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ONEOK EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

 Exhibit 10.1  
  
 ONEOK, Inc. 
  
 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN 
  

	1.	General. 

  

	 	1.1	Purposes. The purposes of this Plan are (a) to provide competitive incentives that will enable the Company to attract, retain, motivate, and reward eligible Employees and
Non-Employee Directors of the Company, and (b) to give the Company’s eligible Employees and Non-Employee Directors an interest parallel to the interests of the Company’s shareholders generally. 

  

	 	1.2	Effective Date; Duration of Plan. The Plan shall be effective, and have an Effective Date of February 17, 2005, the date of its first adoption and approval by the Board of
Directors, provided that the shareholders of the Company thereafter approve it within one (1) year of that date. If the Plan is not so approved by the shareholders of the Company, the Plan (and any Stock Incentive granted thereunder) shall be null,
void and of no force and effect. If the Plan is so approved, it shall remain in effect until its termination date, which shall be February 17, 2015, or until the Plan is sooner terminated by the Board of Directors, and upon its termination shall
continue to be administered thereafter with respect to any Stock Incentive granted prior to the date of such termination. In no event shall a Stock Incentive be granted under the Plan more than ten (10) years from the date the Plan is adopted by the
Board of Directors. 

  

	2.	Definitions. 

  
 Unless otherwise required by the context, the following terms, when and wherever used in this Plan, shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 2.

  

	 	2.1	“Beneficiary” means a person or entity (including a trust or estate), designated in writing by a Participant on such forms and in accordance with such terms and conditions
as the Committee may prescribe, to whom the Participant’s rights under the Plan shall pass in the event of the death of the Participant. 

  

	 	2.2	“Board” or a “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted from time to time. 

  

	 	2.3	A “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: 

  

	 	(a)	 An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting securities of the Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the
term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 

  

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Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding Shares or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting
Securities; provided, however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to this Section 2(c), Shares or Voting Securities which are acquired in a “Non-Control Acquisition” (as hereinafter defined) shall not
constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A “Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B) any company or
other Person of which a majority of its voting power or its voting equity securities or equity interest is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company (for purposes of this definition, a “Related Entity”), (ii) the Company
or any Related Entity, or (iii) any Person in connection with a “Non-Control Transaction” (as hereinafter defined); 

  

	 	(b)	The individuals who, as of February 15, 2001, are members of the Board of Directors (the “Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors; or, following a Merger which results in a Parent Company, the board of directors of the ultimate Parent Company; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s common
stockholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that no
individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or
other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors (a “Proxy Contest”), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or
Proxy Contest; or 

  

	 	(c)	The consummation of: 

  

	 	(1)	A merger, consolidation or reorganization with or into the Company or in which securities of the Company are issued (a “Merger”), unless such Merger is a “Non-Control
Transaction.” A “Non-Control Transaction” shall mean a Merger where: 

  

	 	(A)	 the stockholders of the Company, immediately before such Merger, own directly or indirectly immediately following such Merger at least fifty percent (50%) of the
combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of (x) the company resulting from such Merger (the “Surviving Company”) if fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of

  

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the Surviving Company is not Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly by another Person (a “Parent Company”), or (y) if there is one or more
Parent Companies, the ultimate Parent Company; 

  

	 	(B)	the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for such Merger constitute at least a majority of the members
of the board of directors of (i) the Surviving Company, if there is no Parent Company, or (ii) if there is one or more Parent Companies, the ultimate Parent Company; and 

  

	 	(C)	no Person other than (1) the Company, (2) any Related Entity, (3) any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) that, immediately prior to such Merger was
maintained by the Company or any Related Entity, or (4) any Person who, immediately prior to such Merger had Beneficial Ownership of thirty percent (30%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities or Shares, has Beneficial Ownership of thirty
percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities or common stock of (i) the Surviving Company if there is no Parent Company, or (ii) if there is one or more Parent Companies, the ultimate Parent Company.

  

	 	(2)	A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or 

  

	 	(3)	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 Related Entity or under conditions that would
constitute a Non-Control Transaction with the disposition of assets being regarded as a Merger for this purpose or the distribution to the Company’s stockholders of the stock of a Related Entity or any other assets). 

 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed
to occur solely because any Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding Shares or Voting Securities if: (1) such acquisition occurs as a result of the acquisition of
Shares or Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Shares or Voting Securities then outstanding, increases the proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, provided that if a Change in Control
would occur (but for the operation of this subparagraph) as a result of the acquisition of Shares or Voting Securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional
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increases the percentage of the then outstanding Shares or Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur,
or (2) (A) within five business days after a Change in Control would have occurred (but for the operation of this subparagraph), or if the Subject Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding Shares or
the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities inadvertently, then after the Subject Person discovers or is notified by the Company that such acquisition would have triggered a Change in Control (but for the
operation of this subparagraph), the Subject Person notifies the Board of Directors that it did so inadvertently, and (B) within two business days after such notification, the Subject Person divests itself of a sufficient number of Shares or Voting
Securities so that the Subject Person is the Beneficial Owner of less than twenty percent (20%) of the then outstanding Shares or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if an eligible
Employee’s employment is terminated by the Company without Just Cause prior to the date of a Change in Control but the eligible Employee reasonably demonstrates that the termination (1) was at the request of a third party who has indicated an
intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or (2) otherwise arose in connection with, or in anticipation of, a Change in Control which has been threatened or proposed, such termination shall be deemed to have
occurred after a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan, provided a Change in Control shall actually have occurred. 
  

	 	2.4	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. References to a particular section of the Code shall include references to any
related Treasury Regulations and to successor provisions. 

  

	 	2.5	“Committee” means the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan pursuant to the provisions of section 12.1 below. 

  

	 	2.6	“Common Stock” means common stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company. 

  

	 	2.7	“Company” means ONEOK, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, its successors and assigns, or any division or Subsidiary thereof. 

  

	 	2.8	“Director Fees” means all compensation and fees paid to a Non-Employee Director by the Company for his or her services as a member of the Board of Directors.

  

	 	2.9	“Director Stock Award” means an award of ONEOK, Inc. Common Stock granted to a Non-Employee Director. 

  

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	 	2.10	“Effective Date” means the effective date of the Plan specified in Section 1.2, above. 

  

	 	2.11	“Employee” means an employee of the Company, including an officer or director who is such an employee. 

  

	 	2.12	“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 

  

	 	2.13	“Fair Market Value” on a particular date means the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of Common Stock in consolidated trading on the date in question as
reported by The Wall Street Journal or another reputable source designated by the Committee; provided that if there were no sales on such date reported as provided above, the respective prices on the most recent prior day for which a sale was
so reported. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, if the foregoing method of determining Fair Market Value should be inconsistent with section 422 of the Code, or in the case of any other type of Stock Incentive the foregoing method is
determined by the Committee, in its discretion, to not be applicable, a “Fair Market Value” shall be determined by the Committee in a manner consistent with such section of the Code, or in such other manner as the Committee, in its
discretion, determines to be appropriate, and shall mean the value as so determined. 

  

	 	2.14	“General Counsel” means the General Counsel of the Company serving from time to time. 

  

	 	2.15	“Incentive Stock Option” means an option, including an Option as the context may require, intended to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to incentive stock options
under section 422 of the Code. 

  

	 	2.16	 “Just Cause” shall mean the Employee’s conviction in a court of law of a felony, or any crime or offense in a court of law of a felony, or any crime
or offense involving misuse or misappropriation of money or property, the Employee’s violation of any covenant, agreement or obligation not to disclose confidential information regarding the business of the Company (or a division or
Subsidiary); any violation by the Employee of any covenant not to compete with the Company (or a division or Subsidiary); any act of dishonesty by the Employee which adversely affects the business of the Company (or a division or subsidiary); any
willful or intentional act of the Employee which adversely affects the business of, or reflects unfavorably on the reputation of the Company (or a division or Subsidiary); the Employee’s use of alcohol or drugs which interferes with the
Employee’s performance of duties as an employee of the Company (or a division or Subsidiary); or the Employee’s failure or refusal to perform the specific directives of the Company’s Board of Directors, or its officers which
directives are consistent with the scope and nature of the Employee’s duties and responsibilities with the existence and occurrence of all of such causes to be determined by the Company in its sole discretion; provided, that nothing 

  

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contained in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed to interfere in any way with the right of the Company (or a division or Subsidiary),
which is hereby acknowledged, to terminate the Employee’s employment at any time without cause. 

  

	 	2.17	“Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is not an employee of the Company, and who qualifies as a “Non-Employee
Director” under the definition of that term in SEC Rule 16b-3. 

  

	 	2.18	“Non-Qualified Performance Stock Incentive” means a Performance Stock Incentive granted under the Plan that is not intended to qualify as qualified performance based
compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as described in Section 13.9. 

  

	 	2.19	“Non-Statutory Stock Option” means an option, including an Option as the context may require, which is not intended to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to
incentive stock options under section 422 of the Code. 

  

	 	2.20	“Option” means an option granted under this Plan to purchase shares of Common Stock. Options may be Incentive Stock Options or Non-Statutory Stock Options.

  

	 	2.21	“Participant” means an Employee who the Committee determines is in a position to contribute significantly to the growth and profitability of, or to perform services of
major importance to the Company, its divisions and subsidiaries, or Non-Employee Director, who is selected by the Committee to be a Participant in the Plan and to be granted a Stock Incentive under the Plan. 

  

	 	2.22	“Performance Goal” means one or more criteria or standards established by the Committee to determine, in whole or in part, whether a Performance Stock Incentive shall be
awarded or earned, which may include the criteria and standards established pursuant to Section 13.9. 

  

	 	2.23	“Performance Period” means the time period designated by the Committee during which Performance Goals must be met. 

  

	 	2.24	“Performance Stock Award” means a Stock Incentive providing for a grant of shares of Common Stock the award or delivery of which is subject to specified Performance Goals.

  

	 	2.25	“Performance Stock Incentive” means a Stock Incentive, including without limitation, a Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock Award, or
Restricted Unit Award providing for the award, delivery or payment of shares of Common Stock or cash, or a combination of each, that is subject to specified Performance Goals. 

  

	 	2.26	 “Performance Unit Award” means a Stock Incentive providing for a grant of a unit or units representing an amount of cash or shares of Common Stock
(including a Stock Unit as defined in Section 2.39), or a combination of each, that 

  

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will be distributed in the future if continued employment and/or other specified Performance Goals or other performance criteria specified by the Committee
are attained; and which Performance Goals or other performance criteria may include, without limitation, corporate, divisional or business unit financial or operating performance measures, as more particularly described in Section 13.9; and which
other contingencies may include the Participant’s depositing with the Company, acquiring or retaining for stipulated time periods specified amounts of Common Stock; and the amount of Stock Incentive may, but need not be determined by reference
to the market value of Common Stock. 

  

	 	2.27	“Plan” means the ONEOK, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan set forth in these pages, as amended from time to time. 

  

	 	2.28	“Plan Year” means the calendar year beginning on January 1 and ending the next December 31. 

  

	 	2.29	“Qualified Performance Stock Incentive” means a Performance Stock Incentive granted under the Plan that is intended to qualify as qualified performance based compensation
under Section 162(m) of the Code, as described in Section 13.9. 

  

	 	2.30	“Restricted Stock Award” means shares of Common Stock which are issued or transferred to a Participant under Section 6, below, and which will become free of restrictions
specified by the Committee if continued employment and/or Performance Goals or other performance criteria specified by the Committee are attained; and which Performance Goals or other criteria, circumstances or conditions arise, exist or are
satisfied; and which may but need not include, without limitation, corporate, divisional or business unit financial or operating performance measures, as more particularly described in Section 13.9 

  

	 	2.31	“Restricted Unit Award” means a Stock Incentive providing for a grant of a unit or units representing an amount of cash or shares of Common Stock or a combination of each,
which become free of restrictions specified by the Committee if continued employment and/or Performance Goals or other criteria, circumstances or conditions arise, exist or are attained; and which may but need not include, without limitation,
corporate, divisional or business unit financial or operating performance measures, as more particularly described in Section 13.9. 

  

	 	2.32	“SEC Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under the Exchange Act, as such rule or any successor rule may be in effect from
time to time. 

  

	 	2.33	“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Company. 

  

	 	2.34	“Section 16 Person” means a person subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act with respect to transactions involving equity securities of the Company.

  

	 	2.35	“Share” or “shares” means a share or shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share of the Company. 

  

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	 	2.36	“Stock Appreciation Right” means a right granted to a Participant denominated in shares of Common Stock, to receive, upon exercise of the right (or both the right and a
related Option, if applicable in the case of issuance in tandem with an Option), an amount, payable in shares of Common Stock, in cash, or a combination thereof that does not exceed the excess of the Fair Market Value of the share or shares of
Common Stock on the date such right is exercised over the base price of such share or shares provided in and for such right on the date such right is granted, as determined by the Committee. 

  

	 	2.37	“Stock Bonus Award” means an amount of cash or shares of Common Stock which is distributed to a Participant or which the Committee agrees to distribute in the future to a
Participant in lieu of, or as a supplement to, any other compensation that may have been earned by services rendered prior to the date the distribution is made. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the amount of the award shall be
determined by reference to the Fair Market Value of Common Stock. Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Unit Awards are specific types of Stock Bonus Awards. 

  

	 	2.38	“Stock Incentive” means an award granted under this Plan in one of the forms provided for in Section 3. 

  

	 	2.39	“Stock Unit” means a unit evidencing the right to receive under certain conditions or in specified circumstances one (1) share of Common Stock or equivalent value, as
determined by the Committee. 

  

	 	2.40	“Subsidiary” means a corporation or other form of business association of which shares (or other ownership interest) having more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting
power are or in the future become owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the term “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary (as defined by the preceding
clause) which is also a “subsidiary corporation” as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. 

  

	 	2.41	“Time-Lapse Restricted Stock Incentive” means a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Unit Award, or any other Stock Incentive the award of which is based solely on continued
employment with the Company for a specified period of time. 

  

	3.	Grants of Stock Incentives. 

  

	 	3.1	Stock Incentives to Employees/Participants. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may at any time, or from time to time, grant Stock Incentives to one or more
Employees that the Committee selects to be a Participant in the Plan, which may be (i) Stock Bonus Awards, which may, but need not be Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards or Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Unit Awards and/or (ii)
Options, which may be Incentive Stock Options or Non-Statutory Stock Options, and/or (ii) Stock Appreciation Rights. 

  

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	 	3.2	Non-Employee Director Awards. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall grant Director Stock Awards to Non-Employee Directors in accordance with Section 9 of
the Plan. Notwithstanding anything else otherwise expressed or implied in the Plan, no other form of Stock Incentive shall be granted to Non-Employee Directors under the Plan, and in no event shall any grant of an Incentive Stock Option be made to a
Non-Employee Director. 

  

	 	3.3	Modifications. After a Stock Incentive has been granted, 

  

	 	(a)	the Committee may waive any term or condition thereof that could have been excluded from such Stock Incentive when it was granted, and 

  

	 	(b)	with the written consent of the affected Participant, may amend any Stock Incentive after it has been granted to include (or exclude) any provision which could have been included in
(or excluded from) such Stock Incentive when it was granted, and no additional consideration need be received by the Company in exchange for such waiver or amendment; 

  

	 	(c)	provided, that modification of any Option granted under the Plan shall be subject to the prohibition of repricing of Options stated in Section 7.9. 

  

	 	3.4	Forms of Stock Incentives. A particular form of Stock Incentive may be granted to a Participant either alone or in addition to other Stock Incentives hereunder. The
provisions of particular forms of Stock Incentives need not be the same for each Participant. 

  

	4.	Stock Subject to the Plan. 

  

	 	4.1	Shares Authorized. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued or transferred pursuant to all Stock Incentives granted under the Plan on and after
the Effective Date shall be three million (3,000,000) shares, subject to the provisions governing restoration of shares stated below in Section 4.4 and the provisions for adjustment in Section 11. 

  

	 	4.2	Grant, Award Limitations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to the overall maximum limitation in Section 4.1, 

  
 a) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which
Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted or issued to any one (1) Employee or Participant in any Plan Year is five hundred thousand (500,000); 
  
 b) The maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Stock Incentives other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted or
issued to any one (1) Employee or Participant in any Plan Year is five hundred thousand (500,000); 
  
 c) The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and the maximum dollar amount that may be issued or paid as Performance Stock 

  

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Incentives to any one (1) Employee or Participant in any Plan Year are five hundred thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock, and Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000), respectively; 
  
 d) The maximum aggregate number
shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan through the granting of Time-Lapse Restricted Stock Incentives is one million two hundred thousand (1,200,000); 
  
 e) The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan through the granting of
Incentive Stock Options is one million (1,000,000); and 
  
 f)
The exercise of Incentive Stock Options is also subject to the calendar year dollar limitation provided in Section 422(d) of the Code and Section 7.6. 
  

	 	4.3	Source of Shares. Such shares may be authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, shares of Common Stock held in treasury, whether acquired by the Company specifically for
use under this Plan or otherwise, or shares issued or transferred to, or otherwise acquired by, a trust pursuant to Section 13.5, as the Committee may from time to time determine, provided, however, that any shares acquired or held by the Company
for the purposes of this Plan shall, unless and until issued or transferred to a trust pursuant to Section 13.5, or to a Participant in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Stock Incentive, be and at all times remain authorized but unissued
shares or treasury shares (as the case may be), irrespective of whether such shares are entered in a special account for purposes of this Plan, and shall be available for any corporate purpose. 

  

	 	4.4	 Restoration and Retention of Shares. If any shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Incentive shall not be issued or transferred to a Participant and shall
cease to be issuable or transferable to a Participant because of the termination, expiration or cancellation, in whole or in part, of such Stock Incentive or for any other reason, or if any such shares shall, after issuance or transfer, be
reacquired by the Company because of the Participant’s failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a Stock Incentive or for any other reason, the shares not so issued or transferred, or the shares so reacquired by the Company, as the
case may be, shall no longer be charged against the limitation provided for in Section 4.1 and may be used thereafter for additional Stock Incentives under the Plan; to the extent a Stock Incentive under the Plan is settled or paid in cash, shares
subject to such Stock Incentive will not be considered to have been issued and will not be applied against the maximum number of shares of Common Stock provided for in Section 4.1. If a Stock Incentive may be settled in shares of Common Stock or
cash, such shares shall be deemed issued only when and to the extent that settlement or payment is actually made in shares of Common Stock; to the extent a Stock Incentive is settled or paid in cash, and not shares of Common Stock, any shares
previously reserved for issuance or transfer pursuant to such Stock Incentive will again be deemed available for issuance or transfer under the Plan; and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred 

  

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under the Plan shall be reduced only by the number of shares actually issued and transferred to the Participant. If a Participant pays the purchase price of
shares subject to an Option or applicable taxes by surrendering shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of 7.2, the number of shares surrendered shall be added back to the number of shares available for issuance or transfer under
the Plan so that the maximum number of shares that may be issued or transferred under the Plan pursuant to Section 4.1 shall have been charged only for the net number of shares issued or transferred pursuant to the Option exercise.

  

	5.	Eligibility. 

  
 An Employee who the Committee determines is in a position to contribute significantly to the growth and profitability of, or to perform services of major
importance to, the Company, its divisions and Subsidiaries shall be eligible and may be designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan and be granted Stock Incentives as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion, under the Plan.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall from time to time, in its sole discretion, select from such eligible Employees those to whom Stock Incentives shall be granted and determine the number of Shares to be granted and the form
and terms of the such Stock Incentives. Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to be granted Stock Incentives and to become Participants in the Plan to the extent provided in Sections 3.2 and 9 of the Plan. 
  

	6.	Stock Bonus Awards, Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Unit Awards. 

  
 Stock Bonus Awards, Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards,
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Unit Awards shall be subject to the following provisions: 
  

	 	6.1	Grants. An eligible Employee may be granted a Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock Award, or Restricted Unit Award, and a
Non-Employee Director may be granted a Director Stock Award, whether or not he or she is eligible to receive similar or dissimilar incentive compensation under any other plan or arrangement of the Company. 

  

	 	6.2	Issuance of Shares. Shares of Common Stock subject to a Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Unit Award,
may be issued or transferred to a Participant at the time such Award is granted, or at any time subsequent thereto, or in installments from time to time, and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Committee shall determine. In the event that
any such issuance or transfer shall not be made to the Participant at the time such Award is granted, the Committee may but need not provide for payment to such Participant, either in cash or shares of Common Stock, from time to time or at the time
or times such shares shall be issued or transferred to such Participant, of amounts not exceeding the dividends which would have been payable to such Participant in respect of such shares (as adjusted under Section 11) if such shares had been issued
or transferred to such Participant at the time such Award was granted. 

  

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	 	6.3	Cash Settlement. Any Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock Award, or Restricted Unit Award may, in the discretion of the
Committee, be settled or paid in cash, or shares of Common Stock, or in either cash or shares of Common Stock. If a Stock Incentive is settled or paid in cash, such settlement and/or payment shall be made on each date on which shares would otherwise
have been delivered or become unrestricted, in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value on such date of the shares which would otherwise have been delivered or become unrestricted and the number of shares for which such cash payment is made shall be
added back to the maximum number of shares available for use under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be issued only when and to the extent that a Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock
Award, Restricted Unit Award or other Stock Incentive under the Plan is actually settled or paid in shares of Common Stock; and to the extent a Stock Incentive is settled or paid in cash, and not shares of Common Stock, any shares previously
reserved for issuance or transfer pursuant to such Stock Incentive will again be deemed available for issuance or transfer under the Plan. 

  

	 	6.4	Terms of Awards. Stock Bonus Awards, Performance Stock Awards, Performance Unit Awards, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Unit Awards, shall be subject to such terms and
conditions, including, without limitation, restrictions on the sale or other disposition of the shares issued or transferred pursuant to such Award, and conditions calling for forfeiture of the Award or the shares issued or transferred pursuant
thereto in designated circumstances, as the Committee shall determine; provided, however, that upon the issuance or transfer of shares to a Participant pursuant to any such Award, the recipient shall, with respect to such shares, be and become a
shareholder of the Company fully entitled to receive dividends, to vote and to exercise all other rights of a shareholder except to the extent otherwise provided in the Award. All or any portion of a Stock Bonus Award may but need not be made in the
form of a Performance Stock Award, a Performance Unit Award, a Restricted Stock Award or a Restricted Unit Award. 

  

	 	6.5	Loans Prohibited. The Committee shall not, without prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, grant any Stock Incentive that provides for the making of a loan or
other extension of credit, directly or indirectly, by the Company or Plan to an Employee, Participant, officer of the Company or any other person in connection with the grant, award or payment of such Stock Incentive. 

  

	 	6.6	Written Instrument. Each Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock Award and Restricted Unit Award shall be evidenced in writing as
authorized and provided for in Section 12.4. 

  

	 	6.6	Director Awards. Director Stock Awards shall be granted as determined by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of Section 9, and as otherwise provided by this Plan.

  

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	7.	Options. 

  
 Options shall be subject to the following provisions: 
  

	 	7.1	Option Price. Subject to the provisions of Section 10, the purchase price per share shall be, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, a Non-Statutory Stock Option, or any
other Option granted under the Plan, not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Option is granted (or in the case of any optionee who, at the time an Incentive Stock Option is
granted, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of his or her employer corporation or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the
Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted). 

  

	 	7.2	Payment of Option Price. The purchase price of shares subject to an Option may be paid in whole or in part (i) in cash, (ii) by bank-certified, cashier’s or personal
check subject to collection, (iii) if so provided in the Option and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose, by delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with a copy of irrevocable instructions
to a stockbroker to sell immediately some or all of the shares acquired by exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount of sale proceeds (or, in lieu of or pending a sale, loan proceeds) sufficient to pay the purchase
price, or (iv) if so provided in the Option and subject to such terms and conditions as are specified in the Option, in shares of Common Stock or other property surrendered to the Company. Property for purposes of this section shall include an
obligation of the Company unless prohibited by applicable law. Shares of Common Stock thus surrendered shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. Any such other property thus surrendered shall be valued at its fair market
value on any reasonable basis established or approved by the Committee. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee shall not, without prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, grant an Option or any other Stock Incentive
that provides for the making of a loan or other extension of credit, directly or indirectly, by the Company or Plan to an Employee, Participant, officer of the Company, or any other person in connection with the grant, exercise, payment or award of
any such Option or other Stock Incentive. 

  

	 	7.3	 Option Terms. Options may be granted for such lawful consideration, including money or other property, tangible or intangible, or labor or services received
or to be received by the Company, as the Committee may determine when the Option is granted, including the agreement of the optionee to remain in the employ of the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries at the pleasure of the Company for such
period, and on such terms, as are more particularly provided for therein. Property for purposes of the preceding sentence shall include an obligation of the Company unless prohibited by applicable law. Subject to the foregoing and the other
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time of grant or may become exercisable in one or more installments, at such time or times and subject to satisfaction of such terms and conditions as the
Committee may determine. The Committee may at any time accelerate the date on which an Option becomes exercisable, and no additional consideration need be received by the Company in exchange for such acceleration. Unless otherwise provided in the
Option, an Option, to the extent it becomes exercisable, may be exercised at any time in whole or in part until the expiration or termination of the Option. 

  

	 	7.4	Exercise by Optionee. Each Option shall be exercisable during the life of the optionee only by him or her or his or her guardian or legal representative, and after the death
only by his or her Beneficiary or, absent a Beneficiary, by his or her estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, that an Option that is made transferable by its
terms and approved by the Committee pursuant to Section 12.1 shall be exercisable by a permissible transferee in accordance with the terms of the Option. Each Option shall expire at such time or times as the Committee may determine; provided, that
notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, (i) no Option shall be exercisable after the tenth (10th)
anniversary of the date the Option was granted, and (ii) no Incentive Stock Option which is granted to any optionee who, at the time such Option is granted, owns stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of his or her employer corporation or of its parent or subsidiary corporation, shall be exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the date such Option is granted. If an Option is granted for a term of less than ten
(10) years, the Committee may, at any time prior to the expiration of the Option, extend its term for a period ending not later than on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Option was granted, and no additional consideration need be received by the Company in exchange for such extension. The Committee may but need not provide for an Option to
be exercisable after termination of employment until its fixed expiration date (or until an earlier date or specified event occurs). 

  

	 	7.5	Exercise of Option. An Option shall be considered exercised if and when written notice, signed by the person exercising the Option, or an electronic communication if such
communication is authorized and approved by the Committee in the terms of the Option, and stating the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, is received by the Secretary in or on a form approved for such purpose by the
Committee, accompanied by full payment of the Option exercise price in one or more forms of payment authorized by the Committee described in Section 7.2, for the number of share purchased. No Option may at any time be exercised with respect to a
fractional share. 

  

	 	7.6	 Incentive Stock Options. An Option may, but need not, be an Incentive Stock Option. All shares of Common Stock which may be made subject to Stock Incentives
under this Plan may be made subject to Incentive Stock Options; provided that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the Option is granted) of the stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be exercisable for the
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all plans, including this Plan, of his or her employer corporation and its parent and subsidiary corporations) shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000) or such other amount, if any, as may apply under the Code. In no event shall an Incentive Stock Option be granted under the Plan more than ten (10) years after the date the Plan is adopted, or the date the Plan is approved by the
shareholders of the Company, whichever is earlier. 

  

	 	7.7	Written Instrument. Each Option shall be evidenced in writing as authorized and provided for in Section 13.4. An Option, if so approved by the Committee, may include terms,
conditions, restrictions and limitations in addition to those provided for in this Plan including, without limitation, terms and conditions providing for the transfer or issuance of shares, on exercise of an Option, which may be non-transferable and
forfeitable to the Company in designated circumstances. 

  

	 	7.8	Restored or Reload Options Prohibited. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee shall not, without prior approval of Company’s shareholders, grant
an Incentive Stock Option, Non-Statutory Option or other form of Option under this Plan containing any provision pursuant to which the optionee is to be granted a restored or reload Option of any kind by reason of the exercise of all or part of an
Option by paying all or part of the exercise price of such Option by surrendering shares of Common Stock. 

  

	 	7.9	Repricing Prohibited. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Committee shall not, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, cancel any
outstanding Option for the purpose of reissuing the Option or another Option in its place at a lower exercise price, or otherwise directly or indirectly take any action that would reduce the exercise price of an outstanding Option, or would have
substantially the same effect as reducing the exercise price of any outstanding Option. 

  

	 	7.10	7.10 Regulatory Compliance. No Option shall be exercisable unless and until the Company (i) obtains the approval of all regulatory bodies whose approval the General Counsel
may deem necessary or desirable, and (ii) complies with all legal requirements deemed applicable by the General Counsel. 

  

	8.	Stock Appreciation Rights. 

  

	 	8.1	General. Subject to the terms of the Plan, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Employees by the Committee upon such terms and conditions as the Committee determines;
provided, that the base price per share of a freestanding Stock Appreciation Right shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the date of grant of a Stock Appreciation Right; and such
Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable, or be forfeited or expire upon such terms as the Committee determines and are made a part of such Stock Appreciation Right. 

  

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	 	8.2	Stock Appreciation Rights, Options. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Committee as freestanding Stock Incentives or in tandem with Options. A tandem Stock
Appreciation Right may be included in an Option at the time the Option is granted or by amendment of the Option. Exercise of any such a tandem Stock Appreciation Right will be deemed to surrender the related Option for cancellation and vice versa.

  

	 	8.3	Exercise. A Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercised by delivery of written notice (including facsimile or electronic transmittal) to the Committee setting forth the
number of shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised and date of exercise, at such time and as otherwise prescribed in the Stock Appreciation Right. 

  

	 	8.4	Settlement. A Stock Appreciation Right may be settled or paid in either cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof in accordance with its terms. If a Stock
Appreciation Right is settled or paid in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be deemed to be issued hereunder only when and to the extent that settlement or payment is actually made in shares of Common Stock. To the extent that a Stock
Appreciation Right is actually settled in cash and not shares of Common Stock, any shares previously reserved for issuance or transfer pursuant to such Stock Appreciation Right shall again be deemed available for issuance or transfer under the Plan;
and the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan shall not be reduced by any actual settlement of a Stock Appreciation Right in cash. 

  

	 	8.5	Written Instrument. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted shall be evidenced in writing as authorized and provided in Section 13.4. 

  

	9.	Director Stock Awards. 

  

	 	9.1	General. Each Non-Employee Director Participant shall receive such portion of his or her Director Fees in Common Stock as shall be established from time to time by the Board,
with the remainder of such Director Fees to be payable in cash or in Common Stock as elected by the Non-Employee Director Participant in accordance with Section 9.2. 

  

	 	9.2	 Non-Employee Director Election. Each Non-Employee Director Participant shall have an opportunity to elect to have the remaining portion of his or her
Director Fees paid in cash or shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof. Except for the initial election pursuant to the adoption of the Plan, or the Director’s election to the Board, any such election shall be made in writing and must be
made at least thirty (30) days before the beginning of the Plan Year in which the services are to be rendered giving rise to such Director Fees and may not be changed thereafter except by timely written election as to Director Fees for services to
be rendered in a subsequent Plan Year. In the absence of such an election, such remaining portion of the Director Fees of a Non-Employee Director shall be paid entirely in cash. Nothing contained in this Section 9.2 shall be 

  

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interpreted in such a manner as would disqualify the Plan for treatment as a “formula plan” under Rule 16b-3 pursuant to which the terms and
conditions of each transaction authorized by Section 9.1 are fixed in advance by the relevant terms and provisions thereof. 

  

	 	9.3	Share Awards. The number of shares of Common Stock to be paid and distributed to a Non-Employee Director under the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.2, shall be determined by
dividing the dollar amount of his or her Director Fees (which the Board has established, and/or such Non-Employee Director has elected) to be paid in Common Stock on any payment date by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on that date.
Except as may otherwise be directed by the Committee, in its sole discretion, the payment and distribution of such shares to a Non-Employee Director shall be on or within five days after the date such Director Fees would otherwise have been paid to
him or her in cash. 

  

	10.	Certain Change in Control, Termination of Employment and Disability Provisions. 

  
 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, any Stock Incentive which is outstanding but not yet exercisable,
vested or payable at the time of a Change in Control shall become exercisable, vested and payable at that time; provided, that if such Change in Control occurs less than six months after the date on which such Stock Incentive was granted and if the
consideration for which such Stock Incentive was granted consisted in whole or in part of future services, then such Stock Incentive shall become exercisable, vested and payable at the time of such Change in Control only if the Participant agrees in
writing (if requested to do so by the Committee in writing) to remain in the employ of the Company or a Subsidiary at least through the date which is six months after the date such Stock Incentive was granted with substantially the same title,
duties, authority, reporting relationships and compensation as on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control. Any Option affected by the preceding sentence shall remain exercisable until it expires or terminates pursuant to its terms and
conditions. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, the Committee may at any time, and subject to such terms and conditions as it may impose: 
  

	 	(a)	authorize the holder of an Option to exercise the Option following the termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries, or following the
Participant’s disability, whether or not the Option would otherwise be exercisable following such event, provided that in no event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of its term; 

  

	 	(b)	grant Options which become exercisable only in the event of a Change in Control; 

  

	 	(c)	 authorize a Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award, Restricted Stock Award, or Restricted Unit Award to become non-forfeitable, fully
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Subsidiaries, or (ii) the Participant’s disability, whether or not the Award would otherwise become non-forfeitable, fully earned and payable upon or
following such event; 

  

	 	(d)	grant Stock Bonus Awards, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Awards, Restricted Stock Awards or Restricted Unit Awards which become non-forfeitable, fully earned and payable
only in the event of a Change in Control; and 

  

	 	(e)	provide in advance or at the time of Change in Control for cash to be paid in settlement of any Option, Stock Bonus Award, Performance Stock Award, Performance Unit Award,
Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Unit Award in the event of a Change in Control, either at the election of the Participant or at the election of the Committee. 

  

	11.	Adjustment Provisions. 

  
 In the event that any recapitalization, or reclassification, split-up or consolidation of shares of Common Stock shall be effected, or the outstanding
shares of Common Stock shall be, in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Company or a sale by the Company of all or a part of its assets, exchanged for a different number or class of shares of stock or other securities or property of the
Company or any other entity or person, or a record date for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or other property (other than normal cash dividends) shall occur, (i)
the number and class of shares or other securities or property that may be issued or transferred pursuant to Stock Incentives thereafter granted or that may be optioned or awarded under the Plan to any Participant, (ii) the number and class of
shares or other securities or property that may be issued or transferred under outstanding Stock Incentives, (iii) the purchase price to be paid per share under outstanding and future Stock Incentives, and (iv) the price to be paid per share by the
Company or a Subsidiary for shares or other securities or property issued or transferred pursuant to Stock Incentives which are subject to a right of the Company or a Subsidiary to reacquire such shares or other securities or property, shall in each
case be equitably adjusted; provided that with respect to Incentive Stock Options any such adjustments shall comply with Sections 422 and 424 of the Code. 
  

	12.	Administration. 

  

	 	12.1	 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board of Directors consisting of two or more non-employee directors appointed from time to
time by the Board of Directors. A majority of the Committee members shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the Committee members at a meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee
members shall be deemed acts of the Committee. Each member of the Committee shall satisfy such criteria of independence as the Board of Directors may establish and such regulatory or listing requirements as the Board of Directors may determine to be
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appointed to or shall serve as a member of such Committee unless at the time of such appointment and service he or she shall be a “Non-Employee
Director,” as defined in SEC Rule 16b-3. Unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, the Committee shall be comprised solely of “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C)(i) of the Code.

  

	 	12.2	Committee Authority, Rules, Interpretations of Plan. The Committee may establish such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as it may deem
necessary for the proper administration of the Plan, and may amend or revoke any rule or regulation so established. The Committee shall, subject to the provisions of the Plan, have full power to interpret, administer and construe the Plan and any
instruments issued under the Plan and full authority to make all determinations and decisions thereunder including without limitation the authority to (i) select the Participants in the Plan, (ii) determine when Stock Incentives shall be granted,
(iii) determine the number of shares to be made subject to each Stock Incentive, (iv) determine the type of Stock Incentive to grant, (v) determine the terms and conditions of each Stock Incentive, including the exercise price, in the case of an
Option, (vi) prescribe the terms and forms of written instruments evidencing Stock Incentives granted pursuant to and in accordance with the Plan and other forms necessary for administration of the Plan, and (vii) approve any transaction involving a
Stock Incentive for a Section 16 Person (other than a “Discretionary Transaction” as defined in SEC Rule 16b-3) so as to exempt such transaction under SEC Rule 16b-3; provided, that any transaction under the Plan involving a Section 16
Person also may be approved by the Board of Directors, or may be approved or ratified by the shareholders of the Company, in the manner that exempts such transaction under SEC Rule 16b-3. The interpretation by the Committee of the terms and
provisions of the Plan and any instrument or other evidence of a Stock Incentive issued thereunder, and its administration thereof, and all action taken by the Committee, shall be final, binding, and conclusive on the Company, the shareholders of
the Company, Subsidiaries, all Participants and employees, and upon their respective Beneficiaries, successors and assigns, and upon all other persons claiming under or through any of them. 

  

	 	12.3	Limitation of Liability. Members of the Board of Directors and members of the Committee acting under this Plan shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
advice of counsel and shall incur no liability except for gross or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. 

  

	13.	General Provisions. 

  

	 	13.1	 Nontransferability. Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, any Stock Incentive issued under the Plan, including without limitation any
Option, shall not be transferable by the Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or to a Beneficiary designated by the Participant, unless the instrument evidencing the Stock Incentive expressly so provides (or is
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transfer of an Incentive Stock Option to a Beneficiary, or other transferee, shall be effective only if such transfer is, in the opinion of the General
Counsel, permissible under and consistent with SEC Rule 16b-3 or Section 422 of the Code, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may transfer any Stock Incentive granted under this Plan, other than an Incentive Stock
Option, to members of his or her immediate family (defined as his or her children, grandchildren and spouse) or to one or more trusts for the benefit of such immediate family members or partnerships in which such immediate family members are the
only partners if (and only if) the instrument evidencing such Stock Incentive expressly so provides (or is amended to so provide) and is approved by the Committee, and the Participant does not receive any consideration for the transfer; provided,
that any such transferred Stock Incentive shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions that were applicable to such Stock Incentive immediately prior to its transfer (except that such transferred Stock Incentive shall not be further
transferable by the transferee inter vivos, except for transfer back to the original Participant holder of the Stock Incentive) and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall apply to Section 16 Persons only if the
General Counsel determines that doing so would not jeopardize any exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including without limitation SEC Rule 16b-3) for which the Company intends Section 16 Persons to qualify. The designation of a
Beneficiary by a Participant pursuant to Section 13.15 is not a transfer for purposes of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph. 

  

	 	13.2	No Employment Contract. Nothing in this Plan or in any instrument executed pursuant hereto shall confer upon any person any right to continue in the employment of the Company
or a Subsidiary, or shall affect the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any person at any time with or without cause. 

  

	 	13.3	Right to Shares. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued or transferred pursuant to a Stock Incentive unless and until all legal requirements applicable to the issuance or
transfer of such shares have, in the opinion of the General Counsel, been satisfied. Any such issuance or transfer shall be contingent upon the person acquiring the shares giving the Company any assurances the General Counsel may deem necessary or
desirable to assure compliance with all applicable legal requirements. 

  

	 	13.4	Written Instrument. A Stock Incentive granted under this Plan shall be evidenced in writing in such manner as the Committee determines, including, without limitation, by
written or physical instrument, by electronic communication, or by book entry. Such written evidence of a Stock Incentive shall contain the terms and conditions thereof, consistent with this Plan, which shall be incorporated in it by reference. In
the event of any dispute or discrepancy regarding the terms of a Stock Incentive, the records of the Board of Directors and Committee shall be determinative. 

  

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	 	13.5	Limitation of Interest. No person (individually or as a member of a group) and no Beneficiary or other person claiming under or through him or her, shall have any right,
title or interest in or to any shares of Common Stock (i) issued or transferred to, or acquired by, a trust, (ii) allocated, or (iii) reserved for the purposes of this Plan, or subject to any Stock Incentive except as to such shares of Common Stock,
if any, as shall have been issued or transferred to him or her. The Committee may (but need not) provide at any time or from time to time (including without limitation upon or in contemplation of a Change in Control) for a number of shares of Common
Stock, equal to the number of such shares subject to Stock Incentives then outstanding, to be issued or transferred to, or acquired by, a trust (including but not limited to a grantor trust) for the purpose of satisfying the Company’s
obligations under such Stock Incentives, and, unless prohibited by applicable law, such shares held in trust shall be considered authorized and issued shares with full dividend and voting rights, notwithstanding that the Stock Incentives to which
such shares relate shall not have been exercised or may not be exercisable or vested at that time. 

  

	 	13.6	Withholdings. The Company and its Subsidiaries may make such provisions as they may deem appropriate for the withholding of any taxes which they determine they are required
to withhold in connection with any Stock Incentive. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may, subject to such terms and conditions as it may impose, permit or require any withholding tax obligation arising in connection with the grant,
exercise, vesting, distribution or payment of any Stock Incentive to be satisfied in whole or in part, with or without the consent of the Participant, by having the Company withhold all or any part of the shares of Common Stock that vest or would
otherwise be distributed at such time. Any shares so withheld shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of such withholding. 

  

	 	13.7	Other Plans. Nothing in this Plan is intended to be a substitute for, or shall preclude or limit the establishment or continuation of, any other plan, practice or arrangement
for the payment of compensation or fringe benefits to directors, officers or employees generally, or to any class or group of such persons, which the Company or any Subsidiary now has or may hereafter lawfully put into effect, including, without
limitation, any incentive compensation, retirement, pension, group insurance, stock purchase, stock bonus or stock option plan. 

  

	 	13.8	Section 16 Exemption Requirements. Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, except to the extent that the Committee determines otherwise, transactions by
and with respect to Section 16 Persons under the Plan are intended to qualify for any applicable exemptions provided by SEC Rule 16b-3, and the provisions of the Plan and Stock Incentives granted under the Plan shall be administered, interpreted and
construed to carry out such intent and any provision that cannot be so administered, interpreted and construed shall to that extent be disregarded. 

  

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	 	13.9	Section 162(m) Qualification. Any provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, except to the extent the Committee determines otherwise, transactions with respect to
persons whose remuneration would not be deductible by the Company but for compliance with the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code are intended to be Qualified Performance Stock Incentives that comply with the provisions of Section 162(m) of the
Code. The Plan is also intended to give the Committee the authority to award Stock Incentives that are Qualified Performance Stock Incentive awards that qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as well as Stock
Incentives that are Non-Qualified Performance Stock Incentive awards that do not so qualify. Every provision of the Plan shall be administered, interpreted and construed to carry out such intent and any provision that cannot be so administered,
interpreted and construed shall to that extent be disregarded. In administration and interpretation of the Plan: 

  

	 	(a)	 Performance Stock Incentives granted to Employees under the Plan that are intended to be Qualified Performance Stock Incentives shall be paid, vested or otherwise
awarded and delivered solely on account of the attainment of one or more pre-established, objective Performance Goals established by the Committee in writing. A Performance Goal shall generally be pre-established prior to commencement of the
Performance Period, and in no event later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days after the commencement of the period of service to which a Performance Goal relates, provided, that the outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the Performance
Goal is established, and (ii) the lapse of twenty-five percent (25%) of the period of service (as scheduled in good faith at the time the Performance Goal is established), and in any event while the outcome is substantially uncertain. A Performance
Goal shall be deemed objective if a third party having knowledge of the relevant facts could determine if it is met. Such a Performance Goal may be based on one or more business performance criteria that apply to a Participant, one or more business
units, subsidiaries, divisions or sectors of the Company, or the Company as a whole, and if so determined by the Committee, by comparison with a designated peer group of companies or businesses. A Performance Goal may include one or more of the
following criteria or standards: (i) increased revenue, (ii) net income measures, including without limitation, income after capital costs, and income before or after taxes, (iii) stock price measures, including without limitation, growth measures
and total stockholder return, (iv) market share, (v) earnings per share (actual or targeted growth), (vi) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, (vii) economic value added, (viii) cash flow measures, including without
limitation, net cash flow, and net cash flow before financing activities,(ix) return measures, including without limitation, return on equity, return on average assets, return on capital, risk adjusted return on capital, return on investors’
capital and return on average equity, (x) operating measures, including without limitation, operating income, funds from operations, cash from operations, after-tax operating income, 

  

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sales volumes, production volumes, and production efficiency, (xi) expense measures, including but not limited to, finding and development costs, overhead
costs, and general and administrative expense, (xii) margins, (xiii) shareholder value, (xiv) total shareholder return, (xv) reserve addition, (xvi) proceeds from dispositions, (xvii) total market value, and (xviii) corporate value criteria or
standards including, without limitation, ethics, environmental and safety compliance. 

  

	 	(b)	A Performance Goal need not be based upon an increase or a positive result under a particular business criterion, and may include, the maintaining of the status quo or limiting
economic or financial losses measured by reference to specific business criteria. A Performance Goal must include business criteria, and a Performance Goal shall not be established or be considered to exist based on the mere continued employment of
an Employee. 

  

	 	(c)	Performance Goals may be identical for all Participants, or may be different for one or more Participants, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

  

	 	(d)	In interpreting the provisions of the Plan and Stock Incentives granted under the Plan applicable to Qualified Performance Stock Incentives, it is intended that the Plan will
conform with the standards and requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and Treasury Regulation §1.162-27(e)(2), and any successor provisions of the Code and Treasury Regulations as to Stock Incentives granted to those Employees whose
compensation is, or likely to be, subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, and the Committee in establishing Performance Goals and interpreting the Plan and Stock Incentives shall be guided by such provisions, as it determines, in its sole discretion.

  

	 	(e)	Prior to the payment or distribution of any compensation based upon the achievement of Performance Goals for a Qualified Performance Stock Incentive, the Committee shall certify in
writing that the applicable Performance Goals and any of the material terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied. The approved minutes of a Committee meeting or written memorandum of action of the Committee without a meeting in which the certification
is made may be treated as a written certification. Certification by the Committee is not required for compensation that is attributable solely to the increase in the value of the Common Stock. 

  

	 	(f)	Subject to the foregoing provisions, the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Qualified Performance Stock Incentives that are granted pursuant to the Plan shall be
determined by the Committee. 

  

	 	13.10	 Plan Acceptance. By accepting any benefits under the Plan, each Participant, and each person claiming under or through a Participant shall be conclusively
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to have indicated his or her acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, all provisions of the Plan and any action or decision under the Plan by the
Company, its agents and employees, and the Board of Directors and the Committee. 

  

	 	13.11	Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and administration of the Plan and of any determinations or decisions made thereunder, and the rights of all persons
having or claiming to have any interest therein or thereunder, shall be governed by, and determined exclusively in accordance with, the laws of the State of Oklahoma, but without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the period within which any action arising under or in connection with the Plan must be commenced, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts
of laws thereof, irrespective of the place where the act or omission complained of took place and of the residence of any party to such action and irrespective of the place where the action may be brought. 

  

	 	13.12	No Secured Interest. A Participant shall have only a right to shares of Common Stock or cash or other amounts, if any, payable in settlement of a Stock Incentive under this
Plan, unsecured by any assets of the Corporation or any other entity. 

  

	 	13.13	Gender and Singular References. The use of the masculine gender shall also include within its meaning the feminine. The use of the singular shall include within its meaning
the plural and vice versa. 

  

	 	13.14	Death of Participant. Unless otherwise specified in the Stock Incentive, if the person to whom the Stock Incentive is granted dies, then (1) an Option that is not yet
exercisable shall become immediately exercisable in full, (2) any remaining restrictions with respect to the Stock Incentive shall expire, and (3) the Committee may alter or accelerate the settlement schedule, Performance Goals or other performance
criteria, or payment or other terms of any Stock Incentive. 

  

	 	13.15	Beneficiary Designation. A Participant to whom a Stock Incentive is granted under this Plan may designate a Beneficiary in writing and in accordance with such requirements
and procedures as the Committee may establish. 

  

	14.	Plan Amendment and Termination. 

  
 The Plan may be amended by the Board of Directors, without shareholder approval, at any time and in any respect, unless approval of the amendment in
question by the shareholders of the Company is required under Oklahoma law, the Code (including without limitation Code Section 422 and Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.422A-9(b)(iv) thereunder), any applicable exemption from Section 16 of the
Exchange Act (including without limitation SEC Rule 16b-3) for which the Company intends Section 16 Persons to qualify, any national securities exchange or system on which the Common Stock is then listed or reported, by any regulatory body having
jurisdiction with respect to the Plan, or under any other applicable laws, rules or regulations, in which case such amendment shall be effective only if and to the extent it is approved by the shareholders 

  

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of the Company as so required. The Plan may also be terminated at any time by the Board of Directors. No amendment or termination of this Plan shall
adversely affect any Stock Incentive granted prior to the date of such amendment or termination without written consent of the Participant. 
  

 25ONEOK EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 ONEOK, INC. 
 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN 
  

	1.	Purpose. 

  
 The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible employees the opportunity to purchase Common Stock at a discount on a basis that qualifies for the tax treatment prescribed by Section 423 of the Code. 
  

	2.	Definitions. 

  
 The following terms, when used in the Plan, shall have the following meanings: 
  
 (a) Base Compensation means, with respect to any offering period: (i) in the case of an employee normally paid an hourly rate, the employee’s hourly rate at the inception of the offering period multiplied by
2,080, (ii) in the case of an employee normally paid at a weekly rate, the employee’s weekly rate at the inception of the offering period multiplied by 52, (iii) in the case of an employee normally paid at a bi-weekly rate, the employee’s
bi-weekly rate at the inception of the offering period multiplied by 26, (iv) in the case of an employee normally paid at a monthly rate, the employee’s monthly rate at the inception of the offering period multiplied by 12; and (v) in the case
of an employee normally paid at an annual rate, the employee’s annual rate at the inception of the offering period. Base compensation shall be determined by reference to the applicable rate before any deductions pursuant to a salary reduction
agreement under any plan qualified under Section 401(k) of the Code or any cafeteria plan under Code Section 125 and shall exclude any bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, fringe benefits, stock options and other special compensation payable to an
employee. 
  
 (b) Board or Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the
Company, as constituted from time to time. 
  
 (c) Code means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. References to the Code or to a particular section of the Code shall include references to any related Treasury Regulations and rulings and to successor provisions. 
  
 (d) Committee means the committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(a) below. 
  
 (e) Common Stock means
common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company. 
  
 (f) Company means ONEOK, Inc.,
an Oklahoma corporation, its successors and assigns. 
  
 (g) Exchange Act means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 
  

 (h) Fair Market Value on a particular date means the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock in
consolidated trading on the date in question as reported by The Wall Street Journal or another reputable source designated by the Committee; provided that if there were no sales on such date reported as provided above, the respective prices on the
most recent prior day for which a sale was so reported. If the foregoing method of determining fair market value should be inconsistent with Section 423 of the Code, “Fair Market Value” shall be determined by the Committee in a manner
consistent with such section of the Code and shall mean the value as so determined. 
  
 (i) General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Company serving from time to time. 
  
 (j) Plan means the ONEOK, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan set forth in these pages, as amended from time to time. 
  
 (k) SEC Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under the Exchange Act, as such rule or any successor rule may be in effect from
time to time. 
  
 (l) Section 16 Person means a person subject to Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act with respect to transactions involving equity securities of the Company. 
  
 (m) Subsidiary means a subsidiary as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code, including a corporation which becomes such a subsidiary in the future. 
  

	3.	Administration. 

  
 (a) The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board consisting of two or more directors appointed from time to time by the Board. No person shall be appointed to or shall serve as a member of such committee
unless at the time of such appointment and service he or she shall be a Non-Employee Director, as defined in SEC Rule 16b-3. 
  
 (b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the powers of the Committee shall include having the authority, in its discretion, to: 
  
 (i) define, prescribe, amend and rescind rules, regulations, procedures, terms and conditions
relating to the Plan; and 
  
 (ii) make all other determinations necessary or
advisable for the administration of the Plan, including but not limited to interpreting the Plan, correcting defects, reconciling inconsistencies and resolving ambiguities. 
  
 (iii) approve any transaction involving a grant, award or other transaction from the Company to a Section 16 Person (other than a
Discretionary Transaction, as defined in SEC Rule 16b-3), so as to exempt such transaction under SEC Rule 16b-3; provided, that any transaction under the Plan involving a Section 16 Person also may be approved by the Board of Directors, or may be

  

 
approved or ratified by the stockholders of the Company, in the manner that exempts such transaction under SEC Rule 16b-3. 
  
 (c) The interpretation by the Committee of the terms and provisions of the Plan, and its
administration of the Plan, and all action taken by the Committee, shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company, its stockholders, Subsidiaries, all participants and employees, and upon their respective successors and assigns, and upon all
other persons claiming under or through any of them. 
  
 (d) Members of the Board
and members of the Committee acting under this Plan shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the advice of counsel and shall incur no liability except for gross or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. 
  

	4.	Stock Subject to the Plan. 

  
 (a) Subject to paragraph (c) below, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be sold under the Plan is 3,800,000 . 
  
 (b) If the number of shares of Common Stock that participating employees become entitled to
purchase is greater than the number of shares of Common Stock that are offered in a particular offering or that remain available under the Plan, the available shares of Common Stock shall be allocated by the Committee among such participating
employees in such manner as it deems fair and equitable. 
  
 (c) In the event of
any change in the Common Stock, through recapitalization, merger, consolidation, stock dividend or split, combination or exchange of shares, spinoff or otherwise, the Committee may make such equitable adjustments in the Plan and the then outstanding
offerings as it deems necessary and appropriate including, but not limited to, changing the number of shares of Common Stock reserved under the Plan, and the price of the current offering; provided that any such adjustments shall be consistent with
Sections 423 and 424 of the Code. 
  
 (d) Shares of Common Stock which are to be
delivered under the Plan may be obtained by the Company from its treasury, by purchases on the open market or from private sources, or by issuing authorized but unissued shares of its Common Stock. Shares of authorized but unissued Common Stock may
not be delivered under the Plan if the purchase price thereof is less than the par value (if any) of the Common Stock at the time. The Committee may (but need not) provide at any time or from time to time (including without limitation upon or in
contemplation of a change in control) for a number of shares of Common Stock equal in number to the number of shares then subject to options under this Plan, or expected to be subject to options under this Plan in the then pending offering(s), to be
issued or transferred to, or acquired by, a trust (including but not limited to a grantor trust) for the purpose of satisfying the Company’s obligations under such options, and, unless prohibited by applicable law, such shares held in trust
shall be considered authorized and issued shares with full dividend and voting rights, notwithstanding that the options to which such shares relate might not be exercisable at the time. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or sold
under the Plan. 
  

	5.	Eligibility. 

  
 All employees of the Company and any Subsidiaries designated by the Committee from time to time will be eligible to participate in the Plan, in accordance with and subject to such rules and regulations as the
Committee may prescribe; provided, however, that (a) such rules shall neither permit nor deny participation in the Plan contrary to the requirements of the Code (including but not limited to Section 423(b)(3), (4) and (8) thereof), (b) no employee
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan if his or her customary employment is 20 hours or less per week or for not more than 5 months in any calendar year, unless the Committee determines otherwise on a uniform and non-discriminatory basis, (c)
no employee may be granted an option under the Plan if such employee, immediately after the option is granted, owns stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of his or her employer corporation or
any parent or Subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of Section 423(b)(3) of the Code). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of an employee, and stock
which the employee may purchase under outstanding options (whether or not such options qualify for the special tax treatment afforded by Code Section 421(a)) shall be treated as stock owned by the employee; and (d) all participating employees shall
have the same rights and privileges except as otherwise permitted by Section 423(b)(5) of the Code. 
  

	6.	Offerings; Participation. 

  
 The Company may make offerings of up to 27 months’ duration each, to eligible employees to purchase Common Stock under the Plan, until all shares authorized to be
delivered under the Plan have been exhausted or until the Plan is sooner terminated by the Board. Subject to the preceding sentence, the duration and commencement date of any offerings shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion;
provided that, unless the Committee determines otherwise, a new offering shall commence on the first day of the Company’s first payroll period coinciding with or next following each January 1 after the effective date of this Plan and shall
extend through and include the payroll period immediately preceding the payroll period in which the next offering commences. Subject to such rules, procedures and forms as the Committee may prescribe, an eligible employee may participate in an
offering at such time(s) as the Committee may permit by authorizing a payroll deduction for such purpose of up to a maximum of ten percent of his or her Base Compensation or such lesser amount as the Committee may prescribe. The Committee may (but
need not) permit employee contributions to be made by means other than payroll deductions, provided that in no event shall an employee’s contributions from all sources in any offering exceed ten percent of his or her Base Compensation or such
lesser amount as the Committee may prescribe. The Committee may at any time suspend or accelerate the completion of an offering if required by law or deemed by the Committee to be in the best interests of the Company, including in the event of a
change in ownership or control of the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver Common Stock under this Plan shall be subject to the approval of any governmental authority whose approval the General Counsel
determines is necessary or advisable to obtain in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such Common Stock. 
  

	7.	Payroll Deductions. 

  
 (a) The Company will maintain payroll deduction accounts on its books for all participating employees. All employee contributions shall be credited to such accounts. Employee contributions credited to the payroll
deduction accounts of participating employees need not be segregated from other corporate funds and may be used for any corporate purpose. 
  
 (b) At such times as the Committee may permit and subject to such rules, procedures and forms as the Committee may prescribe, an employee may increase, decrease or
suspend his or her payroll deduction during an offering, or may withdraw the balance of his or her payroll deduction account and thereby withdraw from participation in an offering. However, an employee may at any time waive in writing the right or
privilege to decrease or suspend his or her payroll deductions or withdraw from participation in a particular offering for a period of at least six months. Any such waiver shall be irrevocable with respect to the period ending six months after the
employee files a superseding written revocation of such waiver with the Company. 
  
 (c) No employee shall make any elective contribution or employee contribution to the Plan (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iv)(B)(4)) during the balance of the calendar year after the employee’s
receipt of a hardship distribution from a plan of the Company or a related party within the provisions of Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) containing a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code, or during the following
calendar year. The foregoing sentence shall not apply if and to the extent the General Counsel determines it is not necessary to qualify any such plan as a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. 
  
 (d) Any balance remaining in any employee’s payroll deduction account at the end of an
offering period will be carried forward into the employee’s payroll deduction account for the following offering period. In no event will the balance carried forward be equal to or greater than the purchase price of one share of Common Stock as
determined under Section 8(c) below. Any excess shall be refunded to the participant. Upon termination of the Plan, all amounts in the accounts of participating employees shall be carried forward into their payroll deduction accounts under a
successor plan, if any, or refunded to them, as the Committee may decide. 
  
 (e)
In the event of the termination of a participating employee’s employment for any reason, his or her participation in any offering under the Plan shall cease, no further amounts shall be deducted pursuant to the Plan and the balance in the
employee’s account shall be paid to the employee, or, in the event of the employee’s death, to the employee’s beneficiary under the Company’s basic group life insurance program. 
  

	8.	Purchase; Limitations. 

  
 (a) Within the limitations of Section 8(d) below, each employee participating in any offering under the Plan will be granted an option, upon the effective date of such
offering, for as many full shares of Common Stock as the amount of his or her payroll deduction account (including 

  

 
any contributions made by means other than payroll deductions) at the end of the offering can purchase. 
  
 (b) As of the last day of the offering period, the payroll deduction account of each
participating employee shall be totaled. Subject to the provisions of Section 7(b) above and 8(d) below, if such account contains sufficient funds as of that date to purchase one or more full shares of Common Stock at the price determined under
Section 8(c) below, the employee shall be deemed to have exercised an option to purchase the largest number of full shares of Common Stock at the price determined under Section 8(c) below that his or her payroll deduction account will permit; such
employee’s account will be charged for the amount of the purchase and for all purposes under the Plan the employee will be deemed to have acquired the shares on that date; and either a stock certificate representing such shares will be issued
to him or her, or the Company’s registrar will make an entry on its books and records evidencing that such shares have been duly issued or transferred as of that date, as the Committee may direct. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to
the contrary, the Committee may but need not permit fractional shares to be purchased under the Plan. 
  
 (c) Unless the Committee determines before the effective date of an offering that a higher price that complies with Section 423 of the Code shall apply, the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock which are to be
sold under the offering shall be the lesser of (i) an amount equal to 85 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the time such option is granted, or (ii) an amount equal to 85 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at
the time such option is exercised. 
  
 (d) In addition to any other limitations
set forth in the Plan, (i) no employee may purchase in any offering period more than the number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the employee’s annual Base Compensation as of the first day of the offering period, or $25,000,
whichever is less, by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock at such day, and (ii) no employee may be granted an option under the Plan which permits his or her rights to purchase stock under the Plan, and any other stock purchase plan of
his or her employer corporation and its parent and subsidiary corporations that is qualified under Section 423 of the Code, to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of the Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time such option is
granted) for each calendar year in which the option is outstanding at any time. The Committee may further limit the amount of Common Stock which may be purchased by any employee during an offering period in accordance with Section 423(b)(5) of the
Code. 
  

	9.	No Transfer. 

  
 (a) No option, right or benefit under the Plan (including any derivative security within the meaning of paragraph (a)(2) of SEC Rule 16b-3) may be transferred by a participating employee, whether by will, the laws of
descent and distribution, or otherwise, and all options, rights and benefits under the Plan may be exercised during the participating employee’s lifetime only by such employee. 
  
 (b) Book entry accounts and certificates for shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan may be maintained or registered, as the case
may be, only in the name of the participating 

  

 
employee or, if such employee so indicates on his or her payroll deduction authorization form, in his or her name jointly with a member of his or her family,
with right of survivorship. An employee who is a resident of a jurisdiction which does not recognize such a joint tenancy may have book entry accounts maintained and certificates registered in the employee’s name as tenant in common with a
member of the employee’s family, without right of survivorship. 
  

	10.	Effective Date and Duration of Plan. 

  
 The Plan shall become effective when adopted by the Board, provided that the stockholders of the Company approve it within 12 months thereafter at a duly held
stockholders’ meeting. If not so approved by shareholders, the Plan shall be null, void and of no force or effect. If so approved, the Plan shall remain in effect until all shares authorized to be issued or transferred hereunder have been
exhausted or until the Plan is sooner terminated by the Board of Directors, and may continue in effect thereafter with respect to any options outstanding at the time of such termination if the Board of Directors so provides. 
  

	11.	Amendment and Termination of the Plan. 

  
 The Plan may be amended by the Board of Directors, without shareholder approval, at any time and in any respect, unless shareholder approval of the amendment in question
is required under Oklahoma law, the Code (including without limitation Code Section 423 and Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(c)(4) thereunder), any exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including without limitation SEC Rule 16b-3) for
which the Company intends Section 16 Persons to qualify, any national securities exchange or system on which the Stock is then listed or reported, by any regulatory body having jurisdiction with respect to the Plan, or under any other applicable
laws, rules or regulations. The Plan provisions that determine the amount, price and timing of option grants to Section 16 Persons may not be amended more than once every six months, other than to comport with changes in the Internal Revenue Code,
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or the rules thereunder, unless the General Counsel determines that such restriction on amendments is not necessary to secure or maintain any exemption from Section 16 of the Exchange Act for
which the Company intends Section 16 Persons to qualify. The Plan may also be terminated at any time by the Board of Directors. 
  

	12.	General Provisions. 

  
 (a) Nothing contained in this Plan shall be deemed to confer upon any person any right to continue as an employee of or to be associated in any other way with the Company for any period of time or at any particular
rate of compensation. 
  
 (b) No person shall have any rights as a stockholder of
the Company with respect to any shares optioned under the Plan until such shares are issued or transferred to him or her. 
  
 (c) All expenses of adopting and administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company, and none of such expenses shall be charged to any participant. 
  

 (d) The Plan shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, without giving effect to the
principles of conflicts of laws of that State. 
  
 (e) The Plan and each offering
under the Plan is intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan within the meaning of Section 423 of the Code. Transactions under the Plan by or with respect to Section 16 Persons are also intended to qualify for exemption under SEC Rule
16b-3, unless the Committee specifically determines otherwise. Every provision of the Plan shall be administered, interpreted and construed to carry out those intentions, and any provision that cannot be so administered, interpreted and construed
shall to that extent be disregarded.

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