{"id":38314,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/1998-stock-incentive-plan-akamai-technologies-inc.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"1998-stock-incentive-plan-akamai-technologies-inc","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/1998-stock-incentive-plan-akamai-technologies-inc.html","title":{"rendered":"1998 Stock Incentive Plan &#8211; Akamai Technologies Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>                            AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.\n\n                           Second Amended and Restated\n                            1998 Stock Incentive Plan\n\n1.       Purpose\n\n         The purpose of this Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the\n'Plan') of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the 'Company'), is\nto advance the interests of the Company's stockholders by enhancing the\nCompany's ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are\nexpected to make) important contributions to the Company by providing such\npersons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives and\nthereby better aligning the interests of such persons with those of the\nCompany's stockholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term\n'Company' shall include any of the Company's present or future subsidiary\ncorporations of as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of\n1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the 'Code').\n\n2.       Eligibility\n\n         All of the Company's employees, officers, directors, consultants and\nadvisors (and any individuals who have accepted an offer for employment) are\neligible to be granted options, restricted stock awards, or other stock-based\nawards (each, an 'Award') under the Plan. Each person who has been granted an\nAward under the Plan shall be deemed a 'Participant'.\n\n3.       Administration, Delegation\n\n         (a)      Administration by Board of Directors. The Plan will be\nadministered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the 'Board'). The Board\nshall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such\nadministrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it shall\ndeem advisable. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or\nreconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the\nextent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the\nsole and final judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be\nmade in the Board's sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all\npersons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award. No director\nor person acting pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board shall be\nliable for any action or determination relating to or under the Plan made in\ngood faith.\n\n         (b)      Delegation to Executive Officers. To the extent permitted by\napplicable law, the Board may delegate to one or more executive officers of the\nCompany the power to make Awards and exercise such other powers under the Plan\nas the Board may determine, provided that the Board shall fix the maximum number\nof shares\n\nsubject to Awards and the maximum number of shares for any one Participant to be\nmade by such executive officers.\n\n         (c)      Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by\napplicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan\nto one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board (a 'Committee'). All\nreferences in the Plan to the 'Board' shall mean the Board or a Committee of the\nBoard or the executive officer referred to in Section 3(b) to the extent that\nthe Board's powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such\nCommittee or executive officer.\n\n4.       Stock Available for Awards\n\n         (a)      Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under Section 8,\nAwards may be made under the Plan for up to 11,377,800 shares of common stock,\n$0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the 'Common Stock'). If any Award\nexpires or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully\nexercised or is forfeited in whole or in part or results in any Common Stock not\nbeing issued, the unused Common Stock covered by such Award shall again be\navailable for the grant of Awards under the Plan, subject, however, in the case\nof Incentive Stock Options (as hereinafter defined), to any limitation required\nunder the Code. Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of\nauthorized but unissued shares or treasury shares.\n\n         (b)      Per-Participant Limit. Subject to adjustment under Section 8,\nfor Awards granted after the Common Stock is registered under the Securities\nExchange Act of 1934 (the 'Exchange Act'), the maximum number of shares of\nCommon Stock with respect to which an Award may be granted to any Participant\nunder the Plan shall be 3,600,000 per calendar year. The per-Participant limit\ndescribed in this Section 4(b) shall be construed and applied consistently with\nSection 162(m) of the Code.\n\n5.       Stock Options\n\n         (a)      General. The Board may grant options to purchase Common Stock\n(each, an 'Option') and determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be\ncovered by each Option, the exercise price of each Option and the conditions and\nlimitations applicable to the exercise of each Option, including conditions\nrelating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers\nnecessary or advisable. An Option which is not intended to be an Incentive Stock\nOption (as hereinafter defined) shall be designated a 'Nonstatutory Stock\nOption'.\n\n         (b)      Incentive Stock Options. An Option that the Board intends to\nbe an 'incentive stock option' as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an\n'Incentive Stock Option') shall only be granted to employees of the Company and\nshall be subject to\n\n\n                                       -2-\n\nand shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the\nCode. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party,\nif an Option (or any part thereof) which is intended to be an Incentive Stock\nOption is not an Incentive Stock Option.\n\n         (c)      Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price\nat the time each Option is granted and specify it in the applicable option\nagreement.\n\n         (d)      Duration of Options. Each Option shall be exercisable at such\ntimes and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the\napplicable option agreement.\n\n         (e)      Exercise of Option. Options may be exercised by delivery to\nthe Company of a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by\nany other form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the Board\ntogether with payment in full as specified in Section 5(f) for the number of\nshares for which the Option is exercised.\n\n         (f)      Payment Upon Exercise. Common Stock purchased upon the\nexercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:\n\n                  (1)      in cash or by check, payable to the order of the\nCompany;\n\n                  (2)      except as the Board may, in its sole discretion,\notherwise provide in an option agreement, by (i) delivery of an irrevocable and\nunconditional undertaking by a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the\nCompany sufficient funds to pay the exercise price or (ii) delivery by the\nParticipant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional\ninstructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or\na check sufficient to pay the exercise price;\n\n                  (3)      when the Common Stock is registered under the\nExchange Act, by delivery of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant\nvalued at their fair market value as determined by (or in a manner approved by)\nthe Board in good faith ('Fair Market Value'), which Common Stock was owned by\nthe Participant at least six months prior to such delivery;\n\n                  (4)      to the extent permitted by the Board, in its sole\ndiscretion by (i) delivery of a promissory note of the Participant to the\nCompany on terms determined by the Board, or (ii) payment of such other lawful\nconsideration as the Board may determine; or\n\n                  (5)      by any combination of the above permitted forms of\npayment.\n\n\n                                       -3-\n\n6.       Restricted Stock\n\n         (a)      Grants. The Board may grant Awards entitling recipients to\nacquire shares of Common Stock, subject to the right of the Company to\nrepurchase all or part of such shares at their issue price or other stated or\nformula price (or to require forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost)\nfrom the recipient in the event that conditions specified by the Board in the\napplicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable\nrestriction period or periods established by the Board for such Award (each, a\n'Restricted Stock Award').\n\n         (b)      Terms and Conditions. The Board shall determine the terms and\nconditions of any such Restricted Stock Award, including the conditions for\nrepurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if any. Any stock certificates\nissued in respect of a Restricted Stock Award shall be registered in the name of\nthe Participant and, unless otherwise determined by the Board, deposited by the\nParticipant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company (or\nits designee). At the expiration of the applicable restriction periods, the\nCompany (or such designee) shall deliver the certificates no longer subject to\nsuch restrictions to the Participant or if the Participant has died, to the\nbeneficiary designated, in a manner determined by the Board, by a Participant to\nreceive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the\nParticipant's death (the 'Designated Beneficiary'). In the absence of an\neffective designation by a Participant, Designated Beneficiary shall mean the\nParticipant's estate.\n\n7.       Other Stock-Based Awards\n\n         The Board shall have the right to grant other Awards based upon the\nCommon Stock having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine,\nincluding the grant of shares based upon certain conditions, the grant of\nsecurities convertible into Common Stock and the grant of stock appreciation\nrights.\n\n8.       Adjustments for Changes in Common Stock and Certain Other Events\n\n         (a)      Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any stock split,\nreverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares,\nreclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization\nor event, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than a normal\ncash dividend, (i) the number and class of securities available under this Plan,\n(ii) the per-Participant limit set forth in Section 4(b), (iii) the number and\nclass of securities and exercise price per share subject to each outstanding\nOption, (iv) the repurchase price per share subject to each outstanding\nRestricted Stock Award, and (v) the terms of each other outstanding Award shall\nbe appropriately adjusted by the Company (or substituted Awards may be made, if\napplicable) to the extent the Board shall determine, in good faith, that such an\nadjustment (or substitution) is necessary and appropriate. If this Section 8(a)\n\n\n                                       -4-\n\napplies and Section 8(c) also applies to any event, Section 8(c) shall be\napplicable to such event, and this Section 8(a) shall not be applicable.\n\n         (b)      Liquidation or Dissolution. In the event of a proposed\nliquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Board shall upon written notice\nto the Participants provide that all then unexercised Options will (i) become\nexercisable in full as of a specified time at least 10 business days prior to\nthe effective date of such liquidation or dissolution and (ii) terminate\neffective upon such liquidation or dissolution, except to the extent exercised\nbefore such effective date. The Board may specify the effect of a liquidation or\ndissolution on any Restricted Stock Award or other Award granted under the Plan\nat the time of the grant of such Award.\n\n         (c)      Acquisition and Change in Control Events\n\n                  (1)      Definitions\n\n                           (a)      An 'Acquisition Event' shall mean:\n\n                                    (i)     any merger or consolidation of the\n                                            Company with or into another entity\n                                            as a result of which the Common\n                                            Stock is converted into or exchanged\n                                            for the right to receive cash,\n                                            securities or other property; or\n\n                                    (ii)    any exchange of shares of the\n                                            Company for cash, securities or\n                                            other property pursuant to a\n                                            statutory share exchange\n                                            transaction.\n\n                           (b)      A 'Change in Control Event' shall mean:\n\n                                    (i)      any merger or consolidation which\n                                             results in the voting securities of\n                                             the Company outstanding immediately\n                                             prior thereto representing\n                                             immediately thereafter (either by\n                                             remaining outstanding or by being\n                                             converted into voting securities of\n                                             the surviving or acquiring entity)\n                                             less than 50% of the combined\n                                             voting power of the voting\n                                             securities of the Company or such\n                                             surviving or acquiring entity\n                                             outstanding immediately after such\n                                             merger or consolidation;\n\n                                    (ii)    the acquisition by an individual,\n                                            entity or group (within the meaning\n                                            of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of\n                                            the Exchange Act) (a 'Person') of\n                                            beneficial\n\n\n                                       -5-\n\n                                            ownership of any capital stock of\n                                            the Company if, after such\n                                            acquisition, such Person\n                                            beneficially owns (within the\n                                            meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated\n                                            under the Exchange Act) 50% or more\n                                            of either (A) the then-outstanding\n                                            shares of Common Stock of the\n                                            Company (the 'Outstanding Company\n                                            Common Stock') or (B) the combined\n                                            voting power of the then-outstanding\n                                            voting securities of the Company\n                                            entitled to vote generally in the\n                                            election of directors (the\n                                            'Outstanding Company Voting\n                                            Securities'); provided, however,\n                                            that for purposes of this subsection\n                                            (ii), the following acquisitions\n                                            shall not constitute a Sale: (A) any\n                                            acquisition directly from the\n                                            Company, (B) any acquisition by the\n                                            Company, (C) any acquisition by any\n                                            employee benefit plan (or related\n                                            trust) sponsored or maintained by\n                                            the Company or any corporation\n                                            controlled by the Company, or (D)\n                                            any acquisition by any corporation\n                                            pursuant to a transaction which\n                                            results in all or substantially all\n                                            of the individuals and entities who\n                                            were the beneficial owners of the\n                                            Outstanding Company Common Stock and\n                                            Outstanding Company Voting\n                                            Securities immediately prior to such\n                                            transaction beneficially own,\n                                            directly or indirectly, more than\n                                            50% of the then-outstanding shares\n                                            of common stock and the combined\n                                            voting power of the then-outstanding\n                                            voting securities entitled to vote\n                                            generally in the election of\n                                            directors, respectively, of the\n                                            resulting or acquiring corporation\n                                            in such transaction (which shall\n                                            include, without limitation, a\n                                            corporation which as a result of\n                                            such transaction owns the Company or\n                                            substantially all of the Company's\n                                            assets either directly or through\n                                            one or more subsidiaries) in\n                                            substantially the same proportions\n                                            as their ownership, immediately\n                                            prior to such transaction, of the\n                                            Outstanding Company Common Stock and\n                                            Outstanding Company Voting\n                                            Securities, respectively;\n\n                                    (iii)    any sale of all or substantially\n                                             all of the assets of the Company;\n                                             or\n\n                                    (iv)     the complete liquidation of the\n                                             Company.\n\n\n                                       -6-\n\n                  (2)      Effect on Options\n\n                           (a)      Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of an\n                                    Acquisition Event (regardless of whether\n                                    such event also constitutes a Change in\n                                    Control Event), or the execution by the\n                                    Company of any agreement with respect to an\n                                    Acquisition Event (regardless of whether\n                                    such event will result in a Change in\n                                    Control Event), the Board shall provide that\n                                    all outstanding Options shall be assumed, or\n                                    equivalent options shall be substituted, by\n                                    the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or\n                                    an affiliate thereof); provided that if such\n                                    Acquisition Event also constitutes a Change\n                                    in Control Event, except to the extent\n                                    specifically provided to the contrary in the\n                                    instrument evidencing any Option or any\n                                    other agreement between a Participant and\n                                    the Company, such assumed or substituted\n                                    options shall be immediately exercisable in\n                                    full upon the occurrence of such Acquisition\n                                    Event. For purposes hereof, an Option shall\n                                    be considered to be assumed if, following\n                                    consummation of the Acquisition Event, the\n                                    Option confers the right to purchase, for\n                                    each share of Common Stock subject to the\n                                    Option immediately prior to the consummation\n                                    of the Acquisition Event, the consideration\n                                    (whether cash, securities or other property)\n                                    received as a result of the Acquisition\n                                    Event by holders of Common Stock for each\n                                    share of Common Stock held immediately prior\n                                    to the consummation of the Acquisition Event\n                                    (and if holders were offered a choice of\n                                    consideration, the type of consideration\n                                    chosen by the holders of a majority of the\n                                    outstanding shares of Common Stock);\n                                    provided, however, that if the consideration\n                                    received as a result of the Acquisition\n                                    Event is not solely common stock of the\n                                    acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an\n                                    affiliate thereof), the Company may, with\n                                    the consent of the acquiring or succeeding\n                                    corporation, provide for the consideration\n                                    to be received upon the exercise of Options\n                                    to consist solely of common stock of the\n                                    acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an\n                                    affiliate thereof) equivalent in fair market\n                                    value to the per share consideration\n                                    received by holders of outstanding shares of\n                                    Common Stock as a result of the Acquisition\n                                    Event.\n\n\n                                       -7-\n\n                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the\n                                    acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an\n                                    affiliate thereof) does not agree to assume,\n                                    or substitute for, such Options, then the\n                                    Board shall, upon written notice to the\n                                    Participants, provide that all then\n                                    unexercised Options will become exercisable\n                                    in full as of a specified time prior to the\n                                    Acquisition Event and will terminate\n                                    immediately prior to the consummation of\n                                    such Acquisition Event, except to the extent\n                                    exercised by the Participants before the\n                                    consummation of such Acquisition Event;\n                                    provided, however, in the event of an\n                                    Acquisition Event under the terms of which\n                                    holders of Common Stock will receive upon\n                                    consummation thereof a cash payment for each\n                                    share of Common Stock surrendered pursuant\n                                    to such Acquisition Event (the 'Acquisition\n                                    Price'), then the Board may instead provide\n                                    that all outstanding Options shall terminate\n                                    upon consummation of such Acquisition Event\n                                    and that each Participant shall receive, in\n                                    exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to\n                                    the amount (if any) by which (A) the\n                                    Acquisition Price multiplied by the number\n                                    of shares of Common Stock subject to such\n                                    outstanding Options (whether or not then\n                                    exercisable), exceeds (B) the aggregate\n                                    exercise price of such Options.\n\n                           (b)      Change in Control Event that is not an\n                                    Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of a\n                                    Change in Control Event that does not also\n                                    constitute an Acquisition Event, except to\n                                    the extent specifically provided to the\n                                    contrary in the instrument evidencing any\n                                    Option or any other agreement between a\n                                    Participant and the Company, all Options\n                                    then-outstanding shall automatically become\n                                    immediately exercisable in full.\n\n                  (3)      Effect on Restricted Stock Awards\n\n                           (a)      Acquisition Event that is not a Change in\n                                    Control Event. Upon the occurrence of an\n                                    Acquisition Event that is not a Change in\n                                    Control Event, the repurchase and other\n                                    rights of the Company under each outstanding\n                                    Restricted Stock Award shall inure to the\n                                    benefit of the Company's successor and shall\n                                    apply to the cash, securities or other\n                                    property which the Common Stock was\n                                    converted into or exchanged for pursuant to\n                                    such Acquisition Event in the\n\n\n                                       -8-\n\n                                    same manner and to the same extent as they\n                                    applied to the Common Stock subject to such\n                                    Restricted Stock Award.\n\n                           (b)      Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence\n                                    of a Change in Control Event (regardless of\n                                    whether such event also constitutes an\n                                    Acquisition Event), except to the extent\n                                    specifically provided to the contrary in the\n                                    instrument evidencing any Restricted Stock\n                                    Award or any other agreement between a\n                                    Participant and the Company, all\n                                    restrictions and conditions on all\n                                    Restricted Stock Awards then-outstanding\n                                    shall automatically be deemed terminated or\n                                    satisfied.\n\n                  (4)      Effect on Other Awards\n\n                           (a)      Acquisition Event that is not a Change in\n                                    Control Event. The Board shall specify the\n                                    effect of an Acquisition Event that is not a\n                                    Change in Control Event on any other Award\n                                    granted under the Plan at the time of the\n                                    grant of such Award.\n\n                           (b)      Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence\n                                    of a Change in Control Event (regardless of\n                                    whether such event also constitutes an\n                                    Acquisition Event), except to the extent\n                                    specifically provided to the contrary in the\n                                    instrument evidencing any other Award or any\n                                    other agreement between a Participant and\n                                    the Company, all other Awards shall become\n                                    exercisable, realizable or vested in full,\n                                    or shall be free of all conditions or\n                                    restrictions, as applicable to each such\n                                    Award.\n\n9.       General Provisions Applicable to Awards\n\n         (a)      Transferability of Awards. Except as the Board may otherwise\ndetermine or provide in an Award, Awards shall not be sold, assigned,\ntransferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are\ngranted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws\nof descent and distribution, and, during the life of the Participant, shall be\nexercisable only by the Participant. References to a Participant, to the extent\nrelevant in the context, shall include references to authorized transferees.\n\n         (b)      Documentation. Each Award shall be evidenced by a written\ninstrument in such form as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain\nterms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.\n\n\n                                       -9-\n\n         (c)      Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan,\neach Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award.\nThe terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat\nParticipants uniformly.\n\n         (d)      Termination of Status. The Board shall determine the effect on\nan Award of the disability, death, retirement, authorized leave of absence or\nother change in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent\nto which, and the period during which, the Participant, the Participant's legal\nrepresentative, conservator, guardian or Designated Beneficiary may exercise\nrights under the Award.\n\n         (e)      Withholding. Each Participant shall pay to the Company, or\nmake provision satisfactory to the Board for payment of, any taxes required by\nlaw to be withheld in connection with Awards to such Participant no later than\nthe date of the event creating the tax liability. Except as the Board may\notherwise provide in an Award, when the Common Stock is registered under the\nExchange Act, Participants may satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part\nby delivery of shares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award\ncreating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value. The Company may,\nto the extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax obligations from any payment\nof any kind otherwise due to a Participant.\n\n         (f)      Amendment of Award. The Board may amend, modify or terminate\nany outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor\nanother Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or\nrealization, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock\nOption, provided that the Participant's consent to such action shall be required\nunless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related\naction, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant.\n\n         (g)      Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be\nobligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan or to\nremove restrictions from shares previously delivered under the Plan until (i)\nall conditions of the Award have been met or removed to the satisfaction of the\nCompany, (ii) in the opinion of the Company's counsel, all other legal matters\nin connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been satisfied,\nincluding any applicable securities laws and any applicable stock exchange or\nstock market rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and\ndelivered to the Company such representations or agreements as the Company may\nconsider appropriate to satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws, rules\nor regulations.\n\n\n                                      -10-\n\n         (h)      Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any\nOptions shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part, that any\nRestricted Stock Awards shall be free of restrictions in full or in part or that\nany other Awards may become exercisable in full or in part or free of some or\nall restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as\nthe case may be.\n\n10.      Miscellaneous\n\n         (a)      No Right To Employment or Other Status. No person shall have\nany claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not\nbe construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any\nother relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at\nany time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant\nfree from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in\nthe applicable Award.\n\n         (b)      No Rights As Stockholder. Subject to the provisions of the\napplicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights\nas a stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be distributed\nwith respect to an Award until becoming the record holder of such shares.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company effects a split of the\nCommon Stock by means of a stock dividend and the exercise price of and the\nnumber of shares subject to such Option are adjusted as of the date of the\ndistribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such\ndividend), then an optionee who exercises an Option between the record date and\nthe distribution date for such stock dividend shall be entitled to receive, on\nthe distribution date, the stock dividend with respect to the shares of Common\nStock acquired upon such Option exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such\nshares were not outstanding as of the close of business on the record date for\nsuch stock dividend.\n\n         (c)      Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become\neffective on the date on which it is adopted by the Board. No Awards shall be\ngranted under the Plan after the completion of ten years from the earlier of (i)\nthe date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board or (ii) the date the Plan\nwas approved by the Company's stockholders, but Awards previously granted may\nextend beyond that date.\n\n         (d)      Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate\nthe Plan or any portion thereof at any time.\n\n         (e)      Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan and all Awards made\nhereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of\nthe State of Delaware, without regard to any applicable conflicts of law.\n\n\n                                      -11-\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[6606],"corporate_contracts_industries":[],"corporate_contracts_types":[9539,9546],"class_list":["post-38314","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-akamai-technologies-inc","corporate_contracts_types-compensation","corporate_contracts_types-compensation__incentive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/38314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=38314"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=38314"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=38314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}