{"id":38449,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/2004-equity-incentive-plan-symantec.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"2004-equity-incentive-plan-symantec","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/compensation\/2004-equity-incentive-plan-symantec.html","title":{"rendered":"2004 Equity Incentive Plan &#8211; Symantec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SYMANTEC CORPORATION <br \/>\n2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<\/strong><strong>As Adopted by the Board on July 20,<br \/>\n2004 <br \/>\nand as amended thereafter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. <em>Purpose. <\/em>The purpose of this Plan is to provide incentives to<br \/>\nattract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential<br \/>\ncontributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent,<br \/>\nSubsidiaries and Affiliates, by offering them an opportunity to participate in<br \/>\nthe Company153s future performance through awards of Options, Stock Appreciation<br \/>\nRights, Restricted Stock Units, and Restricted Stock Awards. Capitalized terms<br \/>\nnot defined in the text are defined in Section 25. 2. <em>Shares Subject to the<br \/>\nPlan.<\/em> 2.1 <em>Number of Shares Available. <\/em>Subject to Sections 2.2 and<br \/>\n18, the total number of Shares reserved and available for grant and issuance<br \/>\npursuant to this Plan will be one hundred and sixty-three million (163,000,000)<br \/>\nShares plus up to forty-five million one hundred thousand (45,100,000) shares<br \/>\nsubject to awards granted under the Company153s 1996 Equity Incentive Plan that<br \/>\ncancel, forfeit (e.g., upon the Participant153s Termination) or otherwise expire<br \/>\nby their terms on or following the adoption of this Plan. Any award other than<br \/>\nan Option or a SAR shall reduce the number of Shares available for issuance<br \/>\nunder this Plan by two Shares for every Share issued. Subject to Sections 2.2<br \/>\nand 18, Shares that: (a) are subject to issuance upon exercise of an Option but<br \/>\ncease to be subject to such Option for any reason other than exercise of such<br \/>\nOption; (b) are subject to an Award granted hereunder but are forfeited or are<br \/>\nrepurchased by the Company at the original issue price; or (c) are subject to an<br \/>\nAward that otherwise terminates without Shares being issued will again be<br \/>\navailable for grant and issuance in connection with future Awards under this<br \/>\nPlan. The following Shares may not again be made available for future grant and<br \/>\nissuance as Awards under the Plan: (i) Shares that are withheld to pay the<br \/>\nexercise or purchase price of an Award or to satisfy any tax withholding<br \/>\nobligations in connection with an Award, (ii) Shares not issued or delivered as<br \/>\na result of the net settlement of an outstanding Option or SAR or (iii) shares<br \/>\nof the Company153s Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds<br \/>\nof an Option exercise price. At all times the Company shall reserve and keep<br \/>\navailable a sufficient number of Shares as shall be required to satisfy the<br \/>\nrequirements of all outstanding Awards granted under this Plan. 2.2<br \/>\n<em>Adjustment of Shares. <\/em>In the event that the number of outstanding<br \/>\nShares is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse<br \/>\nstock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification or similar change in the<br \/>\ncapital structure of the Company without consideration or there is a change in<br \/>\nthe corporate structure (including, without limitation, a spin-off), then (a)<br \/>\nthe number of Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan, (b) the Exercise<br \/>\nPrices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options, (c) the number of<br \/>\nShares that may be granted pursuant to Section 3 below, and (d) the Purchase<br \/>\nPrice and number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards, including<br \/>\nRestricted Stock Awards, will be proportionately adjusted, subject to any<br \/>\nrequired action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company and compliance<br \/>\nwith applicable securities laws; <em>provided, however, <\/em>that fractions of a<br \/>\nShare will not be issued but will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share,<br \/>\nand may be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such<br \/>\nfraction of a Share, as determined by the Committee. 3. <em>Eligibility.<br \/>\n<\/em>ISOs (as defined in Section 5 below) may be granted only to employees<br \/>\n(including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or of a<br \/>\nParent or Subsidiary of the Company. All other Awards may be granted to<br \/>\nemployees, officers, directors, consultants, independent contractors and<br \/>\nadvisors of the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company;<br \/>\n<em>provided <\/em>such consultants, contractors and advisors render bona fide<br \/>\nservices not in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a<br \/>\ncapital-raising transaction. No person will be eligible to receive more than<br \/>\n2,000,000 Shares in any calendar year under this Plan, pursuant to the grant of<br \/>\nAwards hereunder, of which no more than 400,000 Shares shall be covered by<br \/>\nAwards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, other than new employees<br \/>\nof the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary of the Company (including new<br \/>\nemployees who are also officers and directors of the Company or any Parent or<br \/>\nSubsidiary of the Company), who are eligible to receive up to a maximum of<br \/>\n3,000,000 Shares in the calendar year in which they commence their employment,<br \/>\nof which no more than 600,000 Shares shall be covered by Awards of<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<hr>\n<p>Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. For purposes of these limits<br \/>\nonly, each Restricted Stock Unit settled in Shares (but not those settled in<br \/>\ncash), shall be deemed to cover one Share. A person may be granted more than one<br \/>\nAward under this Plan. 4. <em>Administration.<\/em> 4.1 <em>Committee Authority.<br \/>\n<\/em>This Plan will be administered by the Committee or by the Board acting as<br \/>\nthe Committee. Subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of this<br \/>\nPlan, and to the direction of the Board, the Committee will have full power to<br \/>\nimplement and carry out this Plan. Without limitation, the Committee will have<br \/>\nthe authority to: (a) construe and interpret this Plan, any Award Agreement and<br \/>\nany other agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan; (b) prescribe,<br \/>\namend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan or any Award; (c)<br \/>\nselect persons to receive Awards; (d) determine the form and terms of Awards;<br \/>\n(e) determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards; (f)<br \/>\ndetermine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination with, in tandem<br \/>\nwith, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under this Plan or<br \/>\nany other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent,<br \/>\nSubsidiary or Affiliate of the Company; (g) grant waivers of Plan or Award<br \/>\nconditions; (h) determine the vesting, exercisability and payment of Awards; (i)<br \/>\ncorrect any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this<br \/>\nPlan, any Award or any Award Agreement; (j) amend any Award Agreements executed<br \/>\nin connection with this Plan; (k) determine whether an Award has been earned;<br \/>\nand (l) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the<br \/>\nadministration of this Plan. 4.2 <em>Committee Discretion. <\/em>Any<br \/>\ndetermination made by the Committee with respect to any Award will be made in<br \/>\nits sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in<br \/>\ncontravention of any express term of this Plan or Award, at any later time, and<br \/>\nsuch determination will be final and binding on the Company and on all persons<br \/>\nhaving an interest in any Award under this Plan. To the extent permitted by<br \/>\napplicable laws, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the<br \/>\nCompany the authority to grant an Award under this Plan to Participants who are<br \/>\nnot Insiders of the Company. 4.3 <em>Section 162(m), Rule 16b-3 and Stock<br \/>\nExchange Requirements. <\/em>If two or more members of the Board are Outside<br \/>\nDirectors, the Committee will be comprised of at least two (2) members of the<br \/>\nBoard, at least two (2) of whom are Outside Directors. To the extent desirable<br \/>\nto qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under<br \/>\nthe Exchange Act (&#8220;<em>Rule 16b-3<\/em>&#8220;), Awards to officers and directors shall<br \/>\nbe made by the entire Board or a Committee of two or more &#8220;non-employee<br \/>\ndirectors&#8221; within the meaning of Rule 16b-3. In addition, the Plan will be<br \/>\nadministered in a manner that complies with any applicable Nasdaq Global Select<br \/>\nMarket or stock exchange listing requirements.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">2<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>5. <em>Options. <\/em>The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons and<br \/>\nwill determine whether such Options will be Incentive Stock Options within the<br \/>\nmeaning of the Code <em>(&#8220;ISOs&#8221;) <\/em>or Nonqualified Stock Options<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;NQSOs&#8221;), <\/em>the number of Shares subject to the Option, the Exercise<br \/>\nPrice of the Option (subject to Section 5.4 below), the circumstances upon and<br \/>\nthe period during which the Option may be exercised, and all other terms and<br \/>\nconditions of the Option, subject to the following: 5.1 <em>Form of Option<br \/>\nGrant. <\/em>Each Option granted under this Plan will be evidenced by an Award<br \/>\nAgreement which will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or an NQSO<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;Stock Option Agreement&#8221;),<\/em> and will be in such form and contain such<br \/>\nprovisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee<br \/>\nmay from time to time approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the<br \/>\nterms and conditions of this Plan. To the extent that any Option designated as<br \/>\nan ISO in the Award Agreement fails to qualify as such under applicable law, it<br \/>\nshall be treated instead as a NQSO. 5.2 <em>Date of Grant. <\/em>The date of<br \/>\ngrant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the<br \/>\ndetermination to grant such Option, unless a later date is otherwise specified<br \/>\nby the Committee at the time it acts to approve the grant. The Stock Option<br \/>\nAgreement and a copy of this Plan will be delivered to the Participant within a<br \/>\nreasonable time after the granting of the Option. 5.3 <em>Exercise Period.<br \/>\n<\/em>Options will be exercisable within the times or upon the events determined<br \/>\nby the Committee as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such<br \/>\nOption; <em>provided, however, <\/em>that no Option will be exercisable after the<br \/>\nexpiration of ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted; and provided<br \/>\nfurther that no ISO granted to a person who directly or by attribution owns more<br \/>\nthan ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of<br \/>\nstock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company <em>(&#8220;Ten<br \/>\nPercent Stockholder&#8221;) <\/em>will be exercisable after the expiration of five (5)<br \/>\nyears from the date the ISO is granted. The Committee also may provide for the<br \/>\nexercise of Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time,<br \/>\nperiodically or otherwise (including, without limitation, the attainment during<br \/>\na Performance Period of performance goals based on Performance Factors), in such<br \/>\nnumber of Shares or percentage of Shares as the Committee determines. 5.4<br \/>\n<em>Exercise Price. <\/em>The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by<br \/>\nthe Committee when the Option is granted and may not be less than 100% of the<br \/>\nFair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; <em>provided <\/em>that the<br \/>\nExercise Price of any ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder will not be less<br \/>\nthan 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant. Payment<br \/>\nfor the Shares purchased may be made in accordance with Section 10 of this Plan.<br \/>\n5.5 <em>Method of Exercise. <\/em>Options may be exercised only by delivery to<br \/>\nthe Company of a written or electronic notice or agreement of stock option<br \/>\nexercise (the <em>&#8220;Exercise Agreement&#8221;<\/em>) in a form approved by the Committee<br \/>\n(which need not be the same for each Participant), stating the number of Shares<br \/>\nbeing purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares purchased under such<br \/>\nExercise Agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements regarding<br \/>\nParticipant153s investment intent and access to information and other matters, if<br \/>\nany, as may be required or desirable by the Company to comply with applicable<br \/>\nsecurities laws, together with payment in full of the Exercise Price for the<br \/>\nnumber of Shares being purchased and all applicable withholding taxes. 5.6<br \/>\n<em>Termination. <\/em>Notwithstanding the exercise periods set forth in the<br \/>\nStock Option Agreement, exercise of an Option will always be subject to the<br \/>\nfollowing: (a) If the Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or<br \/>\nDisability, then the Participant may exercise such Participant153s Options only to<br \/>\nthe extent that such Options are vested and exercisable upon the Termination<br \/>\nDate no later than three (3) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter<br \/>\nor longer time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the<br \/>\nCommittee, with any exercise beyond three (3) months after the Termination Date<br \/>\ndeemed to be an NQSO), but in any event, no later than the expiration date of<br \/>\nthe Options. (b) If the Participant is Terminated because of Participant153s death<br \/>\nor Disability (or the Participant dies within three (3) months after a<br \/>\nTermination other than because of Participant153s death or disability), then<br \/>\nParticipant153s Options may be exercised only to the extent that such Options are<br \/>\nvested and<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">3<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>exercisable by Participant on the Termination Date and must be exercised by<br \/>\nParticipant (or Participant153s legal representative or authorized assignee) no<br \/>\nlater than twelve (12) months after the Termination Date (or such shorter or<br \/>\nlonger time period not exceeding five (5) years as may be determined by the<br \/>\nCommittee, with any such exercise beyond (a) three (3) months after the<br \/>\nTermination Date when the Termination is for any reason other than the<br \/>\nParticipant153s death or Disability, or (b) twelve (12) months after the<br \/>\nTermination Date when the Termination is for Participant153s death or Disability,<br \/>\ndeemed to be an NQSO), but in any event no later than the expiration date of the<br \/>\nOptions. 5.7 <em>Limitations on Exercise. <\/em>The Committee may specify a<br \/>\nreasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an<br \/>\nOption, <em>provided <\/em>that such minimum number will not prevent Participant<br \/>\nfrom exercising the Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then<br \/>\nexercisable. 5.8 <em>Limitations on ISOs. <\/em>The aggregate Fair Market Value<br \/>\n(determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which ISOs are<br \/>\nexercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under<br \/>\nthis Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or any<br \/>\nAffiliate, Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) will not exceed $100,000. If the<br \/>\nFair Market Value of Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISOs are<br \/>\nexercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds<br \/>\n$100,000, then the Options for the first $100,000 worth of Shares to become<br \/>\nexercisable in such calendar year will be ISOs and the Options for the amount in<br \/>\nexcess of $100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year will be NQSOs.<br \/>\nIn the event that the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder are amended<br \/>\nafter the Effective Date of this Plan to provide for a different limit on the<br \/>\nFair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISOs, such different<br \/>\nlimit will be automatically incorporated herein and will apply to any Options<br \/>\ngranted after the effective date of such amendment. 5.9 <em>Modification,<br \/>\nExtension or Renewal. <\/em>The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding<br \/>\nOptions and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor,<br \/>\n<em>provided <\/em>that (a) any such action may not, without the written consent<br \/>\nof a Participant, impair any of such Participant153s rights under any Option<br \/>\npreviously granted; (b) any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended, renewed<br \/>\nor otherwise altered will be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the<br \/>\nCode; and (c) notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in the Plan,<br \/>\nthe Company is subject to Section 21.2 below with respect to any proposal to<br \/>\nreprice outstanding Options. 5.10 <em>No Disqualification. <\/em>Notwithstanding<br \/>\nany other provision in this Plan, no term of this Plan relating to ISOs will be<br \/>\ninterpreted, amended or altered, nor will any discretion or authority granted<br \/>\nunder this Plan be exercised, so as to disqualify this Plan under Section 422 of<br \/>\nthe Code or, without the consent of the Participant affected, to disqualify any<br \/>\nISO under Section 422 of the Code. 6. <em>Non-Employee Director Equity<br \/>\nAwards<\/em>. 6.1 <em>Types of Awards<\/em>. All Awards other than ISOs may be<br \/>\ngranted to non-employee directors under this Plan. Awards granted pursuant to<br \/>\nthis Section 6 may be automatically made pursuant to a policy adopted by the<br \/>\nBoard (as such policy may be amended from time to time by the Board) or made<br \/>\nfrom time to time as determined in the discretion of the Board, or, if the<br \/>\nauthority to grant Awards to non-employee directors has been delegated by the<br \/>\nBoard, the Committee. 6.2 <em>Eligibility<\/em>. Awards granted pursuant to this<br \/>\nSection 6 shall be granted only to non-employee directors. Any non-employee<br \/>\ndirector, including without limitation any non-employee director who is<br \/>\nappointed as a member to the Board, will be eligible to receive an Award under<br \/>\nthis Section 6. 6.3 <em>Vesting, Exercisability and Settlement<\/em>. Except as<br \/>\nset forth in Section 18, Awards granted pursuant to Section 6 shall vest, become<br \/>\nexercisable and be settled as determined by the Board or, if the authority to<br \/>\nmake such determinations has been delegated by the Board, the Committee. With<br \/>\nrespect to Options and SARs, the exercise price of such Award granted to<br \/>\nnon-employee directors shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the<br \/>\nShares at the time such Award is granted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">4<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>7. <em>Restricted Stock Awards. <\/em>A Restricted Stock Award is an offer by<br \/>\nthe Company to issue to an eligible person Shares that are subject to<br \/>\nrestrictions. The Committee will determine to whom an offer will be made, the<br \/>\nnumber of Shares the person may be issued or purchase, the Purchase Price (if<br \/>\nany), the restrictions to which the Shares will be subject, and all other terms<br \/>\nand conditions of the Restricted Stock Award, subject to the following: 7.1<br \/>\n<em>Restricted Stock Agreement. <\/em>All purchases under a Restricted Stock<br \/>\nAward will be evidenced by a written agreement (the &#8220;<em>Restricted Stock<br \/>\nAgreement<\/em>&#8220;), which will be in substantially a form (which need not be the<br \/>\nsame for each Participant) that the Committee shall from time to time approve,<br \/>\nand will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. A<br \/>\nParticipant can accept a Restricted Stock Award only by signing and delivering<br \/>\nto the Company the Restricted Stock Agreement, and full payment of the Purchase<br \/>\nPrice (if any) and all applicable withholding taxes, at such time and on such<br \/>\nterms as required by the Committee. If the Participant does not accept the<br \/>\nRestricted Stock Award at such time and on such terms as required by the<br \/>\nCommittee, then the offer of the Restricted Stock Award will terminate, unless<br \/>\nthe Committee determines otherwise. 7.2 <em>Purchase Price. <\/em>The Purchase<br \/>\nPrice (if any) for a Restricted Stock Award will be determined by the Committee,<br \/>\nand may be less than Fair Market Value on the date the Restricted Stock Award is<br \/>\ngranted. Payment of the Purchase Price must be made in accordance with Section<br \/>\n10 of this Plan and as permitted in the Restricted Stock Agreement, and in<br \/>\naccordance with any procedures established by the Company. 7.3 <em>Terms of<br \/>\nRestricted Stock Awards. <\/em>Restricted Stock Awards will be subject to all<br \/>\nrestrictions, if any, that the Committee may impose. These restrictions may be<br \/>\nbased on completion of a specified period of service with the Company and\/or<br \/>\nupon completion of the performance goals as set out in advance in the Restricted<br \/>\nStock Agreement, which shall be in such form and contain such provisions (which<br \/>\nneed not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee shall from time to<br \/>\ntime approve, and which will comply with and be subject to the terms and<br \/>\nconditions of this Plan. Prior to the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the<br \/>\nCommittee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any<br \/>\nPerformance Period for the Restricted Stock Award; (b) select performance<br \/>\ncriteria, including if the Award is intended to qualify as &#8220;performance-based<br \/>\ncompensation&#8221; under Code Section 162(m) from among the Performance Factors, to<br \/>\nbe used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number of<br \/>\nShares that may be awarded to the Participant. For Restricted Stock Awards<br \/>\nintended to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the<br \/>\nperformance goals will be determined at a time when the achievement of the<br \/>\nperformance goals remains substantially uncertain and shall otherwise be<br \/>\nadministered in a manner that complies with the requirements under that statute.<br \/>\nPerformance Periods may overlap and a Participant may participate simultaneously<br \/>\nwith respect to Restricted Stock Awards that are subject to different<br \/>\nPerformance Periods and having different performance goals and other criteria.<br \/>\n7.4 <em>Termination During Vesting or Performance Period. <\/em>Restricted Stock<br \/>\nAwards shall cease to vest immediately if a Participant is Terminated during the<br \/>\nvesting period or Performance Period applicable to the Award for any reason,<br \/>\nunless the Committee determines otherwise, and any unvested Shares subject to<br \/>\nsuch Restricted Stock Awards shall be subject to the Company153s right to<br \/>\nrepurchase such Shares or otherwise to any forfeiture condition applicable to<br \/>\nthe Award, as described in Section 14 of this Plan, if and as set forth in the<br \/>\napplicable Restricted Stock Agreement. 8. <em>Restricted Stock Units<\/em>. A<br \/>\nRestricted Stock Unit (or RSU) is an award covering a number of Shares that may<br \/>\nbe settled in cash, or by issuance of those Shares (which may consist of<br \/>\nRestricted Stock). A RSU may be awarded for past services already rendered to<br \/>\nthe Company, or any Affiliate, Parent or Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to<br \/>\nan Award Agreement (the &#8220;<em>RSU Agreement<\/em>&#8220;) that will be in such form<br \/>\n(which need not be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from<br \/>\ntime to time approve, and will comply with and be subject to the following: 8.1<br \/>\n<em>Terms of RSUs<\/em>. RSUs may vary from Participant to Participant and<br \/>\nbetween groups of Participants, and may be based upon the achievement of the<br \/>\nCompany, Affiliate, Parent or Subsidiary and\/or individual performance factors<br \/>\nor upon such other criteria as the Committee may determine. The Committee will<br \/>\ndetermine all terms of each RSU including, without limitation: the number of<br \/>\nShares subject to each RSU, the time or times during which each RSU shall vest<br \/>\nand the RSU be settled, the consideration to be distributed on such settlement,<br \/>\nand the effect on each RSU of its holder153s Termination. A RSU may be awarded<br \/>\nupon satisfaction of such performance goals as are set out in advance in the<br \/>\nParticipant153s individual Award Agreement (the<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">5<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Performance RSU Agreement<\/em>&#8220;) that will be in such form (which need<br \/>\nnot be the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time<br \/>\napprove, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this<br \/>\nPlan. If the RSU is being earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals<br \/>\npursuant to a Performance RSU Agreement, then the Committee will: (a) determine<br \/>\nthe nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for each RSU; (b)<br \/>\nselect performance criteria, including if the Award is intended to qualify as<br \/>\n&#8220;performance-based compensation&#8221; under Code Section 162(m) from among the<br \/>\nPerformance Factors, to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c)<br \/>\ndetermine the number of Shares deemed subject to the RSU. For RSUs intended to<br \/>\ncomply with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, the performance<br \/>\ngoals will be determined at a time when the achievement of the performance goals<br \/>\nremains substantially uncertain and shall otherwise be administered in a manner<br \/>\nthat complies with the requirements under that statute. Prior to settlement of<br \/>\nany RSU earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals pursuant to a<br \/>\nPerformance RSU Agreement, the Committee shall determine the extent to which<br \/>\nsuch RSU has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may<br \/>\nparticipate simultaneously with respect to RSUs that are subject to different<br \/>\nPerformance Periods and different performance goals and other criteria. The<br \/>\nnumber of Shares may be fixed or may vary in accordance with such performance<br \/>\ngoals and criteria as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee may<br \/>\nadjust the performance goals applicable to the RSUs to take into account changes<br \/>\nin law and accounting or tax rules and to make such adjustments as the Committee<br \/>\ndeems necessary or appropriate to reflect the impact of extraordinary or unusual<br \/>\nitems, events or circumstances to avoid windfalls or hardships. 8.2 <em>Form and<br \/>\nTiming of Exercise<\/em>. The portion of a RSU being settled may be paid<br \/>\ncurrently or on a deferred basis with such interest or dividend equivalent, if<br \/>\nany, as the Committee may determine. Payment may be made in the form of cash or<br \/>\nwhole Shares or a combination thereof, either in a lump sum payment or in<br \/>\ninstallments, all as the Committee will determine. 9. <em>Stock Appreciation<br \/>\nRights<\/em>. A Stock Appreciation Right (or SAR) is an award that may be<br \/>\nexercised for cash or Shares (which may consist of Restricted Stock), having a<br \/>\nvalue equal to the value determined by multiplying the difference between the<br \/>\nFair Market Value on the date of settlement over the Exercise Price and the<br \/>\nnumber of Shares with respect to which the SAR is being settled. A SAR may be<br \/>\nawarded for past services already rendered to the Company, or any Parent or<br \/>\nSubsidiary of the Company pursuant to an Award Agreement (the &#8220;<em>SAR<br \/>\nAgreement<\/em>&#8220;) that will be in such form (which need not be the same for each<br \/>\nParticipant) as the Committee will from time to time approve, and will comply<br \/>\nwith and be subject to the following: 9.1 <em>Terms of SARs<\/em>. SARs may vary<br \/>\nfrom Participant to Participant and between groups of Participants, and may be<br \/>\nbased upon the achievement of the Company, Parent or Subsidiary and\/or<br \/>\nindividual performance factors or upon such other criteria as the Committee may<br \/>\ndetermine. The Committee will determine all terms of each SAR including, without<br \/>\nlimitation: the number of Shares deemed subject to each SAR, the time or times<br \/>\nduring which each SAR may be settled, the consideration to be distributed on<br \/>\nsettlement, and the effect on each SAR of its holder153s Termination. The Exercise<br \/>\nPrice of a SAR will be determined by the Committee when the SAR is granted and<br \/>\nmay not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of<br \/>\ngrant. A SAR may be awarded upon satisfaction of such performance goals as are<br \/>\nset out in advance in the Participant153s individual Award Agreement (the<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Performance SAR Agreement<\/em>&#8220;) that will be in such form (which need not<br \/>\nbe the same for each Participant) as the Committee will from time to time<br \/>\napprove, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this<br \/>\nPlan. If the SAR is being earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals<br \/>\npursuant to a Performance SAR Agreement, then the Committee will: (a) determine<br \/>\nthe nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for each SAR; (b)<br \/>\nselect performance criteria, including if the Award is intended to qualify as<br \/>\n&#8220;performance-based compensation&#8221; under Code Section 162(m) from among the<br \/>\nPerformance Factors, to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c)<br \/>\ndetermine the number of Shares deemed subject to the SAR. Prior to exercise of<br \/>\nany SAR earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals pursuant to a<br \/>\nPerformance SAR Agreement, the Committee shall determine the extent to which<br \/>\nsuch SAR has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may<br \/>\nparticipate simultaneously with respect to SARs that are subject to different<br \/>\nPerformance Periods and different performance goals and other criteria. The<br \/>\nnumber of Shares may be fixed or may vary in accordance with such performance<br \/>\ngoals and criteria as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee may<br \/>\nadjust the performance goals applicable to the SARs to take into account changes<br \/>\nin law and accounting or tax rules and to make such adjustments as the Committee<br \/>\ndeems necessary or appropriate to reflect the impact of extraordinary or unusual<br \/>\nitems, events or circumstances to avoid windfalls or hardships. Notwithstanding<br \/>\nanything to the contrary elsewhere in the Plan, the Company is subject to<br \/>\nSection 21.2 below with respect to any proposal to<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">6<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>reprice outstanding SARs. The term of a SAR shall be ten (10) years from the<br \/>\ndate the SAR is awarded or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award<br \/>\nAgreement. 9.2 <em>Form and Timing of Settlement<\/em>. The portion of a SAR<br \/>\nbeing settled may be paid currently or on a deferred basis with such interest or<br \/>\ndividend equivalent, if any, as the Committee may determine. Payment may be made<br \/>\nin the form of cash or whole Shares or a combination thereof, either in a lump<br \/>\nsum payment or in installments, all as the Committee will determine. 10.<br \/>\n<em>Payment for Share Purchases. <\/em>Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to<br \/>\nthis Plan may be made in cash, by check or by wire transfer or, where expressly<br \/>\napproved for the Participant by the Committee and where permitted by law: (a) by<br \/>\ncancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant; (b) by surrender<br \/>\nof shares that either: (1) have been owned by Participant for more than six (6)<br \/>\nmonths and have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 144 (and, if such<br \/>\nshares were purchased from the Company by use of a promissory note, such note<br \/>\nhas been fully paid with respect to such shares); or (2) were obtained by<br \/>\nParticipant in the public market; (c) cashless &#8220;net exercise&#8221; arrangement<br \/>\npursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issued upon<br \/>\nexercise by the largest whole number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market<br \/>\nValue that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; provided that the<br \/>\nCompany shall accept a cash or other payment from the Participant to the extent<br \/>\nof any remaining balance of the exercise price not satisfied by such reduction<br \/>\nin the number of whole Shares to be issued; (d) by waiver of compensation due or<br \/>\naccrued to the Participant for services rendered; (e) with respect only to<br \/>\npurchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the<br \/>\nCompany153s stock exists, through a &#8220;same day sale&#8221; commitment from the<br \/>\nParticipant and a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry<br \/>\nRegulatory Authority (a <em>&#8220;FINRA Dealer&#8221;<\/em>) whereby the Participant<br \/>\nirrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so<br \/>\npurchased to pay for the Exercise Price and any applicable withholding<br \/>\nobligations, and whereby the FINRA Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of<br \/>\nsuch Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; (f) by such<br \/>\nother consideration and method of payment as permitted by the Committee and<br \/>\napplicable law; or (g) by any combination of the foregoing. 11. <em>Withholding<br \/>\nTaxes.<\/em> 11.1 <em>Withholding Generally. <\/em>It shall be a condition to the<br \/>\ngrant of an Award under this Plan that the Participant satisfy any tax<br \/>\nwithholding or similar obligations applicable to the Award that may be legally<br \/>\nimposed upon the Participant. Whenever Awards are to be granted or Shares are to<br \/>\nbe issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under this Plan, the Participant<br \/>\nshall make such arrangements as the Company may require to remit to the Company<br \/>\nan amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local, or foreign withholding<br \/>\ntax requirements prior to the delivery of any Award Agreement or certificate or<br \/>\ncertificates for Award Shares. Whenever, under this Plan, payments in<br \/>\nsatisfaction of Awards are to be made in cash, such payment will be net of an<br \/>\namount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax<br \/>\nrequirements. 11.2 <em>Stock Withholding. <\/em>When, under applicable tax laws,<br \/>\na Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the grant, exercise or<br \/>\nvesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is<br \/>\nobligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld, the Committee<br \/>\nmay allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by<br \/>\nelecting to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued that number<br \/>\nof Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be<br \/>\nwithheld,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">7<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be<br \/>\ndetermined (the <em>&#8220;Tax Date&#8221;<\/em>). All elections by a Participant to have<br \/>\nShares withheld for this purpose will be made in writing in a form and during a<br \/>\nperiod acceptable to the Committee. 12. <em>Privileges of Stock Ownership;<br \/>\nVoting and Dividends. <\/em>Except to the extent that the Committee grants an RSU<br \/>\nthat entitles the Participant to credit for dividends paid on Award Shares prior<br \/>\nto the date such Shares are issued to the Participant (as reflected in the RSU<br \/>\nAgreement), no Participant will have any of the rights of a stockholder with<br \/>\nrespect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant. After<br \/>\nShares are issued to the Participant, the Participant will be a stockholder and<br \/>\nhave all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Shares, including the<br \/>\nright to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with<br \/>\nrespect to such Shares; <em>provided, <\/em>that if such Shares are restricted<br \/>\nstock, then any new, additional or different securities the Participant may<br \/>\nbecome entitled to receive with respect to such Shares by virtue of a stock<br \/>\ndividend, stock split or any other change in the corporate or capital structure<br \/>\nof the Company will be subject to the same restrictions as the restricted stock;<br \/>\n<em>provided, further, <\/em>that the Participant will have no right to retain<br \/>\nsuch stock dividends or stock distributions with respect to Shares that are<br \/>\nrepurchased at the Participant153s original Purchase Price or otherwise forfeited<br \/>\nto the Company. 13. <em>Transferability. <\/em>Awards granted under this Plan,<br \/>\nand any interest therein, will not be transferable or assignable by Participant,<br \/>\nand may not be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process,<br \/>\notherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or as<br \/>\nconsistent with the specific Plan and Award Agreement provisions relating<br \/>\nthereto. All Awards shall be exercisable: (i) during the Participant153s lifetime,<br \/>\nonly by (A) the Participant, or (B) the Participant153s guardian or legal<br \/>\nrepresentative; and (ii) after Participant153s death, by the legal representative<br \/>\nof the Participant153s heirs or legatees. 14. <em>Restrictions on Shares. <\/em>At<br \/>\nthe discretion of the Committee, the Company may reserve to itself and\/or its<br \/>\nassignee(s) in the Award Agreement a right to repurchase a portion of or all<br \/>\nShares that are not vested held by a Participant following such Participant153s<br \/>\nTermination at any time specified after the Participant153s Termination Date, for<br \/>\ncash and\/or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness, at the Participant153s<br \/>\noriginal Exercise Price or Purchase Price, as the case may be. Alternatively, at<br \/>\nthe discretion of the Committee, Award Shares issued to the Participant for<br \/>\nwhich the Participant did not pay any Exercise or Purchase Price may be<br \/>\nforfeited to the Company on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the<br \/>\nAward Agreement. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under<br \/>\nthis Plan will be subject to such stock transfer orders, legends and other<br \/>\nrestrictions as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable, including<br \/>\nrestrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or<br \/>\nany rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange<br \/>\nor automated quotation system upon which the Shares may be listed or quoted. 15.<br \/>\n<em>Escrow; Pledge of Shares. <\/em>To enforce any restrictions on a<br \/>\nParticipant153s Shares, the Committee may require the Participant to deposit all<br \/>\ncertificates representing Shares, together with stock powers or other<br \/>\ninstruments of transfer approved by the Committee, appropriately endorsed in<br \/>\nblank, with the Company or an agent designated by the Company to hold in escrow<br \/>\nuntil such restrictions have lapsed or terminated, and the Committee may cause a<br \/>\nlegend or legends referencing such restrictions to be placed on the<br \/>\ncertificates. 16. <em>Exchange and Buyout of Awards. <\/em>The Committee may, at<br \/>\nany time or from time to time, authorize the Company, with the consent of the<br \/>\nrespective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and<br \/>\ncancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. This Section shall not be<br \/>\nconstrued to defeat the requirements of Section 21.2 with respect to any<br \/>\nproposed repricing of Options or SARs. 17. <em>Securities Law and Other<br \/>\nRegulatory Compliance. <\/em>An Award will not be effective unless such Award is<br \/>\nin compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws, rules and<br \/>\nregulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange<br \/>\nor automated quotation system upon which the Shares may then be listed or<br \/>\nquoted, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the<br \/>\ndate of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in this<br \/>\nPlan, the Company will have no obligation, and no liability for failure, to<br \/>\nissue Shares or deliver certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to: (a)<br \/>\nobtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines<br \/>\nare necessary or advisable; and\/or (b) completion of any registration or other<br \/>\nqualification of such Shares under any state or federal law or ruling of any<br \/>\ngovernmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The<br \/>\nCompany will be under no<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">8<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with<br \/>\nthe registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state securities<br \/>\nlaws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company will have no<br \/>\nliability for any inability or failure to do so. 18. <em>Corporate<br \/>\nTransactions.<\/em> 18.1 <em>Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor.<br \/>\n<\/em>In the event of (a) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (b) a<br \/>\nmerger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation<br \/>\n(<em>other than <\/em>a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a<br \/>\nreincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction<br \/>\nin which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company or<br \/>\ntheir relative stock holdings and the Awards granted under this Plan are<br \/>\nassumed, converted or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption<br \/>\nwill be binding on all Participants), (c) a merger in which the Company is the<br \/>\nsurviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company (other<br \/>\nthan any stockholder which merges (or which owns or controls another corporation<br \/>\nwhich merges) with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or<br \/>\nother equity interests in the Company, (d) the sale of substantially all of the<br \/>\nassets of the Company, or (e) any other transaction which qualifies as a<br \/>\n&#8220;corporate transaction&#8221; under Section 424(a) of the Code wherein the<br \/>\nstockholders of the Company give up all of their equity interest in the Company<br \/>\n(<em>except <\/em>for the acquisition, sale or transfer of all or substantially<br \/>\nall of the outstanding shares of the Company from or by the stockholders of the<br \/>\nCompany), any or all outstanding Awards may be assumed, converted or replaced by<br \/>\nthe successor corporation (if any), which assumption, conversion or replacement<br \/>\nwill be binding on all Participants, or the successor corporation may substitute<br \/>\nequivalent awards or provide substantially similar consideration to Participants<br \/>\nas was provided to stockholders (after taking into account the existing<br \/>\nprovisions of the Awards); provided that[, unless otherwise determined by the<br \/>\nBoard,] all Awards granted pursuant to Section 6 shall accelerate and be fully<br \/>\nvested upon such merger, consolidation or corporate transaction. In the event<br \/>\nsuch successor corporation (if any) fails to assume or substitute Awards<br \/>\npursuant to a transaction described in this Subsection 18.1, all such Awards<br \/>\nwill expire on such transaction at such time and on such conditions as the Board<br \/>\nshall determine. 18.2 <em>Other Treatment of Awards. <\/em>Subject to any greater<br \/>\nrights granted to Participants under the foregoing provisions of this Section<br \/>\n18, in the event of the occurrence of any transaction described in Section 18.1,<br \/>\nany outstanding Awards will be treated as provided in the applicable agreement<br \/>\nor plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, sale of assets or<br \/>\nother &#8220;corporate transaction.&#8221; 18.3 <em>Assumption of Awards by the Company.<br \/>\n<\/em>The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding<br \/>\nawards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of<br \/>\nsuch other company or otherwise, by either; (a) granting an Award under this<br \/>\nPlan in substitution of such other company153s award; or (b) assuming such award<br \/>\nas if it had been granted under this Plan if the terms of such assumed award<br \/>\ncould be applied to an Award granted under this Plan. Such substitution or<br \/>\nassumption will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award<br \/>\nwould have been eligible to be granted an Award under this Plan if the other<br \/>\ncompany had applied the rules of this Plan to such grant. In the event the<br \/>\nCompany assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of<br \/>\nsuch award will remain unchanged (<em>except <\/em>that the exercise price and<br \/>\nthe number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such option will<br \/>\nbe adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event<br \/>\nthe Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing<br \/>\noption, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.<br \/>\n19. <em>No Obligation to Employ; Accelerated Expiration of Award for Harmful<br \/>\nAct. <\/em>Nothing in this Plan or any Award granted under this Plan will confer<br \/>\nor be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ<br \/>\nof, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent,<br \/>\nSubsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or limit in any way the right of the<br \/>\nCompany or any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company to terminate<br \/>\nParticipant153s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without<br \/>\ncause. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a Participant is<br \/>\nTerminated because of such Participant153s actual or alleged commitment of a<br \/>\ncriminal act or an intentional tort and the Company (or an employee of the<br \/>\nCompany) is the victim or object of such criminal act or intentional tort or<br \/>\nsuch criminal act or intentional tort results, in the reasonable opinion of the<br \/>\nCompany, in liability, loss, damage or injury to the Company, then, at the<br \/>\nCompany153s election, Participant153s Awards shall not be exercisable or settleable<br \/>\nand shall terminate and expire upon the Participant153s Termination Date.<br \/>\nTermination by the Company based on a Participant153s alleged commitment of a<br \/>\ncriminal act or an intentional tort shall be based on a reasonable investigation<br \/>\nof the facts and a determination by the Company that a<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">9<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>preponderance of the evidence discovered in such investigation indicates that<br \/>\nsuch Participant is guilty of such criminal act or intentional tort. 20.<br \/>\n<em>Compliance with Section 409A<\/em>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary<br \/>\ncontained herein, to the extent that the Committee determines that any Award<br \/>\ngranted under the Plan is subject to Code Section 409A and unless otherwise<br \/>\nspecified in the applicable Award Agreement, the Award Agreement evidencing such<br \/>\nAward shall incorporate the terms and conditions necessary for such Award to<br \/>\navoid the consequences described in Code Section 409A(a)(1), and to the maximum<br \/>\nextent permitted under applicable law (and unless otherwise stated in the<br \/>\napplicable Award Agreement), the Plan and the Award Agreements shall be<br \/>\ninterpreted in a manner that results in their conforming to the requirements of<br \/>\nCode Section 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) and any Department of Treasury or Internal<br \/>\nRevenue Service regulations or other interpretive guidance issued under Section<br \/>\n409A (whenever issued, the &#8220;Guidance&#8221;). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary<br \/>\nin this Plan (and unless the Award Agreement provides otherwise, with specific<br \/>\nreference to this sentence), to the extent that a Participant holding an Award<br \/>\nthat constitutes &#8220;deferred compensation&#8221; under Section 409A and the Guidance is<br \/>\na &#8220;specified employee&#8221; at the time of his or her &#8220;separation from service&#8221; (as<br \/>\neach is defined under Section 409A and applicable Guidance), no distribution or<br \/>\npayment of any amount shall be made before a date that is six (6) months<br \/>\nfollowing the date of such Participant153s separation from service or, if earlier,<br \/>\nthe date of the Participant153s death within such six (6) month period. 21.<br \/>\n<em>Certain Stockholder Approval Matters.<\/em> 21.1 <em>Plan Effectiveness;<br \/>\nIncreasing Plan Shares. <\/em>This Plan became effective on July 20, 2004 (the<br \/>\n&#8220;Effective Date&#8221;). Any amendment to this Plan increasing the number of Shares<br \/>\navailable for issuance hereunder shall be approved by the stockholders of the<br \/>\nCompany, consistent with applicable laws, within twelve (12) months before or<br \/>\nafter the effective date of such amendment (&#8220;Amendment Effective Date&#8221;). Upon<br \/>\nthe Amendment Effective Date, the Board may grant Awards covering such<br \/>\nadditional Shares pursuant to this Plan; provided, however, that: (a) no Option<br \/>\ngranted pursuant to such increase in the number of Shares subject to this Plan<br \/>\napproved by the Board may be exercised prior to the time such increase has been<br \/>\napproved by the stockholders of the Company; and (b) in the event that<br \/>\nstockholder approval of any such amendment increasing the number of Shares<br \/>\nsubject to this Plan is not obtained, all Awards covering such additional Shares<br \/>\ngranted hereunder will be canceled, any Shares issued pursuant to any Award will<br \/>\nbe canceled, and any purchase of Shares hereunder will be rescinded. 21.2<br \/>\n<em>Repricing Matters. <\/em>Except in connection with a corporate transaction<br \/>\ninvolving the Company (including without limitation any stock dividend,<br \/>\nrecapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination,<br \/>\nreclassification, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off or<br \/>\nexchange of shares), the terms of outstanding Awards may not without stockholder<br \/>\napproval be amended to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Options or SARs,<br \/>\nor to cancel outstanding Options or SARs in exchange either for (a) cash, or (b)<br \/>\nnew Options, SARS or other Awards with an exercise price that is less than the<br \/>\nexercise price of the original (cancelled) Options or SARs. 22. <em>Term of<br \/>\nPlan. <\/em>Unless earlier terminated as provided herein, this Plan will<br \/>\nterminate on July 20, 2014. 23. <em>Amendment or Termination of Plan. <\/em>The<br \/>\nBoard may at any time terminate or amend this Plan in any respect, including<br \/>\nwithout limitation amendment of Section 6 of this Plan; <em>provided, however,<br \/>\n<\/em>that the Board will not, without the approval of the stockholders of the<br \/>\nCompany, amend this Plan to increase the number of shares that may be issued<br \/>\nunder this Plan, change the designation of employees or class of employees<br \/>\neligible for participation in this Plan, take any action in conflict with<br \/>\nSection 21.2 above, or otherwise materially modify a provision of the Plan if<br \/>\nsuch modification requires stockholder approval under the applicable rules and<br \/>\nregulations of the Nasdaq Market. 24. <em>Nonexclusivity of the Plan.<br \/>\n<\/em>Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board, the submission of this Plan<br \/>\nto the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of this Plan<br \/>\nwill be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt<br \/>\nsuch additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including,<br \/>\nwithout limitation, the granting of stock options and bonuses otherwise than<br \/>\nunder this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or<br \/>\napplicable only in specific cases.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">10<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>25. <em>Definitions. <\/em>As used in this Plan, the following terms will have<br \/>\nthe following meanings: <em>&#8220;Affiliate&#8221; <\/em>means any corporation that<br \/>\ndirectly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is<br \/>\ncontrolled by, or is under common control with, another corporation, where<br \/>\n&#8220;control&#8221; (including the terms &#8220;controlled by&#8221; and &#8220;under common control with&#8221;)<br \/>\nmeans the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to cause the direction of<br \/>\nthe management and policies of the corporation, whether through the ownership of<br \/>\nvoting securities, by contract or otherwise. <em>&#8220;Award&#8221; <\/em>means any award<br \/>\nunder this Plan, including any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted<br \/>\nStock Unit, or Restricted Stock Award. <em>&#8220;Award Agreement&#8221; <\/em>means, with<br \/>\nrespect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the<br \/>\nParticipant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award. <em>&#8220;Board&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>means the Board of Directors of the Company. <em>&#8220;Code&#8221; <\/em>means the<br \/>\nInternal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. <em>&#8220;Committee&#8221; <\/em>means the<br \/>\ncommittee appointed by the Board to administer this Plan, or if no such<br \/>\ncommittee is appointed, the Board. <em>&#8220;Company&#8221; <\/em>means Symantec<br \/>\nCorporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, or<br \/>\nany successor corporation. <em>&#8220;Disability&#8221; <\/em>means a disability, whether<br \/>\ntemporary or permanent, partial or total, within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3)<br \/>\nof the Code, as determined by the Committee. <em>&#8220;Exchange Act&#8221; <\/em>means the<br \/>\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. <em>&#8220;Exercise Price&#8221; <\/em>means the<br \/>\nprice at which a holder of an Option may purchase the Shares issuable upon<br \/>\nexercise of the Option, and in the case of a Stock Appreciation Right the value<br \/>\nspecified on the date of grant that is subtracted from the Fair Market Value<br \/>\nwhen such Stock Appreciation Right is settled. <em>&#8220;Fair Market Value&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Company153s Common Stock<br \/>\ndetermined as follows: (a) if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq<br \/>\nGlobal Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market<br \/>\n(collectively, the &#8220;<em>Nasdaq Market<\/em>&#8220;), its closing price on the Nasdaq<br \/>\nMarket on the date of determination as reported in <em>The Wall Street<br \/>\nJournal;<\/em> (b) if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on<br \/>\na national securities exchange, its closing price on the date of determination<br \/>\non the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is<br \/>\nlisted or admitted to trading as reported in <em>The Wall Street Journal;<\/em><br \/>\n(c) if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the Nasdaq<br \/>\nMarket nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the<br \/>\naverage of the closing bid and asked prices on the date of determination as<br \/>\nreported in <em>The Wall Street Journal; <\/em>or (d) if none of the foregoing is<br \/>\napplicable, by the Committee in good faith. &#8220;<em>Insider<\/em>&#8221; means an officer<br \/>\nor director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the<br \/>\nCompany153s Common Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Outside Director&#8221; <\/em>shall mean a person who satisfies the requirements<br \/>\nof an &#8220;outside director&#8221; as set forth in regulations promulgated under Section<br \/>\n162(m) of the Code.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">11<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>&#8220;Option&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>means an award of an option to purchase Shares pursuant to Section 5.<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Parent&#8221; <\/em>means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken<br \/>\nchain of corporations ending with the Company, if at the time of the granting of<br \/>\nan Award under this Plan, each of such corporations other than the Company owns<br \/>\nstock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes<br \/>\nof stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. <em>&#8220;Participant&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>means a person who receives an Award under this Plan. <em>&#8220;Performance<br \/>\nFactors&#8221; 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