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FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

 Exhibit 10.40 
  
 Restricted Stock Agreement 
  
 THIS AGREEMENT is entered into, effective as of this      day of
                    , 200   (the “Grant Date”), between American Superconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), and                      (the “Employee”). 
  
 For valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1.    Issuance of Shares. 
  
 Effective as of the Grant Date, the Company shall issue to
the Employee, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”),             shares (the
“Shares”) of common stock, $.01 par value, of the Company (“Common Stock”). The Shares shall be issued to the Employee in consideration of employment services rendered by the Employee to the Company. As promptly as practicable
following the Grant Date, the Company shall issue one or more certificates in the name of the Employee for the Shares. The Employee agrees that the Shares shall be subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement
and the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement. 
  
 2.    Vesting. 
  
 The Shares shall vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule [insert vesting schedule or date]. Notwithstanding such vesting schedule, the Shares shall vest in full upon [the earlier of
(i) [insert financial targets, if applicable] or (ii)] a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below). 
  
 For purposes of the Agreement, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of the following
events: (i) any “person”, as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding
securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
(ii) during any period of two consecutive years ending during the term of this Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company, and any new director (other than a director designated
by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect any transaction described in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 2) whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or whose nomination for election was previously so approved
(collectively, the “Disinterested Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors; (iii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger
or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more
than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of
the Company or there occurs the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. 
  

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 3.    Forfeiture of Unvested Shares Upon Employment Termination. 

 
 In the event that the Employee ceases to be employed by
the Company for any reason or no reason, with or without cause, all of the Shares that are unvested as of the time of such employment termination shall be forfeited immediately and automatically to the Company, without the payment of any
consideration to the Employee, effective as of such termination of employment. The Employee shall have no further rights with respect to any Shares that are so forfeited. For purposes of the Agreement, employment with the Company shall include
employment with a parent or subsidiary of the Company. 
  
 4.    Restrictions on Transfer. 
  
 The Employee shall not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, by operation of law or otherwise (collectively “transfer”) any unvested Shares, or any interest therein, except
that the Employee may transfer unvested Shares (i) to or for the benefit of any spouse, child or grandchild of the Employee, or to a trust for their benefit, provided that such Shares shall remain subject to this Agreement (including
without limitation the forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 3 and the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 4) and such permitted transferee shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written
instrument confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or (ii) as a part of the sale of all or substantially all of the shares of capital stock of the Company (including pursuant to a
merger or consolidation), provided that, in accordance with Section 9 of the Plan, the securities or other property received by the Employee in connection with such transaction upon conversion of or in exchange for Shares that are not then
vested shall remain subject to this Agreement. 
  
 5.    Escrow. 
  
 The Employee shall, upon the execution of this Agreement, execute Joint Escrow Instructions in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. The Joint Escrow Instructions shall be delivered to the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, as escrow agent thereunder. The Employee shall deliver to such escrow agent a stock assignment duly endorsed in blank, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B, and hereby instructs the Company to deliver to such escrow
agent, on behalf of the Employee, the certificates(s) evidencing the Shares issued hereunder. Such materials shall be held by such escrow agent pursuant to the terms of such Joint Escrow Instructions. 
  
 6.    Restrictive Legends. 
  
 All certificates representing Shares shall have affixed
thereto a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other legends that may be required under federal or state securities law: 
  
 “The shares of stock represented by this certificate are subject to forfeiture provisions and restrictions on transfer set forth in a
certain Restricted Stock Agreement between the corporation and the registered owner of these shares (or his predecessor in interest), and such Agreement is available for inspection without charge at the office of the Secretary of the
corporation.” 
  
 7.    Withholding
Taxes; Section 83(b) Election. 
  
 (a)    Within one business day of the date of issuance of the Shares or within three business days of the date of vesting of the Shares, as applicable, the Employee shall pay to the Company in cash the amount of any
federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company in connection with the issuance or vesting of the Shares. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company has the right to deduct from payments of any kind
otherwise due to the Employee the amount of any such taxes. 
  
  

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 (b)    The Employee has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of
the Employee’s own tax advisors prior to executing this Agreement and fully understands and agrees to the provisions hereof. The Employee acknowledges that he has been informed of the availability of making an election in accordance with
Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; that such election must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days of the issuance of the Shares to the Employee; and that the Employee is solely responsible for
evaluating the tax implications to the Employee or his or her acquisition of the Shares under this Agreement and for making such election if he or she so chooses. 
  
 8.    Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a)    No Rights to Employment.    Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed as giving the Employee any right to be retained, in any position, as an employee of the Company. The Employee further acknowledges and agrees that the transactions contemplated hereunder and the vesting provisions set
forth herein do not constitute an express or implied process of continued engagement as an employee until the Shares vest, for any period of time, or at all. 
  
 (b)    Provisions of the Plan.    This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Plan,
a copy of which has been furnished to the Employee. 
  
 (c)    Severability.    The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and each
other provision of this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law. 
  
 (d)    Waiver.    Any provision for the benefit of the Company contained in this Agreement
may be waived, either generally or in any particular instance, by the Board of Directors of the Company. 
  
 (e)    Binding Effect.    This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the Company and the Employee and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement. 
  
 (f)    Notice.    All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or five days after deposit in the United States Post
Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party hereto at the address shown beneath his or its respective signature to this Agreement, or at such other address or addresses as either party shall designate to
the other in accordance with this Section 8(f). 
  
 (g)    Pronouns.    Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular forms of nouns
and pronouns shall include the plural, vice versa. 
  
 (h)    Entire Agreement.    This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire agreement between the parties, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement. 
  
 (i)    Amendment.    This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument executed by both the Company and the Employee. 
  
 (j)    Governing
Law.    This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to any applicable conflicts of law. 
  
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement. 
  

			
	 AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION

		
	 By:   
	 	 
	 	 	 Thomas Rosa
 Title: Chief Financial Officer
 Address: Two Technology Drive
 Westborough,MA 01581

		
	 	 	 
	 	 	 [Name of Employee]

		
	 Address:
	 	

	 	 	

  
  

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 Exhibit A 
  

AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION 
  
 Joint Escrow Instructions 
  
                     ,
200   
  
 Mr. Thomas M. Rosa 
 Chief Financial Officer 
 American Superconductor Corporation 
 Two Technology Drive 
 Westborough, MA 01581 
  
 Dear Sir: 
  
 As Escrow Agent for the American Superconductor Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned person (“Holder”), you are hereby authorized and directed to hold the documents delivered to you pursuant to the terms of that certain Restricted Stock Agreement (the
“Agreement”) of even date herewith, to which a copy of these Joint Escrow Instructions is attached, in accordance with the following instructions: 
  
 1.    Appointment.    Holder irrevocably authorizes the Company to deposit with you any certificates
evidencing Shares (as defined in the Agreement) to be held by you hereunder and any additions and substitutions to said Shares. For purposes of these Joint Escrow Instructions, “Shares” shall be deemed to include any additional or
substitute property. Holder does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint you as his attorney-in-fact and agent for the term of this escrow to execute with respect to such Shares all documents necessary or appropriate to make such Shares negotiable
and to complete any transaction herein contemplated. Subject to the provisions of this paragraph 1 and the terms of the Agreement, Holder shall exercise all rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company while the Shares are held by you.

  
 2.    Forfeiture of
Shares.    Upon any forfeiture of the Shares to the Company pursuant to the Agreement, the Company shall give to Holder and you a written notice specifying the number of Shares forfeited. Upon receipt of such notice, you are
directed (i) to date the stock assignment form or forms necessary for the transfer of the forfeited Shares to the Company, (ii) to fill in on such form or forms the number of Shares being forfeited, and (iii) to deliver the same,
together with the certificate or certificates evidencing the forfeited Shares, to the Company. 
  
 3.    Withdrawal.    The Holder shall have the right to withdraw from this escrow any Shares which have vested in accordance with the Agreement, provided any required tax
withholding payments have been made. 
  
 4.    Duties of Escrow Agent. 
  
 (a)    Your duties hereunder may be altered, amended, modified or revoked only by a writing signed by all of the parties hereto. 
  
 (b)    You shall be obligated only for the performance of such duties as are
specifically set forth herein and may relay and shall be protected in relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably believed by you to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. You shall not be
personally liable for any act you may do or omit to do hereunder as Escrow Agent or as attorney-in-fact of Holder while acting in good faith and in the exercise of your own good judgment, and any act done or omitted by you pursuant to the advice of
your own attorneys shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. 
  
  

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 (c)    You are hereby expressly authorized to disregard any and all
warnings given by any of the parties hereto or by any other person or entity, excepting only orders or process of courts of law, and are hereby expressly authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any court. In case you obey
or comply with any such order, judgment or decree of any court, you shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity by reason of such compliance, notwithstanding any such order, judgment or decree being subsequently
reversed, modified, annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have been entered without jurisdiction. 
  
 (d)    You shall not be liable in any respect on account of the identity, authority or rights of the parties executing
or delivering or purporting to execute or deliver the Agreement or any documents or papers deposited or called for hereunder. 
  
 (e)    You shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel and other experts as you may deem necessary properly to
advise you in connection with your obligations hereunder and may rely upon the advice of such counsel. 
  
 (f)    Your rights and responsibilities as Escrow Agent hereunder shall terminate if (i) you cease to be Chief
Financial Officer of the Company or (ii) you resign by written notice to each party. In the event of a termination under clause (i), your successor as Chief Financial Officer shall become Escrow Agent hereunder; in the event of a termination
under clause (ii), the Company shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent hereunder. 
  
 (g)    If you reasonably require other or further instruments in connection with these Joint Escrow Instructions or
obligations in respect hereto, the necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such instruments. 
  
 (h)    It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with respect to the delivery and/or ownership or
right of possession of the securities held by you hereunder, you are authorized and directed to retain in your possession without liability to anyone all or any part of said securities until such dispute shall have been settled either by mutual
written agreement of the parties concerned or by a final order, decree or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction after the time for appeal has expired and no appeal has been perfected, but you shall be under no duty whatsoever to institute or
defend any such proceedings. 
  
 (i)    These Joint Escrow Instructions set forth your sole duties with respect to any and all matters pertinent hereto and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into these Joint Escrow Instructions against you.

  
 (j)    The Company shall
indemnify you and hold you harmless against any and all damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including attorney’s fees and disbursements, for anything done or omitted to be done by you as Escrow Agent in connection with this
Agreement or the performance of your duties hereunder, except such as shall result from your gross negligence or willful misconduct. 
  

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 5.    Notice.    Any notice required or permitted
hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery or upon deposit in the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to each of the other parties
thereunto entitled at the following addresses, or at such other addresses as a party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to each of the other parties hereto. 
  

			
	 COMPANY:
	  	 American Superconductor Corporation
 Two Technology
Drive
 Westborough, MA 01581

		
	 HOLDER:
	  	Notices to Holder shall be sent to the address set forth below Holder’s signature below.
		
	 ESCROW AGENT:
	  	 American Superconductor Corporation
 Two Technology
Drive
 Westborough, MA 01581
 Attn: Chief Financial
Officer

  
 6.    Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a)     By signing these Joint Escrow Instructions, you become a party hereto only for the purpose of said Joint Escrow Instructions, and you do not become a party to the Agreement. 
  
 (b)    This instrument shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 
  

			
	 Very truly yours,

	
	 AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	 Thomas Rosa

	 Title:  
	 	 Chief Financial Officer

		
	 	 	 HOLDER:

		
	 	 	 
	 	 	(Signature)
		
	 	 	 
	 	 	 Print Name

		
	 	 	 
	 	 	 Address:

	 	 	 
	 	 	 

	
	
	 ESCROW AGENT:

	
	 
	 Chief Financial Officer

  
  
  

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 Exhibit B 
  

Stock Assignment 
  
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, I hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
                    
(                    ) shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
                     (the “Corporation”) standing in my name on the books of the Corporation represented by Certificate(s)
Number                      herewith, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                     attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the Corporation with full power of substitution in the
premises. 
  

					
	 	 	 	 	 Dated:                                     
                                        
             

	 IN PRESENCE OF
	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	

  
 NOTICE: The
signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration, enlargement, or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a commercial bank, trust company or
member firm of the Boston, New York or Midwest Stock Exchange. 
  

 8Form of Restricted Stock Award

 Exhibit 10.2 
 For Awards Made to Nonemployee Directors 
 COINSTAR, INC. 
 NOTICE OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD 
 1997 AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 
  

	Date:	                         ,
200   

  

	To:	_______________ 

 You have been granted an award of
restricted stock (the “Restricted Stock Award”) by Coinstar, Inc. (the “Company”). This Restricted Stock Award is subject to the terms and conditions of the enclosed Restricted Stock Award Agreement
and the Company’s 1997 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Defined terms in the Plan have the same meanings in this Notice of Restricted Stock Award, except where the context otherwise requires. By
accepting this Restricted Stock Award, you accept it subject to the terms of this Notice of Restricted Stock Award and the enclosed Restricted Stock Award Agreement. 
 The basic terms of the Restricted Stock Award are summarized as follows: 
  

	1.	Number of Shares:                      

  

	2.	Grant Date:                      

  

	3.	Fair Market Value Per Share (Informational, for tax purposes):                 

  

	4.	Vesting 

 The Restricted Stock Award is subject to
forfeiture upon varying circumstances relating to your termination of services with the Company. The restrictions on the shares will lapse and the shares will no longer be subject to forfeiture according to the following schedule: 
  

			
	 Date on Which Portion of
 Restricted Stock
Award Is No
 Longer Subject to Forfeiture
	  	 Portion of Restricted
 Stock Award No
Longer
 Subject to Forfeiture

 For Awards Made to Nonemployee Directors 
 COINSTAR, INC. 
 RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 
 Pursuant to your Notice of Restricted Stock Award, (the “Grant Notice”) the Company has granted you an award of restricted stock
(the “Restricted Stock Award”) under its 1997 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice. The
Grant Notice, the Plan and this Restricted Stock Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) govern the terms of the award. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Agreement but defined in the Plan have the same definitions
as in the Plan. 
 1. Vesting 
 Shares
that have vested and are no longer subject to forfeiture according to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice are referred to herein as “Vested Shares.” Shares that are not vested and remain subject to forfeiture
under the preceding schedule are referred to herein as “Unvested Shares.” The Unvested Shares will vest (and to the extent so vested cease to be Unvested Shares remaining subject to forfeiture) in accordance with the vesting
schedule set forth in the Grant Notice. Collectively, the Unvested Shares and the Vested Shares are referred to herein as the “Shares.” 
 2. Transfer Restrictions 
 Any sale, transfer, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, conveyance in trust, gift,
transfer by bequest, devise or descent, or other transfer or disposition of any kind, whether voluntary or by operation of law, directly or indirectly, of Unvested Shares shall be strictly prohibited and void, except by will or the laws of descent
and distribution. 
 3. Status of Participant 
 You will be recorded as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares. 
 4. Securities Law Compliance 
 4.1 You represent and warrant that you (a) have been furnished with all information which you deem necessary to evaluate the merits and risks
of receipt of the Shares, (b) have had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the information received about the Shares and the Company, and (c) have been given the opportunity to obtain any additional information
you deem necessary to verify the accuracy of any information obtained concerning the Shares and the Company. 
 4.2 You hereby agree
that you will in no event sell or distribute all or any part of the Shares unless (a) there is an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and applicable state
securities laws covering any such transaction involving the Shares or (b) the Company receives an opinion of your legal 

 
counsel (concurred in by legal counsel for the Company) stating that such transaction is exempt from registration or the Company otherwise satisfies itself
that such transaction is exempt from registration. You understand that the Company has no obligation to you to register the Shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission and has not represented to you that it will so register the Shares.

 4.3 You confirm that you have been advised, prior to your receipt of the Shares, that neither the offering of the Shares nor any
offering materials have been reviewed by any administrator under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities act. 
 4.4 You
hereby agree to indemnify the Company and hold it harmless from and against any loss, claim or liability, including attorneys’ fees or legal expenses, incurred by the Company as a result of any breach by you of, or any inaccuracy in, any
representation, warranty or statement made by you in this Agreement or the breach by you of any terms or conditions of this Agreement. 
 5. Termination
of Services; Certain Transactions 
 5.1 Termination of Services. Except as provided in Section 5.2 below, in the event your
services as a director terminates for any reason, including without limitation, your voluntary termination, termination by the Company, or the occurrence of your death, disability or retirement, the Unvested Shares shall be forfeited by you without
payment of any further consideration to you. 
 5.2 Effect of Certain Transactions. In the event of a merger, reorganization or sale
of substantially all of the assets of the Company the vesting of each Annual Restricted Stock Grant shall accelerate and the shares subject to such grant shall no longer be subject to forfeiture upon such event. 
 6. Section 83(b) Election for Restricted Stock Award; Independent Tax Advice 
 You understand that under Section 83(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), the fair market value of the Unvested Shares on the date the forfeiture restrictions lapse will
be taxed, on the date such forfeiture restrictions lapse, as ordinary income subject to payroll and withholding tax and tax reporting, as applicable. For this purpose, the term “forfeiture restrictions” means the right of the Company to
receive back any Unvested Shares upon termination of your services with the Company. You understand that you may elect under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed at ordinary income rates on the fair market value of the Unvested Shares at the
time they are acquired, rather than when and as the Unvested Shares cease to be subject to the forfeiture restrictions. Such election (an “83(b) Election”) must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within
30 days from the grant date of the Restricted Stock Award. 
 You understand that there are significant risks associated with the
decision to make an 83(b) Election. If you make an 83(b) Election and the Unvested Shares are subsequently forfeited to the Company, you will not be entitled to a deduction for any ordinary income previously recognized as a result of the 83(b)
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the value of the Unvested Shares subsequently declines, the 83(b) Election may cause you to recognize more compensation income than you would have otherwise
recognized. On the other hand, if the value of the Unvested Shares increases and you have not made an 83(b) Election, you may recognize more compensation income than you would have if you had made the election. 
 THE FORM FOR MAKING AN 83(b) ELECTION IS ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT AS EXHIBIT B. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, IF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE AN 83(b) ELECTION, IT IS
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FILE SUCH AN ELECTION WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND THAT FAILURE TO FILE SUCH AN ELECTION WITHIN THE 30-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN THE RECOGNITION OF ORDINARY INCOME BY YOU AS THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS LAPSE. You
further understand that an additional copy of such election form should be filed with your federal income tax return for the calendar year in which the date of this Agreement falls. You acknowledge that the foregoing is only a summary of the
federal income tax laws that apply to the award of the Shares under this Agreement and does not purport to be complete. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY HAS DIRECTED YOU TO SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE REGARDING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF
THE CODE AND THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH YOU MAY RESIDE. 
 You agree to execute and
deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the Acknowledgment and Statement of Decision Regarding Section 83(b) Election (the “Acknowledgment”) attached hereto as Exhibit A. You further agree that
if you choose to make an 83(b) Election with the Internal Revenue Service, you will also deliver to the Company with this signed Agreement a signed copy of the 83(b) Election. 
 You acknowledge that determining the actual tax consequences to you of receiving or disposing of the Shares may be complicated. These tax consequences
will depend, in part, on your specific situation. You are aware that you should consult a competent and independent tax advisor for a full understanding of the specific tax consequences to you of receiving or disposing of the Shares. Prior to
executing this Agreement, you either have consulted with a competent tax advisor independent of the Company to obtain tax advice concerning the Shares in light of your specific situation or have had the opportunity to consult with such a tax advisor
but have chosen not to do so. 
 7. Book Entry Registration of the Shares 
 The Company will issue the Shares by registering the Shares in book entry form with the Company’s transfer agent in your name and the applicable
restrictions will be noted in the records of the Company’s transfer agent and in the book entry system. No certificate(s) representing all or a part of the Shares will be issued until the Shares become Vested Shares. 
 8. Stop-Transfer Notices 
 You understand and agree
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instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and that, if the Company transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate notations to the same effect in
its own records. The Company will not be required to (a) transfer on its books any Shares that have been sold or transferred in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) treat as the owner of the Shares, or otherwise accord
voting, dividend or liquidation rights to, any transferee to whom the Shares have been transferred in contravention of this Agreement. 
 9. Tax
Withholding 
 As a condition to the removal of restrictions from your Vested Shares registered in book entry form with the Company’s
transfer agent, you agree to make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the payment of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that arise either upon receipt of the Shares or as the forfeiture restrictions on any
Shares lapse, if applicable. You may satisfy such withholding obligation by any of the following means or a combination thereof: (a) tendering a cash payment, (b) authorizing the Company to withhold shares from the shares of Common Stock
otherwise issuable pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award (up to the employer’s minimum tax withholding rate) or (c) delivering to the Company already owned and unencumbered shares of Common Stock (up to the employer’s minimum
required tax withholding rate to the extent the shares have been held for less than six months). Notwithstanding the previous sentence, you acknowledge and agree that the Company and any Affiliate has the right to deduct from payments of any kind
otherwise due to you any federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the Restricted Stock Award. 
 10. General Provisions 
 10.1 Notices 
 Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder, such notice must be in writing and personally delivered or sent by mail. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be deemed to be
delivered on the date on which it is personally delivered, or, whether actually received or not, on the third business day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed to the person who is to
receive it at the address that such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. You or the Company may change, by written notice to the other, the address previously specified for receiving notices. Notices
delivered to the Company shall be addressed as follows: 
  

			
	 Company:
	  	Coinstar, Inc.
		  	 Attn: General Counsel
 1800 114th Avenue SE
 Bellevue, WA
98004

 10.2 No Waiver 
 No waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless in writing and signed by the person against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced,
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enforce any right hereunder constitute a continuing waiver of the same or a waiver of any other right hereunder. 
 10.3 Undertaking 
 You hereby agree to
take whatever additional action and execute whatever additional documents the Company may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on either you or the Shares pursuant to the
express provisions of this Agreement. 
 10.4 Entire Contract 
 This Agreement, the Grant Notice and the Plan constitute the entire contract between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior oral or written agreements on the subject. This Agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and will in all respects be construed in conformity with the express terms and provisions of the Plan. 
 10.5 Successors and Assigns 
 The
provisions of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be binding on, the Company and its successors and assigns and you and your legal representatives, heirs, legatees, distributees, assigns and transferees by operation of law, whether or
not any such person will have become a party to this Agreement and agreed in writing to join herein and be bound by the terms and conditions hereof. 
 10.6 Counterparts 
 This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original, but which, upon execution, will constitute one and the same instrument. 
 10.7 Governing Law 
 The provisions of the Grant Notice and this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Washington, without giving effect to principles of
conflicts of law. 
 11. Section 409A. 
 Awards under the Plan are intended either to be exempt from the rules of Section 409A or to satisfy those rules, and shall be construed accordingly. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement dated as of __________, 200__. 

 

			
	COINSTAR, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	  
	 Name
	 	 :

	 Title:
	 	  
	
	[NAME OF RECIPIENT]
	
	  
	 Recipient’s Signature

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND STATEMENT OF DECISION 
 REGARDING SECTION 83(b) ELECTION 
 The undersigned, a recipient of
                     shares of common stock of Coinstar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to a restricted
stock award granted under the Company’s 1997 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), hereby states as follows: 
 1. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and the Plan relating to the offering of such shares. The undersigned has carefully reviewed the Plan and the Notice of
Restricted Stock Award/Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to which the award was granted. 
 2. The undersigned either (check and
complete as applicable) 
  

			
	 (a)
	  	 ̈ has consulted, and has been fully advised by, the undersigned’s own tax advisor,
                                    , whose business address
is                                     , regarding the
federal, state and local tax consequences of receiving shares under the Plan, and particularly regarding the advisability of making an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), and pursuant to the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law, or
		
	 (b)
	  	 ̈ has knowingly chosen not to consult such a tax advisor.

 3. The undersigned hereby states that the undersigned has decided (check as applicable)

  

			
	 (a)
	  	 ̈ to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, and is submitting to
the Company, together with the undersigned’s executed Restricted Stock Award Agreement, an executed form entitled “Election Under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, or
		
	 (b)
	  	 ̈ not to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.

 4. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary or representative of the Company has made any warranty
or representation to the undersigned with respect to the tax consequences of the undersigned’s acquisition of shares under the Plan or of the making or failure to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or the corresponding
provisions, if any, of applicable state law. 
  

					
	 Dated:
                    
	 	  
	 	 	 Recipient

		
		 	  
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 EXHIBIT B 
 ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b) 
 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 
 The undersigned taxpayer hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, to include in taxpayer’s gross income for the
current taxable year the amount of any compensation taxable to taxpayer in connection with taxpayer’s receipt of the property described below: 
  

	1.	The name, address, taxpayer identification number and taxable year of the undersigned are as follows: 

  

					
	 NAME OF TAXPAYER:
	  	  	  	

					
			
	 ADDRESS:
	  	  	  	
		  	  	  	

					
			
	 IDENTIFICATION NO. OF TAXPAYER:
	  	  	  	

					
			
	 TAXABLE YEAR:
	  	  	  	

  

	2.	The property with respect to which the election is made is described as follows: _______________ shares of the Common Stock of Coinstar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”). 

  

	3.	The date on which the property was transferred is: __________________________ 

  

	4.	The property is subject to the following restrictions: 

 The property is subject to a forfeiture right pursuant to which the Company can reacquire the Shares if for any reason taxpayer’s services with the Company are terminated. The Company’s right to receive back the shares lapses as
follows: ______________________. 
  

	5.	The aggregate fair market value at the time of transfer, determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never lapse, of such property
is: $____________ 

  

	6.	The amount (if any) paid for such property is: $___________ 

 The undersigned has submitted a copy of this statement to the person for whom the services were performed in connection with the undersigned’s receipt of the above-described property. The undersigned is the person performing the
services in connection with the transfer of said property. 
 The undersigned understands that the foregoing election may not be revoked
except with the consent of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 
  

					
	 Dated:
                    
	 		 	  
		 		 	Taxpayer

 DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES 
  

	1.	File original with the Internal Revenue Service Center where the taxpayer’s income tax return will be filed. Filing must be made by no later than 30 days after the date of
grant. 

  

	2.	Attach one copy to the taxpayer’s income tax return for the taxable year in which the property was transferred. 

  

	3.	Mail one copy to the Company at the following address: 

 Coinstar, Inc. 
 1800 114th Avenue SE 
 Bellevue, WA 98004

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