{"id":38435,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/2001-stock-incentive-plan-akamai-technologies-inc.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"2001-stock-incentive-plan-akamai-technologies-inc","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/2001-stock-incentive-plan-akamai-technologies-inc.html","title":{"rendered":"2001 Stock Incentive Plan &#8211; Akamai Technologies Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>                            AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.\n\n                            2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN\n\n1.    Purpose\n\n      The purpose of this 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the \"Plan\") of Akamai\nTechnologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the \"Company\"), is to advance the\ninterests of the Company's stockholders by enhancing the Company's ability to\nattract, retain and motivate persons who make (or are expected to make)\nimportant contributions to the Company by providing such persons with equity\nownership opportunities and performance-based incentives, thereby better\naligning the interests of such persons with those of the Company's stockholders.\nExcept where the context otherwise requires, the term \"Company\" shall include\nany of the Company's present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as\ndefined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as\namended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the \"Code\") and any other\nbusiness venture (including, without limitation, a joint venture or limited\nliability company) in which the Company has a controlling interest, as\ndetermined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the \"Board\").\n\n2.    Eligibility\n\n      All of the Company's employees (and any individuals who have accepted an\noffer for employment), consultants and advisors, other than those who are also\nofficers (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of\n1934, as amended (the \"Exchange Act\"), and the rules and regulations promulgated\nthereunder), or directors of the Company, are eligible to be granted options,\nrestricted stock awards, or other stock-based awards (each, an \"Award\") under\nthe Plan. Each person who has been granted an Award under the Plan shall be\ndeemed a \"Participant\".\n\n3.    Administration and Delegation\n\n      (a)   Administration by Board of Directors. The Plan will be administered\nby the Board. The Board shall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend\nand repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the\nPlan as it shall deem advisable. The Board may correct any defect, supply any\nomission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner\nand to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it\nshall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board\nshall be made in the Board's sole discretion and shall be final and binding on\nall persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award. No\ndirector or person acting pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board shall\nbe liable for any action or determination relating to or under the Plan made in\ngood faith.\n\n\n                                      -1-\n\n      (b)   Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable\nlaw, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or\nmore committees or subcommittees of the Board (a \"Committee\"). All references in\nthe Plan to the \"Board\" shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or the\nexecutive officers referred to in Section 3(c) to the extent that the Board's\npowers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or\nexecutive officers.\n\n      (c)   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 grant Awards to employees or officers of the Company or any\nof its present or future subsidiary corporations and to exercise such other\npowers under the Plan as the Board may determine, provided that the Board shall\nfix the terms of the Awards to be granted by such executive officers (including\nthe exercise price of such Awards, which may include a formula by which the\nexercise price will be determined) and the maximum number of shares subject to\nAwards that the executive officers may grant; provided further, however, that no\nexecutive officer shall be authorized to grant Awards to any \"executive officer\"\nof the Company (as defined by Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or to any\n\"officer\" of the Company (as defined by Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act).\n\n      4.    Stock Available for Awards. Subject to adjustment under Section 8,\nAwards may be made under the Plan for up to 5,000,000 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 (including as the result of shares\nof Common Stock subject to such Award being repurchased by the Company at the\noriginal issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase right) or results\nin any Common Stock not being issued, the unused Common Stock covered by such\nAward shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan. Shares\nissued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued\nshares or treasury shares.\n\n5.    Stock Options\n\n      (a)   General. The Board may grant options to purchase Common Stock (each,\nan \"Option\") and determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by\neach 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. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be a\n\"nonstatutory stock option,\" not intended to qualify as an \"incentive stock\noption\" as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an \"Incentive Stock Option\"). No\nIncentive Stock Options shall be granted under the Plan.\n\n      (b)   Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price at the\ntime each Option is granted and specify it in the applicable option agreement.\n\n      (c)   Duration of Options. Each Option shall be exercisable at such times\nand subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the\napplicable option agreement.\n\n\n                                      -2-\n\n      (d)   Exercise of Option. Options may be exercised by delivery to the\nCompany of a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by any\nother form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the Board\ntogether with payment in full as specified in Section 5(e) for the number of\nshares for which the Option is exercised.\n\n      (e)   Payment Upon Exercise. Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of\nan 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 Company;\n\n            (2)   except as the Board may, in its sole discretion, otherwise\nprovide 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 and any required tax\nwithholding or (ii) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of\nirrevocable and unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker to deliver\npromptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price and\nany required tax withholding;\n\n            (3)   when the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, by\ndelivery of shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant valued at their fair\nmarket value as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board in good\nfaith (\"Fair Market Value\"), provided (i) such method of payment is then\npermitted under applicable law and (ii) such Common Stock, if acquired directly\nfrom the Company was owned by the Participant at least six months prior to such\ndelivery;\n\n            (4)   to the extent permitted by the Board, in its sole discretion\nby (i) delivery of a promissory note of the Participant to the Company on terms\ndetermined by the Board, or (ii) payment of such other lawful consideration as\nthe Board may determine; or\n\n            (5)   by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment.\n\n      (f)   Substitute Options. In connection with a merger or consolidation of\nan entity with the Company or the acquisition by the Company of property or\nstock of an entity, the Board may grant Options in substitution for any options\nor other stock or stock-based awards granted by such entity or an affiliate\nthereof. Substitute Options may be granted on such terms as the Board deems\nappropriate in the circumstances, notwithstanding any limitations on Options\ncontained in the other sections of this Section 5 or in Section 2.\n\n6.    Restricted Stock.\n\n      (a)   Grants. The Board may grant Awards entitling recipients to acquire\nshares of Common Stock, subject to the right of the Company to repurchase all or\npart of such shares at their issue price or other stated or formula price (or to\nrequire forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient in\nthe event that conditions specified by the Board in the applicable Award are not\nsatisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period or periods\nestablished by the Board for such Award (each, a \"Restricted Stock Award\").\n\n\n                                      -3-\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.\n\n      (c)   Stock Certificates. Any stock certificates issued in respect of a\nRestricted Stock Award shall be registered in the name of the Participant and,\nunless otherwise determined by the Board, deposited by the Participant, together\nwith a stock power endorsed in blank, with the Company (or its designee). At the\nexpiration of the applicable restriction periods, the Company (or such designee)\nshall deliver the certificates no longer subject to such restrictions to the\nParticipant or if the Participant has died, to the beneficiary designated, in a\nmanner determined by the Board, by a Participant to receive amounts due or\nexercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participant's death (the\n\"Designated Beneficiary\"). In the absence of an effective designation by a\nParticipant, Designated Beneficiary shall mean the Participant's estate.\n\n7.    Other Stock-Based Awards\n\n      The Board shall have the right to grant other Awards based upon the Common\nStock having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including the\ngrant of shares based upon certain conditions, the grant of securities\nconvertible into Common Stock and the grant of stock appreciation rights.\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, reverse\nstock 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 number and class of securities and exercise price per share subject to\neach outstanding Option, and (iii) the repurchase price per share subject to\neach outstanding Restricted Stock Award shall be appropriately adjusted by the\nCompany (or substituted Awards may be made, if applicable) to the extent the\nBoard shall determine, in good faith, that such an adjustment (or substitution)\nis necessary and appropriate. If this Section 8(a) applies and Section 8(c) also\napplies to any event, Section 8(c) shall be applicable to such event, and this\nSection 8(a) shall not be applicable.\n\n      (b)   Liquidation or Dissolution. In the event of a proposed liquidation\nor dissolution of the Company, the Board shall upon written notice to the\nParticipants 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.\n\n      (c)   Acquisition and Change in Control Events\n\n\n                                      -4-\n\n            (1)   Definitions\n\n                  (a)   An \"Acquisition Event\" shall mean:\n\n                        (i)   any merger or consolidation of the Company with or\n                              into another entity as a result of which the\n                              Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for\n                              the right to receive cash, securities of the other\n                              entity or other property; or\n\n                        (ii)  any exchange of shares of the Company for cash,\n                              securities of another entity or other property\n                              pursuant to a statutory share exchange\n                              transaction.\n\n                  (b)   A \"Change in Control Event\" shall mean:\n\n                        (i)   any merger or consolidation which results in the\n                              voting securities of the Company outstanding\n                              immediately prior thereto representing immediately\n                              thereafter (either by remaining outstanding or by\n                              being converted into voting securities of the\n                              surviving or acquiring entity) less than 50% of\n                              the combined voting power of the voting securities\n                              of the Company or such surviving or acquiring\n                              entity outstanding immediately after such merger\n                              or consolidation;\n\n                        (ii)  the acquisition by an individual, entity or group\n                              (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or\n                              14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a \"Person\") of\n                              beneficial ownership of any capital stock of the\n                              Company if, after such acquisition, such Person\n                              beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rule\n                              13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) 50% or\n                              more of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of\n                              Common Stock of the Company (the \"Outstanding\n                              Company Common Stock\") or (B) the combined voting\n                              power of the then-outstanding voting securities of\n                              the Company entitled to vote generally in the\n                              election of directors (the \"Outstanding Company\n                              Voting Securities\"); provided, however, that for\n                              purposes of this subsection (ii), the following\n                              acquisitions shall not constitute a Sale: (A) any\n                              acquisition directly from the Company, (B) any\n                              acquisition by the Company, (C) any acquisition by\n                              any employee benefit plan (or related trust)\n                              sponsored or maintained by the Company or any\n                              corporation controlled by the Company, or (D) any\n                              acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a\n                              transaction which results in all or substantially\n                              all of the individuals and entities who were the\n                              beneficial owners of the\n\n\n                                      -5-\n\n                              Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding\n                              Company Voting Securities immediately prior to\n                              such transaction beneficially own, directly or\n                              indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding\n                              shares of common stock and the combined voting\n                              power of the then-outstanding voting securities\n                              entitled to vote generally in the election of\n                              directors, respectively, of the resulting or\n                              acquiring corporation in such transaction (which\n                              shall include, without limitation, a corporation\n                              which as a result of such transaction owns the\n                              Company or substantially all of the Company's\n                              assets either directly or through one or more\n                              subsidiaries) in substantially the same\n                              proportions as their ownership, immediately prior\n                              to such transaction, of the Outstanding Company\n                              Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting\n                              Securities, respectively;\n\n                        (iii) any sale of all or substantially all of the assets\n                              of the Company; or\n\n                        (iv)  the complete liquidation of the Company.\n\n            (2)   Effect on Options\n\n                  (a)   Acquisition Event. Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition\n                        Event (regardless of whether such event also constitutes\n                        a Change in Control Event), or the execution by the\n                        Company of any agreement with respect to an Acquisition\n                        Event (regardless of whether such event will result in a\n                        Change in Control Event), the Board shall provide that\n                        all outstanding Options shall be assumed, or equivalent\n                        options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or\n                        succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof);\n                        provided that if such Acquisition Event also constitutes\n                        a Change in Control Event, except to the extent\n                        specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument\n                        evidencing any Option or any other agreement between a\n                        Participant and the Company, such assumed or substituted\n                        options shall be immediately exercisable in full upon\n                        the occurrence of such Acquisition Event. For purposes\n                        hereof, an Option shall be considered to be assumed if,\n                        following consummation of the Acquisition Event, the\n                        Option confers the right to purchase, for each share of\n                        Common Stock subject to the Option immediately prior to\n                        the consummation of the Acquisition Event, the\n                        consideration (whether cash, securities or other\n                        property) received as a result of the Acquisition Event\n                        by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common\n                        Stock held immediately prior to the consummation of the\n                        Acquisition Event\n\n\n                                      -6-\n\n                        (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration,\n                        the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a\n                        majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock);\n                        provided, however, that if the consideration received as\n                        a result of the Acquisition Event is not solely common\n                        stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an\n                        affiliate thereof), the Company may, with the consent of\n                        the acquiring or succeeding corporation, provide for the\n                        consideration to be received upon the exercise of\n                        Options to consist solely of common stock of the\n                        acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate\n                        thereof) equivalent in fair market value to the per\n                        share consideration received by holders of outstanding\n                        shares of Common Stock as a result of the Acquisition\n                        Event.\n\n                        Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the acquiring or\n                        succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) does\n                        not agree to assume, or substitute for, such Options,\n                        then the Board shall, upon written notice to the\n                        Participants, provide that all then unexercised Options\n                        will become exercisable in full as of a specified time\n                        prior to the Acquisition Event and will terminate\n                        immediately prior to the consummation of such\n                        Acquisition Event, except to the extent exercised by the\n                        Participants before the consummation of such Acquisition\n                        Event; provided, however, in the event of an Acquisition\n                        Event under the terms of which holders of Common Stock\n                        will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment\n                        for each share of Common Stock surrendered pursuant to\n                        such Acquisition Event (the \"Acquisition Price\"), then\n                        the Board may instead provide that all outstanding\n                        Options shall terminate upon consummation of such\n                        Acquisition Event and that each Participant shall\n                        receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to\n                        the amount (if any) by which (A) the Acquisition Price\n                        multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock\n                        subject to such outstanding Options (whether or not then\n                        exercisable), exceeds (B) the aggregate exercise price\n                        of such Options.\n\n                  (b)   Change in Control Event that is not an Acquisition\n                        Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control Event\n                        that does not also constitute an Acquisition Event,\n                        except to the extent specifically provided to the\n                        contrary in the instrument evidencing any Option or any\n                        other agreement between a Participant and the Company,\n                        all Options 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 Control Event.\n                        Upon the occurrence of an Acquisition Event that is not\n                        a Change in Control\n\n\n                                      -7-\n\n                        Event, the repurchase and other rights of the Company\n                        under each outstanding Restricted Stock Award shall\n                        inure to the benefit of the Company's successor and\n                        shall apply to the cash, securities or other property\n                        which the Common Stock was converted into or exchanged\n                        for pursuant to such Acquisition Event in the same\n                        manner and to the same extent as they applied to the\n                        Common Stock subject to such Restricted Stock Award.\n\n                  (b)   Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change\n                        in Control Event (regardless of whether such event also\n                        constitutes an Acquisition Event), except to the extent\n                        specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument\n                        evidencing any Restricted Stock Award or any other\n                        agreement between a Participant and the Company, all\n                        restrictions and conditions on all Restricted Stock\n                        Awards then-outstanding shall automatically be deemed\n                        terminated or satisfied.\n\n            (4)   Effect on Other Awards\n\n                  (a)   Acquisition Event that is not a Change in Control Event.\n                        The Board shall specify the effect of an Acquisition\n                        Event that is not a Change in Control Event on any other\n                        Award granted under the Plan at the time of the grant of\n                        such Award.\n\n                  (b)   Change in Control Event. Upon the occurrence of a Change\n                        in Control Event (regardless of whether such event also\n                        constitutes an Acquisition Event), except to the extent\n                        specifically provided to the contrary in the instrument\n                        evidencing any other Award or any other agreement\n                        between a Participant and the Company, all other Awards\n                        shall become exercisable, realizable or vested in full,\n                        or shall be free of all conditions or restrictions, as\n                        applicable to each such 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 in such form (written,\nelectronic or otherwise) as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain\nterms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.\n\n\n                                      -8-\n\n      (c)   Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each\nAward may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The\nterms 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 an\nAward of the disability, death, retirement, authorized leave of absence or other\nchange in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent to\nwhich, 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 make\nprovision satisfactory to the Board for payment of, any taxes required by law to\nbe withheld in connection with Awards to such Participant no later than the date\nof the event creating the tax liability. Except as the Board may otherwise\nprovide in an Award, when the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act,\nParticipants may satisfy such tax obligations in whole or in part by delivery of\nshares of Common Stock, including shares retained from the Award creating the\ntax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value; provided, however, that the\ntotal tax withholding where stock is being used to satisfy such tax obligations\ncannot exceed the Company's minimum statutory withholding obligations (based on\nminimum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes,\nincluding payroll taxes, that are applicable to such supplemental taxable\nincome). The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, deduct any such tax\nobligations from any payment of any kind otherwise due to a Participant.\n\n      (f)   Amendment of Award. The Board may amend, modify or terminate any\noutstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another\nAward of the same or a different type and changing the date of exercise or\nrealization, provided that the Participant's consent to such action shall be\nrequired unless the Board determines that the action, taking into account any\nrelated action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant.\nWithout intending to limit the generality of the preceding sentence, the Board\nmay, without amending the Plan, modify Awards granted to Participants who are\nforeign nationals or employed outside the United States to recognize differences\nin laws, rules, regulations or customers of such foreign jurisdiction with\nrespect to tax, securities, currency, employee benefits or other matters.\n\n      (g)   Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be obligated\nto deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan or to remove\nrestrictions from shares previously delivered under the Plan until (i) all\nconditions 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      (h)   Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Award shall\nbecome immediately exercisable in full or in part, free of some or all\nrestrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as the\ncase may be.\n\n\n                                      -9-\n\n10.   Miscellaneous\n\n      (a)   No Right To Employment or Other Status. No person shall have any\nclaim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be\nconstrued as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other\nrelationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any\ntime to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free\nfrom any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the\napplicable 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 effective on\nDecember 11, 2001, the date on which it was adopted by the Board (the \"Effective\nDate\"). No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the completion of ten\nyears from the Effective Date, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond\nthat date.\n\n      (d)   Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the\nPlan 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             Adopted by the Board of Directors on December 11, 2001.\n\n\n                                      -10-\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-38435","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\/38435","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=38435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=38435"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=38435"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=38435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}