Document:

Exhibit 4.4

 

Scientific Games Corporation

Amended and Restated Incentive Plan

(2013 Restatement)

 

 

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE PLAN

(2013 RESTATEMENT)

 

1.                                      Establishment and Effective Date.  Effective December 9, 2004, WMS Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation, (“WMS”) established the WMS Industries Inc. Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  The Plan was subsequently amended and restated with the approval of the Company’s stockholders effective December 14, 2006, December 10, 2009 and again effective December 6, 2012.  In connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of January 30, 2013, by and among the Scientific Games Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), SG California Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Scientific Games International, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and WMS Industries Inc., pursuant to which, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will be merged with and into WMS (the “Merger”) with WMS continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company in the Merger, the Plan is hereby further amended and restated, to be effective at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) as the Scientific Games Corporation Amended and Restated Incentive Plan (2013 Restatement).

 

2.                                      Purpose.  The purpose of this Plan is to aid the Company in attracting, retaining, motivating and rewarding employees and key consultants to WMS or its subsidiaries, in each case, prior to the Effective Time, who are providing services to the Company and its affiliates, to provide for equitable and competitive compensation opportunities, to recognize individual contributions and reward achievement of Company goals, and promote the creation of long-term value for stockholders by closely aligning the interests of Participants with those of stockholders.  The Plan authorizes equity-based and cash-based incentives for Participants.

 

3.                                      Definitions.  In addition to the terms defined above and elsewhere in the Plan, the following capitalized terms used in the Plan have the respective meanings set forth in this Section:

 

(a)                                 “Annual Incentive Award” means a type of Performance Award granted to a Participant under Section 8(c) representing a conditional right to receive cash, Stock or other Awards or payments, as determined by the Committee, based on performance in a performance period of one fiscal year or a portion thereof.

 

(b)                                 “Award” means any Option, SAR, Restricted Stock, Deferred Stock Unit, Stock granted as a bonus, Performance Award, Other Stock-Based Award or Annual Incentive Award, together with any related right or interest, granted to a Participant under the Plan.

 

(c)                                  “Beneficiary” means the legal representatives of the Participant’s estate entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive the benefits under a Participant’s Award upon a Participant’s death, provided that, if and to the extent authorized by the Committee, a Participant may be permitted to designate a Beneficiary, in which case the “Beneficiary” instead will be the person, persons, trust or trusts (if any are then surviving) which have been designated by the Participant in his or her most recent written beneficiary designation filed with the Company to receive the benefits specified under the Participant’s Award upon such Participant’s death.

 

(d)                                 “Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

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(e)                                  “Change in Control” and related terms have the meanings specified in Section 10.

 

(f)                                   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and proposed and final Treasury Department regulations issued thereunder.

 

(g)                                  “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, the composition and governance of which complies with the Committee’s charter as approved from time to time by the Board, and/or other corporate governance documents of the Company.  No action of the Committee shall be void or deemed to be without authority due to the failure of any member, at the time the action was taken, to meet any qualification standard set forth in this Plan.  The full Board may perform any function of the Committee hereunder, in which case the term “Committee” shall refer to the Board.

 

(h)                                 “Covered Employee” means an Eligible Person who is a “covered employee” under the provisions of Code Section 162(m) and pursuant to the guidance provided in IRS Notice 2007-49.

 

(i)                                     “Deferred Stock Unit” means a deferred stock unit granted to a Participant under Section 7(e).

 

(j)                                    “Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

(k)                                 “Eligible Person” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).

 

(l)                                     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  References to any provision of the Exchange Act or rule (including a proposed rule) thereunder shall include any successor provisions and rules.

 

(m)                             “Fair Market Value” means the fair market value of Stock, Awards, or other property as determined in good faith by the Committee or under procedures established by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Fair Market Value of Stock shall be the average of the high and low sales prices of Stock on a given date or, if there are no sales on that date, on the latest previous date on which there were sales, reported for composite transactions in securities listed on the principal trading market on which Stock is then listed.

 

(n)                                 “Option” means a right, granted to a Participant under Section 7(b), to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods and that does not qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Code Section 422(b).

 

(o)                                 “Other Stock-Based Awards” means Awards granted to a Participant under Section 7(h).

 

(p)                                 “Participant” means a person who has been granted an Award under the Plan which remains outstanding, including a person who is no longer an Eligible Person.

 

(q)                                 “Performance Award” means a conditional right, granted to a Participant under Sections 7(g) and 8, to receive cash, Stock or other Awards or payments, as determined by the Committee, based upon performance criteria specified by the Committee.

 

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(r)                                    “Qualified Member” means a member of the Committee who is a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) and an “outside director” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.162-27 under Code Section 162(m).

 

(s)                                   “Related Corporation” means any corporation or other entity in which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, a controlling interest.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “controlling interest” shall have the same meaning as provided in Treas. Reg. §1.414(c)-2(b)(2)(i), using “at least 50 percent” instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in such regulation.

 

(t)                                    “Restricted Stock” means Stock granted to a Participant under Section 7(d) which is subject to certain restrictions and to a risk of forfeiture.

 

(u)                                 “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3, as from time to time in effect and applicable to Participants, promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(v)                                 “Short Term Deferral Period” means, with respect to an amount (including Stock) payable pursuant to an Award, the period ending on the later of (1) the 15th day of the third month following the Participant’s first taxable year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, or (2) the 15th day of the third month following the Company’s first taxable year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; provided, however, that such period (measured from the last day of the period) shall be within one calendar year and shall not exceed 21⁄2 months.  A Participant shall have no discretion over the payment date and shall have no right to interest as a result of payment on a date other than the first day of the Short-Term Deferral Period.

 

(w)                               “Stock” means the Company’s Common Stock, and any other equity securities of the Company that may be substituted or resubstituted for Stock pursuant to Section 12(c).

 

(x)                                 “Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Participant under Section 7(c).

 

(y)                                 “Termination of Service” means (1) with respect to an Award granted to an employee, the termination of the employment relationship between the employee and the Company and all Related Corporations; (2) with respect to an Award granted to a consultant, the termination of the consulting or advisory arrangement between the consultant and the Company and all Related Corporations; and (3) with respect to an Award granted to a non-employee director, the cessation of the provision of services as a director of the Company and all Related Corporations.  A Termination of Service shall not be deemed to have resulted by reason of a bona fide leave of absence approved by the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) if the Participant’s status changes from employee, consultant or non-employee director to any other status eligible to receive an Award under the Plan, no Termination of Service shall occur for purposes of the Plan until the Participant’s new status with the Company and all Related Corporations terminates; (B) with respect to a Deferred Stock Unit that is subject to Code §409A, “Termination of Service” shall mean separation from service as defined in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h); and (C) if a Participant’s relationship is with a Related Corporation and not the Company, the Participant shall incur a Termination of Service when such corporation ceases to be a Related Corporation, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, or as otherwise necessary to comply with Code §409A (to the extent applicable).

 

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(z)                                  “Mafco” means each of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., Ronald O. Perelman (or any of his Permitted Transferees) or any of their respective affiliates.

 

(aa)                          “Permitted Transferees” means, with respect to any person that is a natural person (and any Permitted Transferee of such person), (a) such person’s immediate family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, step-children and their respective lineal descendants and (b) any trust or other legal entity the beneficiary of which is such person’s immediate family, including his or her spouse, ex-spouse, children, stepchildren or their respective lineal descendants and which is controlled by such person.

 

(bb)                          “WMS Stock” means shares of WMS common stock, par value $0.50.

 

(cc)                            “Merger Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Merger Agreement.

 

4.                                      Administration.

 

(a)                                 Authority of the Committee.  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full and final authority, in each case subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, to select Eligible Persons to become Participants; to grant Awards; to determine the type and number of Awards, the dates on which Awards may be exercised and on which the risk of forfeiture or deferral period relating to Awards shall lapse or terminate, the acceleration of any such dates, the expiration date of any Award, whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid, in cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, and other terms and conditions of, and all other matters relating to Awards; to prescribe documents evidencing or setting terms of Awards (such Award documents need not be identical for each Participant), amendments thereto, and rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and amendments thereto; to construe and interpret the Plan and Award documents and correct defects, supply omissions or reconcile inconsistencies therein; and to make all other decisions and determinations as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.  Decisions of the Committee with respect to the administration and interpretation of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all persons interested in the Plan, including Participants, Beneficiaries, transferees under Section 12(b) and other persons claiming rights from or through a Participant, and stockholders.  The foregoing notwithstanding, the Board shall perform the functions of the Committee for purposes of granting Awards under the Plan to non-employee directors (authority with respect to other aspects of non-employee director awards is not exclusive to the Board, however); provided however, any employee director shall abstain from voting on any grant made to non-employee directors, and may perform any function of the Committee under the Plan for any other purpose (subject to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)), including for the purpose of ensuring that transactions under the Plan by Participants who are then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company are exempt under Rule 16b-3.

 

(b)                                 Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority.  At any time that a member of the Committee is not a Qualified Member, any action of the Committee relating to an Award intended by the Committee to qualify as “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder or intended to be covered by an exemption under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act may be taken by a subcommittee, designated by the Committee or the Board, composed solely of two or more Qualified Members or may be taken by the Committee but with each such member who is not a Qualified Member abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such action, provided that, upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee remains composed of two or more

 

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Qualified Members.  Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the abstention or recusal of such non-Qualified Member(s), shall be the action of the Committee for purposes of the Plan.  The express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the Committee.  To the fullest extent authorized under Section 157(c) and other applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Committee may delegate to officers or managers of the Company or any subsidiary, or committees thereof, the authority, subject to such terms as the Committee shall determine, to perform such functions, including administrative functions, as the Committee may determine, to the extent that such delegation will not cause Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) to fail to so qualify.

 

(c)                                  Limitation of Liability.  The Committee and each member thereof, and any person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Committee, shall be entitled, in good faith, to rely or act upon any report or other information furnished by any executive officer, other officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary, the Company’s independent auditors, consultants, legal counsel or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan.  Members of the Committee, any person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Committee, and any officer or employee of the Company or a subsidiary acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee or a delegee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such action or determination.

 

5.                                      Stock Subject to Plan.

 

(a)                                 Overall Number of Shares Available for Delivery.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12(c), as of the Effective Time, the total number of shares of Stock reserved and available for delivery under the Plan shall be the sum of (i) the product of (a) 3,986,764 shares of WMS Stock that are available for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Time, multiplied by (b) the per share closing price of WMS Stock on the Merger Closing Date (or if the Merger Closing Date is not a trading day, the closing price of a share of WMS Stock on the last trading day immediately prior to the Merger Closing Date) to the per share closing price of Stock on the Merger Closing Date (or, if the Merger Closing Date is not a trading day, the closing price of a share of Stock on the last trading day immediately prior to the Merger Closing Date), and (ii) the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards as of the Effective Time which may become available in accordance with Section 5(b) after the Effective Time.

 

Any shares of Stock delivered under the Plan shall consist of authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares.  Subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 12(c), the Company shall not amend this Plan to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan without such amendment being subject to receipt of stockholder approval.

 

(b)                                 Share Counting Rules.  The Committee may adopt reasonable counting procedures to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double counting (as, for example, in the case of tandem or substitute awards) and make adjustments if the number of shares of Stock actually delivered differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with an Award.

 

With regard to any shares granted pursuant to full-value Awards, each such share shall reduce the shares available by 1.8 shares.  The term “full-value Awards” means Awards other than Options, SARs, or Awards for which the Participant pays the intrinsic value directly or by forgoing a right to receive a cash payment from the Company.

 

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Shares that are potentially deliverable under an Award under the Plan that are canceled, expired, forfeited, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without a delivery of such shares to the Participant will not be counted as delivered under the Plan and shall be available for Awards under this Plan.  Shares that have been issued in connection with an Award under this Plan (e.g., Restricted Stock) that are canceled, forfeited, or settled in cash such that those shares are returned to the Company shall be available for Awards under this Plan.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each share made available for Awards under this provision in connection with the cancellation, forfeiture or cash settlement of full-value Awards shall increase the shares available for grant by 1.8 shares.  However, shares withheld in payment of the exercise price or taxes relating to an Award and shares equal to the number surrendered in payment of any exercise price or taxes relating to an Award shall be deemed to constitute shares delivered to the Participant and shall not be available for reissue as Awards under this Plan.

 

Because shares will count against the number reserved in Section 5(a) upon delivery, and subject to the share counting rules under this Section 5(b), the Committee may determine that Awards may be outstanding that relate to a greater number of shares than the aggregate remaining available under the Plan, so long as Awards will not result in delivery and vesting of shares in excess of the number then available under the Plan.

 

6.                                      Eligibility and Certain Award Limitations.

 

(a)                                 Eligibility.  Awards may be granted under the Plan only to Eligible Persons.  For purposes of the Plan, an Eligible Person means an employee of WMS or any of its subsidiaries or a key consultant to WMS or any of its subsidiaries, in each case prior to the Effective Time, who is at the time of the grant of an Award, providing services to the Company or its affiliates.

 

(b)                                 Per-Person Award Limitations.  In each calendar year during any part of which the Plan is in effect, an Eligible Person may be granted Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) under each of Section 7(b), 7(c), 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g) or 7(h) relating to up to his or her Annual Limit (such Annual Limit to apply separately to the type of Award authorized under each specified subsection).  Subject to Section 5(a), a Participant’s Annual Limit, in any year during any part of which the Participant is then eligible under the Plan, shall equal the product of (a) 750,000 shares of WMS Stock multiplied by (b) the per share closing price of WMS Stock on the Merger Closing Date (or if the Merger Closing Date is not a trading day, the closing price of a share of WMS Stock on the last trading day immediately prior to the Merger Closing Date) to the per share closing price of Stock on the Merger Closing Date (or, if the Merger Closing Date is not a trading day, the closing price of a share of Stock on the last trading day immediately prior to the Merger Closing Date), plus the amount of the Participant’s unused Annual Limit relating to the same type of Award as of the close of the previous year, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12(c) (“Annual Limit”).  In the case of an Award which is not valued in a way in which the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence would operate as an effective limitation satisfying Treasury Regulation 1.162-27(e)(4) (including a Performance Award under Section 8 not related to an Award specified in Section 7), an Eligible Person may not be granted Awards authorizing the earning during any calendar year of an amount that exceeds the Participant’s Annual Limit, which for this purpose shall equal $3,000,000 plus the amount of the Participant’s unused cash Annual Limit as of the close of the previous year (this limitation is separate and not affected by the number of Awards granted during such calendar year subject to the limitation in the preceding sentence).  For this purpose, (i) “earning” means satisfying performance conditions so that an amount becomes payable, without regard to whether it is to be paid currently or on a deferred basis or continues to be subject to any service requirement or other non-performance condition, and (ii) a Participant’s Annual Limit is used to the extent an amount or number of shares may be potentially earned or paid under an Award, regardless of whether such amount or shares are in fact earned or paid.

 

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(c)                                  Recoupment Policy.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, an Eligible Person’s right to receive or retain an Award, to retain any amount received pursuant to an Award (in cash or Stock) and, in the case of Stock received pursuant to an Award, to retain any profit or gain realized by the Eligible Person in connection with such an Award, shall be subject to any recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Company.

 

7.                                      Specific Terms of Awards.

 

(a)                                 General.  Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 7.  In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section 12(e)), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine, including terms requiring forfeiture of Awards in the event of Termination of Service by the Participant, terms in the event of a Change in Control and terms permitting a Participant to make elections relating to his or her Award.  The Committee shall retain full power and discretion with respect to any term or condition of an Award that is not mandatory under the Plan.  The Committee shall require the payment of lawful consideration for an Award to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and may otherwise require payment of consideration for an Award except as limited by the Plan.

 

(b)                                 Options.  The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                     Exercise Price.  The exercise price per share of Stock purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee, provided that such exercise price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant of such Option.

 

(ii)                                  Option Term; Time and Method of Exercise.  The Committee shall determine the term of each Option, provided that in no event shall the term of any Option or SAR issued in tandem therewith exceed seven years.  The Committee shall determine the time or times at which or the circumstances under which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the methods by which such exercise price may be paid or deemed to be paid and the form of such payment (subject to Section 12(k)), including, without limitation, cash, Stock (including through withholding of Stock deliverable upon exercise, if such withholding will not result in the recognition of additional accounting expense to the Company), other Awards or awards granted under other plans of the Company or any subsidiary, or other property (including through “cashless exercise” arrangements, to the extent permitted by applicable law), and the methods by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered in satisfaction of Options to Participants (including to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A, deferred delivery of Stock as mandated by the Committee, with such deferred Stock subject to any vesting, forfeiture or other terms as the Committee may specify).

 

(c)                                  Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee is authorized to grant SARs to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                     Right to Payment.  A SAR shall confer on the Participant to whom it is granted a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value of one

 

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share of Stock on the date of exercise (or, in the case of a “Limited SAR,” the Fair Market Value determined by reference to the Change in Control Price, as defined under Section 10(d) hereof) over (B) the grant price of the SAR as determined by the Committee, which grant price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant of such SAR.

 

(ii)                                  Other Terms.  The Committee shall determine at the date of grant or thereafter, the time or times at which and the circumstances under which a SAR may be exercised in whole or in part (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), the method of exercise, method of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, method by or forms in which Stock will be delivered or deemed to be delivered to Participants, whether or not a SAR shall be free-standing or in tandem or combination with an Option, and the maximum term of a SAR, which in no event shall exceed a period of seven years from the date of grant.  Limited SARs that may only be exercised in connection with a Change in Control or other event as specified by the Committee may be granted on such terms, not inconsistent with this Section 7(c), as the Committee may determine.  The Committee may require that an outstanding Option be exchanged for an SAR exercisable for Stock having vesting, expiration, and other terms substantially the same as the Option, so long as such exchange will not result in additional accounting expense to the Company.

 

(d)                                 Restricted Stock.  The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock to Participants on the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                     Grant and Restrictions.  Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability, risk of forfeiture and other restrictions, if any, as the Committee may impose, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances (including based on achievement of performance goals and/or future service requirements), in such installments or otherwise and under such other circumstances as the Committee may determine at the date of grant or thereafter.  Except to the extent restricted under the terms of the Plan and any Award document relating to the Restricted Stock, a Participant granted Restricted Stock shall have all of the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote the Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends thereon (subject to any mandatory reinvestment or other requirement imposed by the Committee).

 

(ii)                                  Forfeiture.  Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon Termination of Service during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided that the Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award document, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will lapse in whole or in part, including in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes.

 

(iii)                               Certificates for Stock.  Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine.  If certificates representing Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, the Committee may require that such certificates bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, that the Company retain physical possession of the certificates, and that the Participant deliver a stock power to the Company, endorsed in blank, relating to the Restricted Stock.

 

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(iv)                              Dividends and Splits. As a condition to the grant of an Award of Restricted Stock, the Committee may require, to the extent required by applicable law, that any cash dividends paid on a share of Restricted Stock be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock or applied to the purchase of additional Awards under the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Stock distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock dividend, and other property distributed as a dividend, shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the Restricted Stock with respect to which such Stock or other property has been distributed.

 

(e)                                  Deferred Stock Units.  The Committee is authorized to grant Deferred Stock Units to Participants.  A Deferred Stock Unit entitles the Participant to receive, with respect to each Deferred Stock Unit that vests in accordance with paragraph (i), one share of Stock, or cash equal to Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of vesting, or a combination thereof as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award agreement.  Any fractional Deferred Stock Unit shall be paid in cash.

 

(i)                                     Vesting.  With respect to Deferred Stock Units, the Committee shall determine when such units shall vest and any conditions (such as continued employment or performance measures) that must be met in order for such units to vest at the end of the applicable restriction period.  The Committee may at any time accelerate the time at which Deferred Stock Units shall vest, subject to Section 8 for those Deferred Stock Units which are Performance Awards, and only to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.

 

(ii)                                  Payment.  Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, upon the vesting of a Deferred Stock Unit in accordance with subsection (i) or Section 10, payment, in Stock or cash (as applicable), shall be made in the Short-Term Deferral Period; provided, however, that a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10) shall not accelerate the payment date of a Deferred Stock Unit that is subject to Code Section 409A unless such Change in Control is also a “change in control event” as defined in regulations under Code Section 409A.

 

(iii)                               Forfeitures.  Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon Termination of Service during the applicable deferral period or portion thereof to which forfeiture conditions apply (as provided in the Award document evidencing the Deferred Stock Unit), all Deferred Stock Units that are at that time subject to such forfeiture conditions shall be forfeited.  The Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award document evidencing the Deferred Stock Unit, or may determine in any individual case, that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Deferred Stock Units shall be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes, and the Committee may in other cases waive in whole or in part the forfeiture of Deferred Stock Units. Deferred Stock Units subject to a risk of forfeiture may be called “restricted stock units” or otherwise designated by the Committee.”

 

(iv)                              Dividend Equivalents. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at date of grant, Dividend Equivalents on the specified number of shares of Stock covered by an Award of Deferred Stock Units shall be either (A) paid with respect to such Deferred Stock Units at the dividend payment date in cash or in shares of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, or (B) deferred with respect to such Deferred Stock

 

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Units and the amount or value thereof automatically deemed reinvested in additional Deferred Stock Units, other Awards or other investment vehicles, as the Committee shall determine or permit the Participant to elect.

 

(f)                                   Bonus Stock.  The Committee is authorized to grant Stock as a bonus subject to such terms as shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that such bonus shall either be limited to (i) a de minimus amount of not more than five percent (5%) of the shares subject to the Plan or to (ii) Awards made in lieu of cash bonuses under the Company’s or a subsidiary’s bonus plan on no more than a dollar-for-dollar basis.

 

(g)                                  Performance Awards.  Performance Awards, denominated in cash or in Stock or other Awards, may be granted by the Committee in accordance with Section 8.

 

(h)                                 Other Stock-Based Awards.  The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Stock or factors that may influence the value of Stock, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock, purchase rights for Stock, Awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Committee, and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of or the performance of specified subsidiaries or other business units.  The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards.  Stock delivered pursuant to an Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 7(h) shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, notes, or other property, as the Committee shall determine.  Cash awards, as an element of or supplement to any other Award under the Plan, may also be granted pursuant to this Section 7(h).

 

(i)                                     Dividend Equivalents. The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to a Participant, entitling the Participant to receive cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property equivalent to all or a portion of the dividends paid with respect to a specified number of shares of Stock. Dividend Equivalents may be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award. The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed when accrued or shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Stock, Awards, or other investment vehicles, and subject to restrictions on transferability, risks of forfeiture and such other terms as the Committee may specify. The foregoing notwithstanding, (i) dividends and dividend equivalents will not be credited or payable with respect to an Option or SAR, except that this provision will not limit adjustments authorized under Section 12(c); and (ii) Dividend Equivalents relating to a Performance Awards shall be treated in accordance with Section 8(b)(vi).

 

8.                                      Performance Awards, Including Annual Incentive Awards.

 

(a)                                 Performance Awards Generally.  The Committee is authorized to grant any of the awards described in Sections 7(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) as Performance Awards, the terms and conditions of which are described in this Section 8.  Performance Awards may be denominated as a cash amount, number of shares of Stock, or specified number of other Awards (or a combination) which may be earned upon achievement or satisfaction of performance conditions specified by the Committee.  In addition, the Committee may specify that any other Award shall constitute a Performance Award by

 

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conditioning the right of a Participant to exercise the Award or have it settled, and the timing thereof, upon achievement or satisfaction of such performance conditions as may be specified by the Committee.  The Committee may use such business criteria and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate in establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under any Award subject to performance conditions, except as limited under Sections 8(b) and 8(c) in the case of a Performance Award intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m).

 

(b)                                 Performance Awards Granted to Covered Employees.  If the Committee determines that a Performance Award to be granted to an Eligible Person who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee should constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), the grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Award shall be contingent upon achievement of a preestablished performance goal and other terms set forth in this Section 8(b).

 

(i)                                     Performance Goal Generally.  The performance goal for such Performance Awards shall consist of one or more business criteria and a targeted level or levels of performance with respect to each of such criteria, as specified by the Committee consistent with this Section 8(b).  The performance goal shall be objective and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder (including Regulation 1.162-27 and successor regulations thereto), including the requirement that the level or levels of performance targeted by the Committee result in the achievement of performance goals being “substantially uncertain.” The Committee may determine that such Performance Awards shall be granted, exercised and/or settled upon achievement of any one performance goal or that two or more of the performance goals must be achieved as a condition to grant, exercise and/or settlement of such Performance Awards.  Performance goals may differ for Performance Awards granted to any one Participant or to different Participants.

 

(ii)                                  Business Criteria.  One or more of the following business criteria for the Company, on a consolidated basis, and/or for specified subsidiaries or affiliates or other business units of the Company, shall be used by the Committee in establishing performance goals for such Performance Awards:  (1) revenues; (2) earnings from operations, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, incentives, service fees or extraordinary or special items; (3) net income or net income per common share (basic or diluted); (4) return on assets, return on net assets, return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (5) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment, or net cash provided by operations; (6) economic value created or added; (7) operating margin or profit margin; (8) stock price, dividends or total stockholder return; and (9) strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration or value added, product development or introduction, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, debt reduction, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, information technology, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates or joint ventures.  The targeted level or levels of performance with respect to such business criteria may be established at such levels and in such terms as the Committee may determine, in its discretion, including in absolute terms, as a goal relative to performance in prior periods, or as a goal compared to the performance of one or more comparable companies or an index covering multiple companies.

 

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(iii)                               Performance Period; Timing for Establishing Performance Goals.  Achievement of performance goals in respect of such Performance Awards shall be measured over a performance period of up to one year or more than one year, as specified by the Committee.  A performance goal shall be established not later than the earlier of (A) 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to such Performance Award or (B) the time 25% of such performance period has elapsed.

 

(iv)                              Performance Award Pool.  The Committee may establish a Performance Award pool, which shall be an unfunded pool, for purposes of measuring performance of the Company in connection with Performance Awards.  The amount of such Performance Award pool shall be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or more of the business criteria set forth in Section 8(b)(ii) during the given performance period, as specified by the Committee in accordance with Section 8(b)(iii).  The Committee may specify the amount of the Performance Award pool as a percentage of any of such business criteria, a percentage thereof in excess of a threshold amount, or as another amount which need not bear a strictly mathematical relationship to such business criteria.

 

(v)                                 Settlement of Performance Awards; Other Terms.  Settlement of such Performance Awards shall be in cash, Stock, or other property, in the discretion of the Committee.  The Committee may, in its discretion, increase or reduce the amount of a settlement otherwise to be made in connection with such Performance Awards, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount payable to a Covered Employee in respect of a Performance Award subject to this Section 8(b), to the extent that such discretion would increase the amount payable above that amount designated as potentially payable upon achievement of the performance goal intended to qualify the Award as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m).  Any settlement which changes the form of payment from that originally specified shall be implemented in a manner such that the Performance Award and other related Awards do not, solely for that reason, fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m).  The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which such Performance Awards shall be paid or forfeited in the event of Termination of Service by the Participant or other event (including a Change in Control) prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of such Performance Awards; provided, however, that any resulting payments need not qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) if the authorization of such non-qualifying payments would not otherwise disqualify the Performance Award apart from the Termination of Service or Change in Control.

 

(vi)                              Dividend and Dividend Equivalents.  Dividends and dividend equivalents payable with respect to Performance Awards of Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Units shall not be treated as “performance-based” compensation for purposes of Code Section 162(m) unless such dividends and dividend equivalents separately satisfy requirements similar to those set forth in subsections (i) through (v) above for Performance Awards.

 

(c)                                  Annual Incentive Awards Granted to Designated Covered Employees.  The Committee may grant an Annual Incentive Award to an Eligible Person who is designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee.  Such Annual Incentive Award will be intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” for purposes of Code Section 162(m), and therefore its

 

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grant, exercise and/or settlement shall be contingent upon achievement of preestablished performance goals and other terms set forth in this Section 8(c).

 

(i)                                     Grant of Annual Incentive Awards.  Not later than the earlier of 90 days after the beginning of any performance period applicable to such Annual Incentive Award or the time 25% of such performance period has elapsed, the Committee shall determine the Covered Employees who will potentially receive Annual Incentive Awards, and the amount(s) potentially payable thereunder, for that performance period.  The amount(s) potentially payable shall be based upon the achievement of a performance goal or goals based on one or more of the business criteria set forth in Section 8(b)(ii) in the given performance period, as specified by the Committee.  The Committee may designate an annual incentive award pool as the means by which Annual Incentive Awards will be measured, which pool shall conform to the provisions of Section 8(b)(iv). In such case, the portion of the Annual Incentive Award pool potentially payable to each Covered Employee shall be preestablished by the Committee. In all cases, the maximum Annual Incentive Award of any Participant shall be subject to the limitation set forth in Section 6.

 

(ii)                                  Payout of Annual Incentive Awards.  After the end of each performance period, the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of the Annual Incentive Award for that performance period payable to each Participant.  The Committee may, in its discretion, determine that the amount payable to any Participant as a final Annual Incentive Award shall be reduced from the amount of his or her potential Annual Incentive Award, including a determination to make no final Award whatsoever, but may not exercise discretion to increase any such amount.  The Committee shall specify the circumstances in which an Annual Incentive Award shall be paid or forfeited in the event of Termination of Service by the Participant or other event (including a Change in Control) prior to the end of a performance period or settlement of such Annual Incentive Award; provided, however, that any resulting payments need not qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) if the authorization of such non-qualifying payments would not otherwise disqualify the Annual Incentive Award apart from the Termination of Service or Change in Control.

 

(d)                                 Written Determinations.  Determinations by the Committee as to the establishment of performance goals, the amount potentially payable in respect of Performance Awards and Annual Incentive Awards, the level of actual achievement of the specified performance goals relating to Performance Awards and Annual Incentive Awards, and the amount of any final Performance Award and Annual Incentive Award shall be recorded in writing in the case of Performance Awards intended to qualify under Section 162(m).  Specifically, the Committee shall certify in writing, in a manner conforming to applicable regulations under Section 162(m), prior to settlement of each such Award granted to a Covered Employee, that the performance objective relating to the Performance Award and other material terms of the Award upon which settlement of the Award was conditioned have been satisfied.

 

9.                                      Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards.

 

(a)                                 Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem, and Substitute Awards.  Options and SARs granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with the other, and any Award granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the

 

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Committee, be granted in substitution or exchange for any other Award or any award granted under another plan of the Company, any subsidiary, or any business entity to be acquired by the Company or a subsidiary, or any other right of a Participant to receive payment from the Company or any subsidiary, provided that such substitution or exchange does not cause the recipient to become subject to excise taxes under Code Section 409A.  Options and SARs granted in addition to or in tandem with the other may be granted either as of the same time as or a different time from the grant of such other Award, except to the extent that grants at different times would cause the recipient of the Option or SAR to become subject to excise taxes under Code Section 409A.

 

(b)                                 Term of Awards.  The term of each Award shall be for such period as may be determined by the Committee, subject to the express limitations set forth in Section 7(b)(ii).

 

(c)                                  Form and Timing of Payment under Awards; Deferrals.  Subject to the terms of the Plan (including Section 12(k)) and any applicable Award document, payments to be made by the Company or a subsidiary upon the exercise of an Option or other Award or settlement of an Award may be made in such forms as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, or other property and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis.  The settlement of any Award may be accelerated, and cash paid in lieu of Stock in connection with such settlement, in the discretion of the Committee or upon occurrence of one or more specified events (subject to Section 12(k)), provided such acceleration does not cause the recipient to become subject to excise taxes under Code Section 409A.  Installment or deferred payments may be required by the Committee (subject to Sections 9(f) and 12(e) of the Plan, including the consent provisions thereof in the case of any deferral of an outstanding Award not provided for in the original Award agreement) or permitted at the election of the Participant on terms and conditions established by the Committee. Payments may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents or other amounts in respect of installment or deferred payments denominated in Stock. Any payment deferred pursuant to this Section 8(c) shall represent only an unfunded, unsecured promise by the Company to pay the amount credited thereto to the Participant in the future. In the case of any Award subject to Code Section 409A that is vested and no longer subject to a risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Code Section 83) and deferred at the election of the Participant, such Award will be distributed to the Participant, upon application of the Participant, if the Participant has had an unforeseeable emergency within the meaning of Code Sections 409A(a)(2)(A)(vi) and 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii), in accordance with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii).”

 

(d)                                 Exemptions from Section 16(b) Liability.  With respect to a Participant who is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company, the Committee shall implement transactions under the Plan and administer the Plan in a manner that will ensure that each transaction with respect to such a Participant is exempt from liability under Rule 16b-3 or otherwise not subject to liability under Section 16(b), except that this provision shall not limit sales by such a Participant, and such a Participant may engage in other non-exempt transactions under the Plan.  The Committee may authorize the Company to repurchase any Award or shares of Stock deliverable or delivered in connection with any Award (subject to Section 12(k)) in order to avoid a Participant who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act incurring liability under Section 16(b).  Unless otherwise specified by the Participant, equity securities or derivative securities acquired under the Plan which are disposed of by a Participant shall be deemed to be disposed of in the order acquired by the Participant.

 

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(e)                                  [Intentionally Omitted]

 

(f)                                   Deferred Compensation Awards.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Award which is subject to Code Section 409A shall, at a minimum, comply with all of the requirements set forth in Code Section 409A as are necessary to allow the deferral of federal income tax on the deferred compensation resulting from the Award and to avoid the constructive receipt of such deferred compensation.  Any Award subject to Code Section 409A with terms not permitted under Code Section 409A shall be automatically modified and limited to the extent necessary to conform with Code Section 409A. Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, the Company shall have no authority to accelerate distributions relating to Awards subject to Code Section 409A in excess of the authority permitted under Code Section 409A, any distribution subject to Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) (separation from service) to a “specified employee” as defined under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), shall not occur earlier than the earliest time permitted under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), and any authorization of payment of cash to settle an Award shall apply only to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A for such Award. To further ensure compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, all Awards shall be subject to the Company’s Section 409A Compliance Rules.

 

(g)                                  Prohibition on Loans.  No Award shall provide for a personal loan to a Participant.

 

10.                               Change in Control.

 

(a)                                 Effect of “Change in Control” on Non-Performance Based Awards.  In the event of a “Change in Control,” the following provisions shall apply to non-performance based Awards, including Awards as to which performance conditions previously have been satisfied or are deemed satisfied under Section 10(b), unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the Change in Control or as otherwise provided in a current employment agreement between the Company and the Participant or in any Award document:

 

(i)                                     All deferral of settlement, forfeiture conditions and other restrictions applicable to Awards granted under the Plan shall lapse and such Awards shall be deemed fully vested as of the time of the Change in Control without regard to deferral and vesting conditions, except to the extent of any waiver by the Participant and subject to applicable restrictions set forth in Section 12(a);

 

(ii)                                  Any Award carrying a right to exercise that was not previously exercisable and vested shall become fully exercisable and vested as of the time of the Change in Control; and in respect of any Award granted prior to the Effective Time, shall remain exercisable and vested for the balance of the stated term of such Award without regard to any Termination of Service by the Participant other than a termination for “cause” (as defined in any employment or severance agreement between the Company or its subsidiary and the Participant then in effect or, if none, as defined by the Committee and in effect at the time of the Change in Control), subject only to applicable restrictions set forth in Section 12(a); and

 

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following the Change in Control, in lieu of acquiring the shares of Stock covered by such Option, to receive in cash the excess of the Change in Control Price over the exercise price of such Option, multiplied by the number of shares of Stock covered by such Option, and to extend to any Participant who holds other types of Awards denominated in shares the right to elect, during the 60-day period immediately following the Change in Control, in lieu of receiving the shares of Stock covered by such Award, to receive in cash the Change in Control Price multiplied by the number of shares of Stock covered by such Award.

 

(b)                                 Effect of “Change in Control” on Performance-Based Awards.  In the event of a “Change in Control,” with respect to an outstanding Award subject to achievement of performance goals and conditions, such performance goals and conditions shall be deemed to be met or exceeded if and to the extent so provided by the Committee in the Award document governing such Award or other agreement with the Participant.

 

(c)                                  “(c)  Definition of “Change in Control.” A “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)                                     when any “person” as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act but excluding the Company and any subsidiary and any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any subsidiary (including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee), directly or indirectly, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing at least 40% (or such greater percentage as the Committee may specify in connection with the grant of any Award) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities; provided, however, that a Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred under this Section 9(b)(i) if Mafco, directly or indirectly, becomes the “beneficial owner” of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding securities; or

 

(ii)                                  the occurrence of a transaction requiring stockholder approval for the acquisition of the Company by an entity other than the Company or a subsidiary by merger or otherwise or for the purchase by an entity other than the Company or a subsidiary of substantially all of the assets of the Company;

 

provided, however, that for an Award granted before the Effective Time, unless otherwise provided in an applicable Award agreement, the definition of Change in Control that will apply will be that definition in effect at the time of the grant of such Award.

 

The foregoing notwithstanding, any benefit or right provided under this Section 10 in the case of any Award shall be limited to those benefits and rights permitted under Code Section 409A, and any benefit or right provided under this Section 10 that would result in a distribution of an Award subject to Code Section 409A at a time or in a manner not permitted by Code Section 409A shall be limited to the extent necessary so that the distribution is permitted under Code Section 409A. For this purpose, the distribution of an Award subject to Code Section 409A (i) triggered by a Change in Control will remain authorized if the Change in Control also

 

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constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v), and (ii) triggered by a Termination of Service following a Change in Control by a specified employee, within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), will remain authorized to occur six months after such Termination of Service.

 

(d)           Definition of “Change in Control Price.” The “Change in Control Price” means the Fair Market Value of a share on the date of exercise of such Option.

 

11.          Additional Award Forfeiture Provisions.

 

(a)           Forfeiture of Options and Other Awards and Gains Realized Upon Prior Option Exercises or Award Settlements.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, each Award granted hereunder shall be subject to the following additional forfeiture conditions, to which the Participant, by accepting an Award hereunder, agrees.  If any of the events specified in Section 11(b)(i), (ii), or (iii) occurs (a “Forfeiture Event”), all of the following forfeitures will result, with such forfeitures becoming effective at the later of the occurrence of the Forfeiture Event or the Participant’s Termination of Service:

 

(i)            The unexercised portion of the Option, whether or not vested, and any other Award not then settled (except for an Award that has not been settled solely due to an elective deferral by the Participant and otherwise is not forfeitable in the event of any termination of service of the Participant) will be immediately forfeited and canceled upon the occurrence of the Forfeiture Event; and

 

(ii)           The Participant will be obligated to repay to the Company, in cash, within five business days after demand is made therefor by the Company, the total amount of Award Gain (as defined herein) realized by the Participant upon each exercise of an Option or settlement of an Award (regardless of any elective deferral) that occurred on or after (A) the date that is six months prior to the occurrence of the Forfeiture Event, if the Forfeiture Event occurred while the Participant was employed by the Company or a subsidiary, or (B) the date that is six months prior to the date the Participant’s employment by the Company or a subsidiary terminated, if the Forfeiture Event occurred after the Participant ceased to be so employed.  For purposes of this Section, the term “Award Gain” shall mean (i) in respect of a given Option exercise, the product of (X) the Fair Market Value per share of Stock at the date of such exercise (without regard to any subsequent change in the market price of shares) minus the exercise price times (Y) the number of shares as to which the Option was exercised at that date, and (ii) in respect of any other settlement of an Award granted to the Participant, the Fair Market Value of the cash or Stock paid or payable to Participant (regardless of any elective deferral) less any cash or the Fair Market Value of any Stock or property (other than an Award or award which would have itself then been forfeitable hereunder and excluding any payment of tax withholding) paid by the Participant to the Company as a condition of or in connection with such settlement.

 

(b)           Events Triggering Forfeiture.  The forfeitures specified in Section 11(a) will be triggered upon the occurrence of any one of the following Forfeiture Events at any time during the Participant’s employment by the Company or a subsidiary or during the one-year period following termination of such employment:

 

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(i)            The Participant, acting alone or with others, directly or indirectly, prior to a Change in Control, (A) engages, either as employee, employer, consultant, advisor, or director, or as an owner, investor, partner, or stockholder unless the Participant’s interest is insubstantial, in any business in an area or region in which the Company conducts business at the date the event occurs, which is directly in competition with a business then conducted by the Company or a subsidiary; (B) induces any customer, supplier, licensee or licensor of the Company or a subsidiary, or other company with which the Company or a subsidiary has a business relationship, to curtail, cancel, not renew, or not continue his or her or its business with the Company or any subsidiary; or (C) induces, or attempts to influence, any employee of or service provider (including, but not limited to, licensees and licensors) to the Company or a subsidiary to terminate such employment or service.  The Committee shall, in its discretion, determine which lines of business the Company conducts on any particular date and which third parties may reasonably be deemed to be in competition with the Company.  For purposes of this Section 11(b)(i), a Participant’s interest as a stockholder is insubstantial if it represents beneficial ownership of less than five percent of the outstanding class of stock, and a Participant’s interest as an owner, investor, or partner is insubstantial if it represents ownership, as determined by the Committee in its discretion, of less than five percent of the outstanding equity of the entity;

 

(ii)           The Participant discloses, uses, sells, or otherwise transfers, except in the course of employment with or other service to the Company or any subsidiary, any confidential or proprietary information of the Company or any subsidiary, including but not limited to information regarding the Company’s current and potential customers, organization, employees, finances, and methods of operations and investments, so long as such information has not otherwise been disclosed to the public or is not otherwise in the public domain, except as required by law or pursuant to legal process, or the Participant makes statements or representations, or otherwise communicates, directly or indirectly, in writing, orally, or otherwise, or takes any other action which may, directly or indirectly, disparage or be damaging to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, businesses or reputations, except as required by law or pursuant to legal process; or

 

(iii)          The Participant fails to cooperate with the Company or any subsidiary or by making himself or herself available to testify on behalf of the Company or such subsidiary in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, or otherwise fails to assist the Company or any subsidiary in any such action, suit, or proceeding by providing information and meeting and consulting with members of management of, other representatives of, or counsel to, the Company or such subsidiary, as reasonably requested.

 

(c)           Agreement Does Not Prohibit Competition or Other Participant Activities.  Although the conditions set forth in this Section 11 shall be deemed to be incorporated into an Award, a Participant is not thereby prohibited from engaging in any activity, including but not limited to competition with the Company and its subsidiaries.  Rather, the non-occurrence of the Forfeiture Events set forth in Section 11(b) is a condition to the Participant’s right to realize and retain value from his or her compensatory Options and Awards, and the consequence under the Plan if the Participant engages in an activity giving rise to any such Forfeiture Event are the forfeitures specified herein.  The Company and the Participant shall not be precluded by this provision or otherwise from entering into other agreements concerning the subject matter of Section 11(a) and 11(b).

 

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(d)           Committee Discretion.  The Committee may, in its discretion, waive in whole or in part the Company’s right to forfeiture under this Section, but no such waiver shall be effective unless evidenced by a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company.  In addition, the Committee may impose additional conditions on Awards, by inclusion of appropriate provisions in the document evidencing or governing any such Award.

 

12.          General Provisions.

 

(a)           Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements.  The Company may, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee, postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock or payment of other benefits under any Award until completion of such registration or qualification of such Stock or other required action under any federal or state law, rule or regulation, listing or other required action with respect to any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Stock or other securities of the Company are listed or quoted, or compliance with any other obligation of the Company, as the Committee may consider appropriate, and may require any Participant to make such representations, furnish such information and comply with or be subject to such other conditions as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Stock or payment of other benefits in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, listing requirements, or other obligations.

 

(b)           Limits on Transferability; Beneficiaries.  No Award or other right or interest of a Participant under the Plan shall be pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered or subject to any lien, obligation or liability of such Participant to any party (other than the Company or a subsidiary thereof), or assigned or transferred by such Participant otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or to a Beneficiary upon the death of a Participant, and such Awards or rights that may be exercisable shall be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant or his or her guardian or legal representative, except that Awards and other rights may be transferred to one or more transferees during the lifetime of the Participant, and may be exercised by such transferees in accordance with the terms of such Award, but only if and to the extent such transfers are permitted by the Committee, subject to any terms and conditions which the Committee may impose thereon (including limitations the Committee may deem appropriate in order that offers and sales under the Plan will meet applicable requirements of registration forms under the Securities Act of 1933 specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission).  A Beneficiary, transferee, or other person claiming any rights under the Plan from or through any Participant shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award document applicable to such Participant, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, and to any additional terms and conditions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.

 

(c)           Adjustments.  In the event of any large, special and non-recurring dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash or property other than Stock), recapitalization, forward or reverse split, Stock dividend, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, share exchange, liquidation, dissolution or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Stock, such that an adjustment is determined by the Committee to be appropriate or, in the case of any outstanding Award, necessary in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of the Participant, then the Committee shall, in such equitable manner as it may determine, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of Stock which may be delivered in connection with Awards granted thereafter, (ii) the number and kind of shares of Stock by which annual per-person Award limitations are

 

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measured under Section 6(b) and Section 6(c), (iii) the number and kind of shares of Stock subject to or deliverable in respect of outstanding Awards and (iv) the exercise price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award or, if deemed appropriate, the Committee may make provision for a payment of cash or property to the holder of an outstanding Option (subject to Section 12(k)).  In addition, the Committee is authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards (including Performance Awards and performance goals and any hypothetical funding pool relating thereto) in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, events described in the preceding sentence, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and assets) affecting the Company, any subsidiary or other business unit, or the financial statements of the Company or any subsidiary, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, tax rates and regulations or business conditions or in view of the Committee’s assessment of the business strategy of the Company, any subsidiary or business unit thereof, performance of comparable organizations, economic and business conditions, personal performance of a Participant, and any other circumstances deemed relevant; provided that no such adjustment shall be authorized or made if and to the extent that the existence of such authority (i) would cause Options, SARs, or Performance Awards granted under Section 8 to Participants designated by the Committee as Covered Employees and intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder to otherwise fail to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, or (ii) would cause the Committee to be deemed to have authority to change the targets, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.162-27(e)(4)(vi), under the performance goals relating to Options or SARs granted to Covered Employees and intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.

 

(d)           Tax Provisions.

 

(i)            Withholding.  The Company and any subsidiary is authorized to withhold from any Award granted, any payment relating to an Award under the Plan, including from a distribution of Stock, or any payroll or other payment to a Participant, amounts of withholding and other taxes due or potentially payable in connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations relating to any Award.  This authority shall include authority to withhold or receive Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participant’s withholding obligations, either on a mandatory or elective basis in the discretion of the Committee.  Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, only the minimum amount of Stock deliverable in connection with an Award necessary to satisfy statutory withholding requirements will be withheld, except a greater amount of Stock may be withheld if such withholding would not result in the recognition of additional accounting expense to the Company.

 

(ii)           Required Consent to and Notification of Code Section 83(b) Election.  No election under Code Section 83(b) (to include in gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in Code Section 83(b)) or under a similar provision of the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the Award document or by action of the Committee in writing prior to the making of such election, which election right shall not be unreasonably withheld if the Participant requests to make such an election in writing to the Committee.  In any case in which a Participant is permitted to make such an

 

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election in connection with an Award, the Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under Code Section 83(b) or other applicable provision.

 

(e)           Changes to the Plan.  The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or the Committee’s authority to grant Awards under the Plan without the consent of stockholders or Participants; provided, however, that any amendment to the Plan shall be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for approval not later than the earliest annual meeting for which the record date is after the date of such Board action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the Board may otherwise, in its discretion, determine to submit other amendments to the Plan to stockholders for approval and provided further, that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Board action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under any outstanding Award.  The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any Award theretofore granted and any Award agreement relating thereto; provided that the Committee shall have no authority to waive or modify any Award term after the Award has been granted to the extent the waived or modified term would be mandatory under the Plan for any Award newly granted at the date of the waiver or modification; and provided further, that, without the consent of an affected Participant, no such Committee action may materially and adversely affect the rights of such Participant under such Award.  Except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares), the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or SARs or cancel outstanding Options or SARS in exchange for cash, other awards or Options or SARs with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original Options or SARs without stockholder approval.

 

(f)            Right of Setoff.  The Company or any subsidiary may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, deduct from and set off against any amounts the Company or its subsidiary may owe to the Participant from time to time, including amounts payable in connection with any Award, owed as wages, fringe benefits, or other compensation owed to the Participant, any such amounts as may be owed by the Participant to the Company, including but not limited to amounts owed under Section 11(a), although the Participant shall remain liable for any part of the Participant’s payment obligation not satisfied through such deduction and setoff.  By accepting any Award granted hereunder, the Participant agrees to any deduction or setoff under this Section 12(f).

 

(g)           Unfunded Status of Awards; Creation of Trusts.  The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation.  With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant or obligation to deliver Stock pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company; provided that the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts and deposit therein cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, or make other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations under the Plan.  Such trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan unless the Committee otherwise determines with the consent of each affected Participant.

 

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(h)           Nonexclusivity of the Plan.  Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or a committee thereof to adopt such other incentive arrangements, apart from the Plan, as it may deem desirable, including incentive arrangements and awards which do not qualify under Code Section 162(m), and such other arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

(i)            Payments in the Event of Forfeitures; Fractional Shares.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a forfeiture of an Award with respect to which a Participant paid cash consideration, the Participant shall be repaid the amount of such cash consideration.  No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award.  The Committee shall determine whether cash, other Awards or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

 

(j)            Compliance with Code Section 162(m).  It is the intent of the Company that Options and SARs granted to Covered Employees and other Awards designated as Awards to Covered Employees subject to Section 8 shall constitute qualified “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder, unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of allocation of an Award.  Accordingly, the terms of Sections 8(b), (c), and (d), including the definitions of Covered Employee and other terms used therein, shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with Code Section 162(m) and regulations thereunder.  The foregoing notwithstanding, because the Committee cannot determine with certainty whether a given Participant will be a Covered Employee with respect to a fiscal year that has not yet been completed, the term Covered Employee as used herein shall mean only a person designated by the Committee as likely to be a Covered Employee with respect to a specified fiscal year.  If any provision of the Plan or any Award document relating to a Performance Award that is designated as intended to comply with Code Section 162(m) does not comply or is inconsistent with the requirements of Code Section 162(m) or regulations thereunder, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such requirements, and no provision shall be deemed to confer upon the Committee or any other person discretion to increase the amount of compensation otherwise payable in connection with any such Award upon attainment of the applicable performance objectives.

 

(k)           Certain Limitations Relating to Accounting Treatment of Awards.  At any time that the Company is accounting for stock-denominated Awards under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Stock Compensation (“Topic 718”), the Company intends that, with respect to such Awards, the compensation measurement date for accounting purposes shall occur at the date of grant or such other date that applies to Awards that are treated as equity awards under Topic 718, unless the Committee specifically determines otherwise.  Therefore, other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, in order to preserve this fundamental objective of the Plan, if any authority granted to the Committee hereunder or any provision of the Plan or an Award agreement would result, under Topic 718, in “liability” accounting, if the Committee was not specifically aware of such accounting consequence at the time such Award was granted or provision otherwise became effective, such authority shall be limited and such provision shall be automatically modified and reformed to the extent necessary to preserve the accounting treatment of the award intended by the Committee.  This provision shall cease to be effective if and at such time as the Company no longer accounts for equity compensation under Topic 718.

 

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(l)            Governing Law.  The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan, any rules and regulations relating to the Plan and any Award document shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and applicable provisions of federal law.

 

(m)          Awards to Participants Outside the United States.  The Committee may modify the terms of any Award under the Plan made to or held by a Participant who is then resident or primarily employed outside of the United States in any manner deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate in order that such Award shall conform to laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which the Participant is then resident or primarily employed, or so that the value and other benefits of the Award to the Participant, as affected by foreign tax laws and other restrictions applicable as a result of the Participant’s residence or employment abroad shall be comparable to the value of such an Award to a Participant who is resident or primarily employed in the United States.  An Award may be modified under this Section 12(m) in a manner that is inconsistent with the express terms of the Plan, so long as such modifications will not contravene any applicable law or regulation or result in actual liability under Section 16(b) for the Participant whose Award is modified.

 

(n)           Limitation on Rights Conferred under Plan.  Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as (i) giving any Eligible Person or Participant the right to continue as an Eligible Person or Participant or in the employ or service of the Company or a subsidiary, (ii) interfering in any way with the right of the Company or a subsidiary to terminate any Eligible Person’s or Participant’s employment or service at any time, (iii) giving an Eligible Person or Participant any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan or to be treated uniformly with other Participants and employees, or (iv) conferring on a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until the Participant is duly issued or transferred shares of Stock in accordance with the terms of an Award or an Option is duly exercised.  Except as expressly provided in the Plan and an Award document, neither the Plan nor any Award document shall confer on any person other than the Company and the Participant any rights or remedies thereunder.

 

(o)           Severability; Entire Agreement.  If any of the provisions of this Plan or any Award document is finally held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part), such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, and the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby; provided, that, if any of such provisions is finally held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable because it exceeds the maximum scope determined to be acceptable to permit such provision to be enforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be modified to the minimum extent necessary to modify such scope in order to make such provision enforceable hereunder.  The Plan and any Award documents contain the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior agreements (unless an employment agreement entered into between the Company and the Participant specifically provides contradictory terms, in which case the terms of the employment agreement shall govern), promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations and warranties between them, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

(p)           Plan Effective Date and Termination.  The 2013 Restatement shall become effective at the Effective Time.  Unless earlier terminated by action of the Board of Directors, the Plan will remain in effect until such time as no Stock remains available for delivery under the Plan and the

 

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Company has no further rights or obligations under the Plan with respect to outstanding Awards under the Plan.

 

24Exhibit 10.1 - Stock Plan and Agreements

EXHIBIT 10.1
ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
As Amended and Restated as of April 23, 2013
		
	SECTION 1.
	GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS

The name of the plan is the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees, directors and other key persons (including consultants and prospective employees) of athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its stockholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.
The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Administrator” means either the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board or a similar committee performing the functions of the compensation committee and which is comprised of not less than two Non-Employee Directors.
“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Deferred Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Cash-based Awards, Performance Shares and Dividend Equivalent Rights.
“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cash-based Award” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive a cash-denominated payment.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.
“Committee” means a committee of the Board.
“Covered Employee” means an employee who is a “Covered Employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
“Deferred Stock Award” means an Award of phantom stock units to a grantee, subject to restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.
“Dividend Equivalent Right” means an Award entitling the grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by the grantee.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by stockholders as set forth in Section 21.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Fair Market Value” of the Stock on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Stock is admitted to quotation on a national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to market quotations. If there are no market quotations for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there are market quotations.
“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
“Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
“Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 5.
“Performance-based Award” means any Restricted Stock Award, Deferred Stock Award, Performance Share Award or Cash-based Award granted to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

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“Performance Criteria” means the criteria that the Administrator selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal or Performance Goals for an individual for a Performance Cycle. The Performance Criteria (which shall be applicable to an individual or to the organizational level specified by the Administrator, including, but not limited to, the Company or a unit, division, group, or Subsidiary of the Company) that will be used to establish Performance Goals are limited to the following: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization; net income (loss) (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization); changes in the market price of our common stock; economic value-added, funds from operations or similar measure; sales or revenue; acquisitions or strategic transactions; operating income (loss); cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); return on capital, assets, equity, or investment; stockholder returns; return on sales; gross or net profit levels; productivity; expense; margins; operating efficiency; voluntary turnover; corporate compliance; employee engagement; client days-in-accounts-receivable; days-in-accounts-receivable in client work buckets; client collections; lost patient care revenue; client work rate; provider time per relative value unit; provider documentation time per appointment; client touches per claim; client tickets per provider; client satisfaction; sales bookings; working capital; earnings (loss) per share of our common stock; sales or market shares; number of clients, physicians, and providers; patient throughput; clinical documents; pay-for-performance revenue; patient no-show rate; patient interactions; days clinical orders outstanding; closed-loop orders; referral leakage; headcount-role vacancy; client collection rate; and clinical penetration rate.
“Performance Cycle” means one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Administrator may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Criteria will be measured for the purpose of determining a grantee’s right to and the payment of a Restricted Stock Award, Deferred Stock Award or Cash-based Award. Each such period shall not be less than 12 months, except for a Cash-Based Award which shall not have a period of less than 3 months.
“Performance Goals” means, for a Performance Cycle, the specific goals established in writing by the Administrator for a Performance Cycle based upon the Performance Criteria.
“Performance Share Award” means an Award entitling the recipient to acquire shares of Stock upon the attainment of specified Performance Goals.
“Restricted Stock Award” means an Award entitling the recipient to acquire, at such purchase price (which may be zero) as determined by the Administrator, shares of Stock subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.
“Sale Event” shall mean (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for securities of the successor entity and the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, or (iv) the sale of all of the Stock of the Company to an unrelated person or entity.
“Sale Price” means the value as determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable, or otherwise to be received by stockholders, per share of Stock pursuant to a Sale Event.
“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.
“Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive shares of Stock having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has at least a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.
“Ten Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation.
“Unrestricted Stock Award” means an Award of shares of Stock free of any restrictions.
		
	SECTION 2.
	ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS

(a)  Administrator.    The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.

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(b)  Powers of Administrator.    The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:
(i)  to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(ii)  to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Deferred Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Cash-based Awards, Performance Share Awards and Dividend Equivalent Rights, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;
(iii)  to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award;
(iv)  to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of written instruments evidencing the Awards;
(v)  to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award, provided that the Administrator generally shall not exercise such discretion to accelerate Awards subject to Sections 7 and 8 except in the event of the grantee’s death, disability or retirement or a Sale Event;
(vi)  subject to the provisions of Section 5(c)(ii), to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised; and
(vii)  at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.
(c)  Delegation of Authority to Grant Options and Deferred Stock Awards.    Subject to applicable law, the Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to an officer of the Company all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties with respect to the granting of Options and Deferred Stock Awards, to individuals who are (i) not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and (ii) not Covered Employees. Any such delegation by the Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of Options and Deferred Stock Awards that may be granted during the period of the delegation and shall contain guidelines as to the determination of the exercise price, if applicable, and the vesting criteria. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.
(d)  Award Agreement.    Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award which may include, without limitation, the term of an Award, the provisions applicable in the event employment or service terminates, and the Company’s authority to unilaterally or bilaterally amend, modify, suspend, cancel or rescind an Award.
(e)  Indemnification.    Neither the Board nor the Administrator, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Administrator (and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s articles or bylaws or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.
(f)  Foreign Award Recipients.    Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or have employees or other individuals eligible for Awards, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which Subsidiaries shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Administrator determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be attached to this Plan as appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 3(a) hereof; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that the Administrator determines to be necessary or advisable to obtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate the Exchange Act or any other applicable United States securities law, the Code, or any other applicable United States governing statute or law.

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	SECTION 3.
	STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION

(a)  Stock Issuable.    The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b)) shall be the sum of (i) 9,339,781 shares, plus (ii) the number of Shares under the Company’s 1997 Stock Plan and 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (together, the “Prior Plans”) which are not needed to fulfill the Company’s obligations for awards issued under the Prior Plans as a result of forfeiture, expiration, cancellation, termination or net issuances of awards thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, not more than 20,000,000 shares shall be issued in the form of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. For purposes of this limitation, the shares of Stock underlying any Awards under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) shall be added back to the shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan. Further, each share reacquired by the Company to satisfy a tax withholding obligation pursuant to Awards other than Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights will again become available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to this Section 3(a) and will increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan by 1.66 shares; and the shares reserved for issuance under this Plan will not be reduced by each share withheld (and not issued) to satisfy a tax withholding obligation pursuant to a Deferred Stock Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shares shall not be added to the shares authorized for grant under the Plan: (i) shares tendered or held back upon exercise of an Option or settlement of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right to cover the exercise price or tax withholding, and (ii) shares subject to a Stock Appreciation Right that are not issued in connection with the stock settlement of the Stock Appreciation Right upon exercise thereof. In the event the Company repurchases shares of Stock on the open market, such shares shall not be added to the shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitations, shares of Stock may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award; provided, however, that Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to no more than 2,000,000 shares of Stock may be granted to any one individual grantee during any one calendar year period. The shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or shares of Stock reacquired by the Company.
(b)  Effect of Awards.    Effective for Awards granted on or after April 24, 2012, for purposes of determining the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under Section 3(a), the grant of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be deemed an Award for one share of Stock for each share of Stock actually subject to that Award, and the grant of any full value Award (i.e., an Award other than an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right) shall be deemed an Award of 1.66 shares of Stock for each share of Stock actually subject to that Award. Any forfeiture, cancellation, or other termination (other than by exercise) of an Award shall result in the return of the shares subject to that Award to the reserved pool of shares of Stock under the Plan in the same ratios.
(c)  Changes in Stock.    Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, including the maximum number of shares that may be issued in the form of Incentive Stock Options, (ii) the number of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights that can be granted to any one individual grantee and the maximum number of shares that may be granted under a Performance-based Award, (iii) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iv) the repurchase price, if any, per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (v) the price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) as to which such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights remain exercisable. The Administrator shall also make equitable or proportionate adjustments in the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into consideration cash dividends paid other than in the ordinary course or any other extraordinary corporate event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such adjustment shall be made if the Administrator determines that such action could cause any Award to fail to satisfy the conditions of any applicable exception from the requirements of Section 409A or otherwise could subject the grantee to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A in respect of an outstanding Award or constitute a modification, extension or renewal of an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code. The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
(d)  Mergers and Other Transactions.    Except as the Administrator may otherwise specify with respect to a particular Award in the relevant Award Agreement, in the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights that are not exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, all other Awards with time-based vesting, conditions or restrictions shall 

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become fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, and all other Awards with conditions and restrictions relating to the attainment of performance goals may become vested and nonforfeitable in connection with a Sale Event in the Administrator’s discretion unless in any case, the parties to the Sale Event agree that Awards will be assumed or continued by the successor entity. Upon the effective time of the Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted hereunder shall terminate, unless provision is made in connection with the Sale Event in the sole discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of Awards theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder). In the event of such termination, (i) the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make or provide for a cash payment to the grantees holding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the Sale Price times the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, or (ii) each grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights held by such grantee, including those that will become exercisable upon the consummation of the Sale Event; provided, however, that the exercise of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.
(e)  Substitute Awards.    The Administrator may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock based awards held by employees, directors or other key persons of another corporation in connection with the merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Administrator may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Administrator considers appropriate in the circumstances. Any substitute Awards granted under the Plan shall not count against the share limitation set forth in Section 3(a).
		
	SECTION 4.
	ELIGIBILITY

Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and other employees, directors and key persons (including consultants and prospective employees) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as are selected from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
		
	SECTION 5.
	STOCK OPTIONS

(a)  Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.
(b)  Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(c)  Stock Options granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable. If the Administrator so determines, Stock Options may be granted in lieu of cash compensation at the optionee’s election, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish.
(i)  Exercise Price.    The exercise price per share for the Stock covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5(a) shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the option price of such Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value on the grant date.
(ii)  Option Term.    The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the Stock Option is granted. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant.
(iii)  Exercisability; Rights of a Stockholder.    Stock Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after the grant date. The Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.
(iv)  Method of Exercise.    Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods to the extent provided in the Option Award Agreement:
(A)  In cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator;

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(B)  Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the optionee and are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date. To the extent required to avoid variable accounting treatment under FAS 123R or other applicable accounting rules, such surrendered shares shall have been owned by the optionee for at least six months; or
(C)  By the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure.
(D)  With respect to Stock Options that are not Incentive Stock Options, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.
Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Option Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws (including the satisfaction of any withholding taxes that the Company is obligated to withhold with respect to the optionee). In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of attested shares. In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the exercise of Stock Options, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless exercise of Stock Options may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.
(v)  Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options.    To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent and subsidiary corporations become exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
		
	SECTION 6.
	STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

(a)  Exercise Price of Stock Appreciation Rights.    The exercise price of a Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant (or more than the Stock Option exercise price per share, if the Stock Appreciation Right was granted in tandem with a Stock Option).
(b)  Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights.    Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Administrator in tandem with, or independently of, any Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan. In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with a Non-Qualified Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be granted either at or after the time of the grant of such Option. In the case of a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with an Incentive Stock Option, such Stock Appreciation Right may be granted only at the time of the grant of the Option.
A Stock Appreciation Right or applicable portion thereof granted in tandem with a Stock Option shall terminate and no longer be exercisable upon the termination or exercise of the related Option.
(c)  Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights.    Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined from time to time by the Administrator, subject to the following:
(i)  Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with Options shall be exercisable at such time or times and to the extent that the related Stock Options shall be exercisable.
(ii)  Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the applicable portion of any related Option shall be surrendered.
(iii)  The term of a Stock Appreciation Right may not exceed ten years.
		
	SECTION 7.
	RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

(a)  Nature of Restricted Stock Awards.    The Administrator shall determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each Restricted Stock Award at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other service relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.

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(b)  Rights as a Stockholder.    Upon the grant of the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase price, a grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the voting of the Restricted Stock, subject to such conditions contained in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, (i) uncertificated Restricted Stock shall be accompanied by a notation on the records of the Company or the transfer agent to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such Restricted Stock are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and (ii) certificated Restricted Stock shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Stock is vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and the grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company such instruments of transfer as the Administrator may prescribe.
(c)  Restrictions.    Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 18 below, in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, if any, if a grantee’s employment (or other service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason, any Restricted Stock that has not vested at the time of termination shall automatically and without any requirement of notice to such grantee from or other action by or on behalf of, the Company be deemed to have been reacquired by the Company at its original purchase price from such grantee or such grantee’s legal representative simultaneously with such termination of employment (or other service relationship), and thereafter shall cease to represent any ownership of the Company by the grantee or rights of the grantee as a stockholder. Following such deemed reacquisition of unvested Restricted Stock that are represented by physical certificates, a grantee shall surrender such certificates to the Company upon request without consideration.
(d)  Vesting of Restricted Stock.    The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the non-transferability of the Restricted Stock and the Company’s right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any such Restricted Stock granted to employees shall have a performance-based goal, the restriction period with respect to such shares shall not be less than one year, and in the event any such Restricted Stock granted to employees shall have a time-based restriction, the total restriction period with respect to such shares shall not be less than three years; provided, however, that Restricted Stock with a time-based restriction may become vested incrementally over such three-year period. Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the attainment of such pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be Restricted Stock and shall be deemed “vested.” Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 18 below, in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a grantee’s rights in any shares of Restricted Stock that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or other service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries and such shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) above.
		
	SECTION8.
	DEFERRED STOCK AWARDS

(a)  Nature of Deferred Stock Awards.    The Administrator shall determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each Deferred Stock Award at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other service relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any such Deferred Stock Award granted to employees shall have a performance-based goal, the restriction period with respect to such Award shall not be less than one year, and in the event any such Deferred Stock Award granted to employees shall have a time-based restriction, the total restriction period with respect to such Award shall not be less than three years; provided, however, that any Deferred Stock Award with a time-based restriction may become vested incrementally over such three-year period. At the end of the deferral period, the Deferred Stock Award, to the extent vested, shall be settled in the form of shares of Stock.
(b)  Election to Receive Deferred Stock Awards in Lieu of Compensation.    The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, permit a grantee to elect to receive a portion of future cash compensation otherwise due to such grantee in the form of a Deferred Stock Award. Any such election shall be made in writing and shall be delivered to the Company no later than the date specified by the Administrator and in accordance with Section 409A and such other rules and procedures established by the Administrator. The Administrator shall have the sole right to determine whether and under what circumstances to permit such elections and to impose such limitations and other terms and conditions thereon as the Administrator deems appropriate. Any such future cash compensation that the grantee elects to deter shall be converted to a fixed number of phantom stock units based on the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date the compensation would otherwise have been paid to the grantee but for the deferral.
(c)  Rights as a Stockholder.    A grantee shall have the rights as a stockholder only as to shares of Stock acquired by the grantee upon settlement of a Deferred Stock Award; provided, however, that the grantee may be credited with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the phantom stock units underlying his Deferred Stock Award, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.

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(d)  Termination.    Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 18 below, in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a grantee’s right in all Deferred Stock Awards that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.
SECTION 9.    UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
Grant or Sale of Unrestricted Stock.    The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such higher purchase price as determined by the Administrator), an Unrestricted Stock Award under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such grantee.
		
	SECTION 10.
	CASH-BASED AWARDS

Grant of Cash-based Awards.    The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, grant Cash-based Awards to any grantee in such number or amount and upon such terms, and subject to such conditions, as the Administrator shall determine at the time of grant. The Administrator shall determine the maximum duration of the Cash-based Award, the amount of cash to which the Cash-based Award pertains, the conditions upon which the Cash-based Award shall become vested or payable, and such other provisions as the Administrator shall determine. Each Cash-based Award shall specify a cash-denominated payment amount, formula or payment ranges as determined by the Administrator. Payment, if any, with respect to a Cash-based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award and may be made in cash or in shares of Stock, as the Administrator determines.
		
	SECTION 11.
	PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

(a)  Nature of Performance Share Awards.    The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, grant Performance Share Awards independent of, or in connection with, the granting of any other Award under the Plan. The Administrator shall determine whether and to whom Performance Share Awards shall be granted, the Performance Goals, the periods during which performance is to be measured, which may not be less than one year, and such other limitations and conditions as the Administrator shall determine.
(b)  Rights as a Stockholder.    A grantee receiving a Performance Share Award shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares actually received by the grantee under the Plan and not with respect to shares subject to the Award but not actually received by the grantee. A grantee shall be entitled to receive shares of Stock under a Performance Share Award only upon satisfaction of all conditions specified in the Performance Share Award agreement (or in a performance plan adopted by the Administrator).
(c)  Termination.    Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award agreement or, subject to Section 18 below, in writing after the Award agreement is issued, a grantee’s rights in all Performance Share Awards shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.
SECTION 12.    PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS TO COVERED EMPLOYEES
(a)  Performance-based Awards.    Any employee or other key person providing services to the Company and who is selected by the Administrator may be granted one or more Performance-based Awards in the form of a Restricted Stock Award, Deferred Stock Award, Performance Share Award or Cash-based Award payable upon the attainment of Performance Goals that are established by the Administrator and relate to one or more of the Performance Criteria, in each case on a specified date or dates or over any period or periods determined by the Administrator. The Administrator shall define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for any Performance Period. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual. The Administrator, in its discretion, may adjust or modify the calculation of Performance Goals for such Performance Period in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of an individual (i) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction, event or development, or (ii) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or (iii) in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions provided however, that the Administrator may not exercise such discretion in a manner that would increase the Performance-based Award granted to a Covered Employee. Each Performance-based Award shall comply with the provisions set forth below.
(b)  Grant of Performance-based Awards.    With respect to each Performance-based Award granted to a Covered Employee, the Administrator shall select, within the first 90 days of a Performance Cycle (or, if shorter, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code) the Performance Criteria for such grant, and the Performance Goals with respect to each Performance Criterion (including a threshold level of performance below which no amount will become payable with respect to such Award). Each Performance-based Award will specify the amount payable, or the formula for determining 

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the amount payable, upon achievement of the various applicable performance targets. The Performance Criteria established by the Administrator may be (but need not be) different for each Performance Cycle and different Performance Goals may be applicable to Performance-based Awards to different Covered Employees.
(c)  Payment of Performance-based Awards.    Following the completion of a Performance Cycle, the Administrator shall meet to review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Cycle have been achieved and, if so, to also calculate and certify in writing the amount of the Performance-based Awards earned for the Performance Cycle. The Administrator shall then determine the actual size of each Covered Employee’s Performance-based Award, and, in doing so, may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance-based Award for a Covered Employee if, in its sole judgment, such reduction or elimination is appropriate.
(d)  Maximum Award Payable.    The maximum Performance-based Award payable to any one Covered Employee under the Plan for a Performance Cycle is 500,000 shares of Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b) hereof) or $2,000,000 in the case of a Performance-Based Award that is a Cash-Based Award.
		
	SECTION 13.
	DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS

(a)  Dividend Equivalent Rights.    A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any grantee as a component of another Award or as a freestanding award. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Agreement. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Stock, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment or such other price as may then apply under a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the Company, if any. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or shares of Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled upon exercise, settlement, or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of another Award may also contain terms and conditions different from such other Award.
(b)  Interest Equivalents.    Any Award under this Plan that is settled in whole or in part in cash on a deferred basis may provide in the grant for interest equivalents to be credited with respect to such cash payment. Interest equivalents may be compounded and shall be paid upon such terms and conditions as may be specified by the grant.
(c)  Termination.    Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 18 below, in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a grantee’s rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights or interest equivalents granted as a component of another Award that has not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of service relationship) with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason.
		
	SECTION 14.
	TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS

(a)  Transferability.    Except as provided in Section 14(b) below, during a grantee’s lifetime, his or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the grantee, or by the grantee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the grantee’s incapacity. No Awards shall be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by a grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any purported transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void.
(b)  Administrator Action.    Notwithstanding Section 14(a), the Administrator, in its discretion, may provide either in the Award Agreement regarding a given Award or by subsequent written approval that the grantee (who is an employee or director) may transfer his or her Awards (other than any Incentive Stock Options) to his or her immediate family members, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award.
(c)  Family Member.    For purposes of Section 14(b), “family member” shall mean a grantee’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the grantee’s household (other than a tenant of the grantee), a trust in which these persons (or the grantee) have more than 50 percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the grantee) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests.
(d)  Designation of Beneficiary.    Each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be effective until 

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received by the Administrator. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate.
		
	SECTION 15.
	TAX WITHHOLDING

(a)  Payment by Grantee.    Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Stock or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company with respect to such income. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee. The Company’s obligation to deliver evidence of book entry (or stock certificates) to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the grantee.
(b)  Payment in Stock.    Subject to approval by the Administrator, a grantee may elect to have the Company’s minimum required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
		
	SECTION 16.
	ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION UNDER SECTION 409A.

In the event any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right under the Plan is materially modified and deemed a new grant at a time when the Fair Market Value exceeds the exercise price, or any other Award is otherwise determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (a “409A Award”), the following additional conditions shall apply and shall supersede any contrary provisions of this Plan or the terms of any agreement relating to such 409A Award.
(a)  Exercise and Distribution.    Except as provided in Section 16(b) hereof, no 409A Award shall be exercisable or distributable earlier than upon one of the following:
(i)  Specified Time.    A specified time or a fixed schedule set forth in the written instrument evidencing the 409A Award.
(ii)  Separation from Service.    Separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A) by the 409A Award grantee; provided, however, that if the 409A Award grantee is a “key employee” (as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) and any of the Company’s Stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, exercise or distribution under this Section 16(a)(ii) may not be made before the date that is six months after the date of separation from service.
(iii)  Death.    The date of death of the 409A Award grantee.
(iv)  Disability.    The date the 409A Award grantee becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 16(c)(ii) hereof).
(v)  Unforeseeable Emergency.    The occurrence of an unforeseeable emergency (within the meaning of Section 16(c)(iii) hereof), but only if the net value (after payment of the exercise price) of the number of shares of Stock that become issuable does not exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the exercise, after taking into account the extent to which the emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the grantee’s other assets (to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship).
(vi)  Change in Control Event.    The occurrence of a Change in Control Event (within the meaning of Section 16(c)(i) hereof), including the Company’s discretionary exercise of the right to accelerate vesting of such grant upon a Change in Control Event or to terminate the Plan or any 409A Award granted hereunder within 12 months of the Change in Control Event.
(b)  No Acceleration.    A 409A Award may not be accelerated or exercised prior to the time specified in Section 16(a) hereof, except in the case of one of the following events:
(i)  Domestic Relations Order.    The 409A Award may permit the acceleration of the exercise or distribution time or schedule to an individual other than the grantee as may be necessary to comply with the terms of a domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code).
(ii)  Conflicts of Interest.    The 409A Award may permit the acceleration of the exercise or distribution time or schedule as may be necessary to comply with the terms of a certificate of divestiture (as defined in Section 1043(b)(2) of the Code).

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(iii)  Change in Control Event.    The Administrator may exercise the discretionary right to accelerate the vesting of such 409A Award upon a Change in Control Event or to terminate the Plan or any 409A Award granted thereunder within 12 months of the Change in Control Event and cancel the 409A Award for compensation.
(c)  Definitions.    Solely for purposes of this Section 16 and not for other purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
(i) “Change in Control Event” means the occurrence of a change in the ownership of the Company, a change in effective control of the Company, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company (as defined in Section 1.409A-3(g) of the proposed regulations promulgated under Section 409A by the Department of the Treasury on September 29, 2005 or any subsequent guidance).
(ii) “Disabled” means a grantee who (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(iii) “Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the grantee resulting from an illness or accident of the grantee, the grantee’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the grantee, loss of the grantee’s property due to casualty, or similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the grantee.
		
	SECTION 17.
	TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.

For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of employment:
(a)  a transfer to the employment of the Company from a Subsidiary or from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another; or
(b)  an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.
		
	SECTION 18.
	AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent. Except as provided in Section 3(b) or 3(c), without prior stockholder approval in no event may the Administrator exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or effect repricing through cancellation and re-grants or cancellation of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash. Any material Plan amendments (other than amendments that curtail the scope of the Plan), including any Plan amendments that (i) increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) expand the type of Awards available under, materially expand the eligibility to participate in, or materially extend the term of, the Plan, or (iii) materially change the method of determining Fair Market Value, shall be subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. In addition, to the extent determined by the Administrator to be required by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code or to ensure that compensation earned under Awards qualifies as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this Section 18 shall limit the Administrator’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c).
		
	SECTION 19.
	STATUS OF PLAN

With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.
		
	SECTION 20.
	GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a)  No Distribution.    The Administrator may require each person acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof.

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(b)  Delivery of Stock Certificates.    Stock certificates to grantees under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company. Uncertificated Stock shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a Stock transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates evidencing shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise of any Award, unless and until the Board has determined, with advice of counsel (to the extent the Board deems such advice necessary or advisable), that the issuance and delivery of such certificates is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the shares of Stock are listed, quoted or traded. All Stock certificates delivered pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted or traded. The Administrator may place legends on any Stock certificate to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Board may require that an individual make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board, in its discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements. The Administrator shall have the right to require any individual to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the Administrator.
(c)  Stockholder Rights.    Until Stock is deemed delivered in accordance with Section 20(b), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights of a stockholder will exist with respect to shares of Stock to be issued in connection with an Award, notwithstanding the exercise of a Stock Option or any other action by the grantee with respect to an Award.
(d)  Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights.    Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment with the Company or any Subsidiary.
(e)  Trading Policy Restrictions.    Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policy and procedures, as in effect from time to time.
(f)  Forfeiture of Awards under Sarbanes-Oxley Act.    If the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, then any grantee who is one of the individuals subject to automatic forfeiture under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 shall reimburse the Company for the amount of any Award received by such individual under the Plan during the 12-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, of the financial document embodying such financial reporting requirement.
		
	SECTION 21.
	EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

This Plan shall become effective upon approval by the holders of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present. No grants of Stock Options and other Awards may be made hereunder after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and no grants of Incentive Stock Options may be made hereunder after April 22, 2023.
		
	SECTION 22.
	GOVERNING LAW

This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applied without regard to conflict of law principles.

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ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 
ATHENAHEALTH, INC. 
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Optionee:_____________________________
No. of Option Shares:___________________________
Option Exercise Price per Share: $_____________________________________
[FMV on Grant Date (110% of FMV if a 10% owner)]
Grant Date:____________________
Expiration Date:_____________________________________
[up to 10 years (5 if a 10% owner)]
Pursuant to the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Incentive Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Plan.
1.Exercisability Schedule.  No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable.  Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:
	
		
	Incremental Number of 
Option Shares Exercisable*
	Exercisability Date

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

* Max. of $100,000 per yr.
Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

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2.    Vesting Acceleration After A Sale Event.
(a)    Double-Trigger Acceleration.  If a Sale Event occurs and either (i) the Optionee’s Service with the Company or its successor or any affiliate thereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Successor Company”) is terminated by the Successor Company without Cause or (ii) the Optionee’s Service with the Successor Company is terminated by the Optionee with Good Reason, in either case within twelve months after the effective time of the Sale Event, then, immediately prior to such termination, this Stock Option shall become fully vested and, if applicable, fully exercisable.  If the Optionee is required to resign his or her position with the Company as a condition of a Sale Event, then this Stock Option shall become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effectiveness of such resignation.
(b)    “Cause” means that, in the reasonable determination of the Successor Company, (i) the Optionee has committed an act that materially injures the business of the Successor Company; (ii) the Optionee has refused or failed to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the board of directors of the Successor Company or the appropriate individual to whom the Optionee reports; (iii) the Optionee has willfully or habitually neglected his or her duties with the Successor Company; (iv) the Optionee has been convicted of a felony that is likely to inflict or has inflicted material injury on the business of the Successor Company; or (v) the Optionee has committed a material fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, or other act of gross dishonesty that resulted in material loss, damage, or injury to the Successor Company.  Regardless of the foregoing, the conduct described in clauses (ii) or (iii) shall not constitute Cause unless such conduct has not been cured within fifteen days following receipt by the Optionee of written notice from the Successor Company or the board of directors of the Successor Company, as the case may be, specifying the particulars of his or her conduct constituting Cause.
(c)    “Good Reason” means that any of the following are undertaken without the Optionee’s express written consent:
(i)    the assignment to the Optionee of any duties or responsibilities that result in a significant diminution in his or her function as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Sale Event, provided that a mere change in title or reporting relationships shall not constitute Good Reason;
(ii)    a ten percent or greater reduction in the Optionee’s annual target total cash compensation (that is, base salary, plus any cash bonus that would be paid for Optionee’s performance at a “meets expectations” level and the Company exactly meeting its performance targets, plus any sales commissions that would be due for Optionee exactly meeting any sales quota that he or she may have), as in effect on the effective date of the Sale Event;
(iii)    a relocation of the Optionee’s business office to a location more than fifty miles from the location at which he or she performed duties as of the effective date of the Sale Event, except for required travel by the Optionee on the Successor Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with his or her business travel obligations prior to the Sale Event; or

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(iv)    a material breach by the Successor Company of any provision of this Agreement.
(d)    “Service” means the Optionee’s uninterrupted service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate thereof, whether as an employee, director, or consultant.  A change in the capacity in which the Optionee renders service or a change in the entity for which the Optionee renders such service shall not terminate the Optionee’s Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Optionee’s service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate.  The board of directors or the chief executive officer of any successor company may determine, using reasonable discretion, whether Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave.  Regardless of the foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Service for purposes of vesting in this Stock Option only to such extent as may be provided in the Successor Company’s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Optionee’s leave of absence.
3.    Manner of Exercise.
(a)    The Optionee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner:  from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator or to such other person as the Company may designate of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice.  This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods:  (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above.  Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number 

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of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the shares attested to.
(b)    The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan.  The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee.  The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.
(c)    The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
4.    Termination of Employment; Employment Status Change.  If the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Plan) is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a)    Termination Due to Death.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may thereafter be exercised, to the extent exercisable on such date, by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 180 days from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(b)    Termination Due to Disability.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s disability (as determined by the Administrator), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may thereafter be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, by the Optionee for a period of 180 days from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  The death of the Optionee during the 180-day period provided in this Section 4(b) shall extend such period for another 180-days from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(c)    Termination for Cause.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect.
(d)    Other Termination.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s disability, or Cause, and unless otherwise 

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determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(e)    Employment Status Change.  The exercisability of this Stock Option reflects the Company’s policy that stock option awards accrue over time and that such accruals are in consideration for providing continued service to the Company during substantially all of each work week.  Therefore, this Stock Option will continue to vest under the above exercisability schedule for so long as the Optionee remains at least 80% of a full-time equivalent employee (“FTE”) at the Company.  If the Optionee’s employment status changes to below 80% FTE, then the exercisability schedule of this Stock Option shall be suspended.  If the Optionee remains below 80% FTE for one year, then any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of the change in employment status to below 80% FTE shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and his or her representatives or legatees.
5.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.  Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6.    Transferability.  This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.
7.    Status of the Stock Option.  This Stock Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Stock Option qualifies as such.  The Optionee should consult with his or her own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Stock Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements.  To the extent any portion of this Stock Option does not so qualify as an “incentive stock option,” such portion shall be deemed to be a non-qualified stock option.  If the Optionee intends to dispose or does dispose (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) of any Option Shares within the one-year period beginning on the date after the transfer of such shares to him or her, or within the two-year period beginning on the day after the grant of this Stock Option, he or she will so notify the Company within 30 days after such disposition.

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8.    Tax Withholding.  The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  The Optionee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued.
9.    No Obligation to Continue Employment.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time.
10.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
11.    Acceptance.  The foregoing Agreement shall be deemed accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the Optionee upon notice to the Optionee.

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ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES
UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 
ATHENAHEALTH, INC. 
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Optionee:________________________________
No. of Option Shares:_____________________________
Option Exercise Price per Share: $____________________
[FMV on Grant Date]
Grant Date:______________________________
Expiration Date:_________________________________
Pursuant to the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Plan.  This Stock Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.Exercisability Schedule.  No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable.  Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:
	
		
	Incremental Number of 
Option Shares Exercisable
	Exercisability Date

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

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2.    Vesting Acceleration After A Sale Event.
(a)    Double-Trigger Acceleration.  If a Sale Event occurs and either (i) the Optionee’s Service with the Company or its successor or any affiliate thereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Successor Company”) is terminated by the Successor Company without Cause or (ii) the Optionee’s Service with the Successor Company is terminated by the Optionee with Good Reason, in either case within twelve months after the effective time of the Sale Event, then, immediately prior to such termination, this Stock Option shall become fully vested and, if applicable, fully exercisable.  If the Optionee is required to resign his or her position with the Company as a condition of a Sale Event, then this Stock Option shall become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effectiveness of such resignation.
(b)    “Cause” means that, in the reasonable determination of the Successor Company, (i) the Optionee has committed an act that materially injures the business of the Successor Company; (ii) the Optionee has refused or failed to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the board of directors of the Successor Company or the appropriate individual to whom the Optionee reports; (iii) the Optionee has willfully or habitually neglected his or her duties with the Successor Company; (iv) the Optionee has been convicted of a felony that is likely to inflict or has inflicted material injury on the business of the Successor Company; or (v) the Optionee has committed a material fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, or other act of gross dishonesty that resulted in material loss, damage, or injury to the Successor Company.  Regardless of the foregoing, the conduct described in clauses (ii) or (iii) shall not constitute Cause unless such conduct has not been cured within fifteen days following receipt by the Optionee of written notice from the Successor Company or the board of directors of the Successor Company, as the case may be, specifying the particulars of his or her conduct constituting Cause.
(c)    “Good Reason” means that any of the following are undertaken without the Optionee’s express written consent:
(i)    the assignment to the Optionee of any duties or responsibilities that result in a significant diminution in his or her function as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Sale Event, provided that a mere change in title or reporting relationships shall not constitute Good Reason;
(ii)    a ten percent or greater reduction in the Optionee’s annual target total cash compensation (that is, base salary, plus any cash bonus that would be paid for Optionee’s performance at a “meets expectations” level and the Company exactly meeting its performance targets, plus any sales commissions that would be due for Optionee exactly meeting any sales quota that he or she may have), as in effect on the effective date of the Sale Event;
(iii)    a relocation of the Optionee’s business office to a location more than fifty miles from the location at which he or she performed duties as of the effective date of the Sale Event, except for required travel by the Optionee on the Successor Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with his or her business travel obligations prior to the Sale Event; or

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(iv)    a material breach by the Successor Company of any provision of this Agreement.
(d)    “Service” means the Optionee’s uninterrupted service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate thereof, whether as an employee, director, or consultant.  A change in the capacity in which the Optionee renders service or a change in the entity for which the Optionee renders such service shall not terminate the Optionee’s Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Optionee’s service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate.  The board of directors or the chief executive officer of any successor company may determine, using reasonable discretion, whether Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave.  Regardless of the foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Service for purposes of vesting in this Stock Option only to such extent as may be provided in the Successor Company’s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Optionee’s leave of absence.
3.    Manner of Exercise.
(a)    The Optionee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner:  from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator or such other person as the Company may designate of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice.  This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods:  (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above.  Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

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The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number 
of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b)    The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan.  The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee.  The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.
(c)    The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
4.    Termination of Employment; Employment Status Change.  If the Optionee’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Plan) is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a)    Termination Due to Death.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may thereafter be exercised, to the extent exercisable on such date, by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 180 days from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(b)    Termination Due to Disability.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the Optionee’s disability (as determined by the Administrator), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may thereafter be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, by the Optionee for a period of 180 days from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  The death of the Optionee during the 180-day period provided in this Section 4(b) shall extend such period for another 180 days from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(c)    Termination for Cause.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect.
(d)    Other Termination.  If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s disability or Cause, and unless otherwise 

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determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(e)    Employment Status Change.  The exercisability of this Stock Option reflects the Company’s policy that stock option awards accrue over time, and that such accruals are in consideration for providing continued service to the Company during substantially all of each work week.  Therefore, this Stock Option will continue to vest under the above exercisability schedule for so long as the Optionee remains at least 80% of a full-time equivalent employee (“FTE”) at the Company.  If the Optionee’s employment status changes to below 80% FTE, then the exercisability schedule of this Stock Option shall be suspended.  If the Optionee remains below 80% FTE for one year, then any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of the change in employment status to below 80% FTE shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and his or her representatives or legatees.
5.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.  Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6.    Transferability.  This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.
7.    Tax Withholding.  The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  The Optionee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued.
8.    No Obligation to Continue Employment.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time.
9.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file 

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with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
10.    Acceptance.  The foregoing Agreement shall be deemed accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the Optionee upon notice to the Optionee.

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ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 
ATHENAHEALTH, INC.  
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Optionee:__________________________
No. of Option Shares: __________
Option Exercise Price per Share: $_______________
[FMV on Grant Date]
Grant Date:_________________________________
Expiration Date:____________________
[No more than 10 years]
Pursuant to the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above, who is a Director of the Company but is not an employee of the Company, an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) and in the Plan.  This Stock Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.Exercisability Schedule.  No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable.  Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:
	
		
	Incremental Number of 
Option Shares Exercisable
	Exercisability Date

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

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Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.
2.    Vesting Acceleration After A Sale Event.
(a)    Double-Trigger Acceleration.  If a Sale Event occurs and either (i) the Optionee’s Service with the Company or its successor or any affiliate thereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Successor Company”) is terminated by the Successor Company without Cause or (ii) the Optionee’s Service with the Successor Company is terminated by the Optionee with Good Reason, in either case within twelve months after the effective time of the Sale Event, then, immediately prior to such termination, this Stock Option shall become fully vested and, if applicable, fully exercisable.  If the Optionee is required to resign his or her position with the Company as a condition of a Sale Event, then this Stock Option shall become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effectiveness of such resignation.
(b)    “Cause” means that, in the reasonable determination of the Successor Company, (i) the Optionee has committed an act that materially injures the business of the Successor Company; (ii) the Optionee has refused or failed to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the board of directors of the Successor Company or the appropriate individual to whom the Optionee reports; (iii) the Optionee has willfully or habitually neglected his or her duties with the Successor Company; (iv) the Optionee has been convicted of a felony that is likely to inflict or has inflicted material injury on the business of the Successor Company; or (v) the Optionee has committed a material fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, or other act of gross dishonesty that resulted in material loss, damage, or injury to the Successor Company.  Regardless of the foregoing, the conduct described in clauses (ii) or (iii) shall not constitute Cause unless such conduct has not been cured within fifteen days following receipt by the Optionee of written notice from the Successor Company or the board of directors of the Successor Company, as the case may be, specifying the particulars of his or her conduct constituting Cause.
(c)    “Good Reason” means that any of the following are undertaken without the Optionee’s express written consent:
(i)    the assignment to the Optionee of any duties or responsibilities that result in a significant diminution in his or her function as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Sale Event, provided that a mere change in title or reporting relationships shall not constitute Good Reason;
(ii)    a ten percent or greater reduction in the Optionee’s annual target total cash compensation, as in effect on the effective date of the Sale Event;
(iii)    a relocation of the Optionee’s business office to a location more than fifty miles from the location at which he or she performed duties as of the effective date of the Sale Event, except for required travel by the Optionee on the Successor Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with his or her business travel obligations prior to the Sale Event; or

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(iv)    a material breach by the Successor Company of any provision of this Agreement.
(d)    “Service” means the Optionee’s uninterrupted service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate thereof, whether as an employee, director, or consultant.  A change in the capacity in which the Optionee renders service or a change in the entity for which the Optionee renders such service shall not terminate the Optionee’s Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Optionee’s service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate.  The board of directors or the chief executive officer of any successor company may determine, using reasonable discretion, whether Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave.  Regardless of the foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Service for purposes of vesting in this Stock Option only to such extent as may be provided in the Successor Company’s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Optionee’s leave of absence.
3.    Manner of Exercise.
(a)    The Optionee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner:  from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator or to such other person as the Company may designate of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice.  This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods:  (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above.  Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number 

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of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b)    The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan.  The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee.  The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.
(c)    The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
4.    Termination as Director. If the Optionee ceases to be a Director of the Company, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a)    Termination by Reason of Death.  If the Optionee ceases to be a Director by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on such date, by his or her legal representative or legatee for a period of 180 days from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(b)    Other Termination.  If the Optionee ceases to be a Director for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on such date, for a period of 180 days from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
5.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.  Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6.    Transferability.  This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

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7.    No Obligation to Continue as a Director.  Neither the Plan nor this Stock Option confers upon the Optionee any rights with respect to continuance as a Director.
8.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
9.    Amendment.  Pursuant to Section 18 of the Plan, the Administrator may at any time amend or cancel any outstanding portion of this Stock Option, but no such action may be taken that adversely affects the Optionee’s rights under this Agreement without the Optionee’s consent.
10.    Acceptance.  The foregoing Agreement shall be deemed accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the Optionee upon notice to the Optionee.

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ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE CONSULTANTS
UNDER THE ATHENAHEALTH, INC.  
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Optionee:__________________________
No. of Option Shares: __________
Option Exercise Price per Share: $_______________
[FMV on Grant Date]
Grant Date:_________________________________
Expiration Date:____________________
[No more than 10 years]
Pursuant to the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above, who is a consultant or other service provider to the Company but is not an employee of the Company, an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.  This Stock Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.Exercisability Schedule.  No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable.  Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated:
	
		
	Incremental Number of 
Option Shares Exercisable
	Exercisability Date

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

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Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.
2.    Manner of Exercise.
(a)    The Optionee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner:  from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice.  This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods:  (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above.  Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b)    The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan.  The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee.  The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been 

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entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.
(c)    The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
3.    Termination as Consultant.  If the Optionee ceases to be a consultant or other service provider to the Company for any reason including death or disability, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised (to the extent exercisable on such date) for a period of three (3) months from the date of the cessation of the Optionee’s consulting or service relationship with Company or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.  No further portion of this Option shall become exercisable after the Optionee ceases to be a consultant or other service provider to the Company.
4.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.  Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
5.    Transferability.  This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.
6.    No Obligation to Continue as a Consultant or Service Provider.  Neither the Plan nor this Stock Option confers upon the Optionee any rights with respect to continuance as a consultant or other service provider to the Company.  
7.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

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8.    Amendment.  Pursuant to Section 18 of the Plan, the Administrator may at any time amend or cancel any outstanding portion of this Stock Option, but no such action may be taken that adversely affects the Optionee’s rights under this Agreement without the Optionee’s consent.
ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
By:    _____________________________
Name:    Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned.
Dated:                
Optionee’s Signature

Optionee’s name and address:
    
    
    

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RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 
ATHENAHEALTH, INC. 
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Grantee:_____________________
No. of Restricted Stock Units:________________________
Grant Date:____________________________

athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) has selected you to receive an award of Restricted Stock Units identified above, subject to the terms set forth on Appendix A and the provisions of the Amended and Restated athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the attached Statement of Terms and Conditions.

Appendix A
Vesting Schedule
	
		
	Percentage of Units Vested
	Vesting Date

	____%
	First Anniversary of Grant Date

	____%
	Second Anniversary of Grant Date

	____%
	Third Anniversary of Grant Date

	____%
	Fourth Anniversary of Grant Date

The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule set forth above.

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STATEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.Preamble.  This Statement contains the terms and conditions of an award (“Award”) of Restricted Stock Units (“Restricted Stock Units”) made to the Grantee identified in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto pursuant to the Plan.  Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive one share of common stock of the Company (“Stock”) on the vesting date of that unit.
2.    Restrictions and Conditions.
(a)    This Award may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting.
(b)    If the Grantee’s employment with or service as a director of the Company and its Subsidiaries is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason (including death) prior to vesting of Restricted Stock Units granted herein, all unvested Restricted Stock Units shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company.
(c)    The Grantee shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting or dividend rights, with respect to the shares of Stock subject to the Award until the Grantee becomes a record holder of those shares of Stock following their actual issuance pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement
3.    Vesting of Restricted Stock Units.
The term “vest” as used in this Statement means the lapsing of the restrictions that are described in this Statement with respect to the Restricted Stock Units.  The Restricted Stock Units shall vest in accordance with the schedule set forth in Appendix A to this Agreement so long as the Grantee remains at least 80% of a full-time equivalent employee (“FTE”) at the Company or director of the Company or a Subsidiary on each vesting date.  If the Grantee’s employment status changes to below 80% FTE, then the vesting schedule of this Award shall be suspended.  If the Grantee remains below 80% FTE for one year, then any unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited and returned to the Company on such date.
4.    Vesting Acceleration After A Sale Event.
(a)    Double-Trigger Acceleration.  If a Sale Event occurs and either (i) the Grantee’s Service with the Company or its successor or any affiliate thereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Successor Company”) is terminated by the Successor Company without Cause or (ii) the Grantee’s Service with the Successor Company is terminated by the Grantee with Good Reason, in either case within twelve months after the effective time of the Sale Event, then, immediately prior to such termination, this Award shall become fully vested.  If the Grantee is required to resign his or her position with the Company as a condition of a Sale Event, then this Award shall become fully vested immediately prior to the effectiveness of such resignation.

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(b)    “Cause” means that, in the reasonable determination of the Successor Company, (i) the Grantee has committed an act that materially injures the business of the Successor Company; (ii) the Grantee has refused or failed to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the board of directors of the Successor Company or the appropriate individual to whom the Grantee reports; (iii) the Grantee has willfully or habitually neglected his or her duties with the Successor Company; (iv) the Grantee has been convicted of a felony that is likely to inflict or has inflicted material injury on the business of the Successor Company; or (v) the Grantee has committed a material fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, or other act of gross dishonesty that resulted in material loss, damage, or injury to the Successor Company.  Regardless of the foregoing, the conduct described in clauses (ii) or (iii) shall not constitute Cause unless such conduct has not been cured within fifteen days following receipt by the Grantee of written notice from the Successor Company or the board of directors of the Successor Company, as the case may be, specifying the particulars of his or her conduct constituting Cause.
(c)    “Good Reason” means that any of the following are undertaken without the Grantee’s express written consent:
(i)    the assignment to the Grantee of any duties or responsibilities that result in a significant diminution in his or her function as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Sale Event, provided that a mere change in title or reporting relationships shall not constitute Good Reason;
(ii)    a ten percent or greater reduction in the Grantee’s annual target total cash compensation (that is, base salary, plus any cash bonus that would be paid for Grantee’s performance at a “meets expectations” level and the Company exactly meeting its performance targets, plus any sales commissions that would be due for Grantee exactly meeting any sales quota that he or she may have), as in effect on the effective date of the Sale Event;
(iii)    a relocation of the Grantee’s business office to a location more than fifty miles from the location at which he or she performed duties as of the effective date of the Sale Event, except for required travel by the Grantee on the Successor Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with his or her business travel obligations prior to the Sale Event; or
(iv)    a material breach by the Successor Company of any provision of this Agreement.
(d)    “Service” means the Grantee’s uninterrupted service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate thereof, whether as an employee, director, or consultant.  A change in the capacity in which the Grantee renders service or a change in the entity for which the Grantee renders such service shall not terminate the Grantee’s Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Grantee’s service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate.  The board of directors or the chief executive officer of any successor company may determine, using reasonable discretion, whether Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave.  Regardless of the foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Service for purposes of vesting in this Award only to such extent as may be provided in the 

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Successor Company’s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Grantee’s leave of absence.
5.    Dividend Equivalents.
(a)    If on any date the Company shall pay any dividend on shares of Stock of the Company, the number of Restricted Stock Units credited to the Grantee shall, as of such date, be increased by an amount determined by the following formula:
W = (X multiplied by Y) divided by Z, where:
W = the number of additional Restricted Stock Units to be credited to the Grantee on such dividend payment date;
X = the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units credited to the Grantee as of the record date of the dividend;
Y = the cash dividend per share amount; and
Z = the Fair Market Value per share of Stock (as determined under the Plan) on the dividend payment date.
(b)    In the case of a dividend paid on Stock in the form of Stock, including without limitation a distribution of Stock by reason of a stock dividend, stock split or otherwise, the number of Restricted Stock Units credited to the Grantee shall be increased by a number equal to the product of (i) the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have been awarded to the Grantee through the related dividend record date, and (ii) the number of shares of Stock (including any fraction thereof) payable as dividend on one share of Stock.  Any additional Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the vesting and restrictions of this Agreement in the same manner and for so long as the Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement to which they relate remain subject to such vesting and restrictions, and shall be promptly forfeited to the Company if and when such Restricted Stock Units are so forfeited.
6.    Receipt of Shares of Stock.
(a)    The Restricted Stock Units in which the Grantee vests in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Appendix A will be issuable in the form of shares of Stock immediately upon vesting, subject to the collection of the minimum withholding taxes in accordance with the share withholding provision of Section 8 of this Agreement.
(b)    Once a stock certificate (or electronic transfer) has been delivered to the Grantee in respect of the Restricted Stock Units, the Grantee will be free to sell the shares of Stock evidenced by such certificate (or electronic transfer), subject to applicable requirements of federal and state securities law and the Company’s insider trading policy.
7.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Capitalized 

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terms in this Award shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
8.    Tax Withholding.  The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  The Grantee may elect to have the required minimum tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee pursuant to this Agreement with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
9.    No Obligation to Continue Employment.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Award to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Award shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.
10.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
11.    Acceptance.   This Agreement shall be deemed accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the Grantee upon notice to the Grantee.

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ATHENAHEALTH, INC,
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER THE ATHENAHEALTH, INC.  
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Grantee:_____________________
No. of Shares:________________________
Grant Date:____________________________
Final Acceptance Date:_________________________
Purchase Price per Share:_________________________ (if any)
Pursuant to the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as amended through the date hereof, athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants a Restricted Stock Award (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above.  Upon acceptance of this Award, the Grantee shall receive the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company specified above, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.
1.Acceptance of Award.  The Grantee shall have no rights with respect to this Award unless he or she shall have accepted this Award prior to the close of business on the Final Acceptance Date specified above by signing and delivering to the Company a copy of this Award Agreement and paying the applicable purchase price (if any).  Upon acceptance of this Award by the Grantee, the shares of Restricted Stock so accepted shall be issued and held by the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form, and the Grantee’s name shall be entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company.  Thereupon, the Grantee shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such shares, including voting and dividend rights, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in Paragraph 2 below.
2.    Restrictions and Conditions.
(a)    Any book entries for the shares of Restricted Stock granted herein shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, to the effect that such shares are subject to restrictions as set forth herein and in the Plan.
(b)    Shares of Restricted Stock granted herein may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting.
(c)    If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason (including death) prior to vesting of shares of Restricted Stock granted herein, all shares of Restricted Stock shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company. 
3.    Vesting of Restricted Stock.  The restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long 

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as the Grantee remains an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on such Dates.  If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 shall lapse only with respect to the number of shares of Restricted Stock specified as vested on such date.
	
		
	Number of 
Shares Vested
	Vesting Date

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

	_____________   (___%)
	____________

Subsequent to such Vesting Date or Dates, the shares of Stock on which all restrictions and conditions have lapsed shall no longer be deemed Restricted Stock.  The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 3.
4.    Dividends.  Dividends on Shares of Restricted Stock shall be paid currently to the Grantee.
5.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan.  Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6.    Transferability.  This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
7.    Tax Withholding.  The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  The Grantee may elect to have the required minimum tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued.
8.    Election Under Section 83(b).  The Grantee and the Company hereby agree that the Grantee may, within 30 days following the acceptance of this Award as provided in Paragraph 1 hereof, file with the Internal Revenue Service and the Company an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.  In the event the Grantee makes such an election, he or she agrees to provide a copy of the election to the Company.

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9.    No Obligation to Continue Employment.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.
10.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
By:    _____________________________
Name:    Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned.
Dated:                
Grantee’s Signature

Grantee’s name and address:
    
    
    

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NOTICE 
OF 
PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AWARD
UNDER THE ATHENAHEALTH, INC. 
2007 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
Name of Grantee:_____________________
No. of Target Performance Stock Units:________________________ (“Target”)
Grant Date:____________________________
Performance Period:____________________________

This is to inform you that athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”) has selected you to receive an award of Performance Stock Units identified above, subject to the terms set forth on Appendix A hereto and the provisions of the athenahealth, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the attached Statement of Terms and Conditions.
athenahealth, Inc.
By:          
    Title:

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Appendix A

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STATEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.Preamble.  This Statement contains the terms and conditions of an award (“Award”) of Performance Stock Units (“Performance Stock Units”) made to the Grantee identified in the Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement attached hereto pursuant to the Plan.  After the end of the Performance Period, each Performance Stock Unit earned represents the right to receive one share of common stock of the Company (“Stock”) on the vesting date of that unit as set forth in Appendix A.
2.    Restrictions and Conditions.
(a)    This Award may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting.
(b)    If the Grantee’s employment with or service as a director of the Company and its Subsidiaries is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason (including death) prior to the end of the Performance Period, all Performance Stock Units shall immediately and automatically be forfeited.  If the Grantee’s employment with or service as a director of the Company and its Subsidiaries is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason (including death) after the end of the Performance Period, all unvested earned Performance Stock Units shall immediately and automatically be forfeited.
(c)    The Grantee shall not have any stockholder rights, including voting or dividend rights, with respect to the shares of Stock subject to the Award until the Grantee becomes a record holder of those shares of Stock following their actual issuance pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement
3.    Vesting of Performance Stock Units.
(a)    The term “vest” as used in this Statement means the lapsing of the restrictions that are described in this Statement with respect to the Performance Stock Units.  The Performance Stock Units earned at the end of the Performance Period shall vest in accordance with the schedule set forth in Appendix A to the Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement so long as the Grantee remains at least 80 percent of a full-time equivalent employee or director of the Company or a Subsidiary throughout the Performance Period and on each vesting date.  If at any time the Grantee’s employment status is changed to less than an 80 percent full-time equivalent, then any unvested Performance Stock Units shall be forfeited and returned to the Company on such date.
(b)    If a Sale Event occurs and either (i) the Grantee’s Service with the Company or its successor or any affiliate thereof (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “Successor Company”) is terminated by the Successor Company without Cause or (ii)  the Grantee’s Service with the Successor Company is terminated by the Grantee with Good Reason, in either case within 12 months after the effective time of the Sale Event, then, immediately prior to such termination, any earned Performance Stock Units not vested shall become fully vested.  If the Grantee is required to resign his or her position with the Company as a condition of a Sale 

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Event, then any earned Performance Stock Units shall become fully vested immediately prior to the effectiveness of such resignation.
(c)    “Cause” means that, in the reasonable determination of the Successor Company, (i) the Grantee has committed an act that materially injures the business of the Successor Company; (ii) the Grantee has refused or failed to follow lawful and reasonable directions of the board of directors of the Successor Company or the appropriate individual to whom the Grantee reports; (iii) the Grantee has willfully or habitually neglected his or her duties with the Successor Company; (iv) the Grantee has been convicted of a felony that is likely to inflict or has inflicted material injury on the business of the Successor Company; or (v) the Grantee has committed a material fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, or other act of gross dishonesty that resulted in material loss, damage, or injury to the Successor Company.  Regardless of the foregoing, the conduct described in clauses (ii) or (iii) shall not constitute Cause unless such conduct has not been cured within fifteen days following receipt by the Grantee of written notice from the Successor Company or the board of directors of the Successor Company, as the case may be, specifying the particulars of his or her conduct constituting Cause.
(d)    “Good Reason” means that any of the following are undertaken without the Grantee’s express written consent:
(i)    the assignment to the Grantee of any duties or responsibilities that result in a significant diminution in his or her function as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Sale Event, provided that a mere change in title or reporting relationships shall not constitute Good Reason;
(ii)    a 10 percent or greater reduction in the Grantee’s annual target total cash compensation (that is, base salary, plus any cash bonus that would be paid for Grantee’s performance at a “meets expectations” level and the Company exactly meeting its performance targets, plus any sales commissions that would be due for Grantee exactly meeting any sales quota that he or she may have), as in effect on the effective date of the Sale Event;
(iii)    a relocation of the Grantee’s business office to a location more than fifty miles from the location at which he or she performed duties as of the effective date of the Sale Event, except for required travel by the Grantee on the Successor Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with his or her business travel obligations prior to the Sale Event; or
(iv)    a material breach by the Successor Company of any provision of this Agreement.
(e)    “Service” means the Grantee’s uninterrupted service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate thereof, whether as an employee, director, or consultant.  A change in the capacity in which the Grantee renders service or a change in the entity for which the Grantee renders such service shall not terminate the Grantee’s Service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Grantee’s service with the Company and any successor company or any affiliate.  The board of directors or the chief executive officer 

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of any successor company may determine, using reasonable discretion, whether Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any leave of absence, including sick leave, military leave, or any other personal leave.  Regardless of the foregoing, a leave of absence shall be treated as Service for purposes of vesting in an Award only to such extent as may be provided in the Successor Company’s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Grantee’s leave of absence.
4.    Dividend Equivalents.  
(a)    If on any date the Company shall pay any dividend on shares of Stock of the Company, the number of Performance Stock Units credited to the Grantee shall, as of such date, be increased by an amount determined by the following formula:
W = (X multiplied by Y) divided by Z, where:
W = the number of additional Performance Stock Units to be credited to the Grantee on such dividend payment date;
X = the aggregate number of Performance Stock Units credited to the Grantee as of the record date of the dividend;
Y = the cash dividend per share amount; and
Z = the Fair Market Value per share of Stock (as determined under the Plan) on the dividend payment date.
(b)    In the case of a dividend paid on Stock in the form of Stock, including without limitation a distribution of Stock by reason of a stock dividend, stock split or otherwise, the number of Performance Stock Units credited to the Grantee shall be increased by a number equal to the product of (i) the aggregate number of Performance Stock Units that have been awarded to the Grantee through the related dividend record date, and (ii) the number of shares of Stock (including any fraction thereof) payable as dividend on one share of Stock.  Any additional Performance Stock Units shall be subject to the vesting and restrictions of this Agreement in the same manner and for so long as the Performance Stock Units granted pursuant to this Agreement to which they relate remain subject to such vesting and restrictions, and shall be promptly forfeited to the Company if and when such Performance Stock Units are so forfeited.
5.    Receipt of Shares of Stock.
(a)    The Performance Stock Units in which the Grantee vests in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Appendix A will be issuable in the form of shares of Stock immediately upon vesting, subject to the collection of the minimum withholding taxes in accordance with the share withholding provision of Section 7 of this Agreement.
(b)    Once a stock certificate (or electronic transfer) has been delivered to the Grantee in respect of the Performance Stock Units, the Grantee will be free to sell the shares of Stock evidenced by such certificate (or electronic transfer), subject to applicable requirements of federal and state securities law and the Company’s insider trading policy.

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6.    Incorporation of Plan.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan.  Capitalized terms in this Award shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
7.    Tax Withholding.  The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event.  The Grantee may elect to have the required minimum tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee pursuant to this Agreement with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
8.    No Obligation to Continue Employment.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Award to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Award shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.
9.    Notices.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

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