATION
		

		
			The Committee may terminate this Plan at any time but in no event shall the termination of the Plan adversely affect the rights of any Participant to a previously granted Award without such Participant’s written consent.
		

		
			SECTION 8
		

		
			OTHER PROVISIONS
		

		
			(a)       No Executive or other person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under this Plan until such Award is actually granted.  Neither the establishment of this Plan, nor any action taken hereunder, shall be construed as giving any Executive any right to be retained in the employ of the Company.  Nothing contained in this Plan shall limit the ability of the Company to make payments or awards to Executives under any other plan, agreement or arrangement.
		

		
			(b)       The rights and benefits of a Participant hereunder are personal to the Participant and, except for payments made following a Participant’s death, shall not be subject to any voluntary or involuntary alienation, assignment, pledge, transfer, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment or other disposition.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(c)       Awards under this Plan shall not constitute compensation for the purpose of determining participation or benefits under any other plan of the Company unless specifically included as compensation in such plan.
		

		
			(d)       The Company shall have the right to deduct from Awards any taxes or other amounts required to be withheld by law.
		

		
			(e)       All questions pertaining to the construction, regulation, validity and effect of the provisions of the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
		

		
			(f)       No member of the Committee or the Board, and no officer, employee or agent of the Company shall be liable for any act or action hereunder, whether of commission or omission, taken by any other member, or by any officer, agent, or employee, or, except in circumstances involving bad faith, for anything done or omitted to be done in the administration of the Plan.
		

		
			(g)       The Plan is intended to comply with, or comply with an exemption from, Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) and will be interpreted in a manner consistent with this intention.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment with any Service Recipient the Participant is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A, and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of service is necessary in order to prevent the imposition of any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Participant) to the minimum extent necessary to satisfy Section 409A until the date that is six months and one day following the Participant’s termination of employment with all Service Recipients (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A), if such payment or benefit is payable upon a termination of employment.  Each payment made under the Plan shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A.  Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be liable to a Participant in the event any payment under the Plan fails to be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A.
		

		
			(h)       The Committee shall specify in, or in respect of, any Award granted hereunder on or after the Effective Date, that as a condition of receiving payment of the Award, the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to such Award shall be subject to any reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment, in whole or in part, upon the occurrence of certain specified events, as may be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any applicable national exchange, law, rule or regulation or as set forth in a separate “clawback” or recoupment policy as may be adopted from time to time by the Board or the Committee.
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			SECTION 9
		

		
			EFFECTIVE DATE
		

		
			The Plan as amended and restated shall be effective on November 30, 2016 (the “Effective Date”),  except for the amendment set forth in Section 4(a) which shall not take effect unless and until the Company’s shareholders approve the proposal related to the Plan at the annual meeting of shareholders held in 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”), and no Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the date of the 2017 Annual Meeting if shareholders do not approve the performance measures set forth in the Plan at the 2017 Annual Meeting.
		

		 

		

			5dg_Ex102

		
			Exhibit 10.2
		

		
			 
		

		
			DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
		

		
			AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			This Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is effective as provided in Section 14 herein.
		

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of Dollar General Corporation and its Affiliates was initially approved by the Board of Directors and became effective as of July 6, 2007, and has been amended and restated on several occasions, most recently by amendments that were approved by the Board of Directors and became effective upon shareholder approval of the amended and restated Plan on June 1, 2012; and
		

		
			 
		

		
			WHEREAS, the Plan is hereby further amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
		

		
			1.          Purpose of Plan
		

		
			The Plan is designed:
		

		
			(a)    to promote the long term financial interests and growth of Dollar General Corporation (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries by attracting and retaining management and other personnel and key service providers with the training, experience and ability to enable them to make a substantial contribution to the success of the Company’s business;
		

		
			(b)    to motivate management personnel by means of growth-related incentives to achieve long range goals; and
		

		
			(c)    to further the alignment of interests of Participants with those of the shareholders of the Company through opportunities for increased stock or stock-based ownership in the Company.
		

		
			2.         Definitions
		

		
			As used in the Plan, the following words shall have the following meanings:
		

		
			(a)    “Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person.
		

		
			(b)    “Award” means an award made to a Participant pursuant to the Plan and described in Section 6, including, without limitation, an award of a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Other Stock-Based Award or Dividend Equivalent Right (as such terms are defined in Section 6), or any combination of the foregoing.
		

		
			(c)    “Award Agreement” means an agreement between the Company and a Participant that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an Award; provided that for an Award with no restrictions, no signature will be required from the Participant.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(d)    “Beneficial Owner” means a “beneficial owner”, as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule thereto).
		

		
			(e)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
		

		
			(f)     A  “Change in Control” shall occur upon any of the following events: (i) the sale or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all, of the assets of the Company to any Person (or group of Persons acting in concert) other than any of the Company or its Affiliates (collectively, the “Permitted Holders”); (ii)  any Person (or group of Persons acting in concert), other than the Permitted Holders, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (except that a Person shall be deemed to be a  “Beneficial Owner” of all shares that any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company (or any entity which controls the Company), including by way of merger, consolidation, tender or exchange offer or otherwise; (iii) a reorganization, recapitalization, merger or consolidation (a “Corporate Transaction”) involving the Company, unless securities representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company or the entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (or the parent of such entity) are held subsequent to such transaction by the Person or Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction; or (iv) during any rolling twenty-four (24) month period looking back from any given date, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (together with any new directors whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company, then still in office, who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved (any such director, an “Incumbent Director”) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board on the date of determination thereof; provided, that, no individual shall be an Incumbent Director who is elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board.  
		

		
			(g)    “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
		

		
			(h)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or, if no such committee is appointed, the Board), or any authorized subcommittee of the Committee, as applicable.
		

		
			(i)     “Common Stock” or “Share” means the common stock, par value $0.875 per share, of the Company, which may be authorized but unissued, or issued and reacquired.
		

		
			(j)     “Director Limit” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of the Plan.
		

		
			(k)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(l)    “Fair Market Value” means, on a per Share basis, the fair market value of the Common Stock on any given date determined as follows: (i) if there is a public market for the 
		

		
			Shares on such date, the closing sale price of the Shares as quoted on the principal national securities exchange on which such Shares are listed or admitted to trading, or (ii) if there is no public market for the Shares on such date, the Fair Market Value shall be the fair market value of the Shares as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board, which shall not take into account any minority interest discount or discount for the imposition of transfer restrictions.
		

		
			(m)   “ISO” means a Stock Option that is also an incentive stock option granted pursuant to Section 6(a)(ii) of the Plan.
		

		
			(n)    “Key Employee” means a person, including an officer, in the regular employment of the Company or any other Service Recipient who, in the opinion of the Committee, has or is expected to have involvement in the management, growth or protection of some part or all of the business of the Company or any other Service Recipient.
		

		
			(o)    “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of Dollar General Corporation or any of its Affiliates.
		

		
			(p)    “Other Stock-Based Awards” means Other Stock-Based Awards granted pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Plan.
		

		
			(q)    “Participant” means a Key Employee, Non-Employee Director, consultant or other person having a service relationship with the Company or any other Service Recipient, to whom one or more Awards have been made and remain outstanding.
		

		
			(r)    “Performance-Based Awards” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c) of the Plan.
		

		
			(s)    “Person” means “person,” as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act.
		

		
			(t)     “Service Recipient” means the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Affiliate of the Company that satisfies the definition of “service recipient” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(g) (or any successor regulation), with respect to which the person is a “service provider” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(f) (or any successor regulation).
		

		
			(u)    “Stock Appreciation Rights” means Stock Appreciation Rights granted under Section 6(b) of the Plan.
		

		
			(v)    “Stock Options” means Stock Options granted pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Plan.
		

		
			(w)   “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity in an unbroken chain of corporations or other entities beginning with the Company if each of the corporations or other 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			entities, or group of commonly controlled corporations or other entities, other than the last corporation or other entity in the unbroken chain then owns stock or other equity interests possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests in one of the other corporations or other entities in such chain.
		

		
			3.          Shares Subject to the Plan
		

		
			(a)    General.  Subject to adjustment as provided for in Sections 8 and 9, the total number of Shares which may be issued under the Plan is 31,142,858, no more than 4,500,000 of which shall be available for grant to any one Participant in the form of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights in any given fiscal year of the Company, and no more than 1,500,000 of which shall be available for grant to any one Participant in the form of Other Stock-Based Awards in any given fiscal year of the Company.  The Shares may consist, in whole or in part, of unissued Shares or issued but reacquired Shares.  The issuance of Shares or the payment of cash in consideration of the substitution, cancellation or termination of an Award shall reduce the total number of Shares available under the Plan, to the extent of the number of Shares subject to such substituted, cancelled or terminated Award; provided, however, that Shares subject to Awards that are (i) repurchased by the Company or (ii) withheld or tendered to satisfy (x) tax withholding obligations, (y) the exercise price of any Stock Option(s) or (z) the purchase price for any other Award, shall in all events immediately become available for new Awards to be granted under the Plan.  Shares related to Awards or portions of Awards that are forfeited or that expire unexercised shall also immediately become available for new Awards to be granted under the Plan.
		

		
			(b)    Non-Employee Director Award Limit.  In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 3(a), the Board may establish compensation for Non-Employee Directors from time to time, subject to the limitations in the Plan, including the form and amount of all such Non-Employee Director compensation. The Board shall establish such Non-Employee Director compensation in its discretion and pursuant to the exercise of its business judgment, taking into account such factors, circumstances and considerations as it shall deem relevant from time to time, provided that the sum of any cash compensation and the grant date fair value of any Awards (as determined in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor provision thereto) granted under the Plan during any fiscal year of the Company to a Non-Employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director may not exceed $750,000 (the “Director Limit”). The Board may make exceptions to the Director Limit for individual Non-Employee Directors in extraordinary circumstances, as the Board may determine in its discretion (and the exercise of such discretion shall be final, conclusive and binding), provided that the Non-Employee Director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such additional compensation.
		

		
			4.          Administration of Plan
		

		
			(a)    The Plan shall be administered by the (i) Committee, which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to any subcommittee thereof consisting solely of at least two individuals who are intended to qualify as “Non-Employee Directors” within the meaning
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule thereto), “independent directors” within the meaning of the New York Stock Exchange’s listed company rules and “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor section thereto), or (ii) Board acting on behalf of the Committee, in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law.  The Committee may adopt its own rules of procedure, and action of a majority of the members of the Committee taken at a meeting, or action taken without a meeting by unanimous written consent, shall constitute action by the Committee.  Subject to Section 10 of the Plan, the Committee shall have the power and authority to administer, construe and interpret the Plan, to make rules for carrying it out and to make changes in such rules, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.  The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan and any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable.  Any such interpretations, rules, and administration shall be consistent with the basic purposes of the Plan.  The Committee shall have the full power and authority to establish the terms and conditions of any Award consistent with the provisions of the Plan and to waive any such terms and conditions at any time (including, without limitation, accelerating or waiving any vesting conditions).  At the time an Award is made or amended in accordance with the terms of the Plan, or the terms or conditions of an Award are changed in accordance with the terms of the Plan or the Award Agreement, the Committee may provide for limitations or conditions on such Award. Any decision of the Committee (including a duly authorized subcommittee thereof) in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors).  In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and any Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern, and the Award Agreement shall be interpreted to minimize or eliminate any such conflict or inconsistency.
		

		
			(b)    Subject to the limitations imposed under Section 7(h) below, Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or its Affiliates or a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.
		

		
			(c)    The Committee may employ counsel, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons.  The Committee, the Company, and the officers and directors of the Company shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons.  No member of the Committee, nor employee or representative of the Company shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Awards, and all such members of the Committee, employees and representatives shall be fully protected and indemnified to the greatest extent permitted by applicable law by the Company with respect to any such action, determination or interpretation.
		

		
			5.          Eligibility
		

		
			The Committee may from time to time make Awards under the Plan to such Key Employees, or other persons having a relationship with the Company or any other Service Recipient, and in such form and having such terms, conditions and limitations as the 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Committee may determine.  The terms, conditions and limitations of each Award under the Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement, in a form approved by the Committee, consistent, however, with the terms of the Plan.
		

		
			6.          Awards
		

		
			From time to time, the Committee (or the Board, as applicable) will determine the forms and amounts of Awards for Participants.  Such Awards may take the following forms in the Committee’s (or the Board’s, as applicable) sole discretion:
		

		
			(a)    Stock Options.  
		

		
			(i)     Stock Options.  These are options to purchase Common Stock (“Stock Options”).  At the time of Award the Committee shall determine, and shall include in the Award Agreement, the option exercise period, the option exercise price, vesting requirements, and such other terms, conditions or restrictions on the grant or exercise of the option as the Committee deems appropriate including, without limitation, the right to receive dividend equivalent payments on vested options.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exercise price per Share of a Stock Option shall in no event be less than the Fair Market Value on the date the Stock Option is granted (subject to later adjustment pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 hereof).  In addition to other restrictions contained in the Plan, a Stock Option granted under this Section 6(a) may not be exercised more than 10 years after the date it is granted.  Payment of the Stock Option exercise price shall be made (i) in cash, (ii) with the consent of the Committee, in Shares (any such Shares valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise) that the Participant has held for such period of time as may be required by the Committee to avoid adverse accounting consequences, (iii) through the withholding of Shares (any such Shares valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise) otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Stock Option in a manner that is compliant with applicable law, or (iv) a combination of the foregoing methods, in each such case in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Award Agreement and of any applicable guidelines of the Committee in effect at the time.
		

		
			(ii)    ISOs.  The Committee may grant Stock Options under the Plan that are intended to be ISOs.  Such ISOs shall comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code (or any successor section thereto).  No ISO may be granted to any Participant who at the time of such grant, owns more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, unless (i) the option exercise price for such ISO is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the ISO is granted and (ii) the date on which such ISO terminates is a date not later than the day preceding the fifth anniversary of the date on which the ISO is granted.  Any Participant who disposes of Shares acquired upon the exercise of an ISO either (i) within two years after the date of grant of such ISO or (ii) within one year after the transfer of such Shares to the Participant, shall notify the Company of such disposition and of the amount realized upon such disposition.  All Stock Options granted under the Plan are intended to be nonqualified stock options, unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Stock Option is intended to be an ISO.  If a Stock Option is intended to be an ISO, and if for any reason such Option (or portion thereof) shall not qualify as an ISO, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Stock Option (or portion thereof) shall be regarded as a nonqualified stock option granted under the Plan; provided that such
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Stock Option (or portion thereof) otherwise complies with the Plan’s requirements relating to nonqualified stock options.  In no event shall any member of the Committee, the Company or any of its Affiliates (or their respective employees, officers or directors) have any liability to any Participant (or any other Person) due to the failure of a Stock Option to qualify for any reason as an ISO.
		

		
			(iii)   Attestation.  Wherever in this Plan or any agreement evidencing an Award a Participant is permitted to pay the Stock Option exercise price of a Stock Option or taxes relating to the exercise of a Stock Option by delivering Shares, the Participant may, subject to procedures satisfactory to the Committee, satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting proof of Beneficial Ownership of such Shares, in which case the Company shall treat the Stock Option as exercised without further payment and shall withhold such number of Shares from the Shares acquired by the exercise of the Stock Option, subject to actual receipt of such Shares (whether of the actual Share certificate or electronic delivery of such Shares). 
		

		
			(b)    Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee may grant “Stock Appreciation Rights” (as hereinafter defined) independent of, or in connection with, the grant of a Stock Option or a portion thereof.  Each Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to such other terms as the Committee may determine.  The exercise price per Share of a Stock Appreciation Right shall in no event be less than the Fair Market Value on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted or, in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with a Stock Option, or a portion thereof, the Stock Option exercise price of the related Stock Option.  Each “Stock Appreciation Right” granted independent of a Stock Option shall be defined as a right of a Participant, upon exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right, to receive an amount equal to the product of (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one Share over (B) the exercise price per Share of such Stock Appreciation Right, multiplied by (ii) the number of Shares covered by the Stock Appreciation Right.  Payment of the Stock Appreciation Right shall be made in Shares or in cash, or partly in Shares and partly in cash (any such Shares valued at the Fair Market Value on the date of the payment), all as shall be determined by the Committee.  Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised from time to time upon actual receipt by the Company of written notice of exercise stating the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised.  The date a notice of exercise is received by the Committee shall be the exercise date.  No fractional Shares will be issued in payment for Stock Appreciation Rights, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee should so determine, the number of Shares will be rounded downward to the next whole Share.
		

		
			(c)    Other Stock-Based Awards.  
		

		
			(i)    Generally.  The Committee may grant or sell awards of Shares, awards of restricted Shares and awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value or number of, or are in any way payable in the form of, Shares (including, without limitation, restricted stock units and bonus stock).  Such “Other Stock-Based Awards” shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the Committee may determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive, or vest with respect to, one or more Shares (or the equivalent cash value of such Shares) upon the completion of a specified period of service, the occurrence of an event and/or the attainment of 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			performance objectives.  Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted alone or in addition to any other Awards under the Plan.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to whom and when Other Stock-Based Awards will be made; the number of Shares to be awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards; whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares; and all other terms and conditions of such awards (including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof and provisions ensuring that all Shares so awarded and issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable).
		

		
			(ii)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, certain Other Stock-Based Awards granted under this Section 6(c) may be granted in a manner which is intended to qualify for the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code or any successor provision thereto (“Performance-Based Awards”).  A Participant’s Performance-Based Award shall be determined based on the attainment of written performance goals approved by the Committee for a performance period established by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code.  The performance goals, which must be objective, shall be based upon one or more of the following criteria: (a) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (b) earnings per share; (c) net sales or revenue growth; (d) gross or net operating profit; (e) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue); (f) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, and cash flow return on capital); (g) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization; (h) gross or operating margins; (i) productivity ratios; (j) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (k) expense targets; (l) margins; (m) operating efficiency; (n) customer satisfaction; (o) working capital targets; (p) economic value added; (q) volume; (r) capital expenditures; (s) market share; (t) costs; (u) regulatory ratings; (v) asset quality; (w) net worth; and (x) safety.  The foregoing criteria may relate to the Company, one or more of its Affiliates or one or more of its or their divisions or units, or any combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute basis and/or be relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any combination thereof, all as the Committee shall determine.  In addition, to the degree consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor section thereto), the performance goals may be calculated without regard to non-recurring items, as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.  The maximum amount of a Performance-Based Award granted during a calendar year to any Participant shall be, with respect to Performance-Based Awards that are denominated in Shares, 24 million.  The Committee shall determine whether, with respect to a performance period, the applicable performance goals have been met with respect to a given Participant and, if they have, shall so certify and ascertain the amount of the applicable Performance-Based Award.  No Performance-Based Awards will be paid for such performance period until such certification is made by the Committee.  The amount of the Performance-Based Award actually paid to a given Participant may be less than the amount determined by the applicable performance goal formula, at the discretion of the Committee.  The amount of the Performance-Based Award determined by the Committee for a performance period shall be paid to the Participant at such time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion after the end of such performance period; provided, however, that a Participant may,
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			if and to the extent permitted by the Committee and consistent with the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, elect to defer payment of a Performance-Based Award.
		

		
			 
		

		
			(d)    Dividend Equivalent Rights.  The Committee may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights either alone or in connection with the grant of an Award.  A “Dividend Equivalent Right” shall be the right to receive a payment in respect of one Share (whether or not subject to a Stock Option) equal to the amount of any dividend paid in respect of one Share held by a shareholder in the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not grant any Dividend Equivalent Right in respect of any unearned performance Shares.  Each Dividend Equivalent Right shall be subject to such terms as the Committee may determine.
		

		
			7.          Limitations and Conditions
		

		
			(a)    No Award may be granted under the Plan after June 1, 2022, but Awards theretofore granted may extend beyond that date.  
		

		
			(b)    Nothing contained herein shall affect the right of the Company or any other Service Recipient to terminate any Participant’s employment or other service relationship at any time or for any reason.
		

		
			(c)    Unless otherwise permitted by the Committee at or after the time of grant of any Award, and except as shall be otherwise transferable or assignable by the Participant by will or the laws of descent and distribution, no benefit under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to do so shall be void.  No such benefit shall, prior to receipt thereof by the Participant, be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of the Participant.  No election as to benefits or exercise of any Award may be made during a Participant’s lifetime by anyone other than the Participant except by a legal representative appointed for or by the Participant or, after a Participant’s death, by the legatees, personal representatives of the Participant or distributees of the Participant.
		

		
			(d)    Participants shall not be, and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of, shareholders of the Company in respect of any Shares purchasable or deliverable in connection with any Award unless and until certificates representing any such Shares have been issued by the Company to such Participants (or book entry representing such Shares has been made and such Shares have been deposited with the appropriate registered book-entry custodian).
		

		
			(e)    Absent express provisions to the contrary, any Award under this Plan shall not be deemed compensation for purposes of computing benefits or contributions under any retirement or severance plan of the Company or other Service Recipient and shall not affect any benefits under any other benefit plan of any kind now or subsequently in effect under which the availability or amount of benefits is related to level of compensation.  This Plan is not a “retirement plan” or “welfare plan” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
		

		
			(f)    Unless the Committee determines otherwise, no benefit or promise under the Plan shall be secured by any specific assets of the Company or any other Service Recipient, nor
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			shall any assets of the Company or any other Service Recipient be designated as attributable or allocated to the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under the Plan.
		

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

		
			(h)    Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, other than as permitted under Section 8 or 9 below, the repricing of any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right, once granted hereunder, is prohibited without prior approval of the Company’s shareholders.  For this purpose, a “repricing” means any of the following (or any other action that has the same effect as any of the following): (i) changing the terms of any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right to lower the exercise price thereof; (ii) any other action that is treated as a “repricing” under generally accepted accounting principles; and (iii) repurchasing for cash or canceling any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for another Award at a time when the exercise price per Share is greater than the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares, unless the cancellation and exchange occurs in connection with an event described in Section 8 or 9 below.
		

		
			8.          Adjustments upon Certain Events.
		

		
			In the event of any Share dividend, Share split, spin-off, share combination, reclassification, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, merger, Change in Control, payment of a dividend (other than a cash dividend paid as part of a regular dividend program), exchange of Shares or other corporate exchange, any equity restructuring (as defined under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 or any successor provision thereto), or other similar transaction or occurrence which affects the equity securities of the Company or the value thereof, the Committee shall (i) adjust the number and kind of shares subject to the Plan and available for or covered by Awards, (ii) adjust the share and/or exercise prices related to outstanding Awards, and/or (iii) take such other action (including, without limitation providing for payment of a cash amount to holders of outstanding Awards), in each case as it deems reasonably necessary to address, on an equitable basis, the effect of the applicable corporate event on the Plan and any outstanding Awards. Where an Award being adjusted is an ISO or is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the adjustment shall also be effected so as to comply with Section 424(a) of the Code and not to constitute a modification within the meaning of Section 424(h) or 409A, as applicable, of the Code.  Any such adjustment made or action taken by the Committee in accordance with this Section 8 shall be final and binding upon holders of Awards and upon the Company.
		

		
			9.          Change in Control.  
		

		
			Notwithstanding Section 8 above, in the event of a Change in Control: (a) if determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, any outstanding Awards then held by Participants which are unexercisable or otherwise unvested or subject to lapse restrictions may automatically be 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			deemed exercisable or otherwise vested or no longer subject to lapse restrictions, as the case may be, as of immediately prior to such Change in Control and (b) the Committee may, to the extent determined by the Committee to be permitted under Section 409A of the Code, but shall not be obligated to: (i) cancel such Awards for fair value (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) which, in the case of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, may equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) to be paid in the Change in Control transaction to holders of the same number of Shares subject to such Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights over the aggregate exercise price of such Stock Options or the aggregate exercise price of such Stock Appreciation Rights, as the case may be; (ii) provide for the issuance of substitute awards that will substantially preserve the otherwise applicable terms and value of any affected Awards previously granted hereunder, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; or (iii) provide that for a period of at least ten business days prior to the Change in Control, any Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable, to the extent applicable, as to all Shares subject thereto and that upon the occurrence of the Change in Control, such Awards shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee may apply any of the foregoing to any given outstanding Award or group or type of Awards, and shall not be required to apply any of the foregoing uniformly to all outstanding Awards.
		

		
			10.        Amendment and Termination
		

		
			(a)    The Committee shall have the authority to make such amendments to any terms and conditions applicable to outstanding Awards as are consistent with this Plan, provided that no such action shall modify any Award in a manner that adversely impacts, other than in a de minimis manner, a Participant with respect to any outstanding Awards, other than pursuant to Sections 8, 9 or 10(c) hereof, without the Participant’s consent, except as such modification is provided for or contemplated in the terms of the Award or this Plan (including Section 4(a) above). 
		

		
			(b)    The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, except that no such action, other than an action under Sections 8, 9 or 10(c) hereof, may be taken which would, without shareholder approval, increase the aggregate number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan, decrease the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, change the requirements relating to the Committee, or extend the term of the Plan.  However, no such Board action shall adversely impact, other than in a de minimis manner, a Participant with respect to any outstanding Awards, other than pursuant to Sections 8, 9 or 10(c) hereof, without the Participant’s consent, except as otherwise contemplated in the terms of the Award or the Plan (including Section 4(a) above).
		

		
			(c)    This Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code and will be interpreted in a manner intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if, at the time of the Participant’s termination of service with any Service Recipient, the Participant is a “specified employee” as defined in 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 service is necessary in order to prevent the 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			imposition of 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 such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Participant) until the date that is six months and one day following the Participant’s termination of service with all Service Recipients (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code), if such payment or benefit is payable upon a termination of service and (ii) if any other payments of money or other benefits due to the Participant hereunder would cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred, if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, reasonably determined by the Board in consultation with the Participant, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax or result in an additional cost to the Company (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Participant).  Each payment made under the Plan shall be designated as a “separate payment” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and all references to “termination of employment” or “termination of service” shall be deemed to refer to a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be liable to a Participant in the event any payment or benefit under the Plan fails to be exempt from, or comply with, Section 409A of the Code.
		

		
			(d)    The Committee shall specify in, or in respect of, any Award granted hereunder on or subsequent  to the Effective Date, that as a condition of receiving payment of such Award, the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to such Award shall be subject to any reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment, in whole or in part, upon the occurrence of certain specified events, as may be required by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any applicable national exchange, law, rule or regulation or as set forth in a separate “clawback” or recoupment policy as may be adopted from time to time by the Board or the Committee.
		

		
			11.        Governing Law; International Participants
		

		
			(a)    This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable therein. 
		

		
			(b)    With respect to Participants who reside or work outside the United States of America, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the terms of the Plan or awards 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 any other Service Recipient.
		

		
			12.       Transfers and Leaves of Absence
		

		
			For purposes of the Plan, unless the Committee determines otherwise: (a) a transfer of a Participant’s employment without an intervening period of separation among the Company and any other Service Recipient shall not be deemed a termination of employment, and (b) a Participant who is granted in writing a leave of absence or who is entitled to a statutory leave of 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			absence shall be deemed to have remained in the employ of the Company (and other Service Recipient) during such leave of absence.
		

		
			13.       Withholding Taxes 
		

		
			The Company shall have the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state or local income or other taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any grant, exercise, or payment made under or as a result of the Plan.  It shall be a condition to the obligation of the Company to deliver Shares upon the exercise of a Stock Option or upon the occurrence of any other taxable event with respect to any Award that the Participant pays to the Company or makes arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the applicable withholding taxes. As an alternative to making a cash payment to the Company to satisfy applicable withholding tax obligations, a Participant may elect or the Committee may require a Participant to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld, or by delivering to the Company Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld.  The value of any Shares so withheld or delivered shall be based on Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined.  All elections by the Participant shall be irrevocable and be made in writing and in such manner as determined by the Committee in advance of the day that the transaction becomes taxable and, to the extent applicable, in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
		

		
			14.        Effectiveness of the Plan
		

		
			This Plan as amended and restated shall be effective on November 30, 2016 (the “Effective Date”), except for the amendments set forth in Sections 2(j), 3(b) and 6(c)(ii) which shall not take effect, and no Award shall be granted hereunder that are subject to the amendments set forth in Sections 2(j), 3(b) and 6(c)(ii), unless and until the Company’s shareholders approve the proposal related to the Plan at the annual meeting of shareholders held in 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”).
		

		 

		

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